The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for the St. Louis area increased 0.2 percent in July and August, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Assistant Commissioner for Regional Operations Michael Hirniak noted that the index for food advanced 0.4 percent, contributing to over 50 percent of the two-month all items rise. The index for all items less food and energy index was up 0.1 percent, and the energy index advanced 0.5 percent over the same period. (Data in this report are not seasonally adjusted. Accordingly, month-to-month changes may reflect the impact of seasonal influences.)

The St. Louis area all items CPI-U increased 2.6 percent for the 12 months ending in August. The index for all items less food and energy advanced 3.2 percent over the year. Food prices rose 1.5 percent, while energy prices fell 0.1 percent.

  

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Chart 1. Over-the-year percent change in CPI-U, St. Louis, MO-IL, August 2022–August 2025

Month	All items	All items less food and energy
Aug 2022	7.5	5.3
Oct 2022	7.0	5.0
Dec 2022	6.2	5.0
Feb 2023	5.9	4.8
Apr 2023	4.2	4.6
Jun 2023	3.1	4.8
Aug 2023	3.1	3.7
Oct 2023	3.1	3.8
Dec 2023	2.8	3.6
Feb 2024	3.6	4.8
Apr 2024	4.0	4.2
Jun 2024	3.4	4.3
Aug 2024	3.3	4.1
Oct 2024	2.6	3.5
Dec 2024	3.1	3.4
Feb 2025	2.0	2.2
Apr 2025	2.2	2.9
Jun 2025	2.5	3.0
Aug 2025	2.6	3.2

Food prices increased 0.4 percent for the two months ending in August. The index for food at home (grocery store purchases) advanced 0.8 percent, with higher prices in 4 of the 6 major grocery store food groups. The food away from home index (restaurant, cafeteria, and vending purchases) declined 0.1 percent for the same period. Within the food at home index, prices for other food at home (+1.7 percent), and cereals and bakery products (+2.3 percent) led the increases. The index for fruits and vegetables led the decreases in the food at home category, falling 1.5 percent over the two-month period.

Food prices were up 1.5 percent over the year. Prices for food at home advanced 1.5 percent, and prices for food away from home rose 1.4 percent.

The energy index increased 0.5 percent over the two-month pricing period ending in August. Gasoline prices also advanced 0.5 percent over the same period.

From August 2024 to August 2025, the energy index declined 0.1 percent. Over the year, the gasoline index decreased 8.2 percent.

The index for all items less food and energy rose 0.1 percent during the two-month period. Among the index’s components, prices were higher for education and communication (+2.0 percent), apparel (+3.4 percent), and recreation (+1.0 percent). In contrast, prices were lower for owners’ equivalent rent of residence (-0.5 percent), motor vehicle parts and equipment, and rent of primary residence (-0.8 percent).

The index for all items less food and energy advanced 3.2 percent over the year. Components contributing to the increase included owners’ equivalent rent of residence (+3.5 percent), medical care services, and household furnishings and operations (+5.0 percent).

The October 2025 Consumer Price Index for the St. Louis area is scheduled to be released on Thursday, November 13, 2025.

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 St. Louis 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 St. Louis, MO-IL, Core Based Statistical Area covered in this release includes Bond, Calhoun, Clinton, Jersey, Macoupin, Madison, Monroe, and St. Clair counties in Illinois; and Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln, St. Charles, St. Louis, and Warren counties and St. Louis City in Missouri.

Refer to the national CPI news release technical note or the Handbook of Methods for more information.

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Table 1. St. Louis, MO-IL, CPI-U by expenditure category for August 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Expenditure category	Indexes				Percent change from:
	Historical data	Jun. 2025	Jul. 2025	Aug. 2025	Aug. 2024	Jun. 2025	Jul. 2025
All items		293.580	-	294.026	2.6	0.2	-
All items (1967=100)		871.981	-	873.308	-	-	-
Food and beverages		336.136	-	337.456	1.4	0.4	-
Food		336.471	-	337.870	1.5	0.4	-
Food at home		297.003	294.805	299.422	1.5	0.8	1.6
Cereals and bakery products		254.875	240.591	260.772	-0.6	2.3	8.4
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs		293.886	296.480	295.839	1.6	0.7	-0.2
Dairy and related products		183.602	184.684	183.430	-1.9	-0.1	-0.7
Fruits and vegetables		434.226	425.677	427.732	0.7	-1.5	0.5
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)		235.898	231.077	237.202	3.4	0.6	2.7
Other food at home		317.982	321.235	323.241	3.0	1.7	0.6
Food away from home		404.647	-	404.214	1.4	-0.1	-
Alcoholic beverages		300.878	-	300.942	0.4	0.0	-
Housing		301.467	-	300.110	4.0	-0.5	-
Shelter		354.057	349.728	351.929	3.2	-0.6	0.6
Rent of primary residence		325.186	319.968	322.438	2.7	-0.8	0.8
Owners' equiv. rent of residences(2)		371.302	367.632	369.288	3.5	-0.5	0.5
Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence(2)		371.302	367.632	369.288	3.5	-0.5	0.5
Household furnishings and operations		148.416	-	149.010	5.0	0.4	-
Apparel		136.429	-	141.017	-0.2	3.4	-
Transportation		250.552	-	249.283	0.3	-0.5	-
Private transportation		256.460	-	254.837	0.2	-0.6	-
New and used motor vehicles(3)		119.320	-	118.096	0.5	-1.0	-
New vehicles(1)		262.676	-	262.656	0.2	0.0	-
Used cars and trucks(1)		407.231	-	412.755	5.9	1.4	-
Motor fuel		280.865	284.944	283.161	-7.9	0.8	-0.6
Gasoline (all types)		276.306	279.693	277.778	-8.2	0.5	-0.7
Unleaded regular(4)		264.659	267.979	266.074	-8.4	0.5	-0.7
Unleaded midgrade(4)(5)		340.868	344.602	343.113	-6.7	0.7	-0.4
Unleaded premium(4)		298.249	301.168	299.756	-5.8	0.5	-0.5
Medical care		535.074	-	538.085	3.8	0.6	-
Recreation(3)		138.344	-	139.784	3.1	1.0	-
Education and communication(3)		150.518	-	153.462	2.2	2.0	-
Tuition, other school fees, and childcare(1)		1,423.268	-	1,449.797	0.7	1.9	-
Other goods and services		407.973	-	408.139	4.0	0.0	-
(1) Index is on a March 1978=100 base. (2) Index is on a November 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.

Table 2. St. Louis, MO-IL, CPI-U by special aggregate index for August 2025, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Special aggregate index	Indexes				Percent change from:
	Historical data	Jun. 2025	Jul. 2025	Aug. 2025	Aug. 2024	Jun. 2025	Jul. 2025
All items		293.580	-	294.026	2.6	0.2	-
Food		336.471	-	337.870	1.5	0.4	-
Energy		294.416	297.043	295.861	-0.1	0.5	-0.4
All items less food and energy		292.150	-	292.310	3.2	0.1	-
All items less energy		297.956	-	298.335	2.8	0.1	-
All items less medical care		281.461	-	281.772	2.5	0.1	-
All items less shelter		274.927	-	276.190	2.3	0.5	-
Commodities		228.668	-	229.289	0.7	0.3	-
Commodities less food		184.017	-	184.291	0.6	0.1	-
Commodities less food & beverages		179.229	-	179.509	0.6	0.2	-
Durables		123.542	-	122.412	3.6	-0.9	-
Nondurables		287.116	-	288.866	-0.2	0.6	-
Nondurables less food		245.020	-	247.200	-1.6	0.9	-
Nondurables less food & beverages		239.582	-	241.918	-1.9	1.0	-
Services		360.860	-	361.114	3.9	0.1	-
Services less rent of shelter(1)		376.095	-	379.058	4.6	0.8	-
Services less medical care services		343.703	-	343.567	3.8	0.0	-
(1) Indexes on a November 1982=100 base.
- Data not available. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.