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December 2025 PCE: 2.8% — Graded

Countdown

Released Friday, February 20, 2026 at 8:30 AM ET. Graded below.

What to watch

Prior: headline PCE 2.8% YoY (November 2025).
Core PCE prior: 2.7% YoY, the trend measure the Fed watches most closely (its 2% goal is on headline PCE).
Street consensus: 2.8% headline YoY (FMP economic calendar estimate).
Nowflation: no PCE nowcast is on record for December 2025. PCE weights shelter lower and medical care higher than CPI; in December 2025 headline PCE ran 2.8% against CPI's 2.7%, above it.

The Nowflation call

No PCE nowcast is on record for December 2025. PCE weights shelter lower and medical care higher than CPI; in December 2025 headline PCE ran 2.8% against CPI's 2.7%, above it.

Competing forecasts

Forecaster	Call	Miss
Street consensus (closest)	2.8%	0.00pp
Prior month (naive) (closest)	2.8%	0.00pp

Grading

December 2025 PCE printed 2.8% YoY on February 20, 2026, core 2.9% (prior 2.8%). Source: BEA, from series PCEPI (YoY from index levels).