The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released its monthly Consumer Price Index on Tuesday, revealing the disparate impacts of inflation across different cities, regions, and price categories.
Leading the list of cities hit hardest by inflation is Georgia’s Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell Metropolitan Area, which saw inflation of 9.8 percent in the past year. Atlanta was followed closely by Arizona’s Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale metropolitan area and the St. Louis metropolitan area bordering Missouri and Illinois, which experiences 9.7 percent and 8.3 percent overall price inflation, respectively.
