Description

Consumer Price Index (CPI) each month for 2009 through 2016

Format

A data frame with 96 observations on the following 5 variables.

Month

Month: 1=January to 12=December

Year

Year (2009 to 2016)

CPI

Consumer Price Index (base=100 in 1984)

CPIPctDiff

Monthly percent change in CPI

t

Time index (1 to 96)

Details

Monthly Consumer Price Index for 2009 to 2016 as produced by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (Series Id. CUUR0000SA0). Based on prices for all items in U.S. city average for all consumers (not seasonally) Base period is 1982-1984-100.

Source

Data downloaded from Bureau of Labor Statistics at
https://www.bls.gov/data/