I'm also confused by the OP. CPI has been above the Fed's 2% target since roughly the start of 2021, so even by that metric ("above 2% means a month of inflation") the OP seems off. I'm not really sure what it means to be a "month of inflation" honestly, inflation is always occurring in the US by design (and when it isn't there is usually a large global calamity taking place causing deflation). See https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/CPILFESL or https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=rocU