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Price Indices and the Rate of Change of Prices

Consumer Price Index and Inflation

Consumer Price Index and Inflation

The above graph shows the annual inflation rate and the consumer price index from 1913 to 2003. As long as the inflation rate was above zero, the CPI was increasing.

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