CPI Median in the United States increased to 2.80 percent in April from 2.70 percent in March of 2026. CPI Median in the United States averaged 3.07 percent from 1983 until 2026, reaching an all time high of 7.00 percent in February of 2023 and a record low of 0.50 percent in May of 2010. source: Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland



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CPI 333.02 330.21 points Apr 2026
Core Consumer Prices 335.42 334.17 points Apr 2026
Core Inflation Rate YoY 2.80 2.60 percent Apr 2026
Core Inflation Rate MoM 0.40 0.20 percent Apr 2026
Core PCE Price Index 129.63 129.32 points Apr 2026
Core PCE Price Index YoY 3.30 3.20 percent Apr 2026
Core PCE Price Index MoM 0.20 0.30 percent Apr 2026
Core PCE Prices QoQ 4.40 2.70 percent Mar 2026
Core Producer Prices 154.06 152.48 points Apr 2026
Core PPI MoM 1.00 0.20 percent Apr 2026
Core PPI YoY 5.20 4.00 percent Apr 2026
CPI Core Core YoY 2.60 2.60 percent Apr 2026
CPI Housing Utilities 357.35 355.10 points Apr 2026
CPI Median 2.80 2.70 percent Apr 2026
CPI s.a 332.41 330.29 points Apr 2026
CPI Transportation 291.75 283.43 points Apr 2026
CPI Trimmed-Mean 2.80 2.60 percent Apr 2026
Energy Inflation 17.90 12.50 Percent Apr 2026
Export Prices 166.10 160.80 points Apr 2026
Export Prices MoM 3.30 1.50 percent Apr 2026
Export Prices YoY 8.80 5.40 percent Apr 2026
Food Inflation 3.20 2.70 percent Apr 2026
GDP Price Index 131.74 130.62 points Mar 2026
Import Prices 147.60 144.80 points Apr 2026
Import Prices MoM 1.90 0.90 percent Apr 2026
Import Prices YoY 4.20 2.30 percent Apr 2026
Consumer Inflation Expectations 3.60 3.40 percent Apr 2026
Inflation Rate YoY 3.80 3.30 percent Apr 2026
Inflation Rate MoM 0.60 0.90 percent Apr 2026
Michigan 5 Year Inflation Expectations 3.90 3.50 percent May 2026
Michigan Inflation Expectations 4.80 4.70 percent May 2026
PCE Price Index 130.90 130.38 points Apr 2026
PCE Price Index YoY 3.80 3.50 percent Apr 2026
PCE Price Index MoM 0.40 0.70 percent Apr 2026
PCE Prices QoQ 4.50 2.90 percent Mar 2026
PPI Ex Food Energy and Trade Services 141.24 140.45 points Apr 2026
PPI Ex Food, Energy and Trade MoM 0.60 0.20 percent Apr 2026
PPI Ex Food, Energy and Trade YoY 4.40 3.70 percent Apr 2026
PPI MoM 1.40 0.70 percent Apr 2026
PPI 156.50 154.37 points Apr 2026
PPI YoY 6.00 4.30 percent Apr 2026
Shelter Inflation 3.30 3.00 percent Apr 2026
Services Inflation 3.40 3.10 Percent Apr 2026


United States CPI Median
In the United States, Median CPI is the one-month inflation rate of the component whose expenditure weight is in the 50th percentile of price changes. To calculate the median CPI, the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland looks at the prices of the goods and services published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). But instead of calculating an inflation rate that is a weighted average of all of the items in the CPI, as the BLS does, the Cleveland Fed ranks the inflation rates of the components of the CPI and picks the one in the middle of the distribution—that is, the item whose expenditure weight is in the 50th percentile of the price change distribution.
Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
2.80 2.70 7.00 0.50 1983 - 2026 percent Monthly
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