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Compare CPI prints, inspect as-published history, and trace the observations behind each result.

Reference monthShock Lab and guided analysis use September 2026.
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Compare the print.

Find earlier months with similar core and headline inflation, then inspect what followed.

Current BLS snapshot · revised history
Core · monthly SA0.33%+0.05 pp versus previous print
Headline · monthly SA0.65%+0.25 pp versus previous print
Shelter · monthly SA0.39%+0.13 pp versus previous print
Core versus prior trend+0.9σPrevious 36 available monthly prints

Historical analogues

Earlier prints within your selected range of September 2026. All comparisons use the same captured snapshot.

Matching earlier months36
Median core next month0.31%36 observed follow-ups
Median core three months later0.36%36 observed follow-ups
Matching prints
MonthCore MoMHeadline MoMShelter MoMNext coreCore +3 months
April 20260.38%0.64%0.61%0.21%0.22%
January 20230.41%0.53%0.67%0.49%0.45%
October 20220.39%0.56%0.77%0.31%0.41%
September 20210.25%0.45%0.40%0.70%0.63%
July 20210.36%0.46%0.48%0.13%0.70%
March 20210.25%0.52%0.25%0.81%0.79%
July 20080.25%0.71%0.19%0.20%0.03%
November 20070.27%0.79%0.30%0.24%0.08%
April 20060.24%0.50%0.35%0.29%0.19%
January 20010.33%0.57%0.36%0.27%0.22%
March 20000.33%0.59%0.37%0.17%0.22%
April 19990.34%0.67%0.32%0.11%0.28%
January 19960.37%0.52%0.30%0.18%0.12%
October 19900.36%0.68%0.21%0.29%0.65%
September 19900.37%0.68%0.21%0.36%0.43%
May 19890.39%0.49%0.46%0.39%0.23%
April 19890.31%0.74%0.31%0.39%0.31%
March 19890.39%0.49%0.46%0.31%0.39%
January 19870.26%0.54%0.42%0.26%0.60%
December 19850.27%0.46%0.36%0.45%0.27%
March 19850.37%0.47%0.37%0.28%0.28%
February 19840.29%0.49%0.39%0.39%0.39%
April 19830.41%0.71%0.82%0.30%0.60%
October 19770.32%0.49%0.54%0.48%0.64%
July 19770.33%0.50%0.91%0.49%0.32%
December 19760.34%0.52%0.00%0.68%0.50%
June 19760.35%0.53%0.59%0.70%0.52%
November 19730.43%0.66%0.48%0.43%0.64%
November 19690.26%0.54%0.60%0.51%0.51%
December 19680.27%0.56%0.65%0.27%0.53%
November 19670.28%0.59%0.34%0.57%0.56%
June 19670.29%0.60%0.35%0.29%0.29%
August 19660.30%0.62%0.00%0.30%0.00%
February 19660.30%0.63%0.00%0.00%0.30%
March 19580.34%0.59%0.00%0.00%0.34%
February 19570.35%0.47%0.85%0.35%0.00%

Descriptive CPI history, not an actual-versus-consensus surprise or market reaction. Earlier values may have been revised since release. A later monthly print is shown only when it exists in this snapshot; no missing months are filled. These matches are not a point-in-time backtest or forecast.

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