Consumer Price Index, Honolulu – Second Half 2016
Article By U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Area prices were up 0.9 percent over the past six months, up 1.5 percent from a year ago
Prices in the Honolulu Area, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), increased 0.9 percent in the second half of 2016, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table A.) Assistant Commissioner for Regional Operations Richard Holden noted that this latest six-month increase was influenced by higher prices for shelter and gasoline. (Data in this report are not seasonally adjusted. Accordingly, six-month-to-six-month changes may reflect seasonal influences.) See full article here.