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''Environmental policy''.
(CPI).
Carbon trading is an application of an emissions trading approach. Greenhouse gas emissions are capped and then markets are used to allocate the emissions among the group of regulated sources.  


This approach is designed to allow market mechanisms to drive industrial and commercial processes in the direction of low emissions or less carbon intensive solutions.  
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== See also ==
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.
* [[Cap and trade]]
* [[Carbon credits]]
* [[CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme]]
* [[Emission trading scheme ]]
* [[Peak oil]]


The CPI replaced the Retail Prices Index (RPI) for a number of purposes as a primary measure of inflation in the UK.
Previously known as the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP).
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The Consumer Price Index is one of the leading inflation indices used in the US. 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. 
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 12:55, 8 November 2017

(CPI).

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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.

The CPI replaced the Retail Prices Index (RPI) for a number of purposes as a primary measure of inflation in the UK.

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


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The Consumer Price Index is one of the leading inflation indices used in the US. 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.

The index is compared to a base period to give an estimate of periodic inflation rates.


See also

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