Us Cpi Forecast 2024. The us bureau of labor statistics (bls) will release the most important inflation measure, the us consumer price index (cpi) figures, on thursday, january 11 at 13:30 gmt. Economists forecast that cpi inflation rose 0.2% in august, bringing the annual rate down to 2.6%.
This marks a deceleration from a. The cpi measures changes in prices paid by urban consumers for a specific basket of goods and services.