Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:business
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| gptkbp:alternativeTo |
gptkb:CPI-U_(All_Urban_Consumers)
gptkb:CPI-W_(Urban_Wage_Earners_and_Clerical_Workers) gptkb:Chained_CPI_(C-CPI-U) |
| gptkbp:component |
gptkb:communication
gptkb:food gptkb:transportation education housing recreation apparel medical care other goods and services |
| gptkbp:country |
gptkb:United_States
|
| gptkbp:covers |
urban consumers
|
| gptkbp:dataSource |
household surveys
retail price collection |
| gptkbp:equivalentTo |
gptkb:Harmonised_Index_of_Consumer_Prices_(HICP)_in_Europe
|
| gptkbp:excludes |
gptkb:military
rural populations institutionalized people volatile food and energy prices (in core CPI) |
| gptkbp:firstPublished |
1919
|
| gptkbp:frequency |
monthly
|
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Consumer Price Index (CPI)
|
| gptkbp:measures |
average change over time in prices paid by consumers for goods and services
|
| gptkbp:method |
fixed basket of goods and services
|
| gptkbp:publishedBy |
gptkb:Bureau_of_Labor_Statistics_(BLS)
|
| gptkbp:relatedTo |
gptkb:Personal_Consumption_Expenditures_Price_Index_(PCE)
gptkb:Producer_Price_Index_(PPI) core inflation |
| gptkbp:updated |
periodically to reflect changing consumption patterns
|
| gptkbp:usedBy |
gptkb:economist
general public policy makers businesses governments |
| gptkbp:usedFor |
government contracts
inflation targeting economic policy analysis adjusting wages cost-of-living adjustments (COLA) deflating economic series indexing social security payments measuring inflation real income calculation rental agreements tax bracket adjustments |
| gptkbp:valuation |
varies (e.g., 1982-84=100 for US CPI-U)
|
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Treasury_Inflation-Protected_Securities_(TIPS)
gptkb:Deflation_(short) |
| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
6
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