The Consumer Price Index rose 0.9% in June. The seasonally adjusted rate of growth was 0.7%. The rise in energy prices seems to be a key factor, as the gasoline index rose 17.3 % in the month, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics , but it was not the only index that turned up. Food reversed price declines from May, and the housing index held steady after three months of decline. The year to-date trends look strong overall: The CPI-U all items index advanced at a seasonally adjusted annualized rate (SAAR) of 3.3 percent in the second quarter of 2009 after increasing at a 2.2 percent rate in the first quarter. This brings the year-to-date SAAR to 2.7 percent and compares with a 0.1 percent increase in all of 2008. The index for energy, which fell 21.3 percent during 2008, rose at a 14.8 percent SAAR in the first six months of 2009. Energy commodities increased at a 52.1 percent rate in the first half of the year, while energy services declined at a 13.6 percent rate. The index for food declined at a 1.1 percent SAAR in the first six months of 2009 after rising 5.9 percent in all of 2008. The food at home index declined at a 3.8 percent rate during the first half of 2009 after rising 6.6 percent in 2008. Read the BLS report here .