The updated weights based on consumer spending in 2024 will be used to calculate the consumer price index released next week ...

Now the CPI is not simply the sum of the changes (increase or decrease) of these 9 groups of items. Instead, each group has a weight that expresses its relative importance in the consumer basket.

OTTAWA — Statistics Canada on Tuesday updated the basket weights for the goods and services it uses to determine inflation, ...

Meaningfully larger increases are likely in coming months” to inflation as tariffs take hold, said the top U.S. economist at ...