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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Import prices rise and since imports are a large fraction of consumption, the consumer price index rises right along with imports.
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Inflation, if you assume the consumer price index is overstated, is barely measurable.
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Salaries are rising barely as fast as the consumer price index , meaning most families do not have more buying power.
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The consumer price index would have come a day later.
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The government will report its December consumer price index on Feb. 1.
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Tomorrow's consumer price index for December may provide more definitive clues to the Fed's interest rate strategy.
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Well, the consumer price index rose just 1 percent in January, the Labor Department reported Wednesday.