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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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Charts

12-month percentage change, Consumer Price Index, selected categories, April 2022, not seasonally adjusted
Category	12-month percent change, Apr 2022
All items	8.3%
Food	9.4%
Food at home	10.8%
Cereals and bakery products	10.3%
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs	14.3%
Dairy and related products	9.1%
Fruits and vegetables	7.8%
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials	9.8%
Other food at home	11.0%
Food away from home	7.2%
Full service meals and snacks	8.7%
Limited service meals and snacks	7.0%
Energy	30.3%
Energy commodities	44.7%
Fuel oil	80.5%
Gasoline (all types)	43.6%
Energy services	13.7%
Electricity	11.0%
Natural gas (piped)	22.7%
All items less food and energy	6.2%
Commodities less food and energy commodities	9.7%
Apparel	5.4%
New vehicles	13.2%
Used cars and trucks	22.7%
Medical care commodities	2.1%
Alcoholic beverages	3.9%
Tobacco and smoking products	7.2%
Services less energy services	4.9%
Shelter	5.1%
Rent of primary residence	4.8%
Owners' equivalent rent of residences	4.8%
Medical care services	3.5%
Physicians' services	1.2%
Hospital services	3.6%
Transportation services	8.5%
Motor vehicle maintenance and repair	5.3%
Motor vehicle insurance	4.4%
Airline fare	33.3%

Latest Numbers

Consumer Price Index (CPI): +0.3% in Apr 2022

Unemployment Rate: 3.6% in Apr 2022

Payroll Employment: +428,000(p) in Apr 2022

Average Hourly Earnings: +$0.10(p) in Apr 2022

Producer Price Index - Final Demand: +0.5%(p) in Apr 2022

Employment Cost Index (ECI): +1.4% in 1st Qtr of 2022

Productivity: -7.5% in 1st Qtr of 2022

U.S. Import Price Index: +2.6% in Mar 2022

U.S. Export Price Index: +4.5% in Mar 2022

News Releases

CPI for all items rises 0.3% in April; shelter, food, airfare indexes rise

05/11/2022

In April, the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers rose 0.3 percent, seasonally adjusted, and rose 8.3 percent over the last 12 months, not seasonally adjusted. The index for all items less food and energy increased 0.6 percent in April (SA); up 6.2 percent over the year (NSA).
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Next Release

May 2022 CPI data are scheduled to be released on June 10, 2022, at 8:30 A.M. Eastern Time.

Monthly Labor Review

PPI and CPI seasonal adjustment during the COVID-19 pandemic

The CPI and PPI mitigated the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on their seasonally adjusted price indexes. read more »

The Economics Daily

Consumer prices up 8.5 percent for year ended March 2022

The Consumer Price Index increased 8.5 percent for the year ended March 2022, following a rise of 7.9 percent from February 2021 to February 2022. The 8.5-percent increase in March was the largest 12-month advance since December 1981. read more »

Beyond the Numbers

Measuring consumer price change during economic downturns: a review of assumptions about consumer spending

During economic downturns, how do these measures help in analyzing price change, and what can we assume about consumption? This Beyond the Numbers article explores the final C-CPI-U during the Great Recession and the recession that occurred as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Additionally, the article evaluates consumer spending assumptions of the CPI-U and preliminary C-CPI-U during these recessionary periods to highlight challenges of lagged consumer spending data. read more »

Spotlight on Statistics

Industry on Tap: Wineries

This Spotlight on Statistics examines historical employment trends for wineries and other components of the beverage manufacturing industry. Additionally, the Spotlight looks at trends for wages, number of establishments, and consumer prices in the winery industry and compares them to trends among distilleries, breweries, and soft drink and ice manufacturing. Let's take a look. read more »

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