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The CPI Index for May 2026

The seasonally adjusted consumer price index was 333.979. Over the twelve months from the index a year earlier, that is a change of 4.2 percent.

By Arthur Lin, Economics Columnist

Washington1 min read

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The consumer price index, seasonally adjusted, stood at 333.979 in May 2026, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data published by the St. Louis Fed. The index a year earlier, May 2025, was 320.620. The percent change between those two published levels is 4.2 percent.

A price level and a rate of change are different objects. The index can be high relative to a household's memory of 2019 and still be the input to a modest twelve-month change, or the reverse.

The Federal Reserve's 2 percent goal is a statement about inflation over the longer run, usually discussed with the personal consumption expenditures index rather than the CPI.

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