The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington area declined 0.7 percent for the two months ending in November 2025, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported today. Acting Regional Commissioner Bryan Droste noted that the index for all items less food and energy decreased 0.4 percent over the two-month period. The energy index fell 6.6 percent from September to November and the index for food was down 0.3 percent. (Data in this report are not seasonally adjusted. Accordingly, bi-monthly changes may reflect seasonal influences.)

BLS did not collect survey data for October 2025 due to a lapse in appropriations. BLS is unable to retroactively collect these data. For a few indexes, BLS uses nonsurvey data sources instead of survey data to make the index calculations. BLS was able to retroactively acquire most of the nonsurvey data for October.

The Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington area all items CPI-U advanced 2.5 percent for the 12 months ending in November. The index for all items less food and energy increased 2.5 percent over the year. Food prices increased 2.3 percent. Energy prices rose 2.6 percent.

  

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Chart 1. Over-the-year percent change in CPI-U, Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI, November 2022–November 2025

Month	All items	All items less food and energy
Nov 2022	5.3	3.7
Jan 2023	5.1	3.8
Mar 2023	3.4	3.0
May 2023	1.8	2.4
Jul 2023	1.0	2.4
Sep 2023	2.2	3.2
Nov 2023	2.8	3.7
Jan 2024	2.6	3.5
Mar 2024	2.7	3.2
May 2024	2.6	3.0
Jul 2024	3.5	3.8
Sep 2024	1.9	2.4
Nov 2024	1.7	1.9
Jan 2025	3.0	2.9
Mar 2025	2.2	2.2
May 2025	2.4	2.5
Jul 2025	1.8	2.0
Sep 2025	2.6	2.8
Nov 2025	2.5	2.5

Food prices fell 0.3 percent for the two months ending in November. Prices for food at home (grocery store purchases) declined 1.1 percent, and prices for food away from home (restaurant, cafeteria, and vending purchases) advanced 0.7 percent for the same period.

Food prices increased 2.3 percent over the year. Prices for food at home advanced 2.8 percent as 5 of the 6 major grocery store food group indexes rose over the year. Increasing indexes included other food at home (+3.3 percent), fruits and vegetables (+3.3 percent), and nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials (+4.9 percent). Prices for food away from home rose 1.8 percent.

The energy index decreased 6.6 percent for the two months ending in November. Gasoline prices were down 0.7 percent over the past two months.

Energy prices rose 2.6 percent over the year. Gasoline prices were up 4.0 percent compared to November 2024.

The index for all items less food and energy fell 0.4 percent during the two-month period. Among the index’s components, prices were lower for recreation (-2.2 percent) and apparel (-4.1 percent). In contrast, prices were higher for owners’ equivalent rent of residences (+0.2 percent) and tuition, other school fees, and childcare (+1.5 percent).

The index for all items less food and energy increased 2.5 percent over the year. Components contributing to the increase included owners’ equivalent rent of residences (+3.7 percent) and recreation (+7.3 percent). In contrast, prices were lower for lodging away from home.

The January 2026 Consumer Price Index for the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington area is scheduled to be released on Wednesday, February 11, 2026.

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 Consumer Price Index for Minneapolis is published bi-monthly. The set of components and sub-aggregates published for regional and metropolitan indexes is more limited than at the U.S. city average level; these indexes are byproducts of the national CPI program. Each local index has a much smaller sample size than the national or regional indexes and is, therefore, subject to substantially more sampling and other measurement error. As a result, local-area indexes are more volatile than the national or regional indexes. In addition, local indexes are not adjusted for seasonal influences. 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 includes Anoka, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Hennepin, Isanti, Le Sueur, Mille Lacs, Ramsey, Scott, Sherburne, Sibley, Washington, and Wright Counties in Minnesota and Pierce and St. Croix Counties in Wisconsin.

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Table 1. Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI, CPI-U by expenditure category for November 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Expenditure category	Indexes				Percent change from:
	Historical data	Sep. 2025	Oct. 2025	Nov. 2025	Nov. 2024	Sep. 2025	Oct. 2025
All items		310.400	-	308.116	2.5	-0.7	-
All items (1967=100)		975.439	-	968.263	-	-	-
Food and beverages		373.730	-	372.907	2.1	-0.2	-
Food		363.571	-	362.600	2.3	-0.3	-
Food at home		324.119	-	320.705	2.8	-1.1	-
Cereals and bakery products		349.277	-	341.397	-1.2	-2.3	-
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs		358.006	-	360.084	2.7	0.6	-
Dairy and related products		324.586	-	320.536	4.0	-1.2	-
Fruits and vegetables		424.412	-	402.245	3.3	-5.2	-
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)		212.456	-	210.411	4.9	-1.0	-
Other food at home		267.648	-	269.310	3.3	0.6	-
Food away from home		422.956	-	425.871	1.8	0.7	-
Alcoholic beverages		441.591	-	442.950	-0.8	0.3	-
Housing		300.205	-	297.800	2.2	-0.8	-
Shelter		353.003	-	353.960	2.4	0.3	-
Rent of primary residence		364.293	-	366.230	3.5	0.5	-
Owners' equiv. rent of residences(2)		380.075	-	381.004	3.7	0.2	-
Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence(2)		380.075	-	381.004	3.7	0.2	-
Household furnishings and operations		148.865	-	145.907	3.9	-2.0	-
Apparel		162.227	-	155.591	6.5	-4.1	-
Transportation		252.422	-	250.806	1.6	-0.6	-
Private transportation		242.961	-	242.365	2.8	-0.2	-
New and used motor vehicles(3)		110.881	-	110.362	0.5	-0.5	-
New vehicles(1)		194.377	-	194.067	0.4	-0.2	-
Used cars and trucks(1)		364.060	-	361.586	1.8	-0.7	-
Motor fuel		256.453	-	254.857	4.0	-0.6	-
Gasoline (all types)		256.617	243.397	254.865	4.0	-0.7	4.7
Unleaded regular(4)		255.891	242.255	253.823	4.0	-0.8	4.8
Unleaded midgrade(4)(5)		262.626	251.283	262.503	3.8	0.0	4.5
Unleaded premium(4)		333.758	321.750	335.119	3.5	0.4	4.2
Medical care		651.048	-	650.650	3.3	-0.1	-
Recreation(3)		157.619	-	154.086	7.3	-2.2	-
Education and communication(3)		143.099	-	143.116	1.4	0.0	-
Tuition, other school fees, and childcare(1)		1,291.438	-	1,310.418	3.1	1.5	-
Other goods and services		479.615	-	484.260	-1.6	1.0	-
Footnotes (1) Index is on a April 1978=100 base. (2) Index is on a December 1982=100 base. (3) Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. (4) Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. (5) Indexes on a December 1993=100 base.
- Data not available. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. NOTE: The October 2025 and November 2025 data values are not available due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations.

Table 2. Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI, CPI-U by special aggregate index for November 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Special aggregate index	Indexes				Percent change from:
	Historical data	Sep. 2025	Oct. 2025	Nov. 2025	Nov. 2024	Sep. 2025	Oct. 2025
All items		310.400	-	308.116	2.5	-0.7	-
Food		363.571	-	362.600	2.3	-0.3	-
Energy		266.107	-	248.625	2.6	-6.6	-
All items less food and energy		313.702	-	312.342	2.5	-0.4	-
All items less energy		320.063	-	318.751	2.5	-0.4	-
All items less medical care		294.856	-	292.506	2.5	-0.8	-
All items less shelter		292.230	-	288.640	2.6	-1.2	-
Commodities		227.293	-	224.853	2.3	-1.1	-
Commodities less food		176.282	-	173.530	2.2	-1.6	-
Commodities less food & beverages		166.610	-	163.831	2.4	-1.7	-
Durables		113.955	-	111.930	1.1	-1.8	-
Nondurables		298.051	-	295.708	2.7	-0.8	-
Nondurables less food		246.687	-	243.299	3.2	-1.4	-
Nondurables less food & beverages		232.270	-	228.642	3.7	-1.6	-
Services		383.689	-	381.591	2.6	-0.5	-
Services less rent of shelter(1)		433.174	-	427.192	3.0	-1.4	-
Services less medical care services		356.604	-	354.644	2.5	-0.5	-
Footnotes (1) Indexes on a December 1982=100 base.
- Data not available. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. NOTE: The October 2025 and November 2025 data values are not available due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations.