Apollo is raising red flags over the reliability of recent inflation data, noting a significant increase in the share of estimated inputs used in the Consumer Price Index calculation. Each month ...

A basket of goods is defined as a constant set of consumer products and services valued on an annual basis and used to calculate the consumer price index.

January’s consumer price index report, released Tuesday, was a bit of a mixed bag.Prices were up 6.4% since the same time last year, making January the seventh straight month of cooling year ...

“There’s a lag between when the basket is measured and when it gets used in the CPI calculation, however,” Swanson said. “For example, the weights they’re using this year are based on ...

The calculation for the consumer price index (CPI) is going to be updated for January price data, which is scheduled to be released Tuesday morning by the Labor Department. The new calculation will… ...

The monthly consumer price index (CPI) inflation report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) gives insight into price changes in the previous month, compared to the same point 12 months earlier.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics will change the method of calculation of inflation data from 2023. The release of the January 2023 CPI data, which is slated for Friday, February 10, 2023, will mark ...

Labor costs, new calculations could drive health care inflation higher. The cost of health insurance in the Consumer Price Index dropped by nearly 30% for the 12 months ending in July.

Apollo is raising red flags over the reliability of recent inflation data, noting a significant increase in the share of estimated inputs used in the Consumer Price Index calculation.