Consumer Price Index (CPI) for May 2025

Earlier this morning, the Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics released the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for May 2025:

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CPI During May 2025: 321.465

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Consumer Price Index (CPI); Headline

Predicted: +0.3%

->  Actual: +0.21% (+0.67 point)

• Year-on-Year Change: +2.35% (+7.396 points)

[prior = +2.31%]

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CPI, Minus Food + Energy (Core CPI)

Predicted: +0.3%

 - > Actual: +0.21% (+0.694 point) M/M

• Year-on-Year Change: +2.79% (+8.88 points)

[prior = +2.78%]

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The above, yellow- and blue-highlighted figures represent month-to-month and year-on-year changes (not seasonally adjusted) in prices for a specific group of goods and services that consumers buy, and is, therefore, a very important part of the overall inflation picture for the country.

The "predicted" figure is what economists were expecting, while the "actual" is the true or real figure.

General categories that constitute the CPI are:

• Healthcare
• Housing
• Clothing
• Communications
• Education
• Transportation
• Food and Beverages
• Recreation
• Miscellaneous Goods and Services (grooming expenses, etc.)

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CPI During May 2024: 314.069

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CHART: Consumer Price Index
12-Month Percentage Change
MAY 2025 Update

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