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CPI-U · U.S. city average · BLS item SEEE04

Telephone hardware, calculators, and other consumer information items

Prices for telephone hardware, calculators, and other consumer information items fell 14.1% in the 12 months to August 2026, and fell 2.4% in the month.

12 months−14.1%to August 2026, unadjusted
1 month−2.4%seasonally adjusted
3 months, annualised−14.5%seasonally adjusted
Index84.051982–84 = 100

12-month change

% change from a year earlier

-20%-10%0%2017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Price index

1982–84 = 100, not seasonally adjusted

1002002017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Month by month

The last two years

MonthIndex1 month12 months
August 202684.05−2.4%−14.1%
July 202685.52−0.1%−11.8%
June 202684.85−1.3%−12.7%
May 202685.73−0.2%−12.4%
April 202686.12+0.2%−12.8%
March 202685.52−0.8%−13.3%
February 202686.50−5.7%−12.2%
January 202691.88−1.7%−7.6%
December 202593.25−2.6%−6.7%
November 202595.69—−5.2%
September 202596.26−1.1%−7.7%
August 202597.81+0.2%−7.4%
July 202596.94−1.1%−8.8%
June 202597.15−1.0%−8.0%
May 202597.85−0.7%−6.7%
April 202598.74−0.4%−8.1%
March 202598.58+0.4%−9.0%
February 202598.57−0.8%−10.7%
January 202599.49−0.6%−10.1%
December 2024100.0−1.1%−9.7%
November 2024100.9−1.2%−8.3%
October 2024103.3−0.4%−9.6%
September 2024104.3−0.8%−10.4%
August 2024105.6−1.4%−10.2%
July 2024106.3−0.3%−10.3%

Alongside it

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, CPI for All Urban Consumers, U.S. city average (series CUUR0000SEEE04 and CUSR0000SEEE04). 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.