price index
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The July reading of the Fed’s preferred inflation gauge, the personal-consumption expenditure price index, hit 3.7% on a year-over-year basis, slightly surpassing economists’ expectations of 3.6%.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026
The Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation metric, the price index of personal-consumption expenditures, held steady at 3.7% in July, slightly above economist expectations for 3.6%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
July’s consumer price index report was down slightly from its June reading, lifting some immediate pressure off the central bank to increase at its September interest-rate meeting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
But inflation rose by 3.7% in the 12 months that ended in June, using the central bank’s preferred PCE price index.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 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
