May 2026 CPI printed 4.2% — every forecaster graded

The May 2026 Consumer Price Index printed 4.2% year over year on June 10, 2026 (prior 3.8%, Street consensus 4.2%, surprise 0.00pp). Closest on the headline: Street consensus. Nowflation’s sealed forecast was not on the record for this print. Core CPI 2.9% (consensus 2.9%, prior 2.8%; closest Street consensus). Headline MoM 0.5% vs 0.5% expected.

Headline CPI YoY: printed 4.2%

ForecasterCallPrintedMiss
Cleveland Fed4.18%4.2%−0.020pp
Street consensus (closest)4.2%4.2%0.000pp

Core CPI YoY: printed 2.9%

ForecasterCallPrintedMiss
Cleveland Fed2.82%2.9%−0.077pp
Street consensus (closest)2.9%2.9%0.000pp

Headline CPI MoM: printed 0.5%

ForecasterCallPrintedMiss
Cleveland Fed0.46%0.5%−0.041pp
Street consensus (closest)0.5%0.5%0.000pp

Core CPI MoM: printed 0.2%

ForecasterCallPrintedMiss
Cleveland Fed (closest)0.23%0.2%+0.026pp
Street consensus0.3%0.2%+0.100pp

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 3.81% on the eve of the print and 3.69% the day after (−0.120pp), its gap to the printed number moving from −0.39pp to −0.51pp; the CPI Tracker 3.98% → 3.91%. 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.

Scoreboard · May 2026 preview · compare the forecasters · print day, live · dashboard.