United States Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) and Inflation Rate: US city average, Telephone services (Not Seas Adj.)

Updated on March 23, 2026.

According to data from the US BLS, in March 2026, the US Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Telephone services in the US was 91.306 (not seasonally adjusted); no change from February 2026.

The US Inflation Rate of Telephone services in the US in March 2026 was -3.6%, not seasonally adjusted. The inflation rate represents the percent change of the CPI-U compared to a year ago.

The first chart below shows the trend of the CPI, and the second chart shows the inflation rate from March 2001 to March 2026. This information can also be found in a table below.

You can also see similar information for other items and US geographic areas.

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) measures the change in prices paid by consumers for goods and services. The CPI of all urban consumers (CPI-U) reflects the spending patterns of all urban consumers which represents about 93 percent of the total US population. The CPI-U is based on the expenditures of almost all residents of urban or metropolitan areas, including professionals, the self-employed, the poor, the unemployed, and retired people, as well as urban wage earners and clerical workers.

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US CPI-U: US city average, Telephone services (Seas Adj.)

Data Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

US Consumer Price Index (CPI-U) for Telephone services in the US (Not Seas Adj.)

US Inflation Rate for Telephone services in the US (Not Seas Adj.) (%)

US Consumer Price Index (CPI-U) and Inflation Rate: Telephone services in the US (Not Seas Adj.)

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Month	CPI-U	% change from YAGO (Inflation Rate)
March 2001	98.7	-0.7
April 2001	99.4	0.5
May 2001	99	0.4
June 2001	98.7	0.2
July 2001	99	1.9
August 2001	99.6	1.4
September 2001	99.6	0.7
October 2001	99.2	2.3
November 2001	99.9	1.6
December 2001	99.6	2.2
January 2002	99.7	1.3
February 2002	100.3	1.5
March 2002	100.3	1.6
April 2002	99.1	-0.3
May 2002	98.2	-0.8
June 2002	99.3	0.6
July 2002	99.2	0.2
August 2002	99.5	-0.1
September 2002	100.6	1.0
October 2002	100.1	0.9
November 2002	99.9	0.0
December 2002	99.8	0.2
January 2003	99.9	0.2
February 2003	100.4	0.1
March 2003	100.5	0.2
April 2003	99.7	0.6
May 2003	98.7	0.5
June 2003	98.1	-1.2
July 2003	97.5	-1.7
August 2003	98.1	-1.4
September 2003	97.8	-2.8
October 2003	97.4	-2.7
November 2003	97.1	-2.8
December 2003	97.2	-2.6
January 2004	97.2	-2.7
February 2004	97	-3.4
March 2004	97.1	-3.4
April 2004	96.7	-3.0
May 2004	96.5	-2.2
June 2004	95.9	-2.2
July 2004	95.8	-1.7
August 2004	95.6	-2.5
September 2004	95	-2.9
October 2004	95.3	-2.2
November 2004	94.6	-2.6
December 2004	94.9	-2.4
January 2005	94.8	-2.5
February 2005	94.8	-2.3
March 2005	95.1	-2.1
April 2005	95	-1.8
May 2005	95.3	-1.2
June 2005	94.8	-1.1
July 2005	94.6	-1.2
August 2005	94.4	-1.3
September 2005	94.1	-0.9
October 2005	95.1	-0.2
November 2005	94.6	0.0
December 2005	95.2	0.3
January 2006	95.2	0.4
February 2006	95.2	0.4
March 2006	95.2	0.1
April 2006	95	0.0
May 2006	95.4	0.1
June 2006	95.2	0.4
July 2006	95.4	0.9
August 2006	95.6	1.3
September 2006	95.9	1.9
October 2006	96.1	1.1
November 2006	96.8	2.3
December 2006	96.5	1.4
January 2007	96.8	1.7
February 2007	96.898	1.8
March 2007	97.096	2.0
April 2007	97.514	2.7
May 2007	97.617	2.3
June 2007	98.491	3.5
July 2007	98.485	3.2
August 2007	98.57	3.1
September 2007	98.813	3.0
October 2007	98.882	2.9
November 2007	99.031	2.3
December 2007	98.775	2.4
January 2008	98.792	2.1
February 2008	98.906	2.1
March 2008	98.837	1.8
April 2008	99.031	1.6
May 2008	99.494	1.9
June 2008	99.879	1.4
July 2008	100.677	2.2
August 2008	101.339	2.8
September 2008	101.301	2.5
October 2008	101.311	2.5
November 2008	101.407	2.4
December 2008	101.538	2.8
January 2009	101.688	2.9
February 2009	101.88	3.0
March 2009	101.895	3.1
April 2009	101.991	3.0
May 2009	102.072	2.6
June 2009	102.267	2.4
July 2009	102.182	1.5
August 2009	102.643	1.3
September 2009	102.674	1.4
October 2009	102.968	1.6
November 2009	102.891	1.5
December 2009	102.528	1.0
January 2010	102.707	1.0
February 2010	102.729	0.8
March 2010	102.288	0.4
April 2010	102.298	0.3
May 2010	102.394	0.3
June 2010	102.369	0.1
July 2010	102.303	0.1
August 2010	102.471	-0.2
September 2010	102.534	-0.1
October 2010	102.633	-0.3
November 2010	102.458	-0.4
December 2010	102.329	-0.2
January 2011	101.739	-0.9
February 2011	101.412	-1.3
March 2011	101.316	-0.9
April 2011	101.258	-1.0
May 2011	101.191	-1.2
June 2011	101.159	-1.2
July 2011	101.204	-1.1
August 2011	100.961	-1.5
September 2011	101.006	-1.5
October 2011	101.084	-1.5
November 2011	101.257	-1.2
December 2011	101.259	-1.0
January 2012	101.397	-0.3
February 2012	101.687	0.3
March 2012	101.728	0.4
April 2012	101.8	0.5
May 2012	101.889	0.7
June 2012	101.982	0.8
July 2012	102.082	0.9
August 2012	101.587	0.6
September 2012	101.249	0.2
October 2012	101.349	0.3
November 2012	101.569	0.3
December 2012	101.644	0.4
January 2013	101.654	0.3
February 2013	101.945	0.3
March 2013	101.948	0.2
April 2013	101.878	0.1
May 2013	101.244	-0.6
June 2013	101.313	-0.7
July 2013	101.251	-0.8
August 2013	101.372	-0.2
September 2013	101.296	0.1
October 2013	101.506	0.2
November 2013	101.716	0.1
December 2013	101.607	0.0
January 2014	101.636	0.0
February 2014	102.039	0.1
March 2014	101.614	-0.3
April 2014	101.527	-0.3
May 2014	101.629	0.4
June 2014	101.545	0.2
July 2014	101.465	0.2
August 2014	101.492	0.1
September 2014	101.464	0.2
October 2014	101.449	-0.1
November 2014	100.15	-1.5
December 2014	99.718	-1.9
January 2015	99.484	-2.1
February 2015	99.442	-2.5
March 2015	99.314	-2.3
April 2015	98.93	-2.6
May 2015	98.822	-2.8
June 2015	98.469	-3.0
July 2015	98.553	-2.9
August 2015	98.781	-2.7
September 2015	99.409	-2.0
October 2015	99.671	-1.7
November 2015	99.835	-0.3
December 2015	100.269	0.6
January 2016	100.228	0.8
February 2016	100.371	0.9
March 2016	99.758	0.5
April 2016	99.712	0.8
May 2016	99.726	0.9
June 2016	99.307	0.9
July 2016	99.171	0.6
August 2016	98.94	0.2
September 2016	99.032	-0.4
October 2016	97.833	-1.8
November 2016	97.454	-2.4
December 2016	97.409	-2.8
January 2017	97.441	-2.8
February 2017	97.372	-3.0
March 2017	96.765	-3.0
April 2017	91.971	-7.8
May 2017	90.935	-8.8
June 2017	90.722	-8.6
July 2017	90.216	-9.0
August 2017	90.116	-8.9
September 2017	90.112	-9.0
October 2017	90.271	-7.7
November 2017	90.559	-7.1
December 2017	90.893	-6.7
January 2018	91.066	-6.5
February 2018	90.958	-6.6
March 2018	90.627	-6.3
April 2018	90.601	-1.5
May 2018	90.579	-0.4
June 2018	90.708	0.0
July 2018	90.749	0.6
August 2018	90.878	0.9
September 2018	90.516	0.5
October 2018	90.6	0.4
November 2018	90.417	-0.2
December 2018	88.976	-2.1
January 2019	88.886	-2.4
February 2019	88.893	-2.3
March 2019	88.861	-1.9
April 2019	88.859	-1.9
May 2019	89.004	-1.7
June 2019	89.069	-1.8
July 2019	89.237	-1.7
August 2019	89.346	-1.7
September 2019	89.3	-1.3
October 2019	89.518	-1.2
November 2019	89.746	-0.7
December 2019	90.172	1.3
January 2020	90.287	1.6
February 2020	90.529	1.8
March 2020	90.417	1.8
April 2020	90.416	1.8
May 2020	90.621	1.8
June 2020	90.607	1.7
July 2020	90.481	1.4
August 2020	93.178	4.3
September 2020	93.752	5.0
October 2020	93.953	5.0
November 2020	94.212	5.0
December 2020	94.117	4.4
January 2021	94.057	4.2
February 2021	94.165	4.0
March 2021	94.321	4.3
April 2021	94.139	4.1
May 2021	94.046	3.8
June 2021	94.251	4.0
July 2021	94.437	4.4
August 2021	94.37	1.3
September 2021	94.446	0.7
October 2021	94.68	0.8
November 2021	94.795	0.6
December 2021	94.762	0.7
January 2022	94.735	0.7
February 2022	94.778	0.7
March 2022	94.934	0.7
April 2022	94.339	0.2
May 2022	94.482	0.5
June 2022	94.454	0.2
July 2022	94.374	-0.1
August 2022	94.34	0.0
September 2022	94.356	-0.1
October 2022	94.385	-0.3
November 2022	94.25	-0.6
December 2022	96.216	1.5
January 2023	96.508	1.9
February 2023	96.709	2.0
March 2023	96.675	1.8
April 2023	96.258	2.0
May 2023	96.283	1.9
June 2023	95.771	1.4
July 2023	94.608	0.3
August 2023	94.727	0.4
September 2023	94.567	0.2
October 2023	94.475	0.1
November 2023	94.602	0.4
December 2023	94.605	-1.7
January 2024	94.715	-1.9
February 2024	94.68	-2.1
March 2024	94.66	-2.1
April 2024	94.504	-1.8
May 2024	94.624	-1.7
June 2024	94.783	-1.0
July 2024	94.693	0.1
August 2024	94.622	-0.1
September 2024	94.807	0.3
October 2024	94.864	0.4
November 2024	94.527	-0.1
December 2024	94.365	-0.2
January 2025	94.435	-0.3
February 2025	94.64	0.0
March 2025	94.759	0.1
April 2025	94.633	0.1
May 2025	94.636	0.0
June 2025	94.51	-0.3
July 2025	94.255	-0.5
August 2025	94.133	-0.5
September 2025	93.221	-1.7
October 2025	93.192	-1.8
November 2025		NaN
December 2025	94.048	-0.3
January 2026	91.453	-3.2
February 2026	91.313	-3.5
March 2026	91.306	-3.6