Habit and timing play important roles in the market’s preference for CPI, despite PCE offering a more dynamic and comprehensive measure.
The Federal Reserve's preferred inflation measure stayed stubbornly above the central bank's 2% target last month, a challenging backdrop for policymakers as the job market weakens. Consumer prices ...
The Federal Reserve's preferred inflation measure, the personal-consumption expenditures price index, is due out at 8:30 a.m. ET. Here's what to know: In the 12 months through August, PCE likely rose ...
A key measure of inflation rose at a slightly elevated pace in August, but not enough to suggest much bigger increases tied to U.S. tariffs are on the way.
Traders in the federal-funds-futures market continued to expect two more interest-rate cuts from the Federal Reserve by year-end as they assessed a reading Friday on U.S. inflation data. Fed-funds ...
Mike Mussio, president of FBB Capital Partners, said that if Friday's personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index report, the Federal Reserve's preferred inflation measure, is in line with ...
The Fed has explicitly tied its 2% inflation target to PCE, making each release a key driver of interest rate expectations. The Fed’s preference for PCE dates back to the early 2000s, when then-Chair ...
The Fed's interest rate cut comes amid economic uncertainty as new projections from the Fed, CBO and OMB show differing outlooks for GDP growth, inflation and unemployment through 2028.
Markets eye Friday’s PCE report as inflation surprise risk grows. Traders reassess Fed rate cut bets after strong U.S. jobs and GDP data.
Core Personal Consumption Expenditure Price Index (excludes food and energy): +0.2% vs. +0.2% consensus and +0.2% prior (revised from +0.3%).  +2.9% YY vs. +2.9% consensus and +2.9% in July.
The Commerce Department released the August PCE inflation data which showed that inflationary pressures remained well above the Fed's 2% target last month as tariffs push prices up.
The Federal Reserve’s favored inflation gauge accelerated slightly in August from a year earlier. The Commerce Department reported Friday that its personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index ...