TREE NEWS reports: US second-quarter personal consumption expenditures rose at an annualized 3.8% quarter over quarter on a final reading, above the 3.4% expected and the 3.4% preliminary estimate. The upward revision shows consumer spending growth was stronger in the quarter than first reported.
US Q2 PCE Annualized QoQ Final 3.8% vs 3.4% Expected
The upward revision matters less as a backward-looking data point than as a signal about the durability of consumer demand into the second half. It also complicates the disinflation narrative that has underpinned risk appetite across crypto and tokenized real-world assets, since firmer spending can keep price pressures alive. The open question is whether this final print shifts the rate-path conversation or gets dismissed as stale, lagging data.
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