inf: US Inflation and Core Inflation Data

Description Usage Format Source References

Description

A dataset containing the variation of the US headline Consumer Price Index along with a core inflation measure that exclude food and energy.

Usage

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Format

An object of class (inherits from tbl, data.frame) with 598 rows and 2 columns. Monthly % variation from 1970-01-01 to 2019-10-01.

cpi

Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: All Items in U.S. City Average (CPIAUCNS). cpi represents the variation in consumer price index. Based on Index 1982-1984=100, not seasonally adjusted

core

Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: All Items Less Food and Energy in U.S. City Average (CPILFENS). Excludes food and energy. Based on Index 1982-1984=100, not seasonally adjusted

Source

Series can be obtained in:
Federal Reserve Economic Data | FRED | St. Louis Fed

References

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: All Items Less Food and Energy in U.S. City Average [CPILFENS], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, November 26, 2019.

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: All Items Less Food and Energy in U.S. City Average [CPILFENS], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, November 26, 2019.


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