CPIAUCSLConsumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: All Items in U.S. City Average — Current Value & Historical Data
What is Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: All Items in U.S. City Average?
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) measures the average change over time in prices paid by U.S. urban consumers for a representative basket of goods and services, published monthly by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. It is the headline U.S. inflation gauge: Social Security cost-of-living adjustments, federal income-tax bracket indexing, and most consumer-facing inflation discussions reference CPI. The index draws from roughly 80,000 prices collected each month across 75 metropolitan areas, weighted by household spending shares from the Consumer Expenditure Survey, with shelter carrying roughly a third of the total weight. Year-over-year CPI peaked at 9.1% in June 2022 — the highest reading since November 1981 — during the post-COVID inflation surge, before cooling back toward the Federal Reserve's 2% target. The Fed, however, formally targets PCE inflation rather than CPI for policy decisions.
Current Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: All Items in U.S. City Average Value
As of March 1, 2026, the current consumer price index for all urban consumers: all items in u.s. city average is 330.29 Index 1982-1984=100. This is the most recent observation available for this series, updated monthly.
Historical Trend
Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: All Items in U.S. City Average rose 0.87% month-over-month. Over the past year, consumer price index for all urban consumers: all items in u.s. city average rose 3.32% from February 2025. In the series' tracked history, the highest recorded value was 330.29 (March 2026), and the lowest was 234.75 (January 2015).
Methodology & Source
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
Frequency: Monthly
Units: Index 1982-1984=100
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: All Items (CPIAUCSL) is a price index of a basket of goods and services paid by urban consumers. Percent changes in the price index measure the inflation rate between any two time periods. The most common inflation metric is the percent change from o...