Wall Street Journal reporter Nick Timiraos: Core PCE rose 0.25% month-over-month in July, translating to an annualized rate of 2.99%. This increase is essentially the same as in July 2025, keeping the year-over-year growth rate of core PCE at 3.34% (compared to 2.86% in July 2025). On an annualized basis, the 3-month annualized growth rate of core PCE is 3.0%, and the 6-month annualized growth rate is 3.5%.
