Data catalogue

US consumer price index

CPIAUCSL

Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, all items. An index level, not an inflation percentage; annual inflation requires comparison with the same month a year earlier.

Latest value
334.131
Observation date
2026-08-01
Frequency
MONTHLY
Units
Index 1982-1984=100

Recent observations

2024-12-012026-08-01
Observation dateValue
2026-08-01334.131
2026-07-01332.813
2026-06-01332.568
2026-05-01333.979
2026-04-01332.407
2026-03-01330.293
2026-02-01327.46
2026-01-01326.588
2025-12-01326.031
2025-11-01325.063
2025-09-01324.245
2025-08-01323.291
2025-07-01322.169
2025-06-01321.435
2025-05-01320.62
2025-04-01320.302
2025-03-01319.785
2025-02-01319.679
2025-01-01318.961
2024-12-01317.604

Source and interpretation

United States. FRED source metadata. Source observations may be revised; the date above identifies the observation period, not publication or ingestion time.

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