consumer-price index
101Price Level Targeting — A monetary policy goal of keeping overall price levels stable, or meeting a pre determined price level target. The price level used as a barometer is the Consumer Price Index (CPI), or some similarly broad measure of cost inputs. A central bank… …
102Consumer basket — The basket of consumer goods or consumer basket is the market basket intended for tracking the prices of consumer goods and services, i.e., it is a sample of goods and services, offered at the consumer market. The consumer basket is the base for… …
103price — priceable, adj. /pruys/, n., v., priced, pricing. n. 1. the sum or amount of money or its equivalent for which anything is bought, sold, or offered for sale. 2. a sum offered for the capture of a person alive or dead: The authorities put a price… …
104index — indexable, adj. indexer, n. indexical, adj. indexically, adv. indexless, adj. /in deks/, n., pl. indexes, indices / deuh seez /, v. n. 1. (in a nonfiction book, monograph, etc.) a more or less detai …
105Price — /pruys/, n. 1. Bruce, 1845 1903, U.S. architect. 2. (Edward) Reynolds, born 1933, U.S. novelist. 3. (Mary) Leontyne /lee euhn teen /, born 1927, U.S. soprano. 4. a male given name. * * * I Amount of money that has to be paid to acquire a given… …
106consumer — consumership, n. /keuhn sooh meuhr/, n. 1. a person or thing that consumes. 2. Econ. a person or organization that uses a commodity or service. 3. Ecol. an organism, usually an animal, that feeds on plants or other animals. [1375 1425 for earlier …
107Price Level Adjusted Mortgage - PLAM — A special type of graduated payment mortgage that adjusts for inflation. The interest rate of a price level adjusted mortgage (PLAM) does not change, but the outstanding principal is changed periodically based on the inflation rate. These… …
108Index-Linked Bond — A bond in which payment of income on the principal is related to a specific price index often the Consumer Price Index. This feature provides protection to investors by shielding them from changes in the underlying index. The bond s cash flows… …
109index — / ɪndeks/ noun 1. a list of items classified into groups or put in alphabetical order 2. a regular statistical report which shows rises and falls in prices, values or levels 3. a figure based on the current market price of certain shares on a… …
110price indexes — See: consumer price index and producer price index …
