10/18/2016
On a seasonally adjusted basis, the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers increased
0.3 percent in September after rising 0.2 percent in August. The index for all items less
food and energy rose 0.1 percent in September after increasing 0.3 percent in August.
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Current CPI Economic News Releases
Archived
Consumer Price Index History Table:
- Table Containing History of CPI-U U.S. All Items Indexes and Annual Percent Changes From 1913 to Present
is now available in the CPI Detailed Report as Table 24
CPI Detailed Report Tables:
- CPI Detailed Report (complete text and tables) September 2016 (PDF)
- CPI Detailed Report (complete text and tables) August 2016 (PDF)
- CPI Detailed Report (complete text and tables) July 2016 (PDF)
- CPI Detailed Report (complete text and tables, including first half semiannual average indexes) June 2016 (PDF)
- CPI Detailed Report (complete text and tables) May 2016 (PDF)
- CPI Detailed Report (complete text and tables) April 2016 (PDF)
- CPI Detailed Report (complete text and tables) March 2016 (PDF)
- CPI Detailed Report (complete text and tables) February 2016 (PDF)
- CPI Detailed Report (complete text and tables) January 2016 (PDF)
- CPI Detailed Report (complete text and tables, including second half and annual averages) December 2015 (PDF)
- CPI Detailed Report (complete text and tables) November 2015 (PDF)
- CPI Detailed Report (complete text and tables) October 2015 (PDF)
- CPI Detailed Report (complete text and tables) September 2015 (PDF)
- CPI Detailed Report (complete text and tables) August 2015 (PDF)
- CPI Detailed Report (complete text and tables) July 2015 (PDF)
- CPI Detailed Report (complete text and tables, including first half semiannual average indexes) June 2015 (PDF)
- CPI Detailed Report (complete text and tables) May 2015 (PDF)
- CPI Detailed Report (complete text and tables) April 2015 (PDF)
- CPI Detailed Report (complete text and tables) March 2015 (PDF)
- CPI Detailed Report (complete text and tables) February 2015 (PDF)
- CPI Detailed Report (complete text and tables, including second half 2014 semiannual averages and 2014 annual averages) Janurary 2015 (PDF)
- CPI Detailed Report (complete text and tables) December 2014 (PDF)
- CPI Detailed Report (complete text and tables) November 2014 (PDF)
- Archived CPI Detailed Report Tables October 2000-current
Relative Importance of Items in the Consumer Price Index
December 2015
- Table 1, U.S. City Average using 2013-2014 weights (TXT)
- Table 1, U.S. City Average using 2011-2012 weights (PDF)
- Tables 1 - 7, Relative Importance of Components in the Consumer Price Index, all areas (PDF)
Relative Importance files for earlier years may be found on our Archived Relative Importance's page
Department Store Inventory Price Indexes
Department Store Inventory Price Indexes were last published for December 2013. Indexes are available at http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpilifo.htm
Notices
NEW The indexes for Prescription drugs were incorrect as published for May 2016
through August 2016, which affected the U.S. All items index. Incorrect prices
were used in the calculation of indexes in several local areas.
A list of the series affected by the errors can be found at
www.bls.gov/bls/errata/cpi-price-corrections-10182016.htm.
NEW In January 2018, BLS will introduce a new geographic area sample for the Consumer Price Index (CPI). The 2018 revision utilizes the 2010 Decennial Census and incorporates an updated area sample design, changes the frequency of publication for several local area indexes, and establishes some new local area and aggregate indexes. The first indexes using the new structure will be published in February 2018. Additional information on the geographic revision is available at: http://www.bls.gov/cpi/georevision2018.htm.
Revised Seasonal Indexes
UPDATED Each year with the release of the January CPI, seasonal adjustment factors are recalculated to reflect price movements from the just-completed calendar year. This routine annual recalculation may result in revisions to seasonally adjusted indexes for the previous 5 years. BLS made available recalculated seasonally adjusted indexes, as well as recalculated seasonal adjustment factors, for the period January 2011 through December 2015, on Wednesday, February 17, 2016.
For information on seasonal adjustment in the CPI, including revised indexes, seasonal factors, methodology, and actions taken in 2015, see our page on seasonal adjustment.
Social Security COLA
Soon after the publication of September CPI data each October, the Social Security Administration (SSA) announces the annual change in its benefit payments for the coming year for Social Security's Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) programs. Specific information on how the Social Security Administration uses the CPI to determine cost-of-living adjustments can be found at http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/COLA/colasummary.html.
CPI Published Numbers
Effective with the release in February 2007 of the January 2007 Consumer Price Index (CPI), the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) began to publish its consumer price indexes rounded to three decimal places. Percent changes will be calculated from the three decimal place indexes. Those percent changes will continue to be published to one decimal place. For additional information, please see "Publishing Consumer Price Indexes to Three Decimal Places: Questions and Answers".
Contacts
For hard copies of Consumer Price Index publications or historical data and help with general index questions, including escalator clauses in contracts:
- Information and Analysis: (202) 691-7000
For more information about how we treat and price commodity and service items in the Consumer Price Index:
- Housing (rent and owners' equivalent rent): (202) 691-6991
- Transportation and Household Commodities (including gasoline, new cars, furniture and appliances): (202) 691-6982
- Apparel and Sundry (Nondurable) Commodities: (202) 691-6979
- Services (including medical care, utilities, insurance): (202) 691-6985
For help finding Consumer Price Index data in LABSTAT and for information on seasonal adjustment and other technical issues:
- Production and Control: (202) 691-6968