High importanceUSUSD · Inflation · 29 Oct 2026 · 08:30 ET · in 12 d

US core PCE price index, month on month (Sep)

Thu 29 October · 08:30 ET · in 12 d. The Fed’s preferred inflation gauge, excluding food and energy.

Forecast
0.2%
Previous
0.2%
Actual
Due 08:30 ET

Below 0.1%In line 0.1% to 0.3%Above 0.3%

▏Forecast 0.2%○ Previous 0.2%

The levelsMeasured from its last 11 prints

BelowBelow 0.1%USD down
EUR/USD up GBP/USD up USD/JPY down Gold up
In line0.1% to 0.3%Limited follow-through
AboveAbove 0.3%USD up
EUR/USD down GBP/USD down USD/JPY up Gold down

In line is the forecast ± how far this series usually lands from it (median miss 0.1%). Above or below that is a genuine surprise. USD up or down is the playbook’s mapping for this release; the pairs show how each quote moves when USD does. Arithmetic, not a forecast.

Its own historyLast 11 prints vs the forecast before each: 1 above · 7 in line · 3 below

0.06%0.15%0.25%0.35%0.45%Dec ’25Feb ’26Apr ’26May ’26Jul ’26Sep ’26Sep (next)

— Forecast before the print● Actual▮ Next release: in-line range

Release history

ReleasedPeriodForecastActualPosition
30 Sep 2026Aug0.3%0.2%Below forecast
26 Aug 2026Jul0.2%0.2%In line with forecast
30 Jul 2026Jun0.2%0.1%Below forecast
25 Jun 2026May0.3%0.3%In line with forecast
28 May 2026Apr0.3%0.2%Below forecast
30 Apr 2026Mar0.3%0.3%In line with forecast
9 Apr 2026Feb0.4%0.4%In line with forecast
13 Mar 2026Jan0.4%0.4%In line with forecast
20 Feb 2026Dec0.3%0.4%Above forecast
22 Jan 2026Nov0.2%0.2%In line with forecast
5 Dec 2025Sep0.2%0.2%In line with forecast

What moved

After it prints: EUR/USD, GBP/USD, USD/JPY and Gold from the hour before to the hour after, from 1-hour bars.