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This sub-template returns the associated country's [[Consumer price index|CPI]] for a specific year. It's used by {{tl|{{BASEPAGENAME}}}} for calculating the inflation rate between two given years, which in turn is used by {{tl|Inflation}} to calculate inflated values. It usually isn't meant to be called directly. The information in this dataset is input from {{cite web|url=http://www.measuringworth.com/ukearncpi/|title= The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to 2014 (New Series): UK Retail Price Index|accessdate=28 May 2015}}<ref>{{quote|text=''What is the territory covered by the series?''<br>
For 1209-1963, the territory is England, which now has 84 percent of the total population of Great Britain. For 1963 to the present, the territory is Great Britain (England, Wales and Scotland), which has now 97 percent of UK population.|title="What Were British Earnings and Prices Then? A Question-and-Answer Guide"|source=[http://www.measuringworth.com/ukearncpi/ The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to 2014 (New Series)]|multiline=y}}</ref>

=== Usage ===

 {{tlx|{{PAGENAME}}|year}}

Providing no parameter or providing an invalid parameter will result in the "default" CPI, what usually means the latest one.

=== See also ===

* {{tl|Inflation}}
* {{tl|{{BASEPAGENAME}}}}

===References===
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