Monthly HICP inflation in United States
Consumer prices in United States were 2.6% higher than a year earlier in December 2024. The value for December 2024 is the highest since September 2023.
The latest value for United States is for December 2024. Most countries have figures for September 2026.
The latest value carries the source flag “Definition differs”.
United States, December 2024
2.6%d (Definition differs)
Change from November 2024
+0.3percentage points
European Union, December 2024
2.7%
Median of OECD (38 countries), December 2024
2.8%
Monthly HICP inflation in United States over time
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% change on the same month a year earlier. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | United States | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | – | 3.8% |
| August 2026 | – | 3.2% |
| July 2026 | – | 3.0% |
| June 2026 | – | 2.9% |
| May 2026 | – | 3.3% |
| April 2026 | – | 3.2% |
| March 2026 | – | 2.8% |
| February 2026 | – | 2.1% |
| January 2026 | – | 2.0% |
| December 2025 | – | 2.3% |
| November 2025 | – | 2.4% |
| October 2025 | – | 2.5% |
| September 2025 | – | 2.6% |
| August 2025 | – | 2.4% |
| July 2025 | – | 2.4% |
| June 2025 | – | 2.3% |
| May 2025 | – | 2.2% |
| April 2025 | – | 2.4% |
| March 2025 | – | 2.5% |
| February 2025 | – | 2.7% |
| January 2025 | – | 2.8% |
| December 2024 | 2.6%d (definition differs (see metadata)) | 2.7% |
| November 2024 | 2.3%d (definition differs (see metadata)) | 2.5% |
| October 2024 | 1.9%d (definition differs (see metadata)) | 2.3% |
| September 2024 | 1.6%d (definition differs (see metadata)) | 2.1% |
| August 2024 | 1.3%d (definition differs (see metadata)) | 2.4% |
| July 2024 | 1.7%d (definition differs (see metadata)) | 2.8% |
| June 2024 | 1.8%d (definition differs (see metadata)) | 2.6% |
| May 2024 | 2.0%d (definition differs (see metadata)) | 2.7% |
| April 2024 | 2.0%d (definition differs (see metadata)) | 2.6% |
| March 2024 | 2.4%d (definition differs (see metadata)) | 2.6% |
| February 2024 | 2.2%d (definition differs (see metadata)) | 2.8% |
| January 2024 | 2.3%d (definition differs (see metadata)) | 3.1% |
| December 2023 | 2.5%d (definition differs (see metadata)) | 3.4% |
| November 2023 | 2.1%d (definition differs (see metadata)) | 3.1% |
| October 2023 | 2.1%d (definition differs (see metadata)) | 3.6% |
| September 2023 | 2.6%d (definition differs (see metadata)) | 5.0% |
| August 2023 | 2.5%d (definition differs (see metadata)) | 5.9% |
| July 2023 | 1.7%d (definition differs (see metadata)) | 6.1% |
| June 2023 | 1.4%d (definition differs (see metadata)) | 6.4% |
Flags: d definition differs (see metadata) . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +0.3 percentage points from 2.3% in November 2024.
- Since February 2024, when it was 2.2%, the figure has changed by +0.4 percentage points.
- The figure for the European Union in December 2024 was 2.7%.
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