United States · Consumer Price Index · SA
Median CPI YoY: food (Chartlas, unweighted across CPI items): 2.4% in Oct 2026, up from 2.3% 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 | — | 2.4% | +0.1 |
| Sep 2026 | — | 2.3% | 0 |
| Aug 2026 | — | 2.4% | −0.4 |
| Jul 2026 | — | 2.8% | +0.4 |
| Jun 2026 | — | 2.4% | −0.4 |
| May 2026 | — | 2.8% | −0.1 |
| Apr 2026 | — | 2.9% | +1.2 |
| Mar 2026 | — | 1.7% | −1.2 |
| Feb 2026 | — | 2.9% | +1.1 |
| Jan 2026 | — | 1.8% | +0.1 |
| Dec 2025 | — | 1.7% | +0.3 |
| Nov 2025 | — | 1.4% | +0.2 |
Source: U.S. BLS, BEA, Census Bureau and Federal Reserve Board, retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis