price index

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While the “core” component of the consumer price index has been mild, the below chart shows core inflation in the personal-consumption expenditures index jumping in 2026.

From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026

According to the March 2026 consumer price index, overall inflation currently stands at 3.3% — up from 2.4% in March 2025.

From Salon • May 7, 2026

A separate gauge, CPI, or the consumer price index, is calculated by the Labor Department using a different methodology and a different basket of goods.

From Barron's • May 6, 2026

The Fed’s preferred inflation gauge is core PCE, or the personal consumption expenditures price index excluding food and energy.

From Barron's • May 6, 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