About Basket Index™
Inflation discourse is everywhere, but most of it is abstract. Basket Index™ exists to give consumers, journalists, and researchers a concrete, regional answer to one question: what does it actually cost to fill the basket?
What we publish
- Monthly prices for ten household essentials
- The Basket Index™ for the US, Texas, and DFW
- Indexes for four household profiles
- Year-over-year changes, highs, lows, and shock alerts
- A calculator that turns prices into a household-specific number
How to cite us
We encourage attribution in the form: "Basket Index™, [date]" with a link back to the relevant page. Our underlying data is public — we publish series IDs on the Methodology page so every number can be reproduced.
Who it's for
- Journalists & local news — embed our charts in your reporting
- Economists & researchers — download monthly CSV from any item page
- Financial bloggers — reference fast, citeable index values
- Consumers — answer "am I really spending more?"
Independence
Basket Index™ has no corporate sponsor, no political affiliation, and no advertising. Every series in this product comes from a US federal statistical agency. We publish our methodology so you don't have to take our word for it.