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NOTES

Title	Release Dates

Personal Consumption Expenditures: Chain-type Price Index	2000-08-01	2024-03-29

Source

U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis	2000-08-01	2024-03-29

Release

Personal Income and Outlays	2000-08-01	2024-03-29

Units

Index 1996=100	2000-08-01	2003-12-22
Index 2000=100	2003-12-23	2009-08-03
Index 2005=100	2009-08-04	2013-08-01
Index 2009=100	2013-08-02	2018-07-30
Index 2012=100	2018-07-31	2023-09-28
Index 2017=100	2023-09-29	2024-03-29

Frequency

Monthly	2000-08-01	2024-03-29

Seasonal Adjustment

Seasonally Adjusted	2000-08-01	2024-03-29

Notes

BEA Account Code: DPCERG3 A Guide to the National Income and Product Accounts of the United States (NIPA) - (http://www.bea.gov/national/pdf/nipaguid.pdf)	2009-08-04	2017-10-29
BEA Account Code: DPCERG A Guide to the National Income and Product Accounts of the United States (NIPA) - (http://www.bea.gov/national/pdf/nipaguid.pdf)	2017-10-30	2019-06-27
BEA Account Code: DPCERG The Personal Consumption Expenditures Price Index is a measure of the prices that people living in the United States, or those buying on their behalf, pay for goods and services. The change in the PCE price index is known for capturing inflation (or deflation) across a wide range of consumer expenses and reflecting changes in consumer behavior. For example, if the price of beef rises, shoppers may buy less beef and more chicken. The PCE Price Index is produced by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), which revises previously published PCE data to reflect updated information or new methodology, providing consistency across decades of data that's valuable for researchers. They also offer the series as a Chain-Type index, as above. The PCE price index is used primarily for macroeconomic analysis and forecasting. The PCE Price index is the Federal Reserve’s preferred measure of inflation. The PCE Price Index is similar to the Bureau of Labor Statistics' consumer price index for urban consumers. The two indexes, which have their own purposes and uses, are constructed differently, resulting in different inflation rates. For more information on the PCE price index, see: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Guide to the National Income and Product Accounts of the United States (NIPA) (https://www.bea.gov/national/pdf/nipaguid.pdf) U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Personal Consumption Expenditures Price Index (https://www.bea.gov/data/personal-consumption-expenditures-price-index) U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Prices & Inflation (https://www.bea.gov/resources/learning-center/what-to-know-prices-inflation) U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Differences between the Consumer Price Index and the Personal Consumption Expenditure Price Index (https://www.bls.gov/opub/btn/archive/differences-between-the-consumer-price-index-and-the-personal-consumption-expenditures-price-index.pdf)	2019-06-28	2024-03-29