CPI Release Dates 2026: Schedule + Market Reaction to Each One

The next U.S. CPI release is Wednesday, August 12, 2026, at 8:30 a.m. ET — covering July 2026 data.

The official schedule below comes from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. What you will not find on the official schedule is the last two columns: how much the 10-year Treasury yield actually moved on each release day, measured from the prior close. That is the part we compute ourselves, and it is why this page exists.

2026 CPI release schedule, with the measured market reaction

Release-day change in the 10-year Treasury yield, measured from the prior close. A normal day moves about 4.3 bps, so "×1.0" means a typical day. Dates: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Yields: Federal Reserve Board via FRED (public domain). Updated 2026-08-08.

(December 2026 data is released in January 2027.)

Download the 2026 CPI release calendar (.ics) — add every release date to Google Calendar, Outlook, or Apple Calendar.

What the 2026 reactions show so far

Something worth noting: 2026 has been a quiet year for CPI-day bond moves. Across the seven releases so far, the 10-year Treasury moved an average of about 0.8× a normal day — that is, less than an ordinary trading day. Compare that to our 37-release study covering 2023–2025, where CPI days averaged 1.58× a normal day.

The largest 2026 reaction came on the March 11 release, which carried February's reading: +6.0 bps, ×1.4. The quietest was January 13 (×0.2), with April 10 and June 10 tied just above it at ×0.5. Dates here are release dates; a CPI print always covers the month before. Not one 2026 release has produced the kind of outsized move that was routine in 2023–2024.

The likely reason is that inflation has become less surprising. When CPI was swinging unpredictably during the post-pandemic period, each print carried real news. As inflation settles into a narrower range, the market's forecast gets closer to the print, and there is less left to react to. This is the same mechanism we document across every release: markets move on surprise, not on importance.

What time is CPI released?

Always 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time on the scheduled day. Treasuries, the dollar, and equity futures react within seconds of the print.

Does CPI actually move markets in a predictable way?

This is the question most schedule pages never answer. We tested it against 37 CPI releases:

On CPI release day, the direction of the 10-year Treasury yield is not predictable (p = 0.76) — a hot print is about as likely to push yields up as a cool print is to push them down. But over 2023–2025 the size of the move was real: yields swung about 1.58× a normal day (p = 0.004). In 2026 so far, even that size effect has faded.

In plain terms: CPI day can be a bigger-than-usual day for bonds, but the release does not tell you which direction to expect — and in 2026 it has not even been a bigger-than-usual day.

→ Read the full analysis: Does CPI move the 10-year Treasury yield? → See how CPI compares to jobs, PPI, and the rest: Which releases move the Treasury curve?