Food CPI and Expenditures

Overview Background Analysis and Forecasts of the CPI for Food What's Behind the Forecasts? How Changes in Input Costs Affect Food Prices CPI Bias Three Types of Food Expenditures Series Measuring the ERS Food Expenditure Series Recommended Data Recommended Readings Related Links

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Overview

• The Consumer Price Index (CPI) for all food increased 0.8 percent between 2009 and 2010 and is forecast to increase 2.5 to 3.5 percent in 2012.
• Food-at-home prices increased 0.3 percent, the lowest annual increase since 1967, while food-away-from-home prices rose 1.3 percent in 2010.
• Total food expenditures for all food consumed in the U.S. were $1,240.4 billion in 2010, a 3.4-percent increase from $1,199.8 billion in 2009. Spending on food away from home accounted for 47.9 percent of total food expenditures in 2010; spending for food at home accounted for 52.1 percent.

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Food CPI Forecasts

Food Expenditure Tables

Quarterly Food-at-Home Price Database (QFAHPD)

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