{"id":113205,"date":"2025-03-28T17:25:56","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T13:25:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/?p=113205"},"modified":"2025-03-28T17:26:00","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T13:26:00","slug":"u-s-core-pce-inflation-rises-keeping-fed-cautious-on-rate-cuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/u-s-core-pce-inflation-rises-keeping-fed-cautious-on-rate-cuts\/03\/28\/market-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Core PCE Inflation Rises, Keeping Fed Cautious on Rate Cuts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>core Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) price index<\/strong>, the <strong>Federal Reserve\u2019s preferred inflation gauge<\/strong>, <strong>increased in February<\/strong>, signaling <strong>persistent inflationary pressures<\/strong> that could delay <strong>rate cuts<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Key PCE Inflation Data<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Headline PCE (YoY)<\/strong>: <strong>+2.5%<\/strong> (unchanged from January, in line with estimates).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Headline PCE (MoM)<\/strong>: <strong>+0.3%<\/strong> (same as January).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Core PCE (YoY)<\/strong>: <strong>+2.8%<\/strong> (<strong>above January\u2019s revised 2.7%<\/strong>).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Core PCE (MoM)<\/strong>: <strong>+0.4%<\/strong> (<strong>higher than January\u2019s 0.3%<\/strong>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Implications for Fed Policy<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Sticky inflation<\/strong> strengthens the case for the Fed to <strong>hold off on rate cuts<\/strong> in the near term.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The <strong>Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) left rates unchanged<\/strong> earlier this month, citing <strong>uncertainty over Trump\u2019s tariffs<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Trump\u2019s <strong>aggressive trade agenda<\/strong>, including <strong>steep auto tariffs<\/strong>, has fueled <strong>concerns about inflation and economic stability<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Market Outlook<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>With <strong>inflation remaining above the Fed\u2019s 2% target<\/strong>, investors will be closely watching <strong>future Fed communications<\/strong> for <strong>clues on the timing of potential rate cuts<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The core Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) price index, the Federal Reserve\u2019s preferred inflation gauge, increased in February, signaling persistent inflationary pressures that could delay rate cuts. Key PCE Inflation Data Headline PCE (YoY): +2.5% (unchanged from January, in line with estimates). Headline PCE (MoM): +0.3% (same as January). Core PCE (YoY): +2.8% (above January\u2019s revised &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":104203,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-113205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-forex-markets","category-market-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113205"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113205\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":113206,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113205\/revisions\/113206"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}