price index
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The Fed’s preferred inflation gauge is the personal consumption expenditures price index, which is considered more accurate than the better-known consumer-price index.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
The main PCE price index leaped to a three-year high of 4.1% in the 12 months that ended in May, up from 2.9% in February.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
For economists and policymakers, the producer-price index report is noteworthy mostly because some of its underlying figures are used to calculate the Fed’s preferred inflation metric, the price index of personal-consumption expenditures.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
Times remain tough across the industry, which has seen the International Diamond Consultants' rough diamond price index almost halve since 2022.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 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
