Los Angeles inflation against the country, September 2026
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Los Angeles-metro prices were 3.7% higher than a year earlier in September 2026; nationally the figure was 3.7%. The gap is 0.0 points, with the country running hotter this month.
Most of what sets inflation is national — energy, vehicles, the money supply — so the two lines mostly move together and the interesting number is the distance between them. What opens that distance is housing: shelter is roughly a third of the basket and by far its most local component, which is why asking rents lead this gap by about a year.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, Los Angeles–Long Beach–Anaheim CBSA (bi-monthly) and the U.S. city average, not seasonally adjusted, via FRED. Auto-generated each build.