The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell was up 0.1 percent from August to October, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported today. Regional Commissioner Victoria G. Lee noted that the all items less food and energy index rose 0.5 percent from August to October. The index for food increased 1.5 percent over the same period. In contrast, the energy index decreased 5.6 percent over the two-month span. (Data in this report are not seasonally adjusted. Accordingly, bi-monthly changes may reflect the impact of seasonal influences.)

Food

The index for food increased 1.5 percent from August to October. The index for food at home (grocery store purchases) rose 1.5 percent as well over the two-month period. Prices increased in 4 of the 6 major grocery store food groups, including fruits and vegetables (+4.2 percent) as well as meats, poultry, fish, and eggs (+1.5 percent). The index for food away from home (restaurant, cafeteria, and vending purchases) increased 1.4 percent from August to October.

Energy

The index for energy decreased 5.6 percent from August to October. The gasoline index declined 1.5 percent over the two-month pricing period.

All items less food and energy

The all items less food and energy index rose 0.5 percent from August to October. Notable indexes to increase over the bimonthly period include apparel (+4.3 percent), owners’ equivalent rent (+0.4 percent), household furnishings and operations (+1.6 percent), as well as education and communication (+1.0 percent). In contrast, used cars and trucks (-1.7 percent) and recreation (-0.5 percent) were among the indexes that decreased from August to October.

The Consumer Price Index for November 2026 is scheduled to be released on Thursday, December 10, 2026, at 8:30 a.m. (ET). The December 2026 Consumer Price Index for the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell area is scheduled to be released on January 13, 2027.

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 Consumer Price Index for Atlanta is published bi-monthly. The set of components and sub-aggregates published for regional and metropolitan indexes is more limited than at the U.S. city average level; these indexes are byproducts of the national CPI program. Each local index has a much smaller sample size than the national or regional indexes and is, therefore, subject to substantially more sampling and other measurement error. As a result, local-area indexes are more volatile than the national or regional indexes. In addition, local indexes are not adjusted for seasonal influences. 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 includes 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, Pile, Rockdale, Spalding, and Walton Counties in Georgia.

Refer to the national CPI news release technical note or the Handbook of Methods for more information.

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