consumption
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The fresh inflation data comes from the Personal Consumption Expenditures Price Index, or headline PCE, which is maintained and released by the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Economic Analysis.
From Salon • Jun. 1, 2026
Americans are struggling with rising prices, which rose 3.8% in April, as measured by the Personal Consumption Expenditures Price Index, or PCE, the Fed’s preferred inflation gauge.
From Barron's • May 29, 2026
Consumption is typically about 40% of China’s total gross domestic product, compared with 70% in the U.S. and 60% in Japan.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026
While there are several different indicators, the two main ones are the Consumer Price Index by the Bureau of Labor and Statistics and the Personal Consumption Expenditures Price Index by the Department of Commerce.
From Slate • Apr. 24, 2026
He holds both Production and Consumption under his yoke, because both must come to him either finally for the products to be consumed, or at first for the raw materials to be worked up.
From Socialism by Mill, John Stuart
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