Consumer Price Index [CPI]

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The statistical measure of inflation based upon changes in the prices of a specified set of goods.

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A consumer price index (CPI) is a price index, the price of a weighted average market basket of consumer goods and services purchased by households. Changes in measured CPI track changes in prices over time.

(Percent change from a year earlier)

M2 money supply

CPI

Core CPI

CPI 1914-2022

1914-2022

M2 money supply increases Year/Year

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