| The consumer price index suffered its first contraction in 16 years last year, largely due to lower food and clothing prices. |
| Salary increases for the same period last year averaged 8 per cent against the consumer price index of 5.6 per cent. |
| 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. |
| In recent years, software publishers have hit consumers with a double whammy that very likely escapes the consumer price index. |
| It also announced a new mechanism that appeared to link the licence fee to the consumer price index. |
