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CPI-U · U.S. city average · BLS item SERA05

Audio equipment

Prices for audio equipment fell 2.0% in the 12 months to August 2026, and fell 1.3% in the month.

12 months−2.0%to August 2026, unadjusted
1 month−1.3%seasonally adjusted
3 months, annualised−4.0%seasonally adjusted
Index27.381982–84 = 100

12-month change

% change from a year earlier

-20%-10%0%10%2017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Price index

1982–84 = 100, not seasonally adjusted

25302017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Month by month

The last two years

MonthIndex1 month12 months
August 202627.38−1.3%−2.0%
July 202627.73+0.3%−1.5%
June 202627.65−0.0%+0.4%
May 202627.66−0.7%+3.4%
April 202627.87+0.2%+5.8%
March 202627.82+0.1%+15.0%
February 202627.80−0.1%+13.5%
January 202627.84+1.7%+13.5%
December 202527.38−1.1%+13.3%
November 202527.69—+10.2%
September 202528.17+0.8%+13.6%
August 202527.93−0.8%+12.2%
July 202528.15+2.2%+12.4%
June 202527.54+2.9%+11.1%
May 202526.76+1.6%+7.5%
April 202526.33+8.8%+6.0%
March 202524.20−1.2%−1.9%
February 202524.50−0.1%−3.1%
January 202524.52+1.5%+0.9%
December 202424.17−3.8%+2.0%
November 202425.12−1.2%+0.9%
October 202425.43+2.6%+0.5%
September 202424.78−0.4%−1.4%
August 202424.88−0.7%+0.0%
July 202425.06+1.1%−0.6%

Alongside it

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, CPI for All Urban Consumers, U.S. city average (series CUUR0000SERA05 and CUSR0000SERA05). 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.