Federal Reserve Economic Data

Table Data - Median Consumer Price Index

Title Median Consumer Price Index
Series ID MEDCPIM157SFRBCLE
Source Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
Release Current Median CPI
Seasonal Adjustment Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency Monthly
Units Percent Change
Date Range 1983-01-01 to 2024-10-01
Last Updated 2024-11-13 10:04 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
1983-01-01 0.40858000999999300
1983-02-01 0.40362999000001000
1983-03-01 0.29615001000000700
1983-04-01 0.39369999000000700
1983-05-01 0.30865001000000000
1983-06-01 0.20119999999998997
1983-07-01 0.30302999000000297
1983-08-01 0.39920001000000000
1983-09-01 0.39447997999999500
1983-10-01 0.38424999999999704
1983-11-01 0.39801001999999500
1983-12-01 0.29732001000000200
1984-01-01 0.39564999999999200
1984-02-01 0.37807000000000796
1984-03-01 0.32119999999999893
1984-04-01 0.36538000999999400
1984-05-01 0.27880999000000606
1984-06-01 0.37072001000000300
1984-07-01 0.38424999999999704
1984-08-01 0.38278000000000500
1984-09-01 0.36563000000000606
1984-10-01 0.28681000999999395
1984-11-01 0.21478000999999300
1984-12-01 0.28873000000000393
1985-01-01 0.25269998999999400
1985-02-01 0.45536998999999895
1985-03-01 0.38461999999999110
1985-04-01 0.36696999000000996
1985-05-01 0.27150000000000196
1985-06-01 0.40242000999999300
1985-07-01 0.20039999000001102
1985-08-01 0.28383001000000800
1985-09-01 0.28301999000000000
1985-10-01 0.28409001000000395
1985-11-01 0.43859998999999894
1985-12-01 0.25337001000000897
1986-01-01 0.36134000000001000
1986-02-01 0.26041999999999500
1986-03-01 0.35842000999999300
1986-04-01 0.34099998999999004
1986-05-01 0.18502000000000196
1986-06-01 0.27854999000001000
1986-07-01 0.32894999999999500
1986-08-01 0.26953999999998995
1986-09-01 0.32748999000000700
1986-10-01 0.34107998999999300
1986-11-01 0.37594000000000800
1986-12-01 0.32153999999999800
1987-01-01 0.43592000999999003
1987-02-01 0.27397999000000600
1987-03-01 0.31119999000000000
1987-04-01 0.38610000999999000
1987-05-01 0.36799000000000700
1987-06-01 0.23595999999999100
1987-07-01 0.34246000000000000
1987-08-01 0.27197999999999400
1987-09-01 0.42552999000000600
1987-10-01 0.31007000000000700
1987-11-01 0.27296998999999400
1987-12-01 0.23364999999999603
1988-01-01 0.27242998999998896
1988-02-01 0.23922998999998898
1988-03-01 0.36100998999999395
1988-04-01 0.38647000000000500
1988-05-01 0.28010999999998903
1988-06-01 0.38131998999999500
1988-07-01 0.37313999999999400
1988-08-01 0.42917999000000606
1988-09-01 0.40815998999999004
1988-10-01 0.34926999000000103
1988-11-01 0.24310999999999103
1988-12-01 0.32335998999999400
1989-01-01 0.38199001000001090
1989-02-01 0.42408998000000890
1989-03-01 0.41017001000001097
1989-04-01 0.39777001000000894
1989-05-01 0.43827997999998900
1989-06-01 0.31570998999999000
1989-07-01 0.47207000000000200
1989-08-01 0.23493000999998997
1989-09-01 0.28490000000001003
1989-10-01 0.42087999000000000
1989-11-01 0.34042999999999200
1989-12-01 0.30888000000000004
1990-01-01 0.42462000000000893
1990-02-01 0.40595000999998904
1990-03-01 0.42734998000000200
1990-04-01 0.43243001999999603
1990-05-01 0.32468000000001100
1990-06-01 0.45731999000000500
1990-07-01 0.43150000000000700
1990-08-01 0.46029998999999000
1990-09-01 0.23175000999999804
1990-10-01 0.37175000000000397
1990-11-01 0.29629001000000000
1990-12-01 0.41185998999999607
1991-01-01 0.45214999000000605
1991-02-01 0.35586999999999110
1991-03-01 0.29961999999998900
1991-04-01 0.27680999999999395
1991-05-01 0.36496000999999300
1991-06-01 0.23866998999999600
1991-07-01 0.36283998999999700
1991-08-01 0.25390998999999000
1991-09-01 0.33263000999999000
1991-10-01 0.19256000000000800
1991-11-01 0.35079999000000606
1991-12-01 0.21786998999999700
1992-01-01 0.14326000000000100
1992-02-01 0.21321998999999103
1992-03-01 0.31024000999999607
1992-04-01 0.20014000999999400
1992-05-01 0.23058001000000303
1992-06-01 0.35057000000000604
1992-07-01 0.14700999999999200
1992-08-01 0.17475000000000102
1992-09-01 0.15407999999999000
1992-10-01 0.30998000999999900
1992-11-01 0.26897999999999600
1992-12-01 0.15517001000000502
1993-01-01 0.28248000999999700
1993-02-01 0.18940000000000600
1993-03-01 0.14064000000000300
1993-04-01 0.33513000000000603
1993-05-01 0.24463999999999603
1993-06-01 0.20993999000000801
1993-07-01 0.13966000000000800
1993-08-01 0.20834000000000700
1993-09-01 0.19245000000001103
1993-10-01 0.30320998999999704
1993-11-01 0.29806999999999500
1993-12-01 0.23183001000000000
1994-01-01 0.22321999999999100
1994-02-01 0.29562999999999100
1994-03-01 0.17943000000000300
1994-04-01 0.20717998999999500
1994-05-01 0.23865999999999102
1994-06-01 0.23809000999999200
1994-07-01 0.17084000000000500
1994-08-01 0.28860000999999500
1994-09-01 0.30702001000000300
1994-10-01 0.18317000000001002
1994-11-01 0.35884000999999400
1994-12-01 0.10078000000000000
1995-01-01 0.34233000999999200
1995-02-01 0.27397000000000100
1995-03-01 0.26805998999999103
1995-04-01 0.29988000000000803
1995-05-01 0.29189000000000603
1995-06-01 0.17329999999999804
1995-07-01 0.24927998999999500
1995-08-01 0.24194999000000100
1995-09-01 0.26794999999999500
1995-10-01 0.26501998999999300
1995-11-01 0.21975999999999102
1995-12-01 0.21246999999999802
1996-01-01 0.30932998999999606
1996-02-01 0.21567000000000100
1996-03-01 0.25558999999999400
1996-04-01 0.25742999000000200
1996-05-01 0.24158000000000800
1996-06-01 0.20689999000000897
1996-07-01 0.26253999999998895
1996-08-01 0.19142999999999200
1996-09-01 0.25717999999998997
1996-10-01 0.23705000000000498
1996-11-01 0.28681000999999395
1996-12-01 0.18153000000000802
1997-01-01 0.24874999999999803
1997-02-01 0.19317999999999300
1997-03-01 0.24283000000000500
1997-04-01 0.24562999999999700
1997-05-01 0.21703000999999697
1997-06-01 0.20586001000000300
1997-07-01 0.16730000000000400
1997-08-01 0.19095000000000100
1997-09-01 0.20858998999999698
1997-10-01 0.20447999999999603
1997-11-01 0.22291001000001000
1997-12-01 0.25220000999999200
1998-01-01 0.19960998999999400
1998-02-01 0.23612999000000000
1998-03-01 0.20134000000000500
1998-04-01 0.18762000000001103
1998-05-01 0.24968999999999103
1998-06-01 0.25667001000000400
1998-07-01 0.26402999999999300
1998-08-01 0.27672999999999200
1998-09-01 0.26010000000000800
1998-10-01 0.27391998999999300
1998-11-01 0.18093999999999602
1998-12-01 0.16464000000000500
1999-01-01 0.12818999999999500
1999-02-01 0.14388999999999100
1999-03-01 0.15226999999999900
1999-04-01 0.22030999000000100
1999-05-01 0.14182000000000400
1999-06-01 0.09804000099999930
1999-07-01 0.19731999000001102
1999-08-01 0.19469999999999200
1999-09-01 0.20439999999999300
1999-10-01 0.14004999999999201
1999-11-01 0.18050999999998898
1999-12-01 0.21431999999999000
2000-01-01 0.31544998999999396
2000-02-01 0.22922000000000800
2000-03-01 0.28037000000000800
2000-04-01 0.18778999999999899
2000-05-01 0.23473999000001003
2000-06-01 0.25818000999999800
2000-07-01 0.28194998999999704
2000-08-01 0.23654000999999697
2000-09-01 0.25220000999999200
2000-10-01 0.22235000999999400
2000-11-01 0.21834001000000700
2000-12-01 0.27063999000001004
2001-01-01 0.33351999999999800
2001-02-01 0.23338000999999500
2001-03-01 0.24599000000000700
2001-04-01 0.25835000000000700
2001-05-01 0.28718000000000900
2001-06-01 0.28885000000000700
2001-07-01 0.20069000000000300
2001-08-01 0.31171999999999300
2001-09-01 0.22897000999999600
2001-10-01 0.34216000000000200
2001-11-01 0.28250001000000896
2001-12-01 0.20397000000000898
2002-01-01 0.22727000000000197
2002-02-01 0.27767999999999105
2002-03-01 0.23628999000000500
2002-04-01 0.22034999000000197
2002-05-01 0.19948001000000800
2002-06-01 0.20618999999999502
2002-07-01 0.18518999999999103
2002-08-01 0.18850999999999699
2002-09-01 0.22370999000000900
2002-10-01 0.19081000000000800
2002-11-01 0.15787000000000400
2002-12-01 0.24765001000000000
2003-01-01 0.17998999999999699
2003-02-01 0.16317999999999600
2003-03-01 0.09337000100000380
2003-04-01 0.04597000099999530
2003-05-01 0.08920999799999500
2003-06-01 0.09310999900000730
2003-07-01 0.21991000999999102
2003-08-01 0.19435999999999298
2003-09-01 0.16697999999999402
2003-10-01 0.17300000000000101
2003-11-01 0.09833000399999130
2003-12-01 0.14867999999999000
2004-01-01 0.18314999999999900
2004-02-01 0.23954000999999400
2004-03-01 0.22505998999999802
2004-04-01 0.20910999999998997
2004-05-01 0.26425000000001003
2004-06-01 0.22428999999999400
2004-07-01 0.14640999999999700
2004-08-01 0.23634000999999102
2004-09-01 0.17715000000000400
2004-10-01 0.21904999999999802
2004-11-01 0.12251000000000900
2004-12-01 0.15822001000001001
2005-01-01 0.28077000999999800
2005-02-01 0.27124999999999000
2005-03-01 0.15673999000001002
2005-04-01 0.17305000000000800
2005-05-01 0.26028000000000195
2005-06-01 0.13440000000000100
2005-07-01 0.24895000000000303
2005-08-01 0.18332000000000898
2005-09-01 0.32935999000001100
2005-10-01 0.27348001000000500
2005-11-01 0.23339000000000001
2005-12-01 0.18191000000000700
2006-01-01 0.23723999000000398
2006-02-01 0.17104999999999500
2006-03-01 0.25329001000000700
2006-04-01 0.23745999000000000
2006-05-01 0.35050999999999300
2006-06-01 0.26281999999999700
2006-07-01 0.25100000000000100
2006-08-01 0.37719000000000497
2006-09-01 0.17385000000000903
2006-10-01 0.29925000999999607
2006-11-01 0.24862999999999400
2006-12-01 0.22434001000000100
2007-01-01 0.24373999000000302
2007-02-01 0.36324000000000894
2007-03-01 0.22132999999999697
2007-04-01 0.19525000000000198
2007-05-01 0.19404000000000599
2007-06-01 0.26833998999999900
2007-07-01 0.23268000000000700
2007-08-01 0.18024999999999300
2007-09-01 0.30358000999999300
2007-10-01 0.28180999000000395
2007-11-01 0.28510000999999500
2007-12-01 0.24522000000000196
2008-01-01 0.26960000000000300
2008-02-01 0.23505999999999802
2008-03-01 0.24991001000001000
2008-04-01 0.18485999999999803
2008-05-01 0.20294999999999103
2008-06-01 0.33168999999999604
2008-07-01 0.32649999000000700
2008-08-01 0.24176999000000700
2008-09-01 0.26076000999999400
2008-10-01 0.18165000000001102
2008-11-01 0.15993999999999200
2008-12-01 0.03024000000000360
2009-01-01 0.19813000999999697
2009-02-01 0.17689999999999100
2009-03-01 0.15765000000000900
2009-04-01 0.15378999999999804
2009-05-01 0.10718000000000698
2009-06-01 0.06277000099998990
2009-07-01 0.01047999999999050
2009-08-01 0.13445999999999200
2009-09-01 0.07588000200000610
2009-10-01 0.09865999500000560
2009-11-01 0.04290000100000140
2009-12-01 0.03832000099999180
2010-01-01 0.05649999899999260
2010-02-01 -0.00888999999999474
2010-03-01 -0.02387000000000360
2010-04-01 0.03764000099999440
2010-05-01 0.02295000000001050
2010-06-01 0.10478999000000899
2010-07-01 0.05253999799998970
2010-08-01 0.03577999899999630
2010-09-01 0.12712999999999800
2010-10-01 0.09336000099999800
2010-11-01 0.10920000000000900
2010-12-01 0.11538000999999900
2011-01-01 0.18749000000000102
2011-02-01 0.23177001000001002
2011-03-01 0.14419999999999403
2011-04-01 0.18552999999998898
2011-05-01 0.19015000000000000
2011-06-01 0.15916000000000302
2011-07-01 0.20900000999999300
2011-08-01 0.26105000000000700
2011-09-01 0.20532999000000302
2011-10-01 0.16697999999999402
2011-11-01 0.15263000000000900
2011-12-01 0.19574000000000000
2012-01-01 0.26267900000001004
2012-02-01 0.13930700000000000
2012-03-01 0.19948799000000197
2012-04-01 0.18846201000000100
2012-05-01 0.14320599999999600
2012-06-01 0.15877799999999300
2012-07-01 0.17200600000000196
2012-08-01 0.19977900999999000
2012-09-01 0.18858199000000303
2012-10-01 0.15492699999999401
2012-11-01 0.17106099999999500
2012-12-01 0.14800999999999803
2013-01-01 0.22566200000000400
2013-02-01 0.20203500000000000
2013-03-01 0.10072000000001000
2013-04-01 0.17242900000000700
2013-05-01 0.16158800999999100
2013-06-01 0.17638300000000198
2013-07-01 0.16541999999999402
2013-08-01 0.17726399999999900
2013-09-01 0.18413699999999500
2013-10-01 0.09646400000000720
2013-11-01 0.21457499999999502
2013-12-01 0.23401801000000302
2014-01-01 0.19834900999999802
2014-02-01 0.19382299999999300
2014-03-01 0.23518199999998898
2014-04-01 0.18272998999999698
2014-05-01 0.20969999000000100
2014-06-01 0.10862899999999301
2014-07-01 0.19823300999999300
2014-08-01 0.14481900000000700
2014-09-01 0.15987099999998902
2014-10-01 0.20019399999999800
2014-11-01 0.18610900000000100
2014-12-01 0.19647899999999400
2015-01-01 0.16086323999999802
2015-02-01 0.16143345999999300
2015-03-01 0.20055100000000398
2015-04-01 0.24359722000000303
2015-05-01 0.20608880999999402
2015-06-01 0.24438815000000802
2015-07-01 0.15877489000000197
2015-08-01 0.13530443000000500
2015-09-01 0.24649848000000102
2015-10-01 0.18830126000000100
2015-11-01 0.18685766999999600
2015-12-01 0.15162248000000197
2016-01-01 0.22294716480058000
2016-02-01 0.20905563632922500
2016-03-01 0.18330761503331200
2016-04-01 0.31333325141613694
2016-05-01 0.26935032737061000
2016-06-01 0.17361508581545900
2016-07-01 0.20518232766975100
2016-08-01 0.22572405743575000
2016-09-01 0.20584751975893900
2016-10-01 0.16663311958458000
2016-11-01 0.20262908387596000
2016-12-01 0.16829880615527600
2017-01-01 0.28194533816505700
2017-02-01 0.27030713775535503
2017-03-01 0.15814908304370200
2017-04-01 0.12855862103964300
2017-05-01 0.17441860465115000
2017-06-01 0.15671168114863598
2017-07-01 0.17514410145198497
2017-08-01 0.18761503997915000
2017-09-01 0.23609798361687898
2017-10-01 0.19986844155637198
2017-11-01 0.19949586854839400
2017-12-01 0.24303711571369604
2018-01-01 0.34103017271631700
2018-02-01 0.16624477102884500
2018-03-01 0.16203971626513900
2018-04-01 0.24111086350566700
2018-05-01 0.24515337468380400
2018-06-01 0.21674069055392900
2018-07-01 0.17427758646504402
2018-08-01 0.18940697148031000
2018-09-01 0.19242727257449102
2018-10-01 0.21463655455296000
2018-11-01 0.30514010916404805
2018-12-01 0.23946878099576605
2019-01-01 0.23766889142113898
2019-02-01 0.24486013161833000
2019-03-01 0.26366279782590300
2019-04-01 0.23278489472369200
2019-05-01 0.21075113685387100
2019-06-01 0.24363409116912000
2019-07-01 0.26290565521018805
2019-08-01 0.21622304670909603
2019-09-01 0.20634231224796500
2019-10-01 0.21988188013564200
2019-11-01 0.26913503299033104
2019-12-01 0.20805407761321800
2020-01-01 0.30636811249193896
2020-02-01 0.23633215841341000
2020-03-01 0.24387837567207998
2020-04-01 0.16936429583616100
2020-05-01 0.25006042291841896
2020-06-01 0.13486018516888400
2020-07-01 0.33753313837492400
2020-08-01 0.21121649795843303
2020-09-01 0.09062155100372230
2020-10-01 0.14810927432287196
2020-11-01 0.11297032203185800
2020-12-01 0.11602855356325200
2021-01-01 0.09708507584997860
2021-02-01 0.22973094271030400
2021-03-01 0.20209742265995300
2021-04-01 0.23902169590430700
2021-05-01 0.26734339768630400
2021-06-01 0.30732343214940900
2021-07-01 0.24906100325794397
2021-08-01 0.33162730691562703
2021-09-01 0.40188747130005503
2021-10-01 0.53258758262182400
2021-11-01 0.48058927696217296
2021-12-01 0.39658773783710600
2022-01-01 0.54471299742462300
2022-02-01 0.51634657943924200
2022-03-01 0.50422230402822290
2022-04-01 0.55945093189211400
2022-05-01 0.61142075285771610
2022-06-01 0.64421526307558700
2022-07-01 0.48583278963556500
2022-08-01 0.64713259289539400
2022-09-01 0.62235055246553400
2022-10-01 0.54139034759934600
2022-11-01 0.48016547240894397
2022-12-01 0.53046497686992700
2023-01-01 0.59720491395691700
2023-02-01 0.63411797718679900
2023-03-01 0.37746026583456205
2023-04-01 0.42223577148132700
2023-05-01 0.39452705757556700
2023-06-01 0.35918726996260203
2023-07-01 0.20523212012573100
2023-08-01 0.35618639830516896
2023-09-01 0.42476165615443795
2023-10-01 0.28692499983480296
2023-11-01 0.41717814482689100
2023-12-01 0.34023744802378403
2024-01-01 0.52951002322820800
2024-02-01 0.37213471548331895
2024-03-01 0.35365157954199106
2024-04-01 0.34755558969239400
2024-05-01 0.24796261009352200
2024-06-01 0.19495145444363698
2024-07-01 0.31168419675020600
2024-08-01 0.26124645692953100
2024-09-01 0.33914048408523200
2024-10-01 0.29575541451747300

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