Guidelines. 1  State the clear, firm directive up front. Donât bury your directive in implications. 2  Include courtesy words even when you have authority to command. Donât use âfightâ words such as âignored,â âfailed to,â ârefused,â and even âmustâ at times. 3  Donât resort to sarcasm.  Give reasons for your directives when you can.
US Economy. Definition: The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a monthly measurement of U.S. prices for most household goods and services. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) surveys the prices of 80,000 consumer items to create the index. It represents the prices of a cross-section of goods and services commonly bought by primarily urban households.
Consumer Price Index. The Consumer Price Index is the most widely used measure of inflation and is often referred to as the cost of living index. It measures changes over time in the price of a fixed market basket of goods and services. There are two indexes. The CPI-U covers the expenditures of a wide range of urban consumers; the CPI-W covers only the expenditures of urban wages earners and clerical workers. The national CPI-U is typically used to measure inflation in Idaho because it more closely represents our cost of living.