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Core PCE To Pick Up, But Below CPI Equivalent

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Core PCE is expected to come in below core CPI for a 2nd consecutive month in September.

  • Most analysts’ estimates point to a reading between 0.2-0.3% M/M and leaning to 0.3%, for the Oct 27 core PCE release which prints just a few days before the Nov 1 FOMC decision.
  • While the surprisingly strong core CPI (+0.32% M/M) has seen PCE estimates tick higher in the wake of the release, the PPI inputs to key categories were mixed (airline passenger services negative, medical categories picking up).

A few core PCE estimates post-CPI, vs August’s +0.14% M/M reading include the following - we will publish more in our US Inflation Insight out Friday:

  • Wrightson ICAP’s 0.2% (unchanged from prior to CPI but higher risks of 0.3% now, than 0.1%)
  • Pantheon Economics’ 0.27%
  • Morgan Stanley 0.27% M/M (with core services ex-housing at +0.34% M/M vs +0.14% M/M prior “given soft financial services from PPI”).

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