Federal Reserve Economic Data

Table Data - Median Consumer Price Index

Title Median Consumer Price Index
Series ID MEDCPIM158SFRBCLE
Source Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
Release Current Median CPI
Seasonal Adjustment Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency Monthly
Units Percent Change at Annual Rate
Date Range 1983-01-01 to 2024-08-01
Last Updated 2024-09-11 10:04 AM CDT
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
1983-01-01 5.01465339985201000
1983-02-01 4.95254511658214000
1983-03-01 3.61226055575943000
1983-04-01 4.82805415199951950
1983-05-01 3.76732629829308000
1983-06-01 2.44129775124315000
1983-07-01 3.69758219019019000
1983-08-01 4.89699036825662050
1983-09-01 4.83782787221898050
1983-10-01 4.70970672176305000
1983-11-01 4.88207173553306000
1983-12-01 3.62676569355637970
1984-01-01 4.85249045742944050
1984-02-01 4.63237742879932050
1984-03-01 3.92322616285670020
1984-04-01 4.47375381987558000
1984-05-01 3.39750480403012030
1984-06-01 4.54047640450119000
1984-07-01 4.70970672176305000
1984-08-01 4.69130811372347000
1984-09-01 4.47687654026121000
1984-10-01 3.49653411864964970
1984-11-01 2.60802524955723000
1984-12-01 3.52031390413784970
1985-01-01 3.07490272291309000
1985-02-01 5.60339750649217000
1985-03-01 4.71433813080059900
1985-04-01 4.49361632464027000
1985-05-01 3.30709306957033000
1985-06-01 4.93736852619913000
1985-07-01 2.43148344196247020
1985-08-01 3.45963563464554950
1985-09-01 3.44960801789345030
1985-10-01 3.46285448524264040
1985-11-01 5.39203871117875000
1985-12-01 3.08316960669681000
1986-01-01 4.42330037720973000
1986-02-01 3.17019109552263000
1986-03-01 4.38684814912311000
1986-04-01 4.16962440517514000
1986-05-01 2.24297330698615000
1986-06-01 3.39428781716422000
1986-07-01 4.01960626544133000
1986-08-01 3.28286363623527000
1986-09-01 4.00144311185120000
1986-10-01 4.17062103943193000
1986-11-01 4.60573723276012000
1986-12-01 3.92745273377464000
1987-01-01 5.35829784555726000
1987-02-01 3.33775806350500000
1987-03-01 3.79898557467320000
1987-04-01 4.73286577001573100
1987-05-01 4.50636041661250000
1987-06-01 2.86855746715574970
1987-07-01 4.18781448084542000
1987-08-01 3.31302760254406040
1987-09-01 5.22758140088220000
1987-10-01 3.78495509165797000
1987-11-01 3.32526844011021040
1987-12-01 2.84011303455471000
1988-01-01 3.31859138737620000
1988-02-01 2.90883516980707000
1988-03-01 4.41918005237509000
1988-04-01 4.73749799282637000
1988-05-01 3.41359123842682000
1988-06-01 4.67303747445387000
1988-07-01 4.57072671553373060
1988-08-01 5.27348496252884000
1988-09-01 5.00938206866559000
1988-10-01 4.27269773492314000
1988-11-01 2.95664547226016030
1988-12-01 3.95007987430633000
1989-01-01 4.68142177583140000
1989-02-01 5.20947642461538000
1989-03-01 5.03461040058517000
1989-04-01 4.87906302071213000
1989-05-01 5.38800927445155950
1989-06-01 3.85500115848693970
1989-07-01 5.81426024397749100
1989-08-01 2.85587368409489970
1989-09-01 3.47288290755019000
1989-10-01 5.16912809772758000
1989-11-01 4.16252376366020000
1989-12-01 3.77018137589580000
1990-01-01 5.21613993478621900
1990-02-01 4.98165039308320100
1990-03-01 5.25046788038710000
1990-04-01 5.31437382228312050
1990-05-01 3.96649380723343950
1990-06-01 5.62799931070790000
1990-07-01 5.30267168754286000
1990-08-01 5.66560606341413000
1990-09-01 2.81672270806545950
1990-10-01 4.55335048443913950
1990-11-01 3.61399611524087000
1990-12-01 5.05582611888307000
1991-01-01 5.56278448626730000
1991-02-01 4.35502417539060000
1991-03-01 3.65528536937658000
1991-04-01 3.37276123638892000
1991-05-01 4.46850763239142000
1991-06-01 2.90193641246452000
1991-07-01 4.44203031238106000
1991-08-01 3.08983246488028000
1991-09-01 4.06540007760270000
1991-10-01 2.33535013604968980
1991-11-01 4.29177716897127000
1991-12-01 2.64599695624381000
1992-01-01 1.73273035529145000
1992-02-01 2.58885958946806000
1992-03-01 3.78706590402491000
1992-04-01 2.42829426223231960
1992-05-01 2.80232154164044000
1992-06-01 4.28890893910334000
1992-07-01 1.77845400998218000
1992-08-01 2.11727265581099020
1992-09-01 1.86470958139750990
1992-10-01 3.78383780857443000
1992-11-01 3.27594189784477000
1992-12-01 1.87801390592812000
1993-01-01 3.44292384762574950
1993-02-01 2.29662586946325980
1993-03-01 1.70079593612731020
1993-04-01 4.09652033621579000
1993-05-01 2.97550405217233000
1993-06-01 2.54857377980864000
1993-07-01 1.68885336227953000
1993-08-01 2.52892755090932000
1993-09-01 2.33400191372162040
1993-10-01 3.69981531304131030
1993-11-01 3.63606471384181030
1993-12-01 2.81770747074882970
1994-01-01 2.71177185775588000
1994-02-01 3.60581430131750000
1994-03-01 2.17453638595826000
1994-04-01 2.51468598068958030
1994-05-01 2.90181334741006000
1994-06-01 2.89479196421164970
1994-07-01 2.06945308065785040
1994-08-01 3.51870377191156970
1994-09-01 3.74709367119364020
1994-10-01 2.22031958593512000
1994-11-01 4.39209057745666000
1994-12-01 1.21608593151488000
1995-01-01 4.18619483418634000
1995-02-01 3.33763452075089040
1995-03-01 3.26457127001425000
1995-04-01 3.65850979935234000
1995-05-01 3.55946257678258960
1995-06-01 2.09953665851426000
1995-07-01 3.03271532641816000
1995-08-01 2.94234945083716000
1995-09-01 3.26321195359760000
1995-10-01 3.22700732941383000
1995-11-01 2.66922899078137000
1995-12-01 2.57964673888200040
1996-01-01 3.77576772431056000
1996-02-01 2.61896071161241030
1996-03-01 3.11056477301864960
1996-04-01 3.13327571333887980
1996-05-01 2.93779005828414030
1996-06-01 2.51124866161314000
1996-07-01 3.19637246322710040
1996-08-01 2.32150099122970000
1996-09-01 3.13018982525812000
1996-10-01 2.88198180317933030
1996-11-01 3.49653411864964970
1996-12-01 2.20024121572453000
1997-01-01 3.02617905351408020
1997-02-01 2.34294951187677000
1997-03-01 2.95319457160124000
1997-04-01 2.98770834996940000
1997-05-01 2.63567345485551000
1997-06-01 2.49848264690866000
1997-07-01 2.02617633760405000
1997-08-01 2.31561868855912000
1997-09-01 2.53199694313149000
1997-10-01 2.48154492879275960
1997-11-01 2.70795967764158970
1997-12-01 3.06873423353000000
1998-01-01 2.42179277848711000
1998-02-01 2.87065094209522000
1998-03-01 2.44301532251741000
1998-04-01 2.27481874786529970
1998-05-01 3.03777216799082000
1998-06-01 3.12389474765322000
1998-07-01 3.21477716314102000
1998-08-01 3.37177160164337050
1998-09-01 3.16623971990179950
1998-10-01 3.33701606701728000
1998-11-01 2.19301878389770000
1998-12-01 1.99366872349308990
1999-01-01 1.54917204327125010
1999-02-01 1.74041061308615990
1999-03-01 1.84262079989537000
1999-04-01 2.67599038238358000
1999-05-01 1.71517747597234020
1999-06-01 1.18284460497857010
1999-07-01 2.39370686970687970
1999-08-01 2.36158242846010000
1999-09-01 2.48056311788833030
1999-10-01 1.69360586521140990
1999-11-01 2.18775527240926000
1999-12-01 2.60237344537454970
2000-01-01 3.85177112617523000
2000-02-01 2.78558392501993000
2000-03-01 3.41680877584016000
2000-04-01 2.27690126641777000
2000-05-01 2.85353384475986000
2000-06-01 3.14253450270141000
2000-07-01 3.43636335274047020
2000-08-01 2.87570061509343000
2000-09-01 3.06873423353000000
2000-10-01 2.70107326535745030
2000-11-01 2.65177399972001000
2000-12-01 3.29646102251591030
2001-01-01 4.07647783175740000
2001-02-01 2.83678895437489050
2001-03-01 2.99214660516078000
2001-04-01 3.14463308812682000
2001-05-01 3.50111619196587040
2001-06-01 3.52180031475502000
2001-07-01 2.43504110768854960
2001-08-01 3.80544284558475000
2001-09-01 2.78250757475318000
2001-10-01 4.18407658200821000
2001-11-01 3.44317141159672960
2001-12-01 2.47528603199942000
2002-01-01 2.76158967150149030
2002-02-01 3.38352407504046000
2002-03-01 2.87262142303709970
2002-04-01 2.67648214481753000
2002-05-01 2.42019843819257000
2002-06-01 2.50253319887130000
2002-07-01 2.24505523113134000
2002-08-01 2.28572177593909000
2002-09-01 2.71779789775748000
2002-10-01 2.31390307533894020
2002-11-01 1.91097600745183030
2002-12-01 3.01261428455381970
2003-01-01 2.18139042769816000
2003-02-01 1.97583023449681020
2003-03-01 1.12621180925949000
2003-04-01 0.55303689047201400
2003-05-01 1.07578818642803990
2003-06-01 1.12305963544221000
2003-07-01 2.67107312265710960
2003-08-01 2.35741426924818000
2003-09-01 2.02226514469577000
2003-10-01 2.09586749439761000
2003-11-01 1.18636241164811020
2003-12-01 1.79882233944806000
2004-01-01 2.22007470598395030
2004-02-01 2.91265455346974000
2004-03-01 2.73440226821978970
2004-04-01 2.53838192695393030
2004-05-01 3.21749489052706970
2004-06-01 2.72493144884725000
2004-07-01 1.77113695955513000
2004-08-01 2.87323745174035000
2004-09-01 2.14663499527530000
2004-10-01 2.66050109372762030
2004-11-01 1.48006630553790000
2004-12-01 1.91524972608856000
2005-01-01 3.42175913634541030
2005-02-01 3.30400229074104020
2005-03-01 1.89717939501216980
2005-04-01 2.09647901335652000
2005-05-01 3.16846235161856000
2005-06-01 1.62477538920178000
2005-07-01 3.02864557347464030
2005-08-01 2.22215620270876000
2005-09-01 4.02470724061161000
2005-10-01 3.33157515598618970
2005-11-01 2.83691194814225960
2005-12-01 2.20489319920401000
2006-01-01 2.88432186623886000
2006-02-01 2.07202087371556000
2006-03-01 3.08218251360963000
2006-04-01 2.88703161651260000
2006-05-01 4.28816068458393000
2006-06-01 3.19983083499134000
2006-07-01 3.05393052415283960
2006-08-01 4.62137039677921000
2006-09-01 2.10626377333666960
2006-10-01 3.65069704001577030
2006-11-01 3.02469916751935000
2006-12-01 2.72554654380133000
2007-01-01 2.96441026316891950
2007-02-01 4.44702564001934950
2007-03-01 2.68853112184252960
2007-04-01 2.36832536836802000
2007-05-01 2.35349143799752000
2007-06-01 3.26803173677304050
2007-07-01 2.82817098511783000
2007-08-01 2.18457280462696000
2007-09-01 3.70440600770083030
2007-10-01 3.43463052089827000
2007-11-01 3.47535935275699970
2007-12-01 2.98265388398264000
2008-01-01 3.28360527628442000
2008-02-01 2.85747436326564000
2008-03-01 3.04048574612399050
2008-04-01 2.24101388446512000
2008-05-01 2.46276928959310000
2008-06-01 4.05370089545272000
2008-07-01 3.98912873927892000
2008-08-01 2.94013128490127000
2008-09-01 3.17438970761372000
2008-10-01 2.20171024216991000
2008-11-01 1.93625366578525000
2008-12-01 0.36348415080054210
2009-01-01 2.40364062502632000
2009-02-01 2.14357605719473000
2009-03-01 1.90828983085518010
2009-04-01 1.86117019943739000
2009-05-01 1.29376893720741000
2009-06-01 0.75584590889346000
2009-07-01 0.12583251339235402
2009-08-01 1.62550610790990000
2009-09-01 0.91436978353358600
2009-10-01 1.19036541881350000
2009-11-01 0.51601642131349200
2009-12-01 0.46081040984140600
2010-01-01 0.68011084594070700
2010-02-01 -0.10662785426794899
2010-03-01 -0.28606424629804605
2010-04-01 0.45261625417847295
2010-05-01 0.27574788971958000
2010-06-01 1.26475267675238980
2010-07-01 0.63230506844271800
2010-08-01 0.43020593403721996
2010-09-01 1.53627227687154000
2010-10-01 1.12609057107202020
2010-11-01 1.31829898066591000
2010-12-01 1.39338028075400000
2011-01-01 2.27322625990496000
2011-02-01 2.81696889792589020
2011-03-01 1.74418998266395000
2011-04-01 2.24921919600376000
2011-05-01 2.30581553962389970
2011-06-01 1.92672807632472000
2011-07-01 2.53703137566650000
2011-08-01 3.17797077169900930
2011-09-01 2.49197707942446000
2011-10-01 2.02226514469577000
2011-11-01 1.84701379887521980
2011-12-01 2.37433305779156000
2012-01-01 3.19808928450254000
2012-02-01 1.68455191336783020
2012-03-01 2.42029632056173000
2012-04-01 2.28513384278916960
2012-05-01 1.73207207221012970
2012-06-01 1.92206327761144000
2012-07-01 2.08371119432122000
2012-08-01 2.42386601913445030
2012-09-01 2.28660374272893030
2012-10-01 1.87504766315373980
2012-11-01 2.07215537879355030
2012-12-01 1.79065016566902010
2013-01-01 2.74180750368704000
2013-02-01 2.45154222786008000
2013-03-01 1.21535791179703000
2013-04-01 2.08888418599400000
2013-05-01 1.95638233225290000
2013-06-01 2.13725043962469000
2013-07-01 2.00320004740069000
2013-08-01 2.14802989891620000
2013-09-01 2.23216017314456000
2013-10-01 1.16372929089217000
2013-11-01 2.60550640737742000
2013-12-01 2.84464408227172030
2014-01-01 2.40632650352187970
2014-02-01 2.35083134647024970
2014-03-01 2.85897667543570980
2014-04-01 2.21493222879676000
2014-05-01 2.54562660708071000
2014-06-01 1.31136444111866000
2014-07-01 2.40490383837574970
2014-08-01 1.75173691535097990
2014-09-01 1.93541098458714000
2014-10-01 2.42895655112680000
2014-11-01 2.25631054100233000
2014-12-01 2.38339424556420000
2015-01-01 1.94752959883826000
2015-02-01 1.95449451571832000
2015-03-01 2.43333592636743000
2015-04-01 2.96265053867684000
2015-05-01 2.50129109910950000
2015-06-01 2.97239956431091960
2015-07-01 1.92202530060316980
2015-08-01 1.63579063211565000
2015-09-01 2.99841569275871980
2015-10-01 2.28316449144805000
2015-11-01 2.26548060012650000
2015-12-01 1.83471969623819000
2016-01-01 2.70841659132004000
2016-02-01 2.53771440127248000
2016-03-01 2.22200455864592000
2016-04-01 3.82547788330950980
2016-05-01 3.28051918804040000
2016-06-01 2.10339046055212000
2016-07-01 2.49016471097936000
2016-08-01 2.74257089079208030
2016-09-01 2.49832933493122000
2016-10-01 2.01802556175075000
2016-11-01 2.45883151623452000
2016-12-01 2.03838510774881000
2017-01-01 3.43630577482943000
2017-02-01 3.29234633875322040
2017-03-01 1.91438367511723000
2017-04-01 1.55365836257901010
2017-05-01 2.11321887098435020
2017-06-01 1.89683378620466980
2017-07-01 2.12209368341407020
2017-08-01 2.27475798765204030
2017-09-01 2.87025677144830000
2017-10-01 2.42496302403465020
2017-11-01 2.42039295861358000
2017-12-01 2.95574718908234000
2018-01-01 4.17000041826154000
2018-02-01 2.01327934554867000
2018-03-01 1.96190007372538980
2018-04-01 2.93200914809488000
2018-05-01 2.98183255084012040
2018-06-01 2.63211788853712040
2018-07-01 2.11149391449985000
2018-08-01 2.29671128678510030
2018-09-01 2.33372335554622050
2018-10-01 2.60626268747923000
2018-11-01 3.72376360170077050
2018-12-01 2.91177701505443040
2019-01-01 2.88960472562633970
2019-02-01 2.97821762626109000
2019-03-01 3.21024114832287030
2019-04-01 2.82946232379089000
2019-05-01 2.55853514567627950
2019-06-01 2.96310499495169000
2019-07-01 3.20088881178510980
2019-08-01 2.62575663098745030
2019-09-01 2.50440284645774060
2019-10-01 2.67072730886815000
2019-11-01 3.27785810135185950
2019-12-01 2.52541708194376000
2020-01-01 3.73900290493838000
2020-02-01 2.87314075414153000
2020-03-01 2.96611597454439000
2020-04-01 2.05141045111050020
2020-05-01 3.04234095952862040
2020-06-01 1.63037994426170000
2020-07-01 4.12644301223046000
2020-08-01 2.56425045725699040
2020-09-01 1.09289511329196000
2020-10-01 1.79186100386308020
2020-11-01 1.36409877769683000
2020-12-01 1.40126243037698980
2021-01-01 1.17126192381685000
2021-02-01 2.79187179404496000
2021-03-01 2.45230811885555000
2021-04-01 2.90626910167791000
2021-05-01 3.25571552598809000
2021-06-01 3.75085967160498020
2021-07-01 3.03001455558991000
2021-08-01 4.05292067237106050
2021-09-01 4.93068961392651000
2021-10-01 6.58162335190871000
2021-11-01 5.92197752452098900
2021-12-01 4.86424346054244100
2022-01-01 6.73598572134309000
2022-02-01 6.37518816583601900
2022-03-01 6.22131864885611000
2022-04-01 6.92388263628694000
2022-05-01 7.58887877102441100
2022-06-01 8.01045995451126000
2022-07-01 5.98832618011915050
2022-08-01 8.04803616793306000
2022-09-01 7.72921604833856000
2022-10-01 6.69366641779918000
2022-11-01 5.91661658760609000
2022-12-01 6.55462261476892900
2023-01-01 7.40659988402694000
2023-02-01 7.88049589496700100
2023-03-01 4.62475076644842000
2023-04-01 5.18616801348069100
2023-05-01 4.83841780786021000
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2024-06-01 2.36466518194450970
2024-07-01 3.80499824370927970
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