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CPI-U · U.S. city average · BLS item SERC02

Sports equipment

Prices for sports equipment rose 3.5% in the 12 months to August 2026, and were unchanged in the month.

12 months+3.5%to August 2026, unadjusted
1 month−0.0%seasonally adjusted
3 months, annualised+0.4%seasonally adjusted
Index86.511982–84 = 100

12-month change

% change from a year earlier

0%5%2017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Price index

1982–84 = 100, not seasonally adjusted

80852017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Month by month

The last two years

MonthIndex1 month12 months
August 202686.51−0.0%+3.5%
July 202686.51−0.3%+2.9%
June 202686.80+0.4%+2.8%
May 202686.42+0.6%+4.2%
April 202685.93−0.4%+3.8%
March 202686.29−0.2%+3.6%
February 202686.46+1.7%+3.7%
January 202685.02+2.3%+1.9%
December 202583.07−0.4%−0.3%
November 202583.36—−0.1%
September 202584.01+0.5%−0.1%
August 202583.61−0.6%−0.8%
July 202584.11−0.4%−0.8%
June 202584.44+1.8%−0.5%
May 202582.92+0.2%−2.8%
April 202582.78−0.6%−3.7%
March 202583.29−0.1%−3.2%
February 202583.36−0.1%−2.8%
January 202583.43+0.1%−2.5%
December 202483.35−0.1%−2.1%
November 202483.41−0.7%−2.9%
October 202484.00−0.1%−2.3%
September 202484.09−0.2%−1.9%
August 202484.25−0.6%−1.4%
July 202484.77−0.1%−1.0%

Alongside it

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, CPI for All Urban Consumers, U.S. city average (series CUUR0000SERC02 and CUSR0000SERC02). 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.