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Consumer prices, 12-month change

Up 0.5 points in a year

3.4%

Time frame
Line chart of consumer prices, 12-month change, Aug 2025 to Aug 2026: from 2.9% to 3.4%.Line chart of consumer prices, 12-month change, 2021 to 2026: from 5.2% to 3.4%.Line chart of consumer prices, 12-month change, 2016 to 2026: from 1.1% to 3.4%.Line chart of consumer prices, 12-month change, 1948 to 2026: from 10.2% to 3.4%.

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, CPI-U, seasonally adjusted, via FRED; series CPIAUCSL. Data as of Aug 2026.

Method: The index’s change from the same month a year earlier: this month’s index divided by the index 12 months before, less one, times 100.

Consumer prices, 12-month change, Aug 2026: (334.131 ÷ 323.291 − 1) × 100 = 3.4%.

Consumer prices, 12-month change: every reading, newest first.
DateValue
Aug 20263.4%
July 20263.3%
June 20263.5%
May 20264.2%
April 20263.8%
March 20263.3%
Feb 20262.4%
Jan 20262.4%
Dec 20252.7%
Nov 20252.7%
Sept 20253.0%
Aug 20252.9%
July 20252.7%
June 20252.7%
May 20252.4%
April 20252.3%
March 20252.4%
Feb 20252.8%
Jan 20253.0%
Dec 20242.9%
Nov 20242.7%
Oct 20242.6%
Sept 20242.4%
Aug 20242.6%
July 20242.9%
June 20243.0%
May 20243.2%
April 20243.4%
March 20243.5%
Feb 20243.2%
Jan 20243.1%
Dec 20233.3%
Nov 20233.1%
Oct 20233.3%
Sept 20233.7%
Aug 20233.7%
July 20233.3%
June 20233.1%
May 20234.1%
April 20235.0%
March 20234.9%
Feb 20236.0%
Jan 20236.3%
Dec 20226.4%
Nov 20227.1%
Oct 20227.8%
Sept 20228.2%
Aug 20228.2%
July 20228.5%
June 20229.0%
May 20228.5%
April 20228.2%
March 20228.6%
Feb 20227.9%
Jan 20227.6%
Dec 20217.2%
Nov 20216.9%
Oct 20216.2%
Sept 20215.4%
Aug 20215.2%
July 20215.2%
June 20215.3%
May 20214.9%
April 20214.1%
March 20212.7%
Feb 20211.7%
Jan 20211.4%
Dec 20201.3%
Nov 20201.2%
Oct 20201.2%
Sept 20201.4%
Aug 20201.3%
July 20201.0%
June 20200.7%
May 20200.2%
April 20200.3%
March 20201.5%
Feb 20202.3%
Jan 20202.6%
Dec 20192.3%
Nov 20192.1%
Oct 20191.7%
Sept 20191.7%
Aug 20191.7%
July 20191.8%
June 20191.7%
May 20191.8%
April 20192.0%
March 20191.9%
Feb 20191.5%
Jan 20191.5%
Dec 20182.0%
Nov 20182.1%
Oct 20182.5%
Sept 20182.3%
Aug 20182.6%
July 20182.9%
June 20182.8%
May 20182.8%
April 20182.5%
March 20182.3%
Feb 20182.3%
Jan 20182.2%
Dec 20172.1%
Nov 20172.2%
Oct 20172.0%
Sept 20172.2%
Aug 20171.9%
July 20171.7%
June 20171.6%
May 20171.9%
April 20172.2%
March 20172.4%
Feb 20172.8%
Jan 20172.5%
Dec 20162.1%
Nov 20161.7%
Oct 20161.7%
Sept 20161.5%
Aug 20161.1%
July 20160.9%
June 20161.1%
May 20161.1%
April 20161.2%
March 20160.9%
Feb 20160.8%
Jan 20161.2%
Dec 20150.6%
Nov 20150.4%
Oct 20150.1%
Sept 20150.0%
Aug 20150.2%
July 20150.2%
June 20150.2%
May 20150.0%
April 2015−0.1%
March 20150.0%
Feb 2015−0.1%
Jan 2015−0.2%
Dec 20140.7%
Nov 20141.2%
Oct 20141.6%
Sept 20141.7%
Aug 20141.7%
July 20142.0%
June 20142.1%
May 20142.2%
April 20142.0%
March 20141.6%
Feb 20141.1%
Jan 20141.6%
Dec 20131.5%
Nov 20131.2%
Oct 20130.9%
Sept 20131.1%
Aug 20131.5%
July 20131.9%
June 20131.7%
May 20131.4%
April 20131.1%
March 20131.5%
Feb 20132.0%
Jan 20131.7%
Dec 20121.8%
Nov 20121.8%
Oct 20122.2%
Sept 20121.9%
Aug 20121.7%
July 20121.4%
June 20121.7%
May 20121.7%
April 20122.3%
March 20122.6%
Feb 20122.9%
Jan 20123.0%
Dec 20113.1%
Nov 20113.5%
Oct 20113.5%
Sept 20113.8%
Aug 20113.8%
July 20113.6%
June 20113.5%
May 20113.5%
April 20113.1%
March 20112.6%
Feb 20112.1%
Jan 20111.7%
Dec 20101.4%
Nov 20101.1%
Oct 20101.2%
Sept 20101.1%
Aug 20101.2%
July 20101.3%
June 20101.1%
May 20102.0%
April 20102.2%
March 20102.3%
Feb 20102.2%
Jan 20102.6%
Dec 20092.8%
Nov 20091.9%
Oct 2009−0.2%
Sept 2009−1.4%
Aug 2009−1.5%
July 2009−2.0%
June 2009−1.2%
May 2009−1.0%
April 2009−0.6%
March 2009−0.4%
Feb 20090.0%
Jan 2009−0.1%
Dec 20080.0%
Nov 20081.1%
Oct 20083.7%
Sept 20085.0%
Aug 20085.3%
July 20085.5%
June 20084.9%
May 20084.1%
April 20083.9%
March 20084.0%
Feb 20084.1%
Jan 20084.3%
Dec 20074.1%
Nov 20074.4%
Oct 20073.6%
Sept 20072.8%
Aug 20071.9%
July 20072.3%
June 20072.7%
May 20072.7%
April 20072.6%
March 20072.8%
Feb 20072.4%
Jan 20072.1%
Dec 20062.5%
Nov 20062.0%
Oct 20061.4%
Sept 20062.0%
Aug 20063.9%
July 20064.1%
June 20064.2%
May 20064.0%
April 20063.6%
March 20063.4%
Feb 20063.6%
Jan 20064.0%
Dec 20053.3%
Nov 20053.3%
Oct 20054.4%
Sept 20054.7%
Aug 20053.6%
July 20053.1%
June 20052.5%
May 20052.9%
April 20053.4%
March 20053.2%
Feb 20053.1%
Jan 20052.8%
Dec 20043.3%
Nov 20043.6%
Oct 20043.2%
Sept 20042.5%
Aug 20042.5%
July 20042.9%
June 20043.2%
May 20042.9%
April 20042.3%
March 20041.7%
Feb 20041.7%
Jan 20042.0%
Dec 20032.0%
Nov 20031.9%
Oct 20032.0%
Sept 20032.4%
Aug 20032.2%
July 20032.1%
June 20031.9%
May 20031.9%
April 20032.2%
March 20033.0%
Feb 20033.1%
Jan 20032.8%
Dec 20022.5%
Nov 20022.3%
Oct 20022.0%
Sept 20021.5%
Aug 20021.7%
July 20021.5%
June 20021.1%
May 20021.2%
April 20021.6%
March 20021.4%
Feb 20021.1%
Jan 20021.2%
Dec 20011.6%
Nov 20011.9%
Oct 20012.1%
Sept 20012.6%
Aug 20012.7%
July 20012.7%
June 20013.2%
May 20013.6%
April 20013.2%
March 20013.0%
Feb 20013.5%
Jan 20013.7%
Dec 20003.4%
Nov 20003.4%
Oct 20003.5%
Sept 20003.5%
Aug 20003.4%
July 20003.6%
June 20003.7%
May 20003.1%
April 20003.0%
March 20003.8%
Feb 20003.2%
Jan 20002.8%
Dec 19992.7%
Nov 19992.6%
Oct 19992.6%
Sept 19992.6%
Aug 19992.3%
July 19992.1%
June 19992.0%
May 19992.1%
April 19992.3%
March 19991.7%
Feb 19991.7%
Jan 19991.7%
Dec 19981.6%
Nov 19981.5%
Oct 19981.5%
Sept 19981.4%
Aug 19981.6%
July 19981.7%
June 19981.6%
May 19981.7%
April 19981.4%
March 19981.4%
Feb 19981.4%
Jan 19981.6%
Dec 19971.7%
Nov 19971.9%
Oct 19972.1%
Sept 19972.2%
Aug 19972.3%
July 19972.2%
June 19972.2%
May 19972.2%
April 19972.4%
March 19972.8%
Feb 19973.0%
Jan 19973.0%
Dec 19963.4%
Nov 19963.3%
Oct 19963.1%
Sept 19963.0%
Aug 19962.8%
July 19962.9%
June 19962.8%
May 19962.8%
April 19962.8%
March 19962.8%
Feb 19962.7%
Jan 19962.8%
Dec 19952.5%
Nov 19952.6%
Oct 19952.7%
Sept 19952.5%
Aug 19952.6%
July 19952.8%
June 19953.0%
May 19953.1%
April 19953.1%
March 19952.8%
Feb 19952.9%
Jan 19952.9%
Dec 19942.6%
Nov 19942.6%
Oct 19942.6%
Sept 19943.0%
Aug 19942.9%
July 19942.7%
June 19942.5%
May 19942.3%
April 19942.4%
March 19942.7%
Feb 19942.5%
Jan 19942.5%
Dec 19932.8%
Nov 19932.7%
Oct 19932.8%
Sept 19932.8%
Aug 19932.8%
July 19932.8%
June 19933.0%
May 19933.2%
April 19933.2%
March 19933.0%
Feb 19933.2%
Jan 19933.3%
Dec 19923.0%
Nov 19923.1%
Oct 19923.3%
Sept 19923.0%
Aug 19923.1%
July 19923.2%
June 19923.0%
May 19923.0%
April 19923.2%
March 19923.2%
Feb 19922.8%
Jan 19922.7%
Dec 19913.0%
Nov 19913.1%
Oct 19912.8%
Sept 19913.4%
Aug 19913.8%
July 19914.4%
June 19914.7%
May 19915.0%
April 19914.8%
March 19914.8%
Feb 19915.3%
Jan 19915.6%
Dec 19906.3%
Nov 19906.2%
Oct 19906.4%
Sept 19906.2%
Aug 19905.7%
July 19904.8%
June 19904.7%
May 19904.4%
April 19904.7%
March 19905.2%
Feb 19905.3%
Jan 19905.2%
Dec 19894.6%
Nov 19894.7%
Oct 19894.6%
Sept 19894.4%
Aug 19894.6%
July 19895.1%
June 19895.2%
May 19895.3%
April 19895.0%
March 19894.9%
Feb 19894.6%
Jan 19894.5%
Dec 19884.4%
Nov 19884.2%
Oct 19884.3%
Sept 19884.2%
Aug 19884.1%
July 19884.1%
June 19884.0%
May 19884.0%
April 19884.0%
March 19883.8%
Feb 19883.9%
Jan 19884.1%
Dec 19874.3%
Nov 19874.5%
Oct 19874.4%
Sept 19874.3%
Aug 19874.3%
July 19873.9%
June 19873.7%
May 19873.7%
April 19873.7%
March 19872.8%
Feb 19871.9%
Jan 19871.4%
Dec 19861.2%
Nov 19861.3%
Oct 19861.6%
Sept 19861.8%
Aug 19861.6%
July 19861.7%
June 19861.8%
May 19861.7%
April 19861.6%
March 19862.2%
Feb 19863.2%
Jan 19864.0%
Dec 19853.8%
Nov 19853.5%
Oct 19853.2%
Sept 19853.2%
Aug 19853.4%
July 19853.5%
June 19853.7%
May 19853.6%
April 19853.6%
March 19853.8%
Feb 19853.6%
Jan 19853.5%
Dec 19844.0%
Nov 19844.2%
Oct 19844.3%
Sept 19844.3%
Aug 19844.3%
July 19844.3%
June 19844.3%
May 19844.3%
April 19844.6%
March 19844.9%
Feb 19844.7%
Jan 19844.3%
Dec 19833.8%
Nov 19833.2%
Oct 19832.8%
Sept 19832.8%
Aug 19832.5%
July 19832.4%
June 19832.5%
May 19833.4%
April 19834.0%
March 19833.6%
Feb 19833.5%
Jan 19833.7%
Dec 19823.8%
Nov 19824.5%
Oct 19825.0%
Sept 19824.9%
Aug 19826.0%
July 19826.6%
June 19827.2%
May 19826.9%
April 19826.6%
March 19826.9%
Feb 19827.6%
Jan 19828.3%
Dec 19818.9%
Nov 19819.6%
Oct 198110.3%
Sept 198111.0%
Aug 198110.8%
July 198110.8%
June 19819.7%
May 19819.8%
April 198110.1%
March 198110.6%
Feb 198111.4%
Jan 198111.8%
Dec 198012.4%
Nov 198012.6%
Oct 198012.6%
Sept 198012.8%
Aug 198012.9%
July 198013.2%
June 198014.3%
May 198014.4%
April 198014.6%
March 198014.6%
Feb 198014.2%
Jan 198013.9%
Dec 197913.3%
Nov 197912.6%
Oct 197912.1%
Sept 197911.9%
Aug 197911.8%
July 197911.5%
June 197911.1%
May 197910.7%
April 197910.5%
March 197910.3%
Feb 19799.8%
Jan 19799.3%
Dec 19789.0%
Nov 19788.9%
Oct 19788.9%
Sept 19788.5%
Aug 19787.9%
July 19787.7%
June 19787.4%
May 19787.1%
April 19786.5%
March 19786.4%
Feb 19786.2%
Jan 19786.8%
Dec 19776.7%
Nov 19776.7%
Oct 19776.4%
Sept 19776.4%
Aug 19776.6%
July 19776.7%
June 19776.7%
May 19776.7%
April 19777.0%
March 19776.4%
Feb 19776.1%
Jan 19775.2%
Dec 19765.0%
Nov 19765.1%
Oct 19765.5%
Sept 19765.5%
Aug 19765.7%
July 19765.6%
June 19766.0%
May 19766.2%
April 19765.8%
March 19766.1%
Feb 19766.3%
Jan 19766.7%
Dec 19757.1%
Nov 19757.4%
Oct 19757.6%
Sept 19757.9%
Aug 19758.6%
July 19759.5%
June 19759.2%
May 19759.3%
April 197510.2%
March 197510.5%
Feb 197511.2%
Jan 197511.8%
Dec 197412.1%
Nov 197412.2%
Oct 197411.8%
Sept 197411.9%
Aug 197410.9%
July 197411.5%
June 197410.9%
May 197410.7%
April 197410.1%
March 197410.1%
Feb 197410.0%
Jan 19749.6%
Dec 19738.9%
Nov 19738.3%
Oct 19738.1%
Sept 19737.4%
Aug 19737.4%
July 19735.7%
June 19736.0%
May 19735.5%
April 19735.3%
March 19734.8%
Feb 19733.9%
Jan 19733.6%
Dec 19723.4%
Nov 19723.4%
Oct 19723.2%
Sept 19723.2%
Aug 19722.9%
July 19723.0%
June 19723.0%
May 19723.2%
April 19723.5%
March 19723.5%
Feb 19723.8%
Jan 19723.3%
Dec 19713.3%
Nov 19713.5%
Oct 19713.8%
Sept 19714.1%
Aug 19714.4%
July 19714.4%
June 19714.4%
May 19714.4%
April 19714.2%
March 19714.4%
Feb 19714.7%
Jan 19715.3%
Dec 19705.6%
Nov 19705.6%
Oct 19705.6%
Sept 19705.7%
Aug 19705.7%
July 19705.7%
June 19706.0%
May 19706.0%
April 19706.1%
March 19706.1%
Feb 19706.4%
Jan 19706.2%
Dec 19695.9%
Nov 19695.9%
Oct 19695.7%
Sept 19695.7%
Aug 19695.4%
July 19695.4%
June 19695.5%
May 19695.5%
April 19695.5%
March 19695.2%
Feb 19694.7%
Jan 19694.7%
Dec 19684.7%
Nov 19684.4%
Oct 19684.7%
Sept 19684.5%
Aug 19684.5%
July 19684.5%
June 19684.2%
May 19684.2%
April 19683.9%
March 19683.9%
Feb 19683.6%
Jan 19683.6%
Dec 19673.3%
Nov 19673.1%
Oct 19672.6%
Sept 19672.6%
Aug 19672.6%
July 19672.9%
June 19672.8%
May 19672.3%
April 19672.5%
March 19672.5%
Feb 19672.9%
Jan 19673.2%
Dec 19663.4%
Nov 19663.6%
Oct 19663.8%
Sept 19663.6%
Aug 19663.5%
July 19662.8%
June 19662.4%
May 19662.8%
April 19662.9%
March 19662.8%
Feb 19662.6%
Jan 19661.9%
Dec 19651.9%
Nov 19651.7%
Oct 19651.7%
Sept 19651.7%
Aug 19651.6%
July 19651.8%
June 19651.9%
May 19651.6%
April 19651.4%
March 19651.2%
Feb 19651.2%
Jan 19651.1%
Dec 19641.2%
Nov 19641.4%
Oct 19641.2%
Sept 19641.2%
Aug 19641.0%
July 19641.1%
June 19641.3%
May 19641.5%
April 19641.5%
March 19641.4%
Feb 19641.4%
Jan 19641.6%
Dec 19631.6%
Nov 19631.3%
Oct 19631.2%
Sept 19631.0%
Aug 19631.6%
July 19631.6%
June 19631.3%
May 19630.9%
April 19630.9%
March 19631.1%
Feb 19631.2%
Jan 19631.3%
Dec 19621.2%
Nov 19621.3%
Oct 19621.3%
Sept 19621.5%
Aug 19621.1%
July 19621.0%
June 19621.2%
May 19621.3%
April 19621.3%
March 19621.1%
Feb 19620.9%
Jan 19620.7%
Dec 19610.7%
Nov 19610.7%
Oct 19610.8%
Sept 19611.2%
Aug 19611.1%
July 19611.3%
June 19610.8%
May 19610.9%
April 19610.9%
March 19611.5%
Feb 19611.5%
Jan 19611.6%
Dec 19601.4%
Nov 19601.5%
Oct 19601.4%
Sept 19601.2%
Aug 19601.5%
July 19601.4%
June 19601.7%
May 19601.8%
April 19601.9%
March 19601.5%
Feb 19601.4%
Jan 19601.2%
Dec 19591.5%
Nov 19591.4%
Oct 19591.5%
Sept 19591.2%
Aug 19590.8%
July 19590.9%
June 19590.7%
May 19590.3%
April 19590.1%
March 19590.3%
Feb 19591.0%
Jan 19591.3%
Dec 19581.8%
Nov 19581.9%
Oct 19582.1%
Sept 19582.1%
Aug 19582.3%
July 19582.5%
June 19582.8%
May 19583.4%
April 19583.6%
March 19583.6%
Feb 19583.2%
Jan 19583.5%
Dec 19573.0%
Nov 19573.3%
Oct 19572.9%
Sept 19573.5%
Aug 19573.6%
July 19573.3%
June 19573.5%
May 19573.6%
April 19573.7%
March 19573.6%
Feb 19573.5%
Jan 19573.1%
Dec 19562.8%
Nov 19562.3%
Oct 19562.6%
Sept 19561.9%
Aug 19562.2%
July 19562.0%
June 19561.6%
May 19561.0%
April 19560.5%
March 19560.4%
Feb 19560.1%
Jan 19560.2%
Dec 19550.4%
Nov 19550.4%
Oct 19550.4%
Sept 19550.1%
Aug 1955−0.5%
July 1955−0.4%
June 1955−0.9%
May 1955−0.6%
April 1955−0.3%
March 1955−0.5%
Feb 1955−0.6%
Jan 1955−0.6%
Dec 1954−0.4%
Nov 1954−0.3%
Oct 1954−0.9%
Sept 1954−0.3%
Aug 19540.0%
July 19540.3%
June 19540.6%
May 19540.9%
April 19540.6%
March 19541.1%
Feb 19541.5%
Jan 19541.1%
Dec 19530.6%
Nov 19530.6%
Oct 19531.0%
Sept 19531.0%
Aug 19530.6%
July 19530.4%
June 19530.9%
May 19530.9%
April 19530.9%
March 19530.9%
Feb 19530.7%
Jan 19530.7%
Dec 19520.9%
Nov 19521.4%
Oct 19522.0%
Sept 19522.3%
Aug 19523.2%
July 19523.0%
June 19522.3%
May 19521.8%
April 19522.1%
March 19522.0%
Feb 19522.2%
Jan 19524.2%
Dec 19516.0%
Nov 19517.0%
Oct 19516.8%
Sept 19516.9%
Aug 19516.9%
July 19517.6%
June 19518.6%
May 19519.3%
April 19519.6%
March 19519.5%
Feb 19519.4%
Jan 19518.0%
Dec 19505.8%
Nov 19503.8%
Oct 19503.5%
Sept 19502.5%
Aug 19502.1%
July 19501.6%
June 1950−0.2%
May 1950−0.6%
April 1950−1.1%
March 1950−1.1%
Feb 1950−1.3%
Jan 1950−2.1%
Dec 1949−1.8%
Nov 1949−1.9%
Oct 1949−2.6%
Sept 1949−2.5%
Aug 1949−3.0%
July 1949−2.9%
June 1949−1.0%
May 1949−0.4%
April 19490.4%
March 19491.7%
Feb 19491.0%
Jan 19491.4%
Dec 19482.7%
Nov 19484.8%
Oct 19486.1%
Sept 19486.7%
Aug 19489.1%
July 19489.8%
June 19489.4%
May 19489.4%
April 19488.3%
March 19486.8%
Feb 19489.5%
Jan 194810.2%

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