居民消费价格指数

居民消費價格指數

jūmínxiāofèijiàgézhǐshù

noun

Meanings

1 consumer price index (CPI)

Characters

people; civilian

pattern; standard

to point; index

Examples

国家统计局公布了上月的居民消费价格指数。

Guójiā Tǒngjìjú gōngbù le shàng yuè de jūmín xiāofèi jiàgé zhǐshù.

The National Bureau of Statistics released last month's consumer price index.

居民消费价格指数同比上涨了百分之二。

Jūmín xiāofèi jiàgé zhǐshù tóngbǐ shàngzhǎng le bǎi fēn zhī èr.

The consumer price index rose 2 percent year-on-year.

Tips

usage

This is the formal news/economics term. In conversation people just say CPI or shorten it to 物价指数 (wùjià zhǐshù — 'price index'). 居民 'residents' marks it as the household-consumer basket, distinguishing it from PPI (生产者价格指数).

Stroke Order

居 jū

民 mín

消 xiāo

费 fèi

价 jià

格 gé

指 zhǐ

数 shù