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Thursday, October 13, 2022

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Consumer Price Index, New York-Newark-Jersey City — September 2022

Area prices up 0.2 percent over the month and 6.2 percent over the year

Prices in the New York-Newark-Jersey City area, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), edged up 0.2 percent for the second consecutive month in September, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner William J. Sibley noted that the September increase was influenced by higher prices for all items less food and energy. (Data in this report are not seasonally adjusted. Accordingly, month-to-month changes may reflect seasonal influences.)

Over the year, the CPI-U increased 6.2 percent, while the index for all items less food and energy advanced 5.0 percent. (See chart 1 and table A.) Food prices rose 8.5 percent. Energy prices increased 18.1 percent. (See table 1.)

Food

The September food index was unchanged, with decreases in prices for food at home (-0.4 percent) offset by increases in prices for food away from home (0.6 percent). Four of the six grocery categories recorded declines. Among groceries items with lower September prices were nonfrozen noncarbonated juices and drinks, eggs, and coffee.

Over the year, food prices rose 8.5 percent. At-home food prices increased 10.0 percent, and away-from-home food prices increased 6.0 percent.

Energy

The energy index decreased 5.4 percent, after declining 1.8 percent in August. Gasoline prices fell 11.5 percent—the largest monthly decline since January 2015. Household energy was down 1.1 percent. Within household energy, declines in electricity prices (-1.7 percent) and fuel oil were partially offset by an increase in prices for natural gas (0.9 percent).

From September 2021 to September 2022, energy prices rose 18.1 percent. Gasoline prices increased 14.1 percent. Natural gas prices rose 29.1 percent, and electricity prices increased 10.1 percent.

All items less food and energy

The index for all items less food and energy rose 0.7 percent, after increasing 0.4 percent in August. A 0.7-percent increase in shelter prices led the change, with increases reported for owners’ equivalent rent (0.6 percent), residential rent (0.4 percent), and lodging away from home. Other categories contributing to the September increase included new and used motor vehicles (2.2 percent), medical care (1.0 percent), and a seasonal price increase for apparel (1.8 percent).

Over the year, the index for all items less food and energy increased 5.0 percent. Shelter prices, up 3.5 percent, included a 4.0-percent increase for owners’ equivalent rent and a 3.0-percent increase for residential rent. New and used motor vehicles were up 18.1 percent. Medical care prices advanced 8.3 percent.

Table A. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA, CPI-U 1-month and 12-month percent changes, all items index, not seasonally adjusted
Month20182019202020212022
1-month12-month1-month12-month1-month12-month1-month12-month1-month12-month

January

0.41.40.51.60.82.50.41.21.15.1

February

0.51.70.21.30.22.40.31.40.35.1

March

0.01.70.31.6-0.22.00.42.01.36.1

April

0.31.90.31.6-0.51.10.73.20.96.3

May

0.42.20.21.50.51.40.53.20.56.3

June

0.12.00.31.70.11.31.04.11.46.7

July

0.02.20.01.70.51.7-0.13.5-0.36.5

August

0.12.20.21.8-0.11.40.13.70.26.6

September

0.42.00.01.40.41.90.53.80.26.2

October

-0.12.00.01.5-0.21.70.34.3

November

-0.21.90.11.8-0.31.40.35.0

December

-0.21.60.12.20.41.6-0.24.4

The October 2022 Consumer Price Index for the New York-Newark-Jersey City area is scheduled to be released on Thursday, November 10, 2022 at 8:30 a.m. (ET).


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 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Core Based Statistical Area includes Bronx, Dutchess, Kings, Nassau, New York, Orange, Putnam, Queens, Richmond, Rockland, Suffolk, and Westchester Counties in New York; Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Hunterdon, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Ocean, Passaic, Somerset, Sussex, and Union Counties in New Jersey; and Pike County in Pennsylvania.

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Table 1. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Indexes and percent changes for selected periods, New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA, not seasonally adjusted
(1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
Item and GroupIndexesPercent change from-
July
2022
Aug.
2022
Sept.
2022
Sept.
2021
July
2022
Aug.
2022

Expenditure category

All items

312.615313.280313.8806.20.40.2

All items (1967=100)

903.726905.650907.384   

Food and beverages

320.077321.344321.4478.30.40.0

Food

321.624322.899322.8388.50.40.0

Food at home

308.723309.877308.66510.00.0-0.4

Cereals and bakery products

360.658366.000365.24513.01.3-0.2

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

322.909319.374315.3708.3-2.3-1.3

Dairy and related products

265.683265.663267.57010.80.70.7

Fruits and vegetables

368.453370.153375.4597.81.91.4

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)

301.367305.963298.1917.3-1.1-2.5

Other food at home

273.726276.296274.85113.30.4-0.5

Food away from home

346.473347.972349.9646.01.00.6

Alcoholic beverages

293.127294.268296.7486.51.20.8

Housing

328.877331.064332.4604.91.10.4

Shelter

408.155409.148411.9463.50.90.7

Rent of primary residence

419.087420.194422.0153.00.70.4

Owners' equivalent rent of residences(2)

418.234420.031422.6184.01.00.6

Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence(2)

417.716419.511422.0954.01.00.6

Fuels and utilities

244.131255.108252.86218.23.6-0.9

Household energy

235.959248.129245.31920.44.0-1.1

Energy services

216.397231.253229.34016.16.0-0.8

Electricity

205.959221.271217.45710.15.6-1.7

Utility (piped) gas service

222.447235.359237.39929.16.70.9

Household furnishings and operations

128.237128.784128.1835.00.0-0.5

Apparel

126.323130.923133.3122.25.51.8

Transportation

278.009272.659270.45413.5-2.7-0.8

Private transportation

277.935273.017270.04814.1-2.8-1.1

New and used motor vehicles(3)

121.921122.933125.58618.13.02.2

New vehicles(1)

252.135253.150254.6209.71.00.6

Used cars and trucks(1)

414.985414.887397.0467.5-4.3-4.3

Motor fuel

367.217330.598292.85214.3-20.3-11.4

Gasoline (all types)

365.709329.190291.44114.1-20.3-11.5

Gasoline, unleaded regular(4)

364.394327.078288.71613.4-20.8-11.7

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade(4)(5)

378.367345.211309.32917.2-18.2-10.4

Gasoline, unleaded premium(4)

378.310346.957313.30519.1-17.2-9.7

Medical care

575.350577.213582.9388.31.31.0

Recreation(3)

142.582142.332141.2772.9-0.9-0.7

Education and communication(3)

155.494156.553156.3391.00.5-0.1

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

1,315.9381,330.2561,330.5622.41.10.0

Other goods and services

474.676470.212476.6433.10.41.4

Commodity and service group

All items

312.615313.280313.8806.20.40.2

Commodities

227.670226.731224.1977.4-1.5-1.1

Commodities less food and beverages

171.680169.918166.5156.6-3.0-2.0

Nondurables less food and beverages

218.936214.854208.7457.2-4.7-2.8

Durables

114.062114.067112.9396.5-1.0-1.0

Services

384.345386.436389.8285.71.40.9

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care

301.214301.831302.2326.10.30.1

All items less shelter

274.604275.141274.8867.90.1-0.1

Commodities less food

176.441174.737171.4546.6-2.8-1.9

Nondurables

270.949269.445266.3147.8-1.7-1.2

Nondurables less food

223.480219.692214.0667.1-4.2-2.6

Services less rent of shelter(2)

370.527373.917378.0688.62.01.1

Services less medical care services

367.272369.286372.3395.31.40.8

Energy

287.905282.833267.43918.1-7.1-5.4

All items less energy

318.190319.333321.2505.51.00.6

All items less food and energy

319.882321.010323.2915.01.10.7

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.

 

Last Modified Date: Thursday, October 13, 2022