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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That’s like a point off the [consumer price index].
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Filip Timotija, The Hill, 8 Apr. 2025
According to city staff, there was a consumer price index increase of 3.12% from the second half of 2023 to the second half of 2024, as well as a 3.42% increase in the tipping fee from $55.69 per ton to $57.59.
—Luke Harold, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Apr. 2025
This comes off the heels of Wednesday's softer-than-expected February consumer price index and gets the Federal Reserve closer to its 2% inflation goal.
—Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 13 Mar. 2025
Economists polled by Reuters had anticipated the consumer price index would hit 2.7% in the twelve months to March.
—Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 16 Apr. 2025
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Filip Timotija, The Hill, 8 Apr. 2025
According to city staff, there was a consumer price index increase of 3.12% from the second half of 2023 to the second half of 2024, as well as a 3.42% increase in the tipping fee from $55.69 per ton to $57.59.
—Luke Harold, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Apr. 2025
This comes off the heels of Wednesday's softer-than-expected February consumer price index and gets the Federal Reserve closer to its 2% inflation goal.
—Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 13 Mar. 2025
Economists polled by Reuters had anticipated the consumer price index would hit 2.7% in the twelve months to March.
—Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 16 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for consumer price index
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“Consumer price index.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/consumer%20price%20index. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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