August 2026

Distilled spirits at home price index

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

212.722index level, August 2026
-0.67%change over 12 months
-0.25%change over 1 month

Last 24 months

MonthIndex (1982–84=100)Change from previous month
August 2024211.777+0.31%
September 2024210.891-0.42%
October 2024210.067-0.39%
November 2024209.794-0.13%
December 2024209.200-0.28%
January 2025210.302+0.53%
February 2025209.497-0.38%
March 2025211.720+1.06%
April 2025212.995+0.60%
May 2025212.037-0.45%
June 2025211.676-0.17%
July 2025212.794+0.53%
August 2025214.159+0.64%
September 2025214.746+0.27%
November 2025214.617not available
December 2025213.018-0.75%
January 2026213.518+0.23%
February 2026213.763+0.11%
March 2026213.384-0.18%
April 2026213.141-0.11%
May 2026212.067-0.50%
June 2026212.018-0.02%
July 2026213.256+0.58%
August 2026212.722-0.25%

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 -0.67% over 12 months means the index stood at 214.159 in August 2025 and moved to 212.722 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 CUUR0000SEFW02, item code SEFW02.