MIDWIT NEWS

PCE Data – Glimmer of Hope

  • PCE: Personal Consumption Expenditures
    • A measure of spending on goods and services in the US used to provide a measure of economic strength
  • YoY
    • 2.4% vs 2.5% Expected (prior 2.3%)
    • Core: 2.8% vs 2.9% Expected (prior 2.8%)
  • MoM
    • 0.1% vs 0.2% Expected (prior 0.2%)
    • Core: 0.1% vs 0.2% Expected (prior 0.3%)

The inflation measure that the FED looks to regularly came in lower than expected. This provides a glimmer of hope to global markets which have been reactionary to hawkish Fed comments (expected slowdown of rate cuts) and US economic uncertainty (along with a looming US federal government shutdown). We can hope for a bounce!