The Consumer Price Index

Part I of Essay
(CPI) is the measure of the average change over time in the prices paid by urban consumers for a fixed market basket of consumer goods and services. The CPI provides a way for consumers to compare what a market basket of goods and services cost this month with what the sa ....

Part II of Essay
.... volume in excess of one billion shares a day. Known for its innovative leading-edge growth companies, NASDAQ has two tiers. The NASDAQ National Market, with NASDAQ's larger companies whose securities are the most actively traded, and the NASDAQ Small Cap Market, with emerging growth companies. The current market value of the NASDAQ National Market is around 2,553.2 billion dollars. The market and its value reflect the tendencies of the American people regarding their finances. If the market is up and the volume is up then the economy is thriv ....