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Inflation United States - consumer price index (CPI)
Graphs - historic inflation
Graph CPI United States last year |
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Graph CPI United States long-term |
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When we talk about the rate of inflation in United States, this often refers to the rate of inflation based on the consumer price index, or CPI for short. The American CPI shows the change in prices of a standard package of goods and services which American households purchase for consumption. In order to measure inflation, an assessment is made of how much the CPI has risen in percentage terms over a give period compared to the CPI in a preceding period. If prices have fallen this is called deflation (negative inflation).
This page shows the current and historic CPI inflation figures for United States.
For a summary of the current inflation figures for a large number of countries and regions please click here.
For detailed background information about inflation please click here.
Tables - current and historic CPI United States
CPI US recent months
| september 2020 |
1.371 % |
| august 2020 |
1.310 % |
| july 2020 |
0.986 % |
| june 2020 |
0.646 % |
| may 2020 |
0.118 % |
| april 2020 |
0.329 % |
| march 2020 |
1.539 % |
| february 2020 |
2.335 % |
| january 2020 |
2.487 % |
| december 2019 |
2.285 % |
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CPI US recent years
| september 2020 |
1.371 % |
| september 2019 |
1.711 % |
| september 2018 |
2.277 % |
| september 2017 |
2.233 % |
| september 2016 |
1.464 % |
| september 2015 |
-0.036 % |
| september 2014 |
1.658 % |
| september 2013 |
1.185 % |
| september 2012 |
1.991 % |
| september 2011 |
3.868 % |
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