An index that traces the relative changes in the price of an individual good (or a market basket of goods) over time.
1Volatile food costs pushed the consumer price index down sharply in May.
2The consumer price index in the same period was 77 per cent.
3Food prices make up almost 19 percent of the consumer price index.
4July's core PCE price index data will be released later this month.
5This is because of the way the consumer price index is calculated.
6Those fees and healthcare costs feed into the core PCE price index.
7The relaunch of the residential property price index is a welcome development.
8Westpac calculates its wage price index from Australian Bureau of Statistics data.
9Retail price index data is also due to be released on Wednesday.
10The food price index measures how overall prices change each month.
11For example, the PCE price index includes food services in its core index.
12Today, the US government will report its October wholesale price index.
13The commodity price index rose 11 percent in September over the year earlier.
14Markets await consumer price index data, due later in the day.
15Over the same period, the consumer price index has risen 30 per cent.
16The government will publish the April core PCE price index data on Friday.
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