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

Motor vehicle insurance

Prices for motor vehicle insurance fell 5.1% in the 12 months to August 2026, and fell 0.8% in the month.

12 months−5.1%to August 2026, unadjusted
1 month−0.8%seasonally adjusted
3 months, annualised−11.6%seasonally adjusted
Index848.21982–84 = 100

12-month change

% change from a year earlier

0%20%2017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Price index

1982–84 = 100, not seasonally adjusted

6008002017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Month by month

The last two years

MonthIndex1 month12 months
August 2026848.2−0.8%−5.1%
July 2026856.1−0.3%−4.5%
June 2026858.5−2.0%−4.1%
May 2026877.3−1.7%−2.0%
April 2026894.3+0.1%+0.2%
March 2026897.1−0.0%+0.8%
February 2026897.4−0.3%+0.2%
January 2026892.5−0.4%+0.5%
December 2025892.9—+2.8%
September 2025890.5−0.1%+3.1%
August 2025894.1−0.1%+4.7%
July 2025896.0+0.1%+5.3%
June 2025895.3+0.1%+6.1%
May 2025895.3+0.5%+7.0%
April 2025892.6+0.7%+6.4%
March 2025890.4−0.6%+7.5%
February 2025896.0+0.1%+11.1%
January 2025887.7+1.8%+11.8%
December 2024868.4+0.3%+11.3%
November 2024866.1+0.3%+12.7%
October 2024866.0−0.0%+14.0%
September 2024863.3+1.3%+16.3%
August 2024854.3+0.5%+16.5%
July 2024851.0+0.9%+18.6%
June 2024843.6+0.9%+19.5%

Alongside it

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, CPI for All Urban Consumers, U.S. city average (series CUUR0000SETE and CUSR0000SETE). 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.