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Shelter, Groceries and Electricity Prices

Consumer price change from a year earlier by category, %

Shelter: 3.2% in Sep 2026−1.6 pp since Sep 2024

0 of 3 series are above their level a year earlier

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Current·Data to Sep 2026

Plays the chart through its history. Pauses are where the data set a record or moved most.

Shelter · Continuation · the recent trend, flattening · 30 days

Groceries · Continuation · the recent trend, flattening · 30 days

Electricity · Continuation · the recent trend, flattening · 30 days

Dashed: the projection from the latest reading. A projection, not a promise.

Three of the prices households feel most. Shelter moves slowly because leases reset gradually; groceries and electricity swing with commodity and fuel costs.

What this chart reads

Sources

CPI: Shelter. Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics via FRED (CUSR0000SAH1). Public.

CPI: Food at Home (Groceries). Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics via FRED (CUSR0000SAF11). Public.

CPI: Electricity. Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics via FRED (CUSR0000SEHF01). Public.

Charts are drawn from Palanor's signal library and recomputed from source data on every view. Transformations (changes, indexing, year-on-year rates) are Palanor's.

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