Inflation Index
Consumer Price Index (CPI-U): All Items
334.0
May 2026 Index Value
Updated May 2026
Track the headline CPI-U all-items index from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and monitor monthly inflation context through a catalog-linked page-pack.Headline CPI-U all-items index values from the BLS public data feed.
Catalog lineageThis page is built from a catalog-linked curve_series resource. The page-pack walks from the stat page to the displayed CPI curve, L1 fact filters, staging model, source external tables, provider, and data channel.
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Staging Modelstg_curves_bls_public_data_data
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L1 Factl1_fact_point where BLS_ECON_SERIES / CUSR0000SA0
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Curve SeriesConsumer Price Index (CPI-U): All Items
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Stat Pageconsumer-price-index
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+0.5%
Month-over-Month
Percent change from the prior published monthly CPI index reading.
+4.2%
Year-over-Year
Percent change versus the same month one year earlier.
321.4-334.0
Trailing 12-Month Range
Index low to high across the latest twelve months in the page-pack series.
Understanding Headline CPI
What this page shows
This page tracks the BLS CPI-U all-items index level as a warehouse-backed time series, with computed month-over-month and year-over-year changes derived from that index.Why CPI matters
Markets, central banks, mortgage analysts, and macro teams use headline CPI to understand inflation pressure, purchasing-power erosion, and policy sensitivity across rates and risk assets.How to use it
Use the headline metric and chart for level context, the metric cards for directional change, and the lineage section to inspect the exact catalog path from page to source tables, provider, and data channel.Frequently Asked Questions
Is this the CPI release calendar?
No. This page tracks the CPI index value series. Scheduled CPI release dates stay on the main /stats/calendar page so release-event lineage remains distinct from value-series lineage.What CPI series is this?
It is the BLS CPI-U all-items series keyed in CMD+RVL through the BLS public data feed and selected from the warehouse using the CUSR0000SA0 bucket filter.Does this page show inflation rates or the index level?
The chart is the index level. Month-over-month and year-over-year percentage changes are computed from the same underlying series and exposed in the metric cards.What you’re looking at
This page is a working outcome.
Everything above — the live figure, the lineage trail, the automatic refresh — is a working example of an Operated Monitor, one of the outcomes CMD+RVL runs for clients. We stand up the same against the numbers your decisions depend on:
Pulled from source
Connected straight to where your data lives, with lineage captured on every value — so each number traces back to where it came from.
Always current
Refreshed on a schedule and monitored, so the figure you cite is the figure that is true today — not last quarter’s spreadsheet.
Defensible
A standing record of what each number was and when — the evidence to prove what you knew, when you knew it.