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Indicators/Topics/Prices/Core PCE prices/United States

United States

Core PCE prices

Core PCE removes volatile food and energy categories from PCE inflation. It is commonly used to judge persistent U.S. inflation pressure.

IndicatorsBEA NIPACore PCE Inflation
BEAFRED
FrequencymonthlyTransformlevel

Source: BEA · NIPA:T20804:25

Stored official data

Core PCE Inflation in United States was 129.3 on March 1, 2026, higher by 0.38 (+0.3%) from the prior observation. Charted from monthly observations in index, 2017=100.

Latest129.28
MoM+0.29%
YoY+3.20%
10Y Avg111.04
Latest observationMarch 1, 2026
Model surprise-0.37

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Core PCE Inflation time series chart. Showing observations from January 1959 to March 2026. Latest value 129.3.

Min15.50
Mean61.39
Max129.28
Latest observationMarch 1, 2026

Source evidence

Tier 1 - criticalOfficial U.S. national accounts; release-critical.Action: deepen nowExpected coverage: 30,000 series.
Source noteProvider health
SourceU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)
Bureau of Economic Analysis
Native keyProvider-native identifier used to reconcile this country/provider series.
NIPA:T20804:25
FreshnessDisplayed as stored official data.The provider-backed series is outside its expected freshness window, so this view should be refreshed before production use.Fetched: May 26, 2026.Latest observation flag: Estimated.
Stored · 2026-03-01
HistoryBEA does not expose a true vintage API. NIPA observations carry NoteRef markers identifying advance, second, third, and final estimate rounds.BEA does not publish a vintage API; estimate-round tags are derived from NoteRef + temporal-proximity heuristics. Treat as approximate.
Provider revision tag
ReuseCommercial use: yes.Redistribution: allowed.Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (NIPA:T20804:25). Accessed 2026-05-26.
Public domain

Research notes

90 · Strong
ComparabilityInflation baskets and base periods differ: Compare growth rates or normalized indexes, and prefer the same concept family when comparing countries or providers.Seasonal-adjustment status needs attention: Prefer same-adjustment comparisons, or transform to year-over-year changes before cross-series comparison.Revision evidence is not a full historical vintage archive: Use this as current-value or captured-forward evidence unless the series is explicitly labelled source-native vintage.
3 notes
QualitySource authority: 100/100. Source kind is classified as official national.Methodology completeness: 100/100. 100% of core provider, geography, unit, frequency, citation, and revision fields are populated.Timeliness and freshness: 90/100. 807 observations available; latest observation 2026-03-01; platform fetch 2026-05-26T09:45:38.554Z; release status estimated; data status liveRevision and vintage depth: 78/100. BEA does not expose a true vintage API. NIPA observations carry NoteRef markers identifying advance, second, third, and final estimate rounds.
4/6 strong
CitationCore PCE Inflation (BEA: NIPA:T20804:25, United States, retrieved May 26, 2026)
Retrieved May 26, 2026

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Series details

SourceU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)
CategoryBEA NIPA
FrequencyMonthly
UnitIndex, 2017=100
Latest observationMarch 1, 2026
Platform last fetchMay 26, 2026
Transformslevel, mom, yoy
About this series

Core PCE price index from the BEA personal consumption expenditures tables.

Related measures

Adjacent and similar concepts available for United States.

CPICore CPIFood CPIPPIEnergy CPIShelter CPIPCE pricesImport/export prices
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The reading right now

As of March 2026, Core PCE prices for United States stood at 129.3. That is up 0.38 from the prior month. Over the trailing five years, the series has averaged 119.2, ranging from a low of 106.9 in March 2021 to a high of 129.3 in March 2026. The current reading sits 18.6 above its trailing ten-year mean of 110.7.

Computed from the observation series on this page. Numbers update when the underlying provider revises the data.