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August 2026

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials price index

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

237.834index level, August 2026
+3.67%change over 12 months
+0.19%change over 1 month

Last 24 months

MonthIndex (1982–84=100)Change from previous month
August 2024219.381-0.34%
September 2024219.488+0.05%
October 2024220.672+0.54%
November 2024221.735+0.48%
December 2024220.762-0.44%
January 2025225.510+2.15%
February 2025225.510+0.00%
March 2025226.835+0.59%
April 2025227.738+0.40%
May 2025226.252-0.65%
June 2025229.103+1.26%
July 2025228.011-0.48%
August 2025229.406+0.61%
September 2025231.144+0.76%
November 2025231.235not available
December 2025232.021+0.34%
January 2026235.761+1.61%
February 2026238.081+0.98%
March 2026237.455-0.26%
April 2026239.417+0.83%
May 2026239.443+0.01%
June 2026235.793-1.52%
July 2026237.393+0.68%
August 2026237.834+0.19%

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 +3.67% over 12 months means the index stood at 229.406 in August 2025 and moved to 237.834 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 CUUR0000SAF114, item code SAF114.