U.S. Consumer Price Index
U.S. Consumer Price Index
By U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Prices paid for a market basket of consumer goods and services
Product type
Dataset
Update frequency
Monthly
Updated
Apr 4, 2023
Delivery method
Download
Metadata is available for each file version of the dataset. A JSON file can be downloaded once you subscribe to the dataset. The information below is an example of the metadata included in each JSON file.
Dataset file name: us-consumer-price-index.txt
Key Statistics
Total records
58,778
Missing values
0.8%
Duplicate rows
0%
Columns
Columns
5
Categorical
1
Numeric
2
Date/time
0
Column name | Type | Unique values | Min value | Max value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
year | numeric | 109 | 1913 | 2021 |
value | numeric | 12,640 | 0 | 776.4 |
period | categorical | 16 | 3 | 3 |
series_id | text | 201 | 11 | 11 |