What was the CPI for 2012?
1.7 percent
The CPI rose 1.7 percent in 2012 after a 3.0 percent increase in 2011. This was the third smallest December-December increase of the past ten years and compares to a 2.4 percent average annual increase over the span.
What is the C CPI-U?
The United States Chained Consumer Price Index (C-CPI-U), also known as chain-weighted CPI or chain-linked CPI is a time series measure of price levels of consumer goods and services created by the Bureau of Labor Statistics as an alternative to the US Consumer Price Index.
What is the difference between CPI-U and C CPI-U?
In its final form, the C-CPI-U is a monthly chained price index with the expenditure weights varying each month. The CPI-U and CPI-W, on the other hand, are biennial chained price indexes where their expenditure weights are updated every two years.
What was the CPI in 2021?
Over the 12 months from January 2021 to January 2022, the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) rose 7.5 percent. This is the largest 12-month increase since the 12-month period ending February 1982. Food prices increased 7.0 percent over the past year, while energy prices rose 27.0 percent.
What is the CPI-U rate for 2021?
Over the last 12 months, the CPI-U rose 8.5 percent….Area prices were up 1.5 percent over the past month, up 8.5 percent from a year ago.
Month | All items | All items less food and energy |
---|---|---|
Nov 2020 | 1.0 | 1.5 |
Dec 2020 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
Jan 2021 | 0.9 | 0.6 |
Feb 2021 | 1.0 | 0.3 |
What was the CPI-U in 2021?
Not seasonally adjusted CPI measures 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.