This first chart displays pricing changes over time, which shows inflation, for major categories tracked in the Consumer Price Index. (Below the chart is a table of overall CPI values since 1913.) The change in prices for each category is from January 2016 through December 2024.

Jan 15, 2025 · A Consumer Price Index of 158 indicates 58% inflation since 1982, while a CPI index of 239 would indicate 139% inflation since 1982. The commonly quoted inflation rate of say 3% is actually the change in the Consumer Price Index from a year earlier.

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a measure of the average change over time in the prices paid by urban consumers for a market basket of consumer goods and services. Indexes are available for the U.S. and various geographic areas.

Easily find out how the buying power of the dollar has changed over the years using the inflation calculator. Series Report --Already know the series identifier for the statistic you want? Use this shortcut to retrieve your data. Text files --For those who want it all. Download a flat file of the entire database or large subset of the database.

Jan 15, 2025 · These inflation rates are calculated using the Consumer Price Index, which is published monthly by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) of the U.S. Department of Labor. The latest BLS data, covering up to December, was released on January 15, 2025.

Jan 15, 2025 · Historical Consumer Price Index (CPI) from 1913 to 2025 for United States of America.

Jan 15, 2025 · All inflation rates are calculated using the USA Consumer Price Index (CPI) series.

View and download the historical U.S. CPI rate by year from 1913 to present in graph, table, and CSV format.

Jan 15, 2025 · A CPI of 195 indicates 95% inflation since 1982*, the commonly quoted inflation rate of say 3% is actually the change in the Consumer Price Index from a year earlier. The "Ave" on this table is the Average of the individual Inflation rates for that year.

On this page are inflation rates and consumer-price-index data for the United States, from 1913 until 2023. For more recent data, please find the appropriate pages in the main menu. Data is extracted from the Bureau of Labor Statistics database and is updated monthly.