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USDA advertised retail food composite (CPI food-at-home weights, chain-linked)

Latest value: 103.49 for September 2026, −0.4% year over year (against September 2025). 213 monthly observations from January 2009 to September 2026, in index. Source: USDA AMS retail features (MMN file repo) (USDA route); graded as a diagnostic next to the Food at Home component, not an input to the Nowflation CPI Gauge.

Latest observations

PeriodValue
September 2026103.49
August 2026103.5
July 2026102.17
June 2026102.09
May 2026101.72
April 2026103.24
March 2026101.49
February 2026100.37
January 2026101.38
December 2025101.5
November 2025101.4
October 2025102.99

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