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CPI Inflation (YoY)
How fast consumer prices are rising from a year ago.
4.2%
Percent change from year ago · latest, May 2026
Source: FRED · CPIAUCSL · series · Jan 1948 to May 2026
· latest-revised
Reading it. Year-over-year change of CPIAUCSL (FRED pc1 transform). Headline includes food and energy.
About the bands. Shaded spans are NBER-dated US recessions, drawn as factual overlays. They mark when the economy contracted, not why. Lining an event or policy up with a move on this chart is not evidence that it caused the move.