September 2025 CPI printed 3.0% — every forecaster graded

The September 2025 Consumer Price Index printed 3.0% year over year on October 24, 2025 (prior 2.9%, Street consensus 3.1%, surprise −0.10pp). Closest on the headline: Cleveland Fed. Nowflation’s sealed forecast was not on the record for this print. Core CPI 3.0% (consensus 3.1%, prior 3.1%; closest Cleveland Fed). Headline MoM 0.3% vs 0.4% expected.

Headline CPI YoY: printed 3.0%

ForecasterCallPrintedMiss
Cleveland Fed (closest)2.99%3.0%−0.012pp
Street consensus3.1%3.0%+0.100pp

Core CPI YoY: printed 3.0%

ForecasterCallPrintedMiss
Cleveland Fed (closest)2.95%3.0%−0.046pp
Street consensus3.1%3.0%+0.100pp

Headline CPI MoM: printed 0.3%

ForecasterCallPrintedMiss
Cleveland Fed (closest)0.38%0.3%+0.076pp
Street consensus0.4%0.3%+0.100pp

Core CPI MoM: printed 0.2%

ForecasterCallPrintedMiss
Cleveland Fed (closest)0.26%0.2%+0.056pp
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 2.96% on the eve of the print and 2.91% the day after (−0.050pp), its gap to the printed number moving from −0.04pp to −0.09pp; the CPI Tracker 3.02% → 2.92%. 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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