Sentences with phrase «inflation index hit»

Inflation data published last week showed the headline personal consumption expenditure (PCE) inflation index hit a 2 per cent annual pace in the year to March and the Fed's preferred underlying measure, the core PCE which excludes volatile energy and food items, rose to 1.9 per cent.

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It is worth noting that the core Consumer Price Index (excluding food and energy) stood at a year - on - year rate of 1.8 % in July, and that the Fed may be content to see inflation at least trending upward — without necessarily hitting 2 % in the near term — before deciding to act.

Table 2 shows that neither inflation indexed bonds nor the swap market expect the Fed to hit its 2 percent PCE inflation goal in the foreseeable future.

The Fed's preferred Personal Consumption Expenditures price index hit the two - percent target in March for the first time in nearly a year, while «core» inflation, which excludes volatile food and energy prices, was 1.9 percent.

This month's Foodservice Price Index, produced by CGA and Prestige Foodservice, reveals that food inflation hit 7 % in the 12 months to July 2017, down from its previous level of 8.8 % in June 2017 and 9 % in May.