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Analysts See CPI Lift Feeding Through To Core PCE In January

US OUTLOOK/OPINION

Due Feb 29, analysts see core PCE lifting to 0.3% M/M in Jan, having increased just 0.126% M/M on average through Q4 (1.5% ar). There is however added uncertainty from broader than usual revisions to 4Q23 data (due Feb 28) after last week’s CPI revisions.

  • DB: 0.24% M/M
  • MS: 0.29% M/M
  • JPM: 0.29% M/M, 2.7% Y/Y
  • BofA: 0.30% M/M
  • NWM: 0.3% M/M, firmer post-CPI but still rounds to 0.3
  • Citi: 0.31% M/M
  • GS: 0.34% M/M

MS also forecast headline PCE at 0.23% M/M and core services ex housing at 0.34% M/M after 0.29. All the above estimates will as usual be updated after Friday’s PPI data. Ahead of today's PPI revisions, JPMorgan wrote that “the related PCE price data are derived from the underlying unadjusted indexes so these revisions to the seasonal factors and relative importance weights should not influence PCE price tracking.”

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