{"id":68452,"date":"2023-02-27T13:12:05","date_gmt":"2023-02-27T07:42:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.the-next-tech.com\/?post_type=web-story&#038;p=68452"},"modified":"2023-02-27T13:12:10","modified_gmt":"2023-02-27T07:42:10","slug":"what-is-consumer-price-index-cpi","status":"publish","type":"web-story","link":"https:\/\/www.the-next-tech.com\/web-stories\/what-is-consumer-price-index-cpi\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is Consumer Price Index (CPI)?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><html amp=\"\" lang=\"en\"><head><meta charSet=\"utf-8\"\/><meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,minimum-scale=1,initial-scale=1\"\/><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ampproject.org\/v0.js\"><\/script><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ampproject.org\/v0\/amp-story-1.0.js\" custom-element=\"amp-story\"><\/script><link href=\"https:\/\/fonts.googleapis.com\/css2?display=swap&amp;family=Merriweather%3Awght%40700\" rel=\"stylesheet\"\/>\n<style 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style=\"white-space:pre-line;overflow-wrap:break-word;word-break:break-word;margin:0.6793269230769226% 0;font-family:&quot;Merriweather&quot;,serif;font-size:0.436893em;line-height:1.1;text-align:center;padding:0;color:#000000\"><span><span style=\"font-weight: 700; color: #fff9ee\">The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a measure of inflation that tracks the price changes of a basket of goods and services commonly purchased by households.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/amp-story-grid-layer><\/amp-story-page><amp-story-page id=\"03d584d5-9f93-480c-828b-c8748cc35f7e\" auto-advance-after=\"7s\"><amp-story-animation layout=\"nodisplay\" trigger=\"visibility\"><script type=\"application\/json\">[{\"selector\":\"#anim-0fb84d6d-2bb2-4c94-98f0-6951e3ef76a1\",\"keyframes\":{\"opacity\":[0,1]},\"delay\":200,\"duration\":1400,\"easing\":\"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)\",\"fill\":\"both\"}]<\/script><\/amp-story-animation><amp-story-animation 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id=\"el-d02c824f-5849-423a-a471-4e7bf97521ec\">\n<p class=\"fill text-wrapper\" style=\"white-space:pre-line;overflow-wrap:break-word;word-break:break-word;margin:0.7044871794871785% 0;font-family:&quot;Merriweather&quot;,serif;font-size:0.453074em;line-height:1.1;text-align:center;padding:0;color:#000000\"><span><span style=\"font-weight: 700; color: #fff9ee\">The CPI is widely used by policymakers, economists, and investors as a key indicator of inflation and price stability.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/amp-story-grid-layer><\/amp-story-page><amp-story-page id=\"c16109bc-eaae-4d49-b21d-6f9c8baa20f7\" auto-advance-after=\"7s\"><amp-story-animation layout=\"nodisplay\" trigger=\"visibility\"><script type=\"application\/json\">[{\"selector\":\"#anim-a9fd57d8-7458-4f56-8ce7-9e25e569ea6f\",\"keyframes\":{\"opacity\":[0,1]},\"delay\":200,\"duration\":1400,\"easing\":\"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 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