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Source: Bloomberg Finance L.P. / MNI
US DATA: Core PCE Estimates Still Likely Near 0.22% M/M For Friday’s Sept Report
Dec-03 17:27
Within the import price data, air passenger fares increased a non-seasonally adjusted 14.0% M/M in September.
That repeats the 13.9% in Sep 2024 but is strong compared to the 6.4% M/M averaged in the prior three years, leaving a reasonable seasonally adjusted increase.
On its own, we estimate it could be worth 1-2bp for core PCE but its impact on tracking will clearly depend on what analysts had already pencilled in.
For instance, Morgan Stanley have lowered their core PCE inflation estimate 1bp to 0.22% M/M as they estimate airfares increased 2.6% M/M after their own seasonal adjustment vs an estimated 3.2% M/M.
We don’t imagine today’s release will have materially changed analyst estimates for Friday’s core PCE release, seen at a median 0.22% M/M after last week’s PPI report. MS had been at the higher end of a narrow range of 0.20-0.23% we’d seen after PPI.
This follows 0.23% M/M in Aug and 0.24% M/M with MS previously seeing scope for a +1bp revision to Aug and +1.5bp for Jul.