Boyle Statement on April 2026 PCE Inflation Data

WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Congressman Brendan F. Boyle (PA-02), Ranking Member of the House Budget Committee, released the following statement after the Bureau of Economic Analysis reported an annual personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index of 3.8 percent for April 2026:

“If an economic policy will make life harder for American families, you can count on President Trump to try it. His tariff taxes were bad enough, but now his disastrous Iran war has sent prices at the pump skyrocketing. By driving up fertilizer and transportation costs, Trump’s Iran war is also making Americans pay even more at the grocery store.

Americans are struggling, but Trump and Republicans in Washington can’t be bothered to help. Unless you can cut a check for his ballroom, Donald Trump clearly couldn’t care less about you.”

For more information on the Trump-Republican cost-of-living crisis in congressional districts across the United States, visit the Committee’s website at democrats-budget.house.gov/costofliving.

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