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Real vs Nominal Interest Rates: What Inflation Takes Away
The rate on a deposit or loan is not the whole story. Subtract inflation to see the real return, and learn the Fisher equation with a worked example.
How Inflation Is Measured: The Consumer Price Index
Inflation is usually reported as the yearly change in a consumer price index. Here is how the basket, weights and base year turn thousands of prices into one number.