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FOR TECHNICAL INFORMATION: Patrick C. Jackman (202) 691-7000 CPI QUICKLINE: (202) 691-6994 FOR CURRENT AND HISTORICAL INFORMATION: (202) 691-5200 MEDIA CONTACT: (202) 691-5902 INTERNET ADDRESS: http://stats.bls.gov/cpihome.htm CONSUMER PRICE INDEX: USDL-00-205 TRANSMISSION OF MATERIAL IN THIS RELEASE IS EMBARGOED UNTIL 8:30 A.M. (EDT) Tuesday, July 18, 2000 JUNE 2000 The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.6 percent in June, before seasonal adjustment, to a level of 172.3 (198284=100), the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. For the 12-month period ended in June, the CPI-U increased 3.7 percent. The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) also rose 0.6 percent in June, prior to seasonal adjustment. The June level of 169.1 was 3.9 percent higher than the index in June 1999. CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) On a seasonally adjusted basis, the CPI-U rose 0.6 percent in June after increasing 0.1 percent in May. The energy index, which declined 1.9 percent in May, increased 5.6 percent in June, accounting for threefourths of the overall CPI-U advance. The index for petroleum-based energy rose 8.1 percent, and the index for energy services increased 2.9 percent. The food index, which advanced 0.5 percent in May, increased 0.1 percent in June. The moderation was largely the result of downturns in the indexes for fruits and vegetables and for cereal and bakery products. Excluding food and energy, the CPI-U rose 0.2 percent in June, the same as in both April and May. Table A. Percent changes in CPI for Urban Consumers (CPI-U) Seasonally adjusted UnCompound adjusted Expenditure Changes from preceding month annual rate 12-mos. Category 1999 2000 3-mos. ended ended Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June June '00 June '00 All Items .2 .2 .5 .7 .0 .1 .6 2.6 3.7 Food and beverages .1 .0 .4 .1 .1 .5 .1 2.7 2.3 Housing .1 .3 .5 .4 .1 .2 .5 3.6 3.2 Apparel .0 Transportation .8 Medical care .4 Recreation .2 Education and communication .2 Other goods and services .0 Special Indexes Energy 1.8 Food .1 All Items less food and energy .1 -1.1 .1 .3 .2 .2 1.3 .4 .0 .3 2.5 .5 .4 -.5 -.7 .3 .0 -.2 -.5 .3 .3 -.6 1.8 .4 .3 -5.1 2.6 4.1 2.4 -2.0 8.6 4.1 1.2 .5 -.5 .0 .0 .1 -.1 .0 1.2 .6 .8 .5 1.4 -.6 -.2 2.4 5.4 1.0 -.1 4.6 .4 4.9 -1.9 -1.9 .1 .1 .5 5.6 .1 6.6 2.7 21.3 2.3 .2 .2 .2 2.0 2.4 .4 .2 .2 See page 5 for a note on the use of hedonic models to adjust prices of selected products in the CPI for changes in quality. Consumer prices rose at a seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR) of 2.6 percent in the second quarter after advancing at a 5.8 percent rate in the first three months of 2000. This brings the year-to-date annual rate to 4.2 percent and compares with an increase of 2.7 percent for all of 1999. The acceleration in the overall CPI-U thus far in 2000 reflects an even sharper increase in energy prices than in 1999, coupled with slightly larger advances in the indexes for food and for all items less food and energy. The energy index, which rose 13.4 percent in 1999, has continued to accelerate this year, advancing at a 26.6 percent SAAR thus far in 2000. In the first half of 2000, petroleum-based energy costs increased at a 44.6 percent SAAR, and charges for energy services increased at a 10.2 percent annual rate. The food index rose at a 2.2 percent SAAR in the first 6 months of 2000, following an increase of 1.9 percent in all of 1999. Grocery store food prices also rose at a 2.2 percent SAAR in the first six months, with the largest increase among the six major grocery store food groups in the index for meats, poultry, fish, and eggs--up at a 8.5 percent rate. The CPI-U excluding food and energy advanced at a 2.0 percent rate in the second quarter of 2000, following an increase at a 3.2 percent rate in the first three months of 2000. The advance at a 2.6 percent SAAR for the first half of 2000 compares with a 1.9 percent increase for all of 1999. This acceleration has been concentrated in the services components; the index for services less energy services increased 2.7 percent in all of 1999 and has risen at a 3.7 percent SAAR in the first 6 months of this year. Contributing to this acceleration were larger increases in the indexes for shelter, for medical care services, and for airline fares. The index for commodities less food and energy commodities rose 0.2 percent in all of 1999 and at a 0.1 percent SAAR in the first half of 2000. The rates for selected groups for the last five and one-half years are shown below. All items Food and beverages Housing Apparel Transportation Medical care Recreation Education and communication Other goods and services Percentage change 12 months SAAR ended in December in June 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2.5 3.3 1.7 1.6 2.7 2.1 4.2 1.6 2.3 2.0 3.0 2.9 2.4 2.3 2.2 0.1 -0.2 1.0 -0.7 -.5 1.5 4.4 -1.4 -1.7 5.4 3.9 3.0 2.8 3.4 3.7 2.8 3.0 1.5 1.2 .8 6 mos. ended 2000 4.2 2.3 4.3 -3.9 9.5 4.4 2.4 4.0 3.4 3.0 0.7 1.6 .0 4.3 3.6 5.2 8.8 5.1 5.1 8.6 13.8 3.8 2.9 4.3 -3.4 -6.9 0.2 2.1 1.5 -8.8 -15.1 -3.3 2.4 2.3 13.4 29.5 1.2 2.0 1.9 26.6 44.6 10.2 2.5 2.2 2.6 2.2 1.9 2.6 Special indexes Energy -1.3 Energy commodities -3.3 Energy services 0.8 All items less energy 2.9 Food 2.1 All items less food and energy 3.0 2.4 The food and beverages index increased 0.1 percent in June. The index for food at home, which rose 0.7 percent in May, increased 0.1 percent in June. Most of the major food at home groups contributed to the deceleration in June. The index for fruits and vegetables, which rose 1.6 percent in May, decreased 0.7 percent in June. Within the fruits and vegetables group, a 2.8 percent decrease in the index for fresh fruits more than offset increases in the indexes for fresh vegetables and processed fruits and vegetables--up 1.0 and 0.2 percent, respectively. (Prior to seasonal adjustment, fresh vegetable prices fell 0.6 percent.) The indexes for cereal and bakery products and for dairy products also declined in June--down 0.7 and 0.1 percent, respectively. The index for meats, poultry, fish, and eggs rose 0.5 percent in June after increasing 0.8 percent in May. In June, the index for beef continued to advance--up 1.1 percent--while the indexes for pork and for poultry turned down. During the first 6 months of the year, beef prices have risen at a 10.8 percent SAAR, pork prices at an 11.0 percent SAAR, and poultry prices at a 2.3 percent SAAR. The indexes for nonalcoholic beverages and other food at home each increased 0.4 percent in June. The other two components of the food and beverages index--food away from home and alcoholic beverages-increased 0.2 and 0.6 percent, respectively. The index for housing increased 0.5 percent in June, following a 0.2 percent rise in May. The index for fuels and utilities, which declined 0.1 percent in May, advanced 2.2 percent in June. The index for natural gas rose a record 7.8 percent in June, its sixth consecutive monthly increase. During the first 6 months this year, this index has advanced at a 34.1 percent SAAR. The index for electricity increased 0.8 percent in June. (Prior to seasonal adjustment, charges for electricity rose 6.6 percent, reflecting the shift to seasonal rates in some areas.) The index for fuel oil turned up in June--advancing 1.1 percent--following declines in each of the three preceding months. Through the first six months of 2000, fuel oil prices have advanced at a 40.9 percent SAAR. Shelter costs, which rose 0.3 percent in May, increased 0.4 percent in June. Within shelter, the index for rent increased 0.2 percent; owners' equivalent rent rose 0.3 percent; and the index for lodging away from home advanced 1.3 percent. (Prior to seasonal adjustment, the index for lodging away from home rose 2.6 percent.) The index for household furnishings and operations declined 0.1 percent in June. The transportation component, which declined in both April and May, turned up sharply in June, advancing 1.8 percent. More than nine-tenths of the June advance was due to the sharp increase in gasoline prices. The 8.8 percent increase in the index for gasoline more than offset the price declines registered in April and May. As of June, the index for gasoline was 0.6 percent higher than its previous peak level of March 2000. The index for new vehicles declined 0.1 percent in June after advancing 0.2 percent in May. The index for used cars and trucks rose 0.2 percent. Public transportation costs increased 1.0 percent, largely as a result of a 1.5 percent rise in airline fares. Airline fares have risen at an 18.7 percent SAAR thus far in 2000 after increasing 10.9 percent in all of 1999. The index for apparel declined for the third consecutive month, down 0.6 percent in June. (Prior to seasonal adjustment, apparel prices fell 3.0 percent, reflecting seasonal price discounting on spring-summer wear.) Medical care costs rose 0.4 percent in June and were 4.1 percent higher than a year ago. In June, the index for medical care commodities-- prescription drugs, and nonprescription drugs and medical supplies--rose 0.2 percent. The index for medical care services rose 0.5 percent in June. Charges for professional services and for hospital and related services increased 0.4 and 0.8 percent, respectively. The index for recreation costs increased 0.3 percent in June, the same as in May. The index for admissions to movies, theaters, concerts, and sporting events rose 1.7 percent in June, accounting for about twothirds of the overall increase in June recreation index. The index for education and communication declined 0.1 percent in June, following a 0.1 percent increase in May. Educational costs rose 0.8 percent in June, while the index for communication declined 1.2 percent. The latter decrease reflects declines in the indexes for telephone services and for personal computers and peripheral equipment--down 1.3 and 2.8 percent, respectively. The index for other goods and services declined for the second consecutive month, down 0.2 percent in June. Cigarette prices fell 1.4 percent in June, following a 2.8 percent decline in May, but have advanced at an 11.0 percent SAAR thus far this year. 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 0.6 percent in June. Table B. Percent changes in CPI for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) Seasonally adjusted UnCompound adjusted Expenditure Changes from preceding month annual rate 12-mos. Category 1999 2000 3-mos. ended ended Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June June '00 June '00 All Items .2 .2 .5 .7 .0 .1 .6 2.6 3.9 Food and beverages .1 -.1 .4 .2 .1 .5 .1 2.7 2.4 Housing .1 .2 .6 .2 .2 .2 .5 3.7 3.1 Apparel .1 -1.0 .1 .2 -.5 -.2 -.5 -4.6 -1.8 Transportation .9 .2 1.3 2.6 -.8 -.5 2.0 2.9 9.2 Medical care .3 .3 .4 .5 .4 .3 .4 4.3 4.1 Recreation .2 .2 -.1 .4 .0 .4 .3 2.8 .9 Education and communication .2 .6 -.5 -.1 .0 .2 -.3 -.4 1.0 Other goods and services .0 .7 .9 .6 1.8 -1.0 -.3 1.8 6.1 Special Indexes Energy 2.1 Food .1 All Items less food and energy .1 1.0 -.1 4.5 .4 .1 .2 5.5 -2.4 -1.9 .2 .1 .5 .3 .2 .2 6.2 .1 7.2 2.7 23.3 2.5 .1 2.1 2.3 Consumer Price Index data for July are scheduled for release on Wednesday, August 16, 2000, at 8:30 A.M. (EDT). _________________________________________________________________________ Extending the use of hedonic models adjust prices for changes in quality to The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is continuing to expand the use in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) of quality adjustments derived from hedonic models. As first announced at the time of the January 2000 CPI release, hedonic quality adjustments for Video Cassette Recorders and Digital Versatile Disc players were incorporated into the index effective with the April 2000 CPI. These items are in the Other video equipment item stratum, which contains video equipment other than televisions. Papers describing these adjustments are on the CPI's web site (http://stats.bls.gov/cpihome.htm). Effective with the CPI for July 2000, BLS will extend hedonic quality adjustment to Refrigerator/freezers and Microwave ovens, which are part of the Major appliances stratum, and to College textbooks, which are part of the Educational books and supplies stratum. A hedonic model decomposes the price of a consumer product into implicit prices for each of its important features and components, thereby providing an estimate of the value of each feature and component. We plan to extend this method to additional items in the CPI. As we do so, we will give CPI users notice at least three months before the first use of hedonic quality adjustment for each additional item and will have detailed papers on the models to be employed available by the time of first use. The relative importance (share of weight), as of December 1999, of the Major appliances stratum was 0.205 percent in the CPI for all Urban Consumers (CPI-U) and 0.236 percent in the CPI for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W). Within Major appliances, Refrigerator/freezers are estimated to represent 33 percent of the weight and Microwave ovens about 11 percent. The remaining items in this stratum-those that will not be subject to hedonic quality adjustment at this time-include home freezers, washers and dryers, and conventional stoves and ovens. The December 1999 relative importance of the Educational books and supplies stratum was 0.196 percent in the CPI-U and 0.192 percent in the CPI-W. Within Educational books and supplies, College textbooks are estimated to represent 79 percent of the weight. The items in this stratum that will not be subject to hedonic quality adjustment at this time include Elementary and high school books and supplies and Encyclopedias and other reference books. The hedonic models that BLS analysts developed for Refrigerator/freezers and Microwave ovens use observations collected for the CPI, supplemented with additional observations that the BLS collected specifically for this purpose. The College textbook work was accomplished using only observations collected for the CPI, without supplemental collected data. Papers describing this work are in preparation and will be available before release of the July 2000 CPI. Additional work on hedonic quality adjustment for telephones and for washers and dryers is underway at BLS. For more information on these changes, write to Bureau of Labor Statistics Division of Consumer Prices and Price Indexes 2 Massachusetts Ave. NE, Room 3260 Washington, DC 20212 or contact Paul Liegey either by telephone at (202) 691-5394 or by electronic mail at Liegey_P@bls.gov. __________________________________________________________________________ Facilities for Sensory Impaired Information from this release will be made available to sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: 202-691-5200, Federal Relay Services: 1-800-877-8339. For a recorded message of Summary CPI data, call (202) 691-5200. __________________________________________________________________________ Brief Explanation of the CPI The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a measure of the average change in prices over time in a market basket of goods and services. The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes CPIs for two population groups: (1) a CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) which covers approximately 87 percent of the total population and (2) a CPI for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) which covers 32 percent of the total population. The CPI-U includes, in addition to wage earners and clerical workers, groups such as professional, managerial, and technical workers, the selfemployed, short-term workers, the unemployed, and retirees and others not in the labor force. The CPI is 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 establishmentsdepartment 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. 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 26 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. The index measures price change from a designed reference date-1982-84 which equals 100.0. An increase of 16.5 percent, 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://stats.bls.gov/cpihome.htm or contact our CPI Information and Analysis Section on (202) 691-7000. __________________________________________________________________________ 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 115.7 4.5 111.2 Percent Change Index point difference 4.5 Divided by the previous index 111.2 Equals 0.040 Results multiplied by one hundred 0.040x100 Equals percent change 4.0 _________________________________________________________________________ A Note on Seasonally Adjusted and Unadjusted Data Because price data are used for different purposes by different groups, the Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes seasonally adjusted as well as unadjusted changes each month. For analyzing general price trends in the economy, seasonally adjusted changes are usually preferred since they eliminate the effect of changes that normally occur at the same time and in about the same magnitude every year--such as price movements resulting from changing climatic conditions, production cycles, model changeovers, holidays, and sales. The unadjusted data are of primary interest to consumers concerned about the prices they actually pay. Unadjusted data also are used extensively for escalation purposes. Many collective bargaining contract agreements and pension plans, for example, tie compensation changes to the Consumer Price Index unadjusted for seasonal variation. Seasonal factors used in computing the seasonally adjusted indexes are derived by the X-12-ARIMA Seasonal Adjustment Method. The updated seasonal data at the end of 1977 replaced data from 1967 through 1977. Subsequent annual updates have replaced 5 years of seasonal data, e.g., data from 1995 through 1999 were replaced at the end of 1999. The seasonal movement of all items and 54 other aggregations is derived by combining the seasonal movement of 73 selected components. Each year the seasonal status of every series is reevaluated based upon certain statistical criteria. If any of the 73 components change their seasonal adjustment status from seasonally adjusted to not seasonally adjusted, not seasonally adjusted data will be used for the last 5 years, but the seasonally adjusted indexes will be used before that period. Seasonally adjusted data, including the All items index levels, are subject to revision for up to five years after their original release. For this reason, BLS advises against the use of these data in escalation agreements. Effective with the calculation of the seasonal factors for 1990, the Bureau of Labor Statistics has used an enhanced seasonal adjustment procedure called Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment for some CPI series. Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment allows for better estimates of seasonally adjusted data. Extreme values and/or sharp movements which might distort the seasonal pattern are estimated and removed from the data prior to calculation of seasonal factors. Beginning with the calculation of seasonal factors for 1996, X-12-ARIMA software was used for Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment. For the fuel oil and the motor fuels indexes, this procedure was used to offset the effects that extreme price volatility would otherwise have had on the estimates of seasonally adjusted data for those series. For the breakfast cereal index, the procedure was used to offset the effects of price-cutting among cereal manufacturers. For the educational books and supplies index, the procedure was used to account for greater than normal sale prices on educational reference books. For some alcoholic beverage series, Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment was used to offset the effects of increased brewer's costs along with increased demand for specialty beers. For the nonalcoholic beverages index, the procedure was used to offset the effects of a large increase in coffee prices due to adverse weather. For the fats and oils series, the procedure was used to account for lower domestic butter stocks, lower cold storage supplies, and anticipation of a bumper soybean crop. For the new trucks index, the procedure was applied to account for loyalty rebates offered to customers by American automakers. For the water and sewerage maintenance index, the procedure was used to account for a data collection anomaly. A description of Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment, as well as a list of unusual events modeled and seasonal factors for these items may be obtained by writing the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Division of Consumer Prices and Price Indexes, Washington, DC 20212 or by calling Claire McAnaw Gallagher on (202) 691-6968 or sending e-mail to Gallagher_C@BLS.GOV. Table 1. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category and commodity and service group (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) CPI-U Relative importance, December 1999 Unadjusted Unadjusted indexes percent change to June 2000 fromMay 2000 June 2000 June 1999 May 2000 Seasonally adjusted percent change fromMar. to Apr. to Apr. May May to June Expenditure category All items ................................... All items (1967=100) ........................ 100.000 - 171.3 513.3 172.3 516.1 3.7 - 0.6 - 0.0 - 0.1 - 0.6 - 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 ....................... 16.302 15.315 9.603 1.534 2.543 1.090 1.429 167.8 167.3 167.5 188.6 153.9 159.6 204.3 167.9 167.3 167.3 187.7 154.9 159.5 199.9 2.3 2.3 2.2 1.1 5.2 2.2 -1.6 0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.5 0.6 -0.1 -2.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.6 0.9 -0.4 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.8 -0.6 1.6 0.1 0.1 0.1 -0.7 0.5 -0.1 -0.7 1.045 1.962 .373 .288 1.301 .314 5.712 .176 .987 137.3 155.4 153.7 147.0 172.1 106.4 168.3 108.1 173.8 137.5 156.2 154.0 146.6 173.4 108.4 168.6 108.1 174.4 2.4 1.7 1.0 -0.6 2.5 3.3 2.4 3.5 2.9 0.1 0.5 0.2 -0.3 0.8 1.9 0.2 0.0 0.3 -0.7 -0.9 -1.5 -0.6 -0.8 -1.7 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 1.2 0.9 2.0 1.2 1.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.4 0.4 0.2 -0.5 0.6 1.9 0.2 0.0 0.6 Housing .................................... Shelter ................................... Rent of primary residence (3)............. Lodging away from home (2) (3)............ Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence (3) (4)..................... Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2).. Fuels and utilities ....................... 39.636 30.235 7.036 2.359 167.8 192.0 182.3 117.5 169.4 192.9 182.8 120.5 3.2 3.0 3.2 5.9 1.0 0.5 0.3 2.6 0.1 0.2 0.1 -0.1 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.7 0.5 0.4 0.2 1.3 20.470 .370 4.722 197.2 103.8 132.4 197.7 103.9 138.9 2.6 1.7 6.7 0.3 0.1 4.9 0.2 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.7 -0.1 0.3 0.1 2.2 Fuels .................................... Fuel oil and other fuels ................ Gas (piped) and electricity (3).......... Water and sewer and trash collection services (2).......................... Household furnishings and operations ...... Household operations (1) (2).............. 3.794 .273 3.521 116.8 121.6 122.0 124.0 120.9 130.2 7.7 38.5 5.9 6.2 -0.6 6.7 0.2 -4.2 0.5 -0.2 -0.7 -0.1 2.7 0.8 2.9 .928 4.680 .910 106.2 128.1 110.1 106.3 128.1 110.6 2.4 1.0 6.0 0.1 0.0 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.8 0.2 0.1 0.5 0.1 -0.1 0.5 Apparel .................................... Men's and boys' apparel ................... Women's and girls' apparel ................ Infants' and toddlers' apparel (1)......... Footwear .................................. 4.684 1.335 1.879 .272 .828 132.2 132.6 124.4 131.7 126.1 128.3 129.4 119.2 130.5 123.9 -2.0 -1.5 -2.8 2.9 -1.2 -3.0 -2.4 -4.2 -0.9 -1.7 -0.5 -0.8 -0.6 -1.2 -0.2 -0.2 0.5 -0.5 -0.5 -0.1 -0.6 -0.3 -0.7 -0.9 -0.5 Transportation ............................. Private transportation .................... New and used motor vehicles (2)........... New vehicles ............................ Used cars and trucks (1)................. Motor fuel ............................... Gasoline (all types) .................... Motor vehicle parts and equipment ........ Motor vehicle maintenance and repair (1).. Public transportation (1).................. 17.450 16.050 7.652 4.835 1.888 3.160 3.140 .533 1.622 1.400 153.1 148.8 101.0 143.3 155.4 128.3 127.6 101.1 176.3 210.4 155.7 151.4 100.8 142.9 155.7 139.0 138.3 101.2 176.8 212.6 8.6 8.4 1.1 0.3 3.2 40.1 40.3 1.1 3.0 10.4 1.7 1.7 -0.2 -0.3 0.2 8.3 8.4 0.1 0.3 1.0 -0.7 -0.7 0.4 0.3 0.7 -4.1 -4.1 -0.2 0.1 -0.3 -0.5 -0.5 0.4 0.2 0.9 -3.6 -3.5 0.2 0.2 0.6 1.8 1.9 0.0 -0.1 0.2 8.8 8.8 0.0 0.3 1.0 Medical care ............................... Medical care commodities .................. Medical care services ..................... Professional services (3)................. Hospital and related services (3)......... 5.768 1.268 4.501 2.867 1.386 259.4 237.5 264.4 237.1 313.5 260.5 238.2 265.6 237.9 315.6 4.1 3.3 4.3 3.8 6.0 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.3 0.7 0.3 0.1 0.4 0.3 0.7 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.5 0.4 0.8 Recreation (2).............................. Video and audio (1) (2).................... 6.008 1.691 103.1 101.3 103.4 101.5 1.2 0.8 0.3 0.2 0.0 -0.5 0.3 1.2 0.3 0.2 Education and communication (2)............. Education (2).............................. Educational books and supplies ........... Tuition, other school fees, and childcare Communication (1) (2)...................... Information and information processing (1) (2)................................... Telephone services (1) (2)............... Information and information processing other than telephone services (1) (5) Personal computers and peripheral 5.419 2.741 .196 2.544 2.679 101.8 110.9 276.8 319.2 93.7 101.5 111.5 277.5 320.9 92.6 1.2 5.5 5.9 5.4 -3.0 -0.3 0.5 0.3 0.5 -1.2 0.0 0.4 0.2 0.3 -0.5 0.1 0.4 0.4 0.4 -0.1 -0.1 0.8 0.5 0.8 -1.2 2.474 2.274 93.0 98.5 91.8 97.2 -3.3 -2.5 -1.3 -1.3 -0.5 -0.3 -0.1 -0.1 -1.3 -1.3 .200 26.6 26.0 -12.8 -2.3 -1.8 -0.4 -2.3 equipment (1) (2)................... .106 42.4 41.2 -24.4 -2.8 -3.4 -0.7 -2.8 Other goods and services ................... Tobacco and smoking products (1)........... Personal care (1).......................... Personal care products (1)................ Personal care services (1)................ Miscellaneous personal services .......... 4.733 1.258 3.475 .741 .982 1.506 270.2 393.5 165.1 153.0 177.3 251.7 269.6 388.5 165.4 153.6 177.9 252.0 5.4 13.2 2.7 0.7 4.1 4.0 -0.2 -1.3 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.1 1.4 4.4 0.3 -0.1 0.0 0.6 -0.6 -2.7 0.2 -0.3 0.6 0.3 -0.2 -1.3 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.2 42.141 16.302 25.840 14.906 4.684 149.2 167.8 138.0 147.6 132.2 149.7 167.9 138.6 149.1 128.3 4.0 2.3 5.1 9.2 -2.0 0.3 0.1 0.4 1.0 -3.0 -0.3 0.1 -0.4 -1.3 -0.5 -0.1 0.5 -0.7 -0.7 -0.2 0.6 0.1 1.0 2.0 -0.6 10.222 10.934 57.859 29.865 .370 3.521 161.5 125.8 193.6 199.9 103.8 122.0 165.8 125.4 195.0 200.8 103.9 130.2 14.5 -0.2 3.4 3.0 1.7 5.9 2.7 -0.3 0.7 0.5 0.1 6.7 -1.5 -0.1 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.5 -1.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.7 -0.1 3.0 -0.2 0.5 0.3 0.1 2.9 .928 .910 6.940 4.501 10.825 106.2 110.1 195.7 264.4 228.4 106.3 110.6 196.1 265.6 228.7 2.4 6.0 3.6 4.3 2.9 0.1 0.5 0.2 0.5 0.1 0.2 0.8 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.5 0.3 0.5 0.2 84.685 69.765 94.232 26.827 15.893 11.209 31.208 27.994 53.358 6.954 93.046 77.731 172.1 165.1 166.5 139.4 149.3 161.9 158.0 200.9 187.2 121.0 178.1 180.8 173.2 166.0 167.5 140.1 150.7 166.0 158.8 202.9 188.6 129.6 178.2 180.8 3.9 3.9 3.7 5.0 8.7 13.5 5.5 3.7 3.3 21.3 2.4 2.4 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.9 2.5 0.5 1.0 0.7 7.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -0.1 -0.4 -1.1 -1.3 -0.4 0.2 0.2 -1.9 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.1 -0.5 -0.7 -1.0 -0.1 0.3 0.4 -1.9 0.3 0.2 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.9 2.0 2.8 1.1 0.7 0.4 5.6 0.1 0.2 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) ............................ 23.393 3.433 54.338 145.5 127.9 200.9 144.5 137.6 201.6 0.6 40.0 3.2 -0.7 7.6 0.3 0.2 -4.1 0.2 0.0 -3.4 0.2 -0.2 8.1 0.3 - $ .584 $ .580 - - - - - - $ .195 $ .194 - - - - - 1 Not seasonally adjusted. 2 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. 3 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series converted to a geometric means estimator in January, 1999. 4 Indexes on a December 1982=100 base. 5 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base. - Data not available. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. Table 2. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Seasonally adjusted U.S. city average, by expenditure category and commodity and service group (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) Seasonally adjusted indexes Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent change for CPI-U 3 months ended-Mar. 2000 Apr. 2000 May 2000 June 2000 All items ................................... 171.2 171.2 171.3 Food and beverages ......................... Food ...................................... Food at home ............................. Cereals and bakery products ............. Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs .......... Dairy and related products (1)........... 166.9 166.5 166.1 186.4 152.4 159.1 167.0 166.6 166.1 187.0 153.3 160.6 167.8 167.5 167.3 188.4 154.5 159.6 6 months ended-- Sep. 1999 Dec. 1999 Mar. 2000 June 2000 Dec. 1999 June 2000 172.3 3.9 2.4 5.8 2.6 3.2 4.2 168.0 167.6 167.4 187.0 155.3 159.5 2.5 2.5 2.2 0.9 2.7 6.8 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.6 1.4 8.8 1.9 1.7 1.2 -0.4 9.2 -7.2 2.7 2.7 3.2 1.3 7.8 1.0 2.3 2.3 2.2 1.7 2.0 7.8 2.3 2.2 2.2 0.4 8.5 -3.2 Expenditure category 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 ....................... 200.9 200.0 203.2 201.8 1.4 -1.2 -7.9 1.8 0.1 -3.2 137.7 155.2 154.4 145.6 171.6 107.0 167.9 107.9 173.3 136.8 153.8 152.1 144.7 170.2 105.2 168.1 108.0 173.4 137.0 155.7 153.4 147.6 172.2 106.4 168.3 108.1 173.4 137.5 156.3 153.7 146.9 173.2 108.4 168.6 108.1 174.4 0.3 1.3 2.9 2.2 1.0 1.5 2.9 7.9 3.1 4.8 0.3 0.5 -6.3 1.4 1.5 2.4 1.9 2.8 5.1 2.6 2.6 -1.4 3.8 5.0 2.7 3.8 3.1 -0.6 2.9 -1.8 3.6 3.8 5.3 1.7 0.7 2.6 2.5 0.8 1.7 -2.2 1.2 1.5 2.7 4.8 3.0 2.2 2.7 0.4 1.1 3.8 5.2 2.2 2.3 2.8 Housing .................................... Shelter ................................... Rent of primary residence (3)............. Lodging away from home (2) (3)............ Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence (3) (4)..................... Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2).. Fuels and utilities ....................... Fuels .................................... Fuel oil and other fuels ................ Gas (piped) and electricity (3).......... Water and sewer and trash collection services (2).......................... Household furnishings and operations ...... Household operations (1) (2).............. 167.4 191.1 181.7 109.6 167.6 191.4 181.9 109.5 168.0 191.9 182.5 110.3 168.9 192.6 182.9 111.7 2.7 2.6 2.7 5.4 1.7 2.1 3.9 -4.0 4.9 4.3 3.6 14.7 3.6 3.2 2.7 7.9 2.2 2.4 3.3 0.6 4.3 3.7 3.1 11.3 196.6 102.6 133.3 117.1 127.6 122.2 197.0 103.1 133.5 117.3 122.2 122.8 197.4 103.8 133.4 117.1 121.4 122.7 197.9 103.9 136.3 120.3 122.4 126.2 2.1 0.4 7.4 8.5 41.4 6.9 2.5 -0.4 -0.3 -0.7 38.0 -2.9 3.3 1.6 11.2 12.9 121.5 6.8 2.7 5.2 9.3 11.4 -15.3 13.8 2.3 0.0 3.5 3.8 39.7 1.9 3.0 3.4 10.3 12.1 36.9 10.2 105.7 127.8 108.6 105.9 127.9 109.5 106.1 128.0 110.1 106.2 127.9 110.6 1.6 1.0 3.5 1.9 -0.3 3.1 3.9 3.2 10.2 1.9 0.3 7.6 1.7 0.3 3.3 2.9 1.7 8.9 Apparel .................................... Men's and boys' apparel ................... Women's and girls' apparel ................ Infants' and toddlers' apparel (1)......... Footwear .................................. 130.6 130.8 122.2 133.9 125.2 130.0 129.8 121.5 132.3 125.0 129.7 130.5 120.9 131.7 124.9 128.9 130.1 120.0 130.5 124.3 -0.6 -4.2 2.6 10.1 -3.5 0.9 4.0 -1.0 9.9 -1.9 -2.7 -3.6 -5.1 2.7 3.6 -5.1 -2.1 -7.0 -9.8 -2.8 0.2 -0.2 0.8 10.0 -2.7 -3.9 -2.9 -6.0 -3.7 0.3 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 ........ Motor vehicle maintenance and repair (1).. Public transportation (1).................. 154.3 150.3 100.4 142.5 153.0 136.0 135.2 101.4 175.7 209.8 153.2 149.2 100.8 142.9 154.0 130.4 129.6 101.2 175.9 209.2 152.5 148.4 101.2 143.2 155.4 125.7 125.0 101.4 176.3 210.4 155.3 151.2 101.2 143.0 155.7 136.7 136.0 101.4 176.8 212.6 10.1 10.7 3.2 0.6 13.3 53.9 53.7 0.8 2.6 4.4 4.7 4.0 0.4 0.0 -1.8 18.9 19.0 0.4 2.3 14.0 16.9 16.7 -2.7 -1.1 -5.1 106.9 107.1 3.2 4.4 18.2 2.6 2.4 3.2 1.4 7.2 2.1 2.4 0.0 2.5 5.4 7.4 7.3 1.8 0.3 5.5 35.3 35.3 0.6 2.5 9.1 9.5 9.3 0.2 0.1 0.9 45.3 45.6 1.6 3.5 11.7 Medical care ............................... Medical care commodities .................. Medical care services ..................... Professional services (3)................. Hospital and related services (3)......... 258.0 236.3 262.6 235.6 310.6 258.8 236.5 263.6 236.2 312.7 259.6 237.3 264.4 236.6 314.1 260.6 237.7 265.6 237.6 316.6 3.9 5.5 3.5 2.8 5.3 3.5 3.1 3.6 3.5 5.5 4.8 2.4 5.4 5.3 5.3 4.1 2.4 4.6 3.4 8.0 3.7 4.3 3.6 3.2 5.4 4.4 2.4 5.0 4.3 6.6 Recreation (2).............................. Video and audio (1) (2).................... 102.6 100.5 102.6 100.0 102.9 101.2 103.2 101.4 -1.6 -0.8 1.6 0.8 2.4 -0.4 2.4 3.6 0.0 0.0 2.4 1.6 Education and communication (2)............. Education (2).............................. Educational books and supplies ........... Tuition, other school fees, and childcare Communication (1) (2)...................... Information and information processing (1) (2)................................... Telephone services (1) (2)............... Information and information processing other than telephone services (1) (5) Personal computers and peripheral equipment (1) (2)................... 102.3 111.3 275.8 319.2 94.3 102.3 111.7 276.4 320.3 93.8 102.4 112.2 277.6 321.7 93.7 102.3 113.1 278.9 324.4 92.6 1.6 4.5 4.9 4.4 -0.8 3.2 3.4 -14.4 5.0 2.5 0.0 7.1 33.7 5.4 -6.5 0.0 6.6 4.6 6.7 -7.0 2.4 4.0 -5.2 4.7 0.8 0.0 6.9 18.2 6.1 -6.8 93.6 98.9 93.1 98.6 93.0 98.5 91.8 97.2 -0.8 -0.4 3.0 4.5 -7.3 -7.0 -7.5 -6.7 1.1 2.0 -7.4 -6.8 27.2 26.7 26.6 26.0 -6.5 -14.2 -13.4 -16.5 -10.4 -15.0 44.2 42.7 42.4 41.2 -30.8 -18.7 -23.1 -24.5 -25.0 -23.8 Other goods and services ................... Tobacco and smoking products (1)........... Personal care (1).......................... Personal care products (1)................ Personal care services (1)................ Miscellaneous personal services .......... 268.7 387.3 164.3 153.5 176.2 248.9 272.5 404.4 164.8 153.4 176.2 250.4 270.8 393.5 165.1 153.0 177.3 251.2 270.3 388.5 165.4 153.6 177.9 251.8 10.9 40.7 1.7 1.1 2.8 4.5 0.6 -4.9 2.7 -1.3 5.2 4.3 8.0 21.2 3.5 2.6 4.4 2.4 2.4 1.2 2.7 0.3 3.9 4.7 5.6 15.7 2.2 -0.1 4.0 4.4 5.1 10.8 3.1 1.4 4.2 3.6 149.3 166.9 138.6 149.0 130.6 148.9 167.0 138.1 147.0 130.0 148.7 167.8 137.2 146.0 129.7 149.6 168.0 138.6 148.9 128.9 5.4 2.5 7.5 12.2 -0.6 1.9 2.2 1.5 3.2 0.9 7.9 1.9 11.8 22.6 -2.7 0.8 2.7 0.0 -0.3 -5.1 3.6 2.3 4.4 7.6 0.2 4.3 2.3 5.7 10.6 -3.9 164.5 125.5 193.1 199.3 102.6 122.2 162.1 125.4 193.5 199.6 103.1 122.8 160.2 125.8 194.0 200.1 103.8 122.7 165.0 125.6 194.9 200.8 103.9 126.2 19.0 1.0 2.8 2.5 0.4 6.9 5.1 -1.9 2.8 2.3 -0.4 -2.9 35.7 0.0 4.3 4.3 1.6 6.8 1.2 0.3 3.8 3.0 5.2 13.8 11.9 -0.5 2.8 2.4 0.0 1.9 17.2 0.2 4.0 3.7 3.4 10.2 105.7 105.9 106.1 106.2 1.6 1.9 3.9 1.9 1.7 2.9 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 ............................. 108.6 194.9 262.6 228.2 109.5 195.2 263.6 228.6 110.1 195.7 264.4 229.1 110.6 196.3 265.6 229.6 3.5 2.1 3.5 2.2 3.1 4.3 3.6 4.7 10.2 5.1 5.4 2.3 7.6 2.9 4.6 2.5 3.3 3.2 3.6 3.4 8.9 4.0 5.0 2.4 171.9 164.9 166.2 140.2 150.4 164.7 158.1 200.1 186.5 124.6 177.5 180.3 171.9 164.8 166.1 139.6 148.8 162.5 157.4 200.6 186.9 122.2 177.8 180.6 171.9 164.8 166.3 138.9 147.7 160.8 157.2 201.3 187.6 119.9 178.3 180.9 173.0 165.9 167.2 140.2 150.7 165.3 159.0 202.7 188.4 126.6 178.5 181.2 4.1 4.6 4.0 7.4 11.1 17.5 6.5 2.9 2.4 26.0 2.5 2.5 2.4 2.5 2.2 1.5 3.7 4.8 2.1 3.3 2.9 7.8 2.1 1.8 6.5 6.3 6.0 11.6 20.7 32.5 11.4 3.5 3.5 50.5 2.8 3.2 2.6 2.4 2.4 0.0 0.8 1.5 2.3 5.3 4.1 6.6 2.3 2.0 3.3 3.5 3.1 4.4 7.4 11.0 4.3 3.1 2.6 16.6 2.3 2.2 4.5 4.4 4.2 5.6 10.3 16.0 6.7 4.4 3.8 26.6 2.5 2.6 144.7 135.2 200.3 145.0 129.6 200.7 145.0 125.2 201.2 144.7 135.4 201.9 2.5 52.7 2.5 -0.6 20.4 3.1 0.3 107.9 4.1 0.0 0.6 3.2 1.0 35.6 2.8 0.1 44.6 3.7 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 converted to a geometric means estimator in January, 1999. 4 Indexes on a December 1982=100 base. 5 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. Table 3. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Selected areas, all items index (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) All items CPI-U Pricing schedule (1) Indexes Mar. 2000 Apr. 2000 May 2000 Percent change to June2000 from-June 2000 June Apr. May Percent change to May2000 from-May Mar. Apr. U.S. city average ........................... 1999 2000 2000 1999 2000 2000 M 171.1 171.2 171.3 172.3 3.7 0.6 0.6 3.1 0.1 0.1 Northeast urban ............................. Size A - More than 1,500,000 ............. Size B/C 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3).......... M M M 178.3 179.2 107.2 178.4 179.1 107.4 178.2 179.0 107.3 178.8 179.6 107.6 3.3 3.2 3.7 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 3.1 3.1 3.3 -0.1 -0.1 0.1 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1 Midwest urban ............................... Size A - More than 1,500,000 ............ Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)......... Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than 50,000) ............................... M M M 167.0 168.3 106.8 166.9 168.2 106.8 167.4 169.0 106.9 169.5 171.2 108.3 4.3 4.3 4.4 1.6 1.8 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.3 3.2 3.3 3.1 0.2 0.4 0.1 0.3 0.5 0.1 M 161.5 161.3 161.4 163.1 4.0 1.1 1.1 3.1 -0.1 0.1 South urban ................................. Size A - More than 1,500,000 ............. Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........ Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than 50,000) ............................... M M M 166.4 165.9 106.9 166.6 166.1 107.1 166.6 165.9 107.1 167.4 167.1 107.6 3.5 3.9 3.4 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.5 3.1 3.4 2.9 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.0 -0.1 0.0 M 166.8 166.7 167.0 166.9 3.0 0.1 -0.1 3.0 0.1 0.2 West urban .................................. Size A - More than 1,500,000 ............ Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)......... M M M 173.4 174.9 107.1 173.7 175.1 107.2 173.9 175.4 107.3 174.3 175.7 107.6 3.6 3.8 3.0 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.3 3.1 3.3 2.4 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 M M M 155.2 106.9 166.7 155.2 107.1 166.7 155.4 107.1 166.8 156.3 107.7 167.4 3.7 3.6 3.3 0.7 0.6 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.4 3.3 2.9 3.0 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 Region and area size(2) Size classes A (4)...................................... B/C (3).................................... D ......................................... Selected local areas(5) Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI .............. Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA ..... New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA ............................. M M 172.0 170.6 171.7 170.6 173.5 171.1 175.8 170.9 4.1 3.3 2.4 0.2 1.3 -0.1 3.2 2.9 0.9 0.3 1.0 0.3 M 181.4 181.2 181.3 181.9 2.9 0.4 0.3 3.0 -0.1 0.1 Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT ......... Cleveland-Akron, OH ......................... Dallas-Fort Worth, TX ....................... 1 1 1 182.7 166.8 163.1 - 181.6 166.4 163.2 - - - - 4.2 3.0 3.8 -0.6 -0.2 0.1 - Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV (6)........ 1 107.0 - 106.7 - - - - 3.0 -0.3 - Atlanta, GA ................................. Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI ................. Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX .............. Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL ................... Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD ............................. San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA .......... Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA ................ 2 2 2 2 - 169.8 168.1 152.7 166.9 - 171.1 170.8 154.0 168.0 3.8 4.3 3.8 4.2 0.8 1.6 0.9 0.7 - - - - 2 2 2 - 175.7 178.6 177.7 - 176.4 179.0 179.1 2.5 4.2 3.7 0.4 0.2 0.8 - - - - 1 Areas on pricing schedule 2 (see Table 10) will appear next month. 2 Regions defined as the four Census regions. See map in technical notes. 3 Indexes on a December 1996=100 base. 4 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base. 5 In addition, the following metropolitan areas are published semiannually and appear in Tables 34 and 39 of the January and July issues of the CPI Detailed Report: Anchorage, AK; Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN; Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO; Honolulu, HI; Kansas City, MO-KS; Milwaukee-Racine, WI; Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI; Pittsburgh, PA; Portland-Salem, OR-WA; St. Louis, MO-IL; San Diego, CA; Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL. 6 Indexes on a November 1996=100 base. - Data not available. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. Table 4. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): U.S. city average, by expenditure category and commodity and service group (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) CPI-W Relative importance, December 1999 Unadjusted Unadjusted indexes percent change to June 2000 fromMay 2000 June 2000 June 1999 May 2000 Seasonally adjusted percent change fromMar. to Apr. to Apr. May May to June Expenditure category All items ................................... All items (1967=100) ........................ 100.000 - 168.1 500.7 169.1 503.8 3.9 - 0.6 - 0.0 - 0.1 - 0.6 - Food and beverages ......................... Food ...................................... 17.879 16.832 167.2 166.7 167.3 166.8 2.4 2.5 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.5 0.5 0.1 0.1 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 ....................... 10.725 1.676 3.022 1.195 1.479 166.4 188.4 153.5 159.3 203.1 166.3 187.3 154.6 159.4 198.9 2.3 1.0 5.2 2.4 -1.5 -0.1 -0.6 0.7 0.1 -2.1 0.0 0.3 0.7 0.9 -0.3 0.8 0.8 0.8 -0.6 1.4 0.1 -0.9 0.5 0.1 -0.7 1.180 2.173 .415 .329 1.429 .347 6.107 .217 1.047 136.4 154.9 153.6 146.9 172.2 106.1 168.3 108.5 172.9 136.7 155.6 153.9 146.4 173.4 108.0 168.6 108.4 173.6 2.6 1.8 1.3 -0.5 2.6 3.4 2.6 3.7 2.9 0.2 0.5 0.2 -0.3 0.7 1.8 0.2 -0.1 0.4 -0.7 -0.9 -1.5 -0.6 -0.8 -1.9 0.1 0.5 0.1 0.1 1.3 0.7 2.1 1.3 1.3 0.1 0.2 -0.1 0.4 0.3 0.3 -0.5 0.5 1.8 0.2 -0.1 0.6 Housing .................................... Shelter ................................... Rent of primary residence (3)............. Lodging away from home (2) (3)............ Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence (3) (4)..................... Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2).. Fuels and utilities ....................... Fuels .................................... Fuel oil and other fuels ................ Gas (piped) and electricity (3).......... Water and sewer and trash collection services (2).......................... Household furnishings and operations ...... Household operations (1) (2).............. 36.452 27.425 8.523 1.364 163.6 186.1 181.8 117.8 165.2 186.8 182.3 120.9 3.1 2.9 3.1 6.2 1.0 0.4 0.3 2.6 0.2 0.2 0.1 -0.1 0.2 0.3 0.3 1.5 0.5 0.3 0.3 1.4 17.221 .318 4.825 3.911 .240 3.671 179.5 104.0 131.9 116.0 120.9 121.6 180.0 104.1 138.7 123.3 120.2 129.9 2.6 1.8 6.5 7.5 36.9 6.0 0.3 0.1 5.2 6.3 -0.6 6.8 0.3 0.5 0.2 0.2 -4.4 0.5 0.3 0.7 -0.1 -0.2 -0.5 -0.2 0.2 0.1 2.3 2.8 0.8 3.0 .914 4.202 .401 106.2 125.5 110.8 106.3 125.3 111.3 2.3 0.4 6.2 0.1 -0.2 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.8 0.2 0.0 0.6 0.1 -0.1 0.5 Apparel .................................... Men's and boys' apparel ................... Women's and girls' apparel ................ Infants' and toddlers' apparel (1)......... Footwear .................................. 5.026 1.450 1.875 .345 .997 130.9 132.7 122.1 133.4 126.6 127.3 129.5 117.4 132.0 124.6 -1.8 -1.6 -2.7 3.1 -1.0 -2.8 -2.4 -3.8 -1.0 -1.6 -0.5 -0.8 -0.7 -1.2 0.0 -0.2 0.7 -0.8 -0.5 0.1 -0.5 -0.3 -0.4 -1.0 -0.3 Transportation ............................. Private transportation .................... New and used motor vehicles (2)........... New vehicles ............................ Used cars and trucks (1)................. Motor fuel ............................... Gasoline (all types) .................... 19.716 18.628 9.030 5.063 3.170 3.896 3.872 152.5 149.7 101.5 144.5 156.8 128.5 127.9 155.5 152.8 101.4 144.1 157.1 140.1 139.4 9.2 9.2 1.4 0.3 3.2 41.2 41.2 2.0 2.1 -0.1 -0.3 0.2 9.0 9.0 -0.8 -0.9 0.4 0.1 0.6 -4.6 -4.6 -0.5 -0.5 0.4 0.2 0.9 -3.4 -3.3 2.0 2.1 0.0 -0.1 0.2 9.5 9.4 Motor vehicle parts and equipment ........ Motor vehicle maintenance and repair (1).. Public transportation (1).................. .661 1.687 1.088 100.5 177.8 203.9 100.5 178.3 205.5 0.9 3.0 8.7 0.0 0.3 0.8 0.1 0.1 -0.2 -0.1 0.2 0.5 -0.1 0.3 0.8 Medical care ............................... Medical care commodities .................. Medical care services ..................... Professional services (3)................. Hospital and related services (3)......... 4.711 .934 3.776 2.425 1.139 258.5 232.9 264.4 239.0 309.5 259.7 233.7 265.6 239.9 311.7 4.1 3.1 4.4 3.9 6.2 0.5 0.3 0.5 0.4 0.7 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.1 0.7 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.5 0.4 0.1 0.5 0.3 0.9 Recreation (2).............................. Video and audio (1) (2).................... 5.787 1.882 102.3 101.0 102.5 101.2 0.9 0.7 0.2 0.2 0.0 -0.5 0.4 1.3 0.3 0.2 Education and communication (2)............. Education (2).............................. Educational books and supplies ........... Tuition, other school fees, and childcare Communication (1) (2)...................... Information and information processing (1) (2)................................... Telephone services (1) (2)............... Information and information processing other than telephone services (1) (5) Personal computers and peripheral equipment (1) (2)................... 5.300 2.519 .192 2.327 2.781 102.1 111.3 280.0 313.8 94.7 101.7 111.8 280.9 315.4 93.6 1.0 5.5 6.1 5.4 -2.9 -0.4 0.4 0.3 0.5 -1.2 0.0 0.4 0.3 0.4 -0.5 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.5 -0.1 -0.3 0.7 0.6 0.8 -1.2 2.631 2.462 94.3 98.7 93.0 97.4 -3.1 -2.5 -1.4 -1.3 -0.4 -0.3 -0.1 -0.1 -1.4 -1.3 .169 27.5 27.0 -12.3 -1.8 -2.1 -0.4 -1.8 .086 41.8 40.7 -24.6 -2.6 -3.7 -0.5 -2.6 5.129 1.836 3.293 .835 .984 1.266 275.4 393.7 164.9 153.4 177.7 251.2 274.5 388.7 165.3 154.0 178.3 251.4 6.1 13.2 2.5 0.5 4.1 3.6 -0.3 -1.3 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.1 1.8 4.4 0.2 -0.1 0.0 0.3 -1.0 -2.8 0.2 -0.3 0.6 0.4 -0.3 -1.3 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.2 46.879 17.879 29.000 16.279 5.026 149.9 167.2 139.3 149.4 130.9 150.6 167.3 140.3 151.5 127.3 4.6 2.4 5.9 10.6 -1.8 0.5 0.1 0.7 1.4 -2.8 -0.3 0.1 -0.5 -1.5 -0.5 -0.2 0.5 -0.6 -0.8 -0.2 0.8 0.1 1.2 2.4 -0.5 11.253 12.721 53.121 27.107 164.4 126.2 189.8 179.2 169.6 125.9 191.2 179.9 16.4 0.2 3.2 3.0 3.2 -0.2 0.7 0.4 -1.7 0.1 0.3 0.1 -1.3 0.2 0.3 0.4 3.6 -0.2 0.5 0.3 Other goods and services ................... Tobacco and smoking products (1)........... Personal care (1).......................... Personal care products (1)................ Personal care services (1)................ Miscellaneous personal services .......... Commodity and service group Commodities ................................. Food and beverages ......................... Commodities less food and beverages ........ Nondurables less food and beverages ....... Apparel .................................. Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel .............................. Durables .................................. Services .................................... Rent of shelter (4)......................... Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2).... Gas (piped) and electricity (3)............. Water and sewer and trash collection services (2)............................ Household operations (1) (2)................ Transportation services .................... Medical care services ...................... Other services ............................. .318 3.671 104.0 121.6 104.1 129.9 1.8 6.0 0.1 6.8 0.5 0.5 0.7 -0.2 0.1 3.0 .914 .401 6.751 3.776 10.181 106.2 110.8 192.4 264.4 224.6 106.3 111.3 192.6 265.6 224.7 2.3 6.2 3.2 4.4 2.7 0.1 0.5 0.1 0.5 0.0 0.2 0.8 0.2 0.4 0.1 0.2 0.6 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.5 0.2 0.5 0.1 83.168 72.575 95.289 30.047 17.326 12.300 34.158 26.014 49.345 7.807 92.193 75.361 168.3 163.1 164.0 140.7 150.9 164.5 158.8 178.2 183.7 121.5 174.6 176.7 169.5 164.3 165.0 141.7 152.9 169.4 159.9 180.2 185.1 130.9 174.6 176.6 4.2 4.3 3.9 5.8 10.1 15.2 6.2 3.6 3.2 23.3 2.3 2.3 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.7 1.3 3.0 0.7 1.1 0.8 7.7 0.0 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1 -0.4 -1.3 -1.6 -0.6 0.2 0.2 -2.4 0.2 0.2 0.0 -0.1 0.1 -0.6 -0.7 -1.2 -0.1 0.3 0.4 -1.9 0.3 0.2 0.7 0.7 0.6 1.1 2.2 3.2 1.2 0.7 0.4 6.2 0.1 0.1 25.911 4.136 49.450 146.0 128.3 197.5 145.0 139.1 198.0 0.8 41.1 3.0 -0.7 8.4 0.3 0.3 -4.6 0.2 -0.1 -3.2 0.4 -0.2 8.9 0.2 - $ .595 $ .591 - - - - - - $ .200 $ .198 - - - - - 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 converted to a geometric means estimator in January, 1999. 4 Indexes on a December 1984=100 base 5 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base. - Data not available. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. Table 5. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Seasonally adjusted U.S. city average, by expenditure category and commodity and service group (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) Seasonally adjusted indexes Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent change for CPI-W 3 months ended-Mar. 2000 Apr. 2000 May 2000 June 2000 All items ................................... 167.9 167.9 168.0 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 ....................... 166.4 165.9 165.2 186.2 152.0 158.7 200.8 166.5 166.0 165.2 186.7 153.0 160.2 200.2 136.8 154.5 154.3 145.3 171.6 106.7 167.9 107.8 172.5 Housing .................................... Shelter ................................... Rent of primary residence (3)............. Lodging away from home (2) (3)............ Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence (3) (4)..................... Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2).. Fuels and utilities ....................... 6 months ended-- Sep. 1999 Dec. 1999 Mar. 2000 June 2000 Dec. 1999 June 2000 169.0 4.5 2.5 5.9 2.6 3.5 4.3 167.3 166.9 166.5 188.2 154.2 159.3 203.0 167.5 167.0 166.6 186.6 155.0 159.4 201.6 2.5 2.7 2.2 1.1 2.7 7.1 0.4 2.5 2.2 2.2 2.4 1.1 9.1 -0.2 2.2 2.2 1.7 -0.2 9.2 -7.7 -7.2 2.7 2.7 3.4 0.9 8.1 1.8 1.6 2.5 2.5 2.2 1.7 1.9 8.1 0.1 2.4 2.4 2.6 0.3 8.7 -3.1 -2.9 135.9 153.1 152.0 144.4 170.2 104.7 168.1 108.3 172.7 136.1 155.1 153.1 147.5 172.4 106.1 168.3 108.5 172.5 136.7 155.6 153.6 146.7 173.3 108.0 168.6 108.4 173.6 0.6 1.8 3.7 1.4 1.2 2.7 3.5 6.7 2.9 4.6 0.3 1.0 -6.1 1.7 0.4 2.4 2.7 2.9 6.1 2.6 2.1 -1.1 3.8 5.8 2.7 3.4 3.3 -0.3 2.9 -1.8 3.9 4.0 5.0 1.7 2.2 2.6 2.6 1.1 2.4 -2.4 1.4 1.5 2.9 4.6 2.9 2.8 2.8 0.1 1.4 3.9 5.4 2.2 2.8 2.9 163.1 185.3 181.2 108.8 163.4 185.7 181.4 108.7 163.8 186.3 182.0 110.3 164.6 186.8 182.5 111.8 2.8 2.2 2.5 6.2 2.0 2.7 3.9 -4.1 4.0 3.5 3.4 11.8 3.7 3.3 2.9 11.5 2.4 2.4 3.2 1.0 3.9 3.4 3.1 11.7 178.8 102.8 132.5 179.3 103.3 132.7 179.8 104.0 132.6 180.1 104.1 135.7 1.8 0.8 7.1 2.7 -0.4 0.0 2.7 1.6 9.6 2.9 5.2 10.0 2.3 0.2 3.5 2.8 3.3 9.8 Expenditure category Fuels .................................... Fuel oil and other fuels ................ Gas (piped) and electricity (3).......... Water and sewer and trash collection services (2).......................... Household furnishings and operations ...... Household operations (1) (2).............. 116.0 127.0 121.5 116.2 121.4 122.1 116.0 120.8 121.9 119.3 121.8 125.6 8.6 39.4 6.9 -0.4 35.9 -2.3 11.0 119.8 6.2 11.9 -15.4 14.2 4.0 37.6 2.2 11.5 36.4 10.1 105.7 125.2 109.2 105.9 125.3 110.1 106.1 125.3 110.8 106.2 125.2 111.3 1.6 0.0 3.5 1.9 -0.3 1.9 3.9 1.9 11.8 1.9 0.0 7.9 1.7 -0.2 2.7 2.9 1.0 9.8 Apparel .................................... Men's and boys' apparel ................... Women's and girls' apparel ................ Infants' and toddlers' apparel (1)......... Footwear .................................. 129.3 130.7 120.3 135.7 125.4 128.7 129.7 119.5 134.1 125.4 128.4 130.6 118.6 133.4 125.5 127.8 130.2 118.1 132.0 125.1 -0.3 -4.8 3.7 11.1 -3.4 0.6 5.0 -2.3 10.8 -1.9 -2.7 -4.5 -4.5 2.7 2.9 -4.6 -1.5 -7.1 -10.5 -1.0 0.2 0.0 0.7 10.9 -2.7 -3.7 -3.0 -5.8 -4.1 1.0 Transportation ............................. Private transportation .................... New and used motor vehicles (2)........... New vehicles ............................ Used cars and trucks (1)................. Motor fuel ............................... Gasoline (all types) .................... Motor vehicle parts and equipment ........ Motor vehicle maintenance and repair (1).. Public transportation (1).................. 153.8 151.2 100.9 143.9 154.4 136.3 135.6 100.8 177.2 203.4 152.5 149.8 101.3 144.1 155.4 130.0 129.3 100.9 177.4 202.9 151.8 149.0 101.7 144.4 156.8 125.6 125.0 100.8 177.8 203.9 154.9 152.2 101.7 144.3 157.1 137.5 136.7 100.7 178.3 205.5 12.1 12.6 4.9 0.6 13.2 57.5 56.7 0.4 2.8 3.6 4.5 4.0 0.0 0.0 -1.8 18.4 19.4 0.4 2.1 11.6 17.6 17.9 -2.3 -0.3 -4.8 106.5 105.9 3.2 4.6 16.0 2.9 2.7 3.2 1.1 7.2 3.6 3.3 -0.4 2.5 4.2 8.2 8.2 2.4 0.3 5.5 36.6 36.8 0.4 2.4 7.5 10.0 10.0 0.4 0.4 1.0 46.2 45.8 1.4 3.6 9.9 Medical care ............................... Medical care commodities .................. Medical care services ..................... Professional services (3)................. Hospital and related services (3)......... 257.0 231.6 262.6 237.8 306.6 257.9 232.2 263.6 238.1 308.7 258.6 232.7 264.4 238.6 310.1 259.7 233.0 265.6 239.4 312.9 4.1 6.0 3.5 2.8 5.5 3.4 2.3 3.8 3.5 5.2 4.8 1.7 5.5 6.3 5.7 4.3 2.4 4.6 2.7 8.5 3.7 4.1 3.6 3.1 5.4 4.5 2.1 5.1 4.5 7.1 Recreation (2).............................. Video and audio (1) (2).................... 101.7 100.2 101.7 99.7 102.1 101.0 102.4 101.2 -2.0 -1.6 1.2 0.4 2.0 0.0 2.8 4.1 -0.4 -0.6 2.4 2.0 Education and communication (2)............. Education (2).............................. Educational books and supplies ........... Tuition, other school fees, and childcare Communication (1) (2)...................... Information and information processing (1) (2)................................... Telephone services (1) (2)............... Information and information processing other than telephone services (1) (5) Personal computers and peripheral 102.5 111.6 278.9 313.5 95.3 102.5 112.1 279.6 314.9 94.8 102.7 112.6 280.8 316.4 94.7 102.4 113.4 282.4 318.9 93.6 1.6 4.5 5.1 4.3 -0.8 3.2 3.0 -16.8 4.8 3.4 0.0 7.9 37.8 5.7 -6.8 -0.4 6.6 5.1 7.1 -6.9 2.4 3.8 -6.5 4.5 1.2 -0.2 7.3 20.4 6.4 -6.9 94.8 99.1 94.4 98.8 94.3 98.7 93.0 97.4 -0.8 -0.8 3.4 4.9 -7.2 -6.9 -7.4 -6.7 1.3 2.0 -7.3 -6.8 28.2 27.6 27.5 27.0 -6.3 -12.6 -14.2 -16.0 -9.5 -15.1 equipment (1) (2)................... 43.6 42.0 41.8 40.7 -30.0 -18.8 -25.3 -24.1 -24.6 -24.7 Other goods and services ................... Tobacco and smoking products (1)........... Personal care (1).......................... Personal care products (1)................ Personal care services (1)................ Miscellaneous personal services .......... 273.6 387.8 164.3 154.1 176.6 248.9 278.4 404.9 164.6 153.9 176.6 249.7 275.7 393.7 164.9 153.4 177.7 250.7 274.8 388.7 165.3 154.0 178.3 251.2 14.0 41.1 1.5 1.0 2.8 3.8 0.0 -4.9 3.0 -1.6 5.4 4.8 9.3 21.1 3.0 2.6 4.4 2.1 1.8 0.9 2.5 -0.3 3.9 3.7 6.8 15.8 2.2 -0.3 4.1 4.3 5.5 10.5 2.7 1.2 4.2 2.9 150.0 166.4 139.9 151.0 129.3 149.6 166.5 139.2 148.8 128.7 149.3 167.3 138.4 147.6 128.4 150.5 167.5 140.0 151.2 127.8 6.8 2.5 9.4 14.8 -0.3 1.9 2.5 1.2 3.4 0.6 8.4 2.2 13.0 25.4 -2.7 1.3 2.7 0.3 0.5 -4.6 4.4 2.5 5.2 9.0 0.2 4.8 2.4 6.4 12.3 -3.7 167.8 125.9 189.2 178.6 102.8 121.5 165.0 126.0 189.7 178.7 103.3 122.1 162.9 126.3 190.2 179.4 104.0 121.9 168.7 126.0 191.1 179.9 104.1 125.6 22.7 1.9 2.6 2.5 0.8 6.9 4.3 -1.9 2.8 2.8 -0.4 -2.3 40.6 0.3 3.7 3.7 1.6 6.2 2.2 0.3 4.1 2.9 5.2 14.2 13.1 0.0 2.7 2.7 0.2 2.2 19.8 0.3 3.9 3.3 3.3 10.1 105.7 109.2 191.7 262.6 224.3 105.9 110.1 192.0 263.6 224.6 106.1 110.8 192.4 264.4 225.2 106.2 111.3 192.8 265.6 225.5 1.6 3.5 1.9 3.5 2.0 1.9 1.9 3.4 3.8 4.6 3.9 11.8 4.7 5.5 2.0 1.9 7.9 2.3 4.6 2.2 1.7 2.7 2.7 3.6 3.3 2.9 9.8 3.5 5.1 2.1 168.0 163.1 163.7 141.4 152.3 167.7 159.0 177.6 183.1 125.5 173.9 176.2 167.9 162.9 163.6 140.8 150.3 165.1 158.1 178.0 183.4 122.5 174.3 176.6 167.9 162.8 163.7 140.0 149.3 163.2 158.0 178.6 184.1 120.2 174.8 176.9 169.1 164.0 164.7 141.6 152.6 168.5 159.9 179.8 184.9 127.7 174.9 177.1 5.0 5.4 4.6 9.3 13.9 20.9 7.9 3.0 2.5 29.4 2.8 2.8 2.5 2.3 2.3 1.5 3.1 4.0 2.4 3.0 2.7 8.6 1.9 1.8 6.7 6.9 6.1 12.2 23.7 37.4 12.8 3.0 3.3 53.2 2.3 2.5 2.6 2.2 2.5 0.6 0.8 1.9 2.3 5.0 4.0 7.2 2.3 2.1 3.7 3.8 3.4 5.3 8.4 12.1 5.1 3.0 2.6 18.5 2.4 2.3 4.7 4.5 4.3 6.2 11.7 18.3 7.4 4.0 3.7 28.2 2.3 2.3 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 ............. 145.2 135.8 197.0 145.7 129.5 197.4 145.6 125.4 198.1 145.3 136.6 198.5 3.7 56.7 2.3 -0.8 19.4 3.1 0.6 107.1 3.5 0.3 2.4 3.1 1.4 36.8 2.7 0.4 45.6 3.3 1 Not seasonally adjusted. 2 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. 3 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series converted to a geometric means estimator in January, 1999. 4 Indexes on a December 1984=100 base 5 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. Table 6. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Selected areas, all items index (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) All items CPI-W Pricing schedule (1) Indexes Percent change to June2000 from-- Mar. 2000 Apr. 2000 May 2000 June 2000 M 167.8 167.9 168.1 Northeast urban ............................. Size A - More than 1,500,000 ............. Size B/C 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3).......... M M M 175.1 174.9 106.8 175.3 175.0 107.0 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 163.4 163.8 106.9 M South urban ................................. Size A - More than 1,500,000 ............. M M U.S. city average ........................... Percent change to May2000 from-- June 1999 Apr. 2000 May 2000 May 1999 Mar. 2000 Apr. 2000 169.1 3.9 0.7 0.6 3.3 0.2 0.1 175.3 175.0 106.9 175.8 175.5 107.2 3.4 3.3 3.7 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 3.3 3.3 3.3 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 -0.1 163.2 163.6 106.9 163.8 164.5 107.0 166.1 166.8 108.6 4.8 4.7 5.0 1.8 2.0 1.6 1.4 1.4 1.5 3.5 3.5 3.5 0.2 0.4 0.1 0.4 0.6 0.1 160.0 159.9 160.0 161.7 4.4 1.1 1.1 3.6 0.0 0.1 164.6 163.4 164.9 163.7 164.9 163.7 165.7 164.9 3.8 4.1 0.5 0.7 0.5 0.7 3.3 3.5 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 Region and area size(2) Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........ Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than 50,000) ............................... M 106.7 106.9 107.0 107.4 3.7 0.5 0.4 3.2 0.3 0.1 M 167.6 167.6 167.9 168.0 3.5 0.2 0.1 3.3 0.2 0.2 West urban .................................. Size A - More than 1,500,000 ............ Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)......... M M M 169.1 168.7 106.8 169.4 169.0 107.1 169.6 169.3 107.1 169.9 169.6 107.4 3.5 3.7 3.0 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 3.0 3.2 2.3 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.0 M M M 153.6 106.8 165.9 153.7 106.9 166.0 154.0 107.0 166.1 155.0 107.6 166.8 3.9 3.9 3.7 0.8 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.4 3.4 3.1 3.3 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 Size classes A (4)...................................... B/C (3).................................... D ......................................... Selected local areas(5) Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI .............. Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA ..... New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA ............................. M M 166.4 163.9 166.1 163.9 167.9 164.4 170.2 164.2 4.4 3.3 2.5 0.2 1.4 -0.1 3.5 2.9 0.9 0.3 1.1 0.3 M 176.6 176.6 176.9 177.4 3.1 0.5 0.3 3.1 0.2 0.2 Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT ......... Cleveland-Akron, OH ......................... Dallas-Fort Worth, TX ....................... Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV (6)........ 1 1 1 1 181.1 159.2 162.9 106.9 - 180.5 158.9 163.1 106.6 - - - - 4.6 3.4 3.9 3.1 -0.3 -0.2 0.1 -0.3 - Atlanta, GA ................................. Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI ................. Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX .............. Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL ................... Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD ............................. San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA .......... Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA ................ 2 2 2 2 - 167.2 162.8 151.3 164.5 - 168.7 165.6 153.0 165.7 4.2 4.6 4.0 4.3 0.9 1.7 1.1 0.7 - - - - 2 2 2 - 175.7 174.8 173.2 - 176.0 175.2 174.4 2.4 4.1 3.8 0.2 0.2 0.7 - - - - 1 Areas on pricing schedule 2 (see Table 10) will appear next month. 2 Regions defined as the four Census regions. See map in technical notes. 3 Indexes on a December 1996=100 base. 4 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base. 5 In addition, the following metropolitan areas are published semiannually and appear in Tables 34 and 39 of the January and July issues of the CPI Detailed Report: Anchorage, AK; Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN; Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO; Honolulu, HI; Kansas City, MO-KS; Milwaukee-Racine, WI; Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI; Pittsburgh, PA; Portland-Salem, OR-WA; St. Louis, MO-IL; San Diego, CA; Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL. 6 Indexes on a November 1996=100 base. - Data not available. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.
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