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US Core PCE Price Index

US Core PCE Price Index 26 March 2021

US Core PCE Price Index 26 March 2021: 1.4% for February 2021, below the 1.5% forecast and down from 1.5% in January 2021. It is the lowest reading since November 2020. 4 of the last 12 releases came in below the forecast. It was released on Fri 26 Mar 2021 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
1.4%
February 2021
Forecast
1.5%
The market consensus
Previous
1.5%
As the source gives it

What a print like this usually does

Below the forecast: A downside surprise usually weighs on the dollar if it points to sustained disinflation.

US Core PCE Price Index 26 March 2021: 1.4% for February 2021 against a 1.5% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
26 Mar 2021Feb1.4%1.5%1.5%
26 Feb 2021Jan1.5%1.4%1.4%
29 Jan 2021Dec1.5%1.3%1.4%
23 Dec 2020Nov1.4%1.5%1.4%
25 Nov 2020Oct1.4%1.4%1.6%
30 Oct 2020Sep1.5%1.7%1.4%
1 Oct 2020Aug1.6%1.4%1.4%
28 Aug 2020Jul1.3%1.2%1.1%
26 Jun 2020May1%0.9%1%
29 May 2020Apr1%1.1%1.7%
30 Apr 2020Mar1.7%1.6%1.8%
27 Mar 2020Feb1.8%1.7%1.7%
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