We discovered this by clustering 128 countries into five broad categories based on their index rankings.
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In 2013, a 1.7% increase was approved, based on the index, which has been the basis for military pay for the past several years.
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.
Another measure of core inflation that we monitor closely, based on the price index for personal consumption expenditures excluding food and energy, shows a similar pattern.
Detroit prices have been in decline for more than three years, yet based on the NAHB index, Motown's homes have become less affordable over the past year as incomes have dropped due to job loss, and because the low-end market has become so unappealing to buyers that it's been more or less abandoned.
On the extreme side, if investors only invest in index funds, individual equity prices would move solely based on their relative weight in the index.
The National Association of Realtors Pending Home Sales Index, based on contracts signed in March, fell 1% to 83.0, the lowest since this index began in 2001, and was 20.1% lower than a year ago.
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The Dow Jones Industrial Average, more commonly known as the Dow Jones is an index based on 30 large-cap stocks.
As charted by his colleague John Muller, it was the most stable period of U.S. monetary regimes based on the Consumer Price Index.
One easy way to do this is to buy the PowerShares Water Resources exchange traded fund ( PHO), which is based on the Palisades Water Index.
Oxford Economics built a unique global ranking model based on a weighted composite index to compare and benchmark employee diversity across countries, industries and occupations.
While just 12% of employers said they reward or penalize based on target body mass index or cholesterol levels, an additional 16% plan to do so in 2012.
An index based on purchasing managers' views about new orders, output, employment and the like fell in November to its lowest level since it was started in 1992.
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To determine our list, we ranked more than 200 cities (minimum population: 100, 000) in the continental U.S. using a proprietary index based on the latest pricing data from the Council for Community and Economic Research in Arlington, Va.
In notable economic news this week, the National Association of Realtors announced on Wednesday that the Pending Home Sales Index, which is based on contracts that were signed last month fell by 0.4% to 104.8.
Commodities, based on the Goldman Sachs Commodity Index, spiked 6.8% in the second quarter.
Below is the monthly chart of the food price index (based on IMF data) going back 10 years.
The Legatum Prosperity Index is based on a study of 142 countries comprising 96% of global population.
This index is based on data from QuickBooks Online and covers the period from Dec. 1 to Dec. 31.
The Visa index is based on figures for spending on Visa cards, which are then adjusted to reflect wider consumer spending.
For lower-level executives, it may be more appropriate to grant restricted stock that vests based on performance relative to an index.
From 1974 until today, each year Social Security benefits have gone up by a percentage based on the broad Consumer Price Index.
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See Figure 1 for a comparison of both variants of Case-Shiller and their corresponding analogues based on the Zillow Home Value Index.
This index is based on a survey of 7, 000 executives, and they are much more positive on the economy than most experts expected.
The index is based on data from Intuit Online Payroll and QuickBooks Online Payroll, covering the period from Dec. 24 through Jan. 23.
The index, based on diesel fuel purchases by thousands of truckers around the country, fell roughly 1% in September, equivalent to a 10% annual contraction.
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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.
The PowerShares DB Agriculture Fund ( DBA) is based on the DBIQ Diversified Agriculture Index Excess Return, which tries to duplicate the performance of the entire agriculture sector.
The National Association of Realtors said its Pending Home Sales Index, based on contracts signed in November, dropped 4% to 82.3, the lowest since the series started in 2001.
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