Inflation adjustment

Inflation adjustment

Inflation adjustment is the process of adjusting economic indicators and the prices of goods and services from different time periods to the same price level. To adjust for inflation, an indicator is divided by the inflation index.

References

* [http://www.duke.edu/~rnau/411infla.htm Prof. Nau's Inflation page]


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