Bureau 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
3.5% y/y
Core CPI
0.0% m/m
Monthly change
-0.4% m/m
Reference period
2026-06

Inflation history

Headline inflation

2026-04 to 2026-06. Values use the labelled official measure shown above.

Core CPI

2026-04 to 2026-06. Values use the labelled official measure shown above.

Release history

PeriodReleasedHeadlineStageVintage
2026-0614 July 20263.5% y/yfinalOriginal
2026-058 May 20264.2% y/yfinalOriginal
2026-0425 May 20263.8% y/yfinalOriginal

Recent Squawkdeck messages

Actual Squawkdeck message

πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ US CPI β€” June 2026

Headline CPI: MoM (SA) -0.4% YoY (NSA) +3.5% Core CPI: MoM (SA) 0.0% YoY (NSA) +2.6%

Official publication

Actual Squawkdeck message

πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ US CPI β€” April 2026

Headline CPI: MoM (SA) +0.6% YoY (NSA) +3.8% Core CPI: MoM (SA) +0.4% YoY (NSA) +2.8%

Official publication

Actual Squawkdeck message

πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ US CPI β€” May 2026

Headline CPI: MoM (SA) +0.5% YoY (NSA) +4.2% Core CPI: MoM (SA) +0.2% YoY (NSA) +2.9%

Official publication

Methodology

United States publishes monthly CPI observations. National definitions differ, so comparisons retain the publisher's measure name and periodicity.

Official methodology

Official source

The original publisher remains authoritative. Availability and delivery depend on the upstream source.

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