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Prices

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

Services

Prices for services rose 3.1% in the 12 months to August 2026, and rose 0.3% in the month.

12 months+3.1%to August 2026, unadjusted
1 month+0.3%seasonally adjusted
3 months, annualised+2.1%seasonally adjusted
Index433.31982–84 = 100

12-month change

% change from a year earlier

0%2%5%8%2017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Price index

1982–84 = 100, not seasonally adjusted

3003504002017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Month by month

The last two years

MonthIndex1 month12 months
August 2026433.3+0.3%+3.1%
July 2026432.3+0.2%+3.1%
June 2026432.0−0.0%+3.2%
May 2026431.8+0.3%+3.5%
April 2026430.0+0.6%+3.4%
March 2026427.6+0.2%+3.1%
February 2026426.2+0.3%+3.1%
January 2026424.7+0.4%+3.2%
December 2025422.4+0.3%+3.3%
November 2025421.6—+3.2%
September 2025421.1+0.2%+3.6%
August 2025420.4+0.3%+3.8%
July 2025419.4+0.3%+3.8%
June 2025418.6+0.3%+3.8%
May 2025417.1+0.2%+3.7%
April 2025415.9+0.3%+3.7%
March 2025414.6+0.2%+3.7%
February 2025413.4+0.3%+4.1%
January 2025411.7+0.5%+4.2%
December 2024409.1+0.3%+4.4%
November 2024408.4+0.3%+4.5%
October 2024407.7+0.4%+4.7%
September 2024406.4+0.4%+4.7%
August 2024405.1+0.3%+4.8%
July 2024404.0+0.3%+4.9%

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, CPI for All Urban Consumers, U.S. city average (series CUUR0000SAS and CUSR0000SAS). 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.