The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell increased 1.3 percent from June to August, 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 2.3 percent over the bi-monthly period. The food index also increased from June to August, up 2.8 percent. In contrast, the energy index declined 10.1 percent over the bi-monthly period. (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 11.7 percent for the 12 months ending in August. The index for all items less food and energy rose 11.0 over the past year. The food index (+12.6 percent) and the energy index (+16.8 percent) also increased over the past 12 months. (See chart 1 and table 1.)

Food

The food index rose 2.8 percent from June to August, 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 2.5 percent.

The food index advanced 12.6 percent for the 12 months ending in August. The food at home and the food away from home indexes each increased over the past year, up 14.6 percent and 9.8 percent, respectively.

Energy

The energy index fell 10.1 percent from June to August, reflecting a 19.2-percent decrease in the gasoline index.

The energy index advanced 16.8 percent for the 12 months ending in August. The gasoline index contributed to the increase, up 19.6 percent over the past year.

All items less food and energy

The index for all items less food and energy rose 2.3 percent from June to August, reflecting increases across several indexes, most notable, shelter (+3.0 percent).

The index for all items less food and energy advanced 11.0 percent for the 12 months ending in August. Several indexes contributed to the increase, including shelter (+13.1 percent) and new and used motor vehicles (+15.3 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	1.3	11.7
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 September 2022 is scheduled to be released on Thursday, October 13, 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-
	Jun. 2022	Jul. 2022	Aug. 2022	Aug. 2021	Jun. 2022	Jul. 2022
Expenditure category
All Items	291.764	-	295.469	11.7	1.3	-
All items (1967=100)	879.870	-	891.044	-	-	-
Food and beverages	296.293	-	303.945	11.9	2.6	-
Food	311.769	-	320.459	12.6	2.8	-
Food at home	291.569	296.973	300.410	14.6	3.0	1.2
Cereals and bakery products	245.886	-	252.432	8.7	2.7	-
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs	340.321	-	341.633	11.6	0.4	-
Dairy and related products	272.138	-	270.809	16.8	-0.5	-
Fruits and vegetables	329.241	-	344.688	11.1	4.7	-
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)	313.100	-	324.110	19.4	3.5	-
Other food at home	246.888	-	259.897	19.7	5.3	-
Food away from home	343.877	-	352.322	9.8	2.5	-
Alcoholic beverages	161.203	-	160.664	3.2	-0.3	-
Housing	299.226	-	307.338	12.8	2.7	-
Shelter	334.585	339.401	344.679	13.1	3.0	1.6
Rent of primary residence	350.376	353.929	361.908	13.5	3.3	2.3
Owners' equiv. rent of residences(2)	327.845	332.303	338.028	14.1	3.1	1.7
Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence(2)	327.845	332.303	338.028	14.1	3.1	1.7
Fuels and utilities	-	-	-	-	-	-
Household energy	-	-	-	-	-	-
Energy Services	-	-	-	-	-	-
Electricity	-	-	-	-	-	-
Utility (piped) gas service	-	-	-	-	-	-
Household furnishings and operations	144.240	-	146.471	11.1	1.5	-
Apparel	148.389	-	159.110	6.6	7.2	-
Transportation	296.288	-	281.361	17.3	-5.0	-
Private transportation	299.144	-	284.041	15.6	-5.0	-
New and used motor vehicles(3)	144.988	-	145.311	15.3	0.2	-
New vehicles(1)	295.850	-	298.730	-	1.0	-
Used cars and trucks(1)	320.853	-	319.145	7.2	-0.5	-
Motor fuel	390.392	364.970	315.800	20.1	-19.1	-13.5
Gasoline (all types)	386.937	361.511	312.469	19.6	-19.2	-13.6
Unleaded regular(4)	381.261	355.482	306.429	19.8	-19.6	-13.8
Unleaded midgrade(4)(5)	475.293	449.618	392.915	19.0	-17.3	-12.6
Unleaded premium(4)	398.771	378.523	334.382	18.5	-16.1	-11.7
Medical Care	-	-	-	-	-	-
Recreation(3)	96.541	-	97.642	7.7	1.1	-
Education and communication(3)	140.548	-	139.042	-3.8	-1.1	-
Tuition, other school fees, and child care(1)	1,555.195	-	1,479.218	-6.8	-4.9	-
Other goods and services	453.289	-	463.011	11.4	2.1	-
Commodity and service group
All Items	291.764	-	295.469	11.7	1.3	-
Commodities	221.204	-	221.755	12.9	0.2	-
Commodities less food & beverages	185.744	-	183.324	13.1	-1.3	-
Nondurables less food & beverages	236.977	-	229.175	14.5	-3.3	-
Durables	136.243	-	137.783	11.5	1.1	-
Services	357.365	-	364.298	11.0	1.9	-
Special aggregate indexes
All items less medical care	279.894	-	282.662	12.1	1.0	-
All items less shelter	278.543	-	279.695	11.0	0.4	-
Commodities less food	184.282	-	181.955	12.8	-1.3	-
Nondurables	261.812	-	261.609	13.2	-0.1	-
Nondurables less food	229.108	-	222.062	13.6	-3.1	-
Services less rent of shelter(2)	397.960	-	400.525	8.5	0.6	-
Services less medical care services	339.433	-	346.338	11.8	2.0	-
Energy	315.895	307.759	283.996	16.8	-10.1	-7.7
All items less energy	289.792	-	296.629	11.3	2.4	-
All items less food and energy	286.670	-	293.196	11.0	2.3	-
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.