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CPI-U · U.S. city average · BLS item SAE21

Information and information processing

Prices for information and information processing rose 0.9% in the 12 months to August 2026, and rose 2.3% in the month.

12 months+0.9%to August 2026, unadjusted
1 month+2.3%seasonally adjusted
3 months, annualised+5.4%seasonally adjusted
Index69.211982–84 = 100

12-month change

% change from a year earlier

-5%-2%0%2%2017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Price index

1982–84 = 100, not seasonally adjusted

6870722017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Month by month

The last two years

MonthIndex1 month12 months
August 202669.21+2.3%+0.9%
July 202667.60+0.6%−1.5%
June 202667.10−1.5%−2.4%
May 202668.13+1.2%−0.9%
April 202667.31−0.3%−2.2%
March 202667.43+0.1%−2.3%
February 202667.40−0.5%−2.3%
January 202667.74+0.5%−1.5%
December 202567.36−1.9%−1.6%
November 202568.66—+0.2%
September 202568.41−0.2%−1.9%
August 202568.58−0.2%−2.2%
July 202568.62−0.3%−2.3%
June 202568.76+0.0%−2.0%
May 202568.73−0.1%−2.3%
April 202568.82−0.4%−2.5%
March 202569.05+0.1%−2.0%
February 202569.01+0.4%−2.2%
January 202568.75+0.4%−2.1%
December 202468.45−0.1%−2.0%
November 202468.50−0.9%−2.0%
October 202469.19−0.7%−1.5%
September 202469.70−0.6%−1.1%
August 202470.13−0.2%−0.5%
July 202470.23+0.0%−0.5%

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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, CPI for All Urban Consumers, U.S. city average (series CUUR0000SAE21 and CUSR0000SAE21). 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.