CONSUMER PRICE INDEX JUNE 2025

Written by Michael Thervil

Consumer Price Index June 2025

[Consumer Price Index June 2025] As a whole June's Consumer Price Index report indicated that the most sectors within the American economy are up. The question is why given all the uncertainty that has been projected by the Trump Administration. On the surface: “All items” stood at a growth rate 2.7%, “Food” stood at 3.0%,  while “Energy” dipped into the negative at -0.8%, and in the category of “All items less food and Energy” grew to 20.9% for the month of June. Drilling down into the category of “Food” we found that the trend of Americans eating outside of the home has an increase of 3.8% while Americans that ate “Food from home” showed a slight increase to 2.4%.

Drilling down into the “Food at home” category the two biggest sectors of growth were “Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs” which grew to a whopping 5.6% followed by "Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials” which spiked to 4.4%. Other items within the “Food at home” category remained relatively flat as "cereals and bakery products, dairy and related products, “Fruits and vegetables" and “Other food materials at home” which stood at 0.9%, 0.9%, 0.7%, and 1.3% respectively. Observing the “Food away from home” category, it shows that “Full-service meals and snacks” rose slightly above “Limited meals and snacks” by 0.5%. “Full-service meals and snacks stood at 4.0% while “Limited-service meals and snacks” stood at 3.5%.

Dipping below the base line was the “Energy” sector which fell to -0.8% and within that category was a polarizing split between ”Energy commodities” and “Energy services”. While “Energy commodities fell to -7.9%, “Energy services” were up 7.5%. Energy commodities such as “Fuel oil” and “Gasoline (all types) fell below -4.7% and -8.3% respectively. In the “Energy services” sector, both “Electricity” and “Natural gas (piped)” were up with “Electricity" up 5.8% and “Natural gas (piped)” up 14.2%.

In the “All items less food and energy” sector, both “Commodities less food and energy” and “Services less energy services” were up with "Services less energy services” up 3.6% to “Commodities less food and energy” standing at 0.7%. drilling down into “commodities less food and energy commodities” “Tobacco and smoking products” led by being up 6.3% followed by “Used cars and trucks” which were up 2.8%. trailing in this sector was “Alcoholic beverages” which clocked in at 1.4%. Both “New vehicles” and “Medical care commodities” stood equally flat at 0.2%. “Apparel” dipped at -0.5%.

Within the “Services less energy services” sector, “Shelter”, “Medical care services”, and “Transportation service” roughly leveled out equally with “Shelter” at 3.8% and “Medical care services” and “Transportation service” tied at 3.4%. In sum the Consumer Price Index for June 2025 stood at +0.3% in terms of growth. However, the average American consumer is still feeling the pinch at grocery stores and other sectors of the economy as they struggle to keep up with inevitable monetary inflation.