{
  "id": "cpi-metro-areas",
  "slug": "cpi-metro-areas",
  "title": "Selected metropolitan price comparisons",
  "tag": "GEOGRAPHY / LOCAL",
  "unit": "Percent change, August 2025–August 2026",
  "kind": "local-rates",
  "metric": "value",
  "measure": "CPI-U all-items unadjusted 12-month change, selected metropolitan areas",
  "geography": "Explicit multi-county metro statistical areas (NOT state totals)",
  "observation_type": "Selected local areas, with varying BLS pricing schedules",
  "coverage": "Twelve months ended August 2026",
  "overview": "Contrast selected metro inflation observations while keeping place names, metro boundaries and sample-selection limits visible.",
  "caution": "These five metro areas are selected examples, not a representative sample of all cities or states. Chicago, LA and NY monthly; Houston and Miami on a separate two-month schedule. Do not infer statewide values.",
  "columns": [
    {
      "key": "label",
      "label": "BLS selected metropolitan area"
    },
    {
      "key": "value",
      "label": "12-month CPI change (%)"
    }
  ],
  "rows": [
    {
      "label": "Chicago-Naperville-Elgin (IL-IN-WI)",
      "value": 2.4,
      "source_id": "bls-2026-08"
    },
    {
      "label": "Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim (CA)",
      "value": 3.6,
      "source_id": "bls-2026-08"
    },
    {
      "label": "New York-Newark-Jersey City (NY-NJ-PA)",
      "value": 4.3,
      "source_id": "bls-2026-08"
    },
    {
      "label": "Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land (TX)",
      "value": 1.3,
      "source_id": "bls-2026-08"
    },
    {
      "label": "Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach (FL)",
      "value": 3.7,
      "source_id": "bls-2026-08"
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "bls-2026-08",
      "agency": "U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics",
      "title": "Consumer Price Index, August 2026",
      "url": "https://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/cpi_09112026.htm",
      "published_on": "2026-09-11",
      "checked_on": "2026-10-11",
      "locator": "Table A, Table 1 and Table 4: CPI-U levels, subcategories and selected regions"
    }
  ]
}