The latest official 12-month inflation rate is 3.7 percent, for September 2026; prices rose 0.4 percent in October, a month for which no 12-month rate was published. The usual answer to this question is a single number, how much prices rose over the past 12 months, and for October 2026 that number does not exist, so the answer has two parts.
The monthly change
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers rose 0.4 percent in October on a seasonally adjusted basis, after a 0.6 percent rise in September, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics release of November 10, 2026.
| Category | Change in October 2026 |
|---|---|
| All items | +0.4% |
| All items less food and energy | +0.3% |
| Shelter | +0.3% |
| Food | +0.5% |
| Energy | +0.7% |
| Gasoline | +1.0% |
| Used cars and trucks | -1.2% |
The bureau said shelter accounted for over thirty percent of the monthly increase in the all items index.
Why there is no 12-month rate for October
The release states: "BLS did not collect survey data for October 2025 because of a lapse in appropriations." Without an October 2025 index there is nothing to compare October 2026 with, and the bureau said it cannot publish 12-month percent changes for October 2026 for the indexes where the October 2025 data are unavailable.
The latest 12-month rate
The most recent published 12-month figure comes from the September report. The all items index rose 3.7 percent over the 12 months ending in September 2026, up from 3.4 percent for the 12 months ending in August. Excluding food and energy, prices rose 2.6 percent over the same 12 months.
When the next number comes
The release schedule lists the November 2026 report for December 10, 2026, at 8:30 a.m. Eastern time. This page will be updated on this address when it is published.