Consumer Price Index (1982-84=100)

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This page provides links for the Consumer Price Index and information about how the index is constructed and used.

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• CPI Index Values: 1913 to 2009
• CPI Index Home Page, Bureau of Labor Statistics

• CPI Index Fact Sheets
• Understanding the Consumer Price Index: Answers to Some Questions
• How BLS Measures Changes in Consumer Prices
• How to Use the Consumer Price Index for Escalation
• How BLS Measures Price Change for Medical Care Services in the CPI
• The Consumer Price Index--Why the Published Averages Don't Always Match An Individual's Inflation Experience
• How BLS Uses Rent Data in the Consumer Price Index

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Last Modified: August, 2009
herman_sampson@ncsu.edu

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