GREAT BEGINNINGS, 1807
“Apostles of the hidden sun
Are come unto the room of breath
Hung with the banging blinds of death,
The body twelve, the spirit one.”
(the beginning of the poem “The Last Supper” by Oscar Williams, 1900-1964)
PERSONAL CONSUMPTION INDEX (PCI)
The Personal Consumption Index (PCI), excluding food and energy, is a method used by the Federal Reserve System to measure the increase in pri…