PCEC96Real Personal Consumption Expenditures — Current Value & Historical Data
Gray bands: NBER recessions
What is Real Personal Consumption Expenditures?
BEA Account Code: DPCERX A Guide to the National Income and Product Accounts of the United States (NIPA).
Current Real Personal Consumption Expenditures Value
As of April 1, 2026, the current real personal consumption expenditures is 16792.10 Billions of Chained 2017 Dollars. This is the most recent observation available for this series, updated monthly.
Historical Trend
Real Personal Consumption Expenditures rose 0.11% month-over-month. Over the past year, real personal consumption expenditures rose 2.24% from March 2025. In the series' tracked history, the highest recorded value was 16792.10 (April 2026), and the lowest was 11068.00 (April 2009).
Methodology & Source
Source: Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED)
Frequency: Monthly
Units: Billions of Chained 2017 Dollars
BEA Account Code: DPCERX A Guide to the National Income and Product Accounts of the United States (http://www.bea.gov/national/pdf/nipaguid.pdf) (NIPA)...