Many mothers wonder how much expressed breastmilk they need to have available if they are away from baby. In exclusively breastfed babies, milk intake increases quickly during the first few weeks of life, then stays about the same between one and six months (though it likely increases short term during growth spurts).
The steps involved in calculating the consumer price index and the inflation rate, in order are: Fix the basket, find the prices, compute the basket's cost, choose a base year and compute the index, and compute the inflation rate.
Producer Price Index (PPI) Importance: *** Definition: The producer price index (PPI) is the first indicator of inflation each month. It is a measure of wholesale prices at the producer level for consumer goods and capital equipment. Unlike the CPI, it does not include services. It compares prices for approximately 3,450 commodities to a base period.