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23-47-ATL
Thursday, January 12, 2023

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Consumer Price Index, Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell — December 2022

Area prices up 8.1 percent over the past 12 months

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell declined 0.5 percent from October to December, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Victoria G. Lee noted that the energy index fell 8.4 percent over the bi-monthly period. In contrast, the food index rose 0.7 percent from October to December. The index for all items less food and energy was unchanged. (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 8.1 percent for the 12 months ending in December. The index for all items less food and energy rose 8.2 over the past year. The food index increased 12.5 percent over the last 12 months, while the energy index declined 2.0 percent. (See chart 1 and table 1.)

Food

The food index rose 0.7 percent from October to December, reflecting increases in the food at home (+0.8 percent) and food away from home (+0.6 percent) indexes.  

The food index advanced 12.5 percent for the 12 months ending in December. The food at home index rose 14.6 percent over the past year as all six major grocery store food group indexes increased. The food away from home index also increased over the past year, up 9.8 percent.

Energy

The energy index fell 8.4 percent from October to December, led by a 11.0-percent decrease in the gasoline index.

The energy index declined 2.0 percent for the 12 months ending in December. The gasoline index contributed to the decrease, down 9.4 percent over the past year.

All items less food and energy

The index for all items less food and energy was unchanged from October to December. The used cars and trucks index and the apparel index each declined 5.2 percent over the bi-monthly period. Among the indexes to increase from October to December include shelter (+1.1 percent) and household furnishings and operations (+2.3 percent).  

The index for all items less food and energy advanced 8.2 percent for the 12 months ending in December. The shelter index increased 12.8 percent over the past year, reflecting rises in owners’ equivalent rent (+13.2 percent) and rent of primary residence (+12.7 percent).  

Table A. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA, 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

1.2 3.3 1.2 1.3 0.8 2.9 1.6 2.4 2.3 10.6

April

0.2 2.8 1.4 2.5 -1.8 -0.3 1.6 6.0 1.9 10.8

June

1.2 2.8 -0.1 1.1 1.1 0.9 1.8 6.7 2.4 11.5

August

0.3 2.2 1.3 2.2 1.2 0.7 1.1 6.6 1.3 11.7

October

-1.0 1.6 -0.2 3.0 0.3 1.2 1.5 7.9 0.5 10.7

December

-0.6 1.4 -0.3 3.3 0.1 1.6 1.9 9.8 -0.5 8.1

The Consumer Price Index for January 2023 is scheduled to be released on Tuesday, February 14, 2023, 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 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA, Core Based Statistical Area covered in this release is comprised of 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, Pike, Rockdale, Spalding, and Walton Counties in Georgia.

Information in this release will be made available to sensory impaired individuals 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
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA (1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
Item and Group

Indexes Percent change from-
Oct.
2022
Nov.
2022
Dec.
2022
Dec.
2021
Oct.
2022
Nov.
2022

Expenditure category

All Items

297.058 - 295.452 8.1 -0.5 -

All items (1967=100)

895.835 - 890.994 - - -

Food and beverages

308.118 - 310.713 12.0 0.8 -

Food

325.004 - 327.418 12.5 0.7 -

Food at home

303.294 305.958 305.808 14.6 0.8 0.0

Cereals and bakery products

256.526 - 257.898 13.4 0.5 -

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

347.350 - 354.658 12.7 2.1 -

Dairy and related products

269.320 - 283.145 21.0 5.1 -

Fruits and vegetables

338.829 - 337.434 8.5 -0.4 -

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials(1)

327.353 - 333.727 19.1 1.9 -

Other food at home

265.586 - 262.866 17.1 -1.0 -

Food away from home

359.517 - 361.770 9.8 0.6 -

Alcoholic beverages

161.796 - 165.541 5.6 2.3 -

Housing

313.056 - 314.940 11.7 0.6 -

Shelter

350.408 352.045 354.207 12.8 1.1 0.6

Rent of primary residence

367.193 370.333 374.717 12.7 2.0 1.2

Owners' equiv. rent of residences(2)

345.276 346.926 348.495 13.2 0.9 0.5

Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence(2)

345.276 346.926 348.495 13.2 0.9 0.5

Fuels and utilities

- - 351.059 6.5 - -

Household energy

- - 295.039 5.1 - -

Energy Services

- - 292.403 4.9 - -

Electricity

- - 224.149 0.1 - -

Utility (piped) gas service

- - - - - -

Household furnishings and operations

147.274 - 150.683 9.1 2.3 -

Apparel

162.514 - 154.098 2.0 -5.2 -

Transportation

273.656 - 262.219 1.5 -4.2 -

Private transportation

272.704 - 263.307 -0.7 -3.4 -

New and used motor vehicles(3)

140.742 - 136.982 -2.2 -2.7 -

New vehicles(1)

302.403 - 302.002 5.1 -0.1 -

Used cars and trucks(1)

297.639 - 282.129 -9.7 -5.2 -

Motor fuel

286.240 277.745 255.408 -8.6 -10.8 -8.0

Gasoline (all types)

282.652 273.732 251.534 -9.4 -11.0 -8.1

Unleaded regular(4)

276.757 267.669 245.375 -9.8 -11.3 -8.3

Unleaded midgrade(4)(5)

356.979 348.038 323.983 -7.2 -9.2 -6.9

Unleaded premium(4)

306.393 299.840 280.765 -5.7 -8.4 -6.4

Medical Care

- - - - - -

Recreation(3)

97.671 - 96.648 8.5 -1.0 -

Education and communication(3)

139.203 - 139.570 -3.1 0.3 -

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

1,506.039 - 1,506.039 -5.3 0.0 -

Other goods and services

467.054 - 468.979 7.2 0.4 -

Commodity and service group

All Items

297.058 - 295.452 8.1 -0.5 -

Commodities

219.964 - 217.244 5.4 -1.2 -

Commodities less food & beverages

179.081 - 174.197 1.0 -2.7 -

Nondurables less food & beverages

224.200 - 214.251 2.8 -4.4 -

Durables

134.362 - 133.394 -0.9 -0.7 -

Services

369.419 - 369.046 9.8 -0.1 -

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care

284.645 - 283.121 8.4 -0.5 -

All items less shelter

279.618 - 275.785 5.7 -1.4 -

Commodities less food

177.976 - 173.511 1.2 -2.5 -

Nondurables

261.138 - 257.417 8.0 -1.4 -

Nondurables less food

217.724 - 209.203 3.1 -3.9 -

Services less rent of shelter(2)

404.852 - 398.602 6.1 -1.5 -

Services less medical care services

352.460 - 352.559 10.9 0.0 -

Energy

274.702 - 251.548 -2.0 -8.4 -

All items less energy

299.175 - 299.464 8.9 0.1 -

All items less food and energy

295.393 - 295.304 8.2 0.0 -

Footnotes
(1) Index is on a December 1977=100 base.
(2) Index is 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. Data not seasonally adjusted.

 

Last Modified Date: Thursday, January 12, 2023