US Inflation Tracker
This is a tracker of the US inflation rate.
2.7%
Previous: 2.4%
2.9%
Previous: 2.8%
2.2%
Previous: 1.9%
Inflation Trends
What items are pushing inflation up?
These are the top 10 categories in the latest CPI report that have increased the most.
| Rank | Category | Impact | Annual Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Current | Previous | |||
1 | 1 | Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence | 38.5% | 4.1% |
2 | 2 | Rent of primary residence | 10.5% | 3.8% |
3 | 3 | Motor vehicle insurance | 6.4% | 6.1% |
4 | 5 | Professional services | 3.8% | 2.8% |
5 | 4 | Hospital and related services | 3.6% | 4.2% |
6 | 6 | Tuition, other school fees, and childcare | 3.1% | 3.4% |
7 | 8 | Hospital services | 3.0% | 4.2% |
8 | 7 | Other recreation services | 2.9% | 4.0% |
9 | 9 | Motor vehicle maintenance and repair | 2.1% | 5.2% |
10 | 10 | Physicians' services | 2.0% | 3.0% |
What items are pushing inflation down?
These are the top 10 categories in the latest CPI report that have decreased the most.
| Rank | Category | Impact | Annual Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Current | Previous | |||
174 | 170 | Other lodging away from home including hotels and motels | -1.9% | -3.7% |
173 | 168 | Lodging away from home | -1.6% | -2.5% |
172 | 174 | Public transportation | -1.4% | -2.7% |
171 | 171 | Telephone hardware, calculators, and other consumer information items | -1.3% | -8.0% |
170 | 173 | Airline fares | -1.1% | -3.5% |
169 | 172 | Internet services and electronic information providers | -0.9% | -2.3% |
168 | 169 | Sports vehicles including bicycles | -0.5% | -4.2% |
166 | 157 | Wireless telephone services | -0.4% | -0.8% |
166 | 164 | Televisions | -0.4% | -10.1% |
165 | 127 | Jewelry | -0.4% | -3.6% |