Economy calendar/Official series
CPI-U, 12-month change, not seasonally adjusted
Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: All Items in U.S. City Average. Issued by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (Consumer Price Index), republished as FRED CPIAUCNS. Retrieved Thursday, October 15, 2026. Not a forecast.
+3.7 percent over 12 monthsLatest observation · September 2026
Checked Thursday, Oct. 15, 2026. September 2026 was appended to the not-seasonally-adjusted consumer price index (CPIAUCNS) from the Bureau of Labor Statistics public data API, series CUUR0000SA0: 2026-09-01 = 336.94. The September release, USDL-26-1574, prints that index as 336.940. August on this card was already 334.98 and was not rewritten. The St. Louis Fed graph download did not return. Payrolls were re-checked on bureau series CES0000000001: September 2026 remains 159044 and August remains 159015. Those observations were not rewritten. Unemployment and the effective federal funds rate live on the rates, jobs, and prices chart. The federal-funds graph file did not return. No October federal-funds value was entered. Next consumer price index: Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2026, 8:30 a.m. Eastern.
Recent official observations
| Period | 12-month change |
|---|---|
| September 2026 | +3.7 percent over 12 months |
| August 2026 | +3.4 percent over 12 months |
| July 2026 | +3.4 percent over 12 months |
| June 2026 | +3.5 percent over 12 months |
| May 2026 | +4.2 percent over 12 months |
| April 2026 | +3.8 percent over 12 months |
| March 2026 | +3.3 percent over 12 months |
| February 2026 | +2.4 percent over 12 months |
On this calendar
- Consumer Price Index · August 2026September 11, 2026 · CPI-U +0.4% in August SA after +0.1% in July; +3.4% over 12 months. Gasoline +3.9% MoM / +27.4% YoY. Energy +2.1% MoM / +16.3% YoY. Shelter +0.3% MoM / +3.0% YoY. Food +0.1% MoM / +2.7% YoY. Ex-food-and-energy +0.3% / +2.4% (July +0.2% / +2.5%). Index 334.980 (1982–84=100). Next CPI Oct. 14, 2026, 8:30 a.m. ET.
- Consumer Price Index · September 2026October 14, 2026 · CPI-U +0.6% in September SA after +0.4% in August; +3.7% over 12 months. Gasoline +9.1% and over half of the monthly increase. Energy +5.2% MoM / +20.4% YoY. Shelter +0.4% MoM / +3.2% YoY. Food unchanged MoM / +2.5% YoY. Ex-food-and-energy +0.3% / +2.6%. Index 336.940. Next CPI Nov. 10, 2026, 8:30 a.m. ET.
- Consumer Price Index · October 2026November 10, 2026 · scheduled, no figure yet