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23-305-SAN
Tuesday, February 14, 2023

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Consumer Price Index, Honolulu Area — January 2023

Area prices were up 0.3 percent over the past two months, up 5.2 percent from a year ago

Prices in the Honolulu area, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), advanced 0.3 percent for the two months ending in January 2023, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table A.) Regional Commissioner Chris Rosenlund noted that the January increase was influenced by higher prices for apparel and recreation. (Data in this report are not seasonally adjusted. Accordingly, bi-monthly changes may reflect seasonal influences.)

Over the last 12 months, the CPI-U advanced 5.2 percent. (See chart 1 and table A.) Food prices advanced 6.1 percent. Energy prices increased 20.9 percent, largely the result of an increase in the price of electricity. The index for all items less food and energy rose 3.7 percent over the year. (See table 1.)

Food

Food prices advanced 0.2 percent for the two months ending in January. (See table 1.) Prices for food at home were unchanged, with higher prices in three of the six grocery categories. Prices for food away from home rose 0.4 percent for the same period.

Over the year, food prices advanced 6.1 percent. Prices for food at home rose 4.0 percent since a year ago, with higher prices in four of the six grocery categories. Prices for food away from home advanced 9.4 percent.

Energy

The energy index decreased 3.6 percent for the two months ending in January. The decrease was mainly due to lower prices for gasoline (-4.6 percent). Prices for natural gas service decreased 18.5 percent, and electricity prices moved down 1.9 percent for the same period.

Energy prices increased 20.9 percent over the year, largely due to higher prices for electricity (28.1 percent). Prices paid for gasoline advanced 15.7 percent, but prices for natural gas service declined 1.3 percent during the past year.

All items less food and energy

The index for all items less food and energy increased 0.7 percent in the latest two-month period. Higher prices for apparel (15.7 percent), recreation (2.9 percent), and new vehicles (2.2 percent)  were partially offset by lower prices for used cars and trucks (-3.7 percent) and shelter (-0.4 percent).

Over the year, the index for all items less food and energy rose 3.7 percent. Components contributing to the increase included new vehicles (9.1 percent) and shelter (1.8 percent). Partly offsetting the increases was a price decrease in used cars and trucks (-10.0 percent).

Table A. Urban Hawaii 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

January

1.90.51.70.31.40.96.00.35.2

March

0.51.80.61.80.91.82.47.5

May

0.72.10.21.32.13.81.67.0

July

-0.11.60.01.30.84.60.66.8

September

0.11.10.61.91.05.00.86.6

November

0.10.9-0.21.60.15.4-0.65.8

The March 2023 Consumer Price Index for the Honolulu area is scheduled to be released on April 12, 2023.


Technical Note

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a measures 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 Urban Hawaii area covered in this release consists of Honolulu in the State of Hawaii.

Information in this release will be made available to sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: (202) 691-5200; Federal Relay Service: (800) 877-8339

Table 1. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Indexes and percent changes for selected periods

Urban Hawaii (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
Item and Group

IndexesPercent change from-
Historical
data
Nov.
2022
Dec.
2022
Jan.
2023
Jan.
2022
Nov.
2022
Dec.
2022

Expenditure category

All items

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49FSA0
319.971-320.7905.20.3-

All items (1967=100)

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49FAA0
880.870-883.125---

Food and beverages

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49FSAF
345.609-347.0365.50.4-

Food

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49FSAF1
349.593-350.2876.10.2-

Food at home

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49FSAF11
342.236343.842342.3664.00.0-0.4

Cereals and bakery products

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49FSAF111
381.838-388.2955.61.7-

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49FSAF112
314.367-313.950-7.5-0.1-

Dairy and related products

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49FSEFJ
279.699-287.26512.22.7-

Fruits and vegetables

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49FSAF113
427.510-418.49210.0-2.1-

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49FSAF114
433.188-427.838-3.8-1.2-

Other food at home

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49FSAF115
332.350-335.00111.60.8-

Food away from home

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49FSEFV
350.023-351.4509.40.4-

Alcoholic beverages

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49FSAF116
278.133-293.234-5.15.4-

Housing

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49FSAH
341.277-339.6463.4-0.5-

Shelter

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49FSAH1
364.518361.342363.1451.8-0.40.5

Rent of primary residence(2)

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49FSEHA
359.718357.925360.1032.00.10.6

Owners' equiv. rent of residences(2)

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49FSEHC
374.485373.859375.6502.50.30.5

Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence(2)

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49FSEHC01
374.485373.859375.6502.50.30.5

Fuels and utilities

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49FSAH2
485.484-476.89018.1-1.8-

Household energy

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49FSAH21
425.060419.428414.02026.4-2.6-1.3

Energy services

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49FSEHF
417.498412.378405.90726.5-2.8-1.6

Electricity

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49FSEHF01
414.067410.278406.13728.1-1.9-1.0

Utility (piped) gas service

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49FSEHF02
409.105376.017333.574-1.3-18.5-11.3

Household furnishings and operations

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49FSAH3
161.721-162.7351.80.6-

Apparel

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49FSAA
107.187-124.04515.415.7-

Transportation

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49FSAT
274.915-270.9997.7-1.4-

Private transportation

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49FSAT1
285.363-282.3037.8-1.1-

New and used motor vehicles(3)

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49FSETA
126.401-127.0325.50.5-

New vehicles(1)

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49FSETA01
188.000-192.0519.12.2-

Used cars and trucks(1)

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49FSETA02
331.823-319.382-10.0-3.7-

Motor fuel

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49FSETB
410.594402.319391.15415.7-4.7-2.8

Gasoline (all types)

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49FSETB01
421.275412.758401.77015.7-4.6-2.7

Gasoline, unleaded regular(4)

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49FSS47014
437.888428.845417.30715.9-4.7-2.7

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade(4)(5)

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49FSS47015
350.032343.295333.90815.6-4.6-2.7

Gasoline, unleaded premium(4)

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49FSS47016
393.016385.784375.98514.8-4.3-2.5

Medical care

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49FSAM
488.065-----

Recreation(3)

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49FSAR
143.109-147.2943.72.9-

Education and communication(3)

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49FSAE
155.743-156.8183.80.7-

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

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49FSEEB
1,922.709-1,922.7092.40.0-

Other goods and services

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49FSAG
589.566-590.13912.50.1-

Commodity and service group

All items

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49FSA0
319.971-320.7905.20.3-

Commodities

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49FSAC
248.165-251.3128.21.3-

Commodities less food & beverages

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49FSACL11
188.837-192.50610.61.9-

Nondurables less food & beverages

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49FSANL11
245.451-252.37016.52.8-

Durables

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49FSAD
130.725-131.8424.30.9-

Services

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49FSAS
383.576-382.6663.7-0.2-

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49FSA0L5
310.973-310.8694.80.0-

All items less shelter

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49FSA0L2
302.755-304.8697.60.7-

Commodities less food

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49FSACL1
192.694-196.6549.92.1-

Nondurables

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49FSAN
297.509-301.6949.61.4-

Nondurables less food

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49FSANL1
247.671-255.04414.73.0-

Services less rent of shelter(2)

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49FSASL2RS
408.341-408.1976.80.0-

Services less medical care services

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49FSASL5
374.012-373.0233.8-0.3-

Energy

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49FSA0E
415.985409.031400.95820.9-3.6-2.0

All items less energy

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49FSA0LE
315.782-317.6784.10.6-

All items less food and energy

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49FSA0L1E
311.704-313.7973.70.7-

Footnotes
(1) Indexes on a December 1977=100 base.
(2) Indexes 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.

 

Last Modified Date: Tuesday, February 14, 2023