Thursday, May 28, 2026

Inflation: Headline Personal Consumption Expenditures Price Index UP 0.4% Month-over-Month; UP 3.8% Y-o-Y

From the Bureau of Economic Analysis, May 28: 

....From the preceding month, the PCE price index for April increased 0.4 percent. Excluding food and energy, the PCE price index increased 0.2 percent.

From the same month one year ago, the PCE price index for April increased 3.8 percent. Excluding food and energy, the PCE price index increased 3.3 percent from one year ago.

PCE Price Indexes, Percent Change From Month One Year Ago
Personal Income and Related Measures
[Percent change from preceding month]
 MarchApril
Current-dollar personal income0.50.0
Current-dollar DPI0.5-0.1
Real DPI-0.2-0.5
Current-dollar PCE1.00.5
Real PCE0.30.1
PCE price index0.70.4
PCE price index excluding food and energy0.30.2

Table 2.8.7. Percent Change From Preceding Period in Prices for Personal Consumption Expenditures by Major Type of Product, Monthly