Consumer Price Index

The Consumer Price Indexes (CPI) program produces monthly data on changes in the prices paid by urban consumers for a representative basket of goods and services.

Announcements

• With the February 20, 2014 release of Consumer Price Index data for January 2014, the BLS database included data not intended for release. Interim annual averages for 28 Chained CPI-U series for 2013 were not intended for publication. The 2013 annual average data for these series subsequently were removed from the BLS database less than 7 hours after they were published. The information contained in the Consumer Price Index news release was not affected and remains unchanged.
• Chained Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (C-CPI-U) Annual Average Indexes Discontinued
  The final revisions of the C-CPI-U indexes for 2012 will be available in February 2014. Annual average indexes for C-CPI-U series will not be published for time periods after 2012. (Monthly C-CPI-U indexes will continue to be published.) In February 2014, the annual average indexes for the final estimates for 2012 C-CPI-U series will be published in the public CPI database. Table 1CA will not be published.
• Background documents on the Chained Consumer Price Index are available from http://www.bls.gov/cpi/superlink.htm
• The Bureau of Labor Statistics has discontinued publication of its Department Store Inventory indexes after the release of the December 2013 CPI, see Discontinuation of Department Store Inventory Indexes for details
• Publication Changes for Average Price Series
• BLS Report Series: Beyond the Numbers
• Common Misconceptions about the Consumer Price Index: Questions and Answers