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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Originally, the first Trump administration laid out a five-year period of gradual conversion towards an international price index that constituted a blend of U.S. and overseas prices.
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Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes.com, 3 July 2025
The personal consumption expenditures price index, or PCE, inched higher in May, the latest sign that inflation remains stubbornly above the Federal Reserve's 2% annual target.
—Alain Sherter, CBS News, 27 June 2025
On Friday, the Fed’s preferred inflation gauge, the personal consumption and expenditures price index, is due.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 23 June 2025
May’s personal consumption expenditures price index, the Federal Reserve’s preferred gauge of inflation, comes out Friday, and will tell if tariffs are starting to heat up inflation.
—Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 23 June 2025
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Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes.com, 3 July 2025
The personal consumption expenditures price index, or PCE, inched higher in May, the latest sign that inflation remains stubbornly above the Federal Reserve's 2% annual target.
—Alain Sherter, CBS News, 27 June 2025
On Friday, the Fed’s preferred inflation gauge, the personal consumption and expenditures price index, is due.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 23 June 2025
May’s personal consumption expenditures price index, the Federal Reserve’s preferred gauge of inflation, comes out Friday, and will tell if tariffs are starting to heat up inflation.
—Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 23 June 2025
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“Price index.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/price%20index. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.
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