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There are several inflation estimation methods. For a variety of reasons, we use the Consumer Price Index, but we regularly test and use the Producer Price Index and the Personal Consumption Expenditures deflator that is used in other economic reports. There is not one inflation measure that is totally satisfactory, but the CPI seems to work best, though it has its problems that sometimes cause economists and statisticians to come to fisticuffs in the academic equivalent of a bar brawl.