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  2. List of price index formulas - Wikipedia

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    The Marshall-Edgeworth index, credited to Marshall (1887) and Edgeworth (1925), [11] is a weighted relative of current period to base period sets of prices. This index uses the arithmetic average of the current and based period quantities for weighting. It is considered a pseudo-superlative formula and is symmetric. [12]

  3. Consumer price index - Wikipedia

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    A CPI is a statistical estimate constructed using the prices of a sample of representative items whose prices are collected periodically. Sub-indices and sub-sub-indices can be computed for different categories and sub-categories of goods and services, which are combined to produce the overall index with weights reflecting their shares in the total of the consumer expenditures covered by the ...

  4. United States Consumer Price Index - Wikipedia

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    The consumer price index for urban wage earners and clerical workers (CPI-W) is a continuation of the historical index that was introduced after World War I for use in wage negotiation. [23] As new uses were developed for the CPI, the need for a broader and more representative index became apparent.

  5. What is the Consumer Price Index (CPI) and why is it useful?

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    The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W), covers approximately 29 percent of the U.S. population. This index is used predominantly for adjusting Social Security ...

  6. Why the Consumer Price Index (CPI) is Important - AOL

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    The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is an economic term you've probably heard before but may not know much about. Broadly speaking, the CPI measures the price of consumer goods and how they're trending.

  7. November CPI inflation data meets forecasts, cementing Fed ...

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    The latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed that the Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased 2.7% over the prior year in November, a slight uptickfrom October's 2.6% annual gain in ...

  8. Chained dollars - Wikipedia

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    Chained dollars, also known as "chained consumer price index" or "chained CPI," is a measure of inflation that takes into account changes in consumer behavior in response to changes in prices. It is used to adjust certain economic variables, such as tax brackets and Social Security payments, for inflation.

  9. What’s the Difference Between Consumer Price Index and ...

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    According to the BLS, “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 ...