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CPI-U · U.S. city average · BLS item SEMF02

Nonprescription drugs

Prices for nonprescription drugs fell 2.0% in the 12 months to August 2026, and fell 1.0% in the month.

12 months−2.0%to August 2026, unadjusted
1 month−1.0%seasonally adjusted
3 months, annualised−4.7%seasonally adjusted
Index107.11982–84 = 100

12-month change

% change from a year earlier

0%5%10%2017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Price index

1982–84 = 100, not seasonally adjusted

1001102017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Month by month

The last two years

MonthIndex1 month12 months
August 2026107.1−1.0%−2.0%
July 2026108.4−0.3%−1.7%
June 2026108.2+0.1%−1.7%
May 2026108.2−0.8%−2.5%
April 2026108.7−1.6%−1.7%
March 2026109.9−0.3%−0.0%
February 2026109.8−0.4%+0.2%
January 2026110.1+0.3%+0.9%
December 2025110.6+1.3%+0.5%
November 2025109.1—−0.8%
September 2025108.6+0.1%−1.8%
August 2025109.4−0.7%−2.4%
July 2025110.3−0.3%−1.8%
June 2025110.1−0.7%−1.7%
May 2025111.0+0.0%−0.6%
April 2025110.5+0.1%−1.1%
March 2025110.0−0.1%−0.6%
February 2025109.6+0.3%−1.1%
January 2025109.0−0.2%−1.3%
December 2024110.1+0.2%−0.3%
November 2024109.9+0.5%−0.4%
October 2024109.3−0.9%−0.5%
September 2024110.6−0.5%+0.7%
August 2024112.0−0.2%+2.4%
July 2024112.3−0.2%+3.9%

Alongside it

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, CPI for All Urban Consumers, U.S. city average (series CUUR0000SEMF02 and CUSR0000SEMF02). 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.