# More pressure on the Fed to act

by [Steven Rattner](https://twitter.com/SteveRattner)

"The personal consumption expenditure price index, the Fed’s preferred gauge of inflation, rose 5.0% yr/yr, the most since 1990. (Core prices rose 4.1% yr/yr.) More pressure on the Fed to act."

#UnitedStates

@chart https://charts.alphacast.io/p/alphacast/alphacast-staff-picks/personal-consumption-expenditure-price-index-yoy?tab=chart&stackMode=absolute&time=1989-11-01..2021-10-01&region=World

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The personal consumption expenditure price index, the Fed’s preferred gauge of inflation, rose 5.0% yr/yr, the most since 1990. (Core prices rose 4.1% yr/yr.) More pressure on the Fed to act. <a href="https://t.co/SyDGZkVZRr">pic.twitter.com/SyDGZkVZRr</a></p>&mdash; Steven Rattner (@SteveRattner) <a href="https://twitter.com/SteveRattner/status/1463523909635125256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 24, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

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[Inflation - USA - BEA - Personal Consumption Expenditures Price Index](https://www.alphacast.io/datasets/6746)

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