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BEA Rewrites How It Measures Your Inflation Today

Maya Reyes
Maya ReyesCost of Living Correspondent
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Published September 30, 20265 min read
Brass balance scale weighing apples and onions beside a folded paper bill on a wooden table.
A revised inflation measure may change the reported rate without changing household bills. Illustration: MarketIntelLabs

The Bureau of Economic Analysis rewrites the recipe for the country's most important inflation number this morning. The August Personal Income and Outlays report, due at 8:30 a.m. Eastern on September 30, 2026, is the first PCE print calculated under a revised deflator methodology that rebuilds how three services are measured: portfolio management and investment advice, computer software and accessories, and legal services. The BEA flagged the change in its annual update blog on August 17, 2026, and the release lands into a market that is already jumpy: the 30-year Treasury yield touched 5.501 percent on September 26, the highest since 2004, per Treasury market data reported by Gate News on…

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