USDA ERS
Food price outlook and forecast history
USDA's monthly forecast of retail and wholesale food price changes by category, actual yearly changes since 1974, and every forecast published since 2002.
Published by USDA ERS
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Actual yearly changes
Sample of 25 rows out of about 1,976
· 4 columns
| kind | item | year | pct_change |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpi | All food | 1974 | 14.3 |
| cpi | All food | 1975 | 8.5 |
| cpi | All food | 1976 | 3.0 |
| cpi | All food | 1977 | 6.3 |
| cpi | All food | 1978 | 9.9 |
| cpi | All food | 1979 | 11.0 |
| cpi | All food | 1980 | 8.6 |
| cpi | All food | 1981 | 7.8 |
| cpi | All food | 1982 | 4.1 |
| cpi | All food | 1983 | 2.1 |
| cpi | All food | 1984 | 3.8 |
| cpi | All food | 1985 | 2.3 |
| cpi | All food | 1986 | 3.2 |
| cpi | All food | 1987 | 4.1 |
| cpi | All food | 1988 | 4.1 |
| cpi | All food | 1989 | 5.8 |
| cpi | All food | 1990 | 5.8 |
| cpi | All food | 1991 | 2.9 |
| cpi | All food | 1992 | 1.2 |
| cpi | All food | 1993 | 2.2 |
| cpi | All food | 1994 | 2.4 |
| cpi | All food | 1995 | 2.8 |
| cpi | All food | 1996 | 3.3 |
| cpi | All food | 1997 | 2.6 |
| cpi | All food | 1998 | 2.2 |
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