US Inflation Rate, Month on Month
How much consumer prices rose or fell compared with just the previous month, more volatile than the annual rate, useful for spotting turning points earlier.
0.6%
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Feb 1970 to Sep 2026
Source: Derived from FRED series CPIAUCNS · all items, not seasonally adjusted (BLS), so the monthly change is built the same way as every other country's on this site.
US Inflation Rate, Month on Month in context
Worked out from the published series shown above.
In the US, the inflation rate, month on month rose by 0.3pp over the year to Sep 2026, from 0.3% in Sep 2025.
Over the past five years it has ranged from −0.3% in Jun 2026 to 1.4% in Jun 2022.
Its average since Feb 1970 is 0.3%, and the latest reading is above that.
How this series is defined
Everything you need to check the figure against the source.
- Source
- Derived from FRED series CPIAUCNS
- Series
- See the citation below
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Unit
- %
- Seasonal adjustment
- Not seasonally adjusted
- Latest observation
- Sep 2026
- Revision status
- Latest published estimate, subject to revision
Data refreshed 2026-11-06. Figures are the latest published observations and can be revised.
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