price index
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Stripping out gasoline, the consumer price index rose 2.4% in August, speeding up slightly from July’s 2.2% advance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
The U.S. consumer price index for August will be published at 8:30 a.m.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026
The report comes a day after figures showed the producer price index accelerated to 5.4 in August, driven by energy prices.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
The producer price index rose 0.4% in August from July and was up 5.4% from a year earlier due to the recent spike in oil prices.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Fifty thousand pounds in modern money, using a retail price index, but £725,000 in modern money using an average wage multiplier.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
