price index
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The latest readings of consumer inflation and the Fed's preferred gauge, the Personal Consumption Expenditures price index, have shown an attenuation, but levels remain well above the two-percent target.
From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026
That’s because the latest inflation reading for July, which saw the consumer price index rise a scant 0.1% for the month, matched Wall Street’s forecast and curbed some inflation anxiety on Wall Street.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026
The consumer price index was up 3.4% in July from a year earlier, the Labor Department said Wednesday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
The Federal Reserve, which aims to keep inflation at 2%, focuses on another inflation measure entirely: the personal-consumption expenditures price index, which is published by the Commerce Department.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 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
