Source: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/cpi

# CPI
URL: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/cpi
Last modified: 2026-10-17

CPI, the consumer price index, is the monthly US measure of what a basket of goods and services costs households, published by the BLS. It lands at 6:00 PM IST, 7:00 PM in winter, the market [trades the gap to expectation, not the number](https://mochatrade.com/learn/start-here/how-to-read-us-market-news), and a hot print travels through [the Fed rate path to the sectors that take it worst](https://mochatrade.com/learn/us-market-structure/us-inflation-explained). [The August 2026 print came in at 0.3% core against 0.2% expected](https://mochatrade.com/blog/mocha-markets-weekly-ccd), and a hike followed.

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