How To Calculate Inflation Rates The two most frequently cited indexes that calculate the inflation rate in the U.S. are the Consumer Price Index (CPI) and the Personal Consumption Expenditures ...

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is an economic term you've probably heard before but may not know much about. Broadly speaking, the CPI measures the price of consumer goods and how they're trending ...

CPI inflation, you must have heard about this term alot of times, today let’s just unfold this term and understand what exactly is CPI, why is it important and how do we calculate it?

The CPI is used to calculate cost-of-living adjustments--COLA--which affect how much money you receive from programs like Social Security.