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The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a measure of the average change over time in the prices paid by urban consumers for a market basket of consumer goods and services. Indexes are available for the U.S. and various geographic areas. Average price data for select utility, automotive fuel, and food items are also available.

Notices

Questions and answers on the 2025 federal government shutdown impact on the Consumer Price Index Read More »

Charts

12-month percentage change, Consumer Price Index, selected categories, January 2026, not seasonally adjusted
Category	12-month percent change, Jan 2026
All items	2.4%
Food	2.9%
Food at home	2.1%
Cereals and bakery products	3.1%
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs	2.2%
Dairy and related products	-0.3%
Fruits and vegetables	0.8%
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials	4.5%
Other food at home	2.1%
Food away from home	4.0%
Full service meals and snacks	4.7%
Limited service meals and snacks	3.2%
Energy	-0.1%
Energy commodities	-7.3%
Fuel oil	-4.2%
Gasoline (all types)	-7.5%
Energy services	7.2%
Electricity	6.3%
Natural gas (piped)	9.8%
All items less food and energy	2.5%
Commodities less food and energy commodities	1.1%
Apparel	1.7%
New vehicles	0.4%
Used cars and trucks	-2.0%
Medical care commodities	0.3%
Alcoholic beverages	2.0%
Tobacco and smoking products	8.5%
Services less energy services	2.9%
Shelter	3.0%
Rent of primary residence	2.8%
Owners' equivalent rent of residences	3.3%
Medical care services	3.9%
Physicians' services	2.1%
Hospital services	6.6%
Transportation services	1.3%
Motor vehicle maintenance and repair	4.9%
Motor vehicle insurance	0.5%
Airline fare	2.2%

Latest Numbers

Consumer Price Index (CPI): +0.2% in Jan 2026

Unemployment Rate: 4.3% in Jan 2026

Payroll Employment: +130,000(p) in Jan 2026

Average Hourly Earnings: +$0.15(p) in Jan 2026

Producer Price Index - Final Demand: +0.5%(p) in Dec 2025

Employment Cost Index (ECI): +0.7% in 4th Qtr of 2025

Productivity: +4.9% in 3rd Qtr of 2025

U.S. Import Price Index: +0.1% in Dec 2025

U.S. Export Price Index: +0.3% in Dec 2025

News Releases

CPI for all items rises 0.2% in January; shelter up

02/13/2026

In January, the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers rose 0.2 percent, seasonally adjusted, and rose 2.4 percent over the last 12 months, not seasonally adjusted. The index for all items less food and energy increased 0.3 percent in January (SA); up 2.5 percent over the year (NSA).
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Next Release

February 2026 CPI data are scheduled to be released on March 11, 2026, at 8:30 A.M. Eastern Time.

The Economics Daily

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Professional sporting events continually make the news, with Americans following their favorite individual and team sports through regular season competitions, playoffs, and championships. Also often discussed are the prices fans pay to attend professional sporting events, a large part of which is the cost of tickets for admission. Of course, prices for many things have increased over the years, leading us to ask: how do rising ticket prices for sporting events compare? read more »

Beyond the Numbers

What price changes contributed the most to increases in the CPI in 2024?

Between December 2023 and December 2024, consumer prices experienced disinflation, where prices still increased but by a smaller amount than before. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased 2.9 percent from December 2023 to December 2024. This was a slower rate of increase than in the three previous 12-month periods ending in December. read more »

Monthly Labor Review

Impacts of COVID-19 on collection and missing data in the CPI

Data collection rapidly shifted in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. read more »

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