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Info Guides - Consumer Price Index
What is the Consumer Price Index?
A consumer price index measures the change in the cost of a fixed list of good and services over time. Consumer price indexes are often used to measure inflation. There is not a consumer price index that is maintained specifically for Tucson, Phoenix, or Arizona.
- Consumer Price Indexes
- Start here for an overview, the latest figures, and a helpful frequently asked questions section from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Check table for a month by month listing of Consumer Price Index All Urban Consumer (CPI-U) figures from 1913 to the present.
- CPI Calculation Machine
- Use to compare the value of a dollar back to 1913.
- Inflation Conversion Factors
- Consumer Price Index inflation conversion factors from Oregon State University.