cost of living index in a sentence

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1. Treasury officials blamed a high monthly cost of living index-- 1 . 4 percent in October-- on the cost of tomatoes.
2. Israel's cost of living index rose 0.2 percent in February, the third straight month of relatively low inflation, the Central Statistics Bureau announced.
3. Israel's cost of living index rose 0.2 percent in February, the third straight month of relatively low inflation, the Central Statistics Bureau announced Wednesday.
4. Utility is not directly measurable, so the true cost of living index only serves as a theoretical ideal, not a practical price index formula.
5. However, Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner Katharine Abraham reminded reporters this week that the CPI is not, strictly speaking, a cost of living index.
6. When the United States entered World War I in 1917, the eight-hour workday, and established the U . S . Cost of Living Index.
7. This agreement was historic because, for the first time in Trinidad's history, wage increases were linked to increases in the cost of living index.
8. Israel's cost of living index rose 7 percent in 1997, the lowest inflation rate in 28 years, the Central Bureau of Statistics said Thursday.
9. The cost of living index has risen by 47 percent this year, and by nearly 100 percent since controls were implemented 17 months ago.
10. Israel's cost of living index rose 0 . 2 percent in February, the third straight month of relatively low inflation, the Central Statistics Bureau announced.