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3. When last did the BoS revise the weights of the CPI basket and why doesn’t it publish them, as does the CSO in Trinidad. I would hope the BoS respond to these questions, and that SN ...

The Consumer Price Index “is a measure of the average change over time in the prices paid by urban consumers for a market basket of consumer ... leave them out of the equation to come up with ...

The CPI tracks the average price of a basket of goods, including basic foodstuffs, housing costs, clothing, healthcare, and recreational items. It does not account for qualitative changes or ...