--- title: Prices for These 20 Items Are Rising Faster Than Overall Inflation description: Health care, groceries, car insurance, pet food, rental cars and more all saw price increases higher than regular inflation in September. authors: - name: Pete Grieve role: Lead News Reporter url: https://money.com/author/pete-grieve/ bio: Pete Grieve is a personal finance reporter. In his time at Money, Pete has covered everything from car buying to credit cards to the housing market. education: University of Chicago, BA Political Science at_money_since: 2022 articles: 597 covers: - Economy and Politics - Banking - Business - Career Advice - Credit - Credit Cards - Debt - Education - Health and Wellness - Housing - Identity Theft - Insurance - Investing - Lifestyle - Loans - Mortgages - Personal Finance - Professional Services - Retirement - Shopping - Taxes social: - https://twitter.com/pete_grieve - https://linkedin.com/in/pete-grieve-b5aa02138 - https://www.facebook.com/petegrieve4 editors: - name: Brad Tuttle role: Senior Editor url: https://money.com/author/brad-tuttle/ bio: Brad Tuttle is a former senior editor at Money with over 10 years’ experience covering a vast number of personal finance topics, including careers, cars, travel, budgeting, investing, insurance, credit cards, consumer psychology, real estate, banking, and shopping and deals. education: Columbia University School of Journalism, MS at_money_since: 2014 articles: 366 covers: - Economy and Politics - Banking - Business - Career Advice - Credit - Credit Cards - Education - Health and Wellness - Housing - Identity Theft - Insurance - Investing - Lifestyle - Loans - Mortgages - Personal Finance - Pets - Professional Services - Retirement - Shopping - Taxes - Technology social: - https://twitter.com/bradrtuttle - https://linkedin.com/in/brad-tuttle-834b225 former_staff: true published: '2022-10-13T18:48:28.000Z' modified: '2024-01-10T13:22:10.000Z' section: Economy and Politics tags: - inflation - News word_count: 632 canonical: https://money.com/items-prices-rising-faster-than-inflation/ type: NewsArticle source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** We research all brands listed and may earn a fee from our partners. Research and financial considerations may influence how brands are displayed. Not all brands are included. [Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/). ![People shop for groceries in Riverside.](https://img.money.com/2022/10/News-Things-Getting-More-Expensive.jpg?crop=0px%2C96px%2C1633px%2C918px&quality=85) As inflation increased yet again in September, costs in certain spending categories, ranging from [pet food](https://money.com/best-cat-food/) to [car insurance](https://money.com/best-auto-insurance/), shot up at a much faster rate than overall price growth. The latest numbers from the federal government show consumer prices for goods and services are up 0.4% from August to September, indicating that the Federal Reserve’s [interest rate hikes](https://money.com/fed-interest-rate-hike-september-2022/) haven’t halted inflation yet. On Thursday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released the monthly [consumer price index (CPI) report](https://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm), which puts inflation at 8.2% in the past year. That means it costs the typical U.S. household $445 more per month to purchase the same goods and services compared to the cost a year ago, according to [Ryan Sweet](https://twitter.com/RealTime_Econ/status/1580556169646862336?s=20&t=BvTM5EpgrrmmgzKO1z2Q5A), an economist at Moody's Analytics. In just the last month, prices moved up by a full percentage point or more in quite a few expenditure categories, according to the CPI. ## Prices increase for groceries, insurance and more Consumers are feeling inflation at the supermarket with [grocery prices up about 13%](https://money.com/grocery-prices-biggest-increase-1979-inflation/) in the last year. As prices for groceries increased again from August to September, a number of baking ingredients got more expensive at an especially fast rate. Prices were up in the CPI for flour (2.0%), sugar and sweets (1.8%), bakery products (1.2%) and cooking fats and oils (1.2%). Vegetable prices increased by 2.4% in September, a bigger increase than with fruit prices, which are up 0.7%. For [canned fruits and vegetables](https://money.com/dollar-scholar-save-money-groceries/), which have seen some of the most dramatic price increases in the last year, prices were up another 1.8%. [Health insurance](https://money.com/medicare-open-enrollment-2022-2023/) and [health care](https://money.com/retirement-healthcare-costs-inflation-report/) became more expensive in September. Health insurance prices increased by 2.1% and prices for medical care services increased by 1.0%. Price growth was also especially notable in several categories related to driving. The CPI reports high inflation for car and truck rentals (2.5%), vehicle maintenance and repairs (1.9%) and [auto insurance](https://money.com/best-auto-insurance/) (1.6%). Not everything got more expensive. Gasoline prices declined by 4.9% in September, helping ease the cost of driving, though the [price of gas](https://money.com/why-gas-prices-arent-falling-forecasts/) has increased again this month, rising above $3.90. Beyond gas, energy prices were down overall in September, but the CPI reports a 2.9% increase for natural gas utilities. Natural gas prices have soared 33.1% in the past year, according to the CPI. Forecasts for [U.S. heating bills](https://money.com/heating-bills-spike-forecast-winter/) indicate prices will be much higher for natural gas customers this winter than last. Still, natural gas heating will likely remain a cheaper way to heat a home than electric or oil heating. The CPI’s breakdown of price changes by [detailed expenditure category](https://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.t02.htm) shows which indexes increased the most in price in the last month. You can scroll through to find a lot more goods and services that are soaring in price — anything from jewelry, which is up 4.4%, to garbage and trash collection, which became 1.7% more expensive in September. ## **Outpacing inflation: 20 big price increases in September** Here are 20 goods and services whose prices rose by 1% or more from August to September: • Flour: +2.0% • Bakery products: +1.2% • Pork: +1.8% • Vegetables: +2.4% • Carbonated drinks: +2.0% • Sugar and sweets: +1.8% • Fats and oils: +1.2% • Natural gas service: +2.9% • Clocks, lamps and decorator items: +1.8% • Dishes and flatware: +3.3% • Tools, hardware and supplies: +2.7% • Jewelry: +4.4% • Garbage and trash collection: +1.7% • Medical care services: +1.0% • Health insurance: +2.1% • Car and truck rental: +2.5% • Motor vehicle maintenance and repair: +1.9% • Auto insurance: +1.6% • Pet food: +1.3% • Daycare and pre-school: +2.0% ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://money.com/items-prices-rising-faster-than-inflation/#breadcrumb", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://money.com" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Economy and Politics", "item": "https://money.com/economy-and-politics/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Inflation", "item": "https://money.com/inflation/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "Prices for These 20 Items Are Rising Faster Than Overall Inflation" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://money.com/#website", "url": "https://money.com", "name": "Money", "publisher": { "@id": "https://money.com/#organization" } }, { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://money.com/items-prices-rising-faster-than-inflation/#webpage", "url": "https://money.com/items-prices-rising-faster-than-inflation/", "name": "Prices for These 20 Items Are Rising Faster Than Overall Inflation", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://money.com/#website" }, "datePublished": "2022-10-13T18:48:28.000Z", "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://money.com/items-prices-rising-faster-than-inflation/" }, "inLanguage": "en-US", "breadcrumb": { "@id": "https://money.com/items-prices-rising-faster-than-inflation/#breadcrumb" }, "dateModified": "2024-01-10T13:22:10.000Z" }, { "@type": "NewsArticle", "headline": "Prices for These 20 Items Are Rising Faster Than Overall Inflation", "articleSection": "Economy and Politics", "image": [ { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://img.money.com/2022/10/News-Things-Getting-More-Expensive.jpg?crop=0px%2C96px%2C1633px%2C918px&quality=85", "width": 1012, "height": 569, "caption": "News-Things-Getting-More-Expensive" } ], "author": [ { "@type": "Person", "name": "Pete Grieve", "url": "https://money.com/author/pete-grieve/", "@id": "https://money.com/author/pete-grieve/#author", "description": "Pete Grieve is a personal finance reporter. 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