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Transmission of material in this release is embargoed until 8:30 a.m. (EST) Friday, January 15, 2010 USDL-10-0011 Technical information: (202) 691-7000 • Reed.Steve@bls.gov • www.bls.gov/cpi Media Contact: (202) 691-5902 • PressOffice@bls.gov CONSUMER PRICE INDEX – DECEMBER 2009 On a seasonally adjusted basis, the December Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) rose 0.1 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Over the last 12 months, the index increased 2.7 percent before seasonal adjustment. The seasonally adjusted increase in the all items index was broad based, with the indexes for food, energy, and all items less food and energy all posting modest increases. Within the latter group, a sharp rise in the index for used cars and trucks was the largest contributor to the 0.1 percent increase, while the indexes for airline fares, apparel, and lodging away from home rose as well. In contrast, the indexes for rent and owners’ equivalent rent were unchanged and the index for new vehicles declined. Grocery store food indexes showed broad-based increases, leading to the food index rising 0.2 percent, its largest one-month advance in over a year. The energy index also rose 0.2 percent; this was its smallest increase in five months. The indexes for fuel oil and gasoline rose, but the electricity index was unchanged and the natural gas index declined. Chart 1. One-month percent change in CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), seasonally adjusted, Dec. 2008 - Dec. 2009 Percent change 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.0 -0.2 -0.4 -0.6 -0.8 0.7 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.8 Dec'08 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec'09 Chart 2. 12-month percent change in CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), not seasonally adjusted, Dec. 2008 - Dec. 2009 Percent change 3 2 1 0 -1 -2 -3 Dec'08 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun All item s Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec'09 All item s less food and energy Table A. Percent changes in CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average Seasonally adjusted changes from preceding month June 2009 All items ................................................. Food .................................................... Food at home .................................... Food away from home 1 .................... Energy ................................................. Energy commodities .......................... Gasoline (all types) .......................... Fuel oil ............................................. Energy services ................................. Electricity ......................................... Utility (piped) gas service ................ All items less food and energy ............ Commodities less food and energy commodities ................................ New vehicles ................................... Used cars and trucks ....................... Apparel ............................................ Medical care commodities ............... Services less energy services ........... Shelter ............................................. Transportation services ................... Medical care services ...................... July 2009 Aug. 2009 Sep. 2009 Oct. 2009 Nov. 2009 Dec. 2009 Unadjusted 12-mos. ended Dec. 2009 .7 .0 .0 .1 7.4 16.2 17.3 4.8 -1.2 -1.9 1.3 .2 .0 -.3 -.5 .1 -.4 -.4 -.8 -1.5 -.3 -.6 .9 .1 .4 .1 .0 .1 4.6 8.5 9.1 6.2 .0 -.1 .4 .1 .2 -.1 -.3 .1 .6 1.1 1.0 1.5 .1 .6 -1.7 .2 .3 .1 .0 .1 1.5 1.9 1.6 6.3 .9 .6 1.9 .2 .4 .1 .0 .2 4.1 6.3 6.4 9.0 1.4 1.4 1.5 .0 .1 .2 .3 .1 .2 .5 .2 1.1 -.1 .0 -.7 .1 2.7 -.5 -2.4 1.9 18.2 46.5 53.5 6.5 -5.4 -.5 -18.1 1.8 .3 .7 .9 .7 .1 .1 .1 -.1 .2 .2 .5 .0 .6 -.1 .0 -.2 .5 .3 -.3 -1.3 1.9 -.1 .5 .2 .1 .6 .2 .3 .4 1.6 .1 .6 .1 .0 .7 .4 .4 1.6 3.4 -.4 .2 .1 .0 .4 .2 .2 .6 2.0 -.3 .0 .0 -.2 .6 .4 .2 -.3 2.5 .4 -.1 .1 .0 .3 .2 3.0 4.9 9.2 1.9 3.3 1.4 .3 3.9 3.4 1 Not seasonally adjusted. -2- Year in Review For the 12 month period ending December 2009, the CPI-U rose 2.7 percent, compared to 0.1 percent for 2008. The larger increase was primarily due to the energy index, which rose 18.2 percent during 2009 after falling 21.3 percent in 2008. The energy upturn was caused by the gasoline index, which rose 53.5 percent in 2009 after declining 43.1 percent in 2008. The household energy index, in contrast, declined 4.9 percent during 2009 with the index for natural gas falling 18.1 percent and the electricity index declining 0.5 percent. The food index, which rose 5.9 percent in 2008, fell 0.5 percent for the 12 months ending December 2009, the first December-to-December decline since 1961. The index for food away from home rose 1.9 percent while the food at home index fell 2.4 percent. Within food at home, all six major grocery food groups posted declines in 2009 after rising in 2008. The dairy and related products group declined the most, falling 7.6 percent, its largest annual decline since 1938. The index for all items less food and energy rose 1.8 percent during 2009, the same increase as in 2008. This identical increase was the result of offsetting factors. Pushing the index higher were vehicle prices, which rose in 2009 after declining in 2008. The indexes for new vehicles rose 4.9 percent in 2009 and the index for used cars and trucks increased 9.2 percent. Additionally, the apparel index turned up in 2009, rising 1.9 percent after declining in each of the previous two years. The medical care index rose more rapidly in 2009, increasing 3.4 percent after a 2.6 percent increase the previous year, and the tobacco index increased 30.1 percent in 2009 after rising 6.3 percent in 2008. Largely offsetting these accelerations was the shelter index, which posted its smallest annual increase since its inception in 1953. It increased only 0.3 percent after increasing 1.9 percent in 2008, with the indexes for both rent and owners’ equivalent rent increasing 0.7 percent. Also, the indexes for recreation and for household furnishings and operations both declined in 2009 after rising in 2008. Consumer Price Index Data for December 2009 Food The food index rose 0.2 percent in December after rising 0.1 percent in each of the previous two months. The food at home index increased 0.3 percent, its largest increase since October 2008. Among the major grocery store food groups, the index for meats, poultry, fish, and eggs was unchanged while the other five groups all posted increases. The index for cereals and bakery products rose 0.6 percent, while the dairy and related products index increased 0.5 percent after declining 0.7 percent in November. The indexes for fruits and vegetables and for other food at home both rose 0.3 percent while the index for nonalcoholic beverages increased 0.2 percent. The index for food away from home increased in December, rising 0.1 percent after increasing 0.2 percent in November. Energy The energy index, which increased 4.1 percent in November, rose 0.2 percent in December. The index for energy commodities increased 0.5 percent, with the gasoline index rising 0.2 percent after increasing 6.4 percent in November. (Before seasonal adjustment, gasoline prices declined 1.5 percent in December.) The index for household energy was unchanged in December. The fuel oil index rose 1.1 percent after a 9.0 percent increase in the previous month, but the index for natural gas fell 0.7 percent. The index for electricity, which increased 1.4 percent in November, was unchanged in December. -3- All items less food and energy The index for all items less food and energy rose 0.1 percent in December after being unchanged in November. The index for used cars and trucks rose 2.5 percent in December, accounting for almost half of the increase in the all items less food and energy index. The index for airline fares also continued to rise, increasing 2.4 percent in December after advancing 3.8 percent in November. Also increasing were the apparel index, which rose 0.4 percent, and the medical care index, which rose 0.1 percent. The shelter index, which declined 0.2 percent in November, was unchanged in December. The indexes for rent and owners’ equivalent rent were both unchanged after declining in November, while the index for lodging away from home rose 0.5 percent in December. The index for new vehicles declined in December, falling 0.3 percent after increasing in each of the previous three months. The recreation index also declined in December, falling 0.4 percent as televisions, sporting goods and toys were among many recreation components that posted declines. Not seasonally adjusted CPI measures The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 2.7 percent over the last 12 months to an index level of 215.949 (1982-84=100). For the month, the index decreased 0.2 percent prior to seasonal adjustment. The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) increased 3.4 percent over the last 12 months to an index level of 211.703 (1982-84=100). For the month, the index decreased 0.1 percent prior to seasonal adjustment. The Chained Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (C-CPI-U) increased 2.8 percent over the last 12 months. For the month, the index declined 0.2 percent on a not seasonally adjusted basis. Please note that the indexes for the post-2007 period are subject to revision. The Consumer Price Index for January 2010 is scheduled to be released on Friday, February 19, 2010, at 8:30 a.m. (EST). Effective with the release of CPI data for January 2010 scheduled for Friday, February 19, the BLS will introduce several item structure and other publication changes into the CPI. See page 5 for further information. -4- Item Structure and publication changes for January 2010 Effective with the release of CPI data for January 2010 scheduled for Friday, February 19, the BLS will introduce several item structure and other publication changes into the CPI. Shelter. The expenditure weight for second homes will be moved from Lodging away from home to a new, unpriced stratum under the Owners’ equivalent rent expenditure class. As such, the expenditure class index for Owners’ equivalent rent will now include both primary and secondary homes, and the title of that expenditure class index will change from Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residences to Owners’ equivalent rent of residences. Both the expenditure class (Owners’ equivalent rent of residences), and the Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence stratum within it, will be published. Current Structure Lodging away from home Housing at school, excluding board Other lodging away from home including hotels and motels Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence* New Structure Lodging away from home Housing at school, excluding board Other lodging away from home, including hotels and motels Owners’ equivalent rent of residences Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence Unsampled owners’ equivalent rent of secondary residences* Medical care commodities. The item structure for Medical care commodities will change: Current Structure Medical care commodities Prescription drugs Prescription drugs Unsampled rent or repair of medical equipment* Nonprescription drugs and medical supplies Internal and respiratory OTC drugs Nonprescription medical equipment and supplies New Structure Medical Care Commodities Medicinal drugs Prescription drugs Nonprescription drugs Medical equipment and supplies Medical equipment and supplies Unsampled rent or repair of medical equipment* -5- Telephone services. The item structure for telephone services will also change: Current structure Telephone services Land-line telephone services, local charges Land-line telephone services, long distance Wireless telephone services New structure Telephone services Wireless telephone services Land-line telephone services Indexes that are deemed continuous will have the same reference base previously used. New index series will have a December 2009 = 100 reference base. Unpublished series are indicated with a *. Other publication changes The index for State and local registration and license will be retitled State motor vehicle registration and license fees. A new index for Intracity mass transit will be published. Indexes for Land-line interstate toll calls and Land-line intrastate toll calls will be discontinued. Expenditure Weight Update Effective with the release of the January 2010 CPI on February 19, 2010, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) will update the consumption expenditure weights in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) and Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) to the 2007-08 period. The updated expenditure weights for these indexes will replace the 2005-2006 weights that were introduced effective with the January 2008 CPI release. As originally announced by BLS in December 1998, CPI expenditure weights will continue to be updated at two-year intervals. 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 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-6- 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 each month in 87 urban areas across the country from about 4,000 housing units and approximately 25,000 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 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 100.0. 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. 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 0.04 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 0.08 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 0.12 and 0.28 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 2008”. -7- 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/cpivar2008.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. 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 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. -8- 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. 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 2004 through December 2008 were replaced in January 2009. 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. 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 in the aggregation of the dependent series 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 2009. 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 2009, BLS adjusted 29 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. -9- 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 Jeff Wilson at (202) 691-6968, or by e-mail at Wilson.Jeff@bls.gov. If you have general questions about the CPI, please call our information staff at (202) 691-7000. Recalculated Seasonally Adjusted Indexes to be Available on February 17, 2010 Each year with the release of the January CPI, seasonal adjustment factors are recalculated to reflect price movements from the just-completed calendar year. This routine annual recalculation may result in revisions to seasonally adjusted indexes for the previous 5 years. BLS will make available recalculated seasonally adjusted indexes, as well as recalculated seasonal adjustment factors, for the period January 2005 through December 2009, on Wednesday, February 17, 2010. This date is two working days before the scheduled release of the January 2010 CPI on Friday, February 19, 2010. The revised indexes and seasonal factors will be available on the internet. The address is http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpisapage.htm. Look under Seasonal Adjustment in the CPI and select Revised Seasonally Adjusted Indexes and Factors, 2005-2009. For further information please contact David Levin by electronic mail at: Levin.David@bls.gov or by telephone at: (202) 691-5261. - 10 - 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 2008 Unadjusted indexes Nov. 2009 Dec. 2009 Unadjusted percent change to Dec. 2009 from— Dec. 2008 Seasonally adjusted percent change from— Nov. 2009 Sep. to Oct. Oct. to Nov. Nov. to Dec. Expenditure category All items ........................................................................................ All items (1967=100) .................................................................... 100.000 216.330 648.028 215.949 646.887 2.7 -0.2 0.3 0.4 0.1 - - - - - - Food and beverages .................................................................. Food ......................................................................................... Food at home ......................................................................... Cereals and bakery products ............................................... Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs .............................................. Dairy and related products 1 ................................................ 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 1 2 ........................................... Alcoholic beverages ................................................................. 15.757 14.629 8.156 1.150 1.898 .910 1.194 .982 2.022 .300 .241 1.481 .433 6.474 .314 1.127 217.733 217.265 212.816 250.600 201.202 193.914 269.832 161.358 189.640 198.227 196.473 203.671 121.263 224.633 157.027 222.485 218.049 217.637 213.359 251.019 201.003 194.792 273.189 161.216 189.921 198.712 197.391 203.832 122.422 224.789 156.990 222.082 -.4 -.5 -2.4 -.8 -3.8 -7.6 -3.0 -.9 -.1 2.8 -4.5 .0 -1.1 1.9 1.9 1.9 .1 .2 .3 .2 -.1 .5 1.2 -.1 .1 .2 .5 .1 1.0 .1 .0 -.2 .1 .1 .0 .0 -.2 1.0 -.7 -.2 .3 .3 -.4 .4 .0 .1 -.2 .3 .1 .1 .0 .1 .3 -.7 .1 -.3 -.2 .7 -.3 -.3 -.7 .2 .0 .4 .2 .2 .3 .6 .0 .5 .3 .2 .3 .4 1.0 .2 1.0 .1 .0 .0 Housing ...................................................................................... Shelter ...................................................................................... Rent of primary residence 3 ................................................... Lodging away from home 2 .................................................... Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 3 4 5 ................ Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ................................... Fuels and utilities ..................................................................... Household energy .................................................................. 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 ....................................................... 43.421 33.200 5.957 2.478 24.433 .333 5.431 4.460 .301 4.159 .971 4.790 .781 215.808 248.211 248.886 125.426 256.731 122.243 208.955 185.165 260.250 189.166 164.962 127.265 150.135 215.523 247.863 248.999 122.638 256.727 123.812 208.760 184.886 262.649 188.724 165.204 127.119 150.172 -.3 .3 .7 -5.0 .7 3.2 -3.0 -4.9 2.5 -5.4 5.6 -1.1 -.3 -.1 -.1 .0 -2.2 .0 1.3 -.1 -.2 .9 -.2 .1 -.1 .0 .1 .0 -.1 .4 .0 .0 1.2 1.3 6.0 .9 .8 -.5 -.2 .0 -.2 -.1 -1.5 -.1 .0 1.5 1.8 7.3 1.4 .2 -.3 .0 .0 .0 .0 .5 .0 1.3 .0 .0 1.7 -.1 .3 .0 .0 Apparel ....................................................................................... Men’s and boys’ apparel .......................................................... Women’s and girls’ apparel ...................................................... Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel ................................................... Footwear .................................................................................. 3.691 .923 1.541 .183 .688 122.465 113.636 111.460 116.312 130.594 119.357 110.633 108.304 112.695 128.492 1.9 -.1 2.7 .1 3.5 -2.5 -2.6 -2.8 -3.1 -1.6 -.4 -.6 -.6 -1.5 .2 -.3 -.8 -.8 -.4 .7 .4 -.1 .9 -.5 .1 Transportation ............................................................................ Private transportation ............................................................... New and used motor vehicles 2 ............................................. New vehicles ........................................................................ Used cars and trucks ........................................................... Motor fuel ............................................................................... Gasoline (all types) .............................................................. Motor vehicle parts and equipment 1 ..................................... Motor vehicle maintenance and repair 1 ................................ Public transportation ................................................................ 15.314 14.189 6.931 4.480 1.628 3.164 2.964 .382 1.188 1.125 188.587 184.099 96.039 138.831 134.173 228.050 227.665 134.234 245.511 244.226 188.318 183.766 96.421 138.857 137.406 224.730 224.260 134.781 245.417 245.203 14.4 15.3 5.5 4.9 9.2 50.7 53.5 1.3 2.5 3.2 -.1 -.2 .4 .0 2.4 -1.5 -1.5 .4 .0 .4 1.4 1.4 1.7 1.6 3.4 1.6 1.6 .2 .4 .9 2.3 2.3 .8 .6 2.0 6.2 6.4 .4 .0 2.6 .4 .3 .3 -.3 2.5 .4 .2 .4 .0 1.4 Medical care ............................................................................... Medical care commodities ........................................................ Medical care services ............................................................... Professional services ............................................................. Hospital and related services 3 .............................................. 6.390 1.625 4.765 2.702 1.545 379.575 308.546 401.392 321.473 581.603 379.516 308.221 401.452 321.827 581.968 3.4 3.3 3.4 2.5 7.1 .0 -.1 .0 .1 .1 .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 .3 .0 .4 .2 .8 .1 -.1 .2 .1 .5 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 2008 Unadjusted indexes Nov. 2009 Dec. 2009 Unadjusted percent change to Dec. 2009 from— Dec. 2008 Seasonally adjusted percent change from— Nov. 2009 Sep. to Oct. Oct. to Nov. Nov. to Dec. Expenditure category Recreation 2 ............................................................................... Video and audio 2 .................................................................... 5.741 1.822 113.820 100.199 113.212 99.873 -0.4 -1.7 -0.5 -.3 -0.4 -.6 -0.2 .3 -0.4 -.1 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 6 ............. Personal computers and peripheral equipment 1 7 ............ 6.301 3.107 .221 2.886 3.194 3.022 2.408 .614 .214 128.845 195.649 495.660 562.623 84.768 81.688 102.528 9.467 78.077 128.883 195.672 496.580 562.610 84.809 81.728 102.707 9.423 77.960 2.4 4.7 6.9 4.5 .1 -.2 1.0 -4.9 -11.9 .0 .0 .2 .0 .0 .0 .2 -.5 -.1 .2 .3 .2 .3 .0 .0 -.1 .4 .3 .0 .2 .9 .2 -.3 -.4 -.4 -.4 -.2 .2 .4 .3 .4 .1 .0 .2 -.5 -.1 Other goods and services .......................................................... Tobacco and smoking products 1 ............................................ Personal care ........................................................................... Personal care products 1 ....................................................... Personal care services 1 ........................................................ Miscellaneous personal services ........................................... 3.386 .776 2.610 .651 .647 1.074 376.702 781.538 205.575 161.753 228.358 348.792 377.330 783.794 205.823 162.275 228.343 348.697 8.0 30.1 1.5 .5 .9 2.6 .2 .3 .1 .3 .0 .0 .3 .3 .2 -.1 .1 .9 .4 1.0 .2 -.3 .0 .6 .2 .3 .1 .3 .0 .1 39.556 15.757 23.799 13.289 3.691 9.598 10.510 60.444 32.867 .333 4.159 .971 .781 5.567 4.765 11.002 173.061 217.733 149.245 187.776 122.465 232.649 111.159 259.323 258.704 122.243 189.166 164.962 150.135 255.935 401.392 306.740 172.572 218.049 148.441 185.689 119.357 231.169 111.477 259.055 258.303 123.812 188.724 165.204 150.172 256.014 401.452 306.436 5.5 -.4 9.4 14.8 1.9 19.8 2.5 .9 .3 3.2 -5.4 5.6 -.3 3.9 3.4 2.1 -.3 .1 -.5 -1.1 -2.5 -.6 .3 -.1 -.2 1.3 -.2 .1 .0 .0 .0 -.1 .5 .1 .8 -.8 -.4 -.9 1.1 .1 .0 .0 .9 .8 -.2 .4 .2 .1 .9 .1 1.4 2.8 -.3 3.9 .4 .1 -.2 .0 1.4 .2 .0 .6 .4 .1 .2 .2 .2 -.1 .4 -.2 .3 .1 .1 1.3 -.1 .3 .0 .3 .2 .1 85.371 66.800 93.610 24.926 14.416 10.726 29.046 27.577 55.679 7.624 92.376 77.746 21.461 3.465 56.285 216.207 206.286 208.250 151.847 189.852 230.622 203.035 280.014 248.075 204.026 219.291 220.384 143.871 231.226 266.488 $ .462 $ .154 215.703 205.888 207.860 151.052 187.864 229.250 202.064 279.896 247.793 202.301 219.048 220.025 143.383 228.186 266.237 $ .463 $ .155 3.3 3.9 2.7 9.0 13.8 17.9 6.6 1.6 .7 18.2 1.4 1.8 3.0 46.5 1.4 -.2 -.2 -.2 -.5 -1.0 -.6 -.5 .0 -.1 -.8 -.1 -.2 -.3 -1.3 -.1 .3 .4 .3 .7 -.7 -.8 -.3 .3 .2 1.5 .2 .2 .4 1.9 .1 .5 .7 .4 1.3 2.6 3.4 1.3 .4 .1 4.1 .0 .0 .2 6.3 .0 .1 .2 .1 .2 -.1 .0 .2 .2 .1 .2 .1 .1 .2 .5 .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 This index series will undergo a change in composition in January, 2010. The expenditure class will include weight from secondary residences, and will be re-titled Owners’ equivalent rent of residences. The item stratum Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residences, which prior to January, 2010 is identical to the EC, will be published as well. 6 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base. 7 Indexes on a December 2007=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 6 months ended— Mar. 2009 June 2009 Sep. 2009 Dec. 2009 217.541 2.2 3.3 2.5 218.011 217.511 213.257 252.151 200.815 193.914 268.645 162.133 190.887 198.855 198.430 205.047 121.263 224.633 157.027 223.175 218.399 217.921 213.869 253.590 200.845 194.792 269.445 162.492 191.514 199.588 200.387 205.494 122.422 224.789 156.990 223.283 -.7 -.8 -3.6 -2.8 -4.3 -19.5 -2.8 1.9 1.3 6.6 -10.6 2.3 -4.4 2.8 .9 .3 -1.3 -1.5 -4.0 -3.6 -4.0 -10.6 .4 -4.3 -3.7 -1.0 -5.7 -3.9 -.6 1.7 3.7 1.4 216.964 249.678 248.868 134.890 256.900 122.184 209.580 185.931 247.530 190.725 164.675 127.790 150.184 216.918 249.122 248.682 132.806 256.582 122.243 212.681 189.255 265.477 193.374 164.990 127.445 150.135 216.991 249.202 248.646 133.421 256.535 123.812 212.768 189.220 269.859 193.089 165.478 127.490 150.172 -.5 .6 2.6 -19.1 2.5 2.4 -8.5 -10.9 -39.5 -8.5 3.0 1.6 .6 120.931 112.991 109.688 116.350 127.603 120.505 112.329 109.020 114.644 127.894 120.097 111.473 108.138 114.155 128.799 120.524 111.343 109.087 113.603 128.948 Transportation ................................................................... Private transportation ...................................................... New and used motor vehicles 2 .................................... New vehicles ............................................................... Used cars and trucks .................................................. Motor fuel ...................................................................... Gasoline (all types) ..................................................... Motor vehicle parts and equipment 1 ............................ Motor vehicle maintenance and repair 1 ....................... Public transportation ....................................................... 184.750 180.352 93.605 135.574 128.153 223.273 223.146 133.406 244.493 239.281 187.276 182.877 95.229 137.777 132.456 226.932 226.688 133.650 245.393 241.437 191.582 187.044 96.038 138.654 135.093 241.049 241.196 134.234 245.511 247.709 Medical care ...................................................................... Medical care commodities .............................................. Medical care services ..................................................... Professional services .................................................... Hospital and related services 3 ..................................... 378.555 308.016 400.180 321.405 575.812 379.229 308.780 400.797 322.067 577.133 380.284 308.873 402.252 322.625 581.557 Sep. 2009 Oct. 2009 Nov. 2009 Dec. 2009 All items .............................................................................. 215.791 216.385 217.250 Food and beverages ......................................................... Food ................................................................................ Food at home ................................................................ Cereals and bakery products ...................................... Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ..................................... Dairy and related products 1 ....................................... 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 1 2 .................................. Alcoholic beverages ........................................................ 217.670 217.257 213.298 251.711 200.583 193.353 270.064 162.981 190.598 197.000 199.971 204.773 122.099 224.003 157.302 221.709 217.830 217.377 213.338 251.814 200.128 195.360 268.276 162.638 191.178 197.535 199.118 205.645 122.112 224.224 157.056 222.394 Housing ............................................................................. Shelter ............................................................................. Rent of primary residence 3 .......................................... Lodging away from home 2 ........................................... Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 3 4 5 ...... Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ......................... Fuels and utilities ............................................................ Household energy ......................................................... 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 ............................................. 216.770 249.655 249.132 134.342 256.911 122.170 207.172 183.627 233.497 188.979 163.402 128.455 150.437 Apparel .............................................................................. Men’s and boys’ apparel ................................................. Women’s and girls’ apparel ............................................. Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel .......................................... Footwear ......................................................................... June 2009 Dec. 2009 3.3 2.7 2.9 -.8 -1.1 -3.1 .2 -7.2 -1.7 -8.5 .0 -.1 .4 -2.2 .2 -.4 1.5 3.8 2.9 1.3 1.2 1.1 3.0 .5 3.0 -.9 -1.2 1.9 5.4 .8 1.4 1.1 1.4 -.8 2.9 -1.0 -1.1 -3.8 -3.2 -4.1 -15.2 -1.2 -1.3 -1.2 2.8 -8.2 -.8 -2.5 2.3 2.3 .9 .3 .1 -1.0 1.6 -3.4 .6 -4.8 -.6 .9 2.8 -.7 .8 .3 1.5 1.5 2.9 -.6 1.6 1.4 3.6 1.4 1.2 -14.0 -18.1 -12.3 -18.5 6.7 .0 -2.4 -.4 -.3 -.4 -.5 -.4 3.6 1.6 .2 16.6 -.8 7.7 -3.0 1.2 .4 -.7 -.8 -2.7 -.6 5.5 11.3 12.8 78.4 9.0 5.2 -3.0 -.7 -.6 1.1 2.0 -8.5 1.9 1.8 -11.3 -14.6 -27.1 -13.6 4.9 .8 -.9 .0 -.5 -.6 -1.6 -.5 4.6 6.3 6.3 44.2 4.0 6.4 -3.0 .2 5.3 17.3 1.4 .1 3.2 1.5 -6.7 6.9 7.8 3.0 2.5 -3.5 4.9 2.4 3.7 -1.3 -5.7 -2.2 -9.1 4.3 3.3 4.6 4.1 3.9 3.1 .6 -4.6 1.3 -3.5 4.0 192.384 187.697 96.339 138.288 138.485 242.124 241.693 134.781 245.417 251.194 8.8 11.1 3.1 7.0 -15.3 37.4 47.4 4.3 4.7 -17.1 19.9 22.3 5.4 6.6 7.2 88.1 91.6 -.6 .9 -8.8 13.9 13.2 1.6 -1.8 14.6 44.3 42.8 -2.5 3.0 23.5 17.6 17.3 12.2 8.3 36.4 38.3 37.6 4.2 1.5 21.5 14.2 16.5 4.2 6.8 -4.7 60.7 68.1 1.8 2.8 -13.1 15.7 15.3 6.8 3.1 25.0 41.3 40.2 .8 2.3 22.4 380.726 308.691 402.959 323.022 584.470 4.0 5.0 3.6 1.7 8.8 3.6 3.2 3.8 3.7 6.0 3.6 4.3 3.4 2.6 7.3 2.3 .9 2.8 2.0 6.2 3.8 4.1 3.7 2.7 7.4 3.0 2.6 3.1 2.3 6.7 Expenditure category 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 6 months ended— Mar. 2009 June 2009 Sep. 2009 Dec. 2009 113.536 100.423 1.8 -2.1 0.3 1.1 0.0 -4.2 128.226 193.780 495.958 556.799 84.771 81.688 102.528 9.467 78.077 128.513 194.536 497.406 559.016 84.818 81.728 102.707 9.423 77.960 2.9 5.0 4.7 5.0 .8 .7 1.2 -1.4 -10.1 2.9 5.7 8.6 5.5 .2 -.5 .8 -5.6 -12.1 375.427 773.758 205.394 162.257 228.465 347.750 377.051 781.538 205.839 161.753 228.358 349.831 377.645 783.794 206.060 162.275 228.343 350.097 13.5 61.2 1.6 3.3 3.0 .4 171.666 217.670 147.347 186.349 120.931 231.087 109.714 259.617 260.233 122.170 188.979 163.402 150.437 253.146 400.180 305.795 172.529 217.830 148.472 184.873 120.505 228.965 110.882 259.979 260.293 122.184 190.725 164.675 150.184 254.265 400.797 305.965 174.046 218.011 150.490 190.103 120.097 237.827 111.316 260.154 259.821 122.243 193.374 164.990 150.135 255.797 402.252 306.142 174.400 218.399 150.818 189.831 120.524 237.433 111.631 260.354 260.009 123.812 193.089 165.478 150.172 256.652 402.959 306.447 215.582 204.951 207.735 149.975 188.493 229.166 202.076 278.770 248.397 200.959 219.012 220.053 142.624 225.260 266.830 216.253 205.779 208.320 151.091 187.110 227.347 201.442 279.601 248.834 203.889 219.367 220.453 143.240 229.490 267.058 217.238 207.221 209.170 153.080 191.970 235.089 204.139 280.784 249.009 212.326 219.450 220.527 143.505 243.900 266.992 217.509 207.600 209.452 153.403 191.841 234.996 204.512 281.453 249.344 212.819 219.722 220.774 143.737 245.156 267.240 Sep. 2009 Oct. 2009 Nov. 2009 Dec. 2009 Recreation 2 ...................................................................... Video and audio 2 ........................................................... 114.585 100.824 114.155 100.191 113.937 100.491 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 6 .... Personal computers and peripheral equipment 1 7 ... 128.074 192.711 490.667 553.955 85.040 81.969 102.968 9.467 77.997 128.285 193.313 491.662 555.733 85.054 81.978 102.891 9.501 78.213 Other goods and services ................................................. Tobacco and smoking products 1 ................................... Personal care .................................................................. Personal care products 1 .............................................. Personal care services 1 ............................................... Miscellaneous personal services .................................. 374.442 771.089 204.919 162.372 228.286 344.770 June 2009 Dec. 2009 -3.6 -1.6 1.0 -.5 -1.8 -2.9 2.2 4.2 8.7 3.9 .3 .3 3.1 -10.4 -23.8 1.4 3.8 5.6 3.7 -1.0 -1.2 -1.0 -1.8 -.2 2.9 5.3 6.6 5.2 .5 .1 1.0 -3.5 -11.1 1.8 4.0 7.2 3.8 -.4 -.4 1.0 -6.2 -12.8 10.9 45.9 .8 -1.0 -.7 2.1 4.6 14.0 1.4 .2 1.3 1.9 3.5 6.8 2.2 -.2 .1 6.3 12.2 53.4 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.2 4.0 10.3 1.8 .0 .7 4.1 4.5 -.7 8.0 13.9 5.3 16.8 .2 .8 .1 2.4 -8.5 3.0 .6 2.4 3.6 2.9 7.9 -1.3 14.2 21.0 1.5 30.7 3.5 .3 1.4 1.2 -18.5 6.7 -2.4 .4 3.8 2.2 4.2 -.8 7.3 17.2 2.5 21.2 -.9 1.3 -.1 3.6 -.8 7.7 1.2 7.4 3.4 2.5 6.5 1.3 9.8 7.7 -1.3 11.4 7.2 1.1 -.3 5.5 9.0 5.2 -.7 5.7 2.8 .9 6.2 -1.0 11.0 17.4 3.3 23.5 1.8 .5 .8 1.8 -13.6 4.9 -.9 1.4 3.7 2.6 5.3 .3 8.5 12.4 .6 16.2 3.1 1.2 -.2 4.6 4.0 6.4 .2 6.5 3.1 1.7 2.7 2.9 2.0 7.6 12.7 15.0 5.7 .7 .2 7.9 1.7 2.2 3.8 29.1 1.5 4.1 4.2 3.3 13.6 19.6 27.5 8.5 -1.6 -.4 22.1 1.8 2.4 4.1 79.3 1.8 3.1 3.9 2.4 7.1 16.1 19.3 7.4 3.7 1.4 21.1 .9 1.3 .9 42.6 1.4 3.6 5.3 3.3 9.5 7.3 10.6 4.9 3.9 1.5 25.8 1.3 1.3 3.2 40.3 .6 3.4 3.6 2.7 10.6 16.1 21.1 7.1 -.5 -.1 14.8 1.7 2.3 3.9 52.1 1.7 3.4 4.6 2.9 8.3 11.6 14.9 6.1 3.8 1.5 23.4 1.1 1.3 2.0 41.4 1.0 Expenditure category 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 This index series will undergo a change in composition in January, 2010. The expenditure class will include weight from secondary residences, and will be re-titled Owners’ equivalent rent of residences. The item stratum Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residences, which prior to January, 2010 is identical to the EC, will be published as well. 6 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base. 7 Indexes on a December 2007=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 Percent change to Dec.2009 from— Pricing schedule 1 Sep. 2009 Oct. 2009 Nov. 2009 Dec. 2009 M 215.969 216.177 216.330 Northeast urban .............................................. Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M M M 231.200 233.695 136.691 231.304 233.415 137.348 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 205.601 206.459 131.812 M U.S. city average ............................................ Percent change to Nov.2009 from— Dec. 2008 Oct. 2009 Nov. 2009 Nov. 2008 Sep. 2009 Oct. 2009 215.949 2.7 -0.1 -0.2 1.8 0.2 0.1 231.708 233.785 137.646 231.462 233.475 137.597 2.8 2.5 3.6 .1 .0 .2 -.1 -.1 .0 2.0 1.8 2.4 .2 .0 .7 .2 .2 .2 205.706 206.625 131.724 206.247 207.277 131.952 205.613 206.399 131.742 3.0 3.0 2.9 .0 -.1 .0 -.3 -.4 -.2 2.2 2.1 2.3 .3 .4 .1 .3 .3 .2 201.918 202.499 203.047 202.738 3.8 .1 -.2 2.6 .6 .3 Region and area size2 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 208.912 211.212 132.722 209.292 211.152 133.035 209.738 211.424 133.342 209.476 210.971 133.252 2.9 2.2 3.2 .1 -.1 .2 -.1 -.2 -.1 2.0 1.3 2.3 .4 .1 .5 .2 .1 .2 M 210.911 212.423 213.372 213.159 4.3 .3 -.1 3.2 1.2 .4 West urban ..................................................... Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M M M 220.294 224.412 133.128 220.447 224.372 133.618 219.728 223.489 133.335 219.307 223.058 133.132 2.2 2.0 2.6 -.5 -.6 -.4 -.2 -.2 -.2 1.2 1.2 1.4 -.3 -.4 .2 -.3 -.4 -.2 M M M 197.724 133.165 208.503 197.670 133.489 209.139 197.697 133.663 209.567 197.246 133.535 209.192 2.4 3.1 3.4 -.2 .0 .0 -.2 -.1 -.2 1.6 2.1 2.3 .0 .4 .5 .0 .1 .2 Size classes A 4 .............................................................. B/C 3 ........................................................... D ................................................................. Selected local areas5 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 211.345 225.226 211.708 225.264 212.206 224.317 211.185 223.643 2.5 1.8 -.2 -.7 -.5 -.3 1.5 .9 .4 -.4 .2 -.4 M 238.568 238.380 238.777 238.427 2.3 .0 -.1 1.8 .1 .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 1 236.596 201.836 201.802 140.945 - 236.589 201.471 201.958 140.718 - - - - 1.8 1.7 1.0 1.6 .0 -.2 .1 -.2 - 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 - 201.068 205.079 191.608 222.416 - 200.456 203.880 190.932 222.943 1.8 3.0 2.7 2.1 -.3 -.6 -.4 .2 - - - - 2 2 2 - 224.787 226.051 226.277 - 224.800 224.239 225.596 3.0 2.6 1.4 .0 -.8 -.3 - - - - 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 2008 Unadjusted indexes Nov. 2009 Dec. 2009 Unadjusted percent change to Dec. 2009 from— Dec. 2008 Seasonally adjusted percent change from— Nov. 2009 Sep. to Oct. Oct. to Nov. Nov. to Dec. Expenditure category All items ........................................................................................ All items (1967=100) .................................................................... 100.000 212.003 631.491 211.703 630.600 3.4 -0.1 0.3 0.5 0.2 - - - - - - Food and beverages .................................................................. Food ......................................................................................... Food at home ......................................................................... Cereals and bakery products ............................................... Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs .............................................. Dairy and related products 1 ................................................ 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 1 2 ........................................... Alcoholic beverages ................................................................. 16.942 15.865 9.201 1.249 2.315 .992 1.266 1.167 2.212 .304 .274 1.634 .472 6.664 .233 1.077 216.853 216.305 211.488 251.376 200.709 192.695 267.049 160.619 188.868 197.031 197.400 203.664 121.647 224.815 156.853 223.445 217.186 216.679 212.041 251.570 200.623 193.546 270.279 160.745 189.197 197.258 198.165 203.972 122.796 224.940 156.830 223.168 -.5 -.7 -2.5 -.9 -3.8 -7.8 -3.1 -.9 -.2 2.7 -4.5 .0 -1.1 1.9 2.1 2.2 .2 .2 .3 .1 .0 .4 1.2 .1 .2 .1 .4 .2 .9 .1 .0 -.1 .1 .1 .1 .1 -.1 1.1 -.7 -.1 .3 .2 -.2 .4 .1 .1 -.1 .3 .1 .0 -.1 .2 .3 -.7 -.1 -.4 -.2 .8 -.4 -.4 -.8 .2 .0 .6 .2 .2 .3 .5 .1 .4 .4 .3 .3 .2 1.0 .3 .9 .1 .0 .0 Housing ...................................................................................... Shelter ...................................................................................... Rent of primary residence 3 ................................................... Lodging away from home 2 .................................................... Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 3 4 5 ................ Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ................................... Fuels and utilities ..................................................................... Household energy .................................................................. 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 ....................................................... 41.313 31.224 8.279 1.209 21.430 .306 6.030 4.996 .283 4.713 1.035 4.059 .360 212.327 242.159 247.361 127.061 232.635 122.830 207.530 182.994 262.340 187.572 165.509 123.448 152.747 212.142 241.991 247.465 124.222 232.603 124.415 207.329 182.701 265.130 187.125 165.808 123.187 152.486 -.1 .5 .6 -4.4 .7 3.4 -3.1 -4.9 1.9 -5.3 5.7 -.9 -.2 -.1 -.1 .0 -2.2 .0 1.3 -.1 -.2 1.1 -.2 .2 -.2 -.2 .1 .0 -.1 .5 .0 .1 1.0 1.1 6.2 .8 .8 -.5 -.2 .0 -.2 -.1 -1.2 -.1 .1 1.4 1.7 7.0 1.4 .2 -.3 -.4 .0 .0 .0 .1 .0 1.3 .0 .0 1.6 -.1 .3 .0 -.2 Apparel ....................................................................................... Men’s and boys’ apparel .......................................................... Women’s and girls’ apparel ...................................................... Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel ................................................... Footwear .................................................................................. 3.979 1.024 1.568 .249 .840 122.228 114.091 111.039 119.272 130.682 118.984 110.856 107.819 115.754 128.637 1.7 -.3 2.3 .7 3.6 -2.7 -2.8 -2.9 -2.9 -1.6 -.6 -1.0 -1.1 -1.7 .3 -.4 -1.0 -.8 -.3 .4 .2 -.4 .8 -.4 .2 Transportation ............................................................................ Private transportation ............................................................... New and used motor vehicles 2 ............................................. New vehicles ........................................................................ Used cars and trucks ........................................................... Motor fuel ............................................................................... Gasoline (all types) .............................................................. Motor vehicle parts and equipment 1 ..................................... Motor vehicle maintenance and repair 1 ................................ Public transportation ................................................................ 17.067 16.284 7.627 4.057 2.863 4.029 3.770 .482 1.242 .784 186.928 183.680 94.338 139.952 134.977 228.871 228.598 134.346 247.972 242.698 186.839 183.565 95.072 139.962 138.242 225.584 225.223 134.892 247.812 243.453 16.1 16.7 6.2 5.0 9.3 50.7 53.6 1.2 2.5 3.5 .0 -.1 .8 .0 2.4 -1.4 -1.5 .4 -.1 .3 1.6 1.6 2.1 1.6 3.4 1.8 1.7 .2 .4 .9 2.5 2.5 1.1 .7 2.0 6.2 6.3 .4 .1 2.4 .6 .6 .7 -.3 2.6 .5 .5 .4 -.1 1.2 Medical care ............................................................................... Medical care commodities ........................................................ Medical care services ............................................................... Professional services ............................................................. Hospital and related services 3 .............................................. 5.355 1.320 4.035 2.234 1.338 380.295 299.972 403.695 324.382 580.048 380.302 299.777 403.791 324.763 580.567 3.5 3.3 3.6 2.6 7.5 .0 -.1 .0 .1 .1 .1 .2 .1 .2 .1 .3 .1 .4 .2 .9 .1 -.1 .2 .1 .5 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 2008 Unadjusted indexes Nov. 2009 Dec. 2009 Unadjusted percent change to Dec. 2009 from— Dec. 2008 Seasonally adjusted percent change from— Nov. 2009 Sep. to Oct. Oct. to Nov. Nov. to Dec. Expenditure category Recreation 2 ............................................................................... Video and audio 2 .................................................................... 5.454 1.982 110.401 100.681 109.851 100.400 -0.6 -1.4 -0.5 -.3 -0.4 -.6 -0.2 .3 -0.3 .0 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 6 ............. Personal computers and peripheral equipment 1 7 ............ 6.221 2.527 .219 2.308 3.694 3.568 2.965 .604 .202 124.100 192.776 498.627 542.174 87.468 85.331 102.413 9.969 77.926 124.156 192.760 499.478 542.036 87.541 85.404 102.585 9.935 77.821 1.9 4.6 6.9 4.3 .1 -.1 .9 -4.5 -11.7 .0 .0 .2 .0 .1 .1 .2 -.3 -.1 .1 .3 .1 .4 .0 .0 -.1 .2 .1 -.1 .4 .8 .3 -.4 -.4 -.4 -.3 .0 .2 .3 .3 .3 .1 .1 .2 -.3 -.1 Other goods and services .......................................................... Tobacco and smoking products 1 ............................................ Personal care ........................................................................... Personal care products 1 ....................................................... Personal care services 1 ........................................................ Miscellaneous personal services ........................................... 3.668 1.267 2.401 .662 .580 .947 403.178 786.541 203.245 161.784 228.614 350.046 403.970 789.173 203.454 162.231 228.614 349.851 11.3 30.3 1.3 .6 .9 2.1 .2 .3 .1 .3 .0 -.1 .2 .3 .2 .0 .1 .6 .5 1.0 .2 -.3 .0 .4 .2 .3 .1 .3 .0 .1 42.689 16.942 25.747 14.587 3.979 10.609 11.160 57.311 30.918 .306 4.713 1.035 .360 5.512 4.035 10.432 175.563 216.853 153.273 195.926 122.228 246.085 111.575 254.663 233.436 122.830 187.572 165.509 152.747 255.871 403.695 293.624 175.127 217.186 152.532 193.667 118.984 244.413 112.165 254.519 233.241 124.415 187.125 165.808 152.486 256.007 403.791 293.470 6.6 -.5 11.3 17.5 1.7 23.4 3.3 .9 .5 3.4 -5.3 5.7 -.2 4.1 3.6 1.8 -.2 .2 -.5 -1.2 -2.7 -.7 .5 -.1 -.1 1.3 -.2 .2 -.2 .1 .0 -.1 .6 .1 .9 -.9 -.6 -1.1 1.4 .1 .0 .1 .8 .8 -.2 .5 .1 .0 1.0 .1 1.6 2.9 -.4 4.1 .6 .1 -.1 .1 1.4 .2 -.4 .4 .4 .0 .3 .2 .3 .1 .2 .0 .5 .1 .0 1.3 -.1 .3 -.2 .3 .2 .1 84.135 68.776 94.645 26.824 15.664 11.686 31.530 26.392 53.275 9.024 90.976 75.111 22.513 4.311 52.598 211.055 203.301 205.106 155.650 197.644 243.061 206.876 247.237 243.991 204.196 213.895 213.787 145.595 231.371 261.979 $ .472 $ .158 210.639 202.951 204.800 154.918 195.487 241.513 205.823 247.174 243.838 202.398 213.780 213.572 145.253 228.303 261.871 $ .472 $ .159 4.1 4.7 3.4 11.0 16.4 21.4 7.8 1.4 .7 20.0 1.7 2.2 4.0 47.5 1.5 -.2 -.2 -.1 -.5 -1.1 -.6 -.5 .0 -.1 -.9 -.1 -.1 -.2 -1.3 .0 .4 .5 .3 .9 -.9 -1.0 -.3 .3 .2 1.5 .2 .2 .5 2.0 .1 .6 .8 .5 1.6 2.7 3.8 1.4 .4 .1 4.2 .1 .1 .3 6.2 .0 .2 .2 .2 .3 .1 .0 .2 .2 .1 .3 .1 .1 .3 .6 .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 This index series will undergo a change in composition in January, 2010. The expenditure class will include weight from secondary residences, and will be re-titled Owners’ equivalent rent of residences. The item stratum Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residences, which prior to January, 2010 is identical to the EC, will be published as well. 6 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base. 7 Indexes on a December 2007=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 6 months ended— Mar. 2009 June 2009 Sep. 2009 Dec. 2009 213.280 2.6 4.2 3.1 217.157 216.578 211.957 252.985 200.285 192.695 266.091 161.516 190.114 197.971 199.349 204.972 121.647 224.815 156.853 224.207 217.591 217.034 212.652 254.226 200.521 193.546 267.226 162.041 190.777 198.337 201.266 205.549 122.796 224.940 156.830 224.315 -1.1 -1.1 -3.9 -2.9 -4.4 -20.8 -4.1 2.4 1.3 6.4 -11.1 2.5 -4.1 2.7 1.1 -.1 -1.4 -1.6 -3.9 -3.6 -4.5 -10.0 1.5 -4.7 -3.5 -1.0 -5.1 -3.8 -1.0 1.5 2.7 2.3 213.063 242.918 247.420 136.095 232.770 122.761 208.463 184.089 250.133 189.323 165.178 124.011 153.368 213.168 242.551 247.158 134.437 232.516 122.830 211.374 187.167 267.530 191.886 165.484 123.581 152.747 213.172 242.550 247.122 134.604 232.468 124.415 211.468 187.131 271.789 191.653 166.028 123.523 152.486 -.1 1.5 2.4 -18.4 2.5 2.5 -8.6 -10.8 -37.4 -9.0 3.0 1.2 1.1 120.949 114.131 109.649 119.258 127.912 120.228 113.038 108.460 117.261 128.352 119.712 111.949 107.620 116.909 128.802 119.916 111.545 108.450 116.428 129.058 Transportation ................................................................... Private transportation ...................................................... New and used motor vehicles 2 .................................... New vehicles ............................................................... Used cars and trucks .................................................. Motor fuel ...................................................................... Gasoline (all types) ..................................................... Motor vehicle parts and equipment 1 ............................ Motor vehicle maintenance and repair 1 ....................... Public transportation ....................................................... 182.716 179.519 91.560 136.675 128.878 223.652 223.578 133.504 246.850 237.928 185.612 182.415 93.467 138.886 133.216 227.788 227.480 133.764 247.811 240.111 190.266 186.999 94.479 139.797 135.889 241.798 241.747 134.346 247.972 245.825 Medical care ...................................................................... Medical care commodities .............................................. Medical care services ..................................................... Professional services .................................................... Hospital and related services 3 ..................................... 379.213 299.487 402.384 324.248 573.743 379.750 300.144 402.852 324.921 574.505 380.969 300.393 404.459 325.479 579.457 Sep. 2009 Oct. 2009 Nov. 2009 Dec. 2009 All items .............................................................................. 211.136 211.842 212.929 Food and beverages ......................................................... Food ................................................................................ Food at home ................................................................ Cereals and bakery products ...................................... Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ..................................... Dairy and related products 1 ....................................... 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 1 2 .................................. Alcoholic beverages ........................................................ 216.778 216.317 212.018 252.195 199.912 192.048 268.099 162.444 189.934 195.992 200.499 204.911 122.496 224.102 157.132 222.073 217.027 216.531 212.185 252.524 199.773 194.120 266.270 162.244 190.529 196.328 200.113 205.775 122.676 224.382 156.909 222.843 Housing ............................................................................. Shelter ............................................................................. Rent of primary residence 3 .......................................... Lodging away from home 2 ........................................... Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 3 4 5 ...... Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ......................... Fuels and utilities ............................................................ Household energy ......................................................... 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 ............................................. 212.863 242.930 247.669 135.480 232.761 122.644 206.356 182.153 235.480 187.880 163.808 124.592 153.648 Apparel .............................................................................. Men’s and boys’ apparel ................................................. Women’s and girls’ apparel ............................................. Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel .......................................... Footwear ......................................................................... June 2009 Dec. 2009 4.1 3.4 3.6 -1.0 -1.2 -3.3 .0 -7.5 -1.8 -8.1 -.4 -.1 .6 -2.8 .2 -.1 1.7 5.4 2.4 1.5 1.3 1.2 3.3 1.2 3.2 -1.3 -1.0 1.8 4.9 1.5 1.3 1.0 1.5 -.8 4.1 -1.2 -1.4 -3.9 -3.3 -4.4 -15.6 -1.3 -1.2 -1.2 2.6 -8.1 -.7 -2.6 2.1 1.9 1.1 .3 .1 -1.1 1.6 -3.2 .7 -4.8 -.7 .8 2.7 -.7 .7 .4 1.6 2.3 3.3 -.9 1.4 1.3 3.9 1.3 1.4 -13.5 -17.4 -15.2 -17.5 6.7 .9 -1.5 -.2 -.3 -.5 .6 -.3 3.7 1.7 .4 14.4 -.3 7.7 -2.3 2.6 .6 -.6 -.9 -2.6 -.5 5.9 10.3 11.4 77.5 8.3 5.5 -3.4 -3.0 -.5 1.5 1.9 -7.9 1.9 2.0 -11.1 -14.1 -27.1 -13.3 4.8 1.1 -.2 .2 -.5 -.7 -1.0 -.4 4.8 5.9 5.7 42.5 3.9 6.6 -2.8 -.2 5.4 18.2 .7 .3 4.3 1.6 -7.2 5.4 10.5 3.8 3.3 -1.4 7.8 1.9 2.7 -3.4 -8.8 -4.3 -9.2 3.6 3.5 4.7 3.0 5.3 4.1 -.1 -5.2 1.6 -3.8 3.2 191.389 188.056 95.177 139.402 139.404 243.107 242.970 134.892 247.812 248.728 8.8 10.1 -.7 7.4 -15.6 37.7 47.5 3.6 4.7 -15.7 22.9 24.4 5.7 6.3 7.6 87.8 91.6 -.6 .8 -7.1 15.4 15.1 4.0 -1.6 14.6 43.1 41.2 -2.3 2.8 22.7 20.4 20.4 16.8 8.2 36.9 39.6 39.5 4.2 1.6 19.4 15.6 17.0 2.5 6.8 -4.7 60.8 68.1 1.5 2.7 -11.5 17.8 17.7 10.2 3.2 25.3 41.3 40.3 .9 2.2 21.1 381.493 300.215 405.275 325.907 582.536 4.1 5.3 3.7 2.0 9.2 3.8 3.1 4.0 3.7 6.5 3.8 4.0 3.8 2.7 8.0 2.4 1.0 2.9 2.1 6.3 3.9 4.2 3.9 2.9 7.9 3.1 2.5 3.3 2.4 7.1 Expenditure category 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 6 months ended— Mar. 2009 June 2009 Sep. 2009 Dec. 2009 110.155 100.906 1.9 -2.2 0.4 1.9 -1.0 -3.8 123.682 191.213 498.822 537.333 87.470 85.331 102.413 9.969 77.926 123.919 191.859 500.439 539.156 87.547 85.404 102.585 9.935 77.821 2.2 4.5 4.5 4.4 .8 .7 1.0 -1.1 -9.5 2.2 5.3 9.2 4.9 .2 -.3 .7 -5.3 -12.1 401.414 778.650 203.135 162.242 228.683 349.308 403.435 786.541 203.463 161.784 228.614 350.699 404.317 789.173 203.748 162.231 228.614 351.197 19.5 60.9 1.2 3.1 2.9 -.2 173.885 216.778 150.983 194.337 120.949 244.219 109.657 254.679 234.254 122.644 187.880 163.808 153.648 253.079 402.384 293.119 174.960 217.027 152.366 192.499 120.228 241.553 111.148 255.014 234.207 122.761 189.323 165.178 153.368 254.314 402.852 293.183 176.765 217.157 154.809 197.997 119.712 251.487 111.782 255.269 233.955 122.830 191.886 165.484 152.747 255.433 404.459 293.238 177.274 217.591 155.335 198.135 119.916 251.550 112.394 255.421 234.021 124.415 191.653 166.028 152.486 256.080 405.275 293.633 210.036 201.826 204.253 153.374 196.084 241.279 205.775 246.381 244.068 201.160 213.292 213.059 143.992 225.279 261.962 210.827 202.802 204.958 154.747 194.368 238.966 205.065 247.071 244.456 204.183 213.715 213.524 144.772 229.848 262.166 212.095 204.433 206.033 157.172 199.584 247.953 207.993 248.031 244.706 212.732 213.885 213.720 145.230 244.063 262.150 212.428 204.917 206.375 157.688 199.746 248.052 208.407 248.631 244.943 213.373 214.202 214.009 145.626 245.494 262.346 Sep. 2009 Oct. 2009 Nov. 2009 Dec. 2009 Recreation 2 ...................................................................... Video and audio 2 ........................................................... 111.147 101.243 110.717 100.681 110.513 100.943 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 6 .... Personal computers and peripheral equipment 1 7 ... 123.601 189.872 493.984 533.704 87.807 85.676 102.896 9.975 77.835 123.757 190.521 494.705 535.632 87.785 85.651 102.818 9.995 77.939 Other goods and services ................................................. Tobacco and smoking products 1 ................................... Personal care .................................................................. Personal care products 1 .............................................. Personal care services 1 ............................................... Miscellaneous personal services .................................. 400.504 776.198 202.795 162.312 228.480 347.345 June 2009 Dec. 2009 -3.5 -1.3 1.1 -.2 -2.3 -2.6 2.2 4.3 8.7 3.9 .7 .7 2.9 -9.9 -23.7 1.0 4.3 5.3 4.1 -1.2 -1.3 -1.2 -1.6 -.1 2.2 4.9 6.8 4.7 .5 .2 .9 -3.2 -10.8 1.6 4.3 7.0 4.0 -.2 -.3 .8 -5.8 -12.7 16.6 47.8 .6 -.9 -.7 2.0 6.0 13.5 1.4 .4 1.2 2.2 3.9 6.9 1.9 -.2 .2 4.5 18.0 54.2 .9 1.1 1.1 .9 4.9 10.1 1.6 .1 .7 3.4 4.8 -1.1 8.8 17.5 5.4 21.8 -2.0 1.1 1.0 2.5 -9.0 3.0 1.1 3.6 3.7 2.5 9.6 -1.4 17.1 27.7 1.6 37.4 4.2 .1 1.3 1.4 -17.5 6.7 -1.5 1.7 4.0 1.8 5.4 -1.0 9.4 17.4 3.3 23.1 1.1 1.3 .0 3.7 -.3 7.7 2.6 6.4 3.8 2.3 8.0 1.5 12.0 8.0 -3.4 12.6 10.4 1.2 -.4 5.9 8.3 5.5 -3.0 4.8 2.9 .7 7.2 -1.2 12.9 22.5 3.5 29.3 1.0 .6 1.2 2.0 -13.3 4.8 -.2 2.7 3.9 2.1 6.7 .3 10.7 12.6 -.1 17.7 5.6 1.2 -.2 4.8 3.9 6.6 -.2 5.6 3.3 1.5 3.3 3.1 2.5 8.4 16.3 19.7 7.3 .4 .5 9.5 1.9 2.6 3.7 31.6 2.1 5.3 5.4 4.2 16.5 25.7 34.0 11.2 -1.8 -.4 25.8 2.1 2.9 5.4 80.9 1.8 3.9 4.6 3.0 9.1 16.6 21.3 7.6 3.5 1.3 21.9 1.1 1.6 2.2 41.7 1.4 4.6 6.3 4.2 11.7 7.7 11.7 5.2 3.7 1.4 26.6 1.7 1.8 4.6 41.0 .6 4.3 4.3 3.4 12.4 20.9 26.7 9.2 -.7 .1 17.4 2.0 2.7 4.5 54.3 2.0 4.3 5.4 3.6 10.4 12.0 16.4 6.4 3.6 1.4 24.2 1.4 1.7 3.4 41.4 1.0 Expenditure category 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 This index series will undergo a change in composition in January, 2010. The expenditure class will include weight from secondary residences, and will be re-titled Owners’ equivalent rent of residences. The item stratum Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residences, which prior to January, 2010 is identical to the EC, will be published as well. 6 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base. 7 Indexes on a December 2007=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 Percent change to Dec.2009 from— Pricing schedule 1 Sep. 2009 Oct. 2009 Nov. 2009 Dec. 2009 M 211.322 211.549 212.003 Northeast urban .............................................. Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M M M 228.158 229.067 137.400 228.193 228.720 137.959 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 200.658 200.566 131.497 M U.S. city average ............................................ Percent change to Nov.2009 from— Dec. 2008 Oct. 2009 Nov. 2009 Nov. 2008 Sep. 2009 Oct. 2009 211.703 3.4 0.1 -0.1 2.3 0.3 0.2 229.048 229.541 138.527 228.794 229.180 138.522 3.3 2.9 4.2 .3 .2 .4 -.1 -.2 .0 2.4 2.2 2.8 .4 .2 .8 .4 .4 .4 200.781 200.730 131.420 201.553 201.626 131.823 200.999 200.820 131.639 3.6 3.5 3.6 .1 .0 .2 -.3 -.4 -.1 2.7 2.5 2.8 .4 .5 .2 .4 .4 .3 199.416 200.053 200.748 200.471 4.2 .2 -.1 2.9 .7 .3 Region and area size2 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 205.726 208.677 131.284 206.121 208.577 131.621 206.859 209.161 132.129 206.716 208.788 132.136 3.7 2.8 4.0 .3 .1 .4 -.1 -.2 .0 2.5 1.7 2.8 .6 .2 .6 .4 .3 .4 M 210.922 212.368 213.396 213.184 5.0 .4 -.1 3.7 1.2 .5 West urban ..................................................... Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M M M 214.490 217.000 132.773 214.718 217.002 133.244 214.228 216.286 133.149 213.919 215.988 132.983 2.8 2.5 3.4 -.4 -.5 -.2 -.1 -.1 -.1 1.6 1.5 1.9 -.1 -.3 .3 -.2 -.3 -.1 M M M 195.957 132.450 206.341 195.895 132.764 207.120 196.187 133.139 207.739 195.779 133.072 207.417 2.9 3.8 4.1 -.1 .2 .1 -.2 -.1 -.2 1.9 2.6 2.8 .1 .5 .7 .1 .3 .3 Size classes A 4 .............................................................. B/C 3 ........................................................... D ................................................................. Selected local areas5 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 204.278 217.302 204.511 217.474 205.136 216.618 204.196 216.233 2.9 2.5 -.2 -.6 -.5 -.2 1.5 1.2 .4 -.3 .3 -.4 M 233.502 233.084 233.893 233.448 2.7 .2 -.2 2.3 .2 .3 Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT ..... Cleveland-Akron, OH ...................................... Dallas-Fort Worth, TX ..................................... Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV 6 ...... 1 1 1 1 235.744 192.800 204.298 140.701 - 236.859 192.871 205.297 140.608 - - - - 2.2 2.1 1.9 2.1 .5 .0 .5 -.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 - 199.736 200.324 189.304 220.358 - 199.331 199.614 188.842 221.067 2.1 3.5 3.1 2.4 -.2 -.4 -.2 .3 - - - - 2 2 2 - 224.573 221.708 221.339 - 224.732 220.121 220.905 3.3 3.0 2.1 .1 -.7 -.2 - - - - 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, 2005-2006 Unadjusted percent change to Dec. 2009 from— Unadjusted indexes Nov. 2009 Dec. 2009 Dec. 2008 Nov. 2009 Expenditure category All items ...................................................................................... 100.000 124.231 123.965 2.8 -0.2 Food and beverages ................................................................ Food ....................................................................................... Food at home ....................................................................... Food away from home .......................................................... Alcoholic beverages ............................................................... 14.726 13.648 7.557 6.091 1.077 127.616 127.538 122.249 134.427 128.961 127.781 127.738 122.526 134.522 128.685 -.5 -.6 -2.6 1.8 1.8 .1 .2 .2 .1 -.2 Housing .................................................................................... Shelter .................................................................................... Fuels and utilities .................................................................... Household furnishings and operations ................................... 42.421 32.409 5.004 5.008 127.729 130.640 153.587 94.161 127.519 130.413 153.402 94.020 -.5 .2 -3.7 -1.6 -.2 -.2 -.1 -.1 Apparel ..................................................................................... 3.988 90.350 88.004 1.5 -2.6 Transportation .......................................................................... Private transportation ............................................................. Public transportation ............................................................... 17.393 16.285 1.108 126.788 127.413 119.391 126.638 127.216 119.889 15.7 16.7 3.0 -.1 -.2 .4 Medical care ............................................................................. Medical care commodities ...................................................... Medical care services ............................................................. 6.085 1.615 4.470 147.213 130.309 153.430 147.164 130.145 153.430 3.1 3.2 3.1 .0 -.1 .0 Recreation ................................................................................ 5.935 103.789 103.062 -2.0 -.7 Education and communication ................................................. Education ............................................................................... Communication ...................................................................... 6.196 2.771 3.425 111.299 180.676 73.623 111.307 180.697 73.626 1.7 4.6 -.6 .0 .0 .0 Other goods and services ........................................................ 3.257 135.123 135.340 6.9 .2 58.427 41.573 11.817 29.756 77.561 8.790 133.887 112.420 81.824 128.273 119.113 174.226 133.707 112.053 81.993 127.584 118.867 172.737 .7 5.8 1.6 7.5 1.5 21.2 -.1 -.3 .2 -.5 -.2 -.9 Commodity and service group Services ...................................................................................... Commodities .............................................................................. Durables ................................................................................... Nondurables ............................................................................... All items less food and energy ................................................. Energy ........................................................................................ Indexes for 2009 are initial estimates. Indexes for 2008 are interim adjustments. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. Table 1A. 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 Annual average 2008 Annual average 2009 Percent change from 2008 to 2009 Expenditure category All items ............................................................................................................ All items (1967=100) ........................................................................................ 215.303 644.951 214.537 642.658 -0.4 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 ................................................................ Food away from home ................................................................................ Other food away from home 1 .................................................................. Alcoholic beverages ..................................................................................... 214.225 214.106 214.125 244.853 204.653 210.396 278.932 160.045 184.166 186.577 196.751 198.103 119.924 215.769 150.640 214.484 218.249 217.955 215.124 252.567 203.805 197.013 272.945 163.034 191.220 196.933 201.224 205.497 122.393 223.272 155.852 220.751 1.9 1.8 .5 3.2 -.4 -6.4 -2.1 1.9 3.8 5.6 2.3 3.7 2.1 3.5 3.5 2.9 Housing .......................................................................................................... Shelter .......................................................................................................... Rent of primary residence .......................................................................... Lodging away from home 1 ........................................................................ Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 2 3 ....................................... Tenants’ and household insurance 1 .......................................................... Fuels and utilities .......................................................................................... Household energy ...................................................................................... Fuel oil and other fuels ............................................................................. Gas (piped) and electricity ........................................................................ Household furnishings and operations ......................................................... 216.264 246.666 243.271 143.664 252.426 118.843 220.018 200.808 334.405 202.212 127.800 217.057 249.354 248.812 134.243 256.610 121.487 210.696 188.113 239.778 193.563 128.701 .4 1.1 2.3 -6.6 1.7 2.2 -4.2 -6.3 -28.3 -4.3 .7 Apparel ........................................................................................................... Men’s and boys’ apparel ............................................................................... Women’s and girls’ apparel .......................................................................... Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel ....................................................................... Footwear ....................................................................................................... 118.907 113.032 107.460 113.762 124.157 120.078 113.628 108.091 114.489 126.854 1.0 .5 .6 .6 2.2 Transportation ................................................................................................ Private transportation ................................................................................... New and used motor vehicles 1 .................................................................. New vehicles ............................................................................................ Used cars and trucks ................................................................................ Motor fuel .................................................................................................... Gasoline (all types) ................................................................................... Motor vehicle parts and equipment ............................................................ Motor vehicle maintenance and repair ....................................................... Public transportation ..................................................................................... 195.549 191.039 93.291 134.194 133.951 279.652 277.457 128.747 233.859 250.549 179.252 174.762 93.486 135.623 126.973 201.978 201.555 134.050 243.337 236.348 -8.3 -8.5 .2 1.1 -5.2 -27.8 -27.4 4.1 4.1 -5.7 Medical care ................................................................................................... Medical care commodities ............................................................................ Medical care services ................................................................................... Professional services .................................................................................. Hospital and related services ..................................................................... 364.065 296.045 384.943 310.968 533.953 375.613 305.108 397.299 319.372 567.879 3.2 3.1 3.2 2.7 6.4 Recreation 1 ................................................................................................... Video and audio 1 ......................................................................................... 113.254 102.632 114.272 101.276 .9 -1.3 See footnotes at end of table. - Table 1A. 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 Annual average 2008 Annual average 2009 Percent change from 2008 to 2009 Expenditure category Education and communication 1 ..................................................................... Education 1 ................................................................................................... Educational books and supplies ................................................................. Tuition, other school fees, and childcare .................................................... Communication 1 .......................................................................................... Information and information processing 1 ................................................... Telephone services 1 ................................................................................ Information technology, hardware and services 4 .................................... Personal computers and peripheral equipment 5 ................................... 123.631 181.277 450.187 522.098 84.185 81.352 100.451 10.061 94.944 127.393 190.857 482.072 548.971 84.954 81.944 102.392 9.672 82.304 3.0 5.3 7.1 5.1 .9 .7 1.9 -3.9 -13.3 Other goods and services ............................................................................... Tobacco and smoking products .................................................................... Personal care ............................................................................................... Personal care products ............................................................................... Personal care services ............................................................................... Miscellaneous personal services ................................................................ 345.381 588.682 201.279 159.290 223.669 338.921 368.586 730.316 204.587 162.578 227.588 344.469 6.7 24.1 1.6 2.1 1.8 1.6 174.764 214.225 153.034 196.192 118.907 248.809 110.877 255.498 257.152 244.074 295.780 169.698 218.249 144.395 178.959 120.078 219.592 109.859 259.154 259.924 251.031 303.992 -2.9 1.9 -5.6 -8.8 1.0 -11.7 -.9 1.4 1.1 2.9 2.8 215.528 205.453 207.777 155.310 197.297 244.443 205.901 273.000 244.987 236.666 214.751 215.572 140.246 284.352 261.017 $ .465 $ .155 214.008 203.301 206.555 147.071 181.453 218.687 198.548 278.064 248.122 193.126 218.433 219.235 142.041 205.281 265.875 $ .466 $ .156 -.7 -1.0 -.6 -5.3 -8.0 -10.5 -3.6 1.9 1.3 -18.4 1.7 1.7 1.3 -27.8 1.9 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 2 ............................................................................................. Transportation 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 2 ........................................................................... 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 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. 2 Indexes on a December 1982=100 base. 3 This index series will undergo a change in composition in January, 2010. The expenditure class will include weight from secondary residences, and will be re-titled Owners’ equivalent rent of residences. The item stratum Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residences, which prior to January, 2010 is identical to the EC, will be published as well. 4 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base. 5 Indexes on a December 2007=100 base. - Data not available. Table 4A. 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 Annual average 2008 Annual average 2009 Percent change from 2008 to 2009 Expenditure category All items ............................................................................................................ All items (1967=100) ........................................................................................ 211.053 628.661 209.630 624.423 -0.7 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 ................................................................ Food away from home ................................................................................ Other food away from home 1 .................................................................. Alcoholic beverages ..................................................................................... 213.546 213.376 213.017 245.472 204.255 209.773 276.759 159.324 183.637 185.494 197.512 198.303 120.348 215.613 149.731 214.579 217.480 217.118 213.908 253.214 203.394 195.679 270.562 162.598 190.519 195.702 202.003 205.573 122.753 223.383 155.607 221.325 1.8 1.8 .4 3.2 -.4 -6.7 -2.2 2.1 3.7 5.5 2.3 3.7 2.0 3.6 3.9 3.1 Housing .......................................................................................................... Shelter .......................................................................................................... Rent of primary residence .......................................................................... Lodging away from home 1 ........................................................................ Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 2 3 ....................................... Tenants’ and household insurance 1 .......................................................... Fuels and utilities .......................................................................................... Household energy ...................................................................................... Fuel oil and other fuels ............................................................................. Gas (piped) and electricity ........................................................................ Water and sewer and trash collection services 1 ....................................... Household furnishings and operations ......................................................... Household operations 1 .............................................................................. 211.839 239.128 242.196 143.164 228.758 119.136 217.883 197.537 331.784 200.265 152.419 123.635 150.130 213.144 242.637 247.401 135.163 232.499 121.935 209.595 186.229 243.003 191.981 161.584 124.632 152.818 .6 1.5 2.1 -5.6 1.6 2.3 -3.8 -5.7 -26.8 -4.1 6.0 .8 1.8 Apparel ........................................................................................................... Men’s and boys’ apparel ............................................................................... Women’s and girls’ apparel .......................................................................... Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel ....................................................................... Footwear ....................................................................................................... 118.735 113.490 107.489 116.266 124.102 119.847 114.340 107.602 117.202 127.183 .9 .7 .1 .8 2.5 Transportation ................................................................................................ Private transportation ................................................................................... New and used motor vehicles 1 .................................................................. New vehicles ............................................................................................ Used cars and trucks ................................................................................ Motor fuel .................................................................................................... Gasoline (all types) ................................................................................... Motor vehicle parts and equipment ............................................................ Motor vehicle maintenance and repair ....................................................... Public transportation ..................................................................................... 195.692 192.492 92.146 135.338 134.731 280.817 278.728 128.776 236.353 247.865 176.729 173.491 91.308 136.711 127.687 202.695 202.375 134.133 245.795 234.661 -9.7 -9.9 -.9 1.0 -5.2 -27.8 -27.4 4.2 4.0 -5.3 Medical care ................................................................................................... Medical care commodities ............................................................................ Medical care services ................................................................................... Professional services .................................................................................. Hospital and related services ..................................................................... 364.208 287.970 386.317 313.446 530.193 376.064 296.724 399.165 322.127 565.029 3.3 3.0 3.3 2.8 6.6 See footnotes at end of table. - Table 4A. 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 Annual average 2008 Annual average 2009 Percent change from 2008 to 2009 Expenditure category Recreation 1 ................................................................................................... Video and audio 1 ......................................................................................... 110.143 102.654 111.015 101.602 0.8 -1.0 Education and communication 1 ..................................................................... Education 1 ................................................................................................... Educational books and supplies ................................................................. Tuition, other school fees, and childcare .................................................... Communication 1 .......................................................................................... Information and information processing 1 ................................................... Telephone services 1 ................................................................................ Information technology, hardware and services 4 .................................... Personal computers and peripheral equipment 5 ................................... 119.827 178.892 452.880 504.163 86.807 84.828 100.502 10.567 94.863 123.017 188.143 485.025 529.316 87.662 85.571 102.341 10.178 82.104 2.7 5.2 7.1 5.0 1.0 .9 1.8 -3.7 -13.4 Other goods and services ............................................................................... Tobacco and smoking products .................................................................... Personal care ............................................................................................... Personal care products ............................................................................... Personal care services ............................................................................... Miscellaneous personal services ................................................................ 357.906 591.100 199.170 159.410 223.978 340.533 391.628 735.056 202.490 162.557 227.804 346.500 9.4 24.4 1.7 2.0 1.7 1.8 177.618 213.546 157.481 205.279 118.735 263.756 111.217 250.272 230.555 119.136 200.265 152.419 150.130 242.563 386.317 284.319 171.452 217.480 147.327 185.579 119.847 230.503 109.610 254.267 233.917 121.935 191.981 161.584 152.818 250.960 399.165 291.572 -3.5 1.8 -6.4 -9.6 .9 -12.6 -1.4 1.6 1.5 2.3 -4.1 6.0 1.8 3.5 3.3 2.6 210.452 203.102 204.626 159.538 206.047 258.423 210.333 241.567 240.275 237.414 208.719 208.147 141.084 284.270 255.598 $ .474 $ .159 208.128 199.860 202.810 149.780 187.718 228.679 201.628 245.814 243.796 192.594 212.652 212.126 143.099 205.325 261.022 $ .477 $ .160 -1.1 -1.6 -.9 -6.1 -8.9 -11.5 -4.1 1.8 1.5 -18.9 1.9 1.9 1.4 -27.8 2.1 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 2 ............................................................................................. Tenants’ and household insurance 1 .............................................................. Gas (piped) and electricity .............................................................................. Water and sewer and trash collection services 1 ........................................... Household operations 1 .................................................................................. 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 2 ........................................................................... 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 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. 2 Indexes on a December 1984=100 base 3 This index series will undergo a change in composition in January, 2010. The expenditure class will include weight from secondary residences, and will be re-titled Owners’ equivalent rent of residences. The item stratum Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residences, which prior to January, 2010 is identical to the EC, will be published as well. 4 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base. 5 Indexes on a December 2007=100 base. - Data not available.
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