Welcome to the newest Data Insights series, covering the Fed's preferred measure of inflation. PCE inflation is based on the same underlying price data as CPI, but it is weighted differently and the weights change every month. PCE data is released about two weeks after CPI. For May, headline PCE came in at expectations, a drop from 4.4% YOY to 3.8%. Core beat expectations, falling from 4.7% to 4.6%, when steady at 4.7% was expected. The goods sector, which makes up almost half the consumption basked, has now fallen from a panic-inducing 10.6% just 11 months ago to now just 1.05%, which should start to induce a deflation panic. This month also marks the first in which shelter inflation has fallen on a YOY basis.
