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consumer price index

NOUN
current retail prices
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Preliminary data showed the consumer price index with fixed interest rate fell to 1.6% year-on-year in March from 1.7% in February, below expectations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

Cost-of-living increases are based on a subset of the consumer price index External link data known as CPI-W.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

Investors now await U.S. consumer price index data due later on Friday after Thursday’s personal consumption expenditures print was in line with market expectations.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

The consumer price index for March, on the other hand, could be a market mover tomorrow.

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

Inflation shall be measured by means of the consumer price index on a comparable basis, taking into account differences in national definitions.

From The Treaty of the European Union, Maastricht Treaty, 7th February, 1992 by European Union