July 2025 CPI printed 2.7% — every forecaster graded

The July 2025 Consumer Price Index printed 2.7% year over year on August 12, 2025 (prior 2.7%, Street consensus 2.8%, surprise −0.10pp). Closest on the headline: Cleveland Fed. Nowflation’s sealed forecast was not on the record for this print. Core CPI 3.1% (consensus 3.0%, prior 2.9%; closest Cleveland Fed). Headline MoM 0.2% vs 0.2% expected.

Headline CPI YoY: printed 2.7%

ForecasterCallPrintedMiss
Cleveland Fed (closest)2.73%2.7%+0.025pp
Street consensus2.8%2.7%+0.100pp

Core CPI YoY: printed 3.1%

ForecasterCallPrintedMiss
Cleveland Fed (closest)3.04%3.1%−0.061pp
Street consensus3.0%3.1%−0.100pp

Headline CPI MoM: printed 0.2%

ForecasterCallPrintedMiss
Cleveland Fed0.16%0.2%−0.040pp
Street consensus (closest)0.2%0.2%0.000pp

Core CPI MoM: printed 0.3%

ForecasterCallPrintedMiss
Cleveland Fed0.24%0.3%−0.061pp
Street consensus (closest)0.3%0.3%0.000pp

no pre-registration receipt for this print (receipts began June 2026) — values are the scoreboard rows frozen at grading time. Receipts on the record.

The Gauge stepping

The Gauge read 2.63% on the eve of the print and 2.72% the day after (+0.090pp), its gap to the printed number moving from −0.07pp to +0.02pp; the CPI Tracker 2.64% → 2.64%. The Gauge is a measurement of today, not a call on the print: on release day the components that hold an official subindex step to the new print while the live components keep moving.

Method

Before the print: every call as it stands on the tape, sealed into the receipt the evening before release (SHA-256 of the receipt JSON with its sha256 field removed). After the print: the scoreboard rows frozen at grading time — later revisions by any source never touch them. Graded against the BLS first release (YoY on the NSA index, MoM seasonally adjusted, one decimal). Signed error = forecast − actual.

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