Prices are going down in the United States – Fact Check
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Recent CPI data show overall consumer prices in the United States increased 0.5 % in the latest month and 3.5 % over the past year, indicating rising rather than falling prices. While a few food categories saw modest declines, the broader price index remains upward, so prices are not generally going down.
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- Consumer Price Index Summary - 2026 M09 Results
This means that if we repeatedly sample from the universe of all retail prices using the same methodology, and estimate a percentage change for each sample, then 95 percent of these estimates will be within 0.08 percent of the 1-month percentage change based on all retail prices. For example, for a 1-month change of 0.2 percent in the all items CPI-U, we are 95 percent confident that the actual percent change based on all retail prices would fall between 0.12 and 0.28 percent.
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The Chained Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (C-CPI-U) increased 3.5 percent over the · last 12 months. For the month, the index increased 0.5 percent on a not seasonally adjusted basis. Please · note that the indexes for the past 10 to 12 months are subject to revision.
- Consumer Price Index News Release - 2026 M09 Results
If any of the 81 components of the U.S. city average all items index change their seasonal adjustment status from seasonally adjusted to not seasonally adjusted, not seasonally adjusted data will be used in the aggregation of the dependent series for the last 5 years, but the seasonally adjusted indexes before that period will not be changed. For 2026, 36 of the 81 components of the U.S.
- Food Price Outlook - Summary Findings | Economic Research Service
Average prices decreased from July 2026 to August 2026 for seven of these categories, were unchanged for one category, and increased for seven categories. Two categories experienced a large price swing, defined as a 1-month price increase or decrease of at least 1.0 percent.
- Short-Term Energy Outlook - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)
Wholesale electricity prices in ... hubs have remained relatively stable in 2026, wholesale prices in the PJM region are set to increase by 41% while prices in the Northwest Mid-Columbia region are expected to fall by 23%....
- Fact check: Trump lies again that grocery prices ‘have come way down’ this term | CNN Politics
Grocery prices have increased 3.4% on average since January 2025, the month Trump took over from Biden, through August 2026, according to seasonally adjusted figures from the federal Consumer Price Index.
- Fact check: Breaking down Trump’s rosy comparison to gas prices under Biden | CNN Politics
A person finishes pumping gas at a gas station on September 24, 2026 in Austin, Texas. ... Trump has made his claims that “our gasoline prices are lower than Biden” about the US as a whole, not just the state he was speaking from on Monday, but the story is similar if you look at Ohio in particular.
- Despite Trump’s Claims, Grocery Prices Are Rising
Weather, supply, tariffs, labor and changing consumer habits continue to drive up the cost of groceries. President Trump falsely claims prices are falling.
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