U.S Core CPI
Rep: 3.9% 🚨HIGHER THAN EXPECTED🚨
Exp: 3.7%
Prev: 3.9%
U.S. Headline CPI
Rep: 3.1% ✅In line with Expectations✅
Exp: 3.1%
Prev: 3.4%
Breaching below 3% is proving a difficult task for Headline CPI .
In 25 years of inflation history above and headline CPI cant seem to breach down below into the moderate <3% level
Since Oct 2023 Core CPI has...
Core and Headline CPI (Dec 2023 figures)
U.S. Headline CPI
Prev: 3.1%
Exp: 3.2%
Rep: 3.4% 🚨 HIGHER THAN EXPECTED 🚨
U.S. Core CPI
Prev: 4.0%
Exp: 3.8%
Rep: 3.9% 🚨 HIGHER THAN EXPECTED - but still fell
from 4% to 3.9%✅
CORE CPI FALLS BELOW 4% FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE MAY 2021
We have a long way to go before...
Core and Headline CPI
NEW CPI Figures released tomorrow Thursday 11th Jan 2024 @ 7:30am Central (for the December 2023 month)
U.S. Headline CPI
Prev: 3.1%
Exp: 3.2%
Rep: TBC Tomorrow
U.S. Core CPI
Prev: 4.0%
Exp: 3.8%
Rep: TBC Tomorrow
Will the US Core CPI finally fall below 4% for the first time since May 2021?
Core vs Headline (the difference)
You...
U.S. Headline PCE - Lower than Expected ✅
Actual: 2.64%
Exp: 2.8%
Prev: 3.0%
US Core PCE - Lower than Expected ✅
Actual: 3.16%
Exp: 3.4%
Prev: 3.5%
As highlighted on my recent Macro Monday post Core PCE is the Feds favorite metric for measuring inflation (as it excludes volatile price swings from the likes of energy and food and gives a good...
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The Feds Favorite Inflation Barometer – Core PCE
The US Core Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) are released this Friday 22nd December 2023. Currently Core PCE is the most important component to the Federal Reserve in making their interest rate decisions and thus it will provide a great insight into what lies ahead in terms of interest rate...
The Core and Headline CPI Chart
This CPI chart illustrates the following:
- You can clearly see how Core CPI is less volatile than Headline CPI. Core CPI removes the volatile food and energy expenditures to provide a more general view of underlying inflation (based on a fixed basket of goods)
- It is clear that we are not at the Federal Reserves target of 2%...
