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CPI-U · U.S. city average · BLS item SS02042

Fresh cakes and cupcakes

Prices for fresh cakes and cupcakes rose 5.0% in the 12 months to August 2026, and rose 1.9% in the month.

12 months+5.0%to August 2026, unadjusted
1 month+1.9%seasonally adjusted
3 months, annualised+7.9%seasonally adjusted
Index382.21982–84 = 100

12-month change

% change from a year earlier

0%10%20%2017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Price index

1982–84 = 100, not seasonally adjusted

3003502017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Month by month

The last two years

MonthIndex1 month12 months
August 2026382.2+1.9%+5.0%
July 2026375.2+1.1%+2.0%
June 2026371.2−1.0%+5.1%
May 2026375.0+0.4%+4.5%
April 2026373.4+0.5%+5.0%
March 2026371.4−0.0%+4.1%
February 2026371.5−1.6%+5.9%
January 2026377.4+3.2%+5.0%
December 2025365.7−2.2%+3.7%
November 2025373.9—+5.1%
September 2025364.6+0.2%+1.7%
August 2025364.0−1.0%+3.5%
July 2025367.8+4.2%+4.1%
June 2025353.1−1.7%+1.4%
May 2025359.0+1.0%+2.8%
April 2025355.5−0.4%+1.7%
March 2025356.8+1.7%+1.5%
February 2025350.9−2.4%−1.5%
January 2025359.5+2.0%+3.1%
December 2024352.5−0.9%+1.5%
November 2024355.6+0.1%+2.5%
October 2024355.3−0.9%+2.5%
September 2024358.4+1.9%+2.3%
August 2024351.8−0.4%+0.6%
July 2024353.3+1.5%+1.1%

Alongside it

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, CPI for All Urban Consumers, U.S. city average (series CUUR0000SS02042 and CUSR0000SS02042). 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.