Cramer's week ahead: Earnings from Tesla, Merck and Big Tech

CNBC's Jim Cramer on Friday noted that major quarterly results from players like Verizon, Meta, Microsoft and Alphabet will be coming next week, but he zeroed in on the importance of the Personal Consumption Expenditures index because it is the real gauge of inflation.Cramer said the Federal Reserve prefers to use the PCE index, not the consumer price index, to best evaluate inflation. If the number comes in too hot, Cramer said any market gains may prove to be short-lived. But if the number is cool, it cou ...