Back in September 2010, the CPI-U stood at 218.439, and it grew to 223.467 in March 2011.
The CPI-W was 215.5 in the third quarter of 2008 and 211 in the third quarter of 2009.
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Energy prices came down and in the third quarter of 2009 the CPI-W was lower than in 2008.
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The CPI-U increased from 218.439 in September 2010 to 223.467 in March 2011, a six-month increase of 2.30%.
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Leadership assessments, such as the popular CPI-260, are instruments that measure executives on a variety of attributes.
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Then energy prices came down and in the third quarter of 2009 and 2010 the CPI-W was lower than in 2008.
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From the CPI-adjusted peak of March 2008, average UK wages have now shrunk by 6% to stand unchanged from five years ago.
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Most are familiar with CPI-linked bonds such as TIPS or floating-rate bonds.
For the May 2011 rate update, you needed the March 2011 CPI-U numbers (released in mid-April) as well as the September 2010 CPI-U numbers.
The CPI-W was 215.5 in the third quarter of 2008, 211 in the third quarter of 2009, and 214.1 in the quarter of 2010.
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The board had said it would still consider making discretionary top up payments each year, over and above the CPI-related increases to which it is now committed.
Every six months your bonds are credited with the fixed rate plus the rate of inflation as determined by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U).
The earnings rate combines a 0.00% fixed rate of return with the 4.60% annualized rate of inflation as measured by the Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers (CPI-U).
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It was implemented for the CPI-U in January 1983.
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This actually happened back in May 2009, when the CPI-U contracted by 2.78%, resulting in a 0% overall rate during that six month period for any I Bonds purchased since the Fall of 2001.
There are also practical arguments against a new target: such as the fact that nominal GDP is not calculated in a timely fashion and - unlike the CPI - is subject to large and frequent revisions.
It also had a new formula for the consumer price index -- called chained CPI -- that wraps in new assumptions on consumer habits in response to rising prices, such as seeking cheaper alternatives, and would result in smaller benefit increases.
While in theory common stocks provide inflation protection, a replay of the 17-year period between 1965 and 1982 (during which the Dow lost more than 68% of its CPI-adjusted real value) would bankrupt a retirement plan that depended upon the stock market.
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President Obama has proposed replacing the regular consumer price index, or CPI, to adjust Social Security benefits with the chained CPI -- often called the cat food CPI because the index assumes that when the price of human food rises, seniors can substitute cheaper food to get the same nutrition.
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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The UK's inflation rate - as measured by the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) - currently stands at 2.7%, and it has not been at or below 2% since 2009.
If one were to use the former method of calculating CPI, consumer-level inflation would be running north of 4 percent.
For example, the chart below shows how the food and non-food consumer price index (CPI) have declined on a year-over-year basis over the past several months.
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That is what the Jevons method - used in the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) and around the world - would show.
In the euro area both CPI and Core CPI on a year-over-year basis were in line with expectations at 1.4% and 0.9% growth, respectively.
Year-over-year CPI inflation is slightly less than 2 percent.
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This data took the CPI to a 29-month high of 4.4% and perhaps of greater concern the CPIY annual rate, which excludes the effects of changes in indirect taxes, rose even more sharply.
Since 1978, the CPI has been the go-to index to measure inflation or deflation.
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