United States Core Personal Consumption Expenditure Price Index

The so-called core PCE price index in the United States, which excludes food and energy, went up 0.2 percent month-over-month in February 2018, following a 0.3 percent gain in January and matching market consensus of 0.2 percent. Year-on-year, the core PCE price index rose 1.6 percent, the biggest gain since April 2017, following 1.5 percent gain in January and also in line with expectations. The core PCE is the Fed's preferred inflation measure. It has missed the Fed's 2 percent target since mid-2012. Core Pce Price Index in the United States averaged 61.34 Index Points from 1959 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 114.23 Index Points in January of 2018 and a record low of 17.60 Index Points in January of 1959.

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United States Prices	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Inflation Rate	2.40	2.20	23.70	-15.80	percent	[+]
Inflation Rate Mom	-0.10	0.20	1.80	-1.80	percent	[+]
Consumer Price Index CPI	249.46	249.62	249.62	23.51	Index Points	[+]
Core Consumer Prices	256.20	255.75	256.20	28.50	Index Points	[+]
Core Inflation Rate	2.10	1.80	13.60	0.00	percent	[+]
GDP Deflator	114.28	113.61	114.28	13.49	Index Points	[+]
Producer Prices	115.40	115.10	115.40	100.20	Index Points	[+]
Producer Prices Change	3.00	2.80	19.57	-6.86	percent	[+]
Export Prices	126.30	125.90	135.30	82.40	Index Points	[+]
Import Prices	126.90	126.90	147.50	75.00	Index Points	[+]
Food Inflation	1.30	1.40	36.70	-34.30	percent	[+]
CPI Housing Utilities	256.39	255.71	256.39	30.50	Index Points	[+]
CPI Transportation	207.85	207.36	223.54	22.30	Index Points	[+]
Core Pce Price Index	114.51	114.25	114.51	17.60	Index Points	[+]
Core Producer Prices	114.40	114.10	114.40	99.90	Index Points	[+]
Pce Price Index	114.30	114.08	114.30	17.12	Index Points	[+]
Inflation Expectations	2.75	2.83	3.40	2.42	percent	[+]

United States Core Personal Consumption Expenditure Price Index

In the United States, the Core Personal Consumption Expenditure Price Index provides a measure of the prices paid by people for domestic purchases of goods and services, excluding the prices of food and energy. The core PCE is the Fed's preferred inflation measure. The central bank has a 2 percent target. This page provides - United States Core Pce Price Index - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. United States Core Personal Consumption Expenditure Price Index - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on April of 2018.