United States Core Inflation Rate

US core consumer prices, excluding volatile items such as food and energy, increased 2.1 percent from a year earlier in February 2019, easing from a 2.2 percent gain in the previous month and slightly below market expectations of a 2.2 percent rise. It is the smallest annual increase in core consumer prices since October. Core Inflation Rate in the United States averaged 3.62 percent from 1957 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 13.60 percent in June of 1980 and a record low of 0 percent in May of 1957.

Core Inflation Rate in the United States is expected to be 2.30 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate Core Inflation Rate in the United States to stand at 2.30 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the United States Core Inflation Rate is projected to trend around 2.20 percent in 2020, according to our econometric models.

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Calendar	GMT		Actual	Previous	Consensus	TEForecast
2018-12-12	01:30 PM	Core Inflation Rate YoY	2.2%	2.1%	2.2%	2.3%
2019-01-11	01:30 PM	Core Inflation Rate YoY	2.2%	2.2%	2.2%	2.2%
2019-02-13	01:30 PM	Core Inflation Rate YoY	2.2%	2.2%	2.1%	2.%
2019-03-12	12:30 PM	Core Inflation Rate YoY	2.1%	2.2%	2.2%	2.2%
2019-04-10	12:30 PM	Core Inflation Rate YoY		2.1%		2.2%
2019-05-10	12:30 PM	Core Inflation Rate YoY
2019-06-12	12:30 PM	Core Inflation Rate YoY

United States Prices	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Inflation Rate	1.50	1.60	23.70	-15.80	percent	[+]
Inflation Rate Mom	0.20	0.00	1.80	-1.80	percent	[+]
Consumer Price Index CPI	252.78	252.67	252.79	23.51	Index Points	[+]
Core Consumer Prices	261.11	260.70	261.11	28.50	Index Points	[+]
Core Inflation Rate	2.10	2.20	13.60	0.00	percent	[+]
GDP Deflator	111.22	110.68	111.22	12.85	Index Points	[+]
Producer Prices	117.20	117.10	117.50	100.20	Index Points	[+]
Producer Prices Change	1.90	2.00	19.57	-6.86	percent	[+]
Export Prices	126.20	125.40	135.30	82.40	Index Points	[+]
Import Prices	125.20	124.50	147.50	75.00	Index Points	[+]
Food Inflation	2.00	1.60	36.70	-34.30	percent	[+]
CPI Housing Utilities	263.06	262.28	263.06	30.50	Index Points	[+]
CPI Transportation	204.24	202.57	223.54	22.30	Index Points	[+]
Core Pce Price Index	110.92	110.72	110.92	16.73	Index Points	[+]
Core Producer Prices	116.90	116.80	116.90	99.90	Index Points	[+]
Pce Price Index	108.93	108.87	108.93	16.07	Index Points	[+]
Inflation Expectations	2.79	2.97	3.40	2.42	percent	[+]

In the United States, the core inflation rate tracks changes in prices that consumers pay for a basket of goods which excludes volatile food and fuel costs. This page provides - United States Core Inflation Rate - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. United States Core Inflation Rate - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on March of 2019.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	2.10	2.20	13.60	0.00	1957 - 2019	percent	Monthly	1982-1984=100, NSA

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Country	Last		Previous	Range
Argentina	52.50	Feb/19	49.9	52.5 : 21.12	%
Turkey	18.12	Feb/19	19.02	24.34 : 2.5	%
Russia	4.40	Feb/19	4.1	17.5 : 1.8	%
South Africa	4.40	Feb/19	4.4	8.3 : 2.9	%
Brazil	3.75	Feb/19	3.67	9.45 : 2.69	%
Mexico	3.50	Feb/19	3.6	177 : 2.3	%
Indonesia	3.06	Feb/19	3.06	8.29 : 2.58	%
United States	2.10	Feb/19	2.2	13.6 : 0	%
Netherlands	1.90	Feb/19	1.5	3.9 : 0.1	%
Australia	1.80	Dec/18	1.8	10.7 : 1.6	%
China	1.80	Feb/19	1.9	2.5 : -1.6	%
United Kingdom	1.80	Feb/19	1.9	3.7 : -0.1	%
Singapore	1.70	Jan/19	1.9	3.5 : -1.4	%
Canada	1.50	Jan/19	1.7	5.4 : 0	%
Germany	1.30	Jan/19	1.2	6.29 : 0.19	%
South Korea	1.30	Feb/19	1.2	30.5 : -0.3	%
Euro Area	1.00	Feb/19	1.1	2.6 : 0.6	%
Japan	0.80	Jan/19	0.7	24.7 : -2.4	%
France	0.70	Feb/19	0.7	4 : -0.2	%
Spain	0.70	Feb/19	0.8	27.1 : -0.1	%
Italy	0.40	Feb/19	0.5	3.06 : 0.2	%
Switzerland	0.40	Feb/19	0.5	1.9 : -1.2	%