Index lookup · CUUR0000SA0
Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, all items, US city average, not seasonally adjusted. The headline US consumer inflation measure. Index base: 1982-84 = 100.
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Strongest average month-over-month move historically: March (+0.6% avg).
The most cited inflation index in escalation clauses of every kind, from service and license fees to the materials term of the airframe formula in aircraft purchase agreements, where it carries 35% of the adjustment. It tracks consumer prices, so it drifts from a supplier's real costs when one input dominates.
A starting point citing this series by name and code. Replace the bracketed terms with your contract's actual scope before use.
The [affected portion] of the Contract Price shall be adjusted using US CPI-U — All Items, US City Average (BLS series CUUR0000SA0), published by BLS. Base Period: the index value published for August 2026 (or the month of contract signing, if different) is the Base Value. Adjustment: at each Adjustment Date, the Current Value is the most recently published three-month average of the index (the Averaging Window). The Escalation Factor equals Current Value divided by Base Value. Cap: the Escalation Factor applied under this clause shall not exceed 1.10 or fall below 0.90 (a 10% cap and floor) in any single Adjustment Date, regardless of the index's actual movement. [Replace bracketed terms with your contract's actual affected-portion definition and adjustment-date schedule before use. This is a drafting starting point, not legal advice.]
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New aircraft are escalated with a labor and inflation formula, not a manufacturing PPI: 65% Employment Cost Index (manufacturing, CIU2013000000000I) plus 35% CPI-U (CUUR0000SA0), measured against base-year values and applied at delivery. Spare parts have no matching series, so price them from a weighted input composite instead.
Read more →PPI measures what producers receive for an input, close to the actual production cost of a purchased material or component. CPI measures what consumers pay at retail, which layers on distribution and retail markup that has nothing to do with the underlying production cost of the input. Most B2B materials and component contracts should index PPI. CPI fits labor-adjacent cost-of-living escalators and consumer-facing service contracts.
Read more →Escalake tracks US CPI-U — All Items, US City Average, applies your formula, and gives both sides a number they can confirm, no spreadsheet required.