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FOR TECHNICAL INFORMATION:
Patrick C. Jackman (202) 691-7000
CPI QUICKLINE:
(202) 691-6994
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INFORMATION:
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INTERNET ADDRESS:
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CONSUMER PRICE INDEX:

USDL-00-47
TRANSMISSION OF
MATERIAL IN THIS
RELEASE IS EMBARGOED
UNTIL 8:30 A.M. (EST)
Friday, February 18, 2000

JANUARY 2000

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased
0.2 percent in January, before seasonal adjustment, to a level of 168.7
(1982-84=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
increased 2.7 percent.
The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers
(CPI-W) also rose 0.2 percent in January, prior to seasonal adjustment.
The January level of 165.5 was 2.8 percent higher than the index in
January 1999.
CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U)
On a seasonally adjusted basis, the CPI-U rose 0.2 percent in
January, the same as in each of the preceding three months. The food
index declined 0.1 percent in January after registering small increases
throughout most of 1999. The energy index continued to advance, up 1.0
percent in January. The index for petroleum-based energy increased 1.9
percent and the index for energy services rose 0.1 percent. Excluding
food and energy, the CPI-U rose 0.2 percent in January, following an
increase of 0.1 percent in December. The January advance reflects larger
increases in shelter costs and educational books, coupled with an upturn
in the price of cigarettes.
Table A.

Percent changes in CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U)
Seasonally adjusted
UnCompound adjusted
Expenditure
Changes from preceding month
annual rate 12-mos.
Category
1999
2000 3-mos. ended ended
July Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan.
Jan.'00
Jan.'00
All Items
.3
.3
.4
.2
.2
.2
.2
2.4
2.7
Food and beverages .1
.2
.2
.2
.2
.1
.0
1.2
1.6
Housing
.2
.2
.3
.1
.3
.1
.3
2.7
2.5

Apparel
Transportation
Medical care
Recreation
Education and
communication
Other goods and
services
Special indexes:
Energy
Food
All items less
food and energy

-.8
1.0
.3
.0

-.3
.8
.3
.0

.9
.6
.3
-.4

.6
.3
.2
.0

-.4
.1
.3
.2

.0 -1.1
.8
.1
.4
.3
.2
.2

-5.9
4.1
3.7
2.4

-.9
5.6
3.6
.6

.2

.2

.0

.3

.3

.2

.5

4.0

1.8

.9

-.3

2.0

.2

-.1

.0

.6

2.3

3.6

1.8
.1

2.3
.2

1.8
.3

.0
.2

.1
.2

1.8
.1

1.0
-.1

12.1
1.0

14.7
1.5

.2

.1

.3

.2

.2

.1

.2

1.8

1.9

Note: Seasonal factors have been recalculated to reflect developments
during 1999. For this reason, some of the seasonally adjusted figures
above and elsewhere in this report differ from those previously published.
See page 4 for a note on the use of hedonic models to adjust prices of
audio and video products in the CPI for changes in quality.
The food and beverages index was unchanged in January. The index for
food at home declined 0.2 percent, reflecting decreases in the indexes for
fruits and vegetables, for dairy products, and for cereal and bakery
products. The index for fruits and vegetables, which increased 0.4
percent in December, declined 1.1 percent in January. Within the fruits
and vegetables group, the indexes for fresh fruits and for fresh
vegetables declined 1.1 and 2.8 percent, respectively. (Prior to seasonal
adjustment, fresh vegetable prices rose 4.2 percent.) Prices for
processed fruits and vegetables rose 1.9 percent, following declines in
each of the preceding two months. The index for dairy products registered
its second consecutive decline--down 1.0 percent in January--largely as a
result of a 2.6 percent decrease in the price of milk. The index for
cereal and bakery products fell 0.5 percent, reflecting a decline in
prices for breakfast cereal. On the other hand, the indexes for
nonalcoholic beverages and for meats, poultry, fish, and eggs increased
0.7 and 0.3 percent, respectively, while the index for other food at home
was unchanged. Increases in prices for coffee and carbonated beverages
were responsible for the increase in the index for nonalcoholic beverages.
Within the index for meats, poultry, fish, and eggs, increases in prices
for poultry and eggs more than offset a decline in meat prices. The other
two components of the food and beverages index--food away from home and
alcoholic beverages--each increased 0.2 percent.
The index for housing rose 0.3 percent in January, following an

increase of 0.1 percent in December. Each of the three major housing
groups--shelter, fuels and utilities, and household furnishings and
operations--contributed to the acceleration. Shelter costs, which
increased 0.1 percent in December, advanced 0.3 percent in January.
Within shelter, the indexes for rent and for owners' equivalent rent each
increased 0.3 percent, and the index for lodging away from home rose 0.6
percent. The index for fuels and utilities turned up in January,
advancing 0.5 percent after registering a 0.5 percent decrease in
December. The index for natural gas, which declined 4.0 percent in
December, increased 1.4 percent in January. This upturn more than offset
a downturn in the index for electricity--down 0.4 percent in January after
increasing 0.2 percent in December. Fuel oil prices, which increased 30.9
percent in all of 1999, continued upwards in January, advancing 7.9
percent. The index for household furnishings and operations increased 0.3
percent in January, following a 0.1 percent rise in December.
The transportation component rose 0.1 percent in January after
increasing 0.8 percent in December. Gasoline prices continued to advance,
but by less than in December. The index for gasoline increased 1.6 percent
in January, bringing the increase over the last 12 months to 32.4 percent.
The index for new vehicles, which was unchanged in December, declined 0.3
percent in January. (As of January, about 82 percent of the new vehicle
sample was represented by 2000 models. The 2000 models will continue to
be phased in, with appropriate adjustments for quality change, over the
next several months as they replace old models at dealerships. For a
report on quality changes for the 2000 vehicles represented in the
Producer Price Index sample, see news release USDL-99-324, dated November
10, 1999.) The index for used cars and trucks declined for the third
consecutive month--down 0.7 percent in January. The index for public
transportation declined 0.8 percent, largely as a result of a 1.4 percent
drop in airline fares.
The index for apparel decreased 1.1 percent in January after
registering no change in December. (Prior to seasonal adjustment, apparel
prices fell 2.5 percent, reflecting post-holiday discounting.)
Medical care costs rose 0.3 percent in January to a level 3.6 percent
higher than a year ago. In January, the index for medical care
commodities--prescription drugs, nonprescription drugs, and medical
supplies--increased 0.3 percent. The index for medical care services also
rose 0.3 percent in January. Charges for physicians' services and for
hospital and related services increased 0.5 and 0.3 percent, respectively.
The index for recreation costs increased 0.2 percent in January, the
same as in each of the preceding two months. Most recreation categories

registered small price increases in January; an exception was the index
for photography, which declined 0.8 percent.
The index for education and communication increased 0.5 percent in
January. Educational costs rose 0.8 percent, reflecting a 6.0 percent
increase in educational books and supplies. The index for communication
advanced 0.1 percent; a 0.5 percent increase in charges for local
telephone services more than offset a 1.7 percent decrease in the index
for personal computers and peripheral equipment.
The index for other goods and services advanced 0.6 percent in
January, after registering no change in December. The index for
cigarettes, which declined in each of the preceding three months,
increased 1.7 percent in January, reflecting in part a 13-cents-a-pack
increase in the wholesale price introduced in mid-January.
CPI for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W)
On a seasonally adjusted basis, the CPI for Urban Wage Earners and
Clerical Workers rose 0.2 percent 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
1999
2000 3-mos. ended ended
July Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan.
Jan.'00
Jan.'00
All Items
.4
.2
.5
.2
.2
.2
.2
2.4
2.8
Food and beverages .1
.2
.2
.3
.2
.1 -.1
1.0
1.7
Housing
.2
.2
.3
.1
.3
.1
.2
2.5
2.3
Apparel
-.7
-.3
.9
.4 -.3
.1 -1.0
-4.8
-.9
Transportation
1.1
1.0
.8
.1
.1
.9
.2
4.7
6.2
Medical care
.3
.3
.4
.2
.3
.3
.3
3.7
3.5
Recreation
.0
-.1 -.4
.1
.0
.2
.2
1.6
.2
Education and
communication
.2
.2
.0
.3
.3
.2
.6
4.4
1.8
Other goods and
services
1.3
-.5 2.5
.2 -.2
.0
.7
2.1
3.9
Special indexes
Energy
1.9
2.7 1.9 -.2
.2 2.1 1.0
13.7
16.0
Food
.1
.2
.3
.2
.2
.1 -.1
1.0
1.6
All items less
food and energy .2
.1
.4
.2
.2
.1
.1
1.6
1.9

Consumer Price Index data for February are scheduled for release on
Friday, March 17, 2000, at 8:30 A.M. (EST).
__________________________________________________________________________
Extending the use of hedonic models to
adjust prices for changes in quality
As previously announced, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is extending
the use in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) of quality adjustments derived
from hedonic models. A hedonic model decomposes the price of a consumer
product into implicit prices for each of its important features and
components, thereby providing an estimate of the value of each feature and
component. We plan to extend this method to additional items in the CPI.
As we do so, we will give CPI users notice at least three months before
the first use of hedonic quality adjustment for each additional item and
will have detailed background papers on the models to be employed
available by the time of first use.
As first announced at the time of the October 1999 CPI release,
hedonic quality adjustments for 12 audio products and for video cameras
are being incorporated into the index effective with the January 2000 CPI.
Audio products are in the Audio equipment item stratum and video cameras
are in Other video equipment, which contains video equipment other than
televisions. Papers describing these adjustments are on the CPI web site
(http://stats.bls.gov/cpihome.htm).
Effective with the CPI for April 2000, BLS will extend hedonic quality
adjustment to Video Cassette Recorders (VCRs) and Digital Versatile Disc
(DVD) players, two other items in the Other video equipment item stratum.
The relative importance (share of weight), as of December 1999, of this
stratum was 0.062 percent in the CPI for all Urban Consumers (CPI-U) and
0.071 percent in the CPI for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPIW).
Within Other video equipment, VCRs are estimated to represent 46
percent of the weight and DVD players about 6 percent.
Camcorders
represent about 30 percent. The remaining items in this stratum--those
that will not be subject to hedonic quality adjustment at this time-include satellite dishes and some miscellaneous video equipment.
The hedonic models that BLS analysts developed for VCRs and for DVD
players use observations collected for the CPI, supplemented
with
additional observations collected specifically for this purpose.
Papers

describing this work are in preparation and will be available before
release of the April 2000 CPI.
Additional work on hedonic quality adjustment for telephones, microwave
ovens, refrigerator/freezers, and washers and dryers is underway at BLS.
For more information on these changes, write to:
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Division of Consumer Prices and Price Indexes
2 Massachusetts Ave. NE, Room 3260
Washington, DC 20212
or contact Paul Liegey either by telephone (202) 691-5394 or by electronic
mail (Liegey_P@bls.gov).
___________________________________________________________________________
A Note on Seasonally Adjusted and Unadjusted Data
Because price data are used for different purposes by
different groups, the Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes
seasonally adjusted as well as unadjusted changes each
month.
For analyzing general price trends in the economy,
seasonally adjusted changes are usually preferred since they
eliminate the effect of changes that normally occur at the
same time and in about the same magnitude every year--such
as price movements resulting from changing climatic
conditions, production cycles, model changeovers, holidays,
and sales.
The unadjusted data are of primary interest to
consumers concerned about the prices they actually pay.
Unadjusted data also are used extensively for escalation
purposes. Many collective bargaining contract agreements
and pension plans, for example, tie compensation changes to
the Consumer Price Index unadjusted for seasonal variation.
Seasonal factors used in computing the seasonally
adjusted indexes are derived by the X-12-ARIMA Seasonal
Adjustment Method. The updated seasonal data at the end of
1977 replaced data from 1967 through 1977. Subsequent
annual updates have replaced 5 years of seasonal data, e.g.,
data from 1995 through 1999 were replaced at the end of

1999. The seasonal movement of all items and 54 other
aggregations is derived by combining the seasonal movement
of 73 selected components. Each year the seasonal status of
every series is reevaluated based upon certain statistical
criteria. If any of the 73 components change their seasonal
adjustment status from seasonally adjusted to not seasonally
adjusted, not seasonally adjusted data will be used for the
last 5 years, but the seasonally adjusted indexes will be
used before that period.
Seasonally adjusted data, including the All items index
levels, are subject to revision for up to five years after
their original release. For this reason, BLS advises
against the use of these data in escalation agreements.
Effective with the calculation of the seasonal factors
for 1990, the Bureau of Labor Statistics has used an
enhanced seasonal adjustment procedure called Intervention
Analysis Seasonal Adjustment for some CPI series.
Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment allows for better
estimates of seasonally adjusted data. Extreme values
and/or sharp movements which might distort the seasonal
pattern are estimated and removed from the data prior to
calculation of seasonal factors. Beginning with the
calculation of seasonal factors for 1996, X-12-ARIMA
software was used for Intervention Analysis Seasonal
Adjustment.
For the fuel oil and the motor fuels indexes, this
procedure was used to offset the effects that extreme price
volatility would otherwise have had on the estimates of
seasonally adjusted data for those series. For the
breakfast cereal index, the procedure was used to offset the
effects of price-cutting among cereal manufacturers. For
the educational books and supplies index, the procedure was
used to account for greater than normal sale prices on
educational reference books. For some alcoholic beverage
series, Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment was used
to offset the effects of increased brewer's costs along with
increased demand for specialty beers. For the nonalcoholic
beverages index, the procedure was used to offset the
effects of a large increase in coffee prices due to adverse
weather. For the fats and oils series, the procedure was
used to account for lower domestic butter stocks, lower cold
storage supplies, and anticipation of a bumper soybean crop.

For the new trucks index, the procedure was applied to
account for loyalty rebates offered to customers by American
automakers.
For the water and sewerage maintenance index,
the procedure was used to account for a data collection
anomaly.
A description of Intervention Analysis Seasonal
Adjustment, as well as a list of unusual events modeled and
seasonal factors for these items may be obtained by writing
the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Division of Consumer Prices
and Price Indexes, Washington, DC 20212 or by calling Claire
McAnaw Gallagher on (202) 691-6968 or sending e-mail to
Gallagher_C@BLS.GOV.
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
1999

Unadjusted
Unadjusted indexes percent change to
Jan. 2000 fromDec.
1999

Jan.
2000

Jan.
1999

Dec.
1999

Seasonally adjusted
percent change fromOct. to Nov. to Dec. to
Nov.
Dec.
Jan.

Expenditure category
All items ...................................
All items (1967=100) ........................

100.000
-

168.3
504.1

168.7
505.5

2.7
-

0.2
-

0.2
-

0.2
-

0.2
-

Food and beverages .........................
Food ......................................
Food at home .............................
Cereals and bakery products .............
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ..........
Dairy and related products (1)...........
Fruits and vegetables ...................
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage
materials ...........................
Other food at home ......................
Sugar and sweets .......................

16.302
15.315
9.603
1.534
2.543
1.090
1.429

165.9
165.4
165.4
185.9
149.8
162.1
204.5

166.6
166.1
166.3
185.6
150.2
160.4
208.4

1.6
1.5
1.2
0.8
2.6
-0.5
-0.1

0.4
0.4
0.5
-0.2
0.3
-1.0
1.9

0.2
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.6
0.3
-0.3

0.1
0.1
0.1
0.5
-0.3
-1.5
0.4

0.0
-0.1
-0.2
-0.5
0.3
-1.0
-1.1

1.045
1.962
.373

134.7
153.3
152.3

137.1
154.3
154.8

2.7
0.8
2.0

1.8
0.7
1.6

-0.2
0.2
0.1

1.1
0.1
0.0

0.7
0.0
0.5

Fats and oils ..........................
Other foods ............................
Other miscellaneous foods (1) (2)......
Food away from home (1)...................
Other food away from home (1) (2)........
Alcoholic beverages .......................

.288
1.301
.314
5.712
.176
.987

145.1
169.4
105.7
166.8
106.9
171.8

147.0
169.8
104.3
167.2
107.5
172.4

-2.3
1.3
0.2
2.3
3.9
2.9

1.3
0.2
-1.3
0.2
0.6
0.3

-1.6
0.7
-0.4
0.2
0.1
0.5

-0.1
0.1
1.7
0.2
0.0
0.3

0.2
-0.1
-1.3
0.2
0.6
0.2

Housing ....................................
Shelter ...................................
Rent of primary residence (3).............
Lodging away from home (2) (3)............
Owners' equivalent rent of primary
residence (3) (4).....................
Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2)..
Fuels and utilities .......................
Fuels ....................................
Fuel oil and other fuels ................
Gas (piped) and electricity (3)..........
Water and sewer and trash collection
services (2)..........................
Household furnishings and operations ......
Household operations (1) (2)..............

39.636
30.235
7.036
2.359

164.8
188.6
180.3
105.8

165.8
189.8
180.8
111.3

2.5
2.8
3.1
3.9

0.6
0.6
0.3
5.2

0.3
0.3
0.4
0.1

0.1
0.1
0.3
-0.7

0.3
0.3
0.3
0.6

20.470
.370
4.722
3.794
.273
3.521

195.2
102.2
129.6
114.1
106.3
120.3

195.7
102.4
129.9
114.3
114.4
119.8

2.5
2.7
2.9
3.1
32.1
1.3

0.3
0.2
0.2
0.2
7.6
-0.4

0.3
-0.1
0.3
0.4
1.4
0.3

0.2
0.1
-0.5
-0.7
4.5
-1.0

0.3
0.2
0.5
0.6
6.6
0.1

.928
4.680
.910

104.7
126.4
106.0

105.2
127.0
107.4

2.1
0.2
4.2

0.5
0.5
1.3

0.1
0.0
0.6

0.1
0.1
0.2

0.3
0.3
1.3

Apparel ....................................
Men's and boys' apparel ...................
Women's and girls' apparel ................
Infants' and toddlers' apparel (1).........
Footwear ..................................

4.684
1.335
1.879
.272
.828

130.1
131.5
121.8
133.0
123.7

126.8
129.2
116.0
133.3
121.6

-0.9
0.9
-1.4
2.5
-3.2

-2.5
-1.7
-4.8
0.2
-1.7

-0.4
-0.6
-0.8
0.2
0.3

0.0
0.8
-0.2
0.3
-0.5

-1.1
-0.5
-2.2
0.2
-0.6

Transportation .............................
Private transportation ....................
New and used motor vehicles (2)...........
New vehicles ............................
Used cars and trucks (1).................
Motor fuel ...............................
Gasoline (all types) ....................
Motor vehicle parts and equipment ........
Motor vehicle maintenance and repair (1)..
Public transportation (1)..................

17.450
16.050
7.652
4.835
1.888
3.160
3.140
.533
1.622
1.400

148.3
144.4
101.1
143.6
155.0
112.2
111.5
100.8
173.8
201.2

148.3
144.4
100.8
143.3
153.9
112.6
111.9
100.8
174.6
199.5

5.6
5.6
0.2
-0.8
2.2
32.5
32.4
-0.4
2.8
4.8

0.0
0.0
-0.3
-0.2
-0.7
0.4
0.4
0.0
0.5
-0.8

0.1
0.1
0.1
0.0
-0.2
-0.3
-0.3
0.4
0.2
0.3

0.8
0.9
-0.1
0.0
-0.7
5.0
4.9
-0.3
0.1
-0.5

0.1
0.2
-0.4
-0.3
-0.7
1.5
1.6
-0.1
0.5
-0.8

Medical care ...............................
Medical care commodities ..................
Medical care services .....................
Professional services (3).................
Hospital and related services (3).........

5.768
1.268
4.501
2.867
1.386

254.2
234.6
258.5
231.7
306.3

255.5
235.2
260.1
233.1
308.4

3.6
4.1
3.5
3.2
4.8

0.5
0.3
0.6
0.6
0.7

0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3

0.4
0.3
0.4
0.3
0.7

0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3

Recreation (2)..............................
Video and audio (1) (2)....................

6.008
1.691

102.0
100.1

102.3
100.5

0.6
-0.9

0.3
0.4

0.2
0.0

0.2
0.2

0.2
0.1

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) (5)
Personal computers and peripheral
equipment (1) (2)...................

5.419
2.741
.196
2.544
2.679

102.3
109.3
256.0
316.3
95.9

102.7
110.2
273.9
317.3
96.0

1.8
5.0
6.0
4.9
-1.3

0.4
0.8
7.0
0.3
0.1

0.3
0.1
-4.7
0.4
0.6

0.2
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.0

0.5
0.8
6.0
0.4
0.1

2.474
2.274

95.4
100.7

95.5
100.9

-1.4
0.2

0.1
0.2

0.6
0.8

0.1
0.1

0.1
0.2

.200

28.2

28.0

-17.2

-0.7

-1.7

0.0

-0.7

.106

47.2

46.4

-24.4

-1.7

-2.5

0.4

-1.7

4.733
1.258
3.475
.741
.982
1.506

263.0
369.1
162.9
152.5
174.3
246.6

264.7
375.1
163.4
152.8
174.9
247.6

3.6
5.9
2.8
1.9
3.6
3.6

0.6
1.6
0.3
0.2
0.3
0.4

-0.1
-0.9
0.2
-0.1
0.6
0.3

0.0
-0.2
0.1
-0.5
0.2
0.4

0.6
1.6
0.3
0.2
0.3
0.3

42.141
16.302
25.840
14.906
4.684

146.1
165.9
134.4
140.9
130.1

146.2
166.6
134.0
140.5
126.8

2.6
1.6
3.2
6.6
-0.9

0.1
0.4
-0.3
-0.3
-2.5

-0.1
0.2
-0.2
0.1
-0.4

0.4
0.1
0.5
0.6
0.0

0.1
0.0
0.1
0.2
-1.1

10.222
10.934
57.859
29.865
.370
3.521

152.1
125.9
190.5
196.3
102.2
120.3

153.1
125.7
191.4
197.6
102.4
119.8

10.3
-1.1
2.7
2.8
2.7
1.3

0.7
-0.2
0.5
0.7
0.2
-0.4

0.3
-0.2
0.3
0.3
-0.1
0.3

0.9
-0.2
0.2
0.2
0.1
-1.0

0.8
-0.2
0.3
0.3
0.2
0.1

.928
.910
6.940
4.501
10.825

104.7
106.0
192.8
258.5
226.5

105.2
107.4
193.0
260.1
227.4

2.1
4.2
2.2
3.5
3.1

0.5
1.3
0.1
0.6
0.4

0.1
0.6
0.3
0.3
0.5

0.1
0.2
0.1
0.4
0.4

0.3
1.3
0.1
0.3
0.4

Other goods and services ...................
Tobacco and smoking products (1)...........
Personal care (1)..........................
Personal care products (1)................
Personal care services (1)................
Miscellaneous personal services ..........
Commodity and service group
Commodities .................................
Food and beverages .........................
Commodities less food and beverages ........
Nondurables less food and beverages .......
Apparel ..................................
Nondurables less food, beverages, and
apparel ..............................
Durables ..................................
Services ....................................
Rent of shelter (4).........................
Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2)....
Gas (piped) and electricity (3).............
Water and sewer and trash collection
services (2)............................
Household operations (1) (2)................
Transportation services ....................
Medical care services ......................
Other services .............................

Special indexes
All items less food .........................
All items less shelter ......................
All items less medical care .................
Commodities less food .......................
Nondurables less food .......................
Nondurables less food and apparel ...........
Nondurables .................................
Services less rent of shelter (4)............
Services less medical care services .........
Energy ......................................
All items less energy .......................
All items less food and energy .............
Commodities less food and energy
commodities ...........................
Energy commodities .......................
Services less energy services .............
Purchasing power of the consumer dollar
(1982-84=$1.00) .........................
Purchasing power of the consumer dollar
(1967=$1.00) ............................

84.685
69.765
94.232
26.827
15.893
11.209
31.208
27.994
53.358
6.954
93.046
77.731

168.8
162.1
163.6
135.9
142.8
153.2
153.6
198.0
184.3
112.2
175.7
178.2

169.2
162.3
164.0
135.6
142.4
154.2
153.7
198.6
185.1
112.5
176.2
178.7

2.9
2.7
2.6
3.2
6.3
9.6
3.9
2.7
2.7
14.7
1.9
1.9

0.2
0.1
0.2
-0.2
-0.3
0.7
0.1
0.3
0.4
0.3
0.3
0.3

0.2
0.1
0.2
-0.2
0.1
0.3
0.1
0.4
0.3
0.1
0.2
0.2

0.2
0.2
0.2
0.5
0.6
0.9
0.3
0.2
0.2
1.8
0.1
0.1

0.2
0.1
0.2
0.1
0.3
0.7
0.2
0.2
0.3
1.0
0.1
0.2

23.393
3.433
54.338

144.2
111.8
197.7

143.6
112.8
198.7

-0.1
32.4
2.8

-0.4
0.9
0.5

-0.2
-0.2
0.4

-0.1
5.0
0.2

-0.2
1.9
0.3

-

$ .594

$ .593

-

-

-

-

-

-

$ .198

$ .198

-

-

-

-

-

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 converted to a
geometric means estimator in January, 1999.
4 Indexes on a December 1982=100 base.
5 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base.
- Data not available.
NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.
Table 2. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Seasonally adjusted U.S. city average, by expenditure
category and commodity and service group
(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)
Seasonally adjusted indexes

CPI-U

Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent
change for
3 months ended--

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Jan.

6 months
ended--

1999

1999

1999

2000

All items ...................................

168.1

168.4

168.8

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 .......................

165.6
165.3
165.2
185.5
148.6
164.1
204.9

166.0
165.6
165.5
185.7
149.5
164.6
204.2

134.8
153.8
153.3
148.6
168.8
104.3
166.2
106.8
170.6

Housing ....................................
Shelter ...................................
Rent of primary residence (3).............
Lodging away from home (2) (3)............
Owners' equivalent rent of primary
residence (3) (4).....................
Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2)..
Fuels and utilities .......................
Fuels ....................................
Fuel oil and other fuels ................
Gas (piped) and electricity (3)..........
Water and sewer and trash collection
services (2)..........................
Household furnishings and operations ......
Household operations (1) (2)..............
Apparel ....................................
Men's and boys' apparel ...................

Apr.
1999

July
1999

Oct.
1999

Jan.
2000

July
1999

Jan.
2000

169.1

3.7

1.2

3.4

2.4

2.4

2.9

166.1
165.8
165.6
186.6
149.1
162.1
205.1

166.1
165.7
165.2
185.6
149.6
160.4
202.9

0.7
0.7
-0.2
0.9
3.9
-12.1
-2.3

1.7
1.7
2.0
2.2
1.1
-1.0
6.3

3.0
3.0
3.2
-0.2
3.0
23.4
0.0

1.2
1.0
0.0
0.2
2.7
-8.7
-3.8

1.2
1.2
0.9
1.5
2.5
-6.7
1.9

2.1
2.0
1.6
0.0
2.9
6.1
-1.9

134.5
154.1
153.4
146.2
169.9
103.9
166.5
106.9
171.5

136.0
154.2
153.4
146.1
170.0
105.7
166.8
106.9
172.0

136.9
154.2
154.2
146.4
169.8
104.3
167.2
107.5
172.4

0.6
1.3
1.1
-2.6
2.2
5.9
2.5
1.9
2.4

3.3
1.0
2.4
-2.7
1.4
-5.2
1.5
5.9
3.4

0.3
0.0
2.7
1.9
-0.9
0.4
2.7
5.0
1.4

6.4
1.0
2.4
-5.8
2.4
0.0
2.4
2.6
4.3

2.0
1.2
1.7
-2.7
1.8
0.2
2.0
3.9
2.9

3.3
0.5
2.5
-2.0
0.7
0.2
2.6
3.8
2.8

164.8
188.3
178.8
106.6

165.3
188.9
179.6
106.7

165.4
189.1
180.1
105.9

165.9
189.7
180.6
106.5

2.7
3.3
3.0
11.0

2.0
2.4
2.5
3.1

2.2
2.2
2.7
2.7

2.7
3.0
4.1
-0.4

2.4
2.8
2.8
7.0

2.5
2.6
3.4
1.1

194.0
102.2
130.1
113.9
98.7
121.0

194.6
102.1
130.5
114.4
100.1
121.4

195.0
102.2
129.8
113.6
104.6
120.2

195.5
102.4
130.5
114.3
111.5
120.3

2.5
2.4
2.2
2.2
11.4
1.7

2.1
7.4
1.9
2.2
16.6
1.3

1.9
0.4
6.1
6.6
44.0
4.4

3.1
0.8
1.2
1.4
62.9
-2.3

2.3
4.9
2.1
2.2
14.0
1.5

2.5
0.6
3.6
4.0
53.1
1.0

104.5
126.7
105.2

104.6
126.7
105.8

104.7
126.8
106.0

105.0
127.2
107.4

2.7
-0.6
3.5

0.8
-0.6
1.2

2.7
0.3
3.5

1.9
1.6
8.6

1.8
-0.6
2.3

2.3
1.0
6.0

132.0
131.8

131.5
131.0

131.5
132.0

130.0
131.4

2.5
4.1

-4.5
-2.4

5.0
3.1

-5.9
-1.2

-1.1
0.8

-0.6
0.9

Expenditure category

Women's and girls' apparel ................
Infants' and toddlers' apparel (1).........
Footwear ..................................

125.0
132.4
124.3

124.0
132.6
124.7

123.8
133.0
124.1

121.1
133.3
123.4

2.6
-5.4
0.3

-6.9
-2.5
-3.4

12.4
16.6
-6.2

-11.9
2.7
-2.9

-2.3
-4.0
-1.6

-0.5
9.5
-4.5

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 (1)..
Public transportation (1)..................

147.1
143.2
101.1
142.9
156.4
108.3
107.7
100.5
173.2
201.5

147.2
143.3
101.2
142.9
156.1
108.0
107.4
100.9
173.6
202.2

148.4
144.6
101.1
142.9
155.0
113.4
112.7
100.6
173.8
201.2

148.6
144.9
100.7
142.4
153.9
115.1
114.5
100.5
174.6
199.5

11.6
10.6
-2.8
-1.9
-6.0
91.3
92.0
-1.6
2.6
25.2

0.6
0.6
2.4
-0.3
11.2
-4.6
-5.4
-1.2
2.8
-1.2

6.8
7.3
2.8
0.6
11.2
32.2
32.9
1.2
2.6
1.4

4.1
4.8
-1.6
-1.4
-6.2
27.6
27.7
0.0
3.3
-3.9

5.9
5.5
-0.2
-1.1
2.3
35.1
34.8
-1.4
2.7
11.2

5.5
6.1
0.6
-0.4
2.1
29.9
30.3
0.6
2.9
-1.3

Medical care ...............................
Medical care commodities ..................
Medical care services .....................
Professional services (3).................
Hospital and related services (3).........

253.4
233.5
257.5
231.2
303.5

254.1
234.3
258.2
231.9
304.4

255.0
234.9
259.2
232.6
306.6

255.7
235.6
259.9
233.3
307.5

3.6
4.7
3.2
3.0
4.2

3.6
4.1
3.5
3.0
4.5

3.5
4.0
3.3
3.0
5.2

3.7
3.6
3.8
3.7
5.4

3.6
4.4
3.4
3.0
4.3

3.6
3.8
3.6
3.3
5.3

Recreation (2)..............................
Video and audio (1) (2)....................

101.6
100.4

101.8
100.4

102.0
100.6

102.2
100.7

0.8
-3.5

0.8
-0.4

-1.6
-0.8

2.4
1.2

0.8
-2.0

0.4
0.2

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) (5)
Personal computers and peripheral
equipment (1) (2)...................

101.8
108.9
268.2
312.5
95.3

102.1
109.0
255.6
313.8
95.9

102.3
109.4
256.5
315.0
95.9

102.8
110.3
272.0
316.4
96.0

0.4
5.8
6.9
5.4
-4.0

0.8
5.0
5.6
5.2
-3.3

2.0
4.1
5.7
4.1
-0.8

4.0
5.2
5.8
5.1
3.0

0.6
5.4
6.3
5.3
-3.7

3.0
4.7
5.8
4.6
1.0

94.7
99.8

95.3
100.6

95.4
100.7

95.5
100.9

-4.5
-2.8

-3.7
-2.0

-0.8
1.2

3.4
4.5

-4.1
-2.4

1.3
2.8

28.7

28.2

28.2

28.0

-18.7

-23.7

-16.2

-9.4

-21.2

-12.9

48.2

47.0

47.2

46.4

-26.8

-24.8

-31.1

-14.1

-25.8

-23.1

Other goods and services ...................
Tobacco and smoking products (1)...........
Personal care (1)..........................
Personal care products (1)................
Personal care services (1)................
Miscellaneous personal services ..........

263.8
373.3
162.4
153.4
172.9
245.8

263.6
369.8
162.8
153.3
173.9
246.5

263.6
369.1
162.9
152.5
174.3
247.4

265.3
375.1
163.4
152.8
174.9
248.1

1.1
-4.8
3.3
2.7
3.6
2.7

3.5
7.2
2.3
2.9
2.6
3.4

7.8
20.9
3.3
3.7
3.5
4.9

2.3
1.9
2.5
-1.6
4.7
3.8

2.3
1.0
2.8
2.8
3.1
3.0

5.0
11.0
2.9
1.1
4.1
4.3

Commodity and service group

Commodities .................................
Food and beverages .........................
Commodities less food and beverages ........
Nondurables less food and beverages .......
Apparel ..................................
Nondurables less food, beverages, and
apparel ..............................
Durables ..................................
Services ....................................
Rent of shelter (4).........................
Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2)....
Gas (piped) and electricity (3).............
Water and sewer and trash collection
services (2)............................
Household operations (1) (2)................
Transportation services ....................
Medical care services ......................
Other services .............................

146.0
165.6
134.4
140.6
132.0

145.9
166.0
134.1
140.7
131.5

146.5
166.1
134.8
141.6
131.5

146.6
166.1
134.9
141.9
130.0

4.3
0.7
6.3
12.6
2.5

0.3
1.7
-0.6
1.8
-4.5

4.5
3.0
5.9
8.4
5.0

1.7
1.2
1.5
3.8
-5.9

2.3
1.2
2.8
7.0
-1.1

3.1
2.1
3.7
6.0
-0.6

150.6
126.0
190.2
196.3
102.2
121.0

151.1
125.7
190.8
196.8
102.1
121.4

152.4
125.5
191.1
197.2
102.2
120.2

153.6
125.3
191.6
197.8
102.4
120.3

19.4
-2.5
3.5
3.4
2.4
1.7

2.5
-0.3
2.1
2.5
7.4
1.3

12.0
0.6
2.3
2.1
0.4
4.4

8.2
-2.2
3.0
3.1
0.8
-2.3

10.6
-1.4
2.8
2.9
4.9
1.5

10.1
-0.8
2.7
2.6
0.6
1.0

104.5
105.2
191.7
257.5
225.0

104.6
105.8
192.3
258.2
226.1

104.7
106.0
192.5
259.2
226.9

105.0
107.4
192.6
259.9
227.7

2.7
3.5
5.6
3.2
2.6

0.8
1.2
0.6
3.5
2.5

2.7
3.5
0.8
3.3
2.5

1.9
8.6
1.9
3.8
4.9

1.8
2.3
3.1
3.4
2.6

2.3
6.0
1.4
3.6
3.7

168.5
161.8
163.2
136.0
142.4
151.8
153.3
197.3
184.0
110.4
175.8
178.4

168.8
162.0
163.5
135.7
142.6
152.2
153.4
198.0
184.6
110.5
176.1
178.7

169.2
162.4
163.8
136.4
143.5
153.5
153.9
198.4
184.9
112.5
176.3
178.9

169.6
162.6
164.1
136.6
143.9
154.5
154.2
198.8
185.5
113.6
176.5
179.2

4.2
3.6
3.8
6.2
12.0
17.5
6.1
2.7
2.9
32.9
1.6
2.1

1.4
1.0
1.2
-0.3
1.7
3.0
2.1
2.5
2.2
-0.8
1.6
1.6

3.4
4.1
3.3
5.5
8.0
11.0
5.1
2.7
2.4
17.2
2.5
2.3

2.6
2.0
2.2
1.8
4.3
7.3
2.4
3.1
3.3
12.1
1.6
1.8

2.8
2.3
2.5
2.9
6.8
10.0
4.1
2.6
2.6
14.9
1.6
1.8

3.0
3.0
2.7
3.6
6.1
9.1
3.7
2.9
2.9
14.6
2.1
2.0

145.0
107.4
197.2

144.7
107.2
197.9

144.6
112.6
198.3

144.3
114.7
198.9

-0.8
83.6
3.6

-0.3
-3.1
2.3

2.8
33.1
2.1

-1.9
30.1
3.5

-0.6
33.3
2.9

0.4
31.6
2.8

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.
geometric means estimator in January, 1999.
4 Indexes on a December 1982=100 base.
5 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base.

All other item stratum index series converted to a

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

Pricing
schedule
(1)

Indexes

Percent change to
Jan.2000 from--

Oct.
1999

Nov.
1999

Dec.
1999

Jan.
2000

M

168.2

168.3

168.3

Northeast urban .............................
Size A - More than 1,500,000 .............
Size B/C 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)..........

M
M
M

175.5
176.4
105.3

175.5
176.5
105.1

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

164.3
165.7
105.0

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.1999 from--

Jan.
1999

Nov.
1999

Dec.
1999

Dec.
1998

Oct.
1999

Nov.
1999

168.7

2.7

0.2

0.2

2.7

0.1

0.0

175.5
176.3
105.4

176.1
176.9
105.8

2.7
2.6
3.1

0.3
0.2
0.7

0.3
0.3
0.4

2.5
2.4
2.8

0.0
-0.1
0.1

0.0
-0.1
0.3

164.6
165.6
105.6

164.4
165.5
105.3

164.8
166.1
105.5

2.7
2.8
2.8

0.1
0.3
-0.1

0.2
0.4
0.2

2.9
2.8
2.9

0.1
-0.1
0.3

-0.1
-0.1
-0.3

158.7

159.3

158.9

159.0

2.3

-0.2

0.1

2.5

0.1

-0.3

M
M
M

163.6
163.2
105.1

163.5
162.9
105.1

163.6
163.0
105.2

164.0
163.5
105.3

2.6
2.9
2.3

0.3
0.4
0.2

0.2
0.3
0.1

2.5
3.0
2.3

0.0
-0.1
0.1

0.1
0.1
0.1

M

164.1

164.1

163.5

164.4

2.2

0.2

0.6

1.9

-0.4

-0.4

M
M
M

170.4
171.6
105.5

170.4
171.6
105.5

170.5
171.7
105.7

171.0
172.3
105.7

2.8
3.0
2.0

0.4
0.4
0.2

0.3
0.3
0.0

2.8
3.1
2.2

0.1
0.1
0.2

0.1
0.1
0.2

Region and area size(2)

Size classes

A (4)......................................
B/C (3)....................................
D .........................................

M
M
M

152.6
105.2
163.8

152.5
105.3
164.2

152.5
105.3
163.7

153.0
105.5
164.3

2.8
2.5
2.3

0.3
0.2
0.1

0.3
0.2
0.4

2.8
2.5
2.2

-0.1
0.1
-0.1

0.0
0.0
-0.3

Selected local areas(5)
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

169.7
167.2

169.3
167.1

169.2
167.3

170.1
167.9

2.4
2.3

0.5
0.5

0.5
0.4

2.5
2.3

-0.3
0.1

-0.1
0.1

M

178.9

178.8

178.6

179.2

2.4

0.2

0.3

2.2

-0.2

-0.1

Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT .........
Cleveland-Akron, OH .........................
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX .......................
Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV (6)........

1
1
1
1

-

179.2
163.8
160.1
105.0

-

180.2
164.4
160.4
105.3

3.5
2.4
3.5
2.4

0.6
0.4
0.2
0.3

-

-

-

-

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

166.5
165.9
151.2
164.1

-

167.0
165.6
150.3
164.8

-

-

-

-

3.3
2.7
2.9
2.3

0.3
-0.2
-0.6
0.4

-

2
2
2

174.4
175.2
174.7

-

172.9
174.5
174.4

-

-

-

-

2.3
4.2
3.0

-0.9
-0.4
-0.2

-

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 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; 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: 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)
Unadjusted

CPI-W

Relative
importance,
December
1999

Unadjusted indexes percent change to
Jan. 2000 fromDec.
1999

Jan.
2000

Jan.
1999

Dec.
1999

Seasonally adjusted
percent change fromOct. to Nov. to Dec. to
Nov.
Dec.
Jan.

Expenditure category
All items ...................................
All items (1967=100) ........................

100.000
-

165.1
491.8

165.5
492.9

2.8
-

0.2
-

0.2
-

0.2
-

0.2
-

Food and beverages .........................
Food ......................................
Food at home .............................
Cereals and bakery products .............
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ..........
Dairy and related products (1)...........
Fruits and vegetables ...................
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage
materials ...........................
Other food at home ......................
Sugar and sweets .......................
Fats and oils ..........................
Other foods ............................
Other miscellaneous foods (1) (2)......
Food away from home (1)...................
Other food away from home (1) (2)........
Alcoholic beverages .......................

17.879
16.832
10.725
1.676
3.022
1.195
1.479

165.2
164.7
164.2
185.7
149.4
161.9
202.8

165.9
165.4
165.1
185.5
149.8
159.9
207.0

1.7
1.6
1.2
0.8
2.6
-0.7
-0.1

0.4
0.4
0.5
-0.1
0.3
-1.2
2.1

0.2
0.2
0.2
-0.1
0.6
0.4
-0.1

0.1
0.1
0.1
0.5
-0.3
-1.6
0.5

-0.1
-0.1
-0.2
-0.4
0.3
-1.2
-1.1

1.180
2.173
.415
.329
1.429
.347
6.107
.217
1.047

133.5
152.7
152.3
144.7
169.4
105.2
166.8
106.9
171.0

136.0
153.7
154.8
146.8
169.8
103.9
167.1
107.4
171.6

2.6
0.9
2.0
-2.2
1.3
-0.3
2.2
3.7
3.1

1.9
0.7
1.6
1.5
0.2
-1.2
0.2
0.5
0.4

-0.2
0.1
-0.1
-1.7
0.6
-0.4
0.2
0.2
0.6

1.0
0.1
0.2
0.0
0.2
1.7
0.2
0.1
0.3

0.7
0.0
0.3
0.3
-0.2
-1.2
0.2
0.5
0.4

Housing ....................................
Shelter ...................................
Rent of primary residence (3).............
Lodging away from home (2) (3)............
Owners' equivalent rent of primary
residence (3) (4).....................
Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2)..
Fuels and utilities .......................
Fuels ....................................
Fuel oil and other fuels ................
Gas (piped) and electricity (3)..........
Water and sewer and trash collection
services (2)..........................
Household furnishings and operations ......

36.452
27.425
8.523
1.364

161.1
183.3
179.9
105.7

161.8
184.1
180.3
110.8

2.3
2.7
3.1
3.5

0.4
0.4
0.2
4.8

0.3
0.3
0.4
0.1

0.1
0.2
0.3
-0.8

0.2
0.3
0.3
0.3

17.221
.318
4.825
3.911
.240
3.671

177.8
102.4
129.2
113.5
106.0
119.8

178.2
102.6
129.5
113.6
114.0
119.4

2.5
2.5
2.8
2.9
30.9
1.4

0.2
0.2
0.2
0.1
7.5
-0.3

0.3
-0.1
0.3
0.4
1.3
0.3

0.2
0.1
-0.4
-0.5
4.2
-0.9

0.2
0.2
0.4
0.4
6.5
0.0

.914
4.202

104.8
124.2

105.2
124.5

2.0
-0.4

0.4
0.2

0.1
0.0

0.1
0.0

0.3
0.1

Household operations (1) (2)..............

.401

106.2

107.5

4.0

1.2

0.6

-0.1

1.2

Apparel ....................................
Men's and boys' apparel ...................
Women's and girls' apparel ................
Infants' and toddlers' apparel (1).........
Footwear ..................................

5.026
1.450
1.875
.345
.997

129.0
131.6
119.8
134.8
124.2

125.9
129.3
114.2
134.9
122.3

-0.9
0.9
-1.9
3.1
-3.0

-2.4
-1.7
-4.7
0.1
-1.5

-0.3
-0.6
-0.6
0.1
0.3

0.1
0.8
-0.1
0.4
-0.5

-1.0
-0.6
-2.1
0.1
-0.4

Transportation .............................
Private transportation ....................
New and used motor vehicles (2)...........
New vehicles ............................
Used cars and trucks (1).................
Motor fuel ...............................
Gasoline (all types) ....................
Motor vehicle parts and equipment ........
Motor vehicle maintenance and repair (1)..
Public transportation (1)..................

19.716
18.628
9.030
5.063
3.170
3.896
3.872
.661
1.687
1.088

147.6
145.0
101.5
144.7
156.3
112.3
111.7
100.2
175.2
196.0

147.7
145.1
101.2
144.5
155.3
112.9
112.3
100.3
176.1
194.8

6.2
6.3
0.6
-0.7
2.3
32.8
32.9
-0.3
2.9
4.3

0.1
0.1
-0.3
-0.1
-0.6
0.5
0.5
0.1
0.5
-0.6

0.1
0.1
0.0
0.0
-0.3
-0.1
-0.1
0.6
0.2
0.4

0.9
0.9
-0.2
-0.1
-0.6
4.9
5.0
-0.4
0.1
-0.5

0.2
0.3
-0.4
-0.2
-0.6
1.6
1.5
0.0
0.5
-0.6

Medical care ...............................
Medical care commodities ..................
Medical care services .....................
Professional services (3).................
Hospital and related services (3).........

4.711
.934
3.776
2.425
1.139

253.2
230.2
258.4
233.4
302.1

254.5
230.7
259.9
234.8
304.1

3.5
3.7
3.5
3.3
4.7

0.5
0.2
0.6
0.6
0.7

0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3

0.3
0.2
0.3
0.3
0.7

0.3
0.1
0.3
0.5
0.3

Recreation (2)..............................
Video and audio (1) (2)....................

5.787
1.882

101.2
99.8

101.4
100.2

0.2
-1.1

0.2
0.4

0.0
0.0

0.2
0.1

0.2
0.2

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) (5)
Personal computers and peripheral
equipment (1) (2)...................

5.300
2.519
.192
2.327
2.781

102.5
109.4
256.9
310.4
97.0

103.0
110.5
276.6
311.7
97.1

1.8
5.1
6.1
5.1
-1.0

0.5
1.0
7.7
0.4
0.1

0.3
0.0
-5.4
0.4
0.6

0.2
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.1

0.6
1.0
6.8
0.5
0.1

2.631
2.462

96.6
100.9

96.7
101.1

-1.1
0.3

0.1
0.2

0.7
0.8

0.0
0.1

0.1
0.2

.169

29.3

28.9

-17.4

-1.4

-2.0

0.0

-1.4

.086

46.9

45.7

-25.2

-2.6

-2.5

0.0

-2.6

5.129
1.836
3.293
.835

267.3
369.7
163.1
153.1

269.3
375.7
163.5
153.4

3.9
6.0
2.8
1.8

0.7
1.6
0.2
0.2

-0.2
-1.0
0.2
-0.1

0.0
-0.2
0.1
-0.6

0.7
1.6
0.2
0.2

Other goods and services ...................
Tobacco and smoking products (1)...........
Personal care (1)..........................
Personal care products (1)................

Personal care services (1)................
Miscellaneous personal services ..........

.984
1.266

174.7
246.7

175.3
247.6

3.7
3.6

0.3
0.4

0.7
0.3

0.2
0.4

0.3
0.1

46.879
17.879
29.000
16.279
5.026

146.6
165.2
135.4
142.0
129.0

146.6
165.9
135.1
141.7
125.9

2.9
1.7
3.6
7.3
-0.9

0.0
0.4
-0.2
-0.2
-2.4

-0.1
0.2
-0.2
0.1
-0.3

0.4
0.1
0.5
0.7
0.1

0.1
-0.1
0.1
0.3
-1.0

11.253
12.721
53.121
27.107
.318
3.671

153.9
126.3
187.2
176.5
102.4
119.8

155.0
126.0
187.9
177.3
102.6
119.4

11.4
-0.7
2.7
2.7
2.5
1.4

0.7
-0.2
0.4
0.5
0.2
-0.3

0.3
-0.2
0.4
0.3
-0.1
0.3

0.8
-0.2
0.1
0.2
0.1
-0.9

0.9
-0.2
0.3
0.3
0.2
0.0

.914
.401
6.751
3.776
10.181

104.8
106.2
189.9
258.4
222.9

105.2
107.5
190.2
259.9
223.8

2.0
4.0
2.0
3.5
3.1

0.4
1.2
0.2
0.6
0.4

0.1
0.6
0.3
0.3
0.4

0.1
-0.1
0.1
0.3
0.4

0.3
1.2
0.2
0.3
0.4

83.168
72.575
95.289
30.047
17.326
12.300
34.158
26.014
49.345
7.807
92.193
75.361

165.1
160.1
161.1
136.8
143.8
154.7
154.0
175.9
181.2
112.1
172.5
174.5

165.4
160.3
161.4
136.5
143.6
155.8
154.2
176.4
181.9
112.5
172.8
174.8

3.1
2.8
2.7
3.6
7.1
10.6
4.3
2.6
2.6
16.0
1.8
1.9

0.2
0.1
0.2
-0.2
-0.1
0.7
0.1
0.3
0.4
0.4
0.2
0.2

0.2
0.1
0.1
-0.2
0.2
0.4
0.1
0.3
0.3
0.2
0.2
0.2

0.3
0.3
0.2
0.6
0.6
0.7
0.4
0.2
0.2
2.1
0.1
0.1

0.2
0.1
0.2
0.1
0.3
0.9
0.1
0.2
0.3
1.0
0.1
0.1

25.911
4.136
49.450

144.6
112.1
194.7

144.1
113.1
195.5

0.1
32.7
2.7

-0.3
0.9
0.4

-0.1
0.0
0.4

-0.1
4.9
0.2

-0.2
1.9
0.3

-

$ .606

$ .604

-

-

-

-

-

Commodity and service group
Commodities .................................
Food and beverages .........................
Commodities less food and beverages ........
Nondurables less food and beverages .......
Apparel ..................................
Nondurables less food, beverages, and
apparel ..............................
Durables ..................................
Services ....................................
Rent of shelter (4).........................
Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2)....
Gas (piped) and electricity (3).............
Water and sewer and trash collection
services (2)............................
Household operations (1) (2)................
Transportation services ....................
Medical care services ......................
Other services .............................
Special indexes
All items less food .........................
All items less shelter ......................
All items less medical care .................
Commodities less food .......................
Nondurables less food .......................
Nondurables less food and apparel ...........
Nondurables .................................
Services less rent of shelter (4)............
Services less medical care services .........
Energy ......................................
All items less energy .......................
All items less food and energy .............
Commodities less food and energy
commodities ...........................
Energy commodities .......................
Services less energy services .............
Purchasing power of the consumer dollar
(1982-84=$1.00) .........................
Purchasing power of the consumer dollar

(1967=$1.00) ............................

-

$ .203

$ .203

-

-

-

-

-

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 converted to a
geometric means estimator in January, 1999.
4 Indexes on a December 1984=100 base
5 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base.
- Data not available.
NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.
Table 5. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Seasonally adjusted U.S. city
average, by expenditure category and commodity and service group
(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)
Seasonally adjusted indexes

Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent
change for

CPI-W

3 months ended-Oct.
1999

Nov.
1999

Dec.
1999

Jan.
2000

All items ...................................

164.8

165.1

165.5

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 .......................
Fats and oils ..........................

165.0
164.5
164.1
185.4
148.3
164.0
203.8

165.3
164.8
164.4
185.3
149.2
164.6
203.5

133.7
153.1
153.3
148.2

133.4
153.3
153.2
145.7

6 months
ended--

Apr.
1999

July
1999

Oct.
1999

Jan.
2000

July
1999

Jan.
2000

165.8

3.5

1.5

3.7

2.4

2.5

3.1

165.5
165.0
164.5
186.3
148.7
161.9
204.6

165.4
164.9
164.1
185.5
149.1
159.9
202.3

0.7
0.7
-0.5
0.7
3.9
-12.7
-2.2

1.7
1.5
1.7
2.6
0.8
-1.0
5.7

3.2
3.2
3.5
-0.2
3.6
24.4
-0.8

1.0
1.0
0.0
0.2
2.2
-9.6
-2.9

1.2
1.1
0.6
1.6
2.4
-7.1
1.7

2.1
2.1
1.7
0.0
2.9
6.0
-1.9

134.8
153.5
153.5
145.7

135.8
153.5
154.0
146.2

0.3
1.1
0.5
-2.9

3.4
0.8
1.9
-2.1

0.6
0.5
3.5
1.6

6.4
1.0
1.8
-5.3

1.8
0.9
1.2
-2.5

3.5
0.8
2.6
-1.9

Expenditure category

Other foods ............................
Other miscellaneous foods (1) (2)......
Food away from home (1)...................
Other food away from home (1) (2)........
Alcoholic beverages .......................

168.7
103.8
166.1
106.6
169.6

169.7
103.4
166.5
106.8
170.6

170.0
105.2
166.8
106.9
171.1

169.6
103.9
167.1
107.4
171.8

1.9
3.9
2.2
1.9
2.2

1.4
-4.9
1.2
4.7
3.9

-0.7
-0.4
2.9
5.0
0.9

2.2
0.4
2.4
3.0
5.3

1.7
-0.6
1.7
3.3
3.0

0.7
0.0
2.7
4.0
3.1

Housing ....................................
Shelter ...................................
Rent of primary residence (3).............
Lodging away from home (2) (3)............
Owners' equivalent rent of primary
residence (3) (4).....................
Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2)..
Fuels and utilities .......................
Fuels ....................................
Fuel oil and other fuels ................
Gas (piped) and electricity (3)..........
Water and sewer and trash collection
services (2)..........................
Household furnishings and operations ......
Household operations (1) (2)..............

160.8
182.7
178.4
106.5

161.3
183.3
179.1
106.6

161.5
183.7
179.7
105.8

161.8
184.2
180.2
106.1

2.3
2.9
3.0
9.3

2.0
2.5
2.5
3.1

2.3
2.0
2.7
3.1

2.5
3.3
4.1
-1.5

2.2
2.7
2.8
6.1

2.4
2.7
3.4
0.8

176.6
102.4
129.6
113.2
98.8
120.4

177.2
102.3
130.0
113.6
100.1
120.8

177.6
102.4
129.5
113.0
104.3
119.7

178.0
102.6
130.0
113.4
111.1
119.7

2.6
2.0
1.9
1.8
10.3
1.4

2.1
6.5
1.9
2.2
15.5
1.7

1.8
0.8
5.8
6.6
43.9
4.8

3.2
0.8
1.2
0.7
59.9
-2.3

2.3
4.2
1.9
2.0
12.9
1.5

2.5
0.8
3.5
3.6
51.7
1.2

104.5
124.6
105.7

104.6
124.6
106.3

104.7
124.6
106.2

105.0
124.7
107.5

2.7
-1.3
3.5

1.2
-0.3
1.9

2.3
-0.3
3.5

1.9
0.3
7.0

2.0
-0.8
2.7

2.1
0.0
5.2

Apparel ....................................
Men's and boys' apparel ...................
Women's and girls' apparel ................
Infants' and toddlers' apparel (1).........
Footwear ..................................

130.5
131.9
122.5
134.1
124.7

130.1
131.1
121.8
134.3
125.1

130.2
132.2
121.7
134.8
124.5

128.9
131.4
119.2
134.9
124.0

1.5
5.3
0.7
-4.5
-0.6

-4.2
-2.4
-7.0
-2.8
-2.2

4.1
2.8
10.4
19.0
-7.0

-4.8
-1.5
-10.3
2.4
-2.2

-1.4
1.4
-3.3
-3.6
-1.4

-0.5
0.6
-0.5
10.4
-4.7

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 (1)..
Public transportation (1)..................

146.3
143.7
101.7
144.1
157.7
108.5
107.9
99.8
174.7
196.3

146.4
143.8
101.7
144.1
157.3
108.4
107.8
100.4
175.1
197.0

147.7
145.1
101.5
144.0
156.3
113.7
113.2
100.0
175.2
196.0

148.0
145.5
101.1
143.7
155.3
115.5
114.9
100.0
176.1
194.8

11.7
10.9
-3.1
-1.9
-5.7
88.9
90.3
-1.6
2.6
22.2

1.1
1.4
3.7
-0.3
11.4
-4.2
-4.6
-0.8
2.8
-1.4

7.7
8.2
4.0
0.6
10.8
33.7
33.4
0.4
2.8
1.2

4.7
5.1
-2.3
-1.1
-5.9
28.4
28.6
0.8
3.2
-3.0

6.3
6.1
0.2
-1.1
2.5
34.5
34.7
-1.2
2.7
9.8

6.2
6.6
0.8
-0.3
2.1
31.0
31.0
0.6
3.0
-0.9

Medical care ...............................
Medical care commodities ..................
Medical care services .....................
Professional services (3).................
Hospital and related services (3).........

252.4
229.6
257.3
232.8
299.4

253.2
230.2
258.2
233.6
300.4

254.0
230.6
259.1
234.2
302.4

254.7
230.9
259.9
235.3
303.2

3.6
4.9
3.4
2.8
3.9

3.4
3.2
3.5
3.2
4.6

3.6
4.3
3.3
3.0
5.2

3.7
2.3
4.1
4.4
5.2

3.5
4.1
3.5
3.0
4.3

3.6
3.3
3.7
3.7
5.2

Recreation (2)..............................
Video and audio (1) (2)....................

101.0
100.1

101.0
100.1

101.2
100.2

101.4
100.4

0.0
-3.9

0.8
-0.4

-1.6
-1.2

1.6
1.2

0.4
-2.2

0.0
0.0

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) (5)
Personal computers and peripheral
equipment (1) (2)...................

102.0
109.1
270.9
306.8
96.3

102.3
109.1
256.3
308.1
96.9

102.5
109.5
257.4
309.2
97.0

103.1
110.6
275.0
310.8
97.1

0.4
5.8
6.8
5.7
-4.4

0.8
5.4
5.4
5.6
-2.9

2.0
4.1
5.8
3.9
0.0

4.4
5.6
6.2
5.3
3.4

0.6
5.6
6.1
5.6
-3.6

3.2
4.9
6.0
4.6
1.7

95.9
100.0

96.6
100.8

96.6
100.9

96.7
101.1

-4.4
-3.1

-2.9
-1.2

-0.4
1.2

3.4
4.5

-3.6
-2.2

1.5
2.8

29.9

29.3

29.3

28.9

-21.0

-21.1

-14.6

-12.7

-21.0

-13.6

48.1

46.9

46.9

45.7

-29.9

-22.2

-29.5

-18.5

-26.2

-24.2

Other goods and services ...................
Tobacco and smoking products (1)...........
Personal care (1)..........................
Personal care products (1)................
Personal care services (1)................
Miscellaneous personal services ..........

268.2
374.0
162.6
154.1
173.2
245.8

267.7
370.4
163.0
154.0
174.4
246.5

267.6
369.7
163.1
153.1
174.7
247.6

269.6
375.7
163.5
153.4
175.3
247.9

0.5
-4.4
3.3
2.7
3.6
2.9

3.9
7.1
2.3
2.7
2.8
3.9

9.3
21.0
3.3
3.7
3.3
4.0

2.1
1.8
2.2
-1.8
4.9
3.5

2.2
1.2
2.8
2.7
3.2
3.4

5.6
11.0
2.7
0.9
4.1
3.7

146.5
165.0
135.3
141.5
130.5

146.4
165.3
135.0
141.7
130.1

147.0
165.5
135.7
142.7
130.2

147.1
165.4
135.9
143.1
128.9

4.3
0.7
6.2
14.5
1.5

0.6
1.7
0.0
1.5
-4.2

5.4
3.2
6.8
9.3
4.1

1.6
1.0
1.8
4.6
-4.8

2.4
1.2
3.1
7.8
-1.4

3.5
2.1
4.3
6.9
-0.5

152.4
126.3
186.6
176.1
102.4
120.4

152.9
126.0
187.3
176.6
102.3
120.8

154.1
125.8
187.5
177.0
102.4
119.7

155.5
125.6
188.0
177.5
102.6
119.7

21.6
-2.5
2.9
2.6
2.0
1.4

3.0
0.6
2.2
2.3
6.5
1.7

13.3
1.3
2.4
2.5
0.8
4.8

8.4
-2.2
3.0
3.2
0.8
-2.3

11.9
-0.9
2.5
2.4
4.2
1.5

10.8
-0.5
2.7
2.9
0.8
1.2

104.5
105.7
188.8
257.3
221.5

104.6
106.3
189.4
258.2
222.4

104.7
106.2
189.5
259.1
223.2

105.0
107.5
189.8
259.9
224.0

2.7
3.5
4.1
3.4
2.4

1.2
1.9
1.1
3.5
2.8

2.3
3.5
0.9
3.3
2.6

1.9
7.0
2.1
4.1
4.6

2.0
2.7
2.6
3.5
2.6

2.1
5.2
1.5
3.7
3.6

Commodity and service group
Commodities .................................
Food and beverages .........................
Commodities less food and beverages ........
Nondurables less food and beverages .......
Apparel ..................................
Nondurables less food, beverages, and
apparel ..............................
Durables ..................................
Services ....................................
Rent of shelter (4).........................
Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2)....
Gas (piped) and electricity (3).............
Water and sewer and trash collection
services (2)............................
Household operations (1) (2)................
Transportation services ....................
Medical care services ......................
Other services .............................
Special indexes

All items less food .........................
All items less shelter ......................
All items less medical care .................
Commodities less food .......................
Nondurables less food .......................
Nondurables less food and apparel ...........
Nondurables .................................
Services less rent of shelter (4)............
Services less medical care services .........
Energy ......................................
All items less energy .......................
All items less food and energy .............
Commodities less food and energy
commodities ...........................
Energy commodities .......................
Services less energy services .............

164.5
159.8
160.7
136.9
143.3
153.2
153.6
175.4
180.7
110.3
172.4
174.6

164.8
159.9
160.9
136.6
143.6
153.8
153.7
175.9
181.2
110.5
172.7
174.9

165.3
160.4
161.3
137.4
144.4
154.9
154.3
176.3
181.6
112.8
172.9
175.1

165.6
160.6
161.6
137.6
144.9
156.3
154.5
176.6
182.1
113.9
173.0
175.3

3.8
3.6
3.3
6.2
13.3
19.4
6.9
2.3
2.5
35.3
1.2
1.4

1.7
1.3
1.5
0.0
2.0
3.3
2.1
2.6
2.5
-1.1
1.7
1.6

3.7
4.4
3.8
6.7
8.8
12.1
5.7
2.8
2.2
19.0
2.6
2.6

2.7
2.0
2.3
2.1
4.5
8.3
2.4
2.8
3.1
13.7
1.4
1.6

2.8
2.4
2.4
3.0
7.5
11.0
4.5
2.5
2.5
15.6
1.4
1.5

3.2
3.2
3.0
4.4
6.7
10.2
4.0
2.8
2.7
16.3
2.0
2.1

145.4
107.9
194.2

145.2
107.9
194.9

145.0
113.2
195.3

144.7
115.3
195.8

-1.6
83.2
3.2

0.6
-3.1
2.3

3.1
33.9
2.1

-1.9
30.4
3.3

-0.6
33.2
2.7

0.6
32.1
2.7

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 converted to a
geometric means estimator in January, 1999.
4 Indexes on a December 1984=100 base
5 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base.
NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.
Table 6. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Selected areas, all items index
(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)
All items

CPI-W

U.S. city average ...........................
Region and area size(2)

Pricing
schedule
(1)

M

Indexes

Percent change to
Jan.2000 from--

Oct.
1999

Nov.
1999

Dec.
1999

Jan.
2000

165.0

165.1

165.1

165.5

Percent change to
Dec.1999 from--

Jan.
1999

Nov.
1999

Dec.
1999

Dec.
1998

Oct.
1999

Nov.
1999

2.8

0.2

0.2

2.7

0.1

0.0

Northeast urban .............................
Size A - More than 1,500,000 .............
Size B/C 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)..........

M
M
M

172.5
172.5
105.0

172.6
172.7
105.0

172.6
172.4
105.2

173.0
172.8
105.5

2.7
2.6
3.0

0.2
0.1
0.5

0.2
0.2
0.3

2.6
2.5
2.8

0.1
-0.1
0.2

0.0
-0.2
0.2

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

160.6
161.1
105.0

160.9
161.0
105.5

160.7
161.1
105.3

161.2
161.6
105.5

2.9
2.9
3.1

0.2
0.4
0.0

0.3
0.3
0.2

3.0
2.9
3.2

0.1
0.0
0.3

-0.1
0.1
-0.2

M

157.2

157.6

157.3

157.6

2.6

0.0

0.2

2.6

0.1

-0.2

South urban .................................
Size A - More than 1,500,000 .............
Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........
Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than
50,000) ...............................

M
M
M

161.9
160.9
104.9

161.8
160.6
104.9

162.0
160.9
105.0

162.2
161.2
105.1

2.7
3.1
2.5

0.2
0.4
0.2

0.1
0.2
0.1

2.7
3.1
2.4

0.1
0.0
0.1

0.1
0.2
0.1

M

164.8

165.0

164.6

165.1

2.5

0.1

0.3

2.4

-0.1

-0.2

West urban ..................................
Size A
- More than 1,500,000 ............
Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3).........

M
M
M

166.2
165.6
105.4

166.2
165.7
105.3

166.4
165.8
105.5

166.7
166.3
105.5

2.6
2.9
2.0

0.3
0.4
0.2

0.2
0.3
0.0

2.8
3.1
2.1

0.1
0.1
0.1

0.1
0.1
0.2

M
M
M

151.2
105.0
163.1

151.2
105.1
163.5

151.2
105.2
163.1

151.6
105.3
163.5

2.8
2.6
2.4

0.3
0.2
0.0

0.3
0.1
0.2

2.9
2.6
2.4

0.0
0.2
0.0

0.0
0.1
-0.2

Size classes
A (4)......................................
B/C (3)....................................
D .........................................
Selected local areas(5)
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

164.0
160.7

163.7
160.6

163.7
160.9

164.5
161.2

2.5
2.2

0.5
0.4

0.5
0.2

2.6
2.4

-0.2
0.1

0.0
0.2

M

174.5

174.6

174.3

174.6

2.2

0.0

0.2

2.2

-0.1

-0.2

Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT .........
Cleveland-Akron, OH .........................
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX .......................
Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV (6)........

1
1
1
1

-

177.8
156.1
159.8
104.9

-

178.6
156.8
160.3
105.3

3.7
2.7
3.7
2.5

0.4
0.4
0.3
0.4

-

-

-

-

Atlanta, GA .................................
Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI .................
Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX ..............
Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL ...................

2
2
2
2

164.0
160.4
149.9
161.9

-

164.6
160.4
149.2
162.7

-

-

-

-

3.7
2.9
3.0
2.5

0.4
0.0
-0.5
0.5

-

Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,
PA-NJ-DE-MD .............................
San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA ..........
Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA ................

2
2
2

174.3
171.2
170.2

-

172.8
170.9
170.1

-

-

-

-

2.6
4.4
3.2

-0.9
-0.2
-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 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; 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: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.