price index
noun
: an index number expressing the level of a group of commodity prices relative to the level of the prices of the same commodities during an arbitrarily chosen base period and used to indicate changes in the level of prices from one period to another
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This morning, the producer price index, the latest read on inflation, came in higher than expected for December.
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Jim Cramer, CNBC, 30 Jan. 2026
In the same time, the consumer price index for renters in the region rose 80%, and the housing price index jumped 140%, according to a Dallas Morning News analysis of federal housing data.
—Alison Saldanha, Dallas Morning News, 29 Jan. 2026
The Fed, and Wall Street, will get another update on inflation on Thursday, when the government releases the personal consumption expenditures price index, or PCE.
—Damian J. Troise, Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2026
Also, humans tend to look at their checkbook balances as their price index.
—Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 15 Jan. 2026
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Jim Cramer, CNBC, 30 Jan. 2026
In the same time, the consumer price index for renters in the region rose 80%, and the housing price index jumped 140%, according to a Dallas Morning News analysis of federal housing data.
—Alison Saldanha, Dallas Morning News, 29 Jan. 2026
The Fed, and Wall Street, will get another update on inflation on Thursday, when the government releases the personal consumption expenditures price index, or PCE.
—Damian J. Troise, Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2026
Also, humans tend to look at their checkbook balances as their price index.
—Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 15 Jan. 2026
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“Price index.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/price%20index. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.
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