The Consumer Price Index (CPI) for food rose 0.3 percent in July and was reported up 4.9 percent YOY, per ERS. Food away from home is reported up 7.1 percent YOY, with inflation for food at home half that at 3.6 percent. (Note that [...]
Adjusted for inflation, FAO’s Food Price Index (FPI) for April rose 0.6 percent from March—the first monthly increase in 13 months. The sugar and meat subindexes were the cause of this monthly increase. April’s FPI was still down 21.1 percent YOY. For the year [...]
April’s Consumer Pricing Index (CPI) was announced midweek up 0.4 percent from March, slightly below market expectations. The monthly increase cooled the annual rate of inflation down to 4.9 percent. Hourly earnings, adjusted for inflation, rose just 0.1 percent, still down 0.5 percent YOY. [...]
In its October Consumer Price Index (CPI) reporting, ERS calculated that the price to consumers for all food rose 0.7 percent in September. YOY, the food CPI was reported up nearly 11 percent YOY. Of note is the growth in prices of food away [...]
Adjusted for inflation, FAO’s October Food Price Index (FPI) fell by 0.1 percent from August, the sixth straight monthly decline. Year on year, the index is up about 0.3 percent—a minor difference compared to the double-digit YOY growth seen from early 2021 through July [...]
September’s U.S. Food Price Index rose 0.7 percent from August, with the highest growth again seen for prices of food from home, up 0.9 percent that month. Fats and oils, fresh vegetables, and sugar and sweets saw the fastest gains month on month. For [...]
In its survey of the cost of a Thanksgiving meal, the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) estimated the cost of ingredients for a ten-person meal at $53.31 ($5.33 per person), the highest price in the survey’s 36-year history. The 2021 estimate is up 13.7 [...]
After falling 2.6 percent the previous month, FAO’s Food Price Index (FPI) fell again in July, down 1.2 percent from June. Adjusted for inflation, July’s FPI was still up about 29 percent YOY on declines among the dairy, cereals, and vegetable oils subindexes vs. [...]
