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 2017 through February 2025.

Feb 12, 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.

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

Feb 12, 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 January, was released on February 12, 2025.

Current Year; Prior Years; Archived News Releases; Employment & Unemployment; Monthly; Quarterly, annual, and other; Inflation & Prices; ... CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR ALL URBAN CONSUMERS (CPI-U) (not seasonally adjusted) ALL ITEMS (1982-84=100) U.S. City Average; Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec; Consumer Price Index.

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.

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) began collecting family expenditure data in 1917 and published its first price indexes for select cities in 1919. In 1921, the BLS published a national consumer price index (CPI), including estimates of the CPI back to 1913.

Feb 12, 2025 · Historical Consumer Price Index (CPI) from 1913 to 2025 for United States of America.

Feb 2, 2025 · The table below shows the year-over-year inflation rate in the U.S. from 1929 to 2024 based on December end-of-year data.

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