A consumer price index (CPI) measures changes in the price level of a market basket of consumer goods and services purchased by households.The CPI is a statistical estimate constructed using the prices of a sample of representative items whose prices are collected periodically. CPI can be used to index (i.e., adjust for the effect of inflation) the real value of wages, salaries, pensions, for regulating prices and for deflating monetary magnitudes to show changes in real values.
New Torahs. The cost of a new Torah ranges from mid-$20,000 to mid-$40,000. The price is based on the cost of the time and labor of the Sofer. Generally, it takes up to a year to complete a new Torah. The other significant variable is the cost of the parchment, which is costs about $4,000 to $5,000.
This ultimately costs other U.S. tax payers $280 million to $390 million.). When grant, loans, interest and tax deductions are added together for the fiscal year ending in September 30, 1997, our special relationship with Israel cost U.S. taxpayers over $10 billion.Since 1949 the U.S. has given Israel a total of $83.205 billion.The interest costs borne by U.S. tax payers on behalf of Israel are $49.937 billion, thus making the total amount of aid given to Israel since 1949 $133.132 billion.otal U.S. aid to Israel is approximately one-third of the American foreign-aid budget, even though Israel comprises just .001 percent of the world's population and already has one of the world's higher per capita incomes.