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USDL-12-0953 Transmission of material in this release is embargoed until 8:30 a.m. (EDT) Tuesday, May 15, 2012 Technical information: (202) 691-7000 • Reed.Steve@bls.gov • www.bls.gov/cpi Media Contact: (202) 691-5902 • PressOffice@bls.gov CONSUMER PRICE INDEX – APRIL 2012 The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) was unchanged in April on a seasonally adjusted basis, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Over the last 12 months, the all items index increased 2.3 percent before seasonal adjustment. The energy index, which had risen in each of the three previous months, declined in April on a seasonally adjusted basis and offset increases in the other major indexes. The gasoline index fell 2.6 percent in April and accounted for most of the decline in energy, though the indexes for natural gas and fuel oil decreased as well. The food index rose in April as five of the six major grocery store food group indexes increased. The index for all items less food and energy rose 0.2 percent in April, the same increase as in March. Increases in the indexes for shelter, used cars and trucks, medical care, airline fares, new vehicles, and apparel all contributed significantly to the April increase. The 12-month change in the index for all items was 2.3 percent in April, the lowest figure since February 2011. The index for all items less food and energy also increased 2.3 percent over the last 12 months. This is the first time since October 2009 that the 12-month all items change has not exceeded the 12-month change for all items less food and energy. The food index has risen 3.1 percent over the last 12 months, and the energy index has risen 0.9 percent. Chart 1. One-month percent change in CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), seasonally adjusted, Apr. 2011 - Apr. 2012 Percent change 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 Apr'11 May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct 0.0 Nov Dec 0.0 Jan Feb Mar Apr'12 Chart 2. 12-month percent change in CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), not seasonally adjusted, Apr. 2011 - Apr. 2012 Percent change 4.0 3.5 3.0 2.5 2.0 1.5 1.0 Apr'11 May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct All items Nov Dec Jan Feb All items less food and energy -2- Mar Apr'12 Consumer Price Index Data for April 2012 Food The food index rose 0.2 percent in April, the same increase as in March. The index for food at home, up 0.1 percent in March, increased 0.2 percent in April. Five of the six major grocery store food group indexes rose in April. The index for fruits and vegetables posted the largest increase, rising 1.0 percent in April after a series of declines. The index for cereals and bakery products rose 0.4 percent in April after declining in March. The index for nonalcoholic beverages rose 0.2 percent, and the indexes for meats, poultry, fish, and eggs and for other food at home both rose 0.1 percent. In contrast, the index for dairy and related products fell 1.0 percent in April, its third consecutive decline. Over the last 12 months, the food at home index has increased 3.3 percent. Five of the six food groups have risen over that time; despite the April increase the fruits and vegetables group is the only one to decline over the last 12 months, falling 1.7 percent. The index for food away from home rose 0.3 percent in April and has increased 2.9 percent over the last 12 months. Energy The energy index, which rose 0.9 percent in March, declined 1.7 percent in April. The gasoline index fell 2.6 percent in April after rising sharply over the first three months of the year. (Before seasonal adjustment, gasoline prices increased 1.8 percent in April.) The fuel oil index also declined in April, falling 1.1 percent. The energy services index declined slightly in April, falling 0.2 percent. The index for electricity rose 0.2 percent after falling in March, but the index for natural gas declined 1.8 percent, its sixth decline in seven months. Over the last 12 months, the gasoline index has risen 3.2 percent, the fuel oil index has increased 0.9 percent and the index for electricity has advanced 0.6 percent. In contrast, the index for natural gas has declined 11.6 percent. All items less food and energy The index for all items less food and energy increased 0.2 percent in April after a 0.1 percent increase in February and a 0.2 percent increase in March. The index for shelter increased 0.2 percent for the seventh month in a row, with rent and owners’ equivalent rent both rising 0.2 percent. The index for medical care increased 0.3 percent, with the index for hospital services rising 0.6 percent. The index for used cars and trucks increased sharply for the second straight month, rising 1.5 percent in April after a 1.3 percent increase in March. The index for airline fares also rose significantly in April, advancing 2.1 percent. The new vehicles index rose 0.4 percent, as did the index for apparel. The indexes for tobacco, alcoholic beverages, and personal care each increased slightly. The index for household furnishings and operations was unchanged in April, while the index for recreation fell 0.1 percent as the indexes for video and audio products and for toys both declined notably. The index for all items less food and energy has risen 2.3 percent over the last 12 months, the same figure as last month and the sixth month in a row it has been either 2.2 or 2.3 percent. The index for shelter has risen 2.2 percent over the period, as has the index for new vehicles. The apparel index has risen 5.1 percent, the largest 12-month increase since January 1991, while the index for medical care has risen 3.4 percent. -3- Not seasonally adjusted CPI measures The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 2.3 percent over the last 12 months to an index level of 230.085 (1982-84=100). For the month, the index increased 0.3 percent prior to seasonal adjustment. The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) increased 2.4 percent over the last 12 months to an index level of 227.012 (1982-84=100). For the month, the index increased 0.3 percent prior to seasonal adjustment. The Chained Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (C-CPI-U) increased 2.1 percent over the last 12 months. For the month, the index increased 0.3 percent on a not seasonally adjusted basis. Please note that the indexes for the post-2010 period are subject to revision. The Consumer Price Index for May 2012 is scheduled to be released on Thursday, June 14, 2012, at 8:30 a.m. (EDT). -4- Redesigning the Consumer Price Index (CPI) Press Release Tables The format of the tables contained in the CPI news release changed beginning with the CPI news release for March, 2012. News release tables are part of the news release pdf and html files, and are available independently in html format. The new tables are also available in XLS format. In addition, the BLS has begun issuing monthly companion XLS files, which will contain additional index level and CPI-W information. These tables were made available for public comment during October 2011. In response to the public comments, the BLS will issue XLS files each month, as companions to the news release. There will be CPI-U and CPI-W files, and in addition to the data contained in the news release tables, the Excel files will contain index values. In August 2009, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) restructured the text of the CPI news release to focus on the price movements of three broad expenditure categories, namely Food, Energy, and All items less food and energy. Table A within the CPI news release text was also updated in August 2009 to reflect this new structure. Before August 2009, the text of the CPI news release had focused on eight CPI ‘major groups’ (Food and beverages; Housing; Apparel; Transportation; Medical care; Recreation; Education and communication; and Other goods and services). While the text of the CPI news release was restructured in 2009, seven additional CPI news release tables continued to be published using the eight major groups. BLS has redesigned these news release tables, to reflect the focus on Food, Energy, and All items less food and energy. Within these three broad categories, CPI item series are further divided into commodities and services. Beyond the redesign in the structure of the CPI news release tables, several other improvements to these tables have been made. The new Table 1 gives a summary of the index series which typically contribute to changes in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U). The new Table 2 shows the full publication stub using the new structure for the CPI-U, including 11 new items series that were created to augment the redesign in the publication structure. Table 3 shows aggregate item series (e.g., Transportation) that do not fall under the Food, Energy, and All items less food and energy structure. Table 4 shows the All items indexes at the local, regional, and city-size class levels. Table 5 shows the Chained Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (C-CPI-U), and presents a history of annual percentage changes in the C-CPI-U compared to the CPI-U. Table 6 focuses on 1-month seasonally adjusted changes in the CPI-U, while table 7 focuses on 12month not seasonally adjusted changes. Tables 6 and 7 present three additional pieces of data to help users better interpret index changes. First, these tables show the ‘effect’ each item has on the price change for All items. For example, if the effect of food is 0.4, and the index for All items increased 1.2 percent, it can be said that increases in food prices accounted for 0.4 / 1.2, or 33.3 percent, of the increase in overall prices for that period. Said another way, had food prices been unchanged, the All items index only would have increased 0.8 percent (or 1.2 percent for All items, minus the 0.4 effect for Food). Effects can be negative as well. For example, if the effect of food was a negative 0.1, and the All -5- items index rose 0.5 percent, the All items index actually would have been 0.1 percent higher (or 0.6 percent) had food prices been unchanged. Second, standard errors for percent changes are shown on tables 6 and 7. Confidence intervals for statistics can be created using standard errors; e.g., roughly 95 percent confidence intervals can be constructed using two standard errors. For example, if an item increased 3.7 percent, and its standard error was 0.6 percent, the 95 percent confidence interval for that price change can be said to be 3.7 percent plus or minus two standard errors, or 3.7 percent plus or minus 1.2 percent. Finally, each item series in tables 6 and 7 show the last time that item had a price change as large (or as small) as the percent change published that period. For example, if bananas rose 3.7 percent, and that was its largest increase since November 2007, that would be noted in the new tables. In addition, most of the previous tables showed the ‘relative importance’, or weight, of each item category as of the previous December. The relative importance columns in the new tables are improved in that they are updated monthly to reflect the change in relative prices over time. Finally, there are no longer any news release tables that focus on the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W). That said, the CPI-W All items index level and percent changes will still be noted in the text of the news release, and a companion XLS file with CPI-W information will be available. Facilities for Sensory Impaired Information from this release will be made available to sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: 202-691-5200, Federal Relay Services: 1-800-877-8339. Brief Explanation of the CPI The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a measure of the average change in prices over time of goods and services purchased by households. The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes CPIs for two population groups: (1) the CPI for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W), which covers households of wage earners and clerical workers that comprise approximately 29 percent of the total population and (2) the CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) and the Chained CPI for All Urban Consumers (C-CPIU), which cover approximately 88 percent of the total population and include in addition to wage earners and clerical worker households, groups such as professional, managerial, and technical workers, the self-employed, short-term workers, the unemployed, and retirees and others not in the labor force. The CPIs are based on prices of food, clothing, shelter, and fuels, transportation fares, charges for doctors’ and dentists’ services, drugs, and other goods and services that people buy for day-to-day living. Prices are collected each month in 87 urban areas across the country from about 4,000 housing units and approximately 26,000 retail establishments-department stores, supermarkets, hospitals, filling stations, and other types of stores and service establishments. All taxes directly associated with the purchase and use of items are included in the index. Prices of fuels and a few other items are obtained every month in all 87 locations. Prices of most other commodities and services are collected every -6- month in the three largest geographic areas and every other month in other areas. Prices of most goods and services are obtained by personal visits or telephone calls of the Bureau’s trained representatives. In calculating the index, price changes for the various items in each location are averaged together with weights, which represent their importance in the spending of the appropriate population group. Local data are then combined to obtain a U.S. city average. For the CPI-U and CPI-W separate indexes are also published by size of city, by region of the country, for cross-classifications of regions and population-size classes, and for 27 local areas. Area indexes do not measure differences in the level of prices among cities; they only measure the average change in prices for each area since the base period. For the C-CPI-U data are issued only at the national level. It is important to note that the CPI-U and CPI-W are considered final when released, but the C-CPI-U is issued in preliminary form and subject to two annual revisions. The index measures price change from a designed reference date. For the CPI-U and the CPI-W the reference base is 1982-84 equals 100. The reference base for the C-CPI-U is December 1999 equals 100. An increase of 16.5 percent from the reference base, for example, is shown as 116.500. This change can also be expressed in dollars as follows: the price of a base period market basket of goods and services in the CPI has risen from $10 in 1982-84 to $11.65. For further details visit the CPI home page on the Internet at http://www.bls.gov/cpi/ or contact our CPI Information and Analysis Section on (202) 691-7000. Note on Sampling Error in the Consumer Price Index The CPI is a statistical estimate that is subject to sampling error because it is based upon a sample of retail prices and not the complete universe of all prices. BLS calculates and publishes estimates of the 1-month, 2-month, 6-month and 12-month percent change standard errors annually, for the CPI-U. These standard error estimates can be used to construct confidence intervals for hypothesis testing. For example, the estimated standard error of the 1 month percent change is 0.03 percent for the U.S. All Items Consumer Price Index. This means that if we repeatedly sample from the universe of all retail prices using the same methodology, and estimate a percentage change for each sample, then 95% of these estimates would be within 0.06 percent of the 1 month percentage change based on all retail prices. For example, for a 1-month change of 0.2 percent in the All Items CPI for All Urban Consumers, we are 95 percent confident that the actual percent change based on all retail prices would fall between 0.14 and 0.26 percent. For the latest data, including information on how to use the estimates of standard error, see “Variance Estimates for Price Changes in the Consumer Price Index, January-December 2011”. These data are available on the CPI home page (http://www.bls.gov/cpi), or by using the following link http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpivar2011.pdf Calculating Index Changes Movements of the indexes from one month to another are usually expressed as percent changes rather than changes in index points, because index point changes are affected by the level of the index in relation to its base period while percent changes are not. The example below illustrates the computation of index point and percent changes. -7- Percent changes for 3-month and 6-month periods are expressed as annual rates and are computed according to the standard formula for compound growth rates. These data indicate what the percent change would be if the current rate were maintained for a 12-month period. Index Point Change CPI Less previous index Equals index point change 202.416 201.800 .616 Percent Change Index point difference Divided by the previous index Equals Results multiplied by one hundred Equals percent change .616 201.800 0.003 0.003x100 0.3 Regions Defined The states in the four regions are listed below. The Northeast--Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont. The Midwest--Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. The South--Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia. The West--Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. A Note on Seasonally Adjusted and Unadjusted Data Because price data are used for different purposes by different groups, the Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes seasonally adjusted as well as unadjusted changes each month. For analyzing general price trends in the economy, seasonally adjusted changes are usually preferred since they eliminate the effect of changes that normally occur at the same time and in about the same magnitude every year--such as price movements resulting from changing climatic conditions, production cycles, model changeovers, holidays, and sales. The unadjusted data are of primary interest to consumers concerned about the prices they actually pay. Unadjusted data also are used extensively for escalation purposes. Many collective bargaining contract agreements and pension plans, for example, tie compensation changes to the Consumer Price Index before adjustment for seasonal variation. -8- Seasonal factors used in computing the seasonally adjusted indexes are derived by the X-12-ARIMA Seasonal Adjustment Method. Seasonally adjusted indexes and seasonal factors are computed annually. Each year, the last 5 years of seasonally adjusted data are revised. Data from January 2007 through December 2011 were replaced in January 2012. Exceptions to the usual revision schedule were: the updated seasonal data at the end of 1977 replaced data from 1967 through 1977; and, in January 2002, dependently seasonally adjusted series were revised for January 1987-December 2001 as a result of a change in the aggregation weights for dependently adjusted series. For further information, please see “Aggregation of Dependently Adjusted Seasonally Adjusted Series,” in the October 2001 issue of the CPI Detailed Report. Effective with the publication of data from January 2006 through December 2010 in January 2011, the Video and audio series and the Information technology, hardware and services series were changed from independently adjusted to dependently adjusted. This resulted in an increase in the number of seasonal components used in deriving seasonal movement of the All items and 54 other lower level aggregations, from 73 for the publication of January 1998 through December 2005 data to 82 for the publication of seasonally adjusted data for January 2006 and later. Each year the seasonal status of every series is reevaluated based upon certain statistical criteria. If any of the 82 components change their seasonal adjustment status from seasonally adjusted to not seasonally adjusted, not seasonally adjusted data will be used in the aggregation of the dependent series for the last 5 years, but the seasonally adjusted indexes before that period will not be changed. Note: 38 of the 82 components are not seasonally adjusted for 2012. Seasonally adjusted data, including the all items index levels, are subject to revision for up to five years after their original release. For this reason, BLS advises against the use of these data in escalation agreements. Effective with the calculation of the seasonal factors for 1990, the Bureau of Labor Statistics has used an enhanced seasonal adjustment procedure called Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment for some CPI series. Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment allows for better estimates of seasonally adjusted data. Extreme values and/or sharp movements which might distort the seasonal pattern are estimated and removed from the data prior to calculation of seasonal factors. Beginning with the calculation of seasonal factors for 1996, X-12-ARIMA software was used for Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment. For the seasonal factors introduced in January 2012, BLS adjusted 31 series using Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment, including selected food and beverage items, motor fuels, electricity and vehicles. For example, this procedure was used for the Motor fuel series to offset the effects of events such as damage to oil refineries from Hurricane Katrina. For a complete list of Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment series and explanations, please refer to the article “Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment”, located on our website at http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpisapage.htm. For additional information on seasonal adjustment in the CPI, please write to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Division of Consumer Prices and Price Indexes, Washington, DC 20212 or contact David Levin at (202) 691-6968, or by e-mail at Levin.David@bls.gov. If you have general questions about the CPI, please call our information staff at (202) 691-7000. -9- Table 1. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category, April 2012 [1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted] Unadjusted indexes Unadjusted percent change Seasonally adjusted percent change Relative importance Mar. 2012 Apr. 2011 Mar. 2012 Apr. 2012 Apr. 2011Apr. 2012 Mar. 2012Apr. 2012 Jan. 2012Feb. 2012 Feb. 2012Mar. 2012 Mar. 2012Apr. 2012 All items. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Food................................................. . Food at home. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cereals and bakery products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dairy and related products1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fruits and vegetables........................ . Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other food at home. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Food away from home1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.000 14.167 8.550 1.227 1.942 0.904 1.246 224.906 226.150 224.233 255.956 220.747 209.707 286.501 229.392 232.792 231.383 267.101 230.485 219.131 279.057 230.085 233.234 231.711 268.014 230.967 216.918 281.648 2.3 3.1 3.3 4.7 4.6 3.4 -1.7 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.2 -1.0 0.9 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.2 -0.2 -0.5 -0.5 0.3 0.2 0.1 -0.2 0.8 -0.1 -0.4 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.1 -1.0 1.0 0.951 2.280 5.616 166.086 195.239 230.082 169.513 204.574 236.073 169.191 204.864 236.695 1.9 4.9 2.9 -0.2 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.4 0.1 -0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.3 Energy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Energy commodities............................ . Fuel oil1 ....................................... . Motor fuel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gasoline (all types)........................ . Energy services2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Electricity2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Utility (piped) gas service2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.395 6.647 0.241 6.293 6.095 3.748 2.857 0.892 253.495 329.419 386.950 326.024 325.282 190.459 191.323 185.197 253.599 334.427 395.016 330.834 329.780 186.784 192.148 168.196 255.736 339.793 390.483 336.673 335.742 185.834 192.472 163.692 0.9 3.1 0.9 3.3 3.2 -2.4 0.6 -11.6 0.8 1.6 -1.1 1.8 1.8 -0.5 0.2 -2.7 3.2 5.7 2.8 6.0 6.0 -0.8 0.0 -3.4 0.9 1.7 2.7 1.7 1.7 -0.4 -0.8 0.9 -1.7 -2.6 -1.1 -2.6 -2.6 -0.2 0.2 -1.8 All items less food and energy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Commodities less food and energy commodities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Apparel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . New vehicles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Used cars and trucks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Medical care commodities1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alcoholic beverages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tobacco and smoking products1 . . . . . . . . . . . Services less energy services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shelter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rent of primary residence2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Owners’ equivalent rent of residences2 , 3 ........................................... Medical care services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Physicians’ services2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hospital services2 , 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transportation services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Motor vehicle maintenance and repair1 .......................................................... Motor vehicle insurance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Airline fare....... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.438 224.118 228.735 229.303 2.3 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 19.760 3.612 3.173 1.889 1.719 0.944 0.790 55.679 31.259 6.414 145.214 122.226 141.462 145.968 324.241 226.053 827.287 271.775 250.447 252.221 147.644 127.258 144.350 148.677 333.188 230.193 845.760 277.780 255.609 258.569 148.070 128.485 144.522 151.087 333.060 230.092 847.032 278.431 256.031 258.922 2.0 5.1 2.2 3.5 2.7 1.8 2.4 2.4 2.2 2.7 0.3 1.0 0.1 1.6 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 -0.9 0.6 -0.2 0.8 0.3 -0.4 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.2 1.3 0.4 -0.2 -0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.4 1.5 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 23.688 5.328 1.590 1.511 5.719 258.400 421.716 339.427 239.453 267.587 263.317 435.721 343.867 250.638 270.604 263.765 437.151 344.151 251.819 272.146 2.1 3.7 1.4 5.2 1.7 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.5 0.6 0.1 0.0 -0.5 -0.1 -0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.6 0.5 1.141 2.388 0.767 251.458 386.317 309.087 256.616 396.393 303.843 256.544 397.507 312.845 2.0 2.9 1.2 0.0 0.3 3.0 0.2 -0.2 -0.1 -0.1 0.5 0.4 0.0 0.4 2.1 Expenditure category 1 Not seasonally adjusted. 2 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series were calculated using a geometric means estimator. 3 Indexes on a December 1982=100 base. 4 Indexes on a December 1996=100 base. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. Table 2. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category, April 2012 [1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted] Expenditure category All items. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Food................................................................... . Food at home. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cereals and bakery products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cereals and cereal products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Flour and prepared flour mixes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Breakfast cereal1 ......................................... . Rice, pasta, cornmeal1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rice1 , 2 , 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bakery products........................................... . Bread2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . White bread1 , 3 ..................................... . Bread other than white1 , 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fresh biscuits, rolls, muffins1 , 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cakes, cupcakes, and cookies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cookies1 , 3 .......................................... . Fresh cakes and cupcakes1 , 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other bakery products................................. . Fresh sweetrolls, coffeecakes, doughnuts1 , 3 . . . Crackers, bread, and cracker products3 . . . . . . . . . . Frozen and refrigerated bakery products, pies, tarts, turnovers3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Meats, poultry, and fish..................................... . Meats....................................................... . Beef and veal1 ......................................... . Uncooked ground beef1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Uncooked beef roasts1 , 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Uncooked beef steaks1 , 2 ......................... . Uncooked other beef and veal1 , 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pork...................................................... . Bacon, breakfast sausage, and related products2 ............................................................................ Bacon and related products3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Breakfast sausage and related products1 , 2 , 3 ............................................................................ Ham. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ham, excluding canned3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pork chops. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other pork including roasts and picnics2 . . . . . . . . . Other meats............................................. . Frankfurters3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lunchmeats1 , 2 , 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lamb and organ meats1 , 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lamb and mutton1 , 2 , 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poultry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chicken2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fresh whole chicken1 , 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fresh and frozen chicken parts1 , 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . Other poultry including turkey2 .................... . Fish and seafood1 ..................................... . Fresh fish and seafood1 , 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Processed fish and seafood2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shelf stable fish and seafood1 , 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . See footnotes at end of table. Relative importance Mar. 2012 100.000 14.167 8.550 1.227 0.473 0.052 0.290 0.130 0.755 0.222 0.113 0.183 0.237 1.942 1.834 1.194 0.551 0.216 0.081 0.203 0.052 0.374 0.141 0.080 0.061 0.092 0.268 0.339 0.263 0.076 0.302 0.157 0.145 Unadjusted percent change Seasonally adjusted percent change Apr. 2011Apr. 2012 Mar. 2012Apr. 2012 Jan. 2012Feb. 2012 Feb. 2012Mar. 2012 Mar. 2012Apr. 2012 2.3 3.1 3.3 4.7 5.0 9.4 3.9 5.5 5.6 4.7 4.1 4.4 3.1 2.9 6.3 6.0 6.8 4.6 4.4 6.3 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.0 0.4 0.7 0.9 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.5 -1.3 1.2 1.7 0.5 0.3 -2.4 2.5 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.2 -0.4 -0.7 -0.3 -0.3 -0.7 0.8 1.1 1.8 1.8 0.0 0.6 0.4 1.6 0.6 0.7 1.6 0.3 0.2 0.1 -0.2 -0.3 1.6 0.0 -1.3 -1.4 -0.2 -0.4 -0.6 -0.2 0.1 0.3 -0.6 0.6 -0.6 -0.1 -1.7 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.7 0.5 0.4 0.7 0.9 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.5 -0.8 1.2 2.0 0.5 0.6 -2.4 2.6 5.1 4.6 4.6 4.2 5.9 6.2 5.6 6.2 3.4 3.0 -0.2 0.2 0.1 -0.3 0.3 0.1 -0.6 1.3 -1.5 -0.6 -0.5 -0.2 0.2 0.4 0.2 1.0 1.1 -0.9 -0.4 0.3 0.3 0.8 0.7 0.5 0.8 0.4 0.0 1.4 1.2 -0.2 0.0 0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.3 0.1 -0.6 1.3 -1.5 0.0 2.0 3.3 -1.1 -2.0 0.8 0.1 0.2 0.5 -1.3 -2.0 1.6 4.4 4.0 3.6 2.9 2.4 2.0 2.3 4.7 10.0 6.1 5.3 8.8 4.0 9.2 4.5 1.7 7.9 10.4 -0.5 -1.5 -1.6 0.3 0.3 -0.9 -0.6 -1.1 -1.9 -1.7 0.5 0.8 1.6 0.3 -0.8 1.4 0.5 2.3 3.4 2.2 -0.5 -0.9 -2.2 0.3 1.0 2.3 0.4 1.0 3.4 0.3 0.1 0.6 0.4 1.7 -0.7 -1.5 -0.9 -0.3 -0.9 2.4 2.5 -0.4 -1.2 0.7 0.7 0.2 0.2 0.5 1.4 1.3 1.5 1.4 1.5 1.0 0.9 1.7 -0.2 -0.5 1.0 1.1 1.8 -0.7 -1.2 0.4 -1.1 -1.9 -1.7 -0.1 0.2 1.6 0.3 -1.1 0.6 0.5 1.0 3.4 Table 2. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category, April 2012 — Continued [1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted] Expenditure category Frozen fish and seafood1 , 3 .................... . Eggs........... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dairy and related products1 .................................. . Milk1 , 2 ....................................................... . Fresh whole milk1 , 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fresh milk other than whole1 , 2 , 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cheese and related products1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ice cream and related products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other dairy and related products2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fruits and vegetables.......................................... . Fresh fruits and vegetables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fresh fruits................................................. . Apples. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bananas................................................. . Citrus fruits2 ............................................ . Oranges, including tangerines3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other fresh fruits2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fresh vegetables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Potatoes................................................. . Lettuce................................................... . Tomatoes1 .............................................. . Other fresh vegetables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Processed fruits and vegetables2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Canned fruits and vegetables2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Canned fruits2 , 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Canned vegetables2 , 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Frozen fruits and vegetables2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Frozen vegetables3 ................................. . Other processed fruits and vegetables including dried2 ................................................. . Dried beans, peas, and lentils1 , 2 , 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials. . . . . . . . . . . Juices and nonalcoholic drinks2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carbonated drinks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Frozen noncarbonated juices and drinks1 , 2 . . . . . . . . . . Nonfrozen noncarbonated juices and drinks1 , 2 . . . . . . Beverage materials including coffee and tea2 . . . . . . . . . . . Coffee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Roasted coffee3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Instant and freeze dried coffee1 , 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other beverage materials including tea2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other food at home. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sugar and sweets1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sugar and artificial sweeteners. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Candy and chewing gum1 , 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other sweets2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fats and oils. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Butter and margarine2 ................................... . Butter3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Margarine3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Salad dressing1 , 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other fats and oils including peanut butter2 . . . . . . . . . . . Peanut butter1 , 2 , 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . See footnotes at end of table. Relative importance Mar. 2012 0.107 0.904 0.292 0.290 0.136 0.187 1.246 0.942 0.489 0.083 0.082 0.102 0.222 0.453 0.083 0.060 0.077 0.233 0.304 0.151 0.096 0.057 0.951 0.711 0.291 0.014 0.406 0.241 0.148 0.093 2.280 0.308 0.060 0.185 0.063 0.265 0.076 0.067 0.123 Unadjusted percent change Seasonally adjusted percent change Apr. 2011Apr. 2012 Mar. 2012Apr. 2012 Jan. 2012Feb. 2012 Feb. 2012Mar. 2012 Mar. 2012Apr. 2012 8.1 5.6 3.4 0.9 0.5 1.2 4.4 5.5 4.6 -1.7 -4.1 1.9 3.5 -0.3 0.4 3.0 2.5 -9.7 0.2 -11.2 -31.7 -3.0 6.5 6.5 4.3 8.2 6.2 5.6 2.4 1.2 -1.0 -0.8 -0.5 -1.0 -1.9 0.6 -1.2 0.9 1.1 2.6 1.3 -0.2 3.9 3.0 3.5 -0.4 -0.4 -4.2 -2.9 1.3 0.3 0.9 0.6 1.3 -0.3 0.1 -1.5 -6.4 -0.5 -1.3 -1.1 -1.5 -0.4 -1.4 0.5 -0.5 -1.0 1.3 -0.7 -2.1 -1.4 -3.5 4.8 -3.5 1.3 -4.5 -5.7 -4.4 1.2 1.5 1.4 1.0 1.1 1.0 0.2 2.3 -0.1 -0.4 -0.2 -0.5 -0.6 1.8 0.3 -0.4 -0.4 0.7 -1.5 0.6 1.4 2.0 1.5 -1.6 -0.3 -0.4 0.1 -0.2 -0.2 -0.5 -1.0 0.2 -0.4 -0.8 2.4 3.2 -1.0 -0.8 -0.5 -1.0 -1.6 -0.2 -0.8 1.0 1.0 1.9 1.2 0.1 2.0 1.4 2.9 0.0 0.9 -2.6 -2.9 2.4 0.8 1.5 1.1 2.0 0.0 0.4 7.0 15.6 1.9 1.3 2.3 9.3 0.3 3.5 5.8 5.9 3.8 1.2 4.9 5.9 4.8 6.8 4.1 8.4 0.7 -8.6 11.9 3.5 16.6 40.9 -0.2 0.1 -0.2 -0.4 -0.6 -0.3 -0.2 0.3 -0.3 -1.0 3.3 1.3 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.5 -0.7 -1.9 -2.2 -0.7 -0.7 0.0 2.3 1.2 1.8 0.0 0.2 -0.1 0.4 -0.5 -0.8 -0.9 -1.3 -1.1 -0.5 0.4 0.1 -0.6 0.2 1.2 -0.7 -0.3 -2.3 0.1 -1.3 -0.7 2.8 0.8 -0.6 -0.2 -0.1 -0.8 0.4 0.4 -0.4 -0.5 -0.2 -2.6 -1.1 0.3 0.5 -1.0 1.6 -1.2 0.8 0.1 -3.5 1.7 0.5 1.1 0.8 -0.3 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.1 -0.3 -0.2 0.8 -0.1 -1.7 3.3 2.4 0.1 0.3 1.2 0.3 0.8 -0.2 -1.6 -2.2 0.1 -0.7 0.6 2.3 Table 2. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category, April 2012 — Continued [1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted] Expenditure category Relative importance Mar. 2012 Unadjusted percent change Apr. 2011Apr. 2012 Seasonally adjusted percent change Mar. 2012Apr. 2012 Jan. 2012Feb. 2012 Feb. 2012Mar. 2012 Mar. 2012Apr. 2012 4.2 5.8 2.7 5.6 4.4 9.5 3.1 1.2 6.4 5.1 3.5 2.0 2.9 2.6 3.1 3.8 3.4 3.7 2.0 0.2 0.8 -0.2 -0.6 -0.1 0.4 0.1 -0.3 -0.4 -0.2 1.0 -0.5 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.6 1.1 -0.4 1.1 0.6 -0.1 -0.9 1.2 0.2 -0.1 1.3 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.0 0.0 -0.2 0.1 1.5 1.0 0.3 0.0 -1.0 0.5 0.5 -0.9 0.0 -0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.0 -0.3 -0.1 0.1 0.2 -0.2 -0.6 1.0 0.6 0.1 -0.4 -0.4 -0.2 1.0 -0.5 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.8 1.6 -1.3 -1.1 -1.5 1.8 1.8 1.9 1.6 1.6 0.4 -0.5 0.2 -2.7 3.2 5.7 1.7 2.8 0.0 6.0 6.0 6.1 5.7 5.8 1.5 -0.8 0.0 -3.4 0.9 1.7 1.8 2.7 -0.1 1.7 1.7 1.6 2.0 1.7 3.7 -0.4 -0.8 0.9 -1.7 -2.6 -1.3 -1.1 0.8 -2.6 -2.6 -2.6 -2.6 -2.6 -5.7 -0.2 0.2 -1.8 Other foods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Soups.................................................... . Frozen and freeze dried prepared foods1 . . . . . . . . . . . Snacks1 ................................................. . Spices, seasonings, condiments, sauces. . . . . . . . . . . . Salt and other seasonings and spices2 , 3 . . . . . . . Olives, pickles, relishes1 , 2 , 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sauces and gravies2 , 3 ............................ . Other condiments1 , 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Baby food1 , 2 .......................................... . Other miscellaneous foods1 , 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Prepared salads1 , 3 , 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Food away from home1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Full service meals and snacks1 , 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Limited service meals and snacks1 , 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Food at employee sites and schools2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Food at elementary and secondary schools1 , 3 , 5 . . . . . Food from vending machines and mobile vendors1 , 2 . . . . Other food away from home1 , 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.707 0.099 0.304 0.324 0.289 Energy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Energy commodities.............................................. . Fuel oil and other fuels1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fuel oil1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Propane, kerosene, and firewood1 , 6 .................... . Motor fuel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gasoline (all types).......................................... . Gasoline, unleaded regular3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gasoline, unleaded midgrade3 , 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gasoline, unleaded premium3 .......................... . Other motor fuels2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Energy services8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Electricity8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Utility (piped) gas service8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.395 6.647 0.354 0.241 0.112 6.293 6.095 0.199 3.748 2.857 0.892 0.9 3.1 1.0 0.9 1.7 3.3 3.2 3.3 3.2 3.1 1.6 -2.4 0.6 -11.6 All items less food and energy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Commodities less food and energy commodities............. . Household furnishings and supplies9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Window and floor coverings and other linens1 , 2 . . . . . . . Floor coverings1 , 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Window coverings1 , 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other linens1 , 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Furniture and bedding1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bedroom furniture1 ....................................... . Living room, kitchen, and dining room furniture1 , 2 .. . Other furniture2 ........................................... . Infants’ furniture1 , 3 , 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Appliances2 .................................................. . Major appliances2 ........................................ . Laundry equipment3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other appliances1 , 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other household equipment and furnishings1 , 2 . . . . . . . . Clocks, lamps, and decorator items1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Indoor plants and flowers10 ............................. . Dishes and flatware1 , 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75.438 19.760 3.350 0.277 0.039 0.075 0.163 0.718 0.235 0.341 0.135 2.3 2.0 0.7 -2.4 0.6 0.1 -4.4 1.8 0.2 3.6 -0.1 0.2 0.3 -0.1 -0.6 0.3 0.6 -1.4 0.0 -0.5 0.5 -0.6 0.1 0.1 0.5 0.0 -0.1 0.5 -0.2 -0.2 -1.2 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.2 -0.1 0.3 -0.4 -0.9 1.0 0.8 0.9 0.6 -1.0 0.2 0.2 -0.1 -0.6 0.3 0.6 -1.4 0.0 -0.5 0.5 -0.3 0.290 0.168 3.7 7.3 9.5 -1.3 -4.9 -7.1 -1.7 -7.9 -0.1 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 -0.1 -0.2 -0.8 -0.1 0.9 1.6 2.0 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.7 1.1 -1.1 -1.4 -1.9 -0.9 -2.2 -0.6 -0.4 -0.3 -0.2 -0.1 -0.2 -0.1 -0.1 See footnotes at end of table. 0.072 0.619 5.616 2.667 2.255 0.256 0.081 0.358 0.119 0.493 0.259 0.102 0.048 Table 2. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category, April 2012 — Continued [1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted] Expenditure category Nonelectric cookware and tableware2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tools, hardware, outdoor equipment and supplies2 . . . . Tools, hardware and supplies1 , 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Outdoor equipment and supplies2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Housekeeping supplies1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Household cleaning products1 , 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Household paper products1 , 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Miscellaneous household products1 , 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Apparel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Men’s and boys’ apparel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Men’s apparel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Men’s suits, sport coats, and outerwear. . . . . . . . . . . . . Men’s furnishings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Men’s shirts and sweaters2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Men’s pants and shorts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Boys’ apparel.............................................. . Women’s and girls’ apparel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Women’s apparel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Women’s outerwear.................................... . Women’s dresses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Women’s suits and separates2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Women’s underwear, nightwear, sportswear and accessories2 ......................................... . Girls’ apparel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Footwear...................................................... . Men’s footwear1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . Boys’ and girls’ footwear................................. . Women’s footwear. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jewelry and watches6 ...................................... . Watches1 , 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jewelry6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transportation commodities less motor fuel9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . New vehicles................................................. . New cars and trucks2 , 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . New cars3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . New trucks3 , 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Used cars and trucks..................................... . Motor vehicle parts and equipment1 ................... . Tires1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vehicle accessories other than tires1 , 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . Vehicle parts and equipment other than tires1 , 3 ............................................................................ Motor oil, coolant, and fluids1 , 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Medical care commodities1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Medicinal drugs1 , 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Prescription drugs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonprescription drugs1 , 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Medical equipment and supplies1 , 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Recreation commodities9 ..................................... . Video and audio products9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Televisions................................................. . Other video equipment1 , 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Audio equipment1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . See footnotes at end of table. Relative importance Mar. 2012 Unadjusted percent change Seasonally adjusted percent change Apr. 2011Apr. 2012 Mar. 2012Apr. 2012 Jan. 2012Feb. 2012 Feb. 2012Mar. 2012 Mar. 2012Apr. 2012 0.083 0.680 0.172 0.362 0.891 0.363 0.241 0.287 3.612 0.865 0.682 0.125 0.179 0.209 0.162 0.183 1.544 1.286 0.087 0.192 0.598 0.4 0.2 2.6 -0.8 3.7 3.0 4.3 4.1 5.1 6.8 5.6 2.5 5.5 7.6 6.5 11.3 6.1 6.0 8.3 10.3 4.0 1.1 0.4 0.1 0.5 -0.3 -1.0 -0.1 0.4 1.0 1.6 1.5 0.4 1.0 4.2 -0.6 1.9 1.2 1.8 2.7 -4.2 4.2 -1.2 0.4 0.8 0.5 0.5 0.2 0.7 0.8 -0.9 -1.7 -1.7 -3.0 -1.7 -1.9 0.1 -0.5 -0.8 -0.5 1.8 10.7 -1.5 -0.4 -0.7 -0.2 -0.9 -0.2 0.0 0.2 -0.7 0.5 0.8 -0.2 -0.4 -0.5 -0.8 -0.1 6.2 0.3 0.3 -3.4 8.8 -1.5 1.5 0.3 0.1 0.9 -0.3 -1.0 -0.1 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 -1.3 0.3 2.4 -0.1 2.6 1.0 1.2 4.2 -4.3 3.0 0.393 0.259 0.676 0.207 0.149 0.320 0.200 0.327 0.089 0.237 5.565 3.173 1.889 0.433 0.295 0.139 5.9 7.1 2.5 3.8 1.4 2.1 6.1 0.9 1.1 0.5 2.8 2.2 2.2 2.3 2.0 3.5 4.8 5.3 3.6 0.9 -2.1 1.4 1.5 0.9 1.5 -0.6 -1.5 -0.4 -1.9 0.6 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 1.6 0.0 0.1 -0.2 -3.4 -2.6 0.1 0.9 -1.4 -0.1 -0.9 -1.0 0.8 -1.6 0.3 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6 -0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 -1.1 0.5 0.6 0.1 1.0 1.0 0.2 0.5 1.6 0.2 0.6 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 1.3 0.0 -0.3 0.7 1.2 -0.1 0.6 1.5 0.7 0.4 -1.1 -2.8 -0.4 -3.5 0.8 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 1.5 0.0 0.1 -0.2 1.719 1.640 1.329 0.312 0.078 2.320 0.426 0.168 0.027 0.073 1.7 12.8 2.7 2.8 3.7 -0.7 0.8 -1.6 -10.1 -19.6 -12.4 -7.6 -0.3 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.3 0.1 -0.3 -1.2 -1.9 -1.2 -1.5 0.2 -0.4 0.8 0.8 0.6 -0.5 0.7 0.3 -0.6 -1.9 1.5 -0.8 0.4 1.8 0.4 0.4 0.3 1.0 -0.3 -0.2 -1.2 -2.6 -2.3 -0.5 -0.3 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.3 0.1 -0.4 -1.8 -3.7 -1.2 -1.5 Table 2. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category, April 2012 — Continued [1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted] Expenditure category Audio discs, tapes and other media1 , 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pets and pet products1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pet food1 , 2 , 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Purchase of pets, pet supplies, accessories1 , 2 , 3 .. . Sporting goods1 ............................................. . Sports vehicles including bicycles1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sports equipment1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Photographic equipment and supplies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Film and photographic supplies1 , 2 , 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Photographic equipment2 , 3 ............................ . Recreational reading materials1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Newspapers and magazines1 , 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Recreational books1 , 2 .................................. . Other recreational goods2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Toys1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Toys, games, hobbies and playground equipment1 , 2 , 3 .................................................. . Sewing machines, fabric and supplies2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Music instruments and accessories2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Education and communication commodities9 .............. . Educational books and supplies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . College textbooks1 , 3 , 12 ............................... . Information technology commodities9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Personal computers and peripheral equipment4 . . . . . . Computer software and accessories1 , 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Telephone hardware, calculators, and other consumer information items1 , 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alcoholic beverages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alcoholic beverages at home. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Beer, ale, and other malt beverages at home. . . . . . . . . Distilled spirits at home1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Whiskey at home3 ..................................... . Distilled spirits, excluding whiskey, at home1 , 3 . . . Wine at home. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alcoholic beverages away from home1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Beer, ale, and other malt beverages away from home1 , 2 , 3 ............................................ . Wine away from home1 , 2 , 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Distilled spirits away from home1 , 2 , 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other goods9 ................................................... . Tobacco and smoking products1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cigarettes1 , 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tobacco products other than cigarettes1 , 2 . . . . . . . . . . . Personal care products1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hair, dental, shaving, and miscellaneous personal care products1 , 2 ...................................... . Cosmetics, perfume, bath, nail preparations and implements1 ............................................ . Miscellaneous personal goods2 ........................... . Stationery, stationery supplies, gift wrap3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Infants’ equipment1 , 3 , 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Services less energy services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shelter........................................................... . Rent of shelter13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rent of primary residence8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . See footnotes at end of table. Relative importance Mar. 2012 Unadjusted percent change Seasonally adjusted percent change Apr. 2011Apr. 2012 Mar. 2012Apr. 2012 Jan. 2012Feb. 2012 Feb. 2012Mar. 2012 Mar. 2012Apr. 2012 -4.2 2.5 3.2 0.4 0.3 1.2 -1.0 -3.5 9.8 -5.8 1.7 4.5 -1.7 -3.5 -5.1 -0.7 -0.1 0.0 -0.5 0.5 -0.6 1.8 1.5 1.8 1.9 0.2 0.3 0.0 -1.1 -1.5 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.9 1.0 0.9 -0.5 -0.7 -0.2 0.7 1.1 -0.2 0.5 0.6 0.6 -0.3 -0.4 -0.1 -1.0 0.4 -0.7 0.7 1.1 0.3 -0.7 -0.9 -0.7 -0.1 0.0 -0.5 0.5 -0.6 1.8 0.9 1.8 0.9 0.2 0.3 0.0 -1.0 -1.5 -1.5 3.1 -1.0 -4.1 5.4 5.8 -9.6 -12.0 -3.5 -1.1 0.0 0.2 -0.7 0.0 0.3 -1.0 -1.1 -0.5 2.2 -0.6 -0.3 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.2 -1.7 -1.0 0.6 -0.2 -0.5 0.6 0.4 -1.0 -1.3 -0.8 -1.1 1.2 0.2 -0.7 0.5 0.3 -1.3 -1.6 -0.5 0.227 0.373 -5.3 1.8 0.4 1.5 0.1 1.3 0.2 -0.8 3.7 -1.1 0.0 -0.4 -0.5 0.0 0.4 0.3 -0.3 0.4 0.5 0.3 -0.1 0.5 -0.4 -1.7 0.3 -0.4 0.5 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0.1 -0.3 -1.2 0.0 -0.1 -0.4 -1.1 0.1 -0.2 -0.5 -0.1 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.4 1.650 0.790 0.730 0.053 0.652 1.4 3.1 4.6 1.5 2.4 2.3 4.1 1.1 0.3 0.4 0.9 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.5 0.7 -0.4 -0.4 -0.4 -0.1 -0.4 0.0 0.1 -0.8 0.3 -0.3 -0.3 0.2 1.2 0.3 0.4 0.9 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.342 0.7 0.1 0.0 1.5 0.1 0.303 0.208 1.4 -0.9 0.0 -3.7 2.4 2.2 2.2 2.7 0.6 -0.4 -0.1 -0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 -0.9 -0.2 -0.5 -0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 1.0 -0.5 -0.4 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.6 -0.6 0.0 -0.1 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.044 0.689 0.459 0.241 0.208 0.053 0.222 0.120 0.098 0.470 0.351 0.061 0.039 0.601 0.201 0.400 0.264 0.048 0.088 0.944 0.571 0.273 0.071 55.679 31.259 30.915 6.414 Table 2. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category, April 2012 — Continued [1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted] Expenditure category Lodging away from home2 .............................. . Housing at school, excluding board8 , 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . Other lodging away from home including hotels and motels............................................ . Owners’ equivalent rent of residences8 , 13 . . . . . . . . . . . Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence8 , 13 ............................................................................ Tenants’ and household insurance1 , 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Water and sewer and trash collection services2 . . . . . . . . Water and sewerage maintenance8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Garbage and trash collection1 , 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Household operations1 , 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Domestic services1 , 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gardening and lawncare services1 , 2 ................. . Moving, storage, freight expense1 , 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repair of household items1 , 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Medical care services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Professional services..................................... . Physicians’ services8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dental services8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eyeglasses and eye care6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Services by other medical professionals1 , 8 , 6 . . . . Hospital and related services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hospital services8 , 14 ................................. . Inpatient hospital services8 , 14 , 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Outpatient hospital services8 , 3 , 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nursing homes and adult day services8 , 14 . . . . . . . . Care of invalids and elderly at home1 , 5 ........... . Health insurance1 , 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transportation services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Leased cars and trucks12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Car and truck rental2 .................................. . Motor vehicle maintenance and repair1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Motor vehicle body work1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Motor vehicle maintenance and servicing1 . . . . . . . . . Motor vehicle repair1 , 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Motor vehicle insurance.................................. . Motor vehicle fees1 , 2 ................................... . State motor vehicle registration and license fees1 , 8 , 2 .................................................... Parking and other fees1 , 2 ........................... . Parking fees and tolls1 , 2 , 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Automobile service clubs1 , 2 , 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Public transportation...................................... . Airline fare. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other intercity transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Intercity bus fare1 , 3 , 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Intercity train fare1 , 3 , 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ship fare1 , 2 , 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Intracity transportation1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Intracity mass transit1 , 3 , 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Recreation services9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Video and audio services9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cable and satellite television and radio service11 . . See footnotes at end of table. Relative importance Mar. 2012 Unadjusted percent change Seasonally adjusted percent change Apr. 2011Apr. 2012 Mar. 2012Apr. 2012 Jan. 2012Feb. 2012 Feb. 2012Mar. 2012 Mar. 2012Apr. 2012 0.813 0.153 3.5 3.8 0.0 0.0 1.9 0.4 0.3 0.3 -0.2 0.4 0.660 23.688 3.3 2.1 0.0 0.2 2.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 -0.4 0.2 22.290 0.344 1.159 0.872 0.287 0.723 0.248 0.236 0.091 0.076 5.328 2.969 1.590 0.755 0.249 0.375 1.732 1.511 2.1 3.4 5.3 6.4 2.1 2.4 1.8 2.1 3.3 3.7 1.4 1.4 2.0 0.9 1.0 4.8 5.2 5.3 4.8 3.5 1.3 12.4 1.7 -4.6 0.2 2.0 1.8 2.5 1.7 2.9 2.9 0.2 0.7 0.6 0.9 -0.2 0.4 0.6 0.5 -0.7 1.2 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.6 0.0 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.3 0.2 0.2 1.0 0.6 0.0 2.3 0.0 0.1 0.1 -0.1 0.3 -0.1 0.1 -0.6 0.7 0.8 0.4 0.4 0.0 0.1 2.6 -0.1 0.0 -0.2 -0.5 -0.1 -0.2 0.3 0.0 -0.1 -0.5 0.3 0.6 0.0 1.6 -0.2 -1.0 -2.6 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 -0.2 -0.1 0.2 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.0 1.3 0.3 0.0 2.0 -0.1 0.3 0.2 -0.4 0.5 0.0 0.2 0.7 0.8 1.1 -0.2 0.4 0.6 0.5 -0.7 1.2 0.4 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.4 0.0 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.1 0.2 1.0 0.5 -0.2 4.4 0.0 0.1 0.1 -0.1 0.4 -0.1 0.7 6.5 8.7 1.5 1.1 1.2 -1.2 4.6 -3.1 -2.0 2.7 1.8 3.0 4.4 4.3 -0.2 0.2 0.0 0.4 2.1 3.0 1.3 1.7 2.8 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.3 -0.3 0.2 0.3 -0.1 -0.2 -0.1 -0.2 -2.7 -0.6 0.0 0.5 0.6 -0.3 0.3 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.5 0.4 0.1 1.0 4.5 -0.3 0.7 0.0 0.4 0.5 0.5 -0.2 0.2 0.0 0.4 1.6 2.1 0.8 1.7 2.8 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.136 0.085 0.627 5.719 0.389 0.068 1.141 0.057 0.455 0.593 2.388 0.559 0.326 0.211 1.173 0.767 0.146 0.258 3.688 1.498 1.387 Table 2. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category, April 2012 — Continued [1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted] Expenditure category Video discs and other media, including rental of video and audio1 , 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Video discs and other media1 , 2 , 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rental of video or audio discs and other media1 , 2 , 3 ................................................. . Pet services including veterinary2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pet services1 , 2 , 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Veterinarian services2 , 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Photographers and film processing1 , 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Photographer fees1 , 2 , 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Film processing1 , 2 , 3 ................................ . Other recreation services2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Club dues and fees for participant sports and group exercises2 .................................... . Admissions1 ............................................ . Admission to movies, theaters, and concerts1 , 2 , 3 ................................................... . Admission to sporting events1 , 2 , 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fees for lessons or instructions1 , 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Education and communication services9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tuition, other school fees, and childcare. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . College tuition and fees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elementary and high school tuition and fees. . . . . . . . Child care and nursery school10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Technical and business school tuition and fees2 .. . Postage and delivery services2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Postage1 ................................................ . Delivery services1 , 2 .................................. . Telephone services1 , 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wireless telephone services1 , 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Land-line telephone services1 , 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Internet services and electronic information providers1 , 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other personal services9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Personal care services1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Haircuts and other personal care services1 , 2 . . . . . Miscellaneous personal services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Legal services6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Funeral expenses6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Laundry and dry cleaning services2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Apparel services other than laundry and dry cleaning1 , 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Financial services1 , 6 ................................. . See footnotes at end of table. Relative importance Mar. 2012 Unadjusted percent change Seasonally adjusted percent change Apr. 2011Apr. 2012 Mar. 2012Apr. 2012 Jan. 2012Feb. 2012 Feb. 2012Mar. 2012 Mar. 2012Apr. 2012 4.7 -4.3 1.0 1.8 -1.4 -1.7 0.3 0.4 1.0 1.8 1.726 12.6 3.1 2.4 3.0 2.6 1.8 2.5 1.7 0.1 0.4 -0.1 0.5 0.0 0.2 0.0 -0.1 -0.3 -0.3 -0.1 -0.1 -0.2 -0.5 0.1 -0.8 0.6 0.3 0.4 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.1 0.2 -0.1 0.4 0.0 0.2 0.0 -0.1 0.568 0.625 3.0 1.2 -0.3 0.1 -0.8 -0.9 0.9 0.1 -0.3 0.1 0.228 6.111 2.968 1.665 0.376 0.767 0.058 0.148 0.138 0.010 2.399 1.460 0.939 0.9 1.9 0.5 2.6 4.2 5.4 3.6 2.4 5.1 4.0 3.8 7.2 0.7 -0.7 2.4 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 1.2 0.1 0.0 0.2 -1.0 -1.0 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.1 1.0 2.8 3.1 -0.8 0.0 0.0 0.1 -0.1 0.7 -0.1 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.6 0.2 0.2 -0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 1.2 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.581 1.692 0.626 0.626 1.066 0.293 0.157 0.237 1.1 2.2 1.5 1.5 2.6 1.9 2.0 1.5 0.8 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.4 0.4 -0.1 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 -0.5 0.1 0.8 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 -0.1 0.030 0.209 4.5 5.2 -0.2 1.4 0.1 -0.9 0.3 1.0 -0.2 1.4 0.112 0.405 0.058 Table 2. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category, April 2012 — Continued [1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted] Expenditure category Relative importance Mar. 2012 Checking account and other bank services1 , 2 , 3 ..................................................... Tax return preparation and other accounting fees2 , 3 ............................................ . Unadjusted percent change Seasonally adjusted percent change Apr. 2011Apr. 2012 Mar. 2012Apr. 2012 Jan. 2012Feb. 2012 Feb. 2012Mar. 2012 Mar. 2012Apr. 2012 5.0 -1.1 2.0 0.1 -1.1 7.3 1.9 0.5 1.4 1.9 1 Not seasonally adjusted. 2 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. 3 Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. 4 Indexes on a December 2007=100 base. 5 Indexes on a December 2005=100 base. 6 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base. 7 Indexes on a December 1993=100 base. 8 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series were calculated using a geometric means estimator. 9 Indexes on a December 2009=100 base. 10 Indexes on a December 1990=100 base. 11 Indexes on a December 1983=100 base. 12 Indexes on a December 2001=100 base. 13 Indexes on a December 1982=100 base. 14 Indexes on a December 1996=100 base. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. Table 3. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category, April 2012 [1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted] Special aggregate indexes All items less food. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . All items less shelter................................. . All items less food and shelter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . All items less food, shelter, and energy. . . . . . . . . . . . All items less food, shelter, energy, and used cars and trucks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . All items less medical care. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . All items less energy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Commodities.......................................... . Commodities less food, energy, and used cars and trucks........................................ . Commodities less food. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Commodities less food and beverages. . . . . . . . . . Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Services less rent of shelter1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Services less medical care services. . . . . . . . . . . . . Durables............................................... . Nondurables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nondurables less food. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nondurables less food and beverages. . . . . . . . . . Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nondurables less food and apparel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Housing................................................ . Education and communication2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Education2 ......................................... . Communication2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Information and information processing2 . . . . Information technology, hardware and services3 ...................................... . Recreation2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Video and audio2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pets, pet products and services2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Photography2 ...................................... . Food and beverages................................. . Domestically produced farm food4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Apparel less footwear. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fuels and utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Household energy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Medical care. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Private transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . New and used motor vehicles2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Utilities and public transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Household furnishings and operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . Other goods and services........................... . Personal care. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Unadjusted indexes Unadjusted percent change Seasonally adjusted percent change Relative importance Mar. 2012 Apr. 2011 Mar. 2012 Apr. 2012 Apr. 2011Apr. 2012 Mar. 2012Apr. 2012 Jan. 2012Feb. 2012 Feb. 2012Mar. 2012 Mar. 2012Apr. 2012 85.833 68.741 54.575 44.179 224.731 217.475 214.889 209.790 228.887 221.744 218.608 214.112 229.621 222.552 219.503 214.770 2.2 2.3 2.1 2.4 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.0 0.0 -0.1 0.3 42.290 92.953 89.605 40.573 213.616 216.346 223.798 185.311 218.033 220.483 228.705 189.201 218.575 221.159 229.252 190.089 2.3 2.2 2.4 2.6 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.5 0.1 0.4 0.1 0.9 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.2 -0.2 17.871 26.407 25.462 59.427 28.512 54.098 8.874 31.699 17.533 16.589 145.858 164.964 162.578 264.256 288.612 252.100 112.242 221.504 215.090 214.256 148.264 167.858 165.413 269.396 293.886 256.675 112.926 227.039 219.940 219.086 148.483 168.899 166.479 269.901 294.527 257.121 113.306 228.190 221.619 220.859 1.8 2.4 2.4 2.1 2.0 2.0 0.9 3.0 3.0 3.1 0.1 0.6 0.6 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.8 0.8 0.1 1.4 1.4 0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.2 1.0 1.9 1.9 0.1 0.6 0.6 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.6 0.8 0.9 0.1 -0.5 -0.5 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.3 -0.3 -0.8 -0.9 12.976 13.921 40.592 6.712 3.169 3.543 3.394 276.504 270.729 217.901 130.643 204.316 83.655 80.281 281.225 275.483 221.487 133.235 213.132 83.456 79.939 283.379 277.443 221.682 133.284 213.130 83.515 79.995 2.5 2.5 1.7 2.0 4.3 -0.2 -0.4 0.8 0.7 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 2.8 2.7 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.1 1.1 1.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.0 -1.4 -1.2 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.995 6.008 1.924 1.094 0.113 15.111 7.215 11.491 2.936 5.260 4.102 7.047 17.577 16.403 5.589 9.867 4.073 3.341 2.552 9.176 113.368 98.918 157.866 79.580 226.248 230.356 312.593 116.348 217.254 190.622 398.813 216.867 212.210 98.972 204.976 124.893 386.226 208.485 8.862 114.675 99.856 161.992 79.173 232.708 238.154 320.315 121.954 216.667 187.591 411.498 220.842 216.536 100.325 205.637 126.107 392.364 211.289 8.865 114.656 99.893 162.159 79.769 233.116 238.478 320.824 123.018 216.006 186.517 412.480 223.083 218.563 100.977 206.050 126.114 393.320 211.865 -3.4 1.1 1.0 2.7 0.2 3.0 3.5 2.6 5.7 -0.6 -2.2 3.4 2.9 3.0 2.0 0.5 1.0 1.8 1.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.8 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.9 -0.3 -0.6 0.2 1.0 0.9 0.6 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.3 0.1 -0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.1 -0.1 0.1 -1.1 -0.3 -0.6 0.2 2.1 2.2 0.2 0.0 0.3 -0.1 -0.1 -0.2 0.2 0.1 0.4 -0.3 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.5 -0.1 -0.2 0.3 0.9 0.9 0.6 0.0 -0.2 0.2 0.4 -0.1 -0.1 -0.2 0.0 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.3 -0.1 -0.3 0.3 -0.5 -0.7 0.8 0.4 0.0 0.1 0.1 1 Indexes on a December 1982=100 base. 2 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. 3 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base. 4 Not seasonally adjusted. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. Table 4. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Selected areas, all items index, April 2012 [1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted] Pricing Schedule1 Area Percent change to Apr. 2012 from: Percent change to Mar. 2012 from: Apr. 2011 Feb. 2012 Mar. 2012 Mar. 2011 Jan. 2012 Feb. 2012 2.3 1.1 0.3 2.7 1.2 0.8 Northeast urban. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M Size A - More than 1,500,000. . . . . . M Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,0003 .. . M 2.3 2.3 2.4 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.3 0.3 0.3 2.5 2.4 2.8 0.9 0.9 1.0 0.5 0.5 0.5 Midwest urban. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Size A - More than 1,500,000. . . . . . Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,0003 .. . Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than 50,000). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M M M 2.3 2.2 2.4 1.2 1.0 1.5 0.2 0.1 0.3 2.8 2.7 3.0 1.2 1.1 1.5 1.0 0.9 1.2 M 2.5 1.0 0.4 2.9 1.0 0.6 South urban............................. . Size A - More than 1,500,000. . . . . . Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,0003 .. . Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than 50,000). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M M M 2.5 2.4 2.5 1.1 1.1 1.1 0.4 0.4 0.5 2.8 2.7 2.8 1.3 1.4 1.2 0.7 0.7 0.7 M 2.7 1.1 0.3 3.5 1.3 0.8 West urban. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M Size A - More than 1,500,000. . . . . . M Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,0003 .. . M 2.1 2.1 1.8 1.1 1.0 1.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 2.4 2.4 2.2 1.3 1.4 1.3 0.9 0.9 0.9 2.2 2.3 2.8 1.0 1.2 1.2 0.2 0.4 0.4 2.5 2.7 3.2 1.2 1.2 1.2 0.7 0.8 0.8 1.7 1.3 0.0 2.1 1.3 1.2 1.5 1.0 0.0 2.0 1.5 1.0 2.4 0.8 0.2 2.6 1.0 0.6 1 1 1 1.8 2.6 2.7 0.5 1.3 1.6 1 2.8 1.3 U.S. city average. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M 2 Region and area size Size classes A4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M B/C3 ..................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M Selected local areas5 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI. . . . . M Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT....................... . Cleveland-Akron, OH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dallas-Fort Worth, TX. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Atlanta, GA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI. . . . . . . . . . . . . Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX. . . . . . Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL............ . Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . See footnotes at end of table. 2 2 2 2 1.8 2.1 2.2 2.0 1.1 0.6 0.9 0.9 2 2.0 0.8 Table 4. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Selected areas, all items index, April 2012 — Continued [1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted] Area San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA. . . . . . 2 Pricing Schedule1 Percent change to Apr. 2012 from: Apr. 2011 Feb. 2012 2.1 2.9 0.9 0.9 Mar. 2012 Percent change to Mar. 2012 from: Mar. 2011 Jan. 2012 Feb. 2012 1 Foods, fuels, and several other items are priced every month in all areas. Most other goods and services are priced as indicated: M - Every month. 1 - January, March, May, July, September, and November. 2 - February, April, June, August, October, and December. 2 Regions defined as the four Census regions. 3 Indexes on a December 1996=100 base. 4 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base. 5 In addition, the following metropolitan areas are published semiannually and appear in Tables 34 and 39 of the January and July issues of the CPI Detailed Report: Anchorage, AK; Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN; Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO; Honolulu, HI; Kansas City, MO-KS; Milwaukee-Racine, WI; Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI; Phoenix-Mesa, AZ; Pittsburgh, PA; Portland-Salem, OR-WA; St. Louis, MO-IL; San Diego, CA; Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL. 6 Indexes on a November 1996=100 base. NOTE: Local area indexes are byproducts of the national CPI program. Each local index has a smaller sample size than the national index and is, therefore, subject to substantially more sampling and other measurement error. As a result, local area indexes show greater volatility than the national index, although their long-term trends are similar. Therefore, the Bureau of Labor Statistics strongly urges users to consider adopting the national average CPI for use in their escalator clauses. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. Table 5. Chained Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (C-CPI-U) and the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, all items index, April 2012 [Percent changes] Month Year Unadjusted 1-month percent change C-CPI-U1 December December December December December December December December December December CPI-U 2000........................................................................... . 2001........................................................................... . 2002........................................................................... . 2003........................................................................... . 2004........................................................................... . 2005........................................................................... . 2006........................................................................... . 2007........................................................................... . 2008........................................................................... . 2009........................................................................... . January 2010.............................................................................. . February 2010............................................................................. . March 2010................................................................................ . April 2010.................................................................................. . May 2010. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 2010. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . July 2010................................................................................... . August 2010............................................................................... . September 2010. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . October 2010.............................................................................. . November 2010........................................................................... . December 2010........................................................................... . January 2011.............................................................................. . February 2011............................................................................. . March 2011................................................................................ . April 2011.................................................................................. . May 2011. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 2011. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . July 2011................................................................................... . August 2011............................................................................... . September 2011. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . October 2011.............................................................................. . November 2011........................................................................... . December 2011........................................................................... . January 2012.............................................................................. . February 2012............................................................................. . March 2012................................................................................ . April 2012.................................................................................. . 0.4 0.0 0.4 0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.5 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.2 -0.2 -0.1 -0.2 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.4 0.2 0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.5 0.5 1.0 0.6 0.5 -0.1 0.1 0.3 0.2 -0.2 -0.1 -0.2 0.4 0.4 0.8 0.3 Unadjusted 12-month percent change C-CPI-U1 CPI-U 2.6 1.3 2.0 1.7 3.2 2.9 2.3 3.7 0.2 2.5 3.4 1.6 2.4 1.9 3.3 3.4 2.5 4.1 0.1 2.7 2.4 1.9 2.1 2.1 1.8 0.8 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.3 1.4 1.9 2.3 2.7 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.2 3.1 2.7 2.7 2.6 2.4 2.1 2.6 2.1 2.3 2.2 2.0 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.5 1.6 2.1 2.7 3.2 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.8 3.9 3.5 3.4 3.0 2.9 2.9 2.7 2.3 1 The C-CPI-U is designed to be a closer approximation to a cost-of-living index in that it, in its final form, accounts for any substitution that consumers make across item categories in response to changes in relative prices. Since the expenditure data required for the calculation of the C-CPI-U are available only with a time lag, the C-CPI-U is being issued first in preliminary form using the latest available expenditure data at that time and is subject to two revisions. NOTE: Indexes for 2012 are intial estimates. Indexes for 2011 are interim adjustments. Data prior to 2011 are final. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. Table 6. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category, April 2012, 1-month analysis table [1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted] One Month Expenditure category All items. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Food................................................................... . Food at home. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cereals and bakery products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cereals and cereal products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Flour and prepared flour mixes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Breakfast cereal4 ......................................... . Rice, pasta, cornmeal4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rice4 , 5 , 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bakery products........................................... . Bread5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . White bread4 , 6 ..................................... . Bread other than white4 , 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fresh biscuits, rolls, muffins4 , 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cakes, cupcakes, and cookies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cookies4 , 6 .......................................... . Fresh cakes and cupcakes4 , 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other bakery products................................. . Fresh sweetrolls, coffeecakes, doughnuts4 , 6 . . . Crackers, bread, and cracker products6 . . . . . . . . . . Frozen and refrigerated bakery products, pies, tarts, turnovers6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Meats, poultry, and fish..................................... . Meats....................................................... . Beef and veal4 ......................................... . Uncooked ground beef4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Uncooked beef roasts4 , 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Uncooked beef steaks4 , 5 ......................... . Uncooked other beef and veal4 , 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pork...................................................... . Bacon, breakfast sausage, and related products5 ............................................................................ Bacon and related products6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Breakfast sausage and related products4 , 5 , 6 ............................................................................ Ham. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ham, excluding canned6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pork chops. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other pork including roasts and picnics5 . . . . . . . . . Other meats............................................. . Frankfurters6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lunchmeats4 , 5 , 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lamb and organ meats4 , 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lamb and mutton4 , 5 , 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poultry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chicken5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fresh whole chicken4 , 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fresh and frozen chicken parts4 , 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . Other poultry including turkey5 .................... . Fish and seafood4 ..................................... . Fresh fish and seafood4 , 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Processed fish and seafood5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . See footnotes at end of table. Relative importance Mar. 2012 Seasonally adjusted percent change Mar. 2012Apr. 2012 100.000 14.167 8.550 1.227 0.473 0.052 0.290 0.130 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.7 0.5 0.4 0.7 0.9 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.5 -0.8 1.2 2.0 0.5 0.6 -2.4 2.6 0.755 0.222 0.113 0.183 0.237 1.942 1.834 1.194 0.551 0.216 0.081 0.203 0.052 0.374 0.141 0.080 0.061 0.092 0.268 0.339 0.263 0.076 0.302 0.157 0.145 0.0 0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.3 0.1 -0.6 1.3 -1.5 0.0 -1.3 -2.0 -0.5 1.0 1.1 1.8 -0.7 -1.2 0.4 -1.1 -1.9 -1.7 -0.1 0.2 1.6 0.3 -1.1 0.6 0.5 1.0 Seasonally Largest (L) or Smallest (S) adjusted seasonally adjusted Standard effect on All change since:3 error, median price Items change2 Percent Mar. 2012Date 1 change Apr. 2012 0.030 0.016 0.005 0.003 0.000 0.001 0.001 0.003 0.001 -0.001 0.002 0.001 0.003 0.000 -0.002 0.002 0.000 -0.001 0.003 -0.001 0.000 -0.002 0.001 0.001 -0.001 -0.003 0.000 0.001 -0.001 0.002 0.001 0.001 0.03 0.08 0.14 0.35 0.50 0.88 0.69 0.72 0.81 0.43 0.89 1.19 1.30 0.61 0.88 0.95 0.97 0.78 0.92 1.17 S-Dec.2011 – L-Dec.2011 L-Oct.2011 L-Nov.2011 S-Feb.2012 L-Dec.2011 L-Nov.2011 L-Jan.2012 L-Feb.2012 L-Feb.2012 L-Feb.2012 L-Feb.2012 S-Aug.2009 L-Aug.2011 L-Sep.2011 S-Jan.2012 L-Feb.2012 S-May 1999 L-May 2011 0.0 – 0.2 0.4 1.0 -0.7 0.7 1.0 1.6 0.8 1.1 1.8 1.8 -2.0 1.6 2.1 -1.2 0.6 -3.5 3.1 1.11 0.23 0.24 0.28 0.41 0.60 1.10 0.79 0.73 0.48 S-Feb.2012 S-Feb.2012 S-Jun.2011 S-Jan.2012 S-Feb.2012 S-Nov.2011 S-Aug.2011 S-Feb.2012 S-Jul.2011 L-Feb.2012 -0.5 -0.2 -0.3 -0.1 0.2 0.1 -0.7 -0.9 -1.5 0.3 0.84 1.07 S-Dec.2010 S-Dec.2010 -3.1 -5.2 1.23 0.98 1.04 1.02 1.09 0.63 2.08 0.64 1.06 1.19 0.62 0.80 1.91 0.85 0.80 0.52 0.75 0.70 L-Feb.2012 S-Feb.2012 S-Feb.2012 L-Aug.2011 L-Feb.2012 S-Feb.2010 S-Jan.2012 S-Feb.2010 S-Oct.2009 S-Jan.2012 S-Nov.2011 S-Feb.2012 L-Dec.2011 S-Jan.2012 S-Dec.2010 S-Feb.2012 S-Feb.2012 S-Feb.2012 2.2 -0.5 -0.9 1.9 0.3 -1.5 -3.5 -1.6 -2.0 -3.1 -0.3 0.1 2.3 -0.1 -1.2 -0.7 -1.5 -0.9 Table 6. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category, April 2012, 1-month analysis table — Continued [1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted] One Month Expenditure category Shelf stable fish and seafood4 , 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Frozen fish and seafood4 , 6 .................... . Eggs........... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dairy and related products4 .................................. . Milk4 , 5 ....................................................... . Fresh whole milk4 , 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fresh milk other than whole4 , 5 , 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cheese and related products4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ice cream and related products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other dairy and related products5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fruits and vegetables.......................................... . Fresh fruits and vegetables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fresh fruits................................................. . Apples. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bananas................................................. . Citrus fruits5 ............................................ . Oranges, including tangerines6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other fresh fruits5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fresh vegetables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Potatoes................................................. . Lettuce................................................... . Tomatoes4 .............................................. . Other fresh vegetables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Processed fruits and vegetables5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Canned fruits and vegetables5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Canned fruits5 , 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Canned vegetables5 , 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Frozen fruits and vegetables5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Frozen vegetables6 ................................. . Other processed fruits and vegetables including dried5 ................................................. . Dried beans, peas, and lentils4 , 5 , 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials. . . . . . . . . . . Juices and nonalcoholic drinks5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carbonated drinks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Frozen noncarbonated juices and drinks4 , 5 . . . . . . . . . . Nonfrozen noncarbonated juices and drinks4 , 5 . . . . . . Beverage materials including coffee and tea5 . . . . . . . . . . . Coffee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Roasted coffee6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Instant and freeze dried coffee4 , 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other beverage materials including tea5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other food at home. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sugar and sweets4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sugar and artificial sweeteners. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Candy and chewing gum4 , 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other sweets5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fats and oils. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Butter and margarine5 ................................... . Butter6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Margarine6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Salad dressing4 , 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other fats and oils including peanut butter5 . . . . . . . . . . . See footnotes at end of table. Relative importance Mar. 2012 0.107 0.904 0.292 0.290 0.136 0.187 1.246 0.942 0.489 0.083 0.082 0.102 0.222 0.453 0.083 0.060 0.077 0.233 0.304 0.151 0.096 0.057 0.951 0.711 0.291 0.014 0.406 0.241 0.148 0.093 2.280 0.308 0.060 0.185 0.063 0.265 0.076 0.067 0.123 Seasonally adjusted percent change Mar. 2012Apr. 2012 3.4 2.4 3.2 -1.0 -0.8 -0.5 -1.0 -1.6 -0.2 -0.8 1.0 1.0 1.9 1.2 0.1 2.0 1.4 2.9 0.0 0.9 -2.6 -2.9 2.4 0.8 1.5 1.1 2.0 0.0 0.4 -0.3 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.1 -0.3 -0.2 0.8 -0.1 -1.7 3.3 2.4 0.1 0.3 1.2 0.3 0.8 -0.2 -1.6 -2.2 0.1 -0.7 0.6 Seasonally Largest (L) or Smallest (S) adjusted seasonally adjusted Standard effect on All change since:3 error, median price Items change2 Percent Mar. 2012Date 1 change Apr. 2012 0.003 -0.009 -0.002 -0.005 0.000 -0.001 0.012 0.010 0.010 0.001 0.000 0.002 0.006 0.000 0.001 -0.002 -0.002 0.005 0.002 0.002 0.000 0.000 0.002 0.000 0.000 0.000 -0.001 0.002 0.000 0.002 0.003 0.001 0.001 0.000 0.000 0.000 -0.001 0.000 0.001 1.17 1.03 0.77 0.31 0.33 0.44 0.48 0.59 0.83 0.61 0.37 0.47 0.63 1.15 0.82 1.48 1.73 1.07 0.63 1.06 1.57 1.80 0.91 0.47 0.69 0.81 0.98 0.87 1.04 L-EVER L-May 2011 L-May 2011 S-Apr.2009 S-Feb.2012 S-Feb.2012 S-Feb.2012 S-Jan.2011 S-Feb.2012 S-Aug.2010 L-Jul.2011 L-Jul.2011 L-Jul.2011 L-Sep.2011 S-Feb.2012 L-Aug.2011 S-Feb.2012 L-Feb.2012 L-Sep.2011 L-Feb.2012 S-Feb.2012 S-Feb.2012 L-Apr.2010 L-Feb.2012 L-Feb.2012 L-Feb.2012 L-Nov.2011 L-Feb.2012 L-Feb.2012 – 4.4 5.4 -1.3 -1.3 -1.1 -1.5 -2.1 -1.4 -1.2 1.4 1.5 3.5 4.2 -2.1 2.3 -3.5 4.8 0.8 1.3 -4.5 -5.7 3.1 1.2 1.5 1.4 2.3 1.1 1.0 0.79 1.19 0.42 0.50 0.72 1.09 0.65 0.59 0.81 0.77 1.18 0.77 0.26 0.59 0.49 0.92 0.71 0.51 0.79 1.21 1.06 0.80 0.91 S-Nov.2011 L-Feb.2012 L-Dec.2011 L-Feb.2012 L-Jan.2012 S-Jun.2011 S-Feb.2012 L-Nov.2011 L-Dec.2011 S-Feb.2008 L-Dec.2011 L-EVER S-Nov.2011 S-Feb.2012 L-Jul.2011 S-Feb.2012 L-Feb.2012 S-Feb.2012 S-Dec.2010 L-Jan.2012 S-Feb.2012 S-Feb.2012 S-Feb.2012 -0.4 1.8 0.2 0.2 0.4 -1.0 -0.5 0.9 0.2 -1.7 4.7 – 0.0 0.1 1.2 0.2 1.2 -0.7 -1.7 3.7 0.1 -1.3 -0.7 Table 6. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category, April 2012, 1-month analysis table — Continued [1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted] One Month Expenditure category Peanut butter4 , 5 , 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other foods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Soups.................................................... . Frozen and freeze dried prepared foods4 . . . . . . . . . . . Snacks4 ................................................. . Spices, seasonings, condiments, sauces. . . . . . . . . . . . Salt and other seasonings and spices5 , 6 . . . . . . . Olives, pickles, relishes4 , 5 , 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sauces and gravies5 , 6 ............................ . Other condiments4 , 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Baby food4 , 5 .......................................... . Other miscellaneous foods4 , 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Prepared salads4 , 7 , 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Food away from home4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Full service meals and snacks4 , 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Limited service meals and snacks4 , 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Food at employee sites and schools5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Food at elementary and secondary schools4 , 8 , 6 . . . . . Food from vending machines and mobile vendors4 , 5 . . . . Other food away from home4 , 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Relative importance Mar. 2012 1.707 0.099 0.304 0.324 0.289 0.072 0.619 5.616 2.667 2.255 0.256 0.081 0.358 Energy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Energy commodities.............................................. . Fuel oil and other fuels4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fuel oil4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Propane, kerosene, and firewood4 , 9 .................... . Motor fuel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gasoline (all types).......................................... . Gasoline, unleaded regular6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gasoline, unleaded midgrade10 , 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gasoline, unleaded premium6 .......................... . Other motor fuels5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Energy services11 ................................................ . Electricity11 ..................................................... . Utility (piped) gas service11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.395 6.647 0.354 0.241 0.112 6.293 6.095 All items less food and energy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Commodities less food and energy commodities............. . Household furnishings and supplies12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Window and floor coverings and other linens4 , 5 . . . . . . . Floor coverings4 , 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Window coverings4 , 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other linens4 , 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Furniture and bedding4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bedroom furniture4 ....................................... . Living room, kitchen, and dining room furniture4 , 5 .. . Other furniture5 ........................................... . Infants’ furniture4 , 8 , 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Appliances5 .................................................. . Major appliances5 ........................................ . Laundry equipment6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other appliances4 , 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other household equipment and furnishings4 , 5 . . . . . . . . Clocks, lamps, and decorator items4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . See footnotes at end of table. Seasonally adjusted percent change Mar. 2012Apr. 2012 2.3 0.1 0.2 -0.2 -0.6 1.0 0.6 0.1 -0.4 -0.4 -0.2 1.0 -0.5 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.1 Seasonally Largest (L) or Smallest (S) adjusted seasonally adjusted Standard effect on All change since:3 error, median price Items change2 Percent Mar. 2012Date 1 change Apr. 2012 0.002 0.000 -0.001 -0.002 0.003 0.000 0.006 0.015 0.005 0.009 0.001 0.000 0.000 L-Feb.2012 – S-Dec.2011 S-Feb.2012 S-Jun.2011 L-Oct.2011 L-Jan.2012 S-Feb.2012 S-Jan.2012 L-Feb.2012 S-May 2011 L-Feb.2012 S-Nov.2011 L-Jan.2012 – L-Nov.2011 – – L-Jan.2012 L-Jan.2012 2.8 – -1.1 -0.4 -0.6 2.1 2.8 -0.9 -0.4 0.2 -0.3 1.3 -1.1 0.4 – 0.5 – – 0.8 1.1 S-Oct.2011 S-Oct.2011 S-Jun.2011 S-Jul.2011 L-Jul.2011 S-Oct.2011 S-Oct.2011 S-Oct.2011 S-Oct.2011 S-May 2010 S-Mar.2009 L-Dec.2011 L-Nov.2011 S-Feb.2012 -1.8 -2.6 -1.8 -1.7 1.4 -2.7 -2.8 -2.8 -2.7 -2.7 -9.1 -0.2 0.2 -3.4 0.199 3.748 2.857 0.892 -1.7 -2.6 -1.3 -1.1 0.8 -2.6 -2.6 -2.6 -2.6 -2.6 -5.7 -0.2 0.2 -1.8 -0.012 -0.009 0.006 -0.016 0.11 0.11 0.42 0.54 0.44 0.11 0.12 0.28 0.27 0.27 0.16 0.16 0.18 0.18 75.438 19.760 3.350 0.277 0.039 0.075 0.163 0.718 0.235 0.341 0.135 0.2 0.2 -0.1 -0.6 0.3 0.6 -1.4 0.0 -0.5 0.5 -0.3 0.182 0.041 -0.003 -0.002 0.000 0.000 -0.002 0.000 -0.001 0.002 0.000 0.04 0.09 0.15 0.62 0.55 0.68 0.92 0.34 0.65 0.42 0.73 – – – S-Dec.2011 L-Jul.2011 L-Aug.2011 S-Aug.2011 S-Feb.2012 S-Feb.2012 S-Feb.2012 L-Feb.2012 – – – -0.9 0.7 0.6 -1.4 -0.2 -1.2 0.0 0.1 0.290 0.168 -0.6 -0.4 -0.3 -0.2 -0.1 -0.2 -0.002 -0.001 0.38 0.48 0.58 0.59 0.41 0.51 S-Nov.2011 S-Nov.2011 S-Nov.2011 L-Feb.2012 L-Feb.2012 L-Feb.2012 -1.0 -1.5 -1.4 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.119 0.493 0.259 -0.178 -0.169 -0.004 -0.003 0.001 -0.164 -0.157 1.09 0.31 1.05 0.76 0.75 0.75 0.81 1.36 1.40 0.74 0.51 0.57 0.89 0.06 0.07 0.10 0.14 0.12 0.23 0.12 0.000 0.000 -0.001 Table 6. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category, April 2012, 1-month analysis table — Continued [1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted] One Month Expenditure category Indoor plants and flowers13 ............................. . Dishes and flatware4 , 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonelectric cookware and tableware5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tools, hardware, outdoor equipment and supplies5 . . . . Tools, hardware and supplies4 , 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Outdoor equipment and supplies5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Housekeeping supplies4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Household cleaning products4 , 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Household paper products4 , 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Miscellaneous household products4 , 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Apparel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Men’s and boys’ apparel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Men’s apparel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Men’s suits, sport coats, and outerwear. . . . . . . . . . . . . Men’s furnishings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Men’s shirts and sweaters5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Men’s pants and shorts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Boys’ apparel.............................................. . Women’s and girls’ apparel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Women’s apparel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Women’s outerwear.................................... . Women’s dresses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Women’s suits and separates5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Women’s underwear, nightwear, sportswear and accessories5 ......................................... . Girls’ apparel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Footwear...................................................... . Men’s footwear4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . Boys’ and girls’ footwear................................. . Women’s footwear. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jewelry and watches9 ...................................... . Watches4 , 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jewelry9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transportation commodities less motor fuel12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . New vehicles................................................. . New cars and trucks5 , 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . New cars6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . New trucks14 , 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Used cars and trucks..................................... . Motor vehicle parts and equipment4 ................... . Tires4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vehicle accessories other than tires4 , 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . Vehicle parts and equipment other than tires4 , 6 ............................................................................ Motor oil, coolant, and fluids4 , 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Medical care commodities4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Medicinal drugs4 , 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Prescription drugs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonprescription drugs4 , 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Medical equipment and supplies4 , 12 .................... . Recreation commodities12 .................................... . Video and audio products12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . See footnotes at end of table. Relative importance Mar. 2012 Seasonally adjusted percent change Mar. 2012Apr. 2012 Seasonally Largest (L) or Smallest (S) adjusted seasonally adjusted Standard effect on All change since:3 error, median price Items change2 Percent Mar. 2012Date 1 change Apr. 2012 0.102 0.048 0.083 0.680 0.172 0.362 0.891 0.363 0.241 0.287 3.612 0.865 0.682 0.125 0.179 0.209 0.162 0.183 1.544 1.286 0.087 0.192 0.598 -0.1 -0.1 1.5 0.3 0.1 0.9 -0.3 -1.0 -0.1 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 -1.3 0.3 2.4 -0.1 2.6 1.0 1.2 4.2 -4.3 3.0 0.000 0.000 0.001 0.002 0.000 0.003 -0.003 -0.004 0.000 0.001 0.013 0.005 0.003 -0.002 0.001 0.005 0.000 0.005 0.015 0.015 0.004 -0.008 0.017 0.69 1.02 0.51 0.28 0.35 0.32 0.27 0.40 0.38 0.47 0.39 0.61 0.65 1.77 0.98 1.49 1.32 1.48 0.75 0.82 3.37 2.67 1.10 L-Feb.2012 L-Feb.2012 L-May 2007 L-Feb.2012 L-Feb.2012 L-Mar.2011 S-Apr.2011 S-Apr.2011 S-Jun.2011 L-Feb.2012 S-Feb.2012 S-Feb.2012 L-Jan.2012 S-Feb.2012 L-Nov.2011 L-Jul.2011 – S-Feb.2012 L-Jan.2012 L-Jan.2012 L-Aug.2011 S-Mar.2009 L-Feb.2007 0.5 0.3 1.6 0.4 0.8 1.4 -0.3 -1.1 -0.1 0.8 -0.9 -1.7 1.7 -3.0 0.8 2.7 – -0.5 1.3 1.2 4.9 -6.8 3.1 0.393 0.259 0.676 0.207 0.149 0.320 0.200 0.327 0.089 0.237 5.565 3.173 0.005 0.000 0.004 0.003 0.001 0.001 -0.002 -0.009 0.000 -0.008 0.043 0.014 1.889 0.433 0.295 0.139 1.2 -0.1 0.6 1.5 0.7 0.4 -1.1 -2.8 -0.4 -3.5 0.8 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 1.5 0.0 0.1 -0.2 0.029 0.000 0.000 0.000 1.16 2.09 0.56 0.85 1.22 0.86 1.00 1.36 0.78 1.56 0.07 0.11 0.10 0.15 0.11 0.02 0.20 0.25 0.25 L-Dec.2011 S-Feb.2012 – L-Oct.2010 S-Feb.2012 S-Feb.2012 S-Jan.2011 S-Feb.2002 S-Dec.2011 S-Feb.2002 L-Jun.2011 L-Feb.2012 L-Feb.2012 L-Feb.2012 L-Feb.2012 L-Dec.2009 – L-Feb.2012 S-Oct.2011 1.4 -2.6 – 1.9 -1.4 -0.1 -1.1 -3.2 -1.2 -3.5 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6 2.3 – 0.1 -0.2 1.719 1.640 1.329 0.312 0.078 2.320 0.426 -0.3 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.3 0.1 -0.4 -1.8 -0.001 -0.001 0.000 -0.001 0.000 -0.010 -0.008 0.25 0.64 0.14 0.15 0.14 0.49 0.47 0.18 0.28 S-Jul.2011 S-Feb.2012 S-Jul.2011 S-Jun.2011 S-Jul.2010 S-Feb.2012 L-Feb.2012 S-Sep.2011 S-EVER -0.3 -0.4 0.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.5 0.7 -0.4 – Table 6. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category, April 2012, 1-month analysis table — Continued [1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted] One Month Expenditure category Televisions................................................. . Other video equipment4 , 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Audio equipment4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Audio discs, tapes and other media4 , 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pets and pet products4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pet food4 , 5 , 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Purchase of pets, pet supplies, accessories4 , 5 , 6 .. . Sporting goods4 ............................................. . Sports vehicles including bicycles4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sports equipment4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Photographic equipment and supplies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Film and photographic supplies4 , 5 , 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Photographic equipment5 , 6 ............................ . Recreational reading materials4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Newspapers and magazines4 , 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Recreational books4 , 5 .................................. . Other recreational goods5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Toys4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Toys, games, hobbies and playground equipment4 , 5 , 6 .................................................. . Sewing machines, fabric and supplies5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Music instruments and accessories5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Education and communication commodities12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Educational books and supplies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . College textbooks4 , 15 , 6 ............................... . Information technology commodities12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Personal computers and peripheral equipment7 . . . . . . Computer software and accessories4 , 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Telephone hardware, calculators, and other consumer information items4 , 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alcoholic beverages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alcoholic beverages at home. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Beer, ale, and other malt beverages at home. . . . . . . . . Distilled spirits at home4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Whiskey at home6 ..................................... . Distilled spirits, excluding whiskey, at home4 , 6 . . . Wine at home. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alcoholic beverages away from home4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Beer, ale, and other malt beverages away from home4 , 5 , 6 ............................................ . Wine away from home4 , 5 , 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Distilled spirits away from home4 , 5 , 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other goods12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tobacco and smoking products4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cigarettes4 , 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tobacco products other than cigarettes4 , 5 . . . . . . . . . . . Personal care products4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hair, dental, shaving, and miscellaneous personal care products4 , 5 ...................................... . Cosmetics, perfume, bath, nail preparations and implements4 ............................................ . Miscellaneous personal goods5 ........................... . Stationery, stationery supplies, gift wrap6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Infants’ equipment4 , 8 , 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . See footnotes at end of table. Relative importance Mar. 2012 Seasonally adjusted percent change Mar. 2012Apr. 2012 0.168 0.027 0.073 0.044 0.689 -3.7 -1.2 -1.5 -0.7 -0.1 0.0 -0.5 0.5 -0.6 1.8 0.9 1.8 0.9 0.2 0.3 0.0 -1.0 -1.5 0.459 0.241 0.208 0.053 0.222 0.120 0.098 0.470 0.351 0.061 0.039 0.601 0.201 0.400 0.264 0.048 0.088 0.944 0.571 0.273 0.071 -1.1 1.2 0.2 -0.7 0.5 0.3 -1.3 -1.6 -0.5 Seasonally Largest (L) or Smallest (S) adjusted seasonally adjusted Standard effect on All change since:3 error, median price Items change2 Percent Mar. 2012Date 1 change Apr. 2012 -0.006 0.000 -0.001 0.000 0.000 0.64 0.61 0.45 0.47 0.39 0.41 0.76 0.31 0.33 0.53 0.62 0.73 0.82 0.34 0.48 0.47 0.44 0.53 S-Feb.2010 L-Feb.2012 S-Dec.2011 S-Oct.2011 S-Dec.2011 S-Dec.2011 S-Jan.2012 L-Feb.2012 S-May 2010 L-Oct.2008 L-Feb.2012 L-Nov.2011 L-Feb.2012 S-Feb.2012 S-Feb.2012 S-Feb.2012 S-Nov.2011 S-Nov.2011 -4.3 1.5 -1.6 -1.6 -0.2 -0.1 -0.9 0.6 -0.7 1.9 0.9 2.7 0.9 -0.5 -0.7 -0.2 -1.2 -1.6 0.51 0.91 0.42 0.34 0.29 0.24 0.43 0.51 0.75 S-Nov.2011 L-Oct.2011 L-Sep.2011 S-Dec.2011 S-Feb.2012 S-Feb.2012 S-Dec.2011 S-Dec.2011 L-Jan.2012 -1.5 1.8 1.2 -0.8 0.1 0.2 -1.4 -2.1 -0.2 0.000 0.002 0.77 0.13 0.21 0.27 0.33 0.49 0.59 0.37 0.16 S-Nov.2011 L-Feb.2012 S-Jul.2011 S-Sep.2009 L-Jan.2012 L-Jan.2012 L-Feb.2012 L-Jan.2012 L-Feb.2012 -1.2 0.3 -0.2 -0.8 0.6 0.9 0.3 0.6 0.5 L-May 2011 L-Feb.2012 L-May 2011 S-Feb.2012 L-Jan.2012 L-Jan.2012 L-Jan.2012 S-Feb.2012 0.3 0.5 2.1 -0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 -0.4 0.002 -0.002 0.004 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 -0.005 -0.005 0.001 0.000 -0.004 0.001 -0.005 -0.004 0.000 0.227 0.373 -1.1 0.1 -0.2 -0.5 -0.1 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.4 -0.001 0.001 -0.001 -0.001 0.000 1.650 0.790 0.730 0.053 0.652 0.3 0.4 0.9 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.002 0.001 0.001 0.000 0.002 0.13 0.20 0.20 0.19 0.16 0.17 0.46 0.37 0.342 0.1 0.000 0.54 S-Feb.2012 0.0 0.303 0.208 0.6 -0.6 0.0 -0.1 0.002 -0.001 0.56 0.44 0.46 0.51 S-Feb.2012 S-Oct.2010 L-Jan.2012 S-Feb.2012 -0.9 -0.7 0.5 -0.1 Table 6. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category, April 2012, 1-month analysis table — Continued [1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted] One Month Expenditure category Services less energy services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shelter........................................................... . Rent of shelter16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rent of primary residence11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lodging away from home5 .............................. . Housing at school, excluding board11 , 16 . . . . . . . . . . . Other lodging away from home including hotels and motels............................................ . Owners’ equivalent rent of residences11 , 16 . . . . . . . . . . Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence11 , 16 ............................................................................ Tenants’ and household insurance4 , 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Water and sewer and trash collection services5 . . . . . . . . Water and sewerage maintenance11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Garbage and trash collection4 , 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Household operations4 , 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Domestic services4 , 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gardening and lawncare services4 , 5 ................. . Moving, storage, freight expense4 , 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repair of household items4 , 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Medical care services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Professional services..................................... . Physicians’ services11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dental services11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eyeglasses and eye care9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Services by other medical professionals4 , 11 , 9 . . . Hospital and related services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hospital services11 , 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Inpatient hospital services11 , 17 , 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Outpatient hospital services11 , 9 , 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nursing homes and adult day services11 , 17 . . . . . . . Care of invalids and elderly at home4 , 8 ........... . Health insurance4 , 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transportation services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Leased cars and trucks15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Car and truck rental5 .................................. . Motor vehicle maintenance and repair4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Motor vehicle body work4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Motor vehicle maintenance and servicing4 . . . . . . . . . Motor vehicle repair4 , 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Motor vehicle insurance.................................. . Motor vehicle fees4 , 5 ................................... . State motor vehicle registration and license fees4 , 11 , 5 ................................................... Parking and other fees4 , 5 ........................... . Parking fees and tolls4 , 5 , 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Automobile service clubs4 , 5 , 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Public transportation...................................... . Airline fare. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other intercity transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Intercity bus fare4 , 7 , 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Intercity train fare4 , 7 , 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ship fare4 , 5 , 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . See footnotes at end of table. Relative importance Mar. 2012 Seasonally adjusted percent change Mar. 2012Apr. 2012 55.679 31.259 30.915 6.414 0.813 0.153 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 -0.2 0.4 0.141 0.054 0.064 0.014 -0.002 0.001 0.03 0.05 0.05 0.07 0.86 0.05 L-Aug.2008 – – – S-Dec.2011 L-Feb.2012 0.3 – – – -0.3 0.4 0.660 23.688 -0.4 0.2 -0.002 0.040 1.07 0.04 S-Dec.2011 – -0.4 – 22.290 0.344 1.159 0.872 0.287 0.723 0.248 0.236 0.091 0.076 5.328 2.969 1.590 0.755 0.249 0.375 1.732 1.511 0.2 0.7 0.8 1.1 -0.2 0.4 0.6 0.5 -0.7 1.2 0.4 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.4 0.0 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.1 0.2 1.0 0.5 -0.2 4.4 0.0 0.1 0.1 -0.1 0.4 -0.1 0.038 0.002 0.009 0.010 -0.001 0.003 0.001 0.001 -0.001 0.001 0.023 0.004 0.004 0.001 0.001 0.000 0.009 0.008 0.04 0.21 0.13 0.17 0.15 0.10 0.07 0.11 0.43 0.14 0.06 0.08 0.12 0.08 0.23 0.12 0.11 0.12 0.18 0.22 0.12 0.15 0.07 0.11 0.44 1.34 0.12 0.14 0.15 0.19 0.16 0.12 – L-Dec.2009 L-Oct.2009 L-Oct.2008 S-Oct.2000 L-Feb.2012 L-Dec.2010 L-Jan.2012 S-Jul.2011 L-Mar.2010 L-Dec.2011 S-Feb.2012 L-Oct.2011 S-Feb.2012 L-Jul.2011 S-Sep.2011 L-Nov.2011 L-Oct.2011 L-Nov.2011 L-May 2011 S-Jun.2011 L-Jan.2012 S-Sep.2011 L-Jan.2011 S-Feb.2012 L-EVER L-Feb.2012 S-Dec.2011 S-Nov.2011 L-Feb.2012 S-Feb.2012 S-Feb.2012 – 1.3 0.8 1.1 -0.2 0.4 0.7 1.0 -1.0 1.3 0.4 -0.2 0.5 -0.1 0.9 -0.1 0.5 0.6 0.8 0.6 0.1 0.3 0.9 0.5 -1.0 – 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.3 -0.2 -0.1 0.12 0.16 0.13 0.26 0.29 0.40 0.66 0.52 1.24 0.82 S-Feb.2012 L-Feb.2012 S-May 2011 L-Jan.2012 L-Nov.2010 L-Dec.2010 L-Feb.2011 L-Dec.2011 S-Feb.2012 L-Feb.2012 -0.3 0.2 0.0 0.8 1.8 2.6 0.8 4.0 -0.6 0.0 0.136 0.085 0.627 5.719 0.389 0.068 1.141 0.057 0.455 0.593 2.388 0.559 0.326 0.211 1.173 0.767 0.146 -0.2 0.2 0.0 0.4 1.6 2.1 0.8 1.7 2.8 0.0 Seasonally Largest (L) or Smallest (S) adjusted seasonally adjusted Standard effect on All change since:3 error, median price Items change2 Percent Mar. 2012Date 1 change Apr. 2012 0.000 0.000 0.006 0.029 -0.001 0.003 0.000 0.000 0.000 -0.001 0.009 0.000 -0.001 0.000 0.019 0.016 0.001 Table 6. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category, April 2012, 1-month analysis table — Continued [1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted] One Month Expenditure category Intracity transportation4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Intracity mass transit4 , 12 , 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Recreation services12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Video and audio services12 ............................. . Cable and satellite television and radio service14 . . Video discs and other media, including rental of video and audio4 , 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Video discs and other media4 , 5 , 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rental of video or audio discs and other media4 , 5 , 6 ................................................. . Pet services including veterinary5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pet services4 , 5 , 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Veterinarian services5 , 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Photographers and film processing4 , 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Photographer fees4 , 5 , 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Film processing4 , 5 , 6 ................................ . Other recreation services5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Club dues and fees for participant sports and group exercises5 .................................... . Admissions4 ............................................ . Admission to movies, theaters, and concerts4 , 5 , 6 ................................................... . Admission to sporting events4 , 5 , 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fees for lessons or instructions4 , 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Education and communication services12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tuition, other school fees, and childcare. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . College tuition and fees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elementary and high school tuition and fees. . . . . . . . Child care and nursery school13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Technical and business school tuition and fees5 .. . Postage and delivery services5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Postage4 ................................................ . Delivery services4 , 5 .................................. . Telephone services4 , 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wireless telephone services4 , 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Land-line telephone services4 , 12 ................... . Internet services and electronic information providers4 , 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other personal services12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Personal care services4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Haircuts and other personal care services4 , 5 . . . . . Miscellaneous personal services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Legal services9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Funeral expenses9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Laundry and dry cleaning services5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Apparel services other than laundry and dry cleaning4 , 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Financial services4 , 9 ................................. . Checking account and other bank services4 , 5 , 6 ..................................................... Tax return preparation and other accounting fees5 , 6 ............................................ . Relative importance Mar. 2012 Seasonally adjusted percent change Mar. 2012Apr. 2012 0.258 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 3.688 1.498 1.387 0.112 1.0 1.8 Seasonally Largest (L) or Smallest (S) adjusted seasonally adjusted Standard effect on All change since:3 error, median price Items change2 Percent Mar. 2012Date 1 change Apr. 2012 0.000 0.003 0.004 0.002 0.001 0.07 0.09 0.19 0.23 0.23 S-Jan.2012 L-Feb.2012 S-Feb.2012 S-Aug.2011 S-Aug.2011 0.0 0.6 -0.3 0.0 0.0 0.84 1.22 L-Oct.2011 L-Oct.2011 2.6 2.4 S-Feb.2012 S-Feb.2012 S-Feb.2012 L-Dec.2011 S-Feb.2012 L-Dec.2011 S-Jan.2012 S-Feb.2012 -0.3 -0.3 -0.1 0.9 -0.2 0.5 -0.3 -0.8 1.726 0.1 0.2 -0.1 0.4 0.0 0.2 0.0 -0.1 -0.001 0.75 0.19 0.22 0.19 0.36 0.36 0.44 0.35 0.568 0.625 -0.3 0.1 -0.002 0.001 0.71 0.50 S-Feb.2012 – -0.8 – 0.228 6.111 2.968 1.665 0.376 0.767 0.058 0.148 0.138 0.010 2.399 1.460 0.939 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 1.2 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.000 0.015 0.008 0.006 0.001 0.002 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.002 0.000 0.002 0.42 0.52 0.23 0.07 0.12 0.21 0.03 0.11 0.18 0.01 0.00 0.12 0.05 0.06 0.09 L-Jan.2012 S-Feb.2012 L-Feb.2012 – – S-Feb.2012 L-Feb.2012 – S-May 2011 S-Jan.2012 S-Jan.2012 L-Jan.2012 – – L-Jan.2012 1.9 -1.0 0.2 – – 0.3 0.4 – -0.2 -0.2 -0.6 4.6 – – 0.8 0.581 1.692 0.626 0.626 1.066 0.293 0.157 0.237 0.8 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 -0.1 0.004 0.006 0.001 0.001 0.002 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.29 0.10 0.11 0.11 0.13 0.12 0.09 0.09 L-Feb.2010 L-Nov.2011 – – – S-Feb.2012 L-Feb.2012 S-Sep.2009 1.9 0.4 – – – 0.0 0.2 -0.2 0.030 0.209 -0.2 1.4 0.000 0.003 0.19 0.62 S-Oct.2010 L-Apr.2011 -0.2 1.9 -1.1 0.51 S-Dec.2010 -2.6 1.9 0.73 L-May 2010 2.1 0.03 S-Dec.2011 0.0 0.405 0.058 0.001 0.000 Special aggregate indexes All items less food................................................... . See footnotes at end of table. 85.833 0.0 0.004 Table 6. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category, April 2012, 1-month analysis table — Continued [1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted] One Month Expenditure category All items less shelter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . All items less food and shelter..................................... . All items less food, shelter, and energy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . All items less food, shelter, energy, and used cars and trucks............................................................... . All items less medical care......................................... . All items less energy................................................ . Commodities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Commodities less food, energy, and used cars and trucks.. . Commodities less food........................................... . Commodities less food and beverages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Services less rent of shelter16 .................................. . Services less medical care services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Durables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nondurables.......................................................... . Nondurables less food. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nondurables less food and beverages......................... . Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nondurables less food and apparel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Housing............................................................... . Education and communication5 ................................... . Education5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Communication5 .................................................. . Information and information processing5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Information technology, hardware and services18 . . . . . . . . . Recreation5 .......................................................... . Video and audio5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pets, pet products and services5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Photography5 ........ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Food and beverages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Domestically produced farm food4 ............................. . Other services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Apparel less footwear............................................... . Fuels and utilities.................................................... . Household energy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Medical care. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transportation........................................................ . Private transportation............................................. . New and used motor vehicles5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Utilities and public transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Household furnishings and operations............................ . See footnotes at end of table. Relative importance Mar. 2012 Seasonally adjusted percent change Mar. 2012Apr. 2012 Seasonally Largest (L) or Smallest (S) adjusted seasonally adjusted Standard effect on All change since:3 error, median price Items change2 Percent Mar. 2012Date 1 change Apr. 2012 68.741 54.575 44.179 0.0 -0.1 0.3 -0.020 -0.050 0.128 0.04 0.05 0.05 S-Dec.2011 S-Dec.2011 – -0.1 -0.1 – 42.290 92.953 89.605 40.573 17.871 26.407 25.462 59.427 28.512 54.098 8.874 31.699 17.533 16.589 12.976 13.921 40.592 6.712 3.169 3.543 3.394 0.995 6.008 1.924 1.094 0.113 15.111 7.215 11.491 2.936 5.260 4.102 7.047 17.577 16.403 5.589 9.867 4.073 0.2 0.0 0.2 -0.2 0.1 -0.5 -0.5 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.3 -0.3 -0.8 -0.9 -1.4 -1.2 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -0.1 -0.2 0.0 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.3 -0.1 -0.3 0.3 -0.5 -0.7 0.8 0.4 0.0 0.099 0.012 0.213 -0.099 0.013 -0.130 -0.131 0.132 0.077 0.114 0.025 -0.102 -0.148 -0.151 -0.175 -0.172 0.052 0.010 0.009 0.001 0.001 -0.001 -0.006 -0.004 0.000 0.001 0.031 0.010 0.022 0.008 -0.004 -0.014 0.022 -0.092 -0.111 0.045 0.036 0.002 0.05 0.03 0.03 0.06 0.09 0.07 0.07 0.04 0.05 0.04 0.07 0.07 0.10 0.11 0.07 0.07 0.05 0.08 0.12 0.07 0.08 0.26 0.15 0.19 0.26 0.36 0.08 0.14 0.08 0.47 0.13 0.15 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.08 0.09 0.12 – S-Dec.2011 – S-Dec.2011 – S-Dec.2011 S-Dec.2011 – L-Dec.2011 L-Dec.2011 L-Aug.2011 S-Dec.2011 S-Oct.2011 S-May 2010 S-Mar.2009 S-Mar.2009 – – – – – L-Feb.2012 S-Feb.2012 S-Aug.2011 S-Oct.2011 L-Aug.2011 L-Jan.2012 – S-Feb.2012 S-Feb.2012 – S-Feb.2012 – S-Dec.2011 S-Dec.2011 L-Jun.2011 L-Sep.2011 L-Feb.2012 – 0.0 – -0.3 – -0.5 -0.6 – 0.3 0.2 0.4 -0.3 -0.8 -0.9 -1.7 -1.6 – – – – – 0.1 -0.1 -0.2 0.0 0.5 0.2 – 0.1 -1.1 – -0.6 – -0.7 -0.8 0.8 0.4 0.3 Table 6. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category, April 2012, 1-month analysis table — Continued [1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted] One Month Expenditure category Other goods and services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Personal care. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Relative importance Mar. 2012 Seasonally adjusted percent change Mar. 2012Apr. 2012 3.341 2.552 0.1 0.1 Seasonally Largest (L) or Smallest (S) adjusted seasonally adjusted Standard effect on All change since:3 error, median price Items change2 Percent Mar. 2012Date 1 change Apr. 2012 0.005 0.003 0.11 0.13 S-Feb.2012 S-Feb.2012 -0.1 -0.1 1 The ’effect’ of an item category is a measure of that item’s contribution to the All items price change. For example, if the Food index had an effect of 0.40, and the All items index rose 1.2 percent, then the increase in food prices contributed 0.40 / 1.2, or 33.3 percent, to that All items increase. Said another way, had food prices been unchanged for that month the change in the All items index would have been 1.2 percent minus 0.40, or 0.8 percent. Effects can be negative as well. For example, if the effect of food was a negative 0.1, and the All items index rose 0.5 percent, the All items index actually would have been 0.1 percent higher (or 0.6 percent) had food prices been unchanged. Since food prices fell while prices overall were rising, the contribution of food to the All items price change was negative (in this case, -0.1 / 0.5, or minus 20 percent). 2 A statistic’s margin of error is often expressed as its point estimate plus or minus two standard errors. For example, if a CPI category rose 0.6 percent, and its standard error was 0.15 percent, the margin of error on this item’s 1-month percent change would be 0.6 percent, plus or minus 0.3 percent. 3 If the current seasonally adjusted 1-month percent change is greater than the previous 1-month percent change, then this column identifies the closest prior month with a 1-month percent change as (L)arge as or (L)arger than the current 1-month change. If the current 1-month percent change is smaller than the previous 1-month percent change, the most recent month with a change as (S)mall or (S)maller than the current month change is identified. If the current and previous 1-month percent changes are equal, a dash will appear. Standard numerical comparisons are used. For example, 0.8% is greater than 0.6%, -0.4% is less than -0.2%, and -0.2% is less than 0.0%. Note that a (L)arger change can be a smaller decline, for example, a -0.2% change is larger than a -0.4% change, but still represents a decline in the price index. Likewise, (S)maller changes can be increases, for example, a 0.6% change is smaller than 0.8%, but still represents an increase in the price index. In this context, a -0.2% change is considered to be smaller than a 0.0% change. 4 Not seasonally adjusted. 5 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. 6 Special indexes based on a substantially smaller sample. These series do not contribute to the all items index aggregation and therefore do not have a relative importance or effect. 7 Indexes on a December 2007=100 base. 8 Indexes on a December 2005=100 base. 9 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base. 10 Indexes on a December 1993=100 base. 11 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series were calculated using a geometric means estimator. 12 Indexes on a December 2009=100 base. 13 Indexes on a December 1990=100 base. 14 Indexes on a December 1983=100 base. 15 Indexes on a December 2001=100 base. 16 Indexes on a December 1982=100 base. 17 Indexes on a December 1996=100 base. 18 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. Table 7. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category, April 2012, 12-month analysis table [1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted] Expenditure category All items. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Food................................................................... . Food at home. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cereals and bakery products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cereals and cereal products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Flour and prepared flour mixes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Breakfast cereal........................................... . Rice, pasta, cornmeal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rice4 , 5 ................................................. . Bakery products........................................... . Bread4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . White bread5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bread other than white5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fresh biscuits, rolls, muffins4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cakes, cupcakes, and cookies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cookies5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fresh cakes and cupcakes5 ....................... . Other bakery products................................. . Fresh sweetrolls, coffeecakes, doughnuts5 . . . . . . Crackers, bread, and cracker products5 . . . . . . . . . . Frozen and refrigerated bakery products, pies, tarts, turnovers5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Meats, poultry, and fish..................................... . Meats....................................................... . Beef and veal. .......................................... . Uncooked ground beef. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Uncooked beef roasts4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Uncooked beef steaks4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Uncooked other beef and veal4 ................... . Pork...................................................... . Bacon, breakfast sausage, and related products4 ............................................................................ Bacon and related products5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Breakfast sausage and related products4 , 5 .. . Ham. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ham, excluding canned5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pork chops. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other pork including roasts and picnics4 . . . . . . . . . Other meats............................................. . Frankfurters5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lunchmeats4 , 5 ..................................... . Lamb and organ meats5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lamb and mutton4 , 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Poultry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chicken4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fresh whole chicken5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fresh and frozen chicken parts5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other poultry including turkey4 .................... . Fish and seafood....................................... . Fresh fish and seafood4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Processed fish and seafood4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shelf stable fish and seafood5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Frozen fish and seafood5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . See footnotes at end of table. Relative importance Mar. 2012 100.000 14.167 8.550 1.227 0.473 0.052 0.290 0.130 0.755 0.222 0.113 0.183 0.237 1.942 1.834 1.194 0.551 0.216 0.081 0.203 0.052 0.374 0.141 0.080 0.061 0.092 0.268 0.339 0.263 0.076 0.302 0.157 0.145 Twelve Month Percent change Apr. 2011Apr. 2012 2.3 3.1 3.3 4.7 5.0 9.4 3.9 5.5 5.6 4.7 4.1 4.4 3.1 2.9 6.3 6.0 6.8 4.6 4.4 6.3 5.1 4.6 4.6 4.2 5.9 6.2 5.6 6.2 3.4 3.0 2.0 3.3 1.6 4.4 4.0 3.6 2.9 2.4 2.0 2.3 4.7 10.0 6.1 5.3 8.8 4.0 9.2 4.5 1.7 7.9 10.4 8.1 Effect on All Standard Largest (L) or Smallest (S)3 unadjusted change since: Items error, Apr. 2011- median price Percent 2 Date change Apr. 20121 change 0.432 0.267 0.052 0.018 0.004 0.007 0.006 0.034 0.009 0.003 0.012 0.011 0.086 0.081 0.047 0.031 0.013 0.005 0.012 0.002 0.011 0.003 0.003 0.003 0.002 0.005 0.020 0.014 0.006 0.013 0.003 0.011 0.07 0.14 0.20 0.43 0.72 1.33 0.94 1.08 1.67 0.59 1.22 1.78 1.73 1.05 1.06 1.51 1.15 1.00 1.61 1.88 S-Feb.2011 S-Mar.2011 S-Feb.2011 L-Feb.2012 L-Feb.2012 L-Jan.2012 L-Feb.2012 L-Feb.2012 L-Dec.2011 S-Jan.2012 S-Mar.2011 S-Jan.2012 S-Jan.2011 S-Dec.2010 L-Apr.2009 L-Apr.2009 – L-Feb.2012 S-May 2011 L-Feb.2012 2.1 2.9 2.8 5.3 5.2 9.8 4.5 5.6 5.6 4.7 2.7 4.0 2.1 2.0 6.8 6.3 – 5.6 2.7 7.3 1.52 0.39 0.41 0.52 0.74 1.14 1.80 1.12 1.47 0.87 L-Jan.2012 S-Aug.2010 S-Sep.2010 S-Jun.2010 S-Sep.2010 S-Dec.2010 S-Dec.2010 S-Jul.2011 S-Mar.2010 S-May 2010 5.2 2.9 4.4 3.7 5.7 6.2 4.9 6.1 1.8 2.4 1.49 2.54 1.68 1.75 2.43 1.66 1.96 1.30 3.30 0.93 3.30 5.73 0.93 0.99 2.17 1.25 2.24 1.03 1.47 1.17 2.12 2.12 S-Jun.2010 S-Jun.2010 L-Feb.2012 L-Dec.2011 L-Dec.2011 L-Jan.2012 S-Apr.2010 S-Oct.2010 S-Oct.2010 S-Dec.2010 S-Feb.2010 S-Sep.2010 S-Feb.2012 – L-Mar.2009 S-Feb.2012 S-Jan.2012 L-Jan.2012 S-May 2010 L-Dec.2011 L-Aug.2009 L-Dec.2011 0.8 3.1 4.9 5.7 5.9 7.3 -0.1 1.2 -0.3 1.6 1.3 9.4 5.1 – 8.9 3.4 9.2 6.2 1.4 7.9 11.3 8.3 Table 7. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category, April 2012, 12-month analysis table — Continued [1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted] Expenditure category Eggs........... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dairy and related products.................................... . Milk4 ............. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fresh whole milk5 ........................................ . Fresh milk other than whole4 , 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cheese and related products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ice cream and related products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other dairy and related products4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fruits and vegetables.......................................... . Fresh fruits and vegetables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fresh fruits................................................. . Apples. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bananas................................................. . Citrus fruits4 ............................................ . Oranges, including tangerines5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other fresh fruits4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fresh vegetables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Potatoes................................................. . Lettuce................................................... . Tomatoes................................................ . Other fresh vegetables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Processed fruits and vegetables4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Canned fruits and vegetables4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Canned fruits4 , 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Canned vegetables4 , 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Frozen fruits and vegetables4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Frozen vegetables5 ................................. . Other processed fruits and vegetables including dried4 ................................................. . Dried beans, peas, and lentils4 , 5 ................ . Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials. . . . . . . . . . . Juices and nonalcoholic drinks4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carbonated drinks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Frozen noncarbonated juices and drinks4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonfrozen noncarbonated juices and drinks4 . . . . . . . . . Beverage materials including coffee and tea4 . . . . . . . . . . . Coffee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Roasted coffee5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Instant and freeze dried coffee5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other beverage materials including tea4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other food at home. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sugar and sweets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sugar and artificial sweeteners. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Candy and chewing gum4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other sweets4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fats and oils. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Butter and margarine4 ................................... . Butter5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Margarine5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Salad dressing4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other fats and oils including peanut butter4 . . . . . . . . . . . Peanut butter4 , 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other foods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Soups.................................................... . See footnotes at end of table. Relative importance Mar. 2012 0.107 0.904 0.292 0.290 0.136 0.187 1.246 0.942 0.489 0.083 0.082 0.102 0.222 0.453 0.083 0.060 0.077 0.233 0.304 0.151 0.096 0.057 0.951 0.711 0.291 0.014 0.406 0.241 0.148 0.093 2.280 0.308 0.060 0.185 0.063 0.265 0.076 0.067 0.123 1.707 0.099 Twelve Month Percent change Apr. 2011Apr. 2012 5.6 3.4 0.9 0.5 1.2 4.4 5.5 4.6 -1.7 -4.1 1.9 3.5 -0.3 0.4 3.0 2.5 -9.7 0.2 -11.2 -31.7 -3.0 6.5 6.5 4.3 8.2 6.2 5.6 7.0 15.6 1.9 1.3 2.3 9.3 0.3 3.5 5.8 5.9 3.8 1.2 4.9 5.9 4.8 6.8 4.1 8.4 0.7 -8.6 11.9 3.5 16.6 40.9 4.2 5.8 Effect on All Standard Largest (L) or Smallest (S)3 unadjusted change since: Items error, Apr. 2011- median price Percent 2 Date change Apr. 20121 change 0.005 0.029 0.003 0.012 0.007 0.007 -0.021 -0.038 0.008 0.003 0.000 0.001 0.005 -0.047 0.001 -0.007 -0.033 -0.007 0.018 0.009 0.005 0.004 0.018 0.009 0.007 0.001 0.001 0.008 0.007 0.001 0.103 0.017 0.003 0.012 0.002 0.020 0.000 0.002 0.018 0.066 0.006 1.18 0.51 0.79 1.28 1.16 0.88 1.31 0.93 0.55 0.69 1.01 1.75 1.44 2.25 2.47 1.56 1.01 1.86 2.27 2.40 1.33 0.70 1.02 1.19 1.43 1.23 1.25 L-Jan.2012 S-Feb.2011 S-Feb.2010 S-Feb.2010 S-Feb.2010 S-Mar.2011 S-Feb.2012 S-Jul.2011 L-Jan.2012 L-Jan.2012 L-Nov.2011 L-Feb.2012 L-Jan.2012 L-Nov.2011 L-Nov.2011 L-Oct.2011 L-Feb.2012 S-Sep.2010 L-Jan.2012 S-May 1994 L-Jan.2012 L-Feb.2012 L-Nov.2011 L-Feb.2012 L-Nov.2011 S-Sep.2011 S-Sep.2011 9.5 2.4 -1.3 -2.5 0.1 1.9 4.3 3.5 -0.1 -1.7 2.6 4.8 2.5 1.7 4.2 3.1 -7.9 -0.5 -1.4 -35.3 -1.3 6.5 7.2 4.4 8.7 5.1 3.8 1.36 2.74 0.68 0.84 1.14 2.34 1.05 0.99 1.45 1.78 2.00 1.25 0.41 0.99 0.92 1.53 1.05 0.82 1.41 2.47 1.86 1.32 1.22 1.63 0.49 1.59 L-Nov.2011 L-Feb.2012 S-Mar.2011 S-May 2011 – S-Jul.2011 S-Mar.2011 S-Feb.2011 S-Feb.2011 S-Jan.2011 L-Feb.2012 L-Dec.2011 S-Sep.2011 L-Jun.2009 L-Feb.2012 L-Mar.2009 L-Feb.2012 S-Apr.2011 S-Jun.2010 S-Dec.2009 L-Feb.2012 S-Feb.2011 S-Nov.2011 L-EVER S-Sep.2011 S-Feb.2012 7.2 16.0 1.5 1.3 – 8.7 0.0 2.5 5.2 5.6 5.9 2.2 4.7 6.2 5.5 7.6 5.3 8.1 0.2 -11.5 13.5 2.7 13.5 – 3.6 3.5 Table 7. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category, April 2012, 12-month analysis table — Continued [1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted] Expenditure category Frozen and freeze dried prepared foods. . . . . . . . . . . . . Snacks................................................... . Spices, seasonings, condiments, sauces. . . . . . . . . . . . Salt and other seasonings and spices4 , 5 . . . . . . . Olives, pickles, relishes4 , 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sauces and gravies4 , 5 ............................ . Other condiments5 .................................. . Baby food4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other miscellaneous foods4 .......................... . Prepared salads6 , 5 ................................ . Food away from home. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Full service meals and snacks4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Limited service meals and snacks4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Food at employee sites and schools4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Food at elementary and secondary schools7 , 5 . . . . . . . . . Food from vending machines and mobile vendors4 . . . . . . . Other food away from home4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . Relative importance Mar. 2012 0.304 0.324 0.289 0.072 0.619 5.616 2.667 2.255 0.256 0.081 0.358 Energy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Energy commodities.............................................. . Fuel oil and other fuels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . Fuel oil.. ......... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Propane, kerosene, and firewood8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Motor fuel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gasoline (all types).......................................... . Gasoline, unleaded regular5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gasoline, unleaded midgrade9 , 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gasoline, unleaded premium5 .......................... . Other motor fuels4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Energy services10 ................................................ . Electricity10 ..................................................... . Utility (piped) gas service10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.395 6.647 0.354 0.241 0.112 6.293 6.095 All items less food and energy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Commodities less food and energy commodities............. . Household furnishings and supplies11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Window and floor coverings and other linens4 . . . . . . . . . . Floor coverings4 .......................................... . Window coverings4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other linens4 .............................................. . Furniture and bedding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bedroom furniture......................................... . Living room, kitchen, and dining room furniture4 . . . . . Other furniture4 ........................................... . Infants’ furniture7 , 5 ................................... . Appliances4 .................................................. . Major appliances4 ........................................ . Laundry equipment5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other appliances4 ........................................ . Other household equipment and furnishings4 . . . . . . . . . . . Clocks, lamps, and decorator items. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Indoor plants and flowers12 ............................. . Dishes and flatware4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonelectric cookware and tableware4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tools, hardware, outdoor equipment and supplies4 . . . . See footnotes at end of table. Twelve Month Percent change Apr. 2011Apr. 2012 2.7 5.6 4.4 9.5 3.1 1.2 6.4 5.1 3.5 2.0 2.9 2.6 3.1 3.8 3.4 3.7 2.0 Effect on All Standard Largest (L) or Smallest (S)3 unadjusted change since: Items error, Apr. 2011- median price Percent 2 Date change Apr. 20121 change 0.008 0.018 0.012 0.004 0.018 0.165 0.073 0.072 0.010 0.004 0.007 S-Aug.2011 S-Nov.2011 L-Feb.2012 L-Dec.2011 L-Feb.2012 S-Nov.2011 L-Dec.2011 S-Sep.2011 L-Feb.2012 S-Jul.2011 S-Dec.2011 S-Sep.2011 S-Jan.2012 – S-Dec.2011 S-Dec.2011 S-Sep.2011 1.4 5.4 4.8 9.6 3.7 0.3 10.2 3.4 4.7 0.6 2.9 2.6 3.1 – 3.4 2.7 2.0 S-Oct.2009 S-Oct.2009 S-Nov.2009 S-Nov.2009 S-Dec.2009 S-Oct.2009 S-Oct.2009 S-Oct.2009 S-Oct.2009 S-Oct.2009 S-Nov.2009 S-Feb.2010 – S-Jan.2010 -14.0 -18.7 -7.7 -6.9 -4.2 -18.4 -17.9 -18.3 -17.2 -16.8 -6.0 -4.2 – -12.2 0.199 3.748 2.857 0.892 0.9 3.1 1.0 0.9 1.7 3.3 3.2 3.3 3.2 3.1 1.6 -2.4 0.6 -11.6 0.000 -0.094 0.017 -0.110 0.19 0.18 0.92 1.14 1.24 0.19 0.19 0.48 0.45 0.45 0.33 0.32 0.37 0.62 75.438 19.760 3.350 0.277 0.039 0.075 0.163 0.718 0.235 0.341 0.135 2.3 2.0 0.7 -2.4 0.6 0.1 -4.4 1.8 0.2 3.6 -0.1 1.751 0.394 0.023 -0.007 0.000 0.000 -0.007 0.014 0.001 0.013 0.000 0.09 0.20 0.35 1.43 1.43 2.32 1.74 0.91 1.64 1.20 2.17 – S-Feb.2012 S-Nov.2011 S-Jun.2011 L-Jan.2012 L-Dec.2011 S-Mar.2011 S-Nov.2011 S-Sep.2011 L-EVER S-Oct.2011 – 2.0 0.6 -3.0 0.7 0.8 -6.6 1.1 -0.1 – -3.1 0.290 0.168 3.7 7.3 9.5 -1.3 -4.9 -7.1 -1.7 -7.9 0.4 0.2 0.010 0.012 0.76 1.10 1.75 1.22 1.21 1.82 1.49 2.54 1.31 0.60 S-Jan.2012 S-Jan.2012 S-Jan.2012 L-Feb.2012 – – S-Jan.2010 S-Oct.2011 L-Dec.2011 L-Feb.2012 3.2 5.9 8.2 -0.7 – – -2.4 -8.9 0.6 1.4 0.119 0.493 0.259 0.102 0.048 0.083 0.680 0.119 0.213 0.004 0.002 0.002 0.210 0.210 1.11 0.93 1.04 1.99 1.64 1.83 1.66 0.94 0.80 1.42 0.17 0.21 0.30 0.54 0.73 0.88 0.45 -0.001 -0.027 -0.020 -0.002 -0.005 0.000 0.000 Table 7. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category, April 2012, 12-month analysis table — Continued [1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted] Expenditure category Tools, hardware and supplies4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Outdoor equipment and supplies4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Housekeeping supplies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Household cleaning products4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Household paper products4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Miscellaneous household products4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Apparel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Men’s and boys’ apparel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Men’s apparel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Men’s suits, sport coats, and outerwear. . . . . . . . . . . . . Men’s furnishings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Men’s shirts and sweaters4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Men’s pants and shorts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Boys’ apparel.............................................. . Women’s and girls’ apparel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Women’s apparel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Women’s outerwear.................................... . Women’s dresses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Women’s suits and separates4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Women’s underwear, nightwear, sportswear and accessories4 ......................................... . Girls’ apparel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Footwear...................................................... . Men’s footwear............................................ . Boys’ and girls’ footwear................................. . Women’s footwear. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jewelry and watches8 ...................................... . Watches8 .................................................. . Jewelry8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transportation commodities less motor fuel11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . New vehicles................................................. . New cars and trucks4 , 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . New cars5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . New trucks13 , 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Used cars and trucks..................................... . Motor vehicle parts and equipment..................... . Tires. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vehicle accessories other than tires4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vehicle parts and equipment other than tires5 . . . Motor oil, coolant, and fluids5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Medical care commodities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Medicinal drugs11 ........................................... . Prescription drugs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nonprescription drugs11 ................................. . Medical equipment and supplies11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Recreation commodities11 .................................... . Video and audio products11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Televisions................................................. . Other video equipment4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Audio equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Audio discs, tapes and other media4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pets and pet products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pet food4 , 5 ............................................... . See footnotes at end of table. Relative importance Mar. 2012 Twelve Month Percent change Apr. 2011Apr. 2012 Effect on All Standard Largest (L) or Smallest (S)3 unadjusted change since: Items error, Apr. 2011- median price Percent 2 Date change Apr. 20121 change 0.172 0.362 0.891 0.363 0.241 0.287 3.612 0.865 0.682 0.125 0.179 0.209 0.162 0.183 1.544 1.286 0.087 0.192 0.598 2.6 -0.8 3.7 3.0 4.3 4.1 5.1 6.8 5.6 2.5 5.5 7.6 6.5 11.3 6.1 6.0 8.3 10.3 4.0 0.005 -0.004 0.032 0.010 0.010 0.012 0.182 0.058 0.039 0.003 0.010 0.016 0.009 0.019 0.092 0.075 0.012 0.020 0.021 1.02 0.77 0.51 0.81 0.92 1.02 0.95 1.06 1.19 3.03 2.44 2.52 2.41 2.92 1.86 2.10 9.10 6.62 2.06 – L-Feb.2012 – L-Dec.2011 S-Jan.2012 L-Feb.2012 L-Jan.1991 L-Mar.1975 L-Jan.2012 S-Dec.2011 – L-EVER L-Jan.2012 L-EVER L-Feb.1991 L-Feb.1991 L-Aug.2011 S-Feb.2012 L-Mar.2007 – 0.8 – 3.2 3.3 5.0 6.1 7.1 6.3 0.0 – – 6.6 – 6.5 6.7 10.3 10.3 4.5 0.393 0.259 0.676 0.207 0.149 0.320 0.200 0.327 0.089 0.237 5.565 3.173 5.9 7.1 2.5 3.8 1.4 2.1 6.1 0.9 1.1 0.5 2.8 2.2 2.2 2.3 2.0 3.5 4.8 5.3 3.6 1.7 12.8 2.7 2.8 3.7 -0.7 0.8 -1.6 -10.1 -19.6 -12.4 -7.6 -4.2 2.5 3.2 0.021 0.017 0.017 0.008 0.002 0.007 0.011 0.003 0.002 0.001 0.162 0.072 3.96 4.48 1.07 1.63 2.62 1.73 2.01 2.42 1.57 2.79 0.19 0.30 0.30 0.40 0.30 0.22 0.44 0.63 0.68 0.63 1.76 0.40 0.41 0.44 0.88 0.82 0.39 0.60 1.34 1.56 1.07 1.35 0.79 0.92 L-Jan.2012 S-Jul.2011 L-Feb.2010 L-Sep.2009 L-Dec.2011 L-Aug.2010 S-Dec.2011 S-Jul.2010 S-Feb.2012 S-Jul.2010 S-Apr.2011 S-Mar.2011 S-Mar.2011 S-Apr.2011 S-Feb.2011 L-Dec.2011 S-Apr.2011 S-Oct.2011 S-Jun.2011 S-Apr.2011 S-Nov.2011 S-Feb.2011 S-Feb.2011 S-Jul.2009 S-Oct.2011 L-Feb.2012 S-Oct.2011 S-Dec.2010 S-Sep.2010 S-Jan.2012 S-Oct.2009 S-Nov.2010 S-Feb.2012 – 9.2 3.3 2.8 3.8 1.6 3.0 4.9 0.3 0.5 0.4 2.8 1.6 1.7 2.2 1.9 4.0 4.3 5.2 3.6 1.5 12.6 2.7 2.8 3.6 -0.9 0.8 -1.6 -10.5 -21.8 -12.4 -7.8 -5.3 2.2 – 1.889 0.433 0.295 0.139 1.719 1.640 1.329 0.312 0.078 2.320 0.426 0.168 0.027 0.073 0.044 0.689 0.069 0.019 0.014 0.005 0.046 0.045 0.047 -0.002 0.001 -0.040 -0.044 -0.033 -0.003 -0.006 -0.002 0.017 Table 7. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category, April 2012, 12-month analysis table — Continued [1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted] Expenditure category Purchase of pets, pet supplies, accessories4 , 5 . . . . . . Sporting goods............................................... . Sports vehicles including bicycles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sports equipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Photographic equipment and supplies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Film and photographic supplies4 , 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Photographic equipment4 , 5 ............................ . Recreational reading materials. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Newspapers and magazines4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Recreational books4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other recreational goods4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Toys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Toys, games, hobbies and playground equipment4 , 5 ...................................................... Sewing machines, fabric and supplies4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Music instruments and accessories4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Education and communication commodities11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Educational books and supplies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . College textbooks14 , 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Information technology commodities11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Personal computers and peripheral equipment6 . . . . . . Computer software and accessories4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Telephone hardware, calculators, and other consumer information items4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alcoholic beverages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alcoholic beverages at home. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Beer, ale, and other malt beverages at home. . . . . . . . . Distilled spirits at home. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Whiskey at home5 ..................................... . Distilled spirits, excluding whiskey, at home5 . . .. . . . Wine at home. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alcoholic beverages away from home. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Beer, ale, and other malt beverages away from home4 , 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wine away from home4 , 5 .............................. . Distilled spirits away from home4 , 5 ................... . Other goods11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tobacco and smoking products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cigarettes4 ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tobacco products other than cigarettes4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Personal care products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hair, dental, shaving, and miscellaneous personal care products4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cosmetics, perfume, bath, nail preparations and implements.............................................. . Miscellaneous personal goods4 ........................... . Stationery, stationery supplies, gift wrap5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . Infants’ equipment7 , 5 ................................... . Services less energy services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shelter........................................................... . Rent of shelter15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rent of primary residence10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lodging away from home4 .............................. . Housing at school, excluding board10 , 15 . . . . . . . . . . . Other lodging away from home including hotels and motels............................................ . See footnotes at end of table. Relative importance Mar. 2012 0.459 0.241 0.208 0.053 0.222 0.120 0.098 0.470 0.351 0.061 0.039 0.601 0.201 0.400 0.264 0.048 0.088 0.944 0.571 0.273 0.071 Twelve Month Percent change Apr. 2011Apr. 2012 0.4 0.3 1.2 -1.0 -3.5 9.8 -5.8 1.7 4.5 -1.7 -3.5 -5.1 -1.5 3.1 -1.0 -4.1 5.4 5.8 -9.6 -12.0 -3.5 Effect on All Standard Largest (L) or Smallest (S)3 unadjusted change since: Items error, Apr. 2011- median price Percent 2 Date change Apr. 20121 change 1.71 0.84 0.89 1.45 1.54 2.11 2.64 1.14 0.90 2.06 1.11 1.36 S-Feb.2012 L-Sep.2009 S-Oct.2010 L-Oct.2009 S-Jul.2011 L-EVER S-Jun.2011 L-Apr.2010 S-Feb.2012 L-Mar.2011 S-Oct.2011 S-Apr.2011 -0.5 1.1 0.8 0.3 -3.7 – -6.3 1.7 3.5 -1.4 -3.6 -5.5 1.11 1.76 1.08 0.84 1.03 1.03 1.09 1.28 2.07 S-Jan.2012 L-Dec.2011 L-Feb.2012 S-Dec.2011 L-Nov.2011 L-Nov.2011 S-Dec.2011 S-Dec.2011 S-Feb.2012 -2.0 4.1 -0.8 -4.2 6.2 6.6 -9.9 -12.5 -3.7 -0.002 0.015 2.89 0.45 0.43 0.60 0.67 0.93 1.00 0.79 1.04 S-Dec.2011 S-Dec.2011 S-Dec.2011 S-Dec.2011 S-Feb.2012 L-Feb.2012 S-Feb.2012 L-Jan.2012 L-Feb.2012 -5.9 1.4 0.3 1.4 0.1 2.0 -1.1 -0.7 4.3 S-EVER L-Oct.2009 L-Feb.2012 L-Jan.2012 L-Jan.2012 L-Jan.2012 L-Dec.2011 L-Oct.2009 – 3.2 5.4 1.5 2.8 2.7 4.2 1.5 0.001 0.004 -0.004 -0.002 0.004 0.006 -0.002 -0.016 -0.017 0.002 0.000 -0.022 0.011 -0.032 -0.027 -0.002 0.227 0.373 -5.3 1.8 0.4 1.5 0.1 1.3 0.2 -0.8 3.7 -0.003 0.017 0.002 0.004 0.000 1.650 0.790 0.730 0.053 0.652 1.4 3.1 4.6 1.5 2.4 2.3 4.1 1.1 0.026 0.021 0.018 0.002 0.007 0.68 0.98 1.83 0.47 0.67 0.71 1.05 0.71 0.342 0.7 0.003 1.12 S-Feb.2012 -1.4 0.303 0.208 0.004 -0.002 55.679 31.259 30.915 6.414 0.813 0.153 1.4 -0.9 0.0 -3.7 2.4 2.2 2.2 2.7 3.5 3.8 1.357 0.698 0.686 0.158 0.026 0.006 0.90 1.02 1.16 1.18 0.10 0.13 0.14 0.18 1.03 0.32 L-Jan.2012 S-Dec.2011 S-Aug.2011 S-EVER L-Feb.2009 L-Nov.2008 L-Nov.2008 L-Jun.2009 – – 2.2 -1.0 -0.6 – 2.5 2.2 2.2 2.7 – – 0.660 3.3 0.020 1.27 S-Jan.2012 1.9 Table 7. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category, April 2012, 12-month analysis table — Continued [1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted] Expenditure category Owners’ equivalent rent of residences10 , 15 . . . . . . . . . . Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence10 , 15 ............................................................................ Tenants’ and household insurance4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Water and sewer and trash collection services4 . . . . . . . . Water and sewerage maintenance10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Garbage and trash collection13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Household operations4 ..................................... . Domestic services4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gardening and lawncare services4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Moving, storage, freight expense4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repair of household items4 ............................. . Medical care services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Professional services..................................... . Physicians’ services10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dental services10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eyeglasses and eye care8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Services by other medical professionals10 , 8 . . . . . . Hospital and related services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hospital services10 , 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Inpatient hospital services10 , 16 , 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Outpatient hospital services10 , 8 , 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nursing homes and adult day services10 , 16 . . . . . . . Care of invalids and elderly at home7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Health insurance7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transportation services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Leased cars and trucks14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Car and truck rental4 .................................. . Motor vehicle maintenance and repair. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Motor vehicle body work. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Motor vehicle maintenance and servicing. . . . . . . . . . . Motor vehicle repair4 .................................. . Motor vehicle insurance.................................. . Motor vehicle fees4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . State motor vehicle registration and license fees10 , 4 ....................................................... . Parking and other fees4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Parking fees and tolls4 , 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Automobile service clubs4 , 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Public transportation...................................... . Airline fare. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other intercity transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Intercity bus fare6 , 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Intercity train fare6 , 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ship fare4 , 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Intracity transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Intracity mass transit11 , 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Recreation services11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Video and audio services11 ............................. . Cable and satellite television and radio service13 . . Video discs and other media, including rental of video and audio4 .................................... . Video discs and other media4 , 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rental of video or audio discs and other media4 , 5 ..................................................... See footnotes at end of table. Relative importance Mar. 2012 Twelve Month Percent change Apr. 2011Apr. 2012 Effect on All Standard Largest (L) or Smallest (S)3 unadjusted change since: Items error, Apr. 2011- median price Percent 2 Date change Apr. 20121 change 23.688 2.1 0.501 0.15 L-May 2009 2.1 22.290 0.344 1.159 0.872 0.287 0.723 0.248 0.236 0.091 0.076 5.328 2.969 1.590 0.755 0.249 0.375 1.732 1.511 2.1 3.4 5.3 6.4 2.1 2.4 1.8 2.1 3.3 0.469 0.012 0.059 0.053 0.006 0.018 0.005 0.005 0.003 0.004 0.186 0.042 0.021 0.015 0.002 0.004 0.081 0.075 0.15 0.94 0.48 0.63 0.48 0.42 0.53 0.42 2.54 1.03 0.23 0.24 0.39 0.38 0.69 0.34 0.43 0.50 1.10 0.81 0.34 0.62 0.24 0.34 1.06 2.53 0.32 0.61 0.46 0.47 0.69 0.40 L-May 2009 L-Nov.2010 L-Apr.2011 L-Mar.2011 S-Nov.2010 S-Feb.2012 L-Jan.2009 – S-Feb.2012 – L-Jan.2012 – L-Jan.2012 S-Mar.1962 L-Oct.2011 S-Feb.2012 – – – S-Oct.2011 L-Mar.2011 L-Feb.2012 L-EVER L-Jan.2012 S-Feb.2011 L-Jul.2011 S-Aug.2011 S-Feb.2012 L-Oct.2009 S-EVER L-Jan.2012 S-Dec.2011 2.1 4.3 5.3 6.5 2.1 1.9 2.8 – 3.0 – 3.7 – 2.4 1.9 1.3 0.7 – – – 4.5 3.7 1.5 – 2.1 -5.3 1.7 2.0 1.6 3.0 – 3.1 1.9 0.59 0.37 0.65 0.62 0.74 1.04 1.41 0.72 2.70 1.72 0.48 1.48 0.50 0.78 0.83 S-Sep.2011 L-Feb.2012 S-Feb.2012 L-Dec.2011 L-Jan.2012 L-Jan.2012 L-Dec.2011 – L-Jul.2011 L-Jan.2012 S-Feb.2012 S-Jan.2012 L-Jan.2012 – S-Feb.2012 0.6 6.5 8.6 1.7 1.7 1.8 -0.5 – -0.8 -1.5 2.4 1.7 3.1 – 4.0 3.13 3.14 L-Feb.2012 L-Feb.2012 4.9 -4.3 4.48 S-Sep.2011 12.5 0.136 0.085 0.627 5.719 0.389 0.068 1.141 0.057 0.455 0.593 2.388 0.559 0.326 0.211 1.173 0.767 0.146 0.258 3.688 1.498 1.387 0.112 3.7 1.4 1.4 2.0 0.9 1.0 4.8 5.2 5.3 4.8 3.5 1.3 12.4 1.7 -4.6 0.2 2.0 1.8 2.5 1.7 2.9 2.9 0.7 6.5 8.7 1.5 1.1 1.2 -1.2 4.6 -3.1 -2.0 2.7 1.8 3.0 4.4 4.3 4.7 -4.3 12.6 0.005 0.001 0.063 0.101 -0.023 0.000 0.023 0.001 0.011 0.010 0.072 0.016 0.002 0.013 0.013 0.008 -0.002 0.007 0.109 0.064 0.058 0.006 Table 7. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category, April 2012, 12-month analysis table — Continued [1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted] Expenditure category Pet services including veterinary4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pet services4 , 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Veterinarian services4 , 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Photographers and film processing4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Photographer fees4 , 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Film processing4 , 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other recreation services4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Club dues and fees for participant sports and group exercises4 .................................... . Admissions.............................................. . Admission to movies, theaters, and concerts4 , 5 ............................................................................ Admission to sporting events4 , 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fees for lessons or instructions8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Education and communication services11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tuition, other school fees, and childcare. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . College tuition and fees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elementary and high school tuition and fees. . . . . . . . Child care and nursery school12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Technical and business school tuition and fees4 .. . Postage and delivery services4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Postage.................................................. . Delivery services4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Telephone services4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wireless telephone services4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Land-line telephone services11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Internet services and electronic information providers4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Other personal services11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Personal care services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Haircuts and other personal care services4 . . . . . . . . Miscellaneous personal services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Legal services8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Funeral expenses8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Laundry and dry cleaning services4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Apparel services other than laundry and dry cleaning4 ............................................. . Financial services8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Checking account and other bank services4 , 5 ............................................................................ Tax return preparation and other accounting fees4 , 5 ............................................ . Relative importance Mar. 2012 0.405 Twelve Month Percent change Apr. 2011Apr. 2012 Effect on All Standard Largest (L) or Smallest (S)3 unadjusted change since: Items error, Apr. 2011- median price Percent 2 Date change Apr. 20121 change 0.002 1.726 3.1 2.4 3.0 2.6 1.8 2.5 1.7 0.030 1.14 1.05 1.50 1.20 1.73 1.08 0.79 S-Jun.2010 S-Jan.2011 L-Feb.2012 – S-Aug.2011 S-Feb.2012 L-Jan.2012 3.1 2.4 3.2 – 1.5 2.2 1.7 0.568 0.625 3.0 1.2 0.017 0.007 1.56 1.05 S-Feb.2012 L-Jan.2012 2.2 1.3 0.228 6.111 2.968 1.665 0.376 0.767 0.058 0.148 0.138 0.010 2.399 1.460 0.939 0.9 1.9 0.5 2.6 4.2 5.4 3.6 2.4 5.1 4.0 3.8 7.2 0.7 -0.7 2.4 0.001 0.150 0.121 0.080 0.015 0.019 0.002 0.006 0.005 0.001 0.016 -0.008 0.024 1.24 1.31 0.94 0.26 0.44 0.77 0.51 0.35 0.81 0.29 0.30 0.43 0.33 0.50 0.36 L-Jan.2012 L-Jan.2011 S-Jan.2012 L-EVER S-Jul.2011 – – – S-Jun.2011 S-Jan.2012 S-Jan.2012 L-Feb.2012 L-Jan.2010 – L-EVER 1.5 2.3 0.3 – 4.0 – – – 4.5 1.3 0.8 7.7 0.8 – – 0.581 1.692 0.626 0.626 1.066 0.293 0.157 0.237 1.1 2.2 1.5 1.5 2.6 1.9 2.0 1.5 0.008 0.036 0.009 0.009 0.027 0.006 0.003 0.004 0.77 0.40 0.47 0.47 0.46 1.07 0.45 0.51 L-Nov.2010 – L-Sep.2009 L-Sep.2009 S-Feb.2012 S-Feb.2012 L-Feb.2012 S-Feb.2012 1.1 – 1.6 1.6 2.6 1.7 2.4 1.5 0.030 0.209 4.5 5.2 0.001 0.010 0.95 1.11 S-Aug.2011 S-Nov.2011 4.1 4.6 5.0 1.54 S-Nov.2011 1.7 7.3 1.27 L-Jun.2006 7.7 0.058 0.013 Special aggregate indexes All items less food................................................... . All items less shelter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . All items less food and shelter..................................... . All items less food, shelter, and energy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . All items less food, shelter, energy, and used cars and trucks............................................................... . All items less medical care......................................... . All items less energy................................................ . Commodities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Commodities less food, energy, and used cars and trucks.. . Commodities less food........................................... . Commodities less food and beverages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . See footnotes at end of table. 85.833 68.741 54.575 44.179 2.2 2.3 2.1 2.4 1.871 1.605 1.173 1.054 0.08 0.08 0.10 0.11 S-Feb.2011 S-Jan.2011 S-Dec.2010 – 2.1 2.1 2.1 – 42.290 92.953 89.605 40.573 17.871 26.407 25.462 2.3 2.2 2.4 2.6 1.8 2.4 2.4 0.985 2.071 2.183 1.040 0.325 0.607 0.590 0.12 0.08 0.08 0.12 0.22 0.17 0.18 – S-Feb.2011 – S-Jan.2011 S-Oct.2011 S-Jan.2011 S-Dec.2010 – 2.1 – 2.2 1.8 2.4 2.3 Table 7. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category, April 2012, 12-month analysis table — Continued [1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted] Expenditure category Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Services less rent of shelter15 .................................. . Services less medical care services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Durables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nondurables.......................................................... . Nondurables less food. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nondurables less food and beverages......................... . Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nondurables less food and apparel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Housing............................................................... . Education and communication4 ................................... . Education4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Communication4 .................................................. . Information and information processing4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Information technology, hardware and services17 . . . . . . . . . Recreation4 .......................................................... . Video and audio4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pets, pet products and services4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Photography4 ........ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Food and beverages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Domestically produced farm food............................... . Other services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Apparel less footwear............................................... . Fuels and utilities.................................................... . Household energy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Medical care. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transportation........................................................ . Private transportation............................................. . New and used motor vehicles4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Utilities and public transportation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Household furnishings and operations............................ . See footnotes at end of table. Relative importance Mar. 2012 59.427 28.512 54.098 8.874 31.699 17.533 16.589 12.976 13.921 40.592 6.712 3.169 3.543 3.394 0.995 6.008 1.924 1.094 0.113 15.111 7.215 11.491 2.936 5.260 4.102 7.047 17.577 16.403 5.589 9.867 4.073 Twelve Month Percent change Apr. 2011Apr. 2012 2.1 2.0 2.0 0.9 3.0 3.0 3.1 2.5 2.5 1.7 2.0 4.3 -0.2 -0.4 -3.4 1.1 1.0 2.7 0.2 3.0 3.5 2.6 5.7 -0.6 -2.2 3.4 2.9 3.0 2.0 0.5 1.0 Effect on All Standard Largest (L) or Smallest (S)3 unadjusted change since: Items error, Apr. 2011- median price Percent 2 Date change Apr. 20121 change 1.263 0.577 1.077 0.085 0.954 0.522 0.504 0.322 0.340 0.707 0.129 0.131 -0.003 -0.009 -0.025 0.069 0.020 0.030 0.000 0.450 0.236 0.296 0.165 -0.031 -0.090 0.232 0.472 0.460 0.119 0.052 0.041 0.10 0.13 0.10 0.18 0.15 0.26 0.27 0.16 0.15 0.11 0.25 0.41 0.27 0.28 0.59 0.35 0.65 0.62 0.94 0.14 0.21 0.22 1.12 0.27 0.31 0.18 0.15 0.15 0.21 0.23 0.29 – – L-Jan.2012 S-Apr.2011 S-Dec.2010 S-Nov.2010 S-Nov.2010 S-Oct.2009 S-Aug.2010 – – – L-Apr.2010 L-Aug.2010 L-Jan.2011 S-Feb.2012 S-Nov.2011 S-Feb.2012 S-Jul.2011 S-Mar.2011 S-Feb.2011 – S-Feb.2012 S-Feb.2010 S-Feb.2010 S-Feb.2012 S-Oct.2009 S-Oct.2009 S-Mar.2011 – S-Jan.2012 – – 2.1 0.7 3.0 2.3 2.4 -6.8 2.5 – – – 0.0 -0.4 -2.9 1.0 0.1 2.7 -0.3 2.8 3.0 – 5.0 -1.3 -3.0 3.4 -3.8 -3.8 1.3 – 1.0 Table 7. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category, April 2012, 12-month analysis table — Continued [1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted] Expenditure category Other goods and services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Personal care. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Relative importance Mar. 2012 3.341 2.552 Twelve Month Percent change Apr. 2011Apr. 2012 1.8 1.6 Effect on All Standard Largest (L) or Smallest (S)3 unadjusted change since: Items error, Apr. 2011- median price Percent 2 Date change Apr. 20121 change 0.062 0.041 0.33 0.35 L-Nov.2011 S-Feb.2012 1.9 1.3 1 The ’effect’ of an item category is a measure of that item’s contribution to the All items price change. For example, if the Food index had an effect of 0.40, and the All items index rose 1.2 percent, then the increase in food prices contributed 0.40 / 1.2, or 33.3 percent, to that All items increase. Said another way, had food prices been unchanged for that year the change in the All items index would have been 1.2 percent minus 0.40, or 0.8 percent. Effects can be negative as well. For example, if the effect of food was a negative 0.1, and the All items index rose 0.5 percent, the All items index actually would have been 0.1 percent higher (or 0.6 percent) had food prices been unchanged. Since food prices fell while prices overall were rising, the contribution of food to the All items price change was negative (in this case, -0.1 / 0.5, or minus 20 percent). 2 A statistic’s margin of error is often expressed as its point estimate plus or minus two standard errors. For example, if a CPI category rose 2.6 percent, and its standard error was 0.25 percent, the margin of error on this item’s 12-month percent change would be 2.6 percent, plus or minus 0.5 percent. 3 If the current 12-month percent change is greater than the previous 12-month percent change, then this column identifies the closest prior month with a 12-month percent change as (L)arge as or (L)arger than the current 12-month change. If the current 12-month percent change is smaller than the previous 12-month percent change, the most recent month with a change as (S)mall or (S)maller than the current month change is identified. If the current and previous 12-month percent changes are equal, a dash will appear. Standard numerical comparison is used. For example, 2.0% is greater than 0.6%, -4.4% is less than -2.0%, and -2.0% is less than 0.0%. Note that a (L)arger change can be a smaller decline, for example, a -0.2% change is larger than a -0.4% change, but still represents a decline in the price index. Likewise, (S)maller changes can be increases, for example, a 0.6% change is smaller than 0.8%, but still represents an increase in the price index. In this context, a -0.2% change is considered to be smaller than a 0.0% change. 4 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. 5 Special indexes based on a substantially smaller sample. These series do not contribute to the all items index aggregation and therefore do not have a relative importance or effect. 6 Indexes on a December 2007=100 base. 7 Indexes on a December 2005=100 base. 8 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base. 9 Indexes on a December 1993=100 base. 10 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series were calculated using a geometric means estimator. 11 Indexes on a December 2009=100 base. 12 Indexes on a December 1990=100 base. 13 Indexes on a December 1983=100 base. 14 Indexes on a December 2001=100 base. 15 Indexes on a December 1982=100 base. 16 Indexes on a December 1996=100 base. 17 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.
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