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61Consumer price index (Belgium) — The Belgian Consumer Price Index (commonly referred to as the Index) is a list of prices of goods and services, kept by the Belgian Federal Government Service Economy. The Index is updated on a monthly basis, and reflects the evolution in the… …
62cost of living — Synonyms and related words: budget, budget items, burden of expenditure, carrying charge, charges, consumer price index, cost, cost of living allowance, cost of living index, costs, direct costs, disbursals, distributed costs, expense, expense… …
63Consumer Price Index For All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) — A measure that examines the changes in the price of a basket of goods and services purchased by urban consumers. The urban consumer population is deemed by many as a better representative measure of the general public because most of the country… …
64Consumer Price Index For Urban Wage Earners And Clerical Workers - CPI-W — A variation of the consumer price index, as complied by the Bureau of Labor Statistics in the United States, that measures the consumer prices certain workers are exposed to. The index is primarily used on an annual basis, to reflect changes in… …
65consumer price index — consum′er price′ in dex n. bus an index of the change in the cost of common goods and services paid by a typical consumer, expressed as the percentage change in the total cost of these same items over a previous base period Abbr.: CPI • Etymology …
66cost-of-living index — noun an index of the cost of all goods and services to a typical consumer • Syn: ↑consumer price index, ↑CPI • Hypernyms: ↑price index, ↑price level …
67cost-push — ˈ ̷ ̷ ¦ ̷ ̷ noun : an increase or upward trend in production costs (as wages) that tends to result in increased consumer prices irrespective of the level of demand compare demand pull herein • cost push adjective * * * /kawst poosh , kost /, adj …
68consumer price index (CPI) — Measure of living costs based on changes in retail prices. Consumer price indexes are widely used to measure changes in the cost of maintaining a given standard of living. The goods and services commonly purchased by the population covered are… …
69Consumer Price Index — /kənˌsju:mə praɪs ˌɪndeks/ noun an American index showing how prices of consumer goods have risen over a period of time, used as a way of measuring inflation and the cost of living (NOTE: The British equivalent is the Retail Prices Index or RPI.) …
70Consumer Price Index — /kənˌsju:mə praɪs ˌɪndeks/ noun an American index showing how prices of consumer goods have risen over a period of time, used as a way of measuring inflation and the cost of living. Abbreviation CPI (NOTE: The UK term is retail prices index.) ▪▪▪ …
