Price index for: PCE excluding food and energy (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 "PCE excluding food and energy" was 130.08 in May 2026, compared to 129.67 in the previous month. This marks an increase of 0.32 percent.
Sample. In the monthly time series displayed in the graph, there are 809 observations. The time range covered by the series extends from January 1959 to May 2026.
History. Have a look at some summary statistics calculated on the entire sample: the price index reached a minimum of 15.50 in January 1959; it reached a maximum of 130.08 in May 2026; it averaged 61.56.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Index |
|---|---|
| 2026-03-31 | 129.343 |
| 2026-04-30 | 129.667 |
| 2026-05-31 | 130.082 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Price index for: PCE excluding food and energy |
| 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 | 809 | 1959-01-31 | 2026-05-31 |
Detail
Supplementary indices
| Series Name | Observations | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price index for: PCE excluding food and energy (index) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 809 | 1959-01-31 | 2026-05-31 |
| Price index for: PCE excluding food, energy, and housing (index) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 809 | 1959-01-31 | 2026-05-31 |
| Price index for: Energy goods and services (index) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 809 | 1959-01-31 | 2026-05-31 |
| Price index for: PCE services excluding energy and housing (index) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 809 | 1959-01-31 | 2026-05-31 |
| Price index for: Housing (index) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 809 | 1959-01-31 | 2026-05-31 |
| Price index for: Market-based PCE (index) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 473 | 1987-01-31 | 2026-05-31 |
| Price index for: Market-based PCE excluding food and energy (index) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 473 | 1987-01-31 | 2026-05-31 |