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by SpicyLemonZest
73 days ago
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The PCE measure attempts to account for this in a more principled way. But precisely because it's trying to, it can't be reported as quickly, since there's no way to know how much a price change impacts PCE until you know how consumer behavior changed along with it. So the CPI data gets reported first (we got February CPI data in the middle of last month while PCE data isn't expected until Thursday), and thus drives media conversations about inflation. |
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