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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.
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| The CPI has replaced the Retail Prices Index (RPI) for a number of purposes as the primary measure of inflation in the UK.
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| 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.
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| * [[Cost of living adjustment]]
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| * [[Treasury inflation-indexed securities]]
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Revision as of 14:19, 23 October 2012
Statistics.
A falling yield curve means yields are lower for longer maturities.
See also
