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producer price index
pro·duc·er price in·dex


noun 
Definition:
 
statistic suggesting level of inflation: an index maintained by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics that tracks the price of wholesale goods and commodities. It is sometimes taken to be an index of inflation.
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