The CPI and PPI prints imply that PCE Core will come in at a cool .2% when it is reported at month end. Core CPI printed cool at .2% versus .3%, with headline higher than core due to seasonal ...

What inflation says about future rate cuts The Fed's preferred inflation measure, personal consumption expenditure [PCE] based inflation, tends to follow the same patterns as CPI inflation.

One of the most consequential takeaways from the latest PCE report showed that core inflation, which excludes volatile food and energy prices, was stable in December. An earlier reading from the CPI ...

The core CPI rose 0.23%, in line with economist forecasts ... The picture looks a bit better for the Fed's preferred inflation metric, the core PCE deflator, where we project December inflation ...

The personal consumption expenditures index rose 2.6% in December. Core PCE, omitting food and energy, was 2.8%. Advertisement The December monthly increase was .07%, bringing the annual core PCE ...