Recently, the CPI has been running lower than the PCE because it gives a much higher weight to a gauge of housing prices that is merely an estimate.

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The Glide is capable of using smaller gauge line and has a simpler rigging assembly, which helps keep cost and weight down.

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BMI, the ratio of weight in kilograms to the square of height in metres, is a common, if imperfect, gauge of whether someone is over- or underweight.

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Sterling Smith, commodity trading adviser and market analyst at Country Hedging, said one weight on gold Wednesday was the retreat in the U.S. consumer price index, an inflation gauge.

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