Observatory atlas

Airline fares is attached to Domestic airlines as a broad BLS consumer-price context series. Consumer airline fares are broad transportation-price context for the airline dossier; they do not identify route markets, airline margins, capacity effects, or competitive causation.

Internet services and electronic information providers is attached to Fixed broadband as a broad BLS consumer-price context series. The BLS internet-services item is broad household price context for the fixed-broadband dossier; it is not equivalent to the FCC broadband screen, a service-quality measure, or a legal market.

Rent of primary residence is attached to Rental housing as a broad BLS consumer-price context series. Broad rent paid by tenants is attached as consumer-price context for the housing dossier; it is not a rent-setting market definition or a measure of housing supply, landlord concentration, or market power.

Health insurance is attached to Individual insurance as a broad BLS consumer-price context series. The BLS health-insurance index uses its own retained-earnings method and is not a premium index. It is broad context for the individual-insurance dossier, not a measure of insurer concentration, plan generosity, or market power.

Food at home is attached to Beef meatpacking as a broad BLS consumer-price context series. Food-at-home prices are broad grocery context for the meatpacking dossier; they do not isolate meat, cattle, processor margins, retailer margins, pass-through, or market power.

Prescription drugs is attached to PBMs as a broad BLS consumer-price context series. Retail prescription-drug prices are attached as consumer context for the PBM dossier; they do not measure PBM services, rebates, spreads, pharmacy reimbursement, margins, or competitive effects.

Wireless telephone services is attached to Wireless service as a broad BLS consumer-price context series. Wireless telephone service prices are broad consumer context for the mobile-wireless dossier; they do not measure plan quality, device subsidies, carrier profitability, switching, or market power.

Twelve-month change in the CPI for all urban consumers, U.S. city average. This is a broad price index, not a measure of market power.

Twelve-month change in rent of primary residence. The category is price context, not a housing-market concentration measure.

Consumer prices supplies two source-native signals to the United States Competition Profile: All-items consumer prices and Rent of primary residence. Broad and housing-related consumer-price movement from the CPI, retained as descriptive price context.