USDA Food Price – CPI Prediction 2026 (Lower Mid Upper)

Note: The most recent forecast was published on September 25, 2025.

1U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics estimated expenditure shares, July 2025. Food represents 13.6 percent of the total Consumer Price Index.

2About this table:

1. Forecasts are grouped in three columns by the lower-bound, midpoint, and upper-bound of the prediction interval.

2. Each cell represents the percent-change range for each point in the forecast.

Source: USDA, Economic Research Service (ERS) using U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index data (not seasonally adjusted); and USDA, ERS forecasts.

https://catalog.data.gov/dataset/food-price-outlook