producer price index
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6.3
- noun
- /prəˈduːsər praɪs ˈɪndɛks/
- Formal
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índice de precios del productor
- Analysts look closely at the producer price index to gauge future inflation trends.
- producer price index percent
- producer price index and inflation
- producer price index rose
On Thursday, we'll get PPI, the producer price index.
- On Thursday, we'll get PPI, the producer price index.
Examples
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Higher food prices helped lift the closely watched Producer Price Index by 0.3 percent in July, the fastest pace in five months.
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The overall general upward price movement of goods and services in an economy, usually as measured by the Consumer Price Index and the Producer Price Index.
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The second measure of inflation is the Producer Price Index, or the PPI.
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Rather, it appears that the producer price indices in the two countries were in the process of convergence prior to CUSTA.
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However, the most important data point for gold and silver investors since the announcement of QE3 is the Core Producer Price Index (PPI).
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According to Producer Price Index numbers, grains have risen 33% year over year, and oil 20% year over year (both figures September-to-September; link is here).
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For those looking for a cyclical turn, GREED & fear would advise keeping an eye on the trend in the Producer Price Index (PPI).
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This suggests the producer price index (PPI) would be a more appropriate deflator for investment, though the PPI itself has drawbacks.
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China's PPI's which is the producer price index, epic lows, they're negative year over year on Ppis.
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According to the Labor Department, the producer price index rose 0.3 percent last month.
Synonyms
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3.2
A number that shows how prices of goods and services change over time
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7.3
Measure of how prices that sellers receive for goods change over time
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: combining 'producer' (who makes goods), 'price' (amount paid) and 'index' (a numeric indicator) yields an index that tracks prices received by producers. This is a common, cross-linguistically transparent economic construction, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words would be able to infer the basic meaning.
Etymology
The term producer price index comes from its parts: producer, the businesses that make goods; price, the money they get; and index, a single number that shows change over time. Imagine asking many makers how much they were paid and turning their answers into one number that goes up or down, so it shows how prices for producers are changing.