Glossary:Price

Price is the monetary value of goods, services and assets, expressed as an absolute figure or as an index.

Price statistics are collected and calculated in many different areas:

Agriculture

• producer price index - agricultural production
• purchase price index

Consumer prices

• consumer price index (CPI)
• harmonised index of consumer prices (HICP)

Energy

• Electricity price statistics
• Natural gas price statistics

Housing

• house price index (HPI)

Industry and construction

• producer price index (PPI), also called output price index