United States · Consumer Price Index · SA
Median CPI 1M annualized: food (Chartlas, unweighted across CPI items): 5.3% in Oct 2026, up from 0.9% in Sep 2026.
Next release: 10 Dec 2026.
The middle price change among the items in the US consumer price index, for services, goods excluding food and food, with every item counted once whatever its weight. A Chartlas calculation from 179 BLS price indexes, published when the CPI comes out.
| Period | First print | Latest | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2026 | — | 5.3% | +4.4 |
| Sep 2026 | — | 0.9% | +2.5 |
| Aug 2026 | — | −1.6% | −0.4 |
| Jul 2026 | — | −1.2% | −7.5 |
| Jun 2026 | — | 6.3% | +6.9 |
| May 2026 | — | −0.5% | −10.5 |
| Apr 2026 | — | 10.0% | +13.5 |
| Mar 2026 | — | −3.5% | −0.8 |
| Feb 2026 | — | −2.7% | −6.9 |
| Jan 2026 | — | 4.2% | −1.6 |
| Dec 2025 | — | 5.8% | +6.0 |
| Nov 2025 | — | −0.2% | 0 |
Source: U.S. BLS, BEA, Census Bureau and Federal Reserve Board, retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis