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A data chart image of Food prices up 10.8 percent for year ended April 2022; largest 12-month increase since November 1980

Food prices up 10.8 percent for year ended April 2022; largest 12-month increase since November 1980

May 17, 2022

For the year ended April 2022, the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers increased 8.3 percent. Over that period, prices for food at home increased 10.8 percent, the largest 12-month percentage increase since the period ending November 1980. Prices for food away from home increased 7.2 percent for the year ended April 2022, the largest over-the-year percentage increase since an 8.0-percent increase in November 1981.

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A data chart image of Labor productivity up in 47 of 86 manufacturing industries in 2021

Labor productivity up in 47 of 86 manufacturing industries in 2021

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