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Contract EscalationĬonsumer Price Indexes, Producer Price Indexes, and the Employment Cost Index may be used to escalate contracts. Some information is available by region, major industry group, major occupational group, and bargaining status. Indexes are available for total labor costs, and separately for wages and salaries and for benefit costs. This program publishes quarterly statistics that measure change in labor costs (also called employment costs or compensation costs) over time quarterly data measuring the level of costs per hour worked are also published. The International Price Program measured change in the prices of imports and exports of nonmilitary goods between the United States and the rest of the world. See our fact sheet that explains these adjustments. Producer Price Indexes are also used for contract price adjustments. When we release PPI data, the news media most often reports the percent change in the index for Final Demand. The Producer Price Indexes measure changes in the selling prices received by domestic producers of goods, services, and construction. This measure is designed to be a closer approximation to a "cost-of-living" index than the CPI-U or CPI-W.

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There is a fact sheet explaining how to use the CPI for escalating contracts.Īn additional price index called the Chained Consumer Price Index (C-CPI-U) is also available. The CPI Inflation Calculator allows users to calculate the value of current dollars in an earlier period, or to calculate the current value of dollar amounts from years ago.Ĭonsumer price indexes often are used to escalate or adjust payments for rents, wages, alimony, child support and other obligations that may be affected by changes in the cost of living.

The CPI for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) is the index most often used for wage escalation agreements.

The CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) is the index most often reported by the national media.

There are separate indexes for two groups or populations of consumers: The Consumer Price Index (CPI) program produces monthly data on changes in the prices paid by urban consumers for a representative basket of goods and services. BLS has various indexes that measure different aspects of inflation.īLS statistics related to inflation: Consumer Price Index Inflation can be defined as the overall general upward price movement of goods and services in an economy. The price of services, where wages are a key cost, rose by 3.5%.Overview of BLS Statistics on Inflation and Prices

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While a 39% rise in energy costs was the main driver of inflation, unprocessed food prices were up an uncomfortably high 9% and non-energy industrial goods prices rose by 4.2%. Inflation excluding food and energy costs, a figure closely watched by the ECB, accelerated to 4.4% from 3.9%, while an even narrower measure that also excludes alcohol and tobacco picked up to 3.8% from 3.5%. Though inflation is now four times the ECB’s 2% target, policymakers appear equally worried about a quick rise in underlying prices as they suggest that rapid inflation is now getting embedded via second round effects. Price growth across the 19 countries sharing the euro rose to 8.1% in May from 7.4% in April, in line with a preliminary estimate published on May 31, the European Union’s statistics agency Eurostat said on Friday. Initially driven by post-pandemic supply shortages and soaring energy prices following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, inflation has now become increasingly broad, affecting everything from food and services to everyday goods. FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Euro zone inflation rose to a record high 8.1% last month in line with a preliminary estimate, more than four times the European Central Bank’s target and underscoring its plans to raise interest rates next month to tame runaway price growth.