The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell increased 2.4 percent from April to June, 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 advanced 1.5 percent over the bi-monthly period. The energy index and the food index also increased from April to June, up 11.2 percent and 2.1 percent, respectively. (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 11.5 percent for the 12 months ending in June. The index for all items less food and energy rose 9.7 over the past year. The energy index (+31.9 percent) and the food index (+10.1 percent) also increased over the past 12 months. (See chart 1 and table 1.)

Food

The food index rose 2.1 percent from April to June, led by a 3.0 percent increase in the food at home index. The food away from home index also increased over the bi-monthly period, up 1.0 percent.

The food index jumped 10.1 percent for the 12 months ending in June. The food at home and the food away from home indexes each advanced over the past year, up 11.0 percent and 8.6 percent, respectively.

Energy

The energy index rose 11.2 percent from April to June, reflecting a 16.3-percent increase in the gasoline index.

The energy index advanced 31.9 percent for the 12 months ending in June. The gasoline index contributed to the increase, up 50.8 percent over the past year.   

All items less food and energy

The index for all items less food and energy rose 1.5 percent from April to June, reflecting increases across several indexes, most notable, shelter (+2.5 percent). In contrast, the apparel index declined 6.9 percent over bi-monthly period.

The index for all items less food and energy advanced 9.7 percent for the 12 months ending in June. Several indexes contributed to the increase, including shelter (+11.2 percent) and new and used motor vehicles (+16.0 percent).

Table A. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA, CPI-U 2-month and 12-month percent changes, all items index, not seasonally adjusted

Month	2018		2019		2020		2021		2022
	2-month	12-month	2-month	12-month	2-month	12-month	2-month	12-month	2-month	12-month
February	1.2	3.3	1.2	1.3	0.8	2.9	1.6	2.4	2.3	10.6
April	0.2	2.8	1.4	2.5	-1.8	-0.3	1.6	6.0	1.9	10.8
June	1.2	2.8	-0.1	1.1	1.1	0.9	1.8	6.7	2.4	11.5
August	0.3	2.2	1.3	2.2	1.2	0.7	1.1	6.6
October	-1.0	1.6	-0.2	3.0	0.3	1.2	1.5	7.9
December	-0.6	1.4	-0.3	3.3	0.1	1.6	1.9	9.8

The Consumer Price Index for July 2022 is scheduled to be released on Wednesday, August 10, 2022, at 8:30 a.m. (ET).

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 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 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA, Core Based Statistical Area covered in this release is comprised of Barrow, Bartow, Butts, Carroll, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, Dawson, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Haralson, Heard, Henry, Jasper, Lamar, Meriwether, Morgan, Newton, Paulding, Pickens, Pike, Rockdale, Spalding, and Walton Counties in Georgia.

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Table 1. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Indexes and percent changes for selected periods
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)

Item and Group	Indexes			Percent change from-
	Apr. 2022	May 2022	Jun. 2022	Jun. 2021	Apr. 2022	May 2022
Expenditure category
All Items	284.925	-	291.764	11.5	2.4	-
All items (1967=100)	859.247	-	879.870	-	-	-
Food and beverages	290.222	-	296.293	9.7	2.1	-
Food	305.231	-	311.769	10.1	2.1	-
Food at home	283.096	287.780	291.569	11.0	3.0	1.3
Cereals and bakery products	235.392	-	245.886	10.0	4.5	-
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs	331.659	-	340.321	11.5	2.6	-
Dairy and related products	242.268	-	272.138	14.6	12.3	-
Fruits and vegetables	325.914	-	329.241	7.5	1.0	-
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)	305.963	-	313.100	18.3	2.3	-
Other food at home	243.165	-	246.888	8.8	1.5	-
Food away from home	340.431	-	343.877	8.6	1.0	-
Alcoholic beverages	159.005	-	161.203	3.5	1.4	-
Housing	292.048	-	299.226	11.0	2.5	-
Shelter	326.384	330.505	334.585	11.2	2.5	1.2
Rent of primary residence	341.221	345.113	350.376	12.2	2.7	1.5
Owners' equiv. rent of residences(2)	319.701	324.644	327.845	12.1	2.5	1.0
Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence(2)	319.701	324.644	327.845	12.1	2.5	1.0
Fuels and utilities	-	-	-	-	-	-
Household energy	-	-	-	-	-	-
Energy Services	-	-	-	-	-	-
Electricity	-	-	-	-	-	-
Utility (piped) gas service	-	-	-	-	-	-
Household furnishings and operations	142.602	-	144.240	9.2	1.1	-
Apparel	159.388	-	148.389	4.8	-6.9	-
Transportation	279.332	-	296.288	23.8	6.1	-
Private transportation	281.796	-	299.144	22.9	6.2	-
New and used motor vehicles(3)	141.523	-	144.988	16.0	2.4	-
New vehicles(1)	291.412	-	295.850	-	1.5	-
Used cars and trucks(1)	311.211	-	320.853	6.7	3.1	-
Motor fuel	335.758	352.345	390.392	51.3	16.3	10.8
Gasoline (all types)	332.733	348.861	386.937	50.8	16.3	10.9
Unleaded regular(4)	326.739	343.072	381.261	51.8	16.7	11.1
Unleaded midgrade(4)(5)	416.373	432.148	475.293	46.3	14.2	10.0
Unleaded premium(4)	352.204	365.229	398.771	43.5	13.2	9.2
Medical Care	-	-	-	-	-	-
Recreation(3)	94.198	-	96.541	10.5	2.5	-
Education and communication(3)	140.167	-	140.548	-1.2	0.3	-
Tuition, other school fees, and child care(1)	1,551.696	-	1,555.195	0.9	0.2	-
Other goods and services	452.186	-	453.289	9.4	0.2	-
Commodity and service group
All Items	284.925	-	291.764	11.5	2.4	-
Commodities	215.179	-	221.204	14.1	2.8	-
Commodities less food & beverages	179.851	-	185.744	16.6	3.3	-
Nondurables less food & beverages	226.858	-	236.977	20.0	4.5	-
Durables	133.749	-	136.243	12.6	1.9	-
Services	349.880	-	357.365	9.9	2.1	-
Special aggregate indexes
All items less medical care	272.834	-	279.894	12.2	2.6	-
All items less shelter	272.160	-	278.543	11.7	2.3	-
Commodities less food	178.574	-	184.282	16.1	3.2	-
Nondurables	253.814	-	261.812	14.3	3.2	-
Nondurables less food	219.814	-	229.108	18.7	4.2	-
Services less rent of shelter(2)	391.302	-	397.960	8.3	1.7	-
Services less medical care services	331.633	-	339.433	10.6	2.4	-
Energy	284.089	292.988	315.895	31.9	11.2	7.8
All items less energy	285.145	-	289.792	9.8	1.6	-
All items less food and energy	282.346	-	286.670	9.7	1.5	-
Footnotes (1) Index is on a December 1977=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. Data not seasonally adjusted.