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Irish Business Pulse

Cost pressure

Consumer price inflation

Consumer prices rose +3.6% in the year to May 2026 (CPI all items, index 106.3).

CSO Consumer Price Index · Reference period May 2026 · Retrieved 5 July 2026

Latest

106.3

index (base Dec 2023=100)

month on month

-0.1% ↓

vs April 2026

Year on year

+3.6%

vs May 2025

Record

Within recent range

Consumer price inflationConsumer price inflation: 355 observations from November 1996 to May 2026. Range 55.8 to 106.4 index (base Dec 2023=100).106.481.155.8November 1996May 2026
Consumer price inflation - full series. Unit: index (base Dec 2023=100).

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Period Value (index (base Dec 2023=100))
May 2026 106.3
April 2026 106.4
March 2026 105.9
February 2026 104.2
January 2026 103.3
December 2025 104.2
November 2025 103.7
October 2025 103.9
September 2025 103.4
August 2025 103.6
July 2025 103.2
June 2025 103.1
May 2025 102.6
April 2025 102.6
March 2025 102.2
February 2025 101.5
January 2025 100.6
December 2024 101.4
November 2024 100.5
October 2024 101.0
September 2024 100.7
August 2024 101.6
July 2024 101.5
June 2024 101.3
May 2024 100.9
April 2024 100.4
March 2024 100.2
February 2024 99.7
January 2024 98.7
December 2023 100.0
November 2023 99.5
October 2023 100.3
September 2023 100.0
August 2023 99.9
July 2023 99.3
June 2023 99.1
May 2023 98.3
April 2023 97.9
March 2023 97.4
February 2023 96.4
January 2023 94.8
December 2022 95.6
November 2022 95.8
October 2022 95.5
September 2022 94.0
August 2022 93.9
July 2022 93.8
June 2022 93.4
May 2022 92.2
April 2022 91.3
March 2022 90.5
February 2022 88.8
January 2022 88.0
December 2021 88.4
November 2021 87.9
October 2021 87.4
September 2021 86.8
August 2021 86.5
July 2021 85.9
June 2021 85.6
May 2021 85.5
April 2021 85.3
March 2021 84.8
February 2021 84.1
January 2021 83.8
December 2020 83.7
November 2020 83.5
October 2020 83.3
September 2020 83.7
August 2020 84.0
July 2020 84.1
June 2020 84.3
May 2020 84.0
April 2020 84.5
March 2020 84.8
February 2020 84.5
January 2020 84.0
December 2019 84.5
November 2019 84.4
October 2019 84.5
September 2019 84.7
August 2019 84.9
July 2019 84.5
June 2019 84.6
May 2019 84.4
April 2019 84.5
March 2019 84.2
February 2019 83.6
January 2019 82.9
December 2018 83.4
November 2018 83.5
October 2018 83.9
September 2018 84.0
August 2018 84.3
July 2018 84.0
June 2018 83.7
May 2018 83.7
April 2018 83.2
March 2018 83.3
February 2018 83.0
January 2018 82.3
December 2017 82.9
November 2017 83.0
October 2017 83.1
September 2017 83.2
August 2017 83.8
July 2017 83.4
June 2017 83.4
May 2017 83.3
April 2017 83.5
March 2017 83.1
February 2017 82.7
January 2017 82.2
December 2016 82.6
November 2016 82.6
October 2016 82.7
September 2016 83.0
August 2016 83.4
July 2016 83.5
June 2016 83.7
May 2016 83.2
April 2016 82.7
March 2016 82.5
February 2016 82.2
January 2016 81.9
December 2015 82.6
November 2015 82.6
October 2015 82.9
September 2015 83.1
August 2015 83.4
July 2015 83.1
June 2015 83.3
May 2015 83.1
April 2015 82.8
March 2015 82.8
February 2015 82.3
January 2015 81.8
December 2014 82.5
November 2014 82.8
October 2014 83.0
September 2014 83.3
August 2014 83.5
July 2014 83.3
June 2014 83.5
May 2014 83.4
April 2014 83.4
March 2014 83.3
February 2014 82.8
January 2014 82.3
December 2013 82.7
November 2013 82.8
October 2013 82.9
September 2013 83.0
August 2013 83.1
July 2013 83.1
June 2013 83.1
May 2013 83.1
April 2013 83.2
March 2013 83.2
February 2013 82.8
January 2013 82.2
December 2012 82.5
November 2012 82.5
October 2012 82.8
September 2012 82.9
August 2012 83.0
July 2012 82.5
June 2012 82.6
May 2012 82.7
April 2012 82.8
March 2012 82.7
February 2012 81.9
January 2012 81.2
December 2011 81.6
November 2011 81.8
October 2011 81.8
September 2011 81.6
August 2011 81.3
July 2011 81.2
June 2011 81.2
May 2011 81.3
April 2011 81.2
March 2011 80.9
February 2011 80.2
January 2011 79.5
December 2010 79.7
November 2010 79.5
October 2010 79.6
September 2010 79.5
August 2010 79.7
July 2010 79.1
June 2010 79.1
May 2010 79.2
April 2010 78.7
March 2010 78.6
February 2010 78.5
January 2010 78.2
December 2009 78.6
November 2009 79.0
October 2009 79.0
September 2009 79.2
August 2009 79.5
July 2009 79.2
June 2009 79.8
May 2009 80.0
April 2009 80.4
March 2009 81.0
February 2009 81.1
January 2009 81.4
December 2008 82.7
November 2008 83.8
October 2008 84.5
September 2008 84.7
August 2008 84.5
July 2008 84.1
June 2008 84.3
May 2008 83.9
April 2008 83.3
March 2008 83.2
February 2008 82.4
January 2008 81.4
December 2007 81.8
November 2007 81.7
October 2007 81.3
September 2007 81.2
August 2007 80.9
July 2007 80.6
June 2007 80.4
May 2007 80.2
April 2007 79.9
March 2007 79.2
February 2007 78.7
January 2007 78.0
December 2006 78.2
November 2006 77.8
October 2006 77.6
September 2006 77.6
August 2006 77.3
July 2006 76.8
June 2006 76.6
May 2006 76.4
April 2006 76.0
March 2006 75.4
February 2006 75.1
January 2006 74.2
December 2005 74.5
November 2005 74.5
October 2005 74.7
September 2005 74.6
August 2005 74.0
July 2005 73.7
June 2005 73.7
May 2005 73.5
April 2005 73.3
March 2005 72.9
February 2005 72.7
January 2005 72.1
December 2004 72.7
November 2004 72.6
October 2004 72.5
September 2004 72.4
August 2004 72.4
July 2004 71.9
June 2004 72.1
May 2004 71.8
April 2004 71.6
March 2004 71.4
February 2004 71.1
January 2004 70.5
December 2003 70.9
November 2003 70.6
October 2003 70.6
September 2003 70.6
August 2003 70.5
July 2003 70.1
June 2003 70.6
May 2003 70.5
April 2003 70.6
March 2003 70.4
February 2003 69.9
January 2003 69.3
December 2002 69.5
November 2002 69.0
October 2002 69.0
September 2002 68.7
August 2002 68.3
July 2002 67.9
June 2002 68.2
May 2002 68.1
April 2002 67.7
March 2002 67.1
February 2002 66.5
January 2002 66.1
December 2001 66.2
November 2001 65.9
October 2001 65.9
September 2001 65.7
August 2001 65.4
July 2001 65.2
June 2001 65.4
May 2001 65.0
April 2001 64.6
March 2001 64.1
February 2001 63.6
January 2001 63.0
December 2000 63.5
November 2000 63.5
October 2000 63.2
September 2000 62.8
August 2000 62.6
July 2000 62.2
June 2000 62.1
May 2000 61.7
April 2000 61.2
March 2000 60.7
February 2000 60.4
January 2000 59.9
December 1999 60.0
November 1999 59.3
October 1999 59.2
September 1999 59.1
August 1999 59.0
July 1999 58.6
June 1999 58.8
May 1999 58.6
April 1999 58.4
March 1999 58.1
February 1999 57.9
January 1999 57.6
December 1998 58.0
November 1998 58.1
October 1998 58.3
September 1998 58.3
August 1998 58.1
July 1998 57.9
June 1998 58.1
May 1998 57.8
April 1998 57.6
March 1998 57.3
February 1998 57.0
January 1998 56.8
December 1997 57.1
November 1997 56.9
October 1997 56.7
September 1997 56.6
August 1997 56.3
July 1997 56.4
June 1997 56.5
May 1997 56.3
April 1997 56.2
March 1997 56.1
February 1997 56.1
January 1997 55.8
December 1996 56.0
November 1996 56.0

Methodology and source

All-items Consumer Price Index from the CSO CPI release, resolved from the CSO PxStat API by table and statistic label. The headline year-on-year change is computed at build from the index level, not taken from the model. CPI tracks the price of a representative basket of goods and services and is read here as a cost-pressure signal for SMEs. The base period follows the CSO's current reference period.

Source: CSO Consumer Price Index (table CPM20) · Licence: CC BY 4.0 · Retrieved 5 July 2026.

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