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Consumer Price Index

A consumer price index (CPI) is a measure estimating the average price of consumer goods and services purchased by households. A consumer price index measures a price change for a constant market basket of goods and services from one period to the next within the same area (city, region, or nation). It is a price index determined by measuring the price of a standard group of goods meant to represent the typical market basket of a typical urban consumer.

Articles About Consumer Price Index

UK inflation Bank of England
UK Inflation Slows the Most Since 2010 in April: ONS

By IBTimes UK

UK Consumer Price Index annual inflation rate falls to 3 percent year on year and 0.6 percent month on month (May 22)

MORE TOPICS: BARCLAYS, RETAIL, BANK OF ENGLAND

Pranab Mukherjee
India Announces Austerity Measures

By IBTimes

India Friday announced a set of austerity measures in a desperate attempt to prop up economy and to instill investor confidence. (May 18)

MORE TOPICS: INDIA, RBI

India food market
India's CPI-based Inflation Hits Double Digit at 10.36%

By India Blooms News Service

The annual consumer price inflation based on all India general Consumer Price Index (CPI) for April on point to point basis is 10.36 percent, said government data released on Friday. (May 18)

MORE TOPICS: INDIA

April retail sales hint at slower spending pace

By Reuters

Sales at U.S. retailers barely rose in April as the boost from an unseasonably warm winter faded, pointing to some loss of momentum in consumer spending early in the second quarter. (May 15)

MORE TOPICS: FEDERAL RESERVE, MANUFACTURING, RETAIL SALES, RETAIL, NEW YORK

US CPI
April US Consumer Price Index Flat As Gas Prices Fall

By IBTimes

Consumer prices in the U.S. were flat in April amid signs that a spike in gasoline costs was ebbing, according to government statistics released on Tuesday, supporting the Federal Reserve's view that the jump in fuel costs is only temporary. (May 15)

MORE TOPICS: DOW JONES, BEN BERNANKE, BANK OF AMERICA, MICHIGAN

April consumer prices flat as gasoline drops

By Reuters

Consumer prices were flat in April as households paid less for gasoline and natural gas, possibly giving the U.S. Federal Reserve more room to help economic growth should the recovery stumble. (May 15)

MORE TOPICS: FEDERAL RESERVE

A$ holds above USD parity; RBA in focus

By GoMarkets

A succession of negative themes continued to weigh on risk assets on Friday with a global push for safety providing upside for the Japanese Yen and US dollar. (May 14)

MORE TOPICS: CHINA, WESTPAC, RETAIL SALES, JAPAN, AUSTRALIA, RETAIL

Zhou Xiaochuan, left, China's central bank governor, leaves after a news conference as a part of the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, May 3, 2012.
People's Bank of China Cuts Reserve Requirement Ratio By 0.5%

By IBTimes

China's economic growth has been comparatively anemic lately, so the People's Bank of China will give it a transfusion by cutting the banks' reserve requirement ratio by 0.5 percentage point (50 basis points) on May 18, according to the country's official Xinhua News Agency. (May 13)

MORE TOPICS: CHINA

Bank of China
China's Weak April Economic Reports Lift Odds Of Monetary Easing

By IBTimes

Just about everything in China's economy seems to have gone backwards in April and the raft of weaker data raised fears that the world's second largest economy has yet to bottom out. (May 11)

MORE TOPICS: CHINA, HSBC, HANG SENG INDEX, CRUDE OIL, RETAIL SALES, RETAIL

Chinese one yuan coins are placed on 100 yuan banknotes in this illustrative photograph taken in Beijing
China Inflation Rate Slows To 3.4% In April

By IBTimes

China's inflation rate slowed in April from the previous month, showing signs that the price pressure is gradually diminishing to make room for monetary easing. (May 11)

MORE TOPICS: CHINA, INVESTMENT, CONGRESS