price index

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But Fed officials pay more attention to the Commerce Department’s personal-consumption expenditures price index, or PCE, which the central bank uses to define its inflation target.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

The personal-consumption price index rose by 0.4% last month, the fifth large increase in a row.

From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026

The personal-consumption expenditures price index climbed by 0.4% in April from the previous month, after rising by 0.7% in March, the Commerce Department said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

The core PCE price index, which excludes volatile food and energy prices, is expected to rise 3.3%, compared to 3.2% previously.

From Barron's • May 24, 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