Definition for consumer price index - Oxford Dictionaries Online (World English)

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	consumer price index (con\|sumer price index) noun (in the US) an index of the variation in prices for retail goods and other items.		More words in this category austerity capital gains tax depressed diseconomy five-year plan high-income knowledge economy light industry marketspace money illusion negative income tax oligopsony opportunity cost Phillips curve PSBR psychic income public good regulator tax year-on-year Nearby Words consultation consultee consulting consulting room consumable consume consumer consumer durables consumer goods consumer price index consumer research consumer society consumer sovereignty consumer unit consumerism consuming consummate consummation consumption