The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for New York-Newark-Jersey City was unchanged in August, following a 0.5-percent increase in July, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported today. Regional Commissioner Mark J. Maggi noted that the all items less food and energy index and the food index increased, while the energy index declined. (Data in this report are not seasonally adjusted. Accordingly, month-to-month changes may reflect the impact of seasonal influences.)

The New York area all items CPI-U increased 4.3 percent for the 12 months ending in August. The index for all items less food and energy rose 3.8 percent over the year. Energy prices were up 15.4 percent, and food prices rose 3.3 percent.

  

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Chart 1. Over-the-year percent change in CPI-U, New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA, August 2023–August 2026

Month	All items	All items less food and energy
Aug 2023	3.5	4.5
Sep 2023	3.7	4.1
Oct 2023	3.5	4.0
Nov 2023	3.0	3.9
Dec 2023	2.9	3.4
Jan 2024	3.1	3.7
Feb 2024	2.9	3.4
Mar 2024	3.4	3.5
Apr 2024	3.8	3.9
May 2024	3.9	4.0
Jun 2024	4.2	4.4
Jul 2024	4.1	4.3
Aug 2024	3.7	4.4
Sep 2024	3.8	4.5
Oct 2024	4.0	4.7
Nov 2024	4.3	5.2
Dec 2024	4.3	4.7
Jan 2025	4.0	4.4
Feb 2025	4.2	4.4
Mar 2025	3.8	4.2
Apr 2025	3.9	4.3
May 2025	3.4	3.6
Jun 2025	3.5	3.6
Jul 2025	3.2	3.1
Aug 2025	3.2	3.0
Sep 2025	3.0	2.8
Oct 2025	-	-
Nov 2025	3.0	2.5
Dec 2025	3.4	3.2
Jan 2026	2.9	2.8
Feb 2026	3.2	3.1
Mar 2026	4.0	3.3
Apr 2026	4.6	3.3
May 2026	5.1	3.9
Jun 2026	4.1	3.4
Jul 2026	4.6	4.0
Aug 2026	4.3	3.8
Note: The October 2025 data values are not available due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations.

The food index ticked up 0.1 percent from July to August. Prices for food away from home (restaurant, cafeteria, and vending purchases) rose 0.5 percent. In contrast, prices for food at home (grocery store purchases) declined 0.2 percent.

Food prices rose 3.3 percent over the year. Prices for food at home increased 3.1 percent, with higher prices in 5 of the 6 major grocery store food groups. Prices for food away from home rose 3.6 percent.

The energy index declined 2.5 percent over the month. Gasoline prices rose 1.3 percent after declining 3.0 percent in July.

The energy index increased 15.4 percent from August 2025 to August 2026. Over the year, the gasoline index rose 31.0 percent.

The index for all items less food and energy rose 0.2 percent in August. Following seasonal trends, apparel prices increased 5.7 percent over the month. Prices for education and communication rose 2.7 percent, with a 2.9-percent rise in tuition, other school fees, and childcare. Shelter prices were up 0.3 percent, with increases for owners’ equivalent rent (+0.3 percent), rent of primary residence (+0.1 percent), and lodging away from home. Conversely, prices were lower for recreation (-0.9 percent) and household furnishings and operations (-0.8 percent).

The index for all items less food and energy increased 3.8 percent over the year. A 4.4-percent rise in shelter prices included increases in owners’ equivalent rent (+4.9 percent) and rent of primary residence (+4.0 percent). Prices also rose for education and communication (+4.0 percent) and airline fares.

The Consumer Price Index for September 2026 is scheduled to be released on Wednesday, October 14, 2026, at 8:30 a.m. (ET).

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a measure of the average change in prices over time in a fixed market basket of goods and services. The Consumer Price Index for New York is published monthly. The set of components and sub-aggregates published for regional and metropolitan indexes is more limited than at the U.S. city average level; these indexes are byproducts of the national CPI program. Each local index has a much smaller sample size than the national or regional indexes and is, therefore, subject to substantially more sampling and other measurement error. As a result, local-area indexes are more volatile than the national or regional indexes. In addition, local indexes are not adjusted for seasonal influences. NOTE: Area indexes do not measure differences in the level of prices between cities; they only measure the average change in prices for each area since the base period.

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Table 1. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA, CPI-U by expenditure category for August 2026, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Expenditure category	Indexes				Percent change from:
	Historical data	Jun. 2026	Jul. 2026	Aug. 2026	Aug. 2025	Jun. 2026	Jul. 2026
All items		360.529	362.189	362.328	4.3	0.5	0.0
All items (1967=100)		1,042.240	1,047.039	1,047.439	-	-	-
Food and beverages		357.992	359.853	360.130	3.2	0.6	0.1
Food		360.401	362.221	362.487	3.3	0.6	0.1
Food at home		336.978	338.451	337.790	3.1	0.2	-0.2
Cereals and bakery products		406.468	407.011	408.518	3.1	0.5	0.4
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs		344.482	345.414	344.621	1.5	0.0	-0.2
Dairy and related products		284.417	282.059	280.842	-1.0	-1.3	-0.4
Fruits and vegetables		393.291	399.995	393.576	4.2	0.1	-1.6
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)		349.200	349.992	350.765	6.1	0.4	0.2
Other food at home		300.711	301.925	303.321	4.3	0.9	0.5
Food away from home		406.500	408.965	410.906	3.6	1.1	0.5
Alcoholic beverages		317.748	319.994	320.376	2.5	0.8	0.1
Housing		400.209	402.380	401.586	4.4	0.3	-0.2
Shelter		496.178	498.478	499.903	4.4	0.8	0.3
Rent of primary residence		506.466	508.793	509.228	4.0	0.5	0.1
Owners' equiv. rent of residences(2)		513.148	516.170	517.952	4.9	0.9	0.3
Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence(2)		512.512	515.531	517.311	4.9	0.9	0.3
Household furnishings and operations		146.988	146.698	145.527	1.9	-1.0	-0.8
Apparel		129.505	127.149	134.341	4.7	3.7	5.7
Transportation		318.849	319.359	315.380	8.9	-1.1	-1.2
Private transportation		318.823	317.163	312.496	6.4	-2.0	-1.5
New and used motor vehicles(3)		128.243	129.656	128.758	1.4	0.4	-0.7
New vehicles(1)		261.541	261.976	262.410	1.3	0.3	0.2
Used cars and trucks(1)		360.162	363.370	363.466	-2.0	0.9	0.0
Motor fuel		335.070	325.041	329.205	31.0	-1.8	1.3
Gasoline (all types)		333.481	323.520	327.640	31.0	-1.8	1.3
Gasoline, unleaded regular(4)		330.796	320.579	324.680	31.8	-1.8	1.3
Gasoline, unleaded midgrade(4)(5)		350.488	341.531	345.945	27.2	-1.3	1.3
Gasoline, unleaded premium(4)		359.247	350.346	354.692	26.9	-1.3	1.2
Medical care		576.410	576.517	575.484	0.9	-0.2	-0.2
Recreation(3)		162.754	165.495	163.998	1.1	0.8	-0.9
Education and communication(3)		167.125	168.699	173.190	4.0	3.6	2.7
Tuition, other school fees, and childcare(6)		103.598	103.980	106.958	3.8	3.2	2.9
Other goods and services		529.960	535.708	535.794	2.9	1.1	0.0
Footnotes (1) Indexes on a December 1977=100 base. (2) Indexes on a December 1982=100 base. (3) Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. (4) Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. (5) Indexes on a December 1993=100 base. (6) Index on a December 2024=100 base.
- Data not available. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

Table 2. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA, CPI-U by special aggregate index for August 2026, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Special aggregate index	Indexes				Percent change from:
	Historical data	Jun. 2026	Jul. 2026	Aug. 2026	Aug. 2025	Jun. 2026	Jul. 2026
All items		360.529	362.189	362.328	4.3	0.5	0.0
Food		360.401	362.221	362.487	3.3	0.6	0.1
Energy		327.780	328.040	319.762	15.4	-2.4	-2.5
All items less food and energy		371.575	373.366	374.222	3.8	0.7	0.2
All items less energy		367.681	369.466	370.225	3.7	0.7	0.2
All items less medical care		350.894	352.627	352.820	4.6	0.5	0.1
All items less shelter		306.226	307.629	307.227	4.3	0.3	-0.1
Commodities		237.624	238.058	239.793	4.6	0.9	0.7
Commodities less food		174.973	174.810	177.071	5.9	1.2	1.3
Commodities less food & beverages		169.720	169.464	171.801	6.2	1.2	1.4
Durables		111.654	112.150	111.799	-0.1	0.1	-0.3
Nondurables		287.608	287.987	290.676	5.7	1.1	0.9
Nondurables less food		220.465	219.742	224.140	8.6	1.7	2.0
Nondurables less food & beverages		214.604	213.661	218.376	9.3	1.8	2.2
Services		464.436	467.154	465.890	4.2	0.3	-0.3
Services less rent of shelter(1)		444.095	447.476	442.768	4.0	-0.3	-1.1
Services less medical care services		450.798	453.593	452.314	4.4	0.3	-0.3
Footnotes (1) Indexes on a December 1982=100 base.
- Data not available. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.