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the amount, adjusted in such manner as may be prescribed and rounded to the nearest one-thousandth, or, where the result obtained is equidistant from two consecutive one-thousandths, to the higher thereof, that is determined by the formula(A/B) - 1 where A is the Consumer Price Index for the 12 month period that ended on September 30 next before that year, and B is the Consumer Price Index for the 12 month period immediately preceding the period mentioned in the description of A.