United States: economic history
Annual GDP growth is unavailable for 2026. Annual CPI inflation is unavailable for 2025, 2026. Missing observations are not zero or forecasts.
Latest national CPI readout
3.7% · 2026-09 · CPI year-on-year
CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), all items, US city average · release 2026-10-14
All-items CPI-U, 12-month percentage change, not seasonally adjusted. The 0.6% seasonally adjusted monthly movement and core inflation are different measures.
US Bureau of Labor Statistics: Consumer Price Index News Release — 2026 M09 Results
Annual history
| Year | Real GDP growth | Consumer-price inflation |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 2.94555045227337% | 0.11862713555245% |
| 2016 | 1.81945147909089% | 1.26158320570535% |
| 2017 | 2.45762230126449% | 2.13011000365961% |
| 2018 | 2.96650506701943% | 2.44258329692816% |
| 2019 | 2.58382533052225% | 1.8122100752602% |
| 2020 | -2.081375977796% | 1.23358439630629% |
| 2021 | 6.15202247867526% | 4.69785886363742% |
| 2022 | 2.52421385073222% | 8.00279982052121% |
| 2023 | 2.93436322440155% | 4.11633838374487% |
| 2024 | 2.79318715363841% | 2.94952520485207% |
| 2025 | 2.16138195623856% | Not reported |
| 2026 | Not reported | Not reported |
Definitions and source records
- World Bank · GDP growth (annual %)
- World Bank · Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)