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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Here are the results for other key components of the consumer price index report for the Bay Area.
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George Avalos, Mercury News, 12 Sep. 2025
The Social Security Administration bases its COLA each year on average annual increases in the consumer price index for urban wage earners and clerical workers (CPI-W) from July through September.
—Medora Lee, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
Another economic report stole the consumer price index's thunder, with investors focusing more on a jump in jobless claims than the latest inflation figures.
—Fred Imbert, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2025
The contract includes an annual base salary increase of 3.85% in year one, 2.5% in year two and at least 2% in years three and four, the latter dependent on the consumer price index, which could exceed 2%, the union said.
—Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 4 Sep. 2025
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George Avalos, Mercury News, 12 Sep. 2025
The Social Security Administration bases its COLA each year on average annual increases in the consumer price index for urban wage earners and clerical workers (CPI-W) from July through September.
—Medora Lee, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
Another economic report stole the consumer price index's thunder, with investors focusing more on a jump in jobless claims than the latest inflation figures.
—Fred Imbert, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2025
The contract includes an annual base salary increase of 3.85% in year one, 2.5% in year two and at least 2% in years three and four, the latter dependent on the consumer price index, which could exceed 2%, the union said.
—Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 4 Sep. 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 18 Sep. 2025.
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