Personal CPI

The headline inflation rate
isn't your inflation rate.

CPI-U averages price changes across a household that spends like the whole country: a bit of everything, weighted by national survey data. You don't spend like that. Set your monthly budget below and Basket reweights official BLS category data into the 12-month rate you actually pay.

Your rate
weighted by your basket
Headline CPI-U
all items, 12-month
The gap

Your monthly spending

Slide or type dollar amounts. Categories map to official CPI series; the 12-month change for each is shown on the right of its name.