price index

American  

noun

1. 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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Etymology

Origin of price index

First recorded in 1885–90

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price index

The IDX would also remove "all shares with high shareholding concentration from the composite stock price index" to provide a more reasonable picture of JCI movements.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

September’s core consumer price index reading of 2.57% year-over-year reinforces Morgan Stanley’s emphasis on quality.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026

The pension is updated every October by at least the recorded increase in the pensioner retail price index for June.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Kashkari’s comments come after the Fed’s preferred inflation measure, the personal consumption expenditures price index, rose by 3.4% over the past 12 months in August.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

Fifty thousand pounds in modern money, using a retail price index, but £725,000 in modern money using an average wage multiplier.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

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Related Words

• consumer price index
• retail price index
• wholesale price index

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