Price index for: Personal consumption expenditures (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 "Personal consumption expenditures (PCE)" was 132.26 in September 2026, versus 131.61 in August 2026. This constitutes a gain of 0.49 percent.
Sample. The monthly series shown in the chart has 813 observations overall. The time period covered by the series stretches from January 1959 to September 2026.
History. Take a look at a few descriptive statistics calculated on the whole sample: the price index hit a trough of 15.16 in January 1959; it reached its maximum of 132.26 in September 2026; it was equal on average to 61.75.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Index |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | 131.187 |
| 2026-08-31 | 131.611 |
| 2026-09-30 | 132.257 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Price index for: Personal consumption expenditures (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 | 813 | 1959-01-31 | 2026-09-30 |
Detail
Supplementary indices
| Series Name | Observations | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price index for: PCE excluding food and energy (index) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 813 | 1959-01-31 | 2026-09-30 |
| Price index for: PCE excluding food, energy, and housing (index) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 813 | 1959-01-31 | 2026-09-30 |
| Price index for: Energy goods and services (index) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 813 | 1959-01-31 | 2026-09-30 |
| Price index for: PCE services excluding energy and housing (index) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 813 | 1959-01-31 | 2026-09-30 |
| Price index for: Housing (index) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 813 | 1959-01-31 | 2026-09-30 |
| Price index for: Market-based PCE (index) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 477 | 1987-01-31 | 2026-09-30 |
| Price index for: Market-based PCE excluding food and energy (index) - United States - BEA - Monthly | 477 | 1987-01-31 | 2026-09-30 |