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3 guides in Finabase Learn
- Core inflation: why food and energy are left out What core inflation is, why it drops food and energy, how much monthly CPI noise it removes, and how to annualize and read core prints.
- Inflation: what it is, how it’s measured and what it does to money What inflation is, what causes it, how CPI and PCE measure it, why the Fed aims for 2%, and how rising prices affect cash, bonds and stocks, with 1948–2026 data.
- PCE inflation: the Fed’s preferred gauge vs the CPI What the PCE price index measures, why the Fed’s 2% goal uses it instead of the CPI, the formula, weight and scope differences, and how the two gauges compare since 2015.
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