3.3%
2026 (thru Jul) (latest)
CPI INFLATION
percent per year · 1948–2026 · lower is better · FRED CPIAUCSL
7.7%
1948
13.5%
high · 1980
-1.0%
low · 1949
−4.4 pts
since 1948
┊ dashed lines mark 1979 Oil shock & inflation peak · 1987 Black Monday crash · 1991 Gulf War recession · 2001 Dot-com bust & 9/11 · 2008 Global financial crisis · 2020 COVID-19 pandemic
Method & caveats. CPI-U year-over-year change; partial years compare matching months.
Sources
Every value on this page is read from the publisher below. Current and historical source documents:
- https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/CPIAUCSL
- https://github.com/danielmiessler/substrate/tree/main/Data/US-Long-Run-Indicators
Data
| Year | CPI Inflation | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3.3% | +0.5 pts |
| 2025 | 2.8% | −0.2 pts |
| 2024 | 3.0% | −1.1 pts |
| 2023 | 4.1% | −3.9 pts |
| 2022 | 8.0% | +3.3 pts |
| 2021 | 4.7% | +3.4 pts |
| 2020 | 1.3% | −0.5 pts |
| 2019 | 1.8% | −0.6 pts |
| 2018 | 2.4% | +0.3 pts |
| 2017 | 2.1% | +0.8 pts |
| 2016 | 1.3% | +1.2 pts |
| 2015 | 0.1% | −1.5 pts |
| 2014 | 1.6% | +0.1 pts |
| 2013 | 1.5% | −0.6 pts |
| 2012 | 2.1% | −1.0 pts |
| 2011 | 3.1% | +1.5 pts |
| 2010 | 1.6% | +1.9 pts |
| 2009 | -0.3% | −4.1 pts |
| 2008 | 3.8% | +0.9 pts |
| 2007 | 2.9% | −0.3 pts |
| 2006 | 3.2% | −0.2 pts |
| 2005 | 3.4% | +0.7 pts |
| 2004 | 2.7% | +0.4 pts |
| 2003 | 2.3% | +0.7 pts |
| 2002 | 1.6% | −1.2 pts |
| 2001 | 2.8% | −0.6 pts |
| 2000 | 3.4% | +1.2 pts |
| 1999 | 2.2% | +0.7 pts |
| 1998 | 1.5% | −0.8 pts |
| 1997 | 2.3% | −0.6 pts |
| 1996 | 2.9% | +0.1 pts |
| 1995 | 2.8% | +0.2 pts |
| 1994 | 2.6% | −0.4 pts |
| 1993 | 3.0% | +0.0 pts |
| 1992 | 3.0% | −1.2 pts |
| 1991 | 4.2% | −1.2 pts |
| 1990 | 5.4% | +0.6 pts |
| 1989 | 4.8% | +0.7 pts |
| 1988 | 4.1% | +0.5 pts |
| 1987 | 3.6% | +1.7 pts |
| 1986 | 1.9% | −1.6 pts |
| 1985 | 3.5% | −0.9 pts |
| 1984 | 4.4% | +1.2 pts |
| 1983 | 3.2% | −3.0 pts |
| 1982 | 6.2% | −4.2 pts |
| 1981 | 10.4% | −3.1 pts |
| 1980 | 13.5% | +2.2 pts |
| 1979 | 11.3% | +3.7 pts |
| 1978 | 7.6% | +1.1 pts |
| 1977 | 6.5% | +0.7 pts |
| 1976 | 5.8% | −3.3 pts |
| 1975 | 9.1% | −1.9 pts |
| 1974 | 11.0% | +4.7 pts |
| 1973 | 6.3% | +3.0 pts |
| 1972 | 3.3% | −0.9 pts |
| 1971 | 4.2% | −1.7 pts |
| 1970 | 5.9% | +0.5 pts |
| 1969 | 5.4% | +1.2 pts |
| 1968 | 4.2% | +1.4 pts |
| 1967 | 2.8% | −0.2 pts |
| 1966 | 3.0% | +1.4 pts |
| 1965 | 1.6% | +0.3 pts |
| 1964 | 1.3% | +0.0 pts |
| 1963 | 1.3% | +0.1 pts |
| 1962 | 1.2% | +0.1 pts |
| 1961 | 1.1% | −0.4 pts |
| 1960 | 1.5% | +0.6 pts |
| 1959 | 0.9% | −1.8 pts |
| 1958 | 2.7% | −0.7 pts |
| 1957 | 3.4% | +1.9 pts |
| 1956 | 1.5% | +1.8 pts |
| 1955 | -0.3% | −0.7 pts |
| 1954 | 0.4% | −0.4 pts |
| 1953 | 0.8% | −1.5 pts |
| 1952 | 2.3% | −5.6 pts |
| 1951 | 7.9% | +6.8 pts |
| 1950 | 1.1% | +2.1 pts |
| 1949 | -1.0% | −8.7 pts |
| 1948 | 7.7% | — |
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