price index
Definition
Percentage number that shows the extent to which a price (or a 'basket' of prices) has changed over a period (month, quarter, year) as compared with the price(s) in a certain year (base year) taken as a standard. See also consumer price index.
price index is in the Economics, Politics, & Society subject.
price index appears in the definitions of the following terms:
inflation accounting,
price level adjusted mortgage (PLAM),
price protection,
current dollar [or any other currency],
wholesale price index,
producer price inflation,
inflation-indexed bond,
inflation,
economic indicators,
constant dollar [or any other currency]
and
price index appears in these other terms: producer price index (PPI), retail price index (RPI), product price index (PPI), consumer price index (CPI), share price index
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