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(the) consumer price index — the consumer price index UK US noun american the retail price index http://www.macmillandictionary.com/med2cd/weblinks/consumer price index.htm Thesaurus: prices and costssynonym types of prices and describing prices and costshyponym * * * the … Useful english dictionary
the consumer price index — US : a list of prices of goods and services that shows how much prices have changed in a given period of time abbr. CPI ; called also (Brit) retail price index • • • Main Entry: ↑consumer price index … Useful english dictionary
(the) Consumer Prices Index — the Consumer Price Index [the Consumer Price Index] (AmE the Consumer Prices Index) (abbr the CPI) The CPI is calculated by look … Useful english dictionary
the retail price index — Brit : ↑consumer price index • • • Main Entry: ↑retail price index … Useful english dictionary
Consumer 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 … Wikipedia
Consumer price index by country — Contents 1 Argentina 2 Australia 3 Belgium 4 Canada … Wikipedia
consumer price index — an index of the changes in the cost of goods and services to a typical consumer, based on the costs of the same goods and services at a base period. Abbr.: CPI Also called cost of living index. [1945 50] * * * ▪ economics Introduction… … Universalium
Consumer price index (South Africa) — For other uses, see Consumer price index. The consumer price index (CPI) is the official measure of inflation in South Africa. One variant, the consumer price index excluding mortgage costs (CPIX), is officially targeted by the South African… … Wikipedia
Consumer Price Index (United Kingdom) — For other uses, see Consumer price index. CPI, 1988 to present, 2005=100 … Wikipedia
consumer price index — ( CPI) The CPI, as it is called, measures the prices of consumer goods and services and is a measure of the pace of US inflation. The US Department of Labor publishes the CPI every month. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary a measure of the aggregate… … Financial and business terms
