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Inflation in the Federal Reserve’s preferred price gauge eased in January after making steady increases throughout the fall. The personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index increased by 0.3 percent in January, easing to a 2.5-percent annual increase from 2.6 percent in December. The moves were in line with economists’ expectations. “This is about the only inflation indicator this month where the Fed can find some refuge,” Olu Sonola, economist with Fitch Ratings, wrote in an analysis. Concerns about resurgent inflation have ...

U.S. PCE inflation heated up a touch in October, in-line with our forecasts and the consensus. PCE inflation increased 0.238% in October up from 0.180% in September with the year-on-year inflation rate increasing to 2.3% from 2.1% in the prior month. Core PCE inflation, the Federal Reserve’s preferred measure of consumer inflation, increased 0.273% at the three-digit level up from 0.261% in September with the year-on-year inflation rate inching up to 2.8% from 2.7% in September and 2.6% in June (the low for the year). No surprises on ...

The Federal Reserve’s preferred measure of underlying US inflation posted its biggest monthly gain since April, bolstering the case for a slower pace of interest-rate cuts following last month’s outsize reduction. The so-called core personal consumption expenditures price index, which strips out volatile food and energy items, increased 0.3% in September, and 2.7% from a year earlier, according to Bureau of Economic Analysis data out Thursday. Overall inflation was 2.1%, the lowest since early 2021 and just above the central bank’s ...