This tile is stale: the value shown is the last
one the source published, never a fabricated current number.
The full history
1968
high 17.19 · low 0.81 · now 3.34 · 8 recessions shaded 2026
How it is read
What it measures
core services prices
Confidence
ROBUST : a primary official series, mechanically reported.
Reliability (DRS)
DRS 95: Computed: 100 × (CUSR0000SASLE(t) / CUSR0000SASLE(t−12m) − 1), services less energy, the stickiest CPI component: it reflects labor costs and domestic demand rather than import prices or commodity shocks. When core services rise, inflation has moved beyond the supply shock: the Fed's 'last mile' problem. Disclosure: shelter is technically a service and is the dominant driver of this series; a core-services-ex-shelter companion would be CONTESTED (derived, not a native FRED series) and is not shown. Scored against 30 years. BLS-produced; subject to the integrity-events DRS factor.
Where it comes from
DERIVED ↗Every number on this site is reproducible from this primary source.