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News Bureau of Labor Statistics United States Department of Labor Washington, D.C. 20212 FOR TECHNICAL INFORMATION: Patrick C. Jackman (202) 691-7000 CPI QUICKLINE: (202) 691-6994 FOR CURRENT AND HISTORICAL INFORMATION: (202) 691-5200 MEDIA CONTACT: (202) 691-5902 INTERNET ADDRESS: http://www.bls.gov/cpi/ USDL-04-1806 TRANSMISSION OF MATERIAL IN THIS RELEASE IS EMBARGOED UNTIL 8:30 A.M. (EDT) Thursday, September 16, 2004 CONSUMER PRICE INDEX: AUGUST 2004 The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.1 percent in August, before seasonal adjustment, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The August level of 189.5 (1982-84=100) was 2.7 percent higher than in August 2003. The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) also increased 0.1 percent in August, prior to seasonal adjustment. The August level of 185.0 was 2.6 percent higher than in August 2003. The Chained Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (C-CPI-U) was unchanged in August on a not seasonally adjusted basis. The August level of 110.3 (December 1999=100) was 2.1 percent higher than in August 2003. Please note that the indexes for the post-2002 period are subject to revision. CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) On a seasonally adjusted basis, the CPI-U increased 0.1 percent in August, following a 0.1 percent decrease in July. Energy costs declined for the second consecutive month--down 0.3 percent in August--after advancing sharply in the first half of the year. Within energy, the index for motor fuels decreased 1.5 percent, while the index for household fuels rose 0.9 percent. The index for food rose 0.1 percent in August, as a 0.3 percent increase in the index for food away from home more than offset a 0.2 percent decline in the index for food at home. The index for all items less food and energy registered a 0.1 percent increase for the third consecutive month. Increases in the rent and owners’ equivalent rent components of shelter were largely offset by declines in the indexes for apparel, for recreation, and for lodging away from home. Table A. Percent changes in CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) Seasonally adjusted Expenditure Category All Items Food and beverages Housing Apparel Transportation Medical care Recreation Education and communication Other goods and services Special Indexes Energy Food All Items less food and energy 1 9 Feb. .3 .2 .2 -.1 .7 .6 .3 Changes from preceding month 2004 Mar. Apr. May June July .5 .2 .6 .3 -.1 .2 .2 .9 .2 .2 .3 .4 .4 .3 .2 .9 .0 .3 .2 -.8 1.1 .1 1.7 .8 -.8 .6 .4 .3 .3 .3 .3 .2 -.2 .3 -.2 Aug. .1 .1 .2 -.2 -.3 .2 -.2 Compound annual rate 3-mos. ended Aug. ’04 1.3 1.9 2.6 -3.6 -1.5 3.4 -.4 Unadjusted 12-mos. ended Aug. ’04 ’98‘97Jan.’ 2.7 3.5 2.7 -.6 2.9 4.4 .7 .3 .1 .3 .0 .2 -.1 .1 .7 1.5 .2 .2 .1 .1 .1 .3 .2 2.5 2.0 1.7 .2 1.9 .2 .1 .2 4.6 .9 2.6 .2 -1.9 .3 -.3 .1 1.6 1.9 10.5 3.5 .2 .4 .3 .2 .1 .1 .1 1.0 1.7 During the first eight months of 2004, the CPI-U rose at a 3.7 percent seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR). This compares with an increase of 1.9 percent for all of 2003. The index for energy, which increased 6.9 percent in 2003, increased at a 21.9 percent SAAR in the first eight months of 2004. Petroleum-based energy costs increased at a 35.9 percent annual rate and charges for energy services rose at an 8.7 percent annual rate. The food index has increased at a 2.9 percent rate thus far in 2004, following a 3.6 percent rise for all of 2003. Excluding food and energy, the CPI-U advanced at a 2.2 percent SAAR in the first eight months of 2004 after advancing 1.1 percent in 2003. The food and beverages index increased 0.1 percent in August. The index for food at home decreased 0.2 percent, following a 0.2 percent increase in July. A 1.8 percent decline in the index for dairy products more than offset small increases in the indexes for fruits and vegetables and for other food at home--up 0.2 and 0.1 percent, respectively. Within the index for dairy products, milk prices fell 4.4 percent in August, but remained 17.7 percent higher than in August 2003. The indexes for fresh vegetables and for processed fruits and vegetables rose 1.7 and 0.4 percent, respectively, while the index for fresh fruits fell 1.4 percent. The index for meats, poultry, fish, and eggs was unchanged in August. Egg prices declined for the fifth consecutive month--down 4.5 percent in August. The indexes for pork and for fish and seafood also declined in August. These declines were offset by increases in the indexes for poultry, for beef and veal, and for other meats. The two other major grocery store food groups--cereal and bakery products and nonalcoholic beverages--registered no change in August. The other two components of the food and beverage index--food away from home and alcoholic beverages--increased 0.3 and 0.2 percent, respectively. The index for housing rose 0.2 percent in August, the same as in July. Shelter costs, which rose 0.2 percent in July, increased 0.1 percent in August. The index for lodging away from home declined 1.7 percent in August, following a 1.1 percent increase in July. The indexes for rent and owners' equivalent rent each increased 0.3 percent. The index for fuels and utilities rose 0.8 percent in August. The index for fuel oil rose 5.2 percent in August and was 24.8 percent higher than in August 2003. The indexes for natural gas and for electricity increased 1.0 and 0.3 percent, respectively. During the last 12 months, these indexes have advanced 9.4 and 2.2 percent, respectively. The index for household furnishings and operations decreased 0.2 percent in August. Declines in the indexes for furniture and bedding, for appliances, and for window and floor coverings and other linens were partially offset by increases in charges for domestic services and for gardening and lawncare services. The transportation index declined for the second consecutive month, down 0.3 percent in August, reflecting decreases in the indexes for motor fuels, for new vehicles, and for airline fares. The index for gasoline, which registered its peak level in June, declined for the second consecutive month--down 1.4 percent in August. Reflecting increased incentives by some manufacturers in mid-July, the index for new vehicles declined 0.3 percent in August. Partially offsetting these declines was a 1.3 percent increase in the index for used cars and trucks. Despite advances in July and August, used car and truck prices were still 6.6 percent lower than a year ago. The index for public transportation decreased 1.4 percent, reflecting a 3.7 percent decline in airline fares. The index for apparel declined for the second consecutive month, down 0.2 percent in August. (Prior to seasonal adjustment, apparel prices rose 0.5 percent, as price increases associated with the introduction of fall-winter wear more than offset the decline in prices for the discounted spring-summer clothing. The proportion of fall-winter clothing introduced in this August, however, was somewhat less than in recent years.) Medical care costs rose 0.2 percent in August to a level 4.4 percent higher than a year ago. The index for medical care commodities--prescription drugs, nonprescription drugs, and medical supplies--increased 0.1 percent. The index for medical care services rose 0.2 percent in August. Charges for professional services and for hospital and related services increased 0.5 and decreased 0.4 percent, respectively. In August, for the second consecutive month, the index for recreation decreased 0.2 percent. Declines in prices for sporting goods, for video and audio equipment, and for toys were largely responsible for the August decrease. The index for education and communication increased 0.1 percent in August. Educational costs rose 0.6 percent, reflecting increases of 1.0 percent in the indexes for both college tuition and for college textbooks. (Prior to seasonal adjustment, charges for college tuition and fees rose 3.2 percent in August and were 8.4 percent higher than a year ago.) The index for communication costs declined 0.5 percent. The index for telephone services declined 0.6 percent, reflecting a 1.9 percent decrease in long distance charges. The index for personal computers and peripheral equipment declined 1.3 percent. The index for other goods and services rose 0.2 percent August. The indexes for tobacco and smoking products and for personal care each increased 0.2 percent. Within personal care services, the index for haircuts rose 0.7 percent in August. CPI for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) On a seasonally adjusted basis, the CPI for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers increased 0.1 percent in August. Table B. Percent changes in CPI for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) Seasonally adjusted Compound Expenditure Changes from preceding month annual rate Category 1 2004 3-mos. ended 9 Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Aug. ’04 All Items .3 .5 .2 .7 .3 -.1 .1 1.3 Food and beverages .2 .2 .2 .9 .2 .3 .1 1.9 Housing .2 .2 .3 .3 .4 .3 .2 3.5 Apparel .0 .8 -.1 .2 .0 -.7 -.4 -4.2 Transportation .6 1.3 -.1 2.1 .7 -.9 -.2 -1.5 Medical care .7 .6 .4 .3 .3 .3 .2 3.3 Recreation .4 .3 .0 .0 .2 -.3 -.2 -1.1 Education and communication .2 .1 .2 -.2 .2 -.1 .0 .4 Other goods and services .2 .2 .2 .1 .1 .4 .2 2.9 Special Indexes Energy 1.6 2.2 -.1 5.0 2.7 -2.0 -.5 .5 Food .2 .2 .1 1.0 .1 .3 .1 2.0 All Items less food and energy .2 .3 .2 .1 .2 .1 .1 1.5 Unadjusted 12-mos. ended Aug. ’04 ’98‘97Jan.’ 2.6 3.7 2.8 -.2 2.7 4.6 .4 .7 1.8 10.8 3.7 1.4 Consumer Price Index data for September are scheduled for release on Tuesday, October 19, 2004, at 8:30 A.M. (EDT). 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. For a recorded message of Summary CPI data, call (202) 691-5200. 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 32 percent of the total population and (2) the CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) and the Chained CPI for All Urban Consumers (C-CPI-U), which cover approximately 87 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 in 87 urban areas across the country from about 50,000 housing units and approximately 23,000 retail establishmentsdepartment 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 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 CPIU 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 100.0. 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 116.5. 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. 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. 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 12month period. Index Point Change CPI Less previous index Equals index point change 115.7 111.2 4.5 Percent Change Index point difference Divided by the previous index Equals Results multiplied by one hundred Equals percent change 4.5 111.2 0.040 0.040x100 4.0 Regions Defined The states in the four regions shown in Tables 3 and 6 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 unadjusted for seasonal variation. Seasonal factors used in computing the seasonally adjusted indexes are derived by the X-12-ARIMA Seasonal Adjustment Method. The updated seasonal data at the end of 1977 replaced data from 1967 through 1977. Subsequent annual updates have replaced 5 years of seasonal data, e.g., data from 1999 through 2003 were replaced at the end of 2003. 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. The seasonal movement of All items and 54 other aggregations is derived by combining the seasonal movement of 73 selected components. Each year the seasonal status of every series is reevaluated based upon certain statistical criteria. If any of the 73 components change their seasonal adjustment status from seasonally adjusted to not seasonally adjusted, not seasonally adjusted data will be used for the last 5 years, but the seasonally adjusted indexes will be used before that period. Note: 47 of the 73 components are seasonally adjusted for 2004. 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 fuel oil, natural gas, motor fuels, and educational books and supplies indexes, this procedure was used to offset the effects that extreme price volatility would otherwise have had on the estimates of seasonally adjusted data for those series. For the Nonalcoholic beverages index, the procedure was used to offset the effects of labor and supply problems for coffee. The procedure was used to account for unusual butter fat supply reductions, decreases in milk supply, and large swings in soybean oil inventories affecting the Fats and oils series. For the Water and sewerage maintenance index, the procedure was used to account for a data collection anomaly and dry weather in California. For Dairy products, it mitigated the effects of significant changes in milk production levels and higher demand for cheese. For Electricity, it was used to offset an increase in demand due to warmer than expected weather, increased rates to conserve supplies, and declining natural gas inventories. For New vehicles, New cars, and New trucks, the procedure was used to offset the effects of a model changeover combined with financing incentives. 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 Daniel Chow on (202) 691-6968 by e-mail at Chow.Daniel@bls.gov. If you have general questions about the CPI, please call our information staff at (202) 691-7000. Table 1. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category and commodity and service group (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) CPI-U Relative importance, December 2003 Unadjusted indexes July 2004 Aug. 2004 Unadjusted percent change to Aug. 2004 from— Aug. 2003 Seasonally adjusted percent change from— July 2004 May to June June to July July to Aug. Expenditure category All items ...................................................................................... All items (1967=100) .................................................................. 100.000 189.4 567.5 189.5 567.6 2.7 0.1 0.3 -0.1 0.1 - - - - - - Food and beverages ................................................................ Food ....................................................................................... Food at home ....................................................................... Cereals and bakery products ............................................. Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ............................................ Dairy and related products ................................................. Fruits and vegetables ......................................................... Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials .............. Other food at home ............................................................ Sugar and sweets ............................................................. Fats and oils ..................................................................... Other foods ....................................................................... Other miscellaneous foods 1 2 ....................................... Food away from home 1 ....................................................... Other food away from home 2 ............................................ Alcoholic beverages 1 ............................................................ 15.384 14.383 8.256 1.202 2.320 .842 1.221 .905 1.765 .305 .251 1.210 .308 6.127 .332 1.001 187.2 186.8 187.1 207.2 183.7 187.7 224.5 140.5 166.0 163.8 171.9 180.3 109.4 187.8 125.1 192.2 187.3 186.8 186.7 207.2 183.7 184.9 224.0 140.3 166.2 164.4 169.7 180.9 111.5 188.4 125.4 192.5 3.5 3.5 3.9 1.3 8.2 10.4 -.4 .4 1.8 1.2 7.6 .8 1.5 3.2 3.3 2.9 .1 .0 -.2 .0 .0 -1.5 -.2 -.1 .1 .4 -1.3 .3 1.9 .3 .2 .2 .2 .2 .1 .1 .3 1.7 -.8 .0 -.1 -.3 1.8 -.6 .1 .2 .0 .4 .2 .3 .2 .1 .8 -.6 -.2 .3 .2 .4 -.2 .3 -1.4 .4 -.1 -.1 .1 .1 -.2 .0 .0 -1.8 .2 .0 .1 .6 -1.3 .2 1.9 .3 .2 .2 Housing .................................................................................... Shelter .................................................................................... Rent of primary residence 3 ................................................. Lodging away from home 2 .................................................. Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 3 4 ................. Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ................................. Fuels and utilities .................................................................... Fuels ..................................................................................... Fuel oil and other fuels ....................................................... Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ............................................... Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ................. Household furnishings and operations ................................... Household operations 1 2 ..................................................... 42.089 32.878 6.157 2.954 23.383 .385 4.741 3.830 .231 3.599 .910 4.470 .704 190.9 220.0 211.2 132.2 225.1 116.1 166.6 149.5 151.1 156.9 124.4 125.2 125.5 191.2 220.3 211.9 130.6 225.7 116.3 167.7 150.5 157.4 157.6 125.3 124.8 126.1 2.7 2.8 2.8 4.4 2.5 .4 5.3 5.2 20.4 4.4 6.2 -.6 3.5 .2 .1 .3 -1.2 .3 .2 .7 .7 4.2 .4 .7 -.3 .5 .3 .1 .2 -.9 .2 .1 1.9 2.3 3.2 2.1 .5 .1 .6 .2 .2 .2 1.1 .1 -.1 .4 .4 3.0 .2 .6 -.3 .6 .2 .1 .3 -1.7 .3 .2 .8 .9 5.3 .6 .4 -.2 .5 Apparel ..................................................................................... Men’s and boys’ apparel ........................................................ Women’s and girls’ apparel .................................................... Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel ................................................. Footwear ................................................................................ 3.975 1.024 1.704 .195 .778 115.9 115.2 106.1 114.5 115.1 116.5 113.8 107.5 115.0 117.3 -.6 .4 -.4 -4.8 -.4 .5 -1.2 1.3 .4 1.9 .2 .3 .2 .3 .0 -.8 .0 -1.1 .4 -1.8 -.2 -1.3 -.3 -1.4 1.6 Transportation .......................................................................... Private transportation ............................................................. New and used motor vehicles 2 ........................................... New vehicles ...................................................................... Used cars and trucks 1 ....................................................... Motor fuel ............................................................................. Gasoline (all types) ............................................................. Motor vehicle parts and equipment 1 ................................... Motor vehicle maintenance and repair ................................. Public transportation ............................................................... 16.881 15.817 7.912 4.817 2.007 3.249 3.222 .369 1.349 1.064 164.0 160.0 93.5 135.9 132.1 165.2 164.5 108.8 200.3 214.4 162.9 159.1 93.4 134.9 133.8 162.0 161.2 109.0 200.8 209.7 2.9 3.2 -2.7 -1.4 -6.6 16.5 16.5 1.0 2.6 -1.9 -.7 -.6 -.1 -.7 1.3 -1.9 -2.0 .2 .2 -2.2 .8 .8 -.1 .2 -.9 3.0 3.1 .3 .5 .0 -.8 -.9 .0 -.7 1.1 -4.0 -4.2 .6 .4 .4 -.3 -.3 .1 -.3 1.3 -1.5 -1.4 .2 .2 -1.4 Medical care ............................................................................. Medical care commodities ...................................................... Medical care services ............................................................. Professional services ........................................................... Hospital and related services 3 ............................................ 6.074 1.499 4.575 2.749 1.489 311.0 269.9 322.3 272.3 419.1 311.6 270.0 323.1 273.3 418.8 4.4 2.2 5.2 4.4 5.2 .2 .0 .2 .4 -.1 .3 .1 .4 .3 .6 .3 .0 .4 .3 .6 .2 .1 .2 .5 -.4 See footnotes at end of table. Table 1. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category and commodity and service group-Continued (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) CPI-U Relative importance, December 2003 Unadjusted indexes July 2004 Aug. 2004 Unadjusted percent change to Aug. 2004 from— Aug. 2003 Seasonally adjusted percent change from— July 2004 May to June June to July July to Aug. Expenditure category Recreation 2 ............................................................................. Video and audio 2 ................................................................... 5.872 1.736 108.7 104.4 108.5 104.1 0.7 .4 -0.2 -.3 0.3 .1 -0.2 .1 -0.2 -.3 Education and communication 2 .............................................. Education 2 ............................................................................. Educational books and supplies ........................................... Tuition, other school fees, and childcare .............................. Communication 2 .................................................................... Information and information processing 1 2 .......................... Telephone services 1 2 ....................................................... Information technology, hardware and services 1 5 ........... Personal computers and peripheral equipment 1 2 .......... 5.948 2.841 .219 2.623 3.107 2.925 2.315 .610 .230 110.9 142.1 349.5 409.4 86.5 84.5 95.6 14.8 15.3 111.7 145.1 353.3 418.3 86.1 84.0 95.0 14.7 15.1 1.5 6.5 4.4 6.7 -3.3 -3.4 -2.9 -6.4 -9.6 .7 2.1 1.1 2.2 -.5 -.6 -.6 -.7 -1.3 .2 .5 .1 .5 .0 -.1 -.1 .0 -1.3 -.1 .4 -.1 .4 -.6 -.2 -.2 -.7 -1.3 .1 .6 1.0 .7 -.5 -.6 -.6 -.7 -1.3 Other goods and services ........................................................ Tobacco and smoking products 1 ........................................... Personal care ......................................................................... Personal care products 1 ...................................................... Personal care services 1 ...................................................... Miscellaneous personal services .......................................... 3.776 .806 2.970 .680 .650 1.448 305.1 480.5 181.7 153.4 197.5 294.4 305.5 481.6 181.9 152.8 198.9 295.2 2.0 2.1 2.0 -.5 2.6 3.8 .1 .2 .1 -.4 .7 .3 .1 .5 .0 -.5 .2 .3 .3 .9 .1 -.3 .3 .3 .2 .2 .2 -.4 .7 .3 40.117 15.384 24.733 13.458 3.975 9.483 11.275 59.883 32.494 .385 3.599 .910 .704 6.319 4.575 10.896 154.5 187.2 136.1 156.7 115.9 185.8 114.1 224.1 229.2 116.1 156.9 124.4 125.5 221.6 322.3 260.5 154.2 187.3 135.6 156.1 116.5 184.4 113.7 224.5 229.4 116.3 157.6 125.3 126.1 220.8 323.1 261.9 2.2 3.5 1.3 4.6 -.6 6.6 -2.6 3.0 2.8 .4 4.4 6.2 3.5 1.7 5.2 2.5 -.2 .1 -.4 -.4 .5 -.8 -.4 .2 .1 .2 .4 .7 .5 -.4 .2 .5 .4 .2 .5 .2 .2 1.2 -.2 .3 .2 .1 2.1 .5 .6 .2 .4 .3 -.5 .2 -.9 -.3 -.8 -1.9 -.3 .3 .3 -.1 .2 .6 .6 .5 .4 .1 -.1 .1 -.3 -.6 -.2 -.4 .0 .1 .0 .2 .6 .4 .5 -.1 .2 .2 85.617 67.122 93.926 25.734 14.459 10.484 28.842 27.389 55.308 7.080 92.920 78.537 22.254 3.480 56.283 189.9 179.6 183.2 138.2 158.8 185.6 172.2 235.0 215.8 156.3 194.5 196.6 138.2 165.1 231.0 $ .528 $ .176 189.9 179.5 183.2 137.7 158.2 184.3 171.9 235.6 216.2 155.3 194.7 196.8 138.1 162.5 231.4 $ .528 $ .176 2.5 2.6 2.5 1.3 4.4 6.3 4.1 3.2 2.8 10.5 2.0 1.7 -1.1 16.7 2.9 .0 -.1 .0 -.4 -.4 -.7 -.2 .3 .2 -.6 .1 .1 -.1 -1.6 .2 .4 .4 .3 .5 .2 1.1 .5 .6 .3 2.6 .2 .1 .0 3.0 .2 -.1 -.2 -.1 -.9 -.4 -1.7 -.2 .1 .2 -1.9 .1 .1 -.3 -3.7 .3 .0 .0 .0 -.3 -.4 -.6 -.3 .4 .2 -.3 .1 .1 -.1 -1.0 .1 - - - - - Commodity and service group Commodities .............................................................................. Food and beverages ................................................................ Commodities less food and beverages .................................... Nondurables less food and beverages ................................... Apparel ................................................................................. Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel .................. Durables ................................................................................. Services ...................................................................................... Rent of shelter 4 ....................................................................... Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ..................................... Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ..................................................... Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ..................... Household operations 1 2 ......................................................... Transportation services ............................................................ Medical care services ............................................................... Other services .......................................................................... Special indexes All items less food ...................................................................... All items less shelter ................................................................... All items less medical care ......................................................... Commodities less food ............................................................... Nondurables less food ................................................................ Nondurables less food and apparel ............................................ Nondurables ............................................................................... Services less rent of shelter 4 .................................................... Services less medical care services ........................................... Energy ........................................................................................ All items less energy .................................................................. All items less food and energy ................................................. Commodities less food and energy commodities ................... Energy commodities ............................................................. Services less energy services ................................................ Purchasing power of the consumer dollar (1982-84=$1.00) ...... Purchasing power of the consumer dollar (1967=$1.00) ........... 1 Not seasonally adjusted. 2 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. 3 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series were calculated using a geometric means estimator. - 4 Indexes on a December 1982=100 base. 5 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base. - Data not available. 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): Seasonally adjusted U.S. city average, by expenditure category and commodity and service group (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) Seasonally adjusted indexes Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent change for 3 months ended— CPI-U May 2004 June 2004 July 2004 Aug. 2004 Nov. 2003 Feb. 2004 May 2004 6 months ended— Aug. 2004 Feb. 2004 Aug. 2004 Expenditure category All items ...................................................................................... 188.8 189.4 189.3 189.4 0.2 3.7 5.5 1.3 2.0 3.4 Food and beverages ................................................................ Food ....................................................................................... Food at home ....................................................................... Cereals and bakery products ............................................. Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ............................................ Dairy and related products ................................................. Fruits and vegetables ......................................................... Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials .............. Other food at home ............................................................ Sugar and sweets ............................................................. Fats and oils ..................................................................... Other foods ....................................................................... Other miscellaneous foods 1 2 ....................................... Food away from home 1 ....................................................... Other food away from home 2 ............................................ Alcoholic beverages 1 ............................................................ 186.6 186.1 186.7 205.7 182.0 186.8 229.3 139.9 165.7 163.2 169.0 180.7 110.8 186.7 125.2 191.7 186.9 186.4 186.9 206.0 182.5 189.9 227.5 139.9 165.5 162.7 172.0 179.7 110.9 187.0 125.2 192.4 187.3 186.9 187.3 206.2 183.9 188.7 227.0 140.3 165.8 163.3 171.7 180.2 109.4 187.8 125.1 192.2 187.5 187.0 187.0 206.3 183.9 185.3 227.4 140.3 165.9 164.2 169.4 180.6 111.5 188.4 125.4 192.5 4.7 4.7 6.4 .4 22.4 5.8 2.3 -2.3 -1.5 2.5 1.5 -2.9 -3.2 2.7 3.0 3.2 2.6 2.7 1.8 .8 1.3 2.4 -1.9 4.4 4.0 .0 11.3 3.6 1.8 3.8 5.7 2.8 5.1 5.1 6.9 3.0 6.2 41.4 1.6 -1.7 4.5 -.2 17.6 2.9 4.8 2.6 3.9 3.8 1.9 1.9 .6 1.2 4.2 -3.2 -3.3 1.1 .5 2.5 1.0 -.2 2.6 3.7 .6 1.7 3.7 3.7 4.0 .6 11.4 4.1 .2 1.0 1.2 1.2 6.3 .3 -.7 3.2 4.3 3.0 3.5 3.5 3.7 2.1 5.2 17.0 -.9 -.3 2.5 1.1 8.9 1.3 3.7 3.2 2.3 2.8 Housing .................................................................................... Shelter .................................................................................... Rent of primary residence 3 ................................................. Lodging away from home 2 .................................................. Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 3 4 ................. Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ................................. Fuels and utilities .................................................................... Fuels ..................................................................................... Fuel oil and other fuels ....................................................... Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ............................................... Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ................. Household furnishings and operations ................................... Household operations 1 2 ..................................................... 189.1 218.6 210.4 126.7 224.6 116.1 159.7 142.1 148.5 148.9 123.3 125.4 124.0 189.6 218.8 210.9 125.6 225.0 116.2 162.7 145.3 153.3 152.1 123.9 125.5 124.7 190.0 219.3 211.4 127.0 225.3 116.1 163.3 145.9 157.9 152.4 124.6 125.1 125.5 190.3 219.5 212.1 124.9 225.9 116.3 164.6 147.2 166.2 153.3 125.1 124.9 126.1 .9 2.3 2.1 3.0 2.2 -5.1 -4.3 -6.4 -3.2 -6.9 5.9 -1.9 2.0 3.0 1.7 2.3 -2.9 2.0 2.5 12.5 13.8 32.6 12.8 7.9 2.3 3.3 4.3 5.3 3.5 25.1 3.5 3.9 2.0 .8 4.4 .8 5.0 -1.0 2.0 2.6 1.7 3.3 -5.6 2.3 .7 12.8 15.1 56.9 12.4 6.0 -1.6 6.9 2.0 2.0 2.2 .0 2.1 -1.4 3.8 3.2 13.3 2.5 6.9 .2 2.6 3.4 3.5 3.4 8.7 2.9 2.3 7.3 7.8 28.0 6.4 5.5 -1.3 4.4 Apparel ..................................................................................... Men’s and boys’ apparel ........................................................ Women’s and girls’ apparel .................................................... Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel ................................................. Footwear ................................................................................ 121.2 118.3 114.0 117.4 119.0 121.4 118.6 114.2 117.7 119.0 120.4 118.6 113.0 118.2 116.9 120.1 117.1 112.7 116.6 118.8 -.3 4.9 -.7 -7.0 .0 -3.0 .7 -4.9 -1.7 -3.3 5.1 .0 9.3 -7.8 2.4 -3.6 -4.0 -4.5 -2.7 -.7 -1.7 2.8 -2.8 -4.4 -1.7 .7 -2.0 2.2 -5.3 .8 Transportation .......................................................................... Private transportation ............................................................. New and used motor vehicles 2 ........................................... New vehicles ...................................................................... Used cars and trucks 1 ....................................................... Motor fuel ............................................................................. Gasoline (all types) ............................................................. Motor vehicle parts and equipment 1 ................................... Motor vehicle maintenance and repair ................................. Public transportation ............................................................... 163.7 160.0 93.9 137.3 131.8 164.9 164.2 107.9 199.0 208.8 165.0 161.3 93.8 137.6 130.6 169.9 169.3 108.2 199.9 208.8 163.6 159.8 93.8 136.7 132.1 163.1 162.2 108.8 200.7 209.6 163.1 159.4 93.9 136.3 133.8 160.7 160.0 109.0 201.2 206.6 -6.9 -7.5 -8.0 -2.9 -28.0 -18.8 -18.6 .0 1.8 1.3 9.0 9.9 -1.7 1.2 -3.0 51.0 51.2 .4 1.6 -2.4 12.4 13.5 -.8 -.6 2.5 66.8 66.7 -.4 2.4 -2.3 -1.5 -1.5 .0 -2.9 6.2 -9.8 -9.8 4.1 4.5 -4.1 .8 .8 -4.9 -.9 -16.4 10.7 10.9 .2 1.7 -.6 5.2 5.8 -.4 -1.7 4.3 22.7 22.6 1.9 3.5 -3.2 Medical care ............................................................................. Medical care commodities ...................................................... Medical care services ............................................................. Professional services ........................................................... Hospital and related services 3 ............................................ 309.0 269.1 319.8 270.6 415.5 309.9 269.4 321.0 271.3 418.1 310.9 269.3 322.3 272.0 420.4 311.6 269.7 323.1 273.3 418.8 4.1 1.5 4.9 3.1 7.3 5.4 3.1 6.2 5.9 5.3 4.9 3.6 5.3 4.7 5.1 3.4 .9 4.2 4.1 3.2 4.7 2.3 5.5 4.5 6.3 4.2 2.3 4.7 4.4 4.1 See footnotes at end of table. Table 2. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Seasonally adjusted U.S. city average, by expenditure category and commodity and service group-Continued (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) Seasonally adjusted indexes Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent change for 3 months ended— CPI-U May 2004 June 2004 July 2004 Aug. 2004 Nov. 2003 Feb. 2004 May 2004 6 months ended— Aug. 2004 Feb. 2004 Aug. 2004 Expenditure category Recreation 2 ............................................................................. Video and audio 2 ................................................................... 108.6 104.2 108.9 104.3 108.7 104.4 108.5 104.1 0.7 1.2 1.5 -1.1 1.1 1.9 -0.4 -.4 1.1 .0 0.4 .8 Education and communication 2 .............................................. Education 2 ............................................................................. Educational books and supplies ........................................... Tuition, other school fees, and childcare .............................. Communication 2 .................................................................... Information and information processing 1 2 .......................... Telephone services 1 2 ....................................................... Information technology, hardware and services 1 5 ........... Personal computers and peripheral equipment 1 2 .......... 111.4 142.6 351.0 410.9 87.0 84.8 95.9 14.9 15.7 111.6 143.3 351.3 413.0 87.0 84.7 95.8 14.9 15.5 111.5 143.9 350.9 414.8 86.5 84.5 95.6 14.8 15.3 111.6 144.8 354.3 417.5 86.1 84.0 95.0 14.7 15.1 1.5 5.1 -2.0 6.0 -2.7 -3.6 -2.4 -7.4 -9.2 2.2 7.2 9.6 6.8 -2.7 -.5 -.4 -5.1 -7.2 1.4 7.0 6.5 7.2 -3.6 -5.9 -4.9 -7.7 -7.3 .7 6.3 3.8 6.6 -4.1 -3.7 -3.7 -5.3 -14.4 1.8 6.1 3.6 6.4 -2.7 -2.1 -1.4 -6.3 -8.2 1.1 6.7 5.2 6.9 -3.8 -4.8 -4.3 -6.5 -10.9 Other goods and services ........................................................ Tobacco and smoking products 1 ........................................... Personal care ......................................................................... Personal care products 1 ...................................................... Personal care services 1 ...................................................... Miscellaneous personal services .......................................... 303.6 473.5 181.3 154.6 196.6 292.8 303.9 476.0 181.3 153.8 196.9 293.6 304.8 480.5 181.5 153.4 197.5 294.4 305.5 481.6 181.9 152.8 198.9 295.2 .5 -2.3 1.4 -.8 .6 4.7 3.0 3.0 2.9 3.4 2.1 3.4 1.7 .8 2.0 .3 2.9 4.1 2.5 7.0 1.3 -4.6 4.8 3.3 1.7 .3 2.1 1.3 1.3 4.1 2.1 3.8 1.7 -2.2 3.8 3.7 155.2 186.6 137.4 158.1 121.2 186.2 114.7 222.1 227.7 116.1 148.9 123.3 124.0 219.6 319.8 260.3 155.8 186.9 138.1 158.4 121.4 188.4 114.5 222.8 228.1 116.2 152.1 123.9 124.7 220.1 321.0 261.0 155.0 187.3 136.9 158.0 120.4 184.9 114.2 223.4 228.7 116.1 152.4 124.6 125.5 221.1 322.3 261.3 154.8 187.5 136.5 157.0 120.1 184.1 114.2 223.7 228.8 116.3 153.3 125.1 126.1 220.8 323.1 261.8 -2.6 4.7 -6.7 -1.9 -.3 -7.6 -7.0 2.0 2.4 -5.1 -6.9 5.9 2.0 3.0 4.9 2.7 5.1 2.6 6.2 9.4 -3.0 16.8 .7 3.0 1.8 2.5 12.8 7.9 3.3 .7 6.2 2.8 7.6 5.1 9.2 14.6 5.1 25.3 -1.7 3.9 5.4 3.9 .8 5.0 2.0 .7 5.3 2.3 -1.0 1.9 -2.6 -2.8 -3.6 -4.4 -1.7 2.9 1.9 .7 12.4 6.0 6.9 2.2 4.2 2.3 1.2 3.7 -.4 3.6 -1.7 3.9 -3.2 2.5 2.1 -1.4 2.5 6.9 2.6 1.9 5.5 2.8 3.2 3.5 3.1 5.6 .7 9.4 -1.7 3.4 3.7 2.3 6.4 5.5 4.4 1.5 4.7 2.3 189.2 179.2 182.6 139.4 160.1 186.2 172.5 232.2 213.8 152.4 194.2 196.4 139.7 164.7 229.6 189.9 180.0 183.2 140.1 160.5 188.2 173.3 233.5 214.5 156.4 194.5 196.6 139.7 169.7 230.0 189.8 179.7 183.1 138.9 159.9 185.0 172.9 233.8 214.9 153.4 194.7 196.8 139.3 163.5 230.6 189.8 179.7 183.1 138.5 159.2 183.9 172.4 234.7 215.3 153.0 194.8 196.9 139.1 161.8 230.9 -.4 -.7 .0 -6.3 -1.8 -6.8 1.7 2.5 2.1 -12.7 1.3 .8 -4.2 -18.0 2.7 3.7 4.9 3.6 6.1 8.7 15.1 5.9 4.1 2.3 30.1 1.9 1.7 .3 50.1 2.1 5.5 5.3 5.4 8.8 14.1 25.0 9.1 1.9 4.0 29.7 3.6 3.3 .9 61.9 4.3 1.3 1.1 1.1 -2.6 -2.2 -4.9 -.2 4.4 2.8 1.6 1.2 1.0 -1.7 -6.9 2.3 1.6 2.1 1.8 -.3 3.3 3.6 3.8 3.3 2.2 6.6 1.6 1.2 -2.0 11.0 2.4 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.0 5.6 9.1 4.3 3.1 3.4 14.8 2.4 2.2 -.4 22.8 3.3 Commodity and service group Commodities .............................................................................. Food and beverages ................................................................ Commodities less food and beverages .................................... Nondurables less food and beverages ................................... Apparel ................................................................................. Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel .................. Durables ................................................................................. Services ...................................................................................... Rent of shelter 4 ....................................................................... Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ..................................... Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ..................................................... Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ..................... Household operations 1 2 ......................................................... Transportation services ............................................................ Medical care services ............................................................... Other services .......................................................................... Special indexes All items less food ...................................................................... All items less shelter ................................................................... All items less medical care ......................................................... Commodities less food ............................................................... Nondurables less food ................................................................ Nondurables less food and apparel ............................................ Nondurables ............................................................................... Services less rent of shelter 4 .................................................... Services less medical care services ........................................... Energy ........................................................................................ All items less energy .................................................................. All items less food and energy ................................................. Commodities less food and energy commodities ................... Energy commodities ............................................................. Services less energy services ................................................ 1 Not seasonally adjusted. 2 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. 3 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series were calculated using a geometric means estimator. 4 Indexes on a December 1982=100 base. 5 Indexes on a December 1988=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): Selected areas, all items index (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) All items CPI-U Indexes 1 U.S. city average ............................................ Percent change to Aug.2004 from— Pricing schedule May 2004 June 2004 July 2004 Aug. 2004 Aug. 2003 June 2004 Percent change to July2004 from— July 2004 July 2003 May 2004 June 2004 M 189.1 189.7 189.4 189.5 2.7 -0.1 0.1 3.0 0.2 -0.2 Northeast urban .............................................. Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M M M 199.9 202.0 118.3 201.1 203.3 118.7 201.0 203.0 119.2 201.0 203.1 118.9 3.4 3.3 3.9 .0 -.1 .2 .0 .0 -.3 3.9 3.8 4.1 .6 .5 .8 .0 -.1 .4 Midwest urban ................................................ Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than 50,000) ............................................... M M M 182.9 185.0 116.4 183.3 185.3 116.8 183.2 185.4 116.3 183.3 185.6 116.5 2.5 2.4 2.6 .0 .2 -.3 .1 .1 .2 2.9 2.7 2.8 .2 .2 -.1 -.1 .1 -.4 M 176.0 176.9 177.1 176.3 2.4 -.3 -.5 3.3 .6 .1 South urban .................................................... Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than 50,000) ............................................... M M M 182.0 183.4 116.4 182.9 184.3 117.0 182.6 183.7 116.9 182.6 183.7 116.9 2.6 2.2 3.1 -.2 -.3 -.1 .0 .0 .0 3.0 2.6 3.4 .3 .2 .4 -.2 -.3 -.1 M 179.4 180.5 180.1 180.0 2.3 -.3 -.1 2.9 .4 -.2 West urban ..................................................... Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M M M 193.4 195.9 118.2 193.3 195.9 117.9 192.9 195.4 117.9 193.0 195.5 118.1 2.0 2.0 2.3 -.2 -.2 .2 .1 .1 .2 2.4 2.4 2.4 -.3 -.3 -.3 -.2 -.3 .0 M M M 172.9 117.0 180.9 173.4 117.3 181.8 173.1 117.3 181.3 173.2 117.3 181.0 2.5 3.0 2.2 -.1 .0 -.4 .1 .0 -.2 2.9 3.3 3.0 .1 .3 .2 -.2 .0 -.3 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI ................... Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA ... New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA ......................................... M M 188.7 193.3 189.1 193.7 189.2 193.4 190.2 193.1 3.1 3.3 .6 -.3 .5 -.2 2.8 3.8 .3 .1 .1 -.2 M 204.4 206.0 205.5 205.7 3.3 -.1 .1 3.9 .5 -.2 Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT ..... Cleveland-Akron, OH ...................................... Dallas-Fort Worth, TX ..................................... Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV 6 ...... 1 1 1 1 208.7 181.3 179.1 118.9 - 208.9 181.7 179.1 120.2 - - - - 2.9 3.2 1.5 2.9 .1 .2 .0 1.1 - Atlanta, GA ..................................................... Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI .............................. Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX .................... Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL ............................. Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD ........................................ San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA ........... Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA .................... 2 2 2 2 - 185.7 185.8 169.3 185.6 - 184.1 186.8 169.1 185.1 1.3 1.7 3.0 2.3 -.9 .5 -.1 -.3 - - - - 2 2 2 - 198.0 199.0 195.3 - 199.1 198.7 194.6 4.2 1.2 .1 .6 -.2 -.4 - - - - Region and area size2 Size classes A 4 .............................................................. B/C 3 ........................................................... D ................................................................. Selected local areas5 1 Foods, fuels, and several other items priced every month in all areas; most other goods and services 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. See technical notes. 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. - Data not available. 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 4. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): U.S. city average, by expenditure category and commodity and service group (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) CPI-W Relative importance, December 2003 Unadjusted indexes July 2004 Aug. 2004 Unadjusted percent change to Aug. 2004 from— Aug. 2003 Seasonally adjusted percent change from— July 2004 May to June June to July July to Aug. Expenditure category All items ...................................................................................... All items (1967=100) .................................................................. 100.000 184.9 550.8 185.0 551.0 2.6 0.1 0.3 -0.1 0.1 - - - - - - Food and beverages ................................................................ Food ....................................................................................... Food at home ....................................................................... Cereals and bakery products ............................................. Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ............................................ Dairy and related products ................................................. Fruits and vegetables ......................................................... Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials .............. Other food at home ............................................................ Sugar and sweets ............................................................. Fats and oils ..................................................................... Other foods ....................................................................... Other miscellaneous foods 1 2 ....................................... Food away from home 1 ....................................................... Other food away from home 2 ............................................ Alcoholic beverages 1 ............................................................ 17.151 16.061 9.637 1.364 2.908 .955 1.344 1.076 1.991 .321 .303 1.366 .350 6.424 .252 1.090 186.8 186.3 186.3 207.2 183.7 187.8 222.3 139.8 165.6 162.9 172.0 180.7 109.7 187.6 124.9 192.2 186.9 186.4 186.1 207.0 183.7 184.9 222.2 139.6 165.8 163.8 169.9 181.4 112.0 188.2 125.2 192.8 3.7 3.7 4.1 1.2 8.4 10.7 -.7 .5 2.0 1.0 7.7 .9 1.7 3.2 3.0 3.2 .1 .1 -.1 -.1 .0 -1.5 .0 -.1 .1 .6 -1.2 .4 2.1 .3 .2 .3 .2 .1 .2 .1 .4 1.7 -.9 .1 -.2 -.4 1.8 -.6 .2 .1 .2 .4 .3 .3 .1 .2 .6 -.8 -.2 .2 .1 .4 -.1 .2 -1.5 .4 .0 -.3 .1 .1 -.1 .0 .1 -1.7 .3 .1 .2 .7 -1.5 .3 2.1 .3 .2 .3 Housing .................................................................................... Shelter .................................................................................... Rent of primary residence 3 ................................................. Lodging away from home 2 .................................................. Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 3 4 ................. Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ................................. Fuels and utilities .................................................................... Fuels ..................................................................................... Fuel oil and other fuels ....................................................... Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ............................................... Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ................. Household furnishings and operations ................................... Household operations 1 2 ..................................................... 39.114 30.151 8.065 1.722 20.026 .337 5.079 4.146 .216 3.930 .933 3.884 .318 186.2 213.0 210.3 133.0 204.2 116.3 166.1 148.4 150.2 156.2 124.5 120.7 127.5 186.6 213.4 211.0 131.6 204.7 116.5 167.2 149.3 156.8 156.8 125.4 120.4 128.0 2.8 2.7 2.8 5.1 2.4 .7 5.4 5.2 21.0 4.5 6.2 -.8 4.1 .2 .2 .3 -1.1 .2 .2 .7 .6 4.4 .4 .7 -.2 .4 .4 .2 .3 -.7 .1 .1 1.9 2.2 3.3 2.2 .4 .2 .9 .3 .3 .2 1.8 .2 -.2 .4 .3 3.3 .1 .6 -.6 .4 .2 .1 .3 -1.0 .1 .2 .8 .8 5.4 .6 .4 -.1 .4 Apparel ..................................................................................... Men’s and boys’ apparel ........................................................ Women’s and girls’ apparel .................................................... Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel ................................................. Footwear ................................................................................ 4.357 1.120 1.727 .250 1.011 115.6 115.2 106.0 117.0 114.4 115.9 113.3 106.9 117.6 116.3 -.2 .4 .0 -4.3 -.8 .3 -1.6 .8 .5 1.7 .0 .1 .0 .1 .1 -.7 .0 -1.0 .2 -1.3 -.4 -1.4 -.5 -1.2 1.4 Transportation .......................................................................... Private transportation ............................................................. New and used motor vehicles 2 ........................................... New vehicles ...................................................................... Used cars and trucks 1 ....................................................... Motor fuel ............................................................................. Gasoline (all types) ............................................................. Motor vehicle parts and equipment 1 ................................... Motor vehicle maintenance and repair ................................. Public transportation ............................................................... 19.145 18.348 9.305 4.864 3.487 3.967 3.936 .456 1.365 .797 162.2 159.3 92.1 137.0 133.0 165.6 165.0 108.2 202.1 212.1 161.4 158.6 92.2 136.0 134.6 162.4 161.7 108.4 202.7 208.0 2.7 2.9 -3.7 -1.4 -6.5 16.5 16.5 1.0 2.7 -1.2 -.5 -.4 .1 -.7 1.2 -1.9 -2.0 .2 .3 -1.9 .7 .8 -.3 .1 -.9 3.1 3.2 .3 .4 -.1 -.9 -.9 .2 -.6 1.2 -4.0 -4.0 .4 .3 .6 -.2 -.2 .2 -.4 1.2 -1.6 -1.7 .2 .4 -1.3 Medical care ............................................................................. Medical care commodities ...................................................... Medical care services ............................................................. Professional services ........................................................... Hospital and related services 3 ............................................ 4.969 1.142 3.827 2.256 1.254 310.4 263.7 322.4 274.8 415.2 311.0 263.8 323.2 275.8 414.9 4.6 2.0 5.3 4.5 5.3 .2 .0 .2 .4 -.1 .3 .0 .4 .2 .6 .3 .0 .4 .3 .5 .2 .2 .2 .5 -.4 See footnotes at end of table. Table 4. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): U.S. city average, by expenditure category and commodity and service group-Continued (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) CPI-W Relative importance, December 2003 Unadjusted indexes July 2004 Aug. 2004 Unadjusted percent change to Aug. 2004 from— Aug. 2003 Seasonally adjusted percent change from— July 2004 May to June June to July July to Aug. Expenditure category Recreation 2 ............................................................................. Video and audio 2 ................................................................... 5.697 1.928 106.3 103.7 106.1 103.4 0.4 .5 -0.2 -.3 0.2 .1 -0.3 .1 -0.2 -.3 Education and communication 2 .............................................. Education 2 ............................................................................. Educational books and supplies ........................................... Tuition, other school fees, and childcare .............................. Communication 2 .................................................................... Information and information processing 1 2 .......................... Telephone services 1 2 ....................................................... Information technology, hardware and services 1 5 ........... Personal computers and peripheral equipment 1 2 .......... 5.645 2.299 .215 2.084 3.345 3.194 2.622 .572 .205 109.4 141.0 350.4 398.1 88.1 86.7 95.8 15.3 15.0 109.9 143.6 354.7 405.8 87.6 86.2 95.2 15.3 14.9 .7 6.0 4.4 6.2 -3.2 -3.3 -2.9 -6.1 -8.6 .5 1.8 1.2 1.9 -.6 -.6 -.6 .0 -.7 .2 .4 .1 .5 -.1 -.1 .0 .0 -1.3 -.1 .5 -.1 .5 -.5 -.2 -.3 -.6 -1.3 .0 .6 1.1 .5 -.5 -.6 -.6 .0 -.7 Other goods and services ........................................................ Tobacco and smoking products 1 ........................................... Personal care ......................................................................... Personal care products 1 ...................................................... Personal care services 1 ...................................................... Miscellaneous personal services .......................................... 3.923 1.248 2.675 .737 .610 1.152 313.2 481.6 180.3 153.9 198.1 294.7 313.5 482.6 180.5 153.1 199.5 295.4 1.8 2.0 1.7 -.8 2.5 3.9 .1 .2 .1 -.5 .7 .2 .1 .5 -.1 -.5 .2 .2 .4 1.0 .1 -.3 .3 .3 .2 .2 .2 -.5 .7 .3 44.582 17.151 27.430 14.671 4.357 10.315 12.759 55.418 29.813 .337 3.930 .933 .318 6.241 3.827 10.020 155.2 186.8 137.5 160.4 115.6 191.8 113.2 219.7 205.1 116.3 156.2 124.5 127.5 221.6 322.4 253.5 154.9 186.9 137.1 159.5 115.9 190.2 113.1 220.2 205.5 116.5 156.8 125.4 128.0 221.0 323.2 254.4 2.2 3.7 1.3 5.1 -.2 7.2 -3.3 2.9 2.8 .7 4.5 6.2 4.1 1.9 5.3 2.0 -.2 .1 -.3 -.6 .3 -.8 -.1 .2 .2 .2 .4 .7 .4 -.3 .2 .4 .3 .2 .5 .1 .0 1.2 -.3 .4 .2 .1 2.2 .4 .9 .2 .4 .3 -.4 .3 -.9 -.4 -.7 -2.0 -.3 .3 .2 -.2 .1 .6 .4 .4 .4 .1 -.1 .1 -.3 -.6 -.4 -.6 .1 .2 .1 .2 .6 .4 .4 .0 .2 .1 83.939 69.849 95.031 28.520 15.761 11.405 31.823 25.605 51.592 8.114 91.886 75.825 24.337 4.183 51.488 184.5 176.7 179.6 139.4 162.3 191.0 174.0 208.9 211.8 156.2 189.3 190.3 138.0 165.5 226.7 $ .541 $ .182 184.5 176.6 179.6 139.0 161.5 189.6 173.6 209.3 212.2 155.1 189.5 190.5 138.0 162.8 227.1 $ .541 $ .181 2.3 2.5 2.5 1.3 4.9 6.8 4.3 3.1 2.7 10.8 1.8 1.4 -1.5 16.7 2.8 .0 -.1 .0 -.3 -.5 -.7 -.2 .2 .2 -.7 .1 .1 .0 -1.6 .2 .4 .5 .4 .5 .1 1.0 .2 .6 .4 2.7 .2 .2 -.1 3.1 .2 -.1 -.2 -.1 -.8 -.2 -1.9 -.2 .2 .2 -2.0 .2 .1 -.2 -3.6 .3 .0 .0 .0 -.3 -.6 -.6 -.2 .2 .2 -.5 .1 .1 .0 -1.3 .1 - - - - - Commodity and service group Commodities .............................................................................. Food and beverages ................................................................ Commodities less food and beverages .................................... Nondurables less food and beverages ................................... Apparel ................................................................................. Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel .................. Durables ................................................................................. Services ...................................................................................... Rent of shelter 4 ....................................................................... Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ..................................... Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ..................................................... Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ..................... Household operations 1 2 ......................................................... Transportation services ............................................................ Medical care services ............................................................... Other services .......................................................................... Special indexes All items less food ...................................................................... All items less shelter ................................................................... All items less medical care ......................................................... Commodities less food ............................................................... Nondurables less food ................................................................ Nondurables less food and apparel ............................................ Nondurables ............................................................................... Services less rent of shelter 4 .................................................... Services less medical care services ........................................... Energy ........................................................................................ All items less energy .................................................................. All items less food and energy ................................................. Commodities less food and energy commodities ................... Energy commodities ............................................................. Services less energy services ................................................ Purchasing power of the consumer dollar (1982-84=$1.00) ...... Purchasing power of the consumer dollar (1967=$1.00) ........... 1 Not seasonally adjusted. 2 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. 3 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series were calculated using a geometric means estimator. - 4 Indexes on a December 1984=100 base 5 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base. - Data not available. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. Table 5. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Seasonally adjusted U.S. city average, by expenditure category and commodity and service group (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) Seasonally adjusted indexes Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent change for 3 months ended— CPI-W May 2004 June 2004 July 2004 Aug. 2004 Nov. 2003 Feb. 2004 May 2004 6 months ended— Aug. 2004 Feb. 2004 Aug. 2004 Expenditure category All items ...................................................................................... 184.4 185.0 184.9 185.0 -0.7 4.1 5.6 1.3 1.7 3.4 Food and beverages ................................................................ Food ....................................................................................... Food at home ....................................................................... Cereals and bakery products ............................................. Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ............................................ Dairy and related products ................................................. Fruits and vegetables ......................................................... Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials .............. Other food at home ............................................................ Sugar and sweets ............................................................. Fats and oils ..................................................................... Other foods ....................................................................... Other miscellaneous foods 1 2 ....................................... Food away from home 1 ....................................................... Other food away from home 2 ............................................ Alcoholic beverages 1 ............................................................ 186.1 185.7 185.9 205.6 182.0 187.0 226.9 139.3 165.4 162.6 169.2 181.1 111.2 186.6 124.8 192.0 186.4 185.9 186.3 205.9 182.7 190.2 224.9 139.4 165.1 161.9 172.3 180.1 111.4 186.8 125.0 192.7 186.9 186.4 186.5 206.3 183.8 188.7 224.4 139.7 165.3 162.5 172.2 180.4 109.7 187.6 125.0 192.2 187.0 186.6 186.4 206.2 184.0 185.4 225.1 139.8 165.6 163.6 169.7 181.0 112.0 188.2 125.3 192.8 5.2 5.2 6.6 -.2 22.7 6.4 1.8 -2.3 -.7 3.3 1.0 -2.0 -2.2 2.9 2.7 4.1 2.4 2.4 1.8 1.2 1.6 1.9 -2.1 5.0 3.2 -1.7 11.1 2.7 2.2 3.5 4.7 2.6 5.1 5.3 7.0 2.8 6.2 43.4 .9 -1.7 5.0 .2 18.7 3.2 4.1 2.8 2.9 4.3 1.9 2.0 1.1 1.2 4.5 -3.4 -3.1 1.4 .5 2.5 1.2 -.2 2.9 3.5 1.6 1.7 3.8 3.8 4.2 .5 11.6 4.1 -.2 1.3 1.2 .7 5.9 .3 .0 3.2 3.6 3.3 3.5 3.6 4.0 2.0 5.3 17.7 -1.1 -.1 2.7 1.4 9.6 1.5 3.5 3.2 2.3 3.0 Housing .................................................................................... Shelter .................................................................................... Rent of primary residence 3 ................................................. Lodging away from home 2 .................................................. Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 3 4 ................. Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ................................. Fuels and utilities .................................................................... Fuels ..................................................................................... Fuel oil and other fuels ....................................................... Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ............................................... Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ................. Household furnishings and operations ................................... Household operations 1 2 ..................................................... 184.3 211.7 209.4 126.4 203.8 116.4 159.1 141.1 147.5 148.2 123.5 121.0 125.9 185.0 212.1 210.1 125.5 204.1 116.5 162.1 144.2 152.4 151.4 124.0 121.2 127.0 185.5 212.7 210.6 127.8 204.6 116.3 162.7 144.7 157.4 151.6 124.7 120.5 127.5 185.9 213.0 211.2 126.5 204.9 116.5 164.0 145.9 165.9 152.5 125.2 120.4 128.0 .9 2.1 2.0 3.4 2.2 -4.4 -4.6 -6.8 -2.0 -6.9 5.5 -2.3 2.6 3.4 2.1 2.5 -1.6 1.8 2.5 12.8 13.9 30.2 12.9 8.3 2.3 3.9 3.3 4.1 3.1 19.5 3.4 4.6 2.0 1.4 4.7 1.4 5.4 -1.3 3.2 3.5 2.5 3.5 .3 2.2 .3 12.9 14.3 60.0 12.1 5.6 -2.0 6.8 2.1 2.1 2.3 .8 2.0 -1.0 3.8 3.1 12.9 2.5 6.9 .0 3.3 3.4 3.3 3.3 9.5 2.8 2.4 7.3 7.7 29.5 6.6 5.5 -1.6 5.0 Apparel ..................................................................................... Men’s and boys’ apparel ........................................................ Women’s and girls’ apparel .................................................... Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel ................................................. Footwear ................................................................................ 120.7 118.2 113.9 120.1 117.5 120.7 118.3 113.9 120.2 117.6 119.9 118.3 112.8 120.5 116.1 119.4 116.6 112.2 119.0 117.7 1.0 6.0 .4 -6.9 -.3 -1.3 2.1 -4.6 3.3 -2.3 4.1 -1.0 10.9 -9.7 -1.4 -4.2 -5.3 -5.8 -3.6 .7 -.2 4.0 -2.1 -1.9 -1.3 -.2 -3.2 2.2 -6.7 -.3 Transportation .......................................................................... Private transportation ............................................................. New and used motor vehicles 2 ........................................... New vehicles ...................................................................... Used cars and trucks 1 ....................................................... Motor fuel ............................................................................. Gasoline (all types) ............................................................. Motor vehicle parts and equipment 1 ................................... Motor vehicle maintenance and repair ................................. Public transportation ............................................................... 162.1 159.4 92.5 138.5 132.6 165.5 164.8 107.5 200.8 206.9 163.3 160.7 92.2 138.6 131.4 170.6 170.0 107.8 201.7 206.7 161.9 159.2 92.4 137.8 133.0 163.8 163.2 108.2 202.3 207.9 161.5 158.9 92.6 137.3 134.6 161.1 160.5 108.4 203.1 205.1 -9.6 -10.0 -12.3 -2.6 -27.7 -19.2 -19.1 .7 2.2 2.1 9.4 10.2 -2.1 1.2 -3.3 51.3 51.5 .4 1.8 -1.1 13.9 14.5 .0 -.6 2.8 67.4 67.3 -.4 2.2 -2.3 -1.5 -1.2 .4 -3.4 6.2 -10.2 -10.0 3.4 4.7 -3.4 -.5 -.4 -7.4 -.7 -16.4 10.5 10.7 .6 2.0 .5 5.9 6.3 .2 -2.0 4.5 22.6 22.7 1.5 3.4 -2.9 Medical care ............................................................................. Medical care commodities ...................................................... Medical care services ............................................................. Professional services ........................................................... Hospital and related services 3 ............................................ 308.4 263.3 320.0 273.3 411.9 309.3 263.3 321.2 273.8 414.2 310.2 263.2 322.4 274.5 416.4 310.9 263.6 323.2 275.8 414.9 4.4 1.4 5.2 2.9 8.3 5.6 2.6 6.5 6.3 4.8 4.9 3.7 5.3 5.0 5.2 3.3 .5 4.1 3.7 2.9 5.0 2.0 5.8 4.6 6.5 4.1 2.1 4.7 4.3 4.1 See footnotes at end of table. Table 5. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Seasonally adjusted U.S. city average, by expenditure category and commodity and service group-Continued (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) Seasonally adjusted indexes Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent change for 3 months ended— CPI-W May 2004 June 2004 July 2004 Aug. 2004 Nov. 2003 Feb. 2004 May 2004 6 months ended— Aug. 2004 Feb. 2004 Aug. 2004 Expenditure category Recreation 2 ............................................................................. Video and audio 2 ................................................................... 106.4 103.5 106.6 103.6 106.3 103.7 106.1 103.4 0.4 1.2 1.5 -1.5 1.1 2.8 -1.1 -.4 0.9 -.2 0.0 1.2 Education and communication 2 .............................................. Education 2 ............................................................................. Educational books and supplies ........................................... Tuition, other school fees, and childcare .............................. Communication 2 .................................................................... Information and information processing 1 2 .......................... Telephone services 1 2 ....................................................... Information technology, hardware and services 1 5 ........... Personal computers and peripheral equipment 1 2 .......... 109.8 141.4 351.8 399.0 88.6 87.0 96.1 15.4 15.4 110.0 142.0 352.2 401.1 88.5 86.9 96.1 15.4 15.2 109.9 142.7 351.8 403.3 88.1 86.7 95.8 15.3 15.0 109.9 143.5 355.8 405.4 87.7 86.2 95.2 15.3 14.9 .7 4.5 -1.5 5.3 -2.6 -3.1 -2.4 -9.5 -7.2 1.5 7.2 9.1 7.0 -2.2 -.9 -.4 -2.5 -7.3 .4 6.2 6.0 5.9 -3.5 -5.3 -4.8 -9.7 -7.4 .4 6.1 4.6 6.6 -4.0 -3.6 -3.7 -2.6 -12.4 1.1 5.8 3.7 6.2 -2.4 -2.0 -1.4 -6.0 -7.2 .4 6.1 5.3 6.2 -3.8 -4.5 -4.3 -6.2 -9.9 Other goods and services ........................................................ Tobacco and smoking products 1 ........................................... Personal care ......................................................................... Personal care products 1 ...................................................... Personal care services 1 ...................................................... Miscellaneous personal services .......................................... 311.3 474.4 180.0 155.1 197.1 292.8 311.6 476.9 179.9 154.3 197.5 293.5 312.9 481.6 180.1 153.9 198.1 294.4 313.5 482.6 180.5 153.1 199.5 295.4 -.4 -2.5 .7 -1.3 .4 4.0 2.9 2.6 3.0 3.2 1.9 3.5 1.7 1.0 2.0 .3 2.9 4.5 2.9 7.1 1.1 -5.1 5.0 3.6 1.2 .0 1.8 .9 1.1 3.8 2.3 4.0 1.6 -2.4 3.9 4.0 155.9 186.1 138.7 161.8 120.7 192.2 113.8 217.8 203.9 116.4 148.2 123.5 125.9 220.0 320.0 253.2 156.4 186.4 139.4 162.0 120.7 194.6 113.5 218.6 204.4 116.5 151.4 124.0 127.0 220.5 321.2 253.9 155.7 186.9 138.2 161.3 119.9 190.8 113.2 219.2 204.9 116.3 151.6 124.7 127.5 221.4 322.4 254.1 155.5 187.0 137.8 160.3 119.4 189.6 113.3 219.6 205.1 116.5 152.5 125.2 128.0 221.4 323.2 254.3 -3.4 5.2 -8.5 -1.6 1.0 -8.1 -9.9 1.9 2.2 -4.4 -6.9 5.5 2.6 3.0 5.2 2.3 5.1 2.4 6.8 10.4 -1.3 18.5 .4 3.2 2.0 2.5 12.9 8.3 3.9 1.3 6.5 2.6 8.4 5.1 10.1 16.6 4.1 28.0 -1.4 3.2 4.2 4.6 1.4 5.4 3.2 1.1 5.3 1.6 -1.0 1.9 -2.6 -3.7 -4.2 -5.3 -1.7 3.3 2.4 .3 12.1 5.6 6.8 2.6 4.1 1.7 .8 3.8 -1.2 4.2 -.2 4.3 -4.9 2.5 2.1 -1.0 2.5 6.9 3.3 2.1 5.8 2.4 3.6 3.5 3.6 6.0 -.2 10.1 -1.6 3.3 3.3 2.4 6.6 5.5 5.0 1.8 4.7 1.7 183.9 176.4 179.0 140.6 163.5 191.9 174.5 206.2 209.9 152.6 189.1 190.2 139.4 165.2 225.5 184.7 177.2 179.7 141.3 163.7 193.9 174.9 207.4 210.7 156.7 189.4 190.5 139.3 170.3 226.0 184.5 176.8 179.6 140.1 163.3 190.2 174.5 207.9 211.2 153.5 189.7 190.7 139.0 164.1 226.7 184.5 176.8 179.6 139.7 162.3 189.0 174.2 208.3 211.6 152.8 189.8 190.9 139.0 162.0 227.0 -1.5 -1.6 -.7 -7.9 -1.3 -7.3 1.7 2.2 2.2 -13.2 .6 -.2 -5.8 -18.4 2.6 4.3 5.0 3.9 6.7 9.7 16.6 6.4 4.0 2.3 31.0 1.9 1.7 .3 49.7 2.4 5.4 5.9 5.3 9.6 15.3 28.0 10.5 1.8 3.3 32.3 3.0 2.6 .9 63.9 3.4 1.3 .9 1.3 -2.5 -2.9 -5.9 -.7 4.1 3.3 .5 1.5 1.5 -1.1 -7.5 2.7 1.3 1.6 1.6 -.9 4.0 4.0 4.0 3.1 2.2 6.6 1.3 .7 -2.8 10.5 2.5 3.3 3.4 3.3 3.4 5.8 9.8 4.8 2.9 3.3 15.3 2.3 2.0 -.1 23.1 3.1 Commodity and service group Commodities .............................................................................. Food and beverages ................................................................ Commodities less food and beverages .................................... Nondurables less food and beverages ................................... Apparel ................................................................................. Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel .................. Durables ................................................................................. Services ...................................................................................... Rent of shelter 4 ....................................................................... Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ..................................... Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ..................................................... Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ..................... Household operations 1 2 ......................................................... Transportation services ............................................................ Medical care services ............................................................... Other services .......................................................................... Special indexes All items less food ...................................................................... All items less shelter ................................................................... All items less medical care ......................................................... Commodities less food ............................................................... Nondurables less food ................................................................ Nondurables less food and apparel ............................................ Nondurables ............................................................................... Services less rent of shelter 4 .................................................... Services less medical care services ........................................... Energy ........................................................................................ All items less energy .................................................................. All items less food and energy ................................................. Commodities less food and energy commodities ................... Energy commodities ............................................................. Services less energy services ................................................ 1 Not seasonally adjusted. 2 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. 3 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series were calculated using a geometric means estimator. 4 Indexes on a December 1984=100 base 5 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. Table 6. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Selected areas, all items index (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) All items CPI-W Indexes 1 U.S. city average ............................................ Percent change to Aug.2004 from— Pricing schedule May 2004 June 2004 July 2004 Aug. 2004 Aug. 2003 June 2004 Percent change to July2004 from— July 2004 July 2003 May 2004 June 2004 M 184.7 185.3 184.9 185.0 2.6 -0.2 0.1 3.0 0.1 -0.2 Northeast urban .............................................. Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M M M 196.4 197.1 118.4 197.5 198.3 118.8 197.3 198.0 119.1 197.2 198.1 118.7 3.4 3.3 3.7 -.2 -.1 -.1 -.1 .1 -.3 3.8 3.8 4.0 .5 .5 .6 -.1 -.2 .3 Midwest urban ................................................ Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than 50,000) ............................................... M M M 177.8 179.4 115.5 178.2 179.4 116.0 178.0 179.5 115.5 178.2 179.8 115.7 2.4 2.5 2.4 .0 .2 -.3 .1 .2 .2 2.7 2.7 2.7 .1 .1 .0 -.1 .1 -.4 M 173.2 174.1 173.7 173.4 2.1 -.4 -.2 2.7 .3 -.2 South urban .................................................... Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than 50,000) ............................................... M M M 178.8 180.8 114.8 179.7 181.9 115.3 179.3 181.2 115.2 179.4 181.2 115.3 2.6 2.4 2.9 -.2 -.4 .0 .1 .0 .1 2.9 2.8 2.9 .3 .2 .3 -.2 -.4 -.1 M 179.0 180.0 179.4 179.5 2.3 -.3 .1 2.7 .2 -.3 West urban ..................................................... Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M M M 188.6 189.6 117.8 188.6 189.7 117.6 188.0 188.9 117.4 188.0 188.9 117.6 2.1 1.9 2.4 -.3 -.4 .0 .0 .0 .2 2.5 2.5 2.4 -.3 -.4 -.3 -.3 -.4 -.2 M M M 171.2 116.0 178.8 171.7 116.4 179.7 171.3 116.2 179.0 171.4 116.2 178.8 2.5 2.7 2.0 -.2 -.2 -.5 .1 .0 -.1 3.0 2.9 2.6 .1 .2 .1 -.2 -.2 -.4 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI ................... Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA ... New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA ......................................... M M 182.2 186.8 182.5 187.4 182.4 186.8 183.2 186.5 2.7 3.3 .4 -.5 .4 -.2 2.6 4.0 .1 .0 -.1 -.3 M 199.1 200.4 200.1 200.3 3.2 .0 .1 3.8 .5 -.1 Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT ..... Cleveland-Akron, OH ...................................... Dallas-Fort Worth, TX ..................................... Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV 6 ...... 1 1 1 1 207.9 172.6 179.5 118.4 - 207.9 172.8 179.4 119.7 - - - - 2.8 3.5 2.0 3.0 .0 .1 -.1 1.1 - Atlanta, GA ..................................................... Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI .............................. Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX .................... Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL ............................. Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD ........................................ San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA ........... Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA .................... 2 2 2 2 - 184.0 180.4 167.6 183.4 - 182.5 181.5 167.4 182.9 1.7 2.3 3.0 2.6 -.8 .6 -.1 -.3 - - - - 2 2 2 - 197.3 195.4 190.4 - 198.0 195.0 189.6 4.7 1.4 .7 .4 -.2 -.4 - - - - Region and area size2 Size classes A 4 .............................................................. B/C 3 ........................................................... D ................................................................. Selected local areas5 1 Foods, fuels, and several other items priced every month in all areas; most other goods and services 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. See technical notes. 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. - Data not available. 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 7. Chained Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (C-CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category and commodity and service group (December 1999=100, unless otherwise noted) C-CPI-U Relative importance, 2001-2002 Unadjusted percent change to Aug. 2004 from— Unadjusted indexes July 2004 Aug. 2004 Aug. 2003 July 2004 Expenditure category All items ...................................................................................... 100.000 110.3 110.3 2.1 0.0 Food and beverages ................................................................ Food ....................................................................................... Food at home ....................................................................... Food away from home .......................................................... Alcoholic beverages ............................................................... 15.076 14.086 8.062 6.023 .990 111.6 111.6 110.8 112.6 111.3 111.6 111.6 110.6 113.0 111.5 3.3 3.3 3.5 3.2 2.9 .0 .0 -.2 .4 .2 Housing .................................................................................... Shelter .................................................................................... Fuels and utilities .................................................................... Household furnishings and operations ................................... 41.793 32.380 4.643 4.771 114.9 116.3 128.1 95.4 115.0 116.5 128.9 95.0 2.4 2.6 5.1 -1.2 .1 .2 .6 -.4 Apparel ..................................................................................... 4.317 87.5 87.8 -.1 .3 Transportation .......................................................................... Private transportation ............................................................. Public transportation ............................................................... 17.315 16.206 1.109 108.1 108.2 106.5 107.6 107.8 104.0 2.0 2.2 -2.1 -.5 -.4 -2.3 Medical care ............................................................................. Medical care commodities ...................................................... Medical care services ............................................................. 5.783 1.466 4.317 121.7 115.0 124.1 121.9 115.0 124.4 4.3 2.1 5.2 .2 .0 .2 Recreation ................................................................................ 5.978 103.5 103.3 -.2 -.2 Education and communication ................................................. Education ............................................................................... Communication ...................................................................... 6.004 2.560 3.444 98.8 130.8 79.2 99.2 133.5 78.6 .2 6.5 -4.3 .4 2.1 -.8 Other goods and services ........................................................ 3.734 114.1 114.3 2.0 .2 58.567 41.433 12.521 28.912 78.985 6.929 116.8 102.0 86.3 109.4 108.0 137.1 117.0 101.8 86.0 109.3 108.0 136.4 2.6 1.5 -3.2 3.5 1.2 10.1 .2 -.2 -.3 -.1 .0 -.5 Commodity and service group Services ...................................................................................... Commodities .............................................................................. Durables ................................................................................... Nondurables ............................................................................... All items less food and energy ................................................. Energy ........................................................................................ Indexes for 2004 are initial estimates. Indexes for 2003 are interim adjustments. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.
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