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US Consumer Price Index

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Month to Month Change Year to Year Change
Jul-Aug CPI-U 0.21% 20-Aug CPI-U 4.99%
  CPI-W 0.22% 21-Aug CPI-W 5.51%

Consumer Price Index

All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) and Urban Wage Earners & Clerical Workers (CPI-W)

Not Seasonally Adjusted

  Percentage Change
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual Average From Previous Year Dec. to Dec.
1979 CPI-U 68.3 69.1 69.8 70.6 71.5 72.3 73.1 73.8 74.6 75.2 75.9 76.7 72.6    
  CPI-W 68.7 69.5 70.3 71.1 71.9 72.8 73.7 74.4 75.1 75.7 76.4 77.2 73.1    
1980 CPI-U 77.8 78.9 80.1 81.0 81.8 82.7 82.7 83.3 84.0 84.8 85.5 86.3 82.4 13.5% 12.5%
  CPI-W 78.3 79.4 80.5 81.4 82.3 83.2 83.3 83.8 84.6 85.3 86.1 86.9 82.9 13.4% 12.6%
1981 CPI-U 87.0 87.9 88.5 89.1 89.8 90.6 91.6 92.3 93.2 93.4 93.7 94.0 90.9 10.3% 8.9%
  CPI-W 87.5 88.5 89.0 89.6 90.3 91.1 92.2 92.8 93.7 93.9 94.1 94.4 91.4 10.3% 8.6%
1982 CPI-U 94.3 94.6 94.5 94.9 95.8 97.0 97.5 97.7 97.9 98.2 98.0 97.6 96.5 6.2% 3.8%
  CPI-W 94.7 95.0 94.8 95.2 96.2 97.4 98.0 98.2 98.3 98.6 98.4 98.0 96.9 6.0% 3.8%
1983 CPI-U 97.8 97.9 97.9 98.6 99.2 99.5 99.9 100.2 100.7 101.0 101.2 101.3 99.6 3.2% 3.8%
  CPI-W 98.1 98.1 98.4 99.0 99.5 99.8 100.1 100.5 101.0 101.2 101.2 101.2 99.8 3.0% 3.3%
1984 CPI-U 101.9 102.4 102.6 103.1 103.4 103.7 104.1 104.5 105.0 105.3 105.3 105.3 103.9 4.3% 3.9%
  CPI-W 101.6 101.8 101.8 102.1 102.5 102.8 103.2 104.2 104.8 104.8 104.7 104.8 103.3 3.5% 3.6%
1985 CPI-U 105.5 106.0 106.4 106.9 107.3 107.6 107.8 108.0 108.3 108.7 109.0 109.3 107.6 3.6% 3.8%
  CPI-W 104.9 105.4 105.9 106.3 106.7 107.0 107.1 107.3 107.6 107.9 108.3 108.6 106.9 3.5% 3.6%
1986 CPI-U 109.6 109.3 108.8 108.6 108.9 109.5 109.5 109.7 110.2 110.3 110.4 110.5 109.6 1.9% 1.1%
  CPI-W 108.9 108.5 107.9 107.6 107.9 108.4 108.4 108.6 109.1 109.1 109.2 109.3 108.6 1.6% 0.6%
1987 CPI-U 111.2 111.6 112.1 112.7 113.1 113.5 113.8 114.4 115.0 115.3 115.4 115.4 113.6 3.6% 4.4%
  CPI-W 110.0 110.5 111.0 111.6 111.9 112.4 112.7 113.3 113.8 114.1 114.3 114.2 112.5 3.6% 4.5%
1988 CPI-U 115.7 116.0 116.5 117.1 117.5 118.0 118.5 119.0 119.8 120.2 120.3 120.5 118.3 4.1% 4.4%
  CPI-W 114.5 114.7 115.1 115.7 116.2 116.7 117.2 117.7 118.5 118.9 119.0 119.2 117.0 4.0% 4.4%
1989 CPI-U 121.1 121.6 122.3 123.1 123.8 124.1 124.4 124.6 125.0 125.6 125.9 126.1 124.0 4.8% 4.6%
  CPI-W 119.7 120.2 120.8 121.8 122.5 122.8 123.2 123.2 123.6 124.2 124.4 124.6 122.6 4.8% 4.5%
1990 CPI-U 127.4 128.0 128.7 128.9 129.2 129.9 130.4 131.6 132.7 133.5 133.8 133.8 130.7 5.4% 6.1%
  CPI-W 125.9 126.4 127.1 127.3 127.5 128.3 128.7 129.9 131.1 131.9 132.2 132.2 129.0 5.2% 6.1%
1991 CPI-U 134.6 134.8 135.0 135.2 135.6 136.0 136.2 136.6 137.2 137.4 137.8 137.9 136.2 4.2% 3.1%
  CPI-W 132.8 132.8 133.0 133.3 133.8 134.1 134.3 134.6 135.2 135.4 135.8 135.9 134.3 4.1% 2.8%
1992 CPI-U 138.1 138.6 139.3 139.5 139.7 140.2 140.5 140.9 141.3 141.8 142.0 141.9 140.3 3.0% 2.9%
  CPI-W 136.0 136.4 137.0 137.3 137.6 138.1 138.4 138.8 139.1 139.6 139.8 139.8 138.2 2.9% 2.9%
1993 CPI-U 142.6 143.1 143.6 144.0 144.2 144.4 144.4 144.8 145.1 145.7 145.8 145.8 144.5 3.0% 2.7%
  CPI-W 140.3 140.7 141.1 141.6 141.9 142.0 142.1 142.4 142.6 143.3 143.4 143.3 142.1 2.8% 2.5%
1994 CPI-U 146.2 146.7 147.2 147.4 147.5 148.0 148.4 149.0 149.4 149.5 149.7 149.7 148.2 2.6% 2.7%
  CPI-W 143.6 144.0 144.4 144.7 144.9 145.4 145.8 146.5 146.9 147.0 147.3 147.2 145.6 2.5% 2.7%
1995 CPI-U 150.3 150.9 151.4 151.9 152.2 152.5 152.5 152.9 153.2 153.7 153.6 153.5 152.4 2.8% 2.5%
  CPI-W 147.8 148.3 148.7 149.3 149.6 149.9 149.9 150.2 150.6 151.0 150.9 150.9 149.8 2.9% 2.5%
1996 CPI-U 154.4 154.9 155.7 156.3 156.6 156.7 157.0 157.3 157.8 158.3 158.6 158.6 156.9 3.0% 3.3%
  CPI-W 151.7 152.2 152.9 153.6 154.0 154.1 154.3 154.5 155.1 155.5 155.9 155.9 154.1 2.9% 3.3%
1997 CPI-U 159.1 159.6 160.0 160.2 160.1 160.3 160.5 160.8 161.2 161.6 161.5 161.3 160.5 2.3% 1.7%
  CPI-W 156.3 156.8 157.0 157.2 157.2 157.4 157.5 157.8 158.3 158.5 158.5 158.2 157.6 2.3% 1.5%
1998 CPI-U 161.6 161.9 162.2 162.5 162.8 163.0 163.2 163.4 163.6 164.0 164.0 163.9 163.0 1.6% 1.6%
  CPI-W 158.4 158.5 158.7 159.1 159.5 159.7 159.8 160.0 160.2 160.6 160.7 160.7 159.7 1.3% 1.6%
1999 CPI-U 164.3 164.5 165.0 166.2 166.2 166.2 166.7 167.1 167.9 168.2 168.3 168.3 166.6 2.2% 2.7%
  CPI-W 161.0 161.1 161.4 162.7 162.8 162.8 163.3 163.8 164.7 165.0 165.1 165.1 163.2 2.2% 2.7%
2000 CPI-U 168.8 169.8 171.2 171.3 171.5 172.4 172.8 172.8 173.7 174.0 174.1 174.0 172.2 3.4% 3.4%
  CPI-W 165.6 166.5 167.9 168.0 168.2 169.2 169.4 169.3 170.4 170.6 170.9 170.7 168.9 3.5% 3.4%
2001 CPI-U 175.1 175.8 176.2 176.9 177.7 178.0 177.5 177.5 178.3 177.7 177.4 176.7 177.1 2.8% 1.6%
  CPI-W 171.7 172.4 172.6 173.5 174.4 174.6 173.8 173.8 174.8 174.0 173.7 172.9 173.5 2.7% 1.3%
2002 CPI-U 177.1 177.8 178.8 179.8 179.8 179.9 180.1 180.7 181.0 181.3 181.3 180.9 179.9 1.6% 2.4%
  CPI-W 173.2 173.7 174.7 175.8 175.8 175.9 176.1 176.6 177.0 177.3 177.4 177.0 175.9 1.4% 2.4%
2003 CPI-U 181.7 183.1 184.2 183.8 183.5 183.7 183.9 184.6 185.2 185.0 184.5 184.3 184.0 2.3% 1.9%
  CPI-W 177.7 179.2 180.3 179.8 179.4 179.6 179.6 180.3 181.0 180.7 180.2 179.9 179.8 2.2% 1.6%
2004 CPI-U 185.2 186.2 187.4 188.0 189.1 189.7 189.4 189.5 189.9 190.9 191.0 190.3 188.9 2.7% 3.3%
  CPI-W 180.9 181.9 182.9 183.5 184.7 185.3 184.9 185.0 185.4 186.5 186.8 186.0 184.5 2.6% 3.4%
2005 CPI-U 190.7 191.8 193.3 194.6 194.4 194.5 195.4 196.4 198.8 199.2 197.6 196.8 195.3 3.4% 3.4%
  CPI-W 186.3 187.3 188.6 190.2 190.0 190.1 191.0 192.1 195.0 195.2 193.4 192.5 191.0 3.5% 3.5%
2006 CPI-U 198.3 198.7 199.8 201.5 202.5 202.9 203.5 203.9 202.9 201.8 201.5 201.8 201.6 3.2% 2.5%
  CPI-W 194.0 194.2 195.3 197.2 198.2 198.6 199.2 199.6 198.4 197.0 196.8 197.2 197.1 3.2% 2.4%
2007 CPI-U 202.4 203.5 205.4 206.7 207.9 208.4 208.3 207.9 208.5 208.9 210.2 210.0 207.3 2.8% 4.1%
  CPI-W 197.6 198.5 200.6 202.1 203.7 203.9 203.7 203.2 203.9 204.3 205.9 205.8 202.8 2.9% 4.3%
2008 CPI-U 211.1 211.7 213.5 214.8 216.6 218.8 220.0 219.1 218.8 216.6 212.4 210.2 215.3 3.8% 0.1%
  CPI-W 206.7 207.3 209.1 210.7 212.8 215.2 216.3 215.2 214.9 212.2 207.3 204.8 211.1 4.1% -0.5%
2009 CPI-U 211.1 212.2 212.7 213.2 213.9 215.7 215.4 215.8 216.0 216.2 216.3 215.9 214.5 -0.4% 2.7%
  CPI-W 205.7 206.7 207.2 207.9 208.8 211.0 210.5 211.2 211.3 211.5 212.0 211.7 209.6 -0.7% 3.4%
2010 CPI-U 216.7 216.7 217.6 218.0 218.2 218.0 218.0 218.3 218.4 218.7 218.8 219.2 218.1 1.6% 1.5%
  CPI-W 212.6 212.5 213.5 214.0 214.1 213.8 213.9 214.2 214.3 214.6 214.8 215.3 214.0 2.1% 1.7%
2011 CPI-U 220.2 221.3 223.5 224.9 226.0 225.7 225.9 226.5 226.9 226.4 226.2 225.7 224.9 3.2% 3.0%
  CPI-W 216.4 217.5 220.0 221.7 223.0 222.5 222.7 223.3 223.7 223.0 222.8 222.2 221.6 3.6% 3.2%
2012 CPI-U 226.7 227.7 229.4 230.1 229.8 229.5 229.1 230.4 231.4 231.3 230.2 229.6 229.6 2.1% 1.7%
  CPI-W 223.2 224.3 226.3 227.0 226.6 226.0 225.6 227.1 228.2 228.0 226.6 225.9 226.2 2.1% 1.7%
2013 CPI-U 230.3 232.2 232.8 232.5 232.9 233.5 233.6 233.9 234.1 233.5 233.1 233.0 233.0 1.5% 1.5%
  CPI-W 226.5 228.7 229.3 228.9 229.4 230.0 230.1 230.4 230.5 229.7 229.1 229.2 229.3 1.4% 1.5%
2014 CPI-U  233.9  234.8  236.3  237.1  237.9  238.3  238.3  237.9  238.0  237.4  236.2  234.8 236.7  1.6%   0.8%
  CPI-W  230.0  230.9  232.6  233.4  234.2  234.7  234.5  234.0  234.2  233.2  231.6  229.9  232.8 1.5%  0.3%
2015 CPI-U  233.7  234.7  236.1  236.6  237.8  238.6  238.7  238.3  237.9  237.8  237.3  236.5  237.0  0.1%  0.7%
  CPI-W  288.3  229.4  231.1  231.5  232.9  233.8  233.8  233.4  232.7  232.4  231.7  230.8  231.8  -0.4%  0.4%
2016 CPI-U  236.9    237.1 238.1 239.3 240.2 241.0 240.6 240.8 241.4 241.7 241.4  241.4  240.0  1.3%  2.1%
  CPI-W 231.1 231.0 232.2 233.4 234.4 235.3 234.8 234.9 235.5 235.7 235.2  235.4  234.1  1.0%  2.0%
2017 CPI-U 242.8   243.6 243.8 244.5 244.7 245.0 244.8 245.5 246.8 246.7 246.7 246.5 245.1 2.1% 2.1%
  CPI-W 236.9 237.5 237.7 238.4 238.6 238.8 238.6 239.4 240.9 240.6 240.7  240.5 239.1  2.1% 2.2%
2018 CPI-U 247.9 249.0 249.6 250.5 251.6 252.0 252.0 252.1 252.4 252.9 252.0 251.2 251.1 2.4% 2.2%
  CPI-W 241.9 243.0 243.5 244.6 245.8 246.2 246.2 246.3 246.6 247.0 245.9 244.8 245.1 2.5% 2.2%
2019 CPI-U 251.7 252.8 254.2 255.5 256.1 256.1 256.6 256.6 256.8 257.3 257.2 257.0 255.7 1.8% 2.23%
  CPI-W 245.1 246.2 247.8 249.3 249.9 249.7 250.2 250.1 250.3 250.9 250.6 250.5 249.2 1.7% 2.26%
2020 CPI-U 258.0 258.7 258.1 256.4 256.4 257.8 259.1 259.9 260.3 260.4 260.2 260.5 258.8 1.2% 1.34%
  CPI-W 251.4 251.9 251.4 249.5 249.5 251.1 252.6 253.6 253.9 254.1 253.8 254.1 252.2 1.2% 1.43%
2021 CPI-U 261.6 263.0 264.9 267.1 269.2 271.7 273.0 273.6
  CPI-W 255.3 256.8 258.9 261.2 263.6 266.4 267.8 268.4
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