Those in favor of a chained CPI argue that the current index, which considers the spending habits of urban wage earners and clerical workers, is outdated.
The current conditions index inched up to 77.9 while consumer expectations jumped to 61.1, from 55.4 in November.
This will be a version of the current CPI index, but adjusted to measure changes in the cost of buying and owning a home.
This fed in to expectations, which slid to 62.7 from 63.8 previously, and the current conditions index, which fell to 84.8 from 87 in December.
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By that measure, the Everyday Price Index shows inflation galloping ahead at an 8.1 percent annual rate, a reading that would put the current Misery Index at a Carter-like 16.4 percent not a good recipe for re-election.
Forecasts for both variants of the Case-Shiller Index are based on the current Zillow Home Value Index value for July, which we released as part of our Real Estate Market Reports a couple weeks ago, the June Case-Shiller home indices numbers and the national percentage for foreclosure re-sales in July , which can be found in the Zillow real estate market reports.
However, the current trade weighted index (TWI) has the majors undervalued by -8% when compared to the mean of the last three decades.
Last week, the market noted that the current trade weighted index (TWI) has the majors undervalued by -8% when compared to the mean of the last three decades.
The current-conditions index also fell short of expectations.
At current levels the commodity index remains at barely half the peak levels seen in 2007, and it has advanced little since late 2003.
Buy a put option with a strike above the current price of the index and write a simultaneous put option that has the same expiration month although with a lower strike.
Note that while the chart shows a slight earnings increase in the first quarter of 1.4% due to changes in the companies in the index the current estimate is for a (0.7%) decline.
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To forecast the indices we used the current Zillow Home Value Index value for May, which we released almost three weeks ago, the April Case-Shiller home indices numbers and the national percentage for foreclosure re-sales in May.
The underlying Alerian Natural Gas MLP Index has a current yield of 6.56%.
With the 20-city composite index falling below its April 2009 low, 12 of the cities surveyed for the index marked new index lows in the current housing cycle.
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On page 102 of the current Berkshire annual report, the stock performance index graph is telling.
The WisdomTree Japan Total Dividend Index ( DXJ) has a current yield of 1.85%, trades an average of 176, 000 per day, and has an expense ratio of 0.48%.
The FTSE Nareit Americas REIT Index, by comparison, has a current yield of 2.9%.
Others are confident that the Nikkei stock index will rebound soon, from its current shocked and moribund situation.
The increase for a coming year is based on inflation between the third quarter of the prior year and the third quarter of the current year, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, or CPI-W. In the third quarter of 2008 energy prices and the CPI-W spiked, giving beneficiaries a hefty 5.8 % COLA for 2009.
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He's sticking to his prediction that the Dow Jones industrial average will hit 30, 000 by 2009 (nearly quadruple its current level) and that the technology-rich Nasdaq index will rebound sooner than that.
He noted that in Zimbabwe, where the stock market has collapsed, a portfolio made up all of the stocks in its index would only buy three eggs at the current price in that country.
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Economists like the Non-Maunufacturing Index because it seems to correlate well to the current health of the economy as a whole.
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There are theories suggesting that the AMO index is in turn driven by fluctuations in the north Atlantic current commonly called the Gulf Stream.
All that will weigh heavily on the bourse, and, current bargains aside, no one expects the blue-chip Hang Seng Index to recover its August record closing high of 16, 673 any time soon.
The index is based on a survey of 5000 households on their confidence in current and future business conditions, current and future employment and future household income.
Another important thing to look at is reserve life index, or how many years of oil remain in proven reserves, at current production rates.
The current interest rate on investment grade bonds, as measured by the Barclays Capital Aggregate Bond Market index is 2.0 percent.
Moreover, you suggest that monetary policy can be guided by an index that combines conventional measures of consumer prices with an arbitrary measure of inflation in current house transactions.
Using a 4-month chart, a 10-period relative strength index reading of 7 and slow stochastics in deeply oversold territory indicate Hormel could be attractively priced in the current price range.
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