The Consumer Price Index (CPI) comes out during the third week of each month and is a measure of the change in prices paid over time for a fixed market basket of goods and services. Municipalities use the percentage change in the CPI as a reference point for determining cost of living raises. Annual percentage changes are listed month by month at the bottom of each table..
Use the link below to access CPI data on the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Web site.
CPI - Includes links to all Consumer Price Indexes
How to us the DOL's CPI database:
Bureau of Labor - Statistics Homepage - You will arrive here after clicking on the link above.
Select the first button "Top Picks" after the item you want.Select one or the other:
Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (Current Series)
(Consumer Price Index - CPI)All Urban Consumers (Chained CPI)
(Consumer Price Index - CPI)
Select:
Northeast Region All Items, 1982-84=100 - CWUR0100SA0Click on the "Retrienve Data" button.
You will get a chart of all the CPI numbers by month for 1999 - 2009.
To the right og the top of the chart you will see:
Click on this and you will be able to generate % of Change for the CPI for different years.
See Below
By adjusting the selections on this screen you can generate different reports.
In this sample I've selected:
- Table Format
- 12 Months Percent Change
- Year Range - 2007-2008
- "All time periods" is checked
- Output type: HTML tableThen Click on "Retrieve Data" button
You will get the chart below labeled "Consumer Price Index - Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers"
12 Months Percent Change Series Id: CWUR0100SA0
Not Seasonally Adjusted
Area: Northeast urban
Item: All items
Base Period: 1982-84=100Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual HALF1 HALF2 2007 2.2 2.3 2.6 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.1 1.5 2.3 3.3 4.3 4.1 2.6 2.3 2.9 2008 4.2 4.3 4.1 4.2 4.7 5.5 6.2 6.2 5.7 4.4 1.8 0.6 4.3 4.5 4.1
