Chained Consumer Price Index for Urban Consumers (C-CPI-U) data

Monthly, quarterly, or annual C-CPI-U price indexes

c_cpi_u_monthly_nsa

c_cpi_u_quarterly_nsa

c_cpi_u_annual

Format

The data frame c_cpi_u_monthly_nsa contains not-seasonally adjusted monthly price index levels of the Chained CPI-U (C-CPI-U). It has three columns:

year

numeric year

month

numeric calendar month (1-12)

c_cpi_u

value of the C-CPI-U price index

The data frame c_cpi_u_quarterly_nsa contains not-seasonally adjusted quarterly price index levels of the Chained CPI-U (C-CPI-U). It has three columns:

year

numeric year

quarter

numeric calendar quarter (1-4)

c_cpi_u

value of the C-CPI-U price index

The data frame c_cpi_u_annual contains the annual price index level of the Chained CPI-U (C-CPI-U). It has two columns:

year

numeric year

c_cpi_u

value of the C-CPI-U price index

Source

The monthly series cpi_u_monthly_nsa is taken from https://www.bls.gov/cpi/. The quarterly series cpi_u_quarterly_nsa series is the quarterly mean.

See also

cpi_u_rs_monthly_nsa and cpi_u_rs_annual for the CPI-U-RS, a CPI index that is consistently defined over time and goes back to 1978.

Examples

c_cpi_u_monthly_nsa
#> # A tibble: 300 × 3
#>     year month c_cpi_u
#>    <dbl> <dbl>   <dbl>
#>  1  1999    12    100 
#>  2  2000     1    100.
#>  3  2000     2    101.
#>  4  2000     3    102.
#>  5  2000     4    102.
#>  6  2000     5    102.
#>  7  2000     6    102.
#>  8  2000     7    102.
#>  9  2000     8    102.
#> 10  2000     9    103.
#> # ℹ 290 more rows