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Prices · Thursday, October 15, 2026

Consumer prices rose 0.6 percent in September

The File desk · Oct 15, 2026, 11:00 AM UTC

Status

Confirmed from the Bureau of Labor Statistics release USDL-26-1574, posted Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026, for release at 8:30 a.m. Eastern. Index levels on the series cards are from the bureau’s public data API. The St. Louis Fed graph file did not return.

  • Confirmed

    The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers rose 0.6 percent in September, seasonally adjusted, after 0.4 percent in August. Over the last 12 months it rose 3.7 percent before seasonal adjustment, after 3.4 percent through August.

  • Confirmed

    Gasoline rose 9.1 percent in September and accounted for over half of the monthly all-items increase. Energy rose 5.2 percent in the month and 20.4 percent over the year. Shelter rose 0.4 percent in the month and 3.2 percent over the year.

  • Confirmed

    Food was unchanged in the month. Prices excluding food and energy rose 0.3 percent, the same as in August, and 2.6 percent over the year, after 2.4 percent through August.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics said the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers rose 0.6 percent in September, seasonally adjusted, after rising 0.4 percent in August. Over the last 12 months the index rose 3.7 percent before seasonal adjustment. That 12-month pace was 3.4 percent through August. Gasoline rose 9.1 percent and accounted for over half of the monthly increase in all items. The next consumer price index is Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2026, at 8:30 a.m. Eastern.

The release is USDL-26-1574. The embargo line is 8:30 a.m. Eastern on Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026. This Thursday paper is the first edition after that print.

Energy rose 5.2 percent in September after 2.1 percent in August, and 20.4 percent over the year. Gasoline rose 34.2 percent over the year. Before seasonal adjustment, gasoline rose 6.5 percent in the month. Shelter rose 0.4 percent after 0.3 percent in August, and 3.2 percent over the year.

Food was unchanged. Food away from home rose 0.2 percent. Food at home fell 0.1 percent. Over the year, food rose 2.5 percent, food at home 1.8 percent, and food away from home 3.5 percent.

Prices excluding food and energy, often called the core index, rose 0.3 percent in September, as they did in August, and 2.6 percent over the year. Through August that 12-month core pace was 2.4 percent.

Before seasonal adjustment, the all-items index rose 0.6 percent in the month to 336.940 (1982–84=100). The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers was 330.654, up 0.7 percent in the month before seasonal adjustment and 3.9 percent over the year. The chained index rose 0.5 percent in the month before seasonal adjustment and 3.5 percent over the year.

The bureau’s public data API, series CUSR0000SA0, lists the seasonally adjusted all-items index at 336.298 for September and 334.131 for August. Series CUUR0000SA0 lists the not-seasonally-adjusted index at 336.940 for September and 334.980 for August. August on the cards already matched those August levels. September is the new point. The St. Louis Fed graph file did not return this morning.

The release says the next Consumer Price Index is Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2026, at 8:30 a.m. Eastern. September producer prices are a separate release, set for 8:30 a.m. Eastern today. That number is not in this paper.

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Primary sources

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  1. Source 1

    Consumer Price Index — September 2026 (USDL-26-1574)

    U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · October 14, 2026

    The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers increased 0.6 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis in September after rising 0.4 percent in August. Over the last 12 months, the all items index increased 3.7 percent before seasonal adjustment. Gasoline rose 9.1 percent, accounting for over half of the monthly all items increase. The index level was 336.940. Next release: Tuesday, November 10, 2026, at 8:30 a.m. Eastern.

    https://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm

  2. Source 2

    Public data API, CUSR0000SA0 and CUUR0000SA0, September 2026

    U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · October 15, 2026

    Seasonally adjusted all-items index, CUSR0000SA0: September 2026 = 336.298; August 2026 = 334.131. Not seasonally adjusted, CUUR0000SA0: September 2026 = 336.940; August 2026 = 334.980.

    https://api.bls.gov/publicAPI/v1/timeseries/data/