Price index for: Personal consumption expenditures (PCE): Goods (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 "Personal consumption expenditures (PCE): Goods" was 120.33 in May 2026, compared to 119.80 in April 2026. This constitutes a rise of 0.44 percent.
Sample. The monthly series displayed in the graph has a total of 809 records. The time period covered by the series extends from January 1959 to May 2026.
History. Here’s a quick look at a few simple statistics we calculated on the whole sample: the price index recorded a maximum of 120.33 in May 2026; it reached its lowest level of 27.81 in January 1959; it had a mean of 75.94.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Index |
|---|---|
| 2026-03-31 | 118.934 |
| 2026-04-30 | 119.803 |
| 2026-05-31 | 120.331 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Price index for: Personal consumption expenditures (PCE): Goods |
| 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 |