Sentences with phrase «preferred inflation gauge»

The Fed's preferred inflation gauge has moved up to 1.9 percent, though that partly owes to volatile oil prices and part of the move could prove transitory.

Stagnant wages in 2014 helped hold the Fed's preferred inflation gauge below its 2 percent goal, fueling bond gains that caught almost everyone off - guard.

The Fed's policy statement acknowledged inflation was heading toward the central bank's annual 2 % target, with the Fed's preferred inflation gauge, the personal - consumption expenditures index for March, rising to a 12 - month rate of 2 % for the first time in a year.

Sure, we're closing in on full employment, but the Fed's preferred inflation gauge, the core PCE, is below their 2 percent inflation target and slowing.

Not exact matches

The Fed's preferred gauge of inflation, based on consumer spending, gained just 1.6 percent in the year through October.

Other inflation measures have been even lower, with the Fed's preferred gauge, the personal consumption expenditures index, at 1.4 percent.

In addition, the Fed's preferred gauge of price pressures has been mired below 2 percent; during an economic expansion, inflation usually begins to tick higher.

The figure below shows some of the key indicators from the Fed's dashboard, including unemployment, the Fed's guess at the «natural rate» (the lowest unemployment rate consistent with stable inflation), actual inflation (PCE core, the Fed's preferred gauge), and the Fed's inflation target of 2 percent.

On the other hand, pricing pressures remains largely absent — save for energy costs — with inflation on personal consumption expenditures, the Fed's preferred gauge for pricing, up just 1.7 % in the quarter over the past year.