In the United States, the Bureau of Labor Statistics computes the consumer price index which is used to find inflation rates. The bureau states that the consumer price index âis a measure of the average change over time in the prices paid by urban consumers for a market basket of consumer goods and services.â.
The earth ulis called a blue planet because of the presence of abundance of water in it. About 70 percent of the earth's crust is covered with water. And this imparts it with a blue colour as seen from the space.
Earth is the only planet not named after a Roman god. It is instead named after what we live on, earth (or soil). IN ADDITION: Uranus is actually named after a Greek god, not a Roman god. The name Earth comes from the Old Saxon word 'ertha', the dutch word 'aerde' and the German word 'erda'.