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Prices and Cost of Living Data

Program Information

Popular name

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Program Number

17.003

Program objective

To provide, analyze, and publish statistical data for assisting in the evaluation of consumer, producer, export and import prices and price changes, and consumer expenditures.

Program expenditures, by FY (2023 - 2025)

This chart shows obligations for the program by fiscal year. All data for this chart was provided by the administering agency and sourced from SAM.gov, USASpending.gov, and Treasury.gov.

For more information on each of these data sources, please see the About the data page.

Additional program information

  1. 2022

    Each year, BLS publishes over 2 million series, indexes, and other data products across its programs, including Prices and Cost of Living Data.

  2. 2024

    Each year, BLS publishes over 2 million series, indexes, and other data products across its programs, including Prices and Cost of Living Data.

Single Audit Applies (2 CFR Part 200 Subpart F):

For additional information on single audit requirements for this program, review the current Compliance Supplement.

OMB is working with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and agency offices of inspectors general to include links to relevant oversight reports. This section will be updated once this information is made available.

"Consumer Price Index"; "Producer Price Index"; "Export Price Index"; "Import Price Index"; "Consumer Expenditure Survey," "Monthly Labor Review"; "BLS Handbook of Methods," BLS Bulletin 2490; "Major Programs of the Bureau of Labor Statistics"; "Publications of the Bureau of Labor Statistics."

  1. Public Laws 62-426, 71-537, and 94-206, 29 U.S.C. 1-2.

Program details

Program types

Eligible applicants

Eligible beneficiaries

  • Anyone/general public

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