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cpi

1 American  
  1. characters per inch.


CPI 2 American  
CPI 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. consumer price index

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

cpi 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. characters per inch

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Also, not all new Fed money goes to buy consumer goods, which cpi measures.

From Economist ● Apr. 23, 2013

Consumer demand is strong, as the cpi indicates.

From Economist ● Apr. 23, 2013

You did adjust for cpi in your latest entry regarding Britain.

From Economist ● Apr. 2, 2013

Agree on using cpi and not GDP deflator to measure real standard of living changes.

From Economist ● Apr. 2, 2013

Many economists believe the cpi, as presently figured, overstates the extent of inflation and makes cost-of-living increases more generous than they should be.

From Time Magazine Archive

Other data due include German September trade figures Monday, plus final CPI inflation data for October from Germany on Wednesday and France on Friday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

Meanwhile, the main UK inflation measure, CPI, has fallen significantly since the October 2022 high of 11.1%, which was caused by Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

But even adjusting for CPI, the increase is still roughly 78% in real terms.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 1, 2026

Since the latest CPI report, Thursday’s PCE inflation data—the Fed’s favored inflation gauge—also showed strong price pressures.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

His p504 chart on GDP and CPI does not really clarify how Alan Blinder can come up with a correction of -1% per annum on the CPI.

From Definition & Reality in the General Theory of Political Economy by Thomas Colignatus

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