Categories: Economics

CPI – Consumer Price Index

&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;left&semi;margin&colon;0px 0px 0px 0&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify"><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;mba-tutorials&period;com&sol;&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2009&sol;08&sol;9a&period;jpg"><img style&equals;"border-right-width&colon; 0px&semi; border-top-width&colon; 0px&semi; border-bottom-width&colon; 0px&semi; border-left-width&colon; 0px" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;mba-tutorials&period;com&sol;&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2009&sol;08&sol;9a&lowbar;thumb&period;jpg" border&equals;"0" alt&equals;"9a" width&equals;"89" height&equals;"79" align&equals;"left" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">Consumer Price index&lpar;CPI&rpar;  is the average price of product and services purchase by the consumers&period; Where The GDP price index measure the rate inflation of all products and services on the other hand CPI indicates the change in consumer prices for the defined time period&comma; increase in index shows the level of inflation at consumer end&period;  There are many different CPI is calculated by region&comma;types of products&comma; types of consumer etc&period; The most common CPI is CPI-U&comma; which is CPI for urban area because maximum percentage of products are purchased in urban areas&period; CPI is calculated for the given basket of goods to determine the change in index on monthly or annually&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3>Formula to Calculate CPI<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<blockquote>&NewLine;<h4>CPI &equals; Basket in any given year&sol; Price of the same Market &ast; 100<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<h4>CPI &equals;  &dollar;300&sol;&dollar;200 &ast; 100 &equals; 150<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<h3>CPI Uses<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify"><strong>Consumer Inflation<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">Consumer price index show the change in consume products in a given period of time&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify"><strong>Deflator of other economic series<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">The CPI and its components are used to adjust other economic series for price change and to translate these series into inflation-free dollars&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad2" id&equals;"quads-ad2" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px 0 0px 0&semi;text-align&colon;center&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify"><strong>Adjusting income payments and Taxes<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">Over 2 million workers are covered by collective bargaining agreements which tie wages to the CPI&period; The index affects the income of almost 80 million people as a result of statutory action&colon; 47&period;8 million Social Security beneficiaries&comma; about 4&period;1 million military and Federal Civil Service retirees and survivors&comma; and about 22&period;4 million food stamp recipients&period; Changes in the CPI also affect the cost of lunches for the 26&period;7 million children who eat lunch at school&period; Some private firms and individuals use the CPI to keep rents&comma; royalties&comma; alimony payments and child support payments in line with changing prices&period; Since 1985&comma; the CPI has been used to adjust the Federal income tax structure to prevent inflation-induced increases in taxes&period;&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad3" id&equals;"quads-ad3" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;

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