Federal Reserve Economic Data

Table Data - Median Consumer Price Index

Title Median Consumer Price Index
Series ID MEDCPIM094SFRBCLE
Source Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
Release Current Median CPI
Seasonal Adjustment Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency Monthly
Units Index Dec 1982=100
Date Range 1982-12-01 to 2025-12-01
Last Updated 2026-01-13 10:05 AM CST
Notes Median Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a measure of core inflation calculated the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland and the Ohio State University. Median CPI was created as a different way to get a 'Core CPI' measure, or a better measure of underlying inflation trends. To calculate the Median CPI, the Cleveland Fed analyzes the median price change of the goods and services published by the BLS. The median price change is the price change that's right in the middle of the long list of all of the price changes. This series excludes 49.5% of the CPI components with the highest and lowest one-month price changes from each tail of the price-change distribution resulting in a Median CPI Inflation Estimate.

According to research from the Cleveland Fed, the Median CPI provides a better signal of the inflation trend than either the all-items CPI or the CPI excluding food and energy. According to newer research done at the Cleveland Fed, the Median CPI is even better at PCE inflation in the near and longer term than the core PCE.

For further information, visit The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland.
DATE VALUE
1982-12-01 100.000000000000
1983-01-01 100.408580010000
1983-02-01 100.813859151454
1983-03-01 101.112419405412
1983-04-01 101.510498990500
1983-05-01 101.823811155785
1983-06-01 102.028680663830
1983-07-01 102.337858164643
1983-08-01 102.746390904670
1983-09-01 103.151704846962
1983-10-01 103.548065272836
1983-11-01 103.960196948138
1983-12-01 104.269291416100
1984-01-01 104.681832867588
1984-02-01 105.077603473111
1984-03-01 105.415112735466
1984-04-01 105.800278484921
1984-05-01 106.095260230784
1984-06-01 106.488576590122
1984-07-01 106.897758945669
1984-08-01 107.306942187361
1984-09-01 107.699288560081
1984-10-01 108.008180900370
1984-11-01 108.240160882109
1984-12-01 108.552682698624
1985-01-01 108.826995316948
1985-02-01 109.322560794640
1985-03-01 109.743037227968
1985-04-01 110.145761240709
1985-05-01 110.444806982478
1985-06-01 110.889258985781
1985-07-01 111.111481049700
1985-08-01 111.426848777474
1985-09-01 111.742209033742
1985-10-01 112.059657486560
1985-11-01 112.551151133090
1985-12-01 112.836321995971
1986-01-01 113.244044761871
1986-02-01 113.538954903240
1986-03-01 113.945901236758
1986-04-01 114.334456748581
1986-05-01 114.545998360457
1986-06-01 114.865066227436
1986-07-01 115.242914862791
1986-08-01 115.553540615512
1986-09-01 115.931966894118
1986-10-01 116.327387635208
1986-11-01 116.764708816283
1986-12-01 117.140154061011
1987-01-01 117.650791432308
1987-02-01 117.973131058909
1987-03-01 118.340263430967
1987-04-01 118.797175199908
1987-05-01 119.234336924926
1987-06-01 119.515682266334
1987-07-01 119.924975671824
1987-08-01 120.251147620656
1987-09-01 120.762852317101
1987-10-01 121.137301693281
1987-11-01 121.467970173599
1987-12-01 121.751780085910
1988-01-01 122.083468448222
1988-02-01 122.375528717583
1988-03-01 122.817316601569
1988-04-01 123.291968685039
1988-05-01 123.637321818522
1988-06-01 124.108775641717
1988-07-01 124.571875127146
1988-08-01 125.106512688360
1988-09-01 125.617147418038
1988-10-01 126.055890416263
1988-11-01 126.362344891454
1988-12-01 126.770950157259
1989-01-01 127.255202522442
1989-02-01 127.794879085368
1989-03-01 128.319055353692
1989-04-01 128.829470073005
1989-05-01 129.394103848675
1989-06-01 129.802613960996
1989-07-01 130.415373160721
1989-08-01 130.721758009929
1989-09-01 131.094184298500
1989-10-01 131.645933488266
1989-11-01 132.094095739640
1989-12-01 132.502107982561
1990-01-01 133.064738433476
1990-02-01 133.604914752453
1990-03-01 134.175875328927
1990-04-01 134.756092093447
1990-05-01 135.193618173256
1990-06-01 135.811885614367
1990-07-01 136.397913900793
1990-08-01 137.025753484838
1990-09-01 137.343310682242
1990-10-01 137.853884439703
1990-11-01 138.262331727695
1990-12-01 138.831778953322
1991-01-01 139.459506827977
1991-02-01 139.955801374925
1991-03-01 140.375136947005
1991-04-01 140.763709363588
1991-05-01 141.277440611357
1991-06-01 141.614627464737
1991-07-01 142.128461964868
1991-08-01 142.489340328431
1991-09-01 142.963302635414
1991-10-01 143.238592770969
1991-11-01 143.741073740085
1991-12-01 144.054242403069
1992-01-01 144.260614510735
1992-02-01 144.568206978569
1992-03-01 145.016715398356
1992-04-01 145.306951867056
1992-05-01 145.642000651202
1992-06-01 146.152577812885
1992-07-01 146.367436717528
1992-08-01 146.623213813192
1992-09-01 146.849130861035
1992-10-01 147.304333811563
1992-11-01 147.700553008649
1992-12-01 147.929739971523
1993-01-01 148.347611915787
1993-02-01 148.628582292756
1993-03-01 148.837613530892
1993-04-01 149.336413025118
1993-05-01 149.701749625943
1993-06-01 150.016033464138
1993-07-01 150.225545856474
1993-08-01 150.538525758711
1993-09-01 150.828237151534
1993-10-01 151.285563434318
1993-11-01 151.736500313247
1993-12-01 152.088271057097
1994-01-01 152.427762495750
1994-02-01 152.878384690016
1994-03-01 153.152694375666
1994-04-01 153.469996112558
1994-05-01 153.836267605280
1994-06-01 154.202536390205
1994-07-01 154.465976003374
1994-08-01 154.911764825566
1994-09-01 155.387374941425
1994-10-01 155.671997996105
1994-11-01 156.230611409282
1994-12-01 156.388060619460
1995-01-01 156.923423883017
1995-02-01 157.353346987430
1995-03-01 157.775148353629
1995-04-01 158.248284468512
1995-05-01 158.710195386047
1995-06-01 158.985240154651
1995-07-01 159.381558545410
1995-08-01 159.767182210372
1995-09-01 160.195278375105
1995-10-01 160.619827885835
1995-11-01 160.972806019597
1995-12-01 161.314824940547
1996-01-01 161.813820072404
1996-02-01 162.162803938154
1996-03-01 162.577275848740
1996-04-01 162.995798513699
1996-05-01 163.389563763749
1996-06-01 163.727616754837
1996-07-01 164.157467239865
1996-08-01 164.471713879402
1996-09-01 164.894702233157
1996-10-01 165.285585124801
1996-11-01 165.759640728026
1996-12-01 166.060544203840
1997-01-01 166.473619807547
1997-02-01 166.795213546291
1997-03-01 167.200242363345
1997-04-01 167.610936318663
1997-05-01 167.974702350516
1997-06-01 168.320495089572
1997-07-01 168.602095277857
1997-08-01 168.924040978790
1997-09-01 169.276399618975
1997-10-01 169.622536000916
1997-11-01 170.000641612878
1997-12-01 170.429383248026
1998-01-01 170.769577322884
1998-02-01 171.172815508740
1998-03-01 171.517454855485
1998-04-01 171.839255904285
1998-05-01 172.268321342353
1998-06-01 172.710482459969
1998-07-01 173.166489946808
1998-08-01 173.645693574438
1998-09-01 174.097346023425
1998-10-01 174.574233456242
1998-11-01 174.890108074258
1998-12-01 175.178047148192
1999-01-01 175.402607886831
1999-02-01 175.654994699319
1999-03-01 175.922464559748
1999-04-01 176.310039323827
1999-05-01 176.560082221596
1999-06-01 176.733181727972
1999-07-01 177.081911624484
1999-08-01 177.426690106417
1999-09-01 177.789350260995
1999-10-01 178.038344246035
1999-11-01 178.359721261234
1999-12-01 178.741981815841
2000-01-01 179.305823379605
2000-02-01 179.716828187955
2000-03-01 180.220700259146
2000-04-01 180.559136712163
2000-05-01 180.982981211625
2000-06-01 181.450243090615
2000-07-01 181.961842032864
2000-08-01 182.392254592205
2000-09-01 182.852247876526
2000-10-01 183.258819867964
2000-11-01 183.658947193590
2000-12-01 184.156001749909
2001-01-01 184.770198846945
2001-02-01 185.201415555491
2001-03-01 185.656992517616
2001-04-01 186.136637357785
2001-05-01 186.671184552949
2001-06-01 187.210384269531
2001-07-01 187.586096789721
2001-08-01 188.170840170634
2001-09-01 188.601694962190
2001-10-01 189.247014521672
2001-11-01 189.781637356621
2001-12-01 190.168734962337
2002-01-01 190.600931446286
2002-02-01 191.130192112726
2002-03-01 191.581813624556
2002-04-01 192.003964131720
2002-05-01 192.386973658570
2002-06-01 192.783656359557
2002-07-01 193.140672412769
2002-08-01 193.504761894334
2002-09-01 193.937651377818
2002-10-01 194.307703810412
2002-11-01 194.614457382417
2002-12-01 195.096420105586
2003-01-01 195.447574152134
2003-02-01 195.766505503636
2003-03-01 195.949292691782
2003-04-01 196.039370583592
2003-05-01 196.214257302169
2003-06-01 196.396952395181
2003-07-01 196.828848952833
2003-08-01 197.211405503657
2003-09-01 197.540709108567
2003-10-01 197.882454535325
2003-11-01 198.077032360785
2003-12-01 198.371533292499
2004-01-01 198.734850755724
2004-02-01 199.210900237098
2004-03-01 199.659244269251
2004-04-01 200.076751714942
2004-05-01 200.605454531349
2004-06-01 201.055392505317
2004-07-01 201.349757705484
2004-08-01 201.825627742980
2004-09-01 202.183161842527
2004-10-01 202.626044058543
2004-11-01 202.874281225119
2004-12-01 203.195268933161
2005-01-01 203.765780310064
2005-02-01 204.318494989155
2005-03-01 204.638743777769
2005-04-01 204.992871123877
2005-05-01 205.526426568838
2005-06-01 205.802654086147
2005-07-01 206.314999793494
2005-08-01 206.693216451115
2005-09-01 207.373981208150
2005-10-01 207.941107592695
2005-11-01 208.426421343706
2005-12-01 208.805569846772
2006-01-01 209.300940159796
2006-02-01 209.658949417939
2006-03-01 210.189994591886
2006-04-01 210.689111732025
2006-05-01 211.427598137557
2006-06-01 211.983272150982
2006-07-01 212.515350164081
2006-08-01 213.316936813365
2006-09-01 213.687788308015
2006-10-01 214.327249035895
2006-11-01 214.860130875173
2006-12-01 215.342148114264
2007-01-01 215.867023044544
2007-02-01 216.651138419051
2007-03-01 217.130652383714
2007-04-01 217.554599982493
2007-05-01 217.976742928299
2007-06-01 218.561661698475
2007-07-01 219.070210972915
2007-08-01 219.465085028194
2007-09-01 220.131337155269
2007-10-01 220.751689254493
2007-11-01 221.381052342633
2007-12-01 221.923922959187
2008-01-01 222.522229855485
2008-02-01 223.045290608984
2008-03-01 223.602703117049
2008-04-01 224.016055074031
2008-05-01 224.470695657804
2008-06-01 225.215242508231
2008-07-01 225.950570252499
2008-08-01 226.496850923604
2008-09-01 227.087464134722
2008-10-01 227.499968513323
2008-11-01 227.863831962963
2008-12-01 227.932737985748
2009-01-01 228.384341142313
2009-02-01 228.788353041793
2009-03-01 229.149037880364
2009-04-01 229.501446185720
2009-05-01 229.747425835742
2009-06-01 229.891638297236
2009-07-01 229.915730940930
2009-08-01 230.224875632753
2009-09-01 230.399570272988
2009-10-01 230.626882477499
2009-11-01 230.725821412388
2009-12-01 230.814235549461
2010-01-01 230.944645590238
2010-02-01 230.924114611245
2010-03-01 230.868993025087
2010-04-01 230.955892116371
2010-05-01 231.008896493611
2010-06-01 231.250970693146
2010-07-01 231.372469948523
2010-08-01 231.455255015957
2010-09-01 231.749504081659
2010-10-01 231.965865420987
2010-11-01 232.219172146027
2010-12-01 232.487106650071
2011-01-01 232.922996726329
2011-02-01 233.462842379134
2011-03-01 233.799495797845
2011-04-01 234.233264002398
2011-05-01 234.678658553899
2011-06-01 235.052173106853
2011-07-01 235.543432172152
2011-08-01 236.158318301837
2011-09-01 236.643222153191
2011-10-01 237.038369005542
2011-11-01 237.400160668155
2011-12-01 237.864847742647
2012-01-01 238.489668746049
2012-02-01 238.821901548889
2012-03-01 239.298322559969
2012-04-01 239.749308988562
2012-05-01 240.092644383992
2012-06-01 240.473858682892
2012-07-01 240.887488148258
2012-08-01 241.368730787294
2012-09-01 241.823908743051
2012-10-01 242.198559270149
2012-11-01 242.612866547622
2012-12-01 242.971957851399
2013-01-01 243.520253230926
2013-02-01 244.012249374541
2013-03-01 244.258018512111
2013-04-01 244.679190170851
2013-05-01 245.074562405132
2013-06-01 245.506832270540
2013-07-01 245.912949672481
2013-08-01 246.348864803589
2013-09-01 246.802484212772
2013-10-01 247.040559761143
2013-11-01 247.570647042251
2013-12-01 248.150006943803
2014-01-01 248.642210025891
2014-02-01 249.124135816630
2014-03-01 249.710030941726
2014-04-01 250.166326056295
2014-05-01 250.690924817018
2014-06-01 250.963247861738
2014-07-01 251.460739861968
2014-08-01 251.824902790828
2014-09-01 252.227497781169
2014-10-01 252.732442098077
2014-11-01 253.202799918741
2014-12-01 253.700290247994
2015-01-01 254.108400754776
2015-02-01 254.518616738265
2015-03-01 255.029056369320
2015-04-01 255.650300060828
2015-05-01 256.177166721985
2015-06-01 256.803233360459
2015-07-01 257.210972411743
2015-08-01 257.558990251862
2015-09-01 258.193869247937
2015-10-01 258.680051556973
2015-11-01 259.163415074067
2015-12-01 259.556365071255
2016-01-01 260.135038628241
2016-02-01 260.678865588561
2016-03-01 261.156709799967
2016-04-01 261.975000610075
2016-05-01 262.680631131847
2016-06-01 263.136684335007
2016-07-01 263.676594308879
2016-08-01 264.271775816061
2016-09-01 264.815772712002
2016-10-01 265.257043495224
2016-11-01 265.794531412374
2016-12-01 266.241860435567
2017-01-01 266.992516949309
2017-02-01 267.714216779896
2017-03-01 268.137604358911
2017-04-01 268.482318365564
2017-05-01 268.950601478992
2017-06-01 269.372078488029
2017-07-01 269.843867794459
2017-08-01 270.350135474903
2017-09-01 270.988426693465
2017-10-01 271.530047038695
2017-11-01 272.071738264405
2017-12-01 272.732973569755
2018-01-01 273.663075300574
2018-02-01 274.118025853498
2018-03-01 274.562205924823
2018-04-01 275.224205230388
2018-05-01 275.898926657457
2018-06-01 276.496911896326
2018-07-01 276.978784041029
2018-08-01 277.503401167524
2018-09-01 278.037393393692
2018-10-01 278.634163275241
2018-11-01 279.484387865228
2018-12-01 280.153665721922
2019-01-01 280.819503833519
2019-02-01 281.507118840216
2019-03-01 282.249348385829
2019-04-01 282.906382234327
2019-05-01 283.502610651118
2019-06-01 284.193319660019
2019-07-01 284.940479969134
2019-08-01 285.556586956231
2019-09-01 286.145811020533
2019-10-01 286.774993809734
2019-11-01 287.546805783932
2019-12-01 288.145058638412
2020-01-01 288.998034666125
2020-02-01 289.684232978335
2020-03-01 290.389447426529
2020-04-01 290.911995096980
2020-05-01 291.605572019560
2020-06-01 292.047674617848
2020-07-01 292.872700951318
2020-08-01 293.501516114909
2020-09-01 293.779947047815
2020-10-01 294.221977814950
2020-11-01 294.577541430118
2020-12-01 294.929616414139
2021-01-01 295.224438900289
2021-02-01 295.901173690980
2021-03-01 296.435393874646
2021-04-01 297.141954515386
2021-05-01 297.964552372745
2021-06-01 298.859187653563
2021-07-01 299.625346898142
2021-08-01 300.633201683973
2021-09-01 301.948328689210
2021-10-01 303.635360772140
2021-11-01 304.977754185581
2021-12-01 306.203632822537
2022-01-01 307.792562969148
2022-02-01 309.367996389274
2022-03-01 310.775008768441
2022-04-01 312.442741096112
2022-05-01 314.371760454430
2022-06-01 316.441168546644
2022-07-01 318.237617902769
2022-08-01 320.229264494585
2022-09-01 322.154287687641
2022-10-01 324.112437474842
2022-11-01 325.729262890485
2022-12-01 327.191972698675
2023-01-01 328.971581226935
2023-02-01 330.871687952576
2023-03-01 332.140427056426
2023-04-01 333.670755683509
2023-05-01 334.979076120806
2023-06-01 336.263397357874
2023-07-01 337.154998228759
2023-08-01 338.315072434611
2023-09-01 339.649965357808
2023-10-01 340.807118906280
2023-11-01 342.340585679810
2023-12-01 343.512997220602
2024-01-01 345.110324520823
2024-02-01 346.323731557010
2024-03-01 347.660140664377
2024-04-01 348.868452916388
2024-05-01 349.674282214330
2024-06-01 350.393487395671
2024-07-01 351.154122056359
2024-08-01 352.219401839112
2024-09-01 353.413920423551
2024-10-01 354.485187481980
2024-11-01 355.424375201824
2024-12-01 356.368479499951
2025-01-01 357.515132376436
2025-02-01 358.546207620971
2025-03-01 359.773018827102
2025-04-01 360.945314023376
2025-05-01 361.746129416469
2025-06-01 362.955092471462
2025-07-01 363.958375261364
2025-08-01 364.964475713190
2025-09-01 365.681953914984
2025-10-01 366.008848224838
2025-11-01 366.336034755537
2025-12-01 367.346146469218

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