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| 1. ''UK.''
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| The Consumer Prices Index is a measure of inflation in the UK, calculated as the change from month to month in the prices of a standard basket of consumer goods and services.
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| The UK's official measure of inflation index is the Consumer Prices Index including owner occupier's housing costs (CPIH). The CPIH is comprised of the CPI plus a measure of the costs associated with owner occupiers' housing (OOH).
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| The UK CPI replaced the Retail Prices Index (RPI).
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| The UK CPI was previously known as the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP).
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| 2. ''USA.''
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| The Consumer Price Index is one of the leading inflation indices used in the US.
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| Its uses include the limited indexation of certain US pensions.
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| More generally, a consumer prices index is a statistical estimate constructed using the prices of a defined sample of representative consumer items, such as goods and services, whose prices are collected periodically.
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| The index is compared to a base period to give an estimate of periodic inflation rates.
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| ==See also==
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| * [[Cost of living adjustment]]
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| * [[CPIH]]
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| * [[Harmonised index of consumer prices]]
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| * [[Index numbers]]
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| * [[Inflation]]
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| * [[Inflation target]]
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| * [[Office for National Statistics]] (ONS)
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| * [[Output price index]]
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| * [[Producer Price Index]]
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| * [[Retail Prices Index]]
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| * [[Services Producer Price Index]]
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| * [[Treasury inflation-indexed securities]]
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| ==External link==
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| *[https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/inflationandpriceindices/bulletins/consumerpriceinflation/previousReleases UK consumer price inflation - Office for National Statistics]
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