A second hearing that was held Friday on a bill to tie any minimum wage increase to the consumer price index drew compelling testimony from both sides of the issue.

The new Consumer Price Index Manual: Theory, 2025 provides a comprehensive overview of the conceptual issues that drive the methods and practices for constructing Consumer Price Indices (CPIs). It is ...

The consumer price index dipped 0.4% last month from a year earlier, worse than economists' forecast for a 0.2% contraction. Core CPI, stripping out the volatile food and energy prices, rose 0.9% from ...

For a diverse country such as India, the outdated nature of the Consumer Price Index makes matters significantly worse ...