Index

index : a numerical measure or indicator (as of inflation or economic performance) see also consumer price index vt : to link (as wages, rates, or investments) to an index [under the contract wages were ed to inflation] ...

Cost of living index number

Cost of living index number, in relation to employees in any scheduled employment in respect of which minimum rates of wages have been fixed, means the index number ascertained and declared by the competent authority by notification in the Official Gazette to be the cost of living index number applicable to employees in such employment. [Minimum Wages Act, 1948 (11 of 1948), s. 2 (d)]...

Index

To provide with an index or table of references to put into an index as to index a book or its contents...

adjustment index

adjustment index the published market index used to calculate the interest rate of an ARM at the time of origination or adjustment. Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ...

cost of funds index (cofi)

cost of funds index (cofi) an index used to determine interest rate changes for some adjustable-rate mortgages. Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ...

cost-of-living index

cost-of-living index : consumer price index ...

stock index

stock index : an index that tracks the performance of a particular group of stocks ...

consumer price index

An index of the cost of all goods and services to a typical consumer calculated and published by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics abbreviated CPI and usually referred to by that acronym The Bureau maintains several indices for different groups of consumers but the most commonly referred to is the index for ldquoAll urban consumersrdquo called the CPI U The increase of this value each year is one measure of monetary inflation...

Index

Index. A list in alphabetical order of separate items or subjects contained in any writing or book or otherwise of specified subjects. Under the (English) Companies Act, 1929, ss. 97 and 98, limited companies are required to keep an index of names of registered members; also a list of prohibited books at the Vatican....

Dow Jones Index

an index of certain stock prices on the New York Stock Exchange computed by the Dow Jones publishing company as a weighted average of the prices of specific stocks in certain categories Three indices are maintained the Industrials the Transportations and the Utilities When used without qualification the term usually refers to the Dow Jones Industrial Average...

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