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BEA PCE price index (headline)

Latest value: 131.58 for August 2026, +3.4% year over year (against August 2025). 812 monthly observations from January 1959 to August 2026, in index. Source: BEA (BEA route); context series, not an input to the Nowflation CPI Gauge. Next update: with the September 2026 PCE release, 2026-10-29 8:30 AM ET (BEA).

Latest observations

PeriodValue
August 2026131.58
July 2026131.17
June 2026131.11
May 2026131.24
April 2026130.67
March 2026130.11
February 2026129.29
January 2026128.85
December 2025128.46
November 2025128.05
October 2025127.79
September 2025127.6

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Cite: Nowflation, “BEA PCE price index (headline)” (bea_pce_price_index), data from BEA, retrieved October 18, 2026, https://nowflation.com/series/bea_pce_price_index. The series at its source: BEA.

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