What will be the unadjusted percentage change in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for coffee in May 2023 as compared to May 2022?
Closed Jun 01, 2023 07:01AM UTC
The question will be suspended on 31 May 2023 and the outcome determined using "Unadjusted percent change/May 2022 - May 2023" data as first released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, expected in June 2023 (BLS - CPI, BLS - CPI Release Archive). For May 2022, the BLS reported an unadjusted annual percentage change for coffee of 15.3% (BLS - CPI May 2022, see Table 2 for "Coffee").
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The question closed "Up by between 3.0% and 6.0%, inclusive" with a closing date of 1 June 2023.
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Possible Answer | Correct? | Final Crowd Forecast |
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Down by more than 3.0% | 1% | |
Down by between 0.0% and 3.0%, inclusive | 2% | |
Up by more than 0.0% but less than 3.0% | 16% | |
Up by between 3.0% and 6.0%, inclusive | 33% | |
Up by more than 6.0% but less than 9.0% | 35% | |
Up by between 9.0% and 12.0%, inclusive | 10% | |
Up by more than 12.0% | 3% |
Crowd Forecast Profile
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Number of Forecasters | 46 |
Average for questions older than 6 months: 206 | |
Number of Forecasts | 254 |
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Participants in this question vs. all forecasters | average |