{
  "question": "Was today the most expensive October ever?",
  "url": "https://was.today/the-most-expensive-october-ever",
  "verdict": "no",
  "headline": "NO",
  "answer": "No — October's price data doesn't exist yet, and even September's CPI won't be beaten by this month.",
  "details": [
    "September 2026 CPI: 336.9, +3.6% year over year",
    "October 2026 CPI not due until Nov. 10, 2026",
    "Prices peak every month; October is merely the latest, not a record"
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Bureau of Labor Statistics (.gov)",
      "url": "https://www.bls.gov/schedule/news_release/cpi.htm?keyword&department&location=Dubai%2C+UAE&job_type&experience_level&from=AppAgg.com&utm_campaign=AppAgg.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=AppAgg.com&brd=2&is_ib=1&keyword&department&location=Dubai%2C+UAE&job_type&experience_level&from=AppAgg.com&utm_campaign=AppAgg.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=AppAgg.com&brd=2&is_ib=1&keyword=&department=&location=Dubai%2C+UAE&job_type=&experience_level=&from=AppAgg.com&utm_campaign=AppAgg.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=AppAgg.com&brd=2&is_ib=1"
    },
    {
      "title": "Bureau of Labor Statistics (.gov)",
      "url": "https://www.bls.gov./schedule/2026/10_sched_list.htm"
    },
    {
      "title": "ALFRED | St. Louis Fed",
      "url": "https://alfred.stlouisfed.org/releases/calendar?ob=n&od=desc&y=2026&m=&rid=313"
    },
    {
      "title": "Bureau of Labor Statistics (.gov)",
      "url": "https://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2014/article/one-hundred-years-of-price-change-the-consumer-price-index-and-the-american-inflation-experience.htm#8"
    },
    {
      "title": "Narwhal API",
      "url": "https://narwhalapi.com/economics/united-states/consumer-price-index"
    },
    {
      "title": "Radio-Canada",
      "url": "https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1838816/inflation-octobre-etats-unis-hausse?depuisRecherche=true#1"
    }
  ],
  "date": "2026-10-25",
  "place": "United States",
  "permalink": "https://was.today/the-most-expensive-october-ever/2026-10-25/us",
  "scope": "country",
  "volatile": false,
  "generatedAt": "2026-10-25T08:10:45.759Z"
}