The year-ending 2015 Consumer Price Index (CPI) All Urban Consumers: U.S. City Average, All Items (CPI-U) was flat (.1% annual increase) from the previous year. This represents the 2nd lowest annual change (-.4% decrease year ending 2009) since the CPI-U “base” was established in 1982-84. An overall decrease in energy prices was the primary contributing factor to the 2015 CPI-U index’s annual result.
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