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22-627-SAN
Tuesday, April 12, 2022

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Consumer Price Index, Riverside Area – March 2022

Area prices were up 2.7 percent over the past two months, up 10.0 percent from a year ago

Prices in the Riverside area, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), advanced 2.7 percent for the two months ending in March 2022, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table A.) Regional Commissioner Chris Rosenlund noted that the March increase was influenced by higher prices for gasoline. (Data in this report are not seasonally adjusted. Accordingly, bi-monthly changes may reflect seasonal influences.)

Over the last 12 months, the CPI-U jumped 10.0 percent. (See chart 1 and table A.) Food prices advanced 8.1 percent. Energy prices jumped 38.6 percent, largely the result of an increase in the price of gasoline. The index for all items less food and energy increased 6.9 percent over the year. (See table 1.)

Chart 1. Over-the-year percent change in CPI-U, Riverside, March 2019-March 2022
Food

Food prices increased 1.5 percent for the two months ending in March. (See table 1.) Prices for food at home increased 1.5 percent. Higher prices for meats, poultry, fish, and eggs (4.9 percent) were partially offset by lower prices for dairy and related products (-1.0 percent) and fruits and vegetables (-0.9). Prices for food away from home rose 1.5 percent for the same period.

Over the year, food prices advanced 8.1 percent. Prices for food at home rose 9.8 percent since a year ago, led by higher prices for meats, poultry, fish, and eggs (16.4 percent). The only food at home category with a price decrease over the past year was dairy and related products (-2.3 percent). Prices for food away from home advanced 6.1 percent since last year.

Energy

The energy index advanced 15.3 percent for the two months ending in March. The increase was mainly due to higher prices for gasoline (22.8 percent). Prices for electricity advanced 7.6 percent, but prices for natural gas service fell 11.1 percent for the same period.

Energy prices jumped 38.6 percent over the year, largely due to higher prices for gasoline (48.9 percent). Prices paid for electricity advanced 24.2 percent, and prices for natural gas service rose 18.8 percent during the past year.

All items less food and energy

The index for all items less food and energy rose 1.1 percent in the latest two-month period. Higher prices for apparel (5.3 percent), recreation (2.9 percent), and shelter (1.2 percent) were partially offset by lower prices for household furnishings and operations (-1.6 percent), other goods and services (-1.1), and new and used motor vehicles (-1.0 percent).

Over the year, the index for all items less food and energy increased 6.9 percent. Components contributing to the increase included used cars and trucks (33.9 percent) and shelter (6.3 percent).

Table A. Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA, CPI-U 2-month and 12-month percent changes, all items index, not seasonally adjusted
Month2019202020212022
2-month12-month2-month12-month2-month12-month2-month12-month

January

0.43.00.53.00.92.21.58.6

March

0.72.80.02.31.33.62.710.0

May

1.22.9-0.20.92.05.9

July

-0.12.60.71.71.36.5

September

0.63.10.51.70.86.8

November

0.22.90.41.91.47.9

The May 2022 Consumer Price Index for the Riverside area is scheduled to be released on June 10, 2022.


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 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA metropolitan area includes Riverside and San Bernardino Counties in California.

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

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario (December 2017=100 unless otherwise noted)
Item and Group

IndexesPercent change from-
Historical
data
Jan.
2022
Feb.
2022
Mar.
2022
Mar.
2021
Jan.
2022
Feb.
2022

Expenditure category

All items

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49CSA0
118.963-122.12710.02.7-

Food and beverages

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49CSAF
119.208-121.1868.11.7-

Food

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49CSAF1
119.810-121.5978.11.5-

Food at home

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49CSAF11
119.969120.621121.7219.81.50.9

Cereals and bakery products

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49CSAF111
127.322-129.07010.71.4-

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49CSAF112
120.209-126.05416.44.9-

Dairy and related products

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49CSEFJ
106.107-105.005-2.3-1.0-

Fruits and vegetables

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49CSAF113
124.892-123.77910.3-0.9-

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49CSAF114
119.751-122.2056.62.0-

Other food at home

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49CSAF115
117.791-118.8089.00.9-

Food away from home

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49CSEFV
119.059-120.8876.11.5-

Alcoholic beverages

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49CSAF116
108.453-114.1949.35.3-

Housing

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49CSAH
121.077-122.1038.00.8-

Shelter

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49CSAH1
117.693118.176119.0566.31.20.7

Rent of primary residence

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49CSEHA
119.310120.049121.0997.41.50.9

Owners' equiv. rent of residences

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49CSEHC
117.385117.787118.4795.50.90.6

Owners' equiv. rent of primary residence

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49CSEHC01
117.385117.787118.4795.50.90.6

Fuels and utilities

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49CSAH2
146.915-147.98217.60.7-

Household energy

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49CSAH21
153.870149.418158.12722.82.85.8

Energy services

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49CSEHF
154.821150.211158.98522.72.75.8

Electricity

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49CSEHF01
150.293150.293161.66524.27.67.6

Utility (piped) gas service

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49CSEHF02
168.091148.933149.43018.8-11.10.3

Household furnishings and operations

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49CSAH3
118.927-117.0159.8-1.6-

Apparel

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49CSAA
103.495-108.9516.75.3-

Transportation

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49CSAT
128.460-138.27425.47.6-

Private transportation

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49CSAT1
131.430-141.04225.77.3-

New and used motor vehicles

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49CSETA
118.079-116.92817.1-1.0-

New vehicles

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49CSETA01
112.929-110.4776.7-2.2-

Used cars and trucks

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49CSETA02
150.220-149.28233.9-0.6-

Motor fuel

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49CSETB
150.883153.512185.41548.922.920.8

Gasoline (all types)

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49CSETB01
151.086153.664185.58248.922.820.8

Gasoline, unleaded regular(1)

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49CSS47014
151.756154.368186.85249.723.121.0

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade(1)

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49CSS47015
151.398153.919184.82247.122.120.1

Gasoline, unleaded premium(1)

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49CSS47016
147.656150.091179.58745.621.619.7

Medical care

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49CSAM
113.919-115.8633.81.7-

Recreation

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49CSAR
102.241-105.1563.82.9-

Education and communication

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49CSAE
107.829-109.2561.81.3-

Tuition, other school fees, and child care

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49CSEEB
120.259-120.3281.50.1-

Other goods and services

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49CSAG
117.350-116.0063.5-1.1-

Commodity and service group

All items

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49CSA0
118.963-122.12710.02.7-

Commodities

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49CSAC
120.279-125.30214.74.2-

Commodities less food & beverages

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49CSACL11
120.834-127.47418.55.5-

Nondurables less food & beverages

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49CSANL11
122.643-138.60426.013.0-

Durables

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49CSAD
118.318-116.15311.2-1.8-

Services

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49CSAS
118.282-120.2357.31.7-

Special aggregate indexes

All items less medical care

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49CSA0L5
119.313-122.55610.52.7-

All items less shelter

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49CSA0L2
119.755-123.89612.13.5-

Commodities less food

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49CSACL1
120.444-127.05718.25.5-

Nondurables

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49CSAN
120.827-129.48416.57.2-

Nondurables less food

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49CSANL1
121.848-137.28325.112.7-

Services less rent of shelter

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49CSASL2RS
119.000-121.7418.52.3-

Services less medical care services

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49CSASL5
118.441-120.3617.61.6-

Energy

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49CSA0E
152.579152.554175.85338.615.315.3

All items less energy

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49CSA0LE
116.006-117.3417.11.2-

All items less food and energy

Go to web page with historical data for series CUURS49CSA0L1E
115.423-116.6836.91.1-

Footnotes
(1) Special index based on a substantially smaller sample.

- Data not available
NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

 

Last Modified Date: Tuesday, April 12, 2022