The annual pace of inflation in the US according to the Core PCE Price Index fell to 4.9% in April, in line with the median economist forecast for an inflation rate of 4.9%, according to newswire polling. That comes after the Core PCE Price Index had prices rising at a pace of 5.2% YoY in March. The MoM pace of inflation according to the index came in at 0.3% in April, also in line with the median economist forecast for an inflation rate of 0.3%, according to newswire polling.
According to the PCE Price Index, the YoY rate of price gain in April was 6.3%, down from 6.6% in March, while the MoM pace of price gain was 0.2%, down from 0.9% in March. Elsewhere, Personal Incomes rose at a pace of 0.4% MoM in April, a little below the expected gain of 0.5% and down from last month's 0.5% growth rate. Personal Spending, meanwhile, grew at a pace of 0.9% MoM, above the expected drop to 0.7% from a 1.4% growth rate in March.
The broadly in line with expectations inflation data has not triggered much of a market reaction just yet.