consumer price index
noun
: an index measuring the change in the cost of typical wage-earner purchases of goods and services expressed as a percentage of the cost of these same goods and services in some base period
called also cost-of-living index
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On the data side, inflation will be the story with the March consumer price index and producer price index out Thursday and Friday, respectively.
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Jeff Marks,kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 4 Apr. 2025
Their 20-year-lease, signed in 2015, set their rent at $8,400 a month with annual increases consistent with the rise of the consumer price index.
—Sierra Lopez, Mercury News, 1 Apr. 2025
Inflation dipped below 3 percent in the February consumer price index, and unemployment is at a relatively low 4.1 percent of the workforce; there are about 7 million people looking for a job out of a total civilian labor force numbering more than 170 million.
—Tobias Burns, The Hill, 19 Mar. 2025
Numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed the consumer price index increased 2.8% between February 2024 and last month—0.1% lower than consensus estimates.
—Megan Poinski, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
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Jeff Marks,kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 4 Apr. 2025
Their 20-year-lease, signed in 2015, set their rent at $8,400 a month with annual increases consistent with the rise of the consumer price index.
—Sierra Lopez, Mercury News, 1 Apr. 2025
Inflation dipped below 3 percent in the February consumer price index, and unemployment is at a relatively low 4.1 percent of the workforce; there are about 7 million people looking for a job out of a total civilian labor force numbering more than 170 million.
—Tobias Burns, The Hill, 19 Mar. 2025
Numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed the consumer price index increased 2.8% between February 2024 and last month—0.1% lower than consensus estimates.
—Megan Poinski, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
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“Consumer price index.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/consumer%20price%20index. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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