Consumer Price Index (CPI): A measure of the average change in prices paid by urban consumers for a fixed market basket of goods and services.
How to apply it: Use the CPI to calculate the inflation rate: (CPI new minus CPI old) / CPI old times 100.
Course: AP Macroeconomics · Unit: Economic Indicators and the Business Cycle
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