What will be the 12-month percentage change in the US Consumer Price Index (CPI) for March 2026?
Closing Apr 01, 2026 07:01AM UTC
The CPI is a weighted average of prices intended to represent costs for US consumers (Investopedia - CPI). The question will be suspended on 31 March 2026 and the outcome determined using the 12-month percentage change for March 2026 when first released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) for "All items" as reported by the Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED) database, expected in April 2026 (FRED, click "EDIT GRAPH" and change "Units" to "Percent Change from Year Ago"). As of the launch of this question, the change for March 2025 was 2.40559%.
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| Possible Answer | Crowd Forecast | Change in last 24 hours |
|---|---|---|
| Less than 1.600% | 0.50% | 0% |
| At least 1.600%, but less than 2.000% | 1.10% | -0.50% |
| At least 2.000%, but less than 2.400% | 6.00% | -1.50% |
| At least 2.400%, but less than 2.800% | 23.40% | -1.20% |
| At least 2.800%, but less than 3.200% | 31.00% | -3.80% |
| At least 3.200%, but less than 3.600% | 22.40% | -0.30% |
| At least 3.600%, but less than 4.000% | 8.40% | +2.00% |
| At least 4.000%, but less than 4.400% | 4.20% | +3.30% |
| At least 4.400%, but less than 4.800% | 2.10% | +1.60% |
| 4.800% or more | 0.90% | +0.40% |