SEP compilation Table 2, core PCE inflation, 2008

core PCE inflation in 2008: 2.3 %

Source

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The same forecast in other editions

• 2007-101.8 %
• 2008-012.1 %
• 2008-042.3 %
• 2008-062.3 %
• 2008-102.4 %

All captured fields

variable

core PCE inflation

metric

core PCE inflation

statistic

median (computed from individual projections)

target year

2008

horizon

current_year

value

2.3

unit

%

definition

Percent change in the PCE price index excluding food and energy from the fourth quarter of the previous year to the fourth quarter of the year indicated

confidence

medium

note

Not published at the time. Median computed by Hindsight from the 17 individual projections in Table 2 of the SEP compilation, which the Federal Reserve released with a five-year lag. The central tendency was the published statistic at the time.