Most experts agree that the Superlative CPI provides a more accurate measure of the average change in the cost of living than the standard CPI.

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The tax is central to the government's strategy to combat climate change, but the opposition says it will cause job losses and raise the cost of living.

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Chinese workers seem willing to change jobs for a slight increase in pay in order to stay above inflation as the cost of living in coastal China rises.

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