inflation measures

Methodology changes to PCE are coming right as the central bank makes critical decisions about interest rates.

The Bureau of Economic Analysis makes adjustments to inflation estimates regularly, but it comes at a time when the BEA is under budgetary stress.

Two inflation reports drop this week, but neither captures the full picture of what's happening to prices in real time. The gap comes down to a trade-off economists know well: speed versus comprehensiveness.

The Institute for Supply Management’s Purchasing Managers Index, out on Monday, showed that the prices businesses pay for what they need shot up 7.7 percentage points in March.

A survey reveals the general public doesn’t always agree with economists on what causes higher prices.

CPI and PCE can both seem to be out of step with consumers’ experience.