{"chart":{"slug":"everyday-price-changes","title":"Which everyday prices rose the most over the past year?","takeaway":"In the 12 months to September 2026, the biggest price changes were for gasoline (34.2%) and airline fares (22.4%), while overall inflation was 3.7%. At the other end were eggs (-20.6%) and car insurance (-5%). Each bar compares the Consumer Price Index for the item in one month with the same month a year earlier.","topic":"Inflation","chart_type":"bar","ranking":true,"x_label":"Item","y_label":"Percent change in price from the same month a year earlier","unit":"percent","points_count":18,"source":{"name":"U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index (CPI-U)","url":"https://www.bls.gov/cpi/"},"license":{"name":"Public domain (U.S. government work)","url":"https://www.bls.gov/opub/copyright-information.htm"},"data_as_of":"2026-09-30","updated_at":"2026-10-17T18:50:40.928Z","url":"https://chart.ly/charts/everyday-price-changes","api_url":"https://chart.ly/api/v1/charts/everyday-price-changes","csv_url":"https://chart.ly/charts/everyday-price-changes/data.csv","image_url":"https://chart.ly/charts/everyday-price-changes/image.png","embed_url":"https://chart.ly/charts/everyday-price-changes/embed","credit":"U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index (CPI-U), via Chartly (https://chart.ly/charts/everyday-price-changes)","credit_html":"U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index (CPI-U), via \u003ca href=\"https://chart.ly/charts/everyday-price-changes\"\u003eChartly\u003c/a\u003e","average_label":"All items (overall inflation)","zero_axis":true,"data":[{"label":"Gasoline","value":34.2},{"label":"Airline fares","value":22.4},{"label":"Coffee","value":7.1},{"label":"Ground beef","value":5.4},{"label":"Natural gas for homes","value":5.0},{"label":"Electricity","value":4.4},{"label":"All items (overall inflation)","value":3.7},{"label":"Restaurant meals","value":3.5},{"label":"Clothing","value":3.4},{"label":"Bread","value":3.3},{"label":"Rent","value":2.8},{"label":"Medical care services","value":2.5},{"label":"Milk","value":2.3},{"label":"Groceries (food at home)","value":1.8},{"label":"New cars and trucks","value":0.6},{"label":"Used cars and trucks","value":-1.5},{"label":"Car insurance","value":-5.0},{"label":"Eggs","value":-20.6}],"annotations":[]},"docs":"https://chart.ly/developers","terms":"Free to use with credit: wherever you show or quote a chart's data, name Chartly with a link to that chart's url (each chart's credit line does both) and credit its source as its license asks.","credit":"U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index (CPI-U), via Chartly (https://chart.ly/charts/everyday-price-changes)"}