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Consumer price index (CPI)

Consumers might wish for prices to drop, but here's why deflation is not a good thing

by Samantha Fields
Mar 12, 2024
Most of the time deflation is a signal of a struggling economy. Disinflation — when prices still increase, just more slowly — is the goal.
Once prices go up, it’s unusual for them to drop.
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Rising import prices put pressure on slowing inflation

by Justin Ho
Feb 15, 2024
Prices may continue to stay high if services and imports rise in tandem.
U.S. import prices rose in January, a sign that disinflation could be slowing.
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What's the difference between the CPI and the PPI?

by Kimberly Adams
Jan 12, 2024
These measures of inflation track the prices consumers pay and the prices producers receive for their wares. But they don't always line up.
CPI and PPI measure different things, so the numbers don't always match up.
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Here's why your car insurance is more expensive these days

by Stephanie Hughes
Dec 13, 2023
Motor vehicle insurance costs are up 19.2% from last year.
An uptick in extreme weather, which can cause damage to vehicles, is one reason car insurance is getting more expensive.
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What’s the difference between CPI and PCE?

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Oct 27, 2023
The consumer price index and the personal consumption expenditures price index measure the changing cost of different baskets of goods.
Housing is a bigger part of the CPI than the PCE, and the increase in housing costs has pushed the CPI higher.
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