The Consumer Price Index for baked foods and cereal merchandise rose 0.3% in January, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor. The index for all food at domestic also rose, growing at 0.6%. Of the 18 gadgets followed using Milling & Baking News, nine posted month-over-month gains and 9 finished decrease. The January index for Cereals and Bakery Products earlier than seasonal adjustment was 275.1% of 1982-84 common, up 1% from a year in the past. For all food at home, the January index became 241.4, up 0.7% from January 2018.
The C.P.I. For cereals and cereal products in January was 225.5, down 0., 1% from December, and down 0.4% from January 2018. The index for products inside this category included: flour and prepared mixes, 236.9, up to 4.5% from December but down 0.8% from the preceding year; breakfast cereal, 219.6, down 1.1% from the preceding month and down 1.3% from a yr ago; rice, pasta, and cornmeal, 234.9, down 0.3% from December but up 0.9% from January 2018. The price index for bakery products in January turned into 303.7, up to 0.4% from December and up 1.7% from January 2018.
Under this heading, the C.P.I. The January index for bread was 182.5, down 0., 2% from December but up 2.9% from January 2018, for white bread became 331.4, down 0.3% from December but up 3.7% from January 2018. For bread apart from white, the index turned into 355.1, down 0.1% from December but up 2.8% from 12 months ago. The rate index for clean biscuits, rolls, and desserts in January changed to 182.8, up to zero.Eight% from December and up 2.Five% from January 2018. The January index for cakes, cupcakes, and cookies turned 289.6, down 1% from December but up 0.Three% from January 2018. Under this phase, other fee indexes protected clean cakes and cupcakes, 313.6, down 1.6% from December but up 2.3% from January 2018; and cookies, 270.6, down 0.5% from the preceding month and down 1.1% from the previous year.
The C.P.I. Five, up to 1.4% from December but down 0.3% from the previous year. For other bakery products in January was 268.4, up 2% from December and up 1.3% from January 2018. Under this heading, other rate indexes in January blanketed: fresh candy rolls, espresso desserts and donuts, 305.6, up 0.6% from December and up three.5% from January 2018; crackers and cracker products, 305.5, up 2.8% from December and up 1.3% from January 2018; and frozen and refrigerated bakery merchandise, pies, truffles and turnovers, 269.ar.