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CPI-U · U.S. city average · BLS item SEFA

Cereals and cereal products

Prices for cereals and cereal products rose 3.1% in the 12 months to August 2026, and fell 0.3% in the month.

12 months+3.1%to August 2026, unadjusted
1 month−0.3%seasonally adjusted
3 months, annualised+3.3%seasonally adjusted
Index291.41982–84 = 100

12-month change

% change from a year earlier

0%10%2017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Price index

1982–84 = 100, not seasonally adjusted

2202402602802017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Month by month

The last two years

MonthIndex1 month12 months
August 2026291.4−0.3%+3.1%
July 2026293.9+0.4%+3.6%
June 2026291.9+0.7%+2.4%
May 2026288.9−0.6%+0.5%
April 2026289.5+0.7%+2.5%
March 2026289.2−1.3%+0.6%
February 2026290.8−0.6%+1.8%
January 2026291.8+1.2%+3.4%
December 2025286.9+0.3%−0.4%
November 2025287.9—+1.0%
September 2025283.7+0.7%−0.8%
August 2025282.7+0.2%−1.2%
July 2025283.7−0.8%−1.2%
June 2025285.1−1.1%−0.5%
May 2025287.4+1.3%−0.4%
April 2025282.6−1.1%−2.5%
March 2025287.4−0.2%+0.9%
February 2025285.6+0.9%−0.5%
January 2025282.3−2.4%−0.6%
December 2024287.9+1.6%+1.7%
November 2024285.0−0.6%−0.6%
October 2024287.7+0.6%+0.3%
September 2024286.1+0.3%−0.6%
August 2024286.3+0.2%−1.0%
July 2024287.2−0.1%−1.6%

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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, CPI for All Urban Consumers, U.S. city average (series CUUR0000SEFA and CUSR0000SEFA). BLS did not collect October 2025 prices, so changes spanning that month are blank. Shown for context: consumer prices do not feed CycleWatch's recession model.