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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The core personal consumption expenditures price index showed a 0.4% increase for the month, the biggest monthly gain since January 2024, putting the 12-month inflation rate at 2.8%.
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Jeff Cox, CNBC, 28 Mar. 2025
The core personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index, the Federal Reserve's preferred inflation measure, ticked up last month, rising more than economists had forecast and signaling that price hikes remain stubbornly elevated.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 28 Mar. 2025
Baseline with higher inflation and interest rates — This scenario with all wage and price indexes growing 0.1 percentage point faster adds $324 billion to the total debt for about $57.6 trillion.
—Erik Sherman, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
Inflation as measured by the personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index held steady in Commerce Department data released Friday at an annual increase of 2.5 percent.
—Tobias Burns, The Hill, 28 Mar. 2025
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Jeff Cox, CNBC, 28 Mar. 2025
The core personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index, the Federal Reserve's preferred inflation measure, ticked up last month, rising more than economists had forecast and signaling that price hikes remain stubbornly elevated.
—Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 28 Mar. 2025
Baseline with higher inflation and interest rates — This scenario with all wage and price indexes growing 0.1 percentage point faster adds $324 billion to the total debt for about $57.6 trillion.
—Erik Sherman, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
Inflation as measured by the personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index held steady in Commerce Department data released Friday at an annual increase of 2.5 percent.
—Tobias Burns, The Hill, 28 Mar. 2025
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“Price index.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/price%20index. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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