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The fresh inflation data comes from the Personal Consumption Expenditures Price Index, or headline PCE, which is maintained and released by the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Economic Analysis.

From Salon • Jun. 1, 2026

Equities sold off after April’s Personal Consumption Expenditures Price Index hit an annual rate of 3.8%, its highest level in nearly three years.

From Barron's • May 28, 2026

Personal Consumption Expenditures data—the first major inflation indicator of Kevin Warsh’s term as Federal Reserve chair.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

While there are several different indicators, the two main ones are the Consumer Price Index by the Bureau of Labor and Statistics and the Personal Consumption Expenditures Price Index by the Department of Commerce.

From Slate • Apr. 24, 2026

Expenditures on public housing have fallen since the 1980s, and the expansion of public rental subsidies came to a halt in the mid-1990s.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich