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PCE prices was 3.4% year over year for August 2026. It was released on 09/30. That is 0.1 percentage points above the prior reading of 3.3%. A year earlier (August 2025) it was 2.7%.

PCE prices

+0.1%p

The Personal Consumption Expenditures price index measures prices by what US households actually spend. The Fed's 2% inflation goal is defined on this index. The Bureau of Economic Analysis publishes the prior month's figure near the end of each month.

Latest
3.4%
Aug data, released 09/30
Change
+0.1%p
Before 3.3%
A year earlier
2.7%
Aug 2025+0.7%p
12-month range
2.6% ~ 3.8%

History

PCE prices over time
PCE prices over time
DayPCE pricesMarks
Oct 20215.3%Oct 2021 data
Nov 20215.9%Nov 2021 data
Dec 20216.1%Dec 2021 data
Jan 20226.3%Jan 2022 data
Feb 20226.5%Feb 2022 data
Mar 20226.9%Mar 2022 data
Apr 20226.7%Apr 2022 data
May 20226.8%May 2022 data
Jun 20227.2%Jun 2022 data
Jul 20226.8%Jul 2022 data
Aug 20226.6%Aug 2022 data
Sep 20226.7%Sep 2022 data
Oct 20226.5%Oct 2022 data
Nov 20226.0%Nov 2022 data
Dec 20225.5%Dec 2022 data
Jan 20235.5%Jan 2023 data
Feb 20235.2%Feb 2023 data
Mar 20234.4%Mar 2023 data
Apr 20234.5%Apr 2023 data
May 20234.0%May 2023 data
Jun 20233.3%Jun 2023 data
Jul 20233.4%Jul 2023 data
Aug 20233.4%Aug 2023 data
Sep 20233.4%Sep 2023 data
Oct 20233.0%Oct 2023 data
Nov 20232.8%Nov 2023 data
Dec 20232.8%Dec 2023 data
Jan 20242.7%Jan 2024 data
Feb 20242.7%Feb 2024 data
Mar 20242.9%Mar 2024 data
Apr 20242.8%Apr 2024 data
May 20242.7%May 2024 data
Jun 20242.5%Jun 2024 data
Jul 20242.6%Jul 2024 data
Aug 20242.4%Aug 2024 data
Sep 20242.3%Sep 2024 data
Oct 20242.5%Oct 2024 data
Nov 20242.6%Nov 2024 data
Dec 20242.7%Dec 2024 data, released 25/01/31
Jan 20252.6%Jan 2025 data, released 25/02/28
Feb 20252.7%Feb 2025 data, released 25/03/28
Mar 20252.4%Mar 2025 data, released 25/04/30
Apr 20252.3%Apr 2025 data, released 25/05/30
May 20252.5%May 2025 data, released 25/06/27
Jun 20252.6%Jun 2025 data, released 25/07/31
Jul 20252.6%Jul 2025 data, released 25/08/29
Aug 20252.7%Aug 2025 data, released 25/09/26
Sep 20252.8%Sep 2025 data, released 25/12/05
Oct 20252.6%Oct 2025 data
Nov 20252.7%Nov 2025 data, released 01/22
Dec 20252.8%Dec 2025 data, released 02/20
Jan2.7%Jan data, released 03/13
Feb2.7%Feb data, released 04/09
Mar3.3%Mar data, released 04/30
Apr3.6%Apr data, released 05/28
May3.8%May data, released 06/25
Jun3.4%Jun data, released 07/30
Jul3.3%Jul data, released 08/26
Aug3.4%Aug data, released 09/30
Next release10/29 (Thu) · D-28

Release history

PriorRevision
09/30Aug3.4%3.3%+0.1%pwas 3.7%
08/26Jul3.7%3.7%0.0%p
07/30Jun3.7%4.1%−0.4%p
06/25May4.1%3.8%+0.3%p
05/28Apr3.8%3.5%+0.3%p
04/30Mar3.5%2.9%+0.6%p
04/09Feb2.9%2.9%0.0%p
03/13Jan2.9%2.9%0.0%p
02/20Dec 20252.9%2.8%+0.1%p
01/22Nov 20252.8%2.7%+0.1%p
25/12/05Sep 20252.8%2.7%+0.1%p
25/09/26Aug 20252.7%2.6%+0.1%p
25/08/29Jul 20252.6%2.6%0.0%p
25/07/31Jun 20252.6%2.5%+0.1%p
25/06/27May 20252.5%2.3%+0.2%p
25/05/30Apr 20252.3%2.4%−0.1%p
25/04/30Mar 20252.4%2.7%−0.3%p
25/03/28Feb 20252.7%2.6%+0.1%p
25/02/28Jan 20252.6%2.7%−0.1%p
25/01/31Dec 20242.7%2.6%+0.1%p

Markets on release days

Release day2-year yieldSPY
09/30−1bpNone
08/26+2bp+0.6%
07/30+1bp+1.4%
06/25−2bp−0.4%
05/28−1bp+0.6%
04/30−4bp+1.0%
04/09−1bp+0.6%
03/13−3bp−0.7%
02/20+1bp+0.7%
01/22+1bp+0.3%
25/12/05+4bp+0.2%
25/09/26−1bp+0.6%
25/08/29−3bp−0.6%
25/07/310bp−0.8%
25/06/27+3bp+0.4%
25/05/30−3bp−0.1%
25/04/30−5bp+0.9%
25/03/28−8bp−2.2%
25/02/28−8bp+1.4%
25/01/31+4bp−0.7%

The same day's moves, not the release's effect. The 2-year yield in basis points; SPY from the day's close.