The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach rose 2.5 percent from April to June, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Janet S. Rankin noted that the index for all items less food and energy increased 1.8 percent over the bi-monthly period. The energy index advanced 9.3 percent from April to June, while the food index rose 1.4 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 10.6 percent for the 12 months ending in June. The index for all items less food and energy rose 7.9 percent over the past 12 months, while the energy index jumped 50.5 percent. The food index increased 3.8 percent over the past year. (See chart 1 and table 1.)

Food

The food index rose 1.4 percent from April to June, reflecting a 2.0-percent increase in the food at home index. The food away from home index was unchanged over the bi-monthly period.

The food index increased 3.8 percent for the 12 months ending in June. The food at home and the food away from home indexes each increased over the past year, up 2.2 percent and 4.9 percent, respectively.

Energy

The energy index advanced 9.3 percent from April to June, reflecting a 15.2-percent increase in the gasoline index. The utility (piped) gas index edged up 0.4 percent over the bi-monthly period, while the electricity index was unchanged.   

The energy index jumped 50.5 percent for the 12 months ending in June, primarily due to a 62.4-percent spike in the gasoline index. The electricity and the utility (piped) gas service indexes also increased over the past year, up 33.3 percent and 12.7 percent, respectively.

All items less food and energy

The index for all items less food and energy rose 1.8 percent from April to June, largely due to a 2.3-percent increase in the shelter index. The medical care index also increased over the bi-monthly period, up 3.3 percent.

The index for all items less food and energy advanced 7.9 percent for the 12 months ending in June. Several indexes contributed to the increase over the past year, most notable, shelter (+9.9 percent)

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

Month	2018		2019		2020		2021		2022
	2-month	12-month	2-month	12-month	2-month	12-month	2-month	12-month	2-month	12-month
February	2.6	3.2	1.0	1.2	0.4	1.4	0.8	1.4	3.3	9.8
April	-0.1	3.5	0.8	2.2	-1.0	-0.5	1.6	4.1	1.5	9.6
June	0.5	4.2	-0.5	1.2	0.7	0.7	1.6	5.1	2.5	10.6
August	-0.3	3.6	0.4	1.9	1.0	1.4	0.2	4.2
October	0.8	3.4	0.4	1.5	0.1	1.0	1.5	5.7
December	-0.6	2.9	-0.2	2.0	-0.2	1.1	1.2	7.1

The Consumer Price Index for July 2022 is scheduled to be released on Wednesday, August 10, 2022, 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 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, Core Based Statistical Area covered in this release is comprised of Broward, Miami-Dade, and Palm Beach Counties in Florida.

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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	Indexes			Percent change from-
	Apr. 2022	May 2022	Jun. 2022	Jun. 2021	Apr. 2022	May 2022
Expenditure category
All Items	307.420	-	314.971	10.6	2.5	-
All items (November 1977=100)	495.518	-	507.689	-	-	-
Food and beverages	295.615	-	299.602	3.5	1.3	-
Food	302.019	-	306.109	3.8	1.4	-
Food at home	286.023	288.094	291.684	2.2	2.0	1.2
Cereals and bakery products	347.947	-	363.014	12.2	4.3	-
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs	290.576	-	292.851	1.2	0.8	-
Dairy and related products	253.216	-	252.204	2.0	-0.4	-
Fruits and vegetables	327.448	-	331.520	-	1.2	-
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)	276.646	-	275.433	-0.5	-0.4	-
Other food at home	234.426	-	245.183	-	4.6	-
Food away from home	328.818	-	328.851	4.9	0.0	-
Alcoholic beverages	221.027	-	223.763	-0.2	1.2	-
Housing	325.895	-	332.108	11.5	1.9	-
Shelter	368.897	372.903	377.298	9.9	2.3	1.2
Rent of primary residence	360.323	368.197	372.926	12.3	3.5	1.3
Owners' equiv. rent of residences(2)	368.398	374.486	379.676	9.5	3.1	1.4
Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence(2)	368.398	374.486	379.676	9.5	3.1	1.4
Fuels and utilities	232.363	-	232.930	25.4	0.2	-
Household energy	209.230	210.161	209.881	33.6	0.3	-0.1
Energy services	205.117	205.123	205.123	32.9	0.0	0.0
Electricity	201.386	201.386	201.379	33.3	0.0	0.0
Utility (piped) gas service	214.913	215.310	215.846	12.7	0.4	0.2
Household furnishings and operations	196.198	-	195.955	12.3	-0.1	-
Apparel	142.012	-	141.712	2.4	-0.2	-
Transportation	278.369	-	295.320	19.5	6.1	-
Private transportation	290.483	-	309.158	20.9	6.4	-
New and used motor vehicles(3)	135.582	-	138.039	-	1.8	-
New vehicles(1)	272.789	-	276.271	-	1.3	-
Used cars and trucks(1)	436.019	-	449.528	6.7	3.1	-
Motor fuel	372.656	396.969	428.992	62.4	15.1	8.1
Gasoline (all types)	368.245	392.244	424.054	62.4	15.2	8.1
Unleaded regular(4)	364.659	389.454	421.070	63.5	15.5	8.1
Unleaded midgrade(4)(5)	357.963	375.365	405.132	57.4	13.2	7.9
Unleaded premium(4)	381.400	397.965	430.065	53.8	12.8	8.1
Medical Care	594.318	-	614.000	6.0	3.3	-
Recreation(3)	132.919	-	131.751	4.8	-0.9	-
Education and communication(3)	127.551	-	125.699	0.6	-1.5	-
Tuition, other school fees, and child care(1)	1,052.767	-	1,063.580	2.0	1.0	-
Other goods and services	411.482	-	419.125	13.9	1.9	-
Commodity and service group
All Items	307.420	-	314.971	10.6	2.5	-
Commodities	243.427	-	251.319	13.7	3.2	-
Commodities less food & beverages	207.609	-	216.410	19.8	4.2	-
Nondurables less food & beverages	252.609	-	271.825	29.1	7.6	-
Durables	161.249	-	161.679	9.9	0.3	-
Services	357.160	-	364.557	9.2	2.1	-
Special aggregate indexes
All items less medical care	295.161	-	302.214	11.0	2.4	-
All items less shelter	274.967	-	282.057	11.0	2.6	-
Commodities less food	208.776	-	217.476	19.1	4.2	-
Nondurables	278.235	-	290.814	15.5	4.5	-
Nondurables less food	250.942	-	269.334	27.4	7.3	-
Services less rent of shelter(2)	349.240	-	355.298	7.9	1.7	-
Services less medical care services	338.231	-	344.544	9.3	1.9	-
Energy	282.709	294.347	308.871	50.5	9.3	4.9
All items less energy	310.102	-	315.529	7.4	1.8	-
All items less food and energy	311.671	-	317.293	7.9	1.8	-
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.