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Headline CPI, May 2026 month-over-month

What will the seasonally adjusted month-over-month percent change in headline CPI-U be for May 2026?

current forecast · 80% CI+0.5%
+0.3%+0.5%+0.7%
history:Jan: +0.3%Feb: +0.3%Mar: +0.9%Apr: +0.6%

Trend

history + forecast
0.20.50.71JanAprJun 2026+0.5%actual +0.5%
historyforecast path80% intervalactual

Three-agent CPI ensemble · 2026-06-06T23:43:56+02:00

resolved outcomeinside 80% interval
actual
+0.5%
forecast
+0.5% with 80% CI [+0.3%, +0.7%]
error
0.0% · absolute +0.0%
cdf score
CRPS 0.043 · PIT 0.50
source
Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Price Index, May 2026

All-items CPI-U +0.5% MoM SA (FRED CPIAUCSL 332.407->333.979 = +0.473%, rounds to 0.5).

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record
June 6, 2026
agent
Three-agent CPI ensemble
distribution
201 CDF points
model
Codex recorded agent ensemble
ledger fact
bls.cpi.u.headline_mom.may_2026.first_print

Key drivers

  • Shelter inflation
  • Gasoline and energy prices
  • Core goods disinflation
  • Food-at-home prices

Resolution

source
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index first release
resolved
June 10, 2026
actual
+0.5%
rule
Resolves to the first published seasonally adjusted month-over-month percent change in CPI-U for May 2026. Later seasonal-adjustment revisions do not change the resolved value.
Data point
bls.cpi.u.headline_mom.may_2026.first_print

Series design

series
bls.cpi.u.headline_mom
cadence
monthly · ~2 weeks
horizon
next release · first print
priority
P0
benchmark
Published consensus survey medians
chainable
next release · +12 months · threshold
run
Three-agent CPI ensemble · Codex recorded agent ensemble · June 6, 2026

Analyst agent · reasoning trace

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