The US PCE price index rose 3.5% year-on-year in March 2026, the highest since May 2023, in line with market expectations. PCE Price Index Annual Change in the United States averaged 3.28 percent from 1960 until 2026, reaching an all time high of 11.60 percent in March of 1980 and a record low of -1.47 percent in July of 2009. source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis

PCE Price Index Annual Change in the United States increased to 3.50 percent in March from 2.80 percent in February of 2026.

PCE Price Index Annual Change in the United States increased to 3.50 percent in March from 2.80 percent in February of 2026. PCE Price Index Annual Change in the United States is expected to be 3.70 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the United States PCE Price Index Annual Change is projected to trend around 2.60 percent in 2027 and 2.40 percent in 2028, according to our econometric models.



Calendar GMT Reference Actual Previous Consensus TEForecast
2026-04-09 12:30 PM
PCE Price Index YoY
Feb 2.8% 2.8% 2.8% 2.8%
2026-04-30 12:30 PM
PCE Price Index YoY
Mar 3.5% 2.8% 3.5% 3.3%
2026-05-28 12:30 PM
PCE Price Index YoY
Apr 3.5%


Related Last Previous Unit Reference
Core PCE Price Index 129.28 128.90 points Mar 2026
Core PCE Price Index YoY 3.20 3.00 percent Mar 2026
Core PCE Price Index MoM 0.30 0.40 percent Mar 2026
Core PCE Prices QoQ 4.30 2.70 percent Mar 2026
GDP Price Index 130.62 129.43 points Dec 2025
PCE Price Index 130.34 129.45 points Mar 2026
PCE Price Index YoY 3.50 2.80 percent Mar 2026
PCE Price Index MoM 0.70 0.40 percent Mar 2026
PCE Prices QoQ 4.50 2.90 percent Mar 2026
Real Personal Spending MoM 0.20 0.30 percent Mar 2026


United States PCE Price Index Annual Change
In the United States, the Personal Consumption Expenditure Price Index provides a measure of the prices paid for domestic purchases of goods and services. While the Consumer Price Index assumes a fixed basket of goods and uses expenditure weights that do not change over time for several years, the Personal Consumption Expenditure Price Index uses a chain index and resorts on expenditure data from the current period and the preceding period (known as Fisher Price Index).
Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
3.50 2.80 11.60 -1.47 1960 - 2026 percent Monthly
2017=100, SA