CycleWatch

Prices

CPI-U · U.S. city average · BLS item SA0

All items

Prices for all items rose 3.4% in the 12 months to August 2026, and rose 0.4% in the month.

12 months+3.4%to August 2026, unadjusted
1 month+0.4%seasonally adjusted
3 months, annualised+0.2%seasonally adjusted
Index335.01982–84 = 100

12-month change

% change from a year earlier

0%5%2017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Price index

1982–84 = 100, not seasonally adjusted

2503002017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Month by month

The last two years

MonthIndex1 month12 months
August 2026335.0+0.4%+3.4%
July 2026333.9+0.1%+3.4%
June 2026334.0−0.4%+3.5%
May 2026335.1+0.5%+4.2%
April 2026333.0+0.6%+3.8%
March 2026330.2+0.9%+3.3%
February 2026326.8+0.3%+2.4%
January 2026325.3+0.2%+2.4%
December 2025324.1+0.3%+2.7%
November 2025324.1—+2.7%
September 2025324.8+0.3%+3.0%
August 2025324.0+0.3%+2.9%
July 2025323.0+0.2%+2.7%
June 2025322.6+0.3%+2.7%
May 2025321.5+0.1%+2.4%
April 2025320.8+0.2%+2.3%
March 2025319.8+0.0%+2.4%
February 2025319.1+0.2%+2.8%
January 2025317.7+0.4%+3.0%
December 2024315.6+0.3%+2.9%
November 2024315.5+0.3%+2.7%
October 2024315.7+0.3%+2.6%
September 2024315.3+0.2%+2.4%
August 2024314.8+0.2%+2.5%
July 2024314.5+0.2%+2.9%

What it is made of

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, CPI for All Urban Consumers, U.S. city average (series CUUR0000SA0 and CUSR0000SA0). BLS did not collect October 2025 prices, so changes spanning that month are blank. Shown for context: consumer prices do not feed CycleWatch's recession model.