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CPI-U · U.S. city average · BLS item SEAE02

Boys' and girls' footwear

Prices for boys' and girls' footwear fell 1.2% in the 12 months to August 2026, and fell 1.7% in the month.

12 months−1.2%to August 2026, unadjusted
1 month−1.7%seasonally adjusted
3 months, annualised−11.0%seasonally adjusted
Index163.31982–84 = 100

12-month change

% change from a year earlier

0%10%2017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Price index

1982–84 = 100, not seasonally adjusted

1501601702017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Month by month

The last two years

MonthIndex1 month12 months
August 2026163.3−1.7%−1.2%
July 2026166.2−1.9%+2.1%
June 2026169.3+0.7%+4.7%
May 2026168.1−0.1%+2.3%
April 2026168.3+0.4%+3.9%
March 2026167.7−0.4%+2.4%
February 2026168.3+2.8%+3.0%
January 2026163.8+1.2%+1.5%
December 2025161.8−0.8%−1.9%
November 2025163.2—−3.4%
September 2025167.0+1.1%−1.0%
August 2025165.3+1.5%+0.9%
July 2025162.8+0.7%+0.2%
June 2025161.7−1.7%−1.1%
May 2025164.4+1.4%−0.5%
April 2025162.1−1.1%−2.9%
March 2025163.8+0.2%−2.2%
February 2025163.4+1.3%−1.5%
January 2025161.3−2.2%+0.1%
December 2024165.0−2.3%+2.5%
November 2024168.9−1.2%+3.4%
October 2024171.0+1.3%+1.6%
September 2024168.7+3.0%−0.3%
August 2024163.7+0.8%−2.6%
July 2024162.4−0.7%−0.9%

Alongside it

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, CPI for All Urban Consumers, U.S. city average (series CUUR0000SEAE02 and CUSR0000SEAE02). 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.