How to Use consumer price index in a Sentence

consumer price index

noun
  • The increase is more than five times that of the consumer price index.
    — The Week Staff, The Week, 9 Oct. 2021
  • That’s three times higher than the consumer price index over that time.
    — Andrew Maykuth, Philly.com, 16 Apr. 2018
  • The Fed’s goal is for the consumer price index to fall to 2%.
    — Elaine Mallon, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 19 Sep. 2024
  • The consumer price index also went up in June.
    — Willie Wilson, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2025
  • After that, the cap will adjust based on the area consumer price index.
    — Aldo Svaldi, The Denver Post, 18 Nov. 2019
  • At least 15 states do this; nine others link their tax to the consumer price index.
    — Bruce Selcraig, ExpressNews.com, 7 Sep. 2020
  • In June, the consumer price index fell below 3% for the first time in three years.
    — Nerdwallet, The Mercury News, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Here's a look at the pace of change in hourly wages and the consumer price index since 2020.
    — WSJ, 3 Feb. 2023
  • The highest consumer price index reading in over three years boosted bond yields, which did not help.
    — Jeff Marks,morgan Chittum, CNBC, 10 June 2026
  • Parisi told board members that the rest of the increase in the levy was due to the increase in the consumer price index.
    — Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 20 Dec. 2022
  • Services make up 57% of the consumer price index, while rent takes up 33%.
    — Nate Dicamillo, Quartz, 16 Mar. 2022
  • The report assumed the consumer price index at about 3% and looked at what the tradeoffs would be.
    — Andrea Nakano, CBS News, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Sandwiched between the two is the mid-month reading of the benchmark consumer price index.
    — Craig Stirling, Fortune, 23 June 2024
  • The consumer price index for March will be released Friday.
    — Nancy Cook, Bloomberg, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Figures out earlier this month showed a fairly mild increase in the consumer price index at the start of the year.
    — Bloomberg Wire, Dallas Morning News, 27 Feb. 2026
  • July's consumer price index came in mostly benign.
    — Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 13 Aug. 2025
  • July’s consumer price index came in mostly benign.
    — Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 13 Aug. 2025
  • The latest data from the consumer price index shows the price of groceries in the Bay Area has gone up.
    — Kellie Hwang, San Francisco Chronicle, 20 July 2022
  • The May consumer price index , out on Wednesday, will be the marquee data point of the week.
    — Zev Fima, CNBC, 7 June 2026
  • And on Friday, the consumer price index for January will come out.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 9 Feb. 2026
  • The report on the consumer price index was issued more than a week late because of the government shutdown, now in its fourth week.
    — Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2025
  • What’s more, as of August, the consumer price index has increased more than 8% over the last 12 months.
    — Trey Williams, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2022
  • This is the biggest one-year jump seen in the government's consumer price index since 1990.
    — Molly Nagle, ABC News, 14 Nov. 2021
  • The consumer price index will be released on Thursday morning stateside.
    — Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The November consumer price index is due out on Thursday.
    — Fred Imbert, CNBC, 14 Dec. 2025
  • The November consumer price index is due out on Thursday.
    — Hugh Leask,holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 15 Dec. 2025
  • These worries are being compounded this week by hot prints in both the consumer price index and the producer price index .
    — Tobias Burns, CNBC, 13 May 2026
  • The consumer price index, tallied by the Labor Department, has surged since the start of the war.
    — Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 15 June 2026
  • But the consumer price index, the producer price index, and retail sales will likely be delayed due to the shutdown.
    — Jeff Marks, CNBC, 7 Nov. 2025
  • As of March, prices are up 6% over the past 12 months, according to the most recent consumer price index.
    — CBS News, 27 Mar. 2023

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