PCE Inflation Spikes Again, Year-Over-Year Highest Since May 2023

Five Measures of Inflation Year-Over-Year

Five Measures of Inflation Percent Change from Year Ago

• CPI: 3.81

• Core CPI: 2.75

• CPI Rent: 2.79

• PCE: 3.77

• Core PCE: 3.29

PCE Inflation Detail

PCE Inflation year-over year

PCE Year-Over-Year Details

• PCE bottomed in April of 2024 at 2.3 percent, now 3.8 percent.

• Core PCE bottomed in April of 2024 at 2.6 percent, now 3.3 percent.

• PCE goods bottomed in September of 2024 at -1.2 percent now 4.4 percent.

• PCE services bottomed at 3.3 percent in February of 2026, now 3.5 percent.

PCE Month-Over-Month

PCE Inflation month-over-month

PCE Month-Over-Month Details

• PCE: 0.40 percent

• Core PCE: 0.24 percent

• PCE Goods: 0.73 percent

• PCE Services: 0.25 percent

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