{"id":5277,"date":"2025-11-28T15:11:34","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T15:11:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/?p=5277"},"modified":"2026-04-02T23:20:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T23:20:57","slug":"sticky-inflation-meets-fading-consumer-strength","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/us-week-ahead\/sticky-inflation-meets-fading-consumer-strength\/","title":{"rendered":"Sticky inflation meets fading consumer strength"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"wp-block-rbc-section-block  pos-rel\" style=\"border-radius:0px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-rbc-section-inner-block  section-inner\" style=\"border-radius:0x\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns pad-t-hlf mob-pad-t-hlf pad-b-hlf mob-pad-b-hlf pad-l-hlf mob-pad-l-hlf pad-r-hlf mob-pad-r-hlf has-rbc-bright-blue-tint-4-background-color has-background is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-65eef5bf wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"border-style:none;border-width:0px;border-radius:5px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column pad-b-hlf mob-pad-b-hlf pad-t-hlf mob-pad-t-hlf is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:98%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-center mar-l-hlf pad-l-hlf\" style=\"grid-template-columns:18% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/07\/calendar-2.png?quality=80&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16913 size-full\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>We get more delayed September data in the coming week with the PCE data landing on Friday. This will be top of mind for the Fed ahead of their rate decision the following week.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Heading into the December meeting, we know that the Fed faces significant data visibility challenges with lagged data on both sides of the mandate. <strong>Core PCE \u2013 as the Fed&#8217;s preferred measure of inflation \u2013 is expected to continue to heat up (+0.2% m\/m), leaving the year-over-year pace of inflation just below 3%, well-above the Fed&#8217;s target.<\/strong> Even though the September inflation report <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/us-analysis\/us-data-flashes\/rbc-us-inflation-watch\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-dig-id=\"LP-U.S.WeekAhead-5277-4d308d66\" data-dig-category=\"LP-U.S.WeekAhead\" data-dig-action=\"link click\" data-dig-label=\"was a downside surprise,\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"rbc-link-format\">was a downside surprise<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/us-analysis\/us-data-flashes\/rbc-us-inflation-watch\/\" data-dig-id=\"LP-U.S.WeekAhead-5277-4d308d66\" data-dig-label=\"was a downside surprise,\" data-dig-action=\"link click\" data-dig-category=\"LP-U.S.WeekAhead\" class=\"rbc-link-format\">,<\/a> we do not expect the PCE measure to benefit from the same reprieve that we saw in CPI. The downside in the CPI data could be largely attributed to a significant slowdown &#8211; likely a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/us-analysis\/us-featured-analysis\/us-inflation-outlook-a-squeeze-higher-in-second-half-of-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-dig-id=\"LP-U.S.WeekAhead-5277-4d308d66\" data-dig-category=\"LP-U.S.WeekAhead\" data-dig-action=\"link click\" data-dig-label=\"one-off \" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"rbc-link-format\">one-off <\/a>\u2013 in the pace of growth for the Owners&#8217; Equivalent of Rent (OER) component of the CPI basket. This matters because shelter bears less weight in the PCE price index. And despite a PPI print that looked cooler on the surface, specific price indices within the PPI that matter more for PCE \u2013 like home health care, nursing home care, and scheduled domestic passenger air transport \u2013 were hotter in September.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Consumer momentum also matters for both halves of the Fed\u2019s mandate. And <strong>we expect to see growth in personal spending moderate in September (+0.1% m\/m) after this week&#8217;s retail sales report <\/strong>pointed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/us-analysis\/us-data-flashes\/us-retail-sales-consumers-ran-out-of-steam-in-september\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-dig-id=\"LP-U.S.WeekAhead-5277-4d308d66\" data-dig-category=\"LP-U.S.WeekAhead\" data-dig-action=\"link click\" data-dig-label=\"US consumers running out of steam in September\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"rbc-link-format\">US consumers running out of steam in September<\/a> after months of front-loading. An outright decline in the retail sales control group (which excludes auto sales, building materials, gasoline, and restaurant spending) was the first since April. Lower motor vehicle sales suggested softer durable goods spending and non-durables are expected to slow from August. Services will likely continue to hold up as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/us-analysis\/us-featured-analysis\/how-household-wealth-is-helping-drive-consumption-in-the-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-dig-id=\"LP-U.S.WeekAhead-5277-4d308d66\" data-dig-category=\"LP-U.S.WeekAhead\" data-dig-action=\"link click\" data-dig-label=\"the upper end of the K (higher income households) continues to spend\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"rbc-link-format\">the upper end of the K (higher income households) continues to spend<\/a>, if September spending on food services and drinking places was any indication.<strong> Personal income is expected to continue to grow at a healthy clip (+0.3% m\/m in September)<\/strong> but non-labor income (specifically, personal current transfer receipts i.e. social security and Medicare, and dividend income), in many cases, will outpace wage growth.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"865\" height=\"528\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/11\/usweekaheadchart.png?quality=80\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/11\/usweekaheadchart.png 865w, https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/11\/usweekaheadchart.png?resize=300,183 300w, https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/11\/usweekaheadchart.png?resize=768,469 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 865px) 100vw, 865px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>On the back of strong spending through the summer, we see room for a slight upside to our Q3 GDP print ahead of Q4 where the government shutdown is expected to meaningfully hamper growth. Still, flagging consumer activity in September paints a worrying picture ahead of full tariff passthrough as the Fed grapples with two uncomfortable realities \u2013 inflation that is stuck well-above target and growth that is grinding lower. We still expect to see a pause at the December meeting before additional data releases help clear the fog, but with increasing risk of a cut after an upside to unemployment in September helped the doves argue their case to a FOMC that has increasingly shown preference to the labor side of the mandate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aside from personal income and outlays, we have the following releases:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-rbc-list is-style-black-disc\">\n<li class=\"wp-block-rbc-list-item\">\n<p>We start the week off with some soft data for November \u2013 <strong>ISM Manufacturing data lands on Monday and is expected to continue to point to weaker activity.<\/strong> Three of five regional Fed manufacturing indices (Richmond, Texas, and Philly) pointed to softening activity. <strong>ISM Services will likely report another month of expansion in November, though at a slower pace.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-rbc-list-item\">\n<p>Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization data for September will finally be published on Wednesday. <strong>We expect to see that the Industrial Production measure improved slightly in September (+0.2% m\/m) <\/strong>as both an uptick in September ISM manufacturing and higher electric utility output point to an improvement in activity while manufacturing hours worked ticked up. <strong>This would nudge the capacity utilization rate up to 77.6% in September<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"wp-block-rbc-list-item\">\n<p><strong>Initial Jobless Claims will likely land around 220k next week for the week ending November 29<sup>th<\/sup> but it is worth noting that we could likely see some volatility in this measure during the holiday week.<\/strong> Any major upside or downside swing will be attributed to the holiday period, with more focus on the claims data the following week.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3825\" height=\"1750\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/11\/US-WA-Nov-28-25.png?quality=80\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/11\/US-WA-Nov-28-25.png 3825w, https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/11\/US-WA-Nov-28-25.png?resize=300,137 300w, https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/11\/US-WA-Nov-28-25.png?resize=768,351 768w, https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/11\/US-WA-Nov-28-25.png?resize=1024,468 1024w, https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/11\/US-WA-Nov-28-25.png?resize=1536,703 1536w, https:\/\/www.rbc.com\/en\/economics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23\/2025\/11\/US-WA-Nov-28-25.png?resize=2048,937 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3825px) 100vw, 3825px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>About the Authors<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Mike Reid<\/strong>&nbsp;is a Senior U.S. Economist at RBC. He is responsible for generating RBC\u2019s U.S. economic outlook, providing commentary on macro indicators, and producing written analysis around the economic backdrop.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Carrie Freestone<\/strong>&nbsp;is an economist and a member of the macroeconomic analysis group. She is responsible for examining key economic trends including consumer spending, labour markets, GDP, and inflation.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Imri Haggin<\/strong>&nbsp;is an economist at RBC Capital Markets, where he focuses on thematic research. His prior work has centered on consumer credit dynamics and treasury modeling, with an emphasis on leveraging data to understand behavior.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide wide\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":189,"featured_media":4524,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[86],"tags":[65,58,110],"class_list":["post-5277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-us-week-ahead","tag-inflation","tag-labour-market","tag-u-s"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.7 (Yoast SEO v26.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sticky inflation meets 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