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24-1903-ATL
Wednesday, September 11, 2024

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Consumer Price Index, Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach — August 2024

Area prices up 2.6 percent over the past 12 months

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach rose 0.3 percent from June to August, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table A.) Regional Commissioner Victoria G. Lee noted that the bi-monthly all items increase was largely attributed to an increase in the shelter index. (Data in this report are not seasonally adjusted. Accordingly, bi-monthly changes may reflect the impact of seasonal influences.)

The all items CPI-U increased 2.6 percent for the 12 months ending in August. (See chart 1 and table A.) The index for all items less food and energy advanced 4.0 percent over the past year. The food index also increased over the last 12 months, up 0.3 percent. In contrast, the energy index fell 10.1 percent over the past year. (See table 1.)


Food

The food index rose 0.1 percent from June to August. The index for food away from home increased 1.8 percent over the bi-monthly period. In comparison, the food at home index fell 0.7 percent over the same period. Two of the six major grocery store food group indexes declined from June to August, including a 6.9-percent decrease in the index for other food at home.

The food index increased 0.3 percent for the 12 months ending in August, reflecting a 3.1-percent increase in the food away from home index. In contrast, the index for food at home declined 0.8 percent over the 12-month period. The six major grocery store food group indexes were split over the year, with three increases and three decreases. Other food at home (-7.3 percent) and meats, poultry, fish, and eggs (-3.3 percent) were among the indexes to decline over the last 12 months. Cereals and bakery products (+7.9 percent) and nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials (+6.5 percent) were among the indexes to increase over the past year.

Energy

The energy index fell 0.8 percent from June to August, reflecting declines in the electricity (-1.3 percent) and gasoline (-0.6 percent) indexes. The index for natural gas was little changed over the two-month period, up 0.1 percent.

The energy index fell 10.1 percent for the 12 months ending in August, led by declines in the gasoline (-10.4 percent) and electricity (-11.5 percent) indexes. The natural gas index also declined over the past year, down 2.3 percent.

All items less food and energy

The index for all items less food and energy rose 0.5 percent from June to August. The index for shelter increased 0.5 percent over the bi-monthly period, reflecting increases in the index for owners’ equivalent rent (+0.5 percent) and rent of primary residence (+0.4 percent). Recreation (+1.4 percent) was also an index to have a notable increase from June to August.

The index for all items less food and energy advanced 4.0 percent for the 12 months ending in August. The shelter index increased 5.0 percent over the last year and was the largest contributor to the total 12-month increase in the all items less food and energy index. The index for owners’ equivalent (+5.5 percent) and the index for rent of primary residence (+5.0 percent) also increased over the past year. In contrast, the index for used cars and trucks declined 11.0 percent over the same period.

Table A. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, CPI-U 2-month and 12-month percent changes, all items index, not seasonally adjusted
Month20202021202220232024
2-month12-month2-month12-month2-month12-month2-month12-month2-month12-month

February

0.41.40.81.42.89.32.19.21.44.9

April

-1.0-0.51.64.11.59.11.49.01.04.5

June

0.70.71.65.12.510.10.56.9-0.43.5

August

1.01.40.24.20.410.21.27.80.32.6

October

0.11.01.55.70.99.60.57.4

December

-0.21.11.27.11.49.9-0.25.7

The Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach Consumer Price Index for October 2024 is scheduled to be released on Wednesday, November 13, 2024, at 8:30 a.m. (ET).


Technical Note

The Consumer Price Index for Miami is published bi-monthly. 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, 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 is comprised of Broward County, Miami-Dade County, and Palm Beach County.

Information in this release will be made available to individuals with sensory impairments 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
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
Item and Group

IndexesPercent change from-
Jun.
2024
Jul.
2024
Aug.
2024
Aug.
2023
Jun.
2024
Jul.
2024

Expenditure category

All Items

346.955-348.1582.60.3-

All items (November 1977=100)

559.243-561.183---

Food and beverages

321.707-322.0540.60.1-

Food

328.885-329.1670.30.1-

Food at home

309.321312.733307.241-0.8-0.7-1.8

Cereals and bakery products

417.092402.059416.6967.9-0.13.6

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

292.783305.871296.652-3.31.3-3.0

Dairy and related products

264.593265.833270.1972.42.11.6

Fruits and vegetables

339.191361.148339.645-1.10.1-6.0

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)

316.209319.968328.5146.53.92.7

Other food at home

262.487253.878244.358-7.3-6.9-3.7

Food away from home

365.096-371.7233.11.8-

Alcoholic beverages

--230.9064.8--

Housing

392.777-394.3624.00.4-

Shelter

462.949463.919465.2725.00.50.3

Rent of primary residence

462.207463.568463.9315.00.40.1

Owners' equiv. rent of residences(2)

470.077471.529472.6355.50.50.2

Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence(2)

470.077471.529472.6355.50.50.2

Fuels and utilities

214.365-213.216-7.5-0.5-

Household energy

183.207183.214181.056-11.3-1.2-1.2

Energy services

180.139180.119177.875-11.3-1.3-1.2

Electricity

176.063176.063173.784-11.5-1.3-1.3

Utility (piped) gas service

233.733232.758233.875-2.30.10.5

Household furnishings and operations

199.498-199.8064.00.2-

Apparel

163.634-164.7060.00.7-

Transportation

281.011-281.553-0.80.2-

Private transportation

294.646-294.400-1.0-0.1-

New and used motor vehicles(3)

129.368-128.925-4.6-0.3-

New vehicles(1)

280.243-279.745-2.1-0.2-

Used cars and trucks(1)

376.309-367.986-11.0-2.2-

Motor fuel

302.924308.295301.181-10.5-0.6-2.3

Gasoline (all types)

299.993305.346298.291-10.4-0.6-2.3

Unleaded regular(4)

296.185301.813294.483-10.8-0.6-2.4

Unleaded midgrade(4)(5)

298.998302.540296.946-7.6-0.7-1.8

Unleaded premium(4)

320.479324.092318.855-6.8-0.5-1.6

Medical Care

630.623-631.4664.40.1-

Recreation(3)

138.452-140.3783.51.4-

Education and communication(3)

134.897-134.055-0.4-0.6-

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

1,152.862-1,175.8663.62.0-

Other goods and services

474.401-481.2156.01.4-

Commodity and service group

All Items

346.955-348.1582.60.3-

Commodities

244.317-244.703-1.40.2-

Commodities less food & beverages

199.075-199.448-2.60.2-

Nondurables less food & beverages

242.166-242.518-3.40.1-

Durables

156.074-156.424-1.60.2-

Services

424.904-426.7704.30.4-

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care

334.487-335.6902.50.4-

All items less shelter

286.141-286.7990.60.2-

Commodities less food

200.787-201.180-2.30.2-

Nondurables

284.149-284.502-1.20.1-

Nondurables less food

241.527-241.926-2.70.2-

Services less rent of shelter(2)

378.998-380.2203.10.3-

Services less medical care services

406.279-408.2644.40.5-

Energy

238.162240.605236.189-10.1-0.8-1.8

All items less energy

359.037-360.5553.50.4-

All items less food and energy

363.748-365.4544.00.5-

Footnotes
(1) Index is on a November 1977=100 base.
(2) Index is on a November 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, September 11, 2024