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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
Rebasing of Selected Consumer Price Index Series
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Index data for electricity in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV for January 2026 through February 2026 were incorrectly published in the database.
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Questions and answers on the 2025 federal government shutdown impact on the Consumer Price Index
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Latest Numbers
Consumer Price Index (CPI):
+0.9%
in
Mar
2026
Unemployment Rate:
4.3%
in
Mar
2026
Payroll Employment:
+178,000(p)
in
Mar
2026
Average Hourly Earnings:
+$0.09(p)
in
Mar
2026
Producer Price Index - Final Demand:
+0.5%(p)
in
Mar
2026
Employment Cost Index (ECI):
+0.7%
in
4th Qtr of
2025
Productivity:
+1.8%(r)
in
4th Qtr of
2025
U.S. Import Price Index:
+0.8%
in
Mar
2026
U.S. Export Price Index:
+1.6%
in
Mar
2026
Historical Data
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News Releases
CPI for all items rises 0.9% in March; gasoline up
04/10/2026
In March, the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers rose 0.9 percent, seasonally
adjusted, and rose 3.3 percent over the last 12 months, not seasonally adjusted. The index for all
items less food and energy increased 0.2 percent in March (SA); up 2.6 percent over the year (NSA).
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The Consumer Price Index for
April 2026
is scheduled to be released on
May 12, 2026,
at 8:30 A.M. Eastern Time.
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Publications
20260311101421
The Economics Daily
Consumer prices up 2.4 percent over the year ended January 2026
The all items Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers increased 2.4 percent over the 12 months ending January 2026, after rising 2.7 percent for the year ending December 2025. A year earlier, in January 2025, the 12-month change in the all items index was 3.0 percent.
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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.
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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.
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