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.

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Source: BEA · NIPA:T20804:25

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Core PCE Inflation in United States was 129.6 on April 1, 2026, higher by 0.31 (+0.2%) from the prior observation. Charted from monthly observations in index, 2017=100.

Latest129.63

MoM+0.24%

YoY+3.29%

10Y Avg110.98

Latest observationApril 1, 2026

Model surprise-0.34

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Min15.50

Mean61.47

Max129.63

Latest observationApril 1, 2026

Source evidence

Tier 1 - critical

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Bureau of Economic Analysis

Native key

NIPA:T20804:25

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Stored · 2026-04-01

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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.

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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. 808 observations available; latest observation 2026-04-01; platform fetch 2026-06-19T09:15:46.390Z; 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 Jun 19, 2026)

Retrieved Jun 19, 2026

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Series details

SourceU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)

CategoryBEA NIPA

FrequencyMonthly

UnitIndex, 2017=100

Latest observationApril 1, 2026

Platform last fetchJune 19, 2026

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About this series

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

The reading right now

As of April 2026, Core PCE prices for United States stood at 129.6. That is up 0.31 from the prior month. Over the trailing five years, the series has averaged 119.6, ranging from a low of 107.6 in April 2021 to a high of 129.6 in April 2026. The current reading sits 18.7 above its trailing ten-year mean of 111.

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