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22-1346-ATL
Tuesday, December 13, 2022

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Consumer Price Index, Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater — November 2022

Area prices up 9.6 percent over the past 12 months

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater rose 1.0 percent from September to November, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Janet S. Rankin noted the index for all items less food and energy increased 1.3 percent over the bi-monthly period. The energy index rose 1.0 percent from September to November, while the food index edged down 0.2 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 9.6 percent for the 12 months ending in November. The index for all items less food and energy increased 9.7 percent over the past year. The food index and the energy index also increased over the prior 12 months, up 9.5 percent and 8.9 percent, respectively. (See chart 1 and table A.) 



Food

The food index declined 0.2 percent from September to November, led by a 1.0-percent decrease in the food at home index. Among the grocery store food groups to decline over the bi-monthly period include cereals and bakery products (-4.4 percent) and other food at home (-1.7 percent). The food away from home index rose 1.0 percent over the bi-monthly period.

The food index advanced 9.5 percent for the 12 months ending in November. The food at home index rose 10.4 percent over the past year as all six major grocery store food group indexes increased. The food away from home index also increased over the past year, up 8.4 percent.

Energy

The energy index rose 1.0 percent from September to November. The gasoline and electricity indexes contributed to the bi-monthly increase, up 1.1 percent and 0.5 percent, respectively. In contrast, the index for natural gas edged down 0.3 percent from September to November.

The energy index rose 8.9 percent for the 12 months ending in November, led by increases in the electricity (+12.5 percent) and gasoline (+5.1 percent) indexes. The index for natural gas also increased over the past year, up 16.7 percent.

All items less food and energy

The index for all items less food and energy rose 1.3 percent from September to November. The shelter index increased 2.2 percent over the bi-monthly period, primarily reflecting a 3.1-percent increase in the owners’ equivalent rent index; rent of primary residence rose 2.9 percent. Recreation (+3.5 percent) was also among the indexes to increase from September to November. In contrast, used cars and trucks was among the indexes to decline over the bi-monthly period, down 5.1 percent.

The index for all items less food and energy advanced 9.7 percent for the 12 months ending in November, led by a 14.6-percent increase in the shelter index. Within shelter, owners’ equivalent rent rose 14.7 percent over the past year and rent of primary residence increased 15.8 percent.

Table A. Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL, CPI-U 2-month and 12-month percent changes, all items index, not seasonally adjusted
Month20182019202020212022
2-month12-month2-month12-month2-month12-month2-month12-month2-month12-month

January

0.8-1.10.40.73.80.93.42.49.6

March

0.61.91.70.22.11.64.92.110.2

May

0.40.92.2-0.30.91.06.22.111.3

July

0.30.12.11.01.81.46.61.311.2

September

0.6-0.11.51.43.31.06.10.310.5

November

-0.32.30.22.00.13.21.88.01.09.6

The Consumer Price Index for December 2022 is scheduled to be released on Thursday, January 12, 2023, 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 U.S. population and (2) a CPI for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) which covers approximately 29 percent of the total U.S. 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 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Core Based Statistical Area includes Hernando, Hillsborough, Pasco, and Pinellas Counties.

Information in this release will be made available to sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: (202) 691-5200; Telecommunications Relay Service: 7-1-1.

 Table 1. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Indexes and percent changes for selected periods,
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL (1987=100 unless otherwise noted)
Item and Group

IndexesPercent change from-
Sep.
2022
Oct.
2022
Nov.
2022
Nov.
2021
Sep.
2022
Oct.
2022

Expenditure category

All Items

277.490-280.3959.61.0-

Food and beverages

282.364-282.2199.1-0.1-

Food

285.194-284.7419.5-0.2-

Food at home

299.381298.510296.27310.4-1.0-0.7

Cereals and bakery products

330.528-315.99915.2-4.4-

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

311.579-310.4234.6-0.4-

Dairy and related products

266.098-276.64510.84.0-

Fruits and vegetables

394.268-385.9049.0-2.1-

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials

211.890-211.89713.80.0-

Other food at home

238.388-234.42013.5-1.7-

Food away from home

266.975-269.7138.41.0-

Alcoholic beverages

231.464-234.9433.11.5-

Housing

294.175-299.44213.71.8-

Shelter

341.119347.633348.64614.62.20.3

Rent of primary residence

351.684356.702361.97215.82.91.5

Owners' equiv. rent of residences

357.081363.065368.15814.73.11.4

Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence

357.081363.065368.15814.73.11.4

Fuels and utilities

249.166-253.27911.11.7-

Household energy

199.573200.656201.09713.20.80.2

Energy Services

196.067197.051197.03212.70.50.0

Electricity

192.991193.995193.99512.50.50.0

Utility (piped) gas service

267.456267.418266.67216.7-0.3-0.3

Household furnishings and operations

150.565-148.5809.4-1.3-

Apparel

149.826-144.2577.5-3.7-

Transportation

254.951-257.1097.80.8-

Private transportation

264.444-266.1586.80.6-

New and used motor vehicles(1)

138.188-137.5644.5-0.5-

New vehicles

148.164-150.0656.91.3-

Used cars and trucks

191.388-181.553-4.4-5.1-

Motor fuel

364.650354.557369.0505.51.24.1

Gasoline (all types)

355.450344.920359.3375.11.14.2

Unleaded regular(2)

343.782333.492347.9825.11.24.3

Unleaded midgrade(2)(3)

360.542349.956361.3484.80.23.3

Unleaded premium(2)

397.062386.342397.5264.60.12.9

Medical Care

470.106-468.2704.5-0.4-

Recreation(1)

128.584-133.1242.23.5-

Education and communication(1)

135.327-136.8950.31.2-

Tuition, other school fees, and child care

665.662-----

Other goods and services

337.738-336.4355.7-0.4-

Commodity and service group

All Items

277.490-280.3959.61.0-

Commodities

210.061-208.9176.9-0.5-

Commodities less food & beverages

173.448-171.9255.4-0.9-

Nondurables less food & beverages

243.146-239.7765.9-1.4-

Durables

112.175-111.7325.0-0.4-

Services

337.587-344.23511.22.0-

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care

267.089-270.24210.11.2-

All items less shelter

250.730-251.7226.80.4-

Commodities less food

176.654-175.2785.3-0.8-

Nondurables

263.098-261.4917.7-0.6-

Nondurables less food

241.903-239.1255.7-1.1-

Services less rent of shelter

325.644-330.9626.71.6-

Services less medical care services

322.974-329.73512.12.1-

Energy

263.228259.932265.8708.91.02.3

All items less energy

278.404-281.3289.61.1-

All items less food and energy

277.545-281.0469.71.3-

Footnotes
(1) Indexes on a December 1997=100 base.
(2) Special index based on a substantially smaller sample.
(3) 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.

 

Last Modified Date: Tuesday, December 13, 2022