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Wednesday, May 12, 2021
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach rose 1.6 percent from February to April, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Janet S. Rankin noted that the index for all items less food and energy rose 1.1 percent over the bi-monthly period. The energy index increased 8.0 percent from February to April, while the food index rose 1.5 percent. (Data in this report are not seasonally adjusted. Accordingly, bi-monthly changes may reflect the impact of seasonal influences.)
The all items CPI-U advanced 4.1 percent for the 12 months ending in April. The index for all items less food and energy rose 2.8 percent over the past 12 months, while the energy index advanced 24.7 percent. The food index index also increased over the past year, up 2.9 percent. (See chart 1 and table 1.)
FoodThe food index rose 1.5 percent from February to April, reflecting increases in the food away from home (2.3 percent) and the food at home (0.9 percent) indexes.
The food index increased 2.9 percent for the 12 months ending in April, led by a 3.9-percent increase in the food at home index. The food away from home index also advanced over the last 12 months, up 1.6 percent.
EnergyThe energy index rose 8.0 percent from February to April, reflecting a 14.5-percent increase in the gasoline index. The utility (piped) gas service index rose 2.2 percent over the bi-monthly period, while the electricity index was unchanged.
The energy index jumped 24.7 percent for the 12 months ending in April, led by a 47.2-percent sharp increase in the gasoline index. Over the past year, the electricity and the utility (piped) gas service indexes inceased, up 2.7 percent and 5.0 percent, respectively.
All items less food and energyThe index for all items less food and energy rose 1.1 percent from February to April. Several indexes noted increases, including used cars and trucks (12.9 percent), shelter (0.6 percent), and household furnishings and operations (3.7 percent).
The index for all items less food and energy advanced 2.8 percent for the 12 months ending in April, reflecting a 2.8-percent increase in the shelter index. The new and used motor vehicles index rose 6.1 percent over the past year—reflecting a 20.0 percent spike in the used cars and trucks index.
Month | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | |||||
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2-month | 12-month | 2-month | 12-month | 2-month | 12-month | 2-month | 12-month | 2-month | 12-month | |
February | 1.3 | 4.0 | 2.6 | 3.2 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 1.4 |
April | -0.5 | 2.8 | -0.1 | 3.5 | 0.8 | 2.2 | -1.0 | -0.5 | 1.6 | 4.1 |
June | -0.2 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 4.2 | -0.5 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.7 | ||
August | 0.3 | 2.3 | -0.3 | 3.6 | 0.4 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 1.4 | ||
October | 1.0 | 2.7 | 0.8 | 3.4 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 1.0 | ||
December | -0.1 | 1.8 | -0.6 | 2.9 | -0.2 | 2.0 | -0.2 | 1.1 |
The Consumer Price Index for May 2021 is scheduled to be released on Thursday, June 10, 2021 at 8:30 a.m. (ET).
Data collection by personal visit for the Consumer Price Index (CPI) program has been suspended since March 16, 2020. When possible, data normally collected by personal visit were collected either online or by phone. Additionally, data collection in April was affected by the temporary closing or limited operations of certain types of establishments. These factors resulted in an increase in the number of prices considered temporarily unavailable and imputed. 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. Additional information is available at www.bls.gov/covid19/effects-of-covid-19-pandemic-on-consumer-price-index.htm.
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 population and (2) a CPI for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) which covers 29 percent of the total 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 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, Core Based Statistical Area covered in this release is comprised of Broward, Miami-Dade, and Palm Beach Counties in Florida.
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Item and Group | Indexes | Percent change from- | ||||
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Feb. 2021 | Mar. 2021 | Apr. 2021 | Apr. 2020 | Feb. 2021 | Mar. 2021 | |
Expenditure category | ||||||
All Items | 275.849 | - | 280.390 | 4.1 | 1.6 | - |
All items (November 1977=100) | 444.631 | - | 451.950 | - | - | - |
Food and beverages | 280.457 | - | 284.357 | 1.7 | 1.4 | - |
Food | 285.186 | - | 289.397 | 2.9 | 1.5 | - |
Food at home | 279.336 | 280.382 | 281.902 | 3.9 | 0.9 | 0.5 |
Cereals and bakery products | 331.444 | - | 327.021 | 5.5 | -1.3 | - |
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs | 269.586 | - | 271.736 | 6.2 | 0.8 | - |
Dairy and related products | 252.135 | - | 252.603 | 2.7 | 0.2 | - |
Fruits and vegetables | 359.220 | - | 358.225 | 1.1 | -0.3 | - |
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1) | 254.163 | - | 274.050 | 6.3 | 7.8 | - |
Other food at home | 229.792 | - | - | - | - | - |
Food away from home | 297.674 | - | 304.495 | 1.6 | 2.3 | - |
Alcoholic beverages | 223.687 | - | 224.107 | - | 0.2 | - |
Housing | 292.645 | - | 294.903 | 2.7 | 0.8 | - |
Shelter | 338.309 | 340.035 | 340.192 | 2.8 | 0.6 | 0.0 |
Rent of primary residence | 329.676 | 330.577 | 331.070 | 1.9 | 0.4 | 0.1 |
Owners' equiv. rent of residences(2) | 343.750 | 344.796 | 344.682 | 3.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence(2) | 343.750 | 344.796 | 344.682 | 3.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 |
Fuels and utilities | 181.686 | - | 181.761 | 2.8 | 0.0 | - |
Household energy | 151.965 | 151.951 | 152.037 | 2.9 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
Energy services | 149.253 | 149.269 | 149.326 | 2.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Electricity | 146.105 | 146.105 | 146.105 | 2.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Utility (piped) gas service | 189.006 | 189.934 | 193.244 | 5.0 | 2.2 | 1.7 |
Household furnishings and operations | 166.037 | - | 172.261 | 0.8 | 3.7 | - |
Apparel | 139.813 | - | 138.328 | 7.4 | -1.1 | - |
Transportation | 217.780 | - | 232.679 | 15.3 | 6.8 | - |
Private transportation | 228.530 | - | 243.047 | 17.1 | 6.4 | - |
New and used motor vehicles(3) | 116.490 | - | 121.382 | 6.1 | 4.2 | - |
New vehicles(1) | 231.892 | - | 232.185 | -0.6 | 0.1 | - |
Used cars and trucks(1) | 316.202 | - | 357.109 | 20.0 | 12.9 | - |
Motor fuel | 225.525 | 252.104 | 258.284 | 46.8 | 14.5 | 2.5 |
Gasoline (all types) | 223.037 | 249.353 | 255.415 | 47.2 | 14.5 | 2.4 |
Unleaded regular(4) | 219.520 | 245.705 | 251.606 | 48.9 | 14.6 | 2.4 |
223.629 | 249.316 | 253.505 | 36.6 | 13.4 | 1.7 | |
Unleaded premium(4) | 241.687 | 267.698 | 275.298 | 35.8 | 13.9 | 2.8 |
Motor vehicle insurance(1) | 907.668 | - | 922.354 | 24.7 | 1.6 | - |
Medical Care | 586.668 | - | 585.347 | 0.9 | -0.2 | - |
Recreation(3) | 125.055 | - | 127.168 | 4.6 | 1.7 | - |
Education and communication(3) | 123.060 | - | 124.592 | 1.1 | 1.2 | - |
Tuition, other school fees, and child care(1) | 1,021.799 | - | 1,021.799 | 0.6 | 0.0 | - |
Other goods and services | 360.831 | - | 363.495 | 1.1 | 0.7 | - |
Commodity and service group | ||||||
All Items | 275.849 | - | 280.390 | 4.1 | 1.6 | - |
Commodities | 207.089 | - | 215.530 | 7.0 | 4.1 | - |
Commodities less food & beverages | 165.781 | - | 175.365 | 10.6 | 5.8 | - |
Nondurables less food & beverages | 200.118 | - | 210.749 | 15.2 | 5.3 | - |
Durables | 128.985 | - | 137.254 | 4.9 | 6.4 | - |
Services | 328.245 | - | 330.253 | 2.9 | 0.6 | - |
Special aggregate indexes | ||||||
All items less medical care | 262.704 | - | 267.482 | 4.5 | 1.8 | - |
All items less shelter | 242.915 | - | 248.870 | 5.1 | 2.5 | - |
Commodities less food | 168.118 | - | 177.456 | 9.4 | 5.6 | - |
Nondurables | 241.625 | - | 249.481 | 7.8 | 3.3 | - |
Nondurables less food | 201.633 | - | 211.634 | 12.8 | 5.0 | - |
Services less rent of shelter(2) | 322.063 | - | 324.318 | 3.0 | 0.7 | - |
Services less medical care services | 308.692 | - | 310.884 | 3.1 | 0.7 | - |
Energy | 185.016 | 197.023 | 199.863 | 24.7 | 8.0 | 1.4 |
All items less energy | 286.074 | - | 289.442 | 2.8 | 1.2 | - |
All items less food and energy | 286.664 | - | 289.925 | 2.8 | 1.1 | - |
Footnotes | ||||||
- Data not available. |
Last Modified Date: Wednesday, May 12, 2021