Indicator

Consumer price index (CPI)

The Bureau of Labor Statistics' measure of the prices urban households pay for a basket of goods and services. The headline figure includes food and energy; core CPI leaves them out.

Why we track it

It is the most widely quoted inflation number, and energy swings show up in it first.

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2-year Treasury yieldThe yearly return on a two-year US government bond.
30-year Treasury yieldThe yearly return on a thirty-year US government bond, the longest maturity the Treasury issues.
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Core CPIThe consumer price index with food and energy taken out, because those two swing hardest month to month.

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