High importanceUSUSD · Inflation · 14 Oct 2026 · 08:30 ET · released

US inflation rate, month on month (Sep)

Actual
0.6%
Forecast
0.6%
Previous
0.4%

Below 0.3%In line 0.3% to 0.9%Above 0.9%

▏Forecast 0.6%○ Previous 0.4%● Actual 0.6%

In line with its usual range0.3% to 0.9%: the playbook gives no direction for an in-line print.

What moved

  • EUR/USD−0.69%
  • GBP/USD−0.74%
  • USD/JPY+0.31%
  • Gold−1.24%

EUR/USD, GBP/USD, USD/JPY and Gold from the hour before to the hour after (08:00 → 10:00 ET), from 1-hour bars. Timing, not cause: other news lands in the same window.

At the same minute

  • High importanceCPI s.a (Sep)336.3 vs 335.8Above its usual range USD up
  • High importanceCore Inflation Rate MoM (Sep)0.3% vs 0.2%Above its usual range USD up
  • High importanceCore Inflation Rate YoY (Sep)2.6% vs 2.5%Above its usual range USD up
  • High importanceInflation Rate (Sep)336.94 vs 336.65Above its usual range USD up
  • High importanceInflation Rate YoY (Sep)3.7% vs 3.6%In line with its usual range
  • Low importanceCPI n.s.a MoM (Sep)0.59%In line with its usual range
  • Low importanceCore Inflation Rate (Sep)338.9Above its usual range USD up
  • Low importanceReal Earnings MoM (Sep)−0.5%Below its usual range

The levelsMeasured from its last 10 prints

BelowBelow 0.3%USD down
EUR/USD up GBP/USD up USD/JPY down Gold up
In line0.3% to 0.9%Limited follow-throughLanded here
AboveAbove 0.9%USD up
EUR/USD down GBP/USD down USD/JPY up Gold down

In line is the forecast ± how far this series usually lands from it (median miss 0.3%). Above or below that is a genuine surprise. USD up or down is the playbook’s mapping for this release; the pairs show how each quote moves when USD does. Arithmetic, not a forecast.

Its own historyLast 11 prints vs the forecast before each: 0 above · 8 in line · 3 below

−0.59%−0.17%0.25%0.67%1.09%Oct ’25Feb ’26Apr ’26Jun ’26Aug ’26Oct ’26

— Forecast before the print● Actual

Release history

ReleasedPeriodForecastActualPosition
14 Oct 2026Sep0.6%0.6%In line with forecast
11 Sep 2026Aug0.4%0.4%In line with forecast
12 Aug 2026Jul0.1%0.1%In line with forecast
14 Jul 2026Jun−0.1%−0.4%Below forecast
10 Jun 2026May0.5%0.5%In line with forecast
12 May 2026Apr0.6%0.6%In line with forecast
10 Apr 2026Mar0.9%0.9%In line with forecast
11 Mar 2026Feb0.3%0.3%In line with forecast
13 Feb 2026Jan0.3%0.2%Below forecast
13 Jan 2026Dec0.3%0.3%In line with forecast
24 Oct 2025Sep0.4%0.3%Below forecast