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News United States Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics Washington, D.C. 20212 FOR TECHNICAL INFORMATION: Stephen B. Reed (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-08-1144 TRANSMISSION OF MATERIAL IN THIS RELEASE IS EMBARGOED UNTIL 8:30 A.M. (EDT) Thursday, August 14, 2008 CONSUMER PRICE INDEX: JULY 2008 The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.5 percent in July, before seasonal adjustment, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The July level of 219.964 (1982-84=100) was 5.6 percent higher than in July 2007. The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) increased 0.5 percent in July, prior to seasonal adjustment. The July level of 216.304 (1982-84=100) was 6.2 percent higher than in July 2007. The Chained Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (C-CPI-U) increased 0.4 percent in July on a not seasonally adjusted basis. The July level of 126.116 (December 1999=100) was 4.8 percent higher than in July 2007. Please note that the indexes for the post-2006 period are subject to revision. CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) On a seasonally adjusted basis, the CPI-U advanced 0.8 percent in July, following a 1.1 percent increase in June. The index for energy rose sharply for the third straight month, increasing 4.0 percent in July and accounting for about half of the overall increase in the all items index. The food index rose 0.9 percent in July after rising 0.8 percent in June. The index for food at home rose 1.2 percent in July after rising 1.0 percent in June. Indexes for five of the six major grocery store food groups rose at least 1.0 percent. The index for all items less food and energy increased 0.3 percent in July, the second straight such increase. The indexes for apparel and for recreation increased more sharply than in June, but the indexes for shelter and medical care rose more slowly. Table A. Percent changes in CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) Seasonally adjusted Expenditure Category Changes from preceding month Jan. 2008 All items ................................. Food and beverages ........... Housing ............................... Apparel ................................ Transportation ..................... Medical care ........................ Recreation ........................... Education and communication .............. Other goods and services ... Special indexes: Energy ................................. Food .................................... All items less food and energy ........................... Feb. 2008 Mar. 2008 Apr. 2008 May 2008 June 2008 July 2008 Compound annual rate 3-mos. ended July 2008 Unadjusted 12-mos. ended July 2008 0.4 .7 .2 .4 .5 .5 .2 0.0 .4 .2 -.3 -.7 .1 .1 0.3 .2 .4 -1.3 .7 .1 .3 0.2 .9 .3 .5 -.7 .2 -.1 0.6 .3 .5 -.3 2.0 .2 .1 1.1 .7 .5 .1 3.8 .2 .1 0.8 .9 .6 1.2 1.7 .1 .4 10.6 8.0 6.5 4.2 34.3 1.8 2.4 5.6 5.8 3.9 .8 13.4 3.5 1.7 .4 .4 .1 .2 .3 .4 .4 .5 .4 .4 .5 .4 .5 .4 5.5 4.6 3.7 4.0 .7 .7 -.5 .4 1.9 .2 .0 .9 4.4 .3 6.6 .8 4.0 .9 79.4 8.4 29.3 6.0 .3 .0 .2 .1 .2 .3 .3 3.5 2.5 During the first seven months of 2008, the CPI-U rose at a 6.2 percent seasonally adjusted annualized rate (SAAR). This compares with a 4.1 percent increase for the 12 months ending December 2007. The energy index rose at a 33.1 percent SAAR in the first seven months of 2008 after increasing 17.4 percent in 2007. Gasoline prices increased at a 35.2 percent SAAR in 2008 after a 29.6 percent increase in 2007, while natural gas prices rose at a 71.3 percent SAAR after decreasing 0.4 percent in 2007. The food index has increased at a 7.6 SAAR for the first seven months of 2008 after increasing 4.9 percent in 2007. Excluding food and energy, the CPI-U has advanced at a 2.5 percent SAAR following a 2.4 percent increase in 2007. The food and beverages index rose 0.9 percent in July. The index for food at home increased 1.2 percent, following a 1.0 percent rise in June. Five of the six major grocery store food group indexes increased at least 1.0 percent in July. The index for cereal and bakery products increased 1.8 percent in July and is 12.1 percent higher than in July 2007, while the fruits and vegetables index rose 1.2 percent in July and is 10.1 percent higher than a year ago. Within the fruits and vegetables group, the fresh fruits index was virtually unchanged in July, while the index for fresh vegetables rose 2.9 percent. The index for meats, poultry, fish, and eggs rose 1.0 percent in July after a 0.8 percent increase in June. The index for dairy and related products increased 1.6 percent in July, with the index for milk increasing 4.3 percent. The index for other food at home rose 1.0 percent in July after a 0.4 percent increase in June. The index for nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials increased 0.7 percent in July. The other two components of the food and beverages index—food away from home and alcoholic beverages—increased 0.6 and 0.4 percent respectively. The index for housing rose 0.6 percent in July after increasing 0.5 percent the previous month. The index for shelter increased 0.2 percent after a 0.3 percent increase in June. Within shelter, the indexes for rent and owners’ equivalent rent increased 0.3 and 0.1 percent, respectively, while the index for lodging away from home increased 0.7 percent for the second straight month. The index for household energy rose 3.8 percent in July to a level 18.2 percent higher than in July 2007. The index for natural gas increased 7.4 percent in July. It was the sixth straight large increase and the index is up 32.7 percent since July 2007. The index for electricity increased 2.5 percent in July after declining 0.1 percent in June. The index for household furnishings and operations increased 0.4 percent in July after being virtually unchanged in June. The transportation index advanced 1.7 percent in July, the third straight substantial increase. The index for gasoline increased 4.1 percent and accounted for over 80 percent of the increase in this group. (Prior to seasonal adjustment, gasoline prices increased 0.7 percent over their previous peak in June and are 37.9 percent higher than in July 2007.) The index for new vehicles increased 0.2 percent in July while the index for used cars and trucks declined 0.1 percent. During the last 12 months, new vehicle prices have declined 0.8 percent and prices for used cars and trucks have fallen 0.1 percent. The index for public transportation increased 1.1 percent in July, mostly due to a 1.3 percent increase in the index for airline fares. (Prior to seasonal adjustment, airline fares increased 2.1 percent in July and are 19.9 percent higher than in July 2007.) The index for apparel rose 1.2 percent in July following a 0.1 percent increase in June. (Prior to seasonal adjustment, apparel prices declined 2.3 percent in July.) Apparel prices have increased 0.8 percent since July 2007. Medical care prices rose 0.1 percent in July after rising 0.2 percent in June and are 3.5 percent higher than a year ago. The index for medical care commodities--prescription drugs, nonprescription drugs, and medical supplies—decreased 0.2 percent in July after a 0.1 percent increase in June. The index for medical care services increased 0.2 percent in July. The indexes for professional services and for hospital and related services increased 0.2 percent and 0.3 percent, respectively. The index for recreation increased 0.4 percent in July, following a 0.1 percent increase in June. Increases in the indexes for pets and pet products and services, for sporting goods, and for admissions, more than offset declines in the indexes for photography and for toys. The index for video and audio was virtually unchanged in July. The index for education and communication increased 0.5 percent in July, with both the education and communication components increasing 0.5 percent. Within the latter category, the indexes for information and information processing increased 0.6 percent, reflecting a 0.7 percent increase in the index for telephone services. The index for information technology, hardware and services rose 0.2 percent in July after declining for four months in a row. The index for other goods and services increased 0.4 percent in July, the third consecutive such increase. The index for tobacco and smoking products rose 1.2 percent and the index for personal care increased 0.1 percent. CPI for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) On a seasonally adjusted basis, the CPI for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers increased 0.9 percent in July. Table B. Percent changes in CPI for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) Seasonally adjusted Expenditure Category Changes from preceding month Jan. 2008 All items ................................. Food and beverages ........... Housing ............................... Apparel ................................ Transportation ..................... Medical care ........................ Recreation ........................... Education and communication .............. Other goods and services ... Special indexes: Energy ................................. Food .................................... All items less food and energy ........................... Feb. 2008 Mar. 2008 Apr. 2008 May 2008 June 2008 July 2008 Compound annual rate 3-mos. ended July 2008 Unadjusted 12-mos. ended July 2008 0.4 .7 .2 .8 .7 .6 .2 0.0 .3 .2 -.3 -.7 .1 .1 0.4 .2 .5 -1.2 .7 .1 .3 0.2 .9 .4 .2 -.7 .2 -.2 0.7 .3 .5 -.2 2.1 .1 .0 1.2 .8 .5 .0 4.0 .2 .2 0.9 .9 .7 .8 1.8 .1 .4 11.9 8.2 6.9 2.7 36.7 1.7 2.4 6.2 5.8 4.3 .7 14.4 3.6 1.7 .3 .5 .1 .3 .2 .4 .4 .4 .3 .5 .5 .6 .5 .5 5.6 6.4 3.3 4.6 .8 .7 -.7 .3 1.9 .2 -.2 1.0 4.5 .3 6.8 .8 4.0 .9 81.3 8.6 29.7 6.0 .3 .0 .1 .1 .2 .3 .3 3.2 2.5 Consumer Price Index data for August are scheduled for release on Tuesday, September 16, 2008, 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. 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 before adjustment for seasonal variation. Seasonal factors used in computing the seasonally adjusted indexes are derived by the X-12-ARIMA Seasonal Adjustment Method. Seasonally adjusted indexes and seasonal factors are computed annually. Each year, the last 5 years of seasonally adjusted data are revised. Data from January 2003 through December 2007 were replaced in January 2008. 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: 48 of the 73 components are seasonally adjusted for 2008. 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. For the seasonal factors introduced in January 2008, BLS adjusted 20 series using Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment, including selected food and beverage items, motor fuels, electricity and vehicles. For example, this procedure was used for the Motor fuel series to offset the effects of events such as damage to oil refineries from Hurricane Katrina. For a complete list of Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment series and explanations, please refer to the article “Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment,” located on our website at http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpisapage.htm. For additional information on seasonal adjustment in the CPI, please write to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Division of Consumer Prices and Price Indexes, Washington, DC 20212 or contact Jeff Wilson at (202) 691-6968, or by e-mail at Wilson.Jeff@bls.gov. If you have general questions about the CPI, please call our information staff at (202) 691-7000. 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 2007 Unadjusted indexes June 2008 July 2008 Unadjusted percent change to July 2008 from— July 2007 Seasonally adjusted percent change from— June 2008 Apr. to May May to June June to July Expenditure category All items ........................................................................................ All items (1967=100) .................................................................... 100.000 218.815 655.474 219.964 658.915 5.6 0.5 0.6 1.1 0.8 - - - - - - Food and beverages .................................................................. Food ......................................................................................... Food at home ......................................................................... Cereals and bakery products ............................................... Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs .............................................. Dairy and related products ................................................... Fruits and vegetables ........................................................... Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials ................ Other food at home .............................................................. Sugar and sweets .............................................................. Fats and oils ....................................................................... Other foods ........................................................................ Other miscellaneous foods 1 2 ......................................... Food away from home 1 ......................................................... Other food away from home 1 2 ........................................... Alcoholic beverages ................................................................. 14.914 13.833 7.660 1.030 1.807 .887 1.156 .928 1.852 .277 .205 1.369 .404 6.173 .297 1.080 213.383 213.243 213.171 245.758 202.914 209.117 277.957 158.320 183.804 185.558 196.150 197.888 118.453 215.015 149.873 213.912 215.326 215.299 215.785 250.321 205.075 213.981 280.209 159.346 185.725 187.067 201.205 199.566 120.510 216.376 151.120 214.394 5.8 6.0 7.1 12.1 4.3 8.1 10.1 3.9 6.5 5.0 15.8 5.3 4.8 4.6 4.4 3.3 .9 1.0 1.2 1.9 1.1 2.3 .8 .6 1.0 .8 2.6 .8 1.7 .6 .8 .2 .3 .3 .3 1.6 .1 -.1 .0 -.9 .5 .4 .6 .5 .2 .4 .7 .1 .7 .8 1.0 .5 .8 1.6 2.8 .2 .4 .0 1.9 .2 -.2 .5 .1 .1 .9 .9 1.2 1.8 1.0 1.6 1.2 .7 1.0 .4 2.4 .9 1.7 .6 .8 .4 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 ....................................................... 42.427 32.596 5.765 2.564 23.942 .325 5.128 4.215 .351 3.864 .913 4.702 .737 217.941 247.083 242.640 148.621 252.170 119.092 231.412 213.762 389.423 213.375 150.554 127.625 148.006 219.610 248.075 243.367 153.032 252.504 118.764 239.039 221.742 395.706 221.805 152.063 127.884 148.290 3.9 2.5 3.7 .0 2.6 1.9 16.0 18.2 61.1 14.8 5.5 .8 5.4 .8 .4 .3 3.0 .1 -.3 3.3 3.7 1.6 4.0 1.0 .2 .2 .5 .2 .2 1.3 .1 .0 2.4 2.8 7.9 2.3 .4 .2 .8 .5 .3 .4 .7 .3 .6 1.8 2.1 8.5 1.5 .4 .0 .7 .6 .2 .3 .7 .1 -.3 3.3 3.8 1.3 4.0 .7 .4 .2 Apparel ....................................................................................... Men’s and boys’ apparel .......................................................... Women’s and girls’ apparel ...................................................... Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel ................................................... Footwear .................................................................................. 3.731 .935 1.600 .185 .679 117.019 112.011 104.312 111.555 123.568 114.357 109.669 100.049 109.218 122.421 .8 .1 -1.2 .4 2.6 -2.3 -2.1 -4.1 -2.1 -.9 -.3 .3 -.3 -.9 .0 .1 -.9 .5 -.4 .2 1.2 .0 2.0 -.3 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 ................................................................ 17.688 16.583 7.191 4.632 1.773 5.482 5.215 .356 1.123 1.106 211.787 207.257 93.598 134.516 135.980 347.418 344.981 127.824 233.162 264.681 212.806 208.038 93.650 134.397 135.840 349.731 347.357 129.118 234.788 270.002 13.4 13.3 -.3 -.8 -.1 38.3 37.9 6.3 5.1 14.5 .5 .4 .1 -.1 -.1 .7 .7 1.0 .7 2.0 2.0 2.0 -.1 -.1 -.3 5.7 5.7 .6 .5 2.3 3.8 3.8 .1 .2 -.3 10.1 10.1 .8 .6 3.4 1.7 1.7 .2 .2 -.1 4.1 4.1 1.0 .6 1.1 Medical care ............................................................................... Medical care commodities ........................................................ Medical care services ............................................................... Professional services ............................................................. Hospital and related services 3 .............................................. 6.231 1.601 4.630 2.626 1.467 363.616 295.194 384.685 311.317 531.606 363.963 294.777 385.361 311.926 533.558 3.5 1.6 4.1 3.6 6.8 .1 -.1 .2 .2 .4 .2 -.7 .5 .7 .4 .2 .1 .3 .3 .4 .1 -.2 .2 .2 .3 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 2007 Unadjusted indexes June 2008 July 2008 Unadjusted percent change to July 2008 from— July 2007 Seasonally adjusted percent change from— June 2008 Apr. to May May to June June to July Expenditure category Recreation 2 ............................................................................... Video and audio 2 .................................................................... 5.647 1.843 112.991 102.306 113.277 102.203 1.7 -.6 0.3 -.1 0.1 -.5 0.1 -.3 0.4 .0 Education and communication 2 ................................................ Education 2 .............................................................................. Educational books and supplies ............................................. Tuition, other school fees, and childcare ................................ Communication 2 ..................................................................... Information and information processing 1 2 ............................ Telephone services 1 2 ......................................................... Information technology, hardware and services 1 5 ............. Personal computers and peripheral equipment 1 6 ............ 6.086 2.944 .207 2.736 3.142 2.975 2.342 .634 .242 122.828 178.385 443.309 513.743 84.394 81.513 100.677 10.071 95.663 123.445 179.229 444.382 516.264 84.840 81.965 101.339 10.087 94.711 3.7 5.7 6.2 5.7 1.5 1.4 2.8 -4.2 -11.8 .5 .5 .2 .5 .5 .6 .7 .2 -1.0 .4 .4 .4 .4 .3 .2 .4 -.5 -1.8 .5 .4 .2 .5 .6 .5 .8 -.5 -1.4 .5 .5 .8 .4 .5 .6 .7 .2 -1.0 Other goods and services .......................................................... Tobacco and smoking products 1 ............................................ Personal care ........................................................................... Personal care products 1 ....................................................... Personal care services 1 ........................................................ Miscellaneous personal services ........................................... 3.277 .731 2.546 .639 .629 1.044 345.885 589.904 201.537 158.868 223.520 340.547 346.810 596.782 201.545 158.989 223.719 340.077 4.0 7.7 3.0 .3 3.2 4.8 .3 1.2 .0 .1 .1 -.1 .4 .8 .2 -.4 .4 .5 .4 1.5 .1 .0 -.1 .3 .4 1.2 .1 .1 .1 .1 41.269 14.914 26.356 15.519 3.731 11.787 10.837 58.731 32.271 .325 3.864 .913 .737 5.350 4.630 10.641 180.534 213.383 161.337 213.489 117.019 278.584 111.232 256.668 257.585 119.092 213.375 150.554 148.006 245.759 384.685 294.668 181.087 215.326 161.301 213.363 114.357 280.062 111.275 258.422 258.637 118.764 221.805 152.063 148.290 247.869 385.361 295.677 7.8 5.8 9.0 16.0 .8 20.7 -.8 4.1 2.5 1.9 14.8 5.5 5.4 5.6 4.1 3.8 .3 .9 .0 -.1 -2.3 .5 .0 .7 .4 -.3 4.0 1.0 .2 .9 .2 .3 .9 .3 1.2 2.4 -.3 2.9 -.2 .5 .2 .0 2.3 .4 .8 .8 .5 .4 1.9 .7 2.5 4.1 .1 5.7 .0 .5 .3 .6 1.5 .4 .7 1.1 .3 .4 1.2 .9 1.3 1.2 1.2 2.2 .2 .5 .2 -.3 4.0 .7 .2 .5 .2 .4 86.167 67.404 93.769 27.436 16.599 12.868 30.432 26.460 54.101 9.698 90.302 76.469 21.602 5.834 54.867 219.757 210.242 211.408 163.385 213.538 271.235 214.783 275.200 246.219 275.621 214.600 215.553 139.925 351.886 261.216 $ .457 $ .153 220.758 211.468 212.576 163.364 213.447 272.612 215.628 277.982 248.007 280.833 215.335 216.045 139.535 354.423 262.323 $ .455 $ .152 5.5 7.1 5.7 8.7 15.1 19.2 11.0 6.0 4.0 29.3 3.0 2.5 .6 39.7 3.3 .5 .6 .6 .0 .0 .5 .4 1.0 .7 1.9 .3 .2 -.3 .7 .4 .7 .9 .7 1.2 2.5 2.8 1.5 .9 .5 4.4 .2 .2 -.1 5.8 .3 1.1 1.4 1.1 2.4 3.7 5.1 2.3 .8 .6 6.6 .4 .3 .1 10.0 .4 .8 1.1 .9 1.3 1.3 2.1 1.1 1.0 .6 4.0 .4 .3 .5 3.9 .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. 6 Indexes on a December 2007=100 base. - Data not available. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. Table 2. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Seasonally adjusted U.S. city average, by expenditure category and commodity and service group (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) Seasonally adjusted indexes Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent change for 3 months ended— CPI-U 6 months ended— Oct. 2007 Jan. 2008 Apr. 2008 July 2008 219.181 2.6 6.8 2.3 213.612 213.542 213.706 244.840 203.295 211.086 281.911 158.735 183.140 185.209 196.211 196.980 118.453 215.015 149.873 213.246 215.539 215.545 216.227 249.210 205.361 214.537 285.411 159.796 184.951 185.865 200.870 198.743 120.510 216.376 151.120 214.173 4.5 4.6 4.5 5.0 3.4 12.9 4.0 4.1 2.3 2.3 4.6 1.8 -.6 4.6 3.6 3.6 4.6 4.7 5.7 7.6 2.7 2.3 16.3 4.1 3.5 3.8 12.8 1.8 1.1 3.5 1.6 3.3 215.876 245.822 241.919 143.357 251.656 118.411 222.094 203.609 364.824 203.584 150.203 127.352 146.957 216.918 246.612 242.837 144.426 252.299 119.092 226.160 207.912 396.000 206.565 150.831 127.369 148.006 218.267 247.090 243.535 145.394 252.610 118.764 233.540 215.751 401.283 214.896 151.857 127.919 148.290 2.2 2.7 3.8 -1.3 2.9 .2 2.9 2.5 27.3 .6 5.0 -1.7 .9 118.363 113.763 105.549 114.388 124.302 118.043 114.153 105.181 113.408 124.290 118.107 113.139 105.698 112.922 124.489 119.574 113.090 107.860 112.638 126.047 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 ....................................................... 194.483 190.264 93.859 134.772 136.787 276.571 274.251 126.049 230.660 244.145 198.465 194.122 93.798 134.693 136.325 292.243 289.943 126.824 231.822 249.869 205.915 201.450 93.909 134.990 135.980 321.618 319.107 127.824 233.321 258.462 Medical care ...................................................................... Medical care commodities .............................................. Medical care services ..................................................... Professional services .................................................... Hospital and related services 3 ..................................... 362.243 296.876 381.990 308.120 528.453 362.801 294.687 383.752 310.154 530.603 363.618 295.102 384.727 311.068 532.592 Apr. 2008 May 2008 June 2008 July 2008 All items .............................................................................. 213.743 215.132 217.403 Food and beverages ......................................................... Food ................................................................................ Food at home ................................................................ Cereals and bakery products ...................................... Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ..................................... Dairy and related products .......................................... Fruits and vegetables .................................................. Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials ....... Other food at home ..................................................... Sugar and sweets ..................................................... Fats and oils .............................................................. Other foods ............................................................... Other miscellaneous foods 1 2 ................................ Food away from home 1 ............................................... Other food away from home 1 2 .................................. Alcoholic beverages ........................................................ 211.442 211.232 211.085 239.619 201.404 207.992 274.120 159.868 181.508 184.421 191.560 195.506 118.500 213.083 148.667 212.894 212.091 211.918 211.620 243.503 201.610 207.808 274.113 158.445 182.434 185.210 192.640 196.520 118.744 213.967 149.666 213.067 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 ............................................. 214.850 245.335 241.489 141.456 251.461 118.422 216.921 198.101 338.212 199.018 149.537 127.076 145.784 Apparel .............................................................................. Men’s and boys’ apparel ................................................. Women’s and girls’ apparel ............................................. Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel .......................................... Footwear ......................................................................... Jan. 2008 July 2008 10.6 4.7 6.4 6.1 6.3 8.3 19.5 3.4 4.5 3.0 7.7 12.7 10.7 26.2 11.1 12.1 3.9 5.6 3.7 8.0 8.4 10.1 17.0 8.1 13.2 17.5 -.2 7.8 3.2 20.9 6.8 7.0 6.3 6.8 2.4 4.6 4.6 5.1 6.3 3.0 7.5 10.0 4.1 2.9 3.1 8.6 1.8 .3 4.0 2.6 3.4 7.0 7.4 9.2 18.2 5.7 8.8 10.0 3.7 10.2 6.9 23.5 8.9 9.5 5.1 6.2 3.1 3.5 3.5 4.5 5.1 3.3 2.8 6.0 5.9 79.3 .6 6.7 .4 5.2 3.7 1.0 2.9 -13.5 2.3 3.4 24.0 28.7 48.8 27.0 3.8 1.9 8.5 6.5 2.9 3.4 11.6 1.8 1.2 34.4 40.7 98.2 35.9 6.4 2.7 7.1 2.9 3.1 4.2 1.8 3.1 1.5 4.5 4.2 51.1 .6 5.9 -.7 3.1 5.1 1.9 3.2 -1.8 2.1 2.3 29.1 34.6 71.7 31.4 5.1 2.3 7.8 -.9 -2.0 -1.6 9.7 -2.4 4.6 1.9 7.3 4.5 3.6 -4.6 2.9 -17.2 -5.6 3.5 4.2 -2.3 9.0 -6.0 5.7 1.8 -.1 2.7 7.0 .5 -.3 .3 -5.0 -5.8 4.6 209.358 204.899 94.052 135.300 135.840 334.732 332.237 129.118 234.818 261.275 1.7 1.3 .0 -1.0 2.8 2.6 2.6 5.0 2.4 9.3 22.3 23.0 -.3 -1.1 .7 82.1 82.7 4.2 5.3 10.9 -2.5 -3.2 -1.9 -2.4 -1.2 -8.8 -10.4 5.8 5.2 8.1 34.3 34.5 .8 1.6 -2.7 114.6 115.4 10.1 7.4 31.2 11.5 11.6 -.1 -1.1 1.7 36.7 36.9 4.6 3.8 10.1 14.4 14.1 -.6 -.4 -2.0 39.9 38.9 7.9 6.3 19.1 363.852 294.438 385.353 311.739 534.172 5.6 3.0 6.4 4.4 9.7 5.1 5.1 5.1 3.8 9.0 1.6 1.5 1.6 1.5 4.3 1.8 -3.2 3.6 4.8 4.4 5.3 4.1 5.7 4.1 9.4 1.7 -.9 2.6 3.1 4.4 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. 2007 Jan. 2008 Apr. 2008 July 2008 113.264 102.195 1.7 1.4 1.6 .8 1.2 -1.5 123.613 180.749 444.469 520.969 84.393 81.513 100.677 10.071 95.663 124.226 181.582 447.821 523.254 84.840 81.965 101.339 10.087 94.711 3.1 5.6 8.3 5.4 .5 .5 1.9 -5.3 -11.1 2.8 6.7 6.2 6.7 -1.3 -1.5 -.5 -5.9 -12.2 344.305 581.185 201.219 158.790 223.649 339.034 345.693 589.904 201.392 158.868 223.520 340.085 346.962 596.782 201.660 158.989 223.719 340.264 2.8 4.9 2.2 -.2 2.2 4.6 173.718 211.442 152.734 195.857 118.363 248.038 111.417 253.456 255.735 118.422 199.018 149.537 145.784 240.412 381.990 293.296 175.279 212.091 154.620 200.497 118.043 255.265 111.227 254.643 256.268 118.411 203.584 150.203 146.957 242.389 383.752 294.450 178.550 213.612 158.506 208.661 118.107 269.755 111.258 255.872 257.040 119.092 206.565 150.831 148.006 245.102 384.727 295.504 180.657 215.539 160.622 211.267 119.574 275.611 111.425 257.269 257.575 118.764 214.896 151.857 148.290 246.409 385.353 296.752 214.183 203.782 206.241 154.972 197.193 244.131 204.711 269.814 242.925 233.804 213.314 214.398 140.193 281.614 259.084 215.688 205.548 207.649 156.814 202.150 250.889 207.834 272.112 244.156 244.107 213.786 214.832 140.010 297.965 259.944 218.065 208.438 209.955 160.607 209.702 263.688 212.718 274.317 245.531 260.316 214.624 215.526 140.156 327.625 261.005 219.806 210.755 211.774 162.695 212.335 269.125 215.067 276.996 246.945 270.602 215.529 216.230 140.792 340.411 261.729 Apr. 2008 May 2008 June 2008 July 2008 Recreation 2 ...................................................................... Video and audio 2 ........................................................... 112.588 102.948 112.663 102.443 112.831 102.181 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 6 ... 122.564 179.234 441.736 516.515 83.669 80.921 99.494 10.170 98.853 123.004 179.968 443.715 518.616 83.929 81.080 99.879 10.118 97.028 Other goods and services ................................................. Tobacco and smoking products 1 ................................... Personal care .................................................................. Personal care products 1 .............................................. Personal care services 1 ............................................... Miscellaneous personal services .................................. 343.072 576.359 200.773 159.398 222.799 337.233 Jan. 2008 July 2008 2.4 -2.9 1.6 1.1 1.8 -2.2 3.3 5.4 4.8 5.4 1.3 1.4 2.4 -2.3 -8.2 5.5 5.3 5.6 5.3 5.7 5.3 7.6 -3.2 -15.7 2.9 6.1 7.2 6.0 -.4 -.5 .7 -5.6 -11.6 4.4 5.4 5.2 5.4 3.5 3.3 5.0 -2.8 -12.1 3.9 8.9 2.5 -.5 3.8 4.8 4.8 2.6 5.5 3.1 5.3 6.1 4.6 14.9 1.8 -1.0 1.7 3.6 3.3 6.9 2.4 -.3 3.0 4.7 4.7 8.6 3.6 1.0 3.5 4.8 2.1 4.5 .6 2.4 -.9 -1.7 -.9 3.0 2.6 .2 .6 5.0 .9 2.9 6.4 3.4 11.5 4.6 15.6 29.9 4.6 38.4 -.2 3.7 3.7 2.8 .6 6.7 5.2 5.2 5.1 3.5 .8 6.1 -2.0 .5 -4.6 2.4 -2.1 3.4 .8 3.4 27.0 3.8 8.5 3.8 1.6 3.4 17.0 8.0 22.3 35.4 4.2 52.4 .0 6.2 2.9 1.2 35.9 6.4 7.1 10.4 3.6 4.8 6.7 4.6 7.9 15.3 1.8 16.6 -.5 3.3 3.1 1.5 .6 5.9 3.1 4.1 5.7 3.5 8.6 7.0 9.5 16.7 -.3 25.0 -1.1 4.8 1.9 2.3 31.4 5.1 7.8 7.0 2.6 4.1 2.3 2.6 2.4 .8 .0 -2.2 3.0 2.8 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.3 -.1 4.1 3.2 7.1 8.4 6.9 15.1 28.0 34.9 15.6 3.6 3.2 43.6 3.4 3.1 1.2 82.5 3.9 1.7 3.0 2.4 -1.8 2.1 3.7 4.5 6.7 3.7 5.6 2.0 1.2 -.7 -6.1 1.9 10.9 14.4 11.2 21.5 34.4 47.7 21.8 11.1 6.8 79.4 4.2 3.5 1.7 113.5 4.1 4.7 5.5 4.6 7.7 13.2 14.9 9.1 3.2 2.9 21.4 3.0 2.7 .6 37.8 3.5 6.2 8.5 6.7 9.2 17.2 23.8 12.8 8.8 5.2 37.7 3.1 2.3 .5 41.6 3.0 Expenditure category Commodity and service group Commodities ....................................................................... Food and beverages ......................................................... Commodities less food and beverages ............................. Nondurables less food and beverages ........................... Apparel .......................................................................... Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel .......... Durables .......................................................................... Services .............................................................................. Rent of shelter 4 ................................................................ Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ............................. Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ............................................. Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 .............. Household operations 1 2 ................................................. Transportation services ..................................................... Medical care services ....................................................... Other services ................................................................... Special indexes All items less food ............................................................... All items less shelter ........................................................... All items less medical care .................................................. Commodities less food ........................................................ Nondurables less food ........................................................ Nondurables less food and apparel .................................... Nondurables ........................................................................ Services less rent of shelter 4 ............................................. Services less medical care services ................................... Energy ................................................................................. All items less energy ........................................................... All items less food and energy .......................................... Commodities less food and energy commodities ........... Energy commodities ..................................................... Services less energy services ......................................... 1 Not seasonally adjusted. 2 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. 3 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series were calculated using a geometric means estimator. 4 Indexes on a December 1982=100 base. 5 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base. 6 Indexes on a December 2007=100 base. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. Table 3. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Selected areas, all items index (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) All items CPI-U Indexes Percent change to July2008 from— Pricing schedule 1 Apr. 2008 May 2008 June 2008 July 2008 M 214.823 216.632 218.815 Northeast urban .............................................. Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M M M 228.133 230.038 135.739 230.089 232.005 136.913 Midwest urban ................................................ Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than 50,000) ............................................... M M M 205.393 206.590 131.484 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 June2008 from— July 2007 May 2008 June 2008 June 2007 Apr. 2008 May 2008 219.964 5.6 1.5 0.5 5.0 1.9 1.0 232.649 234.518 138.542 234.545 236.460 139.623 5.7 5.5 6.3 1.9 1.9 2.0 .8 .8 .8 5.0 4.7 5.8 2.0 1.9 2.1 1.1 1.1 1.2 207.168 208.291 132.682 208.968 209.813 134.018 210.071 211.003 134.595 5.6 5.3 5.9 1.4 1.3 1.4 .5 .6 .4 4.9 4.6 5.2 1.7 1.6 1.9 .9 .7 1.0 200.841 202.720 205.122 206.435 6.0 1.8 .6 5.5 2.1 1.2 M M M 208.085 209.987 132.516 210.006 211.846 133.714 212.324 214.359 134.980 213.304 215.373 135.643 5.8 5.6 5.8 1.6 1.7 1.4 .5 .5 .5 5.3 5.0 5.2 2.0 2.1 1.9 1.1 1.2 .9 M 208.746 211.225 214.739 215.274 6.8 1.9 .2 6.6 2.9 1.7 M M M 219.437 222.689 133.694 221.009 224.704 134.023 223.040 226.767 135.283 223.867 227.562 136.021 5.3 5.4 5.4 1.3 1.3 1.5 .4 .4 .5 4.9 5.0 4.7 1.6 1.8 1.2 .9 .9 .9 M M M 196.191 132.974 207.238 197.898 133.997 209.308 199.840 135.330 211.989 200.941 136.055 212.555 5.4 5.8 5.8 1.5 1.5 1.6 .6 .5 .3 4.8 5.2 5.6 1.9 1.8 2.3 1.0 1.0 1.3 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 212.662 224.625 214.932 226.651 215.738 229.033 217.459 229.886 5.8 5.7 1.2 1.4 .8 .4 4.7 5.4 1.4 2.0 .4 1.1 M 233.822 236.151 238.580 240.273 5.1 1.7 .7 4.5 2.0 1.0 Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT ..... Cleveland-Akron, OH ...................................... Dallas-Fort Worth, TX ..................................... Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV 6 ...... 1 1 1 1 - 235.344 204.882 202.357 139.649 - 241.258 206.941 206.413 142.065 6.3 5.0 6.2 5.7 2.5 1.0 2.0 1.7 - - - - 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 2 206.371 205.281 188.795 221.324 - 212.032 207.593 193.567 225.079 - - - - 4.9 3.0 4.9 5.8 2.7 1.1 2.5 1.7 - 2 2 2 223.622 222.074 223.196 - 228.408 225.181 228.068 - - - - 5.1 4.2 5.8 2.1 1.4 2.2 - 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 2007 Unadjusted indexes June 2008 July 2008 Unadjusted percent change to July 2008 from— July 2007 Seasonally adjusted percent change from— June 2008 Apr. to May May to June June to July Expenditure category All items ........................................................................................ All items (1967=100) .................................................................... 100.000 215.223 641.082 216.304 644.303 6.2 0.5 0.7 1.2 0.9 - - - - - - Food and beverages .................................................................. Food ......................................................................................... Food at home ......................................................................... Cereals and bakery products ............................................... Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs .............................................. Dairy and related products ................................................... Fruits and vegetables ........................................................... Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials ................ Other food at home .............................................................. Sugar and sweets .............................................................. Fats and oils ....................................................................... Other foods ........................................................................ Other miscellaneous foods 1 2 ......................................... Food away from home 1 ......................................................... Other food away from home 1 2 ........................................... Alcoholic beverages ................................................................. 15.926 14.901 8.595 1.110 2.192 .965 1.218 1.094 2.016 .279 .232 1.504 .438 6.305 .218 1.025 212.700 212.514 212.079 246.493 202.424 208.510 276.641 157.309 183.342 184.378 197.155 198.153 118.879 214.851 149.306 213.976 214.662 214.577 214.679 250.972 204.557 213.582 278.885 158.527 185.174 186.054 201.821 199.722 121.015 216.177 150.232 214.440 5.8 6.0 7.0 12.2 4.2 7.9 10.4 3.7 6.6 5.3 15.9 5.3 4.9 4.6 4.0 3.3 .9 1.0 1.2 1.8 1.1 2.4 .8 .8 1.0 .9 2.4 .8 1.8 .6 .6 .2 .3 .3 .2 1.5 .2 -.2 .0 -1.0 .6 .4 .5 .6 .4 .4 .8 .1 .8 .8 1.0 .6 .8 1.6 3.2 .1 .4 .0 2.0 .2 -.3 .5 .5 .1 .9 .9 1.2 1.8 1.0 1.7 1.2 .8 .9 .4 2.1 .8 1.8 .6 .6 .5 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 ....................................................... 39.994 30.397 7.979 1.233 20.888 .297 5.637 4.670 .323 4.347 .966 3.960 .339 213.441 239.198 241.623 148.378 228.536 119.293 228.843 209.843 381.903 211.398 150.742 123.434 150.867 215.026 239.845 242.276 152.248 228.824 119.006 236.381 217.640 388.208 219.612 152.220 123.798 151.290 4.3 2.6 3.6 -.6 2.6 1.8 15.7 17.8 58.0 15.0 5.4 1.0 5.7 .7 .3 .3 2.6 .1 -.2 3.3 3.7 1.7 3.9 1.0 .3 .3 .5 .2 .2 1.2 .1 -.1 2.4 2.8 7.6 2.4 .4 .1 1.0 .5 .3 .4 1.1 .2 .6 1.7 2.0 7.9 1.5 .4 .1 .7 .7 .2 .3 -.1 .1 -.2 3.3 3.8 1.4 4.0 .7 .5 .3 Apparel ....................................................................................... Men’s and boys’ apparel .......................................................... Women’s and girls’ apparel ...................................................... Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel ................................................... Footwear .................................................................................. 3.998 1.031 1.619 .251 .821 116.706 112.395 104.062 114.057 123.381 113.978 109.969 99.772 111.502 122.380 .7 .4 -1.9 .5 2.6 -2.3 -2.2 -4.1 -2.2 -.8 -.2 .2 -.3 -.8 -.2 .0 -.7 .5 -.5 .2 .8 -.6 1.5 -.5 1.4 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 1 ..................................... Motor vehicle maintenance and repair ................................... Public transportation ................................................................ 20.054 19.287 7.952 4.172 3.103 6.940 6.597 .446 1.169 .767 213.633 210.423 92.714 135.728 136.790 348.762 346.459 127.750 235.550 261.779 214.533 211.201 92.686 135.556 136.639 351.124 348.888 128.997 237.324 266.259 14.4 14.4 -.4 -.8 -.2 38.3 37.9 6.3 5.0 14.1 .4 .4 .0 -.1 -.1 .7 .7 1.0 .8 1.7 2.1 2.1 -.2 -.1 -.3 5.6 5.7 .6 .5 2.4 4.0 4.0 .0 .2 -.3 10.0 10.0 .8 .6 3.5 1.8 1.8 .1 .2 -.1 4.1 4.1 1.0 .7 1.0 Medical care ............................................................................... Medical care commodities ........................................................ Medical care services ............................................................... Professional services ............................................................. Hospital and related services 3 .............................................. 5.192 1.295 3.897 2.159 1.260 363.628 287.033 385.911 313.618 527.948 363.942 286.562 386.560 314.235 529.798 3.6 1.4 4.3 3.5 7.3 .1 -.2 .2 .2 .4 .1 -.8 .4 .6 .4 .2 .1 .2 .3 .4 .1 -.2 .1 .2 .3 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 2007 Unadjusted indexes June 2008 July 2008 Unadjusted percent change to July 2008 from— July 2007 Seasonally adjusted percent change from— June 2008 Apr. to May May to June June to July Expenditure category Recreation 2 ............................................................................... Video and audio 2 .................................................................... 5.341 1.987 109.905 102.306 110.198 102.267 1.7 -.1 0.3 .0 0.0 -.5 0.2 -.3 0.4 .1 Education and communication 2 ................................................ Education 2 .............................................................................. Educational books and supplies ............................................. Tuition, other school fees, and childcare ................................ Communication 2 ..................................................................... Information and information processing 1 2 ............................ Telephone services 1 2 ......................................................... Information technology, hardware and services 1 5 ............. Personal computers and peripheral equipment 1 6 ............ 5.987 2.377 .204 2.174 3.609 3.488 2.869 .619 .228 119.264 176.148 445.740 496.449 87.017 85.007 100.723 10.585 95.766 119.852 176.879 446.741 498.598 87.490 85.484 101.375 10.600 94.691 3.3 5.6 6.0 5.5 1.7 1.6 2.7 -3.6 -11.8 .5 .4 .2 .4 .5 .6 .6 .1 -1.1 .3 .4 .6 .4 .3 .2 .4 -.5 -1.8 .5 .3 .1 .4 .6 .6 .8 -.3 -1.3 .5 .5 .8 .5 .5 .6 .6 .1 -1.1 Other goods and services .......................................................... Tobacco and smoking products 1 ............................................ Personal care ........................................................................... Personal care products 1 ....................................................... Personal care services 1 ........................................................ Miscellaneous personal services ........................................... 3.508 1.183 2.325 .647 .560 .910 358.419 592.248 199.404 159.052 223.838 341.921 359.961 599.180 199.495 159.237 223.994 341.763 4.6 7.9 2.9 .5 3.2 4.8 .4 1.2 .0 .1 .1 .0 .5 .9 .2 -.4 .4 .6 .6 1.5 .1 .0 .0 .2 .5 1.2 .2 .1 .1 .1 44.745 15.926 28.819 17.315 3.998 13.318 11.504 55.255 30.100 .297 4.347 .966 .339 5.266 3.897 10.042 184.495 212.700 167.344 225.585 116.706 298.593 111.769 251.365 230.620 119.293 211.398 150.742 150.867 243.395 385.911 283.449 185.105 214.662 167.376 225.595 113.978 300.341 111.820 252.991 231.255 119.006 219.612 152.220 151.290 245.005 386.560 284.449 8.7 5.8 10.3 17.7 .7 22.7 -.5 4.2 2.6 1.8 15.0 5.4 5.7 4.8 4.3 3.5 .3 .9 .0 .0 -2.3 .6 .0 .6 .3 -.2 3.9 1.0 .3 .7 .2 .4 1.0 .3 1.4 2.7 -.2 3.4 -.2 .5 .2 -.1 2.4 .4 1.0 .7 .4 .4 2.1 .8 2.8 4.5 .0 6.1 .0 .5 .3 .6 1.5 .4 .7 1.0 .2 .3 1.3 .9 1.4 1.3 .8 2.5 .1 .6 .2 -.2 4.0 .7 .3 .5 .1 .5 85.099 69.603 94.808 29.844 18.341 14.343 33.241 25.155 51.358 11.610 88.390 73.489 22.581 7.264 50.908 215.498 208.817 208.906 169.169 225.276 290.127 220.813 243.780 241.422 277.597 208.458 208.007 140.878 351.873 255.513 $ .465 $ .156 216.407 210.069 210.002 169.213 225.309 291.760 221.740 246.411 243.071 282.579 209.062 208.317 140.492 354.402 256.365 $ .462 $ .155 6.2 7.8 6.3 10.1 16.9 21.3 12.0 6.0 4.1 29.7 3.1 2.5 .8 39.4 3.2 .4 .6 .5 .0 .0 .6 .4 1.1 .7 1.8 .3 .1 -.3 .7 .3 .8 1.0 .7 1.4 2.5 3.2 1.6 .9 .5 4.5 .2 .2 -.1 5.7 .3 1.3 1.6 1.3 2.8 4.3 5.7 2.7 .8 .6 6.8 .4 .3 .2 9.9 .4 .9 1.2 .9 1.4 1.3 2.3 1.1 1.1 .6 4.0 .4 .3 .4 4.0 .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. 6 Indexes on a December 2007=100 base. - Data not available. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. Table 5. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Seasonally adjusted U.S. city average, by expenditure category and commodity and service group (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) Seasonally adjusted indexes Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent change for 3 months ended— CPI-W 6 months ended— Oct. 2007 Jan. 2008 Apr. 2008 July 2008 215.507 2.7 7.7 2.4 212.937 212.814 212.594 245.533 202.831 210.453 280.522 157.651 182.718 184.097 197.297 197.277 118.879 214.851 149.306 213.293 214.883 214.813 215.085 249.875 204.852 214.042 283.919 158.971 184.409 184.838 201.406 198.916 121.015 216.177 150.232 214.434 4.5 4.6 4.6 4.8 3.5 12.5 3.8 3.8 2.8 2.9 5.7 2.2 .1 4.7 .9 3.4 4.5 4.6 5.5 7.6 2.4 2.0 16.3 3.7 3.4 3.8 12.2 1.7 1.0 3.4 2.4 3.2 211.451 238.312 240.917 142.993 228.112 118.615 219.616 199.931 359.850 201.596 150.387 123.075 149.816 212.511 239.047 241.841 144.505 228.635 119.293 223.395 203.870 388.227 204.597 151.009 123.200 150.867 213.943 239.431 242.535 144.351 228.943 119.006 230.774 211.612 393.808 212.785 152.020 123.832 151.290 2.4 2.9 3.8 -.9 2.8 .2 2.8 2.4 27.8 .6 5.0 -1.4 2.0 118.109 114.080 105.369 117.342 124.364 117.867 114.340 105.056 116.416 124.059 117.920 113.486 105.595 115.785 124.267 118.892 112.842 107.177 115.245 126.005 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 ....................................................... 194.993 191.970 93.051 136.052 137.616 277.925 275.644 126.032 233.139 241.831 199.181 196.071 92.890 135.905 137.145 293.566 291.449 126.742 234.314 247.717 207.141 203.949 92.928 136.143 136.790 322.859 320.576 127.750 235.703 256.314 Medical care ...................................................................... Medical care commodities .............................................. Medical care services ..................................................... Professional services .................................................... Hospital and related services 3 ..................................... 362.359 288.672 383.404 310.676 524.768 362.884 286.461 385.115 312.553 527.119 363.629 286.749 386.038 313.396 529.160 Apr. 2008 May 2008 June 2008 July 2008 All items .............................................................................. 209.543 211.044 213.601 Food and beverages ......................................................... Food ................................................................................ Food at home ................................................................ Cereals and bakery products ...................................... Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ..................................... Dairy and related products .......................................... Fruits and vegetables .................................................. Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials ....... Other food at home ..................................................... Sugar and sweets ..................................................... Fats and oils .............................................................. Other foods ............................................................... Other miscellaneous foods 1 2 ................................ Food away from home 1 ............................................... Other food away from home 1 2 .................................. Alcoholic beverages ........................................................ 210.669 210.420 209.945 240.305 200.888 207.558 271.663 159.034 180.938 183.410 192.519 195.607 118.751 212.794 147.335 212.888 211.319 211.101 210.454 243.972 201.242 207.156 271.784 157.428 182.005 184.122 193.415 196.873 119.248 213.723 148.517 213.079 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 ............................................. 210.427 237.943 240.466 141.337 227.924 118.683 214.459 194.506 334.332 196.843 149.736 122.893 148.403 Apparel .............................................................................. Men’s and boys’ apparel ................................................. Women’s and girls’ apparel ............................................. Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel .......................................... Footwear ......................................................................... Jan. 2008 July 2008 11.9 5.1 7.0 6.1 6.3 8.1 20.2 3.1 4.3 2.8 7.7 12.5 11.5 27.2 10.5 11.1 3.9 4.8 3.6 8.2 8.6 10.2 16.9 8.1 13.1 19.3 -.2 7.9 3.2 19.8 6.9 7.8 6.5 8.1 2.9 4.5 4.6 5.0 6.2 3.0 7.1 9.9 3.8 3.1 3.4 8.9 2.0 .5 4.0 1.6 3.3 7.2 7.5 9.1 18.6 5.6 8.6 10.8 3.7 10.2 7.2 23.4 8.7 9.5 5.2 6.4 3.2 3.5 3.5 4.2 6.2 3.4 2.6 5.7 5.6 76.4 .9 6.6 .8 4.4 4.6 1.7 2.9 -13.7 2.3 3.2 23.3 27.7 43.8 26.5 3.7 1.7 8.4 6.9 2.5 3.5 8.8 1.8 1.1 34.1 40.1 92.5 36.5 6.2 3.1 8.0 3.0 3.2 4.0 2.6 3.1 1.4 4.3 4.0 50.1 .7 5.8 -.3 3.2 5.7 2.1 3.2 -3.1 2.0 2.2 28.6 33.7 66.4 31.4 5.0 2.4 8.2 -.2 -.1 -1.0 8.7 -2.4 5.6 5.0 6.7 4.8 2.9 -5.4 1.0 -18.0 -3.6 4.7 2.7 -4.3 7.0 -7.0 5.4 2.7 2.4 2.8 6.7 .2 -1.4 -1.7 -6.3 -5.3 5.1 210.841 207.657 93.007 136.460 136.639 336.117 333.854 128.997 237.365 258.873 1.6 1.3 .2 -1.3 2.7 2.6 2.4 5.0 2.1 8.7 24.6 25.2 .0 -1.0 .7 82.2 82.6 5.3 5.3 9.7 -2.8 -3.3 -1.7 -2.1 -1.3 -8.5 -10.1 5.3 5.1 8.2 36.7 36.9 -.2 1.2 -2.8 113.9 115.2 9.7 7.5 31.3 12.5 12.6 .1 -1.2 1.7 36.7 36.8 5.1 3.7 9.2 15.2 15.1 -1.0 -.4 -2.0 39.9 39.1 7.5 6.3 19.2 363.864 286.207 386.607 314.053 530.663 5.9 3.0 6.7 4.6 10.4 5.4 5.5 5.4 3.8 9.5 1.4 .6 1.7 1.4 5.1 1.7 -3.4 3.4 4.4 4.6 5.7 4.3 6.1 4.2 9.9 1.5 -1.4 2.5 2.9 4.8 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. 2007 Jan. 2008 Apr. 2008 July 2008 110.173 102.269 1.8 1.8 1.3 1.5 1.2 -.9 119.805 178.167 446.991 502.545 87.016 85.007 100.723 10.585 95.766 120.439 179.067 450.380 504.965 87.490 85.484 101.375 10.600 94.691 2.6 5.1 8.7 4.7 .8 .8 1.7 -4.4 -10.7 2.2 6.9 5.6 7.0 -1.2 -1.3 -.6 -5.0 -12.1 356.181 583.296 199.078 158.993 223.922 340.592 358.283 592.248 199.288 159.052 223.838 341.405 360.084 599.180 199.599 159.237 223.994 341.783 3.0 5.0 2.0 -.1 2.1 4.6 176.517 210.669 157.146 204.907 118.109 263.062 112.004 248.302 229.311 118.683 196.843 149.736 148.403 239.245 383.404 281.941 178.328 211.319 159.383 210.341 117.867 271.995 111.755 249.457 229.711 118.615 201.596 150.387 149.816 240.862 385.115 283.039 182.091 212.937 163.920 219.911 117.920 288.571 111.778 250.646 230.376 119.293 204.597 151.009 150.867 243.223 386.038 283.979 184.380 214.883 166.283 222.730 118.892 295.649 111.904 252.098 230.750 119.006 212.785 152.020 151.290 244.333 386.607 285.261 209.197 201.457 203.139 159.167 205.613 257.678 208.946 238.684 238.224 234.484 207.378 207.131 141.088 281.575 253.802 210.840 203.388 204.658 161.360 210.849 265.929 212.335 240.775 239.416 244.995 207.772 207.468 140.914 297.683 254.534 213.542 206.640 207.249 165.803 219.878 281.115 218.042 242.816 240.801 261.655 208.598 208.116 141.128 327.093 255.507 215.430 209.123 209.190 168.143 222.640 287.558 220.363 245.434 242.231 272.093 209.458 208.747 141.700 340.121 256.168 Apr. 2008 May 2008 June 2008 July 2008 Recreation 2 ...................................................................... Video and audio 2 ........................................................... 109.514 102.975 109.561 102.431 109.737 102.166 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 6 ... 118.807 176.831 443.977 498.741 86.243 84.320 99.566 10.671 98.820 119.217 177.579 446.426 500.792 86.495 84.511 99.939 10.621 97.010 Other goods and services ................................................. Tobacco and smoking products 1 ................................... Personal care .................................................................. Personal care products 1 .............................................. Personal care services 1 ............................................... Miscellaneous personal services .................................. 354.577 578.296 198.597 159.585 223.088 338.418 Jan. 2008 July 2008 2.4 -2.7 1.5 1.7 1.8 -1.8 2.9 5.3 3.8 5.4 1.5 1.5 2.4 -2.4 -8.6 5.6 5.2 5.9 5.1 5.9 5.6 7.5 -2.6 -15.7 2.4 6.0 7.1 5.9 -.2 -.2 .5 -4.7 -11.4 4.3 5.2 4.8 5.2 3.7 3.5 4.9 -2.5 -12.2 4.5 9.3 2.2 -.6 4.0 4.6 4.5 2.5 5.6 3.6 5.1 6.0 6.4 15.2 2.0 -.9 1.6 4.0 3.7 7.1 2.1 -.4 3.0 4.6 5.4 8.7 3.8 1.4 3.4 5.0 2.3 4.5 1.0 2.9 -.2 -3.0 -.5 3.0 2.8 .2 .6 5.0 2.0 2.3 6.7 3.2 13.1 4.5 18.2 33.5 5.6 42.9 .6 3.4 3.5 2.6 .9 6.6 4.4 4.5 5.4 3.0 .5 6.1 -2.4 .3 -5.4 2.6 -1.8 4.0 1.5 3.2 26.5 3.7 8.4 3.5 1.7 3.2 19.0 8.2 25.4 39.6 2.7 59.5 -.4 6.3 2.5 1.1 36.5 6.2 8.0 8.8 3.4 4.8 7.5 4.5 9.3 17.2 2.7 17.8 .0 3.2 3.1 1.4 .7 5.8 3.2 3.4 6.1 3.1 9.4 7.2 10.6 18.3 -1.4 27.9 -1.1 5.1 2.0 2.2 31.4 5.0 8.2 6.1 2.5 4.0 2.3 2.6 2.5 1.1 2.9 -2.6 4.3 2.4 2.5 2.5 2.7 2.3 .2 3.8 3.2 8.2 9.5 7.8 17.6 31.3 39.3 17.4 3.2 3.1 45.9 3.4 3.1 1.9 82.6 3.7 1.7 2.7 2.5 -2.2 .6 2.9 3.9 7.0 4.1 4.3 2.1 1.3 -.7 -6.7 2.2 12.5 16.1 12.5 24.5 37.5 55.1 23.7 11.8 6.9 81.3 4.1 3.2 1.7 112.9 3.8 5.2 6.0 5.1 9.0 16.2 16.5 10.6 2.8 2.8 22.3 3.0 2.7 1.0 37.7 3.4 7.0 9.2 7.3 10.3 17.6 26.4 13.4 9.4 5.5 37.5 3.1 2.2 .5 40.9 3.0 Expenditure category Commodity and service group Commodities ....................................................................... Food and beverages ......................................................... Commodities less food and beverages ............................. Nondurables less food and beverages ........................... Apparel .......................................................................... Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel .......... Durables .......................................................................... Services .............................................................................. Rent of shelter 4 ................................................................ Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ............................. Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ............................................. Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 .............. Household operations 1 2 ................................................. Transportation services ..................................................... Medical care services ....................................................... Other services ................................................................... Special indexes All items less food ............................................................... All items less shelter ........................................................... All items less medical care .................................................. Commodities less food ........................................................ Nondurables less food ........................................................ Nondurables less food and apparel .................................... Nondurables ........................................................................ Services less rent of shelter 4 ............................................. Services less medical care services ................................... Energy ................................................................................. All items less energy ........................................................... All items less food and energy .......................................... Commodities less food and energy commodities ........... Energy commodities ..................................................... Services less energy services ......................................... 1 Not seasonally adjusted. 2 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. 3 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series were calculated using a geometric means estimator. 4 Indexes on a December 1984=100 base 5 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base. 6 Indexes on a December 2007=100 base. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. Table 6. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Selected areas, all items index (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) All items CPI-W Indexes Percent change to July2008 from— Pricing schedule 1 Apr. 2008 May 2008 June 2008 July 2008 M 210.698 212.788 215.223 Northeast urban .............................................. Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M M M 224.794 225.144 136.141 227.114 227.412 137.624 Midwest urban ................................................ Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than 50,000) ............................................... M M M 200.788 200.989 131.354 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 June2008 from— July 2007 May 2008 June 2008 June 2007 Apr. 2008 May 2008 216.304 6.2 1.7 0.5 5.6 2.1 1.1 229.829 230.120 139.286 231.488 231.808 140.253 6.2 6.1 6.6 1.9 1.9 1.9 .7 .7 .7 5.5 5.3 6.1 2.2 2.2 2.3 1.2 1.2 1.2 202.912 202.969 132.867 204.867 204.509 134.409 206.038 205.761 135.037 6.1 5.7 6.5 1.5 1.4 1.6 .6 .6 .5 5.3 4.8 5.8 2.0 1.8 2.3 1.0 .8 1.2 199.325 201.494 204.023 205.452 6.6 2.0 .7 6.0 2.4 1.3 M M M 205.669 208.511 131.428 207.912 210.748 132.808 210.469 213.549 134.222 211.438 214.379 134.952 6.4 6.2 6.4 1.7 1.7 1.6 .5 .4 .5 5.8 5.6 5.7 2.3 2.4 2.1 1.2 1.3 1.1 M 209.641 212.533 216.357 216.901 7.5 2.1 .3 7.3 3.2 1.8 M M M 214.355 216.055 133.570 216.029 218.141 134.133 218.508 220.603 135.738 219.248 221.232 136.478 6.0 6.2 5.9 1.5 1.4 1.7 .3 .3 .5 5.4 5.7 5.1 1.9 2.1 1.6 1.1 1.1 1.2 M M M 194.886 132.471 205.951 196.844 133.729 208.246 199.028 135.240 211.236 200.009 135.986 211.929 6.0 6.4 6.4 1.6 1.7 1.8 .5 .6 .3 5.4 5.7 6.0 2.1 2.1 2.6 1.1 1.1 1.4 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 205.885 217.914 208.403 219.702 209.021 222.435 211.020 223.245 6.2 6.6 1.3 1.6 1.0 .4 4.9 6.1 1.5 2.1 .3 1.2 M 228.215 230.923 233.776 235.446 5.9 2.0 .7 5.2 2.4 1.2 Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT ..... Cleveland-Akron, OH ...................................... Dallas-Fort Worth, TX ..................................... Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV 6 ...... 1 1 1 1 - 235.419 195.898 206.258 139.332 - 240.511 198.063 210.830 141.622 6.2 5.7 7.5 5.9 2.2 1.1 2.2 1.6 - - - - 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 2 205.801 201.037 188.463 219.456 - 212.013 203.524 193.742 223.849 - - - - 5.5 3.5 5.7 6.1 3.0 1.2 2.8 2.0 - 2 2 2 223.295 217.913 218.483 - 228.429 221.454 223.573 - - - - 5.5 4.7 6.2 2.3 1.6 2.3 - 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, 2005-2006 Unadjusted percent change to July 2008 from— Unadjusted indexes June 2008 July 2008 July 2007 June 2008 Expenditure category All items ...................................................................................... 100.000 125.582 126.116 4.8 0.4 Food and beverages ................................................................ Food ....................................................................................... Food at home ....................................................................... Food away from home .......................................................... Alcoholic beverages ............................................................... 14.726 13.648 7.557 6.091 1.077 125.366 125.480 122.956 128.835 124.295 126.459 126.641 124.391 129.640 124.546 5.6 5.8 6.8 4.5 3.3 .9 .9 1.2 .6 .2 Housing .................................................................................... Shelter .................................................................................... Fuels and utilities .................................................................... Household furnishings and operations ................................... 42.421 32.409 5.004 5.008 129.332 130.287 169.849 95.995 130.200 130.773 175.270 96.105 3.6 2.5 14.9 .2 .7 .4 3.2 .1 Apparel ..................................................................................... 3.988 86.976 84.768 -.1 -2.5 Transportation .......................................................................... Private transportation ............................................................. Public transportation ............................................................... 17.393 16.285 1.108 137.800 138.528 129.942 138.367 138.954 132.480 10.9 10.7 14.3 .4 .3 2.0 Medical care ............................................................................. Medical care commodities ...................................................... Medical care services ............................................................. 6.085 1.615 4.470 141.538 125.019 147.718 141.656 124.847 147.959 3.2 1.5 3.9 .1 -.1 .2 Recreation ................................................................................ 5.935 105.473 105.634 .8 .2 Education and communication ................................................. Education ............................................................................... Communication ...................................................................... 6.196 2.771 3.425 107.059 165.233 74.114 107.565 166.019 74.463 3.1 6.1 .8 .5 .5 .5 Other goods and services ........................................................ 3.257 128.576 128.601 3.9 .0 58.427 41.573 11.817 29.756 77.561 8.790 133.027 116.266 83.274 133.843 117.363 232.483 133.831 116.468 83.257 134.179 117.543 237.294 3.9 6.0 -1.4 9.1 2.2 28.3 .6 .2 .0 .3 .2 2.1 Commodity and service group Services ...................................................................................... Commodities .............................................................................. Durables ................................................................................... Nondurables ............................................................................... All items less food and energy ................................................. Energy ........................................................................................ Indexes for 2008 are initial estimates. Indexes for 2007 are interim adjustments. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.
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