Dataset Information

Data available from 1997-01-01 to 2017-01-01
Source: Our World In Data

The Bureau of Labor Statistics report on the monthly Consumer Price Index (CPI) of individual goods and services for urban consumers at a national, city and state level.

Data used in this sequence are based on the USA national average of urban consumers, relative to December 1997 (which has been given the value of zero). CPI is presented on an annual basis, which we have derived as the average of the monthly CPIs in a given year. United States Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)