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August 2026

Alcoholic beverages away from home price index

The Bureau of Labor Statistics measures the change in what households pay for alcoholic beverages away from home. The figures below are for the month of August 2026.

459.143index level, August 2026
+3.02%change over 12 months
+0.10%change over 1 month

Last 24 months

MonthIndex (1982–84=100)Change from previous month
August 2024429.342+0.20%
September 2024429.609+0.06%
October 2024434.590+1.16%
November 2024436.687+0.48%
December 2024434.348-0.54%
January 2025435.549+0.28%
February 2025437.767+0.51%
March 2025438.345+0.13%
April 2025439.022+0.15%
May 2025439.986+0.22%
June 2025441.919+0.44%
July 2025442.900+0.22%
August 2025445.685+0.63%
September 2025447.101+0.32%
November 2025447.946not available
December 2025449.588+0.37%
January 2026451.308+0.38%
February 2026451.241-0.01%
March 2026452.437+0.27%
April 2026454.905+0.55%
May 2026455.571+0.15%
June 2026456.834+0.28%
July 2026458.689+0.41%
August 2026459.143+0.10%

What an index is

Each index is a price level for one kind of food, scaled so that the average for 1982–84 equals 100. Because the starting point is arbitrary, read an index by its change over time, not by comparing the level of one item against another.

A change of +3.02% over 12 months means the index stood at 445.685 in August 2025 and moved to 459.143 in August 2026. Where a month has no value, the table says not available; no figure here is estimated.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index (CPI-U), U.S. city average, not seasonally adjusted. Data month: August 2026. Record: series CUUR0000SEFX, item code SEFX.