1, simple and popular understanding, CPI refers to the current price level, which is inflation. Consumer price index is a macroeconomic indicator that reflects the price changes of consumer goods and services generally purchased by households.
2. It is the relative number to measure the price level of a group of representative consumer goods and services over time in a specific period, and it is used to reflect the change of the price level of consumer goods and services purchased by households, and it is the coefficient of variation of the retail price of goods and services within one month.