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

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Prices for photography rose 2.4% in the 12 months to August 2026, and rose 1.7% in the month.

12 months+2.4%to August 2026, unadjusted
1 month+1.7%seasonally adjusted
3 months, annualised−7.5%seasonally adjusted
Index87.371982–84 = 100

12-month change

% change from a year earlier

0%5%2017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Price index

1982–84 = 100, not seasonally adjusted

758085902017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Month by month

The last two years

MonthIndex1 month12 months
August 202687.37+1.7%+2.4%
July 202685.94−0.6%+0.6%
June 202686.49−2.9%+2.5%
May 202689.11+0.5%+3.7%
April 202688.69−0.5%+3.4%
March 202689.18−0.2%+4.3%
February 202689.34+1.3%+3.5%
January 202688.16+1.0%+3.2%
December 202587.31+1.1%+3.6%
November 202586.35—+0.7%
September 202585.50+0.2%−0.4%
August 202585.37−0.1%−1.2%
July 202585.46+1.2%−1.1%
June 202584.41−1.8%−2.0%
May 202585.95+0.2%+0.4%
April 202585.74+0.3%−1.6%
March 202585.48−0.9%−1.9%
February 202586.29+1.0%−0.9%
January 202585.42+1.4%−3.3%
December 202484.25−1.8%−3.5%
November 202485.77+0.1%−2.4%
October 202485.66−0.2%−2.1%
September 202485.83−0.6%+0.1%
August 202486.38−0.0%+2.9%
July 202486.42+0.4%+3.0%

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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, CPI for All Urban Consumers, U.S. city average (series CUUR0000SERD and CUSR0000SERD). 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.