# April Consumer Price Index Up 8.3 Percent Year-Over-Year

By Human Events · Published 2022-05-11 · News & Analysis › World · https://humanevents.com/news/april-consumer-price-index-up-8-3-percent-year-over-year

> According to the Labor Department, the country’s Consumer Price Index for April was 8.3 percent compared to a year ago. This number was higher than expected, but slightly lower than the 40-year high reached in March, Just the News reports. The March 8.5 percent year-over-year increase was the highest since 1981. Economists at FactSet predicted \[…\]

According to the Labor Department, the country’s Consumer Price Index for April was 8.3 percent compared to a year ago.

This number was higher than expected, but slightly lower than the 40-year high reached in March, *Just the News* [reports](https://justthenews.com/nation/economy/consumer-price-index-august). The March 8.5 percent year-over-year increase was the highest since 1981.

Economists at FactSet predicted an 8.1 percent increase, compared to a year earlier.

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers increased 0.3 percent in April on a seasonally adjusted basis after rising 1.2 percent in March, the Labor Department also reported.