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August 2026

Alcoholic beverages price index

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

301.724index level, August 2026
+1.62%change over 12 months
+0.12%change over 1 month

Last 24 months

MonthIndex (1982–84=100)Change from previous month
August 2024291.432+0.12%
September 2024291.683+0.09%
October 2024292.871+0.41%
November 2024292.831-0.01%
December 2024291.832-0.34%
January 2025292.771+0.32%
February 2025294.211+0.49%
March 2025294.847+0.22%
April 2025294.880+0.01%
May 2025294.478-0.14%
June 2025294.883+0.14%
July 2025295.176+0.10%
August 2025296.908+0.59%
September 2025297.507+0.20%
November 2025298.310not available
December 2025298.085-0.08%
January 2026298.623+0.18%
February 2026298.950+0.11%
March 2026299.718+0.26%
April 2026300.555+0.28%
May 2026300.726+0.06%
June 2026300.824+0.03%
July 2026301.367+0.18%
August 2026301.724+0.12%

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 +1.62% over 12 months means the index stood at 296.908 in August 2025 and moved to 301.724 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 CUUR0000SAF116, item code SAF116.