price index
noun
: an index number expressing the level of a group of commodity prices relative to the level of the prices of the same commodities during an arbitrarily chosen base period and used to indicate changes in the level of prices from one period to another
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April’s Personal Consumption Expenditures price index didn’t budge from March when prices accelerated to 2.7% from 2.5% in February.
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Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 11 June 2024
Year-over-year inflation as measured by the core personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index, which excludes more volatile food and energy prices, has fallen only slightly, from 2.9% last December to 2.8% in April.
—Bywill Daniel, Fortune, 6 June 2024
Source: My trusty spreadsheet’s reviewed the April edition of CoreLogic’s state-by-state price indexes, which look 12 months ahead and 12 months back.
—Jonathan Lansner, Orange County Register, 6 June 2024
The latest price index of personal consumption expenditures, which excludes food and energy costs, rose by 0.2% during the period, which was in line with estimates.
—Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 2 June 2024
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Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 11 June 2024
Year-over-year inflation as measured by the core personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index, which excludes more volatile food and energy prices, has fallen only slightly, from 2.9% last December to 2.8% in April.
—Bywill Daniel, Fortune, 6 June 2024
Source: My trusty spreadsheet’s reviewed the April edition of CoreLogic’s state-by-state price indexes, which look 12 months ahead and 12 months back.
—Jonathan Lansner, Orange County Register, 6 June 2024
The latest price index of personal consumption expenditures, which excludes food and energy costs, rose by 0.2% during the period, which was in line with estimates.
—Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 2 June 2024
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“Price index.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/price%20index. Accessed 16 Jun. 2024.
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