http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/new-inflation-indicator-bagel-index.html personal finance blog with anecdotes, advice and commentary. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:04:27 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/new-inflation-indicator-bagel-index.html/comment-page-1#comment-45115 George (Economics and Accounting Major) Thu, 23 Nov 2006 20:11:18 +0000 http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/new-inflation-indicator-bagel-index.html#comment-45115 I am pretty sure that the CPI (Consumer Price Index) takes both food and oil into account, however, it is the Core price index that removes food and oil from its calculation of inflation because they are considered too volatile. I am pretty sure that the CPI (Consumer Price Index) takes both food and oil into account, however, it is the Core price index that removes food and oil from its calculation of inflation because they are considered too volatile.

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