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CPI-U · U.S. city average · BLS item SEFB01

Bread

Prices for bread rose 3.8% in the 12 months to August 2026, and fell 0.1% in the month.

12 months+3.8%to August 2026, unadjusted
1 month−0.1%seasonally adjusted
3 months, annualised+2.4%seasonally adjusted
Index249.91982–84 = 100

12-month change

% change from a year earlier

0%5%10%15%2017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Price index

1982–84 = 100, not seasonally adjusted

1752002252502017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Month by month

The last two years

MonthIndex1 month12 months
August 2026249.9−0.1%+3.8%
July 2026250.2+0.2%+3.7%
June 2026249.7+0.5%+3.9%
May 2026248.4−0.7%+3.5%
April 2026250.2+0.9%+3.8%
March 2026248.0+0.4%+4.6%
February 2026247.0+0.5%+3.0%
January 2026245.6+0.0%+2.9%
December 2025245.6+1.1%+2.2%
November 2025242.8—+1.7%
September 2025241.6+0.3%+1.8%
August 2025240.8−0.2%+1.2%
July 2025241.2+0.4%+1.3%
June 2025240.3+0.1%−0.2%
May 2025240.1−0.4%+0.5%
April 2025241.0+1.6%+1.9%
March 2025237.2−1.0%+0.1%
February 2025239.7+0.4%+0.2%
January 2025238.7−0.7%−0.7%
December 2024240.4+0.7%+0.3%
November 2024238.7−1.3%−0.8%
October 2024241.9+1.9%+0.1%
September 2024237.3−0.2%−0.8%
August 2024237.9−0.1%−0.2%
July 2024238.1−1.1%−0.9%

What it is made of

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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, CPI for All Urban Consumers, U.S. city average (series CUUR0000SEFB01 and CUSR0000SEFB01). 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.