AI Data Insight
In the third quarter of 2026, the US PCE price index climbed to 131.685, edging up by approximately 0.3% from the previous quarter (an annualized QoQ growth rate of about 1.22%), with a year-over-year increase of approximately 3.45%. This data is lower than external market consensus, indicating that progress in cooling inflation is better than expected; however, AI infrastructure and financial service costs continue to pose sticky challenges for core inflation.