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CPI-U · U.S. city average · BLS item SEFL01

Potatoes

Prices for potatoes rose 3.6% in the 12 months to August 2026, and rose 1.2% in the month.

12 months+3.6%to August 2026, unadjusted
1 month+1.2%seasonally adjusted
3 months, annualised+15.4%seasonally adjusted
Index458.71982–84 = 100

12-month change

% change from a year earlier

0%10%2017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Price index

1982–84 = 100, not seasonally adjusted

3504004502017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Month by month

The last two years

MonthIndex1 month12 months
August 2026458.7+1.2%+3.6%
July 2026447.0+0.2%+3.4%
June 2026439.0+2.2%+1.4%
May 2026424.6+2.5%−0.6%
April 2026406.6+1.9%−3.0%
March 2026398.9−2.8%−4.4%
February 2026410.7−0.6%−2.2%
January 2026408.5+0.9%−2.3%
December 2025391.9+0.9%−3.4%
November 2025387.5—−3.7%
September 2025448.5+3.0%+3.7%
August 2025442.9+1.0%+2.2%
July 2025432.4−1.7%−0.5%
June 2025433.0+0.2%+1.3%
May 2025427.2+0.1%+0.8%
April 2025419.0+0.4%−0.5%
March 2025417.2−0.6%−1.7%
February 2025420.0−0.7%−0.7%
January 2025418.0−0.3%−0.7%
December 2024405.8+0.4%+0.6%
November 2024402.5+1.5%−2.0%
October 2024423.6+0.5%−1.5%
September 2024432.5+1.5%−3.5%
August 2024433.4−1.7%−6.6%
July 2024434.7−0.1%−4.7%

Alongside it

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, CPI for All Urban Consumers, U.S. city average (series CUUR0000SEFL01 and CUSR0000SEFL01). 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.