The GDP price deflator measures the changes in the value of goods and services produced in the U.S., including exports. It is an alternate measure of inflation.

January’s consumer price index report, released Tuesday, was a bit of a mixed bag. Prices were up 6.4% since the same time last year, making January the seventh straight month of cooling year ...

The organization maintains an index that it calls the "Everyday Price Index" (EPI). This reflects prices of goods and services that people tend to buy frequently, such as food, utilities, and fuel.

America’s Federal Reserve uses a personal-consumption-expenditure index (PCE) rather than the consumer price index because, in part, the formula the PCE uses better reflects this substitution ...

Inflation is one of the most important ways the economy impacts consumers. During periods of high inflation, money simply doesn't go as far, so people need to watch their budgets more carefully.