Middle Class Prepper

The Watch

U.S. inflation, year over year

Headline CPI for All Urban Consumers, each month against the same month a year earlier. The line is the rate of change, not the price level.

Updated September 7, 2026 · Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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3.4%percent

The trend

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2.0%3.3%4.5%Jan 25Apr 25Jul 25Nov 25Feb 26May 263.4%
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Period12-month change
Jan 253.0%
Feb 252.8%
Mar 252.4%
Apr 252.3%
May 252.4%
Jun 252.7%
Jul 252.7%
Aug 252.9%
Sep 253.0%
Nov 252.7%
Dec 252.7%
Jan 262.4%
Feb 262.4%
Mar 263.3%
Apr 263.8%
May 264.3%
Jun 263.5%
Jul 263.4%

How we count this

Series CUUR0000SA0 (CPI-U, U.S. city average, all items, not seasonally adjusted) from the BLS public API. Each point is that month's index against the same month a year earlier. BLS revises recent months, so the tail can shift slightly between refreshes.

Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, 12 months ending July 2026

Refreshed weekly from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Free to read, no account required.

Turn the trend into a plan: size your household’s water and food buffer, and read the seasonal guides for the hazards showing up most in this data.