Core CPI
Headline CPI read beside the prints markets watch next to it — Core CPI and PPI — all shown as year-over-year percent change so the three series share an axis. Real FRED releases, updated as each one lands.
Latest CORE-CPI prints
CPI
4.3%
▲ 0.3 pp vs prior
CPI, year-over-year percent change.
Core CPI
3.0%
▼ 0.0 pp vs prior
Core CPI, year-over-year percent change.
PPI
13.1%
▲ 3.3 pp vs prior
PPI, year-over-year percent change.
Year-over-year change · 24 months
Plotted as YoY percent change so the three series share an axis. Source: FRED.
CPI
Core CPI
PPI
May 2024
Nov 2024
May 2025
Nov 2025
May 2026
Recent CORE-CPI prints
Each row is a single month's release, newest first. Values are year-over-year percent change.
Month
CPI
Core CPI
PPI
May 2026
4.3%
3.0%
13.1%
Apr 2026
4.0%
3.0%
9.8%
Mar 2026
3.3%
2.7%
6.9%
Feb 2026
2.7%
2.7%
4.0%
Jan 2026
2.8%
3.0%
2.4%
Dec 2025
3.0%
2.8%
3.1%
Nov 2025
3.0%
2.9%
3.4%
Oct 2025
—
—
3.0%
Sep 2025
3.0%
3.0%
3.7%
Aug 2025
2.9%
3.1%
2.6%
Source: Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED), St. Louis Fed.