NALT

Preferred term

Consumer Price Index

Topic

The Bureau of Labor Statistics' general measure of retail prices (for goods and services) paid by urban wage earners and clerical workers. Includes prices of about 400 items, including food, clothing, housing, medical care, and transportation. The CPI-U is commonly used to deflate time series data and is the most widely accepted measure of inflation.

economic indicators

CPI (Consumer Price Index)

Field 001 in MARC Authority Format

9576

Spanish

Índice de precios al consumidor

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/28675

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Created 1/19/06, last modified 2/27/17