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Dec 2021
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How do you measure inflation? (Indicator...

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It's Encore Week at The Indicator! We're sharing some of our favorite episodes of 2021.

Today, we hear one of Stacey's favorite episodes from this year. It's a deep dive into how the Bureau of Labor Statistics calculates a key economic indicator, the Consumer Price Index (CPI), the most widely used measure of inflation.

This episode originally came out in July.
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