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US PCE Price Index

US PCE Price Index 30 April 2018

US PCE Price Index 30 April 2018: 2% for March 2018, in line with the forecast and against 1.7% in February 2018 (first reported as 1.8%). It is the highest reading since February 2017. Printed 2%, at the 2% target. It was released on Mon 30 Apr 2018 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
2%
March 2018
Forecast
2%
The market consensus
Previous
1.7%
As the source gives it

What a print like this usually does

In line with the forecast: The dollar usually moves little unless the underlying monthly or core figures surprise.

US PCE Price Index 30 April 2018: 2% for March 2018 against a 2% forecast, with the last 12 releases
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The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
30 Apr 2018Mar2%2%1.7%
29 Mar 2018Feb1.8%—1.7%
1 Mar 2018Jan1.7%—1.7%
29 Jan 2018Dec1.7%—1.8%
1 May 2017Mar1.8%—2.1%
31 Mar 2017Feb2.1%—1.9%
1 Mar 2017Jan1.9%—1.6%
30 Jan 2017Dec1.6%—1.4%
31 May 2016Apr1.1%—0.8%
29 Apr 2016Mar0.8%—1%
28 Mar 2016Feb1%—1.2%
26 Feb 2016Jan1.3%—0.7%
The release before:US PCE Price Index 29 March 2018The release after:US PCE Price Index 1 March 2019US PCE Price Index: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar