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price index

noun as in tracking of price changes

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Over the last two decades, the price index for tuition and fees has increased 172%.

From Quartz

Housing has been a sector that in the price indices is holding the inflation statistic way down.

From Time

The core price index, which excludes the volatile categories of energy and food, increased 3% in April from a year before.

From Time

Furthermore, the consumer price index captures only out-of-pocket expenses and wouldn’t reflect costs that aren’t paid for directly, like medical care covered by insurance or Medicaid.

The so-called core price index, which excludes prices on food and energy, and can be more volatile, jumped 3% in April from a year before.

From Quartz

Gathering information about local goods for sale in order to develop a targeted Consumer Price Index (CPI).

Most loans in Iceland are of the type B, price index-linked loans.

Index Social Security benefits to the so-called "chained" consumer price index.

Over the past 12 months, the consumer price index (CPI) has risen a scant 1.4 percent.

The first is “headline” CPI, which is the entire consumer price index—i.e., all goods and services including food and energy.

For the years 1890-94, our price index is an average of the figures for January and July.

Our price index for each year is an average of the twelve monthly figures given by Dun from 1894 to 1916.

First, then, these wage rates should be varied in accordance with the movement of a price index number.

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On this page you'll find 7 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to price index, such as: consumer price index, retail price index, wholesale price index, cost-of-living index, and stock price index.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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