time-series measure of a weighted average of prices of a specified set of goods and services purchased by consumers. It is a price index that tracks the prices of a specified basket of consumer goods and services‚ providing a measure of inflation. \CPI is a fixed quantity price index and considered by some a cost of living index. Under CPI‚ an index is scaled so that it is equal to 100 at a chosen point in time‚ so that all other values of the index are a percentage relative to this one. Economists
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Consumer Price Index The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a measure of change in prices over a period of time. The CPI is made up of a fixed basket of goods that is used to determine one’s CPI. The basket of goods consists of services and goods like food‚ education‚ transportation‚ apparel‚ housing‚ and beverages. Some examples of these goods are cereal‚ milk‚ cheese‚ prescription drugs‚ jewelry and new vehicles (“Consumer Price Index” 2010). The basket of goods are reviewed every ten years‚ which
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New Series of Consumer Price Index Numbers for Industrial Workers on base 2001=100 1. OBJECTIVE Labour Bureau‚ since its inception‚ has‚ inter-alia‚ been entrusted with the responsibility of compilation and maintenance of the Consumer Price Index Numbers for Industrial Workers (CPI-IW). The CPI-IW purports to measure the temporal change in the retail prices of fixed basket of goods and services being consumed by the target group i.e. an average working class family and thus‚ is an important
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The consumer price index or CPI is a more direct measure than per capita GDP of the standard of living in a country. It is based on the overall cost of a fixed basket of goods and services bought by a typical consumer‚ relative to price of the same basket in some base year. By including a broad range of thousands of goods and services with the fixed basket‚ the CPI can obtain an accurate estimate of the cost of living. It is important to remember that the CPI is not a dollar value like GDP‚ but instead
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FRIDAY 21 DECEMBER‚ 2012 BY 5PM. (i) Explain the concept of the consumer price index (CPI) and explain how it is measured. What is the latest CPI figures in Australia (Sept 2012) and what were the main factors influencing the CPI movements in this quarter. (ii) Is the CPI an accurate measure of inflation? Explain the importance of inflation when calculating the real interest rate. (iii) What are the economic costs of inflation? (iv) Is deflation a potentially more serious problem
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The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is designed to provide a broad measure of changes in retail prices experienced by Malaysian households as a group and should not be expected to exactly reflect the experience of any individual household. Laspeyres formula is used for calculating the index which is based on items that are locally consumed reflecting the spending habits of the average Malaysian. Thus the CPI is seen as a general indicator of the change in retail prices paid by households for goods and
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Consumer Price index- has absolutely no impact on prices‚ it will not change prices! Possible reasons for it to be inaccurate: 1) New products and technology- tendency to lag the advantage of a new technology. By the time they start incorporation the price it is already cheaper‚ but they use the higher price. This can cause a problem. 2) Quality of products changes- You may be getting more for your money. This can be a negative thing to because you could end up paying for things
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Consumer Price Index Consumer Price Index (CPI) in India comprises multiple series classified based on different economic groups. There are four series 1. CPI UNME (Urban Non-Manual Employee) 2. CPI AL (Agricultural Labourer) 3. CPI RL (Rural Labourer) 4. CPI IW (Industrial Worker) Central Statistical Organization is responsible for calculating and publishing the CPI UNME series‚ while Department of Labour is for others CPI indexes. All above CPI’s are calculated based on the base
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Inaccuracies of the Consumer Price Index(CPI) Aman Aggarwal Sept. 28‚ 1996 The Consumer Price Index is a measure of the prices of a fixed market basket of some 300 consumer goods and services purchased by a "typical" urban consumer. The 1982-1984 period serves as the base period so analysts can compare other year’s changes with this base period. The composition of the market basket is fixed in the base period and is assumed not to change from one period to another. The reason for the assumption
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[pic] THE DETERMINANTS OF CONSUMER PRICE INDEX IN INDONESIA Instructor DR. Moussa Larbani Prepared By Ali Faris (G0912449) Imala Hussain (G0822498) Ma Yue (G0918271) Mia Fathia (G0827756) Nurma Saleah (G0912298) Suthinee Suayngam (G0916798) Ulfah Hidayatun (G0815892) ECON 6030 ADVANCE QUANTITATIVE METHOD Term Paper
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