Forex Fundamentals
US PCE Price Index

US PCE Price Index 1 March 2019

US PCE Price Index 1 March 2019: 1.7% for December 2018, in line with the forecast and against 1.8% in March 2018 (first reported as 2%). It is the lowest reading since January 2018. Printed 1.7%, below the 2% target. It was released on Fri 1 Mar 2019 at 13:30 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
1.7%
December 2018
Forecast
1.7%
The market consensus
Previous
1.8%
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 1 March 2019: 1.7% for December 2018 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 PCE Price Index 1 March 2019: 1.7% vs 1.7% forecast (U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis). Forex Fundamentals, https://forexfundamentals.com/economic-calendar/us-pce/2019-03-01

The last 12 releases · times in UTC
ReleasedForActualForecastPrevious
1 Mar 2019Dec1.7%1.7%1.8%
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%
The release before:US PCE Price Index 30 April 2018The release after:US PCE Price Index 29 March 2019US PCE Price Index: every recent resultThis week’s economic calendar