CycleWatch

Prices › All items › Education and communication › Communication › Information and information processing › Telephone services

CPI-U · U.S. city average · BLS item SEED04

Residential telephone services

Prices for residential telephone services rose 2.6% in the 12 months to August 2026, and fell 0.1% in the month (not seasonally adjusted).

12 months+2.6%to August 2026, unadjusted
1 month−0.1%not seasonally adjusted
3 months, annualised—needs a seasonally adjusted series
Index164.11982–84 = 100

12-month change

% change from a year earlier

0%2%5%8%2017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Price index

1982–84 = 100, not seasonally adjusted

1201401602017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Month by month

The last two years

MonthIndex1 month12 months
August 2026164.1−0.1%°+2.6%
July 2026164.2+0.1%°+2.4%
June 2026164.0+0.6%°+1.5%
May 2026163.0−0.6%°+1.6%
April 2026164.0+0.9%°+2.5%
March 2026162.6−0.6%°+1.0%
February 2026163.6−0.1%°+1.4%
January 2026163.7+1.3%°+3.1%
December 2025161.7+1.4%°+3.7%
November 2025159.4—+3.0%
September 2025159.7−0.2%°+1.2%
August 2025160.0−0.3%°+1.3%
July 2025160.4−0.8%°+1.5%
June 2025161.7+0.7%°+2.5%
May 2025160.5+0.3%°+1.2%
April 2025160.0−0.7%°+2.2%
March 2025161.0−0.2%°+3.7%
February 2025161.4+1.6%°+2.9%
January 2025158.9+1.9%°+2.6%
December 2024155.9+0.7%°+2.1%
November 2024154.8+0.2%°+2.1%
October 2024154.4−2.2%°+1.9%
September 2024157.8−0.0%°+5.1%
August 2024157.9−0.1%°+4.8%
July 2024158.1+0.2%°+4.4%

Alongside it

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, CPI for All Urban Consumers, U.S. city average (series CUUR0000SEED04). 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.