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CONSUMER PRICE INDEX: JANUARY 1998 The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) rose 0.2 percent in January before seasonal adjustment to a level of 161.6 (198284=100), the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. For the 12-month period ended in January, the CPI-U has increased 1.6 percent. The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) rose 0.1 percent in January, prior to seasonal adjustment. The January 1998 CPI-W level of 158.4 was 1.3 percent higher than the index in January 1997. CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) On a seasonally adjusted basis, the CPI-U was unchanged in January, following increases of 0.1 percent in each of the preceding two months. The food index advanced 0.3 percent in January. Grocery store food Table A. Percent changes in CPI for Urban Consumers (CPI-U) Seasonally adjusted UnCompound adjusted Expenditure Changes from preceding month annual rate 12-mos. Category 1997 1998 3-mos. ended ended July Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Jan.'98 Jan.'98 All Items .1 .2 .2 .2 .1 .1 .0 .7 1.6 Food and beverages .3 .3 .1 .2 .2 .1 .3 2.0 2.2 Housing .2 Apparel .2 Transportation -.1 Medical care .1 Recreation Education and communication Other goods and services .3 Special indexes: Energy -.4 Food .3 All items less food and energy .2 .1 -.5 .6 .2 - .3 .2 .3 .2 - .3 .1 .0 .2 - .3 .1 -.6 .3 - .1 .2 -.3 .3 - .1 -.5 -.3 .1 .3 1.8 -1.2 -4.6 3.3 - 2.1 .2 -1.6 2.7 1.5 - - - - - .0 - 2.6 .5 .3 .7 .4 .4 .4 5.0 5.1 1.5 .3 .9 .1 -.2 .3 .0 -1.8 -2.4 .1 .0 .3 -15.5 1.8 -6.5 2.2 .1 .2 .2 2.1 2.2 .1 .2 .2 Note: Seasonal factors have been recalculated to reflect developments during 1997. For this reason, some of the seasonally adjusted figures above and elsewhere in this report differ from those previously published. prices rose 0.4 percent in January, resulting from a sharp increase in prices for fruits and vegetables. The energy index, which fell 1.8 percent in December, declined 2.4 percent in January. The index for petroleumbased energy decreased 3.5 percent, and the index for energy services declined 1.5 percent. Excluding food and energy, the CPI-U rose 0.2 percent, the same as in December. The index for commodities less food and energy commodities rose 0.1 percent, and the index for services less energy services increased 0.2 percent in January. The food and beverages index rose 0.3 percent in January. The index for grocery store food prices, which decreased 0.1 percent in December, rose 0.4 percent in January, due to a sharp turnaround in the index for fruits and vegetables--up 2.9 percent in January after registering a 0.4 percent decrease in December. The index for fresh vegetables rose 7.9 percent, while the index for fresh fruits declined 1.0 percent in January. The index for processed fruits and vegetables rose 1.6 percent. The index for dairy and related products increased 0.3 percent and was the only other major grocery food group to register an advance in January. The indexes for cereal and bakery products, for nonalcoholic beverages, and for meats, poultry, fish, and eggs each declined-down 0.1, 0.2, and 0.3 percent, respectively--while the index for other food at home was unchanged in January. Within the index for meats, poultry, fish, and eggs, prices for beef, pork, poultry, and egg prices all declined. The other two components of the food and beverage index--food away from home and alcoholic beverages- -rose 0.1 and 0.2 percent, respectively. The housing component, which was unchanged in December, rose 0.1 percent in January. Shelter costs rose 0.2 percent. Within shelter, rent and owners' equivalent rent each rose 0.2 percent, while lodging away from home decreased 0.2 percent. The index for fuel and utilities, which decreased 1.1 percent in December, fell 1.2 percent in January. The index for household fuels declined 1.6 percent, reflecting decreases of 2.7 percent each in the indexes for fuel oil and for natural gas and 1.0 percent in the index for electricity. The index for household furnishings and operation increased 0.2 percent in January. The transportation component declined for the third consecutive month, down 0.3 percent in January. A drop in the index for motor fuels offset upturns in the indexes for public transportation and for new vehicles. The index for gasoline, which declined 1.6 percent in December, fell 3.6 percent in January. Gasoline prices have fallen 9.9 percent over the last 12 months and as of January were 18.2 percent lower than their peak level of November 1990. The index for new vehicle prices increased 0.1 percent, following declines in each of the preceding five months. (As of January, about 80 percent of the new vehicle sample was represented by 1998 models.) The index for used cars and trucks increased 0.1 percent. Public transportation costs rose 1.6 percent in January. The index for airline fares, which declined 3.9 and 1.4 percent in November and December, respectively, increased 2.7 percent in January. The index for apparel decreased 0.5 percent in January, following a 0.2 percent rise in December. (Prior to seasonal adjustment, apparel prices fell 1.4 percent.) Medical care costs rose 0.1 percent in January to a level 2.7 percent above a year ago. The index for medical care commodities--prescription drugs, nonprescription drugs, and medical supplies--rose 0.2 percent. The index for medical care services rose 0.1 percent. Charges for professional services increased 0.3 percent, while those for hospital and related services declined 0.1 percent. Recreation costs rose 0.3 percent in January, reflecting a 1.7 percent rise in the index for cable television. The index for education and communication was unchanged in January. A 0.4 percent increase in education costs was offset by a 0.4 percent decrease in communication costs. Within the communication category, the indexes for telephone services and for other information and information processing services each declined; the cost of cellular telephone services fell 1.0 percent. The index for other goods and services rose 0.4 percent in January, the same as in each of the two preceding months. The index for tobacco and smoking products rose 0.7 percent, and prices for personal care products increased 0.6 percent. CPI for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) On a seasonally adjusted basis, the CPI for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers was unchanged in January. Table B. Percent changes in CPI for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) Seasonally adjusted UnCompound adjusted Expenditure Changes from preceding month annual rate 12-mos. Category 1997 1998 3-mos. ended ended July Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Jan.'98 Jan.'98 All Items .1 .3 .2 .2 .1 .1 .0 .5 1.3 Food and beverages .3 .3 .1 .3 .1 .0 .3 1.8 2.0 Housing .2 .1 .3 .3 .3 .0 .0 1.3 2.0 Apparel .2 -.5 .2 .0 .0 .0 -.5 -2.1 .0 Transportation -.1 .7 .2 -.1 -.6 -.3 -.5 -5.2 -2.0 Medical care .1 .2 .2 .2 .3 .4 .2 3.3 2.7 Recreation .3 1.6 Education and communication - -.1 2.6 Other goods and services .3 .4 .5 .7 .4 .4 .5 5.4 5.3 Special indexes: Energy -.4 1.7 .9 -.2 -.2 -1.9 -2.5 -16.8 -7.1 Food .3 .3 .1 .2 .2 -.1 .4 2.0 2.0 All items less food and energy .2 .0 .2 .2 .1 .2 .2 1.9 2.1 Consumer Price Index data for February are scheduled for release on Thursday, March 19, 1998, at 8:30 A.M. (EST). -----------------------------------------------------------------------CPI (Old Series) For the first six months of 1998, BLS also will calculate Old Series CPI-U and Old Series CPI-W based on the 1982-84 expenditure pattern used in the CPI from 1987 through 1997. These Old Series data are contained in tables 1(OS)-4(OS). From December 1997 to January 1998, the Old Series CPI-U rose 0.2 percent and the Old Series CPI-W rose 0.1 percent. Note these series are not seasonally adjusted. ------------------------------------------------------------------------Overview of Publication Changes Beginning in 1998, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has introduced a new geographic area sample, a revised item structure and updated expenditure weights into the Consumer Price Index (CPI). Approximately every ten years the CPI undertakes this type of revision in order to keep the index up-to-date. Since World War II, revisions of the CPI have been introduced in 1953, 1964, 1978, and 1987. Because the changes the CPI undergoes during each revision can have a major impact on our users, special steps are taken in order to ameliorate the effects of these changes. Beginning with the release of the January, 1997 index, data series that are changing or being dropped from publication have been footnoted in all BLS published tables. This provided an early warning to users to reconsider their use of those indexes and provided time for them to make changes in their use. The 1998 CPI Revision contains substantial changes in both the items being presented and the frequency of local area index publication. Changes to the Item Structure Effective in 1998, there are considerable changes to both the items being priced and the manner in which they are being aggregated in the CPI. The most notable change in presentation is a reconstruction of several major groups with a resulting change from the currently available seven major groups to the new total of eight. Currently the major groups are: Food and Beverages, Housing, Apparel and Upkeep, Transportation, Medical Care, Entertainment and Other Goods and Services. Three of these groups-- Food and Beverages, Transportation, and Medical care will remain the same. The Apparel group was modified to exclude apparel upkeep products and services. The Entertainment group has been slightly redefined into a major group called Recreation and a new major group, Education and Communication, has been formed from past subelements of the Housing, Entertainment and Other Goods and Services groups Other important changes in our item structure at lower levels are an expansion of our Food Away from Home index, a reorientation of our car and truck indexes to a vehicle index, and the expansion of our information processing equipment index. For a complete listing of the new CPI Publication Structure see Table X. Changes to the Geographic Structure In each revision, the CPI geographic sample is selected to be representative of the current demographics of the United States. The 1998 revision utilizes the 1990 Census of population. The CPI developed an updated area sample design, decided on new local area indexes and changed the frequency of publication for local area indexes in order to better reflect these new demographics. In addition to the national index, the BLS formerly published indexes for 29 metropolitan areas. In 1998, it continues to publish indexes for all but two of these areas--Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, and New Orleans, LA. Due to the revised Metropolitan Area (MA) definitions issued by the Office of Management and Budget(OMB), two other areas, Washington, DC, and Baltimore, MD, which the BLS formerly published separately, constitute a new Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area. A single index will be published for this consolidated area. The new publication plan for local area indexes, that began with the index for January, 1998, is summarized below: * Monthly indexes are now published for the three largest metropolitan areas. Because of sample design considerations, indexes for the Philadelphia and San Francisco areas, both formerly published monthly, are now published every other month following the release of the December 1997 index. * Bimonthly indexes will be published for the next 11 largest areas, including Atlanta and Seattle, which used to have semiannual average indexes. * Semiannual average indexes are now published for 12 additional areas, including Pittsburgh and St. Louis, which formerly had bimonthly indexes. * The BLS continues to publish separate indexes for the four Census regions of the United States. However, beginning in 1998, there will only be two area size classes for metropolitan areas, instead of the current three: Size A - areas with a population greater than 1.5 million; and Size B/C - areas with less than 1.5 million population. This cutoff of 1.5 million in population reflects a rise from the current cutoff of 1.2 million and is important since cities in size class A are those for which the Bureau publishes city level indexes. The B/C size class is a combination of the old Size B and Size C metropolitan areas. In addition to the two metropolitan area size indexes for each region, separate Size D indexes for urban non-metropolitan areas continue to be published for both the Midwest and the South. Separate indexes for Northeast and West urban nonmetropolitan areas were discontinued in 1987. The following is the full list of areas for which indexes are currently published, beginning in January, 1998: 1. Metropolitan Areas for which a local index is published monthly: New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA 2. Metropolitan Areas for which a local index is published bimonthly: In Odd Months (i.e. January, March, etc.) In Even Months (i.e. February, April, etc.) ---------------------------- ---------------------- Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NHME-CT Philadelphia-WilmingtonAtlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD Washington-Baltimore, DC-MDVA-WV San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA Cleveland-Akron, OH Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX Atlanta, GA Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI Dallas-Fort Worth, TX Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA 3. Metropolitan Areas for which a local index is published semiannually (In January and July) Pittsburgh, PA Kansas City, MO-KS Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO Portland-Salem, OR-WA Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN Milwaukee-Racine, WI St. Louis, MO-IL Anchorage, AK Honolulu, HI San Diego, CA ---------------------------------------------------------------------A note on seasonally adjusted data Beginning with release of seasonal adjustment factors for 1997 in February 1998, seasonal adjustment will be performed using X-12-ARIMA. X-12-ARIMA is a seasonal adjustment software package developed by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. The X-12-ARIMA seasonal adjustment program is an enhanced version of the X-11 Variant of the Census Method II seasonal adjustment program. The enhancements include a variety of new diagnostics and modeling tools to help the user detect and remedy any inadequacies in the seasonal adjustments obtained under the program options selected. In addition, seasonally adjusted data for some index series have been affected by changes to the CPI publication structure introduced with data for January 1998. A detailed presentation of these impacts will be presented in the January 1998 issue of the CPI Detailed Report. -----------------------------------------------------------------BLS to Maintain Current Reference Base of 1982-84=100 for most CPI index series The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) previously indicated its intention to change the numerical reference base for both the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPIU) and the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) from their present 1982-84=100 base to a 1993-95=100 base, effective with release of the January 1999 index in February 1999. BLS also indicated that the alternate, or 1967=100 base, would be discontinued in 1999 as well. This plan was initially described in the December 1996 Monthly Labor Review, a publication which contained several articles that dealt with the 1998 CPI Revision. The BLS has now decided not to implement this rebasing plan. Instead, the BLS will maintain the reference base of 1982-84=100 used for most items. In addition, the 1967=100 reference base will continue to be the alternate base for the All Items indexes. This decision is based in part on the fact that historical data have less precision after rebasing. Rebasing is simply an arithmetic transformation that does not substantively impact the index. Because the rebased index values are smaller, however, the loss of precision due to rounding is more serious. In addition, retaining the old index reference bases would spare users the inconvenience associated with conversion. Changes in the numerical reference base should not be confused with the plans by BLS to update the market basket of the CPI. With release of the January CPI in February 1998, the expenditure weights applied to CPI categories will be based on consumer spending patterns for 1993-95. -----------------------------------------------------------------Using a hedonic model to adjust prices of personal computers in the Consumer Price Index for changes in quality Effective with the release of data for January 1998, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has introduced an improved quality adjustment technique in the new stratum of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) called Personal Computers and Peripheral Equipment. Formerly, personal computers were part of the Information Processing Equipment stratum. As previously announced, beginning with the CPI for January 1998, Information Processing Equipment became an expenditure class entitled Information and Information Processing Other Than Telephone Services. Personal Computers and Peripheral Equipment are one of four strata in that expenditure class. Analysts in the Producer Price Index (PPI) program have developed and implemented a regression procedure, called a hedonic model, that decomposes the price of personal computers into implicit prices for each important feature and component of the computer. This model, which has been used in the PPI since 1991, provides a way to estimate the value of changes or improvements. The CPI has used similar hedonic methods to adjust apparel prices for many years. Starting with the CPI for January 1998, when a personal computer or selected item of peripheral equipment, such as a modem, in the CPI sample improves in some way, a regressionbased quality adjustment is made. The value of the improvement, as derived from the PPI regression estimates, is deducted from the observed price change for the product. (Conversely, if a model deteriorates, the value of the difference is added to the price.) Additional information on these changes was published in the June 1997 CPI Detailed Report and is available on the Internet (at http://stats.bls.gov/cpihome.htm). This information can also be obtained by writing to Bureau of Labor Statistics, Division of Consumer Prices and Price Indexes, Room 3260, 2 Massachusetts Ave. NE, Washington, DC 20212 or by telephoning Joseph Chelena at (202) 606-6982 ext. 255. 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 1997 Unadjusted Unadjusted indexes percent change to Jan. 1998 from Dec. 1997 Jan. 1998 Jan. 1997 Dec. 1997 Seasonally adjusted percent change fromOct. to Nov. to Dec. to Nov. Dec. Jan. Expenditure category All items ................................... All items (1967=100) ........................ 100.000 - 161.3 483.2 161.6 484.2 1.6 - 0.2 - 0.1 - 0.1 - 0.0 - 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 ...................... 16.310 15.326 9.646 1.536 2.629 1.037 1.394 159.1 158.7 159.2 178.4 148.4 147.8 191.3 160.3 159.9 161.0 179.0 148.3 148.3 202.1 2.2 2.2 2.0 1.4 -0.9 0.3 7.9 0.8 0.8 1.1 0.3 -0.1 0.3 5.6 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.9 0.3 0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.2 -0.6 0.5 -0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4 -0.1 -0.3 0.3 2.9 1.077 1.972 .377 .291 1.305 .309 5.680 .172 .983 133.1 147.7 147.9 140.3 162.8 100.0 159.0 100.0 164.0 134.1 148.7 150.3 140.5 163.6 100.4 159.2 100.1 164.6 4.5 2.7 2.3 -1.3 2.6 2.5 2.2 0.8 0.7 1.6 0.1 0.5 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.4 -0.9 -0.3 0.3 -0.2 0.1 0.3 0.2 -0.7 0.1 0.4 0.1 0.6 0.3 0.2 -0.2 0.0 0.5 -1.1 0.1 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.2 Housing .................................... Shelter ................................... Rent of primary residence ................ Lodging away from home (2)................ Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence (3)......................... Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2).. Fuels and utilities ....................... Fuels .................................... Fuel oil and other fuels ................ Gas (piped) and electricity ............. Household furnishings and operations ...... 39.560 29.788 6.885 2.327 157.7 178.1 169.1 100.0 158.3 179.2 169.5 105.1 2.1 3.2 3.1 - 0.4 0.6 0.2 5.1 0.3 0.2 0.2 - 0.1 0.4 0.3 - 0.1 0.2 0.2 -0.2 20.199 .377 4.942 4.018 .261 3.757 4.831 184.7 100.0 130.0 115.8 97.2 123.0 125.1 185.1 100.3 128.8 114.5 96.4 121.6 125.6 3.1 -1.5 -3.9 -13.5 -2.6 0.6 0.2 0.3 -0.9 -1.1 -0.8 -1.1 0.4 0.3 0.8 1.5 0.1 1.6 0.1 0.3 -1.1 -2.0 -0.4 -2.2 0.0 0.2 0.3 -1.2 -1.6 -2.1 -1.5 0.2 Apparel .................................... Men's and boys' apparel ................... Women's and girls' apparel ................ Infants' and toddlers' apparel (1)......... Footwear .................................. 4.944 1.390 1.990 .268 .895 131.6 131.2 123.6 125.8 128.2 129.8 129.8 120.2 124.8 127.4 0.2 2.2 -1.1 -2.4 1.9 -1.4 -1.1 -2.8 -0.8 -0.6 0.1 -0.2 0.4 -0.2 -0.3 0.2 0.6 -0.4 -0.2 0.8 -0.5 0.2 -1.0 -0.8 -0.5 Transportation ............................. Private transportation .................... New and used motor vehicles (2)........... New vehicles ............................ Used cars and trucks (1)................. Motor fuel ............................... Gasoline (all types) .................... Motor vehicle parts and equipment ........ Motor vehicle maintenance and repair ..... Public transportation ..................... 17.578 16.240 7.899 5.063 1.880 2.995 2.976 .560 1.603 1.338 143.2 140.0 100.0 144.1 147.9 101.9 101.3 101.4 164.7 184.3 142.7 139.3 100.2 144.4 148.1 97.8 97.2 101.3 165.0 187.1 -1.6 -1.8 -1.5 -0.7 -4.3 -9.9 -9.9 -1.1 2.4 0.7 -0.3 -0.5 0.2 0.2 0.1 -4.0 -4.0 -0.1 0.2 1.5 -0.6 -0.5 -0.2 -0.2 -1.8 -2.0 0.0 0.2 -1.8 -0.3 -0.3 -0.2 0.2 -1.5 -1.6 -0.2 0.5 -0.2 -0.3 -0.5 0.1 0.1 0.1 -3.7 -3.6 -0.3 0.2 1.6 Medical care ............................... Medical care commodities .................. Medical care services ..................... Professional services .................... Hospital and related services ............ 5.614 1.222 4.392 2.808 1.334 237.1 216.8 241.8 217.5 282.5 238.1 217.6 242.9 218.5 283.5 2.7 2.3 2.8 3.0 2.8 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.3 -0.1 Recreation (2).............................. Video and audio (1) (2).................... 6.145 1.763 100.0 100.0 100.3 100.6 1.5 2.5 0.3 0.6 0.4 -0.3 0.3 0.6 Education and communication (2)............. Education (2).............................. Educational books and supplies ........... Tuition, other school fees, and childcare Communication (1) (2)...................... Information and information processing (1) (2)................................... Telephone services (1) (2)............... Information and information processing other than telephone services (1) (4) Personal computers and peripheral equipment (1) (2)................... 5.528 2.615 .194 2.421 2.913 100.0 100.0 242.8 288.5 100.0 99.9 100.3 245.1 289.2 99.6 2.6 5.0 4.5 5.1 -0.9 -0.1 0.3 0.9 0.2 -0.4 0.3 0.4 0.1 0.4 0.4 -0.1 0.0 0.4 -0.2 0.5 -0.4 2.706 2.357 100.0 100.0 99.6 99.9 -0.9 - -0.4 -0.1 0.1 - -0.1 - -0.4 -0.1 .350 47.4 46.2 -13.6 -2.5 -2.7 -0.4 -2.5 .234 100.0 96.9 - -3.1 - - -3.1 Other goods and services ................... Tobacco and smoking products .............. Personal care (1).......................... Personal care products (1)................ Personal care services (1)................ 4.321 .894 3.427 .737 .963 230.1 251.2 154.0 145.3 163.9 231.3 253.8 154.6 146.1 164.3 5.1 7.4 2.0 1.7 2.2 0.5 1.0 0.4 0.6 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.7 1.1 0.1 0.4 0.7 -0.2 -0.5 0.2 0.4 0.7 0.4 0.6 0.2 Miscellaneous personal services .......... 1.465 230.0 230.9 5.2 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.2 42.635 16.310 26.326 14.729 4.944 141.7 159.1 131.2 133.5 131.6 141.6 160.3 130.5 132.0 129.8 0.1 2.2 -1.2 -1.3 0.2 -0.1 0.8 -0.5 -1.1 -1.4 0.0 0.2 -0.2 -0.2 0.1 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 -0.1 0.2 -0.1 0.3 -0.4 -1.1 -0.5 9.785 11.596 57.365 29.410 6.984 10.625 139.5 128.0 181.0 185.3 186.0 213.1 138.1 128.2 181.8 186.5 187.1 213.7 -2.1 -1.2 2.7 3.3 2.0 3.8 -1.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.3 -0.4 -0.2 0.2 0.3 -0.4 0.1 -0.4 -0.2 0.2 0.4 0.1 0.4 -1.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.6 0.2 84.674 70.212 94.386 27.309 15.712 10.768 31.039 27.955 52.973 7.013 92.987 77.661 161.8 156.4 157.0 132.6 135.3 141.0 146.5 189.5 175.4 108.4 168.3 170.7 161.9 156.4 157.3 131.9 133.9 139.8 146.2 189.9 176.1 105.9 169.0 171.2 1.4 0.9 1.5 -1.1 -1.1 -1.5 0.5 2.2 2.7 -6.5 2.2 2.2 0.1 0.0 0.2 -0.5 -1.0 -0.9 -0.2 0.2 0.4 -2.3 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.1 -0.1 -0.2 -0.4 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.1 -0.3 -0.1 0.0 0.2 -1.8 0.2 0.2 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 -0.4 -0.9 -1.1 -0.2 -0.1 0.1 -2.4 0.2 0.2 24.053 3.256 53.608 - 142.1 101.6 186.9 $ .620 142.0 97.8 187.9 $ .619 0.4 -10.4 3.0 - -0.1 -3.7 0.5 - 0.1 -1.5 0.2 - 0.0 -1.4 0.3 - 0.1 -3.5 0.2 - - $ .207 $ .207 - - - - - 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 (3)......................... 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 (3)............ 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 ..... Purchasing power of the consumer dollar - old base .................................... 1 2 3 4 NOTE: Not seasonally adjusted. Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. Indexes on a December 1982=100 base. Indexes on a December 1988=100 base. Data not available. 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 CPI-U 3 months ended-Oct. 1997 Nov. 1997 Dec. 1997 Jan. 1998 All items ................................... 161.6 161.8 161.9 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 ...................... 158.9 158.7 159.3 178.6 148.5 145.7 191.1 159.2 158.9 159.5 178.8 148.6 147.0 191.7 136.5 148.9 148.2 141.6 162.4 158.2 163.8 Housing .................................... Shelter ................................... Rent of primary residence ................ Lodging away from home (2)................ 157.7 177.6 168.2 - 6 months ended-- Apr. 1997 July 1997 Oct. 1997 Jan. 1998 July 1997 Jan. 1998 161.9 1.5 1.5 2.5 0.7 1.5 1.6 159.3 158.9 159.3 179.1 147.7 147.8 190.9 159.7 159.4 159.9 179.0 147.3 148.3 196.5 1.0 1.0 0.0 -0.5 -1.6 -5.6 1.1 3.1 3.1 3.9 3.0 3.6 -6.4 8.1 2.6 2.8 2.6 2.0 -2.1 6.9 10.0 2.0 1.8 1.5 0.9 -3.2 7.3 11.8 2.1 2.1 1.9 1.2 0.9 -6.0 4.5 2.3 2.3 2.0 1.5 -2.7 7.1 10.9 135.3 148.5 148.7 141.3 162.5 158.6 164.1 134.3 148.7 149.3 141.5 163.4 100.0 159.0 100.0 164.5 134.0 148.7 150.0 140.0 163.6 100.4 159.2 100.1 164.9 9.4 4.5 2.2 0.6 3.3 2.3 1.2 19.3 6.7 3.6 -3.1 1.3 2.3 2.7 -1.5 0.8 -1.3 2.0 3.0 2.8 2.0 -7.1 -0.5 4.9 -4.4 3.0 2.6 2.7 14.2 5.6 2.9 -1.3 2.3 2.3 2.0 -4.3 0.1 1.8 -1.3 3.0 2.7 2.3 158.2 178.0 168.6 - 158.3 178.7 169.1 100.0 158.4 179.0 169.5 99.8 1.6 3.0 2.7 - 2.6 3.2 3.2 - 2.3 3.2 3.4 - 1.8 3.2 3.1 - 2.1 3.1 2.9 - 2.1 3.2 3.3 - Expenditure category Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence (3)......................... Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2).. Fuels and utilities ....................... Fuels .................................... Fuel oil and other fuels ................ Gas (piped) and electricity ............. Household furnishings and operations ...... 183.4 131.0 116.7 96.4 124.4 125.3 183.9 132.1 118.4 96.5 126.4 125.4 184.5 100.0 130.7 116.0 96.1 123.6 125.4 184.9 100.3 129.1 114.2 94.1 121.8 125.7 2.9 -3.0 -6.9 -26.3 -4.4 0.6 3.4 1.5 -0.7 -13.2 1.0 1.0 2.7 1.2 1.0 -4.0 1.6 -0.6 3.3 -5.7 -8.3 -9.2 -8.1 1.3 3.1 -0.8 -3.8 -20.0 -1.8 0.8 3.0 -2.3 -3.7 -6.7 -3.4 0.3 Apparel .................................... Men's and boys' apparel ................... Women's and girls' apparel ................ Infants' and toddlers' apparel (1)......... Footwear .................................. 132.9 131.2 125.6 126.2 128.9 133.0 130.9 126.1 126.0 128.5 133.2 131.7 125.6 125.8 129.5 132.5 132.0 124.4 124.8 128.8 3.1 3.1 2.9 19.4 2.9 0.3 1.2 0.3 -7.0 0.3 -1.2 2.2 -2.8 -14.7 4.8 -1.2 2.5 -3.8 -4.4 -0.3 1.7 2.2 1.6 5.4 1.6 -1.2 2.3 -3.3 -9.7 2.2 Transportation ............................. Private transportation .................... New and used motor vehicles (2)........... New vehicles ............................ Used cars and trucks (1)................. Motor fuel ............................... Gasoline (all types) .................... Motor vehicle parts and equipment ........ Motor vehicle maintenance and repair ..... Public transportation ..................... 144.7 141.4 144.0 147.9 107.0 106.8 101.5 163.6 189.6 143.9 140.7 143.7 147.6 105.1 104.7 101.5 163.9 186.1 143.5 140.3 100.0 143.4 147.9 103.5 103.0 101.3 164.7 185.8 143.0 139.6 100.1 143.6 148.1 99.7 99.3 101.0 165.0 188.8 -1.4 -1.7 0.6 -1.0 -14.0 -14.4 -0.8 2.0 1.5 -3.3 -3.6 -0.8 -10.9 -15.8 -16.3 2.4 3.0 -1.1 3.4 3.5 -1.1 -5.2 20.6 23.1 -3.8 1.2 4.3 -4.6 -5.0 -1.1 0.5 -24.6 -25.3 -2.0 3.5 -1.7 -2.3 -2.7 -0.1 -6.1 -14.9 -15.3 0.8 2.5 0.2 -0.7 -0.9 -1.1 -2.4 -4.6 -4.1 -2.9 2.3 1.3 Medical care ............................... Medical care commodities .................. Medical care services ..................... Professional services .................... Hospital and related services ............ 236.3 215.9 240.8 217.1 280.5 237.1 216.4 241.6 217.5 281.5 237.9 217.4 242.4 218.1 282.8 238.2 217.8 242.6 218.7 282.6 3.0 3.4 2.9 3.8 3.1 2.2 1.9 2.4 2.4 2.3 2.2 0.4 2.7 2.6 2.9 3.3 3.6 3.0 3.0 3.0 2.6 2.6 2.6 3.1 2.7 2.7 2.0 2.9 2.8 3.0 Recreation (2).............................. Video and audio (1) (2).................... 99.9 100.3 100.0 100.0 100.3 100.6 1.2 6.2 0.0 2.8 3.7 1.4 Education and communication (2)............. Education (2).............................. Educational books and supplies ........... Tuition, other school fees, and childcare Communication (1) (2)...................... Information and information processing (1) (2)................................... Telephone services (1) (2)............... Information and information processing other than telephone services (1) (4) 242.1 284.4 100.0 242.8 285.6 100.1 100.0 100.0 243.8 286.8 100.0 100.0 100.4 243.2 288.1 99.6 5.1 4.9 0.4 7.0 5.4 0.0 4.6 4.9 -2.4 1.8 5.3 -1.6 6.0 5.2 0.2 3.2 5.1 -2.0 100.0 - 100.1 - 100.0 100.0 99.6 99.9 0.4 - 0.4 - -2.8 - -1.6 - 0.4 - -2.2 - 48.9 47.6 47.4 46.2 -14.8 -16.7 -1.6 -20.3 -15.8 -11.5 Personal computers and peripheral equipment (1) (2)................... - - 100.0 96.9 - - - - - - Other goods and services ................... Tobacco and smoking products .............. Personal care (1).......................... Personal care products (1)................ Personal care services (1)................ Miscellaneous personal services .......... 229.0 249.5 153.3 144.5 163.4 229.3 229.9 250.3 154.3 146.1 163.5 230.1 230.8 252.1 154.0 145.3 163.9 231.2 231.8 253.8 154.6 146.1 164.3 231.6 6.5 12.7 2.9 2.5 3.3 6.3 2.9 -2.1 -0.3 -2.2 1.2 6.2 6.2 12.2 1.8 2.2 2.2 4.5 5.0 7.1 3.4 4.5 2.2 4.1 4.7 5.1 1.3 0.1 2.3 6.3 5.6 9.6 2.6 3.4 2.2 4.3 142.3 158.9 132.3 135.1 132.9 142.3 159.2 132.0 134.8 133.0 142.1 159.3 131.8 134.6 133.2 141.9 159.7 131.3 133.1 132.5 0.0 1.0 -0.6 -1.8 3.1 -0.6 3.1 -3.0 -1.8 0.3 2.3 2.6 2.1 3.6 -1.2 -1.1 2.0 -3.0 -5.8 -1.2 -0.3 2.1 -1.8 -1.8 1.7 0.6 2.3 -0.5 -1.2 -1.2 141.3 128.1 181.0 185.1 186.5 212.4 140.7 127.9 181.4 185.6 185.7 212.7 140.2 127.7 181.7 186.3 185.9 213.5 138.5 128.0 181.9 186.6 187.1 214.0 -2.8 -0.3 3.0 3.1 3.3 4.5 -4.2 -2.1 2.9 3.1 1.7 4.3 7.1 -1.5 2.7 3.3 2.0 3.1 -7.7 -0.3 2.0 3.3 1.3 3.0 -3.5 -1.2 3.0 3.1 2.5 4.4 -0.6 -0.9 2.3 3.3 1.6 3.1 162.0 156.8 157.2 133.7 136.8 142.6 147.0 189.6 175.4 111.3 168.4 170.8 162.2 156.9 157.4 133.5 136.5 142.1 147.2 190.0 175.8 111.3 168.6 171.0 162.3 156.8 157.4 133.3 136.3 141.7 147.1 190.0 176.1 109.3 168.9 171.4 162.2 156.7 157.4 132.8 135.1 140.2 146.8 189.9 176.3 106.7 169.2 171.7 1.5 1.0 1.3 -0.6 -1.2 -2.5 -1.1 2.4 2.8 -10.4 2.4 2.9 1.3 0.8 1.6 -2.7 -1.5 -3.1 0.8 3.2 3.0 -7.4 2.2 1.9 2.5 2.3 2.6 2.1 3.3 6.4 2.8 2.1 2.8 9.1 2.2 1.9 0.5 -0.3 0.5 -2.7 -4.9 -6.6 -0.5 0.6 2.1 -15.5 1.9 2.1 1.4 0.9 1.4 -1.6 -1.3 -2.8 -0.1 2.8 2.9 -8.9 2.3 2.4 1.5 1.0 1.5 -0.3 -0.9 -0.3 1.1 1.4 2.4 -4.0 2.0 2.0 142.4 105.9 186.7 142.5 104.3 187.0 142.5 102.8 187.6 142.6 99.2 188.0 1.7 -15.6 3.3 -0.6 -15.6 3.1 0.0 17.6 2.8 0.6 -23.0 2.8 0.6 -15.6 3.2 0.3 -4.9 2.8 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 (3)......................... 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 (3)............ 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 3 4 NOTE: Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. Indexes on a December 1982=100 base. Indexes on a December 1988=100 base. Data not available. 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 Pricing schedule (1) Indexes Percent change to Jan.1998 from-- Oct. 1997 Nov. 1997 Dec. 1997 Jan. 1998 M 161.6 161.5 161.3 Northeast urban ............................. Size A - More than 1,500,000 ............. Size B/C 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3).......... M M M 168.7 169.5 101.4 168.5 169.3 101.3 Midwest urban (4)............................ 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 157.7 158.4 101.3 M 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) ............................... West urban .................................. Size A - More than 1,500,000 ............ Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)......... U.S. city average ........................... Percent change to Dec.1997 from-- Jan. 1997 Nov. 1997 Dec. 1997 Dec. 1996 Oct. 1997 Nov. 1997 161.6 1.6 0.1 0.2 1.7 -0.2 -0.1 168.4 169.1 101.3 168.8 169.5 101.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 1.6 1.7 1.3 -0.2 -0.2 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 157.7 158.4 101.3 157.3 158.1 101.0 157.6 158.5 101.2 1.4 1.6 1.2 -0.1 0.1 -0.1 0.2 0.3 0.2 1.3 1.7 1.0 -0.3 -0.2 -0.3 -0.3 -0.2 -0.3 153.2 153.7 153.0 152.9 0.5 -0.5 -0.1 0.7 -0.1 -0.5 M M M 157.8 156.7 101.8 157.8 156.4 101.9 157.3 156.3 101.3 157.6 156.6 101.5 1.2 1.1 1.2 -0.1 0.1 -0.4 0.2 0.2 0.2 1.4 1.5 1.3 -0.3 -0.3 -0.5 -0.3 -0.1 -0.6 M 156.9 157.1 157.0 157.5 1.7 0.3 0.3 1.7 0.1 -0.1 M M M 162.8 163.1 102.1 162.8 162.8 102.4 162.8 163.1 102.0 163.0 163.3 102.3 2.1 2.3 1.9 0.1 0.3 -0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3 2.6 2.8 2.0 0.0 0.0 -0.1 0.0 0.2 -0.4 M 146.0 145.8 145.7 146.0 1.7 0.1 0.2 2.0 -0.2 -0.1 Region and area size(2) Size classes A (5)...................................... B/C (3).................................... D ......................................... M M 101.7 157.6 101.7 157.8 101.4 157.5 101.6 157.7 1.4 1.2 -0.1 -0.1 0.2 0.1 1.4 1.3 -0.3 -0.1 -0.3 -0.2 Selected local areas(6) 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 162.5 161.1 162.9 160.7 162.8 161.2 162.8 161.0 1.5 1.2 -0.1 0.2 0.0 -0.1 1.9 1.8 0.2 0.1 -0.1 0.3 M 172.3 172.0 171.9 172.1 1.8 0.1 0.1 2.0 -0.2 -0.1 Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT ......... Cleveland-Akron, OH ......................... Dallas-Fort Worth, TX ....................... Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV (7)........ 1 1 1 1 152.8 - 169.4 157.1 100.5 152.5 - 171.2 158.2 152.1 101.0 2.1 2.9 0.6 1.1 0.7 0.5 -0.3 - 1.7 - -0.2 - - 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 2 157.9 147.3 - 159.5 159.4 157.1 145.6 159.3 - - - - 1.8 1.4 - -0.5 -1.2 - -0.1 2 2 2 167.7 162.5 - 166.4 162.6 - 166.4 162.6 165.0 - - - - 1.3 4.2 - -0.8 0.1 - 0.0 0.0 - 1 Areas on pricing schedule 2 (see Table 10) will appear next month. 2 Regions defined as the four Census regions. See map in technical notes. 3 Indexes on a December 1996=100 base. 4 The 'North Central' region has been renamed the 'Midwest' region by the Census Bureau. It is composed of the same geographic entities. 5 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base. 6 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; Pittsburgh, PA; Portland-Salem, OR-WA; St. Louis, MO-IL; San Diego, CA; Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL. 7 Indexes on a November 1996=100 base. Data not available. 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 1997 Unadjusted Unadjusted indexes percent change to Jan. 1998 from Dec. 1997 Jan. 1998 Jan. 1997 Dec. 1997 Seasonally adjusted percent change fromOct. to Nov. to Dec. to Nov. Dec. Jan. Expenditure category All items ................................... All items (1967=100) ........................ 100.000 - 158.2 471.3 158.4 471.9 1.3 - 0.1 - 0.1 - 0.1 - 0.0 - 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 ...................... 17.903 16.861 10.785 1.678 3.125 1.135 1.447 158.5 158.1 158.2 178.1 148.0 147.5 190.0 159.6 159.3 159.9 178.8 148.0 147.9 200.9 2.0 2.0 1.8 1.5 -0.9 0.2 8.0 0.7 0.8 1.1 0.4 0.0 0.3 5.7 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.9 0.2 0.0 -0.1 -0.2 0.2 -0.5 0.5 -0.7 0.3 0.4 0.4 -0.2 -0.3 0.3 3.6 1.215 2.185 .420 .332 1.432 .344 6.076 .212 1.042 131.7 147.1 147.7 140.0 162.7 100.0 159.0 100.0 163.1 132.9 148.1 150.2 140.4 163.6 100.5 159.3 100.1 163.6 3.9 2.6 2.3 -1.1 2.7 2.5 2.0 0.9 0.7 1.7 0.3 0.6 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.3 -0.9 -0.3 0.3 -0.2 0.0 0.3 0.2 -0.8 0.1 0.5 0.1 0.5 0.3 0.2 -0.2 0.1 0.5 -0.9 0.3 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.2 Housing .................................... Shelter ................................... Rent of primary residence ................ Lodging away from home (2)................ Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence (3)......................... 36.450 27.033 8.347 1.346 154.4 173.1 168.8 100.0 154.8 173.9 169.2 104.8 2.0 3.1 3.1 - 0.3 0.5 0.2 4.8 0.3 0.2 0.2 - 0.0 0.3 0.2 - 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.1 17.016 168.3 168.7 3.1 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2).. Fuels and utilities ....................... Fuels .................................... Fuel oil and other fuels ................ Gas (piped) and electricity ............. Household furnishings and operations ...... .324 5.053 4.143 .229 3.914 4.365 100.0 129.7 115.2 97.0 122.4 123.6 100.4 128.6 113.9 96.2 121.0 124.1 -1.5 -3.9 -13.8 -2.8 0.6 0.4 -0.8 -1.1 -0.8 -1.1 0.4 0.8 1.5 0.2 1.6 0.1 -1.1 -2.1 -0.4 -2.3 0.0 0.4 -1.2 -1.6 -2.1 -1.5 0.2 Apparel .................................... Men's and boys' apparel ................... Women's and girls' apparel ................ Infants' and toddlers' apparel (1)......... Footwear .................................. 5.300 1.503 1.985 .337 1.082 130.3 130.7 121.5 126.5 129.2 128.7 129.4 118.5 125.3 128.4 0.0 1.9 -1.2 -2.5 1.9 -1.2 -1.0 -2.5 -0.9 -0.6 0.0 0.0 0.3 -0.5 -0.5 0.0 0.4 -0.6 -0.5 0.7 -0.5 0.2 -0.9 -0.9 -0.5 Transportation ............................. Private transportation .................... New and used motor vehicles (2)........... New vehicles ............................ Used cars and trucks (1)................. Motor fuel ............................... Gasoline (all types) .................... Motor vehicle parts and equipment ........ Motor vehicle maintenance and repair ..... Public transportation ..................... 19.847 18.790 9.285 5.304 3.162 3.682 3.658 .694 1.664 1.057 142.4 140.1 100.0 145.3 149.5 101.7 101.2 100.8 165.7 182.5 141.7 139.3 100.1 145.6 149.7 97.6 97.1 100.7 166.0 184.7 -2.0 -2.2 -1.9 -0.7 -4.0 -10.3 -10.3 -0.7 2.5 0.6 -0.5 -0.6 0.1 0.2 0.1 -4.0 -4.1 -0.1 0.2 1.2 -0.6 -0.6 -0.3 -0.1 -2.0 -2.0 0.0 0.2 -1.4 -0.3 -0.3 -0.2 0.2 -1.5 -1.6 -0.1 0.5 0.0 -0.5 -0.6 0.1 0.1 0.1 -3.6 -3.6 -0.1 0.1 0.9 Medical care ............................... Medical care commodities .................. Medical care services ..................... Professional services .................... Hospital and related services ............ 4.591 .906 3.684 2.372 1.097 236.5 214.1 241.6 218.9 278.7 237.4 214.7 242.5 219.8 279.6 2.7 2.2 2.8 3.0 2.8 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.0 Recreation (2).............................. Video and audio (1) (2).................... 5.969 1.968 100.0 100.0 100.3 100.5 1.6 2.8 0.3 0.5 0.4 -0.3 0.3 0.5 Education and communication (2)............. Education (2).............................. Educational books and supplies ........... Tuition, other school fees, and childcare Communication (1) (2)...................... Information and information processing (1) (2)................................... Telephone services (1) (2)............... Information and information processing other than telephone services (1) (4) Personal computers and peripheral equipment (1) (2)................... 5.396 2.402 .192 2.211 2.994 100.0 100.0 245.2 282.7 100.0 100.0 100.3 247.5 283.5 99.7 2.6 5.2 4.8 5.3 -0.6 0.0 0.3 0.9 0.3 -0.3 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.4 0.5 -0.1 -0.1 0.3 -0.3 0.3 -0.3 2.841 2.547 100.0 100.0 99.6 99.9 -0.7 - -0.4 -0.1 0.2 - -0.1 - -0.4 -0.1 .294 48.9 47.7 -12.2 -2.5 -1.6 -0.8 -2.5 .191 100.0 96.6 - -3.4 - - -3.4 Other goods and services ................... Tobacco and smoking products .............. Personal care (1).......................... Personal care products (1)................ Personal care services (1)................ Miscellaneous personal services .......... 4.544 1.300 3.244 .832 .964 1.226 226.9 250.9 153.9 146.1 164.1 228.9 228.2 253.6 154.5 147.0 164.5 229.8 5.3 7.4 1.9 1.8 2.3 4.9 0.6 1.1 0.4 0.6 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.7 1.2 0.1 0.4 0.4 0.7 -0.3 -0.7 0.2 0.5 0.5 0.8 0.4 0.6 0.2 0.2 47.234 17.903 29.331 15.928 5.300 141.6 158.5 131.3 133.1 130.3 141.4 159.6 130.5 131.5 128.7 -0.1 2.0 -1.4 -1.6 0.0 -0.1 0.7 -0.6 -1.2 -1.2 -0.1 0.1 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.2 -0.3 0.0 -0.1 0.3 -0.4 -1.0 -0.5 10.628 13.403 52.766 26.708 6.824 10.006 139.3 127.5 178.2 166.6 183.9 209.9 137.6 127.7 178.7 167.4 184.9 210.5 -2.3 -1.4 2.6 3.1 2.0 3.8 -1.2 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.3 -0.4 -0.2 0.3 0.2 -0.2 0.2 -0.4 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.2 0.3 -1.4 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.5 0.2 83.139 72.967 95.409 30.373 16.970 11.670 33.831 26.057 49.082 7.825 92.175 75.315 158.1 154.2 154.5 132.5 135.0 140.7 146.2 168.8 172.7 107.7 165.2 167.1 158.1 154.2 154.7 131.8 133.5 139.2 145.9 169.1 173.2 105.0 165.8 167.5 1.2 0.7 1.2 -1.3 -1.3 -1.8 0.3 2.1 2.5 -7.1 2.0 2.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 -0.5 -1.1 -1.1 -0.2 0.2 0.3 -2.5 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 -0.2 -0.3 -0.4 0.0 0.2 0.2 -0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.2 -0.4 -0.1 0.0 0.1 -1.9 0.2 0.2 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1 -0.5 -1.0 -1.5 -0.1 -0.1 0.1 -2.5 0.2 0.2 26.463 3.910 48.852 - 141.5 101.6 184.3 $ .632 141.5 97.7 185.1 $ .631 0.4 -10.7 2.9 - 0.0 -3.8 0.4 - 0.0 -1.8 0.2 - 0.0 -1.4 0.3 - 0.1 -3.5 0.3 - - $ .212 $ .212 - - - - - 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 (3)......................... 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 (3)............ 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 ..... Purchasing power of the consumer dollar - old base .................................... 1 2 3 4 NOTE: Not seasonally adjusted. Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. Indexes on a December 1984=100 base Indexes on a December 1988=100 base. Data not available. 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 CPI-W 3 months ended-Oct. 1997 Nov. 1997 Dec. 1997 Jan. 1998 All items ................................... 158.5 158.6 158.7 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 ...................... 158.5 158.0 158.4 178.2 148.1 145.5 190.7 158.7 158.3 158.6 178.5 148.2 146.8 191.1 135.2 148.2 148.0 141.4 162.3 158.2 162.9 Housing .................................... Shelter ................................... Rent of primary residence ................ Lodging away from home (2)................ 154.3 172.6 167.9 - 6 months ended-- Apr. 1997 July 1997 Oct. 1997 Jan. 1998 July 1997 Jan. 1998 158.7 1.3 1.3 2.6 0.5 1.3 1.5 158.7 158.2 158.3 178.9 147.4 147.5 189.7 159.2 158.8 158.9 178.6 147.0 147.9 196.5 0.8 0.5 -0.3 0.0 -1.6 -5.8 0.4 3.1 3.4 3.9 3.0 3.6 -6.4 8.6 2.6 2.3 2.3 1.8 -2.4 7.2 10.0 1.8 2.0 1.3 0.9 -2.9 6.8 12.7 1.9 1.9 1.8 1.5 0.9 -6.1 4.4 2.2 2.2 1.8 1.4 -2.7 7.0 11.4 134.0 147.8 148.5 141.1 162.3 158.6 163.2 132.9 147.9 149.2 141.3 163.1 100.0 159.0 100.0 163.6 132.7 148.1 149.9 140.0 163.6 100.5 159.3 100.1 164.0 8.4 4.2 2.8 0.9 3.0 2.1 1.3 17.3 6.2 3.3 -3.1 1.8 2.3 2.8 -1.2 0.8 -1.9 2.3 2.8 2.8 1.5 -7.2 -0.3 5.2 -3.9 3.2 2.8 2.7 12.8 5.2 3.0 -1.1 2.4 2.2 2.0 -4.2 0.3 1.6 -0.9 3.0 2.8 2.1 154.8 172.9 168.3 - 154.8 173.5 168.7 100.0 154.8 174.0 169.2 100.1 1.6 3.1 2.7 - 2.4 3.1 3.4 - 2.4 3.1 3.2 - 1.3 3.3 3.1 - 2.0 3.1 3.1 - 1.8 3.2 3.1 - Expenditure category Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence (3)......................... Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2).. Fuels and utilities ....................... Fuels .................................... Fuel oil and other fuels ................ Gas (piped) and electricity ............. Household furnishings and operations ...... 167.2 130.7 116.1 96.1 123.9 123.8 167.6 131.8 117.8 96.3 125.9 123.9 168.1 100.0 130.4 115.3 95.9 123.0 123.9 168.5 100.4 128.8 113.5 93.9 121.1 124.2 3.0 -3.3 -7.2 -27.7 -4.7 0.3 3.2 1.9 -0.3 -12.5 0.7 1.0 2.7 1.2 1.0 -4.5 1.6 -0.6 3.1 -5.7 -8.7 -8.8 -8.7 1.3 3.1 -0.8 -3.9 -20.5 -2.1 0.6 2.9 -2.3 -3.9 -6.7 -3.7 0.3 Apparel .................................... Men's and boys' apparel ................... Women's and girls' apparel ................ Infants' and toddlers' apparel (1)......... Footwear .................................. 132.0 130.7 124.4 127.7 130.2 132.0 130.7 124.8 127.1 129.6 132.0 131.2 124.1 126.5 130.5 131.3 131.4 123.0 125.3 129.9 3.4 3.1 3.3 21.5 2.2 0.3 1.2 1.0 -8.3 -0.3 -1.5 0.9 -4.1 -12.4 6.4 -2.1 2.2 -4.4 -7.3 -0.9 1.8 2.2 2.1 5.5 0.9 -1.8 1.5 -4.2 -9.9 2.7 Transportation ............................. Private transportation .................... New and used motor vehicles (2)........... New vehicles ............................ Used cars and trucks (1)................. Motor fuel ............................... Gasoline (all types) .................... Motor vehicle parts and equipment ........ Motor vehicle maintenance and repair ..... Public transportation ..................... 143.8 141.5 145.4 149.4 106.9 106.7 100.7 164.7 186.8 143.0 140.7 144.9 149.2 104.8 104.6 100.7 165.0 184.1 142.6 140.3 100.0 144.6 149.5 103.2 102.9 100.6 165.8 184.1 141.9 139.5 100.1 144.7 149.7 99.5 99.2 100.5 166.0 185.8 -1.9 -2.2 0.6 -0.5 -15.0 -15.3 -1.2 2.0 0.7 -4.1 -4.2 -0.8 -10.6 -15.5 -15.9 3.2 3.5 -0.6 3.4 3.5 -0.5 -5.2 20.2 22.1 -3.9 1.2 4.4 -5.2 -5.5 -1.9 0.8 -24.9 -25.3 -0.8 3.2 -2.1 -3.0 -3.2 -0.1 -5.7 -15.2 -15.6 1.0 2.7 0.0 -1.0 -1.1 -1.2 -2.2 -5.0 -4.5 -2.3 2.2 1.1 Medical care ............................... Medical care commodities .................. Medical care services ..................... Professional services .................... Hospital and related services ............ 235.7 213.3 240.6 218.5 276.7 236.3 213.7 241.2 219.0 277.7 237.2 214.6 242.2 219.6 278.9 237.6 215.0 242.5 220.0 278.8 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.8 3.0 2.1 1.9 2.2 2.6 2.2 2.6 0.8 2.9 2.8 2.9 3.3 3.2 3.2 2.8 3.1 2.6 2.5 2.6 3.2 2.6 2.9 2.0 3.0 2.8 3.0 Recreation (2).............................. Video and audio (1) (2).................... 99.9 100.3 100.0 100.0 100.3 100.5 2.1 7.1 -0.4 2.4 4.5 1.0 Education and communication (2)............. Education (2).............................. Educational books and supplies ........... Tuition, other school fees, and childcare Communication (1) (2)...................... Information and information processing (1) (2)................................... Telephone services (1) (2)............... Information and information processing other than telephone services (1) (4) 244.3 278.7 99.9 245.1 279.9 100.1 100.0 100.0 246.1 281.2 100.0 99.9 100.3 245.3 282.1 99.7 5.0 5.3 0.8 8.5 5.6 0.4 4.0 5.2 -2.8 1.6 5.0 -0.8 6.8 5.4 0.6 2.8 5.1 -1.8 99.9 - 100.1 - 100.0 100.0 99.6 99.9 0.8 - 0.8 - -3.1 - -1.2 - 0.8 - -2.2 - 50.1 49.3 48.9 47.7 -13.3 -16.4 0.0 -17.8 -14.9 -9.4 Personal computers and peripheral equipment (1) (2)................... - - 100.0 96.6 - - - - - - Other goods and services ................... Tobacco and smoking products .............. Personal care (1).......................... Personal care products (1)................ Personal care services (1)................ Miscellaneous personal services .......... 225.5 249.2 153.3 145.4 163.5 228.0 226.4 249.9 154.3 147.1 163.7 228.8 227.4 251.6 153.9 146.1 164.1 230.0 228.5 253.6 154.5 147.0 164.5 230.5 7.2 12.8 2.7 2.8 3.3 6.1 2.2 -2.1 -0.5 -2.2 1.2 4.6 6.6 12.3 2.4 2.2 2.2 4.5 5.4 7.3 3.2 4.5 2.5 4.5 4.7 5.1 1.1 0.3 2.3 5.3 6.0 9.7 2.8 3.3 2.4 4.5 142.3 158.5 132.4 135.0 132.0 142.1 158.7 132.0 134.6 132.0 142.0 158.7 131.7 134.2 132.0 141.8 159.2 131.2 132.9 131.3 -0.3 0.8 -1.2 -1.8 3.4 -0.8 3.1 -3.3 -2.1 0.3 2.6 2.6 2.5 3.6 -1.5 -1.4 1.8 -3.6 -6.1 -2.1 -0.6 1.9 -2.2 -1.9 1.8 0.6 2.2 -0.6 -1.3 -1.8 141.2 127.6 177.9 166.2 183.9 209.1 140.6 127.3 178.4 166.6 183.5 209.5 140.1 127.3 178.6 167.2 183.8 210.2 138.1 127.5 178.8 167.6 184.7 210.7 -3.4 -0.9 2.5 3.2 3.1 5.0 -4.5 -2.5 3.0 3.2 2.2 3.7 7.7 -1.9 2.5 2.9 1.3 3.3 -8.5 -0.3 2.0 3.4 1.8 3.1 -3.9 -1.7 2.8 3.2 2.7 4.4 -0.7 -1.1 2.3 3.2 1.5 3.2 158.3 154.7 154.8 133.8 136.7 142.8 146.8 168.9 172.6 111.0 165.2 167.2 158.4 154.8 154.9 133.5 136.3 142.3 146.8 169.3 173.0 110.8 165.4 167.4 158.4 154.6 154.9 133.3 136.0 141.8 146.7 169.3 173.2 108.7 165.7 167.7 158.3 154.5 154.8 132.7 134.7 139.7 146.5 169.1 173.4 106.0 166.0 168.0 1.5 0.5 1.3 -0.9 -1.5 -3.3 -0.5 2.4 2.6 -11.1 2.5 2.7 0.8 0.5 1.0 -3.2 -1.8 -4.5 0.6 2.9 3.1 -8.1 2.0 1.9 2.6 2.4 2.6 2.4 3.6 9.5 2.5 2.4 2.6 9.9 2.0 1.7 0.0 -0.5 0.0 -3.2 -5.7 -8.4 -0.8 0.5 1.9 -16.8 2.0 1.9 1.2 0.5 1.2 -2.1 -1.6 -3.9 0.0 2.7 2.9 -9.6 2.2 2.3 1.3 0.9 1.3 -0.5 -1.2 0.1 0.8 1.4 2.2 -4.4 2.0 1.8 142.0 106.2 184.1 142.0 104.3 184.4 142.0 102.8 184.9 142.1 99.2 185.4 2.0 -16.2 3.4 -0.8 -15.2 3.1 0.0 18.0 2.7 0.3 -23.9 2.9 0.6 -15.7 3.2 0.1 -5.2 2.8 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 (3)......................... 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 (3)............ 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 3 4 NOTE: Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. Indexes on a December 1984=100 base Indexes on a December 1988=100 base. Data not available. 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 Pricing schedule (1) Indexes Percent change to Jan.1998 from-- Oct. 1997 Nov. 1997 Dec. 1997 Jan. 1998 M 158.5 158.5 158.2 Northeast urban ............................. Size A - More than 1,500,000 ............. Size B/C 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3).......... M M M 165.8 165.5 101.2 165.7 165.5 101.1 Midwest urban (4)............................ 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 154.0 153.9 101.2 M 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) ............................... West urban .................................. Size A - More than 1,500,000 ............ Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)......... U.S. city average ........................... Percent change to Dec.1997 from-- Jan. 1997 Nov. 1997 Dec. 1997 Dec. 1996 Oct. 1997 Nov. 1997 158.4 1.3 -0.1 0.1 1.5 -0.2 -0.2 165.5 165.2 101.1 165.7 165.4 101.3 1.3 1.4 1.3 0.0 -0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 1.4 1.6 1.1 -0.2 -0.2 -0.1 -0.1 -0.2 0.0 154.0 153.8 101.2 153.7 153.6 101.0 153.9 153.9 101.1 1.2 1.3 1.1 -0.1 0.1 -0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 1.2 1.4 1.0 -0.2 -0.2 -0.2 -0.2 -0.1 -0.2 151.1 151.6 151.0 150.9 0.3 -0.5 -0.1 0.5 -0.1 -0.4 M M M 156.1 154.7 101.5 156.2 154.5 101.7 155.6 154.2 101.1 155.8 154.4 101.2 1.0 0.8 1.0 -0.3 -0.1 -0.5 0.1 0.1 0.1 1.2 1.2 1.1 -0.3 -0.3 -0.4 -0.4 -0.2 -0.6 M 157.3 157.5 157.5 157.6 1.5 0.1 0.1 1.6 0.1 0.0 M M M 159.3 157.9 102.1 159.2 157.7 102.3 159.2 157.9 101.9 159.4 158.0 102.2 2.0 2.1 1.7 0.1 0.2 -0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3 2.4 2.7 1.9 -0.1 0.0 -0.2 0.0 0.1 -0.4 M 144.7 144.6 144.4 144.6 1.5 0.0 0.1 1.8 -0.2 -0.1 Region and area size(2) Size classes A (5)...................................... B/C (3).................................... D ......................................... M M 101.5 156.7 101.5 156.9 101.2 156.7 101.3 156.7 1.2 0.9 -0.2 -0.1 0.1 0.0 1.2 1.2 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 -0.1 Selected local areas(6) 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 156.9 155.4 157.2 154.9 157.3 155.3 157.3 155.1 1.3 1.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 -0.1 1.7 1.7 0.3 -0.1 0.1 0.3 M 168.1 168.0 167.7 167.7 1.6 -0.2 0.0 1.8 -0.2 -0.2 Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT ......... Cleveland-Akron, OH ......................... Dallas-Fort Worth, TX ....................... Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV (7)........ 1 1 1 1 152.8 - 167.8 149.1 100.4 152.7 - 169.3 150.0 152.2 100.8 1.6 2.6 0.4 0.9 0.6 0.4 -0.3 - 1.7 - -0.1 - - 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 2 152.4 146.3 - 157.0 156.8 151.7 144.5 156.8 - - - - 1.5 1.0 - -0.5 -1.2 - -0.1 2 2 2 166.8 159.5 - 165.9 159.5 - 165.7 159.4 160.6 - - - - 1.3 4.1 - -0.7 -0.1 - -0.1 -0.1 - 1 Areas on pricing schedule 2 (see Table 10) will appear next month. 2 Regions defined as the four Census regions. See map in technical notes. 3 Indexes on a December 1996=100 base. 4 The 'North Central' region has been renamed the 'Midwest' region by the Census Bureau. It is composed of the same geographic entities. 5 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base. 6 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; Pittsburgh, PA; Portland-Salem, OR-WA; St. Louis, MO-IL; San Diego, CA; Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL. 7 Indexes on a November 1996=100 base. Data not available. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. Table 1(OS). Old Series 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) Relative importance, December 1997 Dec. 1997 Jan. 1998 All items ................................... 100.000 All items (1967=100) ........................ - 161.3 483.2 Food and beverages ........................ 17.465 Food .................................... 15.886 Food at home .......................... 9.964 Cereals and bakery products ......... 1.476 Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ...... 2.921 Dairy products ...................... 1.218 Fruits and vegetables ............... 1.982 Other food at home .................. 2.366 Sugar and sweets .................. .332 Fats and oils ..................... .241 Nonalcoholic beverages ............ .747 Other prepared food ............... 1.046 Food away from home ................... 5.923 Alcoholic beverages ..................... 1.578 Housing ................................... Shelter ................................. Renters' costs (1)..................... Rent, residential ................... Other renters' costs ................ Homeowners' costs (1).................. Owners' equivalent rent (1).......... Item and group Unadjusted indexes Unadjusted percent change to Jan. 1998 fromJan. 1997 Dec. 1997 161.6 484.2 1.6 1.6 0.2 .2 159.1 158.7 159.2 178.4 148.4 147.8 191.3 147.7 147.9 140.3 133.1 162.8 159.0 164.0 160.3 159.9 161.1 179.0 148.1 148.1 200.5 148.9 150.3 140.6 134.4 163.7 159.2 164.5 2.2 2.2 2.0 1.4 -1.0 .2 7.0 2.8 2.3 -1.2 4.8 2.7 2.5 2.1 .8 .8 1.2 .3 -.2 .2 4.8 .8 1.6 .2 1.0 .6 .1 .3 157.7 178.1 186.1 169.1 216.1 184.3 184.7 158.2 179.1 188.9 169.5 225.9 184.7 185.1 2.0 3.2 3.4 3.1 4.0 3.1 3.1 .3 .6 1.5 .2 4.5 .2 .2 Expenditure category 41.469 28.640 8.169 5.810 2.359 20.269 19.881 Household insurance (1).............. Maintenance and repairs ............... Maintenance and repair services ..... Maintenance and repair commodities .. Fuel and other utilities ................ Fuels ................................. Fuel oil and other household fuel commodities ............................. Gas (piped) and electricity (energy services)................................ Other utilities and public services ... Household furnishings and operation ..... Housefurnishings ...................... Housekeeping supplies ................. Housekeeping services ................. .388 .202 .126 .076 7.015 3.769 167.1 145.6 154.1 133.9 130.0 115.8 167.7 146.0 154.4 134.4 129.3 114.4 3.1 3.2 4.2 1.4 -1.1 -3.9 .4 .3 .2 .4 -.5 -1.2 .368 97.2 96.4 -13.5 -.8 3.401 3.246 5.814 3.232 1.090 1.492 123.0 162.9 125.1 109.5 143.4 153.7 121.5 163.4 125.3 109.8 143.2 154.0 -2.7 2.3 .3 -.9 .6 2.9 -1.2 .3 .2 .3 -.1 .2 Apparel and upkeep ........................ Apparel commodities ..................... Men's and boys' apparel ............... Women's and girls' apparel............. Infants' and toddlers' apparel ........ Footwear .............................. Other apparel commodities ............. Apparel services ........................ 5.291 4.748 1.292 2.072 .182 .719 .484 .543 131.6 127.7 131.2 123.6 125.8 128.2 139.6 163.8 129.7 125.6 129.4 119.6 124.4 127.3 144.3 164.3 .1 -.2 1.9 -1.6 -2.7 1.8 -.9 1.6 -1.4 -1.6 -1.4 -3.2 -1.1 -.7 3.4 .3 Transportation ............................ 16.620 Private transportation .................. 15.054 New vehicles .......................... 4.829 New cars ............................ 3.842 Used cars ............................. 1.195 Motor fuel ............................ 2.925 Gasoline ............................ Maintenance and repairs ............... 1.546 Other private transportation .......... 4.560 Other private transportation commodities ............................. .574 Other private transportation services ......................................... 3.986 Public transportation ................... 1.566 143.2 140.0 144.1 141.5 147.9 101.9 101.3 164.7 178.9 142.7 139.3 144.4 141.8 148.1 97.8 97.2 164.9 180.0 -1.6 -1.8 -.7 -.8 -4.3 -9.9 -9.9 2.4 2.2 -.3 -.5 .2 .2 .1 -4.0 -4.0 .1 .6 104.4 104.2 -1.0 -.2 196.6 184.3 198.0 187.0 2.6 .6 .7 1.5 Medical care .............................. Medical care commodities ................ Medical care services ................... Professional medical services ......... 237.1 216.8 241.8 217.5 238.0 217.4 242.8 218.4 2.7 2.2 2.8 2.9 .4 .3 .4 .4 7.426 1.280 6.145 3.518 Entertainment ............................. Entertainment commodities ............... Entertainment services .................. 4.339 1.924 2.415 163.1 144.0 185.1 163.4 144.3 185.4 1.3 .1 2.3 0.2 .2 .2 Other goods and services .................. Tobacco and smoking products ............ Personal care ........................... Toilet goods and personal care appliances .............................. Personal care services ................ Personal and educational expenses ....... School books and supplies ............. Personal and educational services ..... 7.390 1.688 1.152 230.1 251.2 154.0 231.2 253.8 154.7 5.1 7.4 2.0 .5 1.0 .5 .589 .564 4.550 .273 4.277 145.3 163.9 266.1 242.8 268.1 146.2 164.3 267.0 244.9 268.9 1.8 2.2 5.1 4.4 5.1 .6 .2 .3 .9 .3 100.000 42.255 17.465 24.791 14.865 4.748 161.3 141.7 159.1 131.2 133.5 127.7 161.6 141.7 160.3 130.4 132.0 125.6 1.6 .1 2.2 -1.3 -1.3 -.2 .2 .0 .8 -.6 -1.1 -1.6 10.117 9.926 57.745 28.016 139.5 128.0 181.0 185.3 138.2 128.2 181.8 186.4 -2.0 -1.2 2.7 3.2 -.9 .2 .4 .6 8.687 7.097 6.145 7.799 145.7 186.0 241.8 213.1 145.2 187.4 242.8 213.7 .4 2.1 2.8 3.8 -.3 .8 .4 .3 84.114 71.360 79.731 92.574 26.369 16.443 11.695 32.329 161.8 156.4 161.8 157.0 132.6 135.3 141.0 146.5 161.9 156.5 162.1 157.3 131.8 134.0 140.0 146.3 1.4 1.0 1.2 1.5 -1.1 -1.0 -1.4 .5 .1 .1 .2 .2 -.6 -1.0 -.7 -.1 Commodity and service group All items ................................... Commodities ............................... Food and beverages ...................... Commodities less food and beverages ..... Nondurables less food and beverages ... Apparel commodities ................. Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel ................................. Durables .............................. Services .................................. Rent of shelter (1)...................... Household services less rent of shelter (1)...................................... Transportation services ................. Medical care services ................... Other services .......................... Special indexes All items less food ......................... All items less shelter ...................... All items less homeowners' costs (1)......... All items less medical care ................. Commodities less food ....................... Nondurables less food ....................... Nondurables less food and apparel ........... Nondurables ................................. Services less rent of shelter (1)............ 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 ........................... 1967=$1.00 .............................. 29.728 51.599 6.695 93.305 77.419 189.5 175.4 108.4 168.3 170.7 190.0 176.1 105.8 169.0 171.2 2.2 2.7 -6.6 2.2 2.2 .3 .4 -2.4 .4 .3 23.076 3.293 54.343 142.1 101.6 186.9 142.0 97.8 187.9 .4 -10.4 3.0 -.1 -3.7 .5 - $ .620 $ .207 $ .619 $ .207 - - 1 Indexes on a December 1982=100 base. Data not available. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. Table 2(OS). Old Series 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) Relative importance, December 1997 Dec. 1997 Jan. 1998 All items ................................... 100.000 All items (1967=100) ........................ - 158.2 471.3 158.5 158.1 158.2 178.1 Item and group Unadjusted indexes Unadjusted percent change to Jan. 1998 fromJan. 1997 Dec. 1997 158.4 472.0 1.3 1.4 0.1 .1 159.6 159.3 159.9 178.7 2.0 2.0 1.8 1.4 .7 .8 1.1 .3 Expenditure category Food and beverages ........................ 19.434 Food .................................... 17.739 Food at home .......................... 11.309 Cereals and bakery products ......... 1.689 Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ...... Dairy products ...................... Fruits and vegetables ............... Other food at home .................. Sugar and sweets .................. Fats and oils ..................... Nonalcoholic beverages ............ Other prepared food ............... Food away from home ................... Alcoholic beverages ..................... 3.441 1.358 2.100 2.722 .376 .277 .863 1.206 6.430 1.695 148.0 147.5 190.0 147.1 147.7 140.0 131.7 162.7 159.0 163.1 147.8 147.8 198.9 148.3 150.2 140.3 133.1 163.5 159.2 163.5 -1.0 .1 6.9 2.7 2.3 -1.1 4.1 2.6 2.4 1.9 -.1 .2 4.7 .8 1.7 .2 1.1 .5 .1 .2 Housing ................................... Shelter ................................. Renters' costs (1)..................... Rent, residential ................... Other renters' costs ................ Homeowners' costs (1).................. Owners' equivalent rent (1).......... Household insurance (1).............. Maintenance and repairs ............... Maintenance and repair services ..... Maintenance and repair commodities .. Fuel and other utilities ................ Fuels ................................. Fuel oil and other household fuel commodities ............................. Gas (piped) and electricity (energy services)................................ Other utilities and public services ... Household furnishings and operation ..... Housefurnishings ...................... Housekeeping supplies ................. Housekeeping services ................. 39.037 26.305 8.250 6.686 1.564 17.864 17.538 .327 .191 .107 .084 7.274 3.875 154.4 173.1 163.1 168.8 215.8 168.0 168.3 151.6 143.4 155.2 128.6 129.7 115.2 154.8 173.9 164.7 169.2 225.2 168.4 168.7 152.1 143.7 155.3 129.0 129.1 113.9 2.0 3.1 3.3 3.1 4.1 3.1 3.1 3.2 2.6 3.5 1.3 -1.1 -3.9 .3 .5 1.0 .2 4.4 .2 .2 .3 .2 .1 .3 -.5 -1.1 .338 97.0 96.3 -13.7 -.7 3.537 3.399 5.458 3.171 1.130 1.157 122.4 163.7 123.6 108.3 144.3 156.7 121.0 164.3 123.7 108.5 144.0 157.1 -2.8 2.5 .2 -.9 .8 2.9 -1.1 .4 .1 .2 -.2 .3 Apparel and upkeep ........................ Apparel commodities ..................... Men's and boys' apparel ............... Women's and girls' apparel............. Infants' and toddlers' apparel ........ Footwear .............................. Other apparel commodities ............. Apparel services ........................ 5.311 4.801 1.298 2.019 .233 .800 .450 .510 130.3 126.6 130.7 121.5 126.5 129.2 138.5 162.9 128.5 124.6 129.1 117.8 125.0 128.3 141.1 163.5 -.2 -0.4 1.7 -1.8 -2.7 1.8 -2.4 1.7 -1.4 -1.6 -1.2 -3.0 -1.2 -.7 1.9 .4 Transportation ............................ 18.597 Private transportation .................. 17.389 142.4 140.1 141.7 139.3 -2.0 -2.2 -.5 -.6 New vehicles .......................... New cars ............................ Used cars ............................. Motor fuel ............................ Gasoline ............................ Maintenance and repairs ............... Other private transportation .......... Other private transportation commodities ............................. Other private transportation services ......................................... Public transportation ................... 4.781 3.439 2.179 3.608 1.634 5.188 145.3 140.9 149.5 101.7 101.2 165.7 174.3 145.6 141.3 149.7 97.6 97.0 166.0 175.2 -.7 -1.0 -4.0 -10.3 -10.4 2.5 1.9 .2 .3 .1 -4.0 -4.2 .2 .5 .727 103.7 103.6 -.6 -.1 4.460 1.208 192.3 182.5 193.5 184.6 2.4 .5 .6 1.2 Medical care .............................. Medical care commodities ................ Medical care services ................... Professional medical services ......... 6.331 1.054 5.276 3.020 236.5 214.1 241.6 218.9 237.4 214.7 242.6 219.8 2.7 2.2 2.8 3.0 .4 .3 .4 .4 Entertainment ............................. Entertainment commodities ............... Entertainment services .................. 4.006 2.005 2.001 160.4 142.8 185.4 160.7 143.0 185.8 1.2 .1 2.4 0.2 .1 .2 Other goods and services .................. Tobacco and smoking products ............ Personal care ........................... Toilet goods and personal care appliances .............................. Personal care services ................ Personal and educational expenses ....... School books and supplies ............. Personal and educational services ..... 7.285 2.237 1.116 226.9 250.9 153.9 228.2 253.6 154.5 5.3 7.4 1.9 .6 1.1 .4 .612 .504 3.932 .241 3.692 146.1 164.1 261.6 245.2 263.2 146.9 164.5 262.4 247.0 263.9 1.7 2.3 5.1 4.6 5.1 .5 .2 .3 .7 .3 100.000 46.401 19.434 26.967 15.915 4.801 158.2 141.6 158.5 131.3 133.1 126.6 158.4 141.4 159.6 130.4 131.5 124.6 1.3 -.1 2.0 -1.5 -1.6 -.4 .1 -.1 .7 -.7 -1.2 -1.6 11.114 11.052 53.599 139.3 127.5 178.2 137.8 127.7 178.8 -2.2 -1.4 2.6 -1.1 .2 .3 Commodity and service group All items ................................... Commodities ............................... Food and beverages ...................... Commodities less food and beverages ..... Nondurables less food and beverages ... Apparel commodities ................. Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel ................................. Durables .............................. Services .................................. Rent of shelter (1)...................... 25.761 Household services less rent of shelter (1)...................................... 8.554 Transportation services ................. 7.302 Medical care services ................... 5.276 Other services .......................... 6.706 166.6 167.4 3.1 .5 133.7 183.9 241.6 209.9 133.3 185.0 242.6 210.4 .3 2.0 2.8 3.8 -.3 .6 .4 .2 82.261 73.695 82.136 93.669 28.662 17.610 12.809 35.349 27.838 48.322 7.483 92.517 74.778 158.1 154.2 148.1 154.5 132.5 135.0 140.7 146.2 168.8 172.7 107.7 165.2 167.1 158.2 154.3 148.3 154.7 131.7 133.5 139.4 145.9 169.2 173.3 105.0 165.8 167.6 1.2 .7 1.0 1.2 -1.3 -1.3 -1.7 .3 2.1 2.5 -7.1 2.0 2.1 .1 .1 .1 .1 -.6 -1.1 -.9 -.2 .2 0.3 -2.5 .4 .3 24.717 3.946 50.062 141.5 101.6 184.3 141.4 97.7 185.1 .3 -10.7 2.9 -.1 -3.8 .4 - $ .632 $ .212 $ .631 $ .212 - - Special indexes All items less food ......................... All items less shelter ...................... All items less homeowners' costs (1)......... All items less medical care ................. Commodities less food ....................... Nondurables less food ....................... Nondurables less food and apparel ........... Nondurables ................................. Services less rent of shelter (1)............ 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 ........................... 1967=$1.00 .............................. 1 Indexes on a December 1984=100 base. Data not available. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. Table 3(OS) Old Series Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Selected areas, all items index (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) Area Pricing schedule Indexes Percent change to Jan.1998 from-- (1) Oct. 1997 Nov. 1997 Dec. 1997 Jan. 1998 Oct. 1997 Nov. 1997 Dec. 1997 M 161.6 161.5 161.3 161.6 0.0 0.1 0.2 Chicago-Gary-Lake County, IL-IN-WI .......... Los Angeles-Anaheim-Riverside, CA ........... New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT M M M 162.5 161.1 172.3 162.9 160.7 172.0 162.8 161.2 171.9 162.5 161.0 172.1 .0 -.1 -.1 -.2 .2 .1 -.2 -.1 .1 Boston-Lawrence-Salem, MA-NH................. Cleveland-Akron-Lorain, OH .................. Dallas-Fort Worth, TX ....................... 1 1 1 152.8 169.4 157.1 - 152.5 171.0 158.0 152.2 -.4 .9 .6 - -.2 Detroit-Ann Arbor, MI ....................... Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX .............. Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL ................... Philadelphia-Wilmington-Trenton, PA-NJ-DE-MD San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA .......... 2 2 2 2 2 157.9 147.3 167.7 162.5 159.5 166.4 162.6 157.1 145.6 166.4 162.6 - - - - M M M M 168.7 157.7 157.8 162.8 168.5 157.7 157.8 162.8 168.4 157.3 157.3 162.8 168.8 157.6 157.7 163.0 .1 -.1 -.1 .1 .2 -.1 -.1 .1 .2 .2 .3 .1 M M 146.0 157.6 145.8 157.8 145.7 157.5 146.0 157.9 .0 .2 .1 .1 .2 .3 M M M M 169.5 158.4 156.7 163.1 169.3 158.4 156.4 162.8 169.1 158.1 156.3 163.1 169.5 158.3 156.7 163.2 .0 -.1 .0 .1 .1 -.1 .2 .2 .2 .1 .3 .1 M 153.2 153.7 153.0 153.0 -.1 -.5 .0 U.S. city average ........................... Selected local areas Region and area size Northeast urban ............................. Midwest urban (2)............................ South urban ................................. West urban .................................. Population size classes A (3)........................................ D ........................................... Region/Population size class cross classifications Northeast Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..... Midwest Size A - More than 1,500,000 ...... South Size A - More than 1,500,000 ......... West Size A - More than 1,500,000 ......... Midwest Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than 50,000) ................................. South Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than 50,000) ................................. M 156.9 157.1 157.0 157.7 .5 .4 1 The 'All items' index size B/C is on a December 1996=100 base. 2 The 'North Central' region has been renamed the 'Midwest' region by the Census Bureau. composed of the same geographic entities. 3 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base. Data not available. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. .4 It is Table 4(OS) Old Series Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Selected areas, all items index (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) Area Pricing schedule (1) Indexes Percent change to Jan.1998 from-- Oct. 1997 Nov. 1997 Dec. 1997 Jan. 1998 Oct. 1997 Nov. 1997 Dec. 1997 M 158.5 158.5 158.2 158.4 -0.1 -0.1 0.1 Chicago-Gary-Lake County, IL-IN-WI .......... Los Angeles-Anaheim-Riverside, CA ........... New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT M M M 156.9 155.4 168.1 157.2 154.9 168.0 157.3 155.3 167.7 156.8 155.1 167.7 -.1 -.2 -.2 -.3 .1 -.2 -.3 -.1 .0 Boston-Lawrence-Salem, MA-NH................. Cleveland-Akron-Lorain, OH .................. Dallas-Fort Worth, TX ....................... 1 1 1 152.8 167.8 149.1 - 152.7 169.5 149.9 152.2 -.4 1.0 .5 - -.3 Detroit-Ann Arbor, MI ....................... Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX .............. Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL ................... Philadelphia-Wilmington-Trenton, PA-NJ-DE-MD San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA .......... 2 2 2 2 2 152.4 146.3 166.8 159.5 157.0 165.9 159.5 151.7 144.5 165.7 159.4 - - - - M 165.8 165.7 165.5 165.8 .0 .1 .2 U.S. city average ........................... Selected local areas Region and area size Northeast urban ............................. Midwest urban (2)............................ South urban ................................. West urban .................................. M M M 154.0 156.1 159.3 154.0 156.2 159.2 153.7 155.6 159.2 153.9 155.8 159.3 -.1 -.2 .0 -.1 -.3 .1 .1 .1 .1 M M 144.7 156.7 144.6 156.9 144.4 156.7 144.6 156.8 -.1 .1 .0 -.1 .1 .1 M M M M 165.5 153.9 154.7 157.9 165.5 153.8 154.5 157.7 165.2 153.6 154.2 157.9 165.4 153.7 154.4 157.9 -.1 -.1 -.2 .0 -.1 -.1 -.1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .0 M 151.1 151.6 151.0 151.0 -.1 -.4 .0 M 157.3 157.5 157.5 157.7 .3 .1 .1 Population size classes A (3)........................................ D ........................................... Region/Population size class cross classifications Northeast Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..... Midwest Size A - More than 1,500,000 ...... South Size A - More than 1,500,000 ......... West Size A - More than 1,500,000 ......... Midwest Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than 50,000) ................................. South Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than 50,000) ................................. 1 The 'All items' index size B/C is on a December 1996=100 base. 2 The 'North Central' region has been renamed the 'Midwest' region by the Census Bureau. composed of the same geographic entities. 3 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base. Data not available. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. It is
