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CPI

NOUN
consumer price index
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NOUN
cost-of-living index
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Going back as far as 1957 and a few periods notwithstanding, gold tends to outperform CPI and in the last couple of yars this has been especially pronounced.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

Government caps on retail fuel prices and lower electricity tariffs helped restrain inflation, though core CPI rose 2.6% in July.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 3, 2026

They worry that the headline CPI number doesn’t reflect the unique cost-of-living increases faced by those in retirement.

From MarketWatch Aug. 1, 2026

Consider the above chart, which plots three different ways of calculating the CPI:

From MarketWatch Aug. 1, 2026

That the US has been using only the CPI would counter that argument.

From Definition & Reality in the General Theory of Political Economy by Colignatus, Thomas




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