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UNITED STATES / INFLATION

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Current-vintage snapshot
Official observations · August 2026Captured 2026-09-19 · Latest available: August 2026
Headline inflation
3.40%

Year over year · not seasonally adjusted

+0.03 pp from previous month
Core inflation
2.45%

Excludes food & energy · YoY, NSA

-0.03 pp from previous month
Monthly change
0.40%

Month over month · seasonally adjusted

+0.32 pp from previous month
Shelter
0.26%

Month over month · seasonally adjusted

+0.13 pp from previous month

Inflation, in perspective

Annual change · NSA

BLS CPI-U · U.S. city average Gaps remain gaps. No interpolated observations.
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Six CPI-U categories, with separate adjusted and unadjusted series. Monthly rates use SA levels; annual rates use NSA levels. Core excludes food and energy.

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Capture details

Producer
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Captured (UTC)
2026-09-19 04:11:33
Snapshot
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