What is a CPI-U?
The Consumer Price Index For All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) measures the changes in the price of a basket of goods and services purchased by urban consumers. The all-urban consumer population consists of all urban households in Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) and urban places of 2,500 inhabitants or more.
What is the difference between CPI-U and C CPI-U?
Both the CPI-U and C-CPI-U are indexes designed to measure price changes faced by urban consumers, while the CPI-W is designed to measure price changes faced by urban wage earners and clerical workers. Population coverage is the only difference between the CPI-U and CPI-W.
What is the CPI-U for 2019?
| Month Year | Unadjusted 1-month percent change | Unadjusted 12-month percent change |
|---|---|---|
| C-CPI-U(1) | CPI-U | |
| March 2019 | 0.5 | 1.9 |
| April 2019 | 0.4 | 2.0 |
| May 2019 | 0.2 | 1.8 |
What does CPI stand for?
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a measure of the average change overtime in the prices paid by urban consumers for a market basket of consumer goods and services.
What is the current CPI-U rate for 2021?
Over the last 12 months, the CPI-U advanced 6.6 percent….Area prices were up 0.4 percent over the past month, up 6.6 percent from a year ago.
| Month | All items | All items less food and energy |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 2021 | 2.2 | 0.9 |
| Apr 2021 | 3.6 | 1.9 |
| May 2021 | 3.9 | 2.1 |
| Jun 2021 | 4.0 | 2.3 |
What is the CPI-U for 2021?
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 7.0 percent over the last 12 months to an index level of 278.802 (1982-84=100). For the month, the index increased 0.3 percent prior to seasonal adjustment.
What is the current CPI U rate for 2021?
What is the CPI U for 2021?
What is the Consumer Price Index for All Urban consumers for Sept 2021?
For the year ended September 2021, the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers increased 5.4 percent. Over that period, prices for food at home increased 4.5 percent, driven by a 10.5-percent increase in prices for meats, poultry, fish, and eggs. Prices for food away from home increased 4.7 percent.