Federal Reserve Economic Data

Table Data - Median Consumer Price Index

Title Median Consumer Price Index
Series ID MEDCPIM159SFRBCLE
Source Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
Release Current Median CPI
Seasonal Adjustment Seasonally Adjusted
Frequency Monthly
Units Percent Change from Year Ago
Date Range 1983-12-01 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
1983-12-01 4.2692914161004000
1984-01-01 4.2558642470221300
1984-02-01 4.2293235846191800
1984-03-01 4.2553559249756100
1984-04-01 4.2259466134851005
1984-05-01 4.1949412681718600
1984-06-01 4.3712178744972405
1984-07-01 4.4557320846893490
1984-08-01 4.4386486401477800
1984-09-01 4.4086365027763390
1984-10-01 4.3072901611266800
1984-11-01 4.1169255730687100
1984-12-01 4.1080084311974100
1985-01-01 3.9597725181242700
1985-02-01 4.0398307357813100
1985-03-01 4.1056015406088200
1985-04-01 4.1072507728871600
1985-05-01 4.0996617023531900
1985-06-01 4.1325394108685300
1985-07-01 3.9418245486066300
1985-08-01 3.8393663132433100
1985-09-01 3.7538971034198703
1985-10-01 3.7510830683529197
1985-11-01 3.9828010378482500
1985-12-01 3.9461385852988000
1986-01-01 4.0587810331979200
1986-02-01 3.8568380377776300
1986-03-01 3.8297318125608504
1986-04-01 3.8028658213344197
1986-05-01 3.7133401651287206
1986-06-01 3.5853853457205900
1986-07-01 3.7182780519710200
1986-08-01 3.7034986480491696
1986-09-01 3.7494854420781203
1986-10-01 3.8084447555620597
1986-11-01 3.7436824419600600
1986-12-01 3.8142257642835404
1987-01-01 3.8913716652414303
1987-02-01 3.9054227330592900
1987-03-01 3.8565337993846400
1987-04-01 3.9032139376327097
1987-05-01 4.0929745530837100
1987-06-01 4.0487645126938900
1987-07-01 4.0627754119265200
1987-08-01 4.0653077180686100
1987-09-01 4.1670003126874610
1987-10-01 4.1348079380553800
1987-11-01 4.0279819176491900
1987-12-01 3.9368447667368103
1988-01-01 3.7676559264498100
1988-02-01 3.7316951912340897
1988-03-01 3.7832036542770000
1988-04-01 3.7835861648787500
1988-05-01 3.6927155441542200
1988-06-01 3.8430884452026200
1988-07-01 3.8748387725665100
1988-08-01 4.0376870938652300
1988-09-01 4.0196923207731490
1988-10-01 4.0603419873398000
1988-11-01 4.0293541670782800
1988-12-01 4.1224613453765295
1989-01-01 4.2362280003642500
1989-02-01 4.4284592063273100
1989-03-01 4.4796115925345195
1989-04-01 4.4913723473034800
1989-05-01 4.6561846742379600
1989-06-01 4.5877805899206905
1989-07-01 4.6908646334582500
1989-08-01 4.4883717089590190
1989-09-01 4.3601028944200095
1989-10-01 4.4345750551942000
1989-11-01 4.5359642962540000
1989-12-01 4.5208762876605600
1990-01-01 4.5652639702567190
1990-02-01 4.5463759648802995
1990-03-01 4.5642636310649700
1990-04-01 4.6003620267039500
1990-05-01 4.4820545543279700
1990-06-01 4.6295459467221995
1990-07-01 4.5872971836673700
1990-08-01 4.8224531025889100
1990-09-01 4.7668982550078900
1990-10-01 4.7156420156270900
1990-11-01 4.6695773596213690
1990-12-01 4.7770341673317100
1991-01-01 4.8057573101512490
1991-02-01 4.7534827848504410
1991-03-01 4.6202505501683000
1991-04-01 4.4581415035209100
1991-05-01 4.5000810839346500
1991-06-01 4.2726318275611000
1991-07-01 4.2013458272125210
1991-08-01 3.9872700602934700
1991-09-01 4.0919298692126290
1991-10-01 3.9060983686832300
1991-11-01 3.9625702416048700
1991-12-01 3.7617204714365000
1992-01-01 3.4426535644365197
1992-02-01 3.2956158718193000
1992-03-01 3.3065531064121500
1992-04-01 3.2275666249554504
1992-05-01 3.0893538423102200
1992-06-01 3.2044361725825500
1992-07-01 2.9824953384122206
1992-08-01 2.9011808709567704
1992-09-01 2.7180599174674700
1992-10-01 2.8384396704420400
1992-11-01 2.7545914090800100
1992-12-01 2.6903043629983300
1993-01-01 2.8330652956893600
1993-02-01 2.8086225865611802
1993-03-01 2.6347984244713905
1993-04-01 2.7730683950681203
1993-05-01 2.7874850363143198
1993-06-01 2.6434399646367797
1993-07-01 2.6359067463835700
1993-08-01 2.6703220067921100
1993-09-01 2.7096560035239703
1993-10-01 2.7027240270120800
1993-11-01 2.7325201039438000
1993-12-01 2.8111528394319600
1994-01-01 2.7503985586765403
1994-02-01 2.8593439644668300
1994-03-01 2.8991870686489300
1994-04-01 2.7679673052976000
1994-05-01 2.7618367785733096
1994-06-01 2.7907036530654000
1994-07-01 2.8227090956632900
1994-08-01 2.9050630360662800
1994-09-01 3.0227349175413000
1994-10-01 2.8994402785112596
1994-11-01 2.9617864434446000
1994-12-01 2.8271671000515495
1995-01-01 2.9493717638166896
1995-02-01 2.9271386576245098
1995-03-01 3.0181995797115200
1995-04-01 3.1135000175860800
1995-05-01 3.1682566514630300
1995-06-01 3.1015726954991605
1995-07-01 3.1823076312471197
1995-08-01 3.1343115807073400
1995-09-01 3.0941403286414100
1995-10-01 3.1783685912823100
1995-11-01 3.0353812018901096
1995-12-01 3.1503455580763400
1996-01-01 3.1164220537478700
1996-02-01 3.0564694318886400
1996-03-01 3.0436526571013400
1996-04-01 3.0000413976887500
1996-05-01 2.9483728920626495
1996-06-01 2.9829036931812400
1996-07-01 2.9965252806174503
1996-08-01 2.9446170383323502
1996-09-01 2.9335595316664302
1996-10-01 2.9048451242783795
1996-11-01 2.9736915363495200
1996-12-01 2.9418990257354904
1997-01-01 2.8797291436898100
1997-02-01 2.8566412861876804
1997-03-01 2.8435502381692004
1997-04-01 2.8314458697997300
1997-05-01 2.8062616002801500
1997-06-01 2.8051946432547300
1997-07-01 2.7075393600570100
1997-08-01 2.7070473058075297
1997-09-01 2.6572699586324000
1997-10-01 2.6239135571565700
1997-11-01 2.5585244189872998
1997-12-01 2.6308712073251500
1998-01-01 2.5805635273048200
1998-02-01 2.6245369212792595
1998-03-01 2.5820611448385700
1998-04-01 2.5226991021539000
1998-05-01 2.5561104926841800
1998-06-01 2.6081122017021400
1998-07-01 2.7071992559929900
1998-08-01 2.7951335809213200
1998-09-01 2.8479731464638998
1998-10-01 2.9192450319804900
1998-11-01 2.8761458868573397
1998-12-01 2.7862941293725700
1999-01-01 2.7130304100867497
1999-02-01 2.6185111095227405
1999-03-01 2.5682573869662900
1999-04-01 2.6017241497090100
1999-05-01 2.4913233296762500
1999-06-01 2.3291575651382300
1999-07-01 2.2610735361553400
1999-08-01 2.1774202712137000
1999-09-01 2.1206550943476500
1999-10-01 1.9843196336651698
1999-11-01 1.9838818931384500
1999-12-01 2.0344642069414900
2000-01-01 2.2252893157050497
2000-02-01 2.3123928218431700
2000-03-01 2.4432557320945200
2000-04-01 2.4100144294852100
2000-05-01 2.5050390407484104
2000-06-01 2.6690298429096200
2000-07-01 2.7557475315311404
2000-08-01 2.7986570018352400
2000-09-01 2.8476945374392004
2000-10-01 2.9322198226663400
2000-11-01 2.9710889290945000
2000-12-01 3.0289582106380700
2001-01-01 3.0475170099590200
2001-02-01 3.0517939932702003
2001-03-01 3.0164638416414498
2001-04-01 3.0890160128058897
2001-05-01 3.1429493001186697
2001-06-01 3.1745017701843703
2001-07-01 3.0908979014628600
2001-08-01 3.1682187334922700
2001-09-01 3.1443130464256600
2001-10-01 3.2676160732796100
2001-11-01 3.3337282264703303
2001-12-01 3.2650215878350597
2002-01-01 3.1556672210819800
2002-02-01 3.2012587697844300
2002-03-01 3.1912728018461700
2002-04-01 3.1521611528076297
2002-05-01 3.0619557696113000
2002-06-01 2.9770101224738700
2002-07-01 2.9610806547536500
2002-08-01 2.8346165212758100
2002-09-01 2.8292197568519300
2002-10-01 2.6741184274585900
2002-11-01 2.5465161398702500
2002-12-01 2.5912172914359200
2003-01-01 2.5428221515349800
2003-02-01 2.4257357457031900
2003-03-01 2.2796939775217004
2003-04-01 2.1017308002577700
2003-05-01 1.9893673520697799
2003-06-01 1.8742750831973702
2003-07-01 1.9095804596669999
2003-08-01 1.9155309528492002
2003-09-01 1.8578433352946397
2003-10-01 1.8397370020909900
2003-11-01 1.7791972009376000
2003-12-01 1.6787151630667498
2004-01-01 1.6819224376923000
2004-02-01 1.7594402702347600
2004-03-01 1.8933222603176200
2004-04-01 2.0594746449812600
2004-05-01 2.2379603243700497
2004-06-01 2.3719513227286897
2004-07-01 2.2968730329438600
2004-08-01 2.3397339659633600
2004-09-01 2.3501245666826200
2004-10-01 2.3971754011020296
2004-11-01 2.4219107117861500
2004-12-01 2.4316672662650700
2005-01-01 2.5314782662470896
2005-02-01 2.5639132928861200
2005-03-01 2.4939989764779305
2005-04-01 2.4571167648397996
2005-05-01 2.4530599374705400
2005-06-01 2.3611709796362796
2005-07-01 2.4659786754114300
2005-08-01 2.4117792980849400
2005-09-01 2.5673846023169400
2005-10-01 2.6230900173012097
2005-11-01 2.7367392678155698
2005-12-01 2.7610391438082300
2006-01-01 2.7164324850370100
2006-02-01 2.6137890400315800
2006-03-01 2.7127076288862000
2006-04-01 2.7787505862609400
2006-05-01 2.8712471029812097
2006-06-01 3.0031770446692096
2006-07-01 3.0052833661114104
2006-08-01 3.2046142955134904
2006-09-01 3.0446476761844200
2006-10-01 3.0711298584159600
2006-11-01 3.0868013229752500
2006-12-01 3.1304616406014705
2007-01-01 3.1371492549126000
2007-02-01 3.3350300669366497
2007-03-01 3.3020876209185697
2007-04-01 3.2585871163577793
2007-05-01 3.0975827415310198
2007-06-01 3.1032587999717998
2007-07-01 3.0844175744357596
2007-08-01 2.8821659951963700
2007-09-01 3.0154034061911500
2007-10-01 2.9974911018066903
2007-11-01 3.0349611353668300
2007-12-01 3.0564266691677200
2008-01-01 3.0830122716651203
2008-02-01 2.9513586850234104
2008-03-01 2.9807172143976803
2008-04-01 2.9700383683260600
2008-05-01 2.9791952307687700
2008-06-01 3.0442579718923600
2008-07-01 3.1407096606278100
2008-08-01 3.2040476481744100
2008-09-01 3.1599894269239504
2008-10-01 3.0569547538318800
2008-11-01 2.9283353528812600
2008-12-01 2.7076013015802300
2009-01-01 2.6343935572793700
2009-02-01 2.5748413773406300
2009-03-01 2.4804417325900600
2009-04-01 2.4486598114032296
2009-05-01 2.3507434511550000
2009-06-01 2.0764117636638897
2009-07-01 1.7548796995730900
2009-08-01 1.6459499078894197
2009-09-01 1.4585156212326700
2009-10-01 1.3744678667916297
2009-11-01 1.2560086542785702
2009-12-01 1.2641876674568200
2010-01-01 1.1210507844449500
2010-02-01 0.9335097442925819
2010-03-01 0.7505836204389829
2010-04-01 0.6337415100528879
2010-05-01 0.5490684621517250
2010-06-01 0.5912926655262660
2010-07-01 0.6335969277228900
2010-08-01 0.5344250397888000
2010-09-01 0.5859098639254160
2010-10-01 0.5805840711646361
2010-11-01 0.6472404018315060
2010-12-01 0.7247694652055660
2011-01-01 0.8566343380834280
2011-02-01 1.0993775042346101
2011-03-01 1.2693357970504600
2011-04-01 1.4190466655756202
2011-05-01 1.5885804036075601
2011-06-01 1.6437563061091598
2011-07-01 1.8027046279778000
2011-08-01 2.0319535564469900
2011-09-01 2.1116412269893700
2011-10-01 2.1867456987040300
2011-11-01 2.2310769925880400
2011-12-01 2.3131351970716403
2012-01-01 2.3899194574851200
2012-02-01 2.2954655717984500
2012-03-01 2.3519412406597400
2012-04-01 2.3549366524246600
2012-05-01 2.3069783436866300
2012-06-01 2.3065881520583300
2012-07-01 2.2688197785112103
2012-08-01 2.2063218111154600
2012-09-01 2.1892393717096500
2012-10-01 2.1769430351110200
2012-11-01 2.1957465676501102
2012-12-01 2.1470638294051900
2013-01-01 2.1093511141707000
2013-02-01 2.1733131643243900
2013-03-01 2.0725995481641200
2013-04-01 2.0562650224468000
2013-05-01 2.0749981882713900
2013-06-01 2.0929400040462100
2013-07-01 2.0862277085684800
2013-08-01 2.0632888112931600
2013-09-01 2.0587606476130103
2013-10-01 1.9991863310769902
2013-11-01 2.0434944630834098
2013-12-01 2.1311303321557500
2014-01-01 2.1032980735726100
2014-02-01 2.0949302566537300
2014-03-01 2.2320710136050100
2014-04-01 2.2425838019211497
2014-05-01 2.2916953749778197
2014-06-01 2.2225106897168600
2014-07-01 2.2559975783605200
2014-08-01 2.2228793266838798
2014-09-01 2.1981195147613400
2014-10-01 2.3040274610926400
2014-11-01 2.2749679510791800
2014-12-01 2.2366645774253100
2015-01-01 2.1984162416814197
2015-02-01 2.1653786791682403
2015-03-01 2.1300808011333900
2015-04-01 2.1921311676852198
2015-05-01 2.1884485483353300
2015-06-01 2.3270281798148700
2015-07-01 2.2867317390906403
2015-08-01 2.2770136700090498
2015-09-01 2.3654722499543100
2015-10-01 2.3533225135331700
2015-11-01 2.3540873786700000
2015-12-01 2.3082649284860803
2016-01-01 2.3716799033658200
2016-02-01 2.4203529506962003
2016-03-01 2.4027275628442797
2016-04-01 2.4739656271642203
2016-05-01 2.5386588871601200
2016-06-01 2.4662660557932300
2016-07-01 2.5137426434457700
2016-08-01 2.6063099399615200
2016-09-01 2.5647020525131100
2016-10-01 2.5425199580191498
2016-11-01 2.5586622002228903
2016-12-01 2.5757393244725897
2017-01-01 2.6361225143792404
2017-02-01 2.6988575293401200
2017-03-01 2.6730672799067700
2017-04-01 2.4839460789521700
2017-05-01 2.3869176498200600
2017-06-01 2.3696407700734400
2017-07-01 2.3389537102243000
2017-08-01 2.3000411754423100
2017-09-01 2.3309238412232003
2017-10-01 2.3648772755716600
2017-11-01 2.3616764493516804
2017-12-01 2.4380512980070900
2018-01-01 2.4984064825050100
2018-02-01 2.3920317533480300
2018-03-01 2.3960091615169903
2018-04-01 2.5111101937241900
2018-05-01 2.5834949393143800
2018-06-01 2.6449784433070200
2018-07-01 2.6440905642532800
2018-08-01 2.6459264316827800
2018-09-01 2.6012058102395000
2018-10-01 2.6163278480680896
2018-11-01 2.7245202490009200
2018-12-01 2.7208635813406500
2019-01-01 2.6150508339805900
2019-02-01 2.6955881371575600
2019-03-01 2.7997817234578903
2019-04-01 2.7912432329518597
2019-05-01 2.7559672253097100
2019-06-01 2.7835420334021403
2019-07-01 2.8744786196065700
2019-08-01 2.9020133644580800
2019-09-01 2.9163047199768997
2019-10-01 2.9216914533382300
2019-11-01 2.8847471518131900
2019-12-01 2.8525034273235500
2020-01-01 2.9229947600608797
2020-02-01 2.9142389541239700
2020-03-01 2.8939315098087400
2020-04-01 2.8288271154222300
2020-05-01 2.8691633840850700
2020-06-01 2.7575405283325900
2020-07-01 2.8340248130809300
2020-08-01 2.8288874855824300
2020-09-01 2.7101381443416200
2020-10-01 2.6365821380910400
2020-11-01 2.4767302337329400
2020-12-01 2.3826212832150300
2021-01-01 2.1690062726756696
2021-02-01 2.1622777777870800
2021-03-01 2.1196972492140600
2021-04-01 2.1907109034998000
2021-05-01 2.2083284437846200
2021-06-01 2.3843628453833300
2021-07-01 2.2940859280603703
2021-08-01 2.4169994508034702
2021-09-01 2.7355000365131700
2021-10-01 3.1299115889878304
2021-11-01 3.5086088766464400
2021-12-01 3.7986752255749300
2022-01-01 4.2628564274372710
2022-02-01 4.5610051374164410
2022-03-01 4.8762728023200800
2022-04-01 5.2115257147960600
2022-05-01 5.5725695230269805
2022-06-01 5.9271451913355010
2022-07-01 6.1773276782519600
2022-08-01 6.5112154964094290
2022-09-01 6.7450934775751690
2022-10-01 6.7544402177017310
2022-11-01 6.7539899514546210
2022-12-01 6.8963446843441200
2023-01-01 6.9521526312316110
2023-02-01 7.0774646320765200
2023-03-01 6.9424120208507690
2023-04-01 6.7964871964392400
2023-05-01 6.5662600057499600
2023-06-01 6.2644605715390710
2023-07-01 5.9677234300566510
2023-08-01 5.6613967112809410
2023-09-01 5.4539128009544400
2023-10-01 5.1870140988253794
2023-11-01 5.1210762206056200
2023-12-01 4.9221621644168300
2024-01-01 4.8515568796197600
2024-02-01 4.5785942560268490
2024-03-01 4.5537890962134510
2024-04-01 4.4760364359939000
2024-05-01 4.3235134548699000
2024-06-01 4.1527900983327800
2024-07-01 4.2634358256827400
2024-08-01 4.1647995099739505
2024-09-01 4.0759896181174400
2024-10-01 4.0851536656424600

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