The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for New York-Newark-Jersey City was up 0.5 percent in July, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported today. Regional Commissioner Mark J. Maggi noted that over the month, the index for all items less food and energy and the index for food each rose 0.5 percent, while the energy index inched up 0.1 percent. (Data in this report are not seasonally adjusted. Accordingly, month-to-month changes may reflect the impact of seasonal influences.)

The New York area all items CPI-U advanced 4.6 percent for the 12 months ending in July. The index for all items less food and energy rose 4.0 percent. Over the same period, the energy index increased 15.7 percent, while the food index increased 3.4 percent.

  

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Chart 1. Over-the-year percent change in CPI-U, New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA, July 2023–July 2026

Month	All items	All items less food and energy
Jul 2023	3.2	4.4
Aug 2023	3.5	4.5
Sep 2023	3.7	4.1
Oct 2023	3.5	4.0
Nov 2023	3.0	3.9
Dec 2023	2.9	3.4
Jan 2024	3.1	3.7
Feb 2024	2.9	3.4
Mar 2024	3.4	3.5
Apr 2024	3.8	3.9
May 2024	3.9	4.0
Jun 2024	4.2	4.4
Jul 2024	4.1	4.3
Aug 2024	3.7	4.4
Sep 2024	3.8	4.5
Oct 2024	4.0	4.7
Nov 2024	4.3	5.2
Dec 2024	4.3	4.7
Jan 2025	4.0	4.4
Feb 2025	4.2	4.4
Mar 2025	3.8	4.2
Apr 2025	3.9	4.3
May 2025	3.4	3.6
Jun 2025	3.5	3.6
Jul 2025	3.2	3.1
Aug 2025	3.2	3.0
Sep 2025	3.0	2.8
Oct 2025	-	-
Nov 2025	3.0	2.5
Dec 2025	3.4	3.2
Jan 2026	2.9	2.8
Feb 2026	3.2	3.1
Mar 2026	4.0	3.3
Apr 2026	4.6	3.3
May 2026	5.1	3.9
Jun 2026	4.1	3.4
Jul 2026	4.6	4.0
Note: The October 2025 data values are not available due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations.

Food prices rose 0.5 percent for the month of July. The index for food at home (grocery store purchases) rose 0.4 percent, with higher prices in 5 of the 6 major grocery store food groups. The food away from home index (restaurant, cafeteria, and vending purchases) rose 0.6 percent.

The food index rose 3.4 percent over the year. Higher prices in all six major grocery store food groups contributed to a 3.3-percent increase in prices for food at home. Prices for food away from home advanced 3.6 percent.

The energy index ticked up 0.1 percent in July. Gasoline prices declined 3.0 percent.

The energy index increased 15.7 percent from July 2025 to July 2026. Over the year, the gasoline index rose 29.3 percent.

The index for all items less food and energy rose 0.5 percent over the month. Higher prices for owners’ equivalent rent (+0.6 percent) and rent of primary residence (+0.5 percent) contributed to a 0.5-percent increase in the shelter index. Other categories with July price increases included recreation (+1.7 percent), education and communication (+0.9 percent), and intracity transportation.

The index for all items less food and energy advanced 4.0 percent over the year. A 4.8-percent rise in shelter prices included increases in owners’ equivalent rent (+4.9 percent) and rent of primary residence (+4.3 percent). Airline fares also rose over the year.

The Consumer Price Index for August 2026 is scheduled to be released on Friday, September 11, 2026, at 8:30 a.m. (ET).

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 New York is published 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.

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Table 1. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA, CPI-U by expenditure category for July 2026, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Expenditure category	Indexes				Percent change from:
	Historical data	May 2026	Jun. 2026	Jul. 2026	Jul. 2025	May 2026	Jun. 2026
All items		361.362	360.529	362.189	4.6	0.2	0.5
All items (1967=100)		1,044.646	1,042.240	1,047.039	-	-	-
Food and beverages		358.009	357.992	359.853	3.4	0.5	0.5
Food		360.276	360.401	362.221	3.4	0.5	0.5
Food at home		336.965	336.978	338.451	3.3	0.4	0.4
Cereals and bakery products		398.715	406.468	407.011	1.9	2.1	0.1
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs		348.124	344.482	345.414	2.0	-0.8	0.3
Dairy and related products		279.369	284.417	282.059	0.8	1.0	-0.8
Fruits and vegetables		402.713	393.291	399.995	7.0	-0.7	1.7
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)		351.479	349.200	349.992	7.8	-0.4	0.2
Other food at home		296.067	300.711	301.925	2.1	2.0	0.4
Food away from home		406.172	406.500	408.965	3.6	0.7	0.6
Alcoholic beverages		319.340	317.748	319.994	2.6	0.2	0.7
Housing		400.378	400.209	402.380	4.8	0.5	0.5
Shelter		497.291	496.178	498.478	4.8	0.2	0.5
Rent of primary residence		506.058	506.466	508.793	4.3	0.5	0.5
Owners' equiv. rent of residences(2)		512.167	513.148	516.170	4.9	0.8	0.6
Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence(2)		511.533	512.512	515.531	4.9	0.8	0.6
Household furnishings and operations		146.647	146.988	146.698	1.5	0.0	-0.2
Apparel		132.675	129.505	127.149	0.5	-4.2	-1.8
Transportation		319.750	318.849	319.359	10.1	-0.1	0.2
Private transportation		322.401	318.823	317.163	7.9	-1.6	-0.5
New and used motor vehicles(3)		126.540	128.243	129.656	1.9	2.5	1.1
New vehicles(1)		260.989	261.541	261.976	1.4	0.4	0.2
Used cars and trucks(1)		355.451	360.162	363.370	-1.8	2.2	0.9
Motor fuel		361.781	335.070	325.041	29.3	-10.2	-3.0
Gasoline (all types)		360.067	333.481	323.520	29.3	-10.2	-3.0
Gasoline, unleaded regular(4)		358.628	330.796	320.579	30.1	-10.6	-3.1
Gasoline, unleaded midgrade(4)(5)		372.790	350.488	341.531	25.6	-8.4	-2.6
Gasoline, unleaded premium(4)		380.026	359.247	350.346	25.5	-7.8	-2.5
Medical care		586.607	576.410	576.517	2.1	-1.7	0.0
Recreation(3)		160.279	162.754	165.495	3.4	3.3	1.7
Education and communication(3)		167.839	167.125	168.699	0.8	0.5	0.9
Tuition, other school fees, and childcare(6)		103.371	103.598	103.980	1.8	0.6	0.4
Other goods and services		531.285	529.960	535.708	3.8	0.8	1.1
Footnotes (1) Indexes on a December 1977=100 base. (2) Indexes 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. (6) Index on a December 2024=100 base.
- Data not available. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

Table 2. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA, CPI-U by special aggregate index for July 2026, not seasonally adjusted (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Special aggregate index	Indexes				Percent change from:
	Historical data	May 2026	Jun. 2026	Jul. 2026	Jul. 2025	May 2026	Jun. 2026
All items		361.362	360.529	362.189	4.6	0.2	0.5
Food		360.276	360.401	362.221	3.4	0.5	0.5
Energy		334.726	327.780	328.040	15.7	-2.0	0.1
All items less food and energy		372.067	371.575	373.366	4.0	0.3	0.5
All items less energy		368.074	367.681	369.466	3.9	0.4	0.5
All items less medical care		351.296	350.894	352.627	4.8	0.4	0.5
All items less shelter		306.946	306.226	307.629	4.5	0.2	0.5
Commodities		239.952	237.624	238.058	4.2	-0.8	0.2
Commodities less food		178.206	174.973	174.810	4.9	-1.9	-0.1
Commodities less food & beverages		173.023	169.720	169.464	5.1	-2.1	-0.2
Durables		110.150	111.654	112.150	0.4	1.8	0.4
Nondurables		291.740	287.608	287.987	5.1	-1.3	0.1
Nondurables less food		227.623	220.465	219.742	7.0	-3.5	-0.3
Nondurables less food & beverages		222.208	214.604	213.661	7.6	-3.8	-0.4
Services		463.947	464.436	467.154	4.7	0.7	0.6
Services less rent of shelter(1)		441.559	444.095	447.476	4.8	1.3	0.8
Services less medical care services		449.389	450.798	453.593	4.9	0.9	0.6
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.