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Inflation rate
Inflation rate, the pace of change in the prices of goods and services in a particular period. The primary indexes for measuring the rate are the Consumer Price Index and the Producer Price Index, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 782....
consumer price index
An index of the cost of all goods and services to a typical consumer calculated and published by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics abbreviated CPI and usually referred to by that acronym The Bureau maintains several indices for different groups of consumers but the most commonly referred to is the index for ldquoAll urban consumersrdquo called the CPI U The increase of this value each year is one measure of monetary inflation...
CPI
the consumer price index an index of the cost of all goods and services to a typical consumer The increase of this value each year is one measure of monetary inflation...
index
index : a numerical measure or indicator (as of inflation or economic performance) see also consumer price index vt : to link (as wages, rates, or investments) to an index [under the contract wages were ed to inflation] ...
cost-of-living index
cost-of-living index : consumer price index ...
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