The Fed’s Preferred Inflation Gauge, PCE, Is Due Today. Here’s What to Know.

The Federal Reserve's preferred inflation measure, the personal-consumption expenditures price index, is due out at 8:30 a.m.

The Fed's Favorite Inflation Measure Stayed Stubbornly High In August

Consumer prices rose 2.7% over the year in August as measured by PCE inflation, up from 2.6% in July, while "core" prices ...
International Monetary Fund

Perceptions of Public Debt and Policy Expectations: Evidence from Cross Country Surveys

Utilizing surveys of over 27,000 respondents from 13 advanced and emerging market economies, we explore how knowledge and beliefs about government debt influence expectations of tax and expenditure ...

Upward pressure on Fed's preferred inflation gauge — PCE price index — is seen persisting in August

Get the latest analysis on inflation, consumer spending, and labor market trends ahead of the August PCE report.
Greater Good

Why Some Countries Are Happier Than Their Wealth Suggests

Wealth alone does not determine how happy a nation is. Certain low-income countries are remarkably efficient at generating ...
Open Knowledge Repository - World Bank

Gender Gaps in the Performance of Small Firms: Evidence from Urban Peru

This paper estimates the gender gap in the performance of firms in Peru using representative data on both formal and informal ...