Published by 11:00 a.m. (ET) on the day of the CPI release, the sticky price index sorts the components of the consumer price index (CPI) into either flexible or sticky (slow to change) categories based on the frequency of their price adjustment.
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The Atlanta Fed's sticky-price consumer price index (CPI)—a weighted basket of items that change price relatively slowly—rose 4.9 percent (on an annualized basis) in January, following a 2.6 percent (revised) increase in December. On a year-over-year basis, the series is up 3.6 percent.
On a core basis (excluding food and energy), the sticky-price index rose 5.1 percent (annualized) in January, and its 12-month percent change was 3.6 percent.
The flexible cut of the CPI—a weighted basket of items that change price relatively frequently—rose 7.5 percent (annualized) in January and is up 1.1 percent on a year-over-year basis. In addition to the standard text, could you also add the following note to reflect the annual data revision:
Note: All sticky-price and flexible-price series have been revised over the past five years as a result of new seasonal factors released by the BLS on February 12.
Sticky CPI
Core Sticky CPI
Flexible CPI
Core Flexible CPI
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