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Good Friday begins the holiest of weekends, culminating with Easter Sunday. Whether religious or not, try to enjoy the weekend with some chocolate. Everyone deserves a treat once in a while. The Federal Reserve released its February PCE (personal consumption expenditures index) data as I write this. For the second consecutive month, the PCE index nudged higher, up 0.3%, one-tenth of a basis point less than The Wall Street Journal’s poll of economists. At the same time, the yearly inflation rate was 2.5%, up from 2.4% in January. That uptick is the first since last February, which suggests the …

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