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
- Harmonised index of consumer prices
- Labour cost index
- Index of purchase prices of the means of agricultural production
- Cost indices of taxi and ambulance transport
- Producer price indices
- Index of regular earnings
- Cost index of rail transport
- Net price index
- Index of producer prices of agricultural products
- Cost index of forest machinery and vehicles
- Cost index for earth movers
- Cost index of civil engineering works
- Cost index of bus and motor-coach traffic
- Consumer price index
- Cost index of road transport of goods
- Price index of public expenditure
- Cost-of-living index
- Index of wage and salary earnings
- Prices of dwellings in housing companies
Validity of the definition
- Valid until (31 December 2078)
Source organisation
- Tilastokeskus
Related concepts
Jaa