By Lawrence Wilson A federal budget for 2024 has passed the House Budget Committee just 10 days ahead of a potential federal government shutdown for lack of Congressional spending authorization. Republicans praised the budget proposal as a step toward reigning in chronic overspending, which has led to $33 trillion in federal debt. Committee Democrats, while […]
Tag: Consumer Price Index (CPI)
A consumer price index is a price index, the price of a weighted average market basket of consumer goods and services purchased by households.