Undergraduate Macroeconomy
Inflation Data and the Consumer Price Index
6 min read
What CPI measures, why food weights matter, and how to read a monthly print.
CPI is a weighted basket. Food still dominates the Indian index, so a vegetable shock can move headline inflation without a change in core.
Lesson objectives
- Read headline versus core CPI.
- See why weights, not just price changes, drive the print.
