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

Motor fuel

Prices for motor fuel rose 27.9% in the 12 months to August 2026, and rose 4.1% in the month.

12 months+27.9%to August 2026, unadjusted
1 month+4.1%seasonally adjusted
3 months, annualised−30.5%seasonally adjusted
Index362.51982–84 = 100

12-month change

% change from a year earlier

0%50%2017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Price index

1982–84 = 100, not seasonally adjusted

2003004002017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Month by month

The last two years

MonthIndex1 month12 months
August 2026362.5+4.1%+27.9%
July 2026352.8−3.0%+24.8%
June 2026360.9−9.6%+27.2%
May 2026399.3+6.8%+40.9%
April 2026368.4+5.7%+29.1%
March 2026331.0+21.5%+19.2%
February 2026264.7+0.8%−5.5%
January 2026256.2−3.2%−7.3%
December 2025262.9−0.3%−3.2%
November 2025277.5—+1.1%
September 2025286.7+3.6%−0.4%
August 2025283.5+1.6%−6.5%
July 2025282.7−1.2%−9.3%
June 2025283.8+0.1%−8.2%
May 2025283.4−2.1%−11.9%
April 2025285.4−2.4%−11.7%
March 2025277.6−3.7%−9.8%
February 2025280.1−1.2%−3.2%
January 2025276.5+1.3%−0.4%
December 2024271.6+4.0%−3.8%
November 2024274.5+0.3%−8.4%
October 2024282.6−0.5%−12.5%
September 2024287.9−2.8%−15.5%
August 2024303.1−1.2%−10.4%
July 2024311.5−0.1%−2.3%

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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, CPI for All Urban Consumers, U.S. city average (series CUUR0000SETB and CUSR0000SETB). 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.