United States Inflation Rate

Last Release

May 31, 2025

Actual

2.4

Units In

2.3

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Jul 15, 2025

Time to Release

30 Days 12 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
23.7 Jun 1920	-15.8 Jun 1921	3.29 %	1914-2025	U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

In the United States, unadjusted Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers is based on the prices of a market basket of: food (14 percent of total weight), energy (9.3 percent), commodities less food and energy commodities (19.4 percent) and services less energy services (57.3 percent). The last category is divided by: shelter (32.1 percent), medical care services (5.8 percent) and transportation services (5.5 percent).

Latest Updates

The annual inflation rate in the US rose for the first time in four months to 2.4% in May 2025 from April’s 2.3%, the lowest since 2021, but came in below expectations of 2.5%. Prices rose more for food (2.9% vs 2.8% in April), transportation services (2.8% vs 2.5%), used cars and trucks (1.8% vs 1.5%) and new vehicles (0.4% vs 0.3%). On the other hand, inflation fell slightly for shelter (3.9% vs 4%). Meanwhile, energy cost declined 3.5%, following a 3.7% fall in April. Prices for gasoline (-12% vs -11.8%) and fuel oil (-8.6% vs -9.6%) continued to decrease while the rise for natural gas prices remained elevated (15.3% vs 15.7%). On a monthly basis, the CPI edged up 0.1%, below 0.2% in the previous month and forecasts of 0.2%. In addition, annual core inflation which excludes volatile food and energy prices, remained at 2.8%, holding at 2021-lows, while expectations were pointing to a rise to 2.9%. The monthly core CPI also edged up 0.1%, below 0.2% in April and expectations of 0.3%.