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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-09-0937 TRANSMISSION OF MATERIAL IN THIS RELEASE IS EMBARGOED UNTIL 8:30 A.M. (EDT) Friday, August 14, 2009 CONSUMER PRICE INDEX: JULY 2009 CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) decreased 0.2 percent in July before seasonal adjustment, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Over the last 12 months the index has fallen 2.1 percent, as a 28.1 percent decline in the energy index since its July 2008 peak has more than offset increases of 0.9 percent in the food index and 1.5 percent in the index for all items less food and energy. On a seasonally adjusted basis, the CPI-U was unchanged in July following a 0.7 percent increase in June. Small declines in the food and energy indexes offset a small increase in the index for all items less food and energy. The food index declined 0.3 percent in July with all six major grocery store food groups posting declines. The energy index, which rose 7.4 percent in June, fell 0.4 percent in July. Decreases in the indexes for gasoline, fuel oil, and electricity more than offset an increase in the index for natural gas. The index for all items less food and energy rose 0.1 percent in July following a 0.2 percent increase in June. The indexes for new vehicles, tobacco, medical care and apparel all continued to increase in July, and the index for airline fares turned up after a long series of declines. In contrast to these increases, the shelter index decreased in July as the index for lodging away from home fell and the indexes for rent and owners’ equivalent rent were unchanged. Table A. Percent changes in CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) Seasonally adjusted Expenditure Category Changes from preceding month Jan. 2009 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. 2009 Mar. 2009 Apr. 2009 May 2009 June 2009 July 2009 Compound annual rate 3-mos. ended July 2009 Unadjusted 12-mos. ended July 2009 0.3 .1 .0 .3 1.3 .4 .0 0.4 -.1 .0 1.3 1.9 .3 .4 -0.1 -.1 -.1 -.2 -1.1 .2 .0 0.0 -.2 -.1 -.2 -.4 .4 -.4 0.1 -.2 -.1 -.2 .8 .3 .0 0.7 .1 .0 .7 4.2 .2 .5 0.0 -.2 -.2 .6 .2 .2 .0 3.4 -1.4 -1.0 4.5 22.7 2.8 2.1 -2.1 1.1 -.7 1.1 -14.1 3.2 1.2 .3 .3 .2 .2 .2 2.7 .3 2.6 .3 -.2 .2 .3 .3 .8 3.1 3.3 2.8 7.5 1.7 .1 3.3 -.1 -3.0 -.1 -2.4 -.2 .2 -.2 7.4 .0 -.4 -.3 32.5 -1.8 -28.1 .9 .2 .2 .2 .3 .1 .2 .1 1.7 1.5 The food and beverages index, which rose 0.1 percent in June, fell 0.2 percent in July. The decrease was caused by the food at home index, which declined for the seventh time in the last eight months, falling 0.5 percent. All six major grocery store food group indexes fell, with the largest decreases being a 1.3 percent decline in the index for meats, poultry, fish and eggs and a 0.6 percent decline in the dairy and related products index, which has now fallen for eight months in a row. The cereals and bakery products index posted the smallest decrease of the six groups, falling 0.1 percent. The indexes for fruits and vegetables, for nonalcoholic beverages, and for other food at home all declined 0.3 percent in July. The food at home index has declined 2.6 percent from its peak in November 2008. In contrast to the decline in the food at home index, the food away from home index rose 0.1 percent in July and the index for alcoholic beverages increased 0.3 percent. The housing index fell 0.2 percent in July after being unchanged in June. The index for shelter fell 0.2 percent and the household energy index declined 0.3 percent. Within the shelter group, the indexes for rent and owners’ equivalent rent were both unchanged in July after rising 0.1 percent in June. The index for lodging away from home turned down in July, falling 2.1 percent after increasing 0.3 percent in June, and has fallen 8.9 percent over the past 12 months. Within household energy, a 0.9 percent increase in the index for natural gas was more than offset by declines in the other indexes, including a 0.6 percent decrease in the electricity index and a 1.5 percent fall in the fuel oil index. The index for household furnishings and operations, unchanged for each of the previous three months, declined 0.1 percent in July. For the past 12 months, the housing index has declined 0.7 percent, with the shelter index up 0.9 percent and the household energy index down 14.1 percent. After rising 4.2 percent in June, the transportation index increased 0.2 percent in July. Most of the moderation was due to the motor fuel index, which fell 0.4 percent in July after rising 17.2 percent in June. The new vehicle index increased 0.5 percent in July after rising 0.7 percent in June, and the index for used cars and trucks was unchanged in July after rising 0.9 percent in June. The public transportation index, however, turned up in July, rising 1.9 percent after declining 0.5 percent in June. The turnaround was mostly due to the index for airline fares, which rose 2.1 percent in July after declining in each of the previous ten months. Over the past 12 months, the transportation index has fallen 14.1 percent, with several of its components declining. The gasoline index fell 37.3 percent while the index for airline fares declined 16.6 percent and the index for used cars and trucks decreased 7.9 percent. However, the new vehicle index has risen 1.2 percent over the past 12 months. Among other CPI groups, the medical care index rose 0.2 percent in July, the same increase as in June. Within that group, the index for hospital and related services rose 0.7 percent while the index for prescription drugs was unchanged. Over the last 12 months, the medical care index has risen 3.2 percent. The index for other goods and services rose 0.8 percent in July after advancing 0.3 percent in June. The larger increase was driven by the tobacco index, which rose 2.2 percent as excise tax increases in several states went into effect in July. The tobacco index has now risen 27.8 percent over the past year. The apparel index advanced 0.6 percent in July after a 0.7 percent increase in June. The index for education and communication rose 0.3 percent in July after rising 0.2 percent in June, while the index for recreation was unchanged in July after rising 0.5 percent in June. CPI for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) declined 0.2 percent in July, prior to seasonal adjustment. The index value of 210.526 was 2.7 percent lower than in July 2008. On a seasonally adjusted basis, the CPI-W was unchanged 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. 2009 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. 2009 Mar. 2009 Apr. 2009 May 2009 June 2009 July 2009 Compound annual rate 3-mos. ended July 2009 Unadjusted 12-mos. ended July 2009 0.3 .0 .0 .6 1.5 .4 .0 0.4 -.2 .1 1.0 2.0 .4 .4 -0.1 -.1 -.1 -.3 -1.3 .2 .0 0.0 -.2 -.1 -.3 -.5 .4 -.3 0.1 -.2 .0 .0 .9 .3 .0 0.9 .0 -.1 .7 4.8 .2 .4 0.0 -.2 -.1 .6 .1 .2 .0 4.4 -1.6 -.8 5.5 25.8 3.0 1.6 -2.7 1.0 -.5 1.3 -15.9 3.4 1.1 .2 .4 .2 .2 .2 3.9 .2 3.8 .2 -.2 .1 .3 .3 1.0 2.8 4.3 2.4 10.7 1.9 .0 3.6 -.2 -3.1 -.1 -2.4 -.2 .4 -.3 8.1 .0 -.4 -.3 36.8 -1.9 -28.5 .8 .2 .2 .2 .3 .2 .2 .1 2.1 1.8 Chained Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (C-CPI-U) The Chained Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (C-CPI-U) decreased 0.2 percent in July on a not seasonally adjusted basis. The index has decreased 1.9 percent over the past year. Please note that the indexes for the post-2007 period are subject to revision. Upcoming release Consumer Price Index data for August are scheduled for release on Wednesday, September 16, 2009, at 8:30 A.M. (EDT). Upcoming Changes to the Consumer Price Index news release Beginning with the next edition of the Consumer Price Index news release scheduled for publication on September 16, 2009, the Bureau of Labor Statistics will introduce changes in the presentation of the text section of the release. There will be no changes to the data or to the format and content of the tables. A sample of the revamped Consumer Price Index news release will be posted on the BLS Web site on Friday, August 14. For further information, please see http://www.bls.gov/bls/changes_to_text_sections_of_nrs.htm. 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 0.04 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 0.08 percent of the 1 month percentage change based on all retail prices. For example, for a 1-month change of 0.2 percent in the All Items CPI for All Urban Consumers, we are 95 percent confident that the actual percent change based on all retail prices would fall between 0.12 and 0.28 percent. For the latest data, including information on how to use the estimates of standard error, see “Variance Estimates for Price Changes in the Consumer Price Index, January-December 2008”. These data are available on the CPI home page (http://www.bls.gov/cpi), or by using the following link http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpivar2008.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 2004 through December 2008 were replaced in January 2009. 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: 47 of the 73 components are seasonally adjusted for 2009. 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 2009, BLS adjusted 29 series using Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment, including selected food and beverage items, motor fuels, electricity and vehicles. For example, this procedure was used for the Motor fuel series to offset the effects of events such as damage to oil refineries from Hurricane Katrina. For a complete list of Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment series and explanations, please refer to the article “Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment”, located on our website at http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpisapage.htm. For additional information on seasonal adjustment in the CPI, please write to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Division of Consumer Prices and Price Indexes, Washington, DC 20212 or contact 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 2008 Unadjusted indexes June 2009 July 2009 Unadjusted percent change to July 2009 from— July 2008 Seasonally adjusted percent change from— June 2009 Apr. to May May to June June to July Expenditure category All items ........................................................................................ All items (1967=100) .................................................................... 100.000 215.693 646.121 215.351 645.096 -2.1 -0.2 0.1 0.7 0.0 - - - - - - Food and beverages .................................................................. Food ......................................................................................... Food at home ......................................................................... Cereals and bakery products ............................................... Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs .............................................. Dairy and related products 1 ................................................ Fruits and vegetables ........................................................... Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials ................ Other food at home .............................................................. Sugar and sweets .............................................................. Fats and oils ....................................................................... Other foods ........................................................................ Other miscellaneous foods 1 2 ......................................... Food away from home 1 ......................................................... Other food away from home 1 2 ........................................... Alcoholic beverages ................................................................. 15.757 14.629 8.156 1.150 1.898 .910 1.194 .982 2.022 .300 .241 1.481 .433 6.474 .314 1.127 218.030 217.740 214.824 253.008 204.031 194.197 272.608 162.571 191.328 197.009 201.127 205.654 122.224 223.163 155.841 220.477 217.608 217.257 213.815 253.391 201.743 193.118 270.940 162.069 190.967 195.126 201.031 205.544 121.990 223.345 156.570 220.850 1.1 .9 -.9 1.2 -1.6 -9.7 -3.3 1.7 2.8 4.3 -.1 3.0 1.2 3.2 3.6 3.0 -.2 -.2 -.5 .2 -1.1 -.6 -.6 -.3 -.2 -1.0 .0 -.1 -.2 .1 .5 .2 -.2 -.2 -.5 -.2 -.9 -.5 -1.0 -.1 -.1 .0 -.7 .0 .0 .1 .0 .3 .1 .0 .0 .0 -.2 -.9 1.1 .1 .0 .2 .6 -.2 -.5 .1 .5 .2 -.2 -.3 -.5 -.1 -1.3 -.6 -.3 -.3 -.3 -1.3 -.3 -.1 -.2 .1 .5 .3 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 ....................................................... 43.421 33.200 5.957 2.478 24.433 .333 5.431 4.460 .301 4.159 .971 4.790 .781 218.071 250.243 249.092 138.318 256.981 121.083 212.677 190.647 232.638 196.754 159.831 129.623 149.995 218.085 250.310 248.994 139.424 256.872 121.298 212.961 190.534 230.192 196.767 161.403 129.267 149.983 -.7 .9 2.3 -8.9 1.7 2.1 -10.9 -14.1 -41.8 -11.3 6.1 1.1 1.1 .0 .0 .0 .8 .0 .2 .1 -.1 -1.1 .0 1.0 -.3 .0 -.1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .0 -1.3 -1.8 -3.1 -1.7 .6 .0 -.9 .0 .1 .1 .3 .1 .3 -.8 -1.0 2.0 -1.2 .4 .0 .4 -.2 -.2 .0 -2.1 .0 .2 -.1 -.3 -1.1 -.3 .6 -.1 .0 Apparel ....................................................................................... Men’s and boys’ apparel .......................................................... Women’s and girls’ apparel ...................................................... Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel ................................................... Footwear .................................................................................. 3.691 .923 1.541 .183 .688 118.799 112.849 106.455 113.915 125.515 115.620 109.744 101.688 111.022 124.405 1.1 .1 1.6 1.7 1.6 -2.7 -2.8 -4.5 -2.5 -.9 -.2 .4 -.1 -1.6 .1 .7 -.5 1.6 2.2 .2 .6 -.7 1.2 -.7 1.1 Transportation ............................................................................ Private transportation ............................................................... New and used motor vehicles 2 ............................................. New vehicles ........................................................................ Used cars and trucks ........................................................... Motor fuel ............................................................................... Gasoline (all types) .............................................................. Motor vehicle parts and equipment 1 ..................................... Motor vehicle maintenance and repair 1 ................................ Public transportation ................................................................ 15.314 14.189 6.931 4.480 1.628 3.164 2.964 .382 1.188 1.125 183.735 179.649 93.020 135.719 124.323 225.021 225.526 134.270 242.683 232.540 182.798 178.330 93.413 136.055 125.061 217.860 217.945 133.729 243.031 238.932 -14.1 -14.3 -.3 1.2 -7.9 -37.7 -37.3 3.6 3.5 -11.5 -.5 -.7 .4 .2 .6 -3.2 -3.4 -.4 .1 2.7 .8 .9 .5 .5 1.0 2.7 3.1 -.2 -.1 -1.0 4.2 4.5 .4 .7 .9 17.2 17.3 -.1 .1 -.5 .2 .1 .3 .5 .0 -.4 -.8 -.4 .1 1.9 Medical care ............................................................................... Medical care commodities ........................................................ Medical care services ............................................................... Professional services ............................................................. Hospital and related services 3 .............................................. 6.390 1.625 4.765 2.702 1.545 375.093 304.683 396.750 319.652 564.406 375.739 304.229 397.868 320.076 568.315 3.2 3.2 3.2 2.6 6.5 .2 -.1 .3 .1 .7 .3 .4 .3 .6 .1 .2 .1 .2 .3 .4 .2 -.1 .3 .1 .7 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 2008 Unadjusted indexes June 2009 July 2009 Unadjusted percent change to July 2009 from— July 2008 Seasonally adjusted percent change from— June 2009 Apr. to May May to June June to July Expenditure category Recreation 2 ............................................................................... Video and audio 2 .................................................................... 5.741 1.822 114.643 101.871 114.619 101.614 1.2 -.6 0.0 -.3 0.0 -.2 0.5 .4 0.0 -.2 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 ............ 6.301 3.107 .221 2.886 3.194 3.022 2.408 .614 .214 126.519 188.179 476.974 541.119 84.975 81.909 102.182 9.731 83.476 126.914 189.184 481.768 543.810 85.056 81.991 102.643 9.604 80.838 2.8 5.6 8.4 5.3 .3 .0 1.3 -4.8 -14.6 .3 .5 1.0 .5 .1 .1 .5 -1.3 -3.2 .3 .5 .4 .6 .1 -.1 .2 -1.1 -1.6 .2 .4 1.2 .3 -.1 -.2 -.1 -.5 -1.1 .3 .5 1.2 .5 .1 .1 .5 -1.3 -3.2 Other goods and services .......................................................... Tobacco and smoking products 1 ............................................ Personal care ........................................................................... Personal care products 1 ....................................................... Personal care services 1 ........................................................ Miscellaneous personal services ........................................... 3.386 .776 2.610 .651 .647 1.074 370.595 746.283 204.503 162.301 227.572 344.232 372.894 762.907 204.571 162.887 227.325 344.367 7.5 27.8 1.5 2.5 1.6 1.3 .6 2.2 .0 .4 -.1 .0 -.2 -.3 -.2 -.4 -.1 -.1 .3 .8 .1 -.5 .0 .4 .8 2.2 .2 .4 -.1 .5 39.556 15.757 23.799 13.289 3.691 9.598 10.510 60.444 32.867 .333 4.159 .971 .781 5.567 4.765 11.002 171.593 218.030 147.099 184.581 118.799 229.692 109.983 259.544 260.869 121.083 196.754 159.831 149.995 249.194 396.750 303.000 170.483 217.608 145.742 181.755 115.620 227.038 109.924 259.992 260.935 121.298 196.767 161.403 149.983 251.184 397.868 303.761 -5.9 1.1 -9.6 -14.8 1.1 -18.9 -1.2 .6 .9 2.1 -11.3 6.1 1.1 1.3 3.2 2.7 -.6 -.2 -.9 -1.5 -2.7 -1.2 -.1 .2 .0 .2 .0 1.0 .0 .8 .3 .3 .2 -.2 .5 .7 -.2 .9 .3 .0 .1 .0 -1.7 .6 -.9 -.1 .3 .2 1.8 .1 2.9 4.9 .7 6.6 .3 .1 .0 .3 -1.2 .4 .4 -.1 .2 .4 .0 -.2 .1 .5 .6 .2 .0 .0 -.2 .2 -.3 .6 .0 .5 .3 .3 85.371 66.800 93.610 24.926 14.416 10.726 29.046 27.577 55.679 7.624 92.376 77.746 21.461 3.465 56.285 215.389 204.578 207.764 149.697 186.726 227.768 201.461 277.777 248.557 205.408 218.440 219.283 141.990 226.881 265.993 $ .464 $ .155 215.069 204.069 207.388 148.386 184.090 225.410 199.746 278.747 248.963 201.938 218.421 219.350 141.463 219.922 266.484 $ .464 $ .155 -2.6 -3.5 -2.4 -9.2 -13.8 -17.3 -7.4 .3 .4 -28.1 1.4 1.5 1.4 -37.9 1.6 -.1 -.2 -.2 -.9 -1.4 -1.0 -.9 .3 .2 -1.7 .0 .0 -.4 -3.1 .2 .2 .1 .1 .5 .7 .7 .0 -.2 -.1 .2 .1 .1 .2 2.3 .1 .9 1.1 .8 2.7 4.5 6.1 2.4 .0 .0 7.4 .2 .2 .3 16.2 .1 .0 .1 .0 .1 .5 .2 .1 .3 .0 -.4 .0 .1 .2 -.4 .0 - - - - - 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. 2008 Jan. 2009 Apr. 2009 July 2009 214.469 -3.1 -8.4 0.9 218.094 217.838 214.999 251.576 204.365 194.197 276.092 162.993 190.637 196.818 201.067 204.694 122.224 223.163 155.841 220.105 217.638 217.291 213.876 251.380 201.738 193.118 275.379 162.431 190.071 194.193 200.428 204.528 121.990 223.345 156.570 220.815 6.0 6.1 6.6 8.1 10.3 -2.3 -1.1 9.8 9.9 11.4 14.4 8.8 7.5 5.5 6.6 5.3 1.4 1.1 -.9 4.0 -3.2 -5.7 -13.3 .8 8.0 12.7 -3.0 8.9 4.3 3.8 -.4 4.4 217.056 249.680 249.233 134.136 257.003 120.728 207.903 185.399 220.321 191.671 159.821 129.413 149.468 216.984 249.861 249.374 134.507 257.138 121.083 206.342 183.526 224.706 189.362 160.401 129.428 149.995 216.612 249.410 249.293 131.742 257.073 121.298 206.046 182.927 222.296 188.839 161.408 129.254 149.983 -.4 1.6 3.6 -5.1 1.9 3.9 -14.1 -18.2 -48.7 -14.5 9.7 3.1 4.8 119.537 114.062 106.771 115.025 126.039 119.345 114.561 106.667 113.149 126.182 120.183 114.009 108.388 115.667 126.438 120.865 113.251 109.695 114.831 127.790 Transportation ................................................................... Private transportation ...................................................... New and used motor vehicles 2 .................................... New vehicles ............................................................... Used cars and trucks .................................................. Motor fuel ...................................................................... Gasoline (all types) ..................................................... Motor vehicle parts and equipment 1 ............................ Motor vehicle maintenance and repair 1 ....................... Public transportation ....................................................... 170.259 165.676 92.400 134.580 121.616 169.373 168.696 134.640 242.649 230.470 171.635 167.234 92.847 135.284 122.788 173.872 173.954 134.347 242.488 228.210 178.843 174.831 93.227 136.179 123.851 203.703 204.131 134.270 242.683 227.003 Medical care ...................................................................... Medical care commodities .............................................. Medical care services ..................................................... Professional services .................................................... Hospital and related services 3 ..................................... 373.257 303.357 394.734 316.667 562.843 374.402 304.426 395.884 318.499 563.594 375.203 304.820 396.846 319.339 565.707 Apr. 2009 May 2009 June 2009 July 2009 All items .............................................................................. 212.671 212.876 214.459 Food and beverages ......................................................... Food ................................................................................ Food at home ................................................................ Cereals and bakery products ...................................... Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ..................................... Dairy and related products 1 ....................................... Fruits and vegetables .................................................. Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials ....... Other food at home ..................................................... Sugar and sweets ..................................................... Fats and oils .............................................................. Other foods ............................................................... Other miscellaneous foods 1 2 ................................ Food away from home 1 ............................................... Other food away from home 1 2 .................................. Alcoholic beverages ........................................................ 218.401 218.254 215.948 252.062 206.480 197.124 275.810 163.084 190.826 196.398 201.213 205.037 122.883 222.905 155.099 218.994 217.965 217.738 214.929 251.645 204.679 196.055 273.037 162.848 190.643 196.340 199.782 205.011 122.838 223.023 155.099 219.601 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 ............................................. 217.180 249.334 248.916 134.000 256.627 120.675 210.702 188.753 227.355 194.967 158.802 129.434 150.809 Apparel .............................................................................. Men’s and boys’ apparel ................................................. Women’s and girls’ apparel ............................................. Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel .......................................... Footwear ......................................................................... Jan. 2009 July 2009 3.4 -5.8 2.2 -1.6 -1.7 -5.2 -5.6 -3.9 -21.8 2.3 -1.7 -4.3 -1.4 -8.8 -4.1 -3.6 2.9 4.5 -.9 -1.4 -1.8 -3.8 -1.1 -8.9 -7.9 -.6 -1.6 -1.6 -4.4 -1.6 -1.0 -2.9 .8 3.8 3.4 3.7 3.6 2.8 6.0 3.3 -4.0 -7.4 5.2 8.9 12.1 5.4 8.9 5.9 4.6 3.0 4.9 -1.5 -1.7 -4.5 -3.4 -6.4 -15.1 .8 -1.7 -2.9 -2.9 -5.2 -2.6 -3.2 1.8 4.2 1.2 -.3 1.4 3.1 -9.5 2.3 1.6 -9.8 -12.4 -60.6 -6.6 3.6 -.2 1.0 -.9 .6 1.9 -13.9 2.0 .9 -12.0 -15.3 -38.0 -13.4 4.6 2.1 1.0 -1.0 .1 .6 -6.6 .7 2.1 -8.6 -11.8 -8.6 -12.0 6.7 -.6 -2.2 -.3 1.5 3.4 -7.3 2.1 2.8 -12.0 -15.3 -55.0 -10.6 6.6 1.4 2.9 -.9 .4 1.3 -10.3 1.4 1.5 -10.3 -13.5 -24.7 -12.7 5.7 .8 -.6 -2.4 -2.1 -3.0 2.0 -5.2 -.9 2.3 -2.3 1.7 .8 3.5 3.0 1.1 3.6 5.6 4.5 -2.8 11.4 -.7 5.7 -1.7 .1 -2.7 1.9 -2.3 4.0 .1 6.1 1.4 5.7 179.180 174.949 93.501 136.826 123.848 202.924 202.498 133.729 243.031 231.418 -21.3 -21.9 -6.5 -6.9 -14.1 -46.8 -46.4 9.0 6.0 -12.8 -43.0 -44.4 -2.7 -1.9 -10.7 -86.3 -86.7 4.6 4.9 -19.9 1.8 3.1 3.8 7.6 -12.9 .5 4.5 3.7 2.6 -13.6 22.7 24.3 4.9 6.8 7.5 106.0 107.6 -2.7 .6 1.7 -33.0 -34.1 -4.6 -4.4 -12.4 -73.0 -73.3 6.8 5.4 -16.4 11.8 13.2 4.3 7.2 -3.2 43.9 47.3 .5 1.6 -6.3 375.851 304.406 397.947 319.810 569.494 2.6 1.7 2.9 2.5 5.9 3.9 5.1 3.5 3.3 5.8 3.7 4.7 3.3 .7 9.6 2.8 1.4 3.3 4.0 4.8 3.2 3.4 3.2 2.9 5.8 3.2 3.0 3.3 2.4 7.2 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. 2008 Jan. 2009 Apr. 2009 July 2009 114.612 101.741 3.2 -.5 -0.5 -2.1 0.0 .3 127.366 190.734 480.501 548.730 84.972 81.909 102.182 9.731 83.476 127.751 191.709 486.256 551.241 85.053 81.991 102.643 9.604 80.838 2.1 5.9 11.8 5.5 -1.4 -1.5 .3 -8.2 -18.7 3.3 4.8 4.9 4.8 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.8 -6.2 369.237 740.311 204.078 163.051 227.607 341.763 370.235 746.283 204.231 162.301 227.572 343.178 373.084 762.907 204.714 162.887 227.325 344.739 2.6 2.0 2.8 2.1 3.3 3.1 166.603 218.401 140.066 169.626 119.537 204.807 109.203 258.599 259.854 120.675 194.967 158.802 150.809 249.193 394.734 302.016 166.959 217.965 140.736 170.782 119.345 206.581 109.576 258.637 260.188 120.728 191.671 159.821 149.468 248.944 395.884 302.653 169.920 218.094 144.765 179.090 120.183 220.257 109.957 258.780 260.267 121.083 189.362 160.401 149.995 248.652 396.846 303.902 169.875 217.638 144.891 179.986 120.865 220.790 109.926 258.833 259.779 121.298 188.839 161.408 149.983 249.855 397.947 304.916 211.787 200.676 204.724 142.801 172.529 205.196 193.911 276.815 247.685 177.924 217.941 218.594 141.583 173.528 265.129 212.111 200.829 204.892 143.471 173.715 206.725 193.862 276.222 247.547 178.340 218.126 218.910 141.817 177.449 265.491 213.936 202.989 206.490 147.413 181.572 219.267 198.515 276.247 247.530 191.584 218.507 219.344 142.300 206.131 265.873 214.037 203.183 206.476 147.555 182.401 219.772 198.640 276.955 247.503 190.905 218.588 219.543 142.612 205.261 265.982 Apr. 2009 May 2009 June 2009 July 2009 Recreation 2 ...................................................................... Video and audio 2 ........................................................... 114.030 101.741 114.044 101.488 114.592 101.920 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 ... 126.783 188.943 472.682 543.870 84.988 82.090 102.072 9.881 85.714 127.169 189.968 474.581 546.880 85.049 82.038 102.267 9.775 84.366 Other goods and services ................................................. Tobacco and smoking products 1 ................................... Personal care .................................................................. Personal care products 1 .............................................. Personal care services 1 ............................................... Miscellaneous personal services .................................. 370.031 742.443 204.462 163.777 227.913 342.001 Jan. 2009 July 2009 2.1 .0 1.3 -1.3 1.0 .1 2.8 5.5 5.2 5.5 .3 .3 .8 -1.5 -12.1 3.1 6.0 12.0 5.5 .3 -.5 2.3 -10.8 -20.9 2.7 5.4 8.3 5.1 .2 .2 1.1 -3.3 -12.6 3.0 5.7 8.5 5.5 .3 -.1 1.5 -6.3 -16.6 1.5 5.2 .4 7.1 .3 -2.2 24.2 123.2 2.3 3.0 3.9 1.0 3.3 11.5 .5 -2.2 -1.0 3.2 2.0 3.6 1.6 4.6 1.8 .4 13.3 57.8 1.4 .4 1.4 2.1 -8.5 6.0 -15.9 -28.6 -2.4 -33.9 -5.0 .9 1.8 3.9 -14.5 9.7 4.8 2.0 2.9 2.9 -20.8 1.4 -31.9 -43.8 -.9 -53.6 -3.6 1.0 1.8 1.6 -6.6 3.6 1.0 .1 3.5 2.2 2.0 -1.6 4.5 3.6 3.5 4.2 1.3 .3 .1 .9 -13.4 4.6 1.0 2.5 3.3 2.0 8.1 -1.4 14.5 26.8 4.5 35.1 2.7 .4 -.1 2.1 -12.0 6.7 -2.2 1.1 3.3 3.9 -14.9 3.7 -24.4 -36.7 -1.7 -44.6 -4.3 1.0 1.8 2.8 -10.6 6.6 2.9 1.1 3.2 2.5 5.0 -1.5 9.4 14.6 4.0 18.6 2.0 .3 .0 1.5 -12.7 5.7 -.6 1.8 3.3 2.9 -4.5 -5.3 -3.5 -15.2 -26.9 -31.4 -13.5 .2 1.0 -36.0 1.9 1.1 -1.7 -46.9 2.2 -9.9 -12.8 -9.2 -30.7 -41.3 -50.0 -23.4 1.0 1.1 -65.4 1.0 .9 -.9 -85.3 1.6 1.4 1.1 .8 4.2 3.1 3.5 .9 -.3 -.2 -8.5 1.8 2.5 5.4 -3.0 1.4 4.3 5.1 3.5 14.0 24.9 31.6 10.1 .2 -.3 32.5 1.2 1.7 2.9 95.8 1.3 -7.3 -9.1 -6.4 -23.3 -34.5 -41.4 -18.6 .6 1.0 -53.0 1.4 1.0 -1.3 -72.1 1.9 2.8 3.1 2.1 9.0 13.5 16.7 5.4 -.1 -.3 10.1 1.5 2.1 4.1 37.8 1.3 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 July2009 from— Pricing schedule 1 Apr. 2009 May 2009 June 2009 July 2009 M 213.240 213.856 215.693 Northeast urban .............................................. Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M M M 227.840 230.400 134.547 228.136 230.611 134.857 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 202.327 203.463 129.604 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 June2009 from— July 2008 May 2009 June 2009 June 2008 Apr. 2009 May 2009 215.351 -2.1 0.7 -0.2 -1.4 1.2 0.9 229.930 232.058 136.488 230.154 232.416 136.417 -1.9 -1.7 -2.3 .9 .8 1.2 .1 .2 -.1 -1.2 -1.0 -1.5 .9 .7 1.4 .8 .6 1.2 203.195 204.443 129.967 205.350 206.308 131.640 204.814 205.656 131.366 -2.5 -2.5 -2.4 .8 .6 1.1 -.3 -.3 -.2 -1.7 -1.7 -1.8 1.5 1.4 1.6 1.1 .9 1.3 197.644 198.911 201.157 200.908 -2.7 1.0 -.1 -1.9 1.8 1.1 M M M 206.657 208.934 131.370 207.265 209.235 131.777 209.343 211.390 133.056 208.819 211.034 132.736 -2.1 -2.0 -2.1 .7 .9 .7 -.3 -.2 -.2 -1.4 -1.4 -1.4 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.0 1.0 1.0 M 207.898 209.563 211.815 210.491 -2.2 .4 -.6 -1.4 1.9 1.1 M M M 217.910 221.790 131.912 218.567 222.659 131.990 219.865 223.908 132.952 219.484 223.498 132.774 -2.0 -1.8 -2.4 .4 .4 .6 -.2 -.2 -.1 -1.4 -1.3 -1.7 .9 1.0 .8 .6 .6 .7 M M M 195.207 131.557 205.421 195.745 131.876 206.717 197.214 133.220 208.543 196.987 132.975 207.784 -2.0 -2.3 -2.2 .6 .8 .5 -.1 -.2 -.4 -1.3 -1.6 -1.6 1.0 1.3 1.5 .8 1.0 .9 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 207.886 221.693 209.809 222.522 211.010 223.906 210.906 224.010 -3.0 -2.6 .5 .7 .0 .0 -2.2 -2.2 1.5 1.0 .6 .6 M 235.582 235.975 237.172 237.600 -1.1 .7 .2 -.6 .7 .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 - 231.891 200.196 199.311 139.311 - 233.018 200.558 200.663 140.810 -3.4 -3.1 -2.8 -.9 .5 .2 .7 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 2 199.210 202.373 189.701 220.740 - 203.585 204.537 192.325 221.485 - - - - -4.0 -1.5 -.6 -1.6 2.2 1.1 1.4 .3 - 2 2 2 221.686 223.854 225.918 - 223.810 225.692 227.257 - - - - -2.0 .2 -.4 1.0 .8 .6 - 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 2008 Unadjusted indexes June 2009 July 2009 Unadjusted percent change to July 2009 from— July 2008 Seasonally adjusted percent change from— June 2009 Apr. to May May to June June to July Expenditure category All items ........................................................................................ All items (1967=100) .................................................................... 100.000 210.972 628.422 210.526 627.093 -2.7 -0.2 0.1 0.9 0.0 - - - - - - Food and beverages .................................................................. Food ......................................................................................... Food at home ......................................................................... Cereals and bakery products ............................................... Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs .............................................. Dairy and related products 1 ................................................ Fruits and vegetables ........................................................... Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials ................ Other food at home .............................................................. Sugar and sweets .............................................................. Fats and oils ....................................................................... Other foods ........................................................................ Other miscellaneous foods 1 2 ......................................... Food away from home 1 ......................................................... Other food away from home 1 2 ........................................... Alcoholic beverages ................................................................. 16.942 15.865 9.201 1.249 2.315 .992 1.266 1.167 2.212 .304 .274 1.634 .472 6.664 .233 1.077 217.258 216.890 213.657 253.701 203.503 192.898 270.653 162.167 190.657 195.773 202.004 205.759 122.537 223.186 155.091 221.179 216.805 216.384 212.628 253.969 201.261 191.783 269.316 161.650 190.235 194.005 201.666 205.549 122.119 223.408 156.904 221.517 1.0 .8 -1.0 1.2 -1.6 -10.2 -3.4 2.0 2.7 4.3 -.1 2.9 .9 3.3 4.4 3.3 -.2 -.2 -.5 .1 -1.1 -.6 -.5 -.3 -.2 -.9 -.2 -.1 -.3 .1 1.2 .2 -.2 -.3 -.5 -.2 -.9 -.5 -1.1 -.1 -.1 -.2 -.8 .1 .0 .1 .0 .5 .0 .0 .0 .0 -.3 -.9 1.3 .0 .0 .5 .7 -.2 -.5 .0 .4 .2 -.2 -.3 -.5 -.1 -1.3 -.6 -.1 -.4 -.3 -1.4 -.4 -.1 -.3 .1 1.2 .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 ....................................................... 41.313 31.224 8.279 1.209 21.430 .306 6.030 4.996 .283 4.713 1.035 4.059 .360 214.034 243.238 247.691 139.246 232.837 121.529 211.929 189.108 235.869 195.445 160.206 125.526 152.658 214.029 243.248 247.573 140.873 232.723 121.765 212.276 189.082 233.018 195.547 161.790 125.160 152.577 -.5 1.4 2.2 -7.5 1.7 2.3 -10.2 -13.1 -40.0 -11.0 6.3 1.1 .9 .0 .0 .0 1.2 .0 .2 .2 .0 -1.2 .1 1.0 -.3 -.1 .0 .2 .1 .2 .2 .1 -1.2 -1.6 -3.0 -1.5 .6 .1 -.6 -.1 .1 .0 .4 .0 .3 -.7 -.9 1.4 -1.0 .4 -.1 .4 -.1 -.1 .0 -1.6 .0 .2 -.1 -.3 -1.1 -.2 .6 -.1 -.1 Apparel ....................................................................................... Men’s and boys’ apparel .......................................................... Women’s and girls’ apparel ...................................................... Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel ................................................... Footwear .................................................................................. 3.979 1.024 1.568 .249 .840 118.547 113.416 105.676 116.645 126.150 115.516 110.558 101.289 113.744 125.046 1.3 .5 1.5 2.0 2.2 -2.6 -2.5 -4.2 -2.5 -.9 .0 .5 -.1 -1.4 .1 .7 -.6 1.6 2.3 .5 .6 -.4 1.3 -.6 1.0 Transportation ............................................................................ Private transportation ............................................................... New and used motor vehicles 2 ............................................. New vehicles ........................................................................ Used cars and trucks ........................................................... Motor fuel ............................................................................... Gasoline (all types) .............................................................. Motor vehicle parts and equipment 1 ..................................... Motor vehicle maintenance and repair 1 ................................ Public transportation ................................................................ 17.067 16.284 7.627 4.057 2.863 4.029 3.770 .482 1.242 .784 181.730 178.734 90.588 136.800 125.056 225.876 226.515 134.273 245.129 230.926 180.419 177.197 90.973 137.082 125.817 218.560 218.757 133.787 245.421 236.963 -15.9 -16.1 -1.8 1.1 -7.9 -37.8 -37.3 3.7 3.4 -11.0 -.7 -.9 .4 .2 .6 -3.2 -3.4 -.4 .1 2.6 .9 1.0 .5 .4 1.0 2.6 3.0 -.1 -.1 -.9 4.8 5.1 .6 .8 .9 17.2 17.4 -.1 .0 -.2 .1 .0 .2 .5 .0 -.5 -.9 -.4 .1 2.0 Medical care ............................................................................... Medical care commodities ........................................................ Medical care services ............................................................... Professional services ............................................................. Hospital and related services 3 .............................................. 5.355 1.320 4.035 2.234 1.338 375.479 296.369 398.497 322.346 561.337 376.161 295.871 399.677 322.759 565.448 3.4 3.2 3.4 2.7 6.7 .2 -.2 .3 .1 .7 .3 .4 .3 .6 .2 .2 .1 .2 .3 .4 .2 -.2 .3 .1 .7 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 2008 Unadjusted indexes June 2009 July 2009 Unadjusted percent change to July 2009 from— July 2008 Seasonally adjusted percent change from— June 2009 Apr. to May May to June June to July Expenditure category Recreation 2 ............................................................................... Video and audio 2 .................................................................... 5.454 1.982 111.471 102.193 111.416 101.982 1.1 -.3 0.0 -.2 0.0 -.3 0.4 .5 0.0 -.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 ............ 6.221 2.527 .219 2.308 3.694 3.568 2.965 .604 .202 122.333 185.626 480.024 522.076 87.652 85.524 102.153 10.238 83.278 122.699 186.596 485.218 524.523 87.780 85.653 102.587 10.113 80.736 2.4 5.5 8.6 5.2 .3 .2 1.2 -4.6 -14.7 .3 .5 1.1 .5 .1 .2 .4 -1.2 -3.1 .2 .5 .5 .5 .0 .0 .2 -1.1 -1.6 .1 .4 1.3 .3 -.1 -.1 -.1 -.3 -.9 .3 .6 1.3 .5 .1 .2 .4 -1.2 -3.1 Other goods and services .......................................................... Tobacco and smoking products 1 ............................................ Personal care ........................................................................... Personal care products 1 ....................................................... Personal care services 1 ........................................................ Miscellaneous personal services ........................................... 3.668 1.267 2.401 .662 .580 .947 395.052 752.078 202.406 162.165 227.800 346.411 398.448 768.005 202.490 162.767 227.512 346.525 10.7 28.2 1.5 2.2 1.6 1.4 .9 2.1 .0 .4 -.1 .0 -.2 -.3 -.2 -.5 -.1 .0 .3 .8 .0 -.6 .0 .3 1.0 2.1 .2 .4 -.1 .4 42.689 16.942 25.747 14.587 3.979 10.609 11.160 57.311 30.918 .306 4.713 1.035 .360 5.512 4.035 10.432 173.662 217.258 150.477 192.478 118.547 242.726 109.430 254.624 234.511 121.529 195.445 160.206 152.658 249.312 398.497 290.845 172.493 216.805 149.046 189.436 115.516 239.626 109.432 255.003 234.515 121.765 195.547 161.790 152.577 250.811 399.677 291.573 -6.8 1.0 -11.0 -16.0 1.3 -20.2 -2.1 .8 1.4 2.3 -11.0 6.3 .9 2.4 3.4 2.5 -.7 -.2 -1.0 -1.6 -2.6 -1.3 .0 .1 .0 .2 .1 1.0 -.1 .6 .3 .3 .3 -.2 .6 1.0 .0 1.1 .4 .0 .2 .1 -1.5 .6 -.6 .0 .3 .2 2.1 .0 3.3 5.8 .7 7.4 .5 .0 .0 .3 -1.0 .4 .4 .0 .2 .4 .0 -.2 .1 .3 .6 .2 .0 .1 -.1 .2 -.2 .6 -.1 .4 .3 .4 84.135 68.776 94.645 26.824 15.664 11.686 31.530 26.392 53.275 9.024 90.976 75.111 22.513 4.311 52.598 209.744 201.488 204.200 152.856 194.254 239.808 205.219 245.833 244.196 205.662 212.552 212.051 142.943 227.444 261.014 $ .474 $ .159 209.308 200.871 203.723 151.466 191.387 237.011 203.377 246.622 244.531 201.967 212.505 212.097 142.526 220.264 261.425 $ .475 $ .159 -3.3 -4.4 -3.0 -10.5 -15.1 -18.8 -8.3 .1 .6 -28.5 1.6 1.8 1.4 -37.8 2.0 -.2 -.3 -.2 -.9 -1.5 -1.2 -.9 .3 .1 -1.8 .0 .0 -.3 -3.2 .2 .2 .1 .1 .6 1.0 .9 .0 -.2 .0 .4 .1 .2 .2 2.3 .2 1.1 1.3 1.0 3.2 5.4 6.9 2.9 .0 .0 8.1 .2 .2 .4 16.4 .1 .1 .1 .0 .1 .3 .2 .0 .2 .0 -.4 .1 .1 .3 -.5 .1 - - - - - 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. 2008 Jan. 2009 Apr. 2009 July 2009 209.598 -4.1 -10.5 1.1 217.312 216.977 213.806 252.211 203.845 192.898 273.813 162.608 190.000 195.695 201.926 204.831 122.537 223.186 155.091 220.755 216.821 216.395 212.646 251.916 201.245 191.783 273.468 161.977 189.366 193.001 201.077 204.578 122.119 223.408 156.904 221.612 6.3 6.4 6.9 8.4 10.7 -3.3 -1.0 11.0 9.8 11.3 14.8 8.7 6.8 5.7 7.3 5.1 1.2 1.0 -1.3 3.8 -3.4 -6.0 -14.2 .4 7.7 11.9 -3.3 8.9 4.8 4.2 1.3 4.9 213.097 242.963 247.874 134.706 232.851 121.160 206.844 183.586 224.548 189.940 160.241 125.430 152.001 212.972 243.100 247.966 135.271 232.942 121.529 205.493 181.978 227.677 188.044 160.813 125.313 152.658 212.765 242.884 247.880 133.136 232.879 121.765 205.268 181.483 225.175 187.619 161.801 125.131 152.577 -.3 2.0 3.4 -3.8 1.9 4.3 -12.8 -16.6 -45.6 -13.9 10.4 3.2 3.5 119.065 114.576 106.000 117.751 126.391 119.078 115.184 105.873 116.074 126.469 119.963 114.537 107.602 118.686 127.062 120.666 114.086 109.019 117.941 128.313 Transportation ................................................................... Private transportation ...................................................... New and used motor vehicles 2 .................................... New vehicles ............................................................... Used cars and trucks .................................................. Motor fuel ...................................................................... Gasoline (all types) ..................................................... Motor vehicle parts and equipment 1 ............................ Motor vehicle maintenance and repair 1 ....................... Public transportation ....................................................... 166.620 163.332 89.667 135.612 122.256 170.137 169.566 134.614 245.180 228.536 168.145 164.963 90.153 136.199 123.465 174.513 174.723 134.439 245.036 226.424 176.300 173.329 90.664 137.234 124.559 204.503 205.099 134.273 245.129 226.048 Medical care ...................................................................... Medical care commodities .............................................. Medical care services ..................................................... Professional services .................................................... Hospital and related services 3 ..................................... 373.540 295.047 396.348 319.449 559.368 374.834 296.120 397.699 321.250 560.587 375.650 296.547 398.660 322.098 562.806 Apr. 2009 May 2009 June 2009 July 2009 All items .............................................................................. 207.352 207.624 209.534 Food and beverages ......................................................... Food ................................................................................ Food at home ................................................................ Cereals and bakery products ...................................... Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ..................................... Dairy and related products 1 ....................................... Fruits and vegetables .................................................. Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials ....... Other food at home ..................................................... Sugar and sweets ..................................................... Fats and oils .............................................................. Other foods ............................................................... Other miscellaneous foods 1 2 ................................ Food away from home 1 ............................................... Other food away from home 1 2 .................................. Alcoholic beverages ........................................................ 217.672 217.462 214.802 252.843 206.191 195.714 273.381 162.761 190.049 195.060 202.186 204.983 123.112 222.957 154.414 219.265 217.225 216.912 213.768 252.282 204.374 194.694 270.352 162.650 189.923 194.731 200.498 205.144 123.126 223.082 154.409 220.348 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 ............................................. 213.190 242.595 247.522 134.472 232.489 121.084 209.329 186.541 231.388 192.851 159.211 125.303 152.980 Apparel .............................................................................. Men’s and boys’ apparel ................................................. Women’s and girls’ apparel ............................................. Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel .......................................... Footwear ......................................................................... Jan. 2009 July 2009 4.4 -7.4 2.7 -1.9 -2.0 -5.2 -5.5 -3.6 -22.4 1.9 -1.1 -4.5 -1.0 -8.2 -4.5 -4.3 2.7 2.7 -1.0 -1.6 -1.9 -4.0 -1.5 -9.3 -7.8 .1 -1.9 -1.4 -4.2 -2.2 -.8 -3.2 .8 6.6 4.4 3.8 3.7 2.7 6.1 3.4 -4.7 -7.9 5.6 8.8 11.6 5.4 8.8 5.8 5.0 4.3 5.0 -1.7 -1.9 -4.6 -3.5 -6.5 -15.4 1.0 -1.5 -3.0 -2.6 -5.2 -2.6 -3.8 1.7 4.6 1.6 .1 2.1 3.0 -8.0 2.4 1.5 -9.2 -11.6 -56.9 -7.3 3.6 -.6 -.9 -.7 1.2 1.8 -13.5 1.9 1.2 -12.0 -15.1 -38.2 -13.6 4.6 2.5 1.9 -.8 .5 .6 -3.9 .7 2.3 -7.5 -10.4 -10.3 -10.4 6.7 -.5 -1.0 -.1 2.1 3.2 -5.9 2.1 2.9 -11.0 -14.2 -51.6 -10.7 7.0 1.3 1.3 -.8 .8 1.2 -8.9 1.3 1.7 -9.8 -12.8 -25.6 -12.0 5.6 .9 .4 -1.6 -1.2 -1.0 .8 -4.4 .3 3.4 -1.7 1.6 1.2 1.3 1.7 -2.4 5.1 6.0 5.5 -1.7 11.9 .6 6.2 -.6 1.1 -1.4 1.2 -1.6 3.4 .0 4.5 2.8 6.1 176.456 173.340 90.888 137.855 124.569 203.579 203.341 133.787 245.421 230.677 -23.4 -23.8 -8.3 -7.2 -14.2 -46.6 -46.5 9.9 5.8 -14.1 -46.8 -47.7 -3.9 -1.2 -10.8 -86.4 -86.6 4.8 4.9 -19.1 .6 1.3 -.1 6.9 -12.9 .6 4.6 2.9 2.6 -13.1 25.8 26.9 5.6 6.8 7.8 105.0 106.8 -2.4 .4 3.8 -36.2 -36.9 -6.1 -4.3 -12.5 -73.0 -73.3 7.3 5.4 -16.6 12.5 13.4 2.7 6.8 -3.1 43.6 47.1 .2 1.5 -5.0 376.321 296.084 399.808 322.537 566.848 2.8 1.9 3.2 2.6 5.9 3.8 4.8 3.5 3.3 5.8 3.8 5.0 3.4 1.0 9.8 3.0 1.4 3.5 3.9 5.5 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.0 5.8 3.4 3.2 3.5 2.5 7.6 Expenditure category See footnotes at end of table. Table 5. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Seasonally adjusted U.S. city average, by expenditure category and commodity and service group-Continued (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) Seasonally adjusted indexes Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent change for 3 months ended— CPI-W 6 months ended— Oct. 2008 Jan. 2009 Apr. 2009 July 2009 111.418 102.121 2.7 -.4 -0.5 -2.0 0.6 .9 122.940 187.894 483.813 528.674 87.650 85.524 102.153 10.238 83.278 123.348 189.018 490.109 531.480 87.778 85.653 102.587 10.113 80.736 1.8 6.3 12.0 5.8 -1.2 -1.3 .2 -8.2 -19.5 2.8 4.3 4.2 4.3 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 -6.6 393.500 746.009 202.156 163.119 227.829 344.423 394.708 752.078 202.115 162.165 227.800 345.423 398.522 768.005 202.553 162.767 227.512 346.809 2.6 2.3 2.8 1.7 3.3 3.1 167.690 217.672 142.044 174.600 119.065 213.527 108.461 253.695 233.802 121.084 192.851 159.211 152.980 249.142 396.348 289.907 168.137 217.225 142.846 176.429 119.078 215.822 108.846 253.765 234.196 121.160 189.940 160.241 152.001 249.130 397.699 290.444 171.618 217.312 147.626 186.685 119.963 231.872 109.361 253.882 234.253 121.529 188.044 160.813 152.658 249.202 398.660 291.473 171.568 216.821 147.760 187.184 120.666 232.430 109.321 254.063 234.008 121.765 187.619 161.801 152.577 250.263 399.808 292.500 205.393 196.739 200.558 144.560 177.208 213.033 196.298 244.695 243.313 176.359 212.088 211.378 142.367 173.415 260.282 205.809 196.980 200.797 145.372 178.973 215.042 196.393 244.177 243.221 177.124 212.301 211.745 142.656 177.375 260.701 208.040 199.559 202.725 150.057 188.704 229.919 202.033 244.247 243.257 191.437 212.687 212.196 143.218 206.474 261.053 208.216 199.725 202.769 150.211 189.232 230.427 201.960 244.854 243.332 190.731 212.846 212.505 143.589 205.483 261.304 Apr. 2009 May 2009 June 2009 July 2009 Recreation 2 ...................................................................... Video and audio 2 ........................................................... 110.976 102.023 110.947 101.761 111.423 102.220 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 ... 122.505 186.203 475.206 524.365 87.673 85.655 102.048 10.385 85.406 122.797 187.168 477.376 527.111 87.712 85.624 102.231 10.271 84.017 Other goods and services ................................................. Tobacco and smoking products 1 ................................... Personal care .................................................................. Personal care products 1 .............................................. Personal care services 1 ............................................... Miscellaneous personal services .................................. 394.363 747.906 202.554 163.911 228.119 344.376 Jan. 2009 July 2009 1.6 .4 1.1 -1.2 1.1 .6 2.3 5.2 5.4 5.2 .3 .3 .7 -1.3 -12.0 2.8 6.2 13.1 5.5 .5 .0 2.1 -10.1 -20.1 2.3 5.3 8.0 5.1 .3 .2 1.0 -3.4 -13.3 2.5 5.7 9.2 5.3 .4 .2 1.4 -5.8 -16.2 2.5 5.4 1.0 7.1 .3 -1.4 36.8 125.2 2.2 3.1 3.9 1.1 4.3 11.2 .0 -2.8 -1.1 2.9 2.6 3.8 1.9 4.4 1.8 .8 19.5 58.3 1.1 .1 1.4 2.0 -9.9 6.3 -17.8 -31.5 -1.6 -36.8 -6.2 .9 2.2 4.3 -13.9 10.4 3.5 2.6 3.2 2.6 -23.7 1.2 -35.8 -47.8 .3 -57.7 -4.7 1.3 2.2 1.5 -7.3 3.6 -.9 1.9 3.5 2.0 2.1 -1.9 4.7 5.1 1.3 7.8 -.6 .4 .8 1.2 -13.6 4.6 1.9 3.3 3.4 1.8 9.6 -1.6 17.1 32.1 5.5 40.4 3.2 .6 .4 2.3 -10.4 6.7 -1.0 1.8 3.5 3.6 -17.1 3.8 -27.3 -40.2 -.6 -48.3 -5.4 1.1 2.2 2.9 -10.7 7.0 1.3 2.3 3.3 2.3 5.8 -1.7 10.7 17.8 3.4 23.0 1.3 .5 .6 1.7 -12.0 5.6 .4 2.6 3.5 2.7 -5.8 -6.6 -4.4 -17.1 -29.9 -34.6 -15.6 -.2 1.1 -36.3 1.9 1.0 -2.3 -46.6 2.5 -12.5 -15.6 -11.2 -34.6 -45.4 -54.5 -26.6 .9 1.4 -67.3 1.2 1.2 -1.0 -85.5 2.2 1.7 1.1 1.0 4.5 4.6 6.9 1.9 -.6 -.1 -7.9 2.1 3.0 5.8 -2.1 1.8 5.6 6.2 4.5 16.6 30.0 36.9 12.0 .3 .0 36.8 1.4 2.1 3.5 97.1 1.6 -9.2 -11.2 -7.9 -26.4 -38.1 -45.4 -21.3 .4 1.2 -54.4 1.5 1.1 -1.6 -72.2 2.3 3.6 3.6 2.7 10.4 16.6 21.0 6.9 -.2 .0 12.2 1.8 2.6 4.6 38.9 1.7 Expenditure category Commodity and service group Commodities ....................................................................... Food and beverages ......................................................... Commodities less food and beverages ............................. Nondurables less food and beverages ........................... Apparel .......................................................................... Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel .......... Durables .......................................................................... Services .............................................................................. Rent of shelter 4 ................................................................ Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ............................. 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 July2009 from— Pricing schedule 1 Apr. 2009 May 2009 June 2009 July 2009 M 207.925 208.774 210.972 Northeast urban .............................................. Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M M M 224.252 225.214 134.951 224.748 225.657 135.329 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 196.933 197.192 128.968 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 June2009 from— July 2008 May 2009 June 2009 June 2008 Apr. 2009 May 2009 210.526 -2.7 0.8 -0.2 -2.0 1.5 1.1 226.695 227.337 136.888 226.714 227.550 136.626 -2.1 -1.8 -2.6 .9 .8 1.0 .0 .1 -.2 -1.4 -1.2 -1.7 1.1 .9 1.4 .9 .7 1.2 197.971 198.271 129.524 200.487 200.356 131.554 199.824 199.611 131.096 -3.0 -3.0 -2.9 .9 .7 1.2 -.3 -.4 -.3 -2.1 -2.0 -2.1 1.8 1.6 2.0 1.3 1.1 1.6 194.651 196.047 198.674 198.455 -3.4 1.2 -.1 -2.6 2.1 1.3 M M M 202.619 205.733 129.309 203.500 206.271 129.885 205.968 208.909 131.382 205.415 208.492 131.063 -2.8 -2.7 -2.9 .9 1.1 .9 -.3 -.2 -.2 -2.1 -2.2 -2.1 1.7 1.5 1.6 1.2 1.3 1.2 M 206.921 208.989 211.721 210.341 -3.0 .6 -.7 -2.1 2.3 1.3 M M M 211.386 213.646 131.103 212.263 214.734 131.389 213.973 216.395 132.517 213.541 215.955 132.314 -2.6 -2.4 -3.1 .6 .6 .7 -.2 -.2 -.2 -2.1 -1.9 -2.4 1.2 1.3 1.1 .8 .8 .9 M M M 192.861 130.361 202.351 193.597 130.847 203.883 195.414 132.384 206.327 195.096 132.069 205.504 -2.5 -2.9 -3.0 .8 .9 .8 -.2 -.2 -.4 -1.8 -2.1 -2.3 1.3 1.6 2.0 .9 1.2 1.2 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 200.607 213.405 202.464 214.446 203.691 216.145 203.554 216.128 -3.5 -3.2 .5 .8 -.1 .0 -2.5 -2.8 1.5 1.3 .6 .8 M 229.639 230.307 231.916 232.177 -1.4 .8 .1 -.8 1.0 .7 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 - 231.420 191.297 200.955 138.510 - 232.535 191.494 203.075 140.434 -3.3 -3.3 -3.7 -.8 .5 .1 1.1 1.4 - - - - 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 2 197.676 197.239 186.970 217.900 - 202.632 199.977 189.979 219.091 - - - - -4.4 -1.7 -1.9 -2.1 2.5 1.4 1.6 .5 - 2 2 2 220.732 218.587 220.208 - 223.361 220.996 221.993 - - - - -2.2 -.2 -.7 1.2 1.1 .8 - 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 2009 from— Unadjusted indexes June 2009 July 2009 July 2008 June 2009 Expenditure category All items ...................................................................................... 100.000 123.967 123.711 -1.9 -0.2 Food and beverages ................................................................ Food ....................................................................................... Food at home ....................................................................... Food away from home .......................................................... Alcoholic beverages ............................................................... 14.726 13.648 7.557 6.091 1.077 127.803 127.830 123.446 133.493 127.814 127.541 127.532 122.844 133.605 128.009 1.0 .8 -1.0 3.1 2.9 -.2 -.2 -.5 .1 .2 Housing .................................................................................... Shelter .................................................................................... Fuels and utilities .................................................................... Household furnishings and operations ................................... 42.421 32.409 5.004 5.008 129.093 131.803 155.357 96.175 129.087 131.820 155.640 95.877 -.7 .9 -11.6 .5 .0 .0 .2 -.3 Apparel ..................................................................................... 3.988 87.711 85.167 .9 -2.9 Transportation .......................................................................... Private transportation ............................................................. Public transportation ............................................................... 17.393 16.285 1.108 123.434 124.228 113.708 122.843 123.365 116.845 -12.0 -12.0 -11.5 -.5 -.7 2.8 Medical care ............................................................................. Medical care commodities ...................................................... Medical care services ............................................................. 6.085 1.615 4.470 145.640 128.716 151.876 145.844 128.494 152.260 3.0 3.1 3.0 .1 -.2 .3 Recreation ................................................................................ 5.935 105.407 105.259 -.1 -.1 Education and communication ................................................. Education ............................................................................... Communication ...................................................................... 6.196 2.771 3.425 109.806 173.982 74.074 110.001 174.898 73.998 2.1 5.5 -.5 .2 .5 -.1 Other goods and services ........................................................ 3.257 133.342 133.960 4.3 .5 58.427 41.573 11.817 29.756 77.561 8.790 134.080 111.619 81.254 127.352 118.710 174.606 134.299 110.811 81.143 126.133 118.668 171.687 .4 -5.0 -2.0 -6.2 1.1 -27.9 .2 -.7 -.1 -1.0 .0 -1.7 Commodity and service group Services ...................................................................................... Commodities .............................................................................. Durables ................................................................................... Nondurables ............................................................................... All items less food and energy ................................................. Energy ........................................................................................ Indexes for 2009 are initial estimates. Indexes for 2008 are interim adjustments. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.
