Consumer Price Index (US), St. Louis Federal Reserve (FRED)

The Consumer Price Index is an inflation measurement that assesses changes in a weighted basket of consumer prices. United States Data is collected monthly by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is available through the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (FRED). The Bureau of Labor Statistics uses the data collected from urban consumers to calculate the CPI for the country; urban consumers represent nearly 87% of the US total.