there’s more proof that inflation is becoming a serious issue it isn’t merely transitory as some suggest the bureau of economic analysis said the price index for consumer spending known as the pce index rose by 42 in the year ending in july this is the highest pace since january 1991 there are etfs that investors can use to hedge against or even profit from inflation one of them is the invesco db commodity index tracking fund nyse dbc this etf is designed to track an index that is composed of different commodities if inflation continues to heat up there’s a good chance that dbc moves higher