United States | Consumer price index (2010 = 100)
Consumer price index reflects changes in the cost to the average consumer of acquiring a basket of goods and services that may be fixed or changed at specified intervals, such as yearly. The Laspeyres formula is generally used. Data are period averages. Development relevance: A general and continuing increase in an economy’s price level is called inflation. The increase in the average prices of goods and services in the economy should be distinguished from a change in the relative prices of individual goods and services. Generally accompanying an overall increase in the price level is a change in the structure of relative prices, but it is only the average increase, not the relative price changes, that constitutes inflation. A commonly used measure of inflation is the consumer price index, which measures the prices of a representative basket of goods and services purchased by a typical household. The consumer price index is usually calculated on the basis of periodic surveys of consumer prices. Other price indices are derived implicitly from indexes of current and constant price series. Limitations and exceptions: Consumer price indexes should be interpreted with caution. The definition of a household, the basket of goods, and the geographic (urban or rural) and income group coverage of consumer price surveys can vary widely by country. In addition, weights are derived from household expenditure surveys, which, for budgetary reasons, tend to be conducted infrequently in developing countries, impairing comparability over time. Although useful for measuring consumer price inflation within a country, consumer price indexes are of less value in comparing countries. Statistical concept and methodology: Consumer price indexes are constructed explicitly, using surveys of the cost of a defined basket of consumer goods and services.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
United States of America
Records
63
Source
United States | Consumer price index (2010 = 100)
13.56306078 1960
13.70828375 1961
13.872615 1962
14.04458957 1963
14.22420745 1964
14.44968521 1965
14.88535411 1966
15.29809307 1967
15.95159642 1968
16.82293422 1969
17.80510008 1970
18.56943148 1971
19.17707495 1972
20.36178863 1973
22.61274461 1974
24.68026107 1975
26.09809582 1976
27.79491154 1977
29.91593119 1978
33.28281103 1979
37.79236632 1980
41.6980998 1981
44.25478835 1982
45.67644476 1983
47.64077647 1984
49.32994887 1985
50.26625484 1986
52.10829353 1987
54.23313484 1988
56.8509699 1989
59.91976049 1990
62.45734075 1991
64.34906098 1992
66.24842452 1993
67.9758135 1994
69.88282035 1995
71.93122852 1996
73.61275761 1997
74.75543306 1998
76.39110227 1999
78.97072076 2000
81.20256846 2001
82.49046688 2002
84.36307882 2003
86.62167812 2004
89.56053237 2005
92.44970508 2006
95.08699238 2007
98.73747739 2008
98.38641997 2009
100 2010
103.15684157 2011
105.29150453 2012
106.83384887 2013
108.56693212 2014
108.69572196 2015
110.06700893 2016
112.4115573 2017
115.15730322 2018
117.24419548 2019
118.69050158 2020
124.26641383 2021
134.21120617 2022
United States | Consumer price index (2010 = 100)
Consumer price index reflects changes in the cost to the average consumer of acquiring a basket of goods and services that may be fixed or changed at specified intervals, such as yearly. The Laspeyres formula is generally used. Data are period averages. Development relevance: A general and continuing increase in an economy’s price level is called inflation. The increase in the average prices of goods and services in the economy should be distinguished from a change in the relative prices of individual goods and services. Generally accompanying an overall increase in the price level is a change in the structure of relative prices, but it is only the average increase, not the relative price changes, that constitutes inflation. A commonly used measure of inflation is the consumer price index, which measures the prices of a representative basket of goods and services purchased by a typical household. The consumer price index is usually calculated on the basis of periodic surveys of consumer prices. Other price indices are derived implicitly from indexes of current and constant price series. Limitations and exceptions: Consumer price indexes should be interpreted with caution. The definition of a household, the basket of goods, and the geographic (urban or rural) and income group coverage of consumer price surveys can vary widely by country. In addition, weights are derived from household expenditure surveys, which, for budgetary reasons, tend to be conducted infrequently in developing countries, impairing comparability over time. Although useful for measuring consumer price inflation within a country, consumer price indexes are of less value in comparing countries. Statistical concept and methodology: Consumer price indexes are constructed explicitly, using surveys of the cost of a defined basket of consumer goods and services.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
United States of America
Records
63
Source