Price Index

Description and Definition of Consumer Price Index (CPI) / Inflation

The Consumer Price Index is a measure of price changes of common goods and services published by the U.S. Government. The Index is commonly referred to as “inflation” or the “inflation rate”.

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Further Reading

• Consumer Price Index (CPI) / Inflation in the West's Tax Law Dictionary
• Consumer Price Index (CPI) / Inflation in “A Dictionary of Taxation”