Consumer Price Index CPI in the United States increased to 324.80 points in September from 323.98 points in August of 2025. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - United States Consumer Price Index (CPI) - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

In 2023, the U.S. Consumer Price Index was 309.42, and is projected to increase to 352.27 by 2029. The base period was 1982-84. The monthly CPI for all urban consumers in the U.S. can be accessed here. After a time of high inflation, the U.S. inflation rateis projected fall to two percent by 2027. United States Consumer Price Index ForecastIt is projected that the CPI will continue to rise year over year, reaching 325.6 in 2027. The Consumer Price Index of all urban consumers in previous years was lower, and has risen every year since 1992, except in 2009, when the CPI went from 215.30 in 2008 to 214.54 in 2009. The monthly unadjusted Consumer Price Index was 296.17 for the month of August in 2022. The U.S. CPI measures changes in the price of consumer goods and services purchased by households and is thought to reflect inflation in the U.S. as well as the health of the economy. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics calculates the CPI and defines it as, "a measure of the average change over time in the prices paid by urban consumers for a market basket of consumer goods and services." The BLS records the price of thousands of goods and services month by month. They consider goods and services within eight main categories: food and beverage, housing, apparel, transportation, medical care, recreation, education, and other goods and services. They aggregate the data collected in order to compare how much it would cost a consumer to buy the same market basket of goods and services within one month or one year compared with the previous month or year. Given that the CPI is used to calculate U.S. inflation, the CPI influences the annual adjustments of many financial institutions in the United States, both private and public. Wages, social security payments, and pensions are all affected by the CPI.

Representative items within the Consumer Prices Index including owner occupiers' housing costs, Consumer Prices Index and Retail Prices Index for the basket of goods and services.

In January 2025, the unadjusted consumer price index (CPI) of all items for urban consumers in the United States amounted to about 317.67. The data represents U.S. city averages. The base period was 1982-84=100. The CPI is defined by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics as “a measure of the average change over time in the prices paid by urban consumers for a market basket of consumer goods and services”. The annual consumer price index for urban consumers in the U.S. can be accessed here. Consumer Price Index The Consumer Price Index (CPI) began in 1919 under the Bureau of Labor Statistics and is published every month. The CPI for all urban consumers includes urban households in Metropolitan Statistical Areas and regions with over 2,500 inhabitants, as well as non-farm consumers living in rural regions. This index was established in 1978 and includes about 80 percent of the U.S. population. The monthly CPI of urban consumers in the United States increased from 292.3 in May 2022 to 304.13 in 2023. Inflation tends not to impact everyone equally for a variety of reasons, including geography - CPI often differs between regions, with a high of 287.49 in the Western region as of 2021. There are also disparities in inflation between income quartiles, in which inflation is generally felt more heavily by lower income households. The annual CPI in the United States has increased steadily over the past two decades, from 140.3 in 1992 to 292.56 in 2022. A forecast of the CPI expects this positive trend to continue, reaching 325.6 by 2027. As of March 2023, the CPI of the nation’s education had increased by 3.5 percent. Further, in the same month costs of recreation, rent, housing, medical care, and food and beverages, gasoline, and transportation increased. Comparatively, the CPI in Hong Kong reached 103.3 in 2022.

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. Prices for the goods and services used to calculate the CPI are collected in 75 urban areas throughout the country and from about 23,000 retail and service establishments. Data on rents are collected from about 43,000 landlords or tenants. More information and details about the data provided can be found at http://www.bls.gov/cpi

Graph and download economic data for Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Other Goods and Services in U.S. City Average (CPIOGSNS) from Jan 1967 to Sep 2025 about urban, consumer, goods, CPI, services, inflation, price index, indexes, price, and USA.

Consumer Basket of Goods and Services: Value: CF: Moscow Region data was reported at 27,823.880 RUB in Feb 2025. This records an increase from the previous number of 27,627.940 RUB for Jan 2025. Consumer Basket of Goods and Services: Value: CF: Moscow Region data is updated monthly, averaging 11,429.565 RUB from Jan 2002 (Median) to Feb 2025, with 278 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 27,823.880 RUB in Feb 2025 and a record low of 2,843.250 RUB in Jan 2002. Consumer Basket of Goods and Services: Value: CF: Moscow Region data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Federal State Statistics Service. The data is categorized under Russia Premium Database’s Inflation – Table RU.IA028: Consumer Basket of Goods and Services: Value: by Region.

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In 2024, the consumer price index (CPI) was 315.61. Data represents U.S. city averages. The monthly inflation rate for the United States can be found here. United States urban Consumer Price Index (CPI) The U.S. Consumer Price Index is a measure of change in the price of consumer goods and services purchased by households. The CPI is defined by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics as "a measure of the average change over time in the prices paid by urban consumers for a market basket of consumer goods and services." To calculate the CPI, the Bureau of Labor Statistics considers the price of goods and services from various categories: housing, transportation, apparel, food & beverage, medical care, recreation, education and other/uncategorized. The CPI is a useful measure, as it indicates how the cost of urban living in the United States has changed over time, compared to a base period. CPI is also used to calculate inflation, or change in the purchasing power of money. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the U.S. urban CPI has been rising steadily since 1992. As of 2023, the CPI was 304.7, up from 233 ten years earlier and up from 184 twenty years earlier. This indicates the extent to which, compared to a base period 1982-1984 = 100, the price of various goods and services has risen.

Graph and download economic data for Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Other Goods and Services in Size Class B/C (CUURX000SAG) from Dec 1997 to Sep 2025 about urban, consumer, goods, services, CPI, inflation, price index, indexes, price, and USA.

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The National Consumer Price Index gauges the price changes in a basket of goods and services representative of Mexican households' consumption. In July 2024, CPI stood at 136 index points, indicating a decrease of 1.05 percentage points in consumer prices compared to the previous month. When breaking it down by groups, it can be seen that food, beverages, and tobacco was the category with the highest CPI at 158.34 index points as of July 2024. On the opposite side, communications had a CPI of 90.06 index points, representing a price decrease.

Graph and download economic data for Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Other Goods and Services in West (CUUR0400SAG) from Dec 1977 to Sep 2025 about west, urban, consumer, goods, services, CPI, inflation, price index, indexes, price, and USA.

Basket weights of major components, gasoline, and selected special aggregates of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) basket, for Canada, provinces, Whitehorse, Yellowknife and Iqaluit, last 5 years of the CPI basket. Includes price period of the weights as either weights at basket link month prices or weights at basket reference period prices. Weights are shown in percentage terms.

Consumer Basket of Goods and Services: Value: NW: Pskov Region data was reported at 22,581.750 RUB in Feb 2025. This records an increase from the previous number of 22,024.900 RUB for Jan 2025. Consumer Basket of Goods and Services: Value: NW: Pskov Region data is updated monthly, averaging 9,991.150 RUB from Jan 2002 (Median) to Feb 2025, with 278 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 22,581.750 RUB in Feb 2025 and a record low of 2,434.700 RUB in Jan 2002. Consumer Basket of Goods and Services: Value: NW: Pskov Region data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Federal State Statistics Service. The data is categorized under Russia Premium Database’s Inflation – Table RU.IA028: Consumer Basket of Goods and Services: Value: by Region.

Consumer Basket of Goods and Services: Value: SB: Altay Territory data was reported at 19,245.710 RUB in Oct 2022. This records an increase from the previous number of 19,083.490 RUB for Sep 2022. Consumer Basket of Goods and Services: Value: SB: Altay Territory data is updated monthly, averaging 7,993.945 RUB from Jan 2002 to Oct 2022, with 250 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 19,396.850 RUB in Jun 2022 and a record low of 2,429.380 RUB in Feb 2002. Consumer Basket of Goods and Services: Value: SB: Altay Territory data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Federal State Statistics Service. The data is categorized under Russia Premium Database’s Inflation – Table RU.IA028: Consumer Basket of Goods and Services: Value: by Region.