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What is the PCE price index?

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer

May 27, 2021

The personal consumer expenditures price index is one of the Fed's favorite tools for tracking inflation.

When the price of beef rises and people switch to chicken for a few weeks? The PCE tracks that change.

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Alternative Indicator: Brought to You by Google

by Emilie Mutert

Oct 12, 2010

Using its massive collection of e-shopping data, Google is working on an index that accounts for a daily measure of inflation. What is it? Ther...