Calculating the real value of current dollars You can use the Consumer Price Index for two periods to see the real value of a dollar in terms of earlier-period dollars.

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 ...

You can compare different periods by using the Consumer Price Index (CPI) data to calculate the purchasing power of a dollar.

The chain-weighted Consumer Price Index (CPI) is an alternative to the standard index that considers changes in consumer behavior.

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.

Today, the U.S. Department of Labor released the consumer price index (CPI) for November, and inflation hit a 39-year high. Wall Street analysts and economists had generally expected to show the ...