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The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a measure of the average change over time in the prices paid by urban consumers for a market basket of consumer goods and services. Indexes are available for the U.S. and various geographic areas. Average price data for select utility, automotive fuel, and food items are also available.

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Latest Numbers

Consumer Price Index (CPI): +0.8% in Apr 2021

Unemployment Rate: 6.1% in Apr 2021

Payroll Employment: +266,000(p) in Apr 2021

Average Hourly Earnings: +$0.21(p) in Apr 2021

Producer Price Index - Final Demand: +0.5%(p) in Feb 2021

Employment Cost Index (ECI): +0.5% in 3rd Qtr of 2020

Productivity: +5.4% in 1st Qtr of 2021

U.S. Import Price Index: +0.3% in Sep 2020

U.S. Export Price Index: +0.6% in Sep 2020

//CPI 508 Fix 10072021// CPI News Release

10/07/2021

//CPI 508 Fix 10072021// CPI for All Urban Consumers declined 0.2 percent in March after 0.1.
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Next Release

Next CPI data are scheduled to be released on October 07, 2021, at 8:30 A.M.

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