price index

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The Bureau of Labor Statistics releases the consumer price index for March.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

The Bureau of Economic Analysis releases the personal consumption expenditures price index for February.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

The S&P Case-Shiller home price index is due at 9 a.m., with job openings and consumer confidence at 10 a.m.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

Rising inflation as measured by the personal-consumption expenditures price index, the Fed’s preferred gauge, has been “hard to ignore” and “suggests our progress on inflation may be at risk of stalling,” Barkin said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 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