Personal Consumption Expenditure for January 2022 shows ongoing high inflation, with year-over-year increases at the highest level in four decades.
Well, the PCE increased the most in only 39 years, but that’s really close to four decades.
The headline Personal Consumption Expenditure (PCE) inflation index increased 0.6% in January 2022 following December’s increase of 0.5%, which was revised upward from previously reported 0.4%. That follows 0.6% in November and 0.6% in October 2021.
The core PCE inflation rate (without food and energy) was 0.5% in January, matching the 0.5% increase for the previous three months. The October 2021 increase was revised up 0.1%.
The cumulative 12-month change for 2021, according to BEA, is up 6.1% overall and 5.2% excluding food and energy.
Ouch and ouch.
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