US: The PCE price index increased 2.4% in first quarter of 2017
|"The price index for gross domestic purchases increased 2.6 percent in the first quarter, compared with an increase of 2.0 percent in the fourth quarter. The PCE price index increased 2.4 percent, compared with an increase of 2.0 percent. Excluding food and energy prices, the PCE price index increased 2.1 percent, compared with an increase of 1.3 percent," said the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis on Friday.
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