United States

Core PCE prices

Name: Core PCE prices data for United States
Creator: FRED
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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: FRED · PCEPILFE

Stored official data

Core PCE prices - United States 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

Source note Provider health

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FRED

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PCEPILFE

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Stored · 2026-04-01

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Research notes

82 · Acceptable

ComparabilityAggregator is not the statistical authority: Use the source agency, source code, and methodology link when citing or reconciling with official releases.Inflation baskets and base periods differ: Compare growth rates or normalized indexes, and prefer the same concept family when comparing countries or providers.Real, nominal, and chain measures are not interchangeable: Use real growth for cycle analysis, nominal levels for revenue/size questions, and PPP or per-capita variants for welfare comparisons.

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QualitySource authority: 82/100. Aggregator source: useful access layer, but official methodology remains with the originating agency.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 2026-06-19T00:56:49.398Z; release status none; data status liveRevision and vintage depth: 100/100. Point-in-time data via the FRED ALFRED endpoint. Each request returns the values as they were published on the supplied vintage date.

4/6 strong

CitationCore PCE prices - United States (FRED (St. Louis Fed): PCEPILFE, United States, retrieved Jun 19, 2026)

Retrieved Jun 19, 2026

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Series details

SourceFederal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (FRED)

CategoryPrices

FrequencyMonthly

UnitIndex 2017=100

Latest observationApril 1, 2026

Platform last fetchJune 19, 2026

Transformslevel, mom, yoy, index 100

About this series

Personal Consumption Expenditures Excluding Food and Energy (Chain-Type Price Index)

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.