CPI-U

The CPI-U, which is the broadest-base index published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics and includes price comparisons for more volatile commodities like gasoline no pun intended, I think was set at 100 in 1982-1984.

Adam Levin: $2 a Gallon Gas, Michele Bachmann? Aim Higher. Adam Levin 2011

The CPI-U, which is the broadest-base index published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics and includes price comparisons for more volatile commodities like gasoline no pun intended, I think was set at 100 in 1982-1984.

Adam Levin: $2 a Gallon Gas, Michele Bachmann? Aim Higher. Adam Levin 2011

The CPI-U, which is the broadest-base index published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics and includes price comparisons for more volatile commodities like gasoline no pun intended, I think was set at 100 in 1982-1984.

Adam Levin: $2 a Gallon Gas, Michele Bachmann? Aim Higher. Adam Levin 2011

The CPI-U, which is the broadest-base index published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics and includes price comparisons for more volatile commodities like gasoline no pun intended, I think was set at 100 in 1982-1984.

Adam Levin: $2 a Gallon Gas, Michele Bachmann? Aim Higher. Adam Levin 2011

It tracks the cost of hundreds of categories of goods and services, but the CPI-U is based on the lifestyle of a consumer who doesn't exist: the perfectly average one.

Better Ways to Fight Inflation Jack Hough 2011

"An individual's inflation rate can be quite different from what the CPI shows," says Ken Stewart, an economist with the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which compiles the CPI-U.

Better Ways to Fight Inflation Jack Hough 2011

Deflating the $5 a day wage by the CPI-U (which is not really appropriate, but this is a blog post, not a dissertation) Ford's $5 a day is a wage of 5* (184/9.9) = $93 per day in 2003 dollars, or $10.35 per hour.

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So rather than sacrifice yield to hitch even more money to the CPI-U, investors might want to seek higher returns elsewhere.

Better Ways to Fight Inflation Jack Hough 2011

But the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which tracks prices, is reporting a 3.6 percent overall increase in the CPI-U in the past 12 months.

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That's because TIPS are linked to a one-size-fits-all inflation measure, the consumer-price index for all urban consumers, or CPI-U.

Better Ways to Fight Inflation Jack Hough 2011