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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 USDL-04-2147 CPI QUICKLINE: (202) 691-6994 TRANSMISSION OF FOR CURRENT AND HISTORICAL MATERIAL IN THIS INFORMATION: (202) 691-5200 RELEASE IS EMBARGOED MEDIA CONTACT: (202) 691-5902 UNTIL 8:30 A.M. (EDT) INTERNET ADDRESS: http://www.bls.gov/cpi/ Tuesday, October 19, 2004 CONSUMER PRICE INDEX: SEPTEMBER 2004 The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.2 percent in September, before seasonal adjustment, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The September level of 189.9 (1982-84=100) was 2.5 percent higher than in September 2003. The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) also increased 0.2 percent in September, prior to seasonal adjustment. The September level of 185.4 was 2.4 percent higher than in September 2003. The Chained Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (C-CPI-U) increased 0.3 percent in September on a not seasonally adjusted basis. The September level of 110.6 (December 1999=100) was 2.1 percent higher than in September 2003. Please note that the indexes for the post-2002 period are subject to revision. CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) On a seasonally adjusted basis, the CPI-U increased 0.2 percent in September, following a 0.1 percent increase in August. Energy costs declined for the third consecutive month--down 0.4 percent in September--after advancing sharply in the first half of the year. Within energy, the index for household fuels decreased 0.9 percent, while the index for motor fuel rose 0.1 percent. The index for food was unchanged in September, as a 0.2 percent decline in the index for food at home was offset by a 0.3 percent increase in the index for food away from home. The index for all items less food and energy advanced 0.3 percent in September, following increases of 0.1 percent in each of the preceding three months. While each of the non-food major groups, including the non-energy portions of housing and transportation, contributed to the larger advance in September, the sharp upturn in the lodging away from home component accounted for about three-fourths of the acceleration in the index for all items excluding food and energy. Table A. Percent changes in CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) Seasonally adjusted UnCompound adjusted Expenditure Changes from preceding month annual rate 12-mos. Category 1 2004 3-mos. ended ended 9 Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sep. Sep. ’04 Sep. ’04 All Items .5 .2 .6 .3 -.1 .1 .2 .6 ’98‘97Jan.’ 2.5 Food and beverages .2 .2 .9 .2 .2 .1 .0 1.3 3.3 Housing .3 .4 .4 .3 .2 .2 .2 2.3 2.8 Apparel .9 .0 .3 .2 -.8 -.2 .0 -4.2 -.7 Transportation 1.1 .1 1.7 .8 -.8 -.3 .2 -3.8 2.2 Medical care .6 .4 .3 .3 .3 .2 .3 3.5 4.4 Recreation .3 .2 -.2 .3 -.2 -.2 .2 -.7 .8 Education and communication .1 .3 .0 .2 -.1 .1 .4 1.8 1.8 Other goods and services .2 .1 .1 .1 .3 .2 .3 3.2 2.1 Special Indexes Energy 1.9 .1 4.6 2.6 -1.9 -.3 -.4 -9.8 6.7 Food .2 .2 .9 .2 .3 .1 .0 1.3 3.3 All Items less food and energy .4 .3 .2 .1 .1 .1 .3 1.8 2.0 Consumer prices increased at a seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR) of 0.6 percent in the third quarter of 2004, following increases in the first and second quarters at annual rates of 5.1 and 4.8 percent, respectively. This brings the year-to-date annual rate to 3.5 percent and compares with an increase of 1.9 percent in all of 2003. The index for energy, which advanced at annual rates of 38.6 and 33.5 percent in the first two quarters, declined at a 9.8 percent rate in the third quarter of 2004. Thus far this year, energy costs have risen at an 18.6 percent SAAR after increasing 6.9 percent in all of 2003. In the first nine months of 2003, petroleum-based energy costs increased at a 31.7 percent rate and charges for energy services increased at a 6.2 percent rate. The food index rose at a 2.6 percent SAAR in the first nine months of 2004. The index for grocery store food prices increased at a 1.9 percent rate. Among the six major grocery store food groups, the index for dairy products registered the largest increase during this span--up at a 7.3 percent rate--although it declined in each month during the third quarter. The index for fruits and vegetables recorded the largest decline--down at a 0.8 percent annual rate. The CPI-U excluding food and energy advanced at a 1.8 percent SAAR in the third quarter, following increases at rates of 2.9 and 2.3 percent in the first two quarters of 2004. The advance at a 2.3 percent SAAR for the first nine months of 2004 compares with a 1.1 percent rise in all of 2003. With the exception of the recreation component, each of the major groups--including alcoholic beverages and the non-energy portion of the housing and transportation groups--advanced at a faster rate in the first 9 months of 2004 than in all of 2003. Most of the overall acceleration, however, was accounted for by a larger increase in the indexes for shelter, an upturn in the index for new and used vehicles, and a smaller decline in the index for apparel. The annual rates for selected groups for the last seven and three-quarter years are shown below. Percentage change 12 months ended in December All items Food and beverages Housing Apparel Transportation Medical care Recreation Education and communication Other goods and services Special indexes Energy Energy commodities Energy services All items less energy Food All items less food and energy SAAR 9 mos. ended in Sep. 2003 2004 1.9 3.5 3.5 2.5 2.2 3.3 -2.1 -.1 .3 7.0 3.7 4.4 1.1 .9 1997 1.7 1.6 2.4 1.0 -1.4 2.8 1.5 1998 1.6 2.3 2.3 -.7 -1.7 3.4 1.2 1999 2.7 2.0 2.2 -.5 5.4 3.7 .8 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 3.0 5.2 .7 8.8 1.6 5.1 1.3 4.2 3.2 4.5 2.2 3.3 1.6 1.5 1.8 2.4 -3.4 -6.9 .2 2.1 1.5 -8.8 -15.1 -3.3 2.4 2.3 13.4 29.5 1.2 2.0 1.9 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 18.6 31.7 6.2 2.4 2.6 2.2 2.4 1.9 2.6 2.7 1.9 1.1 2.3 The food and beverages index was unchanged in September. The index for food at home decreased 0.2 percent, the same as in August. The index for dairy products declined for the third consecutive month, down 2.0 percent in September. Milk prices also declined for the third consecutive month--down 3.4 percent in September-but were 8.7 percent higher than in September 2003. Also contributing to the decrease in the food at home index were declines in the indexes for other food at home and for meats, poultry, fish, and eggs--down 0.5 and 0.3 percent, respectively. Within the latter index, declines in prices for eggs, for beef, and for poultry more than offset price increases for pork and for fish and seafood. The index for fruits and vegetables increased 0.7 percent. The indexes for fresh fruits and for fresh vegetables rose 0.6 and 1.5 percent, respectively, while the index for processed fruits and vegetables fell 0.5 percent. The two other major grocery store food groups-- nonalcoholic beverages and cereals and bakery products--rose 0.3 and 0.1 percent, respectively. The other two components of the food and beverage index-food away from home and alcoholic beverages--increased 0.3 and 0.5 percent, respectively. The index for housing rose 0.2 percent in September, the same as in each of the preceding two months. Shelter costs, which increased 0.1 percent in August, advanced 0.4 percent in September. The index for lodging away from home increased 2.9 percent in September, following a 1.7 percent decrease in August. The indexes for rent and owners' equivalent rent each increased 0.1 percent after advancing 0.3 percent in August. The index for fuels and utilities fell 0.5 percent in September. The index for fuel oil rose 2.1 percent in September and was 29.0 percent higher than a year earlier. The index for electricity was unchanged, while the index for natural gas decreased 3.1 percent. During the last 12 months, these indexes have advanced 1.6 and 6.2 percent, respectively. The index for household furnishings and operations was unchanged in September, following declines in the preceding two months. The transportation index rose 0.2 percent in September, following declines in each of the preceding two months. The index for gasoline, which declined in July and August, increased 0.1 percent in September. (Prior to seasonal adjustment, gasoline prices fell 0.4 percent in September.) The index for used cars and trucks advanced for the third consecutive month--up 2.0 percent in September. Despite the recent advances, used car and truck prices are 1.8 percent lower than a year ago. Partially offsetting these increases, the index for new vehicles declined 0.2 percent in September. (About 17 percent of the new car sample in September was represented by 2005 models.) New vehicle prices are 1.1 percent lower than in September 2003. The index for public transportation decreased 1.1 percent, reflecting a 1.6 percent decline in airline fares. The index for apparel, which declined in each of the preceding two months, was unchanged in September. (Prior to seasonal adjustment, apparel prices rose 4.0 percent, reflecting the introduction of fall-winter wear. The proportion of fall-winter clothing introduced in this September was about the same as in recent years.) Medical care costs rose 0.3 percent in September to a level 4.4 percent higher than a year ago. The index for medical care commodities--prescription drugs, nonprescription drugs, and medical supplies--increased 0.4 percent. The index for medical care services rose 0.3 percent in September. Charges for professional services and for hospital and related services increased 0.1 and 0.6 percent, respectively. The index for recreation turned up in September, advancing 0.2 percent after registering declines of the same magnitude in July and August. Increases in the indexes for cable and satellite television and radio services and for admissions to movies, theaters, concerts, and sporting events--up 0.6 and 0.8 percent, respectively--were largely responsible for the September increase. The index for education and communication increased 0.4 percent in September. Educational costs rose 0.6 percent, reflecting increases in the indexes for college tuition and for elementary and high school tuition--up 0.8 and 0.9 percent, respectively. (Prior to seasonal adjustment, charges for college tuition and fees rose 2.9 percent in September and were 8.9 percent higher than a year ago.) The index for communication costs increased 0.3 percent. The index for telephone services rose 0.3 percent, reflecting a 1.9 percent increase in long distance charges. The index for personal computers and peripheral equipment declined 0.7 percent. The index for other goods and services rose 0.3 percent in September. The index for tobacco and smoking products increased 0.3 percent. The index for personal care increased 0.2 percent. Within personal care, the index for miscellaneous personal services--legal services, funeral expenses, laundry and dry cleaning and other apparel services, and financial services--rose 0.3 percent in September. 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 0.2 percent in September. Table B. Percent changes in CPI for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) Seasonally adjusted Expenditure Category All Items Food and beverages Housing Apparel Transportation Medical care Recreation Education and communication Other goods and services Special Indexes Energy Food All Items less food and energy 1 9 Mar. .5 .2 .2 .8 1.3 .6 .3 Changes from preceding month 2004 Apr. May June July Aug. .2 .7 .3 -.1 .1 .2 .9 .2 .3 .1 .3 .3 .4 .3 .2 -.1 .2 .0 -.7 -.4 -.1 2.1 .7 -.9 -.2 .4 .3 .3 .3 .2 .0 .0 .2 -.3 -.2 Sep. .2 .0 .1 .3 .4 .4 .2 Compound annual rate 3-mos. ended Sep. ’04 .7 1.3 2.4 -3.3 -2.9 3.8 -1.1 Unadjusted 12-mos. ended Sep. ’04 ’98‘97Jan.’ 2.4 3.4 2.7 -.3 2.2 4.5 .7 .1 .2 -.2 .2 -.1 .0 .4 1.1 1.0 .2 .2 .1 .1 .4 .2 .3 3.6 2.1 2.2 .2 -.1 .1 5.0 1.0 2.7 .1 -2.0 .3 -.5 .1 -.3 -.1 -10.5 1.3 6.9 3.3 .3 .2 .1 .2 .1 .1 .3 1.9 1.8 Consumer Price Index data for October are scheduled for release on Wednesday, November 17, 2004, at 8:30 A.M. (EST). 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 establishmentsdepartment stores, supermarkets, hospitals, filling stations, and other types of stores and service establishments. All taxes directly associated with the purchase and use of items are included in the index. Prices of fuels and a few other items are obtained every month in all 87 locations. Prices of most other commodities and services are collected every month in the three largest geographic areas and every other month in other areas. Prices of most goods and services are obtained by personal visits or telephone calls of the Bureau’s trained representatives. In calculating the index, price changes for the various items in each location are averaged together with weights, which represent their importance in the spending of the appropriate population group. Local data are then combined to obtain a U.S. city average. 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 CPIU and CPI-W are considered final when released, but the C-CPI-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 12month period. Index Point Change CPI Less previous index Equals index point change 115.7 111.2 4.5 Percent Change Index point difference Divided by the previous index Equals Results multiplied by one hundred Equals percent change 4.5 111.2 0.040 0.040x100 4.0 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. The updated seasonal data at the end of 1977 replaced data from 1967 through 1977. Subsequent annual updates have replaced 5 years of seasonal data, e.g., data from 1999 through 2003 were replaced at the end of 2003. 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 for the last 5 years, but the seasonally adjusted indexes will be used before that period. Note: 47 of the 73 components are seasonally adjusted for 2004. Seasonally adjusted data, including the All items index levels, are subject to revision for up to five years after their original release. For this reason, BLS advises against the use of these data in escalation agreements. Effective with the calculation of the seasonal factors for 1990, the Bureau of Labor Statistics has used an enhanced seasonal adjustment procedure called Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment for some CPI series. Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment allows for better estimates of seasonally adjusted data. Extreme values and/or sharp movements which might distort the seasonal pattern are estimated and removed from the data prior to calculation of seasonal factors. Beginning with the calculation of seasonal factors for 1996, X-12-ARIMA software was used for Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment. For the fuel oil, natural gas, motor fuels, and educational books and supplies indexes, this procedure was used to offset the effects that extreme price volatility would otherwise have had on the estimates of seasonally adjusted data for those series. For the Nonalcoholic beverages index, the procedure was used to offset the effects of labor and supply problems for coffee. The procedure was used to account for unusual butter fat supply reductions, decreases in milk supply, and large swings in soybean oil inventories affecting the Fats and oils series. For the Water and sewerage maintenance index, the procedure was used to account for a data collection anomaly and dry weather in California. For Dairy products, it mitigated the effects of significant changes in milk production levels and higher demand for cheese. For Electricity, it was used to offset an increase in demand due to warmer than expected weather, increased rates to conserve supplies, and declining natural gas inventories. For New vehicles, New cars, and New trucks, the procedure was used to offset the effects of a model changeover combined with financing incentives. 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 Daniel Chow on (202) 691-6968 by e-mail at Chow.Daniel@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 2003 Unadjusted indexes Aug. 2004 Sep. 2004 Unadjusted percent change to Sep. 2004 from— Sep. 2003 Seasonally adjusted percent change from— Aug. 2004 June to July July to Aug. Aug. to Sep. Expenditure category All items ...................................................................................... All items (1967=100) .................................................................. 100.000 189.5 567.6 189.9 568.7 2.5 0.2 -0.1 0.1 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 ....................................................................... Other miscellaneous foods 1 2 ....................................... Food away from home 1 ....................................................... Other food away from home 2 ............................................ Alcoholic beverages 1 ............................................................ 15.384 14.383 8.256 1.202 2.320 .842 1.221 .905 1.765 .305 .251 1.210 .308 6.127 .332 1.001 187.3 186.8 186.7 207.2 183.7 184.9 224.0 140.3 166.2 164.4 169.7 180.9 111.5 188.4 125.4 192.5 187.2 186.7 186.1 206.4 183.4 181.6 226.0 140.3 165.2 163.5 170.4 179.4 110.5 188.9 125.9 193.4 3.3 3.3 3.3 1.4 7.2 6.6 .7 .8 1.3 .7 8.1 .0 -.5 3.3 3.4 2.9 -.1 -.1 -.3 -.4 -.2 -1.8 .9 .0 -.6 -.5 .4 -.8 -.9 .3 .4 .5 .2 .3 .2 .1 .8 -.6 -.2 .3 .2 .4 -.2 .3 -1.4 .4 -.1 -.1 .1 .1 -.2 .0 .0 -1.8 .2 .0 .1 .6 -1.3 .2 1.9 .3 .2 .2 .0 .0 -.2 .1 -.3 -2.0 .7 .3 -.5 -.4 .4 -.7 -.9 .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 .................................................................... Fuels ..................................................................................... Fuel oil and other fuels ....................................................... Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ............................................... Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ................. Household furnishings and operations ................................... Household operations 1 2 ..................................................... 42.089 32.878 6.157 2.954 23.383 .385 4.741 3.830 .231 3.599 .910 4.470 .704 191.2 220.3 211.9 130.6 225.7 116.3 167.7 150.5 157.4 157.6 125.3 124.8 126.1 191.0 220.2 212.4 127.2 226.1 116.6 166.7 149.3 161.6 156.0 125.7 125.0 126.1 2.8 3.0 2.8 7.3 2.4 .6 4.4 4.1 23.8 3.0 6.3 -.2 3.1 -.1 .0 .2 -2.6 .2 .3 -.6 -.8 2.7 -1.0 .3 .2 .0 .2 .2 .2 1.1 .1 -.1 .4 .4 3.0 .2 .6 -.3 .6 .2 .1 .3 -1.7 .3 .2 .8 .9 5.3 .6 .4 -.2 .5 .2 .4 .1 2.9 .1 .3 -.5 -.9 1.9 -1.0 .4 .0 .0 Apparel ..................................................................................... Men’s and boys’ apparel ........................................................ Women’s and girls’ apparel .................................................... Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel ................................................. Footwear ................................................................................ 3.975 1.024 1.704 .195 .778 116.5 113.8 107.5 115.0 117.3 121.2 116.2 114.4 119.5 121.7 -.7 -.9 -1.0 -3.7 1.2 4.0 2.1 6.4 3.9 3.8 -.8 .0 -1.1 .4 -1.8 -.2 -1.3 -.3 -1.4 1.6 .0 -.3 -.6 1.9 2.0 Transportation .......................................................................... Private transportation ............................................................. New and used motor vehicles 2 ........................................... New vehicles ...................................................................... Used cars and trucks 1 ....................................................... Motor fuel ............................................................................. Gasoline (all types) ............................................................. Motor vehicle parts and equipment 1 ................................... Motor vehicle maintenance and repair ................................. Public transportation ............................................................... 16.881 15.817 7.912 4.817 2.007 3.249 3.222 .369 1.349 1.064 162.9 159.1 93.4 134.9 133.8 162.0 161.2 109.0 200.8 209.7 162.9 159.4 93.9 134.9 136.5 161.2 160.5 109.3 200.7 205.3 2.2 2.6 -1.3 -1.1 -1.8 9.6 9.6 1.5 2.3 -2.8 .0 .2 .5 .0 2.0 -.5 -.4 .3 .0 -2.1 -.8 -.9 .0 -.7 1.1 -4.0 -4.2 .6 .4 .4 -.3 -.3 .1 -.3 1.3 -1.5 -1.4 .2 .2 -1.4 .2 .3 .5 -.2 2.0 .1 .1 .3 -.2 -1.1 Medical care ............................................................................. Medical care commodities ...................................................... Medical care services ............................................................. Professional services ........................................................... Hospital and related services 3 ............................................ 6.074 1.499 4.575 2.749 1.489 311.6 270.0 323.1 273.3 418.8 312.3 270.9 323.7 273.3 420.3 4.4 2.3 5.0 4.2 5.2 .2 .3 .2 .0 .4 .3 .0 .4 .3 .6 .2 .1 .2 .5 -.4 .3 .4 .3 .1 .6 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 2003 Unadjusted indexes Aug. 2004 Sep. 2004 Unadjusted percent change to Sep. 2004 from— Sep. 2003 Seasonally adjusted percent change from— Aug. 2004 June to July July to Aug. Aug. to Sep. Expenditure category Recreation 2 ............................................................................. Video and audio 2 ................................................................... 5.872 1.736 108.5 104.1 108.6 104.0 0.8 .5 0.1 -.1 -0.2 .1 -0.2 -.3 0.2 .3 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 .......... 5.948 2.841 .219 2.623 3.107 2.925 2.315 .610 .230 111.7 145.1 353.3 418.3 86.1 84.0 95.0 14.7 15.1 112.9 147.9 352.8 427.4 86.2 84.1 95.3 14.7 15.0 1.8 6.6 4.3 6.9 -2.7 -3.0 -2.2 -5.8 -8.0 1.1 1.9 -.1 2.2 .1 .1 .3 .0 -.7 -.1 .4 -.1 .4 -.6 -.2 -.2 -.7 -1.3 .1 .6 1.0 .7 -.5 -.6 -.6 -.7 -1.3 .4 .6 -.9 .6 .3 .1 .3 .0 -.7 Other goods and services ........................................................ Tobacco and smoking products 1 ........................................... Personal care ......................................................................... Personal care products 1 ...................................................... Personal care services 1 ...................................................... Miscellaneous personal services .......................................... 3.776 .806 2.970 .680 .650 1.448 305.5 481.6 181.9 152.8 198.9 295.2 306.3 482.9 182.3 153.5 199.1 295.9 2.1 3.0 1.8 .1 1.9 3.7 .3 .3 .2 .5 .1 .2 .3 .9 .1 -.3 .3 .3 .2 .2 .2 -.4 .7 .3 .3 .3 .2 .5 .1 .3 40.117 15.384 24.733 13.458 3.975 9.483 11.275 59.883 32.494 .385 3.599 .910 .704 6.319 4.575 10.896 154.2 187.3 135.6 156.1 116.5 184.4 113.7 224.5 229.4 116.3 157.6 125.3 126.1 220.8 323.1 261.9 154.9 187.2 136.7 157.8 121.2 184.4 114.1 224.5 229.3 116.6 156.0 125.7 126.1 220.1 323.7 263.8 1.9 3.3 1.0 3.1 -.7 4.5 -1.4 2.9 3.0 .6 3.0 6.3 3.1 1.5 5.0 2.6 .5 -.1 .8 1.1 4.0 .0 .4 .0 .0 .3 -1.0 .3 .0 -.3 .2 .7 -.5 .2 -.9 -.3 -.8 -1.9 -.3 .3 .3 -.1 .2 .6 .6 .5 .4 .1 -.1 .1 -.3 -.6 -.2 -.4 .0 .1 .0 .2 .6 .4 .5 -.1 .2 .2 .1 .0 .1 -1.1 .0 .1 .4 .3 .3 .3 -1.0 .4 .0 .0 .3 .5 85.617 67.122 93.926 25.734 14.459 10.484 28.842 27.389 55.308 7.080 92.920 78.537 22.254 3.480 56.283 189.9 179.5 183.2 137.7 158.2 184.3 171.9 235.6 216.2 155.3 194.7 196.8 138.1 162.5 231.4 $ .528 $ .176 190.4 180.1 183.6 138.8 159.9 184.4 172.8 235.9 216.1 154.3 195.2 197.4 139.4 162.0 231.6 $ .527 $ .176 2.4 2.3 2.5 1.1 3.0 4.4 3.2 2.9 2.8 6.7 2.2 2.0 -.6 10.3 3.0 .3 .3 .2 .8 1.1 .1 .5 .1 .0 -.6 .3 .3 .9 -.3 .1 -.1 -.2 -.1 -.9 -.4 -1.7 -.2 .1 .2 -1.9 .1 .1 -.3 -3.7 .3 .0 .0 .0 -.3 -.4 -.6 -.3 .4 .2 -.3 .1 .1 -.1 -1.0 .1 .2 .1 .2 .2 -1.0 .2 -.6 .1 .2 -.4 .3 .3 .2 .2 .3 - - - - - Commodity and service group Commodities .............................................................................. Food and beverages ................................................................ Commodities less food and beverages .................................... Nondurables less food and beverages ................................... Apparel ................................................................................. Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel .................. Durables ................................................................................. Services ...................................................................................... Rent of shelter 4 ....................................................................... Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ..................................... Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ..................................................... Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ..................... Household operations 1 2 ......................................................... Transportation services ............................................................ Medical care services ............................................................... Other services .......................................................................... Special indexes All items less food ...................................................................... All items less shelter ................................................................... All items less medical care ......................................................... Commodities less food ............................................................... Nondurables less food ................................................................ Nondurables less food and apparel ............................................ Nondurables ............................................................................... Services less rent of shelter 4 .................................................... Services less medical care services ........................................... Energy ........................................................................................ All items less energy .................................................................. All items less food and energy ................................................. Commodities less food and energy commodities ................... Energy commodities ............................................................. Services less energy services ................................................ 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 June 2004 July 2004 Aug. 2004 Sep. 2004 Dec. 2003 Mar. 2004 June 2004 6 months ended— Sep. 2004 Mar. 2004 Sep. 2004 Expenditure category All items ...................................................................................... 189.4 189.3 189.4 189.7 -0.4 5.1 4.8 0.6 2.3 2.7 Food and beverages ................................................................ Food ....................................................................................... Food at home ....................................................................... Cereals and bakery products ............................................. Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ............................................ Dairy and related products ................................................. Fruits and vegetables ......................................................... Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials .............. Other food at home ............................................................ Sugar and sweets ............................................................. Fats and oils ..................................................................... Other foods ....................................................................... Other miscellaneous foods 1 2 ....................................... Food away from home 1 ....................................................... Other food away from home 2 ............................................ Alcoholic beverages 1 ............................................................ 186.9 186.4 186.9 206.0 182.5 189.9 227.5 139.9 165.5 162.7 172.0 179.7 110.9 187.0 125.2 192.4 187.3 186.9 187.3 206.2 183.9 188.7 227.0 140.3 165.8 163.3 171.7 180.2 109.4 187.8 125.1 192.2 187.5 187.0 187.0 206.3 183.9 185.3 227.4 140.3 165.9 164.2 169.4 180.6 111.5 188.4 125.4 192.5 187.5 187.0 186.6 206.6 183.4 181.6 228.9 140.7 165.1 163.5 170.0 179.4 110.5 188.9 125.5 193.4 5.6 5.9 7.7 .8 23.6 4.5 5.2 1.2 .5 .7 3.9 -.2 -4.3 3.3 4.4 1.7 1.5 1.3 -.2 2.2 -3.7 .0 -2.2 .6 4.2 .7 20.3 2.0 7.1 3.3 5.0 4.5 4.9 5.1 6.7 1.6 8.5 47.9 -2.6 -.9 1.5 -.2 14.4 -1.1 -2.8 2.6 3.3 3.4 1.3 1.3 -.6 1.2 2.0 -16.4 2.5 2.3 -1.0 2.0 -4.6 -.7 -1.4 4.1 1.0 2.1 3.6 3.6 3.7 1.5 9.1 2.2 1.4 .9 2.3 .7 11.8 .9 1.3 3.3 4.7 3.1 3.1 3.2 3.0 1.4 5.2 11.2 -.1 .7 .2 .9 4.5 -.9 -2.1 3.4 2.1 2.7 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 .................................................................... Fuels ..................................................................................... Fuel oil and other fuels ....................................................... Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ............................................... Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ................. Household furnishings and operations ................................... Household operations 1 2 ..................................................... 189.6 218.8 210.9 125.6 225.0 116.2 162.7 145.3 153.3 152.1 123.9 125.5 124.7 190.0 219.3 211.4 127.0 225.3 116.1 163.3 145.9 157.9 152.4 124.6 125.1 125.5 190.3 219.5 212.1 124.9 225.9 116.3 164.6 147.2 166.2 153.3 125.1 124.9 126.1 190.7 220.4 212.4 128.5 226.1 116.6 163.7 145.9 169.3 151.7 125.6 124.9 126.1 1.3 2.5 2.1 7.9 2.0 -5.4 -3.8 -5.9 -1.2 -6.1 5.5 -.6 1.0 3.5 3.4 2.3 8.1 2.5 2.8 5.5 5.6 25.6 4.2 6.8 1.9 3.3 4.1 3.2 3.7 3.9 3.1 3.9 15.0 16.7 27.7 16.2 6.7 .0 3.6 2.3 3.0 2.9 9.6 2.0 1.4 2.5 1.7 48.8 -1.0 5.6 -1.9 4.6 2.4 2.9 2.2 8.0 2.3 -1.4 .8 -.3 11.4 -1.1 6.2 .6 2.1 3.2 3.1 3.3 6.7 2.5 2.6 8.6 8.9 37.8 7.2 6.2 -1.0 4.1 Apparel ..................................................................................... Men’s and boys’ apparel ........................................................ Women’s and girls’ apparel .................................................... Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel ................................................. Footwear ................................................................................ 121.4 118.6 114.2 117.7 119.0 120.4 118.6 113.0 118.2 116.9 120.1 117.1 112.7 116.6 118.8 120.1 116.8 112.0 118.8 121.2 -2.3 1.0 -1.4 -12.6 -2.6 2.0 .3 2.5 3.4 1.7 2.0 1.4 3.6 -8.4 -1.7 -4.2 -5.9 -7.5 3.8 7.6 -.2 .7 .5 -5.0 -.5 -1.2 -2.4 -2.1 -2.5 2.9 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 ............................................................... 165.0 161.3 93.8 137.6 130.6 169.9 169.3 108.2 199.9 208.8 163.6 159.8 93.8 136.7 132.1 163.1 162.2 108.8 200.7 209.6 163.1 159.4 93.9 136.3 133.8 160.7 160.0 109.0 201.2 206.6 163.4 159.9 94.4 136.0 136.5 160.9 160.1 109.3 200.7 204.3 -11.0 -12.0 -6.1 -1.4 -21.1 -37.0 -36.9 .0 3.3 -.9 14.9 16.3 -.4 .9 .6 87.1 86.6 .4 .8 1.7 10.9 11.7 -.4 .9 -1.8 51.7 52.3 1.5 3.3 -3.4 -3.8 -3.4 2.6 -4.6 19.3 -19.6 -20.0 4.1 1.6 -8.3 1.1 1.2 -3.3 -.3 -10.9 8.6 8.5 .2 2.0 .4 3.3 3.9 1.1 -1.9 8.2 10.4 10.4 2.8 2.4 -5.9 Medical care ............................................................................. Medical care commodities ...................................................... Medical care services ............................................................. Professional services ........................................................... Hospital and related services 3 ............................................ 309.9 269.4 321.0 271.3 418.1 310.9 269.3 322.3 272.0 420.4 311.6 269.7 323.1 273.3 418.8 312.6 270.9 324.0 273.6 421.2 4.2 .8 5.3 3.5 6.9 5.8 2.9 6.8 7.0 5.5 3.8 3.2 4.1 2.9 5.5 3.5 2.2 3.8 3.4 3.0 5.0 1.8 6.1 5.2 6.2 3.7 2.7 3.9 3.1 4.3 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 June 2004 July 2004 Aug. 2004 Sep. 2004 Dec. 2003 Mar. 2004 June 2004 6 months ended— Sep. 2004 Mar. 2004 Sep. 2004 Expenditure category Recreation 2 ............................................................................. Video and audio 2 ................................................................... 108.9 104.3 108.7 104.4 108.5 104.1 108.7 104.4 0.7 .0 2.2 .4 1.1 1.2 -0.7 .4 1.5 .2 0.2 .8 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 .......... 111.6 143.3 351.3 413.0 87.0 84.7 95.8 14.9 15.5 111.5 143.9 350.9 414.8 86.5 84.5 95.6 14.8 15.3 111.6 144.8 354.3 417.5 86.1 84.0 95.0 14.7 15.1 112.1 145.6 351.1 420.2 86.4 84.1 95.3 14.7 15.0 1.5 6.6 11.4 6.2 -3.6 -2.3 -.8 -7.5 -2.4 1.8 6.5 2.0 7.0 -2.7 -2.3 -2.0 -2.6 -9.5 1.8 6.7 4.4 6.8 -2.3 -4.6 -3.7 -7.7 -7.4 1.8 6.6 -.2 7.2 -2.7 -2.8 -2.1 -5.3 -12.3 1.6 6.5 6.6 6.6 -3.1 -2.3 -1.4 -5.1 -6.0 1.8 6.6 2.1 7.0 -2.5 -3.7 -2.9 -6.5 -9.9 Other goods and services ........................................................ Tobacco and smoking products 1 ........................................... Personal care ......................................................................... Personal care products 1 ...................................................... Personal care services 1 ...................................................... Miscellaneous personal services .......................................... 303.9 476.0 181.3 153.8 196.9 293.6 304.8 480.5 181.5 153.4 197.5 294.4 305.5 481.6 181.9 152.8 198.9 295.2 306.3 482.9 182.3 153.5 199.1 296.2 1.2 1.5 1.1 .0 -2.2 3.8 2.8 2.7 2.7 2.9 3.1 4.1 1.3 2.0 1.3 -1.8 2.3 3.5 3.2 5.9 2.2 -.8 4.5 3.6 2.0 2.1 1.9 1.4 .4 4.0 2.3 4.0 1.8 -1.3 3.4 3.5 155.8 186.9 138.1 158.4 121.4 188.4 114.5 222.8 228.1 116.2 152.1 123.9 124.7 220.1 321.0 261.0 155.0 187.3 136.9 158.0 120.4 184.9 114.2 223.4 228.7 116.1 152.4 124.6 125.5 221.1 322.3 261.3 154.8 187.5 136.5 157.0 120.1 184.1 114.2 223.7 228.8 116.3 153.3 125.1 126.1 220.8 323.1 261.8 155.0 187.5 136.7 155.2 120.1 184.3 114.6 224.3 229.5 116.6 151.7 125.6 126.1 220.8 324.0 263.0 -3.6 5.6 -9.1 -.3 -2.3 -15.0 -4.4 2.0 2.4 -5.4 -6.1 5.5 1.0 1.3 5.3 2.0 7.4 1.5 11.0 13.7 2.0 28.9 .7 3.5 3.6 2.8 4.2 6.8 3.3 2.0 6.8 2.8 6.4 4.9 7.3 8.2 2.0 19.0 -1.7 3.7 3.6 3.9 16.2 6.7 3.6 1.5 4.1 2.5 -2.0 1.3 -4.0 -7.8 -4.2 -8.4 .3 2.7 2.5 1.4 -1.0 5.6 4.6 1.3 3.8 3.1 1.7 3.6 .4 6.5 -.2 4.7 -1.9 2.8 3.0 -1.4 -1.1 6.2 2.1 1.7 6.1 2.4 2.1 3.1 1.5 -.1 -1.2 4.4 -.7 3.2 3.0 2.6 7.2 6.2 4.1 1.4 3.9 2.8 189.9 180.0 183.2 140.1 160.5 188.2 173.3 233.5 214.5 156.4 194.5 196.6 139.7 169.7 230.0 189.8 179.7 183.1 138.9 159.9 185.0 172.9 233.8 214.9 153.4 194.7 196.8 139.3 163.5 230.6 189.8 179.7 183.1 138.5 159.2 183.9 172.4 234.7 215.3 153.0 194.8 196.9 139.1 161.8 230.9 190.2 179.9 183.4 138.8 157.6 184.2 171.4 235.0 215.7 152.4 195.3 197.5 139.4 162.2 231.7 -1.3 -1.6 -.4 -8.5 -.3 -13.1 3.2 2.1 2.1 -22.2 1.7 .8 -2.8 -35.2 2.5 5.5 5.8 4.8 10.8 12.9 26.8 6.9 2.5 2.7 38.6 2.7 2.9 1.4 82.5 3.4 4.8 5.5 5.0 6.8 7.8 17.9 7.5 4.6 3.8 33.5 2.7 2.3 .3 50.2 3.0 .6 -.2 .4 -3.7 -7.0 -8.2 -4.3 2.6 2.3 -9.8 1.7 1.8 -.9 -16.5 3.0 2.1 2.1 2.1 .7 6.1 4.9 5.0 2.3 2.4 3.8 2.2 1.9 -.7 8.8 3.0 2.7 2.6 2.7 1.5 .1 4.0 1.4 3.6 3.0 9.7 2.2 2.1 -.3 11.9 3.0 Commodity and service group Commodities .............................................................................. Food and beverages ................................................................ Commodities less food and beverages .................................... Nondurables less food and beverages ................................... Apparel ................................................................................. Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel .................. Durables ................................................................................. Services ...................................................................................... Rent of shelter 4 ....................................................................... Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ..................................... Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ..................................................... Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ..................... Household operations 1 2 ......................................................... Transportation services ............................................................ Medical care services ............................................................... Other services .......................................................................... 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 1 U.S. city average ............................................ Percent change to Sep.2004 from— Pricing schedule June 2004 July 2004 Aug. 2004 Sep. 2004 Sep. 2003 July 2004 Percent change to Aug.2004 from— Aug. 2004 Aug. 2003 June 2004 July 2004 M 189.7 189.4 189.5 189.9 2.5 0.3 0.2 2.7 -0.1 0.1 Northeast urban .............................................. Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M M M 201.1 203.3 118.7 201.0 203.0 119.2 201.0 203.1 118.9 201.2 203.2 119.2 3.2 3.0 3.7 .1 .1 .0 .1 .0 .3 3.4 3.3 3.9 .0 -.1 .2 .0 .0 -.3 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 183.3 185.3 116.8 183.2 185.4 116.3 183.3 185.6 116.5 183.6 185.9 116.8 2.3 2.1 2.5 .2 .3 .4 .2 .2 .3 2.5 2.4 2.6 .0 .2 -.3 .1 .1 .2 M 176.9 177.1 176.3 176.4 2.4 -.4 .1 2.4 -.3 -.5 South urban .................................................... Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than 50,000) ............................................... M M M 182.9 184.3 117.0 182.6 183.7 116.9 182.6 183.7 116.9 182.8 184.0 116.9 2.5 2.2 2.7 .1 .2 .0 .1 .2 .0 2.6 2.2 3.1 -.2 -.3 -.1 .0 .0 .0 M 180.5 180.1 180.0 181.2 2.8 .6 .7 2.3 -.3 -.1 West urban ..................................................... Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M M M 193.3 195.9 117.9 192.9 195.4 117.9 193.0 195.5 118.1 193.8 196.4 118.4 2.2 2.1 2.4 .5 .5 .4 .4 .5 .3 2.0 2.0 2.3 -.2 -.2 .2 .1 .1 .2 M M M 173.4 117.3 181.8 173.1 117.3 181.3 173.2 117.3 181.0 173.6 117.4 181.8 2.4 2.7 2.5 .3 .1 .3 .2 .1 .4 2.5 3.0 2.2 -.1 .0 -.4 .1 .0 -.2 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI ................... Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA ... New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA ......................................... M M 189.1 193.7 189.2 193.4 190.2 193.1 190.0 194.5 2.1 3.3 .4 .6 -.1 .7 3.1 3.3 .6 -.3 .5 -.2 M 206.0 205.5 205.7 205.9 3.2 .2 .1 3.3 -.1 .1 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 - 208.9 181.7 179.1 120.2 - 209.8 183.8 179.7 120.8 1.5 3.0 1.5 3.1 .4 1.2 .3 .5 - - - - Atlanta, GA ..................................................... Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI .............................. Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX .................... Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL ............................. Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD ........................................ San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA ........... Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA .................... 2 2 2 2 185.7 185.8 169.3 185.6 - 184.1 186.8 169.1 185.1 - - - - 1.3 1.7 3.0 2.3 -.9 .5 -.1 -.3 - 2 2 2 198.0 199.0 195.3 - 199.1 198.7 194.6 - - - - 4.2 1.2 .1 .6 -.2 -.4 - 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 2003 Unadjusted indexes Aug. 2004 Sep. 2004 Unadjusted percent change to Sep. 2004 from— Sep. 2003 Seasonally adjusted percent change from— Aug. 2004 June to July July to Aug. Aug. to Sep. Expenditure category All items ...................................................................................... All items (1967=100) .................................................................. 100.000 185.0 551.0 185.4 552.4 2.4 0.2 -0.1 0.1 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 ....................................................................... Other miscellaneous foods 1 2 ....................................... Food away from home 1 ....................................................... Other food away from home 2 ............................................ Alcoholic beverages 1 ............................................................ 17.151 16.061 9.637 1.364 2.908 .955 1.344 1.076 1.991 .321 .303 1.366 .350 6.424 .252 1.090 186.9 186.4 186.1 207.0 183.7 184.9 222.2 139.6 165.8 163.8 169.9 181.4 112.0 188.2 125.2 192.8 186.8 186.2 185.5 206.3 183.4 181.4 223.9 139.7 164.8 163.1 170.3 179.7 111.0 188.8 125.8 194.0 3.4 3.3 3.4 1.4 7.3 6.6 .2 .9 1.2 .6 8.1 -.2 -.3 3.3 3.1 3.4 -.1 -.1 -.3 -.3 -.2 -1.9 .8 .1 -.6 -.4 .2 -.9 -.9 .3 .5 .6 .3 .3 .1 .2 .6 -.8 -.2 .2 .1 .4 -.1 .2 -1.5 .4 .0 -.3 .1 .1 -.1 .0 .1 -1.7 .3 .1 .2 .7 -1.5 .3 2.1 .3 .2 .3 .0 -.1 -.3 .1 -.2 -2.0 .6 .3 -.5 -.3 .1 -.7 -.9 .3 .2 .6 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 .................................................................... Fuels ..................................................................................... Fuel oil and other fuels ....................................................... Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ............................................... Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ................. Household furnishings and operations ................................... Household operations 1 2 ..................................................... 39.114 30.151 8.065 1.722 20.026 .337 5.079 4.146 .216 3.930 .933 3.884 .318 186.6 213.4 211.0 131.6 204.7 116.5 167.2 149.3 156.8 156.8 125.4 120.4 128.0 186.5 213.4 211.6 127.7 205.1 116.8 166.2 148.2 161.1 155.3 125.8 120.6 127.6 2.7 2.8 2.8 6.6 2.3 .9 4.5 4.1 24.5 3.1 6.3 -.3 3.4 -.1 .0 .3 -3.0 .2 .3 -.6 -.7 2.7 -1.0 .3 .2 -.3 .3 .3 .2 1.8 .2 -.2 .4 .3 3.3 .1 .6 -.6 .4 .2 .1 .3 -1.0 .1 .2 .8 .8 5.4 .6 .4 -.1 .4 .1 .2 .2 1.7 .1 .3 -.6 -.8 2.2 -1.0 .4 .2 -.3 Apparel ..................................................................................... Men’s and boys’ apparel ........................................................ Women’s and girls’ apparel .................................................... Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel ................................................. Footwear ................................................................................ 4.357 1.120 1.727 .250 1.011 115.9 113.3 106.9 117.6 116.3 120.6 115.6 114.0 122.3 120.4 -.3 -.8 -.4 -3.3 .7 4.1 2.0 6.6 4.0 3.5 -.7 .0 -1.0 .2 -1.3 -.4 -1.4 -.5 -1.2 1.4 .3 -.1 -.4 2.1 1.9 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 ............................................................... 19.145 18.348 9.305 4.864 3.487 3.967 3.936 .456 1.365 .797 161.4 158.6 92.2 136.0 134.6 162.4 161.7 108.4 202.7 208.0 161.6 159.1 92.9 136.0 137.3 161.7 161.0 108.7 202.7 203.1 2.2 2.4 -1.6 -1.2 -1.8 9.6 9.5 1.4 2.4 -2.5 .1 .3 .8 .0 2.0 -.4 -.4 .3 .0 -2.4 -.9 -.9 .2 -.6 1.2 -4.0 -4.0 .4 .3 .6 -.2 -.2 .2 -.4 1.2 -1.6 -1.7 .2 .4 -1.3 .4 .4 .8 -.1 2.0 .2 .1 .3 -.2 -1.5 Medical care ............................................................................. Medical care commodities ...................................................... Medical care services ............................................................. Professional services ........................................................... Hospital and related services 3 ............................................ 4.969 1.142 3.827 2.256 1.254 311.0 263.8 323.2 275.8 414.9 311.7 264.8 323.9 275.9 416.4 4.5 2.1 5.2 4.3 5.2 .2 .4 .2 .0 .4 .3 .0 .4 .3 .5 .2 .2 .2 .5 -.4 .4 .5 .4 .1 .6 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 2003 Unadjusted indexes Aug. 2004 Sep. 2004 Unadjusted percent change to Sep. 2004 from— Sep. 2003 Seasonally adjusted percent change from— Aug. 2004 June to July July to Aug. Aug. to Sep. Expenditure category Recreation 2 ............................................................................. Video and audio 2 ................................................................... 5.697 1.928 106.1 103.4 106.2 103.3 0.7 .6 0.1 -.1 -0.3 .1 -0.2 -.3 0.2 .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 .......... 5.645 2.299 .215 2.084 3.345 3.194 2.622 .572 .205 109.9 143.6 354.7 405.8 87.6 86.2 95.2 15.3 14.9 110.8 146.3 354.8 414.0 87.8 86.3 95.5 15.2 14.8 1.0 6.2 4.5 6.4 -2.7 -2.8 -2.2 -5.6 -7.5 .8 1.9 .0 2.0 .2 .1 .3 -.7 -.7 -.1 .5 -.1 .5 -.5 -.2 -.3 -.6 -1.3 .0 .6 1.1 .5 -.5 -.6 -.6 .0 -.7 .4 .5 -.8 .6 .3 .1 .3 -.7 -.7 Other goods and services ........................................................ Tobacco and smoking products 1 ........................................... Personal care ......................................................................... Personal care products 1 ...................................................... Personal care services 1 ...................................................... Miscellaneous personal services .......................................... 3.923 1.248 2.675 .737 .610 1.152 313.5 482.6 180.5 153.1 199.5 295.4 314.4 483.9 180.9 154.0 199.7 296.2 2.1 3.0 1.7 .0 1.8 3.9 .3 .3 .2 .6 .1 .3 .4 1.0 .1 -.3 .3 .3 .2 .2 .2 -.5 .7 .3 .3 .3 .2 .6 .1 .4 44.582 17.151 27.430 14.671 4.357 10.315 12.759 55.418 29.813 .337 3.930 .933 .318 6.241 3.827 10.020 154.9 186.9 137.1 159.5 115.9 190.2 113.1 220.2 205.5 116.5 156.8 125.4 128.0 221.0 323.2 254.4 155.7 186.8 138.2 161.2 120.6 190.1 113.7 220.3 205.5 116.8 155.3 125.8 127.6 220.5 323.9 256.0 2.0 3.4 1.1 3.4 -.3 4.9 -1.6 2.8 2.8 .9 3.1 6.3 3.4 1.7 5.2 2.2 .5 -.1 .8 1.1 4.1 -.1 .5 .0 .0 .3 -1.0 .3 -.3 -.2 .2 .6 -.4 .3 -.9 -.4 -.7 -2.0 -.3 .3 .2 -.2 .1 .6 .4 .4 .4 .1 -.1 .1 -.3 -.6 -.4 -.6 .1 .2 .1 .2 .6 .4 .4 .0 .2 .1 .3 .0 .4 -1.2 .3 .1 .7 .1 .3 .3 -1.0 .4 -.3 .0 .4 .5 83.939 69.849 95.031 28.520 15.761 11.405 31.823 25.605 51.592 8.114 91.886 75.825 24.337 4.183 51.488 184.5 176.6 179.6 139.0 161.5 189.6 173.6 209.3 212.2 155.1 189.5 190.5 138.0 162.8 227.1 $ .541 $ .181 185.1 177.3 180.0 140.2 163.2 189.7 174.5 209.5 212.3 154.2 190.2 191.4 139.5 162.3 227.4 $ .539 $ .181 2.3 2.3 2.3 1.2 3.4 4.7 3.4 2.8 2.7 6.9 2.0 1.8 -.5 10.3 2.8 .3 .4 .2 .9 1.1 .1 .5 .1 .0 -.6 .4 .5 1.1 -.3 .1 -.1 -.2 -.1 -.8 -.2 -1.9 -.2 .2 .2 -2.0 .2 .1 -.2 -3.6 .3 .0 .0 .0 -.3 -.6 -.6 -.2 .2 .2 -.5 .1 .1 .0 -1.3 .1 .3 .2 .2 .4 -1.1 .1 -.6 .2 .1 -.3 .3 .3 .4 .3 .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 June 2004 July 2004 Aug. 2004 Sep. 2004 Dec. 2003 Mar. 2004 June 2004 6 months ended— Sep. 2004 Mar. 2004 Sep. 2004 Expenditure category All items ...................................................................................... 185.0 184.9 185.0 185.3 -1.1 5.4 4.9 0.7 2.1 2.8 Food and beverages ................................................................ Food ....................................................................................... Food at home ....................................................................... Cereals and bakery products ............................................. Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ............................................ Dairy and related products ................................................. Fruits and vegetables ......................................................... Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials .............. Other food at home ............................................................ Sugar and sweets ............................................................. Fats and oils ..................................................................... Other foods ....................................................................... Other miscellaneous foods 1 2 ....................................... Food away from home 1 ....................................................... Other food away from home 2 ............................................ Alcoholic beverages 1 ............................................................ 186.4 185.9 186.3 205.9 182.7 190.2 224.9 139.4 165.1 161.9 172.3 180.1 111.4 186.8 125.0 192.7 186.9 186.4 186.5 206.3 183.8 188.7 224.4 139.7 165.3 162.5 172.2 180.4 109.7 187.6 125.0 192.2 187.0 186.6 186.4 206.2 184.0 185.4 225.1 139.8 165.6 163.6 169.7 181.0 112.0 188.2 125.3 192.8 187.0 186.5 185.9 206.5 183.6 181.6 226.4 140.2 164.7 163.1 169.9 179.7 111.0 188.8 125.5 194.0 5.9 6.1 7.8 .0 24.1 3.6 4.0 1.4 .0 -.7 3.3 -.4 -3.5 3.3 4.7 2.6 1.3 1.1 -.2 2.6 -3.5 -.9 -2.4 .0 4.2 1.0 20.0 1.8 7.1 3.1 3.3 5.0 5.1 5.1 7.2 1.6 8.8 51.3 -3.1 .0 1.5 -.7 16.1 -1.1 -2.8 2.6 3.3 3.2 1.3 1.3 -.9 1.2 2.0 -16.9 2.7 2.3 -1.0 3.0 -5.5 -.9 -1.4 4.4 1.6 2.7 3.6 3.6 3.7 1.3 9.5 1.3 .7 .7 2.1 .1 11.4 .7 1.6 3.2 4.0 3.8 3.2 3.2 3.1 1.4 5.3 12.1 -.3 1.2 .2 1.1 4.8 -1.0 -2.1 3.5 2.4 3.0 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 .................................................................... Fuels ..................................................................................... Fuel oil and other fuels ....................................................... Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ............................................... Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ................. Household furnishings and operations ................................... Household operations 1 2 ..................................................... 185.0 212.1 210.1 125.5 204.1 116.5 162.1 144.2 152.4 151.4 124.0 121.2 127.0 185.5 212.7 210.6 127.8 204.6 116.3 162.7 144.7 157.4 151.6 124.7 120.5 127.5 185.9 213.0 211.2 126.5 204.9 116.5 164.0 145.9 165.9 152.5 125.2 120.4 128.0 186.1 213.5 211.6 128.7 205.1 116.8 163.0 144.8 169.6 151.0 125.7 120.6 127.6 .9 1.9 1.8 5.8 2.0 -4.7 -3.8 -5.6 -2.9 -5.9 5.2 -1.3 1.3 3.6 3.3 2.7 9.8 2.6 2.8 6.1 5.7 24.8 4.8 7.9 2.3 5.3 4.0 3.1 3.7 1.0 2.8 4.6 14.5 16.5 29.0 16.0 6.0 -.7 5.2 2.4 2.7 2.9 10.6 2.0 1.0 2.2 1.7 53.4 -1.1 5.6 -2.0 1.9 2.2 2.6 2.2 7.8 2.3 -1.0 1.0 -.1 10.1 -.7 6.5 .5 3.3 3.2 2.9 3.3 5.7 2.4 2.8 8.2 8.8 40.7 7.1 5.8 -1.3 3.5 Apparel ..................................................................................... Men’s and boys’ apparel ........................................................ Women’s and girls’ apparel .................................................... Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel ................................................. Footwear ................................................................................ 120.7 118.3 113.9 120.2 117.6 119.9 118.3 112.8 120.5 116.1 119.4 116.6 112.2 119.0 117.7 119.7 116.5 111.8 121.5 119.9 -1.7 2.1 -1.4 -12.4 -3.3 3.0 1.7 4.0 7.4 .3 .7 -.3 2.9 -10.8 -2.0 -3.3 -5.9 -7.2 4.4 8.1 .7 1.9 1.2 -3.0 -1.5 -1.3 -3.2 -2.3 -3.5 2.9 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 ............................................................... 163.3 160.7 92.2 138.6 131.4 170.6 170.0 107.8 201.7 206.7 161.9 159.2 92.4 137.8 133.0 163.8 163.2 108.2 202.3 207.9 161.5 158.9 92.6 137.3 134.6 161.1 160.5 108.4 203.1 205.1 162.1 159.6 93.3 137.1 137.3 161.5 160.7 108.7 202.7 202.1 -13.2 -13.6 -9.4 -1.4 -21.2 -36.9 -36.8 .4 3.5 -.8 16.0 16.7 -.4 .6 .9 85.8 85.7 .4 .8 3.3 11.5 12.3 -.9 .6 -1.8 53.4 53.6 1.5 3.2 -4.0 -2.9 -2.7 4.9 -4.3 19.2 -19.7 -20.2 3.4 2.0 -8.6 .4 .4 -5.0 -.4 -10.8 8.3 8.3 .4 2.1 1.3 4.1 4.5 2.0 -1.9 8.2 11.0 10.8 2.4 2.6 -6.3 Medical care ............................................................................. Medical care commodities ...................................................... Medical care services ............................................................. Professional services ........................................................... Hospital and related services 3 ............................................ 309.3 263.3 321.2 273.8 414.2 310.2 263.2 322.4 274.5 416.4 310.9 263.6 323.2 275.8 414.9 312.2 264.8 324.6 276.2 417.3 4.4 .6 5.4 3.7 6.8 6.1 2.6 7.1 7.4 5.7 3.8 2.8 4.2 2.7 5.5 3.8 2.3 4.3 3.6 3.0 5.2 1.6 6.3 5.5 6.2 3.8 2.5 4.3 3.1 4.3 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 June 2004 July 2004 Aug. 2004 Sep. 2004 Dec. 2003 Mar. 2004 June 2004 6 months ended— Sep. 2004 Mar. 2004 Sep. 2004 Expenditure category Recreation 2 ............................................................................. Video and audio 2 ................................................................... 106.6 103.6 106.3 103.7 106.1 103.4 106.3 103.6 0.8 .4 2.3 .4 0.8 1.6 -1.1 .0 1.5 .4 -0.2 .8 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 .......... 110.0 142.0 352.2 401.1 88.5 86.9 96.1 15.4 15.2 109.9 142.7 351.8 403.3 88.1 86.7 95.8 15.3 15.0 109.9 143.5 355.8 405.4 87.7 86.2 95.2 15.3 14.9 110.3 144.2 353.1 407.9 88.0 86.3 95.5 15.2 14.8 .7 5.7 10.7 5.4 -3.5 -2.2 -.8 -7.2 -2.5 1.5 6.8 2.1 7.1 -2.2 -1.8 -2.0 -2.5 -9.7 .7 5.5 4.3 5.9 -2.7 -4.5 -3.3 -7.4 -7.5 1.1 6.3 1.0 7.0 -2.2 -2.7 -2.5 -5.1 -10.1 1.1 6.3 6.3 6.2 -2.9 -2.0 -1.4 -4.9 -6.2 .9 5.9 2.7 6.4 -2.5 -3.6 -2.9 -6.3 -8.8 Other goods and services ........................................................ Tobacco and smoking products 1 ........................................... Personal care ......................................................................... Personal care products 1 ...................................................... Personal care services 1 ...................................................... Miscellaneous personal services .......................................... 311.6 476.9 179.9 154.3 197.5 293.5 312.9 481.6 180.1 153.9 198.1 294.4 313.5 482.6 180.5 153.1 199.5 295.4 314.4 483.9 180.9 154.0 199.7 296.5 1.2 1.4 .9 .0 -2.4 3.3 2.5 2.3 2.7 2.6 2.9 4.2 1.3 2.3 .9 -1.8 2.5 3.9 3.6 6.0 2.2 -.8 4.5 4.2 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.3 .2 3.7 2.5 4.1 1.6 -1.3 3.5 4.0 156.4 186.4 139.4 162.0 120.7 194.6 113.5 218.6 204.4 116.5 151.4 124.0 127.0 220.5 321.2 253.9 155.7 186.9 138.2 161.3 119.9 190.8 113.2 219.2 204.9 116.3 151.6 124.7 127.5 221.4 322.4 254.1 155.5 187.0 137.8 160.3 119.4 189.6 113.3 219.6 205.1 116.5 152.5 125.2 128.0 221.4 323.2 254.3 155.9 187.0 138.3 158.4 119.7 189.8 114.1 219.9 205.7 116.8 151.0 125.7 127.6 221.4 324.6 255.5 -4.4 5.9 -10.7 .0 -1.7 -15.8 -6.4 1.7 2.2 -4.7 -5.9 5.2 1.3 1.3 5.4 1.4 7.6 1.3 11.9 15.2 3.0 32.1 .4 3.4 3.2 2.8 4.8 7.9 5.3 2.4 7.1 2.7 6.7 5.1 7.8 8.9 .7 20.3 -1.7 3.7 3.2 4.6 16.0 6.0 5.2 1.6 4.2 1.9 -1.3 1.3 -3.1 -8.6 -3.3 -9.5 2.1 2.4 2.6 1.0 -1.1 5.6 1.9 1.6 4.3 2.5 1.4 3.6 .0 7.3 .7 5.5 -3.1 2.5 2.7 -1.0 -.7 6.5 3.3 1.8 6.3 2.1 2.6 3.2 2.2 -.3 -1.3 4.4 .2 3.1 2.9 2.8 7.1 5.8 3.5 1.6 4.3 2.2 184.7 177.2 179.7 141.3 163.7 193.9 174.9 207.4 210.7 156.7 189.4 190.5 139.3 170.3 226.0 184.5 176.8 179.6 140.1 163.3 190.2 174.5 207.9 211.2 153.5 189.7 190.7 139.0 164.1 226.7 184.5 176.8 179.6 139.7 162.3 189.0 174.2 208.3 211.6 152.8 189.8 190.9 139.0 162.0 227.0 185.0 177.1 179.9 140.3 160.5 189.1 173.1 208.7 211.9 152.4 190.3 191.4 139.5 162.5 227.6 -2.6 -2.5 -1.4 -10.0 .0 -14.2 3.1 2.2 2.0 -23.2 1.3 .2 -3.9 -35.7 2.2 6.1 6.2 5.4 11.4 14.7 29.5 7.6 2.2 2.7 41.1 2.4 2.8 1.4 82.4 3.5 5.1 6.1 5.1 7.7 7.7 19.6 7.4 4.6 3.7 34.9 2.6 1.9 .0 51.9 2.7 .7 -.2 .4 -2.8 -7.6 -9.5 -4.1 2.5 2.3 -10.5 1.9 1.9 .6 -17.1 2.9 1.7 1.7 1.9 .1 7.1 5.4 5.3 2.2 2.3 4.1 1.8 1.5 -1.3 8.3 2.8 2.9 2.9 2.7 2.3 -.2 4.0 1.5 3.5 3.0 9.9 2.2 1.9 .3 12.2 2.8 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 1 U.S. city average ............................................ Percent change to Sep.2004 from— Pricing schedule June 2004 July 2004 Aug. 2004 Sep. 2004 Sep. 2003 July 2004 Percent change to Aug.2004 from— Aug. 2004 Aug. 2003 June 2004 July 2004 M 185.3 184.9 185.0 185.4 2.4 0.3 0.2 2.6 -0.2 0.1 Northeast urban .............................................. Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M M M 197.5 198.3 118.8 197.3 198.0 119.1 197.2 198.1 118.7 197.7 198.4 119.2 3.0 2.8 3.6 .2 .2 .1 .3 .2 .4 3.4 3.3 3.7 -.2 -.1 -.1 -.1 .1 -.3 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 178.2 179.4 116.0 178.0 179.5 115.5 178.2 179.8 115.7 178.6 180.2 115.9 2.3 2.2 2.4 .3 .4 .3 .2 .2 .2 2.4 2.5 2.4 .0 .2 -.3 .1 .2 .2 M 174.1 173.7 173.4 173.7 2.2 .0 .2 2.1 -.4 -.2 South urban .................................................... Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than 50,000) ............................................... M M M 179.7 181.9 115.3 179.3 181.2 115.2 179.4 181.2 115.3 179.7 181.4 115.4 2.5 2.2 2.7 .2 .1 .2 .2 .1 .1 2.6 2.4 2.9 -.2 -.4 .0 .1 .0 .1 M 180.0 179.4 179.5 180.7 2.7 .7 .7 2.3 -.3 .1 West urban ..................................................... Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M M M 188.6 189.7 117.6 188.0 188.9 117.4 188.0 188.9 117.6 188.8 189.9 117.8 2.1 2.0 2.2 .4 .5 .3 .4 .5 .2 2.1 1.9 2.4 -.3 -.4 .0 .0 .0 .2 M M M 171.7 116.4 179.7 171.3 116.2 179.0 171.4 116.2 178.8 171.8 116.5 179.7 2.3 2.6 2.3 .3 .3 .4 .2 .3 .5 2.5 2.7 2.0 -.2 -.2 -.5 .1 .0 -.1 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 182.5 187.4 182.4 186.8 183.2 186.5 183.1 187.8 1.8 3.2 .4 .5 -.1 .7 2.7 3.3 .4 -.5 .4 -.2 M 200.4 200.1 200.3 200.6 2.9 .2 .1 3.2 .0 .1 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 - 207.9 172.8 179.4 119.7 - 208.8 174.8 180.0 120.4 1.3 3.1 1.9 3.0 .4 1.2 .3 .6 - - - - Atlanta, GA ..................................................... Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI .............................. Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX .................... Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL ............................. Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD ........................................ San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA ........... Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA .................... 2 2 2 2 184.0 180.4 167.6 183.4 - 182.5 181.5 167.4 182.9 - - - - 1.7 2.3 3.0 2.6 -.8 .6 -.1 -.3 - 2 2 2 197.3 195.4 190.4 - 198.0 195.0 189.6 - - - - 4.7 1.4 .7 .4 -.2 -.4 - 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, 2001-2002 Unadjusted percent change to Sep. 2004 from— Unadjusted indexes Aug. 2004 Sep. 2004 Sep. 2003 Aug. 2004 Expenditure category All items ...................................................................................... 100.000 110.3 110.6 2.1 0.3 Food and beverages ................................................................ Food ....................................................................................... Food at home ....................................................................... Food away from home .......................................................... Alcoholic beverages ............................................................... 15.076 14.086 8.062 6.023 .990 111.6 111.6 110.6 113.0 111.5 111.6 111.6 110.2 113.3 112.1 3.0 3.1 2.9 3.3 3.0 .0 .0 -.4 .3 .5 Housing .................................................................................... Shelter .................................................................................... Fuels and utilities .................................................................... Household furnishings and operations ................................... 41.793 32.380 4.643 4.771 115.0 116.5 128.9 95.0 114.9 116.4 128.2 95.1 2.6 2.9 4.2 -.8 -.1 -.1 -.5 .1 Apparel ..................................................................................... 4.317 87.8 91.5 -.8 4.2 Transportation .......................................................................... Private transportation ............................................................. Public transportation ............................................................... 17.315 16.206 1.109 107.6 107.8 104.0 107.6 108.0 101.4 1.5 1.9 -3.4 .0 .2 -2.5 Medical care ............................................................................. Medical care commodities ...................................................... Medical care services ............................................................. 5.783 1.466 4.317 121.9 115.0 124.4 122.2 115.4 124.6 4.3 2.1 5.0 .2 .3 .2 Recreation ................................................................................ 5.978 103.3 103.3 -.1 .0 Education and communication ................................................. Education ............................................................................... Communication ...................................................................... 6.004 2.560 3.444 99.2 133.5 78.6 100.1 136.0 78.8 .6 6.5 -3.5 .9 1.9 .3 Other goods and services ........................................................ 3.734 114.3 114.5 2.1 .2 58.567 41.433 12.521 28.912 78.985 6.929 117.0 101.8 86.0 109.3 108.0 136.4 117.0 102.3 86.3 109.9 108.4 135.5 2.7 1.3 -1.8 2.7 1.6 6.4 .0 .5 .3 .5 .4 -.7 Commodity and service group Services ...................................................................................... Commodities .............................................................................. Durables ................................................................................... Nondurables ............................................................................... All items less food and energy ................................................. Energy ........................................................................................ Indexes for 2004 are initial estimates. Indexes for 2003 are interim adjustments. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.
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