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The 14 pages that link to Consumer price index, each with the reason it gives.

• InflationRelated: It is a common way to estimate inflation faced by consumers.

• Inflation TargetingRelated: Many central banks specify their target using a consumer-price index.

• DeflationRelated: Its changes are commonly used to identify deflation in consumer prices.

• Inflation expectationsRelated: Many forecasts and surveys define expected inflation using a consumer price index.

• HyperinflationRelated: Price indexes help quantify the pace of inflation and identify extreme episodes.

• Real wageRelated: It is commonly used to adjust nominal wages for inflation.

• Living wageRelated: It tracks price changes that can erode a wage benchmark’s purchasing power.

• Purchasing powerRelated: Its price changes estimate shifts in the purchasing power of money.

• Cost of livingRelated: It is a common way to measure how the cost of a fixed basket changes over time.

• Economic forecastingRelated: Forecasts use consumer prices to estimate inflation and purchasing-power changes.

• Irving FisherRelated: Fisher’s index-number work addressed how price statistics can measure changes in purchasing power.

• Poverty thresholdRelated: Price indexes are used to update some thresholds for inflation.

• Economic depressionRelated: It helps establish whether a downturn is accompanied by deflation or continuing inflation.