Consumer Price Index 2024 February 2024. Earlier this morning, the labor department's bureau of labor statistics released the consumer price index (cpi) for february 2024: We learned this morning that inflation as measured by the consumer price index was 0.4 percent in february and 3.2 percent over the past year.
In february 2024, the national consumer price index (cpi) increased by 0.7 percent year on year. The upshot on thursday is that s&p500 and nasdaq futures were higher again before the bell after the prior days’ index surges of more than 1% and 2% respectively.