{"id": 1025941, "name": "US consumer price index for new cars", "unit": "", "createdAt": "2025-04-16T20:49:05.000Z", "updatedAt": "2025-11-03T13:10:42.000Z", "coverage": "", "timespan": "1984-2025", "datasetId": 7060, "columnOrder": 0, "shortName": "new_cars", "catalogPath": "grapher/bls/2025-04-12/us_consumer_prices/us_consumer_prices#new_cars", "descriptionFromProducer": "New cars in U.S. city average, all urban consumers, not seasonally adjusted (CUUS0000SS45011)", "descriptionProcessing": "**Note on current year data:** For the ongoing year (if displayed), annual averages are calculated from available monthly or semi-annual data, providing preliminary CPI values that update throughout the year. Official annual averages from BLS are only available after the year is complete.", "type": "float", "dataChecksum": "3738722500219914087", "metadataChecksum": "1980093302565161420", "datasetName": "US consumer prices", "updatePeriodDays": 365, "datasetVersion": "2025-04-12", "nonRedistributable": false, "display": {"name": "New cars"}, "schemaVersion": 2, "presentation": {"titlePublic": "New cars (US consumer price index)", "topicTagsLinks": ["Economic Growth"]}, "descriptionKey": ["The Consumer Price Index (CPI) measures inflation \u2014 how the average prices of goods and services change over time.", "The CPI\u2019s new cars index measures prices paid by consumers for newly purchased passenger cars, excluding trucks, SUVs, and fleet vehicles.", "It includes categories like subcompact, compact, intermediate, full-size, sporty, and luxury cars, based on vehicle classifications defined by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).", "Prices are sourced from J.D. Power transaction data, reflecting actual dealership sales across the U.S.", "When models change between years, quality adjustments are made for added features like improved safety or fuel efficiency.", "The index helps capture how market trends and vehicle upgrades affect the cost of new cars for consumers.", "The index uses a base period of 1982\u201384, which is set to 100. Later values show how much prices have changed since then."], "dimensions": {"years": {"values": [{"id": 1984}, {"id": 1985}, {"id": 1986}, {"id": 1987}, {"id": 1988}, {"id": 1989}, {"id": 1990}, {"id": 1991}, {"id": 1992}, {"id": 1993}, {"id": 1994}, {"id": 1995}, {"id": 1996}, {"id": 1997}, {"id": 1998}, {"id": 1999}, {"id": 2000}, {"id": 2001}, {"id": 2002}, {"id": 2003}, {"id": 2004}, {"id": 2005}, {"id": 2006}, {"id": 2007}, {"id": 2008}, {"id": 2009}, {"id": 2010}, {"id": 2011}, {"id": 2012}, {"id": 2013}, {"id": 2014}, {"id": 2015}, {"id": 2016}, {"id": 2017}, {"id": 2018}, {"id": 2019}, {"id": 2020}, {"id": 2021}, {"id": 2022}, {"id": 2023}, {"id": 2024}, {"id": 2025}]}, "entities": {"values": [{"id": 13, "name": "United States", "code": "USA"}]}}, "origins": [{"id": 3393, "title": "US consumer prices", "description": "The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports the monthly Consumer Price Index (CPI) of individual goods and services for urban consumers at the national, city, and state levels. CPI is presented on an annual basis, which we have derived as the average of the monthly CPIs in a given year.", "producer": "U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics", "citationFull": "U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics", "urlMain": "https://www.bls.gov/data/tools.htm", "dateAccessed": "2025-04-12", "datePublished": "2025", "license": {"url": "https://www.bls.gov/opub/copyright-information.htm", "name": "Public domain"}}]}