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CPI-U · U.S. city average · BLS item SEEC01

Postage

Prices for postage rose 12.7% in the 12 months to August 2026, and rose 0.5% in the month.

12 months+12.7%to August 2026, unadjusted
1 month+0.5%seasonally adjusted
3 months, annualised+4.9%seasonally adjusted
Index441.51982–84 = 100

12-month change

% change from a year earlier

0%5%10%15%2017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Price index

1982–84 = 100, not seasonally adjusted

3003504004502017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Month by month

The last two years

MonthIndex1 month12 months
August 2026441.5+0.5%+12.7%
July 2026441.5+0.3%+13.3%
June 2026441.4+0.5%+14.5%
May 2026441.4+5.4%+14.5%
April 2026420.6+3.4%+9.1%
March 2026408.7+0.7%+6.0%
February 2026408.7−1.1%+6.0%
January 2026409.9−0.1%+5.1%
December 2025410.1+0.5%+4.6%
November 2025410.1+0.5%+4.6%
October 2025410.1+1.2%+4.6%
September 2025391.8+0.5%+4.9%
August 2025391.8+1.0%+4.9%
July 2025389.7+1.4%+4.3%
June 2025385.4+0.5%+3.2%
May 2025385.4+0.4%+3.2%
April 2025385.4+0.5%+3.2%
March 2025385.4+0.7%+3.2%
February 2025385.4−2.0%+3.2%
January 2025389.9−0.7%+8.4%
December 2024391.9+0.4%+10.6%
November 2024391.9+0.4%+10.6%
October 2024391.9+1.8%+10.6%
September 2024373.6+0.4%+5.4%
August 2024373.6+0.5%+5.4%

Alongside it

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, CPI for All Urban Consumers, U.S. city average (series CUUR0000SEEC01 and CUSR0000SEEC01). 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.