consumer price index

1. N-SING The consumer price index is an official measure of the rate of inflation within a country's economy. The abbreviation is also used. 消費者物價指數; 縮寫成CPI[usu 'the' N]

In May the consumer price index fell by 1.1 per cent. 五月份的消費者物價指數下降了1.1個百分點。