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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From 2021 to 2022, the city’s food price index surged by 8.8%, marking the highest increase in over 40 years.
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Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 1 May 2025
For example the Personal Consumption Expenditures price index for the 12 months to March 2025 rose 2.6% excluding food and energy prices.
—Simon Moore, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
Excluding food and energy costs, the core PCE price index was flat for the month and slowed to an annual rate of 2.6% from 3%.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 30 Apr. 2025
The March producer price index came in cooler than expected today, similar to yesterday’s CPI.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 11 Apr. 2025
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Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 1 May 2025
For example the Personal Consumption Expenditures price index for the 12 months to March 2025 rose 2.6% excluding food and energy prices.
—Simon Moore, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
Excluding food and energy costs, the core PCE price index was flat for the month and slowed to an annual rate of 2.6% from 3%.
—Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 30 Apr. 2025
The March producer price index came in cooler than expected today, similar to yesterday’s CPI.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 11 Apr. 2025
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“Price index.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/price%20index. Accessed 10 May. 2025.
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