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CPI-U · U.S. city average · BLS item SEFJ02

Cheese and cheese products

Prices for cheese and cheese products fell 3.8% in the 12 months to August 2026, and rose 0.7% in the month.

12 months−3.8%to August 2026, unadjusted
1 month+0.7%seasonally adjusted
3 months, annualised+10.5%seasonally adjusted
Index258.41982–84 = 100

12-month change

% change from a year earlier

0%10%2017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Price index

1982–84 = 100, not seasonally adjusted

2402602017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Month by month

The last two years

MonthIndex1 month12 months
August 2026258.4+0.7%−3.8%
July 2026256.5−1.0%−4.2%
June 2026259.0+2.8%−3.6%
May 2026252.0−2.9%−6.0%
April 2026259.6+1.2%−3.1%
March 2026256.5−1.5%−4.4%
February 2026260.5−1.2%−1.1%
January 2026263.6+0.6%−1.2%
December 2025262.1+1.4%−1.6%
November 2025258.6—−2.4%
September 2025266.7−0.7%+1.1%
August 2025268.7+0.4%+2.7%
July 2025267.7−0.4%+2.3%
June 2025268.6+0.2%+2.9%
May 2025268.2+0.1%+2.8%
April 2025267.9−0.2%+2.1%
March 2025268.3+1.9%+2.2%
February 2025263.4−1.2%−0.0%
January 2025266.7+0.2%+0.1%
December 2024266.3+0.5%+0.9%
November 2024264.8−1.2%+0.2%
October 2024267.9+1.6%+0.6%
September 2024263.7+0.8%−0.5%
August 2024261.6−0.0%−1.7%
July 2024261.6+0.3%−2.3%

Alongside it

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, CPI for All Urban Consumers, U.S. city average (series CUUR0000SEFJ02 and CUSR0000SEFJ02). 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.