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US Inflation Tracker

This is a tracker of the US inflation rate.

CPI
2.7%
Previous: 2.7%
Core
2.6%
Previous: 2.6%
Super Core
2.2%
Previous: 2.3%
Report: Dec 2025

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
2Owners' equivalent rent of residencesN/AN/A
2
3Medical care servicesN/AN/A
3
4Rent of primary residenceN/AN/A
4
8Recreation servicesN/AN/A
5
6Meats, poultry, and fishN/AN/A
6
9Other personal servicesN/AN/A
6
1Motor vehicle insuranceN/AN/A
8
10Tuition, other school fees, and childcareN/AN/A
9
17Other recreation servicesN/AN/A
10
11Motor vehicle maintenance and repairN/AN/A

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
46
43Postage and delivery servicesN/AN/A
46
43Medical equipment and suppliesN/AN/A
46
36Recreational reading materialsN/AN/A
46
53Major appliancesN/AN/A
46
36Other motor fuelsN/AN/A
46
53Salad dressingN/AN/A
46
53Girls' apparelN/AN/A
46
53Vehicle accessories other than tiresN/AN/A
46
53Cosmetics, perfume, bath, nail preparations and implementsN/AN/A
46
43Music instruments and accessoriesN/AN/A