Consumer inflation continues its gradual descent in metro Denver, but it isn’t falling as fast as elsewhere in the country, according to a bi-monthly update from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Consumer inflation continues its gradual descent in metro Denver, but it isn’t falling as fast as elsewhere in the country, according to aThe Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood area advanced 1.3% between January and March and is running at an annual pace of 5.7%, which is down from the 6.4% annual rate measured in January. Nationally, consumer inflation increased at a 5% annual rate in March, which was down from a 6% annual pace in February.
Annual gains of 10% in both rents and food prices helped keep inflation elevated in the region. Metro Denver was also hit with a 12.3% spike in gasoline prices between January and March, which resulted from the closure of theGasoline prices were down about 2% in metro Denver compared to March 2022, but nationally, they were down 17.3%.
Michael Hirniak, the BLS assistant commissioner for regional operations, which oversees the metro Denver CPI report, noted in the report that core inflation, which is all items less food and energy, advanced 1.0% in February and March, due primarily to an increase in the index for owners’ equivalent rent of residences, a proxy for home ownership costs. The energy index was up 6.4%, while the food index increased 1.3% over the past two months.
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