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CPI-U · U.S. city average · BLS item SAM1

Medical care commodities

Prices for medical care commodities fell 2.7% in the 12 months to August 2026, and fell 0.2% in the month.

12 months−2.7%to August 2026, unadjusted
1 month−0.2%seasonally adjusted
3 months, annualised−3.9%seasonally adjusted
Index405.51982–84 = 100

12-month change

% change from a year earlier

-2%0%2%5%2017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Price index

1982–84 = 100, not seasonally adjusted

3804004202017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Month by month

The last two years

MonthIndex1 month12 months
August 2026405.5−0.2%−2.7%
July 2026406.5−0.6%−2.7%
June 2026409.0−0.2%−2.1%
May 2026409.6−0.7%−1.8%
April 2026412.6−0.4%−0.5%
March 2026414.0−1.0%+0.3%
February 2026418.1−0.0%+0.1%
January 2026418.3−0.1%+0.3%
December 2025418.5+0.3%+1.5%
November 2025417.2—+1.1%
September 2025416.5−0.1%+0.7%
August 2025416.7−0.3%+0.0%
July 2025417.8+0.1%+0.1%
June 2025417.6+0.1%+0.2%
May 2025417.1+0.6%+0.3%
April 2025414.7+0.4%+1.0%
March 2025413.0−1.1%+1.0%
February 2025417.7+0.1%+2.3%
January 2025417.2+1.2%+2.3%
December 2024412.4−0.0%+0.5%
November 2024412.4−0.1%+0.4%
October 2024412.9−0.2%+1.0%
September 2024413.7−0.7%+1.6%
August 2024416.5−0.2%+2.0%
July 2024417.5+0.2%+2.8%

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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, CPI for All Urban Consumers, U.S. city average (series CUUR0000SAM1 and CUSR0000SAM1). 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.