United States release article

USD PCE inflation release

Official release row with the realised value, prior value, forecast field, exact announcement timestamp, and series chart in one canonical workspace.

Actual
3.5
Previous
2.9
Forecast
3.39

Cleveland Fed Inflation Nowcasting

Surprise
+0.11
Release time
2026-04-30 08:30 America/New_York

2026-04-30 12:30 UTC

USD PCE release chart

A release-date view of the official series, capped at the selected announcement so the chart matches the page timestamp.

United States PCE chart through 2026-03-31
USD PCE readings through 2026-03-31. Latest: 3.5.

USD PCE release context

The official PCE inflation row printed 3.5 for 2026-03-31. The previous value was 2.9 and the forecast field was 3.39.

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Release data snapshot

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_pce_2026-04-30
API announcement ID usd_pce_2026-03-31
Release time
2026-04-30 12:30 UTC
Reference period 2026-03-31
Actual value 3.5
Previous value 2.9
Forecast 3.39 Cleveland Fed Inflation Nowcasting
Surprise +0.11
Announcement timestamp 1777552200

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Raw announcement payload

Field names are preserved for traceability and downstream testing.

{
  "announcement_datetime": 1777552200,
  "announcement_datetime_local": "2026-04-30T08:30:00-04:00",
  "announcement_id": "usd_pce_2026-03-31",
  "change_from_previous": 0.6000000000000001,
  "date": "2026-03-31",
  "forecast": 3.39,
  "forecast_source_label": "Cleveland Fed Inflation Nowcasting",
  "observation_id": "usd_pce_canonical_yoy_nsa_standard_period_2026-03-31",
  "pct_change_from_previous": 20.69,
  "prediction_type": "model_nowcast",
  "previous_announcement_datetime": 1775737800,
  "previous_date": "2026-02-28",
  "previous_value": 2.9,
  "revisions": [
    {
      "epoch": 1775737800,
      "val": 3.5
    },
    {
      "epoch": 1777552200,
      "val": 3.5
    }
  ],
  "source": "BEA",
  "source_url": "https://www.bea.gov/",
  "source_url_scope": "series",
  "val": 3.5,
  "val_mom": 0.7
}