CPI (Consumer Price Index) ek aisa index hai jo consumer ke core kharchon, jaise khana, kapda, shelter, aur services, ke prices me time ke saath change ko measure karta hai Bureau of Labor StatisticsInvestopedia. Ye ek market basket ka weighted average price hai, jis me har cheez ka weight consumer spending ke proportion ke mutabiq hota hai .
CPI kyun dekha jata hai?
Ye everyday inflation ka ek sabse mashhoor indicator hai, jo economy health ko batata hai.
Fed aur policy makers CPI ko nazar me rakhte hain takay wages, taxes, aur benefits me adjustments (COLA) sahi kiye ja saken.
CPI ki kuch limitations
Market basket fixed hoti hai; naye products ya quality changes fully reflect nahin hote.
"Shrinkflation" jaise issues (jahan product size chhota ho jata hai but price same rehta hai) is index ko distort kar sakte hain.
Ek aur variant Chain-weighted CPI bhi hai jo consumer behaviour, jaise cheaper substitutes lene ko bhi adjust karta hai — jisse zyada realistic cost-of-living measure milta hai.
Aaj Ka Outlook (Hypothetical Example)
Headline CPI: 0.2% monthly increase; Annualized: 2.7% — yeh moderate inflation signal karta hai Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Core CPI (food & energy exclude): thoda zyada, takriban 3.1% per year — jo inflation ka real picture dikhata hai without volatile categories.
Aik Nazar Ki Baat
CPI Watch se murad hai har mahine CPI data ko closely monitor karna — kyun ke ye:
Monetary policy direction dictate karta hai,
Consumers aur businesses ke decision-making ko affect karta hai,
Economic mood aur market forecasts ko shape deta hai.
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