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A statistical estimate of the level of prices of goods and services bought for consumption purposes by households.
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Consumer Price Index — consumer price in·dex n: an index measuring the change in the cost of typical wage earner purchases of goods and services in some base period – called also cost of living index; Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. Consumer … Law dictionary
consumer price index — n. An index of the cost of all goods and services to a typical consumer, calculated and published by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics; abbreviated {CPI}, and usually referred to by that acronym. The Bureau maintains several indices… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Consumer Price Index — (CPI) cost of living index, (Economics) comparison of the price of basic goods and services during a specific period versus the price of those goods and services during a base period (used as a measure of the inflation rate) … English contemporary 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 — 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 — ( 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
consumer 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… … Useful english dictionary
Consumer Price Index — /kənˌsju:mə praɪs ˌɪndeks/ noun an American index showing how prices of consumer goods have risen over a period of time, used as a way of measuring inflation and the cost of living (NOTE: The British equivalent is the Retail Prices Index or RPI.) … Marketing dictionary in english
Consumer Price Index — /kənˌsju:mə praɪs ˌɪndeks/ noun an American index showing how prices of consumer goods have risen over a period of time, used as a way of measuring inflation and the cost of living. Abbreviation CPI (NOTE: The UK term is retail prices index.) ▪▪▪ … Dictionary of banking and finance
consumer price index — vartotojų kainų indeksas statusas Aprobuotas sritis kainų statistika apibrėžtis Santykinis rodiklis, kuriuo išreiškiamas vartojimo prekių ir paslaugų, kurias namų ūkiai perka vartojimo reikmėms, bendrasis kainų pokytis per tam tikrą laikotarpį.… … Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)
Consumer price index by country — Contents 1 Argentina 2 Australia 3 Belgium 4 Canada … Wikipedia
