August 2026

Other sweets price index

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

199.131index level, August 2026
+1.68%change over 12 months
-0.16%change over 1 month

Last 24 months

MonthIndex (1982–84=100)Change from previous month
August 2024198.008+2.07%
September 2024195.514-1.26%
October 2024194.638-0.45%
November 2024192.335-1.18%
December 2024194.446+1.10%
January 2025196.043+0.82%
February 2025194.830-0.62%
March 2025194.084-0.38%
April 2025191.027-1.58%
May 2025194.290+1.71%
June 2025196.122+0.94%
July 2025194.212-0.97%
August 2025195.832+0.83%
September 2025196.367+0.27%
November 2025190.013not available
December 2025193.628+1.90%
January 2026197.770+2.14%
February 2026202.063+2.17%
March 2026201.314-0.37%
April 2026199.290-1.01%
May 2026200.005+0.36%
June 2026198.332-0.84%
July 2026199.458+0.57%
August 2026199.131-0.16%

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 +1.68% over 12 months means the index stood at 195.832 in August 2025 and moved to 199.131 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 CUUR0000SEFR03, item code SEFR03.