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Core PEC and Non-Housing Services Surprisingly Accelerate In April

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  • Core PCE inflation was stronger than expected in April at 0.380% M/M (cons 0.3) after a stronger skew to Q1 revisions from yesterday’s quarterly data.
  • Q1 was revised up from 4.94% to 4.96% annualized but it consisted of larger upward revisions in Feb and Mar with a partly offsetting lower figure back in January.
  • Of note, it was led by the Fed's preferred core non-housing services. Bloomberg’s calculation accelerated to 0.42% M/M from an upward revised 0.29% in Mar (initial 0.24%) and 0.37% in Feb (initial 0.35%). It’s the fastest pace since January’s 0.53% M/M and follows the Q1 average of 0.40% M/M.

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