consumer-price index
121Index (economics) — This article is about index in an economics and finance sense. For other uses, see Index. In economics and finance, an index is a single number calculated from a set of prices or of quantities. Examples are a price index, a quantity index (such… …
122price — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ exorbitant, high, inflated, prohibitive, steep ▪ They charge exorbitant prices for their goods. ▪ The price of fuel is prohibitive …
123consumerprice index — consumer price index n. Abbr. CPI An index of prices used to measure the change in the cost of basic goods and services in comparison with a fixed base period. Also called cost of living index. * * * …
124known index — consumer price index that is published during the current month and applies to the previous month (Accounting) …
125Cost-of-living index — A cost of living index is a theoretical price index that measures relative cost of living over time or regions. It is an index that measures differences in the price of goods and services, and allows for substitutions to other items as prices… …
126Cost of living index — A cost of living index is a theoretical price index that measures relative cost of living over time. There are many different methodologies that have been developed to approximate cost of living indexes, including methods that allow for… …
1272007–2008 world food price crisis — The years 2007–2008 saw dramatic rises in world food prices, creating a global crisis and causing political and economical instability and social unrest in both poor and developed nations. Systemic causes for the world wide increases in food… …
128Hedonic index — Hedonic indexHedonic index is any price index, which uses information from hedonic regression. Hedonic regression describes how product price could be explained by the product scharacteristics. Hedonic price indexes proved to be very useful when… …
