AI Data Insight
In Q2 2026 (April), the food and beverage component of the US Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) rose to 345.174, a slight increase of 0.199 from the previous month. Driven by import tariffs and Middle East geopolitical conflicts pushing up energy and logistics costs, prices for fresh produce and meat saw significant gains, continuing to test the wallets of wage earners.