price index

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Investors watch PPI inflation closely because its readings feed into the Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation metric, the price index of personal-consumption expenditures.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

The producer price index jumped 1.4% in April, the government said Wednesday, to mark the biggest advance in more than four years.

From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026

The producer price index jumped 1.4% in April to mark the biggest rise in four years.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

Compared to a year ago, economists expected the producer price index to post a 5% increase.

From Barron's • May 13, 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