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View synonyms for price index
price index
noun
- an index of the changes in the prices of goods and services, based on the prices of the same goods and services at a period arbitrarily selected as a base, usually expressed as 100.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of price index1
First recorded in 1885–90
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Example Sentences
Those penalties also would be adjusted each year, depending on changes in the consumer price index.
From Los Angeles Times
Rival lender, the Halifax, will publish its house price index for September in the coming days.
From BBC
Bureau of Labor Statistics’ consumer price index in April for the Los Angeles area was 3.9% — add 5% to that and you have this year’s limit of 8.9% for the county of Los Angeles.
From Los Angeles Times
The number is still higher than the Federal Reserve’s target of 2 percent, which it defines using a different but related price index.
From New York Times
The Personal Consumption Expenditures price index rose 2.7 percent from a year earlier, the same level as in March.
From New York Times
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