Is today’s inflation high or low? It depends on what you compare it to. This exhibit puts the latest monthly reading against a full century of U.S. consumer price data, so you can see where it actually stands.
Choose a 25, 50, 75 or 100-year window and every chart updates to that span. The report refreshes automatically each month when new data is published.
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Source: BLS CPI-U, All Items, U.S. City Average, not seasonally adjusted, retrieved through FRED (Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis). October 2025 is estimated because BLS did not publish it.
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