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News Bureau of Labor Statistics United States Department of Labor Washington, D.C. 20212 FOR TECHNICAL INFORMATION: Patrick C. Jackman (202) 691-7000 CPI QUICKLINE: (202) 691-6994 FOR CURRENT AND HISTORICAL INFORMATION: (202) 691-5200 MEDIA CONTACT: (202) 691-5902 INTERNET ADDRESS: http://www.bls.gov/cpi/ USDL-07-1094 TRANSMISSION OF MATERIAL IN THIS RELEASE IS EMBARGOED UNTIL 8:30 A.M. (EDT) Wednesday, July 18, 2007 CONSUMER PRICE INDEX: JUNE 2007 The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.2 percent in June, before seasonal adjustment, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The June level of 208.352 (1982-84=100) was 2.7 percent higher than in June 2006. The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) increased 0.1 percent in June prior to seasonal adjustment. The June level of 203.906 (1982-84=100) was 2.7 percent higher than in June 2006. The Chained Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (C-CPI-U) increased 0.2 percent in June on a not seasonally adjusted basis. The June level of 120.221 (December 1999=100) was 2.3 percent higher than in June 2006. Please note that the indexes for the post-2005 period are subject to revision. CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) On a seasonally adjusted basis, the CPI-U advanced 0.2 percent in June, following a 0.7 percent increase in May. The index for energy, which had increased sharply in each of the preceding three months, declined 0.5 percent in June. The index for petroleum-based energy decreased 0.9 percent and the index for energy services fell 0.1 percent. The food index rose 0.5 percent in June with grocery store food prices up 0.6 percent. The index for all items less food and energy advanced 0.2 percent in June, following a 0.1 percent rise in May. A larger increase in the index for shelter and an upturn in the index for new and used vehicles were responsible for the larger advance. 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 2006 2007 3-mos. ended ended Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June June ’07 June ’07 All Items .4 .2 .4 .6 .4 .7 .2 5.2 2.7 Food and beverages -.1 .7 .8 .3 .4 .3 .5 4.9 4.0 Housing .4 .2 .4 .2 .2 .2 .3 3.0 3.4 Apparel .2 .3 .5 -1.0 -.3 -.3 -.6 -4.8 -1.4 Transportation 1.7 -.8 .1 2.8 1.2 2.8 -.2 16.5 0.9 Medical care .2 .8 .5 .1 .4 .3 .2 3.8 4.0 Recreation -.3 .1 .0 .0 .1 .2 .0 1.1 .3 Education and communication .2 -.1 .3 .5 .3 .6 .0 3.5 2.4 Other goods and services .6 .8 .2 .2 .3 .3 .3 3.4 3.7 Special Indexes Energy 4.2 -1.5 .9 5.9 2.4 5.4 -.5 32.9 4.6 Food .0 .7 .8 .3 .4 .3 .5 5.1 4.1 All Items less food and energy .1 .3 .2 .1 .2 .1 .2 2.3 2.2 Consumer prices increased at a seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR) of 5.2 percent in the second quarter after advancing at a 4.7 percent rate in the first three months of 2007. This brings the year-to-date annual rate to 5.0 percent and compares with an increase of 2.5 percent in all of 2006. The index for energy, which rose 2.9 percent in all of 2006, advanced at a 27.8 percent SAAR in the first half of 2007 and accounted for about 48 percent of the advance in the overall CPI-U during that period. Petroleum-based energy costs increased at a 48.3 percent annual rate and charges for energy services rose at a 5.5 percent annual rate. The food index rose at a 6.2 percent SAAR in the first half of 2007 and contributed about 17 percent to the overall CPI-U increase in the first six months. Grocery store food prices increased at a 8.0 percent annual rate in the first half of 2007, reflecting acceleration over the last year in each of the six major groups. These increases ranged from annual rates of 14.8 percent in the index for dairy products to 5.5 percent in the index for other food at home. The CPI-U excluding food and energy advanced at a 2.3 percent SAAR in the second quarter, the same rate as in the first three months of 2007. The advance at a 2.3 percent SAAR for the first half of 2007 compares with a 2.6 percent rise in all of 2006. The deceleration largely reflects a smaller increase in the index for shelter and a downturn in the index for apparel. Shelter costs, which rose 4.2 percent in all of 2006, have risen at a 3.4 percent annual rate in the first half of 2007. The index for apparel, which registered in first annual increase in 2006 since 1997, has declined at an annual rate of 2.9 percent thus far in 2007. The annual rates for selected groups for the last seven and one-half 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 2000 3.4 2.8 4.3 -1.8 4.1 4.2 1.7 2001 1.6 2.8 2.9 -3.2 -3.8 4.7 1.5 2002 2.4 1.5 2.4 -1.8 3.8 5.0 1.1 2003 1.9 3.5 2.2 -2.1 .3 3.7 1.1 2004 3.3 2.6 3.0 -.2 6.5 4.2 .7 2005 3.4 2.3 4.0 -1.1 4.8 4.3 1.1 2006 2.5 2.2 3.3 .9 1.6 3.6 1.0 SAAR 6 mos. ended in June 2007 5.0 6.2 3.2 -2.9 12.3 4.7 .6 1.3 4.2 3.2 4.5 2.2 3.3 1.6 1.5 1.5 2.5 2.4 3.1 2.3 3.0 3.1 4.1 14.2 15.7 12.7 2.6 2.8 -13.0 -24.5 -1.5 2.8 2.8 10.7 23.7 .4 1.8 1.5 6.9 6.9 6.9 1.5 3.6 16.6 26.7 6.8 2.2 2.7 17.1 16.7 17.6 2.2 2.3 2.9 6.1 -.6 2.5 2.1 27.8 48.3 5.5 2.8 6.2 2.6 2.7 1.9 1.1 2.2 2.2 2.6 2.3 The food and beverages index rose 0.5 percent in June. The index for food at home, which rose 0.4 percent in May, increased 0.6 percent in June. The index for dairy products increased 3.2 percent, accounting for over half of the June food at home advance. Milk prices rose 3.5 percent and have risen 9.9 percent since the beginning of the year. The index for fruits and vegetables declined for the second consecutive month--down 1.1 percent in June. The indexes for fresh vegetables and for fresh fruits declined 2.7 and 0.7 percent, respectively, while the index for processed fruits and vegetables increased 1.4 percent. The index for meats, poultry, fish, and eggs increased 0.5 percent. The indexes for pork and for beef increased 0.5 and 0.2 percent, respectively. Poultry prices rose 2.1 percent. Through the first six months of 2007, beef and pork prices have each risen 5.2 percent and poultry prices, 6.5 percent. The indexes for cereal and bakery products and for other food at home each increased 0.7 percent. The index for nonalcoholic beverages rose 0.3 percent. 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. The index for housing increased 0.3 percent in June, following increases of 0.2 percent in each of the preceding three months. The index for shelter rose 0.4 percent, following an increase of 0.2 percent in May. Within shelter, the index for rent rose 0.3 percent; the index for owners' equivalent rent, 0.2 percent; and the index for lodging away from home, 2.5 percent. The index for household energy increased 0.1 percent as a 2.5 percent increase in the index for fuel oil was partially offset by decreases in the indexes for natural gas and for electricity--each down 0.1 percent. (Prior to seasonal adjustment, charges for electricity rose 6.9 percent, reflecting in part the switch to seasonal rates in some areas.) The index for household furnishings and operations increased 0.1 percent in June. The transportation index, which had risen sharply in each of the preceding three months, declined 0.2 percent in June, reflecting a downturn in the index for motor fuels. The index for gasoline prices, which had increased 28.0 percent during the previous three months, declined 1.1 percent in June. (Prior to seasonal adjustment, gasoline prices fell 1.9 percent from their peak level recorded in May.) The index for new vehicles was virtually unchanged. The index for used cars and trucks increased 0.4 percent. During the last 12 months new vehicle prices have declined 1.0 percent and prices for used cars and trucks, 4.5 percent. The index for public transportation rose 0.8 percent in June, reflecting a 0.9 percent increase in the index for airline fares. (Prior to seasonal adjustment, airline fares advanced 2.8 percent.) The index for apparel declined for the fourth consecutive month, down 0.6 percent in June. (Prior to seasonal adjustment, apparel prices decreased 3.5 percent. Prices for women’s and girls’ apparel registered the largest decline--down 5.8 percent.) Medical care costs rose 0.2 percent in June and are 4.0 percent higher than a year ago. The index for medical care commodities--prescription drugs, nonprescription drugs, and medical supplies--was virtually unchanged. The index for medical care services rose 0.3 percent. The indexes for professional services and for hospital and related services increased 0.2 and 0.3 percent, respectively. The index for recreation was virtually unchanged in June. Increases in the indexes for pets, pet products and services and for video and audio--up 0.6 and 0.2 percent, respectively--were offset by decreases in most other recreation categories. The index for admissions to movies, theaters, concerts, and sporting events declined 1.1 percent. The index for education and communication, which advanced 0.6 percent in May, was virtually unchanged in June. Educational costs rose 0.2 percent and the index for communication costs decreased 0.2 percent. Within the communication group, the index for information and information processing declined 0.3 percent; the indexes for personal computers and peripheral equipment and for internet services and electronic information providers declined 2.7 and 1.2 percent, respectively. The index for other goods and services increased 0.3 percent in May. The index for tobacco and smoking products rose 0.5 percent and has increased 5.9 percent during the last 12 months. The index for miscellaneous personal services rose 0.3 percent, reflecting a 1.1 percent increase in the index for financial services. CPI for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) On a seasonally adjusted basis, the CPI for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers increased 0.1 percent in June. Table B. Percent changes in CPI for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) Seasonally adjusted Compound Expenditure Changes from preceding month annual rate Category 2006 2007 3-mos. ended Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June June ’07 All Items .5 .1 .4 .8 .5 .8 .1 5.6 Food and beverages -.1 .7 .8 .3 .4 .4 .5 5.2 Housing .4 .3 .4 .3 .2 .2 .2 2.4 Apparel .2 -.1 .5 -.8 -.4 -.3 -.9 -6.3 Transportation 1.9 -1.0 .0 3.0 1.4 3.1 -.2 18.6 Medical care .1 .8 .5 .1 .4 .3 .2 3.7 Recreation -.3 .1 .0 -.1 .0 .2 -.1 .6 Education and communication .1 -.1 .3 .4 .3 .6 .0 3.4 Other goods and services .8 1.0 .4 .2 .1 .3 .3 3.1 Special Indexes Energy 4.3 -1.5 .8 6.2 2.6 5.8 -.7 34.7 Food -.1 .6 .8 .3 .4 .4 .5 5.3 All Items less food and energy .1 .2 .2 .1 .2 .1 .2 1.8 Unadjusted 12-mos. ended June ’07 2.7 4.1 3.4 -1.7 1.1 4.1 .1 2.2 4.0 4.7 4.1 2.0 Consumer Price Index data for July are scheduled for release on Wednesday, August 15, 2007, at 8:30 A.M. (EDT). Consumer Price Index Levels to Three Decimal Places Effective with the January 2007 release of the Consumer Price Index (CPI), the Bureau of Labor Statistics began computing percent changes based upon three decimal place indexes rather than one decimal place indexes. This change applied to the All Items Consumer Price Index and all component indexes for the CPI-U, CPI-W, and C-CPI-U, for the U.S. City Average and for all other published areas. In addition, CPI index values were displayed to three decimal places in all paper and electronic publications. As in the past, percent changes were rounded and displayed to one decimal place. The change in procedure addressed a rounding issue that resulted in published percent changes that were 0.1 percentage point higher or lower than the same percent changes based on unrounded index values (i.e., indexes to three or more decimal places). These differences were particularly important when percent changes were very small. Publishing the index values to three decimal places, and using these values to compute percent changes, essentially eliminated the possibility of rounding differences. This change only affected the presentation of the index data. Index values continue to be calculated from underlying price data in the same manner as in the past, and no systematic upward or downward effect on the data was introduced. The levels of the indexes are affected only in that they are published to three decimal places rather than one place. Official CPI data previously published were not be revised. For more information contact Patrick Jackman or Ken Stewart either by telephone at (202) 691-6952 and (202) 691-6966, respectively, or by electronic mail at Jackman.Patrick@bls.gov or Stewart.Ken@bls.gov Note on Sampling Error in the Consumer Price Index The CPI is a statistical estimate that is subject to sampling error because it is based upon a sample of retail prices and not the complete universe of all prices. BLS calculates and publishes estimates of the 1-month, 2-month, 6-month and 12-month percent change standard errors annually, for the CPI-U. These standard error estimates can be used to construct confidence intervals for hypothesis testing. For example, the estimated standard error of the 1 month percent change is 0.06 percent for the U.S. All Items Consumer Price Index. This means that if we repeatedly sample from the universe of all retail prices using the same methodology, and estimate a percentage change for each sample, then 95% of these estimates would be within 0.12 percent of the 1 month percentage change based on all retail prices. For a 1-month change of 0.2 percent in the All Items CPI for All Urban Consumers, we are 95 percent confident that the actual percent change based on all retail prices would fall between 0.08 and 0.32 percent. For the latest data, including information on how to use the estimates of standard error, see “Variance Estimates for Changes in the Consumer Price Index, January 2005December 2005 in the CPI Detailed Report, February 2006. These data are available on the CPI home page (http://www.bls.gov/cpi), using the following link http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpivar2006.pdf Facilities for Sensory Impaired Information from this release will be made available to sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: 202-691-5200, Federal Relay Services: 1-800-877-8339. For a recorded message of Summary CPI data, call (202) 691-5200. Brief Explanation of the CPI The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a measure of the average change in prices over time of goods and services purchased by households. The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes CPIs for two population groups: (1) the CPI for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W), which covers households of wage earners and clerical workers that comprise approximately 32 percent of the total population and (2) the CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) and the Chained CPI for All Urban Consumers (C-CPI-U), which cover approximately 87 percent of the total population and include in addition to wage earners and clerical worker households, groups such as professional, managerial, and technical workers, the self-employed, short-term workers, the unemployed, and retirees and others not in the labor force. The CPIs are based on prices of food, clothing, shelter, and fuels, transportation fares, charges for doctors’ and dentists’ services, drugs, and other goods and services that people buy for day-to-day living. Prices are collected in 87 urban areas across the country from about 50,000 housing units and approximately 23,000 retail establishments-department stores, supermarkets, hospitals, filling stations, and other types of stores and service establishments. All taxes directly associated with the purchase and use of items are included in the index. Prices of fuels and a few other items are obtained every month in all 87 locations. Prices of most other commodities and services are collected every month in the three largest geographic areas and every other month in other areas. Prices of most goods and services are obtained by personal visits or telephone calls of the Bureau’s trained representatives. In calculating the index, price changes for the various items in each location are averaged together with weights, which represent their importance in the spending of the appropriate population group. Local data are then combined to obtain a U.S. city average. For the CPI-U and CPI-W separate indexes are also published by size of city, by region of the country, for cross-classifications of regions and population-size classes, and for 27 local areas. Area indexes do not measure differences in the level of prices among cities; they only measure the average change in prices for each area since the base period. For the C-CPI-U data are issued only at the national level. It is important to note that the CPI-U and CPI-W are considered final when released, but the CCPI-U is issued in preliminary form and subject to two annual revisions. The index measures price change from a designed reference date. For the CPI-U and the CPI-W the reference base is 1982-84 equals 100.0. The reference base for the C-CPI-U is December 1999 equals 100. An increase of 16.5 percent from the reference base, for example, is shown as 116.5. This change can also be expressed in dollars as follows: the price of a base period market basket of goods and services in the CPI has risen from $10 in 1982-84 to $11.65. For further details visit the CPI home page on the Internet at http://www.bls.gov/cpi/ or contact our CPI Information and Analysis Section on (202) 691-7000. Calculating Index Changes Movements of the indexes from one month to another are usually expressed as percent changes rather than changes in index points, because index point changes are affected by the level of the index in relation to its base period while percent changes are not. The example below illustrates the computation of index point and percent changes. Percent changes for 3-month and 6-month periods are expressed as annual rates and are computed according to the standard formula for compound growth rates. These data indicate what the percent change would be if the current rate were maintained for a 12-month period. Index Point Change CPI Less previous index Equals index point change 202.416 201.800 .616 Percent Change Index point difference Divided by the previous index Equals Results multiplied by one hundred Equals percent change .616 201.800 0.003 0.003x100 0.3 Regions Defined The states in the four regions shown in Tables 3 and 6 are listed below. The Northeast--Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont. The Midwest--Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. The South--Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia. The West--Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. A Note on Seasonally Adjusted and Unadjusted Data Because price data are used for different purposes by different groups, the Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes seasonally adjusted as well as unadjusted changes each month. For analyzing general price trends in the economy, seasonally adjusted changes are usually preferred since they eliminate the effect of changes that normally occur at the same time and in about the same magnitude every year--such as price movements resulting from changing climatic conditions, production cycles, model changeovers, holidays, and sales. The unadjusted data are of primary interest to consumers concerned about the prices they actually pay. Unadjusted data also are used extensively for escalation purposes. Many collective bargaining contract agreements and pension plans, for example, tie compensation changes to the Consumer Price Index unadjusted for seasonal variation. Seasonal factors used in computing the seasonally adjusted indexes are derived by the X-12-ARIMA Seasonal Adjustment Method. Seasonally adjusted indexes and seasonal factors are computed annually. Each year, the last 5 years of seasonally adjusted data are revised. Data from January 2002 through December 2006 were replaced in January 2007. Exceptions to the usual revision schedule were: the updated seasonal data at the end of 1977 replaced data from 1967 through 1977; and, in January 2002, dependently seasonally adjusted series were revised for January 1987-December 2001 as a result of a change in the aggregation weights for dependently adjusted series. For further information, please see “Aggregation of Dependently Adjusted Seasonally Adjusted Series,” in the October 2001 issue of the CPI Detailed Report. The seasonal movement of All items and 54 other aggregations is derived by combining the seasonal movement of 73 selected components. Each year the seasonal status of every series is reevaluated based upon certain statistical criteria. If any of the 73 components change their seasonal adjustment status from seasonally adjusted to not seasonally adjusted, not seasonally adjusted data will be used in the aggregation of the dependent series for the last 5 years, but the seasonally adjusted indexes will be used before that period. Note: 44 of the 73 components are seasonally adjusted for 2007. Seasonally adjusted data, including the All items index levels, are subject to revision for up to five years after their original release. For this reason, BLS advises against the use of these data in escalation agreements. Effective with the calculation of the seasonal factors for 1990, the Bureau of Labor Statistics has used an enhanced seasonal adjustment procedure called Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment for some CPI series. Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment allows for better estimates of seasonally adjusted data. Extreme values and/or sharp movements which might distort the seasonal pattern are estimated and removed from the data prior to calculation of seasonal factors. Beginning with the calculation of seasonal factors for 1996, X-12ARIMA software was used for Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment. In January 2007, BLS adjusted 37 series using Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment, including selected food and beverage items, fuel oil, motor fuels, vehicles, jewelry, admission to sporting events and educational books and supplies. For example, this procedure was used for the Motor fuel series to offset the effects of damage to oil refineries from Hurricane Katrina, as well as the effects of implementing new fuel requirements in the United States. For a complete list of Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment series and explanations, please refer to the article “Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment”, located on our website at: http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpisapage.htm. For additional information on seasonal adjustment in the CPI, please write to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Division of Consumer Prices and Price Indexes, Washington, DC 20212 or contact Jeff Wilson on (202) 691-6968 by e-mail at Wilson.Jeff@bls.gov. If you have general questions about the CPI, please call our information staff at (202) 691-7000. Table 1. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category and commodity and service group (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) CPI-U Relative importance, December 2006 Unadjusted indexes May 2007 June 2007 Unadjusted percent change to June 2007 from— June 2006 Seasonally adjusted percent change from— May 2007 Mar. to Apr. Apr. to May May to June Expenditure category All items ........................................................................................ All items (1967=100) .................................................................... 100.000 207.949 622.921 208.352 624.129 2.7 0.2 0.4 0.7 0.2 - - - - - - Food and beverages .................................................................. Food ......................................................................................... Food at home ......................................................................... Cereals and bakery products ............................................... Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs .............................................. Dairy and related products ................................................... Fruits and vegetables ........................................................... Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials ................ Other food at home .............................................................. Sugar and sweets .............................................................. Fats and oils ....................................................................... Other foods 1 ...................................................................... Other miscellaneous foods 1 2 ......................................... Food away from home 1 ......................................................... Other food away from home 2 .............................................. Alcoholic beverages 1 .............................................................. 14.992 13.885 7.896 1.103 2.112 .821 1.211 .906 1.743 .302 .227 1.214 .327 5.989 .281 1.107 202.225 201.791 200.334 220.939 195.886 187.266 264.710 152.869 172.657 175.453 171.495 187.921 114.692 205.233 143.160 206.599 202.885 202.441 200.950 222.605 197.175 191.435 258.337 153.104 173.790 176.665 171.581 189.353 116.101 205.934 143.157 207.383 4.0 4.1 4.6 4.6 6.0 6.6 4.2 4.4 2.2 2.8 2.6 2.0 1.5 3.4 5.0 2.9 .3 .3 .3 .8 .7 2.2 -2.4 .2 .7 .7 .1 .8 1.2 .3 .0 .4 .4 .4 .5 .9 .9 .5 .4 -.8 .5 .7 -.1 .6 .9 .3 1.2 .2 .3 .3 .4 .0 1.2 .5 -.5 .9 .0 -.2 .8 -.1 -.5 .2 .1 .2 .5 .5 .6 .7 .5 3.2 -1.1 .3 .7 .6 .6 .8 1.2 .3 .0 .4 Housing ...................................................................................... Shelter ...................................................................................... Rent of primary residence 3 ................................................... Lodging away from home 2 .................................................... Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 3 4 .................. Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ................................... Fuels and utilities ..................................................................... Household energy .................................................................. Fuel oil and other fuels ......................................................... Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ................................................. Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ................... Household furnishings and operations ..................................... Household operations 1 2 ....................................................... 42.691 32.776 5.930 2.648 23.830 .369 5.264 4.368 .338 4.029 .897 4.651 .792 208.902 239.877 233.549 144.112 245.236 116.386 198.574 179.798 241.473 184.737 142.552 127.309 140.465 210.649 240.980 234.071 148.622 245.690 117.106 206.199 188.040 241.589 193.911 142.805 127.361 140.527 3.4 3.8 4.3 6.8 3.3 .6 4.4 4.2 1.0 4.5 4.8 .0 3.1 .8 .5 .2 3.1 .2 .6 3.8 4.6 .0 5.0 .2 .0 .0 .2 .3 .2 1.9 .2 .2 .0 -.1 2.1 -.2 .3 -.3 .3 .2 .2 .3 1.6 .1 -1.0 .0 -.1 1.8 -.2 .3 .0 .2 .3 .4 .3 2.5 .2 .6 .1 .1 1.9 -.1 .2 .1 .0 Apparel ....................................................................................... Men’s and boys’ apparel .......................................................... Women’s and girls’ apparel ...................................................... Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel ................................................... Footwear .................................................................................. 3.726 .885 1.590 .177 .749 121.452 114.342 114.444 113.632 123.041 117.225 110.869 107.826 111.546 120.602 -1.4 -1.9 -2.2 -3.0 -1.9 -3.5 -3.0 -5.8 -1.8 -2.0 -.3 .6 -.5 -1.9 -.5 -.3 -.4 -.5 -1.2 .0 -.6 -.2 -1.9 .6 -.3 Transportation ............................................................................ Private transportation ............................................................... New and used motor vehicles 2 ............................................. New vehicles ........................................................................ Used cars and trucks 1 ......................................................... Motor fuel ............................................................................... Gasoline (all types) .............................................................. Motor vehicle parts and equipment 1 ..................................... Motor vehicle maintenance and repair ................................... Public transportation ................................................................ 17.249 16.188 7.581 4.982 1.716 4.347 4.303 .370 1.145 1.060 189.961 186.376 93.981 136.295 134.481 265.781 264.830 120.990 221.999 228.251 189.064 185.175 93.842 135.820 135.067 260.655 259.686 120.885 222.553 233.389 .9 1.1 -1.9 -1.0 -4.5 4.9 5.0 3.3 3.3 -.4 -.5 -.6 -.1 -.3 .4 -1.9 -1.9 -.1 .2 2.3 1.2 1.4 -.1 .0 .0 4.7 4.7 .2 .3 -.4 2.8 3.0 -.2 -.2 .1 10.4 10.5 .2 .2 -.5 -.2 -.2 .1 .0 .4 -1.0 -1.1 -.1 .3 .8 Medical care ............................................................................... Medical care commodities ........................................................ Medical care services ............................................................... Professional services ............................................................. Hospital and related services 3 .............................................. 6.281 1.446 4.834 2.817 1.630 349.087 288.661 367.127 299.700 494.122 349.510 288.508 367.758 300.052 494.916 4.0 .8 5.0 3.8 5.8 .1 -.1 .2 .1 .2 .4 .4 .4 .0 .8 .3 .0 .4 .2 .7 .2 .0 .3 .2 .3 See footnotes at end of table. Table 1. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category and commodity and service group-Continued (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) CPI-U Relative importance, December 2006 Unadjusted indexes May 2007 June 2007 Unadjusted percent change to June 2007 from— June 2006 Seasonally adjusted percent change from— May 2007 Mar. to Apr. Apr. to May May to June Expenditure category Recreation 2 ............................................................................... Video and audio 2 .................................................................... 5.552 1.719 111.659 103.560 111.563 103.416 0.3 -1.7 -0.1 -.1 0.1 .0 0.2 .6 0.0 .2 Education and communication 2 ................................................ Education 2 .............................................................................. Educational books and supplies ............................................. Tuition, other school fees, and childcare ................................ Communication 2 ..................................................................... Information and information processing 1 2 ............................ Telephone services 1 2 ......................................................... Information technology, hardware and services 1 5 ............. Personal computers and peripheral equipment 1 2 ............ 6.034 3.076 .204 2.872 2.958 2.769 2.225 .543 .203 118.787 168.403 414.694 485.337 83.772 81.151 98.491 10.787 9.971 118.734 168.601 415.635 485.868 83.594 80.880 98.485 10.597 9.700 2.4 5.7 7.5 5.6 -.8 -1.1 3.2 -16.6 -9.3 .0 .1 .2 .1 -.2 -.3 .0 -1.8 -2.7 .3 .4 .5 .4 .1 .1 .1 .1 -.2 .6 .4 .3 .5 .7 .6 .9 -.8 -2.0 .0 .2 .3 .2 -.2 -.3 .0 -1.8 -2.7 Other goods and services .......................................................... Tobacco and smoking products 1 ............................................ Personal care ........................................................................... Personal care products 1 ....................................................... Personal care services 1 ........................................................ Miscellaneous personal services ........................................... 3.476 .712 2.764 .708 .677 1.188 332.785 549.703 195.641 158.594 216.228 324.661 333.378 552.314 195.835 158.771 215.860 325.259 3.7 5.9 3.1 2.3 3.2 3.8 .2 .5 .1 .1 -.2 .2 .3 -.4 .4 .0 .1 .7 .3 .4 .3 .0 .4 .3 .3 .5 .2 .1 -.2 .3 40.305 14.992 25.313 14.191 3.726 10.465 11.122 59.695 32.407 .369 4.029 .897 .792 5.638 4.834 10.730 169.767 202.225 151.136 190.075 121.452 237.116 112.637 245.793 250.055 116.386 184.737 142.552 140.465 231.777 367.127 284.541 168.921 202.885 149.669 187.249 117.225 235.097 112.375 247.450 251.200 117.106 193.911 142.805 140.527 233.202 367.758 284.656 1.6 4.0 .2 1.9 -1.4 2.9 -1.9 3.4 3.8 .6 4.5 4.8 3.1 .6 5.0 2.9 -.5 .3 -1.0 -1.5 -3.5 -.9 -.2 .7 .5 .6 5.0 .2 .0 .6 .2 .0 .7 .4 .8 1.0 -.3 2.3 -.2 .3 .3 .2 -.2 .3 .3 -.2 .4 .4 1.3 .3 1.9 2.9 -.3 5.0 -.2 .2 .3 -1.0 -.2 .3 .2 -.4 .4 .6 .0 .5 -.2 -.3 -.6 -.6 -.1 .3 .4 .6 -.1 .2 .0 .4 .3 .1 86.115 67.224 93.719 26.420 15.299 11.572 29.183 27.288 54.861 8.715 91.285 77.401 21.735 4.685 55.666 208.991 197.783 200.779 153.228 191.064 233.150 196.916 259.262 235.870 219.071 208.400 210.316 140.518 265.562 252.050 $ .481 $ .161 209.353 197.913 201.178 151.825 188.463 231.414 195.749 261.677 237.565 221.088 208.636 210.474 139.589 260.739 252.955 $ .480 $ .160 2.5 2.2 2.6 .3 1.9 2.9 2.9 3.1 3.3 4.6 2.5 2.2 -.8 4.7 3.4 .2 .1 .2 -.9 -1.4 -.7 -.6 .9 .7 .9 .1 .1 -.7 -1.8 .4 .4 .5 .4 .8 1.0 2.1 .7 .2 .3 2.4 .2 .2 -.1 4.6 .3 .7 .9 .7 1.8 2.7 4.5 1.6 .4 .3 5.4 .2 .1 -.1 9.8 .3 .1 .1 .2 -.2 -.3 -.4 .0 .4 .4 -.5 .3 .2 -.1 -.9 .3 - - - - - Commodity and service group Commodities ................................................................................ Food and beverages .................................................................. Commodities less food and beverages ...................................... Nondurables less food and beverages ..................................... Apparel ................................................................................... Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel .................... Durables ................................................................................... Services ....................................................................................... Rent of shelter 4 ......................................................................... Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ....................................... Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ....................................................... Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ....................... Household operations 1 2 ........................................................... Transportation services .............................................................. Medical care services ................................................................. Other services ............................................................................ Special indexes All items less food ........................................................................ All items less shelter .................................................................... All items less medical care ........................................................... Commodities less food ................................................................. Nondurables less food ................................................................. Nondurables less food and apparel ............................................. Nondurables ................................................................................. Services less rent of shelter 4 ...................................................... Services less medical care services ............................................ Energy .......................................................................................... All items less energy .................................................................... All items less food and energy ................................................... Commodities less food and energy commodities ..................... Energy commodities ............................................................... Services less energy services .................................................. Purchasing power of the consumer dollar (1982-84=$1.00) ........ Purchasing power of the consumer dollar (1967=$1.00) ............. - 1 Not seasonally adjusted. 2 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. 3 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series were calculated using a geometric means estimator. 4 Indexes on a December 1982=100 base. 5 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base. - Data not available. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. Table 2. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Seasonally adjusted U.S. city average, by expenditure category and commodity and service group (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) Seasonally adjusted indexes Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent change for 3 months ended— CPI-U 6 months ended— Sep. 2006 Dec. 2006 Mar. 2007 June 2007 207.784 0.6 0.2 4.7 202.227 201.794 200.339 220.379 196.611 187.354 263.352 153.191 172.559 175.236 171.038 187.921 114.692 205.233 143.226 206.599 203.192 202.773 201.525 221.959 197.568 193.257 260.558 153.685 173.792 176.267 172.105 189.353 116.101 205.934 143.183 207.383 3.1 3.3 3.8 3.8 3.0 -2.4 18.6 1.9 -.5 2.1 -.5 -1.3 -.7 2.6 3.6 -.4 .6 .6 -1.2 3.4 .9 .4 -12.8 3.0 -1.4 3.8 3.4 -3.2 3.2 3.4 5.3 -.6 208.547 238.981 233.001 139.332 245.079 117.559 200.647 182.151 235.916 187.716 142.184 127.151 140.252 208.912 239.550 233.654 141.581 245.277 116.386 200.602 182.006 240.264 187.275 142.552 127.099 140.465 209.617 240.547 234.254 145.059 245.778 117.106 200.780 182.136 244.933 187.119 142.805 127.183 140.527 3.8 4.0 4.5 3.9 4.1 .0 5.1 4.9 -2.9 5.5 6.0 .9 3.3 119.541 111.598 112.077 115.794 122.184 119.165 112.218 111.548 113.572 121.597 118.772 111.817 110.951 112.180 121.648 118.065 111.634 108.817 112.895 121.283 Transportation ................................................................... Private transportation ...................................................... New and used motor vehicles 2 .................................... New vehicles ............................................................... Used cars and trucks 1 ............................................... Motor fuel ...................................................................... Gasoline (all types) ..................................................... Motor vehicle parts and equipment 1 ............................ Motor vehicle maintenance and repair .......................... Public transportation ....................................................... 180.584 176.599 94.273 136.601 134.382 222.136 221.080 120.485 221.071 228.152 182.835 178.995 94.193 136.633 134.363 232.663 231.531 120.714 221.683 227.233 187.879 184.318 94.027 136.303 134.481 256.776 255.731 120.990 222.104 226.040 Medical care ...................................................................... Medical care commodities .............................................. Medical care services ..................................................... Professional services .................................................... Hospital and related services 3 ..................................... 345.994 286.925 363.568 298.146 486.910 347.316 288.197 364.892 298.225 490.706 348.467 288.277 366.427 298.929 493.924 Mar. 2007 Apr. 2007 May 2007 June 2007 All items .............................................................................. 205.146 205.999 207.387 Food and beverages ......................................................... Food ................................................................................ Food at home ................................................................ Cereals and bakery products ...................................... Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ..................................... Dairy and related products .......................................... Fruits and vegetables .................................................. Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials ....... Other food at home ..................................................... Sugar and sweets ..................................................... Fats and oils .............................................................. Other foods 1 ............................................................ Other miscellaneous foods 1 2 ................................ Food away from home 1 ............................................... Other food away from home 2 ..................................... Alcoholic beverages 1 ..................................................... 200.756 200.281 198.554 218.512 192.493 185.540 263.665 153.069 171.658 174.394 169.938 186.962 114.331 204.082 141.393 205.663 201.562 201.111 199.525 220.386 194.211 186.388 264.641 151.879 172.566 175.639 169.685 188.103 115.310 204.725 143.105 206.166 Housing ............................................................................. Shelter ............................................................................. Rent of primary residence 3 .......................................... Lodging away from home 2 ........................................... Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 3 4 ......... Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ......................... Fuels and utilities ............................................................ Household energy ......................................................... Fuel oil and other fuels ................................................ Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ....................................... Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 .......... Household furnishings and operations ............................ Household operations 1 2 ............................................. 208.072 238.176 232.437 136.702 244.646 117.333 200.689 182.293 231.088 188.185 141.806 127.483 139.861 Apparel .............................................................................. Men’s and boys’ apparel ................................................. Women’s and girls’ apparel ............................................. Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel .......................................... Footwear ......................................................................... Dec. 2006 June 2007 5.2 0.4 5.0 7.4 7.3 10.0 4.7 9.7 11.9 19.3 11.4 5.9 .9 2.2 7.8 -2.6 3.8 6.1 9.4 4.9 5.1 6.1 6.5 11.0 17.7 -4.6 1.6 5.1 4.4 5.2 5.2 6.3 3.7 5.2 3.4 1.9 2.0 1.2 3.6 1.9 -1.0 1.7 2.5 -.9 2.9 1.4 -2.3 1.2 3.0 4.5 -.5 6.2 6.2 8.0 5.6 10.3 14.8 6.7 6.4 5.5 2.6 3.7 6.5 1.7 3.7 5.7 6.3 3.4 4.2 4.8 3.5 4.1 2.4 1.0 .7 -10.7 1.8 3.2 .0 5.0 3.5 2.7 4.7 -4.5 3.1 .8 11.5 12.3 -4.7 13.8 7.4 .3 2.2 3.0 4.0 3.2 26.8 1.9 -.8 .2 -.3 26.2 -2.2 2.8 -.9 1.9 3.6 4.1 4.7 3.7 4.1 1.2 3.0 2.8 -6.9 3.6 4.6 .5 4.2 3.2 3.4 3.9 10.0 2.5 .0 5.7 5.8 9.7 5.5 5.1 -.3 2.1 2.0 5.0 2.5 -1.4 -2.9 -1.7 -5.1 -2.1 -3.7 2.3 -.9 -7.2 2.5 3.1 -4.2 -4.8 .1 -11.1 -9.6 -2.9 .2 -.2 .2 -2.6 -.3 -2.9 -3.6 -4.6 -3.5 -3.6 187.592 183.924 94.126 136.317 135.067 254.122 253.031 120.885 222.723 227.879 -10.1 -10.7 -1.2 -.6 -1.4 -32.5 -32.4 5.9 2.8 .0 -8.6 -8.5 -4.9 -3.2 -12.9 -21.7 -22.1 2.7 3.0 -8.5 8.3 8.3 -1.0 .6 -5.2 33.9 34.5 3.3 4.2 8.0 16.5 17.7 -.6 -.8 2.1 71.3 71.6 1.3 3.0 -.5 -9.3 -9.6 -3.1 -1.9 -7.4 -27.3 -27.4 4.3 2.9 -4.3 12.3 12.9 -.8 -.1 -1.7 51.4 51.9 2.3 3.6 3.7 349.272 288.154 367.567 299.630 495.327 3.7 2.5 4.2 3.2 5.6 2.9 -1.1 4.0 3.3 3.7 5.6 .0 7.3 6.5 7.0 3.8 1.7 4.5 2.0 7.1 3.3 .7 4.1 3.3 4.6 4.7 .9 5.9 4.2 7.1 Expenditure category See footnotes at end of table. Table 2. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Seasonally adjusted U.S. city average, by expenditure category and commodity and service group-Continued (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) Seasonally adjusted indexes Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent change for 3 months ended— CPI-U 6 months ended— Sep. 2006 Dec. 2006 Mar. 2007 June 2007 111.424 103.318 0.4 -1.5 -0.4 -4.9 0.1 -3.3 119.491 170.365 415.517 491.336 83.771 81.151 98.491 10.787 9.971 119.517 170.781 416.568 492.532 83.594 80.880 98.485 10.597 9.700 2.8 6.3 6.2 6.4 -.5 -.5 3.0 -12.0 -7.3 .7 6.5 7.3 6.5 -5.1 -5.3 2.9 -31.3 -7.4 331.436 547.663 194.830 158.657 215.380 322.914 332.499 549.703 195.427 158.594 216.228 324.032 333.375 552.314 195.833 158.771 215.860 325.136 2.6 -.5 3.4 3.1 3.1 4.3 165.295 200.756 145.505 178.529 119.541 218.217 112.900 244.701 248.206 117.333 188.185 141.806 139.861 232.641 363.568 282.570 166.375 201.562 146.671 180.348 119.165 223.233 112.714 245.331 249.045 117.559 187.716 142.184 140.252 232.243 364.892 283.650 168.578 202.227 149.471 185.615 118.772 234.300 112.434 245.870 249.718 116.386 187.275 142.552 140.465 231.426 366.427 285.213 168.620 203.192 149.116 184.980 118.065 232.988 112.361 246.637 250.724 117.106 187.119 142.805 140.527 232.372 367.567 285.569 205.973 194.509 198.011 147.723 180.116 216.051 190.237 258.518 234.638 200.164 207.278 209.263 140.229 223.786 250.502 206.831 195.393 198.840 148.873 181.876 220.611 191.486 259.061 235.366 204.969 207.720 209.634 140.050 234.008 251.242 208.336 197.122 200.225 151.608 186.872 230.622 194.573 260.009 236.073 216.073 208.092 209.948 139.880 257.001 251.880 208.636 197.285 200.603 151.287 186.289 229.586 194.630 261.082 237.044 214.911 208.656 210.436 139.809 254.792 252.739 Mar. 2007 Apr. 2007 May 2007 June 2007 Recreation 2 ...................................................................... Video and audio 2 ........................................................... 111.118 102.541 111.184 102.512 111.400 103.089 Education and communication 2 ....................................... Education 2 ..................................................................... Educational books and supplies ................................... Tuition, other school fees, and childcare ...................... Communication 2 ............................................................ Information and information processing 1 2 .................. Telephone services 1 2 ............................................... Information technology, hardware and services 1 5 .... Personal computers and peripheral equipment 1 2 ... 118.496 168.862 412.206 486.972 83.117 80.601 97.514 10.860 10.191 118.824 169.614 414.225 489.125 83.201 80.683 97.617 10.869 10.172 Other goods and services ................................................. Tobacco and smoking products 1 ................................... Personal care .................................................................. Personal care products 1 .............................................. Personal care services 1 ............................................... Miscellaneous personal services .................................. 330.604 550.021 193.988 158.592 215.091 320.565 Dec. 2006 June 2007 1.1 3.1 0.0 -3.2 0.6 -.2 2.7 5.3 12.2 4.8 .1 .0 3.0 -11.6 -4.2 3.5 4.6 4.3 4.6 2.3 1.4 4.0 -9.3 -17.9 1.7 6.4 6.8 6.4 -2.8 -2.9 3.0 -22.2 -7.3 3.1 5.0 8.2 4.7 1.2 .7 3.5 -10.5 -11.3 4.0 5.1 3.8 6.8 3.5 3.8 4.7 18.4 1.4 -1.0 5.0 1.3 3.4 1.7 3.9 .5 1.4 5.8 3.3 2.2 3.6 5.0 3.3 4.1 4.1 9.7 2.6 -.3 3.2 3.6 -3.8 3.1 -7.3 -13.4 2.0 -17.0 -1.0 3.9 4.4 .0 5.5 6.0 3.3 1.7 4.2 3.1 -3.8 .6 -6.7 3.2 -1.7 -10.7 -3.5 3.0 4.3 2.4 1.8 3.2 5.0 -.3 4.0 1.9 6.3 7.4 5.7 4.4 -.9 16.4 -1.4 3.7 2.5 .8 13.8 7.4 2.2 1.5 7.3 2.4 8.3 4.9 10.3 15.3 -4.8 30.0 -1.9 3.2 4.1 -.8 -2.2 2.8 1.9 -.5 4.5 4.3 -3.8 1.9 -7.0 -5.4 .2 -13.9 -2.3 3.5 4.4 1.2 3.6 4.6 4.2 .7 4.1 2.5 7.3 6.2 8.0 9.7 -2.9 23.0 -1.7 3.4 3.3 .0 5.5 5.1 2.1 .5 5.9 3.4 .4 -.8 .6 -7.2 -12.5 -15.5 -5.2 3.2 3.5 -17.1 2.8 2.7 .3 -30.9 3.6 .2 -1.7 .0 -6.1 3.0 -9.7 1.9 .3 2.4 -11.5 1.6 1.6 -2.5 -21.0 3.3 4.1 5.6 4.6 5.7 4.6 15.5 6.0 4.8 3.2 22.9 2.9 2.3 .4 30.9 2.9 5.3 5.8 5.3 10.0 14.4 27.5 9.6 4.0 4.2 32.9 2.7 2.3 -1.2 68.0 3.6 .3 -1.2 .3 -6.6 -5.1 -12.7 -1.7 1.7 3.0 -14.3 2.2 2.1 -1.1 -26.1 3.5 4.7 5.7 5.0 7.8 9.4 21.4 7.7 4.4 3.7 27.8 2.8 2.3 -.4 48.3 3.3 Expenditure category Commodity and service group Commodities ....................................................................... Food and beverages ......................................................... Commodities less food and beverages ............................. Nondurables less food and beverages ........................... Apparel .......................................................................... Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel .......... Durables .......................................................................... Services .............................................................................. Rent of shelter 4 ................................................................ Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ............................. Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ............................................. Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 .............. Household operations 1 2 ................................................. Transportation services ..................................................... Medical care services ....................................................... Other services ................................................................... Special indexes All items less food ............................................................... All items less shelter ........................................................... All items less medical care .................................................. Commodities less food ........................................................ Nondurables less food ........................................................ Nondurables less food and apparel .................................... Nondurables ........................................................................ Services less rent of shelter 4 ............................................. Services less medical care services ................................... Energy ................................................................................. All items less energy ........................................................... All items less food and energy .......................................... Commodities less food and energy commodities ........... Energy commodities ..................................................... Services less energy services ......................................... 1 Not seasonally adjusted. 2 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. 3 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series were calculated using a geometric means estimator. 4 Indexes on a December 1982=100 base. 5 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. Table 3. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Selected areas, all items index (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) All items CPI-U Indexes Percent change to June2007 from— Pricing schedule 1 Mar. 2007 Apr. 2007 May 2007 June 2007 M 205.352 206.686 207.949 Northeast urban .............................................. Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M M M 218.334 220.936 128.691 219.501 222.001 129.563 Midwest urban ................................................ Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than 50,000) ............................................... M M M 196.389 198.335 125.151 M South urban .................................................... Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than 50,000) ............................................... West urban ..................................................... Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ Percent change to May2007 from— June 2006 Apr. 2007 May 2007 May 2006 Mar. 2007 Apr. 2007 208.352 2.7 0.8 0.2 2.7 1.3 0.6 220.591 222.924 130.488 221.579 224.036 130.893 2.3 2.2 2.5 .9 .9 1.0 .4 .5 .3 2.3 2.2 2.4 1.0 .9 1.4 .5 .4 .7 197.405 199.378 125.724 199.194 200.818 127.247 199.263 200.666 127.372 2.7 2.6 2.7 .9 .6 1.3 .0 -.1 .1 2.9 2.9 2.9 1.4 1.3 1.7 .9 .7 1.2 190.365 191.685 193.467 194.442 2.7 1.4 .5 2.9 1.6 .9 M M M 197.904 200.538 125.726 199.618 201.818 127.000 200.804 202.840 127.893 201.675 204.152 128.265 2.7 3.0 2.6 1.0 1.2 1.0 .4 .6 .3 2.7 2.8 2.6 1.5 1.1 1.7 .6 .5 .7 M 198.204 200.366 200.919 201.445 2.4 .5 .3 2.6 1.4 .3 M M M 210.778 214.393 127.848 212.036 215.540 128.843 213.063 216.640 129.129 212.680 215.901 129.262 3.0 3.1 2.9 .3 .2 .3 -.2 -.3 .1 3.0 3.0 2.7 1.1 1.0 1.0 .5 .5 .2 M M M 188.309 126.424 196.999 189.327 127.440 198.516 190.327 128.347 200.118 190.637 128.628 200.800 2.7 2.7 2.8 .7 .9 1.2 .2 .2 .3 2.7 2.7 2.9 1.1 1.5 1.6 .5 .7 .8 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 202.483 216.500 204.019 217.845 205.686 218.596 206.092 217.273 3.6 2.9 1.0 -.3 .2 -.6 3.7 2.9 1.6 1.0 .8 .3 M 224.551 225.780 227.146 228.258 2.5 1.1 .5 2.5 1.2 .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 1 226.427 194.244 190.156 131.945 - 226.247 196.216 192.779 132.982 - - - - 1.5 2.0 .8 3.2 -.1 1.0 1.4 .8 - Atlanta, GA ..................................................... Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI .............................. Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX .................... Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL ............................. Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD ........................................ San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA ........... Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA .................... 2 2 2 2 - 199.039 200.418 184.140 210.904 - 202.200 201.585 184.529 212.820 3.2 2.4 1.2 4.4 1.6 .6 .2 .9 - - - - 2 2 2 - 215.270 215.842 215.767 - 217.255 216.123 215.510 1.6 3.4 3.5 .9 .1 -.1 - - - - U.S. city average ............................................ Region and area size2 Size classes A 4 .............................................................. B/C 3 ........................................................... D ................................................................. Selected local areas5 1 Foods, fuels, and several other items priced every month in all areas; most other goods and services priced as indicated: M - Every month. 1 - January, March, May, July, September, and November. 2 - February, April, June, August, October, and December. 2 Regions defined as the four Census regions. See technical notes. 3 Indexes on a December 1996=100 base. 4 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base. 5 In addition, the following metropolitan areas are published semiannually and appear in Tables 34 and 39 of the January and July issues of the CPI Detailed Report: Anchorage, AK; Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN; Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO; Honolulu, HI; Kansas City, MO-KS; Milwaukee-Racine, WI; Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI; Phoenix-Mesa, AZ; Pittsburgh, PA; Portland-Salem, OR-WA; St. Louis, MO-IL; San Diego, CA; Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL. 6 Indexes on a November 1996=100 base. - Data not available. NOTE: Local area indexes are byproducts of the national CPI program. Each local index has a smaller sample size than the national index and is, therefore, subject to substantially more sampling and other measurement error. As a result, local area indexes show greater volatility than the national index, although their long-term trends are similar. Therefore, the Bureau of Labor Statistics strongly urges users to consider adopting the national average CPI for use in their escalator clauses. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. Table 4. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): U.S. city average, by expenditure category and commodity and service group (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) CPI-W Relative importance, December 2006 Unadjusted indexes May 2007 June 2007 Unadjusted percent change to June 2007 from— June 2006 Seasonally adjusted percent change from— May 2007 Mar. to Apr. Apr. to May May to June Expenditure category All items ........................................................................................ All items (1967=100) .................................................................... 100.000 203.661 606.643 203.906 607.374 2.7 0.1 0.5 0.8 0.1 - - - - - - Food and beverages .................................................................. Food ......................................................................................... Food at home ......................................................................... Cereals and bakery products ............................................... Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs .............................................. Dairy and related products ................................................... Fruits and vegetables ........................................................... Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials ................ Other food at home .............................................................. Sugar and sweets .............................................................. Fats and oils ....................................................................... Other foods 1 ...................................................................... Other miscellaneous foods 1 2 ......................................... Food away from home 1 ......................................................... Other food away from home 2 .............................................. Alcoholic beverages 1 .............................................................. 16.475 15.457 9.244 1.285 2.623 .928 1.332 1.082 1.993 .337 .283 1.373 .368 6.213 .279 1.018 201.478 201.043 199.355 221.259 195.331 186.948 262.669 152.173 172.024 174.084 172.401 188.049 115.035 205.046 143.031 206.636 202.185 201.722 200.059 223.009 196.660 191.235 256.565 152.501 173.049 175.073 172.222 189.456 116.366 205.691 143.018 207.767 4.1 4.1 4.6 4.6 6.1 6.8 4.4 4.4 2.1 2.4 2.6 1.9 1.2 3.4 5.2 3.4 .4 .3 .4 .8 .7 2.3 -2.3 .2 .6 .6 -.1 .7 1.2 .3 .0 .5 .4 .4 .5 .9 .9 .5 .6 -.8 .5 .7 -.2 .6 .9 .3 1.2 .3 .4 .4 .5 .0 1.3 .6 -.5 .9 .0 -.3 .8 -.1 -.3 .3 .1 .1 .5 .5 .6 .7 .4 3.2 -1.0 .3 .7 .5 .6 .7 1.2 .3 -.1 .5 Housing ...................................................................................... Shelter ...................................................................................... Rent of primary residence 3 ................................................... Lodging away from home 2 .................................................... Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 3 4 .................. Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ................................... Fuels and utilities ..................................................................... Household energy .................................................................. Fuel oil and other fuels ......................................................... Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ................................................. Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ................... Household furnishings and operations ..................................... Household operations 1 2 ....................................................... 40.463 30.570 8.021 1.430 20.776 .342 5.779 4.842 .346 4.496 .937 4.114 .368 204.033 232.181 232.690 143.880 222.264 116.828 197.052 177.372 241.052 183.103 142.786 122.786 142.780 205.711 233.040 233.188 148.948 222.671 117.503 204.396 185.178 241.249 191.771 143.086 122.826 142.941 3.4 3.7 4.3 7.4 3.2 .7 4.3 4.1 1.2 4.4 4.7 -.1 2.8 .8 .4 .2 3.5 .2 .6 3.7 4.4 .1 4.7 .2 .0 .1 .2 .3 .3 2.4 .2 .2 .0 -.1 2.3 -.2 .3 -.2 .3 .2 .2 .3 2.0 .1 -.9 -.1 -.1 1.9 -.3 .2 -.1 .2 .2 .3 .2 2.5 .2 .6 -.1 -.2 2.0 -.3 .2 .1 .1 Apparel ....................................................................................... Men’s and boys’ apparel .......................................................... Women’s and girls’ apparel ...................................................... Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel ................................................... Footwear .................................................................................. 4.041 .954 1.680 .235 .954 120.931 113.986 114.316 115.555 122.983 116.389 110.739 107.422 113.427 120.367 -1.7 -2.0 -2.2 -2.9 -1.8 -3.8 -2.8 -6.0 -1.8 -2.1 -.4 .3 -.5 -2.0 -.4 -.3 -.6 -.5 -1.0 .2 -.9 .0 -2.1 .6 -.5 Transportation ............................................................................ Private transportation ............................................................... New and used motor vehicles 2 ............................................. New vehicles ........................................................................ Used cars and trucks 1 ......................................................... Motor fuel ............................................................................... Gasoline (all types) .............................................................. Motor vehicle parts and equipment 1 ..................................... Motor vehicle maintenance and repair ................................... Public transportation ................................................................ 19.515 18.793 8.626 5.210 2.675 5.441 5.388 .444 1.145 .723 190.265 187.595 93.000 137.535 135.320 266.737 265.874 120.709 224.623 227.024 189.205 186.374 92.917 137.060 135.917 261.679 260.799 120.666 225.172 231.549 1.1 1.2 -2.1 -.9 -4.6 5.2 5.2 3.5 3.3 -.2 -.6 -.7 -.1 -.3 .4 -1.9 -1.9 .0 .2 2.0 1.4 1.5 .0 .0 .0 4.8 4.8 .2 .3 -.2 3.1 3.3 -.1 -.2 .1 10.5 10.6 .3 .2 -.6 -.2 -.2 .1 .0 .4 -1.1 -1.1 .0 .3 .8 Medical care ............................................................................... Medical care commodities ........................................................ Medical care services ............................................................... Professional services ............................................................. Hospital and related services 3 .............................................. 5.228 1.135 4.094 2.338 1.378 348.801 281.502 367.696 301.979 488.523 349.145 280.862 368.384 302.346 489.292 4.1 .5 5.1 3.7 5.7 .1 -.2 .2 .1 .2 .4 .5 .4 .0 .8 .3 .0 .4 .2 .5 .2 -.2 .3 .3 .3 See footnotes at end of table. Table 4. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): U.S. city average, by expenditure category and commodity and service group-Continued (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) CPI-W Relative importance, December 2006 Unadjusted indexes May 2007 June 2007 Unadjusted percent change to June 2007 from— June 2006 Seasonally adjusted percent change from— May 2007 Mar. to Apr. Apr. to May May to June Expenditure category Recreation 2 ............................................................................... Video and audio 2 .................................................................... 5.022 1.867 108.905 103.137 108.681 103.001 0.1 -1.4 -0.2 -.1 0.0 .1 0.2 .6 -0.1 .2 Education and communication 2 ................................................ Education 2 .............................................................................. Educational books and supplies ............................................. Tuition, other school fees, and childcare ................................ Communication 2 ..................................................................... Information and information processing 1 2 ............................ Telephone services 1 2 ......................................................... Information technology, hardware and services 1 5 ............. Personal computers and peripheral equipment 1 2 ............ 5.605 2.329 .208 2.121 3.276 3.124 2.633 .492 .178 115.830 166.667 417.791 470.148 86.140 84.304 98.610 11.243 9.843 115.746 166.758 418.705 470.329 85.999 84.095 98.603 11.062 9.583 2.2 5.7 7.9 5.4 -.1 -.4 3.2 -16.8 -8.7 -.1 .1 .2 .0 -.2 -.2 .0 -1.6 -2.6 .3 .5 .5 .5 .1 .1 .1 .3 .0 .6 .4 .3 .4 .7 .6 .9 -.7 -1.9 .0 .1 .2 .1 -.2 -.2 .0 -1.6 -2.6 Other goods and services .......................................................... Tobacco and smoking products 1 ............................................ Personal care ........................................................................... Personal care products 1 ....................................................... Personal care services 1 ........................................................ Miscellaneous personal services ........................................... 3.652 1.139 2.513 .771 .618 .962 343.096 550.888 193.595 158.566 216.489 325.617 343.939 553.538 193.858 158.739 216.174 326.572 4.0 5.7 3.2 2.3 3.3 4.1 .2 .5 .1 .1 -.1 .3 .1 -.4 .4 .0 .2 .8 .3 .4 .3 .0 .4 .4 .3 .5 .2 .1 -.1 .4 44.175 16.475 27.700 15.699 4.041 11.658 12.001 55.825 30.227 .342 4.496 .937 .368 5.600 4.094 9.761 172.126 201.478 154.964 198.237 120.931 250.737 112.686 240.672 223.833 116.828 183.103 142.786 142.780 231.542 367.696 274.697 171.216 202.185 153.367 195.053 116.389 248.347 112.485 242.241 224.655 117.503 191.771 143.086 142.941 232.623 368.384 274.670 1.8 4.1 .4 2.2 -1.7 3.4 -2.0 3.4 3.8 .7 4.4 4.7 2.8 .7 5.1 2.6 -.5 .4 -1.0 -1.6 -3.8 -1.0 -.2 .7 .4 .6 4.7 .2 .1 .5 .2 .0 .7 .4 .9 1.2 -.4 2.6 -.2 .2 .3 .2 -.2 .3 .3 -.1 .4 .4 1.6 .4 2.3 3.3 -.3 5.6 -.2 .2 .2 -.9 -.3 .2 .2 -.4 .4 .6 .0 .5 -.3 -.5 -.9 -1.0 .0 .2 .3 .6 -.3 .2 .1 .4 .3 .0 84.543 69.430 94.772 28.718 16.717 12.676 32.174 25.598 51.732 10.282 89.718 74.261 22.932 5.786 51.329 203.955 195.463 197.543 156.872 198.945 245.886 200.781 229.694 231.253 220.348 202.489 203.163 141.011 266.260 246.894 $ .491 $ .165 204.121 195.489 197.783 155.339 195.988 243.806 199.476 231.965 232.848 221.832 202.582 203.132 140.019 261.460 247.606 $ .490 $ .165 2.4 2.2 2.6 .5 2.3 3.4 3.1 3.0 3.3 4.7 2.4 2.0 -.8 5.0 3.3 .1 .0 .1 -1.0 -1.5 -.8 -.6 1.0 .7 .7 .0 .0 -.7 -1.8 .3 .5 .5 .5 .9 1.1 2.4 .8 .2 .3 2.6 .2 .2 -.1 4.6 .3 .9 1.1 .8 2.2 3.2 5.2 1.9 .4 .3 5.8 .2 .1 -.1 10.0 .2 .0 .0 .1 -.3 -.4 -.5 -.1 .4 .4 -.7 .2 .2 -.1 -.9 .3 - - - - - Commodity and service group Commodities ................................................................................ Food and beverages .................................................................. Commodities less food and beverages ...................................... Nondurables less food and beverages ..................................... Apparel ................................................................................... Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel .................... Durables ................................................................................... Services ....................................................................................... Rent of shelter 4 ......................................................................... Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ....................................... Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ....................................................... Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ....................... Household operations 1 2 ........................................................... Transportation services .............................................................. Medical care services ................................................................. Other services ............................................................................ Special indexes All items less food ........................................................................ All items less shelter .................................................................... All items less medical care ........................................................... Commodities less food ................................................................. Nondurables less food ................................................................. Nondurables less food and apparel ............................................. Nondurables ................................................................................. Services less rent of shelter 4 ...................................................... Services less medical care services ............................................ Energy .......................................................................................... All items less energy .................................................................... All items less food and energy ................................................... Commodities less food and energy commodities ..................... Energy commodities ............................................................... Services less energy services .................................................. Purchasing power of the consumer dollar (1982-84=$1.00) ........ Purchasing power of the consumer dollar (1967=$1.00) ............. - 1 Not seasonally adjusted. 2 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. 3 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series were calculated using a geometric means estimator. 4 Indexes on a December 1984=100 base 5 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base. - Data not available. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. Table 5. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Seasonally adjusted U.S. city average, by expenditure category and commodity and service group (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) Seasonally adjusted indexes Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent change for 3 months ended— CPI-W 6 months ended— Sep. 2006 Dec. 2006 Mar. 2007 June 2007 203.289 0.2 -0.4 5.2 201.521 201.088 199.429 220.710 196.102 187.105 261.575 152.510 171.900 173.743 171.928 188.049 115.035 205.046 143.120 206.636 202.484 202.040 200.582 222.309 196.937 193.100 258.830 152.979 173.083 174.680 172.917 189.456 116.366 205.691 143.004 207.767 3.3 3.3 4.0 4.2 3.3 -2.4 20.5 1.6 -.5 2.1 -.2 -1.3 -1.7 2.6 2.7 -.2 .6 .8 -1.2 3.6 1.1 .2 -13.4 3.0 -1.4 3.8 2.9 -3.4 2.8 3.6 5.7 .4 203.924 231.576 232.171 138.971 222.148 117.945 199.188 179.743 235.366 186.072 142.451 122.617 142.471 204.238 232.091 232.806 141.776 222.344 116.828 199.088 179.556 239.903 185.598 142.786 122.542 142.780 204.709 232.821 233.368 145.318 222.727 117.503 198.891 179.274 244.615 185.008 143.086 122.643 142.941 3.9 4.2 4.5 1.8 4.1 .3 4.7 4.2 -3.8 5.1 5.7 1.0 2.3 119.132 111.739 111.805 117.687 121.891 118.646 112.055 111.258 115.362 121.393 118.255 111.391 110.729 114.205 121.623 117.216 111.352 108.380 114.892 120.984 Transportation ................................................................... Private transportation ...................................................... New and used motor vehicles 2 .................................... New vehicles ............................................................... Used cars and trucks 1 ............................................... Motor fuel ...................................................................... Gasoline (all types) ..................................................... Motor vehicle parts and equipment 1 ............................ Motor vehicle maintenance and repair .......................... Public transportation ....................................................... 179.761 176.866 93.159 137.675 135.203 222.605 221.570 120.170 223.605 226.760 182.297 179.472 93.122 137.725 135.192 233.190 232.197 120.367 224.295 226.292 187.996 185.340 93.015 137.497 135.320 257.662 256.779 120.709 224.729 224.919 Medical care ...................................................................... Medical care commodities .............................................. Medical care services ..................................................... Professional services .................................................... Hospital and related services 3 ..................................... 345.778 279.756 364.265 300.458 482.119 347.186 281.058 365.689 300.604 486.111 348.209 281.075 367.054 301.184 488.533 Mar. 2007 Apr. 2007 May 2007 June 2007 All items .............................................................................. 200.527 201.449 203.070 Food and beverages ......................................................... Food ................................................................................ Food at home ................................................................ Cereals and bakery products ...................................... Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ..................................... Dairy and related products .......................................... Fruits and vegetables .................................................. Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials ....... Other food at home ..................................................... Sugar and sweets ..................................................... Fats and oils .............................................................. Other foods 1 ............................................................ Other miscellaneous foods 1 2 ................................ Food away from home 1 ............................................... Other food away from home 2 ..................................... Alcoholic beverages 1 ..................................................... 199.913 199.437 197.484 218.810 191.953 184.953 261.391 152.389 170.984 173.102 170.779 187.026 114.402 203.838 141.285 205.729 200.788 200.328 198.516 220.802 193.636 185.923 262.893 151.119 171.861 174.315 170.483 188.165 115.432 204.519 142.978 206.342 Housing ............................................................................. Shelter ............................................................................. Rent of primary residence 3 .......................................... Lodging away from home 2 ........................................... Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 3 4 ......... Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ......................... Fuels and utilities ............................................................ Household energy ......................................................... Fuel oil and other fuels ................................................ Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ....................................... Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 .......... Household furnishings and operations ............................ Household operations 1 2 ............................................. 203.510 230.875 231.583 135.688 221.773 117.653 199.210 179.858 230.061 186.511 142.070 122.902 142.069 Apparel .............................................................................. Men’s and boys’ apparel ................................................. Women’s and girls’ apparel ............................................. Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel .......................................... Footwear ......................................................................... Dec. 2006 June 2007 5.6 -0.1 5.4 7.3 7.2 9.6 4.3 9.6 12.0 18.7 11.5 5.5 .2 2.6 7.4 -3.1 3.7 7.4 9.5 5.2 5.3 6.4 6.6 10.8 18.8 -3.9 1.6 5.0 3.7 5.1 5.3 7.0 3.7 5.0 4.0 2.0 2.1 1.4 3.9 2.2 -1.1 2.1 2.3 -.9 3.0 1.3 -2.4 .5 3.1 4.2 .1 6.3 6.3 8.0 5.4 10.2 15.3 6.8 6.4 5.3 2.0 3.8 6.4 1.9 3.7 6.1 6.7 3.2 4.3 4.9 5.7 3.9 2.1 1.5 1.2 -10.6 2.0 3.2 -.3 4.1 4.1 3.0 4.8 -6.0 3.1 .9 12.1 13.1 -4.5 14.5 7.3 .0 2.5 2.4 3.4 3.1 31.6 1.7 -.5 -.6 -1.3 27.8 -3.2 2.9 -.8 2.5 3.6 4.2 4.7 3.7 4.0 1.2 3.1 2.7 -7.2 3.5 4.4 .3 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.9 11.2 2.4 .2 5.5 5.7 10.5 5.3 5.1 -.4 2.5 3.4 7.2 4.8 -.3 -1.9 -2.3 -6.4 -2.5 -3.0 1.6 -1.6 -6.7 1.5 1.3 -3.9 -6.3 -1.4 -11.7 -9.2 -2.9 .5 .2 1.1 -1.7 -.2 -3.9 -4.1 -5.3 -4.1 -3.4 187.605 184.886 93.140 137.508 135.917 254.852 253.987 120.666 225.350 226.686 -10.7 -11.3 -1.3 -.6 -1.4 -31.8 -32.0 6.3 2.6 .2 -9.2 -9.3 -6.2 -3.1 -13.1 -21.8 -21.6 2.7 3.3 -7.7 8.6 8.7 -1.0 .5 -5.1 33.5 33.3 3.3 4.0 7.5 18.6 19.4 -.1 -.5 2.1 71.8 72.7 1.7 3.2 -.1 -10.0 -10.3 -3.7 -1.9 -7.4 -26.9 -27.0 4.5 3.0 -3.8 13.5 13.9 -.6 .0 -1.6 51.4 51.7 2.5 3.6 3.6 348.922 280.455 368.229 301.939 489.841 3.9 2.5 4.3 3.2 5.9 2.9 -1.0 4.0 3.3 3.4 5.8 -.3 7.5 6.4 7.0 3.7 1.0 4.4 2.0 6.6 3.4 .7 4.2 3.3 4.7 4.8 .3 6.0 4.2 6.8 Expenditure category See footnotes at end of table. Table 5. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Seasonally adjusted U.S. city average, by expenditure category and commodity and service group-Continued (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) Seasonally adjusted indexes Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent change for 3 months ended— CPI-W 6 months ended— Sep. 2006 Dec. 2006 Mar. 2007 June 2007 108.505 102.875 0.0 -1.1 0.0 -4.2 -0.2 -3.7 116.328 168.397 418.662 475.426 86.139 84.304 98.610 11.243 9.843 116.283 168.623 419.674 476.013 85.998 84.095 98.603 11.062 9.583 2.8 6.9 6.2 7.0 .5 .0 3.0 -11.5 -7.4 .0 6.3 8.7 6.1 -4.1 -4.2 2.9 -34.6 -3.8 341.796 548.812 192.859 158.578 215.658 323.928 342.916 550.888 193.446 158.566 216.489 325.230 343.960 553.538 193.875 158.739 216.174 326.471 1.9 -.8 3.2 3.1 3.1 4.0 166.963 199.913 148.351 184.774 119.132 228.357 112.934 239.874 222.481 117.653 186.511 142.070 142.069 232.557 364.265 272.525 168.201 200.788 149.718 187.019 118.646 234.256 112.746 240.432 223.171 117.945 186.072 142.451 142.471 232.280 365.689 273.512 170.823 201.521 153.103 193.212 118.255 247.338 112.470 240.902 223.723 116.828 185.598 142.786 142.780 231.324 367.054 275.131 170.779 202.484 152.618 192.248 117.216 244.925 112.454 241.430 224.459 117.503 185.008 143.086 142.941 232.207 368.229 275.263 200.544 191.634 194.431 150.381 186.144 225.427 193.124 229.109 230.290 200.028 201.470 202.268 140.665 223.710 245.594 201.471 192.646 195.330 151.734 188.232 230.802 194.614 229.610 230.911 205.146 201.876 202.572 140.479 234.055 246.269 203.249 194.686 196.957 155.051 194.216 242.814 198.318 230.420 231.538 217.017 202.235 202.846 140.348 257.569 246.851 203.332 194.721 197.159 154.607 193.378 241.567 198.136 231.283 232.397 215.500 202.670 203.171 140.228 255.141 247.513 Mar. 2007 Apr. 2007 May 2007 June 2007 Recreation 2 ...................................................................... Video and audio 2 ........................................................... 108.351 102.032 108.379 102.106 108.634 102.693 Education and communication 2 ....................................... Education 2 ..................................................................... Educational books and supplies ................................... Tuition, other school fees, and childcare ...................... Communication 2 ............................................................ Information and information processing 1 2 .................. Telephone services 1 2 ............................................... Information technology, hardware and services 1 5 .... Personal computers and peripheral equipment 1 2 ... 115.329 166.936 415.361 471.264 85.404 83.645 97.625 11.292 10.040 115.644 167.711 417.479 473.429 85.521 83.760 97.738 11.322 10.036 Other goods and services ................................................. Tobacco and smoking products 1 ................................... Personal care .................................................................. Personal care products 1 .............................................. Personal care services 1 ............................................... Miscellaneous personal services .................................. 341.327 551.161 192.086 158.528 215.318 321.437 Dec. 2006 June 2007 0.6 3.3 0.0 -2.7 0.2 -.2 2.6 5.3 12.6 4.6 .5 .7 3.0 -10.2 -6.1 3.4 4.1 4.2 4.1 2.8 2.2 4.1 -7.9 -17.0 1.4 6.6 7.4 6.5 -1.8 -2.1 3.0 -23.9 -5.6 3.0 4.7 8.3 4.3 1.6 1.4 3.5 -9.1 -11.7 4.0 4.8 3.6 6.0 3.7 3.6 6.9 18.2 2.1 -.2 5.0 2.3 3.1 1.7 3.8 .5 1.6 6.4 3.0 2.0 3.4 4.6 3.4 3.8 5.0 9.7 2.9 .2 3.3 4.3 -4.2 3.3 -7.9 -14.6 3.4 -17.3 -1.7 3.6 4.3 .3 5.1 5.7 2.3 1.9 4.3 3.0 -4.3 .6 -7.3 3.8 -2.3 -11.5 -3.5 3.1 4.3 2.1 2.0 3.2 4.1 .3 4.0 1.2 6.6 7.3 6.3 5.1 -1.6 18.2 -1.3 4.1 2.9 .9 14.5 7.3 2.5 1.1 7.5 2.3 9.5 5.2 12.0 17.2 -6.3 32.3 -1.7 2.6 3.6 -.5 -3.2 2.9 2.5 -.6 4.4 4.1 -4.2 2.0 -7.6 -5.9 .5 -14.5 -2.6 3.4 4.3 1.2 3.5 4.4 3.2 1.1 4.2 2.1 8.0 6.3 9.1 11.0 -3.9 25.1 -1.5 3.3 3.2 .2 5.3 5.1 2.5 .3 6.0 3.2 -.2 -1.3 .2 -7.6 -13.6 -17.4 -5.9 3.2 3.4 -17.9 2.9 2.6 .3 -30.5 3.6 -.6 -2.3 -.6 -7.0 3.6 -10.4 1.9 -.2 2.3 -11.9 1.0 1.2 -2.8 -21.2 3.2 4.8 6.1 5.2 6.3 5.2 17.3 6.5 5.1 3.5 23.6 3.2 2.3 .5 31.0 3.1 5.7 6.6 5.7 11.7 16.5 31.9 10.8 3.8 3.7 34.7 2.4 1.8 -1.2 69.2 3.2 -.4 -1.8 -.2 -7.3 -5.4 -14.0 -2.1 1.5 2.9 -15.0 1.9 1.9 -1.3 -26.0 3.4 5.2 6.4 5.4 9.0 10.7 24.4 8.6 4.5 3.6 29.1 2.8 2.1 -.4 48.9 3.2 Expenditure category Commodity and service group Commodities ....................................................................... Food and beverages ......................................................... Commodities less food and beverages ............................. Nondurables less food and beverages ........................... Apparel .......................................................................... Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel .......... Durables .......................................................................... Services .............................................................................. Rent of shelter 4 ................................................................ Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ............................. Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ............................................. Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 .............. Household operations 1 2 ................................................. Transportation services ..................................................... Medical care services ....................................................... Other services ................................................................... Special indexes All items less food ............................................................... All items less shelter ........................................................... All items less medical care .................................................. Commodities less food ........................................................ Nondurables less food ........................................................ Nondurables less food and apparel .................................... Nondurables ........................................................................ Services less rent of shelter 4 ............................................. Services less medical care services ................................... Energy ................................................................................. All items less energy ........................................................... All items less food and energy .......................................... Commodities less food and energy commodities ........... Energy commodities ..................................................... Services less energy services ......................................... 1 Not seasonally adjusted. 2 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. 3 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series were calculated using a geometric means estimator. 4 Indexes on a December 1984=100 base 5 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. Table 6. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Selected areas, all items index (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) All items CPI-W Indexes Percent change to June2007 from— Pricing schedule 1 Mar. 2007 Apr. 2007 May 2007 June 2007 M 200.612 202.130 203.661 Northeast urban .............................................. Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M M M 214.517 215.629 128.888 215.802 216.766 129.856 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 191.145 192.051 124.508 M South urban .................................................... Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than 50,000) ............................................... West urban ..................................................... Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ Percent change to May2007 from— June 2006 Apr. 2007 May 2007 May 2006 Mar. 2007 Apr. 2007 203.906 2.7 0.9 0.1 2.8 1.5 0.8 217.008 217.739 130.881 217.794 218.624 131.234 2.3 2.2 2.4 .9 .9 1.1 .4 .4 .3 2.3 2.3 2.3 1.2 1.0 1.5 .6 .4 .8 192.379 193.403 125.159 194.553 195.325 126.897 194.538 195.105 126.995 2.7 2.6 2.7 1.1 .9 1.5 .0 -.1 .1 2.9 3.0 2.9 1.8 1.7 1.9 1.1 1.0 1.4 188.484 189.901 191.801 192.455 2.6 1.3 .3 2.9 1.8 1.0 M M M 194.734 198.254 124.185 196.730 199.837 125.598 198.175 201.167 126.639 198.838 202.215 126.930 2.8 3.0 2.6 1.1 1.2 1.1 .3 .5 .2 2.7 2.8 2.7 1.8 1.5 2.0 .7 .7 .8 M 197.902 200.520 201.358 201.709 2.4 .6 .2 2.6 1.7 .4 M M M 205.173 207.180 127.333 206.521 208.393 128.376 207.795 209.674 128.962 207.311 208.726 129.097 2.9 2.8 2.9 .4 .2 .6 -.2 -.5 .1 2.9 3.0 2.7 1.3 1.2 1.3 .6 .6 .5 M M M 186.331 125.513 195.247 187.531 126.624 197.059 188.791 127.710 198.771 188.909 127.942 199.237 2.7 2.7 2.6 .7 1.0 1.1 .1 .2 .2 2.8 2.7 2.8 1.3 1.8 1.8 .7 .9 .9 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI ................... Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA ... New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA ......................................... M M 195.472 208.929 197.067 210.195 199.109 211.145 199.279 209.614 3.6 2.7 1.1 -.3 .1 -.7 3.7 3.0 1.9 1.1 1.0 .5 M 218.510 219.791 221.396 222.322 2.6 1.2 .4 2.7 1.3 .7 Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT ..... Cleveland-Akron, OH ...................................... Dallas-Fort Worth, TX ..................................... Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV 6 ...... 1 1 1 1 225.918 184.014 191.750 131.234 - 225.395 186.889 195.216 132.330 - - - - 1.1 1.7 1.2 3.2 -.2 1.6 1.8 .8 - Atlanta, GA ..................................................... Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI .............................. Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX .................... Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL ............................. Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD ........................................ San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA ........... Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA .................... 2 2 2 2 - 197.856 195.417 182.774 208.921 - 200.943 196.701 183.380 210.938 3.4 2.4 1.1 4.2 1.6 .7 .3 1.0 - - - - 2 2 2 - 214.668 211.189 210.388 - 216.511 211.422 210.550 1.6 3.0 3.3 .9 .1 .1 - - - - U.S. city average ............................................ Region and area size2 Size classes A 4 .............................................................. B/C 3 ........................................................... D ................................................................. Selected local areas5 1 Foods, fuels, and several other items priced every month in all areas; most other goods and services priced as indicated: M - Every month. 1 - January, March, May, July, September, and November. 2 - February, April, June, August, October, and December. 2 Regions defined as the four Census regions. See technical notes. 3 Indexes on a December 1996=100 base. 4 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base. 5 In addition, the following metropolitan areas are published semiannually and appear in Tables 34 and 39 of the January and July issues of the CPI Detailed Report: Anchorage, AK; Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN; Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO; Honolulu, HI; Kansas City, MO-KS; Milwaukee-Racine, WI; Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI; Phoenix-Mesa, AZ; Pittsburgh, PA; Portland-Salem, OR-WA; St. Louis, MO-IL; San Diego, CA; Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL. 6 Indexes on a November 1996=100 base. - Data not available. NOTE: Local area indexes are byproducts of the national CPI program. Each local index has a smaller sample size than the national index and is, therefore, subject to substantially more sampling and other measurement error. As a result, local area indexes show greater volatility than the national index, although their long-term trends are similar. Therefore, the Bureau of Labor Statistics strongly urges users to consider adopting the national average CPI for use in their escalator clauses. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. Table 7. Chained Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (C-CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category and commodity and service group (December 1999=100, unless otherwise noted) C-CPI-U Relative importance, 2003-2004 Unadjusted percent change to June 2007 from— Unadjusted indexes May 2007 June 2007 June 2006 May 2007 Expenditure category All items ...................................................................................... 100.000 120.032 120.221 2.3 0.2 Food and beverages ................................................................ Food ....................................................................................... Food at home ....................................................................... Food away from home .......................................................... Alcoholic beverages ............................................................... 15.072 13.943 8.029 5.914 1.130 119.151 119.165 116.325 122.983 119.237 119.518 119.525 116.642 123.404 119.690 3.8 3.9 4.4 3.4 2.8 .3 .3 .3 .3 .4 Housing .................................................................................... Shelter .................................................................................... Fuels and utilities .................................................................... Household furnishings and operations ................................... 42.173 32.495 4.702 4.977 124.894 126.754 149.589 96.293 125.839 127.298 155.348 96.314 3.3 3.7 4.5 -.4 .8 .4 3.8 .0 Apparel ..................................................................................... 4.076 91.417 88.075 -1.7 -3.7 Transportation .......................................................................... Private transportation ............................................................. Public transportation ............................................................... 17.095 15.988 1.107 122.721 123.649 112.257 122.385 123.099 114.763 .3 .4 -.6 -.3 -.4 2.2 Medical care ............................................................................. Medical care commodities ...................................................... Medical care services ............................................................. 6.055 1.458 4.597 136.026 122.069 140.898 136.168 121.996 141.118 3.7 .6 4.8 .1 -.1 .2 Recreation ................................................................................ 5.863 105.491 105.312 -.6 -.2 Education and communication ................................................. Education ............................................................................... Communication ...................................................................... 6.190 2.751 3.439 104.949 156.594 74.991 104.780 156.766 74.708 1.4 5.6 -1.8 -.2 .1 -.4 Other goods and services ........................................................ 3.475 123.773 123.973 3.5 .2 58.763 41.237 12.340 28.897 78.707 7.351 127.890 110.303 85.155 123.450 115.036 186.106 128.673 109.766 84.914 122.743 115.047 188.863 3.3 1.0 -2.4 2.5 1.8 4.6 .6 -.5 -.3 -.6 .0 1.5 Commodity and service group Services ...................................................................................... Commodities .............................................................................. Durables ................................................................................... Nondurables ............................................................................... All items less food and energy ................................................. Energy ........................................................................................ Indexes for 2007 are initial estimates. Indexes for 2006 are interim adjustments. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.
