National CPI-U
336.94 CPI-U index (1982-84=100)
+3.7% from the comparable prior period
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, CPI
Source date: 2026-09 • Resolution: National monthly CPI-U context
Update Cadence
Refresh Policy And Run Status
CostPressureIQ is maintained with repeatable ingest pipelines that update geographic coverage, score snapshots, and component-level diagnostics. This page describes how update cycles work and surfaces recent ingestion outcomes.
Current Pressure Pulse
Current Context With Its Own Source Dates
Non-scored
Pulse observations are refreshed independently of the annual baseline. A source failure retains its last verified observation with a stale label instead of changing the score or filling a gap with an estimate.
Pulse Run Status
Failed
Last run started 2026-10-18 and finished 2026-10-18.
County/state covered-job wage and state residential-electricity changes are shown on source-labeled location cards, including inherited geography when applicable.
Current State
Live Source Snapshot
Snapshot Date
2024-12-31
Methodology
v1.1-acs5-2024
Scored Geographies
34,160
Current Context
Separate From Score
Electricity, wage, and CPI signals retain their own source dates.
States
51 scored snapshots from 52 loaded locations.
Counties
3,136 scored snapshots from 3,213 loaded locations.
Cities
30,973 scored snapshots from 31,254 loaded locations.
Latest Successful Refresh
Most Recent Completed Run
Source
current_pressure_pulse
Started
2026-10-15
Records Upserted
3,376
Run History
Recent Ingestion Runs
Ingestion runs capture source-specific pipeline status, record volumes, and error counts. This log is provided for transparency around data freshness and operational health.
current_pressure_pulse
Started 2026-10-18 • Finished 2026-10-18
Records read: 17,762
Records upserted: 3,325
Records errored: 1
Protected run details were recorded. Public reporting exposes source period, coverage, resolution, and status without disclosing operational configuration.
current_pressure_pulse
Started 2026-10-17 • Finished 2026-10-17
Records read: 17,762
Records upserted: 3,325
Records errored: 1
Protected run details were recorded. Public reporting exposes source period, coverage, resolution, and status without disclosing operational configuration.
current_pressure_pulse
Started 2026-10-16 • Finished 2026-10-16
Records read: 17,762
Records upserted: 3,325
Records errored: 1
Protected run details were recorded. Public reporting exposes source period, coverage, resolution, and status without disclosing operational configuration.
current_pressure_pulse
Started 2026-10-15 • Finished 2026-10-15
Records read: 22,762
Records upserted: 3,376
Records errored: 0
Protected run details were recorded. Public reporting exposes source period, coverage, resolution, and status without disclosing operational configuration.
current_pressure_pulse
Started 2026-10-14 • Finished 2026-10-14
Records read: 22,761
Records upserted: 3,376
Records errored: 0
Protected run details were recorded. Public reporting exposes source period, coverage, resolution, and status without disclosing operational configuration.
current_pressure_pulse
Started 2026-10-13 • Finished 2026-10-13
Records read: 22,761
Records upserted: 3,376
Records errored: 0
Protected run details were recorded. Public reporting exposes source period, coverage, resolution, and status without disclosing operational configuration.
current_pressure_pulse
Started 2026-10-12 • Finished 2026-10-12
Records read: 22,761
Records upserted: 3,376
Records errored: 0
Protected run details were recorded. Public reporting exposes source period, coverage, resolution, and status without disclosing operational configuration.
current_pressure_pulse
Started 2026-10-11 • Finished 2026-10-11
Records read: 22,761
Records upserted: 3,376
Records errored: 0
Protected run details were recorded. Public reporting exposes source period, coverage, resolution, and status without disclosing operational configuration.
current_pressure_pulse
Started 2026-10-10 • Finished 2026-10-10
Records read: 22,761
Records upserted: 3,376
Records errored: 0
Protected run details were recorded. Public reporting exposes source period, coverage, resolution, and status without disclosing operational configuration.
current_pressure_pulse
Started 2026-10-09 • Finished 2026-10-09
Records read: 22,761
Records upserted: 3,376
Records errored: 0
Protected run details were recorded. Public reporting exposes source period, coverage, resolution, and status without disclosing operational configuration.
Cadence Policy
How Content Refresh Works
Geographic coverage is refreshed when source location datasets are updated and normalized into canonical state, county, and city route structures.
Cost pressure snapshots are recomputed after ingest runs so Cost Pressure Score and component pressure outputs remain synchronized with the latest available source windows. The current loaded methodology is v1.1-acs5-2024.
When source gaps occur, fields degrade transparently to INSUFFICIENT_DATA or retain the last verified pulse record rather than introducing speculative estimates.
Operational credentials remain private. Public pages report source dates, geographic resolution, coverage, and any fallback rather than environment readiness.
Content Path
Use Fresh Data In Context
After confirming refresh health, move through state, county, and city pages to compare outcomes at each geographic level, then validate interpretation assumptions with methodology and source documentation.