All consumer price index synonyms
con·sum·er price in·dex
C c noun consumer price index
- price index — 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.
- retail price index — The retail price index is a list of the prices of typical goods which shows how much the cost of living changes from one month to the next.
- cost-of-living index — a numerical scale by means of which cost-of-living levels can be compared with a base number
- cpi — CPI is an abbreviation for consumer price index.