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PCE price: Food and beverages purchased for off-premises consumption

Latest value: 132.17 for August 2026, +1.9% 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 2026132.17
July 2026132.13
June 2026132.23
May 2026131.9
April 2026131.82
March 2026131.18
February 2026131.37
January 2026131.02
December 2025130.71
November 2025130.18
October 2025130.19
September 2025130.21

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Cite: Nowflation, “PCE price: Food and beverages purchased for off-premises consumption” (bea_u_dfxarg), data from BEA, retrieved October 18, 2026, https://nowflation.com/series/bea_u_dfxarg. The series at its source: BEA.

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