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consumer price index

消费物价指数,消费价格指数,消费者价格指数,消费品价格指数

Related Words

price index价格指数,物价指数,价格索引,价格指标retail price index零售价格指数,零售物价指数,零售价指数,零售价格指标cost-of-living index生活费用指数,生活费指数,生活成本指数,生活指数

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : 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. Abbreviation: CPI

Synonyms & Antonyms

nouncurrent retail prices
Synonyms
price index价格指数,物价指数,价格索引,价格指标retail price index零售价格指数,零售物价指数,零售价指数,零售价格指标cpiCPIcost-of-living index生活费用指数,生活费指数,生活成本指数,生活指数

Examples

  • The price of the basket’s contents are factored into a consumer price index, which helps measure inflation.

  • Other snapshots of the consumer price index show how spending habits are changing as people resume their pre-pandemic spending habits.

  • The consumer price index released earlier this month is based on a survey of what households buy, while the figures released Friday are based on surveys of what businesses are selling.

  • Both the producer price index and the consumer price index for March showed upward price pressure beginning to materialize, Speakman wrote.

  • Services make up about 60% of the overall consumer price index and 75% of the core measure, which excludes food and energy.

  • “Price for adults to $4250; From 10 years to 14 years to $2125; Under 10 years free,” the listing says.

  • But in more middle-class and working-class neighborhoods, sessions are typically a fourth of that price.

  • Bitcoin began 2013 with a roaring price of $770 per unit, and businesses right and left were converting to the ethereal product.

  • He is a true advocate for human rights who has paid a horrible price for standing up against the Assad dictatorship.

  • Industry experts claim an increase in awareness amongst men when it comes to styles, design, and price regarding their underwear.

  • (p. 054) At this period it appears that tobacco was used as money, and as the measure of price and value.

  • Yielding to the advice of his friends, he put on it a price the amount of which abashed him.

  • The great Mr. Abrahams had an unlimited commission to secure at any price, a long list of great works.

  • If the high wage is paid and the short hours are granted, then the price of the thing made, so it seems, rises higher still.

  • She reached forward to it in ecstasy; but she might not enjoy it, save at the price which her conscience exacted.

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