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Cost-of-living index

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A cost-of-living index is a theoretical price index that measures relative cost of living over time or regions. [1]

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ACCRA Cost of Living Index

The Cost of Living Index (COLI), formerly the ACCRA Cost of Living Index is a measure of living cost differences among urban areas in the United States compiled by the Council for Community and Economic Research.

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Bureau of Labor Statistics

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is a unit of the United States Department of Labor.

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Compensating variation

In economics, compensating variation (CV) is a measure of utility change introduced by John Hicks (1939).

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Consumer price index

A consumer price index (CPI) measures changes in the price level of of and purchased by households.

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Cost of living

Cost of living is the cost of maintaining a certain standard of living.

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Goods

In economics, goods are materials that satisfy human wants and provide utility, for example, to a consumer making a purchase of a satisfying product.

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Indirect utility function

In economics, a consumer's indirect utility function v(p, w) gives the consumer's maximal attainable utility when faced with a vector p of goods prices and an amount of income w. It reflects both the consumer's preferences and market conditions.

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Price index

A price index (plural: “price indices” or “price indexes”) is a normalized average (typically a weighted average) of price relatives for a given class of goods or services in a given region, during a given interval of time.

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Public good

In economics, a public good is a good that is both non-excludable and non-rivalrous in that individuals cannot be effectively excluded from use and where use by one individual does not reduce availability to others.

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Service (economics)

In economics, a service is a transaction in which no physical goods are transferred from the seller to the buyer.

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Substitute good

A substitute good is one good that can be used instead of another.

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United States Consumer Price Index

The U.S. Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a set of consumer price indices calculated by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).

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United States Department of Labor

The United States Department of Labor (DOL) is a cabinet-level department of the U.S. federal government responsible for occupational safety, wage and hour standards, unemployment insurance benefits, reemployment services, and some economic statistics; many U.S. states also have such departments.

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Utility

Within economics the concept of utility is used to model worth or value, but its usage has evolved significantly over time.

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Cost of Living Index, Cost of living index, Living standard price index.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cost-of-living_index

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