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News Bureau of Labor Statistics United States Department of Labor Washington, D.C. 20212 FOR TECHNICAL INFORMATION: Patrick C. Jackman (202) 691-7000 CPI QUICKLINE: (202) 691-6994 FOR CURRENT AND HISTORICAL INFORMATION: (202) 691-5200 MEDIA CONTACT: (202) 691-5902 INTERNET ADDRESS: http://www.bls.gov/cpi/ USDL-07-1242 TRANSMISSION OF MATERIAL IN THIS RELEASE IS EMBARGOED UNTIL 8:30 A.M. (EDT) Wednesday, August 15, 2007 CONSUMER PRICE INDEX: JULY 2007 The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) was virtually unchanged in July, before seasonal adjustment, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The July level of 208.299 (1982-84=100) was 2.4 percent higher than in July 2006. The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) decreased 0.1 percent in July prior to seasonal adjustment. The July level of 203.700 (1982-84=100) was 2.3 percent higher than in July 2006. The Chained Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (C-CPI-U) decreased 0.1 percent in July on a not seasonally adjusted basis. The July level of 120.148 (December 1999=100) was 2.1 percent higher than in July 2006. Please note that the indexes for the post-2005 period are subject to revision. CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) On a seasonally adjusted basis, the CPI-U advanced 0.1 percent in July, following a 0.2 percent increase in June. The index for energy declined for the second consecutive month, down 1.0 percent in July. The index for petroleum-based energy decreased 1.4 percent. The index for energy services fell 0.5 percent, resulting from a 1.7 percent decline in the index for natural gas. The food index rose 0.3 percent in July, reflecting a 0.5 percent increase in food away from home. The index for food at home rose 0.1 percent in July after registering average monthly increases of 0.6 percent in the first six months of the year. The index for all items (cont.) 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 2007 3-mos. ended ended Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July July ’07 July ’07 All Items .2 .4 .6 .4 .7 .2 .1 4.0 2.4 Food and beverages .7 .8 .3 .4 .3 .5 .3 4.3 4.1 Housing .2 .4 .2 .2 .2 .3 .2 2.7 3.2 Apparel .3 .5 -1.0 -.3 -.3 -.6 .4 -1.9 -.3 Transportation -.8 .1 2.8 1.2 2.8 -.2 -.3 9.4 -.7 Medical care .8 .5 .1 .4 .3 .2 .6 4.8 4.3 Recreation .1 .0 .0 .1 .2 .0 -.1 .5 .0 Education and communication -.1 .3 .5 .3 .6 .0 .2 3.4 2.3 Other goods and services .8 .2 .2 .3 .3 .3 .0 2.5 3.8 Special Indexes Energy -1.5 .9 5.9 2.4 5.4 -.5 -1.0 16.0 1.0 Food .7 .8 .3 .4 .3 .5 .3 4.4 4.2 All Items less food and energy .3 .2 .1 .2 .1 .2 .2 2.5 2.2 less food and energy advanced 0.2 percent in July, the same as in June. A smaller increase in the index for shelter was offset by an advance in the apparel index and larger increases in the indexes for medical care and for new and used vehicles. During the first seven months of 2007, the CPI-U rose at a 4.5 percent seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR). This compares with an increase of 2.5 percent for all of 2006. The index for energy, which rose 2.9 percent in 2006, advanced at a 21.3 percent SAAR in the first seven months of 2007 despite registering declines in each of the last two months. Petroleum-based energy costs increased at a 36.9 percent annual rate and charges for energy services rose at a 3.8 percent annual rate. The food index has increased at a 5.7 percent SAAR thus far this year, following a 2.1 percent rise for all of 2006. Excluding food and energy, the CPI-U advanced at a 2.3 percent SAAR in the first seven months, following a 2.6 percent rise for all of 2006. The food and beverages index rose 0.3 percent in July. The index for food at home, which increased 0.6 percent in June, rose 0.1 percent in July. Another sharp increase in the index for dairy products was nearly offset by declines in the indexes for fruits and vegetables, for meats, poultry, fish, and eggs, and for nonalcoholic beverages. The index for dairy products increased 2.7 percent, following a 3.2 percent increase in June. Milk prices rose 6.4 percent and have risen 16.9 percent since the beginning of the year. The index for fruits and vegetables declined for the third consecutive month--down 1.1 percent in July. The indexes for fresh fruits and for fresh vegetables declined 2.3 and 0.5 percent, respectively, while the index for processed fruits and vegetables rose 0.2 percent. The index for meats, poultry, fish, and eggs decreased 0.4 percent. The indexes for pork and for beef declined 0.9 and 0.7 percent, respectively, while poultry prices rose 0.3 percent. The index for nonalcoholic beverages fell 0.1 percent. The indexes for cereal and bakery products and for other food at home increased 0.1 and 0.3 percent, respectively. The other two components of the food and beverages index--food away from home and alcoholic beverages--increased 0.5 and 0.1 percent, respectively. The index for housing increased 0.2 percent in July, following a 0.3 percent rise in June. The index for shelter rose 0.2 percent, following an increase of 0.4 percent in June. Within shelter, the index for rent rose 0.3 percent; the index for owners' equivalent rent, 0.2 percent; and the index for lodging away from home, 0.8 percent. The index for household energy decreased 0.2 percent as a 1.7 percent decline in the index for natural gas more than offset an increase of 4.2 percent in the index for fuel oil. The index for electricity was virtually unchanged. The index for household furnishings and operations decreased 0.2 percent in July. The transportation index declined for the second consecutive month--down 0.3 percent in July-reflecting another decline in the index for motor fuels. The index for gasoline, which fell 1.1 percent in June, declined 1.7 percent in July. (Prior to seasonal adjustment, gasoline prices were 4.9 percent lower than their peak level recorded in May.) The index for new vehicles was virtually unchanged. (Prior to seasonal adjustment, new vehicle prices declined for the sixth consecutive month, down 0.3 percent in July.) The index for used cars and trucks increased 0.7 percent. During the last 12 months, new vehicle prices have declined 1.1 percent and prices for used cars and trucks, 4.3 percent. The index for public transportation decreased 0.1 percent in July. The index for airline fares was virtually unchanged in July. (Prior to seasonal adjustment, airline fares advanced 1.1 percent.) The index for apparel, which had declined in each of the preceding four months, increased 0.4 percent in July. (Prior to seasonal adjustment, apparel prices declined 3.2 percent, reflecting continued seasonal discounting of spring-summer clothing. Prices for women’s and girls’ apparel registered the largest decline-down 6.1 percent.) Medical care costs rose 0.6 percent in July. The index for medical care commodities--prescription drugs, nonprescription drugs, and medical supplies--increased 0.6 percent. The index for medical care services also rose 0.6 percent. The indexes for professional services and for hospital and related services increased 0.4 and 0.9 percent, respectively. The index for recreation declined 0.1 percent in July. Decreases in the indexes for video and audio and for toys--down 0.5 and 1.4 percent, respectively--more than offset increases in most other recreation categories. The index for education and communication increased 0.2 percent in July. Educational costs rose 0.5 percent while the index for communication was virtually unchanged. Within the former group, the indexes for college textbooks and for college tuition and fees rose 0.7 and 0.5 percent, respectively. Within the communication group, the index for telephone services rose 0.1 percent as a 0.6 percent increase in land-line local charges more than offset a 0.2 percent decline in land-line long distance charges. The indexes for personal computers and peripheral equipment and for internet services and electronic information providers declined 1.0 and 0.2 percent, respectively. The index for other goods and services was virtually unchanged in July. The index for tobacco and smoking products rose 0.3 percent and has increased 6.2 percent during the last 12 months. The index for miscellaneous personal services fell 0.2 percent, reflecting a 1.6 percent decrease in the index for financial services. CPI for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) On a seasonally adjusted basis, the CPI for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers increased 0.1 percent in July. Table B. Percent changes in CPI for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) Seasonally adjusted Compound Expenditure Changes from preceding month annual rate Category 2007 3-mos. ended Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July July ’07 All Items .1 .4 .8 .5 .8 .1 .1 4.2 Food and beverages .7 .8 .3 .4 .4 .5 .2 4.5 Housing .3 .4 .3 .2 .2 .2 .2 2.2 Apparel -.1 .5 -.8 -.4 -.3 -.9 .8 -1.6 Transportation -1.0 .0 3.0 1.4 3.1 -.2 -.3 10.9 Medical care .8 .5 .1 .4 .3 .2 .7 4.7 Recreation .1 .0 -.1 .0 .2 -.1 -.1 -.1 Education and communication -.1 .3 .4 .3 .6 .0 .3 3.3 Other goods and services 1.0 .4 .2 .1 .3 .3 .1 3.0 Special Indexes Energy -1.5 .8 6.2 2.6 5.8 -.7 -1.0 17.2 Food .6 .8 .3 .4 .4 .5 .3 4.6 All Items less food and energy .2 .2 .1 .2 .1 .2 .3 2.3 Unadjusted 12-mos. ended July ’07 2.3 4.2 3.2 .0 -.7 4.4 -.3 2.2 4.1 1.0 4.3 2.1 Consumer Price Index data for August are scheduled for release on Wednesday, September 19, 2007, at 8:30 A.M. (EDT). Facilities for Sensory Impaired Information from this release will be made available to sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: 202-691-5200, Federal Relay Services: 1-800-877-8339. For a recorded message of Summary CPI data, call (202) 691-5200. Brief Explanation of the CPI The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a measure of the average change in prices over time of goods and services purchased by households. The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes CPIs for two population groups: (1) the CPI for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W), which covers households of wage earners and clerical workers that comprise approximately 32 percent of the total population and (2) the CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) and the Chained CPI for All Urban Consumers (C-CPI-U), which cover approximately 87 percent of the total population and include in addition to wage earners and clerical worker households, groups such as professional, managerial, and technical workers, the self-employed, short-term workers, the unemployed, and retirees and others not in the labor force. The CPIs are based on prices of food, clothing, shelter, and fuels, transportation fares, charges for doctors’ and dentists’ services, drugs, and other goods and services that people buy for day-to-day living. Prices are collected in 87 urban areas across the country from about 50,000 housing units and approximately 23,000 retail establishments-department stores, supermarkets, hospitals, filling stations, and other types of stores and service establishments. All taxes directly associated with the purchase and use of items are included in the index. Prices of fuels and a few other items are obtained every month in all 87 locations. Prices of most other commodities and services are collected every month in the three largest geographic areas and every other month in other areas. Prices of most goods and services are obtained by personal visits or telephone calls of the Bureau’s trained representatives. In calculating the index, price changes for the various items in each location are averaged together with weights, which represent their importance in the spending of the appropriate population group. Local data are then combined to obtain a U.S. city average. For the CPI-U and CPI-W separate indexes are also published by size of city, by region of the country, for cross-classifications of regions and population-size classes, and for 27 local areas. Area indexes do not measure differences in the level of prices among cities; they only measure the average change in prices for each area since the base period. For the C-CPI-U data are issued only at the national level. It is important to note that the CPI-U and CPI-W are considered final when released, but the CCPI-U is issued in preliminary form and subject to two annual revisions. The index measures price change from a designed reference date. For the CPI-U and the CPI-W the reference base is 1982-84 equals 100.0. The reference base for the C-CPI-U is December 1999 equals 100. An increase of 16.5 percent from the reference base, for example, is shown as 116.5. This change can also be expressed in dollars as follows: the price of a base period market basket of goods and services in the CPI has risen from $10 in 1982-84 to $11.65. For further details visit the CPI home page on the Internet at http://www.bls.gov/cpi/ or contact our CPI Information and Analysis Section on (202) 691-7000. Note on Sampling Error in the Consumer Price Index The CPI is a statistical estimate that is subject to sampling error because it is based upon a sample of retail prices and not the complete universe of all prices. BLS calculates and publishes estimates of the 1-month, 2-month, 6-month and 12-month percent change standard errors annually, for the CPI-U. These standard error estimates can be used to construct confidence intervals for hypothesis testing. For example, the estimated standard error of the 1 month percent change is 0.06 percent for the U.S. All Items Consumer Price Index. This means that if we repeatedly sample from the universe of all retail prices using the same methodology, and estimate a percentage change for each sample, then 95% of these estimates would be within 0.12 percent of the 1 month percentage change based on all retail prices. For a 1-month change of 0.2 percent in the All Items CPI for All Urban Consumers, we are 95 percent confident that the actual percent change based on all retail prices would fall between 0.08 and 0.32 percent. For the latest data, including information on how to use the estimates of standard error, see “Variance Estimates for Changes in the Consumer Price Index, January 2005December 2005 in the CPI Detailed Report, February 2006. These data are available on the CPI home page (http://www.bls.gov/cpi), using the following link http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpivar2006.pdf Calculating Index Changes Movements of the indexes from one month to another are usually expressed as percent changes rather than changes in index points, because index point changes are affected by the level of the index in relation to its base period while percent changes are not. The example below illustrates the computation of index point and percent changes. Percent changes for 3-month and 6-month periods are expressed as annual rates and are computed according to the standard formula for compound growth rates. These data indicate what the percent change would be if the current rate were maintained for a 12-month period. Index Point Change CPI Less previous index Equals index point change 202.416 201.800 .616 Percent Change Index point difference Divided by the previous index Equals Results multiplied by one hundred Equals percent change .616 201.800 0.003 0.003x100 0.3 Regions Defined The states in the four regions shown in Tables 3 and 6 are listed below. The Northeast--Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont. The Midwest--Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. The South--Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia. The West--Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. 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. Seasonally adjusted indexes and seasonal factors are computed annually. Each year, the last 5 years of seasonally adjusted data are revised. Data from January 2002 through December 2006 were replaced in January 2007. Exceptions to the usual revision schedule were: the updated seasonal data at the end of 1977 replaced data from 1967 through 1977; and, in January 2002, dependently seasonally adjusted series were revised for January 1987-December 2001 as a result of a change in the aggregation weights for dependently adjusted series. For further information, please see “Aggregation of Dependently Adjusted Seasonally Adjusted Series,” in the October 2001 issue of the CPI Detailed Report. The seasonal movement of All items and 54 other aggregations is derived by combining the seasonal movement of 73 selected components. Each year the seasonal status of every series is reevaluated based upon certain statistical criteria. If any of the 73 components change their seasonal adjustment status from seasonally adjusted to not seasonally adjusted, not seasonally adjusted data will be used in the aggregation of the dependent series for the last 5 years, but the seasonally adjusted indexes will be used before that period. Note: 44 of the 73 components are seasonally adjusted for 2007. 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-12ARIMA software was used for Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment. In January 2007, BLS adjusted 37 series using Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment, including selected food and beverage items, fuel oil, motor fuels, vehicles, jewelry, admission to sporting events and educational books and supplies. For example, this procedure was used for the Motor fuel series to offset the effects of damage to oil refineries from Hurricane Katrina, as well as the effects of implementing new fuel requirements in the United States. For a complete list of Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment series and explanations, please refer to the article “Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment”, located on our website at: http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpisapage.htm. For additional information on seasonal adjustment in the CPI, please write to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Division of Consumer Prices and Price Indexes, Washington, DC 20212 or contact Jeff Wilson on (202) 691-6968 by e-mail at Wilson.Jeff@bls.gov. If you have general questions about the CPI, please call our information staff at (202) 691-7000. 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 2006 Unadjusted indexes June 2007 July 2007 Unadjusted percent change to July 2007 from— July 2006 Seasonally adjusted percent change from— June 2007 Apr. to May May to June June to July Expenditure category All items ........................................................................................ All items (1967=100) .................................................................... 100.000 208.352 624.129 208.299 623.970 2.4 0.0 0.7 0.2 0.1 - - - - - - Food and beverages .................................................................. Food ......................................................................................... Food at home ......................................................................... Cereals and bakery products ............................................... Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs .............................................. Dairy and related products ................................................... Fruits and vegetables ........................................................... Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials ................ Other food at home .............................................................. Sugar and sweets .............................................................. Fats and oils ....................................................................... Other foods 1 ...................................................................... Other miscellaneous foods 1 2 ......................................... Food away from home 1 ......................................................... Other food away from home 2 .............................................. Alcoholic beverages 1 .............................................................. 14.992 13.885 7.896 1.103 2.112 .821 1.211 .906 1.743 .302 .227 1.214 .327 5.989 .281 1.107 202.885 202.441 200.950 222.605 197.175 191.435 258.337 153.104 173.790 176.665 171.581 189.353 116.101 205.934 143.157 207.383 203.533 203.121 201.401 223.297 196.690 197.899 254.616 153.384 174.440 178.235 173.691 189.518 115.017 206.931 144.785 207.624 4.1 4.2 4.6 4.1 6.3 9.5 2.2 4.8 2.0 2.8 4.1 1.4 .0 3.6 5.8 3.1 .3 .3 .2 .3 -.2 3.4 -1.4 .2 .4 .9 1.2 .1 -.9 .5 1.1 .1 .3 .3 .4 .0 1.2 .5 -.5 .9 .0 -.2 .8 -.1 -.5 .2 .1 .2 .5 .5 .6 .7 .5 3.2 -1.1 .3 .7 .6 .6 .8 1.2 .3 .0 .4 .3 .3 .1 .1 -.4 2.7 -1.1 -.1 .3 .6 1.3 .1 -.9 .5 1.1 .1 Housing ...................................................................................... Shelter ...................................................................................... Rent of primary residence 3 ................................................... Lodging away from home 2 .................................................... Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 3 4 .................. Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ................................... Fuels and utilities ..................................................................... Household energy .................................................................. Fuel oil and other fuels ......................................................... Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ................................................. Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ................... Household furnishings and operations ..................................... Household operations 1 2 ....................................................... 42.691 32.776 5.930 2.648 23.830 .369 5.264 4.368 .338 4.029 .897 4.651 .792 210.649 240.980 234.071 148.622 245.690 117.106 206.199 188.040 241.589 193.911 142.805 127.361 140.527 211.286 242.067 234.732 153.016 246.149 116.577 206.140 187.624 245.680 193.184 144.181 126.894 140.691 3.2 3.6 4.2 7.2 3.1 .2 3.8 3.6 1.6 3.8 5.2 -.2 3.0 .3 .5 .3 3.0 .2 -.5 .0 -.2 1.7 -.4 1.0 -.4 .1 .2 .2 .3 1.6 .1 -1.0 .0 -.1 1.8 -.2 .3 .0 .2 .3 .4 .3 2.5 .2 .6 .1 .1 1.9 -.1 .2 .1 .0 .2 .2 .3 .8 .2 -.5 .0 -.2 3.4 -.5 1.0 -.2 .1 Apparel ....................................................................................... Men’s and boys’ apparel .......................................................... Women’s and girls’ apparel ...................................................... Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel ................................................... Footwear .................................................................................. 3.726 .885 1.590 .177 .749 117.225 110.869 107.826 111.546 120.602 113.500 109.568 101.291 108.759 119.375 -.3 -.7 -1.0 -4.9 .2 -3.2 -1.2 -6.1 -2.5 -1.0 -.3 -.4 -.5 -1.2 .0 -.6 -.2 -1.9 .6 -.3 .4 1.4 -.2 -.9 1.5 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 1 ..................................... Motor vehicle maintenance and repair ................................... Public transportation ................................................................ 17.249 16.188 7.581 4.982 1.716 4.347 4.303 .370 1.145 1.060 189.064 185.175 93.842 135.820 135.067 260.655 259.686 120.885 222.553 233.389 187.690 183.619 93.961 135.415 136.024 252.909 251.883 121.514 223.487 235.767 -.7 -.7 -1.7 -1.1 -4.3 -1.1 -1.1 3.1 3.1 -.7 -.7 -.8 .1 -.3 .7 -3.0 -3.0 .5 .4 1.0 2.8 3.0 -.2 -.2 .1 10.4 10.5 .2 .2 -.5 -.2 -.2 .1 .0 .4 -1.0 -1.1 -.1 .3 .8 -.3 -.3 .3 .0 .7 -1.7 -1.7 .5 .4 -.1 Medical care ............................................................................... Medical care commodities ........................................................ Medical care services ............................................................... Professional services ............................................................. Hospital and related services 3 .............................................. 6.281 1.446 4.834 2.817 1.630 349.510 288.508 367.758 300.052 494.916 351.643 290.257 370.008 301.131 499.400 4.3 1.1 5.4 3.9 6.4 .6 .6 .6 .4 .9 .3 .0 .4 .2 .7 .2 .0 .3 .2 .3 .6 .6 .6 .4 .9 See footnotes at end of table. Table 1. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category and commodity and service group-Continued (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) CPI-U Relative importance, December 2006 Unadjusted indexes June 2007 July 2007 Unadjusted percent change to July 2007 from— July 2006 Seasonally adjusted percent change from— June 2007 Apr. to May May to June June to July Expenditure category Recreation 2 ............................................................................... Video and audio 2 .................................................................... 5.552 1.719 111.563 103.416 111.347 102.779 0.0 -2.1 -0.2 -.6 0.2 .6 0.0 .2 -0.1 -.5 Education and communication 2 ................................................ Education 2 .............................................................................. Educational books and supplies ............................................. Tuition, other school fees, and childcare ................................ Communication 2 ..................................................................... Information and information processing 1 2 ............................ Telephone services 1 2 ......................................................... Information technology, hardware and services 1 5 ............. Personal computers and peripheral equipment 1 2 ............ 6.034 3.076 .204 2.872 2.958 2.769 2.225 .543 .203 118.734 168.601 415.635 485.868 83.594 80.880 98.485 10.597 9.700 119.025 169.490 418.394 488.382 83.553 80.840 98.570 10.528 9.601 2.3 5.7 8.3 5.5 -.9 -1.3 3.1 -17.1 -9.4 .2 .5 .7 .5 .0 .0 .1 -.7 -1.0 .6 .4 .3 .5 .7 .6 .9 -.8 -2.0 .0 .2 .3 .2 -.2 -.3 .0 -1.8 -2.7 .2 .5 1.1 .5 .0 .0 .1 -.7 -1.0 Other goods and services .......................................................... Tobacco and smoking products 1 ............................................ Personal care ........................................................................... Personal care products 1 ....................................................... Personal care services 1 ........................................................ Miscellaneous personal services ........................................... 3.476 .712 2.764 .708 .677 1.188 333.378 552.314 195.835 158.771 215.860 325.259 333.415 553.987 195.704 158.457 216.720 324.579 3.8 6.2 3.2 2.2 3.4 3.7 .0 .3 -.1 -.2 .4 -.2 .3 .4 .3 .0 .4 .3 .3 .5 .2 .1 -.2 .3 .0 .3 .0 -.2 .4 -.2 40.305 14.992 25.313 14.191 3.726 10.465 11.122 59.695 32.407 .369 4.029 .897 .792 5.638 4.834 10.730 168.921 202.885 149.669 187.249 117.225 235.097 112.375 247.450 251.200 117.106 193.911 142.805 140.527 233.202 367.758 284.656 167.938 203.533 148.016 183.947 113.500 231.983 112.177 248.331 252.358 116.577 193.184 144.181 140.691 234.632 370.008 284.859 .9 4.1 -.9 .1 -.3 .2 -2.1 3.4 3.7 .2 3.8 5.2 3.0 .8 5.4 2.8 -.6 .3 -1.1 -1.8 -3.2 -1.3 -.2 .4 .5 -.5 -.4 1.0 .1 .6 .6 .1 1.3 .3 1.9 2.9 -.3 5.0 -.2 .2 .3 -1.0 -.2 .3 .2 -.4 .4 .6 .0 .5 -.2 -.3 -.6 -.6 -.1 .3 .4 .6 -.1 .2 .0 .4 .3 .1 .0 .3 -.2 -.6 .4 -.8 .0 .2 .3 -.5 -.5 1.0 .1 .4 .6 .1 86.115 67.224 93.719 26.420 15.299 11.572 29.183 27.288 54.861 8.715 91.285 77.401 21.735 4.685 55.666 209.353 197.913 201.178 151.825 188.463 231.414 195.749 261.677 237.565 221.088 208.636 210.474 139.589 260.739 252.955 $ .480 $ .160 209.179 197.408 201.042 150.225 185.382 228.641 194.326 262.284 238.357 217.274 208.980 210.756 138.757 253.696 253.998 $ .480 $ .160 2.1 1.8 2.3 -.7 .3 .5 2.1 3.0 3.2 1.0 2.5 2.2 -.6 -.9 3.3 -.1 -.3 -.1 -1.1 -1.6 -1.2 -.7 .2 .3 -1.7 .2 .1 -.6 -2.7 .4 .7 .9 .7 1.8 2.7 4.5 1.6 .4 .3 5.4 .2 .1 -.1 9.8 .3 .1 .1 .2 -.2 -.3 -.4 .0 .4 .4 -.5 .3 .2 -.1 -.9 .3 .1 .1 .1 -.2 -.5 -.7 -.2 .2 .2 -1.0 .2 .2 .1 -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 ............................................................................ Special indexes All items less food ........................................................................ All items less shelter .................................................................... All items less medical care ........................................................... Commodities less food ................................................................. Nondurables less food ................................................................. Nondurables less food and apparel ............................................. Nondurables ................................................................................. Services less rent of shelter 4 ...................................................... Services less medical care services ............................................ Energy .......................................................................................... All items less energy .................................................................... All items less food and energy ................................................... Commodities less food and energy commodities ..................... Energy commodities ............................................................... Services less energy services .................................................. Purchasing power of the consumer dollar (1982-84=$1.00) ........ Purchasing power of the consumer dollar (1967=$1.00) ............. - 1 Not seasonally adjusted. 2 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. 3 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series were calculated using a geometric means estimator. 4 Indexes on a December 1982=100 base. 5 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base. - Data not available. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. Table 2. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Seasonally adjusted U.S. city average, by expenditure category and commodity and service group (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) Seasonally adjusted indexes Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent change for 3 months ended— CPI-U 6 months ended— Oct. 2006 Jan. 2007 Apr. 2007 July 2007 208.028 -2.7 2.7 5.7 203.192 202.773 201.525 221.959 197.568 193.257 260.558 153.685 173.792 176.267 172.105 189.353 116.101 205.934 143.183 207.383 203.709 203.311 201.731 222.231 196.783 198.511 257.781 153.554 174.356 177.285 174.272 189.518 115.017 206.931 144.700 207.624 3.5 3.7 4.4 2.1 6.4 -.4 16.1 5.0 -1.9 1.6 1.9 -3.6 -4.4 2.8 3.6 1.2 2.5 2.4 1.2 3.7 3.3 3.4 -9.3 5.0 1.4 4.6 1.7 .6 3.4 4.2 9.7 2.1 208.912 239.550 233.654 141.581 245.277 116.386 200.602 182.006 240.264 187.275 142.552 127.099 140.465 209.617 240.547 234.254 145.059 245.778 117.106 200.780 182.136 244.933 187.119 142.805 127.183 140.527 209.959 241.112 234.903 146.182 246.191 116.577 200.791 181.795 253.273 186.201 144.181 126.971 140.691 2.4 3.8 4.7 1.8 4.1 -.7 -4.9 -6.7 -28.9 -4.4 4.4 .9 6.0 119.165 112.218 111.548 113.572 121.597 118.772 111.817 110.951 112.180 121.648 118.065 111.634 108.817 112.895 121.283 118.585 113.150 108.619 111.839 123.124 Transportation ................................................................... Private transportation ...................................................... New and used motor vehicles 2 .................................... New vehicles ............................................................... Used cars and trucks 1 ............................................... Motor fuel ...................................................................... Gasoline (all types) ..................................................... Motor vehicle parts and equipment 1 ............................ Motor vehicle maintenance and repair .......................... Public transportation ....................................................... 182.835 178.995 94.193 136.633 134.363 232.663 231.531 120.714 221.683 227.233 187.879 184.318 94.027 136.303 134.481 256.776 255.731 120.990 222.104 226.040 187.592 183.924 94.126 136.317 135.067 254.122 253.031 120.885 222.723 227.879 Medical care ...................................................................... Medical care commodities .............................................. Medical care services ..................................................... Professional services .................................................... Hospital and related services 3 ..................................... 347.316 288.197 364.892 298.225 490.706 348.467 288.277 366.427 298.929 493.924 349.272 288.154 367.567 299.630 495.327 Apr. 2007 May 2007 June 2007 July 2007 All items .............................................................................. 205.999 207.387 207.784 Food and beverages ......................................................... Food ................................................................................ Food at home ................................................................ Cereals and bakery products ...................................... Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ..................................... Dairy and related products .......................................... Fruits and vegetables .................................................. Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials ....... Other food at home ..................................................... Sugar and sweets ..................................................... Fats and oils .............................................................. Other foods 1 ............................................................ Other miscellaneous foods 1 2 ................................ Food away from home 1 ............................................... Other food away from home 2 ..................................... Alcoholic beverages 1 ..................................................... 201.562 201.111 199.525 220.386 194.211 186.388 264.641 151.879 172.566 175.639 169.685 188.103 115.310 204.725 143.105 206.166 202.227 201.794 200.339 220.379 196.611 187.354 263.352 153.191 172.559 175.236 171.038 187.921 114.692 205.233 143.226 206.599 Housing ............................................................................. Shelter ............................................................................. Rent of primary residence 3 .......................................... Lodging away from home 2 ........................................... Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 3 4 ......... Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ......................... Fuels and utilities ............................................................ Household energy ......................................................... Fuel oil and other fuels ................................................ Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ....................................... Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 .......... Household furnishings and operations ............................ Household operations 1 2 ............................................. 208.547 238.981 233.001 139.332 245.079 117.559 200.647 182.151 235.916 187.716 142.184 127.151 140.252 Apparel .............................................................................. Men’s and boys’ apparel ................................................. Women’s and girls’ apparel ............................................. Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel .......................................... Footwear ......................................................................... Jan. 2007 July 2007 4.0 0.0 4.9 6.1 6.1 8.4 7.1 10.2 8.3 15.1 4.7 4.4 1.4 1.6 5.7 2.3 3.1 5.7 6.5 4.3 4.4 4.5 3.4 5.4 28.7 -10.0 4.5 4.2 3.8 11.3 3.0 -1.0 4.4 4.5 2.9 3.0 3.1 2.8 2.9 4.8 1.5 2.6 5.0 -.2 3.1 1.8 -1.5 -.6 3.5 6.6 1.7 5.2 5.3 6.4 5.2 7.8 18.0 1.8 4.6 4.3 2.6 6.3 4.4 .6 3.7 5.1 4.6 4.4 4.2 4.8 8.4 3.5 4.3 10.7 11.6 -8.9 13.4 6.0 -1.5 2.7 3.4 2.8 4.1 -1.3 3.0 .5 10.2 11.4 23.7 10.5 4.5 .4 2.1 2.7 3.6 3.3 21.2 1.8 -3.3 .3 -.8 32.8 -3.2 5.7 -.6 1.3 3.4 4.0 4.7 5.1 3.8 1.8 2.6 2.0 -19.5 4.1 5.2 -.3 4.3 3.1 3.2 3.7 9.3 2.4 -1.4 5.1 5.2 28.2 3.4 5.1 -.1 1.7 2.4 1.1 4.8 -1.4 1.0 1.6 -5.8 6.9 -8.8 -.6 -3.3 -1.0 -4.6 -3.3 -4.2 -1.9 3.4 -10.1 -6.0 5.1 2.0 -2.5 5.8 -5.1 .2 -2.6 1.2 -7.4 -4.7 .3 187.002 183.322 94.380 136.361 136.024 249.813 248.717 121.514 223.624 227.627 -24.7 -25.8 -2.9 -1.7 -7.7 -63.5 -63.7 3.4 2.8 -3.8 .4 .3 -4.4 -2.7 -11.1 8.5 8.6 2.9 1.3 .2 17.4 18.6 -.6 .8 -2.6 82.3 82.6 3.2 5.0 .2 9.4 10.0 .8 -.8 5.0 32.9 33.2 2.7 3.5 .7 -13.1 -13.8 -3.7 -2.2 -9.4 -37.1 -37.2 3.2 2.0 -1.8 13.3 14.2 .1 .0 1.1 55.7 55.9 3.0 4.3 .4 351.450 289.810 369.912 300.785 499.895 3.7 1.5 4.5 3.4 5.7 5.0 1.3 6.0 5.7 4.6 3.9 -.7 5.3 3.1 7.6 4.8 2.3 5.6 3.5 7.7 4.3 1.4 5.3 4.5 5.2 4.4 .8 5.4 3.3 7.7 Expenditure category See footnotes at end of table. Table 2. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Seasonally adjusted U.S. city average, by expenditure category and commodity and service group-Continued (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) Seasonally adjusted indexes Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent change for 3 months ended— CPI-U 6 months ended— Oct. 2006 Jan. 2007 Apr. 2007 July 2007 111.335 102.766 0.0 -3.0 -0.5 -3.9 0.1 -2.5 119.517 170.781 416.568 492.532 83.594 80.880 98.485 10.597 9.700 119.812 171.682 421.161 494.925 83.553 80.840 98.570 10.528 9.601 2.4 6.6 8.0 6.3 -1.4 -1.9 5.1 -22.9 -7.3 -.5 4.7 8.8 4.5 -5.7 -6.0 .4 -29.6 -5.3 332.499 549.703 195.427 158.594 216.228 324.032 333.375 552.314 195.833 158.771 215.860 325.136 333.462 553.987 195.739 158.457 216.720 324.498 4.0 -.3 5.2 4.2 4.3 7.0 166.375 201.562 146.671 180.348 119.165 223.233 112.714 245.331 249.045 117.559 187.716 142.184 140.252 232.243 364.892 283.650 168.578 202.227 149.471 185.615 118.772 234.300 112.434 245.870 249.718 116.386 187.275 142.552 140.465 231.426 366.427 285.213 168.620 203.192 149.116 184.980 118.065 232.988 112.361 246.637 250.724 117.106 187.119 142.805 140.527 232.372 367.567 285.569 168.542 203.709 148.786 183.925 118.585 231.202 112.376 247.174 251.435 116.577 186.201 144.181 140.691 233.221 369.912 285.897 206.831 195.393 198.840 148.873 181.876 220.611 191.486 259.061 235.366 204.969 207.720 209.634 140.050 234.008 251.242 208.336 197.122 200.225 151.608 186.872 230.622 194.573 260.009 236.073 216.073 208.092 209.948 139.880 257.001 251.880 208.636 197.285 200.603 151.287 186.289 229.586 194.630 261.082 237.044 214.911 208.656 210.436 139.809 254.792 252.739 208.831 197.405 200.770 150.973 185.359 227.933 194.200 261.518 237.457 212.732 209.158 210.933 140.013 251.255 253.423 Apr. 2007 May 2007 June 2007 July 2007 Recreation 2 ...................................................................... Video and audio 2 ........................................................... 111.184 102.512 111.400 103.089 111.424 103.318 Education and communication 2 ....................................... Education 2 ..................................................................... Educational books and supplies ................................... Tuition, other school fees, and childcare ...................... Communication 2 ............................................................ Information and information processing 1 2 .................. Telephone services 1 2 ............................................... Information technology, hardware and services 1 5 .... Personal computers and peripheral equipment 1 2 ... 118.824 169.614 414.225 489.125 83.201 80.683 97.617 10.869 10.172 119.491 170.365 415.517 491.336 83.771 81.151 98.491 10.787 9.971 Other goods and services ................................................. Tobacco and smoking products 1 ................................... Personal care .................................................................. Personal care products 1 .............................................. Personal care services 1 ............................................... Miscellaneous personal services .................................. 331.436 547.663 194.830 158.657 215.380 322.914 Jan. 2007 July 2007 0.5 1.0 -0.3 -3.5 0.3 -.8 4.4 6.6 9.4 6.4 2.1 2.2 3.0 -1.1 -3.3 3.4 5.0 6.9 4.8 1.7 .8 4.0 -12.0 -20.6 1.0 5.6 8.4 5.4 -3.6 -4.0 2.7 -26.3 -6.3 3.9 5.8 8.1 5.6 1.9 1.5 3.5 -6.7 -12.4 6.3 18.3 3.4 2.8 4.5 2.8 2.5 3.1 2.4 2.5 2.5 3.3 2.5 4.7 1.9 -.5 2.5 2.0 5.2 8.6 4.3 3.5 4.4 4.8 2.5 3.9 2.1 1.0 2.5 2.6 -10.8 3.5 -18.3 -29.5 2.4 -36.3 -2.8 3.0 3.8 -.7 -4.4 4.4 6.0 1.2 4.5 3.1 1.0 2.5 .2 13.6 1.6 3.0 -3.7 4.0 4.4 4.3 13.4 6.0 2.7 .7 6.0 1.1 9.4 6.1 11.4 15.8 -3.3 33.3 -.8 3.4 2.6 .5 10.5 4.5 2.1 -.2 5.3 3.7 5.3 4.3 5.9 8.2 -1.9 15.1 -1.2 3.0 3.9 -3.3 -3.2 5.7 1.3 1.7 5.6 3.2 -5.1 3.0 -9.5 -10.5 2.0 -19.0 -3.2 3.5 4.1 1.8 4.1 5.2 4.3 .9 5.3 2.1 7.3 5.2 8.6 11.9 -2.6 23.9 -1.0 3.2 3.3 -1.4 3.4 5.1 1.7 .7 5.4 3.4 -3.9 -6.0 -3.2 -17.4 -27.7 -33.4 -13.7 .8 2.6 -43.1 2.4 2.3 -.6 -61.9 3.6 2.8 2.2 2.6 .3 12.8 2.8 7.5 2.9 3.1 10.1 2.2 2.0 -1.4 7.2 3.4 5.7 7.2 5.9 11.1 14.8 30.5 10.5 4.5 3.4 43.3 2.6 1.9 -.5 77.7 2.9 3.9 4.2 3.9 5.8 7.9 14.0 5.8 3.8 3.6 16.0 2.8 2.5 -.1 32.9 3.5 -.6 -2.0 -.4 -9.0 -9.7 -17.2 -3.7 1.9 2.9 -20.9 2.3 2.2 -1.0 -36.1 3.5 4.8 5.7 4.9 8.4 11.3 21.9 8.1 4.2 3.5 28.9 2.7 2.2 -.3 53.7 3.2 Expenditure category Commodity and service group Commodities ....................................................................... Food and beverages ......................................................... Commodities less food and beverages ............................. Nondurables less food and beverages ........................... Apparel .......................................................................... Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel .......... Durables .......................................................................... Services .............................................................................. Rent of shelter 4 ................................................................ Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ............................. Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ............................................. Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 .............. Household operations 1 2 ................................................. Transportation services ..................................................... Medical care services ....................................................... Other services ................................................................... Special indexes All items less food ............................................................... All items less shelter ........................................................... All items less medical care .................................................. Commodities less food ........................................................ Nondurables less food ........................................................ Nondurables less food and apparel .................................... Nondurables ........................................................................ Services less rent of shelter 4 ............................................. Services less medical care services ................................... Energy ................................................................................. All items less energy ........................................................... All items less food and energy .......................................... Commodities less food and energy commodities ........... Energy commodities ..................................................... Services less energy services ......................................... 1 Not seasonally adjusted. 2 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. 3 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series were calculated using a geometric means estimator. 4 Indexes on a December 1982=100 base. 5 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. Table 3. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Selected areas, all items index (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) All items CPI-U Indexes Percent change to July2007 from— Pricing schedule 1 Apr. 2007 May 2007 June 2007 July 2007 M 206.686 207.949 208.352 Northeast urban .............................................. Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M M M 219.501 222.001 129.563 220.591 222.924 130.488 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 197.405 199.378 125.724 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 ................ Percent change to June2007 from— July 2006 May 2007 June 2007 June 2006 Apr. 2007 May 2007 208.299 2.4 0.2 0.0 2.7 0.8 0.2 221.579 224.036 130.893 221.945 224.229 131.391 2.0 1.9 2.5 .6 .6 .7 .2 .1 .4 2.3 2.2 2.5 .9 .9 1.0 .4 .5 .3 199.194 200.818 127.247 199.263 200.666 127.372 198.989 200.369 127.111 2.3 2.1 2.4 -.1 -.2 -.1 -.1 -.1 -.2 2.7 2.6 2.7 .9 .6 1.3 .0 -.1 .1 191.685 193.467 194.442 194.815 2.5 .7 .2 2.7 1.4 .5 M M M 199.618 201.818 127.000 200.804 202.840 127.893 201.675 204.152 128.265 201.571 203.953 128.226 2.3 2.5 2.2 .4 .5 .3 -.1 -.1 .0 2.7 3.0 2.6 1.0 1.2 1.0 .4 .6 .3 M 200.366 200.919 201.445 201.576 1.8 .3 .1 2.4 .5 .3 M M M 212.036 215.540 128.843 213.063 216.640 129.129 212.680 215.901 129.262 212.542 215.855 129.067 2.8 2.8 2.8 -.2 -.4 .0 -.1 .0 -.2 3.0 3.1 2.9 .3 .2 .3 -.2 -.3 .1 M M M 189.327 127.440 198.516 190.327 128.347 200.118 190.637 128.628 200.800 190.571 128.601 200.893 2.3 2.4 2.5 .1 .2 .4 .0 .0 .0 2.7 2.7 2.8 .7 .9 1.2 .2 .2 .3 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI ................... Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA ... New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA ......................................... M M 204.019 217.845 205.686 218.596 206.092 217.273 205.561 217.454 3.1 2.9 -.1 -.5 -.3 .1 3.6 2.9 1.0 -.3 .2 -.6 M 225.780 227.146 228.258 228.628 2.5 .7 .2 2.5 1.1 .5 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 - 226.247 196.216 192.779 132.982 - 226.929 197.010 194.286 134.442 .8 2.0 1.3 2.9 .3 .4 .8 1.1 - - - - Atlanta, GA ..................................................... Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI .............................. Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX .................... Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL ............................. Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD ........................................ San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA ........... Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA .................... 2 2 2 2 199.039 200.418 184.140 210.904 - 202.200 201.585 184.529 212.820 - - - - 3.2 2.4 1.2 4.4 1.6 .6 .2 .9 - 2 2 2 215.270 215.842 215.767 - 217.255 216.123 215.510 - - - - 1.6 3.4 3.5 .9 .1 -.1 - U.S. city average ............................................ Region and area size2 Size classes A 4 .............................................................. B/C 3 ........................................................... D ................................................................. Selected local areas5 1 Foods, fuels, and several other items priced every month in all areas; most other goods and services priced as indicated: M - Every month. 1 - January, March, May, July, September, and November. 2 - February, April, June, August, October, and December. 2 Regions defined as the four Census regions. See technical notes. 3 Indexes on a December 1996=100 base. 4 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base. 5 In addition, the following metropolitan areas are published semiannually and appear in Tables 34 and 39 of the January and July issues of the CPI Detailed Report: Anchorage, AK; Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN; Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO; Honolulu, HI; Kansas City, MO-KS; Milwaukee-Racine, WI; Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI; Phoenix-Mesa, AZ; Pittsburgh, PA; Portland-Salem, OR-WA; St. Louis, MO-IL; San Diego, CA; Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL. 6 Indexes on a November 1996=100 base. - Data not available. NOTE: Local area indexes are byproducts of the national CPI program. Each local index has a smaller sample size than the national index and is, therefore, subject to substantially more sampling and other measurement error. As a result, local area indexes show greater volatility than the national index, although their long-term trends are similar. Therefore, the Bureau of Labor Statistics strongly urges users to consider adopting the national average CPI for use in their escalator clauses. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. Table 4. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): U.S. city average, by expenditure category and commodity and service group (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) CPI-W Relative importance, December 2006 Unadjusted indexes June 2007 July 2007 Unadjusted percent change to July 2007 from— July 2006 Seasonally adjusted percent change from— June 2007 Apr. to May May to June June to July Expenditure category All items ........................................................................................ All items (1967=100) .................................................................... 100.000 203.906 607.374 203.700 606.759 2.3 -0.1 0.8 0.1 0.1 - - - - - - Food and beverages .................................................................. Food ......................................................................................... Food at home ......................................................................... Cereals and bakery products ............................................... Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs .............................................. Dairy and related products ................................................... Fruits and vegetables ........................................................... Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials ................ Other food at home .............................................................. Sugar and sweets .............................................................. Fats and oils ....................................................................... Other foods 1 ...................................................................... Other miscellaneous foods 1 2 ......................................... Food away from home 1 ......................................................... Other food away from home 2 .............................................. Alcoholic beverages 1 .............................................................. 16.475 15.457 9.244 1.285 2.623 .928 1.332 1.082 1.993 .337 .283 1.373 .368 6.213 .279 1.018 202.185 201.722 200.059 223.009 196.660 191.235 256.565 152.501 173.049 175.073 172.222 189.456 116.366 205.691 143.018 207.767 202.823 202.409 200.569 223.663 196.323 198.027 252.703 152.829 173.727 176.736 174.109 189.667 115.355 206.657 144.439 207.647 4.2 4.3 4.7 4.1 6.3 9.8 2.3 5.0 2.0 2.5 3.7 1.4 .1 3.6 6.0 3.4 .3 .3 .3 .3 -.2 3.6 -1.5 .2 .4 .9 1.1 .1 -.9 .5 1.0 -.1 .4 .4 .5 .0 1.3 .6 -.5 .9 .0 -.3 .8 -.1 -.3 .3 .1 .1 .5 .5 .6 .7 .4 3.2 -1.0 .3 .7 .5 .6 .7 1.2 .3 -.1 .5 .2 .3 .1 .1 -.3 2.9 -1.2 .1 .3 .6 1.0 .1 -.9 .5 1.0 -.1 Housing ...................................................................................... Shelter ...................................................................................... Rent of primary residence 3 ................................................... Lodging away from home 2 .................................................... Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 3 4 .................. Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ................................... Fuels and utilities ..................................................................... Household energy .................................................................. Fuel oil and other fuels ......................................................... Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ................................................. Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ................... Household furnishings and operations ..................................... Household operations 1 2 ....................................................... 40.463 30.570 8.021 1.430 20.776 .342 5.779 4.842 .346 4.496 .937 4.114 .368 205.711 233.040 233.188 148.948 222.671 117.503 204.396 185.178 241.249 191.771 143.086 122.826 142.941 206.183 233.848 233.855 153.107 223.093 116.912 204.272 184.725 245.633 191.010 144.432 122.550 143.175 3.2 3.6 4.3 7.4 3.0 .2 3.8 3.6 1.8 3.8 5.1 -.1 2.8 .2 .3 .3 2.8 .2 -.5 -.1 -.2 1.8 -.4 .9 -.2 .2 .2 .2 .3 2.0 .1 -.9 -.1 -.1 1.9 -.3 .2 -.1 .2 .2 .3 .2 2.5 .2 .6 -.1 -.2 2.0 -.3 .2 .1 .1 .2 .2 .3 .2 .2 -.5 .0 -.2 3.7 -.5 .9 .1 .2 Apparel ....................................................................................... Men’s and boys’ apparel .......................................................... Women’s and girls’ apparel ...................................................... Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel ................................................... Footwear .................................................................................. 4.041 .954 1.680 .235 .954 116.389 110.739 107.422 113.427 120.367 113.157 109.580 101.709 110.906 119.278 .0 -.7 .4 -4.3 .1 -2.8 -1.0 -5.3 -2.2 -.9 -.3 -.6 -.5 -1.0 .2 -.9 .0 -2.1 .6 -.5 .8 1.6 .5 -.6 1.3 Transportation ............................................................................ Private transportation ............................................................... New and used motor vehicles 2 ............................................. New vehicles ........................................................................ Used cars and trucks 1 ......................................................... Motor fuel ............................................................................... Gasoline (all types) .............................................................. Motor vehicle parts and equipment 1 ..................................... Motor vehicle maintenance and repair ................................... Public transportation ................................................................ 19.515 18.793 8.626 5.210 2.675 5.441 5.388 .444 1.145 .723 189.205 186.374 92.917 137.060 135.917 261.679 260.799 120.666 225.172 231.549 187.606 184.684 93.042 136.663 136.880 253.893 252.957 121.350 226.090 233.390 -.7 -.8 -2.0 -.9 -4.3 -.9 -.9 3.3 3.2 -.3 -.8 -.9 .1 -.3 .7 -3.0 -3.0 .6 .4 .8 3.1 3.3 -.1 -.2 .1 10.5 10.6 .3 .2 -.6 -.2 -.2 .1 .0 .4 -1.1 -1.1 .0 .3 .8 -.3 -.3 .3 .1 .7 -1.5 -1.6 .6 .4 -.2 Medical care ............................................................................... Medical care commodities ........................................................ Medical care services ............................................................... Professional services ............................................................. Hospital and related services 3 .............................................. 5.228 1.135 4.094 2.338 1.378 349.145 280.862 368.384 302.346 489.292 351.346 282.662 370.696 303.481 493.563 4.4 .8 5.4 3.9 6.2 .6 .6 .6 .4 .9 .3 .0 .4 .2 .5 .2 -.2 .3 .3 .3 .7 .6 .7 .4 .9 See footnotes at end of table. Table 4. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): U.S. city average, by expenditure category and commodity and service group-Continued (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) CPI-W Relative importance, December 2006 Unadjusted indexes June 2007 July 2007 Unadjusted percent change to July 2007 from— July 2006 Seasonally adjusted percent change from— June 2007 Apr. to May May to June June to July Expenditure category Recreation 2 ............................................................................... Video and audio 2 .................................................................... 5.022 1.867 108.681 103.001 108.403 102.358 -0.3 -1.9 -0.3 -.6 0.2 .6 -0.1 .2 -0.1 -.5 Education and communication 2 ................................................ Education 2 .............................................................................. Educational books and supplies ............................................. Tuition, other school fees, and childcare ................................ Communication 2 ..................................................................... Information and information processing 1 2 ............................ Telephone services 1 2 ......................................................... Information technology, hardware and services 1 5 ............. Personal computers and peripheral equipment 1 2 ............ 5.605 2.329 .208 2.121 3.276 3.124 2.633 .492 .178 115.746 166.758 418.705 470.329 85.999 84.095 98.603 11.062 9.583 115.980 167.527 421.529 472.395 86.015 84.111 98.721 11.001 9.495 2.2 5.8 8.8 5.4 -.2 -.5 3.2 -17.3 -8.7 .2 .5 .7 .4 .0 .0 .1 -.6 -.9 .6 .4 .3 .4 .7 .6 .9 -.7 -1.9 .0 .1 .2 .1 -.2 -.2 .0 -1.6 -2.6 .3 .6 1.1 .6 .0 .0 .1 -.6 -.9 Other goods and services .......................................................... Tobacco and smoking products 1 ............................................ Personal care ........................................................................... Personal care products 1 ....................................................... Personal care services 1 ........................................................ Miscellaneous personal services ........................................... 3.652 1.139 2.513 .771 .618 .962 343.939 553.538 193.858 158.739 216.174 326.572 344.221 555.366 193.792 158.445 217.040 326.135 4.1 6.1 3.1 2.2 3.5 3.9 .1 .3 .0 -.2 .4 -.1 .3 .4 .3 .0 .4 .4 .3 .5 .2 .1 -.1 .4 .1 .3 .0 -.2 .4 -.2 44.175 16.475 27.700 15.699 4.041 11.658 12.001 55.825 30.227 .342 4.496 .937 .368 5.600 4.094 9.761 171.216 202.185 153.367 195.053 116.389 248.347 112.485 242.241 224.655 117.503 191.771 143.086 142.941 232.623 368.384 274.670 170.252 202.823 151.724 191.603 113.157 244.695 112.425 242.901 225.455 116.912 191.010 144.432 143.175 233.737 370.696 274.766 1.0 4.2 -.7 .3 .0 .4 -2.1 3.3 3.6 .2 3.8 5.1 2.8 1.0 5.4 2.5 -.6 .3 -1.1 -1.8 -2.8 -1.5 -.1 .3 .4 -.5 -.4 .9 .2 .5 .6 .0 1.6 .4 2.3 3.3 -.3 5.6 -.2 .2 .2 -.9 -.3 .2 .2 -.4 .4 .6 .0 .5 -.3 -.5 -.9 -1.0 .0 .2 .3 .6 -.3 .2 .1 .4 .3 .0 .0 .2 -.1 -.5 .8 -.5 .1 .2 .2 -.5 -.5 .9 .2 .4 .7 .1 84.543 69.430 94.772 28.718 16.717 12.676 32.174 25.598 51.732 10.282 89.718 74.261 22.932 5.786 51.329 204.121 195.489 197.783 155.339 195.988 243.806 199.476 231.965 232.848 221.832 202.582 203.132 140.019 261.460 247.606 $ .490 $ .165 203.750 194.913 197.504 153.730 192.714 240.471 198.000 232.367 233.415 217.795 202.849 203.310 139.352 254.282 248.434 $ .491 $ .165 1.9 1.7 2.2 -.6 .4 .6 2.2 2.9 3.1 1.0 2.4 2.1 -.5 -.7 3.3 -.2 -.3 -.1 -1.0 -1.7 -1.4 -.7 .2 .2 -1.8 .1 .1 -.5 -2.7 .3 .9 1.1 .8 2.2 3.2 5.2 1.9 .4 .3 5.8 .2 .1 -.1 10.0 .2 .0 .0 .1 -.3 -.4 -.5 -.1 .4 .4 -.7 .2 .2 -.1 -.9 .3 .1 .1 .1 -.1 -.5 -.8 -.2 .1 .1 -1.0 .3 .3 .3 -1.3 .3 - - - - - Commodity and service group Commodities ................................................................................ Food and beverages .................................................................. Commodities less food and beverages ...................................... Nondurables less food and beverages ..................................... Apparel ................................................................................... Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel .................... Durables ................................................................................... Services ....................................................................................... Rent of shelter 4 ......................................................................... Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ....................................... Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ....................................................... Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ....................... Household operations 1 2 ........................................................... Transportation services .............................................................. Medical care services ................................................................. Other services ............................................................................ Special indexes All items less food ........................................................................ All items less shelter .................................................................... All items less medical care ........................................................... Commodities less food ................................................................. Nondurables less food ................................................................. Nondurables less food and apparel ............................................. Nondurables ................................................................................. Services less rent of shelter 4 ...................................................... Services less medical care services ............................................ Energy .......................................................................................... All items less energy .................................................................... All items less food and energy ................................................... Commodities less food and energy commodities ..................... Energy commodities ............................................................... Services less energy services .................................................. Purchasing power of the consumer dollar (1982-84=$1.00) ........ Purchasing power of the consumer dollar (1967=$1.00) ............. - 1 Not seasonally adjusted. 2 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. 3 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series were calculated using a geometric means estimator. 4 Indexes on a December 1984=100 base 5 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base. - Data not available. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. Table 5. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Seasonally adjusted U.S. city average, by expenditure category and commodity and service group (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) Seasonally adjusted indexes Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent change for 3 months ended— CPI-W 6 months ended— Oct. 2006 Jan. 2007 Apr. 2007 July 2007 203.547 -4.2 2.7 6.7 202.484 202.040 200.582 222.309 196.937 193.100 258.830 152.979 173.083 174.680 172.917 189.456 116.366 205.691 143.004 207.767 202.990 202.586 200.860 222.475 196.383 198.664 255.779 153.081 173.641 175.813 174.579 189.667 115.355 206.657 144.409 207.647 3.7 4.0 4.7 2.5 6.4 -.9 18.3 5.3 -2.1 .7 1.9 -3.6 -4.8 2.8 3.0 2.0 2.2 2.1 .8 3.2 3.3 3.1 -11.3 5.2 1.3 4.5 .0 .8 3.4 4.3 10.5 2.0 204.238 232.091 232.806 141.776 222.344 116.828 199.088 179.556 239.903 185.598 142.786 122.542 142.780 204.709 232.821 233.368 145.318 222.727 117.503 198.891 179.274 244.615 185.008 143.086 122.643 142.941 205.060 233.328 234.070 145.591 223.171 116.912 198.917 178.981 253.612 184.154 144.432 122.706 143.175 2.2 4.0 4.7 1.5 3.9 -.3 -5.1 -6.8 -30.6 -4.4 4.7 .0 3.8 118.646 112.055 111.258 115.362 121.393 118.255 111.391 110.729 114.205 121.623 117.216 111.352 108.380 114.892 120.984 118.157 113.122 108.877 114.249 122.575 Transportation ................................................................... Private transportation ...................................................... New and used motor vehicles 2 .................................... New vehicles ............................................................... Used cars and trucks 1 ............................................... Motor fuel ...................................................................... Gasoline (all types) ..................................................... Motor vehicle parts and equipment 1 ............................ Motor vehicle maintenance and repair .......................... Public transportation ....................................................... 182.297 179.472 93.122 137.725 135.192 233.190 232.197 120.367 224.295 226.292 187.996 185.340 93.015 137.497 135.320 257.662 256.779 120.709 224.729 224.919 187.605 184.886 93.140 137.508 135.917 254.852 253.987 120.666 225.350 226.686 Medical care ...................................................................... Medical care commodities .............................................. Medical care services ..................................................... Professional services .................................................... Hospital and related services 3 ..................................... 347.186 281.058 365.689 300.604 486.111 348.209 281.075 367.054 301.184 488.533 348.922 280.455 368.229 301.939 489.841 Apr. 2007 May 2007 June 2007 July 2007 All items .............................................................................. 201.449 203.070 203.289 Food and beverages ......................................................... Food ................................................................................ Food at home ................................................................ Cereals and bakery products ...................................... Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ..................................... Dairy and related products .......................................... Fruits and vegetables .................................................. Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials ....... Other food at home ..................................................... Sugar and sweets ..................................................... Fats and oils .............................................................. Other foods 1 ............................................................ Other miscellaneous foods 1 2 ................................ Food away from home 1 ............................................... Other food away from home 2 ..................................... Alcoholic beverages 1 ..................................................... 200.788 200.328 198.516 220.802 193.636 185.923 262.893 151.119 171.861 174.315 170.483 188.165 115.432 204.519 142.978 206.342 201.521 201.088 199.429 220.710 196.102 187.105 261.575 152.510 171.900 173.743 171.928 188.049 115.035 205.046 143.120 206.636 Housing ............................................................................. Shelter ............................................................................. Rent of primary residence 3 .......................................... Lodging away from home 2 ........................................... Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 3 4 ......... Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ......................... Fuels and utilities ............................................................ Household energy ......................................................... Fuel oil and other fuels ................................................ Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ....................................... Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 .......... Household furnishings and operations ............................ Household operations 1 2 ............................................. 203.924 231.576 232.171 138.971 222.148 117.945 199.188 179.743 235.366 186.072 142.451 122.617 142.471 Apparel .............................................................................. Men’s and boys’ apparel ................................................. Women’s and girls’ apparel ............................................. Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel .......................................... Footwear ......................................................................... Jan. 2007 July 2007 4.2 -0.8 5.4 6.4 6.4 8.6 7.6 10.1 9.1 16.5 4.2 4.4 1.2 3.1 5.5 2.4 3.2 6.4 7.1 4.5 4.6 4.8 3.1 5.8 30.4 -10.4 5.3 4.2 3.5 10.0 3.2 -.3 4.2 4.1 2.6 3.0 3.1 2.7 2.8 4.9 1.1 2.4 5.3 -.4 2.6 .9 -1.4 -.8 3.5 6.7 2.0 5.4 5.5 6.7 5.3 7.9 19.3 2.2 4.7 4.3 2.3 6.5 4.3 1.0 3.7 5.2 4.8 4.5 4.1 4.7 9.6 3.4 4.0 11.8 12.9 -8.0 14.6 5.7 -1.0 3.3 3.8 3.1 4.4 -.8 3.0 .7 10.3 11.5 24.8 10.6 4.3 .1 2.1 2.2 3.1 3.3 20.5 1.9 -3.5 -.5 -1.7 34.8 -4.1 5.7 .3 2.0 3.4 4.0 4.7 5.4 3.7 1.8 3.0 2.6 -20.1 4.6 5.2 -.5 3.5 3.0 3.1 3.8 9.3 2.4 -1.4 4.7 4.7 29.7 3.0 5.0 .2 2.1 4.5 1.8 8.0 1.0 2.0 -.2 -8.5 7.8 -8.3 -2.4 -2.7 .6 -4.7 -6.0 -2.8 -1.6 3.9 -8.3 -3.8 4.0 2.1 -3.5 7.9 -3.7 -.2 -2.2 2.2 -6.5 -4.9 .5 187.060 184.340 93.427 137.606 136.880 250.930 249.916 121.350 226.248 226.344 -26.7 -27.6 -3.7 -1.7 -7.9 -63.5 -63.7 3.8 2.8 -2.1 .0 .1 -4.8 -2.3 -11.0 8.0 8.0 2.9 1.3 .0 19.3 20.1 -.6 .6 -2.5 82.6 83.1 3.1 5.1 .8 10.9 11.3 1.3 -.3 5.1 34.1 34.2 3.3 3.5 .1 -14.4 -14.9 -4.2 -2.0 -9.5 -37.2 -37.4 3.4 2.1 -1.0 15.0 15.6 .4 .1 1.2 56.5 56.7 3.2 4.3 .5 351.204 282.230 370.659 303.150 494.151 3.9 1.4 4.6 3.2 5.8 4.8 1.2 5.8 5.3 4.3 4.2 -1.0 5.7 3.6 7.8 4.7 1.7 5.5 3.4 6.8 4.3 1.3 5.2 4.2 5.1 4.5 .3 5.6 3.5 7.3 Expenditure category See footnotes at end of table. Table 5. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Seasonally adjusted U.S. city average, by expenditure category and commodity and service group-Continued (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) Seasonally adjusted indexes Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent change for 3 months ended— CPI-W 6 months ended— Oct. 2006 Jan. 2007 Apr. 2007 July 2007 108.354 102.335 -0.7 -2.7 -0.2 -3.3 -0.3 -2.4 116.283 168.623 419.674 476.013 85.998 84.095 98.603 11.062 9.583 116.590 169.643 424.475 478.632 86.016 84.111 98.721 11.001 9.495 2.5 7.2 9.2 6.9 -.5 -.5 5.1 -24.4 -7.5 -1.0 4.9 9.7 4.4 -4.9 -5.3 .6 -30.5 -4.6 342.916 550.888 193.446 158.566 216.489 325.230 343.960 553.538 193.875 158.739 216.174 326.471 344.296 555.366 193.854 158.445 217.040 325.826 2.8 -.5 4.3 3.9 4.3 6.0 168.201 200.788 149.718 187.019 118.646 234.256 112.746 240.432 223.171 117.945 186.072 142.451 142.471 232.280 365.689 273.512 170.823 201.521 153.103 193.212 118.255 247.338 112.470 240.902 223.723 116.828 185.598 142.786 142.780 231.324 367.054 275.131 170.779 202.484 152.618 192.248 117.216 244.925 112.454 241.430 224.459 117.503 185.008 143.086 142.941 232.207 368.229 275.263 170.814 202.990 152.445 191.368 118.157 243.756 112.574 241.916 224.974 116.912 184.154 144.432 143.175 233.079 370.659 275.533 201.471 192.646 195.330 151.734 188.232 230.802 194.614 229.610 230.911 205.146 201.876 202.572 140.479 234.055 246.269 203.249 194.686 196.957 155.051 194.216 242.814 198.318 230.420 231.538 217.017 202.235 202.846 140.348 257.569 246.851 203.332 194.721 197.159 154.607 193.378 241.567 198.136 231.283 232.397 215.500 202.670 203.171 140.228 255.141 247.513 203.538 194.892 197.352 154.434 192.421 239.642 197.686 231.603 232.694 213.434 203.217 203.719 140.638 251.878 248.158 Apr. 2007 May 2007 June 2007 July 2007 Recreation 2 ...................................................................... Video and audio 2 ........................................................... 108.379 102.106 108.634 102.693 108.505 102.875 Education and communication 2 ....................................... Education 2 ..................................................................... Educational books and supplies ................................... Tuition, other school fees, and childcare ...................... Communication 2 ............................................................ Information and information processing 1 2 .................. Telephone services 1 2 ............................................... Information technology, hardware and services 1 5 .... Personal computers and peripheral equipment 1 2 ... 115.644 167.711 417.479 473.429 85.521 83.760 97.738 11.322 10.036 116.328 168.397 418.662 475.426 86.139 84.304 98.610 11.243 9.843 Other goods and services ................................................. Tobacco and smoking products 1 ................................... Personal care .................................................................. Personal care products 1 .............................................. Personal care services 1 ............................................... Miscellaneous personal services .................................. 341.796 548.812 192.859 158.578 215.658 323.928 Jan. 2007 July 2007 -0.1 .9 -0.4 -3.0 -0.2 -.8 4.0 6.4 9.3 6.1 2.3 2.4 2.9 .0 -1.8 3.3 4.7 6.9 4.5 2.3 1.7 4.1 -10.9 -19.9 .7 6.0 9.4 5.6 -2.7 -2.9 2.8 -27.5 -6.0 3.7 5.5 8.1 5.3 2.3 2.1 3.5 -5.6 -11.3 7.3 17.8 2.9 2.6 4.5 2.4 3.2 3.2 3.2 2.8 2.6 4.9 3.0 4.9 2.1 -.3 2.6 2.4 5.0 8.3 3.6 3.3 4.4 4.2 3.1 4.0 2.6 1.2 2.6 3.6 -12.2 3.7 -20.2 -32.1 4.5 -39.3 -3.4 2.9 4.1 -.3 -4.4 4.7 3.8 2.3 4.6 3.0 1.0 2.2 .2 14.1 -.2 3.7 -3.1 4.1 4.2 4.0 14.6 5.7 3.3 .5 5.8 .7 10.6 6.4 13.2 18.8 -2.7 37.4 -1.2 3.7 2.9 .7 10.6 4.3 2.1 .0 5.7 3.4 6.4 4.5 7.5 9.6 -1.6 17.2 -.6 2.5 3.3 -3.5 -4.1 5.7 2.0 1.4 5.5 3.0 -5.8 3.0 -10.6 -12.0 2.1 -20.7 -3.3 3.5 4.2 1.8 4.6 5.2 3.5 1.4 5.2 1.8 8.5 5.4 10.3 14.1 -2.2 26.9 -.9 3.1 3.1 -1.4 3.0 5.0 2.1 .7 5.6 3.2 -5.5 -7.5 -4.7 -19.5 -30.4 -36.9 -15.5 .4 2.3 -44.7 2.4 2.2 -.6 -62.2 3.5 2.7 2.1 2.6 .2 13.5 3.3 8.0 3.1 3.3 10.2 1.8 1.8 -1.4 7.0 3.2 6.7 8.3 6.8 13.0 17.9 35.0 12.2 4.6 3.6 45.6 2.7 2.0 -.4 78.8 3.1 4.2 4.7 4.2 7.3 9.2 16.2 6.5 3.5 3.1 17.2 2.7 2.3 .5 34.1 3.1 -1.5 -2.8 -1.1 -10.2 -11.1 -19.3 -4.5 1.7 2.8 -21.9 2.1 2.0 -1.0 -36.4 3.4 5.4 6.5 5.5 10.1 13.5 25.3 9.3 4.0 3.4 30.6 2.7 2.1 .0 54.9 3.1 Expenditure category Commodity and service group Commodities ....................................................................... Food and beverages ......................................................... Commodities less food and beverages ............................. Nondurables less food and beverages ........................... Apparel .......................................................................... Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel .......... Durables .......................................................................... Services .............................................................................. Rent of shelter 4 ................................................................ Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ............................. Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ............................................. Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 .............. Household operations 1 2 ................................................. Transportation services ..................................................... Medical care services ....................................................... Other services ................................................................... Special indexes All items less food ............................................................... All items less shelter ........................................................... All items less medical care .................................................. Commodities less food ........................................................ Nondurables less food ........................................................ Nondurables less food and apparel .................................... Nondurables ........................................................................ Services less rent of shelter 4 ............................................. Services less medical care services ................................... Energy ................................................................................. All items less energy ........................................................... All items less food and energy .......................................... Commodities less food and energy commodities ........... Energy commodities ..................................................... Services less energy services ......................................... 1 Not seasonally adjusted. 2 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. 3 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series were calculated using a geometric means estimator. 4 Indexes on a December 1984=100 base 5 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. Table 6. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Selected areas, all items index (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) All items CPI-W Indexes Percent change to July2007 from— Pricing schedule 1 Apr. 2007 May 2007 June 2007 July 2007 M 202.130 203.661 203.906 Northeast urban .............................................. Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M M M 215.802 216.766 129.856 217.008 217.739 130.881 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 192.379 193.403 125.159 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 ................ Percent change to June2007 from— July 2006 May 2007 June 2007 June 2006 Apr. 2007 May 2007 203.700 2.3 0.0 -0.1 2.7 0.9 0.1 217.794 218.624 131.234 217.879 218.523 131.521 2.1 2.0 2.3 .4 .4 .5 .0 .0 .2 2.3 2.2 2.4 .9 .9 1.1 .4 .4 .3 194.553 195.325 126.897 194.538 195.105 126.995 194.219 194.725 126.738 2.2 2.1 2.4 -.2 -.3 -.1 -.2 -.2 -.2 2.7 2.6 2.7 1.1 .9 1.5 .0 -.1 .1 189.901 191.801 192.455 192.804 2.2 .5 .2 2.6 1.3 .3 M M M 196.730 199.837 125.598 198.175 201.167 126.639 198.838 202.215 126.930 198.673 201.867 126.878 2.3 2.4 2.2 .3 .3 .2 -.1 -.2 .0 2.8 3.0 2.6 1.1 1.2 1.1 .3 .5 .2 M 200.520 201.358 201.709 201.809 1.9 .2 .0 2.4 .6 .2 M M M 206.521 208.393 128.376 207.795 209.674 128.962 207.311 208.726 129.097 206.927 208.388 128.840 2.6 2.5 2.7 -.4 -.6 -.1 -.2 -.2 -.2 2.9 2.8 2.9 .4 .2 .6 -.2 -.5 .1 M M M 187.531 126.624 197.059 188.791 127.710 198.771 188.909 127.942 199.237 188.642 127.866 199.207 2.2 2.3 2.3 -.1 .1 .2 -.1 -.1 .0 2.7 2.7 2.6 .7 1.0 1.1 .1 .2 .2 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 197.067 210.195 199.109 211.145 199.279 209.614 198.700 209.444 3.1 2.4 -.2 -.8 -.3 -.1 3.6 2.7 1.1 -.3 .1 -.7 M 219.791 221.396 222.322 222.237 2.5 .4 .0 2.6 1.2 .4 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 - 225.395 186.889 195.216 132.330 - 226.465 187.344 196.198 133.766 1.1 1.7 1.2 3.1 .5 .2 .5 1.1 - - - - Atlanta, GA ..................................................... Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI .............................. Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX .................... Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL ............................. Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD ........................................ San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA ........... Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA .................... 2 2 2 2 197.856 195.417 182.774 208.921 - 200.943 196.701 183.380 210.938 - - - - 3.4 2.4 1.1 4.2 1.6 .7 .3 1.0 - 2 2 2 214.668 211.189 210.388 - 216.511 211.422 210.550 - - - - 1.6 3.0 3.3 .9 .1 .1 - U.S. city average ............................................ Region and area size2 Size classes A 4 .............................................................. B/C 3 ........................................................... D ................................................................. Selected local areas5 1 Foods, fuels, and several other items priced every month in all areas; most other goods and services priced as indicated: M - Every month. 1 - January, March, May, July, September, and November. 2 - February, April, June, August, October, and December. 2 Regions defined as the four Census regions. See technical notes. 3 Indexes on a December 1996=100 base. 4 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base. 5 In addition, the following metropolitan areas are published semiannually and appear in Tables 34 and 39 of the January and July issues of the CPI Detailed Report: Anchorage, AK; Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN; Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO; Honolulu, HI; Kansas City, MO-KS; Milwaukee-Racine, WI; Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI; Phoenix-Mesa, AZ; Pittsburgh, PA; Portland-Salem, OR-WA; St. Louis, MO-IL; San Diego, CA; Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL. 6 Indexes on a November 1996=100 base. - Data not available. NOTE: Local area indexes are byproducts of the national CPI program. Each local index has a smaller sample size than the national index and is, therefore, subject to substantially more sampling and other measurement error. As a result, local area indexes show greater volatility than the national index, although their long-term trends are similar. Therefore, the Bureau of Labor Statistics strongly urges users to consider adopting the national average CPI for use in their escalator clauses. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. Table 7. Chained Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (C-CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category and commodity and service group (December 1999=100, unless otherwise noted) C-CPI-U Relative importance, 2003-2004 Unadjusted percent change to July 2007 from— Unadjusted indexes June 2007 July 2007 July 2006 June 2007 Expenditure category All items ...................................................................................... 100.000 120.221 120.148 2.1 -0.1 Food and beverages ................................................................ Food ....................................................................................... Food at home ....................................................................... Food away from home .......................................................... Alcoholic beverages ............................................................... 15.072 13.943 8.029 5.914 1.130 119.518 119.525 116.642 123.404 119.690 119.858 119.883 116.835 123.998 119.814 4.0 4.1 4.3 3.6 3.0 .3 .3 .2 .5 .1 Housing .................................................................................... Shelter .................................................................................... Fuels and utilities .................................................................... Household furnishings and operations ................................... 42.173 32.495 4.702 4.977 125.839 127.298 155.348 96.314 126.141 127.787 155.227 95.931 3.1 3.6 4.0 -.7 .2 .4 -.1 -.4 Apparel ..................................................................................... 4.076 88.075 85.132 -.8 -3.3 Transportation .......................................................................... Private transportation ............................................................. Public transportation ............................................................... 17.095 15.988 1.107 122.385 123.099 114.763 121.878 122.465 115.966 -.8 -.8 -.8 -.4 -.5 1.0 Medical care ............................................................................. Medical care commodities ...................................................... Medical care services ............................................................. 6.055 1.458 4.597 136.168 121.996 141.118 136.965 122.728 141.939 4.1 .9 5.1 .6 .6 .6 Recreation ................................................................................ 5.863 105.312 104.985 -1.0 -.3 Education and communication ................................................. Education ............................................................................... Communication ...................................................................... 6.190 2.751 3.439 104.780 156.766 74.708 104.669 156.637 74.615 1.0 5.1 -2.0 -.1 -.1 -.1 Other goods and services ........................................................ 3.475 123.973 123.745 3.9 -.2 58.763 41.237 12.340 28.897 78.707 7.351 128.673 109.766 84.914 122.743 115.047 188.863 129.028 109.173 84.722 121.916 115.068 185.867 3.1 .6 -2.5 2.0 1.8 1.4 .3 -.5 -.2 -.7 .0 -1.6 Commodity and service group Services ...................................................................................... Commodities .............................................................................. Durables ................................................................................... Nondurables ............................................................................... All items less food and energy ................................................. Energy ........................................................................................ Indexes for 2007 are initial estimates. Indexes for 2006 are interim adjustments. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.