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CONSUMER PRICE INDEX:

JUNE 2001

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased
0.2 percent in June, before seasonal adjustment, to a level of 178.0 (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 3.2 percent.
The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers
(CPI-W) rose 0.1 percent in June, prior to seasonal adjustment. The June
level of 174.6 was 3.2 percent higher than the index in June 2000.
CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U)
On a seasonally adjusted basis, the CPI-U rose 0.2 percent in June,
following a 0.4 percent increase in May. A downturn in the energy index
was partially offset by larger increases in the indexes for food and for
all items less food and energy. The energy index, which increased 3.1
percent in May, declined 0.9 percent in June. The index for petroleumbased energy declined 2.2 percent, while the index for energy services
rose 0.4 percent. The food index, which increased 0.3 percent in May,
rose 0.4 percent in June. Excluding food and energy, the CPI-U rose 0.3
percent in June, following a 0.1 percent increase in May. Larger
increases in the indexes for airline fares and for lodging away from home,
coupled with an upturn in the index for tobacco and smoking products and a
smaller decline in apparel prices, largely accounted for the acceleration
in June.
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
2000
2001
3-mos. ended
ended
Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June
June '01
June '01
All Items
.2
.6
.3
.1
.3
.4
.2
3.7
3.2

Food and beverages .5
Housing
.3
Apparel
-.3
Transportation
-.1
Medical care
.3
Recreation
.0
Education and
communication
.5
Other goods and
services
-.8
Special Indexes
Energy
Food
All Items less
food and energy

.2
1.0
-.2
.3
.6
.3

.5
.2
.8
.4
.5
.1

.4

.1

.5

.7

.5

.3
.5

3.9
.3

.1

.3

.2
.4
-.9
1.2
.3
-.1

.4
.4
-.3
-.2
.4
-.2

3.3
3.7
-9.8
8.0
4.4
2.3

3.3
4.5
-1.6
1.7
4.6
1.4

-.1

.1

.5

1.9

2.9

.1

1.3

-.4

.4

5.3

4.3

-.2 -2.1
.5
.2

1.8
.1

3.1
.3

-.9
.4

16.8
3.3

8.4
3.4

.2

.1

.3

2.6

2.7

.3

.2
.2
.2
.1
.4 -1.3
-.9
.9
.4
.4
-.1
.9

.2

See page 5 for a note on planned changes in the CPI in 2002.
Consumer prices rose at a seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR) of
3.7 percent in the second quarter after advancing at a 4.0 percent rate in
the first three months of 2001. This brings the year-to-date annual rate
to 3.8 percent and compares with an increase of 3.4 percent for all of
2000. The larger increase in the overall CPI-U thus far in 2001 reflects
the continued sharp advance in energy prices, coupled with slightly larger
advances in the indexes for food and for all items less food and energy.
Although the energy index has continued to advance sharply, the
composition has changed somewhat over the last 2 « years. Petroleum-based
energy costs, which turned up sharply in 1999, have decelerated somewhat,
increasing at a 8.8 percent SAAR in the first half of 2001. Charges for
energy services, however, have accelerated, increasing at a 13.9 percent
annual rate thus far this year. The food index rose at a 3.7 percent SAAR
in the first 6 months of 2001, following an increase of 2.8 percent in all
of 2000. Grocery store food prices rose at a 3.8 percent SAAR in the
first six months, with the largest increases among the six major grocery
store food groups in the indexes for meats, poultry, fish, and eggs and
for dairy products--up at annual rates of 6.9 and 6.8 percent,
respectively.
The CPI-U excluding food and energy advanced at a 2.6 percent
the second quarter of 2001, following an increase at a 3.5 percent
the first three months of 2001. The advance at a 3.1 percent SAAR
first half of 2001 compares with a 2.6 percent increase for all of

rate in
rate in
for the
2000.

This acceleration has been concentrated in the services components; the
index for services less energy services increased 3.4 percent in all of
2000 and has risen at a 4.3 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 0.6
percent in all of 2000 and has declined at a 0.1 percent SAAR in the first
half of 2001. The rates for selected groups for the last seven and onehalf years are shown below.
Percentage change 12 months
ended in December

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

SAAR 6
mos.
ended

1995
1996
2.5
3.3
2.1
4.2
3.0
2.9
0.1
-0.2
4.4
-1.4
3.9
3.0
2.8
3.0

in June
1997
1998
1999
2000 2001
1.7
1.6
2.7
3.4
3.8
1.6
2.3
2.0
2.8
3.6
2.4
2.3
2.2
4.3
4.7
1.0
-0.7
-.5
-1.8 -3.2
-1.7
5.4
4.1
3.5
2.8
3.4
3.7
4.2
5.3
1.5
1.2
.8
1.7
1.7

3.3

4.0

3.4

3.0

0.7

1.6

1.3

2.9

4.2

4.3

3.6

5.2

8.8

5.1

4.2

5.4

1994

2.7
2.7
2.2
-1.6
3.8 1.5
4.9
1.4

2.2
5.2
-.6
2.6
2.9

-1.3
8.6
-3.4
-8.8
13.4
14.2 11.3
-3.3
13.8
-6.9 -15.1
29.5
15.7
8.8
0.8
3.8
0.2
-3.3
1.2
12.7 13.9
2.9
2.9
2.1
2.4
2.0
2.6
3.0
2.1
4.3
1.5
2.3
1.9
2.8
3.7

2.6 3.0

2.6

2.2

2.4

1.9

2.6

3.1

The food and beverages index rose 0.4 percent in June. The index for
food at home rose 0.5 percent in June, following a 0.3 percent rise in
May. Upturns in the indexes for fruits and vegetables and for
nonalcoholic beverages, coupled with a larger increase in the index for
dairy products, were responsible for the acceleration in grocery store
food prices. The index for fruits and vegetables rose 1.4 percent in June
after declining 0.9 percent in May. The indexes for fresh fruits and for

fresh vegetables each turned up in June, increasing 0.9 and 2.2 percent,
respectively. The index for processed fruits and vegetables rose 0.8
percent. The index for nonalcoholic beverages rose 0.5 percent in June,
following a slight decline in May. The index for dairy products, which
rose 0.8 percent in May, advanced 1.3 percent in June, reflecting price
increases for milk, ice cream, and cheese. The index for meats, poultry,
fish, and eggs rose 0.4 percent in June. An upturn in poultry prices,
coupled with small increases in the indexes for beef and pork --up 0.5 and
0.4 percent, respectively--more than offset declines in prices for fish
and seafood and for eggs. The index for cereal and bakery products rose
0.2 percent, while the index for other food at home declined 0.3 percent
despite another large increase in butter prices. The other two components
of the food and beverages index--food away from home and alcoholic
beverages--increased 0.3 and 0.4 percent, respectively.
In June, the housing index rose 0.4 percent for the second
consecutive month. Shelter costs advanced 0.5 percent in June, the same
as in May. Within shelter, the indexes for rent and owners' equivalent
rent each rose 0.4 percent, and the index for lodging away from home
increased 1.5 percent. (Prior to seasonal adjustment, the index for
lodging away from home rose 3.1 percent.) The index for fuels and
utilities rose 0.4 percent in June. The index for fuel oil increased 1.3
percent and the index for electricity rose 3.8 percent, more than
offsetting a 5.6 percent drop in the index for natural gas. (Prior to
seasonal adjustment, fuel oil prices declined 1.6 percent, charges for
electricity rose 9.6 percent and charges for natural gas declined 6.0
percent.) The index for household furnishings and operations rose 0.3
percent, reflecting price increases for major appliances, for household
paper products, and for household operations--domestic services, lawncare
services, moving expenses, and repair of household items.
The transportation component, which advanced 1.2 percent in May,
declined 0.2 percent in June, reflecting a downturn in gasoline prices.
The index for gasoline fell 2.6 percent in June, following a 6.0 percent
rise in May. The index for new vehicles declined 0.1 percent in June and
is 0.8 percent lower than its level a year ago. The index for used cars
and trucks declined for the third consecutive month--down 0.2 percent in
June. The index for public transportation rose 3.8 percent in June,
reflecting a 5.0 percent increase in airline fares.
The index for apparel declined for the third consecutive month--down
0.3 percent in June. (Prior to seasonal adjustment, apparel prices fell
2.7 percent, reflecting seasonal price discounting on spring-summer wear.)
Medical care costs rose 0.4 percent in June to a level 4.6 percent

higher than a year ago. In June, the index for medical care commodities-prescription drugs, nonprescription drugs, and medical supplies--increased
0.5 percent. The index for medical care services rose 0.4 percent in
June. Charges for professional services and for hospital and related
services increased 0.3 and 0.4 percent, respectively.
The index for recreation declined for the second consecutive month-down 0.2 percent in June. Price declines were recorded in the indexes for
video and audio, for sporting goods, for toys, and for club membership
dues and fees for participant sports.
The index for education and communication increased 0.5 percent in
June, following a 0.1 percent rise in May. Educational costs rose 0.7
percent, reflecting a 1.3 percent increase in the index for educational
books. The index for communication advanced 0.2 percent; the index for
telephone services increased 0.3 percent, more than offsetting a 2.0
percent drop in the index for personal computers and peripheral equipment.
The index for other goods and services increased 0.4 percent in June,
following a 0.4 percent decline in May. The index for tobacco and smoking
products, which declined 1.3 percent in May, rose 0.5 in June.
CPI for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W)
On a seasonally adjusted basis, the CPI for Urban Wage Earners and
Clerical Workers rose 0.2 percent in 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
2000
2001
3-mos. ended
ended
Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June
June '01
June '01
All Items
.2
.6
.3
.0
.4
.3
.2
3.8
3.2
Food and beverages .5
.3
.5
.2
.2
.2
.4
3.1
3.3
Housing
.4
1.1
.1
.2
.1
.4
.3
3.6
4.5
Apparel
-.3
-.5
.9
.5 -1.2 -.9 -.3
-9.3
-1.6
Transportation
-.1
.4
.4 -.9 1.0 1.3 -.5
7.5
1.5
Medical care
.3
.7
.5
.4
.3
.3
.3
3.8
4.5
Recreation
.1
.2 -.1
.0
.8 -.1 -.2
2.0
1.0
Education and
communication
.6
.3
.1
.5
.0
.1
.5
2.3
2.8

Other goods and
services

-1.1

Special Indexes
Energy
.1
Food
.5
All Items less
food and energy .1

.9
3.6
.2
.3

.6

.1

1.7

-.5

.4

6.3

4.9

-.2 -2.3
.5
.2

2.3
.2

3.4 -1.3
.2
.4

18.6
3.1

7.2
3.4

2.0

2.6

.3

.2

.2

.1

.3

Consumer Price Index data for July are scheduled for release on
Thursday, August 16, 2001, at 8:30 A.M. (EDT).
___________________________________________________________________________
Planned Changes in the Consumer Price Index in 2002
Expenditure Weight Update
As announced in December 1998, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
will update the consumption expenditure weights in the Consumer Price
Index for all Urban Consumers (CPI-U) and in the Consumer Price Index for
Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) to the 1999-2000 period,
effective with release of data for January 2002. The newer weights will
replace the 1993-95 weights, which were first used in the index effective
with January 1998 data. Additionally, CPI expenditure weights will be
updated at two-year intervals subsequent to the 2002 updating. Thus, for
example, CPI expenditure weights will be updated to the 2001-02 period
effective with release of CPI data for January 2004.
Historically, the introduction of a comprehensive new set of
expenditure weights attached to the categories of goods and services in
the CPI "market basket" has taken place in the context of the periodic
major revisions of the index. Such major revisions have taken place
approximately once each decade-in 1940, 1953, 1964, 1978, 1987 and, most
recently, in 1998.
The goal in employing more current expenditure weights is to have the
CPI reflect, as much as possible, the inflation currently experienced by
consumers. More specifically, the use of more current weights will help
to ensure that the relative importance of CPI item categories, such as
food away from home, college tuition, or medical care services, more
accurately reflects how consumers are allocating their spending.

Publication of Overlap CPIs
For the first six months of 2002, BLS will continue to calculate and
publish selected CPI-U and CPI-W "overlap" indexes on a not seasonally
adjusted basis. These indexes will be compiled using the 1993-95
expenditure pattern that was introduced into the CPI in 1998. Comparison
of these index series to the corresponding updated series will enable
users of the CPI to observe the effects of the expenditure weight change.
The subsequent expenditure updates scheduled in 2004 and every two years
thereafter also will be accompanied by the publication of overlap indexes
for a six-month period using the previous expenditure pattern.
Publication of CPI for the Phoenix Area
Effective with release of the July 2002 Consumer Price Index (CPI),
BLS will initiate publication of consumer price data specific to the
Phoenix-Mesa, Arizona, Metropolitan Statistical Area. As with the
national CPI and other local area CPIs, data will be published for each of
two population groups, that for all urban consumers (CPI-U) and that for
urban wage earners and clerical workers (CPI-W). The Phoenix-Mesa CPI
will be published on a semi-annual basis with a reference base of December
2001 = 100. The same amount of item detail will be available for PhoenixMesa as is presently available for all other areas published on a semiannual basis.
Change to Published Item Structure
Effective with release of the January 2002 CPI, BLS will begin
publishing an item index for leased cars and trucks. This index series
will be available monthly at the U.S. City Average area level for both the
CPI-U and CPI-W with a December 2001 = 100 reference base.
___________________________________________________________________________
Facilities for Sensory Impaired
Information from this release will be made available to
sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: 202-6915200, 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 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. 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://www.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
0.040 x 100
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 1996 through 2000 were
replaced at the end of 2000. 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. Note: 38 of the 73 components are seasonally
adjusted for 2001.
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, natural gas, motor fuels, and educational
books and supplies 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 Nonalcoholic beverages index, the procedure was used to offset
the effects of a large increase in coffee prices due to adverse
weather. The procedure was used to account for unusual butter fat
supply reductions affecting the Fats and oils series. 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 Daniel Chow on (202) 691-6968
or sending e-mail to Chow_Dan@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

Expenditure category

Relative
importance,
December
2000

Unadjusted
Unadjusted indexes percent change to
June 2001 fromMay
2001

June
2001

June
2000

May
2001

Seasonally adjusted
percent change fromMar. to Apr. to
Apr.
May

May to
June

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

100.000
-

177.7
532.2

178.0
533.3

3.2
-

0.2
-

0.3
-

0.4
-

0.2
-

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

16.198
15.217
9.560
1.522
2.573
1.050
1.454

172.9
172.5
172.8
193.2
160.8
164.7
213.1

173.4
173.0
173.3
194.2
161.7
166.9
211.8

3.3
3.4
3.6
3.5
4.4
4.6
6.0

0.3
0.3
0.3
0.5
0.6
1.3
-0.6

0.2
0.1
0.1
0.0
0.6
0.1
0.3

0.2
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.1
0.8
-0.9

0.4
0.4
0.5
0.2
0.4
1.3
1.4

1.026
1.935
.363
.288
1.283
.312
5.658
.177
.981

138.1
159.6
155.8
154.7
176.4
108.8
173.1
112.4
178.5

138.6
159.5
155.7
156.7
175.7
107.7
173.6
112.6
179.1

0.8
2.1
1.1
6.9
1.3
-0.6
3.0
4.2
2.7

0.4
-0.1
-0.1
1.3
-0.4
-1.0
0.3
0.2
0.3

-0.1
-0.7
-0.8
-1.1
-0.6
0.1
0.2
0.2
0.3

-0.1
1.4
1.1
2.2
1.3
0.3
0.2
0.5
0.3

0.5
-0.3
-0.1
1.6
-0.7
-1.0
0.3
0.2
0.4

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

39.980
30.251
7.079
2.346

175.9
199.6
191.0
120.0

177.3
200.7
191.6
123.7

4.5
3.8
4.6
2.7

0.8
0.6
0.3
3.1

0.1
0.3
0.3
-0.8

0.4
0.5
0.5
0.7

0.4
0.5
0.4
1.5

20.460
.366
5.123
4.199
.361
3.838

204.9
106.8
151.3
136.8
131.9
143.8

205.7
107.0
155.7
141.6
129.6
149.4

3.8
3.0
12.1
14.2
7.2
14.7

0.4
0.2
2.9
3.5
-1.7
3.9

0.4
0.1
-0.5
-0.6
-1.9
-0.4

0.3
1.2
0.5
0.6
0.3
0.6

0.4
0.2
0.4
0.4
0.6
0.4

.924
4.605
.935

109.1
128.9
114.6

109.1
129.2
115.5

2.6
0.9
4.4

0.0
0.2
0.8

0.1
-0.2
-1.0

0.2
0.1
0.4

0.1
0.3
0.8

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

4.453
1.257
1.787
.254
.801

129.8
129.1
122.3
130.6
124.4

126.3
125.8
117.5
127.3
122.1

-1.6
-2.8
-1.4
-2.5
-1.5

-2.7
-2.6
-3.9
-2.5
-1.8

-1.3
-0.2
-1.8
-0.2
-2.1

-0.9
0.3
-2.5
-0.6
0.2

-0.3
-0.6
-0.4
-2.5
-0.7

Transportation .............................

17.567

159.2

158.3

1.7

-0.6

0.9

1.2

-0.2

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

16.157
7.477
4.677
1.887
3.482
3.458
.527
1.623
1.410

155.3
101.4
142.3
159.1
146.8
146.0
104.4
182.5
209.3

154.0
101.1
141.7
158.9
142.0
141.3
104.4
182.7
216.3

1.7
0.3
-0.8
2.1
2.2
2.2
3.2
3.3
1.7

-0.8
-0.3
-0.4
-0.1
-3.3
-3.2
0.0
0.1
3.3

1.1
-0.2
0.0
-0.6
4.8
5.0
-0.2
0.2
-0.8

1.2
-0.5
-0.1
-1.1
6.1
6.0
0.3
0.4
1.2

-0.6
-0.1
-0.1
-0.2
-2.5
-2.6
-0.1
0.1
3.8

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

5.813
1.261
4.552
2.876
1.424

271.4
246.6
277.3
245.8
335.1

272.5
248.1
278.3
246.5
336.6

4.6
4.2
4.8
3.6
6.7

0.4
0.6
0.4
0.3
0.4

0.4
0.2
0.4
0.3
0.5

0.3
0.4
0.3
0.1
0.7

0.4
0.5
0.4
0.3
0.4

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

5.908
1.646

105.0
101.6

104.8
101.3

1.4
-0.2

-0.2
-0.3

0.9
0.3

-0.1
-0.2

-0.2
-0.3

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)...................

5.311
2.801
.212
2.589
2.510

104.0
116.4
290.7
335.0
92.9

104.4
116.9
293.9
336.2
93.1

2.9
4.8
5.9
4.8
0.5

0.4
0.4
1.1
0.4
0.2

-0.1
0.3
0.3
0.4
-0.4

0.1
0.6
0.4
0.6
-0.4

0.5
0.7
1.3
0.7
0.2

2.312
2.150

91.8
98.7

92.1
99.0

0.3
1.9

0.3
0.3

-0.4
-0.4

-0.5
-0.3

0.3
0.3

.163

21.7

21.4

-17.7

-1.4

-1.8

-1.8

-1.4

.079

30.4

29.8

-27.7

-2.0

-2.2

-4.1

-2.0

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

4.769
1.308
3.461
.731
.987
1.510

280.2
418.7
169.5
153.2
184.1
261.0

281.2
421.0
170.0
154.6
184.1
261.8

4.3
8.4
2.8
0.7
3.5
3.9

0.4
0.5
0.3
0.9
0.0
0.3

1.3
4.0
0.3
0.1
0.7
0.3

-0.4
-1.3
-0.1
-1.7
0.4
0.3

0.4
0.5
0.3
0.9
0.0
0.4

41.828
16.198
25.629
15.056

152.9
172.9
140.8
153.5

152.1
173.4
139.4
151.3

1.6
3.3
0.6
1.5

-0.5
0.3
-1.0
-1.4

0.5
0.2
0.7
1.1

0.3
0.2
0.4
1.4

-0.1
0.4
-0.4
-0.6

Commodity and service group
Commodities .................................
Food and beverages .........................
Commodities less food and beverages ........
Nondurables less food and beverages .......

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

4.453

129.8

126.3

-1.6

-2.7

-1.3

-0.9

-0.3

10.603
10.573
58.172
29.885
.366
3.838

172.0
124.9
202.5
207.8
106.8
143.8

170.4
124.5
204.0
209.0
107.0
149.4

2.8
-0.7
4.5
3.9
3.0
14.7

-0.9
-0.3
0.7
0.6
0.2
3.9

2.3
-0.2
0.2
0.3
0.1
-0.4

2.0
-0.3
0.4
0.4
1.2
0.6

-0.8
-0.2
0.4
0.5
0.2
0.4

.924
.935
6.903
4.552
10.768

109.1
114.6
200.4
277.3
236.4

109.1
115.5
202.0
278.3
236.7

2.6
4.4
3.0
4.8
3.5

0.0
0.8
0.8
0.4
0.1

0.1
-1.0
0.1
0.4
0.5

0.2
0.4
0.3
0.3
0.2

0.1
0.8
1.0
0.4
0.2

84.783
69.749
94.187
26.610
16.037
11.584
31.255
28.287
53.620
7.681
92.319
77.102

178.6
170.9
172.6
142.4
155.1
172.0
163.6
211.4
195.7
140.1
182.9
185.5

179.0
171.0
172.9
141.0
153.1
170.6
162.7
213.3
197.2
140.5
183.3
185.9

3.3
3.0
3.2
0.6
1.6
2.8
2.5
5.1
4.4
8.4
2.8
2.7

0.2
0.1
0.2
-1.0
-1.3
-0.8
-0.6
0.9
0.8
0.3
0.2
0.2

0.3
0.3
0.3
0.6
1.2
2.1
0.6
0.1
0.3
1.8
0.2
0.2

0.4
0.4
0.4
0.4
1.3
1.9
0.9
0.4
0.4
3.1
0.1
0.1

0.2
0.2
0.2
-0.4
-0.5
-0.7
0.1
0.5
0.5
-0.9
0.3
0.3

22.768
3.843
54.334

145.7
145.6
208.4

144.9
141.1
209.4

0.3
2.5
3.7

-0.5
-3.1
0.5

0.0
4.2
0.3

-0.4
5.6
0.3

0.0
-2.2
0.5

-

$ .563

$ .562

-

-

-

-

-

-

$ .188

$ .188

-

-

-

-

-

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.
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.

All other item stratum index series converted to a

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.
2001

Apr.
2001

May
2001

June
2001

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

176.3

176.8

177.5

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

172.1
171.8
171.9
192.5
160.1
163.2
212.4

172.4
172.0
172.0
192.5
161.0
163.4
213.0

138.4
158.7
155.2
153.1
175.1
108.4
172.3
111.6
177.4

Housing ....................................
Shelter ...................................
Rent of primary residence (3).............

175.0
198.0
189.6

6 months
ended--

Sep.
2000

Dec.
2000

Mar.
2001

June
2001

Dec.
2000

June
2001

177.9

3.3

2.3

4.0

3.7

2.8

3.8

172.8
172.5
172.5
193.0
161.1
164.7
211.1

173.5
173.2
173.4
193.4
161.7
166.9
214.0

3.9
4.1
4.4
3.9
3.7
5.4
12.0

2.4
2.1
2.6
5.0
0.3
-0.2
10.2

3.8
4.1
4.1
3.0
9.8
4.3
-0.9

3.3
3.3
3.5
1.9
4.1
9.4
3.0

3.1
3.1
3.5
4.4
1.9
2.5
11.1

3.6
3.7
3.8
2.4
6.9
6.8
1.0

138.3
157.6
154.0
151.4
174.1
108.5
172.7
111.8
177.9

138.1
159.8
155.7
154.7
176.4
108.8
173.1
112.4
178.4

138.8
159.4
155.5
157.2
175.2
107.7
173.6
112.6
179.1

2.3
1.8
1.0
4.7
1.4
-2.6
3.4
7.2
2.8

-0.6
1.0
0.8
6.0
0.0
4.5
1.9
4.1
2.5

0.6
3.9
1.8
5.7
4.0
-1.8
3.6
1.8
1.6

1.2
1.8
0.8
11.1
0.2
-2.6
3.1
3.6
3.9

0.9
1.4
0.9
5.4
0.7
0.9
2.6
5.6
2.7

0.9
2.8
1.3
8.4
2.1
-2.2
3.3
2.7
2.7

175.2
198.5
190.2

175.9
199.4
191.1

176.6
200.3
191.8

4.3
2.9
4.4

4.3
3.1
4.4

5.7
4.8
4.8

3.7
4.7
4.7

4.3
3.0
4.4

4.7
4.8
4.8

Expenditure category

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)..............

111.5

110.6

111.4

113.1

-1.4

-2.5

9.1

5.9

-2.0

7.5

203.6
105.4
151.9
136.9
133.7
144.0

204.4
105.5
151.2
136.1
131.1
143.4

205.1
106.8
152.0
136.9
131.5
144.3

205.9
107.0
152.6
137.5
132.3
144.9

3.1
1.2
15.2
18.1
51.1
15.4

3.4
1.9
14.7
17.3
22.8
16.9

4.0
2.7
17.8
21.5
-25.5
26.4

4.6
6.2
1.9
1.8
-4.1
2.5

3.3
1.5
14.9
17.7
36.2
16.2

4.3
4.4
9.5
11.2
-15.5
13.9

108.6
128.9
115.2

108.7
128.6
114.1

108.9
128.7
114.6

109.0
129.1
115.5

3.0
2.5
4.8

3.4
0.9
2.2

2.6
-0.6
10.0

1.5
0.6
1.0

3.2
1.7
3.5

2.0
0.0
5.4

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

130.2
126.9
124.0
131.6
125.3

128.5
126.6
121.8
131.4
122.7

127.3
127.0
118.8
130.6
123.0

126.9
126.3
118.3
127.3
122.2

2.5
-1.8
7.9
-9.2
2.9

-2.1
-2.8
-3.5
2.5
-2.2

3.8
-4.6
9.2
11.0
3.6

-9.8
-1.9
-17.2
-12.4
-9.5

0.2
-2.3
2.0
-3.5
0.3

-3.2
-3.2
-4.9
-1.4
-3.2

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 ........
Motor vehicle maintenance and repair .....
Public transportation .....................

154.7
150.8
102.4
142.2
161.9
127.3
126.5
104.6
181.7
207.1

156.1
152.4
102.2
142.2
161.0
133.4
132.8
104.4
182.0
205.5

158.0
154.3
101.7
142.0
159.2
141.5
140.8
104.7
182.7
208.0

157.7
153.4
101.6
141.8
158.9
138.0
137.2
104.6
182.9
216.0

0.3
0.3
0.0
-0.8
-0.3
-2.6
-3.5
1.2
3.7
2.3

-0.3
-0.3
2.8
0.3
9.3
-9.8
-9.0
4.8
2.9
-0.9

-0.8
0.0
1.6
-1.7
7.2
-10.0
-10.3
6.8
4.1
-10.6

8.0
7.1
-3.1
-1.1
-7.2
38.1
38.4
0.0
2.7
18.3

0.0
0.0
1.4
-0.3
4.4
-6.3
-6.3
3.0
3.3
0.7

3.5
3.5
-0.8
-1.4
-0.3
11.5
11.4
3.3
3.4
2.8

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

269.8
244.9
275.4
244.3
332.1

270.9
245.5
276.6
245.1
333.6

271.7
246.4
277.3
245.3
336.1

272.7
247.6
278.3
246.0
337.6

4.5
2.9
4.9
3.4
7.5

3.5
3.2
3.8
3.0
4.7

6.2
6.1
6.2
5.1
7.6

4.4
4.5
4.3
2.8
6.8

4.0
3.1
4.3
3.2
6.1

5.3
5.3
5.2
3.9
7.2

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

104.0
101.3

104.9
101.6

104.8
101.4

104.6
101.1

1.2
1.2

0.4
-1.6

1.2
0.4

2.3
-0.8

0.8
-0.2

1.7
-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)

104.6
116.7
289.7
334.6
93.7

104.5
117.1
290.5
335.8
93.3

104.6
117.8
291.6
337.7
92.9

105.1
118.6
295.4
339.9
93.1

0.4
2.9
7.7
2.6
-2.1

4.8
6.1
2.4
6.1
4.0

3.9
3.9
5.4
3.9
3.0

1.9
6.7
8.1
6.5
-2.5

2.6
4.5
5.0
4.4
0.9

2.9
5.3
6.8
5.2
0.2

(2)...................................
Telephone services (1) (2)...............
Information and information processing
other than telephone services (1) (5)
Personal computers and peripheral
equipment (1) (2)...................
Other goods and services ...................
Tobacco and smoking products (1)...........
Personal care (1)..........................
Personal care products (1)................
Personal care services (1)................
Miscellaneous personal services ..........

92.7
99.4

92.3
99.0

91.8
98.7

92.1
99.0

-2.2
-0.8

4.0
5.9

2.2
4.1

-2.6
-1.6

0.9
2.5

-0.2
1.2

22.5

22.1

21.7

21.4

-14.5

-17.9

-20.1

-18.2

-16.2

-19.2

32.4

31.7

30.4

29.8

-20.5

-22.5

-37.9

-28.4

-21.5

-33.3

278.3
407.7
169.1
155.7
182.2
259.0

282.0
424.2
169.6
155.8
183.4
259.7

280.8
418.7
169.5
153.2
184.1
260.5

281.9
421.0
170.0
154.6
184.1
261.5

7.8
21.6
2.9
1.8
4.6
3.9

-1.0
-10.7
2.9
3.1
3.1
3.7

5.5
11.7
3.1
0.5
2.0
4.0

5.3
13.7
2.1
-2.8
4.2
3.9

3.3
4.2
2.9
2.5
3.9
3.8

5.4
12.7
2.6
-1.2
3.1
3.9

150.8
172.1
138.2
147.9
130.2

151.5
172.4
139.1
149.5
128.5

152.0
172.8
139.7
151.6
127.3

151.9
173.5
139.2
150.7
126.9

2.4
3.9
1.5
0.8
2.5

0.0
2.4
-1.4
-0.3
-2.1

1.1
3.8
-0.6
-2.4
3.8

2.9
3.3
2.9
7.8
-9.8

1.2
3.1
0.0
0.3
0.2

2.0
3.6
1.2
2.6
-3.2

163.1
125.4
201.6
206.5
105.4
144.0

166.8
125.2
202.0
207.2
105.5
143.4

170.2
124.8
202.8
208.0
106.8
144.3

168.8
124.6
203.7
209.0
107.0
144.9

1.2
-1.0
4.0
3.0
1.2
15.4

0.7
1.0
3.9
3.2
1.9
16.9

-4.5
-0.3
5.8
4.6
2.7
26.4

14.7
-2.5
4.2
4.9
6.2
2.5

1.0
0.0
3.9
3.1
1.5
16.2

4.7
-1.4
5.0
4.8
4.4
13.9

108.6
115.2
199.6
275.4
235.7

108.7
114.1
199.7
276.6
236.8

108.9
114.6
200.3
277.3
237.2

109.0
115.5
202.4
278.3
237.7

3.0
4.8
3.1
4.9
2.8

3.4
2.2
1.6
3.8
3.9

2.6
10.0
1.8
6.2
4.0

1.5
1.0
5.7
4.3
3.4

3.2
3.5
2.4
4.3
3.3

2.0
5.4
3.8
5.2
3.7

176.9
169.4
170.9
139.9
149.6
163.7
160.3
210.8

177.5
169.9
171.4
140.8
151.4
167.2
161.2
211.1

178.2
170.5
172.1
141.4
153.3
170.3
162.6
212.0

178.6
170.8
172.5
140.9
152.5
169.1
162.7
213.0

3.0
3.4
3.1
1.4
1.1
1.5
1.8
5.0

2.3
1.9
2.2
-1.1
0.0
0.5
0.8
4.4

3.7
3.4
3.6
-0.6
-2.6
-3.8
1.0
6.9

3.9
3.3
3.8
2.9
8.0
13.9
6.1
4.2

2.7
2.7
2.6
0.1
0.5
1.0
1.3
4.7

3.8
3.4
3.7
1.1
2.5
4.7
3.5
5.6

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

Services less medical care services .........
Energy ......................................
All items less energy .......................
All items less food and energy .............
Commodities less food and energy
commodities ...........................
Energy commodities .......................
Services less energy services .............

194.9
131.3
182.4
185.1

195.4
133.7
182.8
185.5

196.1
137.8
183.0
185.7

197.0
136.5
183.6
186.3

3.7
7.9
2.9
2.9

3.8
3.8
2.2
2.0

5.7
6.0
3.4
3.5

4.4
16.8
2.7
2.6

3.7
5.8
2.6
2.4

5.1
11.3
3.0
3.1

145.8
127.7
207.3

145.8
133.1
207.9

145.2
140.5
208.6

145.2
137.4
209.6

1.7
0.9
3.2

0.0
-7.2
3.2

1.4
-11.6
4.2

-1.6
34.0
4.5

0.8
-3.3
3.2

-0.1
8.8
4.3

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 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

Percent change to
June 2001 from--

Mar.
2001

Apr.
2001

May
2001

June
2001

M

176.2

176.9

177.7

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

M
M
M

183.7
184.6
110.4

184.2
185.0
110.7

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

M
M
M

171.7
173.3
109.7

172.8
174.4
110.4

U.S. city average ...........................

Percent change to
May 2001 from--

June
2000

Apr.
2001

May
2001

May
2000

Mar.
2001

Apr.
2001

178.0

3.2

0.6

0.2

3.6

0.9

0.5

184.6
185.6
110.8

185.3
186.4
111.0

3.5
3.7
3.1

0.6
0.8
0.3

0.4
0.4
0.2

3.5
3.6
3.2

0.5
0.5
0.4

0.2
0.3
0.1

174.2
175.6
111.6

173.8
175.3
111.2

2.4
2.3
2.6

0.6
0.5
0.7

-0.2
-0.2
-0.4

4.0
3.8
4.3

1.5
1.3
1.7

0.8
0.7
1.1

Region and area size(2)

Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than
50,000) ...............................

M

165.9

166.7

167.9

167.5

2.7

0.5

-0.2

4.0

1.2

0.7

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

170.6
170.9
109.4

171.4
171.6
109.9

171.7
171.9
110.1

172.2
172.7
110.3

2.8
3.3
2.5

0.5
0.6
0.4

0.3
0.5
0.2

3.0
3.6
2.7

0.6
0.6
0.6

0.2
0.2
0.2

M

169.5

170.6

171.0

171.4

2.6

0.5

0.2

2.3

0.9

0.2

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

M
M
M

180.1
182.0
110.7

180.4
182.5
110.6

181.3
183.4
111.1

182.0
184.4
111.2

4.4
4.9
3.2

0.9
1.0
0.5

0.4
0.5
0.1

4.2
4.5
3.5

0.7
0.8
0.4

0.5
0.5
0.5

M
M
M

160.3
109.8
170.3

160.9
110.2
171.2

161.6
110.7
171.9

162.1
110.8
172.1

3.6
2.8
2.7

0.7
0.5
0.5

0.3
0.1
0.1

3.9
3.3
3.0

0.8
0.8
0.9

0.4
0.5
0.4

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

177.1
176.2

178.4
176.6

179.8
177.5

179.2
178.9

1.8
4.6

0.4
1.3

-0.3
0.8

3.5
3.7

1.5
0.7

0.8
0.5

M

186.4

186.6

187.3

188.3

3.5

0.9

0.5

3.3

0.5

0.4

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

1
1
1
1

190.9
172.3
168.9
109.7

-

190.9
173.7
169.4
110.1

-

-

-

-

5.1
4.3
3.8
3.2

0.0
0.8
0.3
0.4

-

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

-

176.6
174.5
159.5
172.8

-

177.8
175.8
159.6
173.5

3.8
2.9
3.6
3.3

0.7
0.7
0.1
0.4

-

-

-

-

2
2
2

-

181.2
189.1
184.2

-

182.5
190.9
186.3

3.3
6.6
4.0

0.7
1.0
1.1

-

-

-

-

1
2
3
4

Areas on pricing schedule 2 (see Table 10) will appear next month.
Regions defined as the four Census regions. See map in technical notes.
Indexes on a December 1996=100 base.
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
2000

Unadjusted
Unadjusted indexes percent change to
June 2001 fromMay
2001

June
2001

June
2000

May
2001

Seasonally adjusted
percent change fromMar. to Apr. to
Apr.
May

May to
June

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

100.000
-

174.4
519.4

174.6
520.0

3.2
-

0.1
-

0.4
-

0.3
-

0.2
-

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

17.777
16.736
10.686
1.663
3.059
1.152
1.505

172.3
171.9
171.8
192.9
160.6
164.7
211.5

172.8
172.4
172.4
193.9
161.4
166.9
210.5

3.3
3.4
3.7
3.5
4.4
4.7
5.8

0.3
0.3
0.3
0.5
0.5
1.3
-0.5

0.2
0.2
0.1
0.0
0.7
0.2
0.4

0.2
0.2
0.2
0.3
-0.1
0.7
-0.9

0.4
0.4
0.5
0.2
0.4
1.3
1.4

1.161
2.146
.404
.330
1.411
.346
6.050
.219
1.041

137.2
159.1
155.8
154.3
176.5
108.7
173.1
112.5
178.0

137.8
159.1
155.5
156.4
176.0
108.0
173.5
112.8
178.4

0.8
2.2
1.0
6.8
1.5
0.0
2.9
4.1
2.8

0.4
0.0
-0.2
1.4
-0.3
-0.6
0.2
0.3
0.2

0.0
-0.8
-1.1
-1.2
-0.6
-0.1
0.2
0.2
0.3

-0.4
1.4
1.4
2.0
1.3
0.3
0.2
0.4
0.2

0.5
-0.2
-0.2
1.8
-0.6
-0.6
0.2
0.3
0.3

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)..............

36.775
27.442
8.571
1.356

171.7
193.5
190.4
119.9

173.0
194.4
191.0
123.2

4.5
3.8
4.5
1.9

0.8
0.5
0.3
2.8

0.1
0.2
0.3
-1.2

0.4
0.5
0.5
0.6

0.3
0.4
0.3
1.2

17.199
.315
5.222
4.311
.315
3.996

186.3
106.9
150.8
135.7
131.5
142.9

187.0
107.2
155.2
140.5
129.2
148.5

3.7
3.0
11.9
13.9
7.5
14.3

0.4
0.3
2.9
3.5
-1.7
3.9

0.3
0.2
-0.4
-0.5
-2.2
-0.4

0.4
1.0
0.7
0.8
0.4
0.8

0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.5
0.2

.911
4.111
.414

109.1
125.7
115.0

109.1
125.9
116.4

2.6
0.5
4.6

0.0
0.2
1.2

0.2
-0.2
-1.0

0.2
0.0
0.4

0.1
0.2
1.2

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

4.773
1.364
1.780
.321
.963

128.5
129.2
120.2
132.0
124.5

125.2
126.3
115.6
128.6
122.1

-1.6
-2.5
-1.5
-2.6
-2.0

-2.6
-2.2
-3.8
-2.6
-1.9

-1.2
-0.2
-1.6
-0.1
-2.0

-0.9
0.2
-2.4
-0.9
0.0

-0.3
-0.2
-0.4
-2.6
-0.7

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 ........
Motor vehicle maintenance and repair .....
Public transportation .....................

19.881
18.788
8.845
4.893
3.168
4.283
4.254
.653
1.689
1.094

159.2
156.6
102.0
143.4
160.2
147.4
146.7
103.6
184.1
203.5

157.9
155.1
101.7
142.7
160.0
142.1
141.4
103.6
184.4
209.5

1.5
1.5
0.3
-1.0
1.8
1.4
1.4
3.1
3.4
1.9

-0.8
-1.0
-0.3
-0.5
-0.1
-3.6
-3.6
0.0
0.2
2.9

1.0
1.2
-0.2
-0.1
-0.6
5.3
5.4
-0.1
0.2
-0.8

1.3
1.2
-0.5
-0.1
-1.0
6.0
5.8
0.2
0.5
1.2

-0.5
-0.7
-0.2
-0.1
-0.3
-2.9
-2.6
-0.1
0.2
3.3

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

4.746
.928
3.818
2.435
1.170

270.4
241.7
277.0
248.0
330.6

271.5
243.2
278.0
248.7
332.0

4.5
4.1
4.7
3.7
6.5

0.4
0.6
0.4
0.3
0.4

0.3
0.2
0.4
0.3
0.4

0.3
0.3
0.3
0.1
0.8

0.3
0.5
0.3
0.3
0.4

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

5.679
1.830

103.7
101.1

103.5
100.7

1.0
-0.5

-0.2
-0.4

0.8
0.4

-0.1
-0.1

-0.2
-0.5

Education and communication (2).............
Education (2)..............................

5.186
2.576

104.1
116.7

104.5
117.2

2.8
4.8

0.4
0.4

0.0
0.4

0.1
0.5

0.5
0.7

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)...................

.209
2.367
2.610

294.5
329.1
94.0

298.2
330.3
94.3

6.2
4.7
0.7

1.3
0.4
0.3

0.3
0.4
-0.4

0.3
0.6
-0.4

1.5
0.5
0.3

2.464
2.327

93.4
98.8

93.6
99.2

0.6
1.8

0.2
0.4

-0.3
-0.3

-0.4
-0.4

0.2
0.4

.137

22.4

22.2

-17.8

-0.9

-2.1

-1.8

-0.9

.064

29.9

29.4

-27.8

-1.7

-2.2

-3.9

-1.7

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

5.182
1.906
3.276
.822
.989
1.268

286.8
419.8
169.3
153.8
184.7
260.7

287.9
421.6
169.9
155.4
184.8
261.6

4.9
8.5
2.8
0.9
3.6
4.1

0.4
0.4
0.4
1.0
0.1
0.3

1.7
4.0
0.2
0.1
0.6
0.2

-0.5
-1.2
-0.1
-1.4
0.4
0.3

0.4
0.4
0.4
1.0
0.1
0.5

46.594
17.777
28.817
16.480
4.773

153.9
172.3
142.6
156.2
128.5

153.0
172.8
141.1
153.6
125.2

1.6
3.3
0.6
1.4
-1.6

-0.6
0.3
-1.1
-1.7
-2.6

0.6
0.2
0.9
1.7
-1.2

0.3
0.2
0.4
1.4
-0.9

-0.1
0.4
-0.5
-0.7
-0.3

11.707
12.337
53.406
27.126
.315
3.996

176.3
125.5
198.7
186.3
106.9
142.9

174.1
125.2
200.1
187.2
107.2
148.5

2.7
-0.6
4.5
3.8
3.0
14.3

-1.2
-0.2
0.7
0.5
0.3
3.9

2.9
-0.3
0.2
0.3
0.2
-0.4

2.1
-0.3
0.4
0.5
1.0
0.8

-1.0
-0.2
0.4
0.4
0.3
0.2

.911
.414
6.714
3.818
10.112

109.1
115.0
197.6
277.0
232.2

109.1
116.4
198.9
278.0
232.6

2.6
4.6
3.3
4.7
3.5

0.0
1.2
0.7
0.4
0.2

0.2
-1.0
0.1
0.4
0.4

0.2
0.4
0.3
0.3
0.2

0.1
1.2
0.9
0.3
0.2

83.264
72.558
95.254
29.858

174.7
169.1
170.0
144.1

174.9
169.0
170.2
142.6

3.1
2.9
3.1
0.6

0.1
-0.1
0.1
-1.0

0.4
0.4
0.4
0.8

0.4
0.4
0.4
0.4

0.1
0.0
0.1
-0.5

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) ............................

17.521
12.748
34.257
26.280
49.589
8.595
91.405
74.669

157.6
175.9
164.8
187.8
192.3
140.6
179.2
181.2

155.3
173.9
163.8
189.6
193.6
140.3
179.5
181.4

1.6
2.7
2.4
5.2
4.5
7.2
2.7
2.6

-1.5
-1.1
-0.6
1.0
0.7
-0.2
0.2
0.1

1.6
2.5
0.8
0.1
0.2
2.3
0.2
0.2

1.4
2.1
0.9
0.4
0.4
3.4
0.1
0.1

-0.6
-0.9
0.0
0.4
0.4
-1.3
0.3
0.3

25.259
4.598
49.410

146.4
146.6
204.8

145.6
141.5
205.7

0.4
1.7
3.7

-0.5
-3.5
0.4

0.1
4.8
0.2

-0.5
5.6
0.4

-0.1
-2.6
0.4

-

$ .574

$ .573

-

-

-

-

-

-

$ .193

$ .192

-

-

-

-

-

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.
2001

Expenditure category

Apr.
2001

May
2001

June
2001

Sep.
2000

Dec.
2000

Mar.
2001

June
2001

6 months
ended-Dec.
2000

June
2001

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

172.7

173.4

174.0

174.3

3.1

2.4

3.6

3.8

2.7

3.7

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

171.7
171.2
171.1
192.2
160.0
163.1
211.6

172.0
171.5
171.3
192.2
161.1
163.5
212.4

172.3
171.8
171.6
192.7
160.9
164.7
210.4

173.0
172.5
172.5
193.1
161.5
166.9
213.3

4.1
4.1
4.4
4.8
3.4
5.6
11.6

2.1
2.2
2.4
4.1
0.3
-0.2
10.2

4.1
4.1
4.6
3.2
10.4
4.0
-1.3

3.1
3.1
3.3
1.9
3.8
9.7
3.3

3.1
3.1
3.4
4.4
1.8
2.7
10.9

3.6
3.6
3.9
2.5
7.0
6.8
0.9

137.6
158.2
155.3
153.0
175.4
108.5
172.3
111.8
176.8

137.6
157.0
153.6
151.1
174.3
108.4
172.7
112.0
177.4

137.1
159.2
155.7
154.1
176.5
108.7
173.1
112.5
177.8

137.8
158.9
155.4
156.9
175.5
108.0
173.5
112.8
178.4

2.7
1.6
0.8
5.0
1.2
-1.8
3.4
7.6
2.1

-0.6
1.5
0.5
6.3
0.7
4.2
1.9
3.7
3.5

0.6
3.9
2.6
5.7
4.0
-0.4
3.6
1.4
1.8

0.6
1.8
0.3
10.6
0.2
-1.8
2.8
3.6
3.7

1.0
1.5
0.7
5.7
0.9
1.1
2.6
5.6
2.8

0.6
2.8
1.4
8.1
2.1
-1.1
3.2
2.5
2.7

170.8
192.2
189.0
111.9

171.0
192.6
189.6
110.6

171.7
193.5
190.6
111.3

172.3
194.3
191.2
112.6

4.7
3.2
4.4
-0.7

4.1
3.0
4.0
-4.3

5.8
4.7
5.0
11.1

3.6
4.4
4.7
2.5

4.4
3.1
4.2
-2.5

4.7
4.6
4.9
6.7

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)..............

185.2
105.6
150.9
135.2
133.6
142.6

185.7
105.8
150.3
134.5
130.6
142.1

186.5
106.9
151.3
135.6
131.1
143.3

187.1
107.2
151.7
136.0
131.7
143.6

3.1
1.2
14.3
17.1
52.8
14.8

3.1
1.9
14.7
17.1
21.9
17.0

4.2
2.7
17.3
20.7
-24.0
24.5

4.2
6.2
2.1
2.4
-5.6
2.8

3.1
1.5
14.5
17.1
36.5
15.9

4.2
4.4
9.5
11.1
-15.3
13.1

108.6
125.8
115.7

108.8
125.6
114.5

109.0
125.6
115.0

109.1
125.8
116.4

3.0
2.3
4.8

3.4
0.6
2.1

2.6
-0.9
9.1

1.9
0.0
2.4

3.2
1.4
3.4

2.2
-0.5
5.7

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

128.8
126.8
121.8
133.3
125.5

127.3
126.6
119.9
133.2
123.0

126.1
126.9
117.0
132.0
123.0

125.7
126.7
116.5
128.6
122.1

1.3
-1.8
5.9
-8.8
0.6

-1.6
-2.1
-3.0
3.1
-1.6

3.8
-5.2
9.4
10.5
3.9

-9.3
-0.3
-16.3
-13.4
-10.4

-0.2
-2.0
1.4
-3.0
-0.5

-3.0
-2.8
-4.3
-2.1
-3.5

Transportation .............................
Private transportation ....................

154.2
151.6

155.8
153.4

157.8
155.3

157.0
154.2

-0.5
-0.8

0.0
0.0

-0.5
0.0

7.5
7.0

-0.3
-0.4

3.4
3.5

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

103.1
143.3
163.1
127.3
126.5
103.8
183.1
201.5

102.9
143.2
162.2
134.0
133.3
103.7
183.4
199.9

102.4
143.1
160.5
142.0
141.0
103.9
184.3
202.3

102.2
142.9
160.0
137.9
137.3
103.8
184.6
209.0

-0.8
-1.7
-0.5
-5.2
-5.2
1.2
3.9
3.4

4.0
0.6
9.2
-9.8
-10.1
4.4
3.4
-0.8

1.6
-1.7
6.9
-10.3
-10.3
6.8
3.3
-9.3

-3.4
-1.1
-7.4
37.7
38.8
0.0
3.3
15.7

1.6
-0.6
4.2
-7.5
-7.7
2.8
3.6
1.3

-1.0
-1.4
-0.5
11.2
11.5
3.4
3.3
2.4

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

268.8
240.2
275.2
246.6
327.7

269.7
240.7
276.3
247.3
329.1

270.5
241.5
277.0
247.5
331.6

271.3
242.7
277.7
248.2
333.0

4.5
3.1
4.8
3.6
7.1

3.4
2.9
3.6
3.0
4.5

6.3
6.0
6.3
5.5
7.8

3.8
4.2
3.7
2.6
6.6

4.0
3.0
4.2
3.3
5.8

5.0
5.1
5.0
4.1
7.2

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

102.8
100.7

103.6
101.1

103.5
101.0

103.3
100.5

1.2
0.8

0.0
-1.6

0.4
-0.4

2.0
-0.8

0.6
-0.4

1.2
-0.6

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)...................

104.6
116.9
293.6
328.6
94.8

104.6
117.4
294.4
329.8
94.4

104.7
118.0
295.4
331.8
94.0

105.2
118.8
299.7
333.6
94.3

0.8
3.2
8.0
3.0
-2.1

4.8
5.7
2.5
5.9
4.4

3.5
3.9
5.5
3.9
3.0

2.3
6.7
8.6
6.2
-2.1

2.8
4.5
5.2
4.4
1.1

2.9
5.2
7.0
5.0
0.4

94.1
99.5

93.8
99.2

93.4
98.8

93.6
99.2

-1.7
-1.2

4.4
6.3

2.2
3.7

-2.1
-1.2

1.3
2.5

0.0
1.2

23.3

22.8

22.4

22.2

-15.3

-18.6

-19.5

-17.6

-17.0

-18.6

31.8

31.1

29.9

29.4

-19.9

-24.4

-38.4

-26.9

-22.2

-32.9

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

283.8
408.5
169.0
155.9
182.8
258.8

288.5
424.8
169.4
156.0
183.9
259.4

287.1
419.8
169.3
153.8
184.7
260.2

288.2
421.6
169.9
155.4
184.8
261.6

9.6
21.6
2.9
2.9
4.6
3.5

-2.4
-10.6
2.9
1.8
3.1
4.0

6.3
12.2
3.1
0.3
2.4
4.3

6.3
13.5
2.1
-1.3
4.4
4.4

3.4
4.3
2.9
2.4
3.9
3.8

6.3
12.8
2.6
-0.5
3.4
4.3

151.6
171.7
139.5
149.3
128.8

152.5
172.0
140.7
151.8
127.3

153.0
172.3
141.3
154.0
126.1

152.8
173.0
140.6
152.9
125.7

2.1
4.1
0.9
-0.3
1.3

0.0
2.1
-1.4
-0.8
-1.6

1.3
4.1
-0.3
-2.6
3.8

3.2
3.1
3.2
10.0
-9.3

1.1
3.1
-0.3
-0.5
-0.2

2.3
3.6
1.4
3.5
-3.0

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

165.7
126.3
197.8
185.1
105.6
142.6

170.5
125.9
198.2
185.6
105.8
142.1

174.0
125.5
199.0
186.5
106.9
143.3

172.2
125.3
199.8
187.2
107.2
143.6

0.0
-1.3
4.0
3.1
1.2
14.8

-0.7
1.6
4.0
3.3
1.9
17.0

-4.2
0.6
5.9
4.2
2.7
24.5

16.6
-3.1
4.1
4.6
6.2
2.8

-0.4
0.2
4.0
3.2
1.5
15.9

5.7
-1.3
5.0
4.4
4.4
13.1

108.6
115.7
196.6
275.2
231.5

108.8
114.5
196.8
276.3
232.4

109.0
115.0
197.4
277.0
232.9

109.1
116.4
199.1
277.7
233.4

3.0
4.8
3.4
4.8
2.7

3.4
2.1
1.9
3.6
4.1

2.6
9.1
2.7
6.3
3.9

1.9
2.4
5.2
3.7
3.3

3.2
3.4
2.6
4.2
3.4

2.2
5.7
3.9
5.0
3.6

172.7
167.2
168.3
141.2
151.1
166.1
161.1
187.4
191.4
130.6
178.8
180.9

173.4
167.9
168.9
142.4
153.5
170.3
162.4
187.6
191.8
133.6
179.1
181.2

174.1
168.6
169.6
143.0
155.6
173.8
163.8
188.4
192.6
138.1
179.3
181.3

174.3
168.6
169.8
142.3
154.6
172.2
163.8
189.2
193.4
136.3
179.8
181.8

2.9
3.0
2.9
0.9
0.0
0.5
1.0
4.8
3.9
4.8
2.8
2.7

2.4
2.0
2.2
-1.1
-0.8
-0.2
-0.2
4.7
4.1
2.5
2.3
2.0

3.6
3.2
3.6
-0.3
-2.3
-4.0
2.0
7.6
5.6
4.1
3.7
3.6

3.8
3.4
3.6
3.2
9.6
15.5
6.9
3.9
4.2
18.6
2.3
2.0

2.6
2.5
2.6
-0.1
-0.4
0.1
0.4
4.7
4.0
3.7
2.5
2.4

3.7
3.3
3.6
1.4
3.5
5.3
4.4
5.7
4.9
11.1
3.0
2.8

146.6
127.7
204.0

146.7
133.8
204.5

146.0
141.3
205.3

145.9
137.6
206.1

1.4
-2.6
3.3

0.5
-7.8
3.0

1.7
-11.3
4.4

-1.9
34.8
4.2

1.0
-5.3
3.1

-0.1
9.3
4.3

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 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
June 2001 from--

Mar.
2001

Apr.
2001

May
2001

June
2001

M

172.6

173.5

174.4

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

M
M
M

180.3
180.2
109.8

180.9
180.7
110.2

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

M
M
M

167.8
168.5
109.6

M

U.S. city average ...........................

Percent change to
May 2001 from--

June
2000

Apr.
2001

May
2001

May
2000

Mar.
2001

Apr.
2001

174.6

3.2

0.6

0.1

3.7

1.0

0.5

181.6
181.6
110.4

182.1
182.3
110.5

3.5
3.8
3.0

0.7
0.9
0.3

0.3
0.4
0.1

3.5
3.7
3.2

0.7
0.8
0.5

0.4
0.5
0.2

169.0
169.6
110.6

170.7
171.0
112.0

170.1
170.5
111.4

2.3
2.2
2.5

0.7
0.5
0.7

-0.4
-0.3
-0.5

4.1
3.9
4.7

1.7
1.5
2.2

1.0
0.8
1.3

164.3

165.1

166.4

165.8

2.5

0.4

-0.4

4.0

1.3

0.8

Region and area size(2)

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

M
M
M

168.7
168.4
109.1

169.6
169.3
109.7

170.0
169.7
109.9

170.3
170.5
110.0

2.7
3.3
2.4

0.4
0.7
0.3

0.2
0.5
0.1

3.0
3.6
2.7

0.8
0.8
0.7

0.2
0.2
0.2

M

170.4

171.8

172.0

172.3

2.5

0.3

0.2

2.4

0.9

0.1

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

M
M
M

175.3
175.4
110.4

175.8
176.0
110.4

176.7
177.0
110.9

177.3
177.9
110.9

4.4
4.9
3.3

0.9
1.1
0.5

0.3
0.5
0.0

4.2
4.5
3.5

0.8
0.9
0.5

0.5
0.6
0.5

M
M
M

158.6
109.5
169.5

159.3
110.1
170.5

160.2
110.7
171.1

160.6
110.6
171.2

3.5
2.7
2.6

0.8
0.5
0.4

0.2
-0.1
0.1

4.0
3.5
2.9

1.0
1.1
0.9

0.6
0.5
0.4

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

171.4
169.1

172.6
169.6

174.0
170.5

173.4
171.9

1.8
4.6

0.5
1.4

-0.3
0.8

3.5
3.7

1.5
0.8

0.8
0.5

M

181.8

181.9

183.0

183.8

3.5

1.0

0.4

3.4

0.7

0.6

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

189.3
163.9
168.5
109.4

-

190.1
165.6
169.1
109.9

-

-

-

-

5.3
4.2
3.7
3.0

0.4
1.0
0.4
0.5

-

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

-

173.8
169.1
157.8
170.4

-

175.4
170.4
158.4
171.2

3.8
2.8
3.5
3.3

0.9
0.8
0.4
0.5

-

-

-

-

2
2
2

-

180.7
184.9
179.4

-

182.0
186.9
181.3

3.4
6.7
3.9

0.7
1.1
1.1

-

-

-

-

1 Areas on pricing schedule 2 (see Table 10) will appear next month.
2 Regions defined as the four Census regions. See map in technical notes.
3 Indexes on a December 1996=100 base.
4 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base.
5 In addition, the following metropolitan areas are published semiannually and appear in Tables 34 and 39 of the
January and July issues of the CPI Detailed Report: Anchorage, AK; Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN; Denver-Boulder-Greeley,
CO; Honolulu, HI; Kansas City, MO-KS; Milwaukee-Racine, WI; Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI; Pittsburgh, PA; Portland-Salem,
OR-WA; St. Louis, MO-IL; San Diego, CA; Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL.
6 Indexes on a November 1996=100 base.
- Data not available.
NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.