Consumer Price Index for Urban Consumers Research Series (CPI-U-RS) data

Monthly or annual CPI-U-RS price indexes

cpi_u_rs_monthly_nsa

cpi_u_rs_annual

Format

The data frame cpi_u_rs_monthly_nsa contains the not seasonally adjusted monthly price index levels of the CPI-U-RS (CPI-U research series). The CPI-U-RS is more consistent over time than the CPI-U and incorporates more recent improvements to the CPI-U into the entire time series. It has three columns:

year

numeric year

month

numeric calendar month (1-12)

cpi_u_rs

value of the CPI-U-RS price index

The data frame cpi_u_rs_annual contains the annual price index level of the CPI-U-RS. It has two columns:

year

numeric year

cpi_u_rs

value of the CPI-U-RS price index

Source

https://www.bls.gov/cpi/research-series/r-cpi-u-rs-home.htm

See also

c_cpi_u_extended_annual extends the CPI-U-RS from 1937 to the present using the c_cpi_u and other series.

Examples

cpi_u_rs_annual
#> # A tibble: 46 × 2
#>     year cpi_u_rs
#>    <dbl>    <dbl>
#>  1  1978     104.
#>  2  1979     114.
#>  3  1980     127.
#>  4  1981     139.
#>  5  1982     148.
#>  6  1983     154.
#>  7  1984     160.
#>  8  1985     166.
#>  9  1986     168.
#> 10  1987     174.
#> # ℹ 36 more rows