CPI

False CPI numbers: The key is how the official Consumer Price Index~ the CPI~ is also being used to brainwash the public.

BUSH'S ECONOMIC POTEMKIN VILLAGE FINALLY CRUMBLING 2008

The MPC judged that downward risks to inflation in the medium term had increased, even though in the short term CPI is likely to rise above 5%, and that the outlook for growth was murky.

BOE Springs QE Surprise Richard Barley 2011

Ministers may pretend that the CPI is a more accurate measure for pensioners because it excludes housing costs but pensioners will give a hollow laugh at any idea that they don't pay council tax, which is excluded from CPI.

Statisticians attack Treasury plan to switch inflation measure Phillip Inman 2010

When you strip out volatile food and energy, it was also a decline, very rare to see a decline in what we call the CPI, that core inflation rate.

CNN Transcript Nov 19, 2008 2008

When a consumer finds a title CPI will take the money and dispatch the book.

Archive 2007-10-01 Martyn Daniels 2007

When a consumer finds a title CPI will take the money and dispatch the book.

Direct from Manufacturer? Martyn Daniels 2007

They set up what Brazilians call a Parliamentary Inquiry Commission (CPI is the abbreviation in Portuguese) to scrutinize supposed irregularities in the company.

Global Voices in English » Brazil: Petroleum, elections and poverty matters 2009

The CPI is going to confront Petrobras and Federal Revenue, when it is going to verify possible tax operations, which are worth compensation [of R$ 4 billion (US$ 1.9 billion) to the state-owned company] […]

Global Voices in English » Brazil: Petroleum, elections and poverty matters 2009

Interest rates are still positive, even if CPI is falling, because of time preference.

Matthew Yglesias » Alan Reynolds Embraces Deflation 2009

The Dow Jones consensus forecast for September CPI is 3.5%, and analysts generally agree that a higher-than-expected number could signal further rate increases.

Investors Reverse Course on Dollar Andrew J. Johnson 2010