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

Medicinal drugs

Prices for medicinal drugs fell 2.7% in the 12 months to August 2026, and fell 0.4% in the month.

12 months−2.7%to August 2026, unadjusted
1 month−0.4%seasonally adjusted
3 months, annualised−3.5%seasonally adjusted
Index132.31982–84 = 100

12-month change

% change from a year earlier

-2%0%2%5%2017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Price index

1982–84 = 100, not seasonally adjusted

1251301352017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Month by month

The last two years

MonthIndex1 month12 months
August 2026132.3−0.4%−2.7%
July 2026132.8−0.5%−2.7%
June 2026133.5−0.0%−2.3%
May 2026133.5−0.8%−2.2%
April 2026134.6−0.3%−0.9%
March 2026135.0−1.0%−0.2%
February 2026136.4−0.2%−0.4%
January 2026136.7−0.1%−0.1%
December 2025136.9+0.5%+1.5%
November 2025136.2—+1.0%
September 2025136.0+0.0%+0.6%
August 2025136.0−0.4%−0.2%
July 2025136.5−0.1%+0.0%
June 2025136.6+0.1%+0.3%
May 2025136.5+0.5%+0.3%
April 2025135.8+0.4%+1.1%
March 2025135.2−1.3%+1.2%
February 2025137.0+0.2%+2.7%
January 2025136.8+1.4%+2.6%
December 2024134.9+0.1%+0.6%
November 2024134.8−0.1%+0.3%
October 2024134.9−0.2%+0.9%
September 2024135.2−0.8%+1.7%
August 2024136.2−0.2%+2.1%
July 2024136.5+0.2%+2.9%

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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, CPI for All Urban Consumers, U.S. city average (series CUUR0000SEMF and CUSR0000SEMF). 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.