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Since late 2009, however, it appears that the BPP index has been running ahead of the CPI.
FORBES: Inflation and the Billion Prices Project
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Wholesale-level inflation, via the Producer Price Index, is running in the 4 to 6 percent range in most developed economies.
FORBES: Government Conspiracy To Lowball Inflation?
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The index is currently running above the long-term average of 53.9.
FORBES: EURO Correction Fueled By Political Turbulence
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The Conference Board's index of consumer confidence also fell, for the third month running, reaching a two-year low.
ECONOMIST: Rates come down
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And in making these calculations, Mr Malkiel plays fair: he deducts the typical running expense (one-fifth of 1%) charged by an index fund.
ECONOMIST: Can you beat the blindfolded monkey?
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The 1998 and 1999 jumps come on top of a huge increase this year in nondefense discretionary spending: 4.7% during a period when inflation has been running about 2.5% (according to the Consumer Price Index) and probably more accurately 1% to 1.5%.
FORBES: Swallowing the budget line whole
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The Consumer Price Index (CPI), a broad measure of consumer inflation, is running about 1.7 percent per year, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
FORBES: Uncle Ben Wants You to Own Stocks
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Jimmy Carter, running for president in 1976, summarized the state of the economy by emphasizing the "misery index" the inflation rate plus the unemployment rate.
NPR: So The Dow Hit A Record; Now Where Do We Go?
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The Conference Board said its main index fell to 38.0 in October, its lowest since the survey started running 40 years ago and way down compared with September's 61.4.
NPR: Dow Ends Up 889 Points On Expected Rate Cut
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Turns out hedge funds had placed bets even before Russell announced changes to its index, hoping to unwind those positions on the final day--or "front-running the reconstitution, " says Gus Sauter, chief investment officer at Vanguard Group.
FORBES: A Hedging Hand