Bay Area prices rise at slowest pace in five years as inflation cools

Bay Area consumer prices rose in April at their smallest yearly pace in five years according to a new account whose results contrast with dire prognostications from certain experts about the impact of tariffs The inflation rate in the Bay Area as measured by consumer prices rose by a tiny over the one-year period that ended in April the U S Bureau of Labor Statistics released Tuesday Similarly the nationwide inflation rate increased by just in April the slowest yearly increase in four years since the federal labor agency revealed In the Bay Area measured over the one-year stretch ending in April unleaded gasoline prices fell while the cost of food consumed at home rose by a miniscule amount However specific signs emerged that annualized prices for meat fish poultry and eggs have hopped higher Overall consumers in the Bay Area appear to be getting a break from inflation in sharp contrast to the brutally high spikes that occurred during and Here are the details for annual price changes consumers encountered for an array of key categories in the Bay Area as shown in the new account All of the figures are changes over the one-year period ending in April Food was up Food consumed at home rose Food away from home increased Gasoline prices as measured by the unleaded grade plunged Shelter costs rose Meat poultry fish and egg prices jumped Fruit and vegetable prices rose Dairy product costs fell Cereal and bakery prices rose Therapeutic costs rose Apparel prices fell Chosen analysts had predicted that the imposition of wide-ranging tariffs on an array of imported goods would shove prices higher However that has yet to happen both in the Bay Area and nationwide In the Bay Area April s yearly increase in consumer prices of was the lowest since October when annual prices increased by the federal agency s archives show