U.S. Consumer Price Indexes

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:business
gptkbp:abbreviation CPI
gptkbp:adjustedFor seasonal variation
gptkbp:availableOn 1913
gptkbp:component gptkb:building
gptkb:energy
gptkb:food
gptkb:transportation
education
recreation
apparel
medical care
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:dataSource household surveys
retail establishment surveys
gptkbp:excludes gptkb:military
rural populations
people in institutions
gptkbp:firstPublished 1919
gptkbp:frequency monthly
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label U.S. Consumer Price Indexes
gptkbp:includes gptkb:Chained_CPI_(C-CPI-U)
gptkb:CPI-U
gptkb:CPI-W
gptkbp:measures average change over time in prices paid by urban consumers for a market basket of consumer goods and services
gptkbp:method fixed basket of goods and services
Laspeyres index formula
geometric mean for some categories
gptkbp:notAdjustedFor taxes not directly associated with the purchase of consumer goods and services
gptkbp:publishedBy gptkb:U.S._Bureau_of_Labor_Statistics
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Producer_Price_Index
gptkb:Personal_Consumption_Expenditures_Price_Index
gptkbp:updated annually for weights
gptkbp:usedBy gptkb:Federal_Reserve
gptkb:Social_Security_Administration
gptkb:government
gptkb:U.S._Department_of_Labor
local governments
state governments
gptkbp:usedFor gptkb:economic_policy
economic research
cost-of-living adjustments
inflation measurement
contract escalation
real income calculation
tax bracket adjustments
indexation of government benefits
wage negotiations
deflating other economic series
gptkbp:valuation 1982-84 (for CPI-U and CPI-W)
gptkbp:website https://www.bls.gov/cpi/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:CPI-U_(All_Urban_Consumers)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8