PCE inflation: 2.180411 % (2018-08-31)
Reporting and findings
- documented
PCE inflation: 2.180411 %, period ending 2018-08-31. Population: U.S. personal consumption expenditures. 100 × (current price index / index twelve months earlier − 1).
- U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis: PCE inflation (PCEPI)PCEPI; 2018-08-01 through 2018-08-31; source observation; retrieved 2026-09-21
Summary and current status
Observed economic data
People and organizations
- Donald J. TrumpSubject of the cross-administration economic comparison
Figures
PCE inflation2.180411 % Calculation details
- Basis
- Observed
- Population
- U.S. personal consumption expenditures
- Period
- 2018-08-01 to 2018-08-31
- As of
- 2018-08-31
- Method
- 100 × (current price index / index twelve months earlier − 1). Source retrieval: 2026-09-21.
- Uncertainty
- Calculated from seasonally adjusted PCE price indexes. A longer-run target is not a month-by-month guarantee or a household-specific cost measure.