Discussion: Inflation Pick an item that you've observed the price change for over the last year. What was the change? Now look through the most recent CPI: https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/cpi.pdfLinks to an external site. Scroll down to table 2: detailed expenditure category Try to find the category that most closely matches the item you have chosen. What is the price change over the last year for it? What about the last month