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23-1558-ATL
Wednesday, July 12, 2023

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Consumer Price Index, Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell — June 2023

Area prices up 4.6 percent over the past 12 months

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell increased 1.2 percent from April to June, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Victoria G. Lee noted that the energy index increased 8.7 percent over the bi-monthly period. The index for all items less food and energy rose 0.5 percent from April to June. The index for food also increased over the bi-monthly period, up 1.3 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 4.6 for the 12 months ending in June. (See chart 1 and table A.) The index for all items less food and energy rose 5.6 percent over the year. The food index continued to increase, up 7.7 percent over the past year, while the energy index fell 9.6 percent over the last 12 months. (See table 1.)


Food

The food index rose 1.3 percent from April to June, reflecting a 2.3-percent increase in the food at home index. In contrast, the food away from home index edged down 0.3 percent over the bi-monthly period.

The food index advanced 7.7 percent for the 12 months ending in June, led by a 10.9-percent increase in the food away from home index. The food at home index rose 5.8 percent over the past year as all six major grocery store food groups indexes increased.

Energy

The energy index increased 8.7 percent from April to June, reflecting a 30.6-percent increase in the electricity index. The indexes for gasoline and natural gas declined over the bi-monthly period, down 1.5 percent and 4.2 percent, respectively.

The energy index fell 9.6 percent for the 12 months ending in June, primarily due to a 25.8-percent drop in the gasoline index.

All items less food and energy

The index for all items less food and energy rose 0.5 percent from April to June, led by a 1.8-percent increase in the shelter index. Within shelter, owners’ equivalent rent increased 1.5 percent over the bi-monthly period and rent of primary residence increased 0.9 percent. The used cars and trucks index was also among the notable components to increase from April to June, up 4.5 percent. Among the indexes to decline over the bi-monthly period include apparel (-7.0 percent) and household furnishings and operations (-2.5 percent). 

The index for all items less food and energy advanced 5.6 percent for the 12 months ending in June. Shelter (+10.6 percent) was the largest contributor as owners’ equivalent (+10.3 percent) and rent of primary residence (+12.2 percent) continued to increase over the past year.

Table A. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA, CPI-U 2-month and 12-month percent changes, all items index, not seasonally adjusted
Month20192020202120222023
2-month12-month2-month12-month2-month12-month2-month12-month2-month12-month

February

1.21.30.82.91.62.42.310.61.57.2

April

1.42.5-1.8-0.31.66.01.910.80.55.8

June

-0.11.11.10.91.86.72.411.51.24.6

August

1.32.21.20.71.16.61.311.7

October

-0.23.00.31.21.57.90.510.7

December

-0.33.30.11.61.99.8-0.58.1

The Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell Consumer Price Index for August 2023 is scheduled to be released on Wednesday, September 13, 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 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.

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
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
Item and Group

IndexesPercent change from-
Apr.
2023
May
2023
Jun.
2023
Jun.
2022
Apr.
2023
May
2023

Expenditure category

All Items

301.447-305.0664.61.2-

All items (1967=100)

909.071-919.986---

Food and beverages

314.412-318.3537.41.3-

Food

331.515-335.8707.71.3-

Food at home

301.564309.268308.5925.82.3-0.2

Cereals and bakery products

250.705263.690267.6678.96.81.5

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

348.895355.767355.8324.62.00.0

Dairy and related products

265.581275.476277.9632.14.70.9

Fruits and vegetables

318.297324.851330.3660.33.81.7

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)

337.217352.659342.7609.51.6-2.8

Other food at home

269.215272.191268.5308.8-0.3-1.3

Food away from home

382.542-381.39510.9-0.3-

Alcoholic beverages

165.867-166.2873.20.3-

Housing

319.859-328.3579.72.7-

Shelter

363.714367.203370.13810.61.80.8

Rent of primary residence

389.547391.540393.16712.20.90.4

Owners' equiv. rent of residences(2)

356.165359.423361.55110.31.50.6

Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence(2)

356.165359.423361.55110.31.50.6

Fuels and utilities

338.802-389.747-15.0-

Household energy

281.035278.941337.103-20.020.9

Energy Services

279.007277.434336.495-20.621.3

Electricity

226.270227.904295.544-30.629.7

Utility (piped) gas service

376.610362.466360.641--4.2-0.5

Household furnishings and operations

147.673-144.013-0.2-2.5-

Apparel

163.055-151.6142.2-7.0-

Transportation

277.849-276.331-6.7-0.5-

Private transportation

279.566-279.333-6.6-0.1-

New and used motor vehicles(3)

139.961-142.308-1.81.7-

New vehicles(1)

305.957-307.2153.80.4-

Used cars and trucks(1)

288.871-301.886-5.94.5-

Motor fuel

292.982286.654287.987-26.2-1.70.5

Gasoline (all types)

291.290285.077286.929-25.8-1.50.6

Unleaded regular(4)

285.368279.047280.913-26.3-1.60.7

Unleaded midgrade(4)(5)

367.169360.597363.318-23.6-1.00.8

Unleaded premium(4)

315.398310.560312.071-21.7-1.10.5

Medical Care

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Recreation(3)

98.300-97.3150.8-1.0-

Education and communication(3)

138.708-139.709-0.60.7-

Tuition, other school fees, and child care(1)

1,490.616-1,528.859-1.72.6-

Other goods and services

478.118-488.2687.72.1-

Commodity and service group

All Items

301.447-305.0664.61.2-

Commodities

222.227-222.1050.4-0.1-

Commodities less food & beverages

179.499-177.831-4.3-0.9-

Nondurables less food & beverages

228.813-222.464-6.1-2.8-

Durables

133.042-134.123-1.60.8-

Services

375.935-383.3537.32.0-

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care

289.577-293.1834.71.2-

All items less shelter

280.383-282.8661.60.9-

Commodities less food

178.607-177.024-3.9-0.9-

Nondurables

266.366-265.1891.3-0.4-

Nondurables less food

222.356-216.676-5.4-2.6-

Services less rent of shelter(2)

401.607-410.5153.22.2-

Services less medical care services

360.416-367.5818.32.0-

Energy

262.805258.911285.622-9.68.710.3

All items less energy

305.008-306.9725.90.6-

All items less food and energy

301.098-302.6685.60.5-

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.

 

Last Modified Date: Wednesday, July 12, 2023