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- an index of the prices of goods and services that consumers purchase, used to measure the cost of living or the rate of inflation in an economy.
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- CHINA 2007 CPI TO HIT 4.5%, MORGAN STANLEY SAYS
- AsiaInfo Services 11-20-2007 China 2007 CPI to Hit 4.5%, Morgan Stanley Says BEIJING, Nov 20, 2007 SinoCast via COMTEX -- China's 2007 Consumer Price Index CPI will reach 4.5 percent in view of the expectation on rising inflation and fast l...
- Research articles 2007-11-20
- CHINA 2007 CPI TO HIT 4.5%, MORGAN STANLEY SAYS
- AsiaInfo Services 11-21-2007 China 2007 CPI to Hit 4.5%, Morgan Stanley Says BEIJING, Nov 21, 2007 SinoCast via COMTEX -- China's 2007 Consumer Price Index CPI will reach 4.5 percent in view of the expectation on rising inflation and fast l...
- Research articles 2007-11-21
- Moody's upgrades Tenaga's rating to Baa2, BUSINESS TIMES
- Business Times Malaysia 11-13-2003 THE country's inflation rate rose 1.3 per cent in October, its fastest rate in eight months, pushed by higher cigarette and alcohol prices, and initial recovery in prices. The Consumer Price Index CPI r...
- Research articles 2003-11-13
- HONG KONG'S CONSUMER PRICE INDEX DOWN 3.6% IN DEC 2001.
- HONG KONG, Jan 23 Asia Pulse - Overall consumer prices fell by 3.6 per cent in December 2001 over a year earlier, considerably more than the decline of 1.4 per cent in November 2001, according to Consumer Price Index CPI figures released by the Ce ...
- Research articles 2002-01-23
- A Bureau of Labor Statistics perspective on bias in the consumer price index.
- I present the Bureau of Labor Statistics BLS perspective on bias in the Consumer Price Index CPI. However, all the interesting measurement questions with which BLS is trying to deal, or even all the CPI issues that have been mentioned at this con I present the...
- Research articles 1997-05-01
- The commodity substitution effect in CPI data, 1982-91 - United States Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Price Index
- The Consumer Price Index CPI is a measure of the average price change of a fixed market basket of goods and services purchased by the average household. The market basket contains a sample of items food, clothing, shelter, fuels, and other goods and services--that people buy for day-to-day living. While...
- Research articles 1993-12-01
- USDA says restaurant sales up 2.8 percent in 1997
- Federal minimum-wage hikes helped push up the price of restaurant food last year and could contribute to price inflation again in 1998, USDA said. A recent revision of the USDA's report on "Changes in Food-Price Indicators, 1996 through 1998," showed that the Consumer Price Index CPI for food prepared away...
- Research articles 1998-03-09
- Letting the air out of inflation.
- The Consumer Price Index CPI provides the most common measure of U.S. inflation. Published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics BLS, it is widely used by business professionals and largely accepted by the public. Nevertheless, the construction of the The Consumer Price Index CPI provides the most...
- Research articles 1998-06-01
- GOLDMAN SACHS REDUCED CHINA'S CPI PREDICTION FROM 4% TO 2.6%
- AsiaInfo Services 01-19-2005 Goldman Sachs Reduced China's CPI Prediction from 4% to 2.6% HONG KONG, Jan 19, 2005 SinoCast via COMTEX -- Liang Hong, the chief Chineseeconomist of the world's leading investment bank Goldman Sachs,decreases her AsiaInfo Services ...
- Research articles 2005-01-19
- ADVISORY/ Robert MacIntosh, Vice President and Economic Spokesman for Eaton Vance, Available for Comment On Release of the Consumer Price Index by the Department of Labor
- Business Editors & Economic/Financial Reporters
- Research articles 2000-11-15
- MetLife Introduces Inflation Protection Feature for Its Guaranteed Immediate Income Program, a Fixed Income Annuity; New Feature Based on the Consumer Price Index
- NEW YORK -- To help individuals protect their purchasing power throughout retirement, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company MetLife announced today the introduction of an Inflation Protection feature, available under MetLife's Guaranteed Income ProgramSM. Based on the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), this is a true inflation-adjusted immediate income...
- Research articles 2005-12-01
- Petronas, BP pull out of Philippine polyethylene project, BUSINESS TIMES
- Business Times Malaysia 10-13-2003 MALAYSIA'S inflation rate will likely stay at less than 1.5 per cent for at least the next 18 months, as retailers appear to be focused on keeping prices of goods and services low. This...
- Research articles 2003-10-13
- Ernst & Young LLP Consumer Trends Center Media Alert; Major Holiday Categories Are Largely Deflationary Despite Rising Energy Costs
- WHAT: In contrast to the Consumer Price Index CPI, the five major holiday categories-- toys, apparel, consumer electronics, jewelry and sporting goods--have been predominately ...
- Research articles 2005-12-08
- Tame Dec. CPI Won't Stop Fed.(consumer price index)(Brief Article)
- Byline: Jerome Idaszak Byline: Jerome Idaszak
- Research articles 2006-01-18
- Greenspan Suggests Congress Move to Fix Consumer Price Index
- WASHINGTON AP _ Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan suggested Thursday that Republican lawmakers frustrated over a government inflation gauge should create a commission of experts to bypass the Labor Department.
- Research articles 1995-02-24
- If inflation is so low, why does everything cost so much?(VIEWPOINT)
- When the Federal Reserve last increased short-term interest rates on Aug. 9, a press release explaining the actions of the Federal Open Market Committee Marlin FOMC noted that the economy continues to expand and that the upside and downside risks t When the Federal Reserve last...
- Research articles 2005-09-12
- Update From USDA: THE OUTLOOK FOR FOOD PRICES IN 2002.(Statistical Data Included)
- On the heels of a 3.1% increase in the all food Consumer Price Index CPI in 2001, the CPI for all food is forecast to increase 2.5% to 3% in 2002. The two main components of all food, food at home and food away from home, are...
- Research articles 2002-03-11
- March's CPI No Harbinger of High Inflation.(Consumer Price Index)
- Byline:Andrew C. Schneider Byline:Andrew C. Schneider
- Research articles 2004-04-15
- Restaurant sales increase 2.2% in June, govt. says - Labor Department's Consumer Price Index for June 1996 - Brief Article
- WASHINGTON - Sales at the nation's eating and drinking places rose 2.2 percent on a 12-month, unadjusted basis in June, but inflation returned to wholesale food prices after years of stagnation, according to government economic reports.
- Research articles 1996-07-29
- Unemployment rate still 5.2%: April numbers include CPI increasing 3.5 percent: Fed bumping up interest rate.(Consumer Price Index)
- The month of April saw many surprising statistics, which is highly representative of this year's overall numbers. The month of April saw many surprising statistics, which is highly representative of this year's overall numbers.
- Research articles 2005-07-01
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