United States Inflation Rate

Last Release

Jun 30, 2025

Actual

2.7

Units In

2.4

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Aug 12, 2025

Time to Release

25 Days 23 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 accelerated for the second consecutive month to 2.7% in June 2025, the highest level since February, up from 2.4% in May and in line with expectations. Prices rose more for food (3% vs 2.9% in May), transportation services (3.4% vs 2.8%) and used cars and trucks (2.8% vs 1.8%). Also, energy cost declined much less (-0.8% vs -3.5%). Prices for gasoline (-8.3% vs -12%) and fuel oil (-4.7% vs -8.6%) continued to decrease while the rise for natural gas prices remained elevated (14.2% vs 15.3%). Meanwhile, inflation fell slightly for shelter (3.8% vs 3.9%) and new vehicles (0.2% vs 0.4%). On a monthly basis, the CPI rose 0.3%, marking the largest increase in five months, and up from 0.1% in May, but matching expectations. Annual core inflation went up to 2.9% from 2.8%, but below forecasts of 3%. Monthly core CPI also rose less than anticipated by 0.2%, compared to forecasts of 0.3% and 0.1% in May.