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22-609-CHI
Tuesday, April 12, 2022

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Consumer Price Index, Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington area – March 2022

Area prices were up 2.1 percent over the past two months, up 8.2 percent from a year ago

Prices in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington area, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), increased 2.1 percent for the two months ending in March 2022, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table A.) Regional Commissioner Jason Palmer noted that the food index increased 1.0 percent, and the energy index advanced 13.7 percent from January to March. The all items less food and energy index rose 1.4 percent over the past two months. Among the indexes within the all items less food and energy category, prices were higher for shelter and medical care. (Data in this report are not seasonally adjusted. Accordingly, bi-monthly changes may reflect seasonal influences.)

Over the last 12 months, the CPI-U rose 8.2 percent. (See chart 1 and table A.) The index for all items less food and energy increased 6.6 percent over the year. Energy prices advanced 30.9 percent, largely the result of an increase in gasoline prices. Food prices were up 7.9 percent. (See table 1.)


Food

Food prices increased 1.0 percent for the two months ending in March. Prices for food at home (groceries) increased 0.9 percent, and prices for food away from home (restaurant, cafeteria, and vending purchases) rose 1.0 percent for the same period.

Over the year, food prices increased 7.9 percent. Prices for food at home rose 7.3 percent since a year ago, and prices for food away from home increased 8.8 percent.

Energy

The energy index increased 13.7 percent for the two months ending in March. The increase was mainly due to higher gasoline prices (23.7 percent). Electricity prices rose 3.3 percent, and utility (piped) gas service prices were up 2.0 percent for the same period.

Energy prices rose 30.9 percent over the year, largely due to higher gasoline prices (41.5 percent). Prices paid for utility (piped) gas service advanced 42.2 percent, and electricity prices increased 6.9 percent during the past year.

All items less food and energy

The index for all items less food and energy rose 1.4 percent in the latest two-month period. Higher prices for shelter (1.3 percent) and medical care (3.2 percent) contributed to the gain.

Over the year, the index for all items less food and energy increased 6.6 percent. Components contributing to the increase included shelter (5.4 percent) and new and used motor vehicles (21.4 percent).

Table A. Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI, CPI-U 2-month and 12-month percent changes, all items index, not seasonally adjusted
Month20182019202020212022
2-month12-month2-month12-month2-month12-month2-month12-month2-month12-month

January

0.30.41.40.63.00.41.60.77.2

March

0.51.42.3-0.31.21.13.02.18.2

May

1.01.02.3-0.10.01.44.6

July

0.30.32.2-0.1-0.31.76.5

September

0.3-0.21.72.11.91.15.4

November

-1.21.3-0.22.8-0.41.71.06.9

The May 2022 Consumer Price Index for the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington area is scheduled to be released on June 10, 2022.


Technical Note

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a measure of the average change in prices over time in a fixed market basket of goods and services. 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. population and (2) a CPI for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) which covers approximately 29 percent of the total U.S. population. 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.

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. 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. All taxes directly associated with the purchase and use of items are included in the index.

The index measures price changes from a designated reference date; for most of the CPI-U the reference base is 1982-84 equals 100. An increase of 7 percent from the reference base, for example, is shown as 107.000.  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. For further details see the CPI home page on the Internet at www.bls.gov/cpi and the CPI section of the BLS Handbook of Methods available on the internet at www.bls.gov/opub/hom/cpi/.

In calculating the index, price changes for the various items in each location are averaged together with weights that represent their importance in the spending of the appropriate population group. Local data are then combined to obtain a U.S. city average. Because the sample size of a local area is smaller, the local area index is subject to substantially more sampling and other measurement error than the national index. In addition, local indexes are not adjusted for seasonal influences. As a result, local area indexes show greater volatility than the national index, although their long-term trends are quite similar. NOTE: Area indexes do not measure differences in the level of prices between cities; they only measure the average change in prices for each area since the base period.

The Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI, Core Based Statistical Area covered in this release is comprised of Anoka, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Hennepin, Isanti, LeSueur, Mille Lacs, Ramsey, Scott, Sherburne, Sibley, Washington, and Wright Counties in Minnesota; and Pierce and St. Croix Counties in Wisconsin.

Information in this release will be made available to individuals with sensory impairments upon request. Voice phone: (202) 691-5200; Telecommunications Relay Service: 7-1-1.

Table 1. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Indexes and percent changes for selected periods
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
Item and Group

IndexesPercent change from-
Jan.
2022
Feb.
2022
Mar.
2022
Mar.
2021
Jan.
2022
Feb.
2022

Expenditure category

All items

274.725-280.3888.22.1-

All items (1967=100)

863.331-881.126---

Food and beverages

317.970-321.1347.81.0-

Food

306.752-309.7297.91.0-

Food at home

274.683277.129277.2307.30.90.0

Cereals and bakery products

292.919-300.35613.12.5-

Meats, poultry, fish and eggs

309.257-309.0427.9-0.1-

Dairy and related products

287.629-293.4183.62.0-

Fruits and vegetables

371.374-374.4216.90.8-

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)

168.033-168.9512.00.5-

Other food at home

221.360-223.1108.00.8-

Food away from home

352.512-356.1678.81.0-

Alcoholic beverages

409.633-414.7347.31.2-

Housing

260.280-264.0527.21.4-

Shelter

304.187306.158308.0815.41.30.6

Rent of primary residence(2)

312.163313.413314.3614.00.70.3

Owners' equiv. rent of residences(2)(3)

322.838324.117325.4154.40.80.4

Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence(2)(3)

322.838324.117325.4154.40.80.4

Fuels and utilities

246.182-252.21716.92.5-

Household energy

220.225226.736226.83719.43.00.0

Energy services(2)

220.756227.088226.65918.42.7-0.2

Electricity(2)

270.439276.461279.3366.93.31.0

Utility (piped) gas service(2)

183.192189.805186.78842.22.0-1.6

Household furnishings and operations

139.282-141.67111.71.7-

Apparel

144.088-150.02312.24.1-

Transportation

233.863-246.35120.75.3-

Private transportation

223.942-235.36620.05.1-

New and used motor vehicles(4)

114.942-115.06521.40.1-

New vehicles(1)

179.482-179.48212.60.0-

Used cars and trucks(1)

415.185-408.82733.4-1.5-

Motor fuel

257.215275.380318.32541.723.815.6

Gasoline (all types)

258.124276.426319.41041.523.715.5

Gasoline, unleaded regular(5)

259.038277.740321.24241.724.015.7

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade(5)(6)

256.031271.633312.49537.822.115.0

Gasoline, unleaded premium(5)

313.614331.359378.53039.820.714.2

Medical care

607.275-626.5593.63.2-

Recreation(4)

134.681-134.5711.3-0.1-

Education and communication(4)

140.289-140.4491.00.1-

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare(1)

1,176.013-1,176.0133.90.0-

Other goods and services

429.528-433.5226.30.9-

Commodity and service group

All items

274.725-280.3888.22.1-

Commodities

211.861-218.23412.63.0-

Commodities less food and beverages

164.702-171.55915.44.2-

Nondurables less food and beverages

214.269-232.32817.48.4-

Durables

121.517-121.75814.20.2-

Services

330.082-334.8465.51.4-

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care

259.684-264.7388.61.9-

All items less shelter

263.169-269.5469.52.4-

Commodities less food

173.673-180.65815.04.0-

Nondurables

262.972-274.51212.24.4-

Nondurables less food

227.718-245.35316.47.7-

Services less rent of shelter(3)

373.413-379.1035.51.5-

Services less medical care services

304.521-308.1565.81.2-

Energy

242.690255.008275.97630.913.78.2

All items less energy

282.804-286.4776.81.3-

All items less food and energy

279.370-283.1466.61.4-

Footnotes
(1) Index on an April 1978=100 base.
(2) This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series were calculated using a geometric means estimator.
(3) Index on a December 1982=100 base.
(4) Indexes on a December 1997=100 base.
(5) Special index based on a substantially smaller sample.
(6) Index on a December 1993=100 base.

- Data not available.
Note: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. Data not seasonally adjusted.

 

Last Modified Date: Tuesday, April 12, 2022