U.S. headline PCE inflation

Projected change in the personal consumption expenditures price index.

United States · %8 extracted figures5 institutions1 comparable groups

Revisions on this metric

1 on record
2025-06-18Fed 2025 Q4 · Q4/Q42.7%3.0%

2026 Q4 · Quarterly year-over-year

2 institutions
Forecasts by report dateUnited States
3.40%3.45%3.50%CONSENSUSJUL 26JUL 26JUL 26Wells Fargo · 3.4% · 2026-07-30Fannie Mae · 3.5% · 2026-07-10Fannie Mae 3.5%

EmphasisedOther institutionsConsensus

InstitutionPeriodReportedForecast
Wells Fargo2026 Q4“PCE Deflator | 2026 4Q | 3.4” — U.S. Economic Forecast table · 2026 Q4 · source ↗2026-07-303.4%
Fannie Mae2026 Q4“PCE Chain Price Index | 26.4 | 3.5” — Economic Forecast table · 2026 Q4 · source ↗2026-07-103.5%
Readout
Consensus
3.45%
Spread
+0.10%
Low
3.40%
High
3.50%
Reporting
2
Basis
Quarterly year-over-year

2025 Q4 · Q4/Q4

1 institution
Forecasts by report dateUnited States
2.70%3.00%CONSENSUSMAR 25MAY 25JUN 25Fed · 3.0% · 2025-06-18Fed · 2.7% · 2025-03-19Fed 2.7%

EmphasisedOther institutionsConsensus

InstitutionPeriodReportedForecast
Fed2025 Q4“PCE inflation 3.0” — Table 1 · 2025 median · source ↗2025-06-183.0%
Fed2025 Q4“PCE inflation 2.7” — Table 1, page 2 · 2025 median · source ↗2025-03-192.7%
Readout
Low
3.00%
High
3.00%
Reporting
1
Basis
Q4/Q4

One institution reporting — no consensus is claimed.

2026 Q4 · Quarterly annualized

1 institution
Single reported figureUnited States
InstitutionPeriodReportedForecast
Philadelphia Fed2026 Q4“2026:Q4 | Headline PCE | Current 2.4” — Median Short-Run Projections for Inflation · Quarterly · source ↗2026-05-152.4%
Readout
Low
2.40%
High
2.40%
Reporting
1
Basis
Quarterly annualized

One institution reporting — no consensus is claimed.

2026 Q3 · Quarterly annualized

1 institution
Single reported figureUnited States
InstitutionPeriodReportedForecast
Cleveland Fed2026 Q3“PCE Inflation · 07/27 · 2.58379591689637” — Historical JSON · 2026:Q3 · PCE Inflation · July 27 · source ↗2026-07-272.58%
Readout
Low
2.58%
High
2.58%
Reporting
1
Basis
Quarterly annualized

One institution reporting — no consensus is claimed.

2026 Q4 · Q4/Q4

1 institution
Single reported figureUnited States
InstitutionPeriodReportedForecast
Fed2026 Q4“| PCE inflation | 3.0 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.8–3.2 | 2.3–2.6 | 2.0–2.2 | 2.0 | 2.5–3.3 | 2.1–3.1 | 2.0–2.8 | 2.0 |” — Table 1, PCE inflation, median row, 2026 column · source ↗2025-06-182.4
Readout
Low
2.40%
High
2.40%
Reporting
1
Basis
Q4/Q4

One institution reporting — no consensus is claimed.

2027 Q4 · Q4/Q4

1 institution
Single reported figureUnited States
InstitutionPeriodReportedForecast
Fed2027 Q4“| PCE inflation | 3.0 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.8–3.2 | 2.3–2.6 | 2.0–2.2 | 2.0 | 2.5–3.3 | 2.1–3.1 | 2.0–2.8 | 2.0 |” — Table 1, PCE inflation, median row, 2027 column · source ↗2025-06-182.1
Readout
Low
2.10%
High
2.10%
Reporting
1
Basis
Q4/Q4

One institution reporting — no consensus is claimed.