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US Consumer Price Index by Component — BLS, Monthly since 2000

US CPI-U index levels (1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted) for all items, core, food, energy, shelter, gasoline, cars, medical care, electricity and airline fares, each with the change vs. a year earlier. Options for component: all-items (All items), core (All items less food and energy), food (Food), energy (Energy), shelter (Shelter), gasoline (Gasoline (all types)), new-vehicles (New vehicles), used-cars (Used cars and trucks), medical-care (Medical care), electricity (Electricity), airline-fares (Airline fares), food-at-home (Food at home).

Call it (no API key)

GET https://api.agentdatahub.de/api/v1/call/us-cpi-components?component=all-items&compact=1

Full metadata: without compact=1 · Markdown: format=llm · Only some fields: add &fields=a,b.c · MCP: tool call_api with {"apiId":"us-cpi-components"}

Parameters

componentCPI component (required): all-items, core, food, energy, shelter, gasoline, new-vehicles, used-cars, medical-care, electricity, airline-fares, food-at-home
fromOptional start YYYY, YYYY-MM or YYYY-MM-DD
toOptional end YYYY, YYYY-MM or YYYY-MM-DD
lastNumber of most recent periods when no from/to is given, 1-500 (default: 13)

Example response (live, compact)

{
  "apiId": "us-cpi-components",
  "data_freshness": "cached",
  "data": {
    "component": "all-items",
    "series": "All items",
    "unit": "index 1982-84=100",
    "frequency": "M",
    "latest": {
      "period": "2026-09",
      "value": 336.94,
      "change_vs_year_ago_pct_computed": 3.7
    },
    "history": [
      {
        "period": "2025-08",
        "value": 323.976,
        "change_vs_year_ago_pct_computed": 2.9
      },
      {
        "period": "2025-09",
        "value": 324.8,
        "change_vs_year_ago_pct_computed": 3
      },
      {
        "period": "2025-11",
        "value": 324.122,
        "change_vs_year_ago_pct_computed": 2.7
      },
      {
        "period": "2025-12",
        "value": 324.054,
        "change_vs_year_ago_pct_computed": 2.7
      },
      {
        "period": "2026-01",
        "value": 325.252,
        "change_vs_year_ago_pct_computed": 2.4
      },
      {
        "period": "2026-02",
        "value": 326.785,
        "change_vs_year_ago_pct_computed": 2.4
      },
      {
        "period": "2026-03",
        "value": 330.213,
        "change_vs_year_ago_pct_computed": 3.3
      },
      {
        "period": "2026-04",
        "value": 333.02,
        "change_vs_year_ago_pct_computed": 3.8
      },
      {
        "period": "2026-05",
        "value": 335.123,
        "change_vs_year_ago_pct_computed": 4.2
      },
      {
        "period": "2026-06",
        "value": 333.952,
        "change_vs_year_ago_pct_computed": 3.5
      },
      {
        "period": "2026-07",
        "value": 333.918,
        "change_vs_year_ago_pct_computed": 3.4
      },
      {
        "period": "2026-08",
        "value": 334.98,
        "change_vs_year_ago_pct_computed": 3.4
      },
      {
        "period": "2026-09",
        "value": 336.94,
        "change_vs_year_ago_pct_computed": 3.7
      }
    ],
    "available": {
      "from": "2000-01",
      "to": "2026-09",
      "points": 320
    },
    "note": "change_vs_year_ago_pct_computed is computed here from the published index (rounded to one decimal).",
    "verification": {
      "checked_at": "2026-10-29T15:11:02.926Z",
      "checks": [
        {
          "period": "2026-09",
          "field": "value",
          "expected": 336.94,
          "ok": true,
          "evidence": "BLS CPI news release, September 2026: CPI-U index 336.940"
        }
      ]
    },
    "source": {
      "publisher": "U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics",
      "licence": "Public domain (U.S. Government work)",
      "licence_url": "https://www.bls.gov/bls/linksite.htm"
    },
    "attribution": "Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics"
  },
  "source": "U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics",
  "license": "Public domain (U.S. Government work)"
}

Recorded history available: /api/v1/history/us-cpi-components?component=all-items

Source & license

SourceU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
LicensePublic domain (U.S. Government work)
Source URLhttps://www.bls.gov/bls/linksite.htm
Termshttps://www.bls.gov/bls/linksite.htm
CategoryFinance & Markets › Official National Statistics (US, UK, Canada, Australia)