Forex Fundamentals
US Core PCE Price Index

US Core PCE Price Index 31 March 2017

US Core PCE Price Index 31 March 2017: 1.8% for February 2017, above the 1.7% forecast and against 1.8% in January 2017 (first reported as 1.7%). It is the highest of the last 12 releases. It was released on Fri 31 Mar 2017 at 12:30 UTC (8:30 AM ET).

These figures were verified on 4 Oct 2026 from the source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. This page reports the release as published: the figures, the consensus forecast and what a print like it usually does to the currency.

Actual
1.8%
February 2017
Forecast
1.7%
The market consensus
Previous
1.8%
As the source gives it

What a print like this usually does

Above the forecast: An upside surprise usually supports the dollar through higher expected Fed rates.

US Core PCE Price Index 31 March 2017: 1.8% for February 2017 against a 1.7% forecast, with the last 12 releases
Sharing this? Please link to this page as the source.Download the chart

Cite this release

If you cite this release, please link to this page:

US Core PCE Price Index 31 March 2017: 1.8% vs 1.7% forecast (U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis). Forex Fundamentals, https://forexfundamentals.com/economic-calendar/us-core-pce/2017-03-31

The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
31 Mar 2017Feb1.8%1.7%1.8%
1 Mar 2017Jan1.7%1.8%1.7%
30 Jan 2017Dec1.7%1.7%1.7%
31 May 2016Apr1.6%—1.6%
29 Apr 2016Mar1.6%—1.7%
28 Mar 2016Feb1.7%—1.7%
26 Feb 2016Jan1.7%—1.5%
1 Feb 2016Dec1.4%—1.4%
1 Jun 2015Apr1.2%—1.3%
30 Apr 2015Mar1.3%—1.4%
30 Mar 2015Feb1.4%—1.3%
2 Mar 2015Jan1.3%—1.3%
The release before:US Core PCE Price Index 1 March 2017The release after:US Core PCE Price Index 1 May 2017US Core PCE Price Index: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar