The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is the measure of the average change over time in the prices paid by urban consumers for a fixed market basket of consumer goods and services. The CPI provides a way for consumers to compare what a market basket of goods and services cost this month with what the same market basket cost a month or year ago. The CPI affects all Americans because of the way it is used. …showed first 75 words of 456 total…

…showed last 75 words of 456 total…years. The graph of the NASDAQ National Market shows its weekly close over the past 12 weeks. The market has had its ups and downs but has grown over the 12-week period because of a thriving economy. Four out of five Americans own stock, and the NASDAQ being the largest of the three main US markets has seen a lot of active trading and huge gains. The rise in the NASDAQ has encouraged other economic growth.