CPI

Consumer Price Index (CPI) for food (1974-2014). The CPI for food measures the average change over time in the prices paid by urban consumers for a representative market basket of food items only. DATASOURCE: USDA. WIDGET: factgraphs.org

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is published monthly by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) to track the average change over time in prices paid by consumers for a basket of goods and services. It is widely used to gauge inflation and guide economic decisions.