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NY Fed’s MCT Measure Shows Sharply Slowing Inflation

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  • Released prior to payrolls, the NY Fed’s Multivariate Core Trend (MCT) based on April’s PCE data released May 26, showed a decline to 3.4% from a “considerably” downward revised 3.6% in March vs an initial 4.5%.
  • They caveat it though but noting that “Uncertainty is high as reflected in the 68% probability band (shaded area of chart) of (3.0, 4.0) percent”.
  • By comparison, the standard 12-month core PCE measure inched up to 4.7% in April following monthly readings of 0.4% in April and 0.3% in March.
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Source: Bloomberg

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