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Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.

consumer price index

An index that tracks the price of goods and services purchased by the average consumer and that is published monthly by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. - Abbr. CPI. - Also termed cost-of-living index. Cf. PRODUCER PRICE INDEX.

price index

An index of average prices as a percentage of the average prevailing at some other time (such as a base year). See CONSUMER PRICE INDEX; PRODUCER PRICE INDEX.

producer price index

An index of wholesale price changes, issued monthly by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. - Formerly also termed wholesale price index. Cf. CONSUMER PRICE INDEX.

wholesale price index

See PRODI;CER PRICE., INDEX.