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Transmission of material in this release is embargoed until 8:30 a.m. (EDT) Thursday, March 17, 2011 USDL-11-0350 Technical information: (202) 691-7000 • Reed.Steve@bls.gov • www.bls.gov/cpi Media Contact: (202) 691-5902 • PressOffice@bls.gov (NOTE: This release was reissued on Friday, April 15, 2011, to correct errors in the January-February 2011 data. Corrections have been made to Table 7. There were no changes made to the text of the release.) CONSUMER PRICE INDEX – FEBRUARY 2011 The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.5 percent in February on a seasonally adjusted basis, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Over the last 12 months, the all items index increased 2.1 percent before seasonal adjustment. Though the seasonally adjusted increase in the all items index was broad-based, the energy index was once again the largest contributor. The gasoline index continued to rise, and the index for household energy turned up in February with all of its components posting increases. Food indexes also continued to rise in February, with sharp increases in the indexes for fresh vegetables and meats contributing to a 0.8 percent increase in the food at home index, the largest since July 2008. The index for all items less food and energy rose in February as well. Most of its major components posted increases, including the indexes for shelter, new vehicles, medical care, and airline fares. The apparel index was one of the few to decline. The 12-month changes in major indexes continue to trend upward. The all items index increased 2.1 percent for the 12 months ending February; the figure was 1.1 percent as recently as November. The 12month increase in the index for all items less food and energy reached 1.1 percent in February after being as low as 0.6 percent in October. The 11.0 percent increase in the energy index is the largest since May 2010, while the 2.3 percent rise in the food index is the largest since May 2009. Chart 1. One-month percent change in CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), seasonally adjusted, Feb. 2010 - Feb. 2011 Percent change 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.4 0.4 Dec Jan 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -0.2 -0.1 -0.2 Feb'10 Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Feb'11 Chart 2. 12-month percent change in CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), not seasonally adjusted, Feb. 2010 - Feb. 2011 Percent change 2.4 2.2 2.0 1.8 1.6 1.4 1.2 1.0 0.8 0.6 Feb'10 Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug All items Sep Oct Nov Dec All items less food and energy -2- Jan Feb'11 Consumer Price Index Data for February 2011 Food The food index rose 0.6 percent in February after rising 0.5 percent in January. The food at home index, up 0.7 percent in January, rose 0.8 percent in February. Five of the six major grocery store food groups posted increases. The index for fruits and vegetables increased the most, rising 2.2 percent as the fresh vegetables index increased 6.7 percent. The index for meats, poultry, fish, and eggs advanced 1.2 percent with the index for meats up 1.9 percent. The dairy and related products index increased 0.6 percent, as did the index for other food at home. The index for nonalcoholic beverages, which rose 1.5 percent in January, advanced 0.2 percent in February. The index for cereals and bakery products, which was unchanged in February, was the only major grocery store food group not to rise. Over the past 12 months, the index for food at home has risen 2.8 percent with all six groups increasing. The index for food away from home rose 0.2 percent in February and has risen 1.6 percent over the past 12 months. Energy The energy index rose 3.4 percent in February and has risen 9.8 percent over the last three months. The gasoline index continued to increase, climbing 4.7 percent in February after a 3.5 percent rise in January. (Before seasonal adjustment, gasoline prices rose 2.2 percent in February.) The index for household energy, which fell 0.2 percent in January, rose 1.3 percent in February. The fuel oil index rose 5.8 percent, the index for natural gas advanced 3.4 percent, and the electricity index increased 0.4 percent. The index for gasoline has risen 19.2 percent over the last 12 months; the household energy index has increased 1.4 percent over that span, with the fuel oil and electricity indexes rising but the index for natural gas declining. All items less food and energy The index for all items less food and energy rose 0.2 percent in February, the same increase as in January, with most of its major components posting increases. The shelter index rose 0.1 percent in February, with rent and owners’ equivalent rent both also rising 0.1 percent. After declining in January, the new vehicles index rose 1.0 percent in February, its largest increase since October 2009. The medical care index rose 0.4 percent in February after a 0.1 percent increase in January. The index for medical care commodities rose 0.7 percent and the medical care services index advanced 0.4 percent. The index for airline fares increased 2.1 percent in February, its fourth consecutive monthly increase of over two percent. The index for recreation rose 0.3 percent, its second straight monthly increase. The indexes for household furnishings and operations and for used cars and trucks both edged up 0.1 percent in February. In contrast to these increases, the apparel index turned down in February, declining 0.9 percent after increasing 1.0 percent in January. The index for all items less food and energy increased 1.1 percent over the last 12 months. The shelter index has gone up 0.8 percent over that time period with the rent index up 1.1 percent. The indexes for airline fares, medical care, new vehicles, and used cars and trucks were among the indexes that increased over that span. Indexes that declined include household furnishings and operations, apparel, and recreation. -3- Not seasonally adjusted CPI measures The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 2.1 percent over the last 12 months to an index level of 221.309 (1982-84=100). For the month, the index increased 0.5 percent prior to seasonal adjustment. The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) increased 2.3 percent over the last 12 months to an index level of 217.535 (1982-84=100). For the month, the index rose 0.5 percent prior to seasonal adjustment. The Chained Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (C-CPI-U) increased 2.0 percent over the last 12 months. For the month, the index increased 0.5 percent on a not seasonally adjusted basis. Please note that the indexes for the post-2009 period are subject to revision. The Consumer Price Index for March 2011 is scheduled to be released on Friday, April 15, 2011, at 8:30 a.m. (EDT). -4- 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-CPIU), 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 26,000 retail establishments-department stores, supermarkets, hospitals, filling stations, and other types of stores and service establishments. All taxes directly associated with the purchase and use of items are included in the index. Prices of fuels and a few other items are obtained every month in all 87 locations. Prices of most other commodities and services are collected every month in the three largest geographic areas and every other month in other areas. Prices of most goods and services are obtained by personal visits or telephone calls of the Bureau’s trained representatives. In calculating the index, price changes for the various items in each location are averaged together with weights, which represent their importance in the spending of the appropriate population group. Local data are then combined to obtain a U.S. city average. For the CPI-U and CPI-W separate indexes are also published by size of city, by region of the country, for cross-classifications of regions and population-size classes, and for 27 local areas. Area indexes do not measure differences in the level of prices among cities; they only measure the average change in prices for each area since the base period. For the C-CPI-U data are issued only at the national level. It is important to note that the CPI-U and CPI-W are considered final when released, but the C-CPI-U is issued in preliminary form and subject to two annual revisions. The index measures price change from a designed reference date. For the CPI-U and the CPI-W the reference base is 1982-84 equals 100. The reference base for the C-CPI-U is December 1999 equals 100. An increase of 16.5 percent from the reference base, for example, is shown as 116.500. This change can also be expressed in dollars as follows: the price of a base period market basket of goods and services in the CPI has risen from $10 in 1982-84 to $11.65. For further details visit the CPI home page on the Internet at http://www.bls.gov/cpi/ or contact our CPI Information and Analysis Section on (202) 691-7000. -5- Note on Sampling Error in the Consumer Price Index The CPI is a statistical estimate that is subject to sampling error because it is based upon a sample of retail prices and not the complete universe of all prices. BLS calculates and publishes estimates of the 1-month, 2-month, 6-month and 12-month percent change standard errors annually, for the CPI-U. These standard error estimates can be used to construct confidence intervals for hypothesis testing. For example, the estimated standard error of the 1 month percent change is 0.03 percent for the U.S. All Items Consumer Price Index. This means that if we repeatedly sample from the universe of all retail prices using the same methodology, and estimate a percentage change for each sample, then 95% of these estimates would be within 0.06 percent of the 1 month percentage change based on all retail prices. For example, for a 1-month change of 0.2 percent in the All Items CPI for All Urban Consumers, we are 95 percent confident that the actual percent change based on all retail prices would fall between 0.14 and 0.26 percent. For the latest data, including information on how to use the estimates of standard error, see “Variance Estimates for Price Changes in the Consumer Price Index, January-December 2010”. 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/cpivar2010.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 -6- Regions Defined The states in the four regions shown in Tables 3 and 6 are listed below. The Northeast--Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont. The Midwest--Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. The South--Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia. The West--Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. A Note on Seasonally Adjusted and Unadjusted Data Because price data are used for different purposes by different groups, the Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes seasonally adjusted as well as unadjusted changes each month. For analyzing general price trends in the economy, seasonally adjusted changes are usually preferred since they eliminate the effect of changes that normally occur at the same time and in about the same magnitude every year--such as price movements resulting from changing climatic conditions, production cycles, model changeovers, holidays, and sales. The unadjusted data are of primary interest to consumers concerned about the prices they actually pay. Unadjusted data also are used extensively for escalation purposes. Many collective bargaining contract agreements and pension plans, for example, tie compensation changes to the Consumer Price Index 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 2006 through December 2010 were replaced in January 2011. Exceptions to the usual revision schedule were: the updated seasonal data at the end of 1977 replaced data from 1967 through 1977; and, in January 2002, dependently seasonally adjusted series were revised for January 1987-December 2001 as a result of a change in the aggregation weights for dependently adjusted series. For further information, please see “Aggregation of Dependently Adjusted Seasonally Adjusted Series,” in the October 2001 issue of the CPI Detailed Report. Effective with the publication of data from January 2006 through December 2010 in January 2011, the Video and audio series and the Information technology, hardware and services series were changed from independently adjusted to dependently adjusted. This resulted in an increase in the number of seasonal components used in deriving seasonal movement of the All items and 54 other lower level aggregations, from 73 for the publication of January 1998 through December 2005 data to 82 for the publication of seasonally adjusted data for January 2006 and later. Each year the seasonal status of every series is reevaluated based upon certain statistical criteria. If any of the 82 components change their seasonal -7- adjustment status from seasonally adjusted to not seasonally adjusted, not seasonally adjusted data will be used in the aggregation of the dependent series for the last 5 years, but the seasonally adjusted indexes before that period will not be changed. Note: 37 of the 82 components are not seasonally adjusted for 2011. 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 2011, 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. For a complete list of Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment series and explanations, please refer to the article “Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment”, located on our website at http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpisapage.htm. For additional information on seasonal adjustment in the CPI, please write to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Division of Consumer Prices and Price Indexes, Washington, DC 20212 or contact David Levin at (202) 691-6968, or by e-mail at Levin.David@bls.gov. If you have general questions about the CPI, please call our information staff at (202) 691-7000. -8- 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 2010 Unadjusted indexes Jan. 2011 Feb. 2011 Unadjusted percent change to Feb. 2011 from— Feb. 2010 Seasonally adjusted percent change from— Jan. 2011 Nov. to Dec. Dec. to Jan. Jan. to Feb. Expenditure category All items ........................................................................................ All items (1967=100) .................................................................... 100.000 220.223 659.692 221.309 662.943 2.1 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.5 - - - - - - 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 1 ............................................................ Fats and oils ....................................................................... Other foods ........................................................................ Other miscellaneous foods 1 2 ......................................... Food away from home 1 ......................................................... Other food away from home 1 2 ........................................... Alcoholic beverages ................................................................. 14.792 13.742 7.816 1.090 1.813 .839 1.152 .926 1.996 .297 .232 1.466 .432 5.926 .329 1.051 223.160 222.912 220.016 253.349 214.344 202.349 285.619 164.019 191.468 202.648 207.813 203.610 120.930 228.181 160.643 224.975 224.039 223.799 221.241 254.238 216.175 203.510 286.766 163.734 193.055 204.168 210.508 205.174 121.438 228.606 161.836 225.749 2.2 2.3 2.8 1.1 6.8 2.4 4.3 .6 .8 1.1 4.8 .1 .2 1.6 2.1 1.5 .4 .4 .6 .4 .9 .6 .4 -.2 .8 .8 1.3 .8 .4 .2 .7 .3 .1 .1 .2 .4 -.3 .4 1.8 -1.1 .1 1.3 -.4 -.1 1.5 .1 .2 .0 .5 .5 .7 .8 .9 .1 1.3 1.5 .2 -.2 2.1 -.1 -1.2 .2 .0 .2 .5 .6 .8 .0 1.2 .6 2.2 .2 .6 .8 .9 .5 .4 .2 .7 .2 Housing ...................................................................................... Shelter ...................................................................................... Rent of primary residence 3 ................................................... Lodging away from home 2 .................................................... Owners’ equivalent rent of residences 3 4 .............................. Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 3 4 ................ Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ................................... Fuels and utilities ..................................................................... Household energy .................................................................. Fuel oil and other fuels 1 ...................................................... Energy services 3 ................................................................. Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ................... Household furnishings and operations ..................................... Household operations 1 2 ....................................................... 41.460 31.955 5.925 .776 24.905 23.310 .349 5.096 4.000 .309 3.691 1.095 4.409 .772 216.739 249.462 251.555 128.630 257.775 257.764 126.192 214.045 187.704 314.130 189.088 175.754 124.342 151.189 217.259 249.886 251.829 131.572 258.073 258.060 126.529 215.587 189.006 326.919 189.837 177.194 124.576 151.358 .7 .8 1.1 2.0 .6 .6 1.7 2.3 1.4 17.9 .2 5.4 -1.9 1.1 .2 .2 .1 2.3 .1 .1 .3 .7 .7 4.1 .4 .8 .2 .1 .2 .1 .2 1.0 .1 .1 -1.0 .8 .8 4.1 .6 .5 -.1 .3 .1 .1 .2 -1.0 .1 .1 .0 -.1 -.2 5.4 -.6 .3 .1 .4 .3 .1 .1 .0 .1 .1 .3 1.2 1.3 4.1 1.1 .8 .1 .1 Apparel ....................................................................................... Men’s and boys’ apparel .......................................................... Women’s and girls’ apparel ...................................................... Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel ................................................... Footwear .................................................................................. 3.601 .882 1.520 .192 .700 116.664 109.985 102.438 110.096 126.286 118.369 110.962 105.076 110.101 126.830 -.4 -.3 -1.6 -3.7 -.7 1.5 .9 2.6 .0 .4 .1 -.3 .0 .4 -.1 1.0 1.0 1.5 -1.9 .8 -.9 -.9 -1.2 -1.6 -.4 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 ................................................................ 17.308 16.082 6.333 3.513 2.055 5.079 4.865 .408 1.172 1.227 200.835 196.087 97.128 138.925 142.555 265.703 264.979 140.487 250.726 259.634 203.037 198.073 97.633 140.158 142.937 271.843 270.822 140.912 250.851 265.327 7.1 6.9 .6 .9 1.9 19.4 19.2 3.9 2.0 9.7 1.1 1.0 .5 .9 .3 2.3 2.2 .3 .0 2.2 2.0 2.0 -.1 -.1 -.1 6.5 6.7 .3 .1 1.4 1.3 1.3 -.2 -.1 -.3 3.9 3.5 .9 .2 1.7 1.9 1.9 .5 1.0 .1 4.8 4.7 .3 .0 1.9 Medical care ............................................................................... Medical care commodities 1 ..................................................... Medical care services ............................................................... Professional services ............................................................. 6.627 1.633 4.994 2.830 393.858 318.929 417.025 331.921 397.065 321.186 420.567 334.296 2.9 2.7 3.0 2.6 .8 .7 .8 .7 .2 .1 .3 .1 .1 .5 -.1 .0 .4 .7 .4 .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 2010 Unadjusted indexes Jan. 2011 Feb. 2011 Unadjusted percent change to Feb. 2011 from— Feb. 2010 Seasonally adjusted percent change from— Jan. 2011 Nov. to Dec. Dec. to Jan. Jan. to Feb. Expenditure category Hospital and related services ................................................. 1.703 625.897 633.413 5.8 1.2 0.7 -0.1 0.5 Recreation 2 ............................................................................... Video and audio 2 .................................................................... 6.293 1.816 112.638 97.325 113.183 98.268 -.1 -1.3 .5 1.0 -.2 -.7 .2 .0 .3 .5 Education and communication 2 ................................................ Education 2 .............................................................................. Educational books and supplies ............................................. Tuition, other school fees, and childcare ................................ Communication 2 ..................................................................... Information and information processing 2 .............................. Telephone services 1 2 ......................................................... Information technology, hardware and services 5 ................ Personal computers and peripheral equipment 6 ............... 6.421 3.107 .204 2.903 3.313 3.138 2.334 .804 .228 130.665 204.057 522.026 586.386 83.783 80.422 101.412 9.181 72.947 130.692 204.153 520.778 586.782 83.779 80.417 101.316 9.204 72.709 1.2 4.1 3.6 4.1 -1.3 -1.6 -1.0 -3.5 -6.7 .0 .0 -.2 .1 .0 .0 -.1 .3 -.3 -.1 .4 .7 .4 -.6 -.7 -.6 -.9 -2.1 .2 .6 1.2 .5 -.2 -.4 -.3 -.8 -1.7 .2 .4 -.2 .4 .0 .0 -.1 .2 -.5 Other goods and services .......................................................... Tobacco and smoking products 1 ............................................ Personal care ........................................................................... Personal care products 1 ....................................................... Personal care services 1 ........................................................ Miscellaneous personal services ........................................... 3.497 .906 2.591 .671 .638 1.055 384.689 828.079 207.298 160.920 229.933 357.576 385.397 829.535 207.685 161.325 230.177 358.521 2.0 5.6 .8 -.4 .9 2.2 .2 .2 .2 .3 .1 .3 .2 .8 .0 .2 .2 .1 .1 .0 .1 .2 -.1 .1 .1 .2 .1 .3 .1 .2 40.012 14.792 25.219 15.474 3.601 11.873 9.745 59.988 31.607 .349 3.691 1.095 .772 6.140 4.994 11.340 177.480 223.160 153.102 196.248 116.664 250.293 110.696 262.701 259.934 126.192 189.088 175.754 151.189 263.984 417.025 311.299 178.874 224.039 154.657 198.885 118.369 253.570 111.237 263.480 260.373 126.529 189.837 177.194 151.358 265.354 420.567 311.975 3.1 2.2 3.7 6.4 -.4 8.6 -.5 1.4 .7 1.7 .2 5.4 1.1 3.5 3.0 1.6 .8 .4 1.0 1.3 1.5 1.3 .5 .3 .2 .3 .4 .8 .1 .5 .8 .2 .8 .1 1.3 2.2 .1 3.0 .0 .2 .2 -1.0 .6 .5 .3 .2 .3 .0 .9 .5 1.1 1.8 1.0 2.0 -.1 .1 -.1 .0 -.6 .3 .4 .6 -.1 .2 1.0 .5 1.2 1.6 -.9 2.1 .4 .3 .0 .3 1.1 .8 .1 .5 .4 .2 86.258 68.045 93.373 26.270 16.525 12.923 30.266 28.382 54.994 9.079 90.921 77.179 20.882 5.388 56.297 219.820 211.273 211.714 155.682 198.007 246.854 210.205 286.292 250.737 223.266 221.666 222.177 142.845 269.970 270.199 $ .454 $ .152 220.937 212.633 212.709 157.221 200.543 249.895 212.056 287.547 251.354 226.860 222.506 223.011 143.712 276.485 270.982 $ .452 $ .151 2.1 2.7 2.1 3.6 6.1 8.0 4.3 2.2 1.3 11.0 1.3 1.1 .0 19.3 1.5 .5 .6 .5 1.0 1.3 1.2 .9 .4 .2 1.6 .4 .4 .6 2.4 .3 .5 .6 .4 1.2 2.2 2.7 1.2 .3 .2 4.0 .1 .1 -.1 6.4 .1 .4 .5 .4 1.1 1.6 1.9 1.1 .1 .0 2.1 .2 .2 .2 4.0 .1 .5 .7 .6 1.2 1.5 2.0 1.1 .4 .2 3.4 .3 .2 .2 4.8 .2 - - - - - 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 ....................................... Energy services 3 ....................................................................... Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ....................... Household operations 1 2 ........................................................... Transportation services .............................................................. Medical care services ................................................................. Other services ............................................................................ Special indexes All items less food ........................................................................ All items less shelter .................................................................... All items less medical care ........................................................... Commodities less food ................................................................. Nondurables less food ................................................................. Nondurables less food and apparel ............................................. Nondurables ................................................................................. Services less rent of shelter 4 ...................................................... Services less medical care services ............................................ Energy .......................................................................................... All items less energy .................................................................... All items less food and energy ................................................... Commodities less food and energy commodities ..................... Energy commodities ............................................................... Services less energy services .................................................. Purchasing power of the consumer dollar (1982-84=$1.00) ........ Purchasing power of the consumer dollar (1967=$1.00) ............. - 1 Not seasonally adjusted. 2 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. 3 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series were calculated using a geometric means estimator. 4 Indexes on a December 1982=100 base. 5 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base. 6 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— May 2010 Aug. 2010 Nov. 2010 Feb. 2011 222.270 -0.4 1.4 2.2 222.602 222.314 218.983 253.956 213.942 202.349 278.517 162.636 191.580 202.648 206.878 203.922 120.930 228.181 160.643 224.951 223.779 223.544 220.800 254.037 216.444 203.510 284.574 162.958 192.706 204.168 208.833 204.936 121.438 228.606 161.836 225.415 1.6 1.6 2.2 -1.0 8.5 -2.1 5.6 -1.5 .2 .4 1.8 -.1 -1.9 .9 -.1 .8 .4 .3 -.6 -2.1 3.8 2.0 -9.1 .3 -.2 -3.5 1.1 .3 4.0 1.5 2.5 2.1 216.850 249.321 250.844 134.258 257.402 257.394 126.194 215.738 189.867 298.037 192.310 174.824 124.307 150.648 216.983 249.523 251.249 132.892 257.659 257.648 126.192 215.607 189.553 314.130 191.114 175.400 124.382 151.189 217.561 249.867 251.607 132.915 258.016 258.003 126.529 218.231 192.096 326.919 193.224 176.725 124.493 151.358 .0 .1 .2 14.3 -.4 -.4 1.9 2.3 1.4 -6.6 2.0 6.0 -3.5 2.3 119.132 111.637 106.288 113.107 127.336 119.208 111.304 106.330 113.587 127.149 120.456 112.414 107.957 111.436 128.166 119.384 111.408 106.622 109.634 127.691 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 ....................................................... 197.102 192.348 97.253 138.095 144.162 250.892 250.744 138.768 249.872 256.463 200.956 196.183 97.173 137.923 144.058 267.320 267.635 139.223 250.134 260.181 203.622 198.730 97.000 137.752 143.664 277.665 277.129 140.487 250.726 264.616 Medical care ...................................................................... Medical care commodities 1 ............................................ Medical care services ..................................................... Professional services .................................................... 392.587 316.794 416.152 331.641 393.537 317.199 417.315 332.107 393.843 318.929 417.004 331.974 Nov. 2010 Dec. 2010 Jan. 2011 Feb. 2011 All items .............................................................................. 219.240 220.186 221.062 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 1 .................................................. Fats and oils .............................................................. Other foods ............................................................... Other miscellaneous foods 1 2 ................................ Food away from home 1 ............................................... Other food away from home 1 2 .................................. Alcoholic beverages ........................................................ 221.237 220.884 216.999 250.935 212.605 201.277 270.268 162.016 191.146 200.586 203.503 204.250 120.623 227.512 160.392 224.449 221.524 221.190 217.375 251.870 211.984 202.056 275.074 160.310 191.289 203.098 202.623 204.090 122.419 227.722 160.681 224.494 Housing ............................................................................. Shelter ............................................................................. Rent of primary residence 3 .......................................... Lodging away from home 2 ........................................... Owners’ equivalent rent of residences 3 4 .................... Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 3 4 ....... Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ......................... Fuels and utilities ............................................................ Household energy ......................................................... Fuel oil and other fuels 1 ............................................. Energy services 3 ........................................................ Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 .......... Household furnishings and operations ............................ Household operations 1 2 ............................................. 216.472 249.019 250.347 132.990 257.166 257.158 127.501 214.089 188.274 286.367 191.182 173.971 124.473 150.180 Apparel .............................................................................. Men’s and boys’ apparel ................................................. Women’s and girls’ apparel ............................................. Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel .......................................... Footwear ......................................................................... Aug. 2010 Feb. 2011 5.6 0.5 3.9 2.3 2.4 2.8 2.9 7.7 5.3 .1 1.2 -.2 .5 5.6 -1.3 -3.8 1.9 2.2 1.3 4.7 4.9 7.2 5.0 7.4 4.5 22.9 2.3 3.3 7.3 10.9 1.4 2.7 1.9 3.7 1.7 1.0 .9 .8 -1.6 6.2 -.1 -2.0 -.6 .0 -1.6 1.4 .1 1.0 1.2 1.2 1.4 3.5 3.7 5.0 3.9 7.6 4.9 10.9 1.8 1.5 3.9 8.2 .0 -.6 1.9 2.9 1.5 .3 .7 .6 2.9 .6 .6 4.6 -.4 -1.6 -13.1 -.7 4.4 -1.9 .1 .4 .9 1.7 -7.8 .9 .9 3.3 -.5 -2.0 40.1 -4.6 4.9 -2.1 -1.2 2.0 1.4 2.0 -.2 1.3 1.3 -3.0 8.0 8.4 69.9 4.3 6.5 .1 3.2 .1 .4 .4 8.5 .1 .1 3.3 .9 -.1 -9.9 .6 5.2 -2.7 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.9 -4.1 1.1 1.1 .1 3.6 3.1 54.3 -.2 5.7 -1.0 1.0 -2.6 -2.2 -5.6 .8 -2.9 2.8 5.3 2.1 4.1 .7 -2.6 -3.5 -4.0 -7.1 -1.7 .8 -.8 1.3 -11.7 1.1 .1 1.5 -1.8 2.4 -1.1 -.9 -2.2 -1.4 -9.5 -.3 207.433 202.446 97.490 139.065 143.847 291.093 290.027 140.912 250.851 269.625 -5.5 -6.8 .4 .3 3.8 -24.3 -24.9 1.4 2.2 14.2 4.4 5.4 2.9 1.3 8.6 11.3 11.9 4.5 1.8 -7.1 9.6 9.5 -1.7 -.6 -3.4 33.2 34.3 3.3 2.4 11.5 22.7 22.7 1.0 2.8 -.9 81.2 79.0 6.3 1.6 22.2 -.6 -.9 1.6 .8 6.2 -8.2 -8.3 3.0 2.0 3.0 16.0 15.9 -.4 1.1 -2.2 55.4 55.0 4.8 2.0 16.7 395.615 321.186 418.529 333.483 2.8 2.7 2.8 1.4 1.9 -.1 2.6 3.8 3.7 2.5 4.2 2.8 3.1 5.7 2.3 2.2 2.4 1.3 2.7 2.6 3.4 4.0 3.2 2.5 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— May 2010 Aug. 2010 Nov. 2010 Feb. 2011 628.137 7.1 3.5 8.2 112.939 97.904 113.242 98.395 .4 -1.6 -.5 -2.4 130.328 202.558 514.054 582.411 83.943 80.761 101.739 9.246 73.943 130.548 203.738 520.236 585.549 83.760 80.399 101.412 9.171 72.662 130.759 204.456 519.288 587.834 83.746 80.383 101.316 9.189 72.289 2.0 4.8 3.1 4.9 -.4 -.5 .3 -2.6 -5.9 383.748 820.854 207.246 160.401 229.623 357.200 384.680 827.680 207.326 160.656 230.159 357.711 385.031 828.079 207.547 160.920 229.933 358.181 385.532 829.535 207.783 161.325 230.177 358.894 175.807 221.237 151.586 192.897 119.132 243.168 110.661 262.363 259.975 127.501 191.182 173.971 150.180 262.751 416.152 311.135 177.291 221.524 153.502 197.199 119.208 250.350 110.632 262.782 260.617 126.194 192.310 174.824 150.648 263.379 417.315 311.102 178.833 222.602 155.178 200.839 120.456 255.448 110.557 263.034 260.471 126.192 191.114 175.400 151.189 264.832 417.004 311.610 219.001 210.063 210.750 154.188 194.920 240.332 207.592 286.073 250.769 216.506 221.259 222.059 143.373 254.408 269.632 220.049 211.276 211.688 156.060 199.211 246.849 210.033 286.792 251.378 225.151 221.434 222.210 143.228 270.712 269.986 220.885 212.429 212.578 157.709 202.374 251.499 212.320 287.061 251.378 229.915 221.922 222.587 143.571 281.416 270.374 Nov. 2010 Dec. 2010 Jan. 2011 Feb. 2011 Hospital and related services ........................................ 621.219 625.757 624.854 Recreation 2 ...................................................................... Video and audio 2 ........................................................... 112.988 98.576 112.727 97.871 Education and communication 2 ....................................... Education 2 ..................................................................... Educational books and supplies ................................... Tuition, other school fees, and childcare ...................... Communication 2 ............................................................ Information and information processing 2 ..................... Telephone services 1 2 ............................................... Information technology, hardware and services 5 ....... Personal computers and peripheral equipment 6 ..... 130.500 201.763 510.408 580.254 84.465 81.292 102.329 9.328 75.503 Other goods and services ................................................. Tobacco and smoking products 1 ................................... Personal care .................................................................. Personal care products 1 .............................................. Personal care services 1 ............................................... Miscellaneous personal services .................................. Aug. 2010 Feb. 2011 4.5 5.3 6.4 -1.4 -.4 .9 -.7 .0 -2.0 -.3 -.6 1.4 3.3 -1.9 3.6 -.2 -.2 .6 -2.6 -.2 .7 2.9 6.2 2.7 -1.3 -1.4 -.8 -3.0 -4.1 .8 5.4 7.1 5.3 -3.4 -4.4 -3.9 -5.8 -16.0 1.7 4.0 .6 4.3 -.3 -.3 .5 -2.6 -3.1 .7 4.2 6.7 4.0 -2.3 -2.9 -2.4 -4.4 -10.2 1.1 6.5 -.6 -4.1 3.4 1.9 5.5 12.8 3.1 2.5 .6 3.0 -.6 -.9 -.5 -2.3 -1.3 2.0 1.9 4.3 1.0 2.3 1.0 1.9 3.3 9.6 1.2 -.9 2.0 2.5 .6 1.7 .3 .0 -.2 2.0 180.549 223.779 157.054 204.142 119.384 260.797 111.024 263.745 260.509 126.529 193.224 176.725 151.358 266.061 418.529 312.190 -3.3 1.6 -6.0 -10.9 -2.6 -12.2 -.7 1.5 -.3 1.9 2.0 6.0 2.3 4.5 2.8 2.6 1.9 .4 2.8 4.6 2.8 5.4 1.5 1.0 .1 4.6 -.7 4.4 .1 .1 2.6 1.9 3.8 2.3 4.6 9.7 -2.6 13.6 -4.0 1.1 2.4 3.3 -4.6 4.9 -1.2 4.4 4.2 .4 11.2 4.7 15.2 25.4 .8 32.3 1.3 2.1 .8 -3.0 4.3 6.5 3.2 5.1 2.3 1.4 -.7 1.0 -1.7 -3.5 .1 -3.8 .4 1.2 -.1 3.3 .6 5.2 1.2 2.3 2.7 2.3 7.4 3.5 9.8 17.3 -.9 22.6 -1.4 1.6 1.6 .1 -.2 5.7 1.0 4.8 3.2 .9 222.091 213.995 213.755 159.553 205.455 256.414 214.660 288.270 251.810 237.620 222.483 223.029 143.793 294.905 270.955 -.8 -.7 -.7 -5.8 -10.1 -11.2 -4.4 3.0 1.2 -13.3 .9 .8 -1.1 -23.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.3 2.8 4.0 5.0 1.8 1.1 .4 5.0 1.0 1.2 1.4 9.7 1.1 2.1 2.8 2.1 4.5 9.8 12.6 6.6 1.5 1.9 15.8 .9 .7 -1.5 33.6 1.5 5.8 7.7 5.8 14.7 23.4 29.6 14.3 3.1 1.7 45.1 2.2 1.8 1.2 80.6 2.0 .4 .5 .3 -1.6 -3.3 -3.4 -1.4 2.0 .8 -4.6 1.0 1.0 .2 -8.3 1.3 3.9 5.2 3.9 9.5 16.4 20.8 10.4 2.3 1.8 29.6 1.6 1.2 -.2 55.3 1.7 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 ............................. Energy services 3 .............................................................. Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 .............. Household operations 1 2 ................................................. Transportation services ..................................................... Medical care services ....................................................... Other services ................................................................... Special indexes All items less food ............................................................... All items less shelter ........................................................... All items less medical care .................................................. Commodities less food ........................................................ Nondurables less food ........................................................ Nondurables less food and apparel .................................... Nondurables ........................................................................ Services less rent of shelter 4 ............................................. Services less medical care services ................................... Energy ................................................................................. All items less energy ........................................................... All items less food and energy .......................................... Commodities less food and energy commodities ........... Energy commodities ..................................................... Services less energy services ......................................... 1 Not seasonally adjusted. 2 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. 3 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series were calculated using a geometric means estimator. 4 Indexes on a December 1982=100 base. 5 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base. 6 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 Feb.2011 from— Pricing schedule 1 Nov. 2010 Dec. 2010 Jan. 2011 Feb. 2011 M 218.803 219.179 220.223 Northeast urban .............................................. Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M M M 235.094 236.806 140.282 235.141 236.828 140.351 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 208.816 209.344 134.058 M U.S. city average ............................................ Percent change to Jan.2011 from— Feb. 2010 Dec. 2010 Jan. 2011 Jan. 2010 Nov. 2010 Dec. 2010 221.309 2.1 1.0 0.5 1.6 0.6 0.5 235.969 237.564 141.001 237.110 238.798 141.547 2.0 2.0 2.2 .8 .8 .9 .5 .5 .4 1.6 1.5 1.9 .4 .3 .5 .4 .3 .5 209.270 209.936 134.267 210.388 210.928 135.061 211.090 211.503 135.665 2.2 2.0 2.4 .9 .7 1.0 .3 .3 .4 1.9 1.7 2.0 .8 .8 .7 .5 .5 .6 206.014 206.136 207.551 208.156 2.4 1.0 .3 2.0 .7 .7 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 211.996 213.424 134.892 212.488 213.850 135.240 213.589 215.127 135.925 214.735 216.145 136.625 2.2 2.2 2.3 1.1 1.1 1.0 .5 .5 .5 1.7 1.6 1.8 .8 .8 .8 .5 .6 .5 M 215.736 216.189 216.750 218.772 2.2 1.2 .9 1.3 .5 .3 West urban ..................................................... Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M M M 221.671 225.847 133.930 222.081 226.112 134.328 223.149 227.281 134.917 224.431 228.444 135.826 1.9 2.0 1.7 1.1 1.0 1.1 .6 .5 .7 1.4 1.5 1.2 .7 .6 .7 .5 .5 .4 M M M 199.844 135.289 212.124 200.123 135.579 212.541 201.059 136.260 213.417 201.974 136.960 214.862 2.0 2.2 2.3 .9 1.0 1.1 .5 .5 .7 1.6 1.7 1.6 .6 .7 .6 .5 .5 .4 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 213.066 225.941 213.778 226.639 215.155 228.652 216.192 229.729 1.8 2.3 1.1 1.4 .5 .5 1.4 1.8 1.0 1.2 .6 .9 M 241.960 241.874 242.639 243.832 2.1 .8 .5 1.5 .3 .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 1 238.103 206.168 201.168 142.915 - 239.814 207.587 203.199 144.327 - - - - 1.1 2.2 .5 2.3 .7 .7 1.0 1.0 - 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 - 202.519 206.384 194.479 224.907 - 205.744 206.816 197.224 227.451 1.5 1.7 2.5 2.2 1.6 .2 1.4 1.1 - - - - 2 2 2 - 228.017 227.658 226.862 - 230.878 229.981 229.482 1.9 1.7 1.5 1.3 1.0 1.2 - - - - 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 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 2010 Unadjusted indexes Jan. 2011 Feb. 2011 Unadjusted percent change to Feb. 2011 from— Feb. 2010 Seasonally adjusted percent change from— Jan. 2011 Nov. to Dec. Dec. to Jan. Jan. to Feb. Expenditure category All items ........................................................................................ All items (1967=100) .................................................................... 100.000 216.400 644.591 217.535 647.969 2.3 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 - - - - - - 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 1 ............................................................ Fats and oils ....................................................................... Other foods ........................................................................ Other miscellaneous foods 1 2 ......................................... Food away from home 1 ......................................................... Other food away from home 1 2 ........................................... Alcoholic beverages ................................................................. 16.401 15.315 8.906 1.236 2.227 .917 1.219 1.091 2.217 .324 .258 1.635 .463 6.409 .326 1.086 222.385 222.039 218.804 253.991 214.127 201.170 282.396 163.586 190.656 201.824 208.026 203.614 121.161 228.279 161.635 225.994 223.273 222.942 220.110 254.963 216.062 202.335 284.132 163.262 192.187 203.373 210.741 205.098 121.605 228.596 162.728 226.675 2.3 2.3 2.9 1.3 6.9 2.4 4.5 .5 .7 1.2 4.7 .0 .1 1.5 2.5 1.4 .4 .4 .6 .4 .9 .6 .6 -.2 .8 .8 1.3 .7 .4 .1 .7 .3 .1 .1 .1 .4 -.3 .4 1.9 -1.2 .0 1.3 -.4 -.2 1.3 .1 .1 .0 .5 .5 .8 .7 .9 .1 1.2 1.5 .3 -.2 2.1 .1 -.9 .2 .0 .1 .5 .6 .9 .1 1.2 .6 2.4 .1 .6 .8 1.0 .5 .4 .1 .7 .2 Housing ...................................................................................... Shelter ...................................................................................... Rent of primary residence 3 ................................................... Lodging away from home 2 .................................................... Owners’ equivalent rent of residences 3 4 .............................. Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 3 4 ................ Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ................................... Fuels and utilities ..................................................................... Household energy .................................................................. Fuel oil and other fuels 1 ...................................................... Energy services 3 ................................................................. Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ................... Household furnishings and operations ..................................... Household operations 1 2 ....................................................... 39.228 29.811 8.396 .436 20.672 19.942 .306 5.633 4.476 .301 4.175 1.157 3.784 .364 213.442 243.569 249.848 130.091 233.565 233.564 127.690 212.409 185.463 315.348 187.874 176.175 120.345 153.583 213.931 243.961 250.128 133.181 233.872 233.870 128.035 213.775 186.578 326.950 188.567 177.594 120.518 153.703 .7 .8 1.1 2.0 .7 .7 2.1 2.2 1.4 16.3 .4 5.2 -2.1 1.4 .2 .2 .1 2.4 .1 .1 .3 .6 .6 3.7 .4 .8 .1 .1 .2 .1 .2 .9 .1 .1 -.7 .7 .8 4.0 .6 .5 -.1 .2 .1 .1 .2 -1.3 .1 .1 .0 .0 .0 5.3 -.4 .3 .1 .3 .3 .2 .1 .2 .2 .2 .3 1.0 1.1 3.7 .9 .7 .0 .1 Apparel ....................................................................................... Men’s and boys’ apparel .......................................................... Women’s and girls’ apparel ...................................................... Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel ................................................... Footwear .................................................................................. 3.668 .921 1.502 .280 .750 115.649 110.386 101.701 113.268 125.474 117.507 111.528 104.611 112.814 126.363 -.9 .0 -1.8 -4.2 -1.2 1.6 1.0 2.9 -.4 .7 .0 -.2 -.2 .7 -.1 1.0 1.3 1.5 -2.1 .9 -.7 -.8 -1.0 -1.7 -.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 ................................................................ 19.418 18.631 6.914 3.320 3.003 6.470 6.193 .479 1.184 .787 200.635 197.275 96.227 139.871 143.479 266.820 266.224 140.289 253.310 256.604 202.910 199.417 96.734 141.114 143.868 273.013 272.117 140.763 253.524 262.444 7.7 7.6 1.0 .9 2.0 19.4 19.2 3.7 2.0 9.2 1.1 1.1 .5 .9 .3 2.3 2.2 .3 .1 2.3 2.2 2.3 -.1 -.1 -.1 6.7 7.2 .4 .1 1.5 1.4 1.4 -.2 -.2 -.3 3.9 3.5 .8 .2 1.5 2.0 2.0 .5 1.0 .1 4.8 4.7 .3 .1 2.0 Medical care ............................................................................... Medical care commodities 1 ..................................................... Medical care services ............................................................... Professional services ............................................................. 5.355 1.318 4.038 2.220 395.536 310.488 420.540 335.368 398.908 312.764 424.289 337.901 3.1 2.8 3.2 2.7 .9 .7 .9 .8 .3 .2 .3 .1 .1 .5 -.1 .1 .5 .7 .4 .4 See footnotes at end of table. Table 4. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): U.S. city average, by expenditure category and commodity and service group-Continued (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) CPI-W Relative importance, December 2010 Unadjusted indexes Jan. 2011 Feb. 2011 Unadjusted percent change to Feb. 2011 from— Feb. 2010 Seasonally adjusted percent change from— Jan. 2011 Nov. to Dec. Dec. to Jan. Jan. to Feb. Expenditure category Hospital and related services ................................................. 1.414 628.321 636.256 6.4 1.3 0.8 -0.1 0.6 Recreation 2 ............................................................................... Video and audio 2 .................................................................... 5.862 1.959 109.039 97.925 109.693 98.897 -.3 -1.2 .6 1.0 -.3 -.7 .4 .1 .4 .5 Education and communication 2 ................................................ Education 2 .............................................................................. Educational books and supplies ............................................. Tuition, other school fees, and childcare ................................ Communication 2 ..................................................................... Information and information processing 2 .............................. Telephone services 1 2 ......................................................... Information technology, hardware and services 5 ................ Personal computers and peripheral equipment 6 ............... 6.118 2.380 .199 2.181 3.738 3.605 2.823 .782 .208 125.065 201.353 526.152 565.760 86.209 83.881 100.882 9.713 72.433 125.069 201.500 526.197 566.205 86.174 83.844 100.768 9.734 72.138 .6 4.1 4.1 4.1 -1.5 -1.7 -1.2 -3.4 -7.4 .0 .1 .0 .1 .0 .0 -.1 .2 -.4 -.2 .4 .6 .4 -.7 -.7 -.6 -.9 -2.2 .0 .6 1.6 .5 -.4 -.5 -.4 -.8 -1.8 .1 .3 .1 .3 .0 -.1 -.1 .2 -.5 Other goods and services .......................................................... Tobacco and smoking products 1 ............................................ Personal care ........................................................................... Personal care products 1 ....................................................... Personal care services 1 ........................................................ Miscellaneous personal services ........................................... 3.950 1.450 2.500 .717 .572 1.027 414.263 832.904 205.264 161.462 230.140 359.587 415.088 834.343 205.705 161.974 230.418 360.528 2.6 5.5 .9 -.1 1.0 2.3 .2 .2 .2 .3 .1 .3 .4 .9 .2 .3 .2 .3 .1 .0 .1 .2 -.1 .2 .2 .2 .2 .3 .1 .2 43.898 16.401 27.497 17.244 3.668 13.576 10.253 56.102 29.504 .306 4.175 1.157 .364 5.994 4.038 10.563 180.958 222.385 158.473 206.142 115.649 266.785 111.973 257.982 234.715 127.690 187.874 176.175 153.583 264.313 420.540 296.924 182.442 223.273 160.171 209.079 117.507 270.459 112.498 258.732 235.090 128.035 188.567 177.594 153.703 265.521 424.289 297.671 3.6 2.3 4.4 7.2 -.9 9.5 -.1 1.4 .8 2.1 .4 5.2 1.4 3.4 3.2 1.2 .8 .4 1.1 1.4 1.6 1.4 .5 .3 .2 .3 .4 .8 .1 .5 .9 .3 1.0 .1 1.5 2.7 .0 3.3 .0 .1 .2 -.7 .6 .5 .2 .1 .3 -.1 .9 .5 1.2 1.8 1.0 2.2 .0 .1 .1 .0 -.4 .3 .3 .4 -.1 .1 1.1 .5 1.4 1.8 -.7 2.0 .5 .3 .1 .3 .9 .7 .1 .5 .4 .2 84.685 70.189 94.645 28.583 18.329 14.662 33.644 26.598 52.065 10.946 89.054 73.739 21.812 6.771 51.927 215.215 208.828 209.141 160.795 207.458 262.134 214.950 252.563 246.643 224.500 216.389 215.627 145.024 270.105 265.639 $ .462 $ .155 216.389 210.242 210.198 162.470 210.278 265.539 216.941 253.664 247.244 228.160 217.222 216.448 145.909 276.539 266.394 $ .460 $ .154 2.3 3.0 2.3 4.3 6.8 8.9 4.8 2.0 1.2 11.6 1.3 1.1 .1 19.3 1.5 .5 .7 .5 1.0 1.4 1.3 .9 .4 .2 1.6 .4 .4 .6 2.4 .3 .6 .7 .5 1.5 2.5 3.1 1.4 .2 .2 4.2 .1 .1 .0 6.6 .1 .4 .6 .5 1.2 1.7 2.0 1.2 .1 .1 2.3 .2 .2 .2 4.0 .1 .6 .8 .6 1.3 1.7 1.9 1.2 .4 .2 3.4 .3 .2 .2 4.8 .2 - - - - - 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 ....................................... Energy services 3 ....................................................................... Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ....................... Household operations 1 2 ........................................................... Transportation services .............................................................. Medical care services ................................................................. Other services ............................................................................ Special indexes All items less food ........................................................................ All items less shelter .................................................................... All items less medical care ........................................................... Commodities less food ................................................................. Nondurables less food ................................................................. Nondurables less food and apparel ............................................. Nondurables ................................................................................. Services less rent of shelter 4 ...................................................... Services less medical care services ............................................ Energy .......................................................................................... All items less energy .................................................................... All items less food and energy ................................................... Commodities less food and energy commodities ..................... Energy commodities ............................................................... Services less energy services .................................................. Purchasing power of the consumer dollar (1982-84=$1.00) ........ Purchasing power of the consumer dollar (1967=$1.00) ............. - 1 Not seasonally adjusted. 2 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. 3 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series were calculated using a geometric means estimator. 4 Indexes on a December 1984=100 base 5 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base. 6 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— May 2010 Aug. 2010 Nov. 2010 Feb. 2011 218.702 -0.9 1.6 2.5 221.853 221.486 217.871 254.540 213.732 201.170 275.896 162.150 190.804 201.824 207.171 203.965 121.161 228.279 161.635 225.786 223.029 222.716 219.728 254.751 216.300 202.335 282.396 162.352 191.912 203.373 209.238 204.938 121.605 228.596 162.728 226.181 1.5 1.6 2.1 -.7 8.1 -2.2 5.5 -1.3 -.2 .2 .6 -.4 -2.0 .9 .2 .9 .6 .5 -.3 -2.1 4.3 2.4 -9.1 .2 .1 -4.1 1.9 .7 3.1 1.5 2.5 2.5 213.535 243.290 249.110 135.916 233.235 233.235 127.674 214.276 187.766 299.558 191.094 175.249 120.388 153.116 213.712 243.522 249.556 134.166 233.453 233.452 127.690 214.330 187.675 315.348 190.284 175.803 120.479 153.583 214.274 243.891 249.881 134.483 233.818 233.819 128.035 216.540 189.762 326.950 192.035 177.057 120.458 153.703 .0 .1 .2 13.2 -.3 -.3 2.2 2.8 2.0 -9.0 2.8 6.0 -4.0 4.4 118.143 111.552 105.650 116.085 126.414 118.126 111.303 105.468 116.916 126.296 119.268 112.711 107.067 114.477 127.404 118.404 111.786 106.045 112.572 127.194 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 ....................................................... 196.502 193.154 96.488 139.042 145.103 251.513 250.858 138.654 252.610 253.078 200.880 197.516 96.431 138.950 145.000 268.361 268.977 139.150 252.759 256.908 203.697 200.277 96.217 138.691 144.598 278.809 278.404 140.289 253.310 260.787 Medical care ...................................................................... Medical care commodities 1 ............................................ Medical care services ..................................................... Professional services .................................................... 394.161 308.332 419.554 334.979 395.218 308.823 420.827 335.472 395.575 310.488 420.595 335.757 Nov. 2010 Dec. 2010 Jan. 2011 Feb. 2011 All items .............................................................................. 215.236 216.367 217.344 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 1 .................................................. Fats and oils .............................................................. Other foods ............................................................... Other miscellaneous foods 1 2 ................................ Food away from home 1 ............................................... Other food away from home 1 2 .................................. Alcoholic beverages ........................................................ 220.515 220.065 215.914 251.623 212.375 200.084 267.492 161.709 190.223 199.542 203.735 204.121 120.723 227.634 161.428 225.656 220.782 220.351 216.235 252.705 211.826 200.958 272.546 159.802 190.252 202.206 202.870 203.773 122.267 227.871 161.657 225.647 Housing ............................................................................. Shelter ............................................................................. Rent of primary residence 3 .......................................... Lodging away from home 2 ........................................... Owners’ equivalent rent of residences 3 4 .................... Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 3 4 ....... Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ......................... Fuels and utilities ............................................................ Household energy ......................................................... Fuel oil and other fuels 1 ............................................. Energy services 3 ........................................................ Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 .......... Household furnishings and operations ............................ Household operations 1 2 ............................................. 213.124 242.968 248.584 134.716 233.011 233.012 128.556 212.762 186.318 287.994 190.037 174.458 120.526 152.778 Apparel .............................................................................. Men’s and boys’ apparel ................................................. Women’s and girls’ apparel ............................................. Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel .......................................... Footwear ......................................................................... Aug. 2010 Feb. 2011 6.6 0.4 4.5 2.4 2.5 2.8 2.9 7.7 5.0 .0 1.4 -.6 1.4 5.2 -1.9 -3.5 2.1 4.0 1.1 4.6 4.9 7.3 5.1 7.6 4.6 24.2 1.6 3.6 7.9 11.2 1.6 3.0 1.7 3.3 .9 1.1 1.0 .9 -1.4 6.2 .1 -2.1 -.6 .0 -2.0 1.3 .1 .5 1.2 1.3 1.7 3.5 3.7 5.0 4.0 7.6 4.8 11.4 1.5 1.5 4.6 8.2 -.2 -.3 1.9 3.6 1.0 .1 .5 .3 2.2 .5 .5 4.8 -.1 -1.1 -13.4 -.3 4.0 -2.4 1.0 .6 1.1 1.7 -5.8 1.0 1.0 3.3 -.9 -2.2 39.7 -4.5 4.8 -1.7 -2.0 2.2 1.5 2.1 -.7 1.4 1.4 -1.6 7.3 7.6 66.1 4.3 6.1 -.2 2.4 .1 .3 .3 7.5 .1 .1 3.5 1.3 .4 -11.2 1.2 5.0 -3.2 2.7 1.4 1.3 1.9 -3.3 1.2 1.2 .8 3.1 2.6 52.3 -.2 5.5 -.9 .2 -3.3 -1.9 -6.5 .2 -3.4 .8 4.0 -.7 .7 .0 -1.9 -2.9 -1.2 -5.7 -3.6 .9 .8 1.5 -11.6 2.5 -1.3 1.0 -3.6 .5 -1.7 -.5 -1.1 .2 -8.7 -.6 207.843 204.353 96.700 140.067 144.792 292.327 291.392 140.763 253.524 266.108 -6.6 -7.4 1.1 .2 3.7 -24.3 -24.8 1.4 2.2 12.2 5.5 6.0 3.9 1.2 8.6 11.1 11.8 4.3 2.0 -5.4 10.1 10.2 -2.0 -.9 -3.2 32.5 32.2 3.1 2.5 9.4 25.2 25.3 .9 3.0 -.9 82.5 82.1 6.2 1.5 22.2 -.7 -.9 2.5 .7 6.2 -8.3 -8.3 2.8 2.1 3.1 17.4 17.5 -.5 1.0 -2.0 55.5 55.1 4.6 2.0 15.6 397.444 312.764 422.224 337.029 3.1 2.8 3.1 1.7 2.1 .1 2.8 3.8 3.8 2.4 4.3 2.8 3.4 5.9 2.6 2.5 2.6 1.5 3.0 2.8 3.6 4.1 3.5 2.6 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— May 2010 Aug. 2010 Nov. 2010 Feb. 2011 630.894 7.7 4.2 8.6 109.345 98.510 109.742 99.020 -.3 -2.0 -.8 -2.1 124.955 199.846 516.326 562.114 86.499 84.299 101.327 9.782 73.494 124.959 200.978 524.385 564.783 86.192 83.864 100.882 9.704 72.178 125.081 201.628 524.817 566.738 86.152 83.822 100.768 9.722 71.808 1.6 4.7 3.0 4.9 -.2 -.2 .2 -1.9 -6.0 412.455 825.644 204.886 160.801 229.855 358.618 414.260 832.741 205.285 161.217 230.332 359.558 414.533 832.904 205.476 161.462 230.140 360.275 415.238 834.343 205.822 161.974 230.418 360.922 179.007 220.515 156.541 202.225 118.143 258.599 111.936 257.663 234.338 128.556 190.037 174.458 152.778 263.053 419.554 297.133 180.813 220.782 158.952 207.594 118.126 267.257 111.888 258.034 234.729 127.674 191.094 175.249 153.116 263.406 420.827 296.889 182.495 221.853 160.848 211.319 119.268 273.060 111.840 258.262 234.950 127.690 190.284 175.803 153.583 264.463 420.595 297.247 214.194 207.446 207.992 158.899 203.719 254.639 211.911 252.590 246.514 217.210 215.961 215.513 145.547 254.251 265.038 215.473 208.883 209.116 161.252 208.830 262.540 214.836 253.116 246.935 226.396 216.122 215.648 145.475 270.984 265.330 216.422 210.141 210.104 163.108 212.360 267.850 217.332 253.273 247.082 231.611 216.590 215.982 145.784 281.694 265.675 Nov. 2010 Dec. 2010 Jan. 2011 Feb. 2011 Hospital and related services ........................................ 623.224 628.241 627.317 Recreation 2 ...................................................................... Video and audio 2 ........................................................... 109.234 99.092 108.943 98.429 Education and communication 2 ....................................... Education 2 ..................................................................... Educational books and supplies ................................... Tuition, other school fees, and childcare ...................... Communication 2 ............................................................ Information and information processing 2 ..................... Telephone services 1 2 ............................................... Information technology, hardware and services 5 ....... Personal computers and peripheral equipment 6 ..... 125.259 199.002 513.501 559.803 87.075 84.882 101.975 9.868 75.142 Other goods and services ................................................. Tobacco and smoking products 1 ................................... Personal care .................................................................. Personal care products 1 .............................................. Personal care services 1 ............................................... Miscellaneous personal services .................................. Aug. 2010 Feb. 2011 5.0 5.9 6.8 -2.1 -.4 1.9 -.3 -.6 -2.1 -.2 -.3 1.2 3.2 -1.2 3.7 -.1 -.1 .5 -2.2 -.8 .1 2.9 5.8 2.6 -1.6 -1.6 -1.0 -3.7 -5.7 -.6 5.4 9.1 5.0 -4.2 -4.9 -4.7 -5.8 -16.6 1.4 4.0 .9 4.3 -.1 -.1 .4 -2.0 -3.4 -.2 4.1 7.4 3.8 -2.9 -3.3 -2.9 -4.7 -11.3 1.5 6.4 -1.1 -4.3 3.7 1.7 6.8 12.8 3.5 2.7 .6 2.4 -.7 -.9 -.5 -1.4 -1.3 2.5 2.7 4.3 1.8 2.9 1.0 2.6 4.1 9.6 1.2 -.9 2.2 2.1 1.0 1.6 .7 .7 -.2 2.5 184.454 223.029 163.087 215.122 118.404 278.583 112.365 258.975 235.112 128.035 192.035 177.057 153.703 265.678 422.224 297.790 -3.7 1.5 -6.8 -12.2 -3.3 -12.9 .2 1.4 -.3 2.2 2.8 6.0 4.4 4.2 3.1 2.1 2.3 .6 3.3 4.7 .8 6.4 2.2 1.0 .3 4.8 -.3 4.0 1.0 1.4 2.8 1.7 4.3 2.4 5.5 12.1 -1.9 15.2 -4.3 1.1 1.8 3.3 -4.5 4.8 -2.0 3.9 4.3 .1 12.7 4.6 17.8 28.1 .9 34.7 1.5 2.1 1.3 -1.6 4.3 6.1 2.4 4.1 2.6 .9 -.8 1.1 -1.9 -4.1 -1.3 -3.7 1.2 1.2 .0 3.5 1.2 5.0 2.7 2.8 3.0 1.9 8.5 3.5 11.5 19.8 -.5 24.6 -1.4 1.6 1.6 .8 -.2 5.5 .2 4.0 3.5 .5 217.800 211.871 211.434 165.304 215.973 272.891 219.926 254.399 247.660 239.431 217.170 216.431 146.034 295.209 266.270 -1.3 -1.2 -1.1 -6.5 -11.4 -11.9 -5.1 2.9 1.2 -13.8 .8 .6 -.9 -23.6 1.3 1.8 2.1 1.6 3.3 4.5 6.0 2.0 1.2 .6 5.6 1.1 1.3 1.7 9.9 1.1 2.5 3.0 2.4 5.3 11.4 14.1 7.2 1.2 1.4 16.4 .9 .6 -1.6 32.8 1.5 6.9 8.8 6.8 17.1 26.3 31.9 16.0 2.9 1.9 47.6 2.3 1.7 1.3 81.7 1.9 .2 .4 .2 -1.7 -3.8 -3.3 -1.6 2.0 .9 -4.6 1.0 1.0 .4 -8.4 1.2 4.7 5.9 4.6 11.1 18.6 22.7 11.5 2.0 1.6 31.1 1.6 1.2 -.1 55.4 1.7 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 ............................. Energy services 3 .............................................................. Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 .............. Household operations 1 2 ................................................. Transportation services ..................................................... Medical care services ....................................................... Other services ................................................................... Special indexes All items less food ............................................................... All items less shelter ........................................................... All items less medical care .................................................. Commodities less food ........................................................ Nondurables less food ........................................................ Nondurables less food and apparel .................................... Nondurables ........................................................................ Services less rent of shelter 4 ............................................. Services less medical care services ................................... Energy ................................................................................. All items less energy ........................................................... All items less food and energy .......................................... Commodities less food and energy commodities ........... Energy commodities ..................................................... Services less energy services ......................................... 1 Not seasonally adjusted. 2 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. 3 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series were calculated using a geometric means estimator. 4 Indexes on a December 1984=100 base 5 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base. 6 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 Feb.2011 from— Pricing schedule 1 Nov. 2010 Dec. 2010 Jan. 2011 Feb. 2011 M 214.750 215.262 216.400 Northeast urban .............................................. Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M M M 232.962 233.031 141.452 233.082 233.092 141.598 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 204.468 204.064 134.112 M U.S. city average ............................................ Percent change to Jan.2011 from— Feb. 2010 Dec. 2010 Jan. 2011 Jan. 2010 Nov. 2010 Dec. 2010 217.535 2.3 1.1 0.5 1.8 0.8 0.5 233.914 233.851 142.196 235.109 235.230 142.691 2.3 2.2 2.4 .9 .9 .8 .5 .6 .3 1.8 1.7 2.0 .4 .4 .5 .4 .3 .4 205.024 204.731 134.454 206.258 205.878 135.277 206.981 206.516 135.841 2.4 2.4 2.5 1.0 .9 1.0 .4 .3 .4 2.0 1.9 2.1 .9 .9 .9 .6 .6 .6 203.937 204.132 205.648 206.306 2.6 1.1 .3 2.1 .8 .7 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 209.352 211.222 133.927 209.994 211.712 134.405 211.216 213.058 135.207 212.416 214.129 135.919 2.5 2.3 2.6 1.2 1.1 1.1 .6 .5 .5 1.8 1.6 2.0 .9 .9 1.0 .6 .6 .6 M 215.822 216.477 217.200 219.352 2.4 1.3 1.0 1.5 .6 .3 West urban ..................................................... Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M M M 216.267 218.817 133.777 216.847 219.273 134.306 217.995 220.564 134.900 219.368 221.848 135.845 2.2 2.3 1.9 1.2 1.2 1.1 .6 .6 .7 1.6 1.7 1.2 .8 .8 .8 .5 .6 .4 M M M 198.598 134.969 210.529 198.979 135.379 210.959 200.022 136.112 212.005 201.033 136.808 213.495 2.3 2.4 2.5 1.0 1.1 1.2 .5 .5 .7 1.7 1.9 1.8 .7 .8 .7 .5 .5 .5 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 206.632 218.694 207.479 219.619 209.016 221.540 210.106 222.814 2.2 2.6 1.3 1.5 .5 .6 1.7 2.0 1.2 1.3 .7 .9 M 237.606 237.575 238.396 239.750 2.4 .9 .6 1.8 .3 .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 1 238.891 197.530 204.918 142.938 - 240.540 199.568 206.954 144.556 - - - - 1.1 2.6 .7 2.4 .7 1.0 1.0 1.1 - Atlanta, GA ..................................................... Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI .............................. Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX .................... Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL ............................. Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD ........................................ San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA ........... Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA .................... 2 2 2 2 - 201.390 202.280 192.863 222.510 - 204.611 202.849 195.677 225.346 1.6 2.0 2.8 1.9 1.6 .3 1.5 1.3 - - - - 2 2 2 - 228.072 224.152 222.853 - 231.306 226.638 225.790 2.1 2.1 2.1 1.4 1.1 1.3 - - - - 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 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, 2007-2008 Unadjusted percent change to Feb. 2011 from— Unadjusted indexes Jan. 2011 Feb. 2011 Feb. 2010 Jan. 2011 Expenditure category All items ...................................................................................... 100.000 R126.811 127.429 2.0 0.5 Food and beverages ................................................................ Food ....................................................................................... Food at home ....................................................................... Food away from home .......................................................... Alcoholic beverages ............................................................... 14.519 13.493 7.780 5.712 1.027 129.897 129.971 125.260 136.473 129.622 130.402 130.479 125.939 136.726 130.092 2.2 2.2 2.8 1.6 1.4 .4 .4 .5 .2 .4 Housing .................................................................................... Shelter .................................................................................... Fuels and utilities .................................................................... Household furnishings and operations ................................... 42.074 32.119 5.231 4.724 128.403 131.696 157.336 92.128 128.726 131.927 158.474 92.354 .5 .7 1.8 -2.3 .3 .2 .7 .2 Apparel ..................................................................................... 3.772 87.458 88.737 -.7 1.5 Transportation .......................................................................... Private transportation ............................................................. Public transportation ............................................................... 17.199 16.013 1.186 R135.346 R136.824 135.961 R127.460 137.364 R129.878 7.4 7.3 9.7 1.1 1.0 1.9 Medical care ............................................................................. Medical care commodities ...................................................... Medical care services ............................................................. 6.294 1.570 4.723 152.417 134.398 159.032 153.610 135.298 160.337 2.7 2.5 2.7 .8 .7 .8 Recreation ................................................................................ 6.625 102.062 102.486 -.9 .4 Education and communication ................................................. Education ............................................................................... Communication ...................................................................... 6.288 2.804 3.484 112.730 188.254 71.834 112.737 188.346 71.813 .8 4.0 -1.7 .0 .0 .0 Other goods and services ........................................................ 3.229 140.089 140.344 1.6 .2 59.383 40.617 10.376 30.241 76.901 9.606 R136.170 R136.560 115.538 80.179 133.958 R120.281 190.231 116.442 80.543 135.157 R120.721 193.273 1.3 3.0 -1.1 4.4 .9 10.9 .3 .8 .5 .9 .4 1.6 Commodity and service group Services ...................................................................................... Commodities .............................................................................. Durables ................................................................................... Nondurables ............................................................................... All items less food and energy ................................................. Energy ........................................................................................ R Revised. Indexes for 2011 are initial estimates. Indexes for 2010 are interim adjustments. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.
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