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US PCE Inflation Forecast — June 2026

Qutaiba Mohammad, Macro Strategist
Published 2026-07-29, 07:59 (UTC+3)
BEA release 2026-07-30
Headline PCE, MoM
−0.10%
68% interval  −0.14 to −0.02
95% interval  −0.19 to +0.08
Implied YoY  3.7% (May actual 4.1%)
3M run-rate  3.0% (with Apr, May actuals, annualised)
Core PCE, MoM
+0.20%
68% interval  +0.15 to +0.33
95% interval  +0.11 to +0.37
Implied YoY  3.3% (May actual 3.4%)
3M run-rate  3.1% (with Apr, May actuals, annualised)
Month-over-month change in the PCE price index, seasonally adjusted. Intervals are empirical, built from the model’s own recent forecast errors, and are asymmetric. Roughly one print in three lands outside the 68% interval.
Against the benchmarks
June 2026, MoMHeadline PCECore PCE
Macro Edge Research−0.10%+0.20%
Wall Street consensus−0.10%+0.20%
Cleveland Fed nowcast−0.12%+0.19%
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