consumer-price index

  • 91producer price index — (PPI)  The PPI measures inflation at the wholesale level. Changes in the PPI usually precede changes in inflation at the consumer level …

    American business jargon

  • 92index — A specialized average. Stock indexes may be calculated by establishing a base against which the current value of the stocks, commodities, bonds, etc., will change; for example, the S&P 500 index uses the 1941 1943 market value of the 500 stocks… …

    Financial and business terms

  • 93consumer — /ksnsfyjuwmsr/ One who consumes. Individuals who purchase, use, maintain, and dispose of products and services. Users of the final product. A member of that broad class of people who are affected by pricing policies, financing practices, quality… …

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  • 94consumer — /ksnsfyjuwmsr/ One who consumes. Individuals who purchase, use, maintain, and dispose of products and services. Users of the final product. A member of that broad class of people who are affected by pricing policies, financing practices, quality… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 95index — noun 1 list of names/topics ADJECTIVE ▪ complete, comprehensive ▪ detailed ▪ general ▪ alphabetical ▪ card ( …

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  • 96Consumer Expenditure Survey — The Consumer Expenditure Survey (CE) is a Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) survey that collects information on the buying habits of U.S. consumers. The program consists of two components the Interview Survey and the Diary Survey each with its own …

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  • 97price level — 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 index • Hypernyms: ↑index, ↑index number, ↑indicant, ↑indicator • Hyponyms: ↑ …

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  • 98Index number — An index number is an economic data figure reflecting price or quantity compared with a standard or base value.citation | first=W. E. | last=Diewert | contribution=Index Numbers | editor last = Eatwell | editor first = John | editor link=John… …

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  • 99Price Level — The average of current prices across the entire spectrum of goods and services produced in the economy. In a more general sense, price level refers to any static picture of the price of a given good, service or tradable security. Price levels may …

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  • 100consumer — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big, great, heavy, large ▪ We are the biggest consumers of tropical hardwoods after Japan. ▪ average, ordinary ▪ …

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