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(CPI).
Securities that pay interest at a specified rate either at periodic intervals or at maturity.


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The Consumer Prices Index is a leading 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.
Instruments that are always issued in interest bearing form include Certificates of Deposit.


The CPI replaced the Retail Prices Index (RPI) for a number of purposes as a primary measure of inflation in the UK.
Instruments that may be issued either in interest bearing form or as discount instruments include Sterling commercial paper.


Previously known as the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP).


 
== See also ==
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* [[Certificate of deposit]]
 
* [[Discount instruments]]
The Consumer Price Index is one of the leading inflation indices used in the US.
* [[Instrument]]
 
* [[NIB]]
Its uses include the limited indexation of certain US pensions.
* [[Sterling commercial paper]]
 
 
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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. 
 
The index is compared to a base period to give an estimate of periodic inflation rates.
 
 
 
==See also==
 
* [[Cost of living adjustment]]
* [[Harmonised index of consumer prices]]
* [[Inflation]]
* [[Output price index]]
* [[Producer Price Index]]
* [[Retail Prices Index]]
* [[Services Producer Price Index]]
* [[Treasury inflation-indexed securities]]

Revision as of 17:59, 13 November 2016

Securities that pay interest at a specified rate either at periodic intervals or at maturity.


Instruments that are always issued in interest bearing form include Certificates of Deposit.

Instruments that may be issued either in interest bearing form or as discount instruments include Sterling commercial paper.


See also

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