April 2026 US CPI release: prices increased 0.6% MoM, 3.8% YoY

https://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm

The headline index had increased 0.9% MoM, 3.3% YoY the prior month, in March.

Consensus forecast was for 0.6% MoM, 3.7% YoY, so actual figures were slightly higher than expected.

**Core CPI** (all items less food and energy) increased 0.4% MoM, 2.8% YoY in April, compared with 0.2% MoM, 2.6% YoY the month prior, in March.

Consensus forecast for **core CPI** was 0.3% MoM, 2.7% YoY, so actual figures for core CPI came in higher than expected.

FRED graph of YoY change in headline and core CPI.

FRED graph of MoM change in headline and core CPI.