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🇺🇸 US CPI — August 2026
Headline CPI: MoM (SA) +0.4% YoY (NSA) +3.4% Core CPI: MoM (SA) +0.3% YoY (NSA) +2.4%
Official publicationBureau of Labor Statistics
United States CPI data, charts and release history
Follow the official consumer price index and its precisely labelled underlying measure, Core CPI.
- Headline inflation
- 3.4% y/y
- Core CPI
- 0.3% m/m
- Monthly change
- 0.4% m/m
- Reference period
- 2026-08
Inflation history
2026-04 to 2026-08. Values use the labelled official measure shown above.
2026-04 to 2026-08. Values use the labelled official measure shown above.
Release history
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🇺🇸 US CPI — July 2026
Headline CPI: MoM (SA) +0.1% YoY (NSA) +3.4% Core CPI: MoM (SA) +0.2% YoY (NSA) +2.5%
Official publicationMethodology
United States publishes monthly CPI observations. National definitions differ, so comparisons retain the publisher's measure name and periodicity.
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