- The cost of Halloween increase was reported in the most recent inflation report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
- The cost increase of 13.1% in the bureau’s Consumer Price Index report for September is the largest yearly increase in candy prices recorded in the CPI report.
- For comparison, it took nine years, from 1997 to 2006, for candy prices to rise 13%.
- Americans collectively are spend about $3.1 billion on candy this season, according to the National Retail Federation, an industry trade group.
