United States
Consumer Price Index for
All Urban Consumers (CPI-U)
and Inflation Rate: US city average,
All items (Seas Adj.)
According to recent data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, in , the United State seasonally adjusted Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers (CPI-U): All items in the US was 0;
The US Inflation Rate of All items in the US in was %, seasonally adjusted. The inflation rate represents the percent change of the CPI-U compared to a year ago.
The charts and table below shows the United States seasonally adjusted historical Consumer Price Index and Inflation Rate for All Urban Consumers: All items in the US from to .
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) measures the change in prices paid by consumers for goods and services. The CPI of all urban consumers (CPI-U) reflects the spending patterns of all urban consumers which represents about 93 percent of the total US population. The CPI-U is based on the expenditures of almost all residents of urban or metropolitan areas, including professionals, the self-employed, the poor, the unemployed, and retired people, as well as urban wage earners and clerical workers.