Excluding volatile food and energy prices, core PCE also increased 0.2% for the month but was up 2.6% from a year ago.
Core prices less housing, another key metric for the Fed, increased just 0.1% on the month.
Elsewhere in the report, the department's Bureau of Economic Analysis said personal income increased 0.3%, slightly higher than the 0.2% estimate, while consumer spending rose 0.5%, in line with the forecast.
Markets reacted little to the news, with equity futures pointing to a slightly higher open on Wall Street and Treasury yields higher as well.
In recent days, policymakers such as Chair Jerome Powell have expressed confidence that inflation is progressing back to the Fed's 2% goal.
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