Reduced weightage for food, clothing, education is a structural attack against the working class, exposing the government’s pro-corporate bias, said the trade union.

The $100 you just spent at the grocery store bought 4% less than it did one year ago. Why is that? The consumer price index (CPI) helps answer this question, as it measures inflation, the economic ...

(Reuters) - U.S. consumer prices increased as expected in October, and progress toward bringing inflation down has slowed since mid-year, which could result in fewer interest rate cuts from the ...

The 2024 series for calculation of Consumer Price Index (CPI) based inflation has lowered the weightage of food items to 36.8%, compared with 46% earlier. And since the food prices are largely benign, ...

The government will track expenditure by households on e-commerce, OTT platforms and rail fares, among others to calculate retail inflation in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) 2024 series rolled out ...

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) with base year 2024 has been released. How is its structure different from the earlier series? What other indicators are used to calculate inflation in India?