Yesterday, the Consumer Confidence Index dipped in response to the notion that a deal would not be forthcoming.

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The other keys to fast response time are a very flexible index which can be built when the data is imported or later.

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The markets gave the growth data a muted response, with the main UK share index, the FTSE 100, ending the day up just 0.3 points.

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One reasonable response to the rising-tide-raises-all-ships issue is to index options.

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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.

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