CPI Release Schedule 2026
The US Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes the Consumer Price Index twelve times in 2026, always at 8:30am ET. Each report covers price changes for the prior month, with headline and core (ex-food and energy) readings released together. CPI is the single highest-impact US data print — it drives Fed rate expectations, front-end Treasury yields, the dollar and equity index futures within seconds of release.
Next CPI release
The next US CPI report is released Sep 11, 2026 at 8:30am ET, covering price data for August 2026. Both the headline and core (ex-food and energy) readings drop simultaneously.
- Reference month
- August 2026
- Release time
- 8:30am ET
- What's at stake
- Final print before the September FOMC and its 2027 projections.
See the consensus and the actual print the moment it lands on the economic calendar, follow the reaction on live news, or check how it feeds the next decision on the Fed meeting schedule.
2026 CPI release dates
| Release date | Time (ET) | Data for | What's at stake |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 13, 2026 | 8:30am | December 2025 | Sets the opening inflation read for the year ahead of the January FOMC. |
| Feb 11, 2026 | 8:30am | January 2026 | Annual CPI basket and seasonal-factor revisions land with this print. |
| Mar 11, 2026 | 8:30am | February 2026 | Final inflation read before the March FOMC and its updated dot plot. |
| Apr 10, 2026 | 8:30am | March 2026 | Q1 closes out — tariff and goods-price pass-through in focus. |
| May 12, 2026 | 8:30am | April 2026 | Tests whether services disinflation is holding into the summer. |
| Jun 10, 2026 | 8:30am | May 2026 | Last CPI before the June SEP — can single-handedly move the dots. |
| Jul 14, 2026 | 8:30am | June 2026 | Mid-year checkpoint for the Fed's 2% trajectory. |
| Aug 12, 2026 | 8:30am | July 2026 | Thin summer liquidity tends to amplify the market reaction. |
| Sep 11, 2026 | 8:30am | August 2026 | Final print before the September FOMC and its 2027 projections. |
| Oct 14, 2026 | 8:30am | September 2026 | Determines the Social Security cost-of-living adjustment for 2027. |
| Nov 10, 2026 | 8:30am | October 2026 | Shapes expectations for the December decision and year-end positioning. |
| Dec 10, 2026 | 8:30am | November 2026 | The last inflation read of the year, one day after the December FOMC. |
Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI release schedule. All releases at 8:30am Eastern Time.
How to trade CPI days
The repricing happens in the first seconds after 8:30am ET: a core CPI surprise of 0.1 percentage point against consensus routinely moves two-year Treasury yields by ten basis points or more and reprices Fed funds futures for the next two meetings. Watch the core month-over-month print first — it is the series the Fed's 2% target framework is most sensitive to — then the shelter and supercore (core services ex-housing) components for direction on persistence.
Track it live on the desk
- Economic calendar — consensus, previous and actual for every CPI print as it lands.
- Fed meeting schedule — how each inflation read feeds the next FOMC decision.
- Live news feed — headlines and market reaction as the number crosses the wire.