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consumer price index


An index published by the government each month of prices for a representative sample of goods and services. The consumer price index was formerly known as the cost-of-living index.	1

The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition. Edited by E.D. Hirsch, Jr., Joseph F. Kett, and James Trefil. Copyright © 2002 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

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