consumer price index
one of the most commonly used measures of inflation. This index measures the change in prices paid by consumers in different urban areas for an average "market basket" of hundreds of goods and wer services, such as food and clothing. This sampling is supposed to represent everything that the average consumer purchases for day-to-day living. The index also takes into consideration the number of these goods consumed annually and their prices. CPI figures are compared against a base period to measure how much the cost of living has changed since then. A steady percentage increase in the CPI indicates a rising rate of inflation and the erosion of the average consumer's purchasing power., indeks, mis iseloomustab tarbekaupade ja tasuliste teenuste hindade muutust