4.1%
+6 bp vs Sep
As of Oct 2026 · Updated monthly · Source: BLS Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, seasonally adjusted, via FRED; year-over-year change computed by MarketIntelLabs · Feed checked Nov 14, 2026, 11:49 UTC
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The desk's read · Oct 1, 2026 data
US inflation, the BLS Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, seasonally adjusted, via FRED, rose to 4.08% year over year in October 2026, up from 4.02% in September 2026. The pace is above the 3.02% recorded a year earlier as of September 2025, and it sits below the 52-week high of 4.27% from May 2026 while staying well clear of the 52-week low of 2.66% from February 2026. For household budgets the read is that price pressure is drifting higher again after a cooler stretch, keeping the cost side of the ledger running ahead of where it stood last year.
Written by the MarketIntelLabs Cost of Living desk from the figures on this page and approved by the Managing Editor on Nov 10, 2026. It is retired automatically when any figure on this page changes.
Previous
4.0%
Sep 2026
One year ago
3.0%
+1.06 pp since
52-week high
4.3%
May 2026
52-week low
2.7%
Feb 2026
| Date | CPI YoY | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 2026 | 4.1% | +6 bp |
| Sep 2026 | 4.0% | +31 bp |
| Aug 2026 | 3.7% | +17 bp |
| Jul 2026 | 3.5% | −19 bp |
| Jun 2026 | 3.7% | −54 bp |
| May 2026 | 4.3% | +32 bp |
| Apr 2026 | 4.0% | +63 bp |
| Mar 2026 | 3.3% | +66 bp |
| Feb 2026 | 2.7% | −17 bp |
| Jan 2026 | 2.8% | −17 bp |
| Dec 2025 | 3.0% | +1 bp |
| Nov 2025 | 3.0% | −3 bp |
Most recent first; change is versus the prior reading shown. Source: BLS Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, seasonally adjusted, via FRED; year-over-year change computed by MarketIntelLabs.
BLS Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, seasonally adjusted, via FRED; year-over-year change computed by MarketIntelLabs; figures as published, read by MarketIntelLabs.
The year-over-year change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), seasonally adjusted, computed from the index the Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes each month. It is the headline inflation number.
It sets Social Security cost-of-living adjustments, TIPS payouts and inflation-linked contracts, and it is the number the Fed is measured against in public even though it targets a different gauge (PCE). Shelter is about a third of the index, so rents drive much of the path.
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