Personal Consumption Expenditures Definition

Personal Consumption Expenditures

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PCE. Those funds spent on goods and services targeted for individual consumption. PCE is the basis for an inflation index, the Personal Consumption Expenditures Price Index, which is similar to the Consumer Price Index.

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