September CPI Released
The Bureau of Labor Statistics just announced the monthly consumer price index for September. The CPI is the measure used to make adjustments to military retired pay, survivor benefits, Social Security and other federal pensions.
The September CPI-W is 211.322 which is up 0.1% from the August CPI-W of 211.156. This year’s third quarter base average index of 211.0 is 2.5% lower than the 2008 third quarter base index of 215.5 confirming that there will be no COLA in December.
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