What’s the difference between CPI and PCE?

<p>Folks in econ circles sure do love their acronyms. Later this morning, the Commerce Department releases the PCE, or the personal consumption expenditures price index, for September. But there&#8217;s also the CPI, or the consumer price index. We give you the TL;DR on both measures of inflation. Then: a case study of an immigration scam and how communities are fighting back.</p>