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A computation made and issued monthly by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the federal Labor Department that attempts to track the price level of designated goods and services purchased by the average consumer. The consumer price index (CPI) is an indicator of the rate of inflation in the economy because it measures changes in the cost of maintaining a particular standard of living. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Year-to-year percentage increases in rental fees for all communities exceed percentage increases in broad consumer price indices over the same period; European sovereigns are expected to ramp-up sales of inflation-linked bonds to referenced domestic consumer price indices and the focus still remains firmly on the credit derivatives markets, which are set to transform credit markets in the same way derivatives did with interest rate markets in the early 1980s. The Definitions provide uniform index descriptions for the major global consumer price indices and fallback provisions in the event of a delay or disruption in publication of one of those indices. |
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