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NPR: National Public Radio

Npr: Shopping for the Consumer Price Index

9th - 10th
Descriptions, examples, and a calculator to study inflation between any years from 1913 through 2006. (July 19, 2006)
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Consumer Price Index: Inflation Overview

9th - 10th
Understand the basics of inflation and consumer price index. [9:18]
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Consumer Price Index: Cpi Index

9th - 10th
Discussion of inflation, the CPI index and owners' equivalent rent. [15:30]
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Consumer Price Index: What Is Inflation

9th - 10th
Do you know how inflation is measured? The basics of what price inflation is and how the CPI-U is calculated is reviewed in this video lecture. [3:29]
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Inflation and the Consumer Price Index: Introduction to Inflation

9th - 10th
Explains the basics of price inflation and how the Consumer Price Index (CPI) works. [7:32]
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: What Is Inflation

9th - 10th
Learn the definition of inflation and how inflation is measured in this video. Topics include the meaning of inflation, causes of inflation, and how the consumer price index (CPI) is used to track inflation. [3:30]
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Actual Cpi U Basket of Goods

9th - 10th
Sal Khan has fun exploring the actual weightings for the CPI-U basket of goods. [7:27]
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Cpi Index

9th - 10th
Learn about how the consumer price index (CPI) is calculated, what it measures, and how it is used to track inflation in this video. [15:30]
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Deflation

9th - 10th
Explore the basics of deflation, including the definition of deflation, how the CPI changes when there is deflation, and why economists tend to be concerned when deflation occurs. [3:10]
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Example Question Calculating Cpi and Inflation

9th - 10th
In this video, Sal walks through a practice exercise calculating the CPI and inflation. [7:44]
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Measuring Cost of Living Inflation and the Cpi: Inflation Data

9th - 10th
Looks at actual sequential and year-over-year inflation data.