By Jim Cline and Kate Kremer
We often are asked, what the “Seattle” CPI is and whether it only covers the City of Seattle, or King County. In fact, the “Seattle” index covers the entire Seattle metropolitan area. [Read more…]
November 29, 2012 by
What is the “Seattle” CPI?
November 28, 2012 by
Seattle and National CPI Converge in Latest Numbers
By Jim Cline and Kate Kremer
In our last inflation report, the August bimonthly Seattle-W CPI index was a full percentage point above the All Cities-W (2.7% versus 1.7%). However, the latest bimonthly CPI release shows a convergence of the two indices. The October Seattle W has dropped to 2.3% while the All Cities-W has risen to 2.2%: [Read more…]
September 19, 2012 by
Latest CPI Report Still Shows Seattle Inflation Running Ahead of National Inflation
By Jim Cline and Kate Kremer
The Bureau of Labor Statistics just released CPI report that reports the August Seattle CPI-W at 2.7%, one full percentage point ahead of the All Cities number. These numbers are virtually identical to the last bimonthly (June) report in which the Seattle Index was reported at 2.7% and the all cities Index was reported at 1.6%. This chart shows the last 12 months of CPI-W data:
Here’s a table that also that shows the Seattle and All City W numbers alongside some other relevant West Coast inflation indices:
