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REPORT |
SHORT DEFINITION |
| 1 |
Core PCE |
PCE price index: This inflation index measures a basket of goods and services that is updated annually in contrast to the CPI, which measures a fixed basket. Changes in import and export prices are a valuable gauge of inflation here and abroad. |
| 2 |
Consumer Price Index (CPI) |
The Consumer Price Index (CPI), is a measure of the average change over time in the prices paid by urban consumers for a market basket of consumer goods and services in a country. The CPI does not include stocks and Bonds or Real Estate. |
| 3 |
Producer Price Index (PPI) |
The Producer Price Index measures prices of goods at the wholesale level. Therefore, it is also refer as "U.S. Whole Sale Prices". There are three broad subcategories within PPI: crude, intermediate, and finished. |
| 4 |
Import/Export Prices |
The International Price Program (IPP) produces Import/Export Price Indexes (MXP)containing data on changes in the prices of non-military goods and services traded between the U.S. and the rest of the world. |
| 5 |
ULC |
Unit-labor costs reflect how much it costs a business to produce one unit of output, such as a ton of coal. Unit labor costs are calculated as a ration of hourly compensation to labor productivity and the Bureau of Labor Statistics noted that increases in hourly compensation tend to increase unit labor costs while increases in productivity tend to reduce them. |
| 6 |
Employment Cost Index |
The employment cost index measured total compensation costs which include wages and salaries and also benefits. Benefits include vacations, but the primary mover is health insurance premiums. |
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