For example, the prices of meats, poultry, fish and eggs increased by 1. ... These extensive price data are used to construct the "CPI-U" index number, which measures the cost of purchasing a ...

One common example is medical spending. The CPI takes into account only what a household spends out of pocket on medical care. The PCE price index records that spending as well and adds what ...

CBS News is tracking the rising cost of products most impacted by tariffs already imposed​ and new ones announced by ...

The Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) price index increased 0.3% in February after advancing by an unrevised 0.3% in ...

For example, in December 2022 ... The Social Security Act requires COLAs to be based on increases in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W).