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| | Consumer price index - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | It is a price index which tracks the prices of a specified set of consumer goods and services, providing a measure of inflation. | | | Prices for the goods and services used to calculate the CPI are collected in 87 urban areas throughout the country and from about 23,000 retail and service establishments. | | | The CPI is a fixed quantity price index and a sort of cost-of-living index. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retail_price_index
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| | Latest release from the Consumer Price Index. Wednesday, January 18, 2006 |
| | The All-items index excluding the eight volatile components identified by the Bank of Canada decreased by 0.1% in December, compared to an increase of 0.4% in November. | | | The All-items index excluding the eight volatile components identified by the Bank of Canada increased by 1.6% between December 2004 and December 2005. | | | The 1.6% annual average rise in the All-items index excluding the eight volatile components identified by the Bank of Canada was slightly higher than the 1.5% increase of 2004. |
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http://www.statcan.ca/english/Subjects/Cpi/cpi-en.htm
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| | Consumer price index.Summary Methodology |
| | Data on consumer spending by the population, derived from household budget surveys, are used as weights in the compilation of the CPI. | | | Consumer price indices are compiled for three major groups: food, nonfood goods, and services purchased by the public, which in turn are broken down into product groups and individual representative goods and services. | | | The consumer price index is compiled for the population with various income levels residing in urban population centers. |
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| | The relative price for an item is the ratio of its price in a given period to its average price in the base year. | | | The percentage change in an index between any two periods is calculated by subtracting the index value for the earlier period from the later period, and dividing the result by the value for the earlier period, then multiplied by 100. | | | The movement in the index from one period to another is usually expressed as percentage change rather than as differences in index value (or index point), because the level of the index relative to the base period affects the index point. |
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http://www.nso.gov.pg/Concpts_Defns/CPI/CPI_definitions.doc
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| | Consumer Price Index: Dewey Library: MIT Libraries |
| | Consumer price index and cost of living statistics - U.S. The Consumer Price Index (CPI), which is issued monthly by the BLS, measures the average change in prices of goods and services purchased by urban consumers, describing shifts in the purchasing power of the consumer's dollar. | | | Three major uses of the Consumer Price Index are: as an economic indicator (it is the most widely used measure of inflation); as a deflator of other economic series; and as a means of adjusting income payments. | | | Measures the relative price levels for consumer goods and services in participating areas compared with the national average. |
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http://libraries.mit.edu/dewey/cpi.html
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| | Consumer Price Index Summary |
| | The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a measure of the average change over time in the prices paid by urban consumers for a market basket of consumer goods and services. | | | The CPI is generally the best measure for adjusting payments to consumers when the intent is to allow consumers to purchase, at today's prices, a market basket of goods and services equivalent to one that they could purchase in an earlier period. | | | Since the CPI measures price change based on only a sample of items, the published indexes differ somewhat from what the results would be if actual records of all retail purchases by everyone in the index population could be used to compile the index. |
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http://www.albany.edu/~aeco320/cpisum.html
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| | Measuring Inflation |
| | To compute the price index, the cost of the market basket in any period is divided by the cost of the market basket in the base period, and the result is multiplied by 100. | | | These prices were not ignored by the price index; rather their contribution was less important to the overall result than the contribution of items whose prices rose. | | | For example, if prices are declining, holding inventories is expensive, and sellers will try to minimize inventories. |
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http://ingrimayne.saintjoe.edu/econ/Measuring/Inflation1.html
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| | Consumer Price Index (CPI) Information |
| | The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a measure of the change in prices paid over time for a fixed market basket of goods and services. | | | The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) measures the percentage change in prices faced by urban consumers and covers approximately 87 percent of the population. | | | The Consumer Price Index for Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) is sometimes referred to as the "blue collar measure." It is a subset of the CPI-U. Its market basket reflects the expenditures of urban households that derive more than half their income from clerical and hourly wage jobs. |
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http://www.mrsc.org/finance/cpipage.htm
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| | What is the consumer price index and how is it used? |
| | The consumer price index is a measure which is used to track the change in prices for common household goods over time. | | | Prior to 1983, the CPI measured housing prices using a procedure that included changes in the asset value of owned homes. | | | The consumer price index is developed using a "market basket" approach. |
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http://www.irp.wisc.edu/faqs/faq5.htm
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| | Consumer PriceI ndex |
| | The CPI is a fixed-basket price index as it represents the price of a constant quantities basket of goods and services purchased by the average consumer. | | | The consumer price index (CPI) is considered the most important measure of inflation. | | | Currently, the base period, which equals 100, is the average prices in the 1982-1984 period. |
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http://pages.stern.nyu.edu/~nroubini/bci/ConsumerPriceIndex.htm
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| | Consumer Price Index, CPI: definition, impact on Canadians' lives, example and related links |
| | The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is an indicator of the consumer prices encountered by Canadians. | | | It is obtained by calculating, on a monthly basis, the cost of a fixed “basket&; of commodities purchased by a typical Canadian consumer during a given month. | | | Each consumer buys a different combination of these goods and services, and it would be unlikely for any consumer to buy everything on the list at one point in time. |
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http://canadianeconomy.gc.ca/english/economy/cpi.html
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| | ICAZ - Consolidated Price Index |
| | The month-on-month inflation rate is given by the percentage change in the index of the relevant month of the current year compared with the index of the previous month in the current year. | | | The year-on-year inflation rate is given by the percentage change in the index of the relevant month of the current year compared with the index of the same month in the previous year. | | | The year on year inflation rate (annual percentage change) for the month of December 2005 as measured by the all items Consumer Price Index (CPI) stood at 585.8 percent, gaining 83.4 percentage points on the November rate of 502.4 percent. |
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http://www.icaz.org.zw/CPI/cpi.htm
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| | Publications and Research - The Bank in Brief - Fact Sheets The Consumer Price Index - Bank of Canada |
| | While there are other ways to measure price changes, the CPI is the most important indicator because of its widespread use, for example, to calculate changes in government payments such as the Canada Pension Plan and Old Age Security. | | | THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX (CPI) provides a broad measure of the cost of living in Canada. | | | Because of the difficulties of measuring price changes due to changes in quality of products as well as other variables, the CPI may contain a certain measurement bias that prevents it from giving a completely accurate picture of inflation. |
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http://www.bankofcanada.ca/en/backgrounders/bg-i4.html
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| | Econoday Reports - Consumer Price Index May 14, 2004 |
| | The Consumer Price Index is a measure of the average price level of a fixed basket of goods and services purchased by consumers. | | | An easing in energy costs held down consumer price inflation in April, as the CPI rose a slightly softer than expected 0.2 percent. | | | Friday's data suggest that manufacturers and service providers, needing to defray higher input costs while at the same time naturally wanting to expand profit margins, are still not able to significantly raise prices to consumers, a positive for the bond market and the interest rate outlook. |
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http://mam.econoday.com/reports/US/EN/New_York/cpi/year/2004/yearly/05
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| | Consumer price index |
| | The "fixed-basket" Consumer Price Index deflator uses quantities in a base year to compute the costs of the same basket of goods at 2 different dates. | | | In other words, it is the ratio of current price GDP to GDP in base year prices. | | | Note that the two prices have not gone up by the same amount: fish inflation is 100 percent but chip inflation is 50 percent. |
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http://www.eco.utexas.edu/graduate/Konstantinova/a5_CPI.htm
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| | Consumer Price Index Summary |
| | For the tobacco and smoking products index, this procedure was used to offset the effects wholesale tobacco prices and legal fees passed on to consumers. | | | For some women's apparel indexes and the girls' apparel index, the procedure was used to offset the effects of changes in pricing methodology. | | | The unadjusted data are of primary interest to consumers concerned about the prices they actually pay. |
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http://money.cnn.com/1999/12/14/economy/economy/cpi_summary.htm
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| | Consumer prices top forecasts but trail wholesale price gain - Nov. 17, 2004 |
| | Energy prices were the key factor in the price rise, as retail consumer prices were up 4.2 percent in the month that saw oil futures reach record levels. | | | If wholesale prices continue to rise faster than consumer prices, it could start to put a squeeze on corporate profits, which were up 16.8 percent in the third quarter compared to a year earlier, according to earnings tracker First Call. | | | The Labor Department's Consumer Price Index, the government's main measure of inflation released Wednesday, rose 0.6 percent in October, compared with a 0.2 percent rise in September. |
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http://money.cnn.com/2004/11/17/news/economy/cpi
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| | Consumer Price Index remains flawed, economist |
| | Today people are beating the price of theaters by renting videotapes, forgoing the cost of both the theater and the baby-sitter. | | | The government began collecting data for an index of price change in 1918. | | | Tracking thousands of products and services for the nation's consumer price index is a vast and in many ways impressive effort, but one that economist Michael Boskin believes is fundamentally flawed. |
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http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/1997/may7/boskin.html
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| | Gillespie Research: 3. Consumer Price Index |
| | The identical basket of goods would be priced at prevailing market costs for each period, and the period-to-period change in the cost of that market basket represented the rate of inflation in terms of maintaining a constant standard of living. | | | Inflation, as reported by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) is understated by roughly 2.7% per year. | | | Although the CPI is not used in the GDP calculation, there are relationships with the price deflators used in converting GDP data and growth to inflation-adjusted numbers. |
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http://www.gillespieresearch.com/cgi-bin/bgn/article/id=343
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| | Downsizing the CPI (Consumer Price Index) |
| | Indeed, the consumer sees the price inclusive of tax as the price of the thing which is bought, and presumably shifts expenditures towards things which are not taxed. | | | The CPI already treats sales taxes as part of the price paid by the consumer, so, for consistency, it can be argued that the cost of mandated devices should be treated the same way. | | | The CPI sweeps all indirect taxes into the prices of the things which are taxed. |
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http://www.wordedge.org/199710/cpi/downsize.htm
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| | Consumer Price Index Home Page |
| | The Consumer Price Indexes (CPI) program produces monthly data on changes in the prices paid by urban consumers for a representative basket of goods and services. | | | Consumer Price Index Detailed Report Tables 1A-23A, Annual Averages 2004 (PDF 111K). | | | Relative Importance of Components in the Consumer Price Index December 2004: |
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http://www.bls.gov/cpi
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| | How To Improve The Consumer Price Index |
| | In the current fiscal year, approximately 30 percent of total federal spending is indexed to movements in consumer prices. | | | A major problem with the federal budget is not the Consumer Price Index itself, but how the CPI is used. | | | It could then be used much as the current "CPI-U-X1" index (which measures housing costs the same way from 1967 to the present) is used--as a deflator in economic research. |
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http://www.heritage.org/Research/Labor/BG1177.cfm
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| | Consumer Price Index on Encyclopedia.com |
| | Index of consumer expectations: food price effects and durable goods expenditures. | | | CONSUMER PRICE INDEX [Consumer Price Index] see cost of living. | | | Changing the item structure of the Consumer Price Index.(1998 Consumer Price Index Revision)(Cover Story) |
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http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/X/X-C1onsmrP1ri.asp
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| | Consumer Price Index |
| | Everyone agrees that the Consumer Price Index has some shortcomings as a measure of the "cost of living." But there is still some controversy about just how far off it is, and what to do about it. | | | In 1996, the movement to find a better measurement of the "cost of living" gained momentum, in part because the Consumer Price Index is used to set increases in Social Security benefits, to revise income tax brackets, and for similar purposes. | | | If it could be replaced by a more accurate "cost of living" measure, and if the more accurate measure were to increase less rapidly, then the growth of the government deficit would also be slower, even without any other changes in the law and the budget. |
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http://william-king.www.drexel.edu/top/prin/txt/probs/infl8.html
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| | Inflation conversion factors for dollars 1665-estimated 2015 to dollars of 2005 and other years |
| | Yearly price changes (inflation and deflation) 1915 to 2002 (yearly change in price level, in percent) | | | Inflation was higher in 2005 than the Office of Management and Budget and the Congressional Budget Office estimated in early 2005. | | | inflation, consumer price index, CPI, price levels, millionaire, president, Congress, "value of $1 million", "government spending", "national debt", "US budget", "president's pay", "pay of president", "Congress pay", "pay of Congress", "gas prices", "gasoline prices" |
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| | STATISTICS SINGAPORE- Media Releases - Consumer Price Index |
| | Revision of the Consumer Price Index, 1999, Apr 2000 | | | Revision and Rebasing of the Consumer Price Index (Base Year 2004 = 100) | | | Local Consumer Price Index For Top 20% Income Group And Expatriate Consumer Price Index In Singapore, Jul 2001 |
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| | Historical Consumer Price Index |
| | By looking at the change in the Consumer Price Index we can see that what cost an average of 9.9 cents in 1913 would cost us about $1.82 in 2003. | | | A Consumer Price Index of 158 indicates 58% inflation since 1982. | | | The commonly quoted inflation rate of say 3% is actually the change in the Consumer Price Index from a year earlier. |
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http://inflationdata.com/Inflation/Consumer_Price_Index/HistoricalCPI.aspx
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| | The Consumer Price Index (CPI) |
| | How to Use the Consumer Price Index for Escalation. | | | Calculators - The following on-line calculators allow the calculation of the increase in a price over a user-entered time period. | | | - Links to the Consumer Price Index and aids at a variety of Government sites, and to consumer prices for other countries. |
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http://www.libsci.sc.edu/bob/class/clis748/Studentwebguides/TheConsumerPriceIndex.htm
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| | Consumer Price Index |
| | Since this is an index it only tells you the total inflation since the base year. | | | Subscribe to our FREE monthly E-zine and we will keep you up-to-date on what is happening in the area of inflation, interest rates and market trends. | | | We can calculate the Current Annual Inflation Rate by determining the rate of change for exactly one year and expressing it as a percent. |
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http://inflationdata.com/inflation/Consumer_Price_Index/CPI.asp
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| | Long Island Labor Market Information: Consumer Price Index |
| | This national price index, which tracks the spending patterns of "urban wage earners and clerical workers," is representative of the spending patterns or about 32% of Americans. | | | This national price index tracks the spending patterns of "urban consumers" and is representative of the spending patterns of about 87% of Americans. | | | CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U. City Avg., by expenditure category and commodity and service group |
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http://www.workforcenewyork.org/li/cpi.htm
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| | Consumer Price Index Definition |
| | An inflationary indicator that measures the change in the cost of a fixed basket of products and services, including housing, electricity, food, and transportation. | | | Producer Price Index, Employer Cost Index, index-linked bond, TIPS | | | Learn the basics about the Federal Reserve, The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), and how monetary policy is used to target interest rates to avoid inflation and slow economic growth. |
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http://www.investorwords.com/1062/Consumer_Price_Index.html
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| | Consumer Price Index |
| | Summary The consumer price index for ku-area of Tokyo in December 2005 was 96.8(2000=100), as the same level from the previous month, and down 0.6% from the previous year. | | | The consumer price index for Japan in November 2005 was 97.8(2000=100), down 0.3% from the previous month, and down 0.8% from the previous year. | | | Table 3 Ten Major Group Index for Selected Areas (City Groups, Districts and cities with Prefectural Governments) |
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| | INSEE - Consumer Price Index |
| | Schedule of releases for the Consumer Price Index. | | | Schedule of releases for the price index in large and predominantly-food stores. | | | Print-friendly Consumer Price Index table since 1998 (1998=100) |
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| | Consumer Price Index - CPI |
| | A measure of price changes in consumer goods and services such as gasoline, food and automobiles. | | | - As a measure of inflation, this index can help you make key financial decisions. | | | How does it affect your investments and standard of living? |
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http://www.investopedia.com/terms/c/consumerpriceindex.asp
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| | Consumer Price Index (CPI-U) |
| | Consumer Price Index (CPI-U) Consumer Price Index (CPI-U) For All Urban Consumers | | | Published by the Connecticut Department of Labor, Office of Research |
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| | Consumer Price Index (CPI) - Statistics Sweden |
| | Prices used in the index are regular prices paid by the public. | | | CPI, annual changes (Inflation Rate, according to old method) | | | Consumer price index covers the consumption of the entire population of the country. |
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| | BC STATS: Consumer Price Index |
| | It also includes comparisons of recent price changes for the provinces and major Canadian cities. | | | BC Stats Home › Reports and Publications › Consumer Price Index | | | This release provides the latest monthly and historical consumer price movements for Canada, British Columbia, Vancouver and Victoria. |
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| | Consumer price index |
| | A Consumer Price Index (CPI) or Retail price index is a price index which tracks the prices of a specified set of consumer goods and services, providing a measure of inflation. | | | In economics, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a statistical measure of a weighted average of prices of a specified set of goods and services purchased by wage earners in urban areas. | | | The CPI is a fixed quantity price index and cannot reflect the improvement/deterioration of quality. |
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http://www.brainyencyclopedia.com/encyclopedia/c/co/consumer_price_index_1.html
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| | Edmonton.com: Statistics & Reference Information - Consumer Price Index |
| | PDF version of Canada and Edmonton Monthly Consumer Price Index Percent Change | | | PDF version of Edmonton Monthly Consumer Price Index | | | home > statistics > business statistics > doing business costs > consumer price index |
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| | CBS - Last Month's Price indices |
| | NEW - Main Price indices in XML Format | | | Wholesale price index of industrial output (Base : Average 1994=100) | | | Price index of input in road construction (Base : January 1996=100) |
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| | Consumer Price Index |
| | Permission for reuse and reprint is granted provided appropriate credit is given. | | | (CPI) A price index constructed monthly by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics that provides a statistical measure of the average change in prices in a fixed market basket of goods and services. | | | United States Consumer Price Index (CPI-U) for All Urban Areas 1982-1984=100 |
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http://www.nhes.state.nh.us/elmi/cpi.htm
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| | Consumer price index |
| | Consumer price index - releases, tables and publications |
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| | The Inflation Calculator |
| | The following form adjusts any given amount of money for inflation, according to the Consumer Price Index, from 1800 to 2005. | | | The pre-1975 data are the Consumer Price Index statistics from | | | Consumer Price Index Home Page at the Bureau of Labor Statistics |
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