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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.
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 ...
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The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released its latest Consumer Price Index, a key marker of inflation, which showed that consumer prices rose 0.3% in November, part of a 2.7% increase over the ...
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 ...
With the latest data in the Consumer Price Index, released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics on Tuesday, Dec. 13, groceries went up by 0.5% as of November. ... (by 16.4% year over year) due ...
The index (kuluttajahintaindeksi) is calculated and published by Statistics Finland [10] Finnish food prices have been increasing almost fastest in European Union. In the current year, consumer prices for food are forecast to increase by 4.5 per cent on average. [11]
The consumer price index rose 0.3% last month, the largest gain since April after advancing 0.2% for four straight months, the Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics said.