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Cost of living / inflation

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Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Price Index (CPI) family. Blank stays blank — we do not invent an inflation score.

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  • CPI-U, all items (U.S. city average, not seasonally adjusted)

    333.918 · +3.4% YoY

    index (1982–84=100). National cost of living. District and metro CPI later. 12-month change is arithmetic on the published monthly indexes (same month, prior year).

    As of July 2026 · BLS CPI-U CUUR0000SA0

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