United States Food Inflation

Cost of food in the United States increased 2 percent in May of 2019 over the same month in the previous year. Food Inflation in the United States averaged 3.40 percent from 1914 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 36.70 percent in May of 1917 and a record low of -34.30 percent in June of 1921.

Food Inflation in the United States is expected to be 1.70 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate Food Inflation in the United States to stand at 1.60 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the United States Food Inflation is projected to trend around 2.10 percent in 2020, according to our econometric models.

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United States Prices	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Inflation Rate	1.80	2.00	23.70	-15.80	percent	[+]
Inflation Rate Mom	0.10	0.30	1.80	-1.80	percent	[+]
Consumer Price Index CPI	255.16	254.96	255.16	23.51	Index Points	[+]
Core Consumer Prices	262.03	261.74	262.03	28.50	Index Points	[+]
Core Inflation Rate	2.00	2.10	13.60	0.00	percent	[+]
GDP Deflator	111.33	111.19	111.33	12.85	Index Points	[+]
Producer Prices	118.20	118.10	118.20	100.20	Index Points	[+]
Producer Prices Change	1.80	2.20	19.57	-6.86	percent	[+]
Export Prices	126.90	127.20	135.30	82.40	Index Points	[+]
Import Prices	126.30	126.70	147.50	75.00	Index Points	[+]
Food Inflation	2.00	1.80	36.70	-34.30	percent	[+]
CPI Housing Utilities	265.14	264.45	265.14	30.50	Index Points	[+]
CPI Transportation	215.39	214.14	223.54	22.30	Index Points	[+]
Core Pce Price Index	111.34	111.06	111.34	16.73	Index Points	[+]
Core Producer Prices	117.50	117.30	117.50	99.90	Index Points	[+]
Pce Price Index	109.50	109.16	109.50	16.07	Index Points	[+]
Inflation Expectations	2.45	2.60	3.40	2.42	percent	[+]

This page provides the latest reported value for - United States Food Inflation - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. United States Food Inflation - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on June of 2019.

	Actual	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Dates	Unit	Frequency
	2.00	1.80	36.70	-34.30	1914 - 2019	percent	Monthly	1982-1984=100, NSA

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Country	Last		Previous	Range
Argentina	64.90	May/19	66.2	66.2 : 19.94	%
Australia	2.30	Mar/19	1.5	20.6 : -3.2	%
Brazil	6.36	May/19	7.31	5267 : -2.3	%
Canada	3.50	May/19	2.9	20.18 : -7.14	%
China	7.70	May/19	6.1	40.2 : -5.5	%
Euro Area	1.10	May/19	1.1	6.9 : -1.6	%
France	2.30	May/19	2.5	6.5 : -1.5	%
Germany	0.80	May/19	0.5	8.22 : -3.09	%
India	1.83	May/19	1.1	14.72 : -2.65	%
Indonesia	4.14	May/19	2.29	138 : -11.16	%
Italy	0.40	May/19	0.4	6.26 : -1.18	%
Japan	0.80	May/19	0.7	31.6 : -3.7	%
Mexico	5.33	May/19	4.61	11.03 : 0.03	%
Netherlands	3.50	May/19	3.6	8.38 : -5.73	%
Russia	6.70	Apr/19	6.7	26.1 : -0.6	%
Saudi Arabia	1.80	May/19	1	7.7 : -4.3	%
Singapore	1.40	May/19	1.3	15.62 : -7.71	%
South Africa	3.20	May/19	2.9	15.6 : 0.6	%
South Korea	1.90	May/19	1.4	6434 : -4.5	%
Spain	0.50	May/19	0.8	7.2 : -2.75	%
Switzerland	0.20	May/19	1.2	6.81 : -4.58	%
Turkey	28.44	May/19	31.86	31.86 : 1.38	%
United Kingdom	1.00	May/19	0.7	13 : -3.3	%
United States	2.00	May/19	1.8	36.7 : -34.3	%