Consumer prices dropped 1 percent in October, 2008.

Consumer prices have risen marginally over the past few years.

Although these figures are greater than the 1962 figure at which the Mona Lisa was valued, the comparison does not account for the change in prices due to inflation – $ 100 million in 1962 is approximately $ 720 million in 2010 when adjusted for inflation using the US Consumer Price Index.

Examples: unemployment rate, quits rate, housing starts, Consumer Price Index ( a measure for inflation ), Consumer Leverage Ratio, industrial production, bankruptcies, Gross Domestic Product, broadband internet penetration, retail sales, stock market prices, money supply changes.

The OPA itself – through its Consumer Division – mobilized the public on behalf of these guidelines, reducing the likelihood of " cheating " by those who would seek higher wages or prices.

Consumer prices doubled between May and August, alone, and though sharp, mandatory wage hikes had been negotiated between the government, labor and employers, the resulting shock ( known as the Rodrigazo ) ignited protest across Argentina, including a two-day general strike by the CGT ( the first ever against a Peronist administration ).

Another is to correct nominal mortgage rates for changes in dwelling prices or for changes in the rest of the Consumer Price Index to obtain a “ real ” rate of interest.

In the annual Consumer magazine survey of supermarket prices, Pak ' nSave has been named the country's cheapest supermarket in all nine surveys since the current survey methodology was adopted in 2003, although not necessarily in all regions.

Consumer advocacy groups argue that this discrimination against consumers — the charging of higher prices on the same object simply because of where they happen to live — is unjust and anti-competitive.

Tesco Ireland was one of seven shops fined for failing to display prices properly by the National Consumer Agency in July 2008.

However, Pak ' n Save loses to its rivals when it comes to overall cheapest prices and private brand labels-a 2008 Consumer magazine survey placed Pak ' n Save fourth with 15 items costing $ 40. 11: losing out to Countdown, Woolworths and Foodtown by between $ 1. 54 and $ 2. 78.

A 2006 study by the NCLC and the Consumer Federation of America found that " Based upon the prices for RALs in 2006, a consumer can expect to pay about $ 100 in

Consumer prices rose sixteenfold during the war, as the government had no hesitation in running the Austro-Hungarian Bank's printing presses to pay its bills and triggering a higher inflation rate than in the other combatant countries.

Using a variety of data including U. S. Consumer Price Index and Producer Price Index prices, it is derived from the largest component of the Gross Domestic Product in the BEA's National Income and Product Accounts, personal consumption expenditures.

Consumer preference for local goods gives local producers more market power, affording them the ability to lift prices to extract greater profits.

As Consumer and Corporate Affairs minister, Basford shepherded the passage of legislation that dramatically reduced pharmaceutical prices.

The Consumer Price Index tracks the variation in prices for different consumer goods and services over time in a constant geographical location, and is integral to calculations used to adjust salaries, bond interest rates, and tax thresholds for inflation.

Consumer organisations tend to support parallel importation as it offers consumers more choice and lower prices, provided that consumers retain equivalent legal protection to locally sourced products ( e. g. in the form of warranties with international effect ), and competition is not diminished.

" Consumer Communism ", based on present global economic conditions, raised Polish living standards and expectations, but the program faltered suddenly in the early 1970s because of worldwide recession and increased oil prices.

In fact, the across-the-board adjustments to the GS ( but not locality pay ) are determined according to the rise in the cost of employment as measured by the Department of Labor's Employment Cost Index, which does not necessarily correlate to the better-known Consumer Price Index, which tracks consumer prices.

While spending fell in 2010, prices for goods and services increased 1. 6 percent from 2009 to 2010, as measured by the average annual change in the Consumer Price Index ( CPI-U ).

The 7800 was initially released in southern California in June 1984, following an announcement on May 21, 1984 at the Summer Consumer Electronics Show.

Consumer associations can file claims on behalf of groups of consumers to obtain judicial orders against corporations that cause injury or damage to consumers.

In Australia, Trade is covered under Australian Treasury Guidelines for electronic commerce, and the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission regulates and offers advice on how to deal with businesses online, and offers specific advice on what happens if things go wrong.

On July 21, 2010, President Barack Obama signed into law the Nonadmitted and Reinsurance Reform Act of 2010 (" NRRA "), which took effect on July 21, 2011 and was part of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.

The report was disputed by representatives of the Consumer Federation of America, the National Fair Housing Alliance, the National Consumer Law Center, and the Center for Economic Justice, for relying on data provided by the insurance industry.

Markus Giesler, in his ethnography Consumer Gift Systems, explored music downloading as a system of social solidarity based on gift transactions.

Another innovation, the August Third People's Consumer Goods Production Movement, is centred on consumer goods production.

Nintendo of America unveiled the Virtual Boy at the Consumer Electronics Show on 6 January 1995.

The term PDA was first used on January 7, 1992 by Apple Computer CEO John Sculley at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, referring to the Apple Newton.

Consumer groups argue that statutes of repose on consumer goods provide a disincentive for manufacturers to build durable products and to notify consumers of product defects as the manufacturers become aware of them.

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Russ Heimerich, a spokesman for the state Department of Consumer Affairs, said, " We have not seen any evidence of the kind of massive desecration that being alleged ... The kind of activity they're alleging not easily hidden, especially on a willful, large-scale basis.

* Inflation 1290 – 2006 – Based on the historical Consumer Price Index of the Swedish Riksbank

* FCC Consumer Facts on Closed Captioning

In 2003, Consumer Reports, based on complaints about 2002 model new cars that in general are less than one year usage, ranked Hyundai's reliability tied with Honda's ; however, J. D.

Consumer advocate Ralph Nader, who had previously appeared on Sesame Street, called for a boycott of the show, saying that the CTW was " exploiting impressionable children ".

* National Consumer Agency on Pyramid Schemes-Irish consumer site describes local pyramid schemes and offers advice to would-be participants.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt revived the Advisory Commission to World War I Council on National Defense on May 29, 1940, to include Price Stabilization and Consumer Protection Divisions.

In 1994, the AMA, American Lung Association, US EPA and US Consumer Product Safety Commission published a booklet on indoor air pollution that discusses MCS, among other issues.

The ratings were based on data from CMS, the Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems ( CAHPS ), Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set ( HEDIS ) data, and the Health Outcomes Survey ( HOS ).

" Postmodernism and Consumer Society " in The Anti-Aesthetic: Essays on Post-Modern Culture, Hal Foster ( ed ), Seattle: Bay Press, 1989, pp. 111 – 125

The U. S. Consumer Confidence Index ( CCI ) is an indicator designed to measure consumer confidence, which is defined as the degree of optimism on the state of the economy that consumers are expressing through their activities of savings and spending.