U.S. Consumer Prices Rose 0.4% in October: Shelter Accounted for Over 30% of the Gain, No Year-over-Year Rate Published
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported in Washington on November 10 that the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers rose 0.4 percent in October on a seasonally adjusted basis, following a 0.6 percent rise in September, while the core index excluding food and energy rose 0.3 percent for a third straight month. Before seasonal adjustment, prices rose 0.2 percent and the index level stood at 337.511 (1982-84 = 100).
The shelter index rose 0.3 percent and accounted for over thirty percent of the monthly all-items increase, with rent of primary residence up a cooler 0.2 percent; the food index rose 0.5 percent and the energy index rose 0.7 percent. The report is the last inflation reading the Federal Reserve will see before its December 8-9 meeting, and the November index is scheduled for release on December 10.
The bureau said it cannot publish 12-month percent changes for October 2026 for indexes where October 2025 data are unavailable, because it did not collect survey data in October 2025 during the lapse in appropriations. The last published annual readings remain September's 3.7 percent for the headline index. (Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics)
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
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