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  2. 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 ...

  3. Consumer Price Index: How Much Did Inflation Impact ... - AOL

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    In 2022, eating a well-balanced diet had a large impact on a well-balanced checkbook as the price of groceries has climbed consistently over the past 12 months. Learn: Inflation Cools Slightly...

  4. Consumer price index by country - Wikipedia

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    Wholesale Price Index (WPI) WPI first published in 1902, and was one of the more economic indicators available to policy makers until it was replaced by most developed countries by the Consumer Price Index in the 1970s. WPI is the index that is used to measure the change in the average price level of goods traded in wholesale market.

  5. Price growth ticked up in November as inflation progress stalls

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    Over the past 12 months, the consumer price index climbed 2.7%, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Wednesday. That was in line with expectations but higher than the 2.6% annual rate in October.

  6. Price index - Wikipedia

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    A price index (plural: "price indices" or "price indexes") is a normalized average (typically a weighted average) of price relatives for a given class of goods or services in a given region, during a given interval of time.

  7. Inflation: Consumer price increases in September come in ...

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    The Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased 2.4% over the prior year in September, a slight deceleration compared to August's 2.5% annual gain in prices. The yearly increase, which was the lowest ...

  8. United States Consumer Price Index - Wikipedia

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    The Consumer Price Index was initiated during World War I, when rapid increases in prices, particularly in shipbuilding centers, made an index essential for calculating cost-of-living adjustments in wages. To provide appropriate weighting patterns for the index, it reflected the relative importance of goods and services purchased in 92 ...

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

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    Consumer Price Index for Americans 62 years of age and older (R-CPI-E): This index re-weights prices from the CPI-U data to track spending for households with at least one consumer age 62 or older.