Consumer Price Index, CPI-U (CUSR0000SERA) · Video and audio, U.S. city average, seasonally adjusted
What is the consumer price index for video and audio?
The consumer price index for video and audio was 124.1 in the month ended , up 3.6% from a year earlier.
Consumer price index for video and audio, U.S. city average, seasonally adjusted, each month
Shaded bands are US recessions as the National Bureau of Economic Research dates them: to , to , to .
Shaded bands are US recessions as the National Bureau of Economic Research dates them: to .
Consumer price index for video and audio, U.S. city average, change from a year earlier, each month (ours)
Shaded bands are US recessions as the National Bureau of Economic Research dates them: to , to , to .
Shaded bands are US recessions as the National Bureau of Economic Research dates them: to .
Each point is one month of the series as the source publishes it, or a change worked out from those values (ours). The US recessions are shaded. Pointing at the chart shows the month and the value.
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The newest month beside the one before it and the nearest ones a year, five and ten years earlier. The last ten years are in the table under "The numbers behind the chart".
| Measure | Latest | The month before | A year earlier | Five years earlier | Ten years earlier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | |||||
| Consumer price index for video and audio, U.S. city average | 124.1 | 124.2 | 119.8 | 111.9 | 100.6 |
| Change over a year | +3.6% | +3.9% | +1.8% | +3.6% | +0.9% |
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Observed .
Right now
The consumer price index for video and audio was 124.1 in September 2026, the lowest since July 2026.
Over a year it is up 3.6% (ours).
ChangeOurs
| Period | Then | Change |
|---|---|---|
| One month | 124.2 in | −0.1% |
| Three months | 123.0 in | +0.9% |
| Twelve months | 119.8 in | +3.6% |
| Five years | 111.9 in | +10.9% |
| Ten years | 100.6 in | +23.4% |
In historyOurs
The consumer price index for video and audio of 124.1 in was higher than in 390 of the 391 other months since , the same in 0 and lower in 1.
Highest since : 124.2 in . Lowest since : 94.4 in .
AverageOurs
Average since : 103.87 (ours, a plain mean of the 392 months).
ComparedOurs
Over a year the consumer price index for video and audio is up 3.6%, which ranks 9 of the 22 rows of the table, where 1 is the largest change.
The table sets the consumer price index for video and audio beside the recreation, education and communication items on their inflation page, by the change over a year in each one's newest month.
Understanding the consumer price index for video and audio
Where it stands today
The consumer price index for video and audio was 124.1 in September 2026.
What does the consumer price index for video and audio measure?
This is the consumer price index for video and audio: one of the series of the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), U.S. city average. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) publishes it each month, about two weeks after the month ends, and scales it so that the December 1997 level is 100. It is seasonally adjusted: BLS removes the regular swings of the calendar year, so that one month can be set beside the next.
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What 500metrics adds: the change over one month, three months, a year and five years, the highest and lowest value since the series begins, how the change over a year ranks among the recreation, education and communication items on their inflation page, and the history in one chart and one file.
The numbers behind the chart
What was the consumer price index for video and audio in each month?The last ten years, 119 months, newest first; the chart and the file have every month since Jan 1994
| Month | Value | Change over a year |
|---|---|---|
| 124.1 | +3.6% | |
| 124.2 | +3.9% | |
| 124.1 | +3.5% | |
| 123.0 | +2.7% | |
| 122.4 | +2.5% | |
| 122.6 | +3.0% | |
| 121.6 | +2.1% | |
| 121.8 | +1.6% | |
| 123.8 | +3.9% | |
| 122.4 | +3.9% | |
| 120.4 | +2.5% | |
| 119.8 | +1.8% | |
| 119.6 | +1.6% | |
| 119.9 | +1.8% | |
| 119.8 | +2.2% | |
| 119.4 | +1.5% | |
| 119.1 | +0.1% | |
| 119.2 | +0.7% | |
| 119.9 | +1.9% | |
| 119.1 | +1.9% | |
| 117.8 | +1.2% | |
| 117.4 | +1.0% | |
| 117.7 | +0.9% | |
| 117.7 | +0.8% |
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| Month | Value | Change over a year |
|---|---|---|
| 117.7 | +1.0% | |
| 117.8 | +1.4% | |
| 117.2 | +0.9% | |
| 117.7 | +1.2% | |
| 118.9 | +2.3% | |
| 118.3 | +2.5% | |
| 117.6 | +2.6% | |
| 116.8 | +2.8% | |
| 116.4 | +2.7% | |
| 116.3 | +2.0% | |
| 116.7 | +3.0% | |
| 116.7 | +4.0% | |
| 116.5 | +3.6% | |
| 116.2 | +3.0% | |
| 116.2 | +2.4% | |
| 116.2 | +2.7% | |
| 116.2 | +3.6% | |
| 115.4 | +3.4% | |
| 114.7 | +2.5% | |
| 113.6 | +1.8% | |
| 113.4 | +1.8% | |
| 114.0 | +1.6% | |
| 113.3 | +1.0% | |
| 112.2 | +0.3% | |
| 112.4 | +0.7% | |
| 112.9 | +1.6% | |
| 113.4 | +2.7% | |
| 113.2 | +3.4% | |
| 112.2 | +2.8% | |
| 111.6 | +2.6% | |
| 111.8 | +3.1% | |
| 111.6 | +3.2% | |
| 111.4 | +2.3% | |
| 112.1 | +3.4% | |
| 112.1 | +3.4% | |
| 111.9 | +3.6% | |
| 111.7 | +3.6% | |
| 111.1 | +3.7% | |
| 110.4 | +3.9% | |
| 109.4 | +2.9% | |
| 109.2 | +2.9% | |
| 108.7 | +2.7% | |
| 108.5 | +2.6% | |
| 108.1 | +2.0% | |
| 108.9 | +2.6% | |
| 108.4 | +2.8% | |
| 108.5 | +3.1% | |
| 108.0 | +3.2% | |
| 107.7 | +3.3% | |
| 107.2 | +3.3% | |
| 106.3 | +2.2% | |
| 106.3 | +2.1% | |
| 106.1 | +1.7% | |
| 105.9 | +1.3% | |
| 105.7 | +1.0% | |
| 106.0 | +1.1% | |
| 106.1 | +1.6% | |
| 105.5 | +1.0% | |
| 105.2 | +0.8% | |
| 104.6 | +0.1% | |
| 104.3 | +0.3% | |
| 103.8 | −0.1% | |
| 104.0 | +0.1% | |
| 104.1 | +0.2% | |
| 104.4 | +0.3% | |
| 104.5 | +0.1% | |
| 104.7 | +0.3% | |
| 104.9 | +0.4% | |
| 104.4 | −0.1% | |
| 104.4 | −0.4% | |
| 104.3 | −0.8% | |
| 104.5 | −0.7% | |
| 104.0 | −0.9% | |
| 103.8 | −0.8% | |
| 103.8 | −0.6% | |
| 103.9 | −0.2% | |
| 104.0 | +0.2% | |
| 104.3 | +1.1% | |
| 104.4 | +1.5% | |
| 104.5 | +2.2% | |
| 104.5 | +3.0% | |
| 104.7 | +3.5% | |
| 105.1 | +4.4% | |
| 105.2 | +4.6% | |
| 105.0 | +3.8% | |
| 104.7 | +3.1% | |
| 104.4 | +2.9% | |
| 104.2 | +3.0% | |
| 103.8 | +2.8% | |
| 103.2 | +2.5% | |
| 102.8 | +2.5% | |
| 102.2 | +2.3% | |
| 101.5 | +1.4% | |
| 101.2 | +1.3% | |
| 100.7 | +0.7% |
How does it compare with the recreation, education and communication items on their inflation page?Ranked by the change over a year
| Series | Month | Value | Change over a year | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Postage and delivery services | 290.4 | +12.9% | 1 | |
| Recreational reading materials | 314.6 | +7.0% | 2 | |
| Other recreational goods | 35.2 | +6.0% | 3 | |
| Sporting goods | 129.4 | +4.7% | 4 | |
| College tuition and fees | 996.9 | +4.0% | 5 | |
| Video and audio services | 163.5 | +4.0% | 5 | |
| Education | 323.5 | +3.8% | 7 | |
| Tuition and childcare | 930.9 | +3.8% | 7 | |
| Recreation commodities | 87.5 | +3.6% | 9 | |
| Video and audio (this page) | 124.1 | +3.6% | 9 | |
| Education and communication services | 128.6 | +3.1% | 11 | |
| Recreation services | 159.8 | +2.3% | 12 | |
| Pets and pet products | 236.1 | +2.2% | 13 | |
| Educational books and supplies | 772.2 | +1.9% | 14 | |
| Video and audio products | 33.2 | +1.9% | 14 | |
| Photography | 87.0 | +1.8% | 16 | |
| Other recreation services | 212.7 | +1.3% | 17 | |
| Communication | 73.6 | +1.1% | 18 | |
| Information processing | 68.9 | +0.9% | 19 | |
| Information technology | 99.7 | −1.1% | 20 | |
| Education and communication goods | 51.0 | −2.6% | 21 | |
| Information technology goods | 34.5 | −2.8% | 22 |
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What do these figures leave out, and how are they cited?Limits, dates and how to cite
What this number cannot tell you
- The index measures the change of prices, not the prices themselves and not the dollars spent. Prices at a value of 150 are 50% above the December 1997 level. The index of one item says nothing about how high its prices are compared with those of another item.
- The values are seasonally adjusted, and BLS revises the adjusted values of the last five years each February, so a past value on this page can change. The change over 12 months that BLS headlines is worked out from values that are not seasonally adjusted, and can differ from the change on this page.
- BLS did not collect prices for October 2025 because of the lapse in appropriations. Where BLS publishes no value for that month, the page has none and the chart shows a gap.
- The index is shown to one decimal, but the changes, the ranks and the highest and lowest values are ours, worked out from the values BLS publishes, which have three. A change is in percent, and can differ by 0.1 from one worked out from the values as shown.
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How to cite this
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index, Video and audio, U.S. city average, seasonally adjusted, through September 2026. Compiled by 500metrics, "What is the consumer price index for video and audio?", https://500metrics.com/recreation-and-education-inflation/video-and-audio.
Can the data be downloaded?recreation-and-education-inflation-video-and-audio.csv
Download the full history as CSV: 392 rows, to , 7,512 bytes.
Our text and compilation: CC BY 4.0.
Recession dates from the National Bureau of Economic Research.
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