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Table 1 Calculating the Consumer Prices Index and the Inflation Rate: An Example (1)

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Table 1 Calculating the Consumer Prices Index and the Inflation Rate: An Example (2)

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Table 1 Calculating the Consumer Prices Index and the Inflation Rate: An Example (3)

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Table 1 Calculating the Consumer Prices Index and the Inflation Rate: An Example (4)

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Table 1 Calculating the Consumer Prices Index and the Inflation Rate: An Example (5)

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Figure 1 The Typical Basket of Goods and Services (2009)

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Table 2 Inflation Rates Across the European Union (2005 = 100)

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Figure 2 Two Measures of Inflation

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Figure 3 GDP Deflator (EU 27)

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Table 2 The Most Popular Films of All Times, Inflation-adjusted

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Figure 4 Real and Nominal Interest Rates

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