price index

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A closely watched home price index will release its first reading for 2026 on Tuesday.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

The Fed’s preferred inflation gauge, known as the PCE price index, rose at a 2.8% rate in the 12 months that ended in January.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 24, 2026

The producer price index for total final demand rose 0.7% in February, compared with January’s 0.5% monthly advance, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on Wednesday morning.

From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026

Proponents of indexing typically cite the consumer price index, but that’s only one of numerous inflation measures the government calculates.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 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