Alternatively, that relationship can also be expressed as the price of a base period market basket of goods and services rising from $100 to $107.
An increase of 7 percent from the reference base, for example, is shown as 107.000. The index measures price changes from a designated reference date for most of the CPI-U the reference base is 1982-84 equals 100. All taxes directly associated with the purchase and use of items are included in the index. Each month, prices are collected in 75 urban areas across the country from about 6,000 housing units and approximately 22,000 retail establishments-department stores, supermarkets, hospitals, filling stations, and other types of stores and service establishments. The CPI is based on prices of food, clothing, shelter, and fuels, transportation fares, charges for doctors' and dentists' services, drugs, and the other goods and services that people buy for day-to-day living. The CPI-U includes, in addition to wage earners and clerical workers, groups such as professional, managerial, and technical workers, the self-employed, short-term workers, the unemployed, and retirees and others not in the labor force. population and (2) a CPI for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) which covers approximately 29 percent of the total U.S. The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes CPIs for two population groups: (1) a CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) which covers approximately 93 percent of the total U.S. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a measures of the average change in prices over time in a fixed market basket of goods and services. However, information related to the impact of the pandemic will continue to be available at Technical Note The impact summary for December is available at Beginning with publication of January 2022 data in February 2022, this month-specific impact summary will be discontinued. While the CPI program attempted to collect as much data as possible, many indexes are based on smaller amounts of collected prices than usual, and a small number of indexes that are normally published were not published this month.įor each month from March 2020 to December 2021, BLS has published a summary of the impact of the pandemic on the Consumer Price Index news release and data.
These factors resulted in an increase in the number of prices considered temporarily unavailable and imputed. Additionally, data collection in December was affected by the temporary closing or limited operations of certain types of establishments. When possible, data normally collected by personal visit were collected either online or by phone. San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA, CPI-U 2-month and 12-month percent changes, all items index, not seasonally adjusted MonthĬoronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic Impact on October 2021 Consumer Price Index Dataĭata collection by personal visit for the Consumer Price Index (CPI) program has been suspended almost entirely since March 16, 2020. Partly offsetting the increases was a price decrease in alcoholic beverages (-5.9 percent). Components contributing to the increase included new and used motor vehicles (16.8 percent), recreation (8.4 percent), education and communication (3.2 percent), and shelter (0.8 percent). Over the year, the index for all items less food and energy increased 2.8 percent. Higher prices for new and used motor vehicles (10.3 percent), household furnishings and operations (2.0 percent), and shelter (0.2 percent) were partially offset by lower prices for recreation (-0.8 percent), motor vehicle insurance (-0.7 percent), and education and communication (-0.2 percent). The index for all items less food and energy advanced 0.8 percent in the latest two-month period.
Prices paid for natural gas service jumped 27.8 percent, and prices for electricity advanced 9.6 percent during the past year. Prices for electricity increased 0.4 percent, but prices for natural gas service declined 5.5 percent for the same period.Įnergy prices surged 28.2 percent over the year, largely due to higher prices for gasoline (44.2 percent). The increase was mainly due to higher prices for gasoline (3.7 percent). The energy index rose 1.6 percent for the two months ending in December. Prices for food away from home increased 3.6 percent. Prices for food at home advanced 6.6 percent, influenced by higher prices for cereals and bakery products (10.3 percent) and meats, poultry, fish, and eggs (9.4 percent). Over the year, food prices increased 5.2 percent. Prices for food away from home advanced 0.6 percent for the same period. (See table 1.) Prices for food at home increased 0.6 percent, led by higher prices for fruits and vegetables (3.6 percent). Over-the-year percent change in CPI-U, San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA, December 2018–December 2021 Monthįood prices rose 0.6 percent for the two months ending in December.