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US CPI release dates 2026–2027
Monthly US inflation. The print markets watch most closely for the Fed’s next move. Published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics at 8:30 a.m. ET; every date below is from its own schedule and shown in your time zone.
December 10, 2026
Covers November 2026 · In 29 days
Latest reading: September 2026
- 3.7%
- CPI, year on year
- +0.7%
- CPI, month on month
- 2.6%
- Core CPI, year on year
- +0.3%
- Core CPI, month on month
| Month | CPI y/y | m/m | Core y/y | m/m |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 3.7% | +0.7% | 2.6% | +0.3% |
| August 2026 | 3.4% | +0.4% | 2.5% | +0.3% |
| July 2026 | 3.4% | +0.1% | 2.5% | +0.2% |
| June 2026 | 3.5% | −0.4% | 2.6% | 0.0% |
| May 2026 | 4.3% | +0.5% | 2.9% | +0.2% |
| April 2026 | 3.8% | +0.6% | 2.8% | +0.4% |
From the Bureau of Labor Statistics, read November 9, 2026. Year-on-year changes use the index before seasonal adjustment, as BLS headlines them; month-on-month changes use the seasonally adjusted index. Core leaves out food and energy.
Schedule
| Release date | Covers | Your time | UTC |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tue, Nov 10, 2026 | October 2026 | 13:30 | |
| Thu, Dec 10, 2026 | November 2026 | 13:30 | |
| Wed, Jan 13, 2027 | December 2026 | 13:30 | |
| Thu, Feb 11, 2027 | January 2027 | 13:30 | |
| Wed, Mar 10, 2027 | February 2027 | 13:30 | |
| Tue, Apr 13, 2027 | March 2027 | 12:30 | |
| Wed, May 12, 2027 | April 2027 | 12:30 | |
| Thu, Jun 10, 2027 | May 2027 | 12:30 | |
| Wed, Jul 14, 2027 | June 2027 | 12:30 | |
| Wed, Aug 11, 2027 | July 2027 | 12:30 | |
| Tue, Sep 14, 2027 | August 2027 | 12:30 | |
| Thu, Oct 14, 2027 | September 2027 | 12:30 | |
| Wed, Nov 10, 2027 | October 2027 | 13:30 | |
| Fri, Dec 10, 2027 | November 2027 | 13:30 |
Read from bls.gov on November 9, 2026. Agencies can move a date; their own schedule is final.
What the CPI is
The Consumer Price Index measures the change in prices US households pay for a fixed basket of goods and services. The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes it about two weeks after the month ends, at 8:30 a.m. Eastern time.
Two numbers lead the release: headline CPI, and core CPI, which leaves out food and energy because they swing the most. Both come as a change on the month before and on the same month a year earlier.
Inflation sets the pace of Federal Reserve policy, and the Fed’s rate path feeds into every risk asset, crypto included. A print above forecasts tends to push expected rate cuts further out; one below tends to bring them closer.
What traders watch
- Core against headline
- Core CPI says more about where inflation is heading, so it usually moves rate expectations more than the headline figure.
- The surprise, not the level
- Markets price a forecast before the release. What moves prices is the gap between the print and that forecast.
- The first hour
- Bitcoin trades through the release. The table below shows how far it moved in the first hour and the first day after each print since 2022.
How bitcoin moved after each CPI
Average 24h move
2.25%
up or down
Ordinary day
1.80%
same years
Up after 24h
34 of 57
releases
Largest 24h move
−11.1%
May 11, 2022
| Release | BTC at release | 1 hour | 24 hours | 7 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 14, 2026 | $83,860 | −1.4% | −3.3% | −0.3% |
| Sep 11, 2026 | $77,094 | +0.6% | +0.3% | +1.2% |
| Aug 12, 2026 | $64,412 | −0.7% | −1.3% | +0.1% |
| Jul 14, 2026 | $62,958 | +1.6% | +2.7% | +5.6% |
| Jun 10, 2026 | $61,168 | +0.6% | +2.5% | +5.8% |
| May 12, 2026 | $80,820 | −0.2% | −0.6% | −4.9% |
| Apr 10, 2026 | $72,176 | +0.2% | +1.0% | +5.0% |
| Mar 11, 2026 | $69,427 | +1.1% | +1.4% | +4.9% |
The last 24 of 57 releases since January 12, 2022. Price at the release is the last trade before it, on the BTC/USDT market of a major exchange. A move after a release is not caused by it alone, and past moves are no guide to the next one.
Questions people ask
At 8:30 a.m. Eastern time, which is 13:30 UTC in winter and 12:30 UTC from mid-March to early November, when the US is on daylight saving time.
The date at the top of this page is the next one on the BLS schedule. The full schedule through 2027 is in the table, and each date can be added to your calendar.
CPI changes what traders expect from the Federal Reserve. Higher-than-expected inflation makes rate cuts look further away, which tends to weigh on risk assets; a softer print tends to help them. The link is loose: the table on this page shows the moves went both ways.
Both measure consumer prices. CPI comes from the BLS about two weeks after the month; PCE comes from the BEA about two weeks later and covers a wider range of spending. The Fed’s 2% target is set in terms of PCE, but CPI arrives first, so markets react to it more.
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