CycleWatch

Prices › All items › Housing › Household furnishings and operations › Tools, hardware, outdoor equipment and supplies

CPI-U · U.S. city average · BLS item SEHM01

Tools, hardware and supplies

Prices for tools, hardware and supplies rose 2.8% in the 12 months to August 2026, and fell 0.4% in the month.

12 months+2.8%to August 2026, unadjusted
1 month−0.4%seasonally adjusted
3 months, annualised+1.7%seasonally adjusted
Index130.41982–84 = 100

12-month change

% change from a year earlier

-5%0%5%10%2017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Price index

1982–84 = 100, not seasonally adjusted

1001101201302017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Month by month

The last two years

MonthIndex1 month12 months
August 2026130.4−0.4%+2.8%
July 2026130.1−0.4%+3.5%
June 2026130.7+1.2%+4.9%
May 2026129.8+0.2%+4.9%
April 2026129.9−1.1%+5.7%
March 2026131.2+1.4%+8.0%
February 2026128.6+0.4%+6.6%
January 2026127.8+1.0%+6.4%
December 2025127.0+0.0%+5.2%
November 2025126.8—+5.6%
September 2025126.9−0.6%+6.2%
August 2025126.9+0.3%+5.8%
July 2025125.8+1.0%+4.7%
June 2025124.6+1.2%+3.7%
May 2025123.8+1.0%+1.4%
April 2025123.0+1.0%+0.3%
March 2025121.5+0.1%−0.4%
February 2025120.7+0.2%−0.3%
January 2025120.2−0.1%−0.8%
December 2024120.7+0.4%−1.7%
November 2024120.1+1.1%−2.4%
October 2024119.4+0.5%−3.4%
September 2024119.5−1.0%−4.0%
August 2024120.0−0.7%−2.3%
July 2024120.1+0.1%−1.0%

Alongside it

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, CPI for All Urban Consumers, U.S. city average (series CUUR0000SEHM01 and CUSR0000SEHM01). 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.