price index

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The Commerce Department reported the personal-consumption expenditures price index climbed 0.4% in April, a slower pace than March.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 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

If those estimates prove correct, it will be the highest annual change since May 2023 for the PCE price index, and the highest annual change since October 2023 for core PCE.

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