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US CPI inflation

3.4%
year on year, Aug 2026

Inside its usual range of 1.3% to 4.6%. The record is 23.7%, in June 1920. Up from 2.9% a year ago.

19502000−20.0%−10.0%0.0%10.0%20.0%30.0%23.7%, Jun 1920usual range, 1.3% to 4.6%3.4%192019401960198020002020−20.0%−10.0%0.0%10.0%20.0%30.0%23.7%, Jun 1920−15.8%, Jun 1921usual range, 1.3% to 4.6%3.4%192019401960198020002020−20.0%−10.0%0.0%10.0%20.0%30.0%23.7%, Jun 1920−15.8%, Jun 1921usual range, 1.3% to 4.6%3.4%192019401960198020002020−20.0%−10.0%10.0%20.0%30.0%23.7%, Jun 1920−15.8%, Jun 1921usual range, 1.3% to 4.6%3.4%

What it is. US consumer prices against a year earlier.

How to read it. Drives what the Federal Reserve does next, and through it, global interest rates.

Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics Method Data

The numbers

Latest3.4%Aug 2026
A week ago3.4%
A month ago3.4%
A year ago2.9%
Usual range1.3% to 4.6%
Median2.7%
Lowest−15.8%1 Jun 1921
Highest23.7%1 Jun 1920
Percentile, full history63
Percentile, last 5 years53

The usual range is the middle half of readings since 1914. A percentile is the share of the 1,351 readings since 1 Jan 1914 that were below today's. Data: statistics, history (JSON); history as CSV.

To cite: tipsheet, “US CPI inflation”, data to Aug 2026, https://tipsheet.markets/i/us-inflation/

Read it with

US 10-year minus 2-year +0.45 ptsusual
US net liquidity 5,747above usual
US 10-year real yield 2.92%above usual
Fed balance sheet 6,743below its record
US 10-year Treasury yield 5.28%usual
US financial conditions (NFCI) −0.55usual

the usual range: the middle half of all readingstodayEach line runs from the lowest reading ever to the highest.