CycleWatch

Prices › All items › Food and beverages › Food › Food at home › Other food at home › Fats and oils › Butter and margarine

CPI-U · U.S. city average · BLS item SS16014

Margarine

Prices for margarine rose 4.7% in the 12 months to August 2026, and rose 1.1% in the month (not seasonally adjusted).

12 months+4.7%to August 2026, unadjusted
1 month+1.1%not seasonally adjusted
3 months, annualised—needs a seasonally adjusted series
Index195.21982–84 = 100

12-month change

% change from a year earlier

0%10%201720182019202020222023202420252026

Price index

1982–84 = 100, not seasonally adjusted

160180201720182019202020222023202420252026

Month by month

The last two years

MonthIndex1 month12 months
August 2026195.2+1.1%°+4.7%
July 2026193.0+0.0%°+1.8%
June 2026193.0+1.9%°−0.8%
May 2026189.3−2.2%°−0.6%
April 2026193.6−1.2%°+5.5%
March 2026195.9+2.2%°+5.3%
February 2026191.7+1.8%°+3.2%
January 2026188.3−2.2%°−1.3%
December 2025192.6+4.3%°+1.4%
November 2025184.7—−4.6%
September 2025190.3+2.1%°−1.2%
August 2025186.4−1.7%°−1.8%
July 2025189.6−2.6%°−1.0%
June 2025194.6+2.2%°+1.9%
May 2025190.4+3.8%°−1.5%
April 2025183.4−1.4%°−2.6%
March 2025186.1+0.2%°−2.3%
February 2025185.8−2.7%°−4.8%
January 2025190.8+0.5%°−1.7%
December 2024189.9−1.9%°−2.1%
November 2024193.7−0.1%°+2.4%
October 2024193.8+0.6%°+0.3%
September 2024192.6+1.5%°+1.2%
August 2024189.7−0.9%°+0.3%
July 2024191.5+0.2%°+2.6%

Alongside it

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, CPI for All Urban Consumers, U.S. city average (series CUUR0000SS16014). 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.