Saturday, April 16, 2011

March 2011 CPI-U Released

The CPI-U value for March increased again to 223.467, up from February’s value of 221.309. March is also the final month in the semi-annual inflation period used for the May I Bond rate. The resulting change between September’s value of 218.439 and March’s 223.467 results in a 2.3% CPI-U increase.

The inflation linked rate of the May I Bond will be 2.3%. The fixed portion will not be known until the new composite rate is announced Monday, May 2nd.

 

Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar.
218.439 218.711 218.803 219.179 220.223 221.309 223.467

March 2011 CPI-U details

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