This year's rise, an average of 2.7 percent, may be a fraction lower than last year's, but it is still well above the official Consumer Price Index (CPI) measure of inflation.

今年的平均涨幅为2.7%，虽然可能略低于去年，但仍远高于官方的消费者价格指数（CPI）所反映的通胀水平。

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Meanwhile, the consumer price index (CPI), a major gauge of inflation, rose by 5.4 percent in March from a year earlier, the NBS said.

同时，国家统计局指出，消费者物价指数(CPI)，通货膨胀的一个主要标准，在三月份较去年同期上升了5.4%。

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China's true inflation rate is probably higher than the consumer-price index (CPI) reports.

中国的实际通胀率可能要比消费者价格指数(CPI)中反应的要高。

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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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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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Graciela Bevacqua, the professional statistician responsible for the consumer-price index (CPI) until Mr Moreno forced her out, says that he tried to get her to omit decimal points, not round them.

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