To determine the difference in inflation growth between 23 major metropolitan statistical areas, WalletHub compared key metrics related to the Consumer Price Index, which measures inflation. It compared the Consumer Price Index for the latest month for which BLS data is available to two months prior and one year prior to assess how inflation changed in the short- and long-term.
Below are the MSAs where inflation has increased the most and the least in the short-term, comparing the latest month for which data is available compared to two months prior, followed by the long-term, comparing the latest month to one year prior.
To view full snapshot of states’ inflation changes, find the full Oct. 13 ranking here.
Cities with most long-term growth to inflation
1. Phoenix: 13 percent
2. Atlanta: 11.7 percent
3. Miami: 10.7 percent
4. Tampa: 10.5 percent
5. Baltimore: 10.2 percent
Cities with least long-term growth to inflation
1. San Francisco: 5.7 percent
2. New York: 6.2 percent
3. Honolulu, Hawaii: 6.6 percent
4. Minneapolis: 7.4 percent
5. St. Louis: 7.5 percent
Cities with most short-term growth to inflation
1. Atlanta: 1.3 percent
2. San Diego: 0.9 percent
Boston: 0.9 percent
3. Phoenix: 0.8 percent
Honolulu: 0.8 percent
4. Dallas: 0.5 percent
Los Angeles: 0.5 percent
5. Miami: 0.4 percent
Minneapolis: 0.4 percent
New York: 0.4 percent
Cities with least short-term growth to inflation
1. Anchorage, Alaska: -4 percent
2. San Francisco: -0.5 percent
Detroit: -0.5 percent
3. Washington, D.C.: -0.20 percent
Denver: -0.20 percent
4. Philadelphia: 0 percent
Riverside, Calif.: 0 percent
Seattle: 0 percent
5. Houston: 0.1 percent
Baltimore: 0.1 percent
