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August 2026

Carbonated drinks price index

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

243.155index level, August 2026
+4.40%change over 12 months
+1.88%change over 1 month

Last 24 months

MonthIndex (1982–84=100)Change from previous month
August 2024228.291-0.10%
September 2024227.195-0.48%
October 2024228.875+0.74%
November 2024228.527-0.15%
December 2024224.217-1.89%
January 2025231.911+3.43%
February 2025231.350-0.24%
March 2025234.600+1.40%
April 2025233.547-0.45%
May 2025231.016-1.08%
June 2025233.898+1.25%
July 2025231.661-0.96%
August 2025232.904+0.54%
September 2025235.398+1.07%
November 2025230.226not available
December 2025230.975+0.33%
January 2026240.122+3.96%
February 2026242.562+1.02%
March 2026241.016-0.64%
April 2026242.259+0.52%
May 2026240.028-0.92%
June 2026238.351-0.70%
July 2026238.676+0.14%
August 2026243.155+1.88%

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 +4.40% over 12 months means the index stood at 232.904 in August 2025 and moved to 243.155 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 CUUR0000SEFN01, item code SEFN01.