A report of Consumer price Index of the US Labor Statistics Office (BLS) revealed that inflation in edible prices decreased during March, compared to February, despite the expectation generated by tariffs imposed on several countries by the president Donald Trump.
food prices decreased during March 2025
The report, published in April, revealed that the Consumer price index for all urban consumers (CPI-U) decreased by 0.1% during the month of March, after an increase of 0.2% in February.
According to the data presented, during the last 12 months The index of all articles increased 2.4% before seasonal adjustment.
The report also indicates that the Energy cost index fell 2.4%, while the Food index rose 0.4% during Marchwith an increase in the food index at 0.5%.
However, some cities have been especially affected by the increase in food prices, and although one might think that the urban areas of New York or Los Angeles They have been especially affected, the truth is that it is Honolulu the metropolis that has reported greater inflation.
-Urban areas with the highest inflation in the United States
- HonoluluHawai: 5.3% annual inflation
- Tampa-San Petersburgo-ClearwaterFlorida: 4.3% annual inflation
- Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, Minnesota-Wisconsin: 4.2% annual inflation
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In the case of Honoluluthe analysis reveals An increase of 6.5% in cereals and bakery productsin addition to an increase of 6.4% in fruits and vegetables which has generated an increase in food prices for the inhabitants of this area.
As for the urban areas of Floridathe increases have been driven by A 7.8% rise in egg prices, meat, birds and fish, contributing to inflation of 4.3%.
For the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, the price increase is directly related to Inflation in the 6.9%fruits and vegetable index.
Despite Los Angeles It is not among the three urban areas with never greater inflation, if it is the area with the increase in prices for Products such as egg, meat, birds and fish of 9.8%.
