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

Recreational reading materials

Prices for recreational reading materials rose 4.2% in the 12 months to August 2026, and rose 2.9% in the month.

12 months+4.2%to August 2026, unadjusted
1 month+2.9%seasonally adjusted
3 months, annualised+22.1%seasonally adjusted
Index307.81982–84 = 100

12-month change

% change from a year earlier

0%5%2017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Price index

1982–84 = 100, not seasonally adjusted

2402602803002017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Month by month

The last two years

MonthIndex1 month12 months
August 2026307.8+2.9%+4.2%
July 2026299.1+2.2%+2.2%
June 2026292.7−0.0%−0.2%
May 2026292.8+1.6%−1.2%
April 2026288.2−1.9%−1.8%
March 2026293.7−0.7%−0.9%
February 2026295.9+0.1%+1.9%
January 2026295.6+0.2%+1.9%
December 2025295.1−0.4%+3.8%
November 2025296.2—+4.7%
September 2025294.0−0.4%+2.1%
August 2025295.3+0.9%+1.8%
July 2025292.6−0.3%−0.1%
June 2025293.4−1.0%+0.8%
May 2025296.5+1.0%+4.1%
April 2025293.6−1.0%+2.0%
March 2025296.5+2.1%+2.7%
February 2025290.3+0.0%+2.0%
January 2025290.1+2.1%+1.9%
December 2024284.2+0.4%−0.5%
November 2024282.9−4.9%−1.3%
October 2024297.5+3.4%+3.5%
September 2024287.9−0.8%+0.8%
August 2024290.1−1.0%+3.1%
July 2024292.9+0.7%+3.2%

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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, CPI for All Urban Consumers, U.S. city average (series CUUR0000SERG and CUSR0000SERG). 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.