Inflation has been top of mind for lots of folks in recent years. Most of Wall Street follows the CPI but the Fed favors the ...

While S&P 500 futures are pulling back after yesterday's explosive rally on President Trump's 90-day reprieve on reciprocal ...

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Inflation yardsticks such as the PCE index and the Consumer Price Index measure the change in prices over time of a typical ...

One explanation is that the components of CPI that have a bearing on PCE suggest PCE will be higher than previously expected. While we don't usually see PCE move markets as much as CPI ...

really what we need are sort of the the the components within CPI that feed into PCE. Um, and so when we look at those components that feed into PCE, it looks like PCE could actually be pretty firm.

Commissions do not affect our editors' opinions or evaluations. The consumer price index, commonly referred to as CPI, measures changes in the price of consumer goods and services, from food and ...

and the Personal Consumption Expenditures Price Index (PCE), which is the Federal Reserve's preferred inflation gauge. The Consumer Price Index is one of the most influential pieces of economic ...

The two primary metrics for inflation – the consumer price index (CPI) and the personal consumption expenditure (PCE) index – are both above the Fed's target rate of 2%. Headline CPI was 2.8% ...

To recap, PCE is a more important inflation number than CPI or PPI, but CPI/PPI come out 2 weeks earlier and several of their components flow directly into the PCE calculation. For the 2nd day in ...

President Donald Trump's tariff plans are moving forward by levying taxes on imported goods that economists warn will lead to price increases for consumers that could push inflation higher and ...