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August 2026

Bananas price index

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

217.274index level, August 2026
-1.40%change over 12 months
+0.06%change over 1 month

Last 24 months

MonthIndex (1982–84=100)Change from previous month
August 2024206.751-0.02%
September 2024207.001+0.12%
October 2024205.722-0.62%
November 2024207.249+0.74%
December 2024205.690-0.75%
January 2025205.086-0.29%
February 2025205.231+0.07%
March 2025207.573+1.14%
April 2025210.013+1.18%
May 2025216.990+3.32%
June 2025214.951-0.94%
July 2025215.742+0.37%
August 2025220.366+2.14%
September 2025221.311+0.43%
November 2025221.219not available
December 2025217.786-1.55%
January 2026216.254-0.70%
February 2026217.653+0.65%
March 2026217.924+0.12%
April 2026218.318+0.18%
May 2026214.350-1.82%
June 2026217.155+1.31%
July 2026217.141-0.01%
August 2026217.274+0.06%

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 -1.40% over 12 months means the index stood at 220.366 in August 2025 and moved to 217.274 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 CUUR0000SEFK02, item code SEFK02.