PCE Inflation

The broad personal-consumption price index used to track inflation across household spending.

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CURRENT3.65%% YoY • September 2026

PRIOR MOVE+0.20 ppvs prior month

VS YEAR AGO+0.87 ppchange in displayed metric

10-YEAR POSITION75thpercentile rank

PCE Inflation history

% YoY • normalized monthly

121 plotted periodsLatest: 3.65%

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Sep 2026: 3.65 % YoY

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WHY IT MATTERS

PCE inflation captures shifts in consumer spending patterns and is closely watched alongside the Fed's preferred core measure.

The current 5-year z-score is -0.17, with a 10-year displayed-metric range of 0.46% to 7.22%.

SOURCE & METHOD

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Source: FRED, series PCEPI. Values are displayed in % YoY.

Historical coverage begins January 1959. Daily and weekly observations are averaged within each calendar month for this page chart.

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InflationCore PCEPersonal-consumption inflation excluding food and energy.InflationCPIConsumer price inflation across a broad basket of goods and services.GrowthReal GDPInflation-adjusted output of the U.S. economy.

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