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August 2026

Candy and chewing gum price index

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

228.786index level, August 2026
+8.12%change over 12 months
-0.43%change over 1 month

Last 24 months

MonthIndex (1982–84=100)Change from previous month
August 2024195.712+0.34%
September 2024194.161-0.79%
October 2024197.214+1.57%
November 2024199.561+1.19%
December 2024201.153+0.80%
January 2025206.479+2.65%
February 2025205.258-0.59%
March 2025205.387+0.06%
April 2025207.005+0.79%
May 2025206.976-0.01%
June 2025209.937+1.43%
July 2025209.598-0.16%
August 2025211.596+0.95%
September 2025213.101+0.71%
November 2025219.801not available
December 2025221.331+0.70%
January 2026221.871+0.24%
February 2026229.111+3.26%
March 2026227.059-0.90%
April 2026222.767-1.89%
May 2026226.250+1.56%
June 2026230.044+1.68%
July 2026229.765-0.12%
August 2026228.786-0.43%

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 +8.12% over 12 months means the index stood at 211.596 in August 2025 and moved to 228.786 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 CUUR0000SEFR02, item code SEFR02.