Prices
Inflation, Latest Month
3.8%
Year over year · Aug 2026
Inflation, Year to Date
3.4%
Jan–Aug 2026 average
Jan–Aug 2025: 1.2%
Brent Crude Oil
$114.16
per barrel · Sep 2026
Sep 2025: $67.99
Gasoline (Regular)
$3.94
per gallon · Aug 2026
Aug 2025: $2.98
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Inflation rate by date
All items, year-over-year change in the Consumer Price Index.
Personal consumption by type of product
Fiscal year 2025, millions of dollars. Business Services is included in several sectors for inflation purposes, so this taxonomy and the sector bars below do not line up one to one.
Medical and Funeral Services 39,039.7 (36.0%)
Household Operations 13,300.5 (12.3%)
Housing 11,971.5 (11.0%)
Food 11,777.9 (10.9%)
Transportation 10,483.1 (9.7%)
Recreation 7,412.9 (6.8%)
Clothing and Accessories 3,353.5 (3.1%)
Business Services 2,793.5 (2.6%)
Education 2,184.3 (2.0%)
Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco Products 2,028.4 (1.9%)
Personal Care 1,540.2 (1.4%)
Foreign Travel 1,272.5 (1.2%)
Miscellaneous Purchases 1,164.3 (1.1%)
Religious and Nonprofit Organizations, Not Elsewhere Classified 22.1 (0.0%)
Inflation rate by sector, Aug 2026
Year-over-year change, ranked. A sector with no reading twelve months earlier is omitted.
Inflation rate by sub-sector, Aug 2026
Year-over-year change across every sub-sector, ranked.