consumer-price index
31Consumer Prices Index — (CPI) United Kingdom One of two consumer price indices used as the domestic measure of inflation in the UK (see also Retail Prices Index (RPI)). The CPI is published by the Office for National Statistics. It measures the average change from month …
32Consumer Price Index - CPI — A measure that examines the weighted average of prices of a basket of consumer goods and services, such as transportation, food and medical care. The CPI is calculated by taking price changes for each item in the predetermined basket of goods and …
33Consumer 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… …
34consumer prices index — conˌsumer ˈprice index [consumer price index] (BrE also conˌsumer ˈprices index) noun singular (abbr. CPI) …
35consumer price index — noun A statistical estimate of the level of prices of goods and services bought for consumption purposes by households …
36Consumer Price Index — (CPI) These prices are collected in 85 urban areas selected to represent all urban consumers about 80 percent of the total U.S. population. The service stations are selected initially and on a replacement basis, in such a way that they… …
37price index — UK US noun [C] ► ECONOMICS a measurement of the changes in the price of goods and services over a period of time: »The latest UK house price index was released on Tuesday. → See also CONSUMER PRICE INDEX(Cf. ↑consumer price index), COST OF LIVING …
38the consumer price index — UK / US noun American the retail price index …
39price index — an index of the changes in the prices of goods and services, based on the prices of the same goods and services at a period arbitrarily selected as a base, usually expressed as 100. [1885 90] * * * Measure of change in a set of prices, consisting …
40price index — noun an index that traces the relative changes in the price of an individual good (or a market basket of goods) over time • Syn: ↑price level • Hypernyms: ↑index, ↑index number, ↑indicant, ↑indicator • Hyponyms: ↑ …
