Price index for: Market-based PCE (index) - United States - BEA - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: Personal Consumption Expenditures Price Indices
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. According to data on the U.S. economy released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis, the price index for the item "Market-based PCE" stood at 126.99 in February 2026, versus 126.48 in January. This represents a rise of 0.40 percent.
Sample. There are 470 data points overall in the monthly time series displayed in the plot above. The period covered by the series stretches from January 1987 to February 2026.
History. Have a look at some summary statistics we calculated on the full sample: the price index was equal on average to 86.03; it hit a maximum of 126.99 in February 2026; it reached its minimum of 52.65 in January 1987.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Index |
|---|---|
| 2025-12-31 | 126.145 |
| 2026-01-31 | 126.48 |
| 2026-02-28 | 126.986 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Price index for: Market-based PCE |
| Country | United States |
| Economic concept | Prices |
| Data type | Fisher price index |
| Seasonally adjusted | Yes |
| Deflation method | Not applicable |
| Rescaling | Index (2017 = 100) |
| Measure type | Level |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Unit | Index |
| Source | Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) |
| Source type | National statistical agency |
| Data licence | Open data |
| Other information | Not available |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LM1 |
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Main index
| Series Name | Observations | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price index for: Personal consumption expenditures (PCE) (index) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 806 | 1959-01-31 | 2026-02-28 |
Detail
Supplementary indices
| Series Name | Observations | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price index for: PCE excluding food and energy (index) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 806 | 1959-01-31 | 2026-02-28 |
| Price index for: PCE excluding food, energy, and housing (index) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 806 | 1959-01-31 | 2026-02-28 |
| Price index for: Energy goods and services (index) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 806 | 1959-01-31 | 2026-02-28 |
| Price index for: PCE services excluding energy and housing (index) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 806 | 1959-01-31 | 2026-02-28 |
| Price index for: Housing (index) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 806 | 1959-01-31 | 2026-02-28 |
| Price index for: Market-based PCE (index) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 470 | 1987-01-31 | 2026-02-28 |
| Price index for: Market-based PCE excluding food and energy (index) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 470 | 1987-01-31 | 2026-02-28 |