Official release row with the realised value, prior value, forecast field, exact announcement timestamp, and series chart in one canonical workspace.
2026-02-20 13:30 UTC
A release-date view of the official series, capped at the selected announcement so the chart matches the page timestamp.
The official Core PCE inflation row printed 3 for 2025-12-31. The previous value was 2.8 and the forecast field was --.
Use the chart above to compare this release with the recent series path, then use the API endpoint below for point-in-time event studies and model features keyed to the stable release ID.
The values below are the machine-readable citation fields for this announcement. The local and UTC timestamps are kept visible because event studies and trading systems need the exact public release moment, not just the date.
| Public release ID | usd_core_pce_2026-02-20 |
|---|---|
| API announcement ID | usd_core_pce_2025-12-31 |
| Release time |
2026-02-20 13:30 UTC
|
| Reference period | 2025-12-31 |
| Actual value | 3 |
| Previous value | 2.8 |
| Forecast | -- |
| Surprise | -- |
| Announcement timestamp | 1771594200 |
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The value, its publication time, the next scheduled date, and the official publisher for United States Core PCE inflation.
United States Core PCE (PCE ex Food & Energy) was 3% year on year in December 2025. The previous reading was 2.8%.
This release was published on Feb 20, 2026 at 08:30 America/New_York.
The next United States Core PCE (PCE ex Food & Energy) release is scheduled for Sep 30, 2026 at 08:30 America/New_York.
BEA publishes the official Core PCE (PCE ex Food & Energy) series. FXMacroData stores every release with its announcement timestamp and serves it from the announcements endpoint for this series.
Field names are preserved for traceability and downstream testing.
{
"announcement_datetime": 1771594200,
"announcement_id": "usd_core_pce_2025-12-31",
"capture_time_basis": "backfill_fetch_completed",
"date": "2025-12-31",
"observed_at_ns": 1789405326016363400,
"predictions": [
{
"confidence": 0.85,
"generated_at": 1771513200,
"predicted_value": 2.8368,
"prediction_reason": "Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland daily inflation nowcast.",
"prediction_source": "cleveland_fed_nowcast",
"prediction_type": "model_nowcast"
},
{
"confidence": 0.7,
"generated_at": 1764626400,
"predicted_value": 3.0,
"prediction_reason": "New York Fed Survey of Market Expectations median respondent forecast.",
"prediction_source": "ny_fed_sme",
"prediction_type": "market_consensus"
}
],
"previous_value": 2.8,
"publication_time_precision": "unknown",
"publication_time_status": "unverified",
"revisions": [
{
"epoch": 1769094000,
"val": 3.0
},
{
"epoch": 1771594200,
"val": 3.0
},
{
"capture_time_basis": "backfill_fetch_completed",
"epoch": 1771594200,
"is_first_release": false,
"observed_at_ns": 1789405326016363400,
"publication_time_precision": "unknown",
"publication_time_status": "unverified",
"val": 3.0,
"vintage_status": "captured_snapshot"
}
],
"val": 3.0,
"vintage_status": "captured_snapshot"
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