The headline personal consumption expenditure (PCE) price index rose 1.2 percent year over year in September, up from 1.0 percent in August. The core PCE price index, which excludes food and energy, increased 1.7 percent year over year in September, matching the increase in August. On a one-month annualized-rate basis, the headline PCE price index increased 2.6 percent in September, up from a 2.0 percent increase in August, and the core PCE price index (one-month annualized rate) rose 1.3 percent in September, down from 2.4 percent in August.
