- The UIG "full data set" measure for December is currently estimated at 5.4%, a 0.3 percentage point decrease from the current estimate of the previous month.
- The "prices-only" measure for December is currently estimated at 4.5%, a 0.5 percentage point decrease from the current estimate of the previous month.
- The twelve-month change in the December CPI was +6.5%, a 0.6 percentage point decrease from the previous month.
-For December 2022, trend CPI inflation is estimated to be in the 4.5% to 5.4% range, a slightly wider range than November, because of a larger decrease in its lower bound than in its upper bound.
Data Series
The “prices-only” underlying inflation gauge (UIG) is derived from a large number of disaggregated price series in the consumer price index (CPI), while the “full data set” measure incorporates additional macroeconomic and financial variables. For a list of the series employed, see the
data appendix.
FAQ
Please see this document for
frequently asked questions and further details on the methodology behind the UIG.
Related Reading
For an introduction, check out Amstad, Potter, and Rich, “
Measuring Trend Inflation with the Underlying Inflation Gauge,”
Liberty Street Economics, May 22, 2017.
For a more detailed account of our trend inflation measure, see Amstad, Potter, and Rich, “
The New York Fed Staff Underlying Inflation Gauge (UIG),” Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Economic Policy Review (September 2017).
An in-depth discussion of methodology is provided in Amstad, Potter, and Rich, “
The New York Fed Staff Underlying Inflation Gauge (UIG),” Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Staff Reports, no. 672 (April 2014) and Amstad and Potter, “
Real Time Underlying Inflation Gauge for Monetary Policymakers,” Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Staff Reports, no. 420 (December 2009).
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