The index works by taking a weighted average of the price of imported iron and domestically produced iron ore to produce a composite number.

这种指数通过对进口铁和国产铁矿石取以加权平均价格以此产生一个合成数。

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Current U.S. price inflation based on the consumer price index (CPI) is 1.5% and the Federal Reserve wants to see this number increase to 2%.

目前基于居民消费价格指数(CPI)的美国物价通胀为1.5%，而美联储希望看到这个数字增加到2%。

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A growing number of analysts say inflationary pressure is stronger than the price index indicates, because it is heavily weighted toward food - particularly pork prices.

越来越多的分析家称通胀压力比从价格指数上看出来的更大，因为价格指数严重倾向食品—尤其是猪肉价格。

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Since England abrogated the gold standard in 1931 her price index number has risen by over 2000%.

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They delighted in learning about everything from the Baltic Dry Index (the daily number given to the price of moving raw materials by sea) to the stock of Crocs, which several of them also wore.

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But the year-on-year increase in the British retail-price index was just 3.5% in January and even that number was pushed up by higher rates of value-added tax, a home-grown factor.

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