| Index the 60 per cent of median income to the consumer price index, and by 2001, only 2 per cent of people fell below the line. |
| It also announced a new mechanism that appeared to link the licence fee to the consumer price index. |
| By contrast, salary increases for the same period in 2001 increased by 2.4 per cent against the consumer price index. |
| In the present U.S. system, benefits after retirement are indexed to the consumer price index. |
| A better bet is to predict the price deflator using the consumer price index for non-durable goods. |
| In recent years, software publishers have hit consumers with a double whammy that very likely escapes the consumer price index. |
