Point figure
Point figure is a change quantity used in price indices, which expresses the price, average price or index of the comparison period relative to the price, average price or index of the base period. The point figure of the base period is usually denoted by the number hundred. For example, if the point figure for a commodity at a certain point in time is 105.3, it means that the price of that commodity has risen by 5.3 per cent from the base period.
Statistics using the definition
- Prices of dwellings in housing companies
- Index of wage and salary earnings
- Cost-of-living index
- Price index of public expenditure
- Consumer price index
- Cost index of civil engineering works
- Index of producer prices of agricultural products
- Producer price indices
- Index of purchase prices of the means of agricultural production
- Labour cost index
Validity of the definition
- Valid until (31 December 2078)
Source organisation
- Tilastokeskus
Related concepts
Jaa