Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Top-ranked economist, futurist, keynote speaker, bestselling author. Oct 31, 2024, 11:32pm EDT U.S. consumer inflation got closer ...

The Fed’s preferred inflation gauge, the core PCE price index, rose 2.8% year-over-year in November. The headline index was up 2.8% year-over-year, up from 2.7% in October and in line with the ...

The Federal Reserve's preferred inflation gauge remained elevated in December as price pressures continued to pose a challenge for consumers. The Commerce Department on Friday reported that the ...

Inflation has fallen dramatically since peaking in 2022, but it remains above the Federal Reserve’s 2% target. The annual rate of core PCE inflation is expected to drop from 2.8% in December to 2.6% ...

The Federal Reserve's preferred inflation gauge showed that consumer prices remained elevated in September, ahead of the central bank's policy meeting next week. The Commerce Department on Friday ...

Forecasts for the November Personal Expenditures report show that inflation overall continued to cool, even though the path to the Federal Reserve’s 2% target remains bumpy. Friday’s PCE data will ...

The core PCE price index, which excludes food and energy, increased 0.4% M/M in January, in line with the consensus and rising at the same rate as in December, according to data released by the Bureau ...

Goldman Sachs just sent a sobering warning to the Federal Reserve. After analyzing a "noisy" January CPI report, the firm’s economists, led by Jan Hatzius, officially reset their forecast for the ...

The Personal Consumption Expenditures Price Index (PCE), the Federal Reserve's preferred inflation metric over the past 25 years, was in line with expectations in late 2025, encouraging news for Wall ...

Habit and timing play important roles in the market’s preference for CPI, despite PCE offering a more dynamic and comprehensive measure. CPI, typically 0.4 percentage points higher than PCE, saw its ...