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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The producer price index actually fell in August.
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Tiana Lowe Doescher, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
Yesterday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics shared the latest update to the producer price index (PPI), which often acts as a precursor to wider inflation trends.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2025
Bond yields were down slightly after the August producer price index surprisingly declined from July.
—Jeff Marks, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2025
Analysts say the producer price index and the consumer price index appeared to show conflicting signals in July about inflation.
—Susan Tompor, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2025
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Tiana Lowe Doescher, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
Yesterday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics shared the latest update to the producer price index (PPI), which often acts as a precursor to wider inflation trends.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2025
Bond yields were down slightly after the August producer price index surprisingly declined from July.
—Jeff Marks, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2025
Analysts say the producer price index and the consumer price index appeared to show conflicting signals in July about inflation.
—Susan Tompor, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for price index
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“Price index.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/price%20index. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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