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Consumer Price Index (CPI).
Statistics Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
Claims Supported by This Source
- The Consumer Price Index measures, over time, the change in prices of goods and services purchased by households nationwide.
- It is compiled monthly, showing as an index how the cost of a fixed basket of consumer goods and services changes with price fluctuations.
- The results are used for economic policy-making and pension revisions, among other things.
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