Real wages—wages adjusted for inflation—have increased at a faster rate from 1971 to 2024 than inflation. Real wage growth is ...

Taking a look at the year-over-year change in the two main US “core” inflation readings. The good news is that core PCE rose ...

The PCE index and other inflation yardsticks, such as the Consumer Price Index, measure the change in prices over time of a typical basket of goods and services. The January numbers match ...

Inflation rose 2.5% over the year in January compared to 2.6% in December, marking the first decrease in four months.

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 ...

The BEA's Personal Income and Outlays report showed inflation remained elevated at the start of 2025. Read more here.

The latest reading of the Federal Reserve's preferred inflation gauge showed prices rose on a monthly basis but dropped year ...

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.

Consumer inflation slowed slightly last month, after January's surprising hot reading. Here's what else to note from the consumer-price index this morning: The CPI rose 2.8% in the 12 months through ...

For the 2nd month in a row, the market's reaction to a CPI/PPI report ended up being less about the report itself and more about its implications for the more highly regarded PCE inflation data.