the retail price index

  • 21price 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: ↑ …

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  • 22price 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 …

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  • 23price index — noun (C) a system of numbers by which the prices of goods can be compared with what they were in the past see also: retail price index …

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  • 24Tax And Price Index - TPI — A measure of the percentage that a consumer s income would have to adjust by in order to maintain the same level of purchasing power. The tax and price index (TPI) takes into account changes in retail prices due to inflation, as well as changes… …

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  • 25Consumer Price Index — CPI 1) In the UK, the usual name for the Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices (HICP), a measure of price level introduced in 1997 to enable comparisons within the EU. In 2003 the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced that government inflation… …

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  • 26Consumer Price Index — CPI 1) In the UK, the usual name for the Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices (HICP), a measure of price level introduced in 1997 to enable comparisons within the EU. In 2003 the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced that government inflation… …

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  • 27Consumer price index by country — Contents 1 Argentina 2 Australia 3 Belgium 4 Canada …

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  • 28Consumer Price Index (United Kingdom) — For other uses, see Consumer price index. CPI, 1988 to present, 2005=100 …

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  • 29Consumer price index — CPI redirects here. For other uses, see CPI (disambiguation). A consumer price index (CPI) measures changes in the price level of consumer goods and services purchased by households. The CPI, in the United States is defined by the Bureau of Labor …

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  • 30consumer price index — noun an index of the cost of all goods and services to a typical consumer • Syn: ↑CPI, ↑cost of living index • Hypernyms: ↑price index, ↑price level * * * noun the consumer price index US : a list of prices of goods and services that shows how… …

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