consumer price index
noun
: an index measuring the change in the cost of typical wage-earner purchases of goods and services expressed as a percentage of the cost of these same goods and services in some base period
called also cost-of-living index
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Netflix, Coca-Cola, Tesla and Intel are among the names set to report stateside this week, while the September consumer price index is also set for release on Friday and is expected to show that inflation remains hot.
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Hugh Leask,holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2025
And despite the government shutdown, the consumer price index report for September will be issued by the Labor Department on Friday after key personnel were recalled.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2025
Food prices at grocery stores rose by 0.6% from July to August, the fastest monthly rate change for groceries in three years, according to the September consumer price index from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
—Betty Lin-Fisher, USA TODAY, 8 Oct. 2025
Groceries hit hard: Food prices at grocery stores rose 0.6% from July to August, according to the latest consumer price index from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
—Laura L. Davis, Nashville Tennessean, 2 Oct. 2025
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Hugh Leask,holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2025
And despite the government shutdown, the consumer price index report for September will be issued by the Labor Department on Friday after key personnel were recalled.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2025
Food prices at grocery stores rose by 0.6% from July to August, the fastest monthly rate change for groceries in three years, according to the September consumer price index from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
—Betty Lin-Fisher, USA TODAY, 8 Oct. 2025
Groceries hit hard: Food prices at grocery stores rose 0.6% from July to August, according to the latest consumer price index from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
—Laura L. Davis, Nashville Tennessean, 2 Oct. 2025
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