A–Z of economic indicators

Headline annual consumer-price inflation across the euro area, released first as a Flash estimate and later as a Final reading.

The U.S. Consumer Price Index tracks changes in prices paid by urban consumers and is a major gauge of U.S. inflation pressure.

The Consumer Price Index is a monthly measure of changes in the prices consumers pay for a broad basket of goods and services.

An overview of Bosnia and Herzegovina's headline consumer inflation measure and its year-on-year reading.

The Consumer Price Index measures changes in the prices households pay for a basket of everyday goods and services.

Albania’s CPI inflation rate tracks changes in consumer prices using INSTAT’s Consumer Price Index. The release is watched for signals about purchasing power, monetary policy pressure and lek-denominated market expectations.

CPI measures the change in the price of a basket of goods and services bought by households, and it is the headline gauge of inflation. Core CPI strips out food and energy to show the underlying trend. Because central banks set interest rates to control inflation, a CPI surprise moves currencies quickly and is one of the highest-impact releases on the calendar.

A monthly U.S. inflation measure based on the prices paid for personal consumption expenditures.

Portugal's headline monthly measure of changes in consumer prices.

The U.S. Export Price Index month-over-month change tracks monthly movements in prices for U.S. exports and helps traders assess traded-goods inflation pressure.

Armenia’s year-over-year consumer inflation rate, based on the national Consumer Price Index.

Bahrain's Consumer Price Index measures changes in the prices paid by households for a basket of consumer goods and services. Its year-on-year change is commonly described as the inflation rate.

Bangladesh’s CPI inflation rate tracks changes in household consumer prices and is a key gauge of domestic price pressure.

Belarus CPI inflation year-over-year tracks the annual change in consumer prices paid by households and is a key gauge of domestic price pressure.

Annual change in Belgium's national headline consumer price index, published by Statbel.

Botswana’s CPI annual inflation rate measures the year-over-year change in consumer prices for goods and services purchased by households.

Bulgaria’s year-over-year CPI inflation rate measures the annual change in consumer prices paid by households and is a key gauge of price pressure in the Bulgarian economy.

Costa Rica’s annual headline consumer-inflation rate, based on the change in the Consumer Price Index from the same month a year earlier.

A monthly survey measure of how euro area consumers expect inflation to develop, with the commonly followed headline covering the next 12 months.

Egypt’s year-over-year core inflation rate tracks the annual change in underlying consumer-price pressure after excluding selected volatile or regulated items from the headline CPI basket.

Egypt’s month-over-month inflation rate tracks the monthly change in the headline consumer price index published by CAPMAS.

Egypt's CPI annual inflation rate tracks the year-over-year change in headline consumer prices and is a key measure of household price pressure.

Ethiopia’s CPI inflation rate year-over-year measures the annual percentage change in consumer prices using the national Consumer Price Index.

Iceland's annual inflation rate measures the percentage change in the Consumer Price Index from the same month a year earlier.

An annual measure of how consumer prices in Kazakhstan have changed from the same month a year earlier.

An annual measure of the change in Lebanon's Consumer Price Index.

A monthly measure of the annual change in North Macedonia's headline Consumer Price Index.

An annual measure of changes in household consumer prices in Malawi.

Moldova's year-over-year inflation rate tracks the annual change in household consumer prices using the Consumer Price Index.

Mongolia's year-over-year inflation rate tracks the annual change in national consumer prices using the Consumer Price Index.

Pakistan’s year-on-year CPI inflation rate compares the overall cost of a household consumption basket with its level in the same month one year earlier.

A year-on-year measure of changes in consumer prices in Paraguay.

Rwanda’s CPI annual inflation rate shows how much the overall consumer price basket has changed from the same month a year earlier.

Ukraine’s month-over-month inflation rate shows the latest monthly change in the Consumer Price Index for goods and services bought by households.

A year-on-year measure of changes in Uruguay's consumer prices, based on the Consumer Price Index.

An annual measure of changes in the prices Zambian households pay for goods and services.

Finland's headline measure of the annual change in prices paid by households for a representative basket of consumer goods and services.

A monthly measure of changes in prices paid by households in Italy.

Japan’s headline consumer-inflation measure, showing how prices for a representative household basket have changed from a year earlier.