NOTE: THIS DATA FILE WILL CHANGE! To improve accessibility of data for all users, we will convert this file from a text format to an html table by the end of June 2024. 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 2024-04-01 Last Updated: 2024-05-15 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 (https://www.clevelandfed.org/indicators-and-data/median-cpi#background). 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 2023-06-01 4.39642524892616000 2023-07-01 2.49077584715136000 2023-08-01 4.35897232415277000 2023-09-01 5.21792092786129000 2023-10-01 3.49795816925966000 2023-11-01 5.12261495364030000 2023-12-01 4.16012515068491100 2024-01-01 6.54247711333595000 2024-02-01 4.55815950379621000 2024-03-01 4.32734565378701000 2024-04-01 4.25132259006098000