{"id":515,"date":"2026-06-10T20:06:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T20:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coloradorelocationreport.com\/?p=515"},"modified":"2026-06-10T20:06:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T20:06:10","slug":"denver-area-inflation-increases-to-5-blame-energy-costs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coloradorelocationreport.com\/?p=515","title":{"rendered":"Denver-area inflation increases to 5%. Blame energy costs."},"content":{"rendered":"
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Just as gas prices seemed to be easing, economic data out Wednesday reminds us of what happened last month: Stuff cost more in metro Denver in May as inflation ticked up to 5% from a year ago.\u00a0<\/p>

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The region\u2019s annual consumer price index hasn\u2019t been that high since September 2023, when consumer price growth was slowing from the decades-high 9.1% in spring 2022.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Denver region\u2019s biggest price increases were for energy costs, which have risen 15% since March, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Acting Regional Commissioner Jerome Watters noted in a news release. As part of the energy index, the Denver-area gasoline prices are up 24.3% in the same period, and up 41.8% compared with a year ago.<\/p>\n

Similarly, U.S. prices are up 4.2% from a year ago, with energy prices up 23.5% in the same period, while gasoline was up 40.5%.<\/p>\n

Overall costs of food also continued to rise and was up 1.8% from a year ago. The cost of dining out at restaurants grew 2.9%, while buying groceries to cook food at home was 1.1% more than last year in the Denver metro.<\/p>\n