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AIER’s Everyday Price Index Rose Modestly in February 2025
AIER’s proprietary Everyday Price Index (EPI) gained moderately in February 2025, continuing a climb that began in November 2024. The index rose by 0.51 percent to 292.4, its highest level […]
AIER’s Everyday Price Index Spikes Sharply in January 2025
AIER’s Everyday Price Index (EPI) leapt up in the first month of 2025, ending a string of declines which began in August 2024 but retraced slightly in December 2024. The […]
AIER’s Everyday Price Index Gains Marginally in December 2024
The American Institute for Economic Research’s Everyday Price Index (EPI), calculated and published monthly, rose 0.12 percent to 288.3 in December 2024. This is the first rise in the index […]
AIER’s Everyday Price Index Shows Continued Disinflation in November 2024
The American Institute for Economic Research’s Everyday Price Index (EPI) fell 0.36 percent to 287.95 in November 2024. This decline marks the fourth monthly decline in a row, the longest […]
AIER’s Everyday Price Index Declines for Third Straight Month in October 2024
The American Institute for Economic Research Everyday Price Index (EPI) declined 0.20 percent to 289.0 in October 2024. This is the fourth monthly decline in our index since January 2024, […]
AIER’s Everyday Price Index Eases in September 2024
The Everyday Price Index (EPI), calculated and published monthly by tne American Institute for Economic Research, declined 0.46 percent to 289.6 in September 2024. This is the third monthly decline […]
AIER’s Everyday Price Index Eases Marginally in August 2024
A woman buys produce at Pike Place Market in Seattle, Washington. 2023. The American Institute for Economic Research’s Everyday Price Index (EPI) declined 0.13 percent to 290.9 in August 2024, […]
AIER’s Everyday Price Index Creeps up Slightly in July 2024
In July 2024, the American Institute for Economic Research’s Everyday Price Index (EPI) rose 0.30 percent to 291.3. With this increase the EPI resumes an upward trend that was broken […]