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The CPI for various years are listed below with 1982 as the base year: A CPI of 150 means that there was 50% increase in prices, or 50% inflation, since 1982.
The resulting inflation rate for the CPI in this one-year period is 4.28%, meaning the general level of prices for typical U.S. consumers rose by approximately four percent in 2007. [50] Other widely used price indices for calculating price inflation include the following: