Governance & Economy

CPI & Inflation

Check CPI and inflation data to fact-check cost-of-living and price claims with the source numbers.

The prompt

> Using the PoliStack connector, what's the latest CPI inflation reading? Provide a comprehensive response.

All of this — from one line.

One line returns the latest CPI reading, year-over-year inflation, and the recent trend from FRED.

What you get

Latest CPI level and inflation rate
Core vs. headline breakdown
Trend and recent trajectory
Context for cost-of-living arguments

The response

+4.2%

Inflation (YoY)

headline CPI, May 2026

+0.5%

Month over month

Apr → May 2026

333.98

CPI index

1982–84 = 100

Consumer Price Index — last 12 months (index)

Prices up 4.2% over the year

Headline CPI rose 4.2% from May 2025 to May 2026 — still well above the Fed's 2% target.

Reaccelerating into spring

The index climbed every month shown, with the steepest jumps in March–May 2026 (+0.5% month-over-month in May).

Sample generated from live data in the PoliStack political knowledge graph, June 2026. Figures update as filings, votes, and markets change. In Claude or ChatGPT, the PoliStack HTML-render skill returns this as a self-contained interactive report.

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