How much impact does the weight adjustment of [overseas economy series] have on us CPI?

Recently, the US Department of labor released data that the CPI in January increased by 7.5% year-on-year, a new high since March 1982. However, different from the data of last month, the Ministry of labor adjusted the project weight according to the changes of consumer spending patterns and preferences, and introduced updated seasonal factors. Overall, the weight of sub items with high growth rate in energy, food and services has been lowered; From the perspective of sub items, the weight of used cars with stable prices has increased, while the weight of items with rising growth rates such as dining out, automobile fuel and other services has been reduced. If the CPI data of January is adjusted according to the original weight, it will increase by about 0.05 percentage points compared with the current one.

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