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Price
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Data Series
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Description
of Series
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Source Agency or Organization |
Geographic
Coverage
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Frequency
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| Cost
of living |
Contains links to U.S., regional, and international sources for comparative cost information.
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University
of Michigan Documents Center: http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/steccpi.html#city |
U.S.
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n.a.
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| Cost
of Living Index - ACCRA |
ACCRA Cost of Living Index measures relative price levels for consumer goods and services in participating areas. The ACCRA Cost of Living Index measures differences in prices among areas at a single point in time. |
ACCRA: http://www.coli.org/ |
Selected
cities in the U.S. (fee-based)
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Quarterly
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| Consumer prices | The Consumer
Price Indexes (CPI) program produces monthly data on changes in the prices
paid by urban consumers for a representative basket of goods and services. |
Bureau of Labor Statistics: http://www.bls.gov/cpi/home.htm |
U.S.
(urban)
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Monthly
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| Producer
Prices |
The Producer
Price Index (PPI) program measures the average change over time in the selling
prices received by domestic producers for their output. The prices included
in the PPI are from the first commercial transaction for many products and
some services. |
Bureau
of Labor Statistics: http://www.bls.gov/ppi/home.htm |
U.S.
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n.a.
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| Inflation Calculator | The inflation
calculator allows the user to convert dollars from a specific year, to purchasing
power of that amount in another year. |
Bureau
of Labor Statistics: http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl |
U.S.
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n.a.
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