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PCE price: Elementary and secondary school lunches

Latest value: 127.98 for August 2026, +3.0% year over year (against August 2025). 116 monthly observations from January 2017 to August 2026, in index. Source: BEA (BEA route); context series, not an input to the Nowflation CPI Gauge. Next update: with the September 2026 PCE release, 2026-10-29 8:30 AM ET (BEA).

Latest observations

PeriodValue
August 2026127.98
July 2026127.18
June 2026126.59
May 2026125.44
April 2026125.4
March 2026125.14
February 2026125.14
January 2026124.5
December 2025124.39
November 2025124.01
October 2025123.97
September 2025123.92

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Cite: Nowflation, “PCE price: Elementary and secondary school lunches” (bea_u_deslrg), data from BEA, retrieved October 18, 2026, https://nowflation.com/series/bea_u_deslrg. The series at its source: BEA.

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