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US Personal Spending m/m
Consumer spending accounts for a majority of overall economic activity. It's one of the most important gauges of economic health due to the vast ripple effect consumer buying creates in the economy;
This is significant data, though it tends to have a relatively mild impact because Retail Sales, which also covers consumer spending, is released about 2 weeks earlier;
- US Personal Spending m/m Graph
- History
| Expected Impact / Date | Actual | Forecast | Previous |
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| Jun 25, 2026 | 0.7% | 0.6% |
0.4% |
| May 28, 2026 | 0.5% | 0.5% |
1.0% |
| Apr 30, 2026 | 0.9% | 0.9% |
0.6% |
| Apr 9, 2026 | 0.5% | 0.6% |
0.3% |
| Mar 13, 2026 | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.4% |
| Feb 20, 2026 | 0.4% | 0.4% |
0.4% |
| Jan 22, 2026 | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.5% |
| Jan 22, 2026 | 0.5% |
0.4% |
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- US Personal Spending m/m News
From cbsnews.com|Jun 25, 2026|1 commentThe Personal Consumption Expenditures index — the Federal Reserve's preferred inflation measure — rose at a 4.1% annual rate in May, highlighting the central bank's challenge in reining in prices. The reading matched economists' forecasts for the PCE report to come in at 4.1% annually, according to financial data service FactSet. That compares with an annual increase of 3.8% in April, and represents the highest level since April 2023. Core PCE, which strips out volatile energy and food prices, rose 3.4%, slightly higher than the 3.3% ...
From thestandard.com.hk|Jun 25, 2026|7 commentsUS inflation increased further in May, breaking above 4.0 percent for the first time in three years as the Middle East conflict boosted energy prices, and potentially drawing the Federal Reserve closer to raising interest rates this year. The personal consumption expenditures price index surged 4.1 percent in the 12 months through May, the largest increase and first reading above 4.0 percent since April 2023, the Commerce Department's Bureau of Economic Analysis said on Thursday. PCE inflation rose by an unrevised 3.8 percent in ...
From bea.gov|Jun 25, 2026|13 commentsPersonal income increased $181.6 billion (0.7 percent at a monthly rate) in May, according to estimates released today by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). Disposable personal income (DPI)—personal income less personal current taxes—increased $164.9 billion (0.7 percent), and personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased $156.1 billion (0.7 percent). Personal outlays—the sum of PCE, personal interest payments, and personal current transfer payments—increased $159.9 billion in May. Personal saving was $704.2 billion in May, and the personal saving rate—personal saving as a percentage of DPI—was 3.0 percent. The increase in current-dollar personal income in May primarily reflected increases in farm proprietors’ income and compensation. The $156.1 billion increase in current-dollar PCE in May reflected increases of $94.3 billion in spending on services and $61.8 billion in spending on goods.
Core inflation rate hit 3.4% in May, highest since October 2023, Fed’s preferred gauge shows The Federal Reserve’s primary price gauge rose at its highest core level since 2023, reinforcing the central bank’s recent tough talk on inflation. The personal consumption expenditures price index showed inflation running at a seasonally adjusted 4.1% annual rate, the highest since April 2023, according to a Commerce Department report Thursday. On a monthly basis, PCE accelerated 0.4%. The annual level was in line with the Dow Jones consensus estimate while the monthly reading was 0.1 percentage point below. Stripping out food and energy, core PCE showed a 3.4% annual rate after rising 0.3% for the month, both in line with consensus. The core reading was the highest since October 2023. Core PCE was 0.32% in May, on the low side of expectations but still the fourth highest monthly print in the last 12 months (3.9% annualized) The 12-month change, at 3.4%, is the highest reading since Oct. 2023. The 6-month annualized rate is above 4%. pic.twitter.com/Y5lHnFzbBM
From cnbc.com|May 28, 2026Inflation continued to hit consumer wallets in April, likely keeping the Federal Reserve on the sidelines until the current wave subsides, fresh pricing data released Thursday showed. The personal consumption expenditures price index increased a seasonally adjusted 0.4% for the month, putting the 12-month inflation rate at 3.8%, the Commerce Department reported. Economists surveyed by Dow Jones had been looking for respective readings of 0.5% and 3.8%. Excluding food and energy, core prices rose 0.2% for the month and 3.3% for the ...
- From bea.gov|May 28, 2026|53 comments
Personal income decreased less than $0.1 billion (less than 0.1 percent at a monthly rate) in April, according to estimates released today by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). Disposable personal income (DPI)—personal income less personal current taxes—decreased $19.9 billion (0.1 percent), and personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased $111.1 billion (0.5 percent). Personal outlays—the sum of PCE, personal interest payments, and personal current transfer payments—increased $114.0 billion in April. Personal saving ...
From finance.yahoo.com|May 24, 2026The Federal Reserve’s favored top-line inflation gauge is rapidly approaching 4% as a war-driven spike in energy costs generates unease that price pressures will broaden. Government data on Thursday are expected to show the personal consumption expenditures price index jumped 3.8% in April from a year ago. That would put inflation a full percentage point higher than it was in February, marking the biggest two-month acceleration since late 2021. Even stripping out energy and food, the so-called core price measure likely picked up in ...
From economics.bmo.com|Apr 30, 2026Personal spending jumped 0.9% in March, right in line with the consensus forecast. More encouraging for consumer spending in the second quarter was the improvement in personal income growth to a better than expected 0.6% gain last month. Inflation readings heated up as expected with PCE and core PCE prices rising 0.7% and 0.3%, respectively, in line with our forecasts. Real personal spending, after adjusting for inflation, increased 0.2% in March, a slight moderation from February’s 0.3% gain but a solid showing, nevertheless. Goods ...
- From bea.gov|Apr 30, 2026
Personal income increased $149.2 billion (0.6 percent at a monthly rate) in March, according to estimates released today by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). Disposable personal income (DPI)—personal income less personal current taxes—increased $142.5 billion (0.6 percent), and personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased $195.4 billion (0.9 percent). Personal outlays the sum of PCE, personal interest payments, and personal current transfer payments—increased $198.6 billion in March. Personal saving was $857.3 billion ...
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