US consumer prices · October 2026

US consumer prices · October 2026 is scheduled for Thursday 13 November 2026 at 08:30 ET. The data covers October 2026. The next release in the series is expected on November 2026 data · 11 Dec.

Headline CPI-U: All-items 12-month rate for October and the monthly change from September. Core CPI: All items less food and energy — the Fed's preferred CPI trend gauge. Shelter detail: Rent of primary residence and owners' equivalent rent — the largest single CPI component. Supercore: Core services less shelter — the metric most closely tracked for Fed policy purposes. For detailed definitions of each measure, see the IMF inflation methodology.

Headline vs core — Headline includes volatile food and energy. Core strips those out. After two months of headline above core due to energy, a narrowing gap would be a positive signal. Watch the shelter print — Shelter (OER + rent) is ~34% of CPI and running ~5%. Private-market rent indices have softened for 18 months; the BLS shelter series is expected to follow. Any further decline is significant. Context: December FOMC meeting — The November CPI (13 Nov) is the last major inflation print before the 16-17 December FOMC. Markets are pricing a 60% chance of a cut. A soft print could push that to 80%+. For a deeper explanation of how consumer price indices are constructed, the IMF's primer on inflation is a reliable starting point.

The official source is Online · bls.gov. Times shown are in ET — see the time-zone table on this page for your local equivalent. The Federal Reserve's economic data page and ECB statistics portal also carry same-day updates.

Going into this release: Headline, September was 3.2% (Down from 3.4% in August); Core, September was 2.7% (Continues gradual decline); Shelter, September was 4.9% (Easing slowly; largest driver); Next FOMC decision was 17 Dec (FOMC meets 16–17 December). Historical releases and revisions are archived in the World Bank WDI inflation series.