Us Cpi Index 2024. Food prices were 2.4 percent higher than a year earlier, and energy prices were 3.2 percent lower. New data from the labor department shows the consumer price index, a key inflation gauge, rose 0.3% in november.

Technical note brief explanation of the cpi the consumer price index (cpi) measures the change in prices paid by consumers for goods and services. The january 2024 consumer price index (cpi) report released on february 13 showed that the significant economic recalibration in the u.s.