The index works by taking a weighted average of the price of imported iron and domestically produced iron ore to produce a composite number.
这种指数通过对进口铁和国产铁矿石取以加权平均价格以此产生一个合成数。
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Current U.S. price inflation based on the consumer priceindex (CPI) is 1.5% and the Federal Reserve wants to see this number increase to 2%.
目前基于居民消费价格指数(CPI)的美国物价通胀为1.5%，而美联储希望看到这个数字增加到2%。
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A growing number of analysts say inflationary pressure is stronger than the priceindex indicates, because it is heavily weighted toward food - particularly pork prices.