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Timetric: Weights in the UK Consumer Price Index
9th March 2011
The consumer price index is a weighted index measuring changes in the cost of living for households in the UK. The weights used in the CPI calculation change over time reflecting movements in spending patterns on different goods and services. Our Timetric chart today tracks movements in a selection of key items used in the CPI measure.
Data from Timetric.
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CPI (UK) Weights from Timetric
Goods and services
Geoff Riley
Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for over thirty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD conferences in the UK and overseas.