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CPI Detailed Report
December 1987
U.S. Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics




U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Ann McLaughlin, Secretary
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
Janet L. Norwood, Commissioner
OFFICE OF PRICES AND LIVING CONDITIONS
Kenneth V. Dalton, Associate Commissioner

The CPI Detailed Report is a monthly report
on consumer price movements, including
statistical tables and technical notes. The
report covers two indexes, the Consumer
Price Index for All Urban Consumers
(CPI-U) and the Consumer Price Index for
Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W).
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CPI Detailed Report
Data for December 1987
Contents
Price movements
1
Reconciling two measures of consumer price change:
Third Quarter 1987
4
The Consumer Price Index revision
6
Adjustment of shelter indexes for
aging effects
7
CPI's will shift to new reference base in 1988
8
Charts
9
Technical notes
112
Index tables
CPI-U

U.S. city average
Expenditure categories; commodity, service groups
Seasonally adjusted expenditure categories;
commodity, service groups
Historical
Expenditure categories
Seasonally adjusted expenditure categories
Special detail categories
Selected areas
All items indexes
Regions
Population classes
Regions and population classes cross classified
Food at home expenditure categories
Areas priced monthly: Percent changes over the month
City indexes and percent changes

CPI-W

Table

Page

Table

Page

1

13

7

37

2
3
4
5
6

16
19
23
29
35

8
3
9
10

40
19
43
49

11
12
13
14
15
16
17

55
57
60
63
71
73
75

18
19
20
21
22
23
24

81
83
86
89
97
99
101

Average price tables
Table

Page

P-1
P-2
P-3
P-4

107
108
109
110

U.S. city average
Energy:
Residential prices
Residential unit prices and consumption ranges
Gasoline
Retail food







Scheduled Release Dates
Consumer Price Index data are scheduledforinitial release on the following dates:
Index month

Release date

Index month

Release date

January

February 26

April

May 20

February

March 23

May

June 21

March

April 20

June

July 22

NOTE: Effective with the release of the January 1988 CPI, the official reference base
will be changed from 1967=100 to 1982-84=100. See page 8.
As noted earlier, since the release of the January 1987 index, the Consumer Price Indexes have been calculated on a revised basis, using 1982-84 expenditure patterns and
updated population weights. In addition, a number of technical improvements have been
made. Over the next 2 years, additional improvements also will be introduced. See page
6 for more revision information.

Price Movements
December 1987

For the 12-month period ended in December 1987, the
CPi-U advanced 4.4 percent. (Over-the-year changes are not
seasonally adjusted.) This compares with a 1.1-percent rise
in 1986 and increases of about 4 percent in each of the
preceding 4 years. The turnaround in energy prices—
particularly in the first half of the year—was almost entirely
responsible for the acceleration in the overall index in 1987.
Excluding energy, the CPi-u increased 4.1 percent during the
past 12 months after advancing 3.8 percent in 1986. The
4.6-percent rate in this component during the first half of
1987 slowed to a 3.6-percent rate in the last 6 months.
In 1987, the food component rose somewhat less than in
1986 despite the sharp increase in fruit and vegetable prices.
The indexes for shelter and all items excluding food, shelter,
and energy in 1987 each rose slightly more than in 1986.
Within the latter group, however, price movements for commodities and services differed substantially between 1986 and
1987. The other commodities component, in part reflecting
the declining value of the dollar in international markets,
accelerated in 1987. Prices for clothing, wine, and entertainment commodities rose substantially more than in 1986.
Charges for these other services, however, slowed in 1987,
particularly those for medical care and transportation services. The rates for these groups during the past 6 years are
shown on the following page.

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers
(CPI-U) was virtually unchanged in December prior to
seasonal adjustment. The December 1987 CPI-U level of
345.7 (1967 = 100) was 4.4 percent higher than the index
in December 1986.
The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and
Clerical Workers (CPi-W) declined 0.1 percent in December,
before seasonal adjustment, to a level of 340.2 (1967=100).
For the 12-month period ended in December, the CPI-W has
increased 4.5 percent.

CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPi-U)
On a seasonally adjusted basis, the CPi-u rose 0.1 percent
in December. This follows a 0.3-percent increase in
November and was the smallest monthly advance in 1987.
Declines in the indexes for apparel and upkeep and transportation, coupled with a slightly smaller increase in the housing component, more than offset a larger rise in food prices.
A turnaround in energy prices—down 1.1 percent in
December, following a 0.8-percent rise in November—was
the principal factor affecting the transportation and housing
indexes. The advance in the food index reflected a sharp increase in fruit and vegetable prices, particularly lettuce. Price
increases for the other major CPI groups were about the same
as in November.

Table A. Percent changes in CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPl-U)
Unadjusted

Seasonally adjusted
Changes from preceding month
Expenditure category
1987

All items
Food and b e v e r a g e s . . . .

Housing
Apparel and upkeep —
Transportation
Medical care
Entertainment
Other goods and services




June

July

0.4
.7
.3
-.8
.5
.7
.1
.6

0.2
-.2
.2
-.6
.6
.5
.5
.8

August

0.5
.1
.6
0
.7
.4
.1
.7

September

0.2
.5
0
1.1
.2
.5
.5

-.9

October

0.4
.3
.2
1.3
.5
.4
.6
.4

November

0.3
.1
.3
.5
.5
.4
.3
.5

Compound
annual rate
3 months
ended
Dec. '87

12 months
ended
Dec. '87

3.2
3.7
2.8
2.4
2.0
5.1
5.1
5.8

4.4
3.5
3.6
4.8
6.1
5.8
4.0
6.1

December

0.1
.5
.2
-1.2
-.4
.4
.3
.6

Percent changes
12 months ended December
1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 198?

All items
3.9
Energy..
1.3
Energy commodities . . . -5.0
Energy services
14.1
All items less energy
4.2
Food
3.1
Shelter
2.4
All items less food, shelter,
and energy
Other commodities
Other services

6.1
5.5
7.3

3.8
- .5
-3.2
4.1
4.4
2.6
4.7

5.0
5.0
4.9

4.0 3.8
1.8
.2
-1.9 3.4
3.4 -0.5
4.5 4.0
3.8 2.7
5.2 6.0

4.4
3.1
6.0

1.1 4.4
8.2
-19.7
-30.5 17.9
.3
- 3.3
3.8 4.1
3.8 3.5
4.6 4.9

3.7
2.2
5.4

3.4
1.4
5.6

3.9
3.5
4.3

The index for food and beverages rose 0.5 percent in
December. Grocery store food prices, which were unchanged
in November, increased 0.6 percent in December. A
5.6-percent increase in the index for fruits and vegetables
was only partially offset by declines in the indexes for meats,
poultry, fish, and eggs and dairy products. Lettuce prices
rose 72.4 percent, the largest monthly increase for this component on record. During the past 2 months, the period of
supply shortage affected by the white fly virus, lettuce prices
have more than doubled. A turnaround infreshfruitprices—
up 2.7 percent in December after declining 1.9 percent in
November—also contributed to the advance. During the 12
months ended in December, fruit and vegetable prices have
increased 12.8 percent. The index for meats, poultry, fish,
and eggs declined for the third consecutive month. Prices
for beef, pork, and eggs each declined in December and
poultry prices were unchanged. Over the past 12 months,
beef prices rose 6.7 percent while pork, poultry, and egg
prices all declined. The other two components of the food
and beverage index—restaurant meals and alcoholic
beverages—rose 0.4 and 0.1 percent, respectively, in
December.
The housing component, which rose 0.3 percent in
November, increased 0.2 percent in December. Declines in
the indexes for fuel and other utilities and household furnishings and operations were responsible for the slightly
smaller advance, more than offsetting a larger increase in

shelter costs. All three major household fuels recorded
declines in December, but exhibited different movements
during the past 12-month period. Fuel oil prices declined 1.5
percent in December, following seasonal adjustment, but
advanced 18.0 percent from December 1986 to December
1987. Charges for natural gas and electricity each declined
slightly in December. During the 12 months ended in
December, however, charges for electricity increased 1.8
percent while those for natural gas declined 2.8 percent.
Among other utilities, the index for telephone services
declined 1.1 percent in December and 1.3 percent during
the past 12 months. The December decrease reflected a
decline in local telephone services charges. Over the
12-month period, however, local charges rose 3.3 percent,
but were more than offset by declines in inter- and intrastate
toll calls. The index for household furnishings and operations continued its recent trend, declining 0.2 percent in
December. Shelter costs, which rose 0.2 percent in
November, increased 0.5 percent in December. Within
shelter, renters' costs and homeowners' costs each rose 0.5
percent while maintenance and repair costs declined 0.1
percent.
The transportation index, reflecting downturns in motor
fuel prices and in the costs associated with the purchase of
new vehicles, declined 0.4 percent in December after increasing 0.5 percent in November. While gasoline prices dropped
2.2 percent in December, they rose 18.6 percent during the
past 12 months. Despite the sharp advance in 1987, however,
they remained well below—27.9 percent—their peak level
of March 1981. New car prices declined 0.2 percent in
December following seasonal adjustment. The cost of financing new cars continued to increase in December—up 0.5
percent—but by substantially less than the 9.4-percent increase in the prior 2-month period. Used car prices—down
0.1 percent in December—declined for the fourth consecutive month. Despite their recent drop, used car prices rose
8.9 percent in 1987. Automobile insurance costs also declined
slightly in December. The 5.8-percent advance in this component in 1987 compares with increases of about 12 percent in each of the 2 preceding years. The index for public
transportation rose 0.1 percent in December and 1.8 percent over the past 12 months.

Table B. Percent changes in CPl for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W)
Seasonally adjusted

Unadjusted

Changes from preceding month

Expenditure category

1987

All Items
Food and beverages....
Housing
Apparel and upkeep
Transportation
Medical care
Entertainment
Other goods and services




June

July

0.4
.7^
.3
-1.0
.6
.7
-.1
.5

0.2
-.1
.2
-.8
.6
.5
.5
1.0

August

0.5
.1
.6
0
.7
.4
.2
.6

September

0.2
.5
0
1.5
.1
.6
.4
-.7

October

November

December

0.4
.3
.1
1.3
.5
.5
.5
.4

0.3
.1
.3
.5
.4
.3
.3
.4

0.1
.1
.2
-1.0
-.5
.4
.3
.5

Compound
annual rate
3 months
ended
Dec. '87

3.0
3.0
2.7
3.4
1.8
5.2
4.7
5.4

12 months
ended
Dec. '87

4.5
3.4
3.5
4.9
6.6
6.2
3.9
6.2

The index for apparel and upkeep declined 1.2 percent in
December, reflecting widespread seasonal sales for most
clothing items. During the past 12 months, however, clothing prices have risen 4.9 percent, their largest annual increase
since 1980.
The medical care component rose 0.4 percent in December to a level of 5.8 percent above a year ago. This was the
smallest annual change since a 5.2-percent increase in 1973.
In December, the index for medical care commoditiesprescription durgs, nonprescription drugs, and medical
supplies—rose 0.6 percent. The index for medical care services increased 0.4 percent, with the costs of professional services and hospital and related services up 0.5 and 0.6 percent,
respectively. Professional services rose 6.4 percent in 1987
and hospital and related services, 6.9 percent.
The index for entertainment rose 0.3 percent in December,




the same as in November. Prices for toys, hobbies, and music
equipment rose 1.1 percent in December following a
2.7-percent increase in November.
The other goods and services component rose 0.6 percent
in December to a level 6.1 percent above a year ago. Increases in the indexes for tobacco and tuition and other school
fees—up 7.9 and 7.6 percent, respectively—accounted for
over two-thirds of the annual increase.

CPI for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers
(CPI-W)

On a seasonally adjusted basis, the CPI for Urban Wage
Earners and Clerical Workers also rose 0.1 percent in
December.

Reconciling Two Measures
of Consumer Price Change:
Third Quarter 1987

This article continues the analysis of differences between
two price measures—the Consumer Price Index (CPI-U) published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Implicit Price
Deflator for Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) published by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) of the
Department of Commerce. More information on the technique of reconciliation appears in the September 1981
Monthly Labor Review1.
Effective December 1985, BEA rebased the PCE data from
a 1972 to a 1982 reference base2. With the use of a 1982
reference base, the residual housing effect3, which had contributed a substantial portion of the cumulative difference
between the CPI and PCE through 1982, is no longer a contributing factor, because both the CPI and the PCE have used
a rental equivalence measure of homeowners' costs since the
beginning of 1983.
1
Jack E. Triplett, "Reconciling the CPI and PCE Deflator," Monthly
Labor Review, September 1981, pp. 3-15. Subsequent reconciliations
appeared in the January, May, July, and October 1982 Review, and in the
February 1983 Review.
2
The November 1985 CPI Detailed Report contains the final reconciliation (running through the third quarter of 1985) of the CPI and PCE using
1972 weights.
3
See "Reconciling Two Measures of Consumer Price Change: Second
Quarter 1984," CPI Detailed Report, July 1984, pp.4-6, for an explanation of the residual housing effect. A subsequent reconciliation appeared
in the October 1984 Detailed Report.

Cumulative differences
The PCE remained higher than the CPI through the third
quarter of 1987 (see table C). The current-weight PCE has
advanced 19.5 percent since 1982, while the CPi-u has risen
18.4 percent. The 1.1-percentage-point net difference results
from two partially offsetting factors—weighting differences
and an aggregate of "other" effects. Weighting differences
reflect the cumulative effect of using 1982 fixed weights
rather than current, or moving, weights. These differences
accounted for a third quarter 1987 fixed-weight index which
was 1.2 percentage point higher than the current-weight PCE.
The weighting effect, however, has been more than offset
by a 2.3-percentage-point difference in "other" effects as
measured by a comparison of the CPi-u with the fixed-weight
PCE. Historically, "other" effects have mainly resulted from
differences in seasonal adjustment methods, different market
baskets, and the use of the Consumer Expenditure Survey
data for determining the weight distribution in the CPI as
opposed to the GNP composition used by the PCE to determine its weighting structure. The CPI did not introduce
weights derived from the 1982-84 Consumer Expenditure
Survey until January 1987, whereas the PCE has used
1982-based weights since 1982. This gap in weighting
between 1982 and 1987 further contributed to differences
reflected in "other" effects during that time.

Table C. Comparison of cumulative changes In CPI Indexes and personal consumption expenditure price measures,
1982 to dates shown
(1982=^00)

Price measure

1982
base
period

1986
1984

1985

1986

1987
IV

CPI-U
PCE: Current weight
Difference: Total effect

100.0
100.0
0

107.6

111.4
111.8
-.4

113.6
114.3
-.7

113.7

114.4

114.5
-.8

115.2
-.8

115.9
116.$
-1.0

117.3
118.3

118.4

108.1
-.5

-1.0

-1.1

PCE: 1982 weight
PCE: Current weight
Difference: Weighting effect

100.0

108.4
108.1
.3

112.3
111.8
.5

115.2

100.0
0

115.5
114.5

116.4
115.2

118.0
116.9

120.7
119.5

1.0

1.2

1.1

119.5
118.3
1.2

CPI-U
PCE: 1982 weight
Difference: Other effect

100.0
100.0
0

107.6
108.4
-.8

111.4
112.3

113.6
115.2
-1.6

113.7
115.5
-1.8

114.4
116.4
-2.0

115.9
118.0

117.3
119.5
-2.2

118.4
120.7
-2.3

-.9

Note: The Bureau of Economic Analysis periodically revises PCE data. For
this reason, some of the figures in tables C and D may differ from-those
previously published.




114.3
.9

-2.1

119.5

1.2

Table D. Comparison of annual or quarterly percent changes In CPI Indexes and Personal Consumption Expenditure price
measures, 1984-19871
1986
Price measure

1984

1985

1987

1986
IV

CPI-U
PCE: Chain weight
Difference: Total effect

4.3
4.0
.3

3.6
3.6
.0

1.9
2.5
-.6

2.5
3.6
-1.1

2.6
3.0
-.4

5.3
5.5
-.2

4.9
5.2
-.3

4.0
4.0
.0

PCE: 1982 weight
PCE: Chain weight
Difference: Weighting effect

4.0
4.0
.0

3.7
3.6
.1

2.6
2.5
.1

3.6
3.6
.0

3.0
3.0
.0

5.7
5.5
.2

5.2
5.2
.0

4.0
4.0
.0

CPI-U
PCE: 1982 weight
Difference: Other effect....

-4.3
4.0
.3

3.6
3.7
-.1

1.9
2.6
-.7

2.5
3.6
-1.1

2.6
3.0
-.4

5.3
5.7
-.4

4.9
5.2
-.3

4.0
4.0
.0

1
Annual average percent changes for the CPI-U are calculated from indexes
on a 1967 reference base.

Period-to-period differences
Analysis of differences in the annual and quarterly rates
of change in the CPI and PCE (see table D) makes use of the
chain-weight PCE in place of the current-weight PCE4. The
CPI-U rose at anannual rate of 4.0 percent from the second

4

CPI Detailed Report, July 1984, p. 5.




to the third quarter of 1987, the same as the increase in the
chain-weight PCE. During the second quarter, the CPI-U and
the chain-weight PCE had increased at rates of 4.9 percent
and 5.2 percent, respectively. The chain-weighted PCE and
the 1982 fixed-weighted PCE both increased at a 4.0-percent
annual rate in the third quarter. A comparison of the rates
for the CPI-U and the fixed-weight PCE, showed both measures to be increasing at the same rate during the third quarter,
which results in an "other" effects factor of zero.

Consumer Price Index Revision

The Bureau of Labor Statistics introduced a revised
Consumer Price Index (CPI) with the release of the January
1987 index in February 1987. As a result of the revision,
both the CPI-U and the CPl-w now use updated expenditure
weights based upon data tabulated from 3 years (1982, 1983
and 1984) of the Consumer Expenditure Surveys, replacing
the old expenditure weights based on 1972-73 data. The
Bureau periodically revises the expenditure weights so that
the CPI reflects price changes of items currently being
purchased by consumers.
A greatly enhanced housing survey designed to improve
the rental equivalence measure of homeownership costs in
both the CPI-U and CPl-w was introduced witlr release of the
January 1987 CPI. The selection of the new housing sample
is structured to represent optimally both owners and renters
in the estimation of shelter costs.
In addition, a number of methodological and sampling
advances first introduced in the 1978 revision were enhanced
and incorporated into the CPI for January 1987. For example,
the selection of the urban areas and the allocation of outlet
samples in which prices are collected for the CPI were done
by the Bureau with the primary objective of producing the
most accurate national CPI possible with the funds available.
The CPI revision was begun as a 5-year project in 1984. In
addition to the new expenditure weights and enhancements
introduced with the January 1987 CPI, other technical
improvements will be introduced over the next 2 years. (See,
for example, *'Adjustment of Shelter Indexes for Aging
Effects," page 5.)
Also, the January 1987 index was based for the first time
on the geographic distribution of consumers as of the 1980
Census of Population. The previous CPI used the 1970
Census of Population. The requirement to allocate the
sample so as to provide the most accurate national CPI has
resulted in some local areas not having samples sufficient
to permit frequent publication. Therefore, effective with
release of the data for January 1987, a number of local area
CPFs are now published less frequently. The areas affected
by the changes in publication are identified later in this article.
Both of the CPi's are linked to the indexes for December
1986 to provide a continuous series. The linking was
accomplished by setting the index levels of the revised CPI,
with the updated expenditure weights and samples,equal to
the index levels published for the previous series in December
1986. Each index has been moved upward or downward from
the December 1986 level in accordance with subsequent
changes in prices.
As in the past, the Bureau is publishing selected indexes
using the old expenditure weights for 6 months after the
issuance of the revised CPI. In order to conserve resources,




the overlap indexes will differ from the revised indexes
only in their expenditure weights. Unlike earlier revisions,
the overlap indexes are not based on the old sample of items
and outlets. The reference base period for revised CPI indexes
issued for January 1987 is 1967 = 100, the same as for the
previous indexes: As described below, this reference base
period will be changed to 1982-84=100 effective with the
CPI for January 1988.
In addition to the national all-city average CPI-U and CPl-w
indexes, the Bureau previously published indexes for 28 local
areas. In 1987, the Bureau is publishing indexes for all but
one of these areas—Northeast Pennsylvania (ScrantonWilkes-Barre). Because of the" requirement to allocate the
sample to provide the most accurate national CPI possible,
however, 14 of the remaining 27 published areas have had
a change in the frequency of their publication.
Based on population growth since 1970 and the expanded
definitions of the Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Areas
issued by the Office of Management and Budget, the San
Francisco-Oakland-San Jose area has replaced the DetroitAnn Arbor area as the fifth largest area covered by CPI
indexes. For that reason, the San Francisco area is now
published monthly while the Detroit area is published only
for even-numbered months rather than monthly.
Indexes for 12 areas previously published bimonthly are
now compiled on a semiannual average basis. These areas
are: Buffalo-Niagara Falls, N.Y.; Cincinnati-Hamilton,
Ohio-Ky.-Ind; Kansas City, Mo.-Kansas City, Kan.;
Milwaukee, Wis.; Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn.-Wis.;
Atlanta, Ga.; Anchorage, Alaska; Denver-Boulder, Colo.;
Honolulu, Hawaii; Portland-Vancouver, Ore.-Wash.; San
Diego, Calif.; and Seattle-Tacoma, Wash.
The semiannual average indexes, which refer to the
arithmetic averages of the 6-month periods from January
through June and July through December, are published with
release of the CPI for July and January, respectively, i.e.,
in the months of August and February. These series are compiled and published on their previous reference bases,
1967 = 100 for all areas other than Anchorage, which is on
an October 1967 reference base. Aljso, the Cleveland-AkronLorain, Ohio, indexes are now published for odd-numbered
rather than even-numbered months.
Indexes were previously published bimonthly for 4 regions,
S size classes, and 16 region-by-size groups. Beginning with
January 1987, publication of these indexes is monthly; two
of the size classes have been combined and two of the regionby-size groups (nonmetropolitan areas in the West and in the
East) were eliminated.
Additional details on the revision are available from BLS.

Adjustment of Shelter Indexes
for Aging Effects

Recent Bureau of Labor Statistics research demonstrates
that the CPl's for residential rent and owners' equivalent rent
should be adjusted for the effects of the aging of the housing
units. Currently the BLSdoes not adjust for the fact that, on
average* houses amd apartments depreciate slowly through
time. If the results from the revised shelter survey confirm




this initial result, then an aging adjustment will be introduced
with the CPI for January 1988. (The research results indicate
that annual changes for the residential rent and owners'
equivalent rent indexes would be about 0.3 percent larger
if aging adjustments were included.) The basic research
papers on this topic are available from the BLS.

Consumer Price Indexes Will Shift
to New Reference Base in 1988

Beginning with the release of data for January 1988 in
February 1988, most Consumer Price Indexes will shift to
a new reference base year. All indexes currently expressed
on a base of 1967=100, or any other base through December
1981, will be rebased to 1982-84=100. Only indexes with
a base later than December 1981 will keep their current
bases. This base change was reviewed by the Office of
Federal Statistical Policy and Standards, Office of Management and Budget, and is in keeping with its longstanding
policy to update index bases periodically. Selection of the
1982-84 period was made to coincide with the updated
expenditure weights, which are based upon data tabulated
from the Consumer Expenditure Surveys for 1982, 1983,
and 1984. The last rebasing of CPI data occurred in February
1971, when the current 1967 base was substituted for the
former 1957-59 base. Historical data for each CPI series on
the new base will be available from the Bureau of Labor
Statistics. For the convenience of users, BLS will continue




to publish all items indexes for the U.S. city average, and
for the individual local areas for which CPI'S are published,
on their former official reference base (1967 = 100 in most
cases).
Conversion factors will also be available from BLS. Multiplication by one of these factors will rebase the related index series from its current base to a 1982-84 reference base.
To help users in planning for this change, BLS is supplying
the conversion factors for the U.S. City Average All Items
CPl-u and CPi-w at this time; they are .3338279 and
.3357176, respectively. As an example, the 1967= 100-based
U.S. City Average All Items CPl-u and CPI-W for January
1987 are 333.1 and 327.7 respectively. When multiplied by
the appropriate rebasing factor, these indexes become 111.2
and 110.0, respectively, on a 1982-84= 100 base. (Users
should note: Because of rounding effects, there may be occasional minor differences between the final rebased index
and the result obtained using the conversion factor).

Chart 1: CPI-U: All items, food and beverages, 1976-87
All items

Dec

Index, 1967=100
(Not seasonally adjusted)

Semilog
320
280
240
200
160
- 1 120

Percent change •
12—month span
1—month span

Dec
50

K4

30
10

-10

Food and beverages
Index, 1967M00
(Seasonally adjusted)

Semilog

320
280
240
200

160
-J 120

Percent change •
12-month span
- - - - - 1—month span

Dec
3,5
6.0

Percent
50
30
10
-10

1976

1977

1978

1979

1980

1981

1982

1983

1984

1985

1986

1987

* Percent changes over 12-month spans are calculated from unadjusted
data. Percent changes over 1—month spans are annual rates calculated
from seasonally adjusted data.




Chart 2: CPI-U: Housing, apparel and upkeep, 1976-87
Housing

SemJI09
320

280
240

200
160
- I 120

Percent change •
12-month span
1—month span

Dec

3.6
2.9

50
30
10
-10
Semilog
320
280
240
200
160

Percent change •
•
12-month span
l~monthspan

Dec
4.8
-13.2

120

50
30
10
-10

1976

1977

1978

1979

1980

1981

1982

1983

1984

1985

1986

1987

* Percent changes over 12—month spans are calculated from unadjusted
data Percent changes over 1-month spans are annual rates calculated
from seasonally adjusted data




10

Chart 3: CPI-U: Transportation and medical care, 1976-87

Semilog
320
280
240

1967^100 A
adjusted)

200
160
-I 120

Percent change •
12—month span

50

1~monthspan

30
10
-10
Semilog
320
280
240

Medical care
Index, 1967=100
A
(Seasonally adjusted)

200
160
-J 120

Percent change *
12—month span
1—month span

Dec
5.8
5.5

50
30
10
-10

immtii ttinniiniiiinitiin nimnnmniimtit iimiiHiiltininmi iiiiiiimiliiiimiiii immmilimininiliitmtinn

1976

1977

1978

1979

1980

1981 1982 1983 1984 1985

1986 1987

* Percent changes over 12-month spans are calculated from unadjusted
data Percent changes over 1-month spans are annual rates calculated
from seasonally adjusted data.




ii

Chart 4: CPI-U: Entertainment, other goods and services, 1976-87
Entertainment
Index, 1967-100 A
(Seasonally adjusted)

SemiDec
289.0 log

320
280
240
200
160
120

Percent change *
12—month span
- — - - 1-month span

Dec
4.0
3.8

50
30
10

-10
Semi.8 log320
280

Other goods and services
lnd*x, 196/M00
(Seasonally adjusted)

240
200
160
120

Percent change •
— tZHrnorrth span

Dec
6,1
7.0

——— 1—month span

50
30
10

,—SL:
nnmim HiiHiiinlniiiuini mtiniimimitnm iiinnmilnnmiin

1976

milliiniimn

H-

-10
iiitiiintiHiimnmlummim

1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986

1987

* Percent changes over 12—month spans are calculated from unadjusted
data Percent changes over 1—month spans are annual rates calculated
from seasonally adjusted data.




12

Table 1. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: U.S. city average, by expenditure category and commodity and
service group
(1967=100, unless otherwise noted)

Group

Relative
importance,
December
1986

Unadjusted indexes

Unadjusted
percent change to
Dec. 1987 from—

Seasonally adjusted
percent change from—
Sept. to
Oct.

Oct. to
Nov.

Nov. to
Dec.

0.0

0.4

0.3

0.1

.4
.5
.6
.6
-.9

.1
.1
.0
.5

.5
.5
.6
.6

-.9
.0

1.7
1.7
-3.5
4.2
3.6
3.3

-.1
5.1
-.2
-.3
-.3
-.3
-.1
.2
.0

.3
.4
.3
.2
-.2
.5
1.3
.3
.1
-.4
.6
.2
.5
.1

-.1
-.2
.6
-1.0
.6
.2
.4

-1.5
-.1
5.6
.1
-.3
-.3
.5
-.1
.4

375.3
430.4
129.1
297.2
435.5
128.0
128.0
126.2
392.7
451.8

3.6
4.9
3.9
3.9
4.1
5.3
5.3
3.8
3.3
4.3

.1
.3
-.1
.6
-2.0
.5
.4
.2
-.1
-.3

.2
.5
-.2
.2
-1.5
.9
.9
.2
.1
.0

.3
.2
.2
.0
.4
.2
.2
.1
.6
.5

.2
.5
.5
.7
.2
.5
.6
.2
-.1
-.3

283.1
378.2
445.9

283.6
376.9
444.3

1.9
1.6
1.4

.2
-.3
-.4

.2
-.7
-1.5

.7
.8
1.3

.2
-.3
-.3

.395
4.063

518.8
428.4

520.2
426.6

12.9
.3

.3
-.4

-.4
-1.6

.5
1.4

-1.5
-.2

3.451
7.216
4.447
1.215
1.554

260.3
255.6
203.9
332.0
355.1

259.5
255.3
203.3
332.2
355.7

1.8
1.1
.4
2.9
1.8

-.3
-.1
-.3
.1
.2

.3
-.2
-.5
.5
.2

.0
.0
.0
.0

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

6.335
5.767
1.549
2.612
.236
.848
.522
.568

226.4
209.9
211.9
190.1
326.3
223.9
237.2
352.0

221.1
204.5
208.6
181.8
320.1
222.3
238.4
352.8

4.8
4.9
3.1
5.9
2.4
3.9
8.4
3.9

-2.3
-2.6
-1.6
-4.4

1.3
1.3
.5
2.0

-1.9
-.7
.5
.2

3.6
.9
.4
.6

Nov.
1987

Dec.
1987

100.000

345.8
402.2

345.7
402.0

4.4

Food and beverages
Food
Food at home
Cereals and bakery products 1
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs
Dairy products 1
Fruits and vegetables
Other food at home
Sugar and sweets 1
Fats and oils 1
Nonalcoholic beverages
Other prepared food
Food away from home
Alcoholic beverages

17.824
16.246

326.7
335.1
319.0
341.2
292.8
267.2
352.6
376.3
419.9
291.8
455.0
318.2
379.6
248.9

328.1
336.7
321.0
343.2
290.3
266.8
370.5
375.5
418.6
291.0
453.7
318.0
380.4
248.8

3.5
3.5
3.5
4.2
1.0
1.8
12.8

Housing
Shelter
Renters' costs 2
Rent, residential
Other renters' costs
Homeowners' costs 2
Owners' equivalent rent 2
Household insurance 1 2
Maintenance and repairs 1
Maintenance and repair services 1
Maintenance and repair
commodities 1
Fuel and other utilities
Fuels
Fuel oil and other household fuel
commodities
Gas (piped) and electricity
Other utilities and public
services 1
,
Household furnishings and operation
Housefurnishings
Housekeeping supplies
Housekeeping services 1

42.947
27.822

.133

374.9
429.2
129.2
295.5
444.6
127.4
127.5
125.9
393.2
453.1

.089
7.909
4.458

Dec. 1986

Nov. 1987

Expenditure category
All items
All items(1957-59=100)

Apparel and upkeep
Apparel commodities
Men's and boys' apparel
Women's and girls' apparel
Infants' and toddlers' apparel 1
Footwear
Other apparel commodities 1
Apparel services

9.974
1.357

3.143
1.263
1.659
2.552
.359
.265
.891

1.037
6.272
1.578

8.000

6.094
1.906
19.600
19.188
.412

.222

See footnotes at end of table.




13

.9

1.1

T.1

.5
.5
.3
.7
.4
.7
.0
.4

.1

-1.2
-1.4
-.4

-2.6
-1.9
-.2
.5
.3

Table 1. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: U.S. city average, by expenditure category and commodity and
service group—Continued
(1967=100, unless otherwise noted)

Group

Relative
importance,
December
1986

Unadjusted indexes

Unadjusted
percent change to
Dec. 1987 from—

Seasonally adjusted
percent change from—
Sept. to
Oct.

Oct. to
Nov.

Nov. to
Dec.

-0.2
-.3
.1
.0
-.2

0.5
.6
.6
.6
-.3

-0.4
-.5
-.1
-.2

-1.5
-1.5
.3
.0

-.1
-.3
.3

1.4

0.5
.4
.4
.4
-.2
.2
.3
.4
.9

1.7

-.1

.4

-.4

-.1

363.1
445.3

5.4
1.8

.0
.1

1.6
-.7

1.1
.6

.0
.1

471.7
299.1
509.3
425.6

472.9
300.7
510.3
426.5

5.8
7.1
5.6
6.4

.3
.5
.2
.2

.4
.6
.4
.4

.4
.5
.4
.3

.4
.6
.4
.5

4.403
2.120
2.283

288.1
276.5
304.7

288.5
277.3
304.6

4.0
3.7
4.2

.1
.3
.0

.6
.3
.9

.3
.9
-.2

.3
.7
.0

5.855
1.247
1.235

376.1
384.3
302.7

376.9
385.7
303.3

6.1
7.9
3.3

.2
.4
.2

.4
.3
.2

.5
.2
.1

.6
.4
.2

.663
.571
3.373
.217
3.156

297.6
308.7
477.1
422.5
490.2

297.7
309.7
477.9
422.7
491.1

2.8
3.9
6.5
7.7
6.4

.0
.3
.2
.0
.2

.2
.2
.6
1.0
.5

.1
.1
.7
.5
.7

.0
.3
.8
.7
.8

100.000
45.595
17.824
27.771
15.625
5.767

345.8
297.9
326.7
278.0
283.0
209.9

345.7
297.2
328.1
276.1
279.7
204.5

4.4
4.6
3.5
5.2
7.6
4.9

.0
-.2
.4
-.7
-1.2
-2.6

.4
.4
.3
.4
.6
1.3

.3
.2
.1
.3
.2
.5

.1
-.1
.5
-.5
-1.2
-1.4

9.858
12.147
54.405
27.151

326.2
277.8
423.4
128.1

325.1
277.6
424.0
128.5

9.1
2.2
4.3
4.9

-.3
-.1
.1
.3

-.1
.2
.4
.6

.2
.4
.4
.1

-.3
.0
.3
.3

9.650
6.688
4.337
6.579

112.6
381.3
509.3
358.1

112.3
381.7
510.3
358.6

1.4
4.2
5.6
5.2

-.3
.1
.2
.1

-1.7
.8
.4
.6

-.8
.8
.4
.3

-.3
.1
.4
.4

Nov.
1987

Dec.
1987

1.549
4.411

324.1
316.0
235.7
236.6
389.0
315.2
314.5
383.5
326.9

323.3
315.1
235.9
236.6
388.4
310.6
309.8
384.7
326.8

6.1
6.5
1.8
1.9
8.9
18.6
18.6
3.8
4.7

.770

204.2

203.9

3.641
1.498

363.1
444.8

Medical care
Medical care commodities
Medical care services
Professional medical services.

5.420
1.083
4.337
2.815

Entertainment
Entertainment commodities.
Entertainment services 1
Other goods and services
Tobacco and smoking products 1
Personal care 1
Toilet goods and personal care
appliances 1
Personal care services 1
Personal and educational expenses .
School books and supplies
Personal and educational services.

Dec. 1986

Nov. 1987

Expenditure category
Transportation
Private transportation
New vehicles
New cars
Used cars
Motor fuel
Gasoline
Maintenance and repairs 1
Other private transportation 1 .
Other private transportation
commodities 1
Other private transportation
services 1
Public transportation 1

17.217
15.718
5.607
4.550
1.249
2.903

-.1
-2.2
-2.2
.3
.0

Commodity and service group
All items
Commodities
Food and beverages
Commodities less food and beverages
Nondurables less food and beverages 1 ...
Apparel commodities
Nondurables less food, beverages,
and apparel 1
Durables
Services
Rent of shelter' 2
Household services less rent of
shelter 1 2
Transportation services
Medical care services
...
Other services
See footnotes at end of table.




14

Table 1. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: U.S. city average, by expenditure category and commodity and
service group—Continued
(1967=100, unless otherwise noted)

Group

Relative
importance,
December
1986

Unadjusted indexes

Unadjusted
percent change to
Dec. 1987 from—

Nov.
1987

Dec.
1987

346.2
321.9
116.8
339.0
276.3
278.9
313.9
306.2
124.6
411.7
373.5
346.2
347.0
276.6
346.9
423.5

345.7
321.3
116.6
338.8
274.5
276.0
312.9
305.2
124.6
412.2
370.4
346.3
346.8
275.1
342.5
424.3

4.6
4.2
4.2
4.3
5.1
7.2
8.3
5.4
3.7
4.1
8.2
4.1
4.2
3.5
17.9
4.6

$.289
.249

$.289
^249

-4.3

Dec. 1986

Nov. 1987

Seasonally adjusted
percent change from—
Sept. to
Oct.

Oct. to
Nov.

Nov. to
Dec.

0.4
.3
.3
.4
.4
.6
.0
.4

0.3
.3
.3
.3
.3
.2
.3
.1
.0
.0
.8
.3
.3
.3
.2
.3

0.0
.0
.1
.1

Special indexes
All items less food
All items less shelter
All items less homeowners' costs 2
All items less medical care
Commodities less food
NonduraWes less food 1
Nondurables less food and apparel 1
NonduraWes 1
Services less rent of shelter 1 2
Services less medical care 1
Energy
All items less energy
All items less food and energy
Commodities less food and energy
Energy commodities
Services less energy
Purchasing power of the consumer dollar:
1967=$1.00 1
1957-59=$1.00 1

83.754
72.178
80.400
94.580
29.350
17.203
11.436
33.449
27.254
50.067
7.360
92.640
76.394
26.052
3.297
50.342

Not seasonally adjusted.
Indexes on a December 1982=100 base.




-0.1
-.2
-.2
-.1
-.7
-1.0
-.3
-.3
.0
.1
-.8
.0
-.1
-.5
-1.3
.2

-.2
.1
-.9
.5
.5
.5
-.1
.5

-.3

-.5
-1.0
-.3
-.3
.0
.1
-1.1
.2
.1
—3
-2A
A
.0

Data not available.
NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

15

Table 2. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Seasonally adjusted U.S. city average, by expenditure category
and commodity and service group
(1967=100, unless otherwise noted)
Seasonally adjusted indexes

Seasonally adjusted annual rate
percent change for

Group

6 months ended—

3 months ended—
Sept.
1987

Oct.
1987

Nov.
1987

Dec.
1987

Mar.
1987

June
1987

Sept.
1987

Dec.
1987

June
1987

Dec.
1987

6.2

4.6

3.6

3.2

5.4

3.4

6.4
6.5
8.7
4.6
13.3
.0

1.6
1.4
.0
2.3
5.4
3.5
-14.1
1.3
1.2
-.3
.0
2.6
4.0
3.5

3.7
4.0
3.7
5.2
-9.8
1.2
36.9
1.2
-1.9
-.3
.8
3.1
4.4
2.1

4.4
4.4
5.2
4.6
4.9
1.1
17.3
.4
3.7
3.8
-7.3
5.5
3.1
3.9

2.7
2.7
1.8
3.7
-2.5
2.4
8.4
1.2
-.3
-.3
.4
2.8
4.2
2.8

3.3
4.5
3.5
6.1

2.8
5.2
1.9
3.7
-3.7
6.5
6.8
2.2
2.3

4.1
4.8
5.2
2.8
12.8
4.7
4.8
3.3
2.6
3.4
1.4
3.6
5.4

3.0
4.8
2.7
4.9
-3.8
5.7
5.7
4.3
4.0
5.2
2.4
-.4
-2.5

29.8
3.3
1.2
1.9
1.1
4.9
2.1

-1.8
-2.6
2.4
.3
-.3

7.6
7.9
6.6
10.4
-3.0
4.5
9.9

2.1
2.0
-.2
1.5
8.0
3.1
6.9
3.7

Expenditure category
All items .
Food and beverages
Food
Food at home
Cereals and bakery products 1
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs
Dairy products 1
Fruits and vegetables
Other food at home
Sugar and sweets 1
Fats and oils 1
Nonalcoholic beverages
Other prepared food
Food away from home
Alcoholic beverages

326.9
335.6
320.7
338.9
297.1
266.0
355.0
377.4
420.6
291.2
461.6
316.5
377.1
248.0

328.0
336.9
321.7
339.5
296.5
267.2
359.5
378.4
420.9
290.1
464.6
317.2
378.8
248.2

328.3
337.1
321.6
341.2
293.8
267.2
363.5
378.2
419.9
291.8
460.0
319.2
379.6
249.1

329.9
338.9
323.6
343.2
289.5
266.8
384.0
378.5
418.6
291.0
462.5
318.9
381.2
249.3

2.5
2.5
1.9
4.6
-2.9
2.3
10.4
1.0
5.3
12.6

-9.6
6.4
3.5
2.8

24.7
-.1
2.0
-4.3
-5.0
4.6
2.7
5.0

Housing
Shelter
Renters' costs 2
Rent, residential
Other renters' costs
Homeowners' costs 2
Owners' equivalent rent 2
Household insurance 1 2
Maintenance and repairs 1
Maintenance and repair services 1
Maintenance and repair commodities 1
Fuel and other utilities
Fuels
Fuel oil and other household fuel
commodities
Gas (piped) and electricity
Other utilities and public services 1
Household furnishings and operation
Housefurnishings
Housekeeping supplies
Housekeeping services 1

373.1
424.7
128.8
294.2
448.6
125.8
125.8
125.5
390.5
450.8
280.4
381.2
451.3

373.8
427.0
128.5
294.8
441.8
126.9
126.9
125.8
390.9
451.0
281.0
378.5
444.6

374.8
427.9
128.7
294.9
443.7
127.2
127.2
125.9
393.2
453.1
283.1
381.5
450.5

375.7
430.1
129.4
296.9
444.4
127.8
127.9
126.2
392.7
451.8
283.6
380.2
449.1

5.1
6.2
7.3
4.3
16.9
5.7
5.7
2.0
3.6
5.9
.3
3.6
4.8

3.2
3.5
3.2
1.4
8.8
3.6
4.0
4.7
1.7
1.0
2.5
3.7
6.1

507.1
437.6
259.3
256.0
204.8
331.4
354.6

504.9
430.7
260.2
255.6
203.7
333.0
355.3

507.6
436.8
260.3
255.5
203.7
333.0
355.1

500.2
435.9
259.5
255.1
203.3
331.6
355.7

62.4
.4
2.1
2.6
1.8
6.1
2.0

3.7
6.4

Apparel and upkeep
Apparel commodities
Men's and boys' apparel
Women's and girls' apparel ....
Infants' and toddlers' apparel
Footwear
Other apparel commodities 1 ..
Apparel services

218.3
201.7
205.9
179.2
313.6
218.7
236.4
348.8

221.1
204.4
206.9
182.8
324.9
220.7
237.3
351.0

222.2
205.5
207.6
184.1
326.3
222.2
237.2
352.3

219.6
202.7
206.8
179.3
320.1
221.8
238.4
353.5

11.7
12.6
8.6
17.0
9.1
5.9
14.1
5.0

3.6
3.5
4.6
4.1
-13.7
3.2
5.7
3.2

See footnotes at end of table.




16

.3
1.3
.4
3.7
2.3

-3.9
4.9
4.6
6.3
5.8
9.7
.3
.2
-3.0

.9
4.6
-1.0
-1.9

1.9
-3.6
4.6
2.1
2.4
1.6
1.8

-5.3
-1.5
.3

1.9
2.0

2.4
2.0
1.8
.2
8.6
5.8
3.4
5.5

-2.1
2.7
7.5
.6
10.4
2.0

-1.4
-2.9
.2
1.2

4.1

.9
1.5

Table 2. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Seasonally adjusted U.S. city average, by expenditure category
and commodity and service group—Continued
(1967=100, unless otherwise noted)
Seasonally adjusted indexes

Seasonally adjusted annual rate
percent change for

Group

6 months ended—

3 months ended—
Sept.
1987

Oct.
1987

Nov.
1987

Dec.
1987

320.5
312.2
232.4
233.5
387.3
315.9
315.4
380.7
319.7

322.0
314.0
233.9
234.8
386.1
315.5
314.6
382.0
324.1

323.5
315.4
234.8
235.7
385.2
316.1
315.4
383.5
326.9

322.1
313.9
234.5
235.2
385.0
309.3
308.5
384.7
326.8

Mar.
1987

June
1987

Sept.
1987

Dec.
1987

June
1987

Dec.
1987

11.2
11.9

5.5
6.3
3.5
4.6
20.0

5.8
5.7

17.2
17.2
4.8
2.7

8.3
9.1
.7
1.0
17.4
35.4
35.6
3.0

3.1

10.4
10.1
3.6
4.1

2.0
2.2
3.7
2.9
-2.4
-8.1
-8.5
4.3

9.2

3.6

3.9
3.9
2.9
2.8
1.0
3.8
3.6
4.5
5.9

1.9

1.6

Expenditure category
Transportation
Private transportation
New vehicles

,

New cars

-2.1
-2.6

2.1
2.6
4.6

Used cars
Motor fuel
Gasoline
Maintenance and repairs 1
Other private transportation 1
Other private transportation
commodities 1
Other private transportation
services 1
Public transportation 1

204.2

205.0

204.2

203.9

3.8

.0

3.8

353.5
445.1

359.1
442.0

363.1
444.8

363.1
445.3

2.9
3.6

5.0
-3.0

2.5
6.5

11.3
.2

4.0
.3

6.8
3.3

Medical care
Medical care commodities
Medical care services
Professional medical services
Entertainment
Entertainment commodities
Entertainment services 1

468.6
296.1
505.9
423.3
285.4
272.9
302.6

470.7
298.0
507.9
424.8
287.1
273.7
305.2

472.4
299.4
509.8
426.0
288.1
276.2
304.7

474.5
301.3
511.8
428.2
289.0
278.2
304.6

5.0
7.0
4.4
6.0
2.6
2.3
3.2

7.6
6.9
7.8
8.0
3.9
3.3
4.3

5.7
7.3
5.3
6.9
4.3
1.6
6.9

5.1
7.2
4.7
4.7
5.1
8.0
2.7

6.3
6.9
6.1
7.0
3.3
2.8
3.7

5.4
7.3
5.0
5.8
4.7
4.8
4.8

Other goods and services
Tobacco and smoking products 1
Personal care 1
Toilet goods and personal care
appliances 1
Personal care services 1
Personal and educational expenses
School books and supplies
Personal and educational services

370.5
382.4
301.8

372.0
383.7
302.5

373.7
384.3
302.7

375.8
385.7
303.3

9.3

6.7
3.4
3.8

2.6

14.1
3.9

10.8
3.5

5.8
3.5
2.0

8.0
8.6
3.9

4.2
7.1
2.8

296.7
307.8
463.2
413.8
475.3

297.4
308.3
465.8
417.8
477.8

297.6
308.7
468.9
420.0
481.0

297.7
309.7
472.6
423.1
484.8

3.4
4.5
9.6
8.8
9.7

3.0
4.6
8.9
8.4
8.9

3.4
3.9
-.7
4.2
-1.0

1.4
2.5
8.4
9.3
8.2

3.2
4.5
9.3
8.6
9.3

2.4
3.2
3.7
6.7
3.5

295.5
326.9
274.4
280.7
201.7

296.6
328.0
275.4
282.5
204.4

297.2
328.3
276.2
283.0
205.5

296.9
329.9
274.8
279.7
202.7

6.2
7.8
2.5
11.3
15.8

3.6
3.5
1.6
4.6
11.4
2.0

3.2
1.9
3.7

12.6

4.6
5.2
6.4
4.5
5.3
3.5

.6
-1.4
2.0

5.4
6.5
4.4
7.9
10.4
7.9

3.4
2.7
2.7
2.6
4.8
2.0

325.7
275.2
420.4
127.2

325.4
275.7
422.1
128.0

326.2
276.7
423.7
128.1

325.1
276.8
425.1
128.5

20.0
2.5
4.8
5.3

9.6
2.1
4.1
4.3

8.5
1.9
3.5
5.9

-.7
2.3
4.5
4.2

14.7
2.3
4.5
4.8

3.8
2.1
4.0
5.0

115.5
375.2
505.9
352.7

113.5
378.2
507.9
354.9

112.6
381.4
509.8
356.0

112.3
381.7
511.8
357.5

2.6
3.0
4.4
6.5

12.4
3.0
7.8
6.5

2.5
3.8
5.3
2.3

-10.6
7.1
4.7
5.6

7.4
3.0
6.1
6.5

-4.3
5.5
5.0
3.9

.....

14.8

66.1
67.0
2.5

Commodity and service group
All items
Commodities
Food and beverages
Commodities less food and beverages
Nondurables less food and beverages 1 .
Apparel commodities
Nondurables less food, beverages,
and apparel 1
Durables
Services
Rent of shelter 1 2
Household services less rent
of shelter 1 2
Transportation services
Medical care services
Other services
See footnotes at end of table.




17

Table 2. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Seasonally adjusted U.S. city average, by expenditure category
and commodity and service group—Continued
(1967=100, unless otherwise noted)
Seasonally adjusted indexes

Seasonally adjusted annual rate
percent change for

Group

6 months ended—

3 months ended—
Sept.
1987

Oct.
1987

Nov.
1987

Dec.
1987

342.7
319.5
116.0
336.1
273.0
276.8
313.2
304.9
124.9
410.9
376.8
343.1
343.0
272.8
345.6
419.5

344.0
320.6
116.3
337.4
274.0
278.4
313.1
306.0
124.6
411.5
373.5
344.7
344.8
274.1
345.1
421.8

345.2
321.7
116.7
338.4
274.9
278.9
313.9
306.2
124.6
411.7
376.6
345.7
345.8
274.9
345.9
423.0

345.3
321.6
116.8
338.7
273.5
276.0
312.9
305.2
124.6
412.2
372.4
346.4
346.3
274.2
338.7
424.6

Mar.
1987

June
1987

Sept.
1987

Dec.
1987

June
1987

Dec.
1987

Special
All items less food
All items less shelter
All items less homeowners' costs 2 .....
All items less medical care
Commodities less food
Nondurables less food 1
Nondurables less food and apparel 1 .
Nondurables 1
Services less rent of shelter 1 2
Services less medical care 1
Energy
All items less energy
All items less food and energy
Commodities less food and energy
Energy commodities
Services less energy
Not seasonally adjusted.
Indexes on a December 1982=100 base.
Data not available.




7.0
6.1

6.2
6.3
10.9
14.6
17.8
10.5
3.7
4.3
26.1
4.8
5.2
5.1
65.8
5.3

4.2
5.1
4.6
4.4
4.6
5.2
8.8
5.1
6.4
5.5
7.9
4.3
4.0
3.8
9.4
3.8

3.9
3.1
3.2
3.3
4.5
10.8
7.8
6.0
5.6
5.5
5.0
3.3
3.7
3.0
15.5
4.2

3.1
2.7
2.8
3.1
.7
-1.2
-.4
.4
-1.0
1.3

-4.6
3.9
3.9
2.1
-7.8
5.0

5.6
5.6
5.4
5.4
7.7
9.8
13.2
7.7
5.1
4.9

16.7
4.6
4.6
4.4
34.7
4.6

3.5
2.9
3.0
3.2
2.6
4.6
3.6
3.2
2.3
3.4
.1
3.6
3.8
2.5
3.2
4.6

NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific
date.

18

Table 3. Historical Consumer Price Index for AH Urban Consumers (CPI-U) and Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers
(CPI-W): U.S. city average, major groups
CPI-W

CPI-U
Year and month
All
items

Food and
beverages

Housing

Apparel
and
upkeep

Transportation

Medical
care

Entertainment

Other
goods and
services

All
items

Indexes 1967=100

1951, Dec. ..
1952, Dec. ...
1953, Dec. ...
1954, Dec. ...
1955, Dec. ..

79.3
80.0
80.5
80.1
80.4

87.1
84.6
85.1
84.5
84.9

74.8
78.9
78.9
77.9
77.9

57.9
60.4
62.5
63.9
65.9

79.3
80.0
80.5
80.1
80.4

1956, Dec. ...
1957, Dec. ..
1958, Dec. ..
1959, Dec. ..
1960, Dec. ..

82.7
85.2
86.7
88.0
89.3

87.1
87.9
88.0
89.3
90.6

81.5
85.1
88.4
91.0
89.7

68.2
71.3
74.7
77.5
80.0

85.2
86.7
88.0
89.3

1961, Dec.
1962, Dec.
1963, Dec.
1964, Dec.
1965, Dec.

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

89.9
91.0
92.5
93.6
95.4

91.0
91.6
93.1
93.5
94.8

91.5
93.2
94.0
95.3
96.3

82.3
84.3
86.2
88.0
90.5

89.9
91.0
92.5
93.6
95.4

1966, Dec.
1967, Dec.
1968, Dec.
1969, Dec.
1970, Dec.

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

98.6
101.6
106.4
112.9
119.1

101.0
105.2
112.5
115.3

101.4
106.7
113.6
121.7

96.5
102.5
109.0
114.7
119.2

98.2
101.7
103.7
109.1
116.9

96.5
102.7
109.1
115.7
124.2

102.3
108.1
113.5
119.8

102.5
107.6
113.5
119.6

98.6
101.6
106.4
112.9
119.1

1971, Dec.
1972, Dec.
1973, Dec.
1974, Dec.
1975, Dec.

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

123.1
127.3
138.5
155.4
166.3

120.2
125.5
148.7
166.6
177.0

125.8
130.1
139.1
157.8
169.7

121.8
125.0
130.5
141.9
145.2

118.5
121.3
126.7
143.5
157.6

130.1
134.4
141.4
159.0
174.7

124.4
127.5
131.8
146.7
155.3

124.7
129.2
135.6
149.4
157.9

123.1
127.3
138.5
155.4
166.3

1976, Dec.
1977, Dec.
1978, Dec.
1979, Dec.
1980, Dec.

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

174.3
186.1
202.9
229.9
258.4

178.4
191.9
214.1
235.5
259.3

178.8
192.4
211.5
243.6
276.9

151.8
158.2
163.2
172.2
183.9

171.4
178.8
192.6
227.7
261.1

192.3
209.3
227.8
250.7
275.8

163.3
171.0
180.9
193.4
212.0

167.1
177.8
189.1
204.0
224.6

174.3
186.1
202.9
230.0
258.7

1981, Dec.
1982, Dec.
1983, Dec.
1984, Dec.
1985, Dec.

...
..
..
..
..

281.5
292.4
303.5
315.5
327.4

270.5
279.1
286.5
297.2
305.6

305.2
316.3
327.4
341.2
355.8

190.5
193.6
199.3
203.2
209.0

289.8
294.8
306.3
315.8
324.0

310.2
344.3
366.2
388.5
414.7

227.3
240.1
249.5
260.1
268.3

246.7
276.6
298.6
316.7
336.5

281.1
292.0
301.5
312.2
323.4

1986, Dec. ..

331.1

317.0

362.1

210.9

304.8

446.8

277.4

355.2

325.7

See footnotes at end of table.




19

Table 3. Historical Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) and Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers
(CPI-W): U.S. city average, major groups—Continued
CPI-W

CPI-U
Year and month
All
items

Food and
beverages

Housing

Apparel
and
upkeep

Transportation

Medical
care

Entertainment

Other
goods and
services

All
items

Indexes 1967=100, seasonally adjusted except All items
1986, Jan
1986, Feb
1986, Mar
1986, Apr.
1986, May
1986, Jun

328.4
327.5
326.0
325.3
326.3
327.9

307.2
306.8
306.6
307.3
308.6
309.5

357.3
357.1
358.0
358.8
358.6
360.1

207.5
206.7
206.4
206.9
206.9
206.3

324.2
319.6
311.6
303.8
305.7
308.1

418.5
421.4
424.6
427.4
430.0
432.7

270.9
271.8
271.7
272.2
273.0
273.9

338.6
340.4
341.8
343.0
344.1
345.2

324.3
323.2
321.4
320.4
321.4
323.0

1986, Jul
1986, Aug
1986, Sep
1986, Oct
1986, Nov
1986, Dec

328.0
328.6
330.2
330.5
330.8
331.1

312.1
314.5
315.6
316.7
317.9
318.6

360.1
361.0
361.8
361.9
362.0
362.7

207.1
208.0
208.9
209.0
209.6
209.5

304.2
301.3
302.2
302.5
303.6
303.6

435.3
437.8
440.6
443.0
445.3
448.2

274.5
274.7
275.4
276.3
277.2
277.9

348.1
350.5
350.7
352.1
353.1
354.2

322.9
323.4
324.9
325.0
325.4
325.7

1987, Jan
1987, Feb
1987, Mar
1987, Apr
1987, May
1987, Jun

333.1
334.4
335.9
337.7
338.7
340.1

320.1
320.9
320.6
321.5
323.3
325.6

364.4
365.8
367.2
368.2
368.9
370.1

210.4
211.8
215.4
218.6
219.1
217.3

308.3
309.8
311.8
313.4
314.4
316.0

450.2
451.7
453.7
456.5
459.1
462.1

278.5
278.7
279.7
281.3
282.1
282.4

358.1
360.5
362.2
363.9
366.0
368.1

327.7
329.0
330.5
332.3
333.4
334.9

1987,
1987,
1987,
1987,
1987,
1987,

340.8
342.7
344.4
345.3
345.8
345.7

325.1
325.4
326.9
328.0
328.3
329.9

370.9
373.1
373.1
373.8
374.8
375.7

215.9
216.0
218.3
221.1
222.2
219.6

317.8
320.0
320.5
322.0
323.5
322.1

464.6
466.3
468.6
470.7
472.4
474.5

283.8
284.0
285.4
287.1
288.1
289.0

371.2
373.8
370.5
372.0
373.7
375.8

335.6
337.4
339.1
340.0
340.4
340.2

Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

See footnotes at end of table.




20

Table 3. Historical Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumer (CPI-U) and Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers
(CPI-W): U.S. city average, major groups—Continued
CPI-W

CPI-U
Year and month
All
items

Food and
beverages

Housing

Apparel
and
upkeep

Transportation

Medical
care

Entertainment

Other
goods and
services

All
items

Percent change from previous December
1951,
1952,
1953,
1954,
1955,

Dec
Dec
Dec
Dec. ....
Dec

5.9
.9
.6
-.5
.4

5.8
2.9
.6
-.7
.5

7.0
5.5
.0
-1.3
.0

6.0
4.3
3.5
2.2
3.1

5.9
.9
.6
-.5
.4

1956,
1957,
1958,
1959,
1960,

Dec
Dec
Dec
Dec
Dec

2.9
3.0
1.8
1.5
1.5

2.6
.9
.1
1.5
1.5

4.6
4.4
3.9
2.9
-1.4

3.5
4.5
4.8
3.7
3.2

2.9
3.0
1.8
1.5
1.5

1961,
1962,
1963,
1964,
1965,

Dec
Dec
Dec
Dec
Dec

.7
1.2
1.6
1.2
1.9

.4
.7
1.6
.4
1.4

2.0
1.9
.9
1.4
1.0

2.9
2.4
2.3
2.1
2.8

.7
1.2
1.6
1.2
1.9

1966, Dec

2.0
3.6
2.0
5.2
7.1

6.6
6.4
6.2
6.0
7.3

5.7
5.0
5.6

5.0
5.5
5.4

3.4
3.0
4.7
6.1
5.5

1967,
1968,
1969,
1970,

Dec
Dec
Dec
Dec

3.4
3.0
4.7
6.1
5.5

4.2
6.9
2.5

5.2
6.5
7.1

3.9
4.1
6.3
5.2
3.9

1971,
1972,
1973,
1974,
1975,

Dec
Dec
Dec
Dec
Dec

3.4
3.4
8.8
12.2
7.0

4.2
4.4
18.5
12.0
6.2

3.4
3.4
6.9
13.4
7.5

2.2
2.6
4.4
8.7
2.3

1.4
2.4
4.5
13.3
9.8

4.8
3.3
5.2
12.4
9.9

3.8
2.5
3.4
11.3
5.9

4.3
3.6
5.0
10.2
5.7

3.4
3.4
8.8
12.2
7.0

1976,
1977,
1978,
1979,
1980,

Dec
Dec
Dec
Dec
Dec

4.8
6.8
9.0
13.3

.8

5.4
7.6
9.9
15.2

8.8
4.3
7.7
18.2
14.7

10.1

5.2
4.7
5.8
6.9
9.6

5.8
6.4
6.4
7.9
10.1

4.8
6.8

13.7

4.5
4.2
3.2
5.5
6.8

12.5

1981,
1982,
1983,
1984,
1985,

Dec
Dec.
Dec.
Dec.
Dec.

3.6
1.6
2.9
2.0
2.9

11.0
1.7
3.9
3.1
2.6

12.5
11.0
6.4
6.1
6.7

7.2
5.6
3.9
4.2
3.2

9.8
12.1
8.0
6.1
6.3

8.7
3.9
3.3
3.5
3.6

-5.9

7.7

3.4

5.6

7.6

12.4

11.6
10.0
10.1

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

8.9
3.9
3.8
4.0
3.8

4.3
3.2
2.7
3.7
2.8

10.2
3.6
3.5
4.2
4.3

1986, Dec. ...

1.1

3.7

1.8

See footnotes at end of table.




21

8.8
8.8
10.1

10.0

9.0
13.4

Table 3. Historical Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumer (CPI-U) and Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers
(CPI-W): U.S. city average, major groups—Continued
CPI-W

CPI-U
Year and month
All
items

Food and
beverages

Housing

Apparel
and
upkeep

Transportation

Medical
care

Entertainment

Other
goods and
services

All
items

Seasonally adjusted percent changes from previous month
1986, Jan
1986, Feb
1986, Mar
1986, Apr
1986, May
1986, Jun

0.3
-.3
-.4
-.3
.2
.4

0.0
-.1
-.1
.2
.4
.3

0.4
-.1
.3
.2
-.1
.4

-0.1
-.4
-.1
.2
.0
-.3

0.4
-1.4
-2.5
-2.5
.6
.8

0.6
.7
.8
.7
.6
.6

0.8
.3
.0
.2
.3
.3

0.9
.5
.4
.4
.3
.3

0.3
-.4
-.5
-.4
.2
.4

1986, Jul
1986, Aug
1986, Sep
1986, Oct
1986, Nov
1986, Dec

.0
.2
.3
.2
.2
.2

.8
.8
.3
.3
.4
.2

.0
.2
.2
.0
.0
.2

.4
.4
.4
.0
.3
.0

-1.3
-1.0
.3
.1
.4
.0

.6
.6
.6
.5
.5
.7

.2
.1
.3
.3
.3
.3

.8
.7
.1
.4
.3
.3

.0
.1
.3
.2
.2
.2

1987,
1987,
1987,
1987,
1987,
1987,

Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun

.7
.4
.4
.4
.3
.4

.5
.2
-.1
.3
.6
.7

.5
.4
.4
.3
.2
.3

.4
.7
1.7
1.5
.2
-.8

1.5
.5
.6
.5
.3
.5

.4
.3
.4
.6
.6
.7

.2
.1
.4
.6
.3
.1

1.1
.7
.5
.5
.6
.6

.7
.4
.5
.5
.4
.4

1987,
1987,
1987,
1987,
1987,
1987,

Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct.
Nov
Dec

.2
.5
.2
.4
.3
.1

-.2
.1
.5
.3
.1
.5

.2
.$
.0
.2
.3
.2

-.6
.0
1.1
1.3
.5
-1.2

.6
.7
.2
.5
.5
-.4

.5
.4
.5
.4
.4
.4

.5
.1
.5
.6
.3
.3

.8
.7
-.9
.4
.5
.6

.2
.5
.2
.4
.3
.1

Data not available.
NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.




22

Table 4. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Detailed expenditure categories, U.S. city average
(1967=100, unless otherwise noted)
Unadjusted indexes
Item and group

Other
index

Dec.
1986

Nov.
1987

326.7

328.1

3.5

0.4

0.3

0.1

0.5

335.1

336.7

3.5

.5

.4

.1

.5

319.0

321.0

3.5

.6

.3

.0

.6

12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77

341.2
181.6
151.5
219.5
154.3
180.1
285.4

343.2
183.4
150.5
221.9
157.4
180.8
286.3

4.2
4.9
1.3
6.0
4.7
3.8
4.5

.6
1.0
-.7
1.1
2.0
.4
.3

.2
.3
-.3
.2
-.7
.3
.2

.5
.8
.7
-.1
3.0
.5
.5

.6
1.0
-.2
1.1
2.0
.4
.3

12/77
12/77
12/77

172.2
189.0
185.1

172.1
189.9
186.5

3.4
4.1
3.4

-.1
.5
.8

.0
.8
.5

1.1
.9
-.4

-.1
.5
.8

292.8
302.3
298.4
298.3
267.1
301.5
247.2
277.0
308.6
191.9
295.1
304.1
276.7
141.2
160.3
299.2
219.8
223.8
147.9
131.8
499.5
149.3
214.7
179.9

290.3
301.1
296.4
298.1
266.2
295.2
246.6
278.9
309.7
193.0
289.0
294.0
269.7
138.7
158.1
299.0
219.7
220.9
148.9
132.2
503.3
150.1
216.5
163.8

1.0
2.2
3.5
6.7
5.8
5.1
6.1
6.9
9.5
7.5
-1.8
-4.4
-1.8
-2.6
.1
4.2
-9.2
-8.6
-7.6
10.0
10.3
10.0
-17.5

-.9
-.4
-.7
-.1
-.3
-2.1
-.2
.7
.4
.6
-2.1
-3.3
-2.5
-1.8
-1.4
-.1
.0
-1.3
.7
.3
.8
.5
.8
-8.9

-.2
.2
.5
.8
1.0
.2
-1.2
-.4
1.9
.9
-.2
-1.9
.3
.6
-2.4
.8
-.6
-1.4
-.1
-.2
-.6
1.8
-1.1
-7.3

-.9
-,9
-.8
-.1
.1
-1.7
-.6
.1
.8
-1.4
-2.5
-2.2
-5.3
-1.4
-1.7
.0
-3.5
-3.5
-2.9
-5.2
1.2
1.6
1.2
-.7

-1.5
-.9
-1.2
-.7
-.8
-4.0
-1.3
-1.8
-.5
-1.4
-2.9
-2.7
-2.3
-2.3
-1.4
-.1
.0
-1.3
.7
.3
.1
.5
.0
-12.0

267.2
143.6
234.6
144.1
161.5
156.0
171.5
162.4

266.8
143.3
233.6
144.0
161.4
156.3
170.5
162.5

1.8
1.7
1.3
2.2
1.8
2.4
1.4
.7

-.1
-.2
-.4
-.1
-.1
.2
-.6
.1

.5
.3
.1
.8
.4
.5
.5
-.1

.0
-.1
.2
-.4
-.1
.2
-.3
-.6

-.1
-.5
-.6
-.1
-.1
.2
-.6
.1

Food
Food at home
1

Dairy products 1
Fresh milk and cream
Fresh whole milk
Other fresh milk and cream
Processed dairy products 1
Cheese 1
Ice cream and related products 1
Other dairy products, including butter1

12/77

12/77
12/77

12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77

12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77

See footnotes at end of table.




Nov. to
Dec.

Dec.
1987

Food and beverages

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs
Meats, poultry, and fish
Meats
Beef and veal
Ground beef other than canned
Chuck roast
Round roast
Round steak
Sirloin steak
Other beef and veal
Pork
Bacon
Chops
Ham
Other pork, including sausage 1
Other meats 1
Poultry 1
Fresh whole chicken 1
Fresh and frozen chicken parts 1
Other poultry 1
Fish and seafood
Canned fish and seafood 1
Fresh and frozen fish and seafood ...
Eggs

Seasonally adjusted
percent change from—

Nov.
1987

base

Cereals and bakery products
Cereals and cereal products
Flour and prepared flour mixes
Cereal 1
Rice, pasta, and commeal1
Bakery products 1
White bread 1
Fresh other bread, biscuits, rolls,
and muffins 1
Cookies, fresh cakes, and cupcakes 1
Other bakery products t

Unadjusted
percent change to
Dec. 1987 from—

23

-11.0

Sept. to
Oct.

Oct. to
Nov.

Table 4. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Detailed expenditure categories, U.S. city average—Continued
(1967=100, unless otherwise noted)
Unadjusted indexes
Item and group

Other
index

Other food at home
Sugar and sweets 1
Sugar and artificial sweeteners 1
Sweets, including candy
Fats and oils 1
Nonalcoholic beverages
Carbonated drinks
Coffee 1
Other noncarbonated drinks
Other prepared food
Canned and packaged soup
Frozen prepared food 1
Snacks '
Seasonings, condiments, sauces,
and spices
Miscellaneous prepared food, including
baby food 1
Food away from home
Lunch
Dinner
Other meals and snacks .
Alcoholic beverages
Alcoholic beverages at home
Beer and ale
Wine 1
Distilled spirits 1
Alcoholic beverages away from home 1

Dec.
1987

Dec.
1986

Nov.
1987

Sept. to
Oct.

Oct. to
Nov.

Nov. to
Dec.

352.6
381.3
391.4
298.1
253.4
577.4
215.1
371.8
321.6
484.1
355.8
202.3
321.8
171.4
171.1
170.5
151.8
168.2
146.2

370.5
411.4
393.2
298.4
279.3
471.0
225.1
430.0
331.7
834.7
358.8
218.5
323.1
172.6
172.7
170.3
151.8
168.1
146.2

12.8
17.9
10.5
-11.4
17.0
14.5
16.1
25.5
-.1
136.9
10.4
14.2
4.6
5.8

5.1
7.9
.5
.1
10.2
-18.4
4.6
15.7
3.1
72.4
.8
8.0
.4
.7
.9
-.1
.0
-.1
.0

1.3
2.6
6.7
.5
.5
9.5
6.9
-2.0
-.9
-10.4
8.5
-4.1
.0
-.2
-.5
.2
-.2
.7
-.5

1.1
2.3
-1.9
-7.2
2.6
1.5
1.4
6.8
1.1
23.8
22.8
-2.3
.2
.1
.1
-.2
-.1
.1
-.3

5.6
7.7
2.7
-.3
17.5
-10.8
3.9
11.8
1.0
72.4
.8
7.3
.4
.8
.8
-.1
.0
-.1
.0

375.5
418.6
171.0
176.0
291.0
453.7
154.8
415.0
159.9
318.0
167.5
183.3
183.7

.9
1.7
1.2
1.9
1.7
-3.5
1.5
-14.3
2.3
4.2
6.1
5.8
3.0

-.2

12/77
12/77
12/77

376.3
419.9
172.0
176.3
291.8
455.0
156.1
413.0
159.7
318.2
167.4
182.9
185.6

- 3
-.6
-.2
-.3
-.3
-.8
.5
.1
-.1
.1
.2
-1.0

.3
.1
-.1
.3
-.4
.6
.9
-.1
.5
.2
-.2
-.7
-.1

-.1
-.2
-.9
.3
.6
-1.0
-1.3
-1.9
.2
.6
.5
1.4
.4

.1
-.3
-.6
.0
-.3
.5
.4
.5
.6
-.1
.0
.2
-1.0

12/77

177.5

177.1

2.8

-.2

.6

.2

-.3

12/77

168.3

169.1

4.6

.5

.5

.1

.5

12/77
12/77
12/77

379.6
183.6
182.5
187.9

380.4
184.0
182.9
188.2

3.6
3.9
3.6
3.3

.2
.2
.2
.2

.5
.1
.3
.7

.2
.4
.5
-.2

.4
.2
.3
.5

248.9
156.2
247.4
249.6
144.1
185.3

248.8
155.8
246.6
249.4
143.7
185.8

3.3
2.3
2.2
3.9
1.3
4.6

.0
-.3
-.3
-.1
-.3
.3

.1
-.1
.4
.0
.2
.2

.4
.3
.8
-1.1
.2
.5

.1
-.2
-.3
-.1
-.3
.3

12/77

12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77

12/77
12/77

12/77
12/77

12/77
12/77
12/77

See footnotes at end of table.




Seasonally adjusted
percent change from—

Nov.
1987

base

Fruits and vegetables
Fresh fruits and vegetables
Fresh fruits
Apples
Bananas
Oranges, including tangerines.
Other fresh fruits
Fresh vegetables
Potatoes
Lettuce 1
Tomatoes 1
Other fresh vegetables
Processed fruits and vegetables ..
Processed fruits
Fruit juices and frozen fruit
Canned and dried fruits 1
Processed vegetables 1
Frozen vegetables 1
Other processed vegetables 1 .

Unadjusted
percent change to
Dec. 1987 from—

24

6.7
3.0
3.0
3.0
3.0

Table 4. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Detailed expenditure categories, U.S. city average—Continued
(1967=100, unless otherwise noted)
Unadjusted indexes
Item and group

Housing
Shelter
Renters' costs
Rent, residential
Other renters' costs
Lodging while out of town
Lodging while at school1
Tenants' insurance 1
Homeowners' costs
Owners' equivalent rent
Household insurance 1
Maintenance and repairs 1
Maintenance and repair services 1
Maintenance and repair commodities 1
,
Materials, supplies, and equipment
1
for home repairs
Other maintenance and repair commodities 1
Fuel and other utilities
,
Fuels
Fuel oil and other household fuel commodities
Fuel oil
Other household fuel commodities 1
Gas (piped) and electricity
Electricity
Utility (piped) gas
Other utilities and public services 1
Telephone services 1
Local charges 1
Interstate toll calls 1
Intrastate toll calls 1
Water and sewerage maintenance 1
Cable television 1
Refuse collection 1
Household furnishings and operation
Housefumishings
Textile housefumishings
Furniture and bedding
Bedroom furniture 1
Sofas
Living room chairs and tables 1
Other furniture
Appliances, including electronic equipment1 ....
Television and sound equipment1
Television 1
Sound equipment1
Major household appliances 1
,
Refrigerators and home freezers 1
1
Laundry equipment
Stoves, ovens, dishwashers,
and air conditioners *

Other
index
base

Nov.
1987

Dec.
1987

Dec.
1986

Nov.
1987

374.9
429.2
129.2
295.5
444.6
460.7
136.6
189.1
127.4
127.5
125.9
393.2
453.1
283.1

375.3
430.4
129.1
297.2
435.5
450.0
136.5
189.6
128.0
128.0
126.2
392.7
451.8
283.6

3.6
4.9
3.9
3.9
4.1
3.9
6.2
3.6
5.3
5.3
3.8
3.3
4.3
1.9

0.1
.3
-.1
.6
-2.0
-2.3
-.1
.3
.5
.4
.2
-.1
-.3
.2

102.6
147.3
378.2
445.9
518.8
521.8
102.5
428.4
360.6
509.1
260.3
204.2
204.4
88.4
121.4
449.7
124.7
135.7

102.2
148.2
376.9
444.3
520.2
523.6
102.6
426.6
358.5
508.9
259.5
202.0
200.8
88.7
121.4
449.8
127.9
136.1

2.2
1.6
1.6
1.4
12.9
18.0
2.6
.3
1.8
-2.8
1.8
-1.3
3.3
-12.4

-.4
.6
-.3

255.3
203.3
246.3
243.3
173.6
138.1
135.6
149.6
134.5
88.5
77.8
102.9
98.8
193.2
146.0

1.1
.4
.2
2.1
.2
4.5
2.3
2.5
-2.7
-3.6
-4.3
1.0
-1.2

-.1
-.3
-1.6
.4
.0
3.2
-.8
-.3
-.4
-.9
-.5

12/77

255.6
203.9
250.2
242.4
173.6
133.8
136.7
150.1
135.0
89.3
78.2
103.8
98.4
191.7
145.2

12/86

97.3

97.2

12/82

12/82
12/77
12/82
12/82
12/82

12/86
12/77

12/86

12/77
12/77
12/77
12/83
12/83

12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77
12/86

See footnotes at end of table.




Unadjusted
percent change to
Dec. 1987 from—

25

-3.0
5.2
9.5
10.2

-.4
.3
.3
.1
-.4
-.6
.0
-.3
-1.1
-1.8
.3
.0
.0

2.6
.3

Seasonally adjusted
percent change from—

Oct. to
Nov.

Nov. to
Dec.

0.2
.5
-.2
.2
-1.5
-1.4
.4
.3
.9
.9
.2
.1
.0
.2

0.3
.2
.2
.0
.4
.5
.1
.1
.2
.2
.1
.6
.5
.7

0.2
.5
.5
.7
.2
.8
-.1
.3
.5
.6
.2
-.1
-.3

.4
.1
-.7
-1.5
-.4
-.1
.8
-1.6
-2.1
-.6
.3
.3
.3
.0
.6
.1
.6
1.1

1.3
.3
.8
1.3
.5
1.1
.6
1.4
2.5
-.8
.0
.0
.0
.0
-.4
.3

-.4
.6
-.3
-.3

-.2
-.5
-.7
-.5
1.3
.2
.6
-1.5
-.7
-.1

.0
.0
-1.5

Sept. to
Oct.

.9

.8

-1.2

.6

-.6
.3
-1.0
.7
.3

-2.8

-.1

-3.2

-.9
.4

-.2
.9

1.0
1.3
.6

2.1
.8
-.4
-.1
.1

.1
-1.8
-1.3
-2.2
-1.8

.2

-1.5

-1.5
.1
-.2
-.2
-.3
-.3
-1.1
-1.8
.3
.0
.0
2.6
.3

-.2
-.2
-1.2
.5
.0
2.8
-.8
-1.1
-.4

-.9
-.5
-.9
.4
.8

.6
-.1

Table 4. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Detailed expenditure categories, U.S. city average—Continued
(1967=100, unless otherwise noted)
Unadjusted indexes
Item and group

Other housefurnishings 1
Floor and window coverings, infants', laundry,
cleaning, and outdoor equipment1
Clocks, lamps, and decor items 1
Tableware, serving pieces,
and nonelectric kitchenware 1
Lawn equipment, power tools,
and other hardware 1
Sewing, floor cleaning, small kitchen,
and portable heating appliances 1
Housekeeping supplies
Laundry and cleaning products, including soap 1 .
Household paper products and
stationery supplies 1
Other household, lawn, and garden supplies
Housekeeping services 1
Postage1
Appliance and furniture repair1
Gardening and other household services 1
Apparel and upkeep
Apparel commodities
Apparel commodities less footwear
Men's and boys'
Men's
Suits, sport coats, coats, and jackets.
Furnishings and special clothing 1
Shirts
Dungarees, jeans, and trousers
Boys'
Women's and girls'
Women's
Coats and jackets
Separates and sportswear
Underwear, nightwear, hosiery,
and accessories
Suits
Girls'
Infants' and toddlers'1
Other apparel commodities 1
Sewing materials, notions, and luggage 1
Watches and jewelry 1
Watches 1
Footwear
Men's
Boys' and girls'1
Women's
Apparel services
Laundry and dry cleaning other
than coin operated
Other apparel services 1

Other
index

Seasonally adjusted
percent change from—

Sept. to
Oct.

Oct. to
Nov.

Nov. to
Dec.

base

Nov.
1987

Dec.
1987

Dec.
1986

Nov.
1987

12/86

102.3

101.8

1.8

-0.5

-0.3

0.0

-0.5

12/77
12/77

165.2
137.7

166.4
136.6

5.4
1.6

.7
-.8

.4
.2

.1
-.3

.7
-.8

12/77

156.1

155.1

1.3

-.6

.3

-.3

-.6

12/77

138.8

140.0

1.3

.9

-1.3

.6

.9

12/86

102.9
332.0
177.0

98.4
332.2
177.5

-1.6
2.9
4.6

-4.4
.1
.3

.1
.5
.5

.8
.0
_p

-4.4
-.4
.3

157.9
166.2
355.1
371.9
168.4
104.7

158.0
166.0
355.7
371.9
169.4
104.9

.8
3.2
1.8
.0
3.1
4.9

.1
-.1
.2
.0
.6
.2

.1
1.1
.2
.0
.3
.6

-.4
.7
-.1
.0
-.2
-.1

.1
-.8
.2
.0
.6
.2

226.4
209.9
207.5
211.9
134.6
124.4
159.9
144.8
124.1
132.7
190.1
127.3
184.3
209.6
121.1

221.1
204.5
201.5
208.6
132.4
120.7
158.2
143.4
122.7
131.1
181.8
121.3
172.9
198.9
114.4

4.8
4.9
5.1
3.1
4.0
3.4
.7
6.4
5.9
-.5
5.9
6.0
4.5
13.3
5.1

-2.3
-2.6
-2.9
-1.6
-1.6
-3.0
-1.1
-1.0
-1.1
-1.2
-4.4
-4.7
-6.2
-5.1
-5.5

1.3
1.3
1.5
.5
.1
-.1
1.6
-1.9
1.5
2.7
2.0
2.1
3.1
-1.6
3.7

.5
.5
.4
.3
.5
.7
-.7
1.2
-.1
.8
.7
1.1
-.6
4.0
1.0

-1.2
-1.4
-1.5
-.4
-.6
-1.2
-1.1
-.1
, --2
-.8
-2.6
-2.4
-4.5
-4.0
-2.7

145.4
98.6
121.7
326.3
237.2
101.4
109.3
104.1
110.8
223.9
149.2
144.1
130.9
352.0

143.5
95.4
118.8
320.1
238.4
102.7
109.7
103.4
111.5
222.3
149.4
144.5
128.6
352.8

.5
10.2
4.8
2.4
8.4
2.7
9.7
3.4
11.5
3.9
2.6
7.0
3.3
3.9

-1.3
-3.2
-2.4
-1.9
.5
1.3
.4
-.7
.6
-.7
.1
.3
-1.8
.2

1.2
1.3
1.4
3.6
.4
1.2
.2
.3
.3
.9
.7
3.0
.3
.6

.5
-.3
-1.4
.4
.0
-.4
.0
.4
-.1
.7
.3
.7
.3
.4

-1.5
3.4
-.6
-1.9

212.5
181.8

213.0
182.2

5.1
2.6

.2
.2

.7
.6

.5
.1

.4
.2

12/77
12/77
12/77

12/77
12/86

12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77

12/86
12/86
12/86
12/86
12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77

See footnotes at end of table.




Unadjusted
percent change to
Dec. 1987 from—

26

.5
1.3
.4
-.7
.6
-.2
.7
.3
-.5
.3

Table 4. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Detailed expenditure categories, U.S. city average—Continued
(1967=100, unless otherwise noted)
Unadjusted indexes
Item and group

Other
index

Medical care
Medical care commodities
Prescription drugs
Nonprescription drugs and medical supplies
Internal and respiratory over-the-counter
drugs *
Nonprescription medical equipment
and supplies 1
Medical care services
Professional medical services
Physicians' services
Dental services 1
Eye care 1
Services by other medical professionals 1 .
Hospital and related services
Hospital rooms
,
Other inpatient services 1
1
Outpatient services

0.5
.6
.6
.6
.9
.9
.7
1.0
1.4
1.4
.6
-.3
-.1
-.3
-.2
-.4
-.7
.3
.9

0.5
.4
.4
.4
.9
.8
1.0
2.0
1.8
1.2
.4
-.2
.2
.3
.2
.2
-.1
.4
1.2

-0.4
-.5
-.1
-.2
.4
.1
-.7
.2
.6
.4
.1
-.1
-2.2
-2.2
-2.4
-2.1
-.9
.3
.2

.2
.5
.3
.0
-.1
.9
-.2
-.5
.1
.0
-.1
.5
-.2

.3
-.1
.7
1.4
.4
-.7
.5
.8
.1
1.6
.8
5.8
-.1

.0
.9
-.2
.9
-.4
.0
-.5
-1.1
.3
1.1
.4
3.4
.6

.2
.5
.3
.0
-.1
.9
-.2
-.5
.1
.0
-.1
.5
-.2

1.7
5.2
1.8
1.5
2.0
2.4

.0
-.4
.1
.0
.4
.4

.2
-.5
-.7
-1.1
-.3
.0

.2
.9
.6
1.1
-.7
.0

.0
-.4
.1
.0
.4
.4

472.9
300.7
311.3
105.4

5.8
7.1
8.0
5.4

.3
.5
.5
.6

.4
.6
.8
.3

.4
.5
.7
.3

.4
.6
.5
.6

317.3

319.4

6.1

.7

.4

.5

.7

180.4
509.3
425.6
468.9
401.3
105.0
104.1
261.1
830.4
106.7
106.5

180.7
510.3
426.5
469.8
402.3
105.3
104.5
262.0
831.3
107.2
107.1

3.9
5.6
6.4
6.3
7.2
5.3
4.5
6.9
6.6
7.2
7.1

.2
.2
.2
.2
.2
.3

-.1
.4
.4
.3
.5
.4
.5
.4
.5
.7
.6

.1
.4
.3
.3
.4
.1
.6
.8
.8
.7
1.2

.2
.4
.5
.4
.2
.3
.4
.6
.3
.5
.6

324.1
316.0
235.7
236.6
101.5
101.3
101.2
103.0
103.5
113.8
104.0
389.0
315.2
314.5
177.1
178.7
81.7
383.5
199.4

323.3
315.1
235.9
236.6
101.9
101.4
100.5
103.2
104.1
114.3
104.1
388.4
310.6
309.8
174.0
175.9
81.0
384.7
199.7

6.1
6.5
1.8
1.9
1.9
1.4
.5
3.2
4.1
1.3
4.1
8.9
18.6
18.6
21.1
18.5
15.5
3.8
5.5

-0.2
-.3
.1
.0
.4
.1
-.7
.2
.6
.4
.1
-.2
-1.5
-1.5
-1.8
-1.6
-.9
.3
.2

187.5
173.1
183.1
326.9
204.2
152.7
128.5
171.1
139.7
363.1
451.1
153.2
179.6

187.9
173.9
183.6
326.8
203.9
154.0
128.3
170.2
139.9
363.1
450.6
153.9
179.3

3.1
4.0
3.6
4.7
1.7
-1.8
2.1
1.5
2.6
5.4
5.8
5.8
3.5

12/77
12/77

161.9
206.1
444.8
518.8
223.8
211.3

161.9
205.2
445.3
518.8
224.6
212.1

12/86

471.7
299.1
309.6
104.8

12/86
12/86
12/86
12/86
12/86
12/83
12/86

1/76
1/76
8/81
12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77

12/77
12/77
12/77

12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77

12/77

12/86
12/86
12/77
12/86
12/86

See footnotes at end of table.




Nov. to
Dec.

Dec.
1987

oase

27

Seasonally adjusted
percent change from—
Oct. to
Nov.

Nov.
1987

Nov.
1987

uae.

Transportation
Private
New vehicles
New cars
Subcompact new cars 1
Compact new cars 1
Intermediate new cars 1
Full-size new cars 1
Luxury new cars 1
New trucks 1
New motorcycles '
Used cars
Motor fuel
Gasoline
Gasoline, leaded regular
Gasoline, unleaded regular
Gasoline, unleaded premium 1
Automobile maintenance and repair1
Body work f
Automobile drive train, brake,
and miscellaneous mechanical repair1
Maintenance and servicing 1
Power plant repair1
Other private transportation 1
Other private transportation commodities 1
Motor oil, coolant, and other products 1 .
Automobile parts and equipment1
Tires 1
Other parts and equipment1
Other private transportation services 1
Automobile insurance 1
Automobile finance charges 1
Automobile fees 1
Automobile registration, licensing,
and inspection fees 1
Other automobile-related fees '
Public transportation 1
Airline fares 1
Other intercity transportation 1
Intracity public transportation 1

Unadjusted
percent change to
Dec. 1987 from—
Dec.
1986

.4
.3
.1
.5
.6

Sept. to
Oct.

Table 4. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Detailed expenditure categories, U.S. city average—Continued
(1967=100, unless otherwise noted)
Unadjusted indexes
Item and group

Other
index

Other goods and services
Tobacco and smoking products 1
Personal care 1
Toilet goods and personal care appliances 1 .,
Cosmetics, bath and nail preparations,
manicure and eye makeup implements 1
Other toilet goods and small personal care
appliances, including hair and dental
products 1
Personal care services 1
Beauty parlor services for females 1
Haircuts and other barber shop
services for males 1
Personal and educational expenses
School books and supplies
Personal and educational services
Tuition and other school fees
College tuition
Elementary and high school tuition
Personal expenses 1
Legal service fees 1
Personal financial services 1
Funeral expenses 1

Seasonally adjusted
percent change from—

Sept. to
Oct.

Oct. to
Nov.

Nov. to
Dec.

0.1
.3
.2
.3
.0
.0
.3
-.2
.5
.8
.1
.4
.0
.3

0.6
.3
.6
.6
.7
1.0
1.0
.9
.2
.2
.2
-.2
.9
.2

0.3
.9
.3
.2
.5
.1
.1
1.1
1.5
2.7
-.1
.9
-.2
-.1

0.3
.7
.2
.3
.0
.4
.3
-.2
.9
1.1
.8
.4
.0
.3

7.0
6.8
5.0
1.7

-.5
-.1
-.1

1.5
1.5
1.4
.1

.2
-.3
.5
-.4

-.5
-.1
.2
-.1

376.9
385.7
303.3
297.7

6.1
7.9
3.3
2.8

.2
.4
.2
.0

.4
.3
.2
.2

.5
.2
.1
.1

.6
.4
.2
.0

169.1

169.Q

2.9

-.1

-.1

.3

-.1

12/77

174.4
308.7
311.4

174.6
309.7
312.4

2.8
3.9
3.8

.1
.3
.3

.5
.2
.2

-.1
.1
.1

.1
.3
.3

12/77

171.8
477.1
422.5
490.2
252.7
250.2
260.7
252.6
105.2
103.8
103.7

172.7
477.9
422.7
491.1
253.3
251.0
260.7
252.8
105.2
104.1
103.9

4.0
6.5
7.7
6.4
7.6
7.0
9.8
4.4
5.2
4.1
3.9

.5
.2
.0
.2
.2
.3
.0
.1
.0
.3
.2

.2
.6
1.0
.5
.9
.7
1.4
.3
.4
.5
-.1

.2
.1
.5
.7
.7
.6
.4
.4
.4
.7
.2

.5
.8
.7
.8
.8
1.1
.5
.1
.0
.3
.2

304.1
296.6

306.1
295.6

3.8
6.3

.7
-.3

.2
.4

-.2
1.0

.5
-.3

312.5
371.2
402.3

308.1
370.2
402.8

18.1
1.1
2.0

-1.4
-.3
.1

-.2
-.4
.2

.3
.8
.0

-2.1
.0
.1

Dec.
1986

Nov.
1987

Dec.
1987

12/86

288.1
276.5
191.4
361.5
200.1
143.3
146.7
131.0
152.4
146.5
152.6
164.4
304.7
101.4

288.5
277.3
191.7
362.6
200.2
143.3
147.2
130.7
153.2
147.7
152.7
165.1
304.6
101.7

4.0
3.7
3.6
4.6
2.7
3.6
3.0
4.2
3.9
4.5
6.2
2.2
4.2
1.7

12/86
12/77
12/86
12/86

107.5
184.9
104.8
101.8

107.0
184.8
105.0
101.7

376.1
384.3
302.7
297.6
12/77

base

Entertainment
Entertainment commodities
Reading materials 1
Newspapers 1
Magazines, periodicals, and books 1 ....
Sporting goods and equipment
Sport vehicles, including bicycles 1
Other sporting goods 1
Toys, hobbies, and other entertainment.
Toys, hobbies, and music equipment...
Photographic supplies and equipment.
Pet supplies and expense 1
Entertainment services 1
Club memberships 1
Fees for participant sports, excluding
club memberships 1
Admissions 1
Fees for lessons or instructions 1
Other entertainment services 1

Unadjusted
percent change to
Dec. 1987 from—

12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77

12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77
12/86
12/86
12/86

Nov.
1987

.2

Special indexes
Domestically produced farm food
Selected beef cuts %
Motor fuel, motor oil, coolant, and other
products
Utilities and public transportation
Housekeeping and home maintenance services 1 .
1

Not seasonally adjusted.
NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific




date.

28

Table 5. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Detailed expenditure categories, seasonally adjusted U.S. city
average
(1967=100, unless otherwise noted)
Seasonally
adjusted
indexes
Item and group

Food and beverages

Other
index
base

Dec.
1987

June
1987

Dec.
1987

329.9

2.5

6.4

1.6

3.7

4.4

2.7

337.1

338.9

2.5

6.5

1.4

4.0

4.4

2.7

321.6

323.6

1.9

8.7

.0

3.7

5.2

1.8

341.2
183.1
154.2
219.5
154.3
180.1
285.4

343.2
184.9
153.9
221.9
157.4
180.8
286.3

4.6

12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77

1.1
-1.0
10.1
-7.2
4.2
4.5

4.6
6.5
4.6
5.5
8.1
3.5
-1.3

2.3
3.2
1.3
3.4
1.1
2.5
11.0

5.2
8.9
.8
5.0
18.7
5.0
4.0

4.6
3.8
1.7
7.8
.1
3.8
1.5

3.7
6.0
1.0
4.2
9.5
3.8
7.4

12/77
12/77
12/77

172.2
189.0
185.1

172.1
189.9
186.5

1.2
3.8
6.8

8.1
3.1
4.0

.0
.9

4.3
8.9
3.7

4.6
3.4
5.4

2.1
4.8
1.4

293.8
304.1
300.2
301.0
268.5
295.9
249.7
278.4
313.3
191.8
296.8
306.2
276.7
137.1
160.3
299.2
219.8
223.8
147.9
131.8
504.6
149.3
217.8
174.9

289.5
301.5
296.5
299.0
266.4
284.2
246.4
273.5
311.6
189.2
288.1
297.9
270.3
134.0
158.1
299.0
219.7
220.9
148.9
132.2
505.3
150.1
217.8
153.9

-2.9

13.3
13.4
20.4
28.8
16.9
41.9
30.5
46.2
56.7
42.6
21.9
8.2
50.4
11.6
13.9
.1

5.4
4.0
3.8
2.3
3.5

-9.8
-6.1
-5.8
.4
1.4
-20.0

4.9

-2.5
-1.2
-1.1
1.4
2.4
-13.4
-2.9
-4.9
-7.0
-5.2
-9.4
-9.2
-20.5
-3.8
-5.8
6.1
-7.4

-26.4

267.2
143.5
234.4
144.1
161.5
156.0
171.5
162.4

266.8
142.8
232.9
144.0
161.4
156.3
170.5
162.5

2.3
2.0
-1.0
6.1
2.8
4.0
2.4
.2

1

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs
Meats, poultry, and fish

Meats

12/77

12/77
12/77

12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77

12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77

See footnotes at end of table.




328.3

Sept.
1987

Food at home

Dairy products 1
Fresh milk and cream
Fresh whole milk
Other fresh milk and cream
Processed dairy products 1
Cheese '
Ice cream and related products 1
Other dairy products, including butter1.,

Dec.
1987

June
1987

Food

Beef and veal
Ground beef other than canned
Chuck roast
Round roast
Round steak
Sirloin steak
Other beef and veal
Pork
Bacon
Chops
Ham
Other pork, including sausage 1
Other meats 1
Poultry 1
Fresh whole chicken 1
Fresh and frozen chicken parts 1
Other poultry 1
Fish and seafood
Canned fish and seafood 1
Fresh and frozen fish and seafood
Eggs

6 months ended—

3 months ended—
Nov.
1987

Mar.
1987

,

Cereals and bakery products
Cereals and cereal products
Flour and prepared flour mixes
Cereal 1
Rice, pasta, and cornmeal1
Bakery products 1
White bread 1
Fresh other bread, biscuits, rolls,
and muffins 1
Cookies, fresh cakes, and cupcakes 1 ...
Other bakery products 1

Seasonally adjusted annual rate
percent change for

29

-1.3
-2.4
-2.1
2.4
14.8
2.8
-1.2

6.2
4.2
-7.2
-6.1
-1.9
-13.0
-.5
4.7
-12.3
-17.8
-12.6
-1.4
21.1
4.2
24.6

-9.5
-12.0
-11.2
-.6
8.6

6.6
11.8
9.1

.0
.9
1.2
-.6
.5
.5
.2
-.2

-6.3
7.1
-2.0
-20.7
-2.9
2.9
8.6
-14.6
4.8
10.5
9.4
1.4
11.3
-1.0
-8.2
7.7

14.2
4.5
33.4
3.5
5.2
6.6
2.0
2.8
1.3
4.8
5.3

-11.9
-7.7

5.8
8.4

12.3
9.4
27.7

9.1
-7.5
-20.2
-24.1

15.8
20.2
29.0
21.9
6.4
.8

-26.1

21.5

-11.6
-19.7

-1.4
6.4
2.4
-10.9
-15.0
-11.9

2.9
-15.4
-21.9

-9.1
-18.9
3.2
16.7
.6

-1.0
14.6
5.4

-56.9

-10.4

1.2
-1.4
-1.4

1.1
1.4

1.4
1.0
3.7
-1.9
-2.2

18.0

.1
2.7
1.6
2.2
1.3
.0

-6.8
-5.2
-13.7

5.4
15.4
2.5
-24.1
2.4
1.8
2.5
1.7
1.9
2.5
1.4
1.5

Table 5. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Detailed expenditure categories, seasonally adjusted U.S. city
average—Continued
(1967=100, unless otherwise noted)
Seasonally
adjusted
indexes
Item and group

Fruits and vegetables
Fresh fruits and vegetables
Fresh fruits
Apples
Bananas
Oranges, including tangerines ...
Other fresh fruits
Fresh vegetables
Potatoes
Lettuce 1
Tomatoes 1
Other fresh vegetables
Processed fruits and vegetables
Processed fruits
Fruit juices and frozen fruit
Canned and dried fruits 1
Processed vegetables 1
Frozen vegetables 1
Other processed vegetables 1 ...
Other food at home
Sugar and sweets 1
Sugar and artificial sweeteners 1
Sweets, including candy
Fats and oils 1
Nonalcoholic beverages
Carbonated drinks
Coffee 1
Other noncarbonated drinks
Other prepared food
Canned and packaged soup
Frozen prepared food 1
Snacks 1
Seasonings, condiments, sauces,
and spices
Miscellaneous prepared food, including
baby food 1
Food away from home
Lunch
,
Dinner
Other meals and snacks.
Alcoholic beverages
Alcoholic beverages at home
Beer and ale
Wine 1
Distilled spirits 1
Alcoholic beverages away from home 1 .

Other
index
base

Dec.
1987

363.5
403.1
412.0
325.1
280.6
583.2
229.8
394.2
362.6
484.1
355.8
209.7
323.4
172.1
172.0
170.5
151.8
168.2
146.2

June
1987

Dec.
1987

36.9
-14.1
63.0
-21.5
33.5
-19.7
-25.5
-49.5
115.6
14.7
-3.4
12.2
61.0
-19.6
87.7
-21.5
5.1
-24.2
291.7 1238.4
226.6
-53.6
2.3
-23.0
2.2
2.3
2.6
3.6
1.6
6.0
-.7
.5
-1.3
1.1
2.7
3.7
-3.2
-.3

17.3
22.9
17.8
28.2
-12.9
25.8
18.4
30.0
11.9
-22.5
-1.0
46.6
7.2
8.6
9.7
6.1
6.2
2.8
7.9

8.4
13.2
3.5
-38.7
57.3
4.1
13.8
21.4
-10.7
624.1
23.1
-11.2
2.3
3.1
3.8
-.1
-.1
3.2
-1.8

1.3
1.2
1.9
1.4
-.3
.0
-3.5
-7.4
-.5
2.6
7.2
3.8
1.7

1.2
-1.9
-5.9
2.8
-.3
.8
-.3
-5.9
5.4
3.1
1.2
3.6
-2.6

.4
3.7
4.5
1.6
3.8
-7.3
5.1
-21.3
2.3
5.5
8.0
8.0
6.6

1.2
-.3
-2.1
2.1
-.3
.4
-1.9
-6.7
2.4
2.8
4.2
3.7
-.4

.0

2.3

2.1

3.5

2.2

8.4

3.7

2.2

4.4

6.0

3.3

381.2
184.0
183.2
189.0

3.5
4.8
3.4
2.4

2.7
2.7
2.7
1.3

4.0
5.2
3.8
5.1

4.4
3.1
4.3
4.3

3.1
3.8
3.1
1.9

4.2
4.1
4.0
4.7

249.3
156.1
247.8
249.4
143.7
185.8

2.8
3.5
1.2
12.4
1.7
3.7

5.0
2.4
2.2
-.6
1.1
7.1

3.5
3.4
1.8
9.4
1.7
3.8

2.1
.0
3.5
-4.7
.6
4.0

3.9
2.9
1.7
5.7
1.4
5.4

2.8

June
1987

Sept.
1987

384.0
434.0
423.2
324.0
329.7
520.4
238.7
440.6
366.2
834.7
358.8
225.0
324.7
173.4
173.4
170.3
151.8
168.1
146.2

10.4
13.3
34.4
44.6
-21.9
17.9
39.1
-13.2
2.4
19.8
-44.2
-12.2
9.8
7.3
7.6
7.2
13.4
8.3
16.1

24.7
33.2
3.2
13.6
-2.8
34.2
.7
94.6
22.3
-49.8
75.4
144.9
4.6
9.9
11.9
5.1
-.5
-2.4
.3

12/77
12/77
12/77

378.2
419.9
172.0
177.0
291.8
460.0
156.6
413.0
159.7
319.2
167.7
182.9
185.6

378.5
418.6
171.0
177.0
291.0
462.5
157.2
415.0
160.7
318.9
167.7
183.3
183.7

1.0
5.3
5.3
3.5
12.6
-9.6
12.1
-22.0
1.8
6.4
7.5
7.4
10.0

-.1
2.0
3.8
-.2
-4.3
-5.0
-1.5
-20.5
2.8
4.6
8.5
8.7
3.3

12/77

178.2

177.7

7.1

12/77

168.3

169.1

12/77
12/77
12/77

379.6
183.6
182.7
188.0
249.1
156.4
248.6
249.6
144.1
185.3

12/77

12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77

12/77
12/77

12/77
12/77

12/77
12/77
12/77

30

6 months ended—

3 months ended—
Nov.
1987

Mar.
1987

See footnotes at end of table.




Seasonally adjusted annual rate
percent change for

Dec.
1987

V

2.6
2.1
1.1
3.9

Table 5. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Detailed expenditure categories, seasonally adjusted U.S. city
average—Continued
(1967=100, unless otherwise noted)
Seasonally
adjusted
indexes
Item and group

Housing
Shelter
Renters' costs
Rent, residential
Other renters' costs
Lodging while out of town
Lodging while at school1
Tenants' insurance 1
Homeowners' costs
Owners' equivalent rent
Household insurance 1
Maintenance and repairs 1
Maintenance and repair services 1
Maintenance and repair commodities 1
Materials, supplies, and equipment
for home repairs 1
Other maintenance and repair commodities 1
Fuel and other utilities
Fuels
Fuel oil and other household fuel commodities
Fuel oil
Other household fuel commodities 1
Gas (piped) and electricity
Electricity
Utility (piped) gas
Other utilities and public services 1
Telephone services 1
Local charges 1
Interstate toll calls 1
Intrastate toll calls 1
Water and sewerage maintenance 1
Cable television 1
Refuse collection 1
Household furnishings and operation
Housefurnishings
Textile housefurnishings
Furniture and bedding
Bedroom furniture 1
Sofas
Living room chairs and tables 1
Other furniture
Appliances, including electronic equipment1....
Television and sound equipment1
Television 1
Sound equipment1
Major household appliances 1
Refrigerators and home freezers 1
Laundry equipment1
Stoves, ovens, dishwashers,
and air conditioners 1

Other
index
base

6 months ended—

3 months endedNov.
1987

Dec.
1987

374.8
427.9
128.7
294.9
443.7
463.0
136.6
189.1
127.2
127.2
125.9
393.2
453.1
283.1

375.7
430.1
129.4
296.9
444.4
466.8
136.5
189.6
127.8
127.9
126.2
392.7
451.8
283.6

5.1
6.2
7.3
4.3
16.9
14.2
.6
2.0
5.7
5.7
2.0
3.6
5.9
.3

3.2
3.5
3.2
1.4
8.8
4.4
.9
4.4
3.6
4.0
4.7
1.7
1.0
2.5

3.3
4.5
3.5
6.1
-3.9
-2.2
23.2
5.5
4.9
4.6
6.3
5.8
9.7
.3

2.8
5.2
1.9
3.7
-3.7
-.2
1.8
2.6
6.5
6.8
2.2
2.3
.9
4.6

4.1
4.8
5.2
2.8
12.8
9.2
.8
3.2
4.7
4.8
3.3
2.6
3.4
1.4

3.0
4.8
2.7
4.9
-3.8
-1.2
12.0
4.0
5.7
5.7
4.3
4.0
5.2
2.4

102.6
147.3
381.5
450.5
507.6
509.6
102.5
436.8
371.4
518.0
260.3
204.2
204.4
88.4
121.4
449.7
124.7
135.7

102.2
148.2
380.2
449.1
500.2
502.0
102.6
435.9
370.7
516.7
259.5
202.0
200.8
88.7
121.4
449.8
127.9
136.1

1.2
-.5
3.6
4.8
62.4
84.6
8.2
.4
1.2
-1.4
2.1
-2.9
9.2
-30.5
-1.9
5.9
19.4
12.2

2.0
3.3
3.7
6.1
3.7
4.8
-3.1
6.4
8.1
2.9
.3
-2.5
.4
-2.1
-13.1
7.4
3.0
4.2

.4
.0
.2
-3.0
1.9
2.1
-.4
-3.6
-2.2
-6.3
4.6
3.6
10.2
-14.4
3.0
5.9
4.0
15.1

5.3
3.9
-1.0
-1.9
-5.3
-2.1
6.1
-1.5
.5
-6.2
.3
-3.3
-5.6
1.4
.7
1.7
12.5
9.7

1.6
1.4
3.6
5.4
29.8
39.0
2.4
3.3
4.6
.7
1.2
-2.7
4.7
-17.5
-7.7
6.7
10.9
8.1

2.8
1.9
-.4
-2.5
-1.8
.0
2.8
-2.6
-.9
-6.3
2.4
.1
2.0
-6.8
1.8
3.8
8.1
12.4

255.1
203.3
246.8
242.3
173.6
137.4
135.6
148.7
134.5
88.5
77.8
102.9
98.8
193.2
146.0

2.6
1.8
.3
1.2
-9.6
-5.9
.6
13.3
3.5
3.5
-2.4
13.2
4.9
1.5
5.8

1.3
.4
8.9
.0
-2.1
8.6

12/77

255.5
203.7
249.7
241.2
173.6
133.6
136.7
150.4
135.0
89.3
78.2
103.8
98.4
191.7
145.2

-6.2
-8.8
-6.8
-7.0
-1.2
2.5
-4.7

2.1
2.4
5.2
3.1
2.6
1.2
3.4
1.3
-2.6
-4.3
-4.0
.8
1.2
-1.0
-.5

-1.4
-2.9
-12.5
4.1
10.8
15.3
7.7
-7.2
-5.5
-4.4
-4.0
-1.9
-9.2
.6
-5.0

1.9
1.1
4.5
.6
-5.9
1.1
-.9
8.1
-1.4
-2.8
-4.6
2.6
1.8
2.0
.4

.3
-.3
-4.1
3.6
6.7
8.0
5.5
-3.0
-4.0
-4.4
-4.0
-.6
-4.1
-.2
-2.8

12/86

97.3

97.2

6.6

-1.6

4.8

-18.8

2.4

r7.7

12/82

12/82
12/77
12/82
12/82
12/82

12/86
12/77

12/86

12/77
12/77
12/77
12/83
12/83

12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77
12/86

See footnotes at end of table.




Seasonally adjusted annual rate
percent change for

31

Mar.
1987

June
1987

-2A
3.2

Sept.
1987

Dec.
1987

June
1987

Dec.
1987

Table 5. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Detailed expenditure categories, seasonally adjusted U.S. city
average—Continued
(1967=100, unless otherwise noted)
Seasonally
adjusted
indexes
Item and group

Other
index
Dose

Other housefurnishings 1
Floor and window coverings, infants', laundry,
cleaning, and outdoor equipment1
Clocks, lamps, and decor items 1
Tableware, serving pieces,
and nonelectric kitchenware 1
Lawn equipment, power tools,
and other hardware 1
Sewing, floor cleaning, small kitchen,
and portable heating appliances 1
Housekeeping supplies
Laundry and cleaning products, including soap 1 .
Household paper products and
stationery supplies 1
Other household, lawn, and garden supplies
Housekeeping services 1
Appliance and furniture repair1
Gardening and other household services 1 .
Apparel and upkeep
Apparel commodities
Apparel commodities less footwear
Men's and boys'
Men's
Suits, sport coats, coats, and jackets ,
Furnishings and special clothing 1
Shirts
Dungarees, jeans, and trousers
Boys'
,
Women's and girls'
,
Women's
,
Coats and jackets
Separates and sportswear
Underwear, nightwear, hosiery,
and accessories
Suits
Girls'
Infants' and toddlers'1
Other apparel commodities 1
Sewing materials, notions, and luggage 1 .
Watches and jewelry 1
Watches 1
Jewelry 1
Footwear
Men's
Boys' and girls'1
Women's
Apparel services
Laundry and dry cleaning other
than coin operated
Other apparel services 1

6 months ended—

3 months e n d e d —
Nov.

Dec.

1987

1987

Mar.

June

Sept.

Dec.

June

Dec.

1987

1987

1987

1987

1987

1987

3.6

0.0

-3.4

4.6
.4

6.3
2.8

2.3

-2.5

2.8

-.1

6.9

2.6

.6

1.0

1.6

3.2
3.7
1.2

-3.1

-13.4

.2
2.5

5.7
4.9
5.5

-8.4

1.6
4.9

1.0
5.6
2.0
.0
2.0
5.7

4.9
3.2
2.3
.0
5.9
5.6

-1.5

-1.3

4.2
1.2
.0
2.6
2.7

3.0
4.4
2.1
.0
3.9
5.7

-1.4

.0
1.8
.0
1.9
5.6

11.7
12.6
13.7

3.6
3.5
3.5
4.6
4.0

1.9
2.0
2.2

2.4
2.0
1.4
1.8
-.3

7.6
7.9
8.5
6.6
8.9

2.1
2.0
1.8
-.2
-.6

13.1
-3.2
10.3
10.8
-4.4
10.4
11.2
19.9
21.8
15.1

-5.3

12/86

102.3

101.8

4.1

3.2

3.2

-3.1

12/77
12/77

165.2
137.7

166.4
136.6

-4.0

7.0

14.0
-5.7

7.6
9.5

12/77

156.1

155.1

8.9

-3.0

12/77

138.8

140.0

-4.6

12/86

102.9
333.0
177.0

98.4
331.6
177.5

8.2
6.1

157.9
167.5
355.1
371.9
168.4
104.7

158.0
166.2
355.7
371.9
169.4
104.9

222.2
205.5
202.5
207.6
132.2
120.8
159.9
142.7
122.6
130.1
184.1
123.1
170.5
206.3
116.0

219.6
202.7
199.4
206.8
131.4
119.4
158.2
142.6
122.3
129.1
179.3
120.2
162.9
198.1
112.9

144.8
91.3
117.5
326.3
237.2
101.4
109.3
104.1
110.8
222.2
148.2
144.1
128.2
352.3

142.7
94.4
116.8
320.1
238.4
102.7
109.7
103.4
111.5
221.8
149.3
144.5
127.6
353.5

212.7
181.8

213.5
182.2

12/77
12/77
12/77

12/77
12/86

12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77

12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77

12/86
12/86
12/86
12/86
12/77
12/77
12/77

12/77
12/77

See footnotes at end of table.




Seasonally adjusted annual rate
percent change for

32

10.0

8.6
14.0
16.1
-9.3
25.0
18.5
-11.5
17.0
14.9
46.4
27.6
18.3
-2.5
12.7
18.8

9.1
14.1

-.8
17.9

6.1
21.1

5.9
6.5
1.8

-.9

3.4

-8.2
10.8

-2.8

9.1

-2.3
-1.0
-3.3

3.7
3.2
4.1
7.7

-2.6
-3.4

11.3

10.0

-1.9
16.2
11.9

7.6
-19.7
-9.0
-13.7

5.7
.8
6.7
2.4
8.3
3.2
-6.1

5.0

8.8
7.1
3.2

4.6
6.0

6.4
.2

10.1

-2.1

5.0

2.7
-1.0
-9.7
19.3
-14.4
-3.6
36.7
14.1

7.5
10.4

2.4
12.6

5.2
14.2

.6
3.6
1.2

4.7
.2
3.1
-8.2
-6.8

7.8
.8

2.4

18.9
-2.4

-4.8
4.0

8.6
3.4
8.6
2.2
.0
3.3
5.8
7.0

-3.0

9.9
.0
12.1

4.2
14.5

2.0

.6
5.5

4.5
.0
5.3
8.6
4.1

3.1
.4

6.4
3.8

5.5
3.1

-4.0

17.1

.9
3.7

2.1
1.5
.0
2.3
4.1

4.7
2.7
1.0
3.7
1.5
1.0
-8.9

5.5
-4.0
-1.4

27.5
5.5
8.0
6.9
5.5
7.3
2.6
8.6
3.1
5.3
8.9
-1.7
3.7
4.8

2.1

Table 5. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Detailed expenditure categories, seasonally adjusted U.S. city
average—Continued
(1967=100, unless otherwise noted)
Seasonally

Seasonally adjusted annual rate
percent change for

orlii ictoH

aajusiea
indexes
Item and group

Other
index

Dec.
1987

323.5
315.4
234.8
235.7
101.5
101.3
101.2
103.0
103.5
113.8
104.0
385.2
316.1
315.4
177.6
179.0
81.7
383.5
199.4

322.1
313.9
234.5
235.2
101.9
101.4
100.5
103.2
104.1
114.3
104.1
385.0
309.3
308.5
173.3
175.2
81.0
384.7
199.7

11.2
11.9
-2.1
-2.6
-7.0
-10.0
-2.8
1.2
1.2
-2.8
7.0
14.8
66.1
67.0
78.4
67.3
36.0
2.5
6.5

5.5
6.3
3.5
4.6
6.7
8.5
1.6
.4
3.6
-.4
.4
20.0
10.4
10.1
11.9
11.1
19.8
3.6
1.0

5.8
5.7
2.1
2.6
-.4
.8
-.8
-1.6
-3.5
-3.5
4.8
4.6
17.2
17.2
18.6
16.2
17.2
4.8
5.5

2.0
2.2
3.7
2.9
9.1
7.4
4.1
13.4
16.0
12.8
4.3
-2.4
-8.1
-8.5
-9.3
-8.8
-6.6
4.3
9.3

8.3
9.1
.7
1.0
-.4
-1.2
-.6
.8
2.4
-1.6
3.6
17.4
35.4
35.6
41.3
36.3
27.6
3.0
3.7

3.9
3.9
2.9
2.8
4.3
4.1
1.6
5.7
5.8
4.3
4.6
1.0
3.8
3.6
3.7
2.9
4.6
4.5
7.4

187.5
173.1
183.1
326.9
204.2
152.7
128.5
171.1
139.7
363.1
451.1
153.2
179.6

187.9
173.9
183.6
326.8
203.9
154.0
128.3
170.2
139.9
363.1
450.6
153.9
179.3

.9
3.4
1.6
3.1
3.8
-11.0
5.2
10.7
-.3
2.9
7.9
-11.1
4.7

3.5
5.3
2.7
4.1
.0
-.8
.0
-2.8
3.3
5.0
5.7
6.1
1.8

6.0
1.9
6.6
2.7
3.8
4.3
3.8
2.1
5.3
2.5
5.3
-8.9
6.5

1.9
5.5
3.3
9.2
-.6
.8
-.6
-3.4
2.3
11.3
4.5
46.0
1.1

2.2
4.4
2.2
3.6
1.9
-6.0
2.6
3.7
1.5
4.0
6.8
-2.9
3.3

3.9
3.7
5.0
5.9
1.6
2.5
1.6
-.7
3.8
6.8
4.9
15.3
3.8

12/77
12/77

161.9
206.1
444.8
518.8
223.8
211.3

161.9
205.2
445.3
518.8
224.6
212.1

-.5
9.6
3.6
4.5
-.5
3.3

.0
3.5
-3.0
-6.4
3.7
3.7

5.4
8.0
6.5
8.7
7.4
1.1

2.0
.0
.2
.1
-2.3
1.5

-.3
6.5
.3
-1.1
1.6
3.5

3.7
3.9
3.3
4.3
2.4
1.3

12/86

472.4
299.4
310.6
104.8

474.5
301.3
312.3
105.4

5.0
7.0
6.7
7.0

7.6
6.9
7.0
7.7

5.7
7.3
10.1
2.3

5.1
7.2
8.5
4.7

6.3
6.9
6.8
7.3

5.4
7.3
9.3
3.5

317.3

319.4

8.2

7.5

2.7

6.2

7.9

4.5

180.4
509.8
426.0
469.8
401.3
105.0
104.1
260.8
829.5
106.7
106.5

180.7
511.8
428.2
471.7
402.3
105.3
104.5
262.3
832.2
107.2
107.1

4.9
4.4
6.0
5.0
10.3
8.2
6.1
4.6
4.3
6.1
6.6

7.5
7.8
8.0
8.5
7.8
6.4
2.8
9.3
8.8
7.7
2.8

2.5
5.3
6.9
7.6
6.4
3.5
3.2
6.8
6.8
7.6
9.3

.9
4.7
4.7
4.1
4.5
3.1
6.0
7.2
6.6
7.4
9.9

6.2
6.1
7.0
6.7
9.0
7.3
4.4
7.0
6.5
6.9
4.7

1.7
5.0
5.8
5.8
5.4
3.3
4.6
7.0
6.7
7.5
9.6

base

Transportation
Private
New vehicles
New cars
Subcompact new cars 1
Compact new cars 1
Intermediate new cars 1
Full-size new cars 1
Luxury new cars 1
New trucks'
New motorcycles 1
Used cars
Motor fuel
Gasoline
Gasoline, leaded regular
Gasoline, unleaded regular
Gasoline, unleaded premium 1
Automobile maintenance and repair1
Body work 1
Automobile drive train, brake,
and miscellaneous mechanical repair1...
Maintenance and servicing 1
Power plant repair1
Other private transportation 1
Other private transportation commodities 1 ..
Motor oil, coolant, and other products 1 ....
Automobile parts and equipment1
Tires 1
Other parts and equipment1
Other private transportation services 1
Automobile insurance 1
Automobile finance charges 1
Automobile fees 1
Automobile registration, licensing,
and inspection fees 1
Other automobile-related fees 1
Public transportation 1
Airline fares 1
Other intercity transportation 1
Intracity public transportation 1
Medical care
Medical care commodities
Prescription drugs
Nonprescription drugs and medical supplies 1
Internal and respiratory over-the-counter
drugs 1
Nonprescription medical equipment
and supplies 1
Medical care services
Professional medical services
Physicians' services
Dental services 1
Eye care 1
Services by other medical professionals 1 ...
Hospital and related services
Hospital rooms
Other inpatient services 1
Outpatient services '

12/86
12/86
12/86
12/86
12/86
12/83
12/86

1/76
1/76
8/81
12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77

12/77
12/77
12/77

12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77

12/77

12/86
12/86
12/77
12/86
12/86

See footnotes at end of table.




6 months ended—

) months ended—
Nov.
1987

33

Mar.
1987

June
1987

Sept.
1987

Dec.
1987

June
1987

Dec.
1987

Table 5. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Detailed expenditure categories, seasonally adjusted U.S. city
average—Continued
(1967=100, unless otherwise noted)
Seasonally
adjusted
indexes
Item and group

Other
index

Other goods and services
Tobacco and smoking products 1
Personal care 1
Toilet goods and personal care appliances 1 ..
Cosmetics, bath and nail preparations,
manicure and eye makeup implements 1 .
Other toilet goods and small personal care
appliances, including hair and dental
products 1
Personal care services 1
Beauty parlor services for females 1
Haircuts and other barber shop
services for males 1
Personal and educational expenses
School books and supplies
Personal and educational services
Tuition and other school fees
College tuition
Elementary and high school tuition
Personal expenses 1
Legal service fees 1
Personal financial services 1
Funeral expenses 1
,

6 months ended—

months ended—
Nov.
1987

Dec.
1987

12/86

288.1
276.2
191.4
361.5
200.1
142.7
146.7
131.0
152.4
146.5
153.1
164.4
304.7
101.4

289.0
278.2
191.7
362.6
200.2
143.3
147.2
130.7
153.7
148.1
154.3
165.1
304.6
101.7

2.6
2.3
4.2
4.3
4.2
3.5
8.4
2.6
1.9
.8
10.3
.2
3.2
2.8

3.9
3.3
1.9
5.1
-.8
2.9
-2.4
1.0
4.7
4.3
6.3
3.3
4.3
2.0

4.3
1.6
3.9
4.6
2.9
1.7
.6
6.5
-1.1
-3.0
4.8
1.0
6.9
.4

5.1
8.0
4.5
4.5
4.7
6.4
5.9
7.0
10.5
17.0
3.4
4.5
2.7
1.6

3.3
2.8
3.0
4.7
1.6
3.2
2.8
1.8
3.3
2.6
8.3
1.7
3.7
2.4

4.7
4.8
4.2
4.6
3.8
4.0
3.2
6.8
4.6
6.5
4.1
2.7
4.8
1.0

12/86
12/77
12/86
12/86

107.5
184.9
104.8
101.8

107.0
184.8
105.0
101.7

8.2
1.6
1.6
2.8

4.4
6.1
4.0
4.0

10.5
15.1
6.0
1.6

5.0
4.7
8.4
-1.6

6.3
3.8
2.8
3.4

7.7
9.8
7.2
.0

373.7
384.3
302.7
297.6

375.8
385.7
303.3
297.7

9.3
14.1
3.9
3.4

6.7
3.4
3.8
3.0

2.6
10.8
3.5
3.4

5.8
3.5
2.0
1.4

8.0
8.6
3.9
3.2

4.2
7.1
2.8
2.4

12/77

169.1

169.0

4.2

2.9

3.9

.5

3.6

2.2

12/77

174.4
308.7
311.4

174.6
309.7
312.4

2.9
4.5
4.2

3.1
4.6
5.2

3.1
3.9
3.7

2.1
2.5
2.2

3.0
4.5
4.7

2.6
3.2
2.9

12/77

171.8
468.9
420.0
481.0
247.0
244.5
254.6
252.6
105.2
103.8
103.7

172.7
472.6
423.1
484.8
249.0
247.1
255.9
252.8
105.2
104.1
103.9

5.4
9.6
8.8
9.7
9.5
9.5
8.5
5.9
9.1
2.8
5.3

2.6X
8.9
8.4
8.9
9.8
10.2
9.8
4.0
4.4
2.0
5.6

4.1
-.7
4.2
-1.0
1.3
-1.0
10.9
4.4
4.3
5.6
3.6

4.0
8.4
9.3
8.2
9.7
10.0
10.0
3.2
3.1
6.0
1.2

4.0
9.3
8.6
9.3
9.6
9.9
9.1
4.9
6.7
2.4
5.5

4.1
3.7
6.7
3.5
5.4
4.3
10.4
3.8
3.7
5.8
2.4

305.0
296.6

306.4
295.6

4.1
7.5

10.7
17.9

-1.2
-3.2

1.8
4.2

7.4
12.6

.3
.4

313.4
376.1
402.3

306.8
376.2
402.8

64.2
.6
2.2

9.7
.1
2.2

16.9
2.2
2.4

-7.8
1.5
1.2

34.2
.4
2.2

3.8
1.8
1.8

Dase

Entertainment
Entertainment commodities
Reading materials 1
Newspapers 1
Magazines, periodicals, and books 1
Sporting goods and equipment
Sport vehicles, including bicycles 1
Other sporting goods 1
Toys, hobbies, and other entertainment ..
Toys, hobbies, and music equipment ....
Photographic supplies and equipment...
Pet supplies and expense 1
Entertainment services 1
Club memberships 1
Fees for participant sports, excluding
club memberships 1
Admissions 1
Fees for lessons or instructions 1
Other entertainment services 1

Seasonally adjusted annual rate
percent change for

12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77

12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77
12/86
12/86
12/86

Mar.
1987

June
1987

Sept.
1987

Dec.
1987

Dec.
1987

June
1987

^

Special indexes
Domestically produced farm food
Selected beef cuts 1
Motor fuel, motor oil, coolant, and other
products
Utilities and public transportation
Housekeeping and home maintenance services 1
Not seasonally adjusted.




NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

34

Table 6. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: U.S. city average, unadjusted indexes for special detailed
expenditure categories 1
(December 1977=100, unless otherwise noted)
1-month
percent changes
ended—

Indexes
Item

Other
index

Percent change to
Dec. 1987
from—

Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
1987 1987 1987 1987

Sept.
1987

Oct.
1987

Nov.
1987

Dec.
1987

169.7
172.1
180.8
190.1
185.6
178.3

167.7
173.0
183.0
191.0
185.0
178.0

170.0
175.5
184.0
192.7
181.5
178.4

169.1
175.5
184.9
193.2
182.8
180.1

-1.9
.0

1.2
.5
-.3
-.2

188.3

190.9

192.4

192.6

-1.8

1.4

144.1
368.4
169.8
293.5
173.4
151.3
156.5

147.8
361.4
165.0
297.5
174.2
152.4
156.0

146.4
359.4
160.7
295.8
173.9
152.9
155.7

142.9
356.7
157.3
296.9
173.5
152.4
155.8

2.3
.1
.6
-1.5

2.6
-1.9

271.4
165.0

272.0
165.2

267.8
165.8

Frozen fruit and fruit juices
Other fruit juices
Cut com, canned beans except lima
Other processed vegetables

161.6
178.4
154.8
143.3

159.8
177.5
152.2
143.2

Candy and chewing gum
Other sweets
Margarine
Other fats, oils, and salad dressing
Nondairy substitutes and peanut butter
Roasted coffee
Instant and freeze-dried coffee
Seasonings, olives, pickles, and relish
Other condiments
Miscellaneous prepared foods and baby foods
Other canned and packaged prepared foods...

176.1
175.7
285.5
142.6
181.9
394.6
420.2
180.8
173.7
172.8
162.2
171.9
140.9

Dec. 1986

Food and beverages
Other breads
Fresh biscuits, rolls, and muffins
Fresh cakes and cupcakes
Cookies
Crackers, bread, and cracker products
Fresh sweetrolls, coffee cake, and donuts
Frozen and refrigerated bakery products
and fresh pies, tarts, and turnovers
Ham other than canned
Pork sausage
Other pork
Frankfurters
Bologna, liverwurst, and salami
Other lunchmeats
Lamb and organ meats
Butter
Other dairy products

Whiskey at home
Other alcoholic beverages at home

1967
1967

1967

1967

1967
1967

1967

See footnotes at end of table.




35

-0.5
.0
.5
.3
.7
1.0

2.4
4.7
3.2
4.3
1.6
2.5

.1

3.2

1.0

-2.8
1.4
.5
.7
-.3

-.9
-.6
-2.6
-.6
-.2
.3
-.2

-2.4
-.8
-2.1
.4
-.2
-.3
.1

-3.1
-.3
.4
4.5
3.1
3.6
5,6

267.1
166.8

.0
.2

.2
.1

-1.5
.4

-.3
.6

-.9
3.1

159.9
178.3
153.1
142.4

161.5
178.9
153.0
142.3

1.2
-.2
-.2
-.4

-1.1
-.5
-1.7
-.1

.1
.5
.6
-.6

1.0
.3
-.1
-.1

7.3
4.7
3.9
2.1

176.8
175.0
284.1
142.0
182.1
394.1
418.6
184.3
173.3
174.0
162.5

177.0
174.7
286.8
143.5
182.1
385.4
415.8
182.9
173.0
174.2
162.6

177.3
174.2
286.2
142.8
181.6
388.4
416.0
183.1
172.6
174.5
163.4

.0
.2
-1.4

.1
-.2
1.0
1.1
.0
-2.2
-.7
-.8
-.2
.1

.2
-.3
-.2
-.5
-.3
.8
.0

-.4
-.2
-.1

.4
-.4
-.5
-.4
.1
-.1
-.4
1.9
-.2
.7
.2

.1

.1
-.2
.2
.5

2.2
1.6
-.3
1.6
4.2
-17.7
-8.2
4.4
1.5
5.1
4.1

172.4
141.0

172.7
141.2

172.6
140.8

-.5
.1

.3
.1

.2
.1

-.1
-.3

1.4
.9

1.4

-.6
.5
.4

.8

.1

-.1
-.4
-.8
.2
.1

-1.2
.5

1.4
1.4
.5
.9
-1.9
.2

Table 6. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: U.S. city average, unadjusted indexes for special detailed
expenditure categories i —Continued
(December 1977=100, unless otherwise noted)
1-month
percent changes
ended—

Indexes
Item

Other
index
base

Percent change to
Dec. 1987
from—

Sept. Oct.
1987 1987

Nov.
1987

Dec.
1987

3.0

-0.6

-2.1

-2.9

0.6

169.0
343.2
171.7

2.2
.5
.8

-1.9
.1

-1.5
-.3

1.0

2.2
4.8
3.4

.0

.5
.4
.2

163.8

164.3

1.2

-.7

.3

1.1

-.2

151.2

151.8

151.7

-.1

.4

-.1

.7

.3

128.3
106.7
121.7
129.0
112.5
112.4

129.8
108.4
126.4
132.0
115.9
116.9

130.4
107.7
128.9
132.5
114.7
114.5

126.6
104.7
126.4
130.5
110.1
111.8

3.3
4.8
5.1
.2
2.4
4.4

1.2
1.6
3.9
2.3
3.0
4.0

.5
-.6
2.0
.4
-1.0
-2.1

-2.9
-2.8
-1.9
-1.5
-4.0
-2.4

3.6
4.0
-2.5
1.7
7.5
1.5

225.4

226.1

226.5

226.6

.0

2.1

166.6

166.8

166.0

166.0

Oct.
1987

Nov.
1987

Dec.
1987

151.1

150.2

147.0

142.8

174.0
342.3
169.7

170.7
342.7
171.4

168.1
341.7
171.4

165.3

165.0

150.8

Sept.
1987

Dec. 1986

Housing
Household linens
Curtains, drapes, slipcovers, and sewing
materials
Soaps and detergents
Other laundry and cleaning products
Cleansing and toilet tissue, paper towels,
and napkins
Stationery, stationery supplies, and gift
wrap

1967

Apparel and upkeep
Men's suits, sport coats, and jackets
Men's coats and jackets
Boys' coats, jackets, sweaters, and shirts .
Boys' trousers, sport coats, and jackets ....
Girls' coats, jackets, dresses, and suits
Girls' separates and sportswear
Transportation
State automobile registration

1967

.3

Other goods and services
Products for hair, hair pieces, and wigs

-.5

2.5

NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

These special indexes are based on substantially smaller samples.




.7

36

Table 7. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers: U.S. city average, by expenditure category and
commodity and service group
(1967=100, unless otherwise noted)

Relative
importance,
December
1986

Group

Unadjusted indexes

Unadjusted
percent change to
Dec. 1987 from—

Seasonally adjusted
percent change from—
Sept. to
Oct.

Oct. to
Nov.

Nov. to
Dec.

-0.1

0.4

0.3

0.1

3.4
3.4
3.3
4.2
1.0
1.7
12.6
1.0
1.6
1.8
-3.0
4.1
3.6
3.0

.3
.4
.4
.6
-1.0
-.2
4.8
-.2
-.3
-.3
-.3
-.1
.2
-.1

.3
.3
.3
.2
-.1
.5
1.3
.1
.1
-.3
.4
.1
.4
-.1

.1
.1

.3
.4
.5
.6
-1.5
-.2
5.2

367.2
417.1
115.9
295.8
435.1
116.6
116.6
116.1
386.0
446.2

3.5
4.8
3.9
3.8
4.3
5.2
5.2
3.9
3.0
4.2

.1
.3
.0
.6
-2.8
.3
.3
.2
-.2
-.4

272.1
378.1
444.0

272.6
376.9
442.4

1.7
1.6
1.2

.363
4.215

519.1
426.4

520.3
424.7

3.572
6.788
4.362
1.249
1.178

261.3
251.2
200.8
329.6
355.5

6.362
5.830
1.547
2.562
.304

224.9
209.3
211.2
192.0
344.3
225.1
224.0
348.3

Nov.
1987

Dec.
1987

100.000

340.4
395.9

340.2
395.7

4.5

19.733

326.5
334.6
317.5
339.6
292.2
265.9
347.4
376.8
419.1
291.3
457.5
319.4
383.0
251.5

327.5
335.9
318.9
341.7
289.4
265.3
364.0
375.9
417.8
290.5
456.0
319.2
383.8
251.3

.112

366.9
416.0
115.9
294.1
447.7
116.2
116.2
115.9
386.6
448.2

.099
8.150
4.578

Dec. 1986

Nov. 1987

Expenditure category
All items
All items(1957-59=100)
Food and beverages
Food
Food at home
Cereals and bakery products 1
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs
Dairy products 1
Fruits and vegetables
Other food at home
Sugar and sweets 1
Fats and oils 1
Nonalcoholic beverages
Other prepared food
Food away from home
Alcoholic beverages

18.045
11.306

1.545
3.684
1.399
1.755

2.923
.403
.304
1.030
1.186

6.739
1.688

Housing
Shelter
Renters' costs 2
Rent, residential
Other renters' costs
Homeowners' costs 2
Owners' equivalent rent 2
Household insurance 1 2
Maintenance and repairs 1
Maintenance and repair services 1
Maintenance and repair
commodities 1
Fuel and other utilities
Fuels
Fuel oil and other household fuel
commodities
Gas (piped) and electricity
Other utilities and public
services 1
Household furnishings and operation
Housefurnishings
Housekeeping supplies
Housekeeping services 1
Apparel and upkeep
Apparel commodities
Men's and boys' apparel
Women's and girls' apparel
Infants' and toddlers' apparel 1
Footwear
Other apparel commodities 1
Apparel services

,

40.492
25.554
8.211

6.952
1.259
17.132
16.782
.350

.211

.933
.485
.531

See footnotes at end of table.




37

-.1
.4
-1.0
.0
1.3
.0
-.3
.6
-.8
.7
.3
.5

.1
-.3
-.3
.6
.0
.2
.0

.1
.5
-.1
.2
-1.6
.8
.8
.3
.1
-.3

.3
.2
.1
.0
.2
.3
.3
.1
.5
.4

.2
.5
.4
.7
-.5
.5
.5
.2
-.2
-.4

.2
-.3
-.4

.4
-.7
-1.6

.6
.8
1.4

.2
-.4
-.4

12.3
.2

.2
-.4

-.3
-1.7

.4
1.5

-1.4
-.4

260.6
250.9
200.4
329.9
356.0

2.1
1.0
.4
2.9
1.5

-.3
-.1
-.2

.4
-.2
-.5
.5
.1

.1
.2
.2
.1
.0

-.3
-.2
-.3
-.3
.1

219.9
204.2
208.3
183.8
337.7
224.0
224.2
349.0

4.9
5.0
3.1
6.2
2.6
4.2
7.9
3.7

-2.2
-2.4
-1.4
-4.3
-1.9
-.5
.1
.2

1.3

.5
.5
.2
.8
.1
.5
.0
.4

.1
.1

1.4
.9
1.7

4.1
1.1

.6
.7

-1.0
-1.1
-.3

-2.1
-1.9
.0
.1
.4

Table 7. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers: U.S. city average, by expenditure category and
commodity and service group—Continued
(1967=100, unless otherwise noted)

Group

Relative
importance,
December
1986

Unadjusted indexes

Unadjusted
percent change to
Dec. 1987 from—

Seasonally adjusted
percent change from—
Sept. to
Oct.

Oct. to
Nov.

Nov. to
Dec.

-0.2
-.3
.1
.0
-.2
-1.5
-1.6
.3
.1

0.5
.6
.6
.6
-.3
-.2
-.2
.3
1.6

0.4
.4
.5
.3
-.3
.2
.2
.3
.8

-0.5
-.5
-.2
.0
-.1
-2.2
-2.2
.3
.1

1.7

.2

.4

-.5

359.1
432.6

5.3
1.6

.0
.1

1.9
-.6

1.1
.4

.0
.1

470.0
297.7
507.7
426.5

471.3
299.4
508.7
427.5

6.2
7.0
6.0
6.5

.3
.6
.2
.2

.5
.7
.4
.4

.3
.5
.3
.2

.4
.7
.4
.5

4.082
2.217
1.865

282.3
269.9
304.6

282.8
271.0
304.3

3.9
3.6
4.2

.2
.4
-.1

.5
.3
.9

.3
.7
-.2

.3
.7
-.1

5.768
1.647
1.188

370.5
384.1
300.1

371.2
385.5
300.6

6.2
7.9
3.2

.2
.4
.2

.4
.3
.3

.4
.2
.1

.5
.4
.2

.680
.507
2.933
.188
2.745

298.6
302.3
478.6
427.0
491.8

298.7
303.3
479.2
427.1
492.5

2.9
3.6
6.5
7.6
6.4

.0
.3
.1
.0
.1

.3
.2
.6
.8
.5

.1
.1
.6
.6
.6

.0
.3
.7

100.000
49.519
19.733
29.787
16.530
5.830

340.4
297.4
326.5
277.8
283.9
209.3

340.2
296.6
327.5
276.1
280.7
204.2

4.5
4.7
3.4
5.6
8.0
5.0

-.1
-.3
.3
-.6
-1.1
-2.4

.4
.3
.3
.4

.3
.2
.1
.3
.2
.5

.1
-.2
.3
-.5
-1.1
-1.1

10.700
13.257
50.481
24.963

326.8
271.8
417.9
116.1

325.4
271.9
418.4
116.4

9.6
2.6
4.2
4.8

-.4
.0
.1
.3

-.2
.3
.4
.6

.2
.3
.4
.2

-.4
.3
.3
.3

9.457
6.838
3.574
5.649

103.4
374.6
507.7
352.2

103.1
374.9
508.7
352.5

1.3
4.3
6.0
5.2

-.3
.1
.2
.1

-2.0
1.1
.4

-.8
.8
.3
.3

-.3
.1
.4
.4

Nov.
1987

Dec.
1987

1.618
5.046

325.2
319.1
234.4
235.4
388.7
316.8
316.1
384.8
324.0

324.4
318.2
234.7
235.5
388.1
312.0
311.2
385.9
324.2

6.6
7.0
1.7
1.8
8.8
18.5
18.6
3.7
4.6

.976

205.8

206.2

4.070
1.150

359.1
432.3

Medical care
Medical care commodities
Medical care services
Professional medical services.

4.469
.896
3.574
2.339

Entertainment
Entertainment commodities.
Entertainment services 1
Other goods and services
Tobacco and smoking products 1
Personal care 1
,
Toilet goods and personal care
1
appliances
Personal care services 1
Personal and educational expenses .
School books and supplies
Personal and educational services.

Dec. 1986

Nov. 1987

Expenditure category
Transportation
Private transportation
New vehicles
New cars
Used cars
Motor fuel
Gasoline
Maintenance and repairs 1
Other private transportation 1 .
Other private transportation
commodities 1
Other private transportation
services 1
Public transportation 1

19.094
17.944
5.459
4.052
2.257
3.564

Commodity and service group
All items
Commodities
Food and beverages
Commodities less food and beverages
Nondurables less food and beverages 1
Apparel commodities
Nondurables less food, beverages,
and apparel 1
Durables
Services
Rent of shelter 1 2
Household services less rent of
shelter 1 2
Transportation services
Medical care services
Other services
See footnotes at end of table.




38

.a
1.4

Table 7. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers: U.S. city average, by expenditure category and
commodity and service group—Continued
(1967=100, unless otherwise noted)

Group

Relative
importance,
December
1986

Unadjusted indexes

Unadjusted
percent change to
Dec. 1987 from—

Nov.
1987

Dec.
1987

340.2
320.1
108.0
334.1
276.2
279.9
314.6
306.6
112.2
406.2
372.4
339.8
339.6
273.0
348.1
417.8

339.6
319.6
107.8
333.8
274.5
277.0
313.4
305.5
112.2
406.6
369.0
339.9
339.4
271.7
343.4
418.6

4.7
4.3
4.3
4.4
5.4
7.5
8.7
5.5
3.6
4.1
8.8
4.1
4.2
3.7
18.0
4.6

$.294
.253

$.294
.253

-4.2

Dec. 1986

Seasonally adjusted
percent change from—
Sept. to
Oct.

Oct. to
Nov.

Nov. to
Dec.

-0.2
-.2
-.2
-.1
-.6
-1.0
-.4
-.4
.0
.1
-.9
.0
-.1
-.5
-1.4
.2

0.4
.3
.3
.4
.4
.6
-.1
.4
-.3
.1
-.9
.5
.5
.4
-.2
.6

0.4
.3
.4
.3
.3
.2
.3
.1
.0
.1
.9
.3
.3
.3
.3
.3

0.0
-.1
-.1
.0
-.5
-1.0
-.4
-.4
.0
.1
-1.3
.2
.1
-.3
-2.1
.3

.0

-.3

.0

.0

Nov. 1987

Special indexes
All items less food
All items less shelter
All items less homeowners' costs 2
All items less medical care
Commodities less food
Nondurables less food 1
Nondurables less food and apparel 1
Nondurables 1
Services less rent of shelter 1 2
Services less medical care 1
Energy
All items less energy
All items less food and energy
Commodities less food and energy
Energy commodities
Services less energy
Purchasing power of the consumer dollar:
1967=$1.00 1
1957-59=$1.00 '

81.955
74.446
82.868
95.531
31.475
18.218
12.387
36.263
25.517
46.907
8.142
91.858
73.813
27.548
3.927
46.265

Not seasonally adjusted.
Indexes on a December 1984=100 base.




Data not available.
NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

39

Table 8. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers: U.S. city average, by expenditure category and
commodity and service group
(1967=100, unless otherwise noted)
Seasonally adjusted indexes

Seasonally adjusted annual rate
percent change for

Group

6 months ended—

3 months ended—
Sept.
1987

Oct.
1987

Nov.
1987

Dec.
1987

Mar.
1987

June
1987

Sept.
1987

Dec.
1987

June
1987

Dec.
1987

6.3

4.8

3.8

3.0

5.5

3.4

3.0
3.1

-.1
.6
3.1
3.5
1.4

4.3
4.3
5.1
4.6
4.7
1.2
16.9
.5
3.7
3.7
-6.5
5.0
3.2
3.6

2.5
2.6
1.7
3.8
-2.5
2.1
8.4
1.4
-.4
-.1
.6
3.2
4.0
2.4

Expenditure category
All items.
Food and beverages
Food
Food at home
Cereals and bakery products 1 .
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ..
Dairy products •
Fruits and vegetables
Other food at home
Sugar and sweets 1
Fats and oils 1
Nonalcoholic beverages
Other prepared food
Food away frdmiiome
Alcoholic beverages

327.0
335.4
319.2
337.4
296.4
264.7
349.8
378.1
420.1
290.6
464.2
318.1
380.9
250.7

327.9
336.5
320.1
338.1
296.0
266.0
354.3
378.6
420.4
289.7
466.0
318.3
382.3
250.4

328.3
336.7
319.9
339.6
293.1
265.9
358.8
378.7
419.1
291.3
462.2
320.4
383.3
251.7

329.4
338.0
321.4
341.7
288.6
265.3
377.6
379.2
417.8
290.5
464.9
320.5
384.2
251.6

2.3
2.2
1.4
4.5
-3.6
2.3
8.2
1.5
5.3
12.3
-7.4
5.8
3.7
3.1

6.4
6.5
8.9
4.7
13.8
.2
26.2
-.4
2.1
-4.3
-5.6
4.2
2.6
4.1

2.1
2.1
.6
2.4
5.7
3.4
-13.5
1.7
1.3
-.1
.5
3.3
4.5
3.4

Housing
Shelter
Renters' costs 2
Rent, residential
Other renters' costs
Homeowners' costs 2
Owners' equivalent rent 2
Household insurance 1 2
Maintenance and repairs 1
Maintenance and repair services 1
Maintenance and repair commodities 1 .
Fuel and other utilities
Fuels
Fuel oil and other household fuel
commodities
Gas (piped) and electricity
Other utilities and public services 1
Household furnishings and operation
Housefurnishings
Housekeeping supplies
Housekeeping services 1

365.2
411.7
115.5
292.9
453.0
114.7
114.7
115.5
384.6
447.9
269.4
381.3
449.8

365.7
413.9
115.4
293.4
445.9
115.6
115.6
115.8
384.8
446.5
270.6
378.5
442.8

366.9
414.7
115.5
293.5
446.8
115.9
115.9
115.9
386.6
448.2
272.1
381.7
449.1

367.6
416.7
116.0
295.5
444.5
116.5
116.5
116.1
386.0
446.2
272.6
380.3
447.1

4.9
6.1
6.2
4.3
18.2
5.9
5.9
2.5
4.2
8.4
-.1
3.5
4.0

2.7
3.2
2.1
1.1
8.1
3.6
3.6
5.1
2.6
1.4
3.9
3.0
5.0

3.6
4.8
5.0
5.9
-.1
5.0
5.0
6.1
3.9
9.1
-1.6
.7
-2.0

2.7
4.9
1.7
3.6
-7.3
6.4
6.4
2.1
1.5
-1.5
4.8
-1.0
-2.4

3.8
4.6
4.2
2.7
13.0
4.8
4.8
3.8
3.4
4.8
1.9
3.2
4.5

3.1
4.9
3.4
4.8
-3.8
5.7
5.7
4.1
2.7
3.6
1.6
-.2
-2.2

507.1
436.1
260.1
251.5
201.5
328.5
355.1

505.7
428.9
261.1
251.0
200.5
330.3
355.6

507.9
435.4
261.3
251.4
201.0
330.5
355.5

500.8
433.8
260.6
250.8
200.4
329.5
356.0

59.7
.4
2.9
2.3
1.4
6.0
1.7

3.2
5.1

1.4
-2.3
4.3
1.9
2.0
1.6
1.2

-4.9

28.4
2.7
1.7
1.7
.9
4.5
1.8

-1.8
-2.2
2.5
.4
-.1
1.4
1.1

Apparel and upkeep
Apparel commodities
Men's and boys' apparel
Women's and girls' apparel
Infants' and toddlers' apparel 1 .
Footwear
Other apparel commodities 1
Apparel services

216.8
201.2
204.7
181.6
330.5
219.7
222.6
344.9

219.7
204.0
206.6
184.6
344.1
222.2
223.9
347.2

220.8
205.0
207.1
186.1
344.3
223.4
224.0
348.7

218.6
202.8
206.5
182.2
337.7
223.5
224.2
350.1

10.4
11.0
5.7
15.3
10.1

3.6
3.5
4.8
5.5
-14.7
2.2
5.5
2.6

2.4
2.6
-1.5
3.4
8.0

3.4
3.2
3.6
1.3
9.0
7.1
2.9
6.2

6.9
7.2
5.3

2.9
2.9
1.0
2.3
8.5
4.0
6.7
3.9

See footnotes at end of table.




40

6.7
12.7
4.5

.5
1.1

.4
3.0
1.9

.9
10.7
1.8

2.8
5.2
-10.1

.9
35.8
1.2
-2.2

-2.1
.8
-1.1
-2.2
1.2
1.0

10.3

-3.1
4.4
9.1
3.5

Table 8. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers: U.S. city average, by expenditure category and
commodity and service group—Continued
(1967=100, unless otherwise noted)
Seasonally adjusted indexes

Seasonally adjusted annual rate
percent change for

Group

6 months ended—

3 months ended—
Sept.
1987

Oct.
1987

Nov.
1987

Dec.
1987

Transportation
Private transportation
New vehicles
New cars
Used cars
Motor fuel
Gasoline
Maintenance and repairs 1
Other private transportation 1
Other private transportation
commodities 1
Other private transportation
services 1
Public transportation 1

321.4
315.2
231.0
232.3
387.1
317.5
317.1
382.6
316.4

323.1
317.0
232.5
233.6
385.8
317.0
316.4
383.7
321.5

324.4
318.3
233.7
234.2
384.8
317.7
317.1
384.8
324.0

322.8
316.6
233.3
234.1
384.6
310.7
310.0
385.9
324.2

206.0

206.8

205.8

348.5
433.0

355.2
430.4

359.1
432.3

359.1
432.6

2.2
2.8

Medical care
Medical care commodities
Medical care services
Professional medical services
Entertainment
Entertainment commodities
Entertainment services 1

466.8
294.7
504.4
424.4
279.9
267.2
302.4

469.1
296.7
506.6
426.0
281.4
267.9
305.1

470.7
298.3
508.2
427.0
282.2
269.7
304.6

472.8
300.3
510.3
429.2
283.1
271.5
304.3

Other goods and services
Tobacco and smoking products 1
Personal care 1
Toilet goods and personal care
appliances 1
Personal care services 1
Personal and educational expenses
School books and supplies
Personal and educational services

365.5
382.1
299.1

367.1
383.4
299.9

368.5
384.1
300.1

297.4
301.5
465.4
419.1
477.5

298.4
302.0
468.0
422.4
480.1

295.1
327.0
274.3
281.7
201.2

Mar.
1987

June
1987

Sept.
1987

Dec.
1987

June
1987

Dec.
1987

12.7
13.3
-2.1
-2.8
15.5
65.1
66.2
2.8
2.3

6.6
7.1
3.0
4.3
19.4
11.5
10.9
3.7
3.9

5.7
5.8
1.9
2.4
4.4
16.8
17.3
4.6
2.2

1.8
1.8
4.0
3.1
-2.6
-8.3
-8.7
3.5
10.2

9.6
10.2
.4
.7
17.5
35.7
35.8
3.2
3.1

3.7
3.8
3.0
2.8
.8
3.5
3.5
4.1
6.1

3.2

.4

1.6

1.8

4.7
-1.7

1.9
5.8

12.7
-.4

3J5
.5

7.2
2.7

5.1
6.0
4.8
6.1
2.4
1.8
3.0

8.1
6.9
8.5
8.2
3.8
3.2
4.4

6.1
7.2
5.9
7.2
4.4
2.4
6.9

5.2
7.8
4.8
4.6
4.7
6.6
2.5

6.6
6.4
6.6
7.1
3.1
2.5
3.7

5.7
7.5
5.3
5.9
4.5
4.5
4.7

370.3
385.5
300.6

9.7
14.1
3.6

6.1
3.4
3.4

3.8
11.0
3.7

5.4
3.6
2.0

7.9
8.6
3.5

4.6
7.2
2.9

298.6
302.3
470.9
424.9
483.1

298.7
303.3
474.4
427.6
486.7

3.3
3.9
9.8
10.1

2.9
4.5
8.7
7.7
8.7

3.6
3.7
.0
4.2
-.3

1.8
2.4
8.0
8.4
7.9

3.1
4.2
9.2
8.9
9.3

2.7
3.0
3.9
6.3
3.7

296.1
327.9
275.3
283.4
204.0

296.8
328.3
276.1
283.9
205.0

296.3
329.4
274.7
280.7
202.8

6.3
8.0
2.3
11.9
16.5
11.0

4.8
5.7
6.4
5.2
6.2
3.5

3.8
3.7
2.1
5.0
11.6
2.6

3.0
1.6
3.0
.6
-1.4
3.2

5.5
6.8
4.3
8.5
11.2
7.2

3.4
2.7
2.5
2.7
4.9
2.9

326.5
269.1
414.9
115.2

326.0
270.0
416.6
115.9

326.8
270.7
418.3
116.1

325.4
271.6
419.5
116.4

21.2
1.4
4.8
5.1

10.7
4.9
3.8
3.6

9.1
.6
3.7
6.1

-1.3
3.8
4.5
4.2

15.8
3.1
4.3
4.4

3.7
2.2
4.1
5.2

106.3
367.6
504.4
347.0

104.2
371.6
506.6
349.2

103.4
374.6
508.2
350.3

103.1
374.8
510.3
351.6

2.8
2.5
4.8
6.5

13.1
3.5
8.5
6.4

2.3
3.2
5.9
2.6

-11.5
8.1
4.8
5.4

7.8
3.0
6.6
6.4

-4.9
5.6
5.3
4.0

Expenditure category

3.0

Commodity and service group
All items
Commodities
Food and beverages
Commodities less food and beverages
Nondurables less food and beverages 1 ..
Apparel commodities
Nondurables less food, beverages,
and apparel 1
Durables
Services
Rent of shelter 1 2
Household services less rent
of shelter 1 2
Transportation services
Medical care services
Other services
See footnotes at end of table.




41

Table 8. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers: U.S. city average, by expenditure category and
commodity and service group—Continued
(1967=100, unless otherwise noted)
Seasonally adjusted indexes

Seasonally adjusted annual rate
percent change for

Group

6 months ended—

3 months ended—
Sept.
1987

Oct.
1987

Nov.
1987

Dec.
1987

336.6
317.9
107.3
331.3
272.9
277.8
314.1
305.3
112.5
405.4
375.8
336.8
335.7
269.6
347.1
413.8

337.9
318.9
107.6
332.5
273.9
279.4
313.8
306.4
112.2
405.9
372.4
338.4
337.5
270.8
346.5
416.3

339.1
320.0
108.0
333.6
274.7
279.9
314.6
306.6
112.2
406.2
375.6
339.3
338.6
271.7
347.4
417.6

339.1
319.7
107.9
333.7
273.4
277.0
313.4
305.5
112.2
406.6
370.8
339.9
339.0
271.0
340.0
419.0

Mar.
1987

June
1987

Sept.
1987

Dec.
1987

June
1987

Dec.
1987

Special indexes
All items less food
All items less shelter
All items less homeowners' costs 2
All Herns less medical care
Commodities less food
Nondurables less food 1
Nondurables less food and apparel 1 ...
Nondurables'
Services less rent of shelter 1 2
Services less medical care 1
Energy
All items less energy
All items less food and energy
Commodities less food and energy,
Energy commodities

Not seasonally adjusted.
Indexes on a December 1984=100 base.




7.2
6.4
6.3
6.4
11.4
15.2
18.8
10.5
3.4
4.2
27.8
4.6
5.3
5.3
64.7
5.2

4.3
5.4
5.0
4.6
5.0
6.1
9.6
5.5
7.1
5.6
7.9
4.4
3.8
4.1
10.8
3.7

4.1
3.3
3.4
3.6
4.8
10.6
8.3
6.0
5.1
5.4
6.4
3.5
3.9
3.2
15.2
4.3

3.0
2.3
2.3
2.9
.7
-1.1
-.9
.3
-1.1
1.2
-5.2
3.7
4.0
2.1
-7.9
5.1

5.8
5.9
5.7
5.5
8.2
10.6
14.1
8.0
5.2
4.9
17.5
4.5
4.5
4.7
35.1
4.4

3.6
2.8
2.8
3.3
2.8
4.6
3.6
3.1
2.0
3.3
.4
3.6
3.9
2.6
3.0
4.7

Data not available.
NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

42

Table 9. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers: Detailed expenditure categories, U.S. city
average
(1967=100, unless otherwise noted)
Unadjusted indexes
Item and group

Other
index

Nov. to
Dec.

Nov.
1987

326.5

327.5

3.4

0.3

0.3

0.1

334.6

335.9

3.4

.4

.3

.1

317.5

318.9

3.3

.4

.3

-.1

12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77

339.6
182.1
151.5
222.3
155.8
178.9
280.7

341.7
183.9
150.5
224.7
159.0
179.7
281.6

4.2
4.8
1.2
6.0
4.9
3.9
4.3

.6
1.0
-.7
1.1

2.1
.4
.3

.2
.4
-.2
.2
-.7
.4
.2

.4
.8
.8
-.1
3.0
.4
.4

2.1
.4
.3

12/77
12/77
12/77

171.2
188.7
184.8

171.3
189.7
186.3

3.6
4.2
3.4

.1
.5
.8

-.1
.8
.5

1.2
.8
-.4

.1
.5
.8

292.2
301.7
298.0
299.3
268.8
312.2
252.3
276.3
311.6
190.4
294.2
307.8
275.2
139.3
160.1
297.9
217.2
220.9
145.6
130.6
499.9
149.0
216.1
180.3

289.4
300.1
295.9
299.0
267.8
305.7
250.2
278.1
312.8
191.4
287.8
297.8
268.0
136.6
157.7
297.7
216.6
217.8
146.1
131.2
502.6
149.8
217.3
163.6

1.0
2.2
3.5
6.7

-1.0
-.5
-.7

-.1
.2
.5
.8
1.1
.4
-1.0
-.2
1.9
.8
-.1
-1.9
.3
.4
-2.5
.7

-1.0
-.9

-1.5

-.8

-1.3
-.7
-.6
-3.3
-1.7
-1.9
.5
-1.4
-3.0
-2.7

265.9
143.0
233.5
143.5
161.5
156.2
170.1
162.8

265.3
142.5
232.4
143.4
161.3
156.2
169.1
162.9

12/77

12/77
12/77

12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77

1

12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77

See footnotes at end of table.




Oct. to
Nov.

Dec.
1986

Food at home

Dairy products
Fresh milk and cream
Fresh whole milk
Other fresh milk and cream
Processed dairy products 1
Cheese 1
Ice cream and related products 1
Other dairy products, including butter1

Sept. to
Oct.

Dec.
1987

Food

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs
Meats, poultry, and fish
Meats
Beef and veal
Ground beef other than canned
Chuck roast
Round roast
Round steak
Sirloin steak
Other beef and veal
Pork
Bacon
Chops
Ham
Other pork, including sausage 1
Other meats 1
Poultry 1
Fresh whole chicken 1
Fresh and frozen chicken parts 1
Other poultry 1
Fish and seafood
Canned fish and seafood 1
Fresh and frozen fish and seafood ...
Eggs

Seasonally adjusted
percent change from—

Nov.
1987

Food and beverages

Cereals and bakery products '
Cereals and cereal products
Flour and prepared flour mixes
Cereal 1
Rice, pasta, and cornmeal1
Bakery products 1
White bread 1
Fresh other bread, biscuits, rolls,
and muffins 1
Cookies, fresh cakes, and cupcakes 1
Other bakery products 1

Unadjusted
percent change to
Dec. 1987 from—

43

5.8
5.0

6.1
7.0
9.7
7.4
-1.8
-4.2

-1.6
-3.0
.1
4.1

-9.4
-11.4
-8.7
-7.3

10.0
10.4

9.9
-17.9
1.7
1.7
1.4
2.3
1.6
2.2
1.3
.6

-.1
-.4
-2.1
-.8
.7
.4
.5
-2.2
-3.2
-2.6
-1.9
-1.5
-.1
-.3
-1.4
.3
.5
.5
.5

.6
-9.3
-.2
-.3
-.5
-.1
-.1
.0

-.6
-1.4
-.2
-.3
-.5

1.8
-.6
-6.1
.5
.4
.1
.9
.4
.7
.5
-.1

-.1
-.1
-2.3
-.8
.1
1.4
-1.3
-2.3
-2.1
-4.6
-1.1
-1.6
.0

-3.6
-3.5
-2.9
-5.2
.8
1.6
.5
-1.1

.0
.0
.2
-.6
-.2
.1
-.5
-.5

0.3

.6
1.0
-.5
1.1

-1.0

-3.1
-2.7
-1.5
-.1
-.3
-1.4
.3
.5
.0
.5
.0
-12.1
-.2
-.7
-.6
-.1
-.1
.0

Table 9. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers: Detailed expenditure categories, U.S. city
average—Continued
(1967=100, unless otherwise noted)
Unadjusted indexes
Item and group

Food away from home
Lunch
Dinner
Other meals and snacks
Alcoholic beverages
Alcoholic beverages at home
Beer and ale
Wine 1
Distilled spirits 1
Alcoholic beverages away from home 1

1.3
2.5
6.8
.3
1.3
9.0
7.0
-3.2
-.7
-10.3
8.3
-4.6
.0
-.3
-.6
.2
-.2
.5
-.5

1.3
1.8
-1.6
-6.6
2.4
2.4
2.0
6.8
.1
24.1
22.8
-2.5
.2
.2

-.2

5.2
7.9
1.7
-1.0
16.8
-10.9
3.5
14.6
1.0
71.1
.8
8.3
.4
.8
.9
-.2
-.1
.0
.0

-.2
-.3
-.5
-.3
-.3
-.3
-.9
.6
.1
-.1
.0
.1
-1.1

.1
.1
.0
.3
-.3
.4
.6
-.1
.3
.1
-.2
-1.0
-.1

.0
-.3
-.9
.3
.6
-.8
-1.3
-1.9
.6
.7
.5
1.6
.5

.1
-.3
-.5
-.2
-.3
.6
.3
.6
.2
.0
.1
.1
-1.1

2.8

-.2

.7

-.3

169.3

4.5

.5

.5

.1

.5

383.0
185.0
184.4
188.3

383.8
185.4
184.8
188.7

3.6
3.8
3.5
3.3

.2
.2
.2
.2

.4
.2
.3
.7

.3
.3
.4
-.2

.2
.1
.2
.5

251.5
158.0
245.8
257.1
144.3
186.2

251.3
157.5
245.0
256.3
143.9
186.7

3.0
2.1
2.1
3.3
1.2
4.2

-.1
-.3
-.3
-.3
-.3
.3

-.1
-.1
.5
-.1
.2
.2

.5
.3
.8
-.9
.1
.5

.0
-.2
-.4
-.3
-.3
.3

Dec.
1986

Nov.
1987

Sept. to
Oct.

347.4
373.4
377.8
301.6
252.8
523.5
206.2
369.4
313.4
488.4
358.1
200.9
319.0
171.0
170.8
170.3
150.6
170.0
144.4

364.0
401.3
377.2
301.4
277.2
429.1
215.9
425.8
323.0
835.6
361.1
216.8
320.2
172.2
172.4
170.0
150.5
170.0
144.4

12.6
17.7
10.3
-11.0
17.4
14.6
16.0
25.2
-.2
134.7
10.3
14.2
4.5
5.8
6.6
2.8
2.9
2.9
2.9

4.8
7.5
-.2
-.1
9.7
-18.0
4.7
15.3
3.1
71.1
.8
7.9
.4
.7
.9
-.2
-.1
.0
.0

12/77
12/77
12/77

376.8
419.1
173.5
175.4
291.3
457.5
155.2
406.6
160.3
319.4
170.0
181.6
188.1

375.9
417.8
172.6
174.9
290.5
456.0
153.8
408.9
160.4
319.2
170.0
181.8
186.1

1.0
1.6
1.3
1.7
1.8
-3.0
1.7
-14.4
2.3
4.1
6.2
5.6
3.1

12/77

178.1

177.8

12/77

168.5

12/77
12/77
12/77

12/77

12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77

12/77
12/77

12/77
12/77

12/77
12/77
12/77

See footnotes at end of table.




Nov. to
Dec.

Dec.
1987

co

oase

Other food at home
Sugar and sweets 1
Sugar and artificial sweeteners 1
Sweets, including candy
Fats and oils 1
Nonalcoholic beverages
Carbonated drinks
Coffee 1
Other noncarbonated drinks
Other prepared food
Canned and packaged soup
Frozen prepared food 1
•.
Snacks 1
Seasonings, condiments, sauces,
and spices
Miscellaneous prepared food, including
baby food 1

Oct. to
Nov.

Nov.
1987

ha

Fruits and vegetables
Fresh fruits and vegetables
Fresh fruits
Apples
Bananas
Oranges, including tangerines
Other fresh fruits
Fresh vegetables
Potatoes
Lettuce 1
Tomatoes 1
Other fresh vegetables
Processed fruits and vegetables
Processed fruits
Fruit juices and frozen fruit
Canned and dried fruits 1
Processed vegetables 1
Frozen vegetables 1
Other processed vegetables 1

Seasonally adjusted
percent change from—

CVI

Other
index

Unadjusted
percent change to
Dec. 1987 from—

44

.2
-.1
-.1
.1

Table 9. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers: Detailed expenditure categories, U.S. city
average—Continued
(1967=100, unless otherwise noted)
Unadjusted indexes
Item and group

Housing
Shelter
Renters' costs
Rent, residential
Other renters' costs
Lodging while out of town
Lodging while at school1
Tenants' insurance 1
Homeowners' costs
Owners' equivalent rent
Household insurance 1
Maintenance and repairs 1
Maintenance and repair services 1
Maintenance and repair commodities 1
Materials, supplies, and equipment
for home repairs 1
Other maintenance and repair commodities 1
Fuel and other utilities
Fuels
Fuel oil and other household fuel commodities
Fuel oil
Other household fuel commodities 1
Gas (piped) and electricity
Electricity
Utility (piped) gas
Other utilities and public services 1
Telephone services 1
Local charges 1
Interstate toll calls 1
Intrastate toll calls 1
Water and sewerage maintenance 1
Cable television 1
Refuse collection 1
Household furnishings and operation
Housefurnishings
Textile housefurnishings
Furniture and bedding
Bedroom furniture 1
Sofas
Living room chairs and tables 1
Other furniture
Appliances, including electronic equipment1 ...
Television and sound equipment1
Television1
Sound equipment1
Major household appliances 1
Refrigerators and home freezers 1
Laundry equipment1
Stoves, ovens, dishwashers,
and air conditioners 1

Other
index
kae.

Nov.

Dec.

Dec.

Nov.

Dose

1987

1987

1986

1987

366.9
416.0
115.9
294.1
447.7
462.9
136.9
188.4
116.2
116.2
115.9
386.6
448.2
272.1

367.2
417.1
115.9
295.8
435.1
448.1
136.9
188.8
116.6
116.6
116.1
386.0
446.2
272.6

3.5
4.8
3.9
3.8
4.3
4.1
5.9
3.6
5.2
5.2
3.9
3.0
4.2
1.7

0.1
.3
.0
.6
-2.8
-3.2
.0
.2
.3
.3
.2
-.2
-.4
.2

102.2
149.0
378.1
444.0
519.1
525.7
102.3
426.4
359.4
505.7
261.3
204.5
204.5
88.7
121.1
454.0
124.5
135.6

101.9
149.8
376.9
442.4
520.3
527.2
102.4
424.7
357.3
505.4
260.6
202.3
200.9
89.0
121.1
454.1
127.9
136.1

1.9
1.6
1.6
1.2
12.3
18.0
2.4
.2
1.7
-2.9
2.1
-1.1
3.6
-12.4
-3.0
5.2
9.7
9.9

250.9
200.4
251.4
239.5
169.1
137.9
136.2
145.0
135.8
87.5
76.2
101.6
98.8
199.4
146.9

1.0

12/77

251.2
200.8
255.5
237.8
169.2
132.1
137.0
145.2
136.5
88.4
76.7
102.4
98.8
198.1
146.5

12/86

97.8

97.1

12/84

12/82
12/77
12/84
12/84
12/84

12/86
12/77

12/86

12/77
12/77
12/77
12/83
12/83

12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77
12/86

See footnotes at end of table.




Unadjusted
percent change to
Dec. 1987 from—

45

Seasonally adjusted
percent change from—

Sept. to Oct. to
Nov.
Oct.

Nov. to
Dec.

0.1
.5
-.1
.2
-1.6
-1.4
.4
.3
.8
.8
.3
.1
-.3
.4

0.3
.2
.1
.0
.2
.4
.1
.1
.3
.3
.1
.5
.4
.6

0.2
.5
.4
.7
-.5
.0
.0
.2
.5
.5
.2
-.2
-.4
.2

-.3
.5
-.3
-.4
.2
.3
.1
-.4
-.6
-.1
-.3
-1.1
-1.8
.3
.0
.0
2.7
.4

.6
.4
-.7
-1.6
-.3
-.2
.7
-1.7
-2.2
-.6
.4
.3
.3
.0
.7
.3
.4
1.1

1.0
.2
.8
1.4
.4
1.2
.7
1.5
2.5
-.6
.1
.0
.0
.0
-.5
.2
.0
1.0

-.3
.5
-.4
-.4
-1.4
-1.5
.1
-.4
-.4
-.4
-.3
-1.1
-1.8
.3
.0
.0
2.7
.4

1.0
2.0
.2
4.9
1.9
2.5
-2.7
-3.7
-4.9
.9
-1.2
1.1
-1.1

-.1
-.2
-1.6
.7
-.1
4.4
-.6
-.1
-.5
-1.0
-.7
-.8
.0
.7
.3

-.2
-.5
-.3
-.4
1.0
.1
1.0
-1.6
-.7
-.3
-.6
.2
-.7
.7
.4

.2
.2
-1.0
1.4
1.6
-.1
2.1
.7
-.4
.0
.1
-.1
-1.6
-.9
-2.2

-.2
-.3
-1.3
.4
-.1
3.9
-.6
-.8
-.5
-1.0
-.7
-.8
.0
.7
.3

-2.9

-.7

-2.7

-1.5

-.7

.4

Table 9. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers: Detailed expenditure categories, U.S. city
average—Continued
(1967=100, unless otherwise noted)
Unadjusted indexes
Item and group

Other housefurnishings 1
Floor and window coverings, infants', laundry,
cleaning, and outdoor equipment1
Clocks, lamps, and decor items 1
Tableware, serving pieces,
and nonelectric kitchenware 1
Lawn equipment, power tools,
and other hardware 1
Sewing, floor cleaning, small kitchen,
and portable heating appliances 1
Housekeeping supplies
Laundry and cleaning products, including soap 1 .
Household paper products and
stationery supplies 1
Other household, lawn, and garden supplies
Housekeeping services 1
Appliance and furniture repair1
,
Gardening and other household services 1
Apparel and upkeep
Apparel commodities
Apparel commodities less footwear
Men's and boys'
Men's
Suits, sport coats, coats, and jackets.
Furnishings and special clothing 1
Shirts
Dungarees, jeans, and trousers
Boys'
Women's and girls'
Women's
Coats and jackets
Separates and sportswear
Underwear, nightwear, hosiery,
and accessories
Suits
Girls'
Infants' and toddlers'1
Other apparel commodities 1
Sewing materials, notions, and luggage 1 .
Watches and jewelry 1
Watches 1
Jewelry 1
Footwear
Men's
Boys' and girls' 1
Women's
Apparel services
,
Laundry and dry cleaning other
than coin operated
Other apparel services 1

Other
index
base

Nov.
1987

Dec.
1987

12/86

102.1

101.7

1.7

12/77
12/77

153.7
132.3

154.7
131.7

6.2
1.3

12/77

152.0

151.0

12/77

142.6

12/86
12/77
12/77
12/77

12/77
12/86

12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77

12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77

12/86
12/86
12/86
12/86
12/77
12/77
12/77

12/77
12/77

See footnotes at end of table.




Unadjusted
percent change to
Dec. 1987 from—

46

Dec.
1986

Nov.
1987

Seasonally adjusted
percent change from—

Sept. to Oct. to
Oct.
Nov.

Nov. to
Dec.
-0.4

-0.4

0.1

.7
-.5

.5
-.1

.6
-.2

.7
-.5

1.3

-.7

.2

-.1

-.7

143.8

.9

.8

-1.5

.5

.8

102.8
329.6
175.0

98.3
329.9
175.5

-1.7
2.9
4.5

-4.4
.1
.3

.2
.5
.6

.9
.1
-.2

-4.4
-.3
.3

159.9
161.5
355.5
372.7
165.9
104.5

160.0
161.2
356.0
372.7
166.9
104.7

.9
2.7
1.5
.0
2.9
4.7

.1
-.2
.1
.0
.6
.2

.2
1.1
.1
.0
.2
.5

-.2
.6
.0
.0
-.2
.0

.1
-.8
.1
.0
.6
.2

224.9
209.3
206.6
211.2
134.8
118.7
155.4
149.0
130.3
130.9
192.0
128.7
189.2
196.7
122.0

219.9
204.2
200.7
208.3
132.9
115.3
154.0
147.6
128.9
129.3
183.8
122.7
180.7
186.4
115.0

4.9
5.0
5.1
3.1
4.3
3.4
1.0
6.6
5.9
-.7
6.2
6.4
4.9
15.3
5.4

-2.2
-2.4
-2.9
-1.4
-1.4
-2.9
-.9
-.9
-1.1
-1.2
-4.3
-4.7
-4.5
-5.2
-5.7

1.3
1.4
1.5
.9
.3
.7
1.6
-1.4
1.6
2.7
1.7
1.5
1.3
-1.6
2.8

.5
.5
.5
.2
.2
.4
-.6
.7
-.1
.9
.8
1.1
-.4
4.0
.8

-1.0
-1.1
-1.3
-.3
-.2
-.7
-.9
-.1
-.1
-.9
-2.1
-2.2
-1.7
-3.3
-3.4

144.7
112.5
122.9
344.3
224.0
101.5
109.2
104.5
110.5
225.1
152.0
146.7
127.2
348.3

142.5
109.1
120.3
337.7
224.2
102.7
109.0
103.6
110.6
224.0
152.2
148.0
124.9
349.0

.3
8.9
5.2
2.6
7.9
2.7
9.0
3.6
10.6
4.2
3.0
7.4
3.5
3.7

-1.5
-3.0
-2.1
-1.9
.1
1.2
-.2
-.9
.1
-.5
.1
.9
-1.8
.2

1.3
1.5
1.4
4.1
.6
1.3
.4
.5
.5
1.1
.5
3.5

.7
.7

.6
1.2
-1.1
.1
.0
-.3
.2
.3
.1
.5
.1
.4
.4
.4

-1.7
2.6
-.1
-1.9
.1
1.2
-.2
-.9
.1
.0
.8
.9
-.6
.4

210.0
182.8

210.6
183.1

5.1
2.6

.3
.2

.9
.7

.5
.2

.4
.2

-0.4

Table 9. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers: Detailed expenditure categories, U.S. city
average—Continued
(1967=100, unless otherwise noted)
Unadjusted indexes
Item and group

Other
index

Medical care
Medical care commodities
Prescription drugs
Nonprescription drugs and medical supplies 1
Internal and respiratory over-the-counter
drugs 1
Nonprescription medical equipment
and supplies 1
Medical care services
Professional medical services
Physicians' services
Dental services 1
Eye care 1
Services by other medical professionals 1 ...
Hospital and related services
Hospital rooms
Other inpatient services 1
Outpatient services 1

0.5
.6
.6
.6
1.0
1.0
.7
1.2
1.2
1.4
.9
-.3
-.2
-.2
-.2
-.5
-.7
.3
.7

0.4
.4
.5
.3
.9
.7
1.0
1.8
1.7
1.3
.4
-.3
.2
.2
.2
.4
.0
.3
.6

-0.5
-.5
-.2
.0
.4
.0
-.7
.3
.7
.5
.0
-.1
-2.2
-2.2
-2.5
-2.4
-1.0
.3
.1

.2
.5
.2
.1
.2
.4
.2
-.3
.7
.0
-.2
.5
-.2

.2
.0
.5
1.6
.4
-.7
.5
.7
.3
1.9
.9
6.2
.0

.0
.8
-.1
.8
-.5
.3
-.5
-1.2
.0
1.1
.4
3.3
.4

.2
.5
.2
.1
.2
.4
.2
-.3
.7
.0
-.2
.5
-.2

1.6
5.5
1.6
1.1
2.1
2.2

.1
-.4
.1
-.2
.6
.2

.2
-.3
-.6
-.8
.0

.1
.8
.4
1.0
-.7
.0

.1
-.4
.1
-.2
.6
.2

471.3
299.4
313.0
105.3

6.2
7.0
8.1
5.3

.3
.6
.6
.7

.5
.7
.7
.3

.3
.5
.7
.4

.4
.7
.6
.7

317.9

320.2

6.1

.7

.5

.5

.7

181.4
507.7
426.5
474.1
398.2
105.1
104.3
257.6
812.0
106.9
106.5

182.0
508.7
427.5
475.1
399.1
105.3
105.0
258.5
813.0
107.4
107.2

2.9
6.0
6.5
6.4
7.2
5.3
5.0
7.0
6.6
7.4
7.2

.3
.2
.2
.2
.2
.2
.7
.3
.1
.5
.7

-.3
.4
.4
.3
.6
.4
.6
.4
.5
.7
.6

.0
.3
.2
.3
.3
.0
.5
.8
.8
.8
1.1

.3
.4
.5
.3
.2
.2
.7
.7
.5
.5
.7

325.2
319.1
234.4
235.4
101.4
101.2
101.1
102.8
103.1
113.7
104.0
388.7
316.8
316.1
178.1
179.7
82.0
384.8
198.9

324.4
318.2
234.7
235.5
101.8
101.2
100.4
103.1
103.8
114.3
104.0
388.1
312.0
311.2
174.9
176.8
81.2
385.9
199.1

6.6
7.0
1.7
1.8
1.8
1.2
.4
3.1
3.8
1.3
4.0
8.8
18.5
18.6
21.0
18.4
15.5
3.7
5.5

-0.2
-.3
.1
.0
.4
.0
-.7
.3
.7
.5
.0
-.2
-1.5
-1.6
-1.8
-1.6
-1.0
.3
.1

192.8
171.9
182.7
324.0
205.8
152.5
129.7
174.3
138.3
359.1
448.3
152.8
179.1

193.2
172.7
183.1
324.2
206.2
153.1
129.9
173.7
139.2
359.1
447.6
153.5
178.8

3.1
3.7
3.4
4.6
1.7
-2.0
2.0
1.5
2.4
5.3
5.6
5.9
3.3

12/77
12/77

161.1
215.3
432.3
510.0
224.4
213.8

161.2
214.5
432.6
509.1
225.7
214.3

12/86

470.0
297.7
311.2
104.6

1/76
1/76
8/81
12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77

12/77
12/77
12/77

12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77

12/77

12/86
12/86
12/77
12/86
12/86

See footnotes at end of table.




Nov. to
Dec.

Nov.
1987

Dec.
1987

12/86
12/86
12/86
12/86
12/86
12/83
12/86

47

Seasonally adjusted
percent change from—

Sept. to Oct. to
Nov.
Oct.

Dec.
1986

Nov.
1987

Dase

Transportation
Private
New vehicles
New cars
Subcompact new cars 1
Compact new cars 1
Intermediate new cars 1
Full-size new cars 1
Luxury new cars 1
New trucks 1
New motorcycles 1
Used cars
Motor fuel
Gasoline
Gasoline, leaded regular
Gasoline, unleaded regular
Gasoline, unleaded premium 1
Automobile maintenance and repair1
Body work 1
Automobile drive train, brake,
and miscellaneous mechanical repair1 ...
Maintenance and servicing 1
Power plant repair1
Other private transportation 1
Other private transportation commodities 1 ..
Motor oil, coolant, and other products 1 ....
Automobile parts and equipment1
Tires 1
.'
Other parts and equipment1
Other private transportation services 1
Automobile insurance 1
Automobile finance charges 1
Automobile fees 1
Automobile registration, licensing,
and inspection fees 1
Other automobile-related fees 1
Public transportation 1
Airline fares 1
Other intercity transportation 1
Intracity public transportation 1

Unadjusted
percent change to
Dec. 1987 from—

-1.0

Table 9. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers: Detailed expenditure categories, U.S. city
average—Continued
(1967=100, unless otherwise noted)
Unadjusted indexes
Item and group

Entertainment
Entertainment commodities
Reading materials 1
Newspapers *
Magazines, periodicals, and books 1
Sporting goods and equipment
Sport vehicles, including bicycles 1
Other sporting goods 1
Toys, hobbies, and other entertainment
Toys, hobbies, and music equipment
Photographic supplies and equipment
Pet supplies and expense 1
Entertainment services 1
Club memberships 1
...
Fees for participant sports, excluding
1
club memberships
Admissions 1
Fees for lessons or instructions 1
Other entertainment services 1
Other goods and services
Tobacco and smoking products 1
Personal care 1
Toilet goods and personal care appliances 1 .
Cosmetics, bath and nail preparations,
manicure and eye makeup implements 1
Other toilet goods and small personal care
appliances, including hair and dental
products 1
Personal care services 1
Beauty parlor services for females 1
Haircuts and other barber shop
services for males 1
Personal and educational expenses
School books and supplies
Personal and educational services
Tuition and other school fees
College tuition
Elementary and high school tuition
Personal expenses 1
Legal service fees 1
Personal financial services 1
Funeral expenses f

Other
index
base

Unadjusted
percent change to
Dec. 1987 from—

Sept. to
Oct.

Oct. to
Nov.

Nov. to
Dec.

0.5
.3
.7
.7
.7
.7
.1
.8
.3
.1
.3

0.3
.7
.3
.2
.4
.0
-.1

0.3
.7
.2
.2
.1
.8
.6

1.2

-.2
.9
.3

.9
-.2
-.3

-.2
.9
.9
.7
.4

-.3
-.2
.2
-.1

1.5
1.4
1.5
.2

.1
-.2
.3
-.4

-.3
-.2
.2
-.1

6.2
7.9
3.2
2.9

.2
.4
.2
.0

.4
.3
.3
.3

.4
.2
.1
.1

.5
.4
.2
.0

170.8

3.0

-.1

.3

-.1

174.4
302.3
303.0

174.6
303.3
303.9

2.9
3.6
3.6

.6
.2
.2

170.2
478.6
427.0
491.8
253.4
250.9
260.5
252.6
105.3
104.2
104.5

171.0
479.2
427.1
492.5
253.8
251.6
260.6
252.9
105.2
104.5
104.6

3.8
6.5
7.6
6.4
7.5
7.0
9.5
4.8
5.2
4.5
4.6

.2
.6
.8
.5
.6
.6
1.1
.2
.3
.4
.0

302.5
298.7

303.9
297.6

3.6
6.4

.5
-.4

.2
.4

-.3
.9

.4
-.4

314.0
368.1
411.5

309.3
367.1
411.9

18.1
1.1
1.7

-1.5
-.3
.1

-.3
-.3
.1

.2
.7
.0

-2.2
.1
.1

Nov.
1987

Nov.
1987

Dec.
1987

282.8
271.0
191.0
362.7
200.5
138.0
140.7
129.9
151.8
143.7
154.1
166.4
304.3
102.0

3.9
3.6
3.7
4.6
2.9
3.4
2.9
4.3
3.4
3.8
6.3
2.1
4.2
2.0

0.2
.4
.2
.2
.1
.4
.6

12/86

282.3
269.9
190.7
361.8
200.3
137.5
139.8
130.1
151.1
142.8
154.1
165.7
304.6
101.8

12/86
12/77
12/86
12/86

107.2
183.5
105.1
101.7

106.9
183.1
105.3
101.6

6.9
6.4
5.3
1.6

370.5
384.1
300.1
298.6

371.2
385.5
300.6
298.7

12/77

170.9

12/77

12/77

12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77

12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77
12/86
12/86
12/86

Seasonally adjusted
percent change from—

Dec.
1986

-.2
.5
.6
.0
.4
-.1
.2

1.1
1.9
-.3

-.1
.2

Special Indexes
Domestically produced farm food
Selected beef cuts 1
Motor fuel, motor oil, coolant, and other
products
,
Utilities and public transportation
1
Housekeeping and home maintenance services
1

Not seasonally adjusted.
NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific




date.

48

Table 10. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers: Detailed expenditure categories, seasonally
adjusted, U.S. city average
(1967=100, unless otherwise noted)
Seasonally
adjusted
indexes
Item and group

Other
index
base

Dec.
1987

328.3

329.4

2.3

6.4

2.1

3.0

4.3

2.5

336.7

338.0

2.2

6.5

2.1

3.1

4.3

2.6

319.9

321.4

1.4

8.9

.6

2.8

5.1

1.7

12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77

339.6
183.5
154.4
222.3
155.8
178.9
280.7

341.7
185.3
153.7
224.7
159.0
179.7
281.6

4.5
.7
-1.3
10.4
-6.9
4.2
4.2

4.7
5.8
4.8
5.3
8.0
3.5
-.9

2.4
3.8
.8
3.7
1.3
2.8
10.5

5.2
8.9
.5
4.8
18.8
5.3
3.8

4.6
3.2
1.7
7.8
.3
3.9
1.6

3.8
6.3
.7
4.2
9.7
4.0
7.1

12/77
12/77
12/77

171.2
188.7
184.8

171.3
189.7
186.3

1.2
3.6
6.8

8.5
3.5
4.7

-.2
1.3
-1.3

5.1
8.7
3.7

4.8
3.5
5.7

2.4
4.9
1.2

293.1
303.5
299.9
302.0
269.9
304.6
254.6
277.7
318.0
190.2
296.3
310.0
277.1
135.5
160.1
297.9
217.2
220.9
145.6
130.6
503.9
149.0
218.7
174.3

288.6
300.5
296.1
299.9
268.3
294.5
250.2
272.4
319.5
187.5
287.5
301.7
268.6
131.9
157.7
297.7
216.6
217.8
146.1
131.2
504.1
149.8
218.6
153.2

-3.6
-2.2
-2.9
-2.4
2.1
13.0
3.6
-3.1
-1.4
4.4
-8.3
-5.6
-1.2
-13.7
.0
4.7
-13.0
-18.7
-12.6
-1.7
19.6
4.2
22.6
-24.1

13.8
14.2
20.9
29.4
17.7
43.1
26.9
49.1
58.4
42.4
22.7
6.7
51.2
12.4
14.2
-.6
-8.9
-11.9
-10.2
1.4
8.5
6.9
11.8
4.7

5.7
4.4
4.0
2.3
2.7
-7.1
10.9
-1.3
-20.5
-3.1
3.2
9.4
-15.1
4.2
10.2
9.7
1.6
11.2
-1.1
-8.7
11.1
13.9
7.1
29.3

-10.1
-6.6
-6.0
.3
1.8
-19.1
-13.2
-7.9
16.4
-7.5
-19.8
-23.7
-25.8
-12.6
-20.1
2.6
-16.5
-22.6
-10.7
-18.8
1.5
17.1
-.7
-55.7

4.7
5.7
8.3
12.4
9.6
27.2
14.7
20.2
25.0
21.9
6.0
.4
22.2
-1.5
6.8
2.0
-11.0
-15.4
-11.4
-.1
13.9
5.5
17.1
-10.8

-2.5
-1.3
-1.1
1.3
2.3
-13.3
-1.9
-4.7
-3.8
-5.3
-9.0
-8.6
-20.6
-4.5
-6.2
6.1
-7.9
-7.2
-6.0
-13.9
6.2
15.5
3.1
-24.3

265.9
143.1
233.2
143.5
161.5
156.2
170.1
162.8

265.3
142.1
231.9
143.4
161.3
156.2
169.1
162.9

2.3
2.6
-.9
6.4
2.8
4.0
2.4
.0

.2
1.1
1.4
-.3
.3
1.0
-.2
-.5

3.4
4.9
6.3
2.0
3.0
.5
5.6
5.3

.9
-1.4
-1.2
1.1
.5
3.1
-2.3
-2.4

1.2
1.9
.3
3.0
1.5
2.5
1.1
-.2

2.1
1.7
2.5
1.6
1.8
1.8
1.6
1.4

Food
Food at home
1

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs
Meats, poultry, and fish
Meats
Beef and veal
Ground beef other than canned
Chuck roast
Round roast
Round steak
Sirloin steak
Other beef and veal
Pork
Bacon
Chops
Ham
Other pork, including sausage 1
Other meats 1
Poultry 1
Fresh whole chicken 1
Fresh and frozen chicken parts 1
Other poultry 1
Fish and seafood
Canned fish and seafood 1
Fresh and frozen fish and seafood...
Eggs
Dairy products 1
Fresh milk and cream
Fresh whole milk
Other fresh milk and cream
Processed dairy products 1
Cheese 1
Ice cream and related products 1
Other dairy products, including butter1

12/77

12/77
12/77

12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77

12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77

See footnotes at end of table.




6 months ended—

3 months ended—
Nov.
1987

Food and beverages

Cereals and bakery products
Cereals and cereal products
Flour and prepared flour mixes
Cereal 1
Rice, pasta, and cornmeal1
Bakery products 1
White bread 1
Fresh other bread, biscuits, rolls,
and muffins 1
Cookies, fresh cakes, and cupcakes 1
Other bakery products 1

Seasonally adjusted annual rate
percent change for

49

Mar.
1987

June
1987

Sept.
1987

Dec.
1987

June
1987

Dec.
1987

Table 10. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers: Detailed expenditure categories, seasonally
adjusted, U.S. city average—Continued
(1967=100, unless otherwise noted)
Seasonally
adjusted
indexes
Item and group

Other
index
D8S6

Fruits and vegetables
Fresh fruits and vegetables
Fresh fruits
Apples
Bananas
Oranges, including tangerines
Other fresh fruits
Fresh vegetables
Potatoes
Lettuce 1
Tomatoes 1
Other fresh vegetables
Processed fruits and vegetables
Processed fruits
Fruit juices and frozen fruit
Canned and dried fruits 1
Processed vegetables 1
Frozen vegetables 1
Other processed vegetables 1
Other food at home
Sugar and sweets 1
Sugar and artificial sweeteners 1
Sweets, including candy
Fats and oils 1
Nonalcoholic beverages
Carbonated drinks
Coffee 1
Other noncarbonated drinks
Other prepared food
Canned and packaged soup
Frozen prepared food 1
Snacks 1
Seasonings, condiments, sauces,
and spices
Miscellaneous prepared food, including
baby food 1
Food away from home
Lunch
Dinner
Other meals and snacks
Alcoholic beverages
Alcoholic beverages at home
Beer and ale
Wine 1
Distilled spirits 1
Alcoholic beverages away from home 1

Dec.
1987

358.8
393.5
399.7
330.0
280.6
531.5
221.2
388.8
347.5
488.4
358.1
207.9
320.6
171.7
171.6
170.3
150.6
170.0
144.4

June
1987

Dec.
1987

-13.5
35.8
60.7
-19.9
-18.4
30.1
-25.9
-48.3
115.4
14.8
14.2
-1.9
-19.0
62.6
-16.5
96.7
1.7
-27.8
285.6 1213.8
224.2
-53.1
2.5
-18.9
2.4
2.4
3.1
3.1
1.9
6.0
-.5
.2
-1.3
1.1
2.4
3.9
-3.0
-.3

16.9
22.2
18.1
27.8
-12.4
24.2
17.3
22.3
16.3
-22.6
-1.3
43.0
6.6
8.6
9.3
5.8
6.1
2.7
7.7

8.4
13.5
3.1
-38.1
57.3
5.8
14.7
28.2
-14.3
611.8
23.3
-8.8
2.4
3.1
3.9
-.1
-.1
3.1
-1.6

1.7
1.3
2.1
1.6
-.1
.5
-2.3
-7.9
-.3
3.3
7.4
4.1
1.9

1.2
-2.2
-5.4
1.6
-.1
.6
-1.5
-5.5
4.6
3.1
1.7
2.9
-2.3

.5
3.7
4.4
1.6
3.7
-6.5
5.4
-21.5
2.4
5.0
8.0
7.7
6.5

1.4
-.4
-1.7
1.6
-.1
.6
-1.9
-6.7
2.1
3.2
4.5
3.5
-.2

.5

2.1

2.3

3.3

2.2

8.7

3.7

1.7

4.1

6.1

2.9

384.2
185.2
184.9
189.5

3.7
4.8
3.4
2.4

2.6
2.2
3.1
1.3

4.5
5.9
3.8
5.7

3.5
2.4
3.5
4.1

3.2
3.5
3.3
1.9

4.0
4.1
3.7
4.9

251.6
157.8
246.0
256.3
143.9
186.7

3.1
2.9
1.5
11.3
1.4
3.6

4.1
2.3
2.5
-1.4
.8
6.6

3.4
3.1
1.2
9.6
2.3
2.9

1.4
.3
3.2
-5.1
.3
4.0

3.6
2.6
2.0
4.7
1.1
5.1

2.4
1.7
2.1
2.0
1.3
3.4

June
1987

Sept.
1987

377.6
424.6
406.4
326.8
327.7
473.6
229.0
445.4
351.1
835.6
361.1
225.1
321.8
173.1
173.1
170.0
150.5
170.0
144.4

8.2
8.2
31.4
46.4
-22.2
19.7
34.8
-16.8
12.0
18.5
-45.0
-15.5
9.3
7.3
7.6
6.9
13.2
7.7
15.4

26.2
37.9
6.2
11.7
-1.4
28.8
2.1
79.9
20.8
-49.4
77.1
141.9
4.0
10.0
11.1
4.6
-.5
-2.1
.6

12/77
12/77
12/77

378.7
419.1
173.5
176.1
291.3
462.2
155.5
406.6
160.6
320.4
170.3
181.6
188.1

379.2
417.8
172.6
175.8
290.5
464.9
156.0
408.9
161.0
320.5
170.4
181.8
186.1

1.5
5.3
5.0
2.8
12.3
-7.4
12.3
-22.2
1.8
5.8
6.4
6.7
9.6

-.4
2.1
3.8
.5
-4.3
-5.6
-1.0
-20.9
3.1
4.2
9.7
8.7
3.5

12/77

178.8

178.3

6.1

12/77

168.5

169.3

12/77
12/77
12/77

383.3
185.0
184.5
188.5
251.7
158.1
247.1
257.1
144.3
186.2

12/77

12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77

12/77
12/77

12/77
12/77

12/77
12/77
12/77

50

6 months ended—

3 months ended—
Nov.
1987

Mar.
1987

See footnotes at end of table.




Seasonally adjusted annual rate
percent change for

Dec.
1987

Table 10. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers: Detailed expenditure categories, seasonally
adjusted, U.S. city average—Continued
(1967=100, unless otherwise noted)
Seasonally
adjusted
indexes
Item and group

Other
index

Dec.
1987

366.9
414.7
115.5
293.5
446.8
464.7
136.9
188.4
115.9
115.9
115.9
386.6
448.2
272.1

367.6
416.7
116.0
295.5
444.5
464.8
136.9
188.8
116.5
116.5
116.1
386.0
446.2
272.6

4.9
6.1
6.2
4.3
18.2
15.9
2.5
2.7
5.9
5.9
2.5
4.2
8.4
-.1

2.7
3.2
2.1
1.1
8.1
4.6
.6
4.0
3.6
3.6
5.1
2.6
1.4
3.9

3.6
4.8
5.0
5.9
-.1
.9
19.4
5.5
5.0
5.0
6.1
3.9
9.1
-1.6

2.7
4.9
1.7
3.6
-7.3
-4.1
2.1
2.1
6.4
6.4
2.1
1.5
-1.5
4.8

3.8
4.6
4.2
2.7
13.0
10.1
1.6
3.3
4.8
4.8
3.8
3.4
4.8
1.9

3.1
4.9
3.4
4.8
-3.8
-1.6
10.4
3.8
5.7
5.7
4.1
2.7
3.6
1.6

102.2
149.0
381.7
449.1
507.9
513.4
102.3
435.4
371.2
514.0
261.3
204.5
204.5
88.7
121.1
454.0
124.5
135.6

101.9
149.8
380.3
447.1
500.8
505.9
102.4
433.8
369.9
512.1
260.6
202.3
200.9
89.0
121.1
454.1
127.9
136.1

-.4
.0
3.5
4.0
59.7
84.6
7.8
.4
.8
-.5
2.9
-2.1
10.0
-30.7
-1.9
5.9
19.5
11.8

4.5
3.6
3.0
5.0
3.2
4.5
-3.1
5.1
7.4
.2
.5
-2.5
.4
-2.1
-12.3
7.1
3.3
4.1

-1.6
-1.9
.7
-2.0
1.4
2.3
-.8
-2.3
-1.1
-4.9
4.3
3.4
10.0
-14.3
2.3
5.7
3.6
13.4

5.3
4.7
-1.0
-2.4
-4.9
-1.7
6.1
-2.1
-.1
-6.1
.8
-3.1
-5.4
1.4
.7
2.1
13.2
10.6

2.0
1.8
3.2
4.5
28.4
38.9
2.2
2.7
4.1
-.2
1.7
-2.3
5.1
-17.6
-7.2
6.5
11.1
7.9

1.8
1.3
-.2
-2.2
-1.8
.3
2.6
-2.2
-.6
-5.5
2.5
.1
2.0
-6.8
1.5
3.9
8.3
12.0

12/77

251.4
201.0
255.2
237.6
169.2
131.7
137.0
145.4
136.5
88.4
76.7
102.4
98.8
198.1
146.5

250.8
200.4
251.9
238.5
169.1
136.8
136.2
144.3
135.8
87.5
76.2
101.6
98.8
199.4
146.9

2.3
1.4
1.1
-.2
-9.4
-5.4
2.4
10.9
4.4
4.0
-3.9
15.5
5.7
1.6
6.3

1.1
.4
11.0
-1.2
-3.1
8.0
-6.7
4.5
-6.4
-8.4
-5.4
-7.8
-1.6
2.0
-4.9

1.9
2.0
2.5
4.0
4.2
1.8
2.1
1.9
-2.0
-4.8
-5.5
.0
.4
-.8
.8

-1.1
-2.2
-9.8
5.6
10.3
16.4
10.3
-6.6
-6.5
-5.3
-4.6
-2.7
-8.8
1.6
-6.0

1.7
.9
5.9
-.7
-6.3
1.1
-2.2
7.7
-1.1
-2.4
-4.7
3.2
2.0
1.8
.5

.4
-.1
-3.9
4.8
7.2
8.9
6.1
-2.4
-4.3
-5.1
-5.0
-1.4
-4.3
.4
-2.7

12/86

97.8

97.1

7.8

-1.2

2.0

-18.2

3.2

-8.7

uase

Household furnishings and operation
Housefurnishings
Textile housefurnishings
Furniture and bedding
Bedroom furniture 1
Sofas
Living room chairs and tables 1
Other furniture
Appliances, including electronic equipment1....
Television and sound equipment1
Television1
Sound equipment1
Major household appliances 1
Refrigerators and home freezers 1
Laundry equipment1
Stoves, ovens, dishwashers,
and air conditioners 1

12/84

12/82
12/77
12/84
12/84
12/84

12/86
12/77

12/86

12/77
12/77
12/77
12/83
12/83

12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77
12/86

See footnotes at end of table.




6 months ended—

3 months ended—
Nov.
1987

ha co

Housing
Shelter
Renters' costs
Rent, residential
Other renters' costs
Lodging while out of town
Lodging while at school1
Tenants' insurance 1
Homeowners' costs
Owners' equivalent rent
Household insurance 1
Maintenance and repairs 1
Maintenance and repair services 1
Maintenance and repair commodities 1
Materials, supplies, and equipment
for home repairs 1
Other maintenance and repair commodities 1
Fuel and other utilities
Fuels
Fuel oil and other household fuel commodities
Fuel oil
Other household fuel commodities 1
Gas (piped) and electricity
Electricity
Utility (piped) gas
Other utilities and public services 1
Telephone services 1
Local charges 1
Interstate toll calls 1
Intrastate toll calls 1
Water and sewerage maintenance 1
Cable television '
Refuse collection 1

Seasonally adjusted annual rate
percent change for

51

Mar.
1987

June
1987

Sept.
1987

Dec.
1987

June
1987

Dec.
1987

Table 10. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers: Detailed expenditure categories, seasonally
adjusted, U.S. city average—Continued
(1967=100, unless otherwise noted)
Seasonally
adjusted
indexes
Item and group

Other
index

Appliance and furniture repair1
Gardening and other household services 1 .
Apparel and upkeep
Apparel commodities
Apparel commodities less footwear
,
Men's and boys'
Men's
Suits, sport coats, coats, and jackets ,
Furnishings and special clothing 1
Shirts
Dungarees, jeans, and trousers
Boys'
Women's and girls'
Women's
Coats and jackets
Separates and sportswear
Underwear, nightwear, hosiery,
and accessories
Suits
Girls'
Infants' and toddlers'1
Other apparel commodities 1
Sewing materials, notions, and luggage 1 .
Watches and jewelry 1
Watches 1
Jewelry 1
Footwear
Men's
Boys' and girls'1
Women's
Apparel services
Laundry and dry cleaning other
than coin operated
Other apparel services 1

oase

Dec.
1987

12/86

102.1

101.7

2.4

4.0

3.2

-2.7

3.2

0.2

12/77
12/77

153.7
132.3

154.7
131.7

-3.8
5.0

14.9
-4.8

7.1
8.6

7.3
-3.0

5.1
.0

7.2
2.6

12/77

152.0

151.0

8.6

-3.9

3.2

-2.1

2.2

.5

12/77

142.6

143.8

-6.3

7.9

3.1

-.6

.6

1.3

12/86

102.8
330.5
175.0

98.3
329.5
175.5

7.0
6.0
9.4

3.6
3.0
1.4

-3.5
1.6
4.7

-12.7
1.2
2.8

5.3
4.5
5.3

-8.2
1.4
3.7

159.9
162.8
355.5
372.7
165.9
104.5

160.0
161.5
356.0
372.7
166.9
104.7

.8
4.1
1.7
.0
1.5
5.7

4.6
3.1
1.9
.0
5.8
5.6

-1.7
.5
1.2
.0
1.7
4.8

.3
3.3
1.0
.0
2.7
2.7

2.7
3.6
1.8
.0
3.6
5.7

-.7
1.9
1.1
.0
2.2
3.7

220.8
205.0
201.7
207.1
132.1
114.9
155.4
146.8
128.7
128.2
186.1
124.6
175.0
193.0
116.7

218.6
202.8
199.1
206.5
131.8
114.1
154.0
146.6
128.6
127.1
182.2
121.8
172.1
186.6
112.7

10.4
11.0
11.7
5.7
12.9
15.3
-9.8
21.7
17.9
-13.9
15.3
14.0
33.2
35.0
23.5

3.6
3.5
3.8
4.8
5.3
11.3
3.0
1.1
4.8
5.6
5.5
8.4
3.4
9.5
12.2

2.4
2.6
2.9
-1.5
-1.8
-12.3
11.7
9.1
-3.7
-3.8
3.4
2.3
-9.1
25.2
-11.2

3.4
3.2
2.7
3.6
1.2
1.8
.5
-3.5
5.8
11.1
1.3
1.3
-3.2
-4.4
.4

6.9
7.2
7.6
5.3
9.1
13.3
-3.6
10.9
11.2
-4.6
10.3
11.1
17.4
21.6
17.7

2.9
2.9
2.8
1.0
-.3
-5.5
6.0
2.6
.9
3.4
2.3
1.8
-6.2
9.4
-5.6

144.1
105.1
118.7
344.3
224.0
101.5
109.2
104.5
110.5
223.4
150.9
146.7
125.1
348.7

141.7
107.8
118.6
337.7
224.2
102.7
109.0
103.6
110.6
223.5
152.1
148.0
124.4
350.1

-2.8
-4.4
17.7
10.1
12.7
-2.0
16.1
7.8
18.3
6.7
8.1
3.8
6.8
4.5

7.6
-15.0
-10.1
-14.7
5.5
2.0
6.3
2.4
7.5
2.2
-5.5
5.3
5.7
2.6

-3.9
40.8
14.0
8.0
10.7
2.0
12.7
4.8
14.7
.9
4.4
.9
-1.0
1.8

.9
22.8
9.0
2.9
9.0
1.5
-.4
2.6
7.1
5.7
20.7
2.3
6.2

2.3
-9.8
2.9
-3.1
9.1
.0
11.1
5.1
12.8
4.4
1.1
4.5
6.2
3.5

-1.5
31.5
7.3
8.5
6.7
5.5
6.9
2.2
8.5
4.0
5.0
10.3
.6
3.9

210.2
182.8

211.1
183.1

4.9
6.2

5.6
.2

2.7
.2

7.3
4.0

5.2
3.2

5.0
2.1

12/77
12/77
12/77

12/77
12/86

12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77

12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77

12/86
12/86
12/86
12/86
12/77
12/77
12/77

12/77
12/77

See footnotes at end of table.




6 months ended—

3 months ended—
Nov.
1987

L.ae.

Other housefurnishings 1
Floor and window coverings, infants', laundry,
cleaning, and outdoor equipment1
Clocks, lamps, and decor items 1
Tableware, serving pieces,
and nonelectric kitchenware 1
Lawn equipment, power tools,
and other hardware 1
Sewing, floor cleaning, small kitchen,
and portable heating appliances 1
Housekeeping supplies
Laundry and cleaning products, including soap 1 .
Household paper products and
stationery supplies 1
Other household, lawn, and garden supplies
Housekeeping services 1

Seasonally adjusted annual rate
percent change for

52

Mar.
1987

June
1987

Sept.
1987

Dec.
1987

1.0

June
1987

Dec.
1987

Table 10. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers: Detailed expenditure categories, seasonally
adjusted, U.S. city average—Continued
(1967=100, unless otherwise noted)
Seasonally
adjusted
indexes
Item and group

Transportation
Private
New vehicles
New cars
Subcompact new cars 1
Compact new cars 1
Intermediate new cars 1
Full-size new cars 1
Luxury new cars 1
New trucks 1
New motorcycles 1
Used cars
Motor fuel
Gasoline
Gasoline, leaded regular
Gasoline, unleaded regular
Gasoline, unleaded premium 1
Automobile maintenance and repair 1
Body work 1
Automobile drive train, brake,
and miscellaneous mechanical repair 1 ...
Maintenance and servicing 1
Power plant repair 1
Other private transportation 1
Other private transportation commodities 1 ..
Motor oil, coolant, and other products 1 ....
Automobile parts and equipment 1
Tires 1
Other parts and equipment 1
Other private transportation services 1
Automobile insurance 1
Automobile finance charges 1
Automobile fees 1
Automobile registration, licensing,
and inspection fees 1
Other automobile-related fees 1
Public transportation 1
Airline fares 1
Other intercity transportation 1
Intracity public transportation 1
Medical care
Medical care commodities
Prescription drugs
Nonprescription drugs and medical supplies 1
Internal and respiratory over-the-counter
drugs 1
Nonprescription medical equipment
and supplies 1
Medical care services
Professional medical services
Physicians' services
Dental services 1
Eye care 1
Services by other medical professionals 1 ...
Hospital and related services
Hospital rooms
Other inpatient services 1
Outpatient services 1

Other
index
base

12/86
12/86
12/86
12/86
12/86
12/83
12/86

6 months ended—

3 months ended—
Nov.
1987

Dec.
1987

324.4
318.3
233.7
234.2
101.4
101.2
101.1
102.8
103.1
113.7
104.0
384.8
317.7
317.1
178.7
180.2
82.0
384.8
198.9

322.8
316.6
233.3
234.1
101.8
101.2
100.4
103.1
103.8
114.3
104.0
384.6
310.7
310.0
174.2
175.9
81.2
385.9
199.1

192.8
171.9
182.7
324.0
205.8
152.5
129.7
174.3
138.3
359.1
448.3
152.8
179.1

Mar.
1987

June
1987

Sept.
1987

Dec.
1987

12.7

6.6
7.1
3.0
4.3

5.7
5.8
1.9
2.4
-.8
.8
-.8
-2.4

1.8
1.8
4.0
3.1

13.3
-2.1
-2.8
-6.6

-10.0
-3.6
.8
.8
-2.8
5.7
15.5

5.8
8.0
2.0
.8
3.2

-1.4
-.4

-3.1
-3.5
5.6
4.4

9.6
7.0
4.1
13.9
15.2
14.1
5.2

-2.6

June
1987

9.6
10.2
.4
.7
-.6
-1.4
-.8
.8
2.0
-2.1
2.6
17.5
35.7
35.8
41.5
36.6
27.9
3.2
5.0

Dec.
1987

3.7
3.8
3.0
2.8
4.3
3.9
1.6
5.5
5.6
4.9
5.4
.8
3.5
3.5
3.5
2.5
4.3
4.1
6.0

7.9

19.4
11.5
10.9
12.6
11.6
20.4
3.7
2.3

193.2
172.7
183.1
324.2
206.2
153.1
129.9
173.7
139.2
359.1
447.6
153.5
178.8

1.1
3.4
2.3
2.3
3.0
-12.4
4.8
10.2
-.3
2.2
7.4
-11.1
4.0

3.7
4.9
2.5
3.9
.2
1.6
.0
-2.9
3.0
4.7
5.5
5.5
1.6

6.3
1.4
6.4
2.2
3.2
3.2
2.8
2.6
3.3
1.9
5.0
-8.9
6.5

12.7
4.5
47.4
1.1

12/77
12/77

161.1
215.3
432.3
510.0
224.4
213.8

161.2
214.5
432.6
509.1
225.7
214.3

-.3
9.8
2.8
3.2
-1.1
2.9

.0
3.5
-1.7
-6.6
6.3
3.6

5.1
8.2
5.8
9.3
7.0
1.1

1.8
.6
-.4
-.9
-3.5
1.1

-1.8
2.5
3.3

3.4
4.3
2.7
4.0
1.6
1.1

12/86

470.7
298.3
312.2
104.6

472.8
300.3
314.0
105.3

5.1
6.0
6.8
6.1

8.1
6.9
7.1
8.5

6.1
7.2
10.1
1.2

5.2
7.8
8.6
5.5

6.4
6.9
7.3

5.7
7.5
9.3
3.3

317.9

320.2

7.5

8.0

1.9

6.9

7.8

4.4

181.4
508.2
427.0
475.5
398.2
105.1
104.3
257.1
810.4
106.9
106.5

182.0
510.3
429.2
477.0
399.1
105.3
105.0
258.8
814.6
107.4
107.2

2.5
4.8
6.1
4.9
10.5
8.2
5.7
4.2
4.4
5.7
6.6

9.5
8.5
8.2
8.7
7.5
7.2
3.2
9.5
8.6
8.1
2.8

-.2
5.9
7.2
8.1
6.4
3.5
4.0
6.7
5.6
8.0
9.7

.0
4.8
4.6
3.9
4.4
2.3
7.2
7.6
7.6
7.8
9.9

6.0
6.6
7.1
6.8
9.0
7.7
4.4
6.8
6.5
6.9
4.7

-.1
5.3
5.9
6.0
5.4
2.9
5.6
7.2
6.6
7.9
9.8

1/76
1/76
8/81
12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77

12/77
12/77
12/77

12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77

12/77

12/86
12/86
12/77
12/86
12/86

See footnotes at end of table.




Seasonally adjusted annual rate
percent change for

53

65.1
66.2
77.9
67.3
35.9
2.8

16.8
17.3
18.7
16.3

-8.3
-8.7

16.5
4.6

-9.7
-9.6
-6.6
3.5

6.1

5.8
1.5
5.3
2.7

10.2
.4
.3
.6
-3.2
3.8

2.4
4.1
2.4
3.1
1.6

-5.7
2.4
3.4
1.3
3.5
6.4
-3.1
2.8
-.1

6.6
.5

3.8
3.3
4.5
6.1
1.8
1.7
1.7
-.3
3.5
7.2
4.8
15.9
3.8

Table 10. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers: Detailed expenditure categories, seasonally
adjusted, U.S. city average—Continued
(1967=100, unless otherwise noted)
Seasonally
adjusted
indexes
Item and group

Entertainment
Entertainment commodities
Reading materials 1
Newspapers 1
Magazines, periodicals, and books 1 ....
Sporting goods and equipment
Sport vehicles, including bicycles 1
Other sporting goods 1
Toys, hobbies, and other entertainment
Toys, hobbies, and music equipment ..
Photographic supplies and equipment.
Pet supplies and expense 1
Entertainment services 1
Club memberships 1
Fees for participant sports, excluding
club memberships 1
Admissions 1
Fees for lessons or instructions 1
Other entertainment services 1
Other goods and services
Tobacco and smoking products 1
Personal care 1
Toilet goods and personal care appliances 1 ....
Cosmetics, bath and nail preparations,
manicure and eye makeup implements 1 ...
Other toilet goods and small personal care
appliances, including hair and dental
products 1
Personal care services 1
Beauty parlor services for females 1
Haircuts and other barber shop
services for males 1
Personal and educational expenses
School books and supplies
Personal and educational services
Tuition and other school fees
College tuition
Elementary and high school tuition
Personal expenses 1
Legal service fees 1
Personal financial services 1
Funeral expenses 1

Other
index

Seasonally adjusted annual rate
percent change for

Dec.
1987

283.1
271.5
191.0
362.7
200.5
138.2
140.7
129.9
152.3
143.9
155.7
166.4
304.3
102.0

2.4
1.8
4.6
4.5
4.8
2.7
5.4
2.3
.5
-1.1
9.3
.0
3.0
4.5

3.8
3.2
1.9
5.1
-1.0
3.3
.3
1.3
5.3
5.6
7.1
3.5

4.4
2.4
3.7
4.4
3.1
2.1
3.2
6.2
-1.3
-1.4
6.5
.7

12/86

282.2
269.7
190.7
361.8
200.3
137.1
139.8
130.1
150.9
142.6
154.6
165.7
304.6
101.8

,4.4
1.6

6.9
1.2

12/86
12/77
12/86
12/86

107.2
183.5
105.1
101.7

106.9
183.1
105.3
101.6

8.7
1.4
1.6
2.0

4.0
6.2
4.5
4.0

368.5
384.1
300.1
298.6

370.3
385.5
300.6
298.7

9.7

12/77

170.9

12/77

12/77

12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77

12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77
12/86
12/86
12/86

6 months ended—

3 months ended—
Nov.
1987

Mar.
1987

June
1987

Sept.
1987

Dec.
1987

June
1987

Dec.
1987

4.7
6.6
4.7
4.5
4.7
6.0
2.9
7.4
9.7
12.6
2.6
4.4
2.5
.8

3.1
2.5
3.3
4.8
1.9
3.0
2.8
1.8
2.9
2.2
8.2
1.7
3.7
3.0

4.5
4.5
4.2
4.4
3.9
4.0
3.1
6.8
4.1
5.3
4.5
2.6
4.7
1.0

14.2
7.3
1.6

5.4
4.3
8.0
-1.2

6.3
3.8
3.0
3.0

7.5
9.1
7.6
.2

3.6
3.3

6.1
3.4
3.4
2.9

3.8
11.0
3.7
3.6

5.4
3.6
2.0
1.8

7.9
8.6
3.5
3.1

4.6
7.2
2.9
2.7

170.8

4.9

2.6

3.4

.9

3.8

2.1

174.4
302.3
303.0

174.6
303.3
303.9

2.4
3.9
3.6

3.1
4.5
5.0

3.8
3.7
3.7

2.3
2.4
2.1

2.7
4.2
4.3

3.0
3.0
2.9

170.2
470.9
424.9
483.1
247.5
245.5
254.2
252.6
105.3
104.2
104.5

171.0
474.4
427.6
486.7
249.6
247.6
255.7
252.9
105.2
104.5
104.6

4.9
9.8
10.1
9.8
9.4
9.3
8.7
6.1
8.7
2.4
6.6

2.7
8.7
7.7
8.7
10.7
9.6
9.7
4.7
4.0
2.4
6.9

4.1
.0
4.2
-.3
1.2
-.3
11.4
5.3
6.4
6.9
3.5

3.3
8.0
8.4
7.9
9.0
9.6
8.0
3.1
1.9
6.4
1.5

3.8
9.2
8.9
9.3
10.1
9.5
9.2
5.4
6.3
2.4
6.7

3.7
3.9
6.3
3.7
5.0
4.5
9.7
4.2
4.1
6.6
2.5

303.1
298.7

304.2
297.6

3.7
7.6

11.8
18.4

-1.6
-3.2

1.1
3.9

7.7
12.9

-.3
.3

314.9
373.3
411.5

308.1
373.8
411.9

63.2
.2
2.2

11.1
.7
1.9

17.0
1.7
2.0

-8.5
2.1
.8

34.7
.4
2.0

3.5
1.9
1.4

14.1

9.6

Special indexes
Domestically produced farm food
Selected beef cuts 1
Motor fuel, motor oil, coolant, and other
products
Utilities and public transportation
Housekeeping and home maintenance services 1

NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

Not seasonally adjusted.




54

Table 11. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Selected areas, all items index
(1967=100, unless otherwise noted)

Area

Pricing
schedule 1

U.S. city average

Percent change to
Nov. 1987 from—

Percent change to
Dec. 1987 from—

Indexes
Other
index

Oct.
1987

Nov.
1987

Sept.
1987

Oct.
1987

Nov.
1987

Dec.
1987

344.4

345.3

345.8

345.7

4.4

0.1

0.0

Dec.
1986

Nov.
1986

4.5

Sept.
1987

Oct.
1987

0.4

0.1

Region and area size 2
urban
More than 1,200,000
500,000 to 1,200,000
50,000 to 500,000

M
M
M
M

12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77

185.1
183.5
183.2
192.2

185.9
184.1
185.7
192.3

186.2
184.3
186.7
192.6

186.3
184.5
185.9
192.9

5.1
5.6
4.3
3.5

.2
.2
.1
.3

.1
.1
-.4
.2

.6
.4
1.9
.2

.2
.1
.5
.2

North Central urban
Size A - More than 1,200,000
Size B - 360,000 to 1,200,000
Size C - 50,000 to 360,000
Size D - Nonmetropolitan
(less than 50,000)

M
M
M
M

12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77

184.8
189.2
182.4
180.8

184.6
188.5
182.7
181.4

184.7
188.8
182.6
181.3

184.3
188.1
182.7
180.8

4.1
3.9
3.7
5.2

-.2
-.2
.0
-.3

-.2
-.4
.1
-.3

-.1
-.2
.1
.3

.1
.2
-.1
-.1

12/77

176.7

177.1

177.2

177.8

3.6

.3

.1

South
Size
Size
Size
Size

urban
A - More than 1,200,000
B - 450,000 to 1,200,000
C - 50,000 to 450,000
D - Nonmetropolitan
(less than 50,000)

M
M
M
M

12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77

184.0
184.7
186.3
182.0

184.7
185.4
186.7
182.6

185.1
186.0
187.0
183.0

184.8
185.5
186.9
182.6

3.9
4.3
3.9
3.5

-.2
-.3
-.1
-.2

.6
.7
.4
.5

.2
.3
.2
.2

12/77

181.1

182.1

182.9

182.9

3.6

.0

1.0

.4

West urban
Size A - More than 1,250,000
Size B - 330,000 to 1,250,000
Size C - 50,000 to 330,000

M
M
M
M

12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77

186.7
190.3
185.8
177.9

187.4
191.0
187.0
178.5

187.4
190.8
186.7
179.7

187.8
191.1
187.1
180.0

4.6
4.7
4.6
4.1

.2
.2
.2
.2

.4
.3
.5
1.0

.0
-.1
-.2
.7

Size classes
A
B
C
D

M
M
M
M

12/86
12/77
12/77
12/77

104.4
184.8
182.9
180.3

104.6
185.8
183.4
181.0

104.8
186.0
183.8
181.6

104.7
185.9
183.6
181.8

4.7
4.0
4.0
3.6

-.1
-.1

.4
.6
.5
.7

.2
.1
.2
.3

Northeast
Size A Size B Size C -

See footnotes at end of table.




55

-.1
.1

Table 11. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Selected areas, all items index—Continued
(1967=100, unless otherwise noted)
Percent change to
Dec. 1987 from—

Indexes
Area

rncing
schedule 1

Other
index
base

Sept.
1987

Oct.
1987

Nov.
1987

Dec.
1987

349.9
348.6
346.4
342.8
358.5

343.9
350.4
347.4
344.1
359.9

345.7
349.3
348.2
342.6
360.5

345.7
350.2
348.6
343.5
360.9

Dec.
1986

Oct.
1987

Nov.
1987

Percent change to
Nov. 1987 from—
Nov.
1986

Sept.
1987

Oct.
1987

Selected local areas
Chicago, Ill.-Northwestern Ind
L.A.-Long Beach, Anaheim, Calif. ...
N.Y., N.Y.-Northeastern N.J
Philadelphia, Pa.-N.J
San Francisco-Oakland, Calif

M
M
M
M
M

Baltimore, Md
Boston, Mass
Cleveland, Ohio
Miami, Fla
St. Louis, Mo.-lll
Washington, D.C.-Md.-Va

1
1
1
1
1
1

Dallas-Fort Worth, Tex
Detroit, Mich
Houston, Tex
Pittsburgh, Pa

2
2
2
2

11/77




0.5
-.1
.3
-.2
.3

346.2
348.5
366.9
183.4
336.0
349.7

346.0
347.2
367.5
181.3
339.5
347.8

360.5
339.3
346.5
344.1

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 are defined as the four Census regions.
Data not available.

4.4
5.2
5.9
5.6
5.0

0.0
.3
.1
.3
.1

4.3
4.6
6.3
5.7

.6
3.8
5.8
4.0
4.3
3.8
4.7

357.4
334.6
344.0
344.9

4.3
3.0
3.9
3.6

-1.2
.2
.5
-.1

0.5
-.3
.2
-.4
.2

.1
.4
-.2
1.2

-1.0
.5

-.9
-1.4
-.7
.2

NOTE: Local area CPI 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.

56

Table 12. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Regions,1 by expenditure category and commodity and service
group
(December 1977=100, unless otherwise noted)
Northeast

Group

Index

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—
Dec.
1986

South

North Central

Index

Nov.
1987

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—

Dec.
1986

Index

Nov.
1987

Dec.
1987

West

Percent
change
from—
Dec.
1986

Index

Nov.
1987

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—
Dec.
1986

Nov.
1987

Expenditure category
186.3

5.1

0.1

184.3

4.1

Food and beverages
Food
Food at home
Cereals and bakery products
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs
Dairy products
Fruits and vegetables
Other food at home
Sugar and sweets
Fats and oils
Nonalcoholic beverages
Other prepared food
Food away from home
Alcoholic beverages

174.6
174.9
168.1
181.0
166.2
147.5
200.0
154.8
173.3
153.2
137.7
172.5
191.6
168.1

4.8
4.7
4.8
4.4
2.5
1.9

16.2
1.6
2.6
4.9
-2.2
3.9
4.6
5.6

.7
.7
1.1
.3
-.3
.2
6.1
.1
-.7
-.3

165.4
165.8
161.3
180.8
159.0
145.9
183.4
151.4
171.5
146.4
128.6
173.2
175.7
158.6

2.7
2.8
2.8
4.1
.5
2.1
10.9
.3

Housing
Shelter
Renters' costs 2
Rent, residential
Other renters' costs
Homeowners' costs 2
Owners' equivalent rent 2
Maintenance and repairs
Maintenance and repair services
Maintenance and repair commodities
Fuel and other utilities
Fuels 3
Fuel oil and other household fuel
commodities 3
Fuel o i l 3
Other household fuel
commodities 4
Gas (piped) and electricity 3
Electricity 3
Utility (piped) gas 3
Other utilities and public services
Household furnishings and operation
Housefurnishings
Housekeeping supplies
Housekeeping services

196.5
224.2
134.6
193.3
220.3
140.5
141.1
190.8
207.5
159.5
172.2
168.8

5.1
7.3
4.6
5.6
1.5
8.4
8.6
6.4
9.3
2.2
.9
1.3

197.3
221.7
125.4
171.8
222.2
122.9
122.8
162.9
173.7
146.3
183.8
172.2

3.2
4.6
4.2
3.6
5.9
4.8
4.8
.1
-.1

179.2
180.2

15.5
18.0

.6 165.0

7.7
17.3

103.3
168.7
166.2
171.1
164.8
148.3
133.0
161.9
173.7

3.3
-2.4
.6
-7.7
.5
.3
-1.3
3.4
2.1

-.2
-.5
-.6
-.2
-.4
-.3
-.5
-.2

Apparel and upkeep
Apparel commodities
Men's and boys' apparel
Women's and girls' apparel
Infants' and toddlers' apparel
Footwear
Other apparel commodities
Apparel services

135.9
126.8
125.8
115.3
141.1
137.3
157.9
207.4

2.7
2.4
.4
2.7
6.8
.4
10.3
6.1

-4.3
-4.7
-3.4
-7.2
.9
-1.8
-1.8
.7

All items

-.1
-3.1
1.2
1.3
1.1
1.3
.7
-.3
-.2

178.5

See footnotes at end of table.




57

1.2
1.1
-4.0
3.3
2.7
2.4

.1
.9
-.3

98.2
175.2
159.4
194.2
170.5
147.9
132.9
174.3
163.8

-1.8
-.6

137.7
131.7
124.2
125.7
163.1
133.7
165.0
183.4

6.3
6.6
3.5
10.1
.7
4.7
6.3
2.2

.8
-2.5
2.8
1.3
.5
3.2
1.9

-0.2

1.0
-1.4
-.5
5.7
-.4
-.9
-.4
-.1
-.5
-.3

184.8

3.9

-0.2

187.8

4.6

0.2

171.2
171.7
165.5
178.5
159.1
158.6
191.2
157.2
177.1
142.2
140.6
176.1
185.8
162.8

3.3
3.3
2.9
4.0
-.1
1.8

-.1
-.1
-.2
.4

173.3
174.3
168.9
188.5
162.8
152.8
194.7
159.8
178.2
154.3
136.1
184.2
184.9
160.2

3.2
3.2
3.5
4.2
1.4

2.9

.9
.9
1.3
.7
-.4
.1
7.2
-.1
-.1
-.4
-.3
.2
.4
-.1

10.1
1.9
2.4
2.2
-2.0
5.1
4.1
2.5

-1.3
-.4
1.9
-.3
-.1
-1.1
.0
.2

1.0
14.1
-.4
.3
-1.5

-6.6
4.4
2.9

243.6
116.8
116.4
174.4
177.7
159.7
181.5
178.8

2.4
2.8
3.6
2.5
6.6
2.5
2.5
4.2
4.2
4.2
2.8
2.8

-.1 196.4
.0 212.1
132.3
207.3
-.5 222.1
-.2 131.9
-.2 131.8
1.6 172.7
2.0 188.5
1.0 148.9
195.0
-1.1 208.8

3.9
4.7
3.6
3.8
2.6
5.4
5.4
1.5
1.8
.8
1.3
2.1

.3
.3
.3
.4
-.2
.4
.4
-2.4
-3.1
-1.0
.2
.4

-.9 175.2
-2.2 164.5

10.1
17.1

176.5
190.6

6.6
23.8

-.3
-.1

105.0
179.9
173.0
194.8
163.4
150.6
.5 139.2
.3 162.6
.1 165.5

5.0
2.4
3.2
-1.3

99.9
213.9
196.4
244.6
168.1
150.3
136.0
173.3
165.0

-.1
2.0
1.7
2.3
.6
2.0
1.9
3.0
1.9

-.6
.4
.7
-.4
-.1
-.3
-.7
.4
.1

140.4
132.6
134.7
116.4
168.1
150.3
148.8
202.5

5.2
5.4
3.6
6.3
.7
6.1
7.4
3.1

-1.3
-1.4
-1.2
-2.9
-2.5

-.3 189.7
-.1 206.2
-.9

122.3

.6 177.0
-4.1
.2
.2
-1.7

-2.9
-.5
-1.1
-.1

-.1
-.3
.2
-2.6

-1.9
-2.1
-1.1
-3.3
-2.3
-.5
-.5
.2

144.8
135.9
144.5
125.6
127.6
138.4
146.1
209.3

2.8

.9
.4
2.3
1.6
5.2
5.3
4.8
5.1
2.0
4.9
9.0
3.9

-1.1
-1.4
.0
1.2
-.3
-.5
-.1

.1
-1.8
-1.9
-.7
-3.7
-3.3
-1.6
2.1
.0

1.8
.6
.1

Table 12. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Regions,1 by expenditure category and commodity and service
group—Continued
(December 1977=100, unless otherwise noted)
Northeas t

Group

Index

Dec.
1987

North Central

Percent
change
from—
Dec.
1986

Index

Nov.
1987

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—
Dec.
1986

West

South

Index

Nov.
1987

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—
Dec.
1986

Index

Nov.
1987

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—
Dec.
1986

Nov.
1987

Expenditure category
Transportation
Private transportation
New vehicles
New cars
Used cars
Motor fuel 3
Gasoline3
Gasoline, leaded reaular3
Gasoline, unleaded regular3
Gasoline unleaded premium 5
Maintenance and repairs
Other private transportation
Other private transportation

180.5
175.5
157.9
157.9
229.2
161.7
161 6
160.9
156.8
81.3
188.9
175.9

6.1
6.6
1.2
1.1
9.7
18.9
19.0
21.7
19.1
16.8
5.7
6.8

-0.1 177.6
-.2 173.5
-.3 157.7
-.3 157.1
-.3 227.2
-.6 161.2
-.6 160.8
-.5 161.4
-.8 157.5
84.9
-.1
.1 170.2
.1 167.4

5.7
5.9
.9
.6
8.8
17.7
17.7
20.3
17.0
14.3
.8
3.8

-0.5 180.5
-.6 178.0
-.1 159.2
-.3 160.2
-.1 227.9
-2.2 160.9
-2.3 160.7
-2.6 158.7
-2.2 158.3
81.2
-2.1
.3 182.3
-.1 180.8

6.1

-1.2
-1.2
-1.6
-1.1
-.7
.2
-.1

186.7
181.9
149.0
151.3
226.5
154.2
153.3
151.5
149.9
78.1
190.7
202.0

6.5
6.7
2.1
2.7
8.5
18.6
18.6
20.8
18.3
14.3
4.5
4.8

-0.3
-.3
.0
.0
-.2
-1.7
-1.8
-1.9
-1.9
-.9
.6
-.1

6.8
2.8

-0.1
-.1
.4

3.0
9.0

.3
-.1

19.2
19.3
21.6
19.7
15.8
3.9
4.0

130.5

-.5

.0

130.4

2.7

1.0

132.7

1.6

.0

132.6

2.6

-1.2

Other private transportation
services
Public transportation

184.7
223.3

8.2
2.2

.2
.0

174.6
264.0

4.0
3.1

-.2
.3

194.7
238.8

4.5
-3.4

-.1
.5

217.3
251.5

5.3
4.7

.1
-.2

Medical care
Medical care commodities
Medical care services
Professional medical services

224.1
216.2
225.8
220.4

6.0
7.2
5.7
7.0

.4 218.8
.7 215.7
.4 219.4
.6 202.9

5.9
7.2
5.6
7.4

.3 230.6
1.0 217.4
.1 233.5
.2 215.6

5.7

.1

6.8
5.5

.2
.1

5.8

.0

230.4
224.7
231.2
212.4

5.8
7.4
5.5
5.6

.3
.4
.2
.1

Entertainment
Entertainment commodities
Entertainment services

170.6
161.4
182.1

4.0
2.5
5.2

.0
-.2
.2

163.9
159.3
170.9

3.7
4.0
3.3

.3
.5
.0

170.5
161.0
184.6

4.0
4.7
3.3

-.4
.2
-1.0

169.8
159.4
185.6

4.3
3.4
5.2

.6
.6
.6

Other goods and services
Tobacco and smoking products
Personal care
Personal and educational expenses

215.7
213.9
176.0
251.6

6.3
6.8
3.5
6.9

.1
.4
.2
.0

206.7
230.8
162.1
241.9

5.9
9.5
3.5
5.3

.1
.7
.0
.0

212.8
223.3
172.6
256.6

5.9
7.6
2.2
6.5

.2
.2
.2

212.4
227.0
179.6
247.7

6.5
7.5
4.4
7.0

.4
.2
.1
.6

186.3

5.1

.1

184.3

4.1

—.^

184.8

3.9

—.2

187.8

4.6

.2

166.1
174.6
159.4
160.2
126.8

4.5
4.8
4.2
6.7
2.4

—5
.7
-1.2
1.8
-4.7

165.7
165.4
164.6
162.8
131.7

4.5
2.7
5.6
8.3
6.6

—.2
.4
-.5
-1.1
-2.1

168.9
171.2
166.5
163.1
135.9

4.6
3.3
5.5
7.7
5.3

—.0

-.1
-.5
-.9
-1.9

165.7
173.3
160.6
162.8
132.6

4.6
3.2
5.5
7.5
5.4

.0
.9
-.6
-.9
-1.4

176.1
162.4
211 6
139.1

9.3
.7
57
7.4

-.1
—.2

9.2
2.0
3.8
4.7

- 5

—.2
-.1

176.2
173.1
207.3
118.2

9.1

.9

176.2
168.8
212 0
123.6

—.2
.0
.0
-.1

176.7
163.1
214.8
132.0

8.7
3.0
4.5
4.8

-.6
-.2
.3
.3

1104
195.7
225.8
208.9

-4
6.0
5.7
6.0

-.4
.2
4
.1

110.2
186.6
219.4
190.0

.9
3.2
5.6
4.1

-1.0
.1
.1
e-j

113.8
197.8
233.5
206.2

.0
.1
.1
-•2

115.1
215.5
231.2
201.6

1.6
5.0
5.5
5.8

.2
.2
.2
.5

Commodity and service group
All items
Commodities
Food and beverages
Commodities less food and beverages
NondurahlAS toss food find bQVQranA$

Apparel commodities
Nondurables less food, beverages,
and apparel
Durables
Services
Rent of shelter2
Household services less rent of
shelter2 .
Transportation services
Medical care services
Other services
See footnotes at end of table.




58

2.7
3.2
2.7
2.6
2.9
5.5

4.9

Table 12. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Regions,1 by expenditure category and commodity and service
group—Continued
(December 1977=100, unless otherwise noted)
Northeast

Group

Index

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—
Dec.
1986

Index

Nov.
1987

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—
Dec.
1986

West

South

North Central

Nov.
1987

Index

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—
Dec.
1986

Nov.
1987

Index

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—
Dec.
1986

Nov.
1987

Special indexes
All items less food
All items less shelter
All items less homeowners' costs 2 ....
All items less medical care
Commodities less food
Nondurables less food
Nondurables less food and apparel....
Nondurables
Services less rent of shelter 2
Services less medical care
Energy 3
All items less energy
All items less food and energy
Commodities less food and energy
Energy commodities
Services less energy

189.1
175.2
117.7
184.3
159.8
160.6
175.1
167.9
126.6
210.1
164.8
188.6
192.7
162.4
169.9
214.6

5.2
4.2
4.3
5.1
4.2
6.5
8.8
5.7
3.9
5.6
7.0
5.0
5.1
2.3
17.9
6.3

-0.1
-.3
-.3
.0
-1.2
-1.7
-.1
-.5
.1
.5
-.4
.1

-.1
-1.3
-.2

4.4
3.9
3.9
4.0
5.4
7.9
8.4
5.5
2.9
3.5
6.7
3.8
4.1
3.8
17.0
4.2

-0.3
-.2
-.3
-.3
-.5
-1.0
-.5
-.3
-.3
-.3

-1.1
-.2
-.3
-.3
-2.2
-.2

187.5
177.0
116.6
181.9
166.4
162.9
174.6
167.4
124.7
204.0
167.8
186.8
190.6
171.6
163.8
208.6

4.1
4.3
4.2
3.8
5.3
7.2
8.2
5.4
3.7
3.0
9.4
3.4
3.5
3.7
18.4
3.4

-0.2
-.2
-.2
-.2
-.4
-.8
-.2
-.4
.0
.0
-1.1
-.1
-.1
-.3
-1.0
.1

Indexes on a December 1986=100 base.
Indexes on an August 1981 =100 base.

Regions are defined as the four Census regions.
Indexes on a December 1982=100 base.
Indexes on a June 1978=100 base.




188.3
172.2
114.2
182.3
164.5
162.4
174.3
164.3
120.5
211.0
166.4
186.3
191.6
168.7
164.9
214.2

59

190.4
178.9
118.1
185.3
160.7
162.4
174.4
168.3
126.9
213.0
174.6
189.2
192.8
165.0
163.7
214.4

4.8
4.4
4.3
4.5
5.4
7.1
7.8
5.1
4.2
4.4
9.9
4.2
4.4
3.8
18.2
4.6

0.1
.1
.2
.2

-.6
-.7
-.5
.0
.2
.3
-.7
.2
.1
-.4

-1.7
.3

Table 13. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Population size classes,1 by expenditure category and
commodity and service group
(December 1977=100, unless otherwise noted)
Size class A 2

Group

Index

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—
Dec.
1986

Size class C

Size class B

Index

Nov.
1987

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—
Dec.
1986

Index

Nov.
1987

Dec.
1987

Size class D

Percent
change
from—
Dec.
1986

Index

Nov.
1987

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—
Dec.
1986

Nov.
1987

Expenditure category
All items .

-0.1

185.9

4.0

-0.1

183.6

4.0

-0.1

181.8

3.6

0.1

3.7
3.7
3.3
4.2
.8
2.4
12.5
.8

.2

.8
.6
-.7
.0
5.4
.0
.0
-.3
.1
-.1

170.8
171.1
165.9
183.0
160.9
151.8
196.7
154.8
175.8
147.6
132.7
178.9
182.4
165.5

3.7
3.7
3.5
3.8
.8
.5
14.3
1.0
2.6
2.7
-4.1
4.5
4.3
2.9

.5
.5
.6
.5
-1.0
-.5

171.5
172.0
163.5
180.5
1.63,0
148.3
187.5
151.7
170.6
137.6
132.4
172.0
192.5
163.3

3.0
3.1
2.7
4.8
-.3
2.6
10.1
.7
2.5
.8
-5.1
4.8
4.0
1.6

.1
.1
.2
.4
-.6
.1
2.7
-.4
-.8

.4

169.3
169.5
164.0
181.0
158.2
146.8
194.5
155.3
174.7
147.9
136.3
173.2
182.8
165.4

194.1
215.9
130.1
187.7
244.0
125.8
125.8
162.4
158.3
164.2
183.4
182.2

3.0
4.6
4.9
3.2
9.1
4.5
4.5
-.2
-3.4
2.9
1.3
.8

.1
.1
-.6
.4
-3.0
.3
.3
.3
.4
.3
.2
-.2

190.1
207.1
123.5
179.2
216.5
123.0
123.1
175.8
191.8
138.4
191.3
193.3

3.2
3.3
1.6
2.1

-.1
-.3
-.7
.3

.4
3.9
4.0
2.0
3.2
.5
4.6
4.3

-3.5
-.1
-.1
-.1
.6
-1.0
.4
.7

185.8
205.3
122.1
170.6
225.6
120.5
120.0
179.9
195.7
155.2
175.9
164.6

2.0
2.6
1.8
1.4
2.9
2.8
2.7
6.7
7.1
5.7
1.4
2.2

2.1
.5
.5
1.1
.3
2.7
-.3
.0

172.1

.9 179.1

11.3
18.1

-.3

175.8
176.0

12.0
19.6

.2
.2

158.0
158.1

10.6
19.3

-1.1
-1.6

103.1
186.7
178.6
202.6
165.4
147.3
134.2
165.9
165.0

3.1
-.4
1.3
-4.7
2.0
-.9
-2.0
-.5
2.4

101.5

.1
.8
.7
1.1.
.1
.1
.2
-.2

101.1
168.5
164.0
173.6
174.4
149.9
137.0
167.1
163.5

1.1

173.4
145.i
131.3
165.3
161.8

1.5
3.4
4.7
-.2
5.1
1.3
1.0
2.5
.8

-.5
.1
-.4
1.5
-.7
.5
.6
1.0
.2

142.7
134.8
137.;
126.9
143.4
144.1
136.1
203.6

3.8
3.9
.6
5.8
4.1
4.1
2.5
3.8

142.5
136.0
142.1
124.8
149.0
141.7
152.4
202.3

2.9
2.7
5.3
1.5
4.6
1.5
3.8
4.3

-1.8
-1.9
-1.7
-2.5
-4.4
-.6
-.4
.1

135.1

104.7

4.7

Food and beverages
Food
Food at home
Cereals and bakery products ..
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs.
Dairy products
Fruits and vegetables
Other food at home
Sugar and sweets
Fats and oils
Nonalcoholic beverages
Other prepared food
Food away from home
Alcoholic beverages

103.5
103.5
103.6
104.1
101.4
101.8
112.8
100.9
101.2
101.7
96.9
104.1
103.2
103.7

3.5
3.5
3.6
4.1
1.4
1.8
12.8

Housing
Shelter
Renters' costs 3
Rent, residential
Other renters' costs
Homeowners' costs 3
Owners' equivalent rent 3
Maintenance and repairs
Maintenance and repair services
Maintenance and repair commodities .
Fuel and other utilities
Fuels 4
Fuel oil and other household fuel
commodities 4
Fuel oil 4
Other household fuel
commodities 2
Gas (piped) and electricity 4
Electricity 4
Utility (piped) gas 4
Other utilities and public services
Household furnishings and operation
Housefurnishings
Housekeeping supplies
Housekeeping services

104.2
105.6
104.5
104.7
103.9
106.2
106.2
104.0
105.5
101.3
100.6
100.4

4.2
5.6
4.5
4.7
3.9
6.2
6.2
4.0
5.5
1.3
.6
.4

114.5
117.2

14.5
17.2

103.8
99.1
100.5
96.8
100.8
101.8

-.4
-1.1
-1.5
-.3
-.8
-.3

102.1

3.8
-.9
.5
-3.2
.8
1.8
1.0
4.1
2.1

Apparel and upkeep
Apparel commodities
Men's and boys' apparel
Women's and girls' apparel ....
Infants' and toddlers' apparel.
Footwear
Other apparel commodities
Apparel services

105.9
106.1
103.7
107.3
101.9
104.6
111.5
104.:

5.9
6.1
3.7
7.3
1.9
4.6
11.5
4.3

-2.8
-3.1
-1.4
-5.7

101.0
104.1

.9
1.2
1.7
-3.1
4.1
3.2
3.7

-.1

.7
-2.0
.6
-.4
-.8
.0
-.8

-.6
.1
.0

-5
-1.0
1.0
.4

See footnotes at end of table.




60

.9
-1.5
-.4
4.5
-.3

1.6
1.3
-3.4
3.8
4.3
3.0

-1.4

-.3 199
.1 189.4
-1.1 213.8
-.1
-.1

-1.6
-1.7
-1.9
-2.5
-.4

5.6
-.4
-1.1
-.2
-.5
-.2
.3
.0

1.3
2.5
-1.5
.7
.8
.4

2.6
.6

123.1
127.6

2.9
3.2
-.1
5.

150.4
134.0
151

-1.7
3.2
4.3

130.6

173.0

-1.6
-.3
-.1
-.1
.2
.4
.6
.8
.4

-1.6
-1.7
-1.9
-1.6
-9.2
-.1
.5
-.5

Table 13. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Population size classes,1 by expenditure category and
commodity and service group—Continued
(December 1977=100, unless otherwise noted)
Size class A '

Index

Group

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—
Dec.
1986

Index

Nov.
1987

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—
Dec.
1986

Size class D

Size class C

Size class B

Index

Nov.
1987

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—
Dec.
1986

Index

Nov.
1987

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—
Dec.
1986

Nov.
1987

Expenditure category

14.6
3.2
2.5

-.1
-2.3
-2.3
-2.7
-2.4
-1.2
.4
.2

178.6
173.6
158.5
159.2
229.4
159.0
158.9
158.3
157.2
78.0
171.4
166.5

7.3
7.4
2.0
2.2
9.9
20.5
20.7
23.6
20.2
14.9
3.1
5.2

-.8
.8
-.1

135.0

1.8

1.0

134.0

2.8

-.1

187.8
255.5

2.7
2.9

-.1
.3

175.4
295.5

5.9
6.8

-.1
.5

4.8
7.5
4.2
4.4

229.6
216.0
232.6
219.2

6.2
6.8
6.2
7.0

.1
.1

233.0
215.0
236.5
221.9

4.8
5.6
4.5
6.5

.2
.3
.1
.3

.4 156.0
-.1 180.8

3.4
3.4
3.4

174.8
165.8
188.5

4.4
3.1
5.7

-.2
.1
-.6

164.5
160.6
171.0

4.4
4.0
4.8

.5
.3
.7

216.1
225.7
178.8
255.1

6.3
8.1
4.1
6.3

207.3
222.9
169.5
245.9

5.6
8.2
3.2
5.4

209.3
235.9
166.1
244.7

5.1
9.1
2.4
4.3

.4
1.3
.2
.0

-.1

185.9

4.0

-.1

183.6

4.0

-.1

181.8

3.6

4.8
3.5
5.6
8.0
6.1

-.3
.5
-.9
-1.5
-3.1

167.5
170.8
164.2
164.1
134.8

4.0
3.7
4.2
6.6
3.9

-.2
.2
-.5
-1.0
-1.7

166.1
169.3
163.2
164.0
136.0

4.4
3.7
4.7
6.9
2.7

-.1 164.7
.5 171.5

-1.7

109.3
102.3
104.7
105.7

9.3
2.3
4.7
5.7

-.3
-.2

177.1
168.6
211.3
127.1

8.2
1.4
4.0
4.6

-.6
.2
.1
.1

177.1
166.7
209.0
123.3

9.1
2.1
3.8
3.4

100.5
104.1
106.0
105.5

.5
4.1
6.0
5.5

-.7
.1
.3
.2

112.1
202.7
219.7
204.7

1.1
5.4
4.2
5.0

.2 116.3
.0 195.8
.0 232.6
0 200.3

3.7
2.8
6.2
5.0

17.3

5.1

-.1
-.2
-1.2
-1.2
-1.6
-1.2
-.7
.4
.0

183.2
179.7
159.5
159.3
227.9
160.3
159.5
158.2
156.9
80.6
184.0
184.6

101.2

1.2

-.7

133.9

2.7

105.9
100.5

5.9
.5

-.1

196.7
265.4

6.2
5.7

Medical care
Medical care commodities
Medical care services
Professional medical services

106.3
107.5
106.0
106.7

6.3
7.5
6.0
6.7

220.7
224.4
219.7
200.5

Entertainment
Entertainment commodities
Entertainment services

104.0
104.0
104.0

4.0
4.0
4.0

165.6

Other goods and services
Tobacco and smoking products
Personal care
Personal and educational expenses

106.3
107.4
103.2
107.1

6.3
7.4
3.2
7.1

104.7

4.7

104.8
103.5
105.6
108.0
106.1

Transportation
Private transportation
New vehicles
New cars
Used cars
Motor fuel 4
Gasoline 4
Gasoline, leaded regular4
Gasoline, unleaded regular4
Gasoline, unleaded premium 5
Maintenance and repairs
Other private transportation
Other private transportation
commodities
Other private transportation
services
Public transportation

,

106.0
106.7
101.9
102.0
108.6
119.1
119.1
121.6
119.1
116.3
104.3
105.1

-0.2
-.2
-.1

6.0
6.7
1.9
2.0

8.6
19.1

19.1
21.6
19.1

16.3
4.3

6.3
6.3
1.6

1.5
9.1
17.3
19.4
17.1
14.7
3.1
5.5

-0.3 179.8
-.4 176.5
.1 156.7
.1 158.0
-.1
-1.8
-1.8
-2.0

-2.1
-.9
-.2
-.3

-.4
1.0

227.0
158.9
158.5
157.3
156.5
81.8
182.5
177.0

5.5
5.7
1.6
1.7

-0.3
-.4
.2
-.1

8.7

17.4
17.4
19.8

16.9

0.0
.0
.2
.1

-.1
-.6
-.6
-.4
-.7

Commodity and service group
All items
Commodities
Food and beverages
Commodities less food and beverages
Nondurables less food and beverages ...
Apparel commodities
Nondurables less food, beverages,
and apparel
Durables
Services
Rent of shelter 3
Household services less rent of
shelter 3
Transportation services
Medical care services
Other services
See footnotes at end of table.




61

-.5
-1.0
-1.9

160.2
160.9
130.6

4.6
3.0
5.5
7.6
3.2

-.2

174.6
164.6
207.5
120.8

9.7
2.9
2.9
2.5

.2
.2
.3
.6

114.1

1.3
5.3
4.5
3.7

-.2
.2
.1
.2

.1 191.4
.1 236.5
-.1

189.6

.0
.1

-.1
-.4

Table 13. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Population size classes,1 by expenditure category and
commodity and service group—Continued
(December 1977=100, unless otherwise noted)

Group

Index

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—
Dec.
1986

Nov.
1987

Index

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—
Dec.
1986

Size class D

Size class C

Size class B

Size class A''

Nov.
1987

Index

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—
Dec.
1986

Nov.
1987

Index

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—
Dec.
1986

Nov.
1987

Special indexes
All items less food
All items less shelter
All items less homeowners' costs 3 ....
All items less medical care
Commodities less food
Nondurables less food
Nondurables less food and apparel....
Nondurables
Services less rent of shelter 3
Services less medical care
Energy 4
All items less energy
All items less food and energy
Commodities less food and energy
Energy commodities
Services less energy

104.9
104.3
104.3
104.6
105.5
107.6
108.4
105.6
103.6
104.6
108.0
104.5
104.7
103.9
118.6
105.1

4.9
4.3
4.3
4.6
5.5
7.6
8.4
5.6
3.6
4.6
8.0
4.5
4.7
3.9
18.6
5.1

-0.2
-.3
-.3
-.1
-.8
-1.3
-.3
-.4

-.1
.2
-1.0
.1
-.1
-.9
-1.0
.3

1
See region and area size on table 11 for information about
population size classes.
2
Indexes on a December 1986=100 base.




188.9
176.1
115.8
183.8
164.4
164.1
175.8
167.6
123.9
210.2
169.4
187.9
192.1
169.0
165.6
212.5

4.1
3.8
3.9
4.0
4.2
6.4
7.5
5.1
3.6
4.1
7.1
3.8
3.8
2.6
16.5
4.4

186.6
176.1
115.7
180.9
163.4
163.9
175.7
166.7
.1 125.0
.1 206.2
-.9 175.2
.0 184.9
-.1 188.9
-.3 167.6
-1.6 165.1
.1 209.1

-0.1
-.1
-.2
-.1
-.4
-.8
-.5
-.4

4.1
4.3
4.0
3.9
4.7
6.6
8.3
5.2
4.2
3.5
9.3
3.6
3.6
3.0
16.7
3.8

-0.2
-.1
-.2
-.1
-.5
-.9
-.5
-.2
.2
.0
-.5
-.1
-.2
-.3

-2.0
-.1

Indexes on a December 1982=100 base.
Indexes on a June 1978=100 base.
Indexes on an August 1981 = 100 base.

62

183.8
174.7
114.7
178.5
160.3
160.9
173.5
166.5
123.0
203.4
160.6
184.4
187.7
165.0
160.5
210.1

3.8
4.1
3.9
3.6
5.3
7.2
9.0
5.2
3.3
2.7
9.0
3.2
3.2
3.5
19.4
3.0

0.1
-.1
.1
.1

-.1
-.4
.2
-.1
.0
.3
-.2
.2
.2
.0
-.6
.3

by

Table 14. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Cross classification of regions and population size
expenditure category and commodity and service group
(December 1977=100, unless otherwise noted)
Northeast

Group
Index

Dec.
1987

Size class C

Size class B

Size class A

Percent
change
from—

Index

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—

Index

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—
Dec.

Nov.
1987

Dec.
1966

Nov.
1987

185.9

4.3

-0.4

192.9

3.5

0.2

5.7
5.9
5.0
6.0
2.5
3.2
15.6
2.0
7.4
3.3

.5
.4
.5
2.2
-1.4

174.5
174.9
168.0
185.4
166.2
140.1
206.9
154.2
191.3
167.6

4.8
4.8
3.9
4.4
1.3
-.4
13.8
2.3
6.6
4.0

.4
.4
.5
.2
-.8
.4

-.1

172.4
172.8
168.8
185.7
170.5
147.4
195.4
154.6
182.0
167.6

.7
1.2
.3
.8
-1.5
1.6
1.7
-.3
-.4

201.4
238.3
139.7
200.8
212.4
142.7
143.6
173.4
172.5

3.6
6.3
5.3
5.4
5.0
6.7
6.8
1.2
2.7

1.3
-11.0
.3
.3
-.8
-.1

211.2
253.3
125.6
219.5
151.0
142.0
142.5
178.1
171.1

2.7
3.5
-4.8
2.4
-25.2
6.0
6.1
2.3
2.4

.4
.5
.0
.6
-2.5
.6
.6
.0

.8
1.0
-1.0
-.7
-.9
-.2
-.3

173.7
177.3
103.4
178.3
177.2
178.7
143.4

14.1
17.6
3.4
-.6

1.9
-6.9
-4.4

-.1
-.4
1.0
.1
.3
-.8
-1.4

171.5
171.9
102.7
174.1
175.5
157.1
141.9

16.0
20.6
2.7
-3.5
.9
-17.6
-.6

.4
.6
.0
-.3
-.4

-5.2
-5.8
-3.7
-8.7
-2.7

131.8
125.5
130.5
119.6
147.4

-1.1
-1.6
-1.7
-3.2
2.6

-2.2
-2.4
-3.2
-3.6
2.5

142.4
135.1
145.3
123.7
133.5

-2.0
-2.7
-.8
-5.8
-2.2

-1.2
-1.2
-2.5
-1.1
-1.3

178.5
176.1
162.2
162.2
162.9
157.6
80.3
236.0

5.9

-.4
-.5
-1.5

-.3
-•2
-.9
-1.0
-.6

13.6

8.8

-1.6
-.5
-2.5
.0
.3

182.0
175.3
158.5
158.1
153.0
154.8
83.1
313.5

5.1
5.1
14.4
14.3
17.2

17.4
1.1

-.1
-.1
-.3
-.3
-.4
-.4
-.1
.0

5.1

-1.3
-.5
-.1

223.7
172.8

6.3
4.3

.5
.2

222.9
155.6

5.1
1.8

.5
-.1

223.8
177.1

6.0
5.1

.3
-.5

216.0
175.1

6.4
3.7

.1
.2

211.6
170.3

6.8
2.3

.1
.6

216.4
178.6

4.1
-.4

.3
.0

Dec.
1986

Nov.
1987

184.5

5.6

0.1

Food and beverages
Food
Food at home
Cereals and bakery products
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs
Dairy products
Fruits and vegetables
Other food at home
Food away from home
Alcoholic beverages

175.7
176.0
168.3
179.5
165.9
149.7
200.0
155.0
194.4
169.5

4.7
4.6
5.1
4.1
2.8
2.2
16.9
1.6
3.7
6.6

.7
.9
1.4
.0
.0
.5
6.2
.8
.1

Housing
Shelter
Renters' costs 2
Rent, residential
Other renters' costs
Homeowners' costs 2
Owners' equivalent rent 2
Fuel and other utilities
Fuels 3
Fuel oil and other household fuel
commodities 3
Fuel o i l 3
Other household fuel commodities
Gas (piped) and electricity3
Electricity3
Utility (piped) gas 3
Household furnishings and operation ...

191.2
213.3
134.3
186.9
230.6
139.0
139.5
170.2
167.1

5.9

184.2
184.3
102.6
164.9
159.5
172.4
150.4

15.6
17.2
2.6
-2.8

Apparel and upkeep
Apparel commodities
Men's and boys' apparel
Women's and girls' apparel
Footwear

133.5
122.7
118.7
108.6
134.1

3.8
3.6
.6
4.7

Transportation
Private transportation
Motor fuel 3
Gasoline 3
Gasoline, leaded regular3
Gasoline, unleaded regular3
Gasoline, unleaded premium 5
Public transportation

180.5
174.8
161.1
161.1
161.3
155.4
80.8
213.0

6.3
7.1
20.4
20.5
23.5
21.1

Medical care
Entertainment
Other goods and services
Personal care

Expenditure category
All items

8.3
5.7
6.1
4.2

9.4
9.7
.4
.4

-.1
-6.9
1.6

.1

See footnotes at end of table.




63

5.8
17.7

17.7
19.9
17.3
16.9

-.9
6.8

-1.2
.2
.7
-.7
-.6
-2.9

13.5

6.0
-1.3

.1
.1

-.1

-.1
.8

Table 14. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Cross classification of regions and population size classes,1 by
expenditure category and commodity and service group—Continued
(December 1977=100, unless otherwise noted)
Northeast

Group
Index

Dec.
1987

Size class C

Size class B

Size class A

Percent
change
from—

Index

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—

Index

Nov.
1987

192.9

3.5

0.2

-.5
.5
-1.1
-1.6
-.4
-.3
.4

167.1
174.5
161.8
164.3
162.5
232.6
226.2

3.7
4.8
2.9
5.3
-.4
3.5
5.7

.1
.4
-.1
-.5
.4
.3
.3

-.3
-.5
-.4
-.6
-1.0
-1.4
-.5
-.1
-.4

176.3
191.3
196.7
164.4
162.1
164.4
169.4
126.3
233.4

3.6
3.4
3.3
6.3
3.0
5.2
5.0
3.4
3.3

.0
.2
.2
-.4
-.1
-.4

Nov.
1987

185.9

4.3

-0.4

-.5
.7
-1.5
-2.3
-.2
.7
.4

165.4
172.4
159.5
158.8
165.1
215.1
224.3

3.2
5.7
1.5
3.9
-1.8
5.2
5.1

-.3
.1
.2
-.3
-1.4
-2.1
-.7

172.1
184.0
189.1
167.6
160.0
159.2
165.8
123.7
214.1

3.5
4.2
4.0
8.2
1.7
3.8
4.9
4.0
5.3

Nov.
1987

184.5

5.6

0.1

165.9
175.7
157.9
158.7
160.5
205.9
225.2

4.7
4.9
7.4
1.3
6.2
6.0

175.6
182.5
186.3
164.0
158.5
159.3
168.1
127.2
204.0

4.5
5.6
5.6
6.8
5.0
7.3
5.9
3.8
6.2

Dec.
1987

Dec.
1986

Dec.
1986

Dec.
1986

Percent
change
from—

Commodity and service group
Ail items
Commodities
Food and beverages
Commodities less food and beverages
Nondurables less food and beverages
Durables
Services
Medical care services
Special indexes
All items less shelter
All items less medical care
All items less energy
Energy 3
Commodities less food
Nondurables less food
Nondurables
Services less rent of shelter 2
Services less medical care
See footnotes at end of table.




64

.1
.6

-.1
.0
.3

Table 14. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Cross classification of regions and population size classes,1 by
expenditure category and commodity and service group—Continued
(December 1977=100, unless otherwise noted)
North Central

Group
Index

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—

Index

Nov.
1987

Dec.
1986

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—
Dec.
1986

Size class D

Size class C

Size class B

Size class A

Index

Nov.
1987

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—
Dec.
1986

Index

Nov.
1987

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—
Dec.
1986

Nov.
1987

Expenditure category
180.8

5.2

-0.3

177.8

3.6

0.3

165.0
165.3
161.2
182.2
156.1
139.6
191.5
153.8
174.5
160.6

3.4
3.4
3.8
3.9
1.8
1.2
16.3
-.1
2.5
4.4

.7
.9
.6
-.8
-.3
6.7
-.3
.3
-.2

172.1
172.3
162.8
182.1
163.7
146.9
180.4
152.4
193.7
169.7

3.3
3.5
3.5
4.5
.6
6.1
10.1
1.0
3.5
1.0

.1
.1
.3
.7

192.0
203.5
126.9
154.0
238.7
121.0
120.9
204.5
199.6

6.4
7.2
7.9
4.7
14.8
7.2
7.3
7.9
4.8

175.9
186.1
110.6
151.2
-10.3 201.7
-.1 113.1
-.1 112.8
.6 179.5
.9 161.2

.9
1.3
-.5
.7

168.4
181.2
94.8
-1.2 208.5
216.0
-.2
-2.6 196.6
1.1 150.9

19.8
-5.2
4.6
7.4
-.1
2.2

135.9
129.3
120.6
118.4
141.3

188.1

3.9

-0.4

182.7

3.7

Food and beverages
Food
Food at home
Cereals and bakery products
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs
Dairy products
Fruits and vegetables
Other food at home
Food away from home
Alcoholic beverages

164.7
165.4
162.4
180.0
160.9
149.7
182.1
151.5
171.8
153.9

2.3
2.3
2.2
4.2
-.4
1.3
9.6
-.1
2.5
2.2

.2
.2
.2
1.0
-1.8
-1.2
5.5
-.7
.3
-.3

161.9
161.9
156.4
180.4
151.8
142.3
179.0
147.6
174.3
162.6

3.2
3.3
3.3
3.5
2.4
2.7
8.6
1.4
3.5
1.3

Housing
Shelter
Renters' costs 2
Rent, residential
Other renters' costs
Homeowners' costs 2
Owners' equivalent rent 2
Fuel and other utilities
Fuels 3
Fuel oil and other household fuel
commodities 3
Fuel o i l 3
Other household fuel commodities
Gas (piped) and electricity 3
Electricity 3
Utility (piped) gas 3
Household furnishings and operation ...

207.9
240.3
127.5
180.6
216.2
125.9
125.7
178.3
166.8

3.1
4.8
4.3
4.0
4.8
5.0
5.0
-.4
-2.1

-.4
-.1
-.2
.7
-2.8
-.1
-.1

190.9
219.2
129.2
177.2
236.6
124.6
125.1
178.1
165.1

1.6
3.4
3.4
2.3
5.2
3.3
3.5
-2.6
-2.6

-.2
.2
-2.0
.5
-5.0

174.5
188.5
99.8
167.3
149.9
188.0
148.6

7.7
14.9
-.2
-2.4
-2.2
-2.6
1.1

-.1
-.5
.5
-.7
-1.0
-.3

9.8
18.0
3.8

-.1

166.1
179.8
103.8
167.6
141.5
202.1
140.5

Apparel and upkeep
Apparel commodities
Men's and boys' apparel
Women's and girls' apparel
Footwear

133.0
125.9
124.2
115.6
128.5

7.1
7.5
6.4
9.6
6.8

-2.2
-2.5
-.5
-4.6
-.8

151.4
146.4
129.2
150.3
132.8

7.7
7.7
-4.6

Transportation
Private transportation
Motor fuel 3
Gasoline 3
Gasoline, leaded regular 3
Gasoline, unleaded regular3
Gasoline, unleaded premium 5
Public transportation

177.1
172.6
160.6
160.1
162.2
155.4
85.4
252.9

5.1
5.4
16.5
16.7
20.0

-.7
-.7
-2.1
-2.1
-2.7
-2.0
-1.7
-.1

181.7
178.4
161.8
161.8
156.6
158.9
87.1
277.5

7.1
7.0
15.7
15.5
18.2
14.4
14.6
10.0

—4
-.6
-3.5
-3.6
-3.7
-3.9

Medical care
Entertainment

219.2
165.9

5.9
3.8

.2 218.2
.4 154.0

4.9
3.1

.4

Other goods and services
Personal care

205.7
158.4

5.9
2.3

216.3
182.1

6.2
6.0

All items

-1.7
-.6

16.1
13.3
2.7

See footnotes at end of table.




65

.0
-.4

-3.1
.3
-7.6
.3

17.6

-1.6

0.1

1.4
2.1
-.7

7.9
.1
.1
-.2

-2.5
-1.2

-1.9
2.0

-4.3
2.1
2.0
-.4
.1

.7
1.2
1.6
.2
5.9
1.1
1.1
-.4
1.2
-4.8

.7
1.5
.7

138.3
150.3
93.2
167.3
136.7
205.5
149.2

5.2
18.7
-6.8
-.2
-1.0
1.0

1.7

3.6
.9

.4
.0
-1.0
-1.3
1.3

-3.7
-4.0
-3.6
-5.4
-.2

144.3
142.0
117.6
152.4
140.7

11.4
12.5
3.5
23.4
7.1

-.1
-.1
-.8
.5
-.1

176.3
173.4
161.1
160.6
161.2
158.8
82.0
256.4

5.4
5.9
19.0
19.0
19.9
18.7
17.0
-1.9

-.2 177.3
-.2 172.0
-2.6 163.5
-2.7 163.1
-3.1 164.3
-2.4 162.4

6.6
6.6
22.7

-2.8
.2

68.6
321.3

24.1
3.7

-.4
-.5
-1.1
-1.1
-.8
-1.2
-3.1
.3

214.8
171.7

7.5
3.8

.2
-.2

222.9
156.9

5.0
4.4

.3
1.3

198.9
154.8

6.6
8.0

.2
.7

210.6
165.9

4.5
-.1

.9
.5

-.6

-1.3
.8
.0

-.3
-1.0
-3.3
.7

-1.0
1.0
2.6
-.2
-.4
-.2

7.8

-.7
-1.8

.7
1.0

22.8

23.6
21.9

-9.7
1.3
1.5
.0

Table 14. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Cross classification of regions and population size classes,1 by
expenditure category and commodity and service group—Continued
(December 1977=100, unless otherwise noted)
North Central

Size class A
Group
Index

Dec.
1987

Size class B

Percent
change
from—
Dec.
1986

Nov.
1987

Index

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—
Dec.
1986

Size class D

Size class C

Index

Nov.
1987

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—
Dec.
1986

Index

Nov.
1987

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—
Dec.
1986

Nov.
1987

Commodity and service group
All items
Commodities
Food and beverages
Commodities less food and beverages
Nondurables less food and beverages
Durables
Services
Medical care services

188.1

3.9

-0.4

182.7

3.7

0.1

180.8

5.2

-0.3

177.8

3.6

0.3

167.8
164.7
167.9
161.2
174.3
217.1
220.2

4.2
2.3
5.5
8.5
1.5
3.6
5.5

-.4
.2
-.8
-1.2
-.2
-.4
.0

164.3
161.9
164.1
168.2
164.9
211.3
213.6

4.5
3.2
5.3
8.2
2.0
3.1
4.1

.3
.9
.1
-.5

162.6
165.0
160.4
163.1
163.1
208.4
214.9

4.3
3.4
4.8
6.5
2.4
6.2
7.8

-.2
.6
-.7
-1.7
.7
-.3
.1

165.2
172.1
161.0
163.1
163.1
198.7
227.5

6.1
3.3
7.6
11.4
3.5
1.4
4.9

.1
.1
.1
.2
.1
.5
.2

171.1
186.3
190.8
163.9
167.5
160.4
163.2
119.6
216.6

3.6
3.8
3.8
5.8
5.3
7.9
5.2
2.6
3.5

-.5
-.4
-.3
-1.3
-.8
-1.1
-.5
-.5
-.4

172.1
180.7
184.8
161.6
164.1
167.8
165.2
119.1
211.0

3.9
3.6
3.7
3.9
5.1
7.8
5.8
2.6
3.0

-.1
.0

173.5
179.0
181.0
180.1
160.5
162.9
164.0
124.6
207.7

4.6
5.0
4.7
10.1
4.8
6.3
4.9
5.1
6.0

-.1
-.3
-.2
-.6
-.7
-1.6
-.5

174.3
175.0
179.5
160.8
161.4
163.5
168.3
119.8
194.7

4.3
3.5
3.1
8.1
7.5
10.7
7.3
1.5
.9

.1
.3
.3
.2
.1
.1
.1
.0
.5

-.2

Special indexes
All items less shelter
All items less medical care
All items less energy
Energy 3
Commodities less food
Nondurables less food
Nondurables
Services less rent of shelter 2
Services less medical care
See footnotes at end of table.




66

-2.1
.1
-.5
.1
-.7
-.2

-.3

Table 14. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Cross classification of regions and population size classes,1 by
expenditure category and commodity and service group—Continued
(December 1977=100, unless otherwise noted)
South

Group
Index

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—

Index

Nov.
1987

Dec.
1986

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—
Dec,
1986

Size class D

Size class C

Size class B

Size class A

Index

Nov.
1987

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—
Dec.
1986

Index

Nov.
1987

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—
Dec.
1986

Nov.
1987

Expenditure category
185.5

4.3

-0.3

186.9

3.9

-0.1

182.6

3.5

-0.2

182.9

3.6

0.0

Food and beverages
Food
Food at home
Cereals and bakery products
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs
Dairy products
Fruits and vegetables
Other food at home
Food away from home
Alcoholic beverages

173.2
174.1
168.4
181.4
161.2
161.4
188.2
163.7
185.3
162.6

3.2
3.4
3.1
4.0
.6
2.2
8.0
2.8
3.9
2.3

.1
.1
.1
.7
-.9

171.9
172.2
166.6
177.0
158.3
158.6
203.4
156.1
183.7
165.8

3.2
3.2
2.6
3.1
-.3
2.2
11.6
.5
3.9
3.4

-.2
-.3
-.5
.1
-1.7
-.8
.8
-.4
.0

168.8
169.1
163.1
178.3
154.6
157.2
186.6
157.1
184.7
163.2

3.6
3.7
3.0
4.3
-.1
.7
12.1
2.1
4.7
2.4

.2
.1
-.1
.3
-1.4
-1.1

2.9
.0
.4
.1

170.6
171.3
163.1
176.8
165.6
156.2
185.9
147.1
193.7
155.9

2.8
2.9
2.5
4.9
-1.2
2.3
9.2
2.1
3.8
1.8

-.1
-.1
-.2
.1
-1.2
.6
1.0
-.2
.1
-.2

Housing
Shelter
Renters' costs 2
Rent, residential
Other renters' costs
Homeowners' costs 2
Owners' equivalent rent 2
Fuel and other utilities
Fuels 3
Fuel oil and other household fuel
commodities 3
Fuel o i l 3
Other household fuel commodities
Gas (piped) and electricity 3
Electricity 3
Utility (piped) gas 3
Household furnishings and operation ...

190.2
204.9
122.2
184.8
224.4
120.0
119.7
177.7
165.5

2.6
3.1
3.5
3.5
3.2
2.9
2.8
1.8
2.6

192.5
207.5
125.4
169.6
281.4
117.3
117.0
186.9
187.5

2.7
4.0
6.0
2.9

1.8
.9
.9
.4
2.2
.7
.7
4.3
5.3

-.3

191.3

-.2
-.3
.0
-.7
-.7
.5
.9

126.3
177.3
240.9
118.0
117.0
165.3
156.7

2.7
3.4
3.6
.8
9.2
3.1
2.9
3.3
4.3

.3
.5
.9
.6

15.0
3.3
3.2
2.3
.1

185.0
198.0
117.1
170.1
231.4
111.5
111.2
189.9
199.6

190.2
178.6
110.8
163.8
151.5
190.4
156.7

14.4
16.7
10.8
2.0
4.4
-4.3
2.2

.7 183.9
•5 187.1
.9 103.9

10.1
19.6
3.9

187.2
186.8
186.4
152.1

-.9
-.2
-4.4
-1.0

.1
.1
.3
-.2

6.2
10.2
4.9
5.2
4.4
9.7
1.3

.2
.8
.1

-3.8
-4.7
-.6
-.5

165.0
132.2
104.9
203.4
186.7
252.6
141.7

.8
1.4
-.5

163.3
148.6
102.4
156.3
159.2
138.9
148.1

18.0
2.4
3.9
5.1
-6.5
-.5

Apparel and upkeep
Apparel commodities
Men's and boys' apparel
Women's and girls' apparel
Footwear

155.1
143.4
149.9
135.8
142.5

7.6
7.8
5.8
7.4
7.1

-2.1
-2.3
.0
-5.5
-2.3

145.1
134.4
146.2
121.3
139.6

4.9
5.1
3.5
4.8
8.5

-1.6
-1.8
-1.1
-2.7
-1.8

147.8
141.7
153.2
133.1
144.5

5.6
5.7
11.0
5.6
2.2

-.9
-1.0
-.5
-1.6
-.6

115.9
110.0
116.3
99.5
112.0

-4.1
-4.5
-6.5
-4.3
-5.0

-2.8
-2.9
-2.8
-3.2
-.5

Transportation
Private transportation
Motor fuel 3
Gasoline 3
Gasoline, leaded regular 3
Gasoline, unleaded regular3
Gasoline, unleaded premium 5
Public transportation

180.2
178.2
168.1
167.9
167.3
162.9
83.8
220.1

6.4
7.9
22.9

185.7
181.9
159.9
159.3
159.5
157.9
79.0
279.3

6.2
6.4
17.1
17.0
18.9
17.7
13.3

-.3
-.4
-1.4
-1.4

1.2

.6

175.3
171.4
149.3
149.0
142.3
146.6
76.4
286.5

7.0
6.9

17.1
20.2

-.3
-.3
-2.2
-2.2
-2.6
-2.2
-1.1

3.6

178.1
176.2
158.6
158.5
156.9
157.1
82.0
224.4

4.9
5.1
16.9

26.1
23.5
18.9
-10.2

.2
.2
-.7
-.7
-.9
-.7
-.5

17.1
17.0
19.2
17.5
13.9
8.9

.2
.2
-.3
-.3
.0
-.3
-.5
.5

Medical care
Entertainment

226.3
169.7

6.7
4.0

218.6
171.5

4.7
2.7

-.2

237.8
173.1

6.3
4.7

.3
-.5

243.8
165.1

4.4
5.2

-.1
.2

Other goods and services
Personal care

210.5
172.1

5.5
1.5

222.3
179.3

6.4
3.5

209.0
173.8

5.3
1.3

.2
.3

207.1
160.7

6.7
3.3

.3
.0

All items

22.9

See footnotes at end of table.




67

-.1
2.3

-.6
.1
.1
-.4
.0
.2
1.2
-3.4
.0
.0
-1.9
-3.5

-.7

-.2
2.4
-.1
-.1
2.0

-.1

-2.1
-1.2
-1.0

16.3
13.6
2.0

-:6 220.9

.9

9.4

1.4
.3
.3
-.4
-1.0

-1.0
-.5
-1.5

-1.0
-.9
-2.0
.5

Table 14. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Cross classification of regions and population size classes,1 by
expenditure category and commodity and service group—Continued
(December 1977=100, unless otherwise noted)
South

Size class A
Group
Index

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—
Dec.
1986

Nov.
1987

Index

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—
Dec.
1986

Size class D

Size class C

Size class B

Index

Nov.
1987

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—
Dec.
1986

Index

Nov.
1987

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—
Dec.
1986

Nov.
1987

Commodity and service group
All items
Commodities
Food and beverages
Commodities less food and beverages
Nondurables less food and beverages
Durables
Services
Medical care services

185.5

4.3

-0.3

186.9

3.9

-0.1

182.6

3.5

-0.2

182.9

3.6

0.0

170.0
173.2
167.0
165.3
173.9
205.8
228.5

5.4
3.2
6.6
9.0
3.6
3.3
6.9

-.4
.1
-.7
-1.1
.0
-.2
.4

170.6
171.9
168.5
164.2
174.6
209.6
218.0

4.1
3.2
4.7
7.3
1.5
3.7
3.8

-.4
-.2
-.5
-.8
.0
.3
-.3

167.9
168.8
166.3
163.7
171.7
204.9
244.2

4.7
3.6
5.4
7.5
3.0
2.5
5.9

-.2
.2
-.5
-.7
-.2
-.1
.1

164.0
170.6
159.6
153.9
169.3
210.2
247.1

3.3
2.8
3.6
4.7
2.2
3.7
4.1

-.1
-.1
-.1
-.7
.6
.1
-.1

177.9
183.2
187.6
165.0
166.9
164.8
169.5
125.7
203.4

4.7
4.2
3.8
11.3
6.4
8.4
6.1
3.6
3.0

-.3
-.3
-.1
-2.2
-.6
-1.0
-.5
-.3
-.2

178.7
184.8
188.8
170.1
168.5
164.1
168.3
126.2
208.4

3.8
3.8
3.7
6.5
4.6
6.9
5.1
3.6
3.7

-.1
.0
.1
-.5
-.4
-.7
-.5
.6
.3

176.7
179.0
183.6
177.3
166.2
163.4
166.3
123.1
199.7

4.4
3.3
3.0
9.7
5.3
7.0
5.4
3.9
2.0

-.1
-.2
-.2
-.4
-.5
-.6
-.3
.2
-.2

172.0
178.1
186.7
151.5
159.6
153.9
162.2
123.7
203.9

3.6
3.4
3.0
9.0
3.5
4.6
3.8
4.2
3.7

-.1
-.1
.1
-.7
-.1
-.6
-.4
-.2
.1

Special indexes
All items less shelter
All items less medical care
All items less energy
Energy 3
Commodities less food
Nondurables less food
Nondurables
Services less rent of shelter 2
Services less medical care
See footnotes at end of table.




68

Table 14. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Cross classification of regions and population size classes,1 by
expenditure category and commodity and service group—Continued
(December 1977=100, unless otherwise noted)
West
Size class A
Group

Percent
change
from—

Index

Dec.
1987

Size class C

Size class B

Index

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—

Index

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—
Dec.
1986

Nov.
1987

180.0

4.1

0.2

.7
.7
1.1
-.2
-1.6
-.1
7.5
.5
.3
.2

171.3
171.4
165.8
179.0
162.1
144.1
202.8
154.8
183.1
172.3

3.1
3.4
3.2
1.5
1.4
.3
-1.2
3.6
.2

1.1
1.2
1.8
1.0
-.1
-.2
10.6
-.6
.3
-.3

.5
.9
.8
.7
1.0
.9

177.1
186.4
125.8
183.6
231.7
127.9
128.3
187.6
199.8

2.4
3.0
1.6
1.9
.7
3.5
3.5
1.7
2.3

.3
.5
.8
.5
2.2
.3
.3
.4
.9

NA
NA
-4.8
2.5
5.1

1.4

-.1
.0
.0

211.2
263.5
95.2
196.7
161.5
254.5
146.8

-1.7
1.0

.0
-.5
.0
.9
1.4
.0
-.4

140.3
133.0
135.2
122.9
151.2

2.0
2.0
1.7
4.1
.5

-2.8
-3.1
-3.0
-5.1
1.7

137.9
131.6
146.3
113.1
145.6

4.8
4.9
8.3
2.4
4.8

-1.7
-1.9
-1.4
-1.7
-.7

184.7
180.1
158.8
156.7
152.9
153.5
79.8
258.3

5.7
5.9
19.3
19.4
22.0

-.1
-.1
-1.1
-1.1

18.6
17.3
13.3
4.6

-.4
-.4
-1.6
-1.7
-2.0
-1.8
-1.0
-.4

16.0
2.4

-1.2
-1.3
-.6
.1

187.3
184.3
155.3
154.7
153.0
150.5
78.3
243.2

7.7
7.7
18.7
18.6
20.4
18.4
15.7
8.0

-.7
-3.4
-3.5
-3.5
-4.0
-1.3
.2

231.5
164.2

6.2
4.0

.3
.7

224.0
174.7

4.9
6.5

.1
.6

236.5
179.8

4.8
3.6

.2
.6

216.7
183.5

7.3
4.8

.4
.1

209.3
183.1

5.5
5.6

.0
.1

205.8
171.8

6.7
3.0

.7
.0

Dec.
1986

Nov.
1987

Dec.
1986

Nov.
1987

191.1

4.7

0.2

187.1

4.6

0.2

Food and beverages
Food
Food at home
Cereals and bakery products
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs
Dairy products
Fruits and vegetables
Other food at home
Food away from home
Alcoholic beverages

172.5
174.1
169.0
188.8
162.1
157.1
187.7
162.2
183.6
153.0

3.3
3.3
3.6
4.1
1.9
1.4
13.8
-.3
2.6
3.4

.8
.9

-.1

174.5
175.2
170.2
193.3
162.1
153.6
202.7
158.7
185.5
164.7

3.1
3.1
3.2
5.3
-.9
1.7
14.8
-.3
2.8
3.0

Housing
Shelter
Renters' costs 2
Rent, residential
Other renters' costs
Homeowners' costs 2
Owners' equivalent rent 2
Fuel and other utilities
Fuels 3
Fuel oil and other household fuel
commodities 3
Fuel o i l 3
Other household fuel commodities
Gas (piped) and electricity3
Electricity3
Utility (piped) gas 3
Household furnishings and operation ...

205.7
224.3
137.0
221.7
221.2
137.0
137.0
200.0
220.0

4.1
5.1
4.1
4.3
3.3
5.6
5.6
.9
1.7

.1
.2
.1
.4
-.8
.3
.3
.3
.4

194.3
209.0
128.0
202.6
226.0
127.6
127.3
197.6
218.4

4.7
5.6
3.4
2.7
6.8
6.4
6.5
4.7
6.6

180.1
189.0
104.3
223.3
203.5
256.5
150.6

13.0
24.3
4.3
1.4
.3
3.7
2.2

-.8
-.1
-1.4
.4
.8
-.4
-.5

156.8
NA

Apparel and upkeep
Apparel commodities
Men's and boys' apparel
Women's and girls' apparel
Footwear

136.7
127.8
130.8
106.7
149.0

6.1
6.4
2.9
8.8
7.0

-.8
-.9
-.8
-2.6
2.6

Transportation
Private transportation
Motor fuel 3
Gasoline 3
Gasoline, leaded regular3
Gasoline, unleaded regular3
Gasoline, unleaded premium s
Public transportation

185.9
183.0
150.7
150.2
147.2
146.4
77.3
240.1

6.1
6.3
17.5

Medical care
Entertainment
Other goods and services
Personal care

Expenditure category
All items

17.3

See footnotes at end of table.




69

1.3
.6
-.2
.3
6.5
.0
.4

97.9
226.4
210.8
257.0
148.4

-2.1
NA
-2.1

6.9
8.2
4.3

19.5

1.0
-.4
.0

.9
NA

.9
.0

17.2

Table 14. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Cross classification of regions and population size classes,1 by
expenditure category and commodity and service group—Continued
(December 1977=100, unless otherwise noted)
West

Size class A
Group

Percent
change
from—

Index

Dec.
1987

Size class C

Size class B

Index

Dec.
1986

Nov.
1987

191.1

4.7

0.2

164.3
172.5
158.9
159.2
162.1
223.3
233.1

4.6
3.3
5.7
7.6
3.0
4.7
5.9

.0
.8
-.6
-.7
-.4
.3
.3

178.2
189.0
193.0
172.4
158.8
158.5
166.2
128.1
222.3

4.5
4.6
4.4
9.3
5.4
7.2
5.2
4.2
4.6

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—

Index

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—
Dec.
1986

Nov.
1987

180.0

4.1

0.2

.1

166.8
171.3
162.8
165.0
165.6
194.7
236.8

4.5
3.1
5.2
8.0
2.2
3.8
5.0

-.1
1.1
-.7
-1.3
.1
.3
.3

-.1
.2
.3
-.5
-.6
-1.1
-.3
.0
.4

179.1
176.6
181.0
173.9
163.3
165.4
168.6
129.1
189.6

4.6
4.0
3.7
10.0
5.0
7.3
5.5
4.6
3.6

.1
.1
.3

Dec.
1986

Nov.
1987

187.1

4.6

0.2

167.3
174.5
162.4
164.8
165.1
211.5
223.4

4.2
3.1
5.0
6.3
3.5
4.9
4.4

-.1
.7
-.6
-1.3
.3
.4

178.9
184.8
187.9
182.6
162.6
164.7
169.9
124.5
210.0

4.2
4.6
4.0
12.5
4.8
6.0
4.6
4.2
4.9

Commodity and service group
All items
Commodities
Food and beverages
Commodities less food and beverages
Nondurables less food and beverages
Durables
Services
Medical care services
Special indexes
All items less shelter
All items less medical care
All items less energy
Energy 3
Commodities less food
Nondurables less food
Nondurables
Services less rent of shelter 2
Services less medical care

1
See region and area size on table 11 for information about cross
classifications.
2
Indexes on a December 1982=100 base.
3
Indexes on a June 1978=100 base.




Indexes on a December 1986=100 base.
Indexes on an August 1981 = 100 base.
Data not adequate for publication.

70

-1.4
-.6
-1.2
-.1
.2
.3

Table 15. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Food at home expenditure categories, selected
areas
(1967=100, unless otherwise noted)

Area

Other
index

Total
food
at
home

Cereals
and
bakery
products

Meats,
poultry,
fish, and

Dairy
products

Fruits
and
vegetables

Other
food
at
home

Indexes, December 1987
U.S. city average

321.0

343.2

290.3

266.8

370.5

375.5

RoQion and area size
urban
More than 1,200,000
500,000 to 1,200,000
50,000 to 500,000

12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77

168.1
168.3
168.8
168.0

181.0
179.5
185.7
185.4

166.2
165.9
170.5
166.2

147.5
149.7
147.4
140.1

200.0
200.0
195.4
206.9

154.8
155.0
154.6
154.2

North Central urban ....,
Size A - More than 1,200,000
Size B - 360,000 to 1,200,000
Size C - 50,000 to 360,000
Size D - Nonmetropolitan
(less than 50,000)

12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77

161.3
162.4
156.4
161.2

180.8
180.0
180.4
182.2

159.0
160.9
151.8
156.1

145.9
149.7
142.3
139.6

183.4
182.1
179.0
191.5

151.4
151.5
147.6
153.8

12/77

162.8

182.1

163.7

146.9

180.4

152.4

South
Size
Size
Size
Size

urban
A - More than 1,200,000
B - 450,000 to 1,200,000
C - 50,000 to 450,000
D - Nonmetropolitan
(less than 50,000)

12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77

165.5
168.4
166.6
163.1

178.5
181.4
177.0
178.3

159.1
161.2
158.3
154.6

158.6
161.4
158.6
157.2

191.2
188.2
203.4
186.6

157.2
163.7
156.1
157.1

12/77

163.1

176.8

165.6

156.2

185.9

147.1

West urban
Size A - More than 1,200,000
Size B - 330,000 to 1,200,000
Size C - 50,000 to 330,000

12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77

168.9
169.0
170.2
165.8

188.5
188.8
193.3
179.0

162.8
162.1
162.1
162.1

152.8
157.1
153.6
144.1

194.7
187.7
202.7
202.8

159.8
162.2
158.7
154.8

12/86
12/77
12/77
12/77

103.6
165.9
164.0
163.5

104.1
183.0
181.0
180.5

101.4
160.9
158.2
163.0

101.8
151.8
146.8
148.3

112.8
196.7
194.5
187.5

100.9
154.8
155.3
151.7

317.7
309.6
315.7
323.3
324.5
301.6
337.9
328.0
164.8
345.1
321.3
299.6
316.8
328.8
344.7

351.9
329.3
341.5
343.8
339.8
353.7
338.8
357.0
171.9
355.2
353.5
318.1
347.3
367.0
364.7

276.5
307.6
293.9
316.6
283.5
287.8
294.6
303.2
157.0
305.7
287.4
266.9
265.5
299.5
304.5

263.8
251.2
262.7
266.0
287.9
241.0
325.9
262.8
154.5
278.6
255.8
233.6
299.9
264.5
263.7

382.9
338.4
366.5
350.7
351.4
300.5
351.7
345.9
196.5
429.9
361.7
361.7
394.8
367.8
411.5

381.2
341.7
361.9
352.0
386.0
357.2
407.7
392.2
156.8
407.4
400.4
353.4
361.4
386.1
422.2

Northeast
Size A Size B Size C -

Size classes
A
B

a..
D

Selected local areas
Baltimore, Md
Boston, Mass
Chicago, Hl.-Northwestem Ind
Cleveland, Ohio
Dallas-Fort Worth, Tex.J
Detroit, Mich
Houston, Tex
L.A.-Long Beach, Anaheim, Calif
Miami, Fla. .."
N.Y., N.Y.-Northeastern N.J
Philadelphia, Pa.-N.J
Pittsburgh, Pa
St. Louis, Mo.-lll
San Francisco-Oakland, Calif
Washington, D.C.-Md.-Va

11/77

See footnotes at end of table.




71

Table 15. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Food at home expenditure categories, selected areas—Continued
(1967=100, unless otherwise noted)
Total
food
at
home

Area

Cereals
and
bakery
products

Meats,
poultry,
fish, and
eggs

Dairy
products

Fruits
and
vegetables

Other
food
at
home

Percent change, November 1987 to December 1987
0.6

0.6

-0.9

-0.1

5.1

-0.2

urban
More than 1,200,000 ....
500,000 to 1,200,000 ...
50,000 to 500,000

1.1
1.4
.5
.5

.3
.0
2.2
.2

-.3
.0
-1.4
-.8

.2
.5
-.9
.4

6.1
6.2
6.8
6.0

.1
.8

-1.2
-1.3

North Central urban
Size A - More than 1,200,000
Size B - 360,000 to 1,200,000 ....
Size C - 50,000 to 360,000
Size D - Nonmetropolitan
(less than 50,000)

.5
.2
1.4

.9

1.0
1.0
2.1
.6

-1.4
-1.8
-.7
-.8

-.5
-1.2
.5
-.3

5.7
5.5
7.9
6.7

-.4
-.7
.1
-.3

.3

.7

-1.0

1.0

2.6

-.2

South
Size
Size
Size
Size

-.2
.1

.4
.7
.1
.3

-1.3

-.9
-1.7
-1.4

-.4
-.1
-.8
-1.1

1.9
2.3
.8

2.9

-.3
-.6
-.4
.0

-1.2

.6

1.0

-.2

.1
.3

-.1
.0
.5

U.S. city average
Region and area size
Northeast
Size A Size B Size C -

1

urban
A - More than 1,200,000 ..
B - 450,000 to 1,200,000 .
C - 50,000 to 450,000
D - Nonmetropolitan
(less than 50,000)

West urban
Size A - More than 1,200,000 ....
Size B - 330,000 to 1,200,000 ...
Size C - 50,000 to 330,000
Size classes
A
B
C
D

-.5
-.1
-.2
1.3
1.3
1.1
1.8

.7
.6
-.2
1.0

-.4
-.2
-1.6
-.1

-.1
-.2

7.2
6.5
7.5
10.6

.8
.3
.6
.2

.6
.9
.5
.4

-.7
-1.5
-1.0
-.6

•.0
-.4
-.5
.1

5.4
4.5
5.6
2.7

.0
-.3
-.4
-.4

.3
1.7
.1
1.1
-.6
-1.1
-.5
1.3
.7
1.9
-.1
.7

1.1
-.5
1.5
1.1
-.3
1.0

-.3
2.9
-1.9
-1.2

-1.0
-.6
-1.8
-.6
-.4
-1.9
.0

2.4
5.5
3.7
9.5
.6
-.8
2.4
4.9
6.8
7.9
1.7
5.5
7.6
9.6
4.7

-.1
-.1

-.6

Selected local areas
Baltimore, Md
Boston, Mass
Chicago, Ill.-Northwestem Ind
Cleveland, Ohio
Dallas-Fort Worth, Tex
Detroit, Mich
Houston, Tex.
L.A.-Long Beach, Anaheim, Calif.
Miami, Fla
N.Y., N.Y.-Northeastern N.J
Philadelphia, Pa.-N.J
Pittsburgh, Pa
St. Louis, Mo.-lll
San Francisco-Oakland, Calif
Washington, D.C.-Md.-Va

.6
2.2
1.0

.9
-.4
.8
-.2

.9
-1.2
-.7
2.8
.2

Regions are defined as the four Census regions.




72

-.1
-1.9
-2.0
.5
-2.4
.3
-2.0
-.4
-1.8
.3
1.4

.6
.4
1.1
.0
.3

-.1
.3
-.2

.1
-.5
-2.2
-.9
-1.3
.6
.1
1.2

.9
-.4
.0
-.6
-1.1

Table 16. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Areas priced monthly, by expenditure category and commodity
and service group, percent change,November 1987 to December 1987
U.S.
city
average

Group

Chicago,
III.—
Northwestern
Ind.

LA—
Long Beach,
Anaheim,
Calif.

New York,
N.Y.—
Northeastern
NJ.

Philadelphia,
Pa.—N.J.

San
FranciscoOakland,
Calif.

Expenditure category
All items
Food and beverages
Food
Food at home
Cereals and bakery products
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs
Meats, poultry, and fish
Dairy products
Fruits and vegetables
Other food at home
Food away from home
Alcoholic beverages

0.0

0.0

0.3

0.1

0.3

0.1

.4
.5
.6
.6
-.9
-.4
-.1
5.1
-.2
.2
.0

.0
.1
.1

.7
.8
1.3

1.0

-.1
-.1
-.1

1.5
-1.3
-1.8
3.7
.1
.1
-.6

-.4
.5
.9
.6
4.9
.6
.1
-.5

1.5
1.6
2.2
2.8
.3
.6
.3
9.6
-.6
.9
.3

.4
.6
.2
2.1
-5.7
.7
.7
.3
.5

.2
.4
.1
.5
-1.6
.4
.4
-.1
-.2

1.0
1.5
.7
.9
.2

-.9

.9
1.0
.1
-.7
-.7
-.7
-.2

.2
1.3
-3.7

-2.4
3.6
-.1

-1.3
NA
-1.4
-.2
.0
-.7
-.4

.2
-.1
.7
-.5

-2.1
-3.4
-2.0
.1
.0
.4
-.6

-7.4
-8.2
-3.6
-12.6
-4.2

-2.4
-2.7
-5.6
-1.2
-.6

-3.4
-3.9
-4.3
-5.4
.3

.3
.3
-.6
-.7
-.7
-.8
-.5
-.1

-.1
-.3
.1
.1
.3
-.1
-.1
.8

-1.9

Housing
Shelter
Renters' costs
Rent, residential
Other renters' costs
Homeowners' costs
Owners' equivalent rent
Fuel and other utilities
Fuels
Fuel oil and other household fuel
commodities
Fuel oil
Other household fuel commodities
Gas (piped) and electricity
Electricity
Utility (piped) gas
Household furnishings and operation ....

.1
.3
-.1
.6
-2.0
.5
.4
-.3
-.4

Apparel and upkeep
Apparel commodities
Men's and boys' apparel
Women's and girls' apparel
Footwear

-2.3
-2.6
-1.6
-4.4
-7

-2.2
-2.4
.2
-4.2
-3.2

.6
.7
.6
-1.5
3.7

-.2
-.3
-1.5

-.4
-.5
-1.5
-1.7
-2.9
-1.4
-1.3
.1

-.1
-.1

Transportation
Private transportation
Motor fuel
Gasoline
Gasoline, leaded regular
Gasoline, unleaded regular
Gasoline, unleaded premium
Public transportation
Medical care
Entertainment
Other goods and services
Personal care




,

.3
.3
.1
-.4
-.6
.0
-.1

-1.5
.0
.6

-1.5
-1.8

-1.6
-.9
.1

-1.9
-1.9
-2.4
-1.9
-1.2
-.5

1.1

1.9
-.2
.3
.5
1.1
7.9
1.2
.0
-.2

1.8

1.9
-.3
-.4

—3
-.3
.1
.1
.0
.0
.1
.2

.6

.1

.0
-.3

.2
.2

73

1.0
.2

.7
1.0
-2.3
.8
-8.3
2.5
2.5

.1
.2

.0
.1
.3
.5
-1.0
.1
.1
.1
.1

1.1

.3

.3

.9
-2.0
-1.8
.0
1.7
.9
-.2
.0

.1
.3

.3

1.0

.3
.7

-.2
-.6

Table 16. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Areas priced monthly, by expenditure category and commodity
and service group, percent change,November 1987 to December 1987 —Continued

Group

U.S.
city
average

Chicago,
III.—
Northwestern
Ind.

LA—
Long Beach,
Anaheim,
Calif.

New York,
N.Y.—
Northeastern
N.J.

Philadelphia,
Pa.—N.J.

San
FranciscoOakland,
Calif.

Commodity and service group
All items
Commodities
Food and beverages
Commodities less food and beverages
Nondurables less food and beverages ...
Durables
Services
Medical care services

0.0

0.0

0.3

0.1

0.3

0.1

-.2
.4
-.7
-1.2
-.1

-.4
.0
-.7
-1.0
-.3

.1
.7
-.2
-.5
.2

-.9
1.0
-2.4
-3.4
-.6

-.3
-.1
-.5
-1.2
.4

-.1
1.5
-1.4
-1.3
-1.5

.1
.2

.4
.0

.4
.2

.8
.4

.7
1.1

.2
-.1

-.2
-.1
.0
-.8
-.7
-1.0
-.3
.0
.1

-.2
.0
.0
-.4
-.7
-1.0
-.5
.2
.4

.3
.3
.4
-1.2
-.2
-.5
.1
.5
.4

-.5
.1
.1
-.2
-2.3
-3.1
-1.0
.1
.9

-.1
.2
.2
-.1
-.5
-1.1
-.6
.3
.7

.1
.1
.1
.1
-1.3
-1.1
.3
.3
.3

Special indexes
All items less shelter
All items less medical care
All items less energy
Energy
Commodities less food
Nondurables less food
Nondurables
Services less rent of shelter
Services less medical care
Data not adequate for publication.




74

Table 17. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Selected areas, by expenditure category and commodity and
service group
(1967=100, unless otherwise noted)
Monthly cities and pricing schedule 2 1

Chicago,
III.Northwestern
Ind.

U.S.
city
average
Group
Index

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—

Index

Oct.
1987

Dec.
1986

Dec.
1987

DallasFort Worth,
Tex.

Percent
change
from—
Dec.
1986

Index

Oct.
1987

Dec.
1987

Detroit,
Mich.

Percent
change
from—
Dec.
1986

Index

Oct.
1987

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—
Dec.
1986

Oct.
1987

Expenditure category

345.7
392.7

4.4

0.5

357.4
386.3

4.3

-0.9

334.6
384.5

3.0

-1.4

313.1
321.9
315.7
1.1 341.5
-1.5 293.9
-1.2 308.5
-.1 262.7
4.7 366.5
-.6 361.9
339.3
.2 224.8

2.6
2.7
3.6
6.6
-.1
1.3
2.7
10.9
2.2
1.1
1.5

.2
.3
.5
1.6
-2.6
-2.2
-1.9
8.1
.2

3.7
3.9
3.6
3.0
6.5
7.9
2.6
3.6
1.4
4.3
.9

-.3
-.3
-.6
-.1
-.6
.0
-2.1
4.2
-3.0
.0
-.4

301.6
305.1
301.6
353.7
287.8
294.8
241.0
300.5
357.2
324.2
280.5

1.5
1.3
.4
4.7
-2.3

-.1
-.6

346.4
352.4
324.5
339.8
283.5
297.7
287.9
351.4
386.0
426.6
272.3

-.5
-.6
-1.4
-.8
-2.3
-2.0
-2.2
.4
-1.1
.8
-.1

386.9
466.0
132.5
270.3
438.5
130.8
129.8
318.1
363.2

4.4
6.5
7.4
6.7

379.7
435.2
115.5
273.1
397.2
118.8
119.4
345.6
452.8

1.7

2.2
4.7
1.5
2.7
-.6
5.8
5.8
-5.0
-3.3

-2.0
.2
-2.4
-.2
-6.5
1.1
1.1

-3.9

1.4
2.0
1.5
2.4
-1.7
2.2
2.2
-.3
-1.9

2.6 501.6
3.5 190.7

6.7
14.6

1.4
2.5

191.8
NA

97.3
337.0
291.4
373.2
247.8

-2.7
-4.0
-3.6
-4.5
.9

.0
-1.9

-6.0
2.4
1.0

101.5
450.7
294.9
678.5
269.0

-2.3
-2.6
-1.1
-4.8
.0

185.0
168.4
155.6
145.0
193.9

4.8
5.3
7.8
3.4
2.1

-1.9
-2.0
6.5
-5.4
-8.1

.4
.4
-1.5
-1.5
-1.9
-1.5
-1.0

321.0
303.7
155.8
154.7
175.9
173.2
84.6
498.4

5.7
5.3
13.1
13.1
14.4
14.1
8.2
7.9

-.4
-.5
-2.4
-2.6
-3.9
-2.5
-1.6
.1

0.1

345.7
402.0

4.4

Food and beverages
Food
Food at home
Cereals and bakery products
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs
Meats, poultry, and fish
Dairy products
Fruits and vegetables
Other food at home
Food away from home
Alcoholic beverages

328.1
336.7
321.0
343.2
290.3
301.1
266.8
370.5
375.5
380.4
248.8

3.5
3.5
3.5
4.2
1.0
2.2
1.8
12.8
.9
3.6
3.3

Housing
Shelter
Renters' costs 2
....
Rent, residential
Other renters' costs
Homeowners' costs 2
Owners' equivalent rent 2
Fuel and other utilities
Fuels
Fuel oil and other household fuel
commodities 3
Fuel o i l 4
Other household fuel
commodities 5
Gas (piped) and electricity
Electricity
Utility (piped) gas
Household furnishings and operation ..

375.3
430.4
129.1
297.2
435.5
128.0
128.0
376.9
444.3

3.6
4.9
3.9
3.9
4.1
5.3
5.3
1.6
1.4

520.2
523.6

12.9
18.0

102.6
426.6
358.5
508.9
255.3

2.6
.3
1.8
-2.8
1.1

.7
-2.3
-1.5
-4.0

Apparel and upkeep
Apparel commodities
Men's and boys' apparel
Women's and girls' apparel
Footwear

221.1
204.5
208.6
181.8
222.3

4.8
4.9
3.1
5.9
3.9

Transportation
Private transportation
Motor fuel 4
Gasoline 4
Gasoline, leaded regular 6
Gasoline, unleaded regular 6
Gasoline, unleaded premium 7
Public transportation

323.3
315.1
310.6
309.8
174.0
175.9
81.0
445.3

6.1
6.5

All items
All items(1957-59=100)

18.6
18.6
21.1
18.5

15.5
1.8

See footnotes at end of table.




75

.0
.4
-.2
.6
-2.8
.7
.6
-1.2
-1.8

10.2
6.2
6.3
.4

-1.4

-1.3
7.5
-1.4

2.9
3.5

-.1

-2.2
-1.0
-2.6
-2.5
-3.0
-.4
-.4

10.1
17.1

-13.4

366.8
428.9
125.1
274.3
365.1
124.9
125.0
395.7
469.3

1.5
NA

7.0
NA

545.1
194.0

2.5
11.2

4.0
7.9

1.5

94.3
459.7
288.5
616.9
216.2

-5.7
-3.5
-5.8

6.2
3.5

7.0
-13.6
-23.0
8.1
-2.1

.0
-7.2
-9.6
-5.1
-1.6

239.3
202.3
225.0
177.1
202.6

9.4
10.4
12.4
4.7
-2.2

-1.7
-1.9
1.0
-9.6
-3.2

184.5
166.9
186.7
157.3
160.4

322.1
321.6
167.7
167.6
187.8
188.1
82.2
366.0

8.6
9.7
28.0
28.2
30.0
28.7
23.4
-5.0

1.3
1.3

318.2
316.0
165.3
165.1
181.5
184.8
84.3
372.5

-.8
-2.8
-2.7
-3.2
.0

17.3
25.3

-7.1

-1.4
-1.4
-2.0
-1.1

-1.2
1.7

-1.1

1.0
6.3
6.6
5.1
11.6
12.6
3.5
4.3
18.4
18.5
22.8

17.3
16.6

-10.1

-9.2
-6.8

-4.3
-4.6
-1.5
-8.7
1.1
-1.0
-.9
-2.2
-2.2
-3.8
-1.8
-1.6
-2.4

Table 17. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Selected areas, by expenditure category and commodity and
service group—Continued
(1967=100, unless otherwise noted)
Monthly cities and pricing schedule 2 1

Chicago,
III.Northwestern
Ind.

U.S.
city
average
Group
Index

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—
Dec.
1986

Index

Oct.
1987

Dec.
1987

DallasFort Worth,
Tex.

Percent
change
from—
Dec.
1986

Index

Oct.
1987

Dec.
1987

Detroit,
Mich.

Percent
change
from—
Dec.
1986

Index

Oct.
1987

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—
Dec.
1986

Oct.
1987

Expenditure category
487.9

5.6

1.9

502.7

5.5

0.3

4.2

302.4

1.8

-2.7

250.2

3.4

.7

368.9
286.8

3.8
2.7

380.4
319.1

4.4
1.6

1.0
1.0

350.1
244.1

6.5
2.9

.2
.0

4.4
4.6
3.5
5.2
7.6
2.2
4.3
5.6

345.7
295.5
313.1
-.3 278.7
-1.0 267.8
.6 286.4
.2 422.2
.6 519.3

4.4
4.0
2.6
4.9
6.9
2.1
4.8
7.1

357.4
314.4
346.4
-.2 291.5
-.8 279.6
.7 309.2
1.0 420.0
535.4

4.3
6.1
3.7
7.3
10.4
3.8
2.7
8.2

-.9
-.5
-.3
-.6
—8
-.4
-1.2
2.8

334.6
275.0
301.6
257.2
257.5
253.1
428.1
526.3

3.0
3.7
1.5
5.0
8.3
.4
2.6
5.2

-1.4
-1.4
-.5
-1.9
-2.1
-1.6
-1.3
-.5

4.2
4.3
4.1
8.2
5.1
7.2
5.4
3.7
4.1

306.9
338.5
195.9
-1.7 157.5
-.3 276.5
-.9 263.6
- 3 292.6
.0 119.6
407.6

3.6
4.2
4.5
3.3
4.7
6.3
4.6
3.0
4.6

.0 330.8
.5 348.6
.7 195.4
-2.1 164.8
—.2 290.8
- . 8 278.4
313.8
-.1 128.1
1.0 404.5

6.2
4.2
3.2
22.3
7.0
9.6
7.;
6.:
2.2

-.8
-1.0
-.3
-7.9
-.6
-.8
-.6
-1.;
-1.5

306.0
324.0
181.9
167.8
258.5
259.0
281.2
120.0
405.9

2.5
2.9
2.8
5.5
4.9
7.8
4.7
.6
2.4

-1.9
-1.5
-1.0
-4.8
-1.8
-1.9
-1.3
-2.8
-1.4

Medical care.

472.9

5.8

Entertainment.

288.5

Other goods and services .
Personal care

0.7

475.3

8.0

4.0

307.6

376.9
303.3

6.1
3.3

345.7
297.2
328.1
276.1
279.7
277.6
424.0
510.3

321.3
338.8
346.3
370.4
274.5
276.0
305.2
124.6
412.2

0.5

Commodity and service group
All items
Commodities
Food and beverages
Commodities less food and beverages ...
Nondurables less food and beverages .
Durables
Services
Medical care services
Special indexes
All items less shelter
All items less medical care
All items less energy 8
Energy 4
Commodities less food
Nondurables less food
Nondurables
Services less rent of shelter 2 ,
Services less medical care
See footnotes at end of table.




76

Table 17. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Selected areas, by expenditure category and commodity ;
service group—Continued
(1967=100, unless otherwise noted)
Monthly cities and pricing schedule 2 1

Group
Percent
change
from—

Index

Dec.
1987

New York,
N.Y.Northeastern
NJ.

L.A.Long Beach,
Anaheim,
Calif.

Houston,
Tex.

Index

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—

Index

Oct.
1987

348.6
414.8

5.9

0.3

349.8
361.6
345.1
355.2
305.7
313.8
278.6
429.9
407.4
404.5
252.3

5.7
5.5
6.3
4.2
3.3
4.2
2.3
21.2
2.1
4.5
8.6

1.2
1.1

6.6
9.1
6.6
6.3

-2.8
.4
.4
-7.5
-15.1

364.4
407.5
134.7
324.2
468.8
140.7
141.1
363.8
451.9

4.3
NA

2.7
NA

Oct.
1987

350.2
411.9

5.2

-0.1

-.5
-.6
-1.4
3.4
-4.0
-3.5
-.2
-3.9
.2
.8
.0

320.2
330.7
328.0
357.0
303.2
306.5
262.8
345.9
392.2
339.2
236.1

3.3
2.9
5.1
5.0
4.7
5.5
1.3
12.9
2.2
-.2
6.2

.4
.5
.8

.7
.8
.7
-2.3
11.8

-1.6
.3
-.8
.2
-4.2

.9

1.0

.8
2.1
2.2

1.0
-6.5
-12.0

393.6
455.8
136.1
368.8
373.0
137.3
137.2
344,9
447.6

5.2
6.4
4.3
5.5
-1.9
7.5
7.6
1.2
3.0

NA
NA

175.7
NA

Oct.
1987

344.0
393.6

3.9

-0.7

Food and beverages
Food
Food at home
Cereals and bakery products
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs
Meats, poultry, and fish
Dairy products
Fruits and vegetables
Other food at home
Food away from home
Alcoholic beverages

356.0
363.7
337.9
338.8
294.6
308.8
325.9
351.7
407.7
445.9
276.5

2.9
3.0
2.9
3.5
-1.2
.2
3.3
6.4
4.9
3.1
2.9

Housing
Shelter
Renters' costs 2
Rent, residential
Other renters' costs
Homeowners' costs 2
,
Owners' equivalent rent 2
Fuel and other utilities
Fuels
Fuel oil and other household fuel
commodities 3
Fuel oil 4
Other household fuel
commodities 5
Gas (piped) and electricity
Electricity
Utility (piped) gas
Household furnishings and operation ..

340.2
374.0
94.6

Dec.
1987

Dec.
1986

Dec.
1986

Dec.
1986

Percent
change
from—

Expenditure category
All items
All items(1957-59=100)

210.2
443.4

96.6
92.0
412.0
493.5
NA
NA

NA
NA

-.9
-.9
-1.1
.1
7.6
-.7
.0
-.5

-.6
.3
.3
.8

7.8
10.4

1.5
1.5
.2
.2
1.1
5.0
.7
.4
2.3
1.2

1.6
.6
.8
.0

10.5

2.1
2.1

.1
-.1

.1
.4

575.7
188.5

15.2
16.5

3.1
3.2

103.4
496.5
399.3
623.9
239.4

3.4
2.1
.4
9.0
-.5

.3
-12.4
-15.2
.0
-2.3

104.3
448.8
378.6
555.8
242.1

4.3
3.0
1.4
6.4
2.9

2.8
-15.3
1.6
-37.1
.8

99.6
408.6
362.4
482.1
263.6

-.4
-3.9
-1.5
-8.1
2.0

.8
-.3
1.3
-3.3
.3

Apparel and upkeep
Apparel commodities
Men's and boys' apparel
Women's and girls' apparel
Footwear

280.1
254.3
268.4
264.3
271.7

11.5
11.8
4.7
20.0
11.9

-.1
-.1
-.6
-.1
-.7

196.0
181.6
179.5
139.0
225.1

6.1
6.4
-.1
9.6
6.5

-.1
-.2
1.2
-3.1
2.3

196.2
171.8
164.1
151.9
197.8

1.6
1.0
.4
.8
-2.4

-7.5
-8.4
-4.1
-12.9
-4.4

Transportation
Private transportation
Motor fuel 4
Gasoline 4
Gasoline, leaded regular6
Gasoline, unleaded regular6
Gasoline, unleaded premium 7
Public transportation

289.0
290.9
165.3
165.1
181.3
182.8
81.4
324.5

7.0
8.3
29.7
29.8
32.6
31.6
22.4
-8.5

-.2
-.2
-1.3
-1.3
-1.8
-1.1

342.7
341.3
146.7
146.1
162.7
165.9
75.7
366.2

6.5
6.7
15.5
15.1
15.6
15.8
11.8
4.6

.0
-.1
-2.7

356.9
325.1
160.0
159.9
166.1
167.2
81.3
494,0

6.2
7.0
20.5'
20.7
25.2
21.4
17.8
2.3

.5
.4
-.8
-.8

See footnotes at end of table.




77

-.9
.5

-2.9
-3.8
-2.5
-2.2
1.4

-1.3
-.8
-.7
.9

Table 17. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Selected areas, by expenditure category and commodity and
service group—Continued
(1967=100, unless otherwise noted)
Monthly cities and pricing schedule 2 1

Group
Index

Dec.
1987

New York,
N.Y.Northeastern
N.J.

L.A.Long Beach,
Anaheim,
Calif.

Houston,
Tex.

Percent
change
from—

Index

Dec.
1986

Oct.
1987

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—

Index

Dec.
1986

Oct.
1987

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—
Dec.

Oct.
1987

Expenditure category
Medical care

536.7

5.7

0.5

502.8

5.8

0.7

487.7

6.3

0.7

Entertainment

311.0

3.6

-.7

241.8

3.0

1.0

308.0

4.8

.5

Other goods and services

370.5
341.2

5.6
.5

.2
-.1

364.4
300.4

8.1
6.4

1.4
1.3

394.6
326.6

6.3
3.6

.2
.8

344.0
313.2
356.0
288.4
293.4
292.0
400.6
581.0

3.9
5.7
2.9
7.3
10.5
3.3
2.1
5.2

350.2
279.8
320.2
257.1
259.0
261.0
455.3
537.8

5.2
4.6
3.3
5.4
7.2
3.2
5.7
5.8

-.1
.2
.4
.0
-.9
1.2
-.2
.7

348.6
298.1
349.8
259.5
267.7
249.3
420.8
523.9

5.9
5.0
5.7
4.4
6.3
1.3
6.6
5.8

.3
-.6
1.2
-2.0
-3.4
.5
1.1
.5

334.9
332.8
170.4
173.4
287.6
291.3
326.3
114.6
377.5

4.8
3.8
3.1
15.8
7.1
9.8
6.6
3.1
1.7

314.4
342.1
191.8
168.6
256.3
256.2
291.0
131.2
443.7

4.7
5.2
5.0
9.6
5.5
7.1
5.0
4.9
5.7

-.2
-.1
.5
-8.7
.0
-.9
-.2
-.8
-.2

329.4
341.5
186.4
158.1
258.1
264.3
312.0
126.7
408.6

4.5
5.9
5.9
6.1
4.6
6.5
6.0
3.6
6.7

-.2
.4
.4
.1
-1.8

Personal care
Commodity and service group
All items
Commodities
Food and beverages
Commodities less food and beverages
Nondurables less food and beverages
Durables
.
Services
Medical care services
Special indexes
All items less shelter
All items less medical care
All items less energy 8
Energy 4
Commodities less food
Nondurables less food
Nondurables
Services less rent of shelter 2
Services less medical care
See footnotes at end of table.




78

-1.0
-.8
-.2

-6.4
-.6
-.7
-.7
-1.7
-1.0

-2.9
-.9
.4
1.1

Table 17. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Sele< ttedi
service group—Continued

is, by expenditure category and commodity and

(1967=100, unless otherwise noted)
Monthly cities and pricing schedule 2 1
San FranciscoOakland,
Calif.

Pittsburgh,
Pa.

Philadelphia,
Pa.-N.J.
Group
Percent
change
from—

Index

Dec.
1987

Index

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—

Index

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—
Dec.
1986

Oct.
1987

360.9
429.5

5.0

0.3

330.5
343.5
328.8
367.0
299.5
307.0
264.5
367.8
386.1
365.5
218.5

4.6
5.1
4.8
5.8
1.1
2.4
3.2
19.5
-.9
5.6
.7

1.6
1.8
2.2
1.7
-.7
-.5
.1
13.2
-1.1
1.4
-.4

4.1
4.9
4.8
4.2
7.6
5.0
5.0
2.3
2.9

-.8
-.2
-1.3
.5

.1

420.5
484.4
142.9
384.2
443.2
143.2
143.4
403.1
457.3

-5.3
-11.0

NA
19.8

NA
4.6

200.6
198.8

8.5
10.1

-1.6
-5.6

.1

NA
463.8
347.9
560.9
240.5

NA
-5.6
-1.1
-9.4
4.2

NA
-.1
-.2
.0
.5

108.3
460.1
322.8
657.0
273.7

8.3
2.8
4.1
.4
1.5

-1.2
-11.2
-1.8
-24.8
-.2

7.3
7.6
-.5
14.9
1.3

-1.8
-2.2
-7.9 J
3.1
-3.8

215.9
205.2
185.0
188:2
218.8

8.0
8.4
9.7
8.5
8.3

-1.6
-1.7
-1.4
-3.7
.3

223.7
201.2
215.7
179.3
222.5

8.8
9.9
8.2
13.8
4.5

7.0
7.5
19.7

.9
1.0
-.4
-.5
-.9
-.3
-.4

323.9
318.0
157.5
157.6
169.5
170.4
77.9
409.9

4.8
5.3
19.9
19.8
21.0
20.0
17.1
-4.7

.5
.6
-.3
-.4
-.4
-.6
.6
-2.9

318.1
315.2
160.2
159.8
174.5
180.3
79.8
343.7

6.1
6.5
23.0
22.9
25.6
23.5

Dec.
1986

Oct.
1987

343.5
401.2

5.6

-0.2

Food and beverages
Food
Food at home
Cereals and bakery products
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ..
Meats, poultry, and fish
Dairy products
Fruits and vegetables
Other food at home
Food away from home
Alcoholic beverages

329.2
339.4
321.3
353.5
287.4
299.4
255.8
361.7
400.4
396.7
257.6

3.4
3.3
4.6
6.1
3.0
4.0
2.0
10.1
3.4
1.0
4.4

Housing
Shelter
Renters' costs 2
Rent, residential
Other renters' costs
Homeowners' costs*
Owners' equivalent rent 2
Fuel and other utilities
Fuels
Fuel oil and other household fuel
commodities 3
Fuel o i l 4
Other household fuel
commodities 5
Gas (piped) and electricity
Electricity
Utility (piped) gas
Household furnishings and operation

359.0
411.1
136.9
329.7
549.3
141.8
142.2
369.3
422.6

5.7
8.3
3.3

6.4
-2.7
10.4

Dec.
1986

Oct.
1987

344.9
396.6

3.6

0.2

-.4
-.4
-.6
3.7
-1.5
-1.4
.0
-3.9
.4
-.1
.0

314.6
319.6
299.6
318.1
266.9
279.3
233.6
361.7
353.4
390.0
285.1

2.4
2.4
1.9

.1
.2

-.6
-.5
-6.9
-.1

.1
.0

-18.7
2.2
2.3
-1.5
-1.3

388.0
468.4
125.3
264.4
457.2
119.9
120.0
375.6
464.1

-2.1

.9
2.4
.4
6.6
.5
.5
.0

-4.9

520.5
178.2

15.4
18.0

3.0
4.2

NA
167.7

105.7
398.7
393.0
394.0
256.5

5.7
-2.1
-2.0
-2.3
1.5

-2.0
-1.9

Apparel and upkeep
Apparel commodities
Men's and boys' apparel
Women's and girls' apparel
Footwear

199.5
181.7
173.7
127.9
214.8

Transportation
Private transportation
Motor fuel 4
Gasoline 4
Gasoline, leaded regular 6
Gasoline, unleaded regular 6
Gasoline, unleaded premium 7
Public transportation

351.0
345.7
169.1
169.7
186.1
181.8
80.1
423.5

Expenditure category
All items
All rtems(1957-59= 100)

<
...

10.7

19.8
22.4
20.2

*5.9
2.3

See footnotes at end of table.




79

-.1
-5.4

.1

1.8
.6
2.2
.1
11.1
-2.4

3.6
1.9
2.5
3.7
3.3
1.0
8.6
3.8

3.9

-.1
-1.9
-1.2
-.8
.6
4.7
-1.6
.9
-1.7

15.8
3.8

-9.2
.4
.3

1.0
-1.5

-.8
12.6
1.0
.2
-.3
-.3
-.6
-.2
-.3
5.2

Table 17. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Selected areas, by expenditure category and commodity and
service group—Continued
(1967=100, unless otherwise noted)
Monthly cities and pricing schedule 2 1
San FranciscoOakland,
Calif.

Pittsburgh,
Pa.

Philadelphia,
Pa.-N.J.

Group
Percent
change
from—

Index

Dec.
1987

Index

Dec.
1986

Oct.
1987

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—
Dec.
1986

Percent
change
from—

Index

Oct.
1987

Dec.
1987

Dec.
1986

Oct.
1987

Expenditure category
Medical care...

511.1

5.1

1.0

499.5

7.7

0.7

457.0

6.6

0.6

Entertainment.

265.5

3.3

.3

305.8

2.3

-.5

301.8

5.4

3.4

Other goods and services .
Personal care

409.2
314.1

7.2
7.7

.1
.4

338.7
244.3

2.8
-.5

-.4
-2.4

392.4
311.6

6.5
1.5

.2
-1.5

343.5
288.0
329.2
259.7
271.5
255.1
435.7
566.5

5.6
4.6
3.4
5.4
8.2
2.0
6.4
5.7

-.2
-.1
-.4
.0
-1.0
1.4
-.2
1.2

344.9
290.4
314.6
267.5
261.3
276.3
438.5
548.4

3.6
4.5
2.4
5.9
9.7
.8
2.6
8.0

360.9
296.5
330.5
275.8
270.4
286.4
452.4
491.6

5.0
5.7
4.6
6.5
9.3
2.8
4.6
5.2

.3
1.0
1.6
.6
1.1
-.2
-.2
-.1

327.9
334.4
184.5
173.3
258.8
268.9
303.8
132.1
415.5

4.6
5.7
5.5
6.5
5.4
7.8
5.6
4.3
6.5

-.1
-.2
-.2
-.9
.0

314.9
336.3
182.7
174.2
269.8
264.6
291.9
119.9
425.1

3.5
3.3
3.5
4.6
5.7
9.0
5.8
1.6
2.1

324.2
355.2
194.3
180.9
272.6
264.0
301.8
125.2
445.9

5.1
5.0
4.6
12.4
6.0
8.1
6,5
4.2
4.6

.5
.3
.6
-5.8
.5

Commodity and service group
All items
Commodities
Food and beverages
Commodities less food and beverages ...
Nondurables less food and beverages .
Durables
Services
Medical care services
Special indexes
All items less shelter
All items less medical care ....
All items less energy 8
Energy 4
Commodities less food
Nondurables less food
Nondurables
Services less rent of shelter 2
Services less medical care ....
1

Areas on pricing schedule 1 (see table 11) will appear next month.
Indexes on a December 1982=100 base.
Indexes on a June 1978=100 base in Dallas, Houston, Los
Angeles, Pittsburgh, and San Francisco.
4
Indexes on a June 1978=100 base except for the U.S. which is
on a 1967=100 base.
5
Indexes on a December 1986=100 base.
0
Indexes on a January 1976=100 base.
7
Indexes on an August 1981 = 100 base.
8
Indexes are on the bases listed below:
U.S.
1967=100.
2
3




-1.0
-.7
.0
-.3

December 1977 = 100.
Chicago
February 1978 = 100.
Dallas
December 1977 = 100.
Detroit
April 1978 = 100.
Houston
December 1977 = 100.
Los Angeles
December 1977 = 100.
New York
December 1977 = 100.
Philadelphia
April 1978 = 100.
Pittsburgh
December 1977 = 100.
San Francisco
Data not adequate for publication.
Data not available.

.9
1.4
-.2
-.2

Table 18. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers: Selected areas, all items
index
(1967=100, unless otherwise noted)
Percent change to
Dec. 1987 from—

Indexes
Area

Pricing
schedule 1

U.S. city average
Region and area size

Other
index
base

M

Sept.
1987

Oct.
1987

Nov.
1987

Dec.
1987

339.1

340.0

340.4

340.2

4.5

Dec.
1986

Oct.
1987

0.1

Percent change to
Nov. 1987 from—

Nov.
1987

-0.1

Nov.
1986

4.6

Sept.
1987

Oct.
1987

0.4

0.1

2

urban
More than 1,200,000
500,000 to 1,200,000
50,000 to 500,000

M
M
M
M

12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77

182.1
179.0
180.2
197.0

183.0
179.7
182.4
197.2

183.3
179.8
183.5
197.3

183.3
179.9
182.7
197.6

5.2
5.6
4.3
3.7

.0
.1
-.4
.2

.7
.4
1.8
.2

.2
.1
.6
.1

North Central urban
Size A - More than 1,200,000
Size B - 360,000 to 1,200,000
Size C - 50,000 to 360,000
S i z e D - Nonmetropolitan
(less than 50,000)

M
M
M
M

12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77

180.6
183.3
177.8
176.6

180.5
182.6
178.3
177.3

180.6
182.8
178.3
177.3

180.2
182.2
178.2
177.0

4.2
3.9
3.9
5.1

-.2
-.3
-.1
-.2

.0
-.3
.3
.4

.1
.1
.0
.0

M

12/77

178.3

178.8

179.0

179.4

3.9

.2

.4

.1

South urban
Size A - More than 1,200,000
Size B - 450,000 to 1,200,000
Size C - 50,000 to 450,000
S i z e D - Nonmetropolitan
(less than 50,000)

M
M
M
M

12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77

183.0
184.2
182.1
182.9

183.6
184.8
182.5
183.3

184.0
185.4
182.7
183.8

183.8
185.0
182.6
183.4

4.1
4.5
4.0
3.8

-.1
-.2
-.1
-.2

.5
.7
.3
.5

.2
.3
.1
.3

M

12/77

181.9

182.8

183.5

183.4

3.6

-.1

.9

.4

West urban
Size A - More than 1,250,000
Size B - 330,000 to 1,250,000
Size C - 50,000 to 330,000

M
M
M
M

12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77

183.9
184.9
185.9
175.9

184.6
185.6
187.1
176.5

184.7
185.4
186.9
177.7

185.0
185.8
187.1
178.0

4.5
4.7
4.5
4.0

.2
.2
.1
.2

.4
.3
.5
1.0

.1
-.1
-.1
.7

M
M
M
M

12/86
12/77
12/77
12/77

104.5
181.7
182.9
181.3

104.7
182.6
183.4
182.1

104.8
182.9
183.7
182.6

104.7
182.7
183.5
182.8

4.7
4.1
4.1
3.9

-.1

.3
.7
.4
.7

.1
.2
.2
.3

Northeast
Size A •
Size B Size C -

s class
A
B
C
D
See footnotes at end of table.




-.1
-.1
.1

Table 18. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers: Selected areas, all items
index—Continued
(1967=100, unless otherwise noted)
Indexes
Area

Pricing
schedule 1

Other
index
base

Percent change to
Dec. 1987 from—

Sept.
1987

Oct.
1987

Nov.
1987

Dec.
1987

333.5
340.4
337.4
344.2
351.4

328.2
342.1
338.3
345.8
353.2

329.4
341.1
339.1
344.6
353.9

329.5
342.0
339.0
345.6
354.4

Dec.
1986

Oct.
1987

Nov.
1987

Percent change to
Nov. 1987 from—
Nov.
1986

Sept.
1987

Oct.
1987

Selected local areas
Chicago, Ill.-Northwestem Ind
LA.-Long Beach, Anaheim, Calif
N.Y., N.Y.-Northeastem N.J
Philadelphia, Pa.-N.J
San Francisco-Oakland, Calif
Baltimore, Md
Boston, Mass
Cleveland, Ohio
Miami, Fla
St. Louis, Mo.-lll
Washington, D.C.-Md.-Va

M
M
M
M
M

11/77

353.8
327.8
345.1
322.2

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 are defined as the four Census regions.
Data not available.




0.4
.0
.2
-.1
.3

343.6
346.7
343.5
183.7
331.7
353.1

344.3
345.5
343.4
181.6
335.7
350.8

Dallas-Fort Worth, Tex
Detroit, Mich
Houston, Tex
Pittsburgh, Pa

4.3
5.1
5.9
5.8
5.2

350.8
323.4
342.9
323.0

4.7
3.0
4.4
3.6

0.0
.3
.0
.3
.1

4.2
4.5
6.4
5.9

-1.2
.2
.5
.1
.7

4.0
6.4
4.2
4.3
4.0
5.1

-.2
.3
.0
1.2
-1.2
.7

0.4
-.3
.2
-.3
.2

-.8
-1.3
-.6
.2

NOTE: Local area CPI 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

82

Table 19. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers: Regions,1 by expenditure category and
commodity and service group
(December 1977=100, unless otherwise noted)
Northeast

Index

Group

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—
Dec.
1986

Index

Nov.
1987

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—
Dec.
1986

West

South

North Central

Index

Nov.
1987

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—
Dec.
1986

Index

Nov.
1987

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—
Dec.
1986

Nov.
1987

Expenditure category
183.3

5.2

173.6
173.8
166.7
181.1
165.7
146.5
194.5
154.4
171.2
152.1
137.9
172.8
192.2
170.2

4.7
4.7
4.6
4.4
2.5
1.9
16.1
1.6
2.3
4.9
-1.7
3.8
4.7
5.1

Housing
,
Shelter
2
Renters' costs
,
Rent, residential
Other renters' costs
Homeowners' costs 2
Owners' equivalent rent 2
Maintenance and repairs
Maintenance and repair services
Maintenance and repair commodities
Fuel and other utilities
Fuels 3
Fuel oil and other household fuel
commodities 3
Fuel o i l 3
Other household fuel
commodities 4
Gas (piped) and electricity 3
Electricity 3
Utility (piped) gas 3
Other utilities and public services
Household furnishings and operation
Housefumishings
Housekeeping supplies
Housekeeping services

192.8
218.5
120.8
192.7
221.4
124.3
124.7
181.5
198.3
147.3
171.7
168.1

4.9
7.3
5.0
5.4
2.6
8.4
8.5
5.8
9.3
1.0
.5
.7

.5
.8
-.1
.9
-4.8
1.2
1.2
1.0
1.3

179.1
180.6

Apparel and upkeep
Apparel commodities
Men's and boys' apparel
Women's and girls' apparel
Infants' and toddlers' apparel
Footwear
Other apparel commodities
Apparel services

All items
Food and beverages
Food
Food at home
Cereals and bakery products
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs
Dairy products
Fruits and vegetables
Other food at home
Sugar and sweets
Fats and oils
Nonalcoholic beverages
Other prepared food
Food away from home
Alcoholic beverages

,

,

,

180.2

4.2
2.7
2.7
2.7
4.2

-.4
.1
5.7
.0
-.8
-.3

165.0
165.2
160.8
183.3
157.7
145.2
182.6
152.0
172.1
148.2
128.5
175.8
175.0
161.2

.0
.1
.1

2.0
10.8
.3

1.3
1.2
-3.8
3.2
2.7
2.3

-0.2

1.0
-1.4
-.5
5.2
-.4
-.9
-.4
-.2
-.5
-.2

183.8

4.1

-0.1

185.0

4.5

171.5
172.0
164.5
174.8
159.1
158.4
189.1
157.4
178.0
140.8
143.3
174.8
189.9
163.0

3.1
3.1
2.7
4.0
-.2
1.7
10.1
2.1
2.4
2.2
-1.2
4.9
3.9
2.3

-.1
-.1
-.3
.4

174.6
175.6
168.3
185.2
163.3
153.2
191.1
161.3
178.9
153.7
137.6
185.8
190.0
161.4

3.1
3.1
3.3
4.2
1.4
.9

2.4
2.6
2.8
2.3
6.2
2.5
2.4
3.7
3.7
3.5
2.9
2.6

3.2
4.6
4.1
3.5
6.3
4.9
4.9
.8
.2
1.3
1.1
-.3

-4.4
.2
.1
-1.4

.6
-.3
-.2

190.3
210.4
114.3
172.1
226.4
114.6
114.5
158.8
165.9
141.8
183.9
172.1

-1.1
-.1

189.0
206.1
110.8
176.5
241.2
109.1
108.8
172.8
176.4
159.1
182.4
177.7

15.0
18.0

.6
.7

167.0
181.0

7.3
17.8

-.7
-2.2

175.3
167.4

9.1
17.6

103.1
168.5
165.8
171.3
164.2
145.9
132.4
159.6
174.4

3.1
-2.5
.5
-7.8
.4

-.1
-.4
-.6
-.2
-.4
-.3
-.5
-.3

98.4
174.5
159.3
193.2
171.5
144.8
130.4
172.2
163.3

-1.6
-.6
.8
-2.4
3.3
1.0
.2
3.3
1.4

.8
-.1
-.3
.2
-2.3
.2
.2
.3
.2

104.7
178.6
171.2
194.6
165.2
147.8
136.6
163.0
165.0

4.7
2.2
3.0
-1.2
3.1

133.4
125.0
123.1
115.8
150.8
137.6
144.3
202.5

2.8
2.5
.1

-4.4
-4.9
-2.8
-7.7
.8
-1.9
-1.0

138.1
132.3
126.5
127.6
175.9
137.5
148.2
184.4

5.9
6.2
2.8
9.3
.9
4.9
6.3
1.9

-1.8
-2.0
-1.2
-3.3
-2.2
.0
-.6
.2

145.8
137.4
147.2
129.6
136.1
136.5
139.8
208.8

5.4
5.6
5.6
6.1
2.8
5.2
6.3
3.5

-.1
-1.8
3.2
1.9

3.2
6.2
.4
11.3
5.9

See footnotes at end of table.




0.0

83

-.3
-.1
-.6
.5

-2.8

-.1

1.0
.5
2.1
1.4

-1.4
-.4
1.8
-.4
.4
-.2
-1.2
.1
.2
.1

13.6
-.1
.3
-1.6
-6.3
4.5

0.2
.8

.9
1.1
.7
-.4
.1
7.0
-.1

2.9
2.7

-.1
-.3
-.3
.2
.4
-.1

-1.0

191.6
204.3
116.3
206.6
218.5
118.0
117.8
191.9
218.9
150.2
195.0
209.6

3.7
4.7
3.5
3.7
1.9
5.5
5.5
1.3
1.4
1.1
1.3
2.1

.3
.4
.3
.4
-.2
.4
.4
-2.8
-5.2
-.7
.2
.4

.1
.1

177.2
191.2

7.1
23.2

-.6
-.1

.2 101.2
-1.1 214.5
-1.3 197.2
-.1 244.9
1.3 167.0
-.2 148.6
-.4 133.7
.0 174.5
.1 166.5

1.2
2.0
1.7
2.6
.5
2.2
2.3
3.1
1.3

-.7
.4
.9
-.4
-.1
-.2
-.4
.4
.1

-1.5

5.2
5.5
3.3
6.0
.8
6.8
8.8
3.4

-1.2
-1.4
-1.1

.0
.0
.3
.5
-.6
-.2
-.2
1.8
2.6

.9
.1

-1.6
-.5
-2.8

-2.9
-1.2
.6
.0

138.7
131.4
132.8
113.3
162.2
153.2
149.9
200.5

-2.9
-2.9
1.7
.6
.1

Table 19. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers: Regions,1 by expenditure category and
commodity and service group—Continued
(December 1977=100, unless otherwise noted)
Northeast

Group

Index

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—
Dec.
1986

Index

Nov.
1987

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—
Dec.
1986

West

South

North Central

Index

Nov.
1987

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—
Dec.
1986

Index

Nov.
1987

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—

Dec.
1986

Nov.
1987

Expenditure category
Transportation
Private transportation
New vehicles
New cars
Used cars
Motor fuel 3
Gasoline 3
Gasoline, leaded regular 3
Gasoline, unleaded regular 3 ....
Gasoline, unleaded premium 5 .
Maintenance and repairs
Other private transportation
Other private transportation
commodities
Other private transportation
services
Public transportation

181.3
177.7
157.9
157.8
228.6
162.2
162.1
162.0
156.8
81.4
188.0
176.3

6.8
7.4
1.1
.9
9.4

6.9
7.3
2.7
3.0

18.9
21.7
19.1
17.0
5.7
6.6

-0.2
-.1
-.2
-.3
-.3
-.6
-.6
-.4
-.9
-.1
.2
.2

177.2
174.4
155.1
154.3
227.3
162.6
162.2
162.6
158.9
84.9
168.2
166.0

135.5

-.8

.2

129.7

2.0

1.2

134.5

1.8

184.2
217.8

7.8
2.3

172.9
257.2

4.3
1.9

-.2
.1

194.1
232.9

4.2
-1.6

Medical care
Medical care commodities
Medical care services
Professional medical services

223.3
211.9
226.0
220.3

6.5
7.0
6.4
7.3

219.2
216.1
219.8
205.0

6.3
7.5
5.9
7.4

.3
1.2
.1
.2

230.5
222.6
232.1
216.7

6.0
6.5
5.8
5.7

Entertainment
,
Entertainment commodities
Entertainment services

166.7
155.6
183.6

3.9
2.3
5.6

164.6
156.2
178.5

3.6
4.0
3.2

.2
.5
-.1

168.0
162.5
179.6

Other goods and services
Tobacco and smoking products
Personal care
Personal and educational expenses...

210.6
214.0
172.9
252.2

6.1
6.9
3.2
6.8

206.6
233.0
162.1
244.1

6.3
9.3
3.7
5.4

.2
.6
.1
.0

183.3

5.2

.0

180.2

4.2

166.5
173.6
160.8
159.7
125.0

4.6
4.7
4.6
6.9
2.5

-.5
.5
-1.3
-1.8
-4.9

163.6
165.0
162.0
164.1
132.3

175.0
162.5
208.8
123.5

9.4
1.0
5.7
7.4

-.1 177.3
-.2 160.3
.5 208.7
.8

100.5
193.3
226.0
206.3

-.6
6.0
6.4
6.1

-.3
.2
.4

18.8

-.3

6.6
6.9
2.0
2.9

-.1

186.2
183.6
149.8
153.1
226.1
153.9
153.0
150.5
149.4
78.2
194.5
200.6

.1

131.5

2.5

-.6

-.1 216.6
.4 247.4

5.6
3.1

.2
-.3

.2
.1
-.1

228.5
218.3
230.3
212.0

6.0
7.3
5.7
5.5

.3
.4
.3
.1

3.8
4.1
3.6

-.3
.3
-1.0

161.9
152.2
180.0

4.2
3.4
5.0

.7
.9
.6

208.0
219.5
172.6
254.6

5.9
7.5
2.0
6.5

.1
.1

210.4
228.3
177.2
251.2

6.6
7.5
4.2
7.3

.3
.1
.1
.4

-.2

183.8

4.1

-.1

185.0

4.5

4.5
2.7
5.7
8.6
6.2

-.2
.3
-.6
-1.1
-2.0

169.9
171.5
168.1
164.6
137.4

4.9
3.1
6.0
8.4
5.6

-.3
-.1
-.4
-.8
-1.6

165.5
174.6
159.9
162.6
131.4

4.7
3.1
5.8
7.9
5.5

-1.4

-.6
.1
-.2
.0

176.9
171.9
206.1
109.5

9.8
3.3
3.3
2.5

-.3

114.5

9.8
2.2
3.8
4.8

176.4
160.0
211.8
117.2

9.3
3.4
4.4
4.6

-.7
.1
.3
.4

101.6
181.5
219.8
189.9

1.1
3.1
5.9
3.9

-.9 105.8
.0 196.0
232.1
200.9

2.7
3.4
5.8
5.0

104.8
214.1
230.3
195.7

1.4
4.9
5.7
5.8

.1
.2
.3
.4

6.0
6.3
1.0
.5

8.9
17.6

17.6
20.3
16.9
14.4
.6
3.8

-0.5
-.5
.0
-.3
-.1
-2.3
-2.3
-2.6
-2.3
-2.0

182.8
181.3
158.5
159.7
227.7
161.5
161.3
159.4
159.2
81.2
.3 186.0
.1 180.9

8.9
19.3
19.4
21.6

19.8
15.8
4.0
3.7

-0.2
-.2
.4
.4
-.2
-1.2

-1.2
-1.7
-1.1
-.7
.1

14.3
4.5
4.9

-0.3
-.3
.2
.4
-.1
-1.8
-1.8
-1.9
-2.0
-1.0
.5
.0

8.3

18.6
18.4
20.8
18.2

Commodity and service group
All items .
Commodities
Food and beverages
Commodities less food and beverages....
Nondurables less food and beverages .
Apparel commodities
,
Nondurables less food, beverages,
and apparel
Durables
Services
Rent of shelter2
Household services less rent of
shelter2
Transportation services
Medical care services
Other services
See footnotes at end of table.




84

.1
-.1

.0
.8
-.4

-.9

Table 19. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers: Regions,1 by expenditure category and
commodity and service group—Continued
(December 1977=100, unless otherwise noted)
Northeast

Group

Index

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—

Dec.
1986

South

North Central

Index

Nov.
1987

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—
Dec.
1986

Nov.
1987

Index

Dec.
1987

West

Percent
change
from—
Dec.
1986

Index

Nov.
1987

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—

Dec.
1986

Nov.
1987

Special indexes
All items less food
All items less shelter
All items less homeowners' costs 2
All items less medical care
Commodities less food
Nondurables less food
Nondurables less food and apparel....
Nondurables
Services less rent of shelter 2
Services less medical care
Energy 3
All items less energy
All items less food and energy
Commodities less food and energy
Energy commodities
Services less energy

185.8
173.7
108.8
181.6
161.3
160.3
174.3
167.2
112.2
207.2
164.3
185.2
188.8
162.2
169.4
211.8

-0.2
-.3
-.3
.0
-1.2

5.3
4.3
4.4
5.1
4.6
6.7
8.8
5.6
3.8
5.6
7.4
5.0
5.0
2.5
17.9
6.4

-1.7
-.1
-.5
.1
.4
-.4

.1
-.1

-1.3
-.4
.5

4.5
4.0
4.0
4.0
5.6
8.1
8.9
5.4
2.9
3.5
7.5
3.8
4.1
3.9
17.0
4.3

-0.3
-.2
-.3
-.3
-.5
-1.0
-.6
-.4
-.4
-.2

-1.1
-.1
-.2
-.2
-2.2
-.2

186.3
177.0
107.5
181.0
168.0
164.2
175.4
168.2
113.2
202.8
167.3
185.3
188.9
171.1
164.3
207.3

4.3
4.5
4.4
4.0
5.9
7.9
8.9
5.6
3.9
3.0
10.0
3.5
3.7
4.0
18.7
3.3

-0.2
-.2
-.2
-.2
-.4
-.7
-.2
-.4
.0
.0
-1.1
-.1
.0
-.3
-1.1

.1

Indexes on a December 1986=100 base.
Indexes on an August 1981 =100 base.

Regions are defined as the four Census regions.,
Indexes on a December 1984=100 base.
Indexes on a June 1978=100 base.




183.6
171.4
106.6
178.4
162.0
163.7
175.4
164.6
109.6
207.5
166.7
181.5
185.8
163.8
166.3
210.7

85

186.9
178.2
108.3
182.8
160.0
162.1
174.0
169.0
114.7
209.9
173.8
186.1
188.7
163.0
163.3
211.2

4.8
4.5
4.3
4.5
5.5
7.3
8.1
5.2
4.1
4.3
10.8
4.1
4.4
4.0
18.2
4.5

0.0
.1
.1
.2
-.4
-.8
-.6
.0
.3
.3
-.9
.3
.1
-.2
-1.7
.3

Table 20. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers: Population size classes,1 by expenditure
category and commodity and service group
(December 1977=100, unless otherwise noted)
Size class A :

Group

Index

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—
Dec.
1986

Index

Nov.
1987

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—
Dec.
1986

Size class D

Size class C

Size class B

Index

Nov.
1987

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—
Dec.
1986

Index

Nov.
1987

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—
Dec.
1986

Nov.
1987

Expenditure category
104.7

4.7

-0.1

182.7

4.1

-0.1

183.5

4.1

-0.1

182.8

3.9

0.1

Food and beverages
Food
Food at home
Cereals and bakery products ..
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs.
Dairy products
Fruits and vegetables
Other food at home
Sugar and sweets
Fats and oils
Nonalcoholic beverages
Other prepared food
Food away from home
Alcoholic beverages

103.3
103.3
103.4
104.2
101.4
101.6
112.4
101.0
101.0
101.7
97.3
104.1
103.1
103.3

3.3
3.3
3.4
4.2
1.4
1.6
12.4
1.0
1.0
1.7
-2.7
4.1
3.1
3.3

.4
.5
.6
.6

171.7
172.1
166.2
184.3
161.9
151.3
196.9
156.0
177.0
149.7
134.3
180.3
185.2
164.7

3.7
3.7
3.3
4.4
.7
2.5
12.7
1.0
1.7
1.5

.2
.2
.2
1.1

-1.5
-.4
4.7
-.3
.2
.4
-1.5
.2
.1
.2

3.4
3.5
3.2
3.9
.6
.5
14.2
1.0
2.7
2.7
-3.8
4.3
4.1
2.6

.3
.4
.4
.5
-1.1
-.6
5.5
-.4

-2.7
3.6
4.5
2.9

168.0
168.1
162.7
178.4
157.1
145.9
192.6
155.8
178.0
142.3
137.9
174.0
181.3
167.1

-1.1
-.3
-.5
-.2
.3
-.1

172.0
172.3
163.8
180.6
163.0
149.5
185.1
154.1
168.8
140.1
135.1
175.8
193.3
166.5

3.1
3.1
2.8
4.8
-.1
2.7
10.2
1.2
2.6
.8
-4.0
4.8
4.0
1.7

.1
.1
.2
.4
-.7
.1
2.7
-.4
-.7
-1.5
-.2
-.1
-.1
.4

Housing
Shelter
Renters' costs 3
Rent, residential
Other renters' costs
Homeowners' costs3
Owners' equivalent rent 3
Maintenance and repairs
Maintenance and repair services
Maintenance and repair commodities.
Fuel and other utilities
Fuels4
Fuel oil and other household fuel
commodities4
Fuel oil 4
Other household fuel
commodities 2
Gas (piped) and electricity 4
Electricity 4
Utility (piped) gas 4
Other utilities and public services
Household furnishings and operation
Housefumishings
Housekeeping supplies
Housekeeping services

104.0
105.5
104.3
104.5
103.5
106.2
106.2
103.9
106.1
101.3
100.5
100.1

4.0
5.5
4.3
4.5
3.5
6.2
6.2
3.9
6.1
1.3
.5
.1

188.4
206.4
116.5
187.3
240.3
115.2
115.2
167.6
167.5
157.8
184.2
182.2

2.7
4.4
4.1
3.1
7.9
4.5
4.5
.0
-3.1
2.1
1.3
.5

.1 193.9
.0 213.3
-.8
.4
-4.6
.3
.3
.4
.4
.3
.3
-.2

113.0
179.5
222.4
115.1
115.1
176.3
198.5
139.2
191.0
191.6

3.4
3.5
2.2
2.0
3.5
4.1
4.1
2.2
3.1
.9
4.6
4.0

.0
-.3
-.6
.3
-4.5
-.1
-.2
-.2
.2
-.9
.5
.7

189.5
211.3
111.2
170.9
222.9
112.0
111.7
174.2
189.0
151.6
176.2
164.5

1.9
2.3
1.2
1.3
.7
2.8
2.7
4.9
5.1
4.6
1.6
2.0

.3
.5
.5
.4
1.9
.5
.4
.9
2.1
-.3
.0

113.6
117.0

13.6
17.0

.6 172.8
.8 179.7

11.0
18.1

.2
-.3

176.7
177.8

11.6
20.2

.1
.1

155.5
159.3

10.0
19.7

-1.3
-2.1

103.0
99.0
100.4
96.9

-.3
-1.0

103.3
186.2
177.1
201.2
166.3
143.7
129.1
167.0
166.7

3.3
-.6
1.1
-5.1
2.3

.9 101.3
-.3 197.5

101.4
168.6
162.4
176.6
175.0
148.8
136.7
167.8
163.8

1.4
1.3
2.4
-1.3
1.0

-.6
.1
-.4

100.9
101.8
101.0
104.3
101.7

3.0
-1.0
.4
-3.1
.9
1.8
1.0
4.3
1.7

Apparel and upkeep
Apparel commodities
Men's and boys' apparel
Women's and girls' apparel ....
Infants' and toddlers' apparel.
Footwear
Other apparel commodities
Apparel services

106.0
106.2
103.7
107.8
101.8
104.8
110.8
104.0

6.0
6.2
3.7
7.8
1.8
4.8
10.8
4.0

-2.7
-2.9
-1.0
-5.5
—5
-.6
.3

142.3
135.1
136.8
126.4
152.4
143.6
140.1
201.5

3.9
3.9
.1
6.1
4.7
4.5
2.9
3.4

135.9
130.9
125.2
126.8
146.4
141.2
144.1
180.2

3.3
3.5
.5
5.9
-2.3

All items .

-.8
-.2

4.9
.0
-.2
-.2
.1
-.1
.3
-.2

.1
.4
.3
.7
-2.2
.6
.6
-.5
-.8
.1
-.8

-.9

-1.5
-.3
-.8
-.3
-.6
.2
.1

See footnotes at end of table.




86

-1.4
-2.6
-.5
1.8

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

189.4
209.2
174.6
144.8
131.9
169.0
160.9

1.3
3.4
4.8
-.5
5.3
1.3
1.1
2.2
.8

.2
.8
.7
1.1
.1
.1
.2

-1.5
-1.7
-1.9
-2.4
.1
-.3
-.5

142.7
137.4
144.1
131.1
157.8
140.7
134.6
196.9

2.7
2.5
5.2
.8
4.8
2.0
3.1
4.1

-2.0
-2.1
-1.7

-.1
.2

-2.9
-4.2
-.7
-.4
.2

.9
.5
2.7
.6

3.8
4.7
.3

.1

1.6
-.7
.7
.7
1.1
.2
-1.5
-1.5
-1.6
-1.2
-9.1
-.1
.5
-.7

Table 20. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers: Population size classes,1 by expenditure
category and commodity and service group—Continued
(December 1977=100, unless otherwise noted)

Group

Index

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—
Dec.
1986

Index

Nov.
1987

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—
Dec.
1986

Size class D

Size class C

Size class B

Size class A '

Index

Nov.
1987

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—
Dec.
1986

Index

Nov.
1987

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—
Dec.
1986

Nov.
1987

Expenditure category

6.5
7.1

-0.4
-.4
.1
.1
-.1

-0.1
-.1
.3
.3

181.6
178.6
160.3
160.7
229.2
158.8
158.7
158.3
156.7
77.6
174.0
167.5

8.2
8.2
2.4
2.6
9.8
20.8

3.1
2.1

-0.3
-.3
.4
.0
-.2
-2.3
-2.3
-2.7
-2.3
-1.3
.5
.2

2.8
5.1

.6
-.1

134.3

1.4

1.4

135.3

2.7

-.1

184.4
250.0

2.3
2.3

-.1
.3

175.9
282.5

5.7
6.6

-.1
.5

180.0
178.2
156.7
158.1
227.2
160.6
160.2
158.4
159.4
82.7
185.7
174.4

5.8
5.9
1.6
1.8
8.8
17.5

21.7

-0.3
-.2
.0
.0
-.2
-1.3
-1.3
-1.6

19.0

-1.3

16.2
4.2
4.8

-.8
.3
.1

184.4
182.4
159.0
158.7
228.1
161.1
160.5
158.6
158.1
80.8
183.6
186.8

101.3

1.3

-.3

136.9

2.4

105.6
100.4

5.6
.4

.1
-.1

198.9
256.1

7.1
5.7

Medical care
Medical care commodities
Medical care services
Professional medical services

106.6
107.3
106.4
106.9

6.6
7.3
6.4
6.9

220.8
224.2
220.0
200.3

5.1
7.3
4.6
4.4

230.1
216.3
233.0
222.8

6.7
6.9
6.6
7.2

.2
.6
.2
.1

228.6
210.6
232.2
220.3

5.0
5.5
4.9
6.5

.2
.3
.1
.3

Entertainment
Entertainment commodities
Entertainment services

103.9
103.8
104.1

3.9
3.8
4.1

.2
.6
-.1

161.0
153.3
176.8

2.9
3.0
3.0

162.3
182.8

4.3
3.3
5.5

-.2
.1
-.6

163.6
158.9
172.6

4.1
3.7
4.9

.4
.3
.8

Other goods and services
Tobacco and smoking products
Personal care
Personal and educational expenses

106.3
107.5
103.1
107.1

6.3
7.5
3.1
7.1

.1
.1
.1

212.9
226.3
176.8
256.8

6.5
8.2
3.9
6.4

202.6
222.1
165.0
244.3

5.9
8.2
3.4
5.3

.2
.6
.3
.1

210.4
234.7
166.6
249.7

5.7
9.4
2.2
4.8

.5
1.4
.2
.0

104.7

4.7

-.1

182.7

4.1

-.1

183.5

4.1

-.1

182.8

3.9

104.9
103.3
106.0
108.5
106.2

4.9
3.3
6.0
8.5
6.2

-.3

167.5
171.7
164.4
165.1
135.1

4.2
3.7
4.6
7.1
3.9

-.2

167.5
168.0
165.9
164.9
137.4

4.5
3.4
5.1
7.2
2.5

-.2
.3
-.5
-1.1
-2.1

167.1
172.0
163.9
161.6
130.9

5.0
3.1
6.2
8.4
3.5

-1.5

109.8
102.8
104.6
105.6

9.8
2.8
4.6
5.6

-.4
-.1
.2

178.0
164.3
206.7
115.6

8.7
1.6
4.0
4.4

177.1
167.5
210.8
114.5

9.5
2.6
3.9
3.5

-.6
.3
.0
-.3

174.9
166.3
210.6
111.6

10.4
3.5
2.9
2.2

.2
.2
.2
.5

100.4
104.2
106.4
105.5

-.7
.1
.3

103.7
199.9
220.0
198.5

1.1
5.9
4.6
4.9

106.9
190.8
233.0
191.8

3.8
2.5
6.6
4.9

.4

4.2
6.4
5.5

104.3
186.6
232.i
191.5

1.4
5.1
4.9
4.0

-.2
.2
.1
.2

Transportation
Private transportation
New vehicles
New cars
Used cars
Motor fuel 4
Gasoline 4
Gasoline, leaded regular4
Gasoline, unleaded regular4
Gasoline, unleaded premium 5
Maintenance and repairs
Other private transportation
Other private transportation
commodities
Other private transportation
services
Public transportation

106.5
107.1
101.7
101.8
108.5
119.0
119.1
121.7
119.0
116.2
104.2
104.8

1.7
1.8
8.5
19.0
19.1

7.0
7.0
1.6

1.3
9.2
17.2
17.2
19.3
17.1
14.6

2.9
6.2

-1.8
-1.8
-2.0
-2.0

-.9
-.1
-.2

-.3

17.4
19.8
16.9

14.5

20.9
23.7
20.4
15.1

-.1
-.6
-.6
-.4
-.7
-.8

Commodity and service group
All items
Commodities
Food and beverages
Commodities less food and beverages
Nondurables less food and beverages ...
Apparel commodities
Nondurables less food, beverages,
and apparel
Durables
Services
,
Rent of shelter 3
Household services less rent of
shelter 3
Transportation services
Medical care services
Other services

-.7
-1.3
-2.9

See footnotes at end of table.




87

-.5
-1.0
-1.7
-.7

-.1

.2
-.1

.0
.1

-.1
-.3

Table 20. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers: Population size classes,1 by expenditure
category and commodity and service group—Continued
(December 1977=100, unless otherwise noted)
Size class A 2

Group

Index

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—
Dec.
1986

Size class C

Size class B

Nov.
1987

Index

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—
Dec.
1986

Index

Nov.
1987

Dec.
1987

Size class D

Percent
change
from—
Dec.

Nov.
1987

Index

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—
Dec.
1986

Nov.
1987

Special indexes
All items less food
,
All items less shelter
,
All items less homeowners' costs 3
All items less medical care
Commodities less food
Nondurables less food
Nondurables less food and apparel
Nondurables
,
Services less rent of shelter 3
Services less medical care
Energy 4
All items less energy
All items less food and energy
Commodities less food and energy
Energy commodities
Services less energy

105.0
104.4
104.4
104.6
105.8
108.0
108.8
105.6
103.5
104.4
108.6
104.4
104.7
104.1
118.6
105.0

-0.2
-.3
-.2
-.1
-.8
-1.2
-.4
-.4
-.1
.1
-1.1
.0
-.1
-.7
-1.1
.3

5.0
4.4
4.4
4.6
5.8
8.0
8.8
5.6
3.5
4.4
8.6
4.4
4.7
4.1
18.6
5.0

1
See region and area size on table 11 for information about
population size classes.
2
Indexes on a December 1986=100 base.




185.0
175.6
107.3
180.8
164.4
164.9
176.5
168.5
112.5
205.2
169.7
183.9
187.1
166.6
166.2
207.4

4.2
4.0
4.1
4.1
4.5
6.7
8.0
5.2
3.7
4.0
7.7
3.8
3.8
2.8
16.5
4.5

-0.2
-.2
-.2
-.1
-.5
-.9
-.6
-.4
.1
.1
-1.0
.0

-.1
-.3
-1.6
.1

187.0
174.8
107.4
181.2
166.0
164.8
175.8
166.5
113.2
208.4
173.9
184.7
189.2
168.6
166.3
211.4

4.3
4.4
4.2
4.0
5.0
6.8
8.7
5.2
4.1
3.6
9.6
3.6
3.7
3.2
16.9
4.0

-0.2
-.1
-.1
-.1
-.5
-1.0
-.6
-.4
.2
.0
-.6
.0
-.2
-.2
-2.1
-.1

Indexes on a December 1984=100 base.
Indexes on a June 1978=100 base.
Indexes on an August 1981 =100 base.

88

185.1
174.9
106.4
180.2
163.9
161.7
173.9
167.1
111.1
207.6
160.6
185.1
188.6
166.6
160.1
213.8

4.1
4.4
4.1
3.9
6.0
7.9
9.6
5.5
3.3
2.6
9.9
3.3
3.3
3.9
19.7
3.0

0.1
.0
.1
.1
-.1
-.2
.2
-.1
.0
.2
-.3
.2
.2
.1
-.7
.3

Table 21. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers: Cross classification of regions and population
size classes,1 by expenditure category and commodity and service group
(December 1977=100, unless otherwise noted)
Northeast
Size class A
Group
Index

Dec.
1987

Size class C

Size class B

Percent
change
from—

Index

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—

Index

Nov.
1987

197.6

3.7

0.2

.4
.3
.4
2.3
-1.6
-.8
6.7
-1.1
.2
.5

172.7
172.9
166.1
183.9
165.1
140.6
194.5
156.5
189.3
171.2

4.6
4.7
3.6
4.4
1.4
-.4
13.0
2.4
6.8
3.9

.2
.2
.4
.2
-.9
.4
5.4
-1.3
.1
.2

3.2
6.2
5.2
5.3
5.1
6.8
6.8
.8
2.2

-.9
-.7
-3.0
1.3
-11.1
.3
.3
-.8
.0

230.4
288.6
118.1
219.5
157.5
127.9
128.1
176.0
168.4

2.9
4.2

.5
.6
.5
.6
-2.1
.6
.6
-.1

173.4
177.5
103.4
178.4
176.9
178.8
143.6

13.3
17.5
3.4
-.7
1.9
-6.9
-5.0

-.1
-.4
1.0

-1.6

171.2
171.9
102.7
172.4
175.1
156.2
140.7

-17.6
-.6

144.1
138.9
149.7
134.2
124.8

-2.2
-2.9
-1.3
-5.5
-3.3

-1.2
-1.3
-2.2
-1.0
-2.6

5.3
5.3
14.4

-.3
-.3
-.9
-1.0
-.6

13.4
4.6

-1.3
-.5
.0

Nov.
1987

182.7

4.3

-0.4

171.3
171.6
169.7
189.6
168.8
144.0
205.1
155.9
174.7
168.1

5.5
5.8
4.8
6.0
2.4
3.3
15.2
2.0
7.1
3.4

1.2
.4
.9
-2.3
1.6
1.6
-.2
-.4

195.8
225.4
124.7
201.0
211.4
124.8
125.1
174.1
173.2

.8
1.0
-1.0
-.6
-.9
-.2
-.3

Nov.
1987

179.9

5.6

0.1

Food and beverages
Food
Food at home
Cereals and bakery products
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs
Dairy products
Fruits and vegetables
Other food at home
Food away from home
Alcoholic beverages

174.3
174.4
166.0
178.8
165.0
148.3
191.9
153.5
196.3
171.6

4.6
4.5
4.9
4.1
2.7
2.0
17.0
1.7
3.7
6.0

.7
.7
1.2
-.1
-.2
.4
5.8
.7
.1

Housing
Shelter
Renters' costs 2
Rent, residential
Other renters' costs
Homeowners' costs 2
Owners' equivalent rent 2
Fuel and other utilities
Fuels 3
Fuel oil and other household fuel
commodities 3
Fuel o i l 3
Other household fuel commodities 4
Gas (piped) and electricity 3
Electricity 3
Utility (piped) gas 3
Household furnishings and operation

183.1
200.6
120.3
186.5
229.6
122.9
123.3
169.5
166.1

5.8
8.2
5.7
6.0
4.1
9.4
9.6
.1
-.1

183.6
184.1
102.1
164.4
159.3
172.1
147.4

15.2
17.0
2.1
-2.9

Dec.
1987

Dec.
1986

Dec.
1986

Dec.
1986

Percent
change
from—

Expenditure category
All items

-.3
-6.8
1.4

-.1
.8

.1
.3
-.8

.1
2.4
-21.0
6.1
6.1
1.4
1.0

15.6
20.7
2.7
-4.1

.9

-.1

.4
.6
.0
-.3
-.3
-.1
1.2

Apparel and upkeep
Apparel commodities
Men's and boys' apparel
Women's and girls' apparel
Footwear

129.9
119.4
115.7
106.7
136.0

3.9
3.6
.3
5.0
.4

-5.5
-6.0
-3.0
-9.5
-2.6

131.5
126.4
124.5
121.0
152.5

-.1
-.4
-1.2
-1.2
3.5

-2.2
-2.4
-2.7
-3.8
2.5

Transportation
Private transportation
Motor fuel 3
Gasoline 3
Gasoline, leaded regular3
Gasoline, unleaded regular3
Gasoline, unleaded premium 5
Public transportation

182.6
177.9
162.1
162.1
162.9
155.4
80.9
211.3

7.3
8.1
20.4
20.5
23.5
21.1

178.4
177.0
161.9
162.0
163.1
158.1
80.5
225.3

6.3
6.1
17.7

-.4
-.4
-1.6

17.7

1.1

.1
.0
-.2
-.3
-.4
-.4
.0
.1

19.8
17.3
16.8
8.8

-1.6
-.5
-2.5
.0
.3

180.0
176.1
159.1
158.6
153.4
156.1
86.1
302.6

Medical care
Entertainment

221.6
168.7

6.9
4.5

.5
.2

224.8
156.8

5.4
1.3

.5
-.1

230.9
167.2

6.4
4.8

.3
-.5

Other goods and services
Personal care

210.6
174.1

6.3
3.6

.1
.2

209.0
164.6

7.0
2.0

.1
.6

205.6
166.2

4.4
-.1

.4
.0

17.6

See footnotes at end of table.




89

14.3
17.3
13.6

Table 21. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers: Cross classification of regions and population
size classes,1 by expenditure category and commodity and service group—Continued
(December 1977=100, unless otherwise noted)
Northeast

Group
Index

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—
Dec.
1986

Size class C

Size class B

Size class A

Index

Nov.
1987

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—

Index

Dec.
1986

Nov.
1987

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—
Dec.
1986

Nov.
1987

Commodity and service group
All items
Commodities
Food and beverages
Commodities less food and beverages
Nondurables less food and beverages
Durables
Services
Medical care services

179.9

5.6

0.1

182.7

4.3

-0.4

197.6

3.7

0.2

165.0
174.3
157.5
158.1
157.4
201.1
223.7

5.2
4.6
5.5
7.6
1.8
6.2
6.8

-.6
.7

166.0
171.3
161.3
158.9
164.0
210.6
228.1

3.5
5.5
2.0
4.3
-1.1
5.2
5.5

-.5
.4
-1.1

172.3
172.7
170.3
163.9
176.2
243.8
234.5

3.7
4.6
3.1
5.5
-.1
3.8
6.2

.0
.2
-.1
-.5
.6
.3
.3

173.9
178.1
181.2
163.6
158.2
158.9
167.1
112.2
199.0

4.6
5.6
5.5
7.4
5.6
7.5
6.0
3.8
6.1

171.7
181.0
184.8
167.0
161.7
159.4
165.6
110.9
208.9

3.7
4.3
4.1
8.1
2.1
4.3
5.1
4.2
5.2

-.3
-.5
-.4
-.7
-1.0
-1.4
-.5

173.9
196.1
202.0
162.1
170.5
164.2
168.4
113.5
244.8

3.6
3.6
3.5
5.7
3.1
5.4
5.1
3.2
3.6

.0
.2
.2
-.4
-.1
-.5

-1.6
-2.3
-.3
.7
.5

-1.6
-.4
-.4
.4

Special indexes
All items less shelter
All items less medical care
All items less energy
Energy 3
Commodities less food
Nondurables less food
Nondurables
Services less rent of shelter 2
Services less medical care
See footnotes at end of table.




90

-.3
.1
.1
-.3

-1.5
-2.1
-.7
.1
.7

-.1
-.5

-.1
-.1
.3

Table 21. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers: Cross classification of regions and population
size classes,1 by expenditure category and commodity and service group—Continued
(December 1977=100, unless otherwise noted)
North Central

Group
Index

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—
Dec.
1986

Index

Nov.
1987

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—
Dec.
1986

Size class D

Size class C

Size class B

Size class A

Index

Nov.
1987

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—
Dec.
1986

Index

Nov.
1987

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—
Dec.
1986

Nov.
1987

Expenditure category
182.2

3.9

-0.3

178.2

3.9

Food and beverages
Food
Food at home
Cereals and bakery products
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs
Dairy products
Fruits and vegetables
Other food at home
Food away from home
Alcoholic beverages

163.6
164.0
161.3
182.3
158.5
148.2
182.4
151.1
169.8
157.8

2.2
2.2
2.1
4.4
-.4
1.3
9.5
-.1
2.5
2.0

.1
.1
.1
1.0
-1.9
-1.1

165.9
166.3
159.1
189.6
156.2
142.7
178.1
150.2
182.6
160.0

3.3
3.4
3.3
3.6
2.6
2.6
8.7
1.6
3.6
1.4

Housing
Shelter
Renters' costs 2
Rent, residential
Other renters' costs
Homeowners' costs 2
Owners' equivalent rent 2
Fuel and other utilities
Fuels 3
Fuel oil and other household fuel
commodities 3
Fuel o i l 3
Other household fuel commodities
Gas (piped) and electricity3
Electricity3
Utility (piped) gas 3
Household furnishings and operation ...

197.1
223.3
115.0
180.5
219.3
115.3
115.2
179.5
167.6

3.0
4.7
4.2
4.1
4.5
4.9
5.0
-.2
-2.0

-.4 180.5
-.1 199.3

-.2
.3
-1.3
.5

-2.4
-.1
-.1
-1.5
-.5

237.8
116.0
116.2
178.3
165.2

1.4
3.3
3.1
2.3
5.1
3.4
3.5
-2.7
-2.8

176.5
190.5
99.4
167.8
150.1
188.7
142.4

7.0
16.0

-.4

-.6
-2.3
-2.2
-2.4
.7

-.6
-1.0
-.2
-.3

165.6
180.7
103.8
167.7
141.8
201.7
140.7

8.7
18.0
3.8
-3.3
.2
-7.6
.0

.2
-.6
.8
-1.3
-.2
-2.7

Apparel and upkeep
Apparel commodities
Men's and boys' apparel
Women's and girls' apparel
Footwear

134.3
127.4
127.6
118.5
128.6

6.8
7.2
6.2
9.2
6.2

-2.0
-2.2
-.6
-4.1

7.4
7.5
-6.8

-.1

154.8
150.7
132.1
156.9
136.0

Transportation
Private transportation
Motor fuel 3
Gasoline 3
Gasoline, leaded regular3
Gasoline, unleaded regular3
Gasoline, unleaded premium 5
Public transportation

174.8
171.2
162.2
161.6
163.8
157.0
85.0
249.3

5.4
5.7
16.5

16.7
20.0

-.6
-.6
-2.1
-2.1
-2.7
-2.0
-1.7
-.2

183.4
181.4
161.6
161.5
156.0
158.3
86.5
282.7

8.2
8.2
15.7
15.5
18.2
14.4
14.6
10.9

-.6
-.6
-3.5
-3.6
-3.7

Medical care
Entertainment

219.5
170.9

6.1
3.7

.3

219.8
150.6

5.0
2.8

.4

Other goods and services
Personal care

206.2
157.6

6.3
2.5

215.2
181.5

6.8
6.1

All items

16.1

13.2
1.3

See footnotes at end of table.




91

4.8
-.5
-.3

-.1

116.7

.6 177.2

-.4

17.9
-.6

-0.1

1.3
2.2

7.3

-.2

-5.1
.8
.9
-2.5
-1.3

.1
-1.7
.6
.1

-3.9
-1.9

1.9

177fO

5.1

-0.2

179.4

3.9

0.2

163.3
163.4
160.7
181.2
156.2
138.8
190.5
154.5
170.0
160.7

3.2
3.2
3.5
4.0
1.7
1.2
15.9
-.1
2.5
4.4

.6
.8
.6
-.8
-.3
6.5
-.3
.4
-.2

172.4
172.2
161.8
182.9
160.2
148.0
177.0
154.9
195.6
176.3

3.5
3.6
3.7
4.3
1.3
5.9
10.7
1.5
3.5
1.0

.0
.1
.2
.5
-.9
.9
2.3
-.2
-.4
-.3

185.4
194.6
116.9
154.0
245.8
115.7
115.7
201.3
197.4

6.2
7.2
7.5
4.7
15.8
7.2
7.3
7.6
4.8

-.2
-.8
-3.0
.7
-11.1
.0
-.1

1.0

.6
.9

.6
.9

181.4
193.8
104.5
151.2
203.4
107.4
107.3
179.9
160.9

7.1

-.6
-1.8
.7
1.0
.8
1.6
.7

138.8
150.7
93.2
166.7
136.9
206.0
151.1

6.4
18.8
-6.8

1.7

.1
3.6
1.1

142.2
139.3
127.9
136.9
157.0

10.0
10.8
3.1
21.8
7.8

.0
.0
-.6
.5
.0

-.1

170.3
182.1
94.8
204.9
214.9
188.9
150.2

19.8
-5.2
4.7
7.3

-.1
2.0

1.4
.1
.7
-3.5
2.0
2.0
-.3
.1

-.1
-1.0
1.0

.8
.2
5.4
1.0
1.0
-.5
1.2

-5.4
-9.7
1.3
1.6

133.7
127.6
113.8
127.1
145.3

.3
.0
-1.4
-1.1
1.8

-3.5
-3.8
-3.6
-5.0
.3

177.9
176.7
163.7
163.2
163.1
162.7
83.0
246.4

5.7
6.0
19.0
19.0
19.8
18.8
17.1
-1.9

-.1
-2.6
-2.6
-3.0
-2.4
-2.9
.2

180.1
176.8
164.0
163.6
165.2
162.6
68.6
316.3

7.4
7.5
22.7
22.8
23.6
22.0

-.6
-.6
-1.1
-1.1
-.8
-1.1

24.1
4.9

-3.1
.3

220.4
162.1

8.0
3.6

-.4

216.0
159.7

5.4
4.0

.4
1.1

198.2
157.9

6.6
8.1

210.3
164.1

5.2
-.1

1.1
.6

Table 21. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers: Cross classification of regions and population
size classes,1 by expenditure category and commodity and service group—Continued
(December 1977=100, unless otherwise noted)
North Central

Size class A
Group
Index

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—
Nov.
1987

Dec.
1986

Index

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—
Dec.
1986

Size class D

Size class C

Size class B

Index

Nov.
1987

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—
Dec.
1986

Nov.
1987

Index

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—
Dec.
1986

Nov.
1987

Commodity and service group
All items
Commodities
Food and beverages
Commodities less food and beverages
Nondurables less food and beverages
Durables
Services
Medical care services

182.2

3.9

-0.3

178.2

3.9

-0.1

177.0

5.1

-0.2

179.4

3.9

0.2

163.6
163.6
162.4
162.1
162.6
212.5
220.8

4.3
2.2
5.6
8.6
1.8
3.6
5.7

-.4
.1
-.7
-1.2
-.2
-.3
.0

164.6
165.9
163.2
172.0
157.3
203.0
215.3

4.8
3.3
5.7
8.6
2.1
3.2
4.5

.2
.8
-.1
-.8
.6
-.2
.2

161.2
163.3
159.3
163.7
156.6
204.4
222.3

4.3
3.2
5.0
6.8
2.6
6.0
8.3

-.2
.6
-.6
-1.7
.9
-.2
.1

167.0
172.4
164.1
164.2
162.6
203.9
217.8

6.3
3.5
8.2
11.6
3.9
1.3
5.4

.1
.0
.2
.2
.2
.4
.3

169.8
180.4
184.0
164.6
162.3
161.6
163.1
109.2
211.6

3.7
3.9
3.7
6.6
5.4
8.0
5.2
2.5
3.4

-.5
-.4
-.3
-1.3
-.7
-1.0
-.5
-.5
-.3

173.3
176.5
179.5
161.8
163.1
171.2
168.9
110.2
201.8

4.1
3.9
3.8
4.7
5.5
8.1
5.8
2.9
3.0

-.1
-.1
.2
-2.2
-.1
-.7
.0
-.7
-.3

172.1
175.1
176.5
179.0
159.4
163.5
163.4
111.8
202.6

4.6
5.0
4.5
10.6
4.9
6.7
4.9
4.9
5.8

.0
-.2
-.1
-.7
-.6
-1.6
-.5
.4
-.2

174.6
177.5
180.6
162.1
164.4
165.0
168.9
107.2
202.0

4.6
3.7
3.2
9.5
7.9
10.9
7.2
1.3
.9

.1
.2
.2
.1
.2
.1
.1
-.1
.4

Special indexes
All items less shelter
All items less medical care
All items less energy
Energy 3
Commodities less food
Nondurables less food
Nondurables
Services less rent of shelter 2
Services less medical care
See footnotes at end of table.




92

Table 21. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers: Cross classification of regions and population
size classes,1 by expenditure category and commodity and service group—Continued
(December 1977=100, unless otherwise noted)
South

Group
Index

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—

Index

Nov.
1987

Dec.
1986

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—
Dec.
1986

Size class D

Size class C

Size class B

Size class A

Index

Nov.
1987

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—
Dec.
1986

Index

Nov.
1987

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—
Dec.
1986

Nov.
1987

Expenditure category
All items

182.6

4.0

-0.1

183.4

3.8

173.1
173.5
164.7
173.4
158.2
159.7
199.5
155.4
192.5
165.9

3.0
3.1
2.5
3.4
-.3
2.3
12.1
.6
4.0
3.2

-.3
-.3
-.5

167.5
167.6
161.3
173.2
151.5
156.2
187.8
157.3
185.1
165.9

3.3
3.3
2.7
4.4
-.5
.5
12.5
1.9
4.6
2.2

-.3 184.6
.1 196.7
.5 112.7

2.4
3.6
4.5
2.9
14.4
3.3
3.1
2.4
-.1

190.9
207.7
107.3
170.1
227.2
105.2
104.8
191.6
199.0

1.8
.8
.8
.4
2.3
.8
.7
4.4
5.2

-.3
-.5
-.2
-.3
.0
-.8
-.8
.5

171.2
135.3
104.9
201.9
185.0
252.4
142.5

5.4
10.2
4.9
5.2
4.3
9.7
1.4

.2

185.0

4.5

Food and beverages
Food
Food at home
Cereals and bakery products
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs
Dairy products
Fruits and vegetables
Other food at home
Food away from home
Alcoholic beverages

174.3
175.2
167.7
176.1
162.5
160.3
185.7
164.3
191.6
161.6

3.1
3.2
3.0
3.8
.6
2.1
7.7
3.1
3.5
1.9

Housing
Shelter
Renters' costs 2
Rent, residential
Other renters' costs
Homeowners' costs 2
Owners' equivalent rent 2
Fuel and other utilities
Fuels 3
Fuel oil and other household fuel
commodities 3
Fuel oil 3
Other household fuel commodities
Gas (piped) and electricity3
Electricity 3
Utility (piped) gas 3
Household furnishings and operation ...

188.9
204.1
110.8
183.2
219.8
112.0
111.7
178.3
163.7

2.7
2.9
3.0
3.1
2.5
2.8
2.8
1.6
2.1

186.4
178.0
109.3
162.4
150.4
189.9
156.6

12.6
15.9
9.3
1.8

-3.8

4.1
-4.2
2.8

Apparel and upkeep
Apparel commodities
Men's and boys' apparel
Women's and girls' apparel
Footwear

157.3
146.9
149.6
147.5
135.2

Transportation
Private transportation
Motor fuel 3
Gasoline 3
Gasoline, leaded regular3
Gasoline, unleaded regular3
Gasoline, unleaded premium 5
Public transportation

-0.2
.0
-.1
.7
-1.2
.0
1.9
-.7

1.0
-3.6
.0
.0
-2.0
-3.6

169.6
280.1
108.6
108.5
189.0
188.9

.6 187.1
.5 188.0
.9 103.9

19.5

-1.7
-.6
1.3
-.4

.1
.2

.2
-.2
2.3
-.1
-.1
2.2

-0.2

.0
-.2
.4
-1.6

-1.4
2.8
-.1
.2

.9

183.4

3.6

-0.1

169.9
170.5
163.8
178.1
166.7
156.8
183.7
149.1
188.7
154.9

2.7
2.8
2.4
5.0
-1.5
2.3
9.2
2.6
3.8
1.9

-.2
-.2
-.2
.1
-1.2
.6
.7
-.2
.1
.1

194.4
228.7
113.1
177.3
247.6
111.3
110.6
165.0
156.6

2.5
3.0
2.0
.8
8.6
3.2
2.9
3.4
4.2

.2
.4
.7
.6
1.3
.4
.3

158.1
149.8
102.4
156.9
159.6
139.2
143.4

7.3
18.0
2.4
4.0
5.1
-6.4
-.3

-1.1
-.5

119.8
113.0
113.5
105.8
116.0

-3.9
-4.2
-5.9
-3.7
-5.3

-2.6
-2.8
-2.2
-2.5
-.6

7.5
7.6
17.1
17.1
19.2
17.5
13.8
8.2

.1
.2
-.2
-.3
.0
-.2
-.5

-.3
-1.0

-4.9
-.7
-.3

188.7
187.5
188.9
144.5

3.9
-.8
-.2
-4.4
-1.6

-.1
.9
.1
.1
.3
-.1

8.2
8.6
6.8
10.4
6.7

-1.6
-1.7
.3
-3.6
-1.5

144.4
134.4
149.6
120.5
139.2

4.8
5.1
3.5
4.7
7.7

-1.4
-1.6
-1.0
-2.5
-1.6

147.9
142.6
162.5
132.1
142.9

5.4
5.6
11.2
4.3
3.3

-.3
-2.1
-.6

182.8
180.9
168.8
168.6
168.1
163.8
83.9
220.8

7.6
8.4
23.4
23.4
26.6
24.1
18.8
-7.2

.1
.1
-.7
-.7
-1.0
-.7
-.6
.1

186.8
185.3
161.6
161.0
161.8
159.4
79.2
251.5

7.1

-.4
-.5
-1.4
-1.4

5.6
5.8
17.0
17.0
20.3
16.3

-.4
-.4
-2.1
-2.2
-2.6
-2.2

1.0

180.0
179.0
159.7
159.6
157.3
159.4
82.0
218.6

13.6
1.9

-1.1
.6

180.2
177.7
148.3
148.0
141.2
145.9
76.5
276.0

Medical care
Entertainment

230.4
175.5

6.8
3.8

.3
-.8

220.1
161.5

4.9
2.6

-.2
.1

234.8
169.4

6.7
4.7

.2
-.2

239.3
163.0

4.6
4.9

.0
.1

Other goods and services
Personal care

204.1
175.5

5.5
1.0

218.1
182.9

6.3
3.6

203.9
166.6

5.8
1.4

205.9
162.8

6.7
3.4

.3
.1

See footnotes at end of table.




93

7.2
17.1
17.1
18.8

17.7
13.5
3.7

-2.1
-1.1

-.9

.9
.8
1.4
-.6
-1.1
-1.2

-1.5
-.9
-.9
-2.0
.5

Table 21. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers: Cross classification of regions and population
size classes,1 by expenditure category and commodity and service group—Continued
(December 1977=100, unless otherwise noted)
South

Size class B

Size class A
Group
Index

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—
Dec.
1986

Index

Nov.
1987

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—
Dec.
1986

Size class D

Size class C

Index

Nov.
1987

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—
Dec.
1986

Index

Nov.
1987

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—
Dec.
1986

Nov.
1987

Commodity and service group
All items
Commodities
Food and beverages
Commodities less food and beverages
Nondurables less food and beverages
Durables
Services
Medical care services

185.0

4.5

-0.2

182.6

4.0

171.9
174.3
169.8
169.0
172.4
204.9
231.9

5.7
3.1
7.3
10.0
4.0
3.4
7.3

-.3
.0
-.5
-.8
.1
-.1
.4

169.5
173.1
166.9
164.2
168.5
203.2
219.1

179.2
182.5
186.6
165.2
169.5
168.1
171.8
112.8
201.9

5.0
4.4
3.9
12.2
7.0
9.2
6.4
4.0
3.1

-.3
-.3
-.1
-2.1
-.4
-.8
-.4
-.4
-.2

177.8
180.4
183.4
171.6
166.9
164.1
168.9
113.9
201.1

183.4

3.8

-0.2

183.4

3.6

-0.1

4.4
3.0
5.2
7.7
2.1
3.6
4.2

-.4 170.3
-.3 167.5
-.4 170.2
-.8 165.6
.0 175.0
.3 206.3
-.3 237.2

4.9
3.3
5.8
7.9
3.7
2.5
6.4

-.4
.0
-.5
-.8
-.3
-.1
.1

165.3
169.9
162.1
153.4
170.6
214.3
243.0

3.6
2.7
4.2
5.4
2.8
3.7
4.5

-.1
-.2
-.1
-.6
.5
.0
-.1

4.1
3.9
3.6
7.3
5.1
7.4
5.3
3.6
3.5

-.1
-.1
.0
-.6
-.4
-.7
-.5

176.1
180.3
184.4
175.7
170.2
165.5
166.7
113.1
202.2

4.6
3.6
3.1
10.2
5.8
7.5
5.5
4.0
2.1

-.1
-.3
-.2
-.5
-.5
-.8
-.4
.3
-.1

172.1
179.4
187.3
150.5
162.0
153.3
161.7
113.1
209.0

3.9
3.6
3.1
9.5
4.1
5.2
4.0
4.3
3.6

-.1
-.1
.0
-.7
-.1
-.5
-.4
-.2
.1

-0.1

Special indexes
All items less shelter
All items less medical care
All items less energy
Energy 3
Commodities less food
Nondurables less food
Nondurables
Services less rent of shelter 2
Services less medical care
See footnotes at end of table.




94

Table 21. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers: Cross classification of regions and population
size classes,1 by expenditure category and commodity and service group—Continued
(December 1977=100, unless otherwise noted)
West

Group
Index

Dec.
1987

Size class C

Size class B

Size class A

Percent
change
from—

Index

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—

Index

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—
Dec.
1986

Nov.
1987

178.0

4.0

0.2

2.9
3.2

7.8
.5
.3
.2

172.8
172.8
166.0
175.9
162.7
145.3
205.3
154.3
187.2
179.7

17.3
-1.2
3.6
.1

1.0
1.2
1.8
1.2
-.1
-.1
10.9
-.7
.3
-.5

4.5
5.3
3.1
2.6
6.6
6.6
6.7
4.9
6.8

.5
.9
.7
.7
.9
.9
.9
-.4
.0

172.8
179.2
111.8
184.3
233.2
116.2
116.3
188.1
200.9

2.3
2.8
1.6
2.0
.1
3.6
3.5
1.8
2.6

.9
-.5
-.2

158.4
NA
98.0
227.1
211.0
255.0
146.2

-2.0
NA
-2.0
7.1
8.2
4.4
1.4

NA
.9
.0
.0
.0
.0

217.4
266.5
95.5
197.6
160.2
256.8
143.3

6.0
6.2
2.2
8.0
8.0

-.7
-.8
-.5
-2.7
2.5

137.1
129.8
131.8
113.9
141.4

2.1
2.1
1.5
4.9
.0

-2.8
-3.1
-3.0
-4.8
.6

140.9
136.5
148.0
124.4
148.2

4.8
4.9
8.9
2.1
5.4

-2.0
-2.2
-1.7
-2.0
-1.2

186.1
184.0
150.0
149.6
146.5
144.8
77.5
235.5

6.3
6.7
17.2
17.1
18.4

-.3
-.3
-1.8
-1.8
-2.1
-1.9
-1.1
-.5

187.0
183.9
159.7
157.8
151.9
155.3
79.5
262.5

5.9
6.2

-.1

19.3
19.5
22.0
19.5

-1.1

6.8
6.8
18.7
18.7
20,3

-.5
-.5
-3.3
-3.5
-3.5

-1.3
-.6
.1

18.3
15.7
6.6

-4.1

16.1
1.7

184.4
182.2
156.8
156.2
154.4
153.6
78.2
243.0

Medical care
Entertainment

230.7
149.5

6.5
3.7

.3

220.1
173.9

5.2
6.4

.1
.5

235.2
185.1

5.1
3.9

.2
.6

Other goods and services
Personal care

214.2
182.9

7.2
4.7

.2
.0

205.9
175.4

5.5
5.0

.1
.1

204.4
172.0

7.0
3.0

.8
.0

Dec.
1986

Nov.
1987

187.1

4.5

0.1

1.1
.7
-.2
.3
6.0
.0
.5
-.3

175.3
176.1
172.1
191.7
165.6
156.1
201.6
162.6
184.4
163.2

3.1
3.0
3.1
5.3
-1.0
1.8

.7
.7
1.0
-.1
-1.7

15.1
-.2
2.8
2.9

4.0
5.0
4.0
4.2
2.4
5.8
5.8
.8
1.7

.2
.3
.3
.4
-.8
.3
.3
.3
.5

195.7
211.0
114.2
201.6
224.9
117.5
117.2
196.9
218.8

177.5
186.3
104.9
222.8
203.7
256.6
149.9

11.4
23.2
4.9
1.4
.2
4.1
2.5

-1.0
-.2

Apparel and upkeep
Apparel commodities
Men's and boys' apparel
Women's and girls' apparel
Footwear

134.3
126.0
128.7
102.5
157.4

Transportation
Private transportation
Motor fuel 3
Gasoline 3
Gasoline, leaded regular3
Gasoline, unleaded regular3
Gasoline, unleaded premium 5
Public transportation

Dec.
1986

Nov.
1987

185.8

4.7

0.2

Food and beverages
Food
Food at home
Cereals and bakery products
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs
Dairy products
Fruits and vegetables
Other food at home
Food away from home
Alcoholic beverages

174.3
175.8
167.3
185.1
161.5
156.6
182.3
162.1
192.2
155.8

3.1
3.2
3.5
4.2
2.0
1.3
13.1
.0
2.6
3.5

.7
.9

Housing
Shelter
Renters' costs 2
Rent, residential
Other renters' costs
Homeowners' costs 2
Owners' equivalent rent 2
Fuel and other utilities
Fuels 3
Fuel oil and other household fuel
commodities 3
Fuel o i l 3
Other household fuel commodities 4
Gas (piped) and electricity 3
Electricity 3
Utility (piped) gas 3
Household furnishings and operation

195.5
208.7
118.9
220.9
214.6
119.9
119.7
199.6
219.7

Expenditure category
All items

17.2
13.3
2.8

See footnotes at end of table.




95

-1.6
.5

-.1

-.1
-1.1
-1.2

3.1

1.4
.9
.3

NA
NA

-4.5
2.6
5.2
-1.6
1.1

.3
.5
.7
.5

.3
.3
.4
.9
-.1

-.4
.0
.9
1.4
.0
-.4

-1.3
.1

Table 21. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers: Cross classification of regions and population
size classes,1 by expenditure category and commodity and service group—Continued
(December 1977=100, unless otherwise noted)
West

Group

Percent
change
from—

Index

Dec.
1987

Size class C

Size class B

Size class A

Index

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—

Index

Nov.
1987

178.0

4.0

0.2

-.1
.7
-.5
-1.3
.2
.4
.0

166.5
172.8
162.3
165.8
161.0
193.1
239.8

4.3
2.9
5.1
8.2
2.0
3.8
5.2

.0
1.0
-.6
-1.4
.2
.3
.3

-.1
.2
.2
-.6
-.5
-1.1
-.2
-.1
.4

178.8
175.0
178.4
174.2
162.5
165.7
169.7
115.9
188.1

4.4
3.9
3.5
10.7
4.7
7.0
5.3
4.7
3.6

.1
.1
.2
-1.4
-.6
-1.3
-.2
.1
.3

Nov.
1987

187.1

4.5

0.1

.1
.7
-.4
-.8
.0
.3
.3

168.9
175.3
164.6
165.5
165.7
212.0
219.5

4.4
3.1
5.2
7.0
3.4
4.7
4.6

.1
.2
.2
-.8
-.4
-.7
.1
.3
.3

178.5
185.2
187.6
183.2
164.7
165.1
170.7
113.9
211.0

4.3
4.5
3.8
13.3
5.2
6.5
4.8
4.0
4.7

Nov.
1987

185.8

4.7

0.2

162.8
174.3
156.0
158.6
156.4
216.9
232.3

4.8
3.1
5.8
7.9
3.6
4.6
6.1

177.2
183.6
187.1
170.6
156.1
158.1
167.0
114.9
215.5

4.5
4.6
4.3
10.1
5.7
7.3
5.2
4.0
4.5

Dec.
1987

Dec.
1986

Dec.
1986

Dec.
1986

Percent
change
from-—

Commodity and service group
Ail items

:...

Commodities
Food and beverages
Commodities less food and beverages
Nondurables less food and beverages
Durables
Services
Medical care services
Special indexes
All items less shelter
All items less medical care
All items less energy
Energy 3
Commodities less food
Nondurables less food
Nondurables
Services less rent of shelter 2
Services less medical care

.,

1
See region and area size on table 11 for information about cross
classifications.
2
Indexes on a December 1984=100 base.
3
Indexes on a June 1978=100 base.




Indexes on a December 1986=100 base.
Indexes on an August 1981 =100 base.
Data not adequate for publication.

96

Table 22. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers: Food at home expenditure categories,
selected areas
(1967=100, unless otherwise noted)

Area

Other
index
base

Total
food
at
home

Cereals
and
bakery
products

Meats,
poultry,
fish, and
eggs

Dairy
products

Fruits
and
vegetables

Other
food
at
home

Indexes, December 1987
U.S. city average

318.9

341.7

289.4

265.3

364.0

375.9

Region and area size '
urban
More than 1,200,000
500,000 to 1,200,000
50,000 to 500,000

12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77

166.7
166.0
169.7
166.1

181.1
178.8
189.6
183.9

165.7
165.0
168.8^
165.1

146.5
148.3
144.0
140.6

194.5
191.9
205.1
194.5

154.4
153.5
155.9
156.5

North Central urban
Size A - More than 1,200,000
Size B - 360,000 to 1,200,000
Size C - 50,000 to 360,000
Size D - Nonmetropolitan
(less than 50,000)

12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77

160.8
161.3
159.1
160.7

183.3
182.3
189.6
181.2

157.7
158.5
156.2
156.2

145.2
148.2
142.7
138.8

182.6
182.4
178.1
190.5

152.0
151.1
150.2
154.5

12/77

161.8

182.9

160.2

148.0

177.0

154.9

South
Size
Size
Size
Size

urban
A - More than 1,200,000
B - 450,000 to 1,200,000
C - 50,000 to 450,000
D - Nonmetropolitan
(less than 50,000)

12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77

164.5
167.7
164.7
161.3

174.8
176.1
173.4
173.2

159.1
162.5
158.2
151.5

158.4
160.3
159.7
156.2

189.1
185.7
199.5
187.8

157.4
164.3
155.4
157.3

12/77

163.8

178.1

166.7

156.8

183.7

149.1

West urban
Size A - More than 1,200,000
S i z e B - 330,000 to 1,200,000
Size C - 50,000 to 330,000

12/77
12/77
12/77
12/77

168.3
167.3
172.1
166.0

185.2
185.1
191.7
175.9

163.3
161.5
165.6
162.7

153.2
156.6
156.1
145.3

191.1
182.3
201.6
205.3

161.3
162.1
162.6
154.3

Size classes
A
B
C
D

12/86
12/77
12/77
12/77

103.4
166.2
162.7
163.8

104.2
184.3
178.4
180.6

101.4
161.9
157.1
163.0

101.6
151.3
145.9
149.5

112.4
196.9
192.6
185.1

101.0
156.0
155.8
154.1

314.5
305.8
310.6
319.5
326.5
302.6
335.2
324.1
167.2
338.0
323.5
303.0
318.2
325.9
339.8

349.3
322.8
348.5
335.8
329.6
354.0
335.0
34T.7
176.4
355.3
353.2
315.1
364.5
373.0
338.3

277.5
306.9
280.0
315.7
286.6
287.8
291.0
301.7
164.5
303.3
290.3
272.2
267.1
300.9
306.4

259.2
250.5
258.3
253.5
296.5
242.6
318.7
262.7
154.0
275.1
254.4
236.5
294.9
260.7
264.7

376.5
337.9
367.1
355.5
357.4
318.0
337.6
333.8
197.1
401.6
367.1
372.9
393.0
358.7
402.5

370.4
328.5
363.2
348.7
387.9
349.0
419.5
394.9
154.6
400.3
404.5
356.6
366.5
380.7
418.0

Northeast
Size A •
Size B Size C -

Selected local areas
Baltimore, Md
Boston, Mass
Chicago, Ill.-Northwestern Ind
Cleveland, Ohio
Dallas-Fort Worth, Tex
Detroit, Mich
Houston, Tex
LA-Long Beach, Anaheim, Calif
Miami, Fla
N.Y., N.Y.-Northeastern N J
Philadelphia, Pa.-N.J
Pittsburgh, Pa
St. Louis, Mo.-lll
San Francisco-Oakland, Calif
Washington, D.C.-Md.-Va

11/77

See footnotes at end of table.




97

Table 22. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers: Food at home expenditure categories,
selected areas—Continued
(1967=100, unless otherwise noted)
Total
food
at
home

Area

Cereals
and
bakery
products

Meats,
poultry,
fish, and
eggs

Dairy
products

Fruits
and
vegetables

Other
food
at
home

Percent change, November 1987 to December 1987
U.S. city average
Region and area size
Northeast
Size A SizeBSize C -

0.4

0.6

-1.0

-0.2

4.8

-0.2

1.2
.4
.4

.3
-.1
2.3
.2

-.4
-.2
-1.6

.1
.4
-.8
.4

5.7
5.8
6.7
5.4

.0
.7
-1.1
-1.3

1.0
1.0
2.2
.6

-1.4
-1.9
-.8

-.5
-1.1
.4
-.3

5.2
4.8
7.3
6.5

-.4
-.5
.0
-.3

.5

-.9

.9

2.3

-.2

.4
.7
.2
.4

-1.4
-1.2
-1.7
-1.6

-.4
.0
-.6
-1.4

1.8
1.9
1.3
2.8

-.4
-.7
-.4
-.1

-1.2

.6

.7

-.2

7.0
6.0
7.8
10.9

-.1
.0
.5
-.7

1

urban
More than 1,200,000
500,000 to 1,200,000....
50,000 to 500,000

North Central urban
Size A - More than 1,200,000 ...
S i z e B - 360,000 to 1,200,000..
Size C - 50,000 to 360,000
Size D - Nonmetropolitan
(less than 50,000)

.4
.1
1.3
.8

-.9

-.6

South urban
Size A - More than 1,200,000 ..
S i z e B - 450,000 to 1,200,000.
Size C - 50,000 to 450,000
Size D - Nonmetropolitan
(less than 50,000)

-.3
-.1
-.5
-.2

West urban
Size A - More than 1,200,000 ..
S i z e B - 330,000 to 1,200,000.
Size C - 50,000 to 330,000

1.1
1.1
1.0
1.8

.7
.7
-.1

-.4
-.2
-1.7

1.2

-.1

.1
.3
-.1
-.1

.6
.2
.4
.2

.6
1.1
.5
.4

-.8
-1.5
-1.1
-.7

-.2
-.4
-.6
.1

4.9
4.7
5.5
2.7

.0
-.3
-.4
-.4

.4
1.9
.0
1.0
-.6
-1.2
-.8
1.2
.4
1.7
-.3
.4
.5
1.9
1.0

1.2
-.6
1.6
1.1
-.4
1.2
.9
-.3
1.0
-.1
.6
-1.3
-.7
2.8
.3

-.1
3.3
-2.0
-1.2
-.1
-2.3
-2.4
.6
-2.7
.2
-2.2
-.8
-1.5
.2
i.O

-1.0
-.6
-1.8
-.5
-.2

2.2
5.4
3.6
9.1
.6

-1.9
.0
.6
.3
.7
-.1
.3

-1.2
2.1
4.4
6.3
7.4
1.5
4.9
7.2
8.8
4.7

.0
-.2
.2
-.5
-2.3
-1.0

Size classes
A
B
C
D

-.2

Selected local areas
Baltimore, Md
Boston, Mass
Chicago, Ill.-Northwestern Ind
Cleveland, Ohio
Dallas-Fort Worth, Tex
Detroit, Mich
Houston, Tex
L.A.-Long Beach, Anaheim, Calif
Miami, Fla
N.Y., N.Y.-Northeastern N.J
Philadelphia, Pa.-NJ
Pittsburgh, Pa.
St Louis, Mo.-lll
San Francisco-Oakland, Calif
Washington, D.C.-Md.-Va
Regions are defined as the four Census regions.




98

-.1
.2
-.1

-1.5
.6
.0
1.1
.7
-.4
.0
-.6
-1.0

Table 23. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers: Areas priced monthly, by expenditure
category and commodity and service group, percent change, November 1987 to December 1987
U.S.
city
average

Group

Chicago,
III.—
Northwestern
Ind.

L.A.Long Beach,
Anaheim,
Calif.

New York,
N.Y.—
Northeastern
NJ.

Philadelphia,
Pa.—N.J.

San
FranciscoOakland,
Calif.

Expenditure category
All items
Food and beverages
Food
Food at home
Cereals and bakery products
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs
Meats, poultry, and fish
Dairy products
Fruits and vegetables
Other food at home
Food away from home
Alcoholic beverages
Housing
Shelter
Renters' costs
Rent, residential
Other renters' costs
Homeowners' costs
Owners' equivalent rent
Fuel and other utilities
Fuels
Fuel oil and other household fuel
commodities
Fuel oil
Other household fuel commodities
Gas (piped) and electricity
Electricity
Utility (piped) gas
Household furnishings and operation ....
Apparel and upkeep
Apparel commodities
Men's and boys' apparel
Women's and girls' apparel
Footwear
Transportation
Private transportation
Motor fuel
Gasoline
Gasoline, leaded regular
Gasoline, unleaded regular
Gasoline, unleaded premium
Public transportation

,

,
,
,

-0.1

0.0

0.3

0.0

0.3

0.1

.3
.4
.4
.6
-1.0
-.5
-.2
4.8
-.2
.2
-.1

.0
.1
.0
1.6
-2.0

.6
.7

-.3
-.3
-.3
.6
-2.2
-2.0

1.4

4.4
.6
.1
-.6

1.0
1.1
1.7
-.1
.2
.5
.7
7.4
1.1
.0
-.3

.1
.3
.0
.6

.5
.8
.9

.2
.4
.2
.5
-1.6
.5
.4
-.1
-.2

.9
1.4
.8
1.0
-1.1
1.7
1.7
-.3
-.4

.8
1.3

1.3
-3.7
.2
-.1
.7
-.5

-2.1
-3.4
-2.0
.1
.0
.4
-.4

-1.4

-1.8
3.6
.2
.2
-.7

2.1
-5.8
.7
.7
.3

-2.8
.3
.3
-.3
-.4

-.1
1.5
.7
-.2
.0

-1.9
.8
-8.0
2.4
2.5

.1
.2
.1

1.9
2.8
.2

.6
.2
8.8
-.6
1.0
.4
.0
.2
.3
.5
-1.1
.2
.2
.1
.1

-1.1

-1.5

-1.5
.0
.6
-2.4
3.6
-.4

NA

-.1

.9
1.0
.0
-.7
-.7
-.7
-.1

-2.2
-2.4
-1.4
-4.3
.-•5

-1.9
-2.1
-.1
-3.6
-1.8

.7
.8
.3
-1.4
3.4

-7.8
-8.5
-3.1
-13.4
-3.8

-1.5
-1.8
-3.8
-1.8
-.5

-3.3
-3.7
-3.8
-5.2
.2

-.2
-.3
-1.5
-1.6

-.4
-.4
-1.6
-1.6

-.1
-.2
.1

-2.8

.2
.2
-.7
-.7
-.7
-.8
-.5
-.1

.2
.1
.0

-1.8
-1.6
-1.0

-.2
-.1
-1.9
-2.0
-2.5
-2.0

-1.3
-1.3
.2

.1

.2

.3
Entertainment




-.3
.6
.9
.6

1.5

.2
.3
.1
-.4
-.6
-.1
-.1

Medical care

Other goods and services
Personal care

1.2

.2
.2
.2

.1
-.3

99

-1.4
-.2
.0
-.7

-1.3

.1
-.1
.0
.0
.3

-.5
1.1
.3
.6
.5
.3

.1
.3
-.1
-.1
.6
.2
.7

.2
.4

.3
.9

-.3
-.9

Table 23. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers: Areas priced monthly, by expenditure
category and commodity and service group, percent change, November 1987 to December 1987 —Continued

Group

U.S.
city
average

Chicago,
- III.—
Northwestern
Ind.

LA—
Long Beach,
Anaheim,
Calif.

New York,
N.Y.—
Northeastern
N.J.

Philadelphia,
Pa.—N.J.

San
FranciscoOakland,
Calif.

Commodity and service group
All items
Commodities
Food and beverages
,
Commodities less food and beverages
Nondurables less food and beverages ..
Durables
Services
Medical care services

-0.1

0.0

0.3

0.0

0.3

0.1

-.3
.3
-.6
-1.1
.0

-.4
.0
-.6
-.9
-.3

.2
.6
.0
-.6
.5

-.9
1.0
-2.5
-3.4
-.5

-.3
-.3
-.3
-.8
.4

.0
1.4
-1.1
-1.3
-.7

.1
.2

.5
.0

.4
.2

.8
.5

.8
1.2

.2
-.1

-.2
-.1
.0
-.9
-.6
-1.0
-.4
.0
.1

-.2
.0
.1
-.5
-.6
-.9
-.4
.2
.5

.3
.3
.3
-1.2
-.1
-.5
.0
.4
.4

.0
.0
-.2
-2.4
-3.2
-1.1
.1
.8

-.1
.3
.3
-.1
-.3
-.7
-.5
.3
.8

.2
.1
.2
.1
-1.0
-1.1
.3
.3
.3

Special indexes
All items less shelter
All items less medical care
All items less energy
Energy
Commodities less food
Nondurables less food
Nondurables
Services less rent of shelter
Services less medical care
Data not adequate for publication.




100

Table 24. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers: Selected areas, by expenditure category and
commodity and service group
(1967=100, unless otherwise noted)
Monthly cities and pricing schedule 2 '

Chicago,
III.Northwestem
Ind.

U.S.
city
average
Group
Index

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—
Dec.
1986

Index

Oct.
1987

Dec.
1987

DallasFort Worth,
Tex.

Percent
change
from—
Dec.
1986

Index

Oct.
1987

Dec.
1987

Detroit,
Mich.

Percent
change
from—
Dec.
1986

Oct.
1987

Index

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—
Dec.
1986

Oct.
1987

Expenditure category

340.2
395.7

4.5

Food and beverages
Food
Food at home
Cereals and bakery products
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs
Meats, poultry, and fish
Dairy products
Fruits and vegetables
Other food at home
Food away from home
Alcoholic beverages

327.5
335.9
318.9
341.7
289.4
300.1
265.3
364.0
375.9
383.8
251.3

3.4
3.4
3.3
4.2
1.0
2.2
1.7
12.6
1.0
3.6
3.0

Housing
Shelter
Renters' costs 2
Rent, residential
Other renters' costs
Homeowners' costs 2
Owners' equivalent rent 2
Fuel and other utilities
Fuels
Fuel oil and other household fuel
commodities 3
Fuel o i l 4
Other household fuel
commodities 5
Gas (piped) and electricity
Electricity
Utility (piped) gas
Household furnishings and operation ..

367.2
417.1
115.9
295.8
435.1
116.6
116.6
376.9
442.4

3.5
4.8
3.9
3.8
4.3
5.2
5.2
1.6
1.2

520.3
527.2
102.4
424.7
357.3
505.4
250.9

Apparel and upkeep
Apparel commodities
Men's and boys' apparel
Women's and girls' apparel
Footwear
Transportation
Private transportation
Motor fuel 4
Gasoline 4
Gasoline, leaded regular 6
Gasoline, unleaded regular6
Gasoline, unleaded premium 7
Public transportation

All items
All items(1957-59=10Q)

329.5
374.4

4.3

0.4

308.7
316.0
310.6
348.5
280.0
295.1
258.3
367.1
363.2
331.6
237.8

2.6
2.7
3.5
6.8
-.3
1.2
2.7
10.6
2.3
1.1
1.3

.2
.3
.5
1.7
-2.7
-2.2
-1.8
8.0

-1.1
-1.8

349.0
408.9
118.3
270.3
460.8
116.8
116.1
319.1
363.3

4.2
6.5
7.2
6.7
10.3
6.2
6.3
.5
-3.9

1.5
2.1
1.8
2.4
-1.7
2.2
2.2
-.3

12.3
18.0

2.6
3.5

517.8
191.3

2.4

1.0

.8
-2.2
-1.6
-3.4
-.1

219.9
204.2
208.3
183.8
224.0

4.9
5.0
3.1
6.2
4.2

324.4
318.2
312.0
311.2
174.9
176.8
81.2
432.6

6.6
7.0
18.5
18.6

Z
1.7

-2.9

21.0
18.4
15.5
1.6

350.8
379.3

4.7

-0.8

323.4
371.6

3.0

-1.3

348.4
355.6
326.5
329.6
286.6
299.9
296.5
357.4
.1 387.9
-.2 436.9
-.6 257.9

3.8
4.1
4.0
3.0
6.7
8.0
2.9
4.5
1.3
4.2
1.1

-.2
-.2
-.4
.0
-.5
.0
-2.0
5.4
-3.0
.0
-.4

303.4
307.1
302.6
354.0
287.8
294.9
242.6
318.0
349.0
328.7
280.7

1.4

-.7
-.7
-1.6

1.8
-1.0
-2.8
-2.7
-3.2

-2.5
-1.2
-2.5
-2.5

-1.8

375.3
431.9
104.7
273.1
392.3
109.0
108.4
347.6
451.8

8.4
14.6

1.7
2.5

97.3
337.0
291.4
373.2
232.9

-2.7
-4.0
-3.6
-4.5
.1

.0
-1.8
-6.0
2.4

-2.2
-2.4
-1.0
-4.7
.1

190.6
172.0
164.7
153.0
174.5

.4
.3
-1.5
-1.6
-1.9
-1.5
-1.0

320.3
306.7
158.0
156.9
177.8
177.1
84.0
487.2

0.1

.3
.2
1.1
-1.7

-1.4
-.3
4.7
-.6
.2

.0
.4
-.1
.6
-3.7
.6
.6

See footnotes at end of table.




101

1.2
.2
4.7
-2.5
-1.4
-1.3
6.9

-.8
-2.6
-2.2
-2.3
-.2

-1.8
2.8
3.0

-1.2
.8
-.2

2.2
4.8
1.8
2.7
-.6
5.8
5.8
-4.7
-3.4

-2.0
.3
-1.9
-.2
-6.5
1.1
1.1
-8.9

-.1
-.1
10.3

-2.9
-.5
-.5
-7.2

17.1

-13.4

349.3
405.1
116.1
274.3
353.4
119.6
119.7
399.6
471.2

191.5
NA

1.5
NA

7.0
NA

536.2
194.5

-1.5
11.2

2.2
7.9

1.5
17.3
25.3

1.0

101.5
448.1
294.9
678.5
259.5

7.0
-13.6
-23.0
8.1
-1.9

94.3
460.8
288.5
616.9
199.0

-5.7
-3.5
-5.8
-1.6
.6

.0
-7.1
-9.6
-5.1
-2.5

4.3
4.8
6.1
4.2
1.2

-2.5
-2.7
4.4
-5.3
-7.0

229.4
196.2
223.5
177.6
207.7

8.7

-3.1

-1.0
-1.1
2.3
-5.4
-2.7

185.6
168.5
176.1
166.0
163.5

5.8
6.0
5.3
9.2
12.7

-3.7
-3.9
-1.5
-7.8
2.6

5.6
5.5
13.0
13.1
14.4
14.1
8.1

-.6
-.6
-2.4
-2.6
-3.9
-2.5
-1.6
.2

323.6
323.6
165.4
165.2
184.6
185.0
81.9
338.4

10.2
10.8
28.0
28.2
30.0
28.7
23.3
-3.6

.9 307.2
.9 305.7
-1.3 169.3
-1.4 169.1
-2.0 187.5
-1.1 186.9
85.6
-1.1
1.4 379.7

3.7
4.6
18.4
18.5
22.9
17.2
16.8
-9.2

-1.1
-1.0
-2.3
-2.3
-3.7
-1.9
-1.5
-2.1

5.9

6.2
3.6
9.9
12.5

12.8

-6.9

Table 24. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers: Selected areas, by expenditure category and
commodity and service group—Continued
(1967=100, unless otherwise noted)
Monthly cities and pricing schedule 2 1

Chicago,
III.Northwestern
Ind.

U.S.
city
average
Group
Index

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—

Index

Oct.
1987

Dec.
1986

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—
Dec.
1986

Detroit,
Mich.

Fort Worth,
Tex.

Index

Oct.
1987

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—
Dec.
1986

Index

Oct.
1987

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—
Dec.
1986

Oct.
1987

Expenditure category
Medical care

471.3

6.2

0.6

482.1

8.0

0.4

486.4

6.2

2.2

488.2

5.6

0.6

Entertainment

282.8

3.9

.5

353.9

4.9

.7

280.6

2.6

-2.2

240.6

3.5

.6

Other goods and services

371.2
300.6

6.2
3.2

.4

362.4
264.3

4.5
2.8

355.5
307.3

3.8
1.5

1.1
1.0

360.5
266.8

6.3
3.5

.3
.0

340.2
296.6
327.5
276.1
280.7
271.9
418.4
508.7

4.5
4.7
3.4
5.6
8.0
2.6
4.2
6.0

.1
-.1
.3
-.3

329.5
285.1
308.7
265.8
268.1
263.2
404.8
524.0

4.3
4.0
2.6
5.0
7.1
2.3
4.7
7.1

-.1
.2
-.3
-1.0
.7
1.0
.0

350.8
311.1
348.4
287.4
274.4
302.8
415.0
528.0

4.7
6.5
3.8
8.2
11.2
4.7
3.0
9.1

-.8
-.3
-.2
-.3
-.4
-.3
-1.4
3.0

323.4
266.7
303.4
246.3
258.6
231.7
418.9
512.7

3.0
3.6
1.4
5.2
8.2
.5
2.4
5.4

-1.3
-1.4
-.7
-1.9
-1.9
-1.8
-1.3
-.5

319.6
333.8
339.9
369.0
274.5
277.0
305.5
112.2
406.6

4.3
4.4
4.1
8.8
5.4
7.5
5.5
3.6
4.1

306.0
322.0
185.8
158.4
264.5
264.8
290.4
109.0
388.8

3.6
4.1
4.3
4.1
4.8
6.5
4.6
2.8
4.5

-.2
.4
.7
-2.0
-.3
-1.0
-.4
-.2
1.0

326.5
341.8
191.1
163.9
286.2
272.3
311.0
115.7
399.3

6.7
4.7
3.4
22.7
7.8
10.3
7.3
6.8
2.5

-.7
-1.0
-.2
-7.3
-.3
-.4
-.3
-1.4
-1.7

300.9
313.8
175.0
169.7
247.9
260.1
282.2
108.8
397.8

2.5
2.9
2.7
6.2
5.1
7.7
4.4
.4
2.2

-1.9
-1.4
-1.0
-4.7
-1.8
-1.8
-1.3
-2.8
-1.4

Personal care
Commodity and service group
All items
Commodities
Food and beverages
Commodities less food and beverages
Nondurables less food and beverages
Durables
Services
Medical care services
Special Indexes
All items less shelter
All items less medical care
All items less energy 8
Energy 4
Commodities less food
Nondurables less food
Nondurables
Services less rent of shelter 2
Services less medical care
See footnotes at end of table.




102

-1.0
.6

.0
.0
.2
-1.7
-.3
-.3

Table 24. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers: Selected areas, by expenditure category
commodity and service group—Continued
(1967=100, unless otherwise noted)
Monthly cities and pricing schedule 2 1

Group
Index

Dec.
1987

New York,
N.Y.Northeastern
NJ.

L.A.Long Beach,
Anaheim,
Calif.

Houston,
Tex.

Percent
change
from—

Index

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—

Index

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—
Dec.
1986

Oct.
1987

339.0
403.4

5.9

0.2

.3
.4
.7
-.9
-.9
-1.2
.1
7.2
-.8
.0
-.3

344.3
355.9
338.0
355.3
303.3
310.5
275.1
401.6
400.3
404.8
252.6

5.5
5.4
6.0
4.3
3.2
4.1
2.0
20.9
2.2
4.3
7.5

1.1
.9

-.5
.4
.3
.8

6.3

-7.6
-15.4

347.6
382.5
120.6
323.9
461.7
125.4
125.7
362.5
450.0

4.1
NA

2.7
NA

104.2
446.0
378.5
555.8
238.0

4.2
3.0
1.4
6.4
3.4

2.8
-15.7

.4
.4
.0
.7
-.3

194.5
181.3
179.7
136.9
240.3

5.4
5.7
-.4
8.0
6.3

.1
.1
.6
-2.8
2.3

-.2
-.3
-1.2
-1.2
-1.8
-1.2

338.5
337.6
145.8
145.2
161.2
163.5
76.1
366.6

6.3
6.4
15.5

-.1
-.2
-2.7

15.1
15.6
15.7
11.7
4.4

-2.9
-3.9
-2.6
-2.2

Dec.
1986

Oct.
1987

342.9
392.3

4.4

-0.6

Food and beverages
Food
Food at home
Cereals and bakery products
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs
Meats, poultry, and fish
Dairy products
Fruits and vegetables
Other food at home
Food away from home
Alcoholic beverages

349.7
356.9
335.2
335.0
291.0
305.5
318.7
337.6
419.5
425.8
277.0

2.9
2.9
2.7
3.4
-1.0
.4
3.5
5.6
4.7
3.3
2.1

-.6
-.7
-1.6
3.4

Housing
Shelter
Renters' costs 2
Rent, residential
Other renters' costs
Homeowners' costs 2
Owners' equivalent rent 2
Fuel and other utilities
Fuels
Fuel oil and other household fuel
commodities 3
Fuel oil 4
Other household fuel
commodities 5
Gas (piped) and electricity
Electricity
....i,
Utility (piped) gas
Household furnishings and operation ..

339.8

1.0
.3
-.9
-2.3

-1.5
.5
-.3
.2
-3.9
1.0
1.0
-6.5

103.4
496.3
399.3
623.9
245.4

Apparel and upkeep
Apparel commodities
Men's and boys' apparel
Women's and girls' apparel
Footwear
Transportation
Private transportation
Motor fuel 4
Gasoline 4
Gasoline, leaded regular6
Gasoline, unleaded regular6
Gasoline, unleaded premium 7
Public transportation

Dec.
1986

Oct.
1987

342.0
402.2

5.1

0.0

325.5
336.0
324.1
341.7
301.7
305.9
262.7
333.8
394.9
362.1
239.4

3.3
2.9
5.1
5.1
4.7
5.6
1.2
12.3
2.6
-.2
5.9

-12.1

380.2
433.8
119.7
368.8
358.3
122.3
122.0
343.1
444.1

5.2
6.4
4.5
5.5
-2.1
7.6
7.6
1.1
3.0

NA
NA

175.4
NA

3.4
2.0
.4
9.0
1.7

.3
-12.5
-15.2
.0
-1.7

273.3
252.0
268.9
256.1
275.1

11.7
12.0
5.1
19.5
13.7

297.4
298.8
166.4
166.2
182.2
184.6
81.4
297.0

8.3
9.1
29.8
29.8
32.5
31.6
22.4
-6.6

Expenditure category
All items
All items(1957-59=100)

369.9
95.9
210.2
438.6

98.8
96.3
413.4
493.7
NA
NA

11.3
1.0
.7
2.2
2.1
NA
NA

See footnotes at end of table.




103

-4.1
-3.6
-.1
-4.5
.0
.8
.0

-.9
.4

-2.9
.3
.3

1.6
-36.9
1.5

1.3

1.3
1.3
.0
.0
.7
4.7
.6
.4
2.9

10.5
-.2
-.4

1.1
1.5
.6
.8
-1.1
2.0
2.0
.1
.3

573.8
188.6

14.8
16.5

3.0
3.2

96.2
407.4
361.1
482.6
256.6

-1.8
-4.2
-1.8
-8.0
1.8

.6
-.4
1.3
-3.3
.2

196.2
173.7
164.9
156.1
203.5

1.1
.7
.4
.1

-1.9

-7.8
-8.5
-3.5
-13.3
-4.1

360.0
329.9
161.1
161.0
168.4
167.1
81.3
490.5

7.2
8.2
20.4
20.6
25.1
21.4
17.8
2.1

8.9
6.3

6.2
8.1

10.4

.4
.3
-.8
-.8

-1.3
-.8
-.7
.7

Table 24. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers: Selected areas, by expenditure category and
commodity and service group—Continued
(1967=100, unless otherwise noted)
Monthly cities and pricing schedule 2 1

Group
Index

Dec.
1987

New York,
N.Y.Northeastern
N.J.

L.A.Long Beach,
Anaheim,
Calif.

Houston,
Tex.

Percent
change
from—

Index

Dec.
1986

Oct.
1987

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—

Index

Dec.
1986

Oct.
1987

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—
Dec.
1986

Oct.
1987

Expenditure category
Medical care.

562.7

6.0

0.6

493.5

5.8

0.8

472.8'

7.4

1.Q

Entertainment.

305.8

3.5

-.7

219.3

3.2

1.5

304.6

5.5

.6

Other goods and services .
Personal care

366.9
345.0

5.9
.2

.1

360.5
298.9

7.8
6.2

1.0
1.6

385.9
331.3

6.5
3.7

.3
.9

342.9
313.8
34d.7
293.6
303.3
286.5
395.0
611.0

4.4
6.4
2.9
8.8
12.8
3.6
1.9
5.6

-.6
-.4
-.6
-.3
-.4
-.2

342.0
277.0
325.5
251.0
257.9
250.1
448.2
527.5

5.1
4.6
3.3
5.4
7.2
3.5
5.7
5.7

.0
.3
.3
.2
-.9

339.0
295.0
344.3
258.7
270.4
240.9
410.8
506.3

5.9
5.2
5.5
4.9
6.4
1.9
6.6
7.0

.2
-.7
1.1
-2.2
-3.4
.5
,1.1
.9

337.5
330.5
168.6
177.2
292.3
300.0
327.8
106.8
368.1

5.4
4.3
3.3
17.2
8.3
11.6
7.3
3.3
1.5

-.9
-.7
-.1
-5.8
-.3
-.4
-.5
-1.8
-1.0

311.5
334.4
187.2
165.3
250.4
255.5
293.0
117.6
437.0

4.6
5.1
4.8
10.1
5.4
7.1
5.0
4.7
5.7

-.2
-.1
.5
-8.3
.2
-.8
-.2

325.7
332.6
181.0
158.7
257.2
266.7
310.6
111.5
399.4

4.6
5.9
5.8
6.9
5.0
6.5
5.9 ?
3.6
6.5

-.3
.2
.3
-.1
-1.9
-2.9
-1.0
.4
1.0

Commodity and service group
All items
Commodities
Food and beverages
Commodities less food and beverages ...
Nondurables less food and beverages .
Durables
.
Services
Medical care services

1.5
-.3
.7

Special indexes
All items less shelter
All items less medical care ...
All items less energy 8
Energy 4
Commodities less food
Nondurables less food
Nondurables
Services less rent of shelter'
Services less medical care ...
See footnotes at end of table.




104

-1.0
-.3

Table 24. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers: Selected areas, by expenditure category and
commodity and service group—Continued
(1967=100, unless otherwise noted)
Monthly cities and pricing schedule 2 1
San FranciscoOakland,
Calif.

Pittsburgh,
Pa.

Philadelphia,
Pa.-N.J.
Group
Index

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—

Index

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—

Index

Dec.
1986

Oct.
1987

323.0
371.4

3.6

0.2

315.0
320.4
303.0
315.1
272.2
284.4
236.5
372.9
356.6
383.8
280.3

2.5
2.5
2.0
2.0
.8
2.3
.1
11.4
-2.3

2.5
3.7
3.3
1.0

-1.4

338.2
376.3
113.9
264.4
458.6
111.3
111.5
369.5
454.0

Dec.
1986

Oct.
1987

345.6
403.6

5.8

-0.1

Food and beverages
Food
Food at home
Cereals and bakery products
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs
Meats, poultry, and fish
Dairy products
Fruits and vegetables
Other food at home
Food away from home
Alcoholic beverages

339.3
349.7
323.5
353.2
290.3
301.1
254.4
367.1
404.5
433.3
267.6

3.5
3.5
4.6
5.8
3.1
3.9
2.1
10.8
3.3
1.0
5.1

-.3
-.3
-.3
3.6
-1.9

Housing
Shelter
Renters' costs 2
Rent, residential
Other renters' costs
Homeowners' costs 2
Owners' equivalent rent 2
Fuel and other utilities
Fuels
Fuel oil and other household fuel
commodities 3
Fuel oil 4
Other household fuel
commodities 5
Gas (piped) and electricity
Electricity
Utility (piped) gas
Household furnishings and operation ..

365.6
432.0
121.9
329.7
551.8
126.1
126.5
368.7
421.3

5.8
8.7
3.8

-.3
.0
-5:8
-.1
-18.1
2.3
2.3

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—
Dec.
1986

Oct.
1987

354.4
421.7

5.2

0.3

.0
.2
-.2
-2.1
-1.2
-.8
.6
4.4
-1.6
.8
-1.3

332.4
344.2
325.9
373.0
300.9
308.8
260.7
358.7
380.7
374.7
221.8

4.5
4.9
4.4
5.8
1.0
2.3
3.2
18.5
-.6
5.6
1.0

1.5
1.7
1.8
1.7
-.8
-.5
.1
11.9
-.8
1.4
-.6

403.1
451.4
120.2
384.2
445.8
120.6
120.5
404.0
455.4

3.9
4.8
4.5
4.2
8.0
5.1
5.1
2.1
3.0

-.7
-.1
-.6
.5
-9.8
.4
.4

-1.7
-5.0

.6
.9
2.3
.4
6.5
.5
.5
.0
.0

-4.7
-10.5

Expenditure category
All items
All items(1957-59=100)

6.4
-2.3
10.5
10.8
.0
-.2

-1.8
.0
-1.9
.4
-.1
.0

-1.6

3.6
2.5

8.5
3.7

3.9

517.8
177.9

15.2
18.0

2.8
4.3

NA
167.7

NA
19.8

NA
4.6

202.0
198.9

8.4
10.1

-1.5
-5.6

105.7
398.6
393.0
394.1
243.1

5.7
-2.1
-2.0
-2.3

-2.0
-2.0
-.1
-5.4
.0

NA
456.7
347.9
560.9
246.2

NA
-5.6
-1.1
-9.4
4.2

NA

-.1
-.2
.0
.4

108.3
457.3
322.8
657.0
276.3

8.3
2.9
4.1
.4
1.1

-1.2
-10.7
-1.8
-24.8
.0

Apparel and upkeep
Apparel commodities
Men's and boys' apparel
Women's and girls' apparel
Footwear

169.7
149.2
145.8
96.0
225.2

6.9
7.2

-1.3
-1.7
-8.0
2.1
-3.8

204.4
193.7
199.9
172.2
196.8

6.9
7.5
11.1
4.9
9.0

-1.3
-1.4
.5
-3.7
-.3

218.7
196.7
207.1
168.9
220.7

9.5
10.6

.6
.8

6.8
13.8
6.7

-2.6
-.8

Transportation
Private transportation
Motor fuel 4
Gasoline 4
Gasoline, leaded regular 6
Gasoline, unleaded regular6
Gasoline, unleaded premium 7
Public transportation

359.5
356.7
171.3
172.0
187.2
184.8
80.0
420.2

.8
.9
-.4
-.4

325.1
323.6
157.8
157.9
169.6
170.4
78.5
397.8

5.7
6.3
19.9
19.9
21.1
20.0
17.0
-5.0

.4
.6
-.4
-.4
-.4
-.6
.6
-2.9

330.7
329.3
161.6
161.2
176.1
181.8
80.1
345.1

7.3
7.8
23.1

.7
.4
-.4
-.4
-.6
-.2
-.2
4.5

1.2

-1.2
14.1
2.2

7.9
8.5
19.6
19.8
22.4
20.2
15.8

.9

See footnotes at end of table.




105

-.8
-.3
-.4
.0

22.9
25.6
23.5
15.8
3.2

12.1

Table 24. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers: Selected areas, by expenditure category and
commodity and service group—Continued
(1967=100, unless otherwise noted)
Monthly cities and pricing schedule 2 1

San FranciscoOakland,
Calif.

Pittsburgh,
Pa.

Philadelphia,
Pa.-N.J.
Group
Percent
change
from—

Index

Dec.
1987

Index

Dec.
1986

Oct.
1987

Dec.
1987

Percent
change
from—
Dec.

Percent
change
from—

Index

Oct.
1987

Dec.
1987

Dec.
1986

Oct.
1987

Expenditure category
Medical care

539.6

5.2

1.0

499.6

7.9

0.9

458.7

7.1

0.6

Entertainment

254.4

3.4

.4

294.7

2.1

-.4

258.2

4.4

3.5

Other goods and services

390.0
293.5

7.1
6.9

.2
.5

345.7
252.2

3.1
.0

-.2
-2.1

393.0
316.7

6.4
.7

.0
-2.1

345.6
292.8
339.3
260.9
256.8
267.9
445.6
611.1

5.8
5.0
3.5
6.1
8.2
2.4
6.5
6.0

-.1
-.1
-3
.0
-.8
1.4
.0
1.1

323.0
280.2
315.0
252.7
258.5
248.4
405.1
551.0

3.6
4.5
2.5
6.0
9.7
1.5
2.7
8.3

.2
.0
.0
-.1
-.2
.0
.5

354.4
297.8
332.4
277.9
271.2
287.8
441.9
493.3

5.2
6.0
4.5
7.3
9.8
3.8
4.5
5.7

.3
1.0
1.5
.6
1.0
.2
-.2
-.2

326.4
336.2
185.8
172.5
260.3
256.2
301.7
116.1
422.2

4.8
5.9
5.7
7.0
6.0
8.0
5.7
4.3
6.5

-.1
-.1
.1
-1.0
.0
-.7
-.5
.0
-.1

312.1
315.4
170.2
168.3
255.0
261.3
290.1
106.3
390.9

3.6
3.4
3.4
5.1
5.7
8.9
5.6
1.7
2.4

324.9
348.7
190.2
182.1
274.8
265.0
303.2
112.8
434.4

5.4
5.1
4.7
13.7
6.7
8.6
6.6
4.1
4.4

.5
.3
.7
-4.9
.5

Personal care
Commodity and service group
All items
Commodities
Food and beverages
Commodities less food and beverages
Nondurables less food and beverages
Durables
Services
Medical care services
Special indexes
All items less shelter
All items less medical care
All items less energy 8
Energy 4
Commodities less food
Nondurables less food
Nondurables
Services less rent of shelter 2
Services less medical care
1

Areas on pricing schedule 1 (see table 11) will appear next month.
Indexes on a December 1984=100 base.
Indexes on a June 1978=100 base in Dallas, Houston, Los
Angeles, Pittsburgh, and San Francisco.
4
Indexes on a June 1978=100 base except for the U.S. which is
on a 1967=100 base.
5
Indexes on a December 1986=100 base.
6
Indexes on a January 1976=100 base.
7
Indexes on an August 1981 = 100 base.
8
Indexes are on the bases listed below:
U.S.
1967=100.

Chicago
December 1977 = 100.
Dallas
February 1978 = 100.
Detroit
December 1977 = 100.
Houston
April 1978 = 100.
Los Angeles
December 1977 = 100.
New York
December 1977 = 100.
Philadelphia
December 1977 = 100.
Pittsburgh
April 1978 = 100.
San Francisco
December 1977 = 100.
Data not adequate for publication.
Data not available.

2

3




.8

106

.8
1.2
-.4
-.2

Table P1. Average residential prices for utility (piped) gas, electricity, and fuel oil, U.S. city average and selected

Utility (piped) gas

Area, region and population size class

per 40 therms

per 100 therms

Electricity

Fuel oil #2

per 500 KWH

per gallon

Nov.
1987

Dec.
1987

Nov.
1987

Dec.
1987

Nov.
1987

Dec.
1987

Nov.
1987

Dec.
1987

$24,035

$23,988

$53,862

$53,725

$40,206

$40,233

$0,888

$0,889

urban
More than 1,200,000
500,000 to 1,200,000
50,000 to 500,000

28.021
28.418
30.017
25.057

28.109
28.208
29.847
26.633

61.377
62.682
63.311
55.103

61.377
62.078
62.932
58.062

49.174
51.790
43.881
46.756

48.459
51.519
43.810
44.611

.891
.918
.836
.836

.892
.920
.833
.837

North Central urban
Size A - More than 1,200,000
Size B - 360,000 to-1.200,000
Size C - 50,000 to 360,000
Size D - Nonmetropolitan
(less than 50,000)

23.309
22.462
27.372
24.032

23.336
22.404
26.763
24.373

49.376
48.049
57.346
50.924

49.479
48.014
55.614
51.661

39.359
39.895
40.263
37.502

39.285
39.596
40.206
37.813

.887
.877
.842

.859
.881
.872
.827

22.179

22.822

45.539

47.278

39.029

39.084

.799

.722

South
Size
Size
Size
Size

urban
A - More than 1,200,000
B - 450,000 to 1,200,000
C - 50,000 to 450,000
D - Nonmetropolitan
(less than 50,000)

25.621
25.444
25.458
26.087

25.542
25.219
24.758
26.540

56.054
54.794
55.364
57.176

56.070
54.838
53.633
58.336

38.629
39.457
40.120
38.639

38.779
39.342
40.876
38.807

.887
.926
.860
NA

.888
.931
.859
NA

24.820

24.346

56.706

55.621

35.812

35.457

.874

.870

West urban
Size A - More than 1,250,000
Size B - 330,000 to 1,250,000
Size C - 50,000 to 330,000

19.805
18.971
21.208
20.577

19.870
18.652
21.205
20.577

53.789
54.769
54,019
50.590

53.343
54.463
54,011
47.966

37.376
37.691
41.775
30.649

37.904
37.758
41.754
29.455

.906
.924
NA
.908

.916
.919
NA
.903

Size classes
A
B
C
D

23.378
26.221
24.552
23.206

23.152
25.752
25.005
23.663

53.508
57.252
54.251
49.727

53.156
55.998
54.843
50.837

41.658
41.000
38.416
36.800

41.460
41.208
38.133
38.111

.916
.849
.842
.879

.918
.846
.840
.883

Chicago, Ill.-Northwestern Ind
L.A.-Long Beach, Anaheim, Calif
N.Y., N.Y.-Northeastern N.J
Philadelphia, Pa.-N.J
San Francisco-Oakland, Calif

18.248
18.243
31.133
28.376
15.642

18.826
18.095
31.159
28.616
15.707

41.784
57.409
68.410
64.438
44.001

43.260
57.051
67.767
64.844
44.180

44.029
42.899
58.008
51.461
40.567

43.265
42.899
58.200
51.461
40.567

.942
NA
.939
.884
NA

.927
NA
.934
.895
NA

Baltimore, Md
Boston, Mass
Cleveland, Ohio
Miami, Fla
St. Louis, Mo.-lll
Washington, D.C.-Md.-Va

25.030
28.640
21.340
29.500
27.507
27.312

25.240
28.640
21.340
29.500
27.400
27.429

52.370
63.290
46.940
63.810
51.417
62.596

52.890
63.290
46.940
63.810
50.880
62.458

37.150
47.807
45.790
47.479
38.434
38.382

37.150
46.473
45.790
47.479
38.425
38.472

.900
.901
.891
NA
.867
.982

.904
.912
.881
NA
.862

Dallas-Fort Worth, Tex
Detroit, Mich
Houston, Tex
Pittsburgh, Pa

22.500
28.115
22.335
24.727

22.464
27.139
22.335
24.727

48.134
53.327
41.890
54.176

47.968
51.979
41.890
54.176

39.119
40.847
37.976
42.514

38.867
40.318
37.954
42.514

NA
.970
NA
.772

NA
.970
NA
.780

U.S. city average
Region and area size
Northeast
Size A Size B Size C -

1

Selected local areas

Regions are defined as the four Census regions.




Data not adequate for publication.

107

Table P2. Average residential unit prices and consumption ranges for utility (piped) gas and electricity for U.S. city average
and selected areas
Average price per
therm of
utility (piped) gas

Range of therm
consumption for
Dec. 1987

Nov.
1987

Dec.
1987

Low

$0,559

$0,558

Average price per
KWHof
electricity

Range of KWH
consumption for
Dec. 1987

Area, region and population size class

U.S. city average
Region and area size

High

Nov.
1987

Dec.
1987

2,800

$0,077

$0,077

Low

High

7,512

1

urban
More than 1,200,000 ..
500,000 to 1,200,000 .
50,000 to 500,000

.619
.626
.663
.562

.616
.617
.657
.593

1
7
1
2

2,800
630
252
515

.096
.096
.092
.101

.095
.095
.092
.099

26
88
26
54

7,246
3,928
7,246
3,680

North Central urban
Size A - More than 1,200,000 ..
Size B - 360,000 to 1,200,000 .
Size C - 50,000 to 360,000
Size D - Nonmetropolitan
(less than 50,000)

.506
.503
.588
.480

.506
.500
.573
.487

2
4
2
38

1,292
1,292
443
623

.072
.075
.062
.077

.072
.074
.062
.078

5
5
29
39

6,708
6,708
3,287
3,626

.473

.490

16

429

.076

.076

21

3,749

South
Size
Size
Size
Size

urban
A - More than 1,200,000 ..
B - 450,000 to 1,200,000 .
C - 50,000 to 450,000
D - Nonmetropolitan
(less than 50,000)

.630
.629
.603
.629

.628
.624
.593
.637

1
6
2
3

589
442
350
589

.073
.071
.076
.072

.073
.069
.078
.072

30
30
112
94

7,512
7,512
6,513
4,002

.684

.671

252

.077

.076

32

5,536

West urban
Size A - More than 1,250,000 ..
Size B - 330,000 to 1,250,000 .
Size C - 50,000 to 330,000

.525
.531
.543
.477

.527
.528
.542
.471

400
400
163
366

.080
.082
.086
.067

.082
.082
.086
.065

4
4
29
82

7,152
7,152
4,991
5,432

Size classes
A
B
C
D

.553
.600
.553
.543

.547
.590
.561
.557

1,292
443
623
2,800

.080
.074
.076
.076

.079
.075
.076
.080

4
26
39
21

7,512
7,246
5,432
5,536

Chicago, 111.-Northwestern I nd
L.A.-Long Beach, Anaheim, Calif..
N.Y., N.Y.-Northeastern N.J
Philadelphia, Pa.-N.J
San Francisco-Oakland, Calif

.422
.536
.707
.639
.406

.437
.532
.695
.644
.408

23
9
7
16
12

635
352
620
630
159

.081
.086
.107
.090
.082

.079
.086
.107
.090
.082

169
75
88
216
108

6,708
3,107
2,929
3,845
2,457

Baltimore, Md.
Boston, Mass
Cleveland, Ohio
Miami, Fla
St. Louis, Mo.-lll
Washington, D.C.-Md.-Va

.629
.654
.504
.869
.504
.677

.635
.654
.504
.869
.500
.684

17
10
5
8
46
6

168
132
283
52
1,292
442

.063
.088
.085
.093
.070
.072

.063
.084
.085
.093
.070
.071

197
140
167
304
172
30

3,510
2,658
2,351
2,961
2,744
3,763

Dallas-Fort Worth, Tex..
Detroit, Mich
Houston, Tex
Pittsburgh, P a

.631
.620
.386
.507

.631
.588
.386
.507

12
21
83
31

46
356
297
426

.070
.079
.067
.082

.054
.078
.067
.082

275
63
224
240

6,349
3,174
7,512
3,257

Northeast
Size A Size B Size C -

1
1
1
25

Selected local areas

Regions are defined as the four Census regions.




108

Table P3. Average prices for gasoline, U.S. city average and selected areas
(Per gallon)
Gasoline
All types 1

Leaded regular

Unleaded regular

Unleaded premium 2

Area, region and population size class

U.S. city average
Region and area size
Northeast
Size A Size B Size C -

urban
More than 1,200,000
500,000 to 1,200,000
50,000 to 500,000

North Central urban
Size A - More than 1,200,000
Size B - 360,000 to 1,200,000
Size C - 50,000 to 360,000
Size D - Nonmetropolitan
(less than 50,000)

Nov.
1987

Dec.
1987

Nov.
1987

Dec.
1987

Nov.
1987

Dec.
1987

Nov.
1987

Dec.
1987

$0,987

$0,975

$0,928

$0,912

$0,976

$0,961

$1,125

$1,119

1.016
1.005
1.067

1.015
1.009
1.050
.990

.941
.936
.957
.936

.933
.926
.948
.930

.967
.963

.979
.964
1.040
.962

1.142
1.137
1.157
1.136

1.149
1.147
1.160
1.134

1.003
.994
1.005

.980
.983
.957
.985

.953
.939
.955
.976

.933
.919
.917
.956

1.012

.976
.978
.929
.995

1.134
1.160
1.176
1.050

1.112
1.140
1.153
1.016

.981

.984

.961

.956

.994

.999

NA

NA

3

1.068

.996
.999
.969

urban
A - More than 1,200,000
B - 450,000 to 1,200,000
C - 50,000 to 450,000
D - Nonmetropolitan
(less than 50,000)

.981
.989
.985
.962

.971
.983
.980
.942

.909
.904
.914
.904

.897
.894
.915
.880

.968
.959
.983
.959

.955
.953
.966
.938

1.116
1.133
1.102
1.109

1.109
1.128
1.094
1.096

1.001

.996

.924

.923

.999

.993

1.102

1.095

West urban
Size A - More than 1,250,000
Size B - 330,000 to 1,250,000
Size C - 50,000 to 330,000

.963
.943
1.029
1.026

.947
.924
1.027
.979

.923
.906
.951

.903
.886
.941
.932

.956
.932
1.036

.940
.911
1.044

1.048

.981

1.112
1.098
1.154
1.158

1.102
1.086
1.148
1.143

.919
.934
.933
.956

.901
.923
.909
.950

.962
1.004
.986
1.006

.949
.984
.960
1.010

1.131
1.131
1.104
1.111

1.127
1.123
1.090
1.110

.958
.879
.940
.916
.911

1.029
.907
.975
.929
.984

1.015
.885
.983
.922
.978

1.195
1.093
1.146
1.110
1.114

1.180
1.080
1.162
1.104
1.113

.989
.968
1.016
.937

.976
.988
.958
1.009
.929
1.039

1.152
1.136
1.177
1.118
1.135
1.299

1.140
1.138
1.167
1.118
1.122
1.299

.913
.988
.876
.925

1.043
1.146
1.071
1.119

1.039
1.113
1.064
1.109

South
Size
Size
Size
Size

Size classes
A
B
C
D

.981
1.008
.985
1.000

.995
.963
1.001

Selected local areas
Chicago, Ill.-Northwestern Ind
LA.-Long Beach, Anaheim, Calif
N.Y., N.Y.-Northeastern N.J
Philadelphia, Pa.-N.J
San Francisco-Oakland, Calif.

1.048
.929
1.029
.963
.976

1.031
.908

1.042
.957
.974

.983
.902
.952
.923
.908

Baltimore, Md
Boston, Mass
Cleveland, Ohio
Miami, Fla
St. Louis, Mo.-lll
Washington, D.C.-Md.-Va

1.026
1.017
.991
1.059
.955
1.097

1.014
1.017
.981
1.058
.945
1.094

.971
.939
.905
.981
.903
.957

.963
.937
.898
.986
.891
.948

Dallas-Fort Worth, Tex
Detroit, Mich
Houston, Tex
Pittsburgh, Pa

.929
1.005
.920
.956

.925
.980
.910
.943

.893
.941
.871
.924

.886
.914
.856
.912

Also includes types of gasoline not shown separately.
Unleaded premium replaced leaded premium in January 1984.




1.045

.915
1.011
.884
.940

Regions are defined as the four Census regions.
Data not adequate for publication.

109

Table P4. Average retail food prices, U.S. city average and four regions 1
U.S. average

Northeast

North Central

West

South

Food and unit
Nov.
1987
Cereals and bakery products:
Flour, white, all purpose, per Ib
Rice, white, long grain, precooked, per Ib..
Rice, white, long grain, uncooked, per Ib. ..
Spaghetti and macaroni, per Ib
Bread, white, pan, per Ib
Bread, French, per Ib
Bread, whole wheat, pan, per Ib
Rolls, hamburger, per Ib
Cupcakes, chocolate, per Ib
Cookies, chocolate chip, per Ib
Crackers, soda, salted, per Ib
Meats, poultry, fish and eggs:
Meats:
Beef and veal:
Ground chuck, 100% beef, per Ib
Ground beef, 100% beef, per Ib
Chuck roast, U.S. Choice, bone-in, per Ib
Round roast, U.S. Choice, boneless, per Ib. .
Rib roast, U.S. Choice, bone-in, per Ib
Steak, round, U.S. Choice, boneless, per Ib..
Steak, sirloin, U.S. Choice, bone-in, per Ib. ...
Steak, chuck, U.S. Choice, bone-in, per Ib. ...
Steak, T-Bone, U.S. Choice, bone-in, per Ib..
Steak, porterhouse, U.S. Choice, bone-in,
perlb
Pork:
Bacon, sliced, per Ib
Chops, center cut, bone-in, per Ib.
Ham, rump or shank half, bone-in, smoked,
perlb
Sirloin roast, bone-in, per Ib.
Shoulder picnic, bone-in, smoked, per Ib
Sausage, fresh, loose, per Ib
Ham, canned, 3 or 5 lbs, per Ib
Other meats:
Frankfurters, all meat or all beef, per Ib
Bologna, all beef or mixed, per Ib
Beef liver, per Ib
Poultry:
Chicken, fresh, whole, per Ib
Chicken breast, bone-in, per Ib
Chicken legs, bone-in, per Ib
Turkey, frozen, whole, per Ib
Fish and seafood:
Tuna, Hght, chunk, per Ib
Eggs:
Grade A, large, per doz
Grade AA, large, per doz
Dairy products:
Milk, fresh, whole, fortified, per 1/2 gal....
Milk, fresh, skim, per 1/2 gal
Milk, fresh, low fat, per 1/2 gal
Butter, salted, grade AA, stick, per Ib
American processed cheese, per Ib
Cheddar cheese, natural, per Ib
Ice cream, prepackaged, bulk, regular,
per 1/2 gal
Yogurt, natural, fruit flavored, per 1/2 pt..

Dec.
1987

Dec.
1987

Nov.
1987

Dec.
1987

Nov.
1987

Dec.
1987

Nov.
1987

Dec.
1987

$0,200 $0,198 $0,210 $0,203 $0,171 $0,169 $0,213 $0,216 $0,200 $0,197
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
.502
.504
.374
.350
.405
NA
NA
.422
NA
NA
NA
NA
.757
.752
.747
.735
.711
.747
.756
.713
.538
.521
.559
.539
.539
.712
.571
.526
.555
.722
1.136
1.149
1.029
1.059
NA
NA
1.071
1.109
NA
NA
NA
NA
.810
.795
.900
.896
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
2.144
NA
2.057 2.045
1.987
NA
1.996 2.141
NA
NA
.996
1.003
.949
.987
1.012
.977
NA
NA

1.745
1.351
1.711
2.580
3.638
2.923
3.151
NA
4.287

1.751
1.322
1.661
2.557
3.571
2.933
3.165
NA
4.271

1.687
1.550
1.729
2.522
3.531
3.051
3.234
NA
NA

1.740
1.515
1.610
2.493
3.426
3.055
3.354
NA
NA

1.725
1.399
1.672
2.570
3.502
2.798
3.001
NA
4.197

1.723
1.377
1.645
2.539
3.431
2.823
3.010
NA
4.072

1.775
1.337
1.792
2.676
3.952
2.920
3.197
1.987
4.467

1.749
1.289
1.716
2.586
3.969
2.934
3.103
2.009
4.294

1.913
1.247
NA
2.540
3.219
2.904
NA
NA
NA

1.864
1.231
NA
2.707
3.059
2.900
NA
NA
NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

4.464

NA

NA

2.071
2.739

2.020
2.666

2.308
2.558

2.179
2.617

1.986
2.719

1.921
2.624

2.061
2.718

2.017
2.572

1.987
2.984

2.002
2.866

1.647
NA
1.165
1.974
2.779

1.600
NA
1.164
1.990
2.717

NA
NA
NA
NA
2.801

NA
NA
NA
NA
2.681

NA
1.747
NA
2.129
2.818

NA
1.696
NA
2.095
2.705

1.511
NA
1.083
1.853
2.777

1.533
NA
1.110
1.856
2.757

1.820
NA
NA
2.102
2.696

1.711
NA
NA
2.213
2.713

2.041
2.214
1.025

2.016
2.235
1.031

2.188
NA
NA

2.164
NA
NA

2.055
1.8
1.028

2.045
1.953
1.039

1.851
2.183
1.015

1.834
2.210
.986

1.983
2.408
NA

1.928
2.304
NA

.756
1.727
1.054
.900

.736
1.722
1.050
.893

.877
1.676
.972
.964

.846
1.701
.996
.885

.693
1.695
1.086
.758

.697
1.630
1.111
.861

.695
1.677
1.042
.935

.678
1.671
1.043
.929

.790
1.840
NA
.905

.752
1.876
NA
.879

2.160

2.111

NA

NA

2.108

2.104

NA

NA

2.242

2.163

.805
.942

.733
.888

.924
NA

.856
NA

.737
NA

.668
NA

.775
NA

.697
NA

NA
1.007

NA
.966

1.149
NA
1.078
2.162
2.685
3.071

1.156
NA
1.092
2.151
2.677
3.100

1.106
NA
1.062
2.166
2.780
3.029

1.114
NA
1.078
2.11!
2.73;
3.011

1.146
NA
NA
2.103
2.632
NA

1.147
NA
NA
2.073
2.595
NA

1.347
NA
1.308
2.218
2.606
3.157

1.357
NA
1.337
2.198
2.579
3.119

1.078
NA
1.003
2.161
NA
3.067

1.080
NA
.999
2.206
NA
3.123

2.449
.595

2.438
.594

2.741
NA

2.753
NA

2.403
NA

2.368
NA

2.228
.614

2.230
.61

2.463
.563

2.465
.546

See footnotes at end of table.




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Table P4. Average retail food prices, U.S. city average and four regions 1—Continued
U.S. average

Northeast

North Central

South

West

Food and unit
Nov.
1987
Fruits and vegetables:
Fresh fruits and vegetables:
Apples, Red Delicious, per Ib
Bananas, per Ib
Oranges, Navel, per Ib.
Oranges, Valencia, per Ib
Cherries, per Ib
Grapefruit, per Ib
Grapes, Emperor or Tokay, per Ib
Grapes, Thompson Seedless, per Ib
Lemons, per Ib
Peaches, per Ib
Pears, Anjou, per Ib
Strawberries, dry pint, per 12oz
Potatoes, white, per Ib
Lettuce, iceberg, per Ib
Tomatoes, field grown, per Ib
Beans, green, snap, per Ib
Cabbage, per Ib
Carrots, short trimmed and topped, per Ib
Celery, per Ib
Corn on the cob, per Ib
Cucumbers, per Ib
Mushrooms, per Ib
Onions, dry yellow, per Ib
Onions, green (scallions), per Ib
Peppers, sweet, per Ib
Radishes, per Ib
Processed fruits and vegetables:
Orange juice, frozen concentrate,
12oz. can, per 16oz
Potatoes, frozen, French fried, per Ib
Tomatoes, canned, whole, per Ib
Other foods at home:
Sugar and sweets:
Hard candy, solid, per Ib
Sugar, white, all sizes, per Ib
Sugar, white, 33-80 oz. pkg, per Ib
Fats and oils:
Margarine, stick, per Ib
Margarine, soft, tubs, per Ib
Shortening, vegetable oil blends, per Ib
Peanut butter, creamy, all sizes, per Ib
Nonalcoholic beverages:
Cola, nondiet, returnable bottles,
6 or 8 pk., per 16 oz. 2
Cola nondiet, cans, 72oz. 6 pk., per 16 oz. 2
Coffee, 100%, ground roast, all sizes, per Ib
Coffee, 100%, ground roast, 13.1-20 oz. can,
perlb
Coffee, instant, plain, regular, 6.1-14oz,
per 16oz
Coffee, freeze dried, plain, regular,
all sizes, per 16oz
Coffee, freeze dried, decaffeinated,
all sizes, per 16oz
Other prepared foods:
Potato chips, per 16oz
Pork and beans, canned, per 16oz

,

Alcoholic beverages:
Bourbon whiskey, 375ml-1.75 liter, per 25.4 oz. 3 ...
Vodka, domestic, 375ml-1.75 liter, per 25.4 oz. 3
1
2

Dec.
1987

Dec.
1987

Nov.
1987

Dec.
1987

Nov.
1987

Dec.
1987

Nov.
1987

Dec.
1987

0.490
.383
.588
NA
NA
.440
NA
NA
.878
NA
.727
NA
.241
1.136
.868
1.039
.272
.407
.505
.543
.511
NA
.362
NA
.837
1.280

0.493
.300
.659

NA
.310
.395
.459
NA
.527
NA
.325
1.337
.988
1.030

0.510
.352
.623
NA
NA
.507
NA
1.314
.862
NA
NA
NA
.246
.803
.953
.997
.307
.368
.492
.478
.479
NA
.356
NA
.954
.847

NA
NA
.556
NA
NA
1.115
NA
NA
NA
.238
.694
.858
.908
.283
.311
.384
NA
.506
NA
.275
NA
.804
.665

0.521
.352
.417
NA
NA
.515
NA
NA
1.011
NA
.445
NA
.256
1.272
1.041
NA
.313
.320
.439
NA
.400
NA
.274
NA
.912
.702

1.511
.639
.579

1.604
.635
.591

1.432
.704
.566

1.450
.696
.575

1.462
NA
NA

1.477
NA
NA

NA
.386
.355

NA
.342
.329

NA
.340
.327

NA
.345
.337

NA
.346
.337

NA
.367
.340

NA
.366

.750
1.118
NA
1.889

.720
.940
.794

.715

.931

.768
1.821

.745
1.112
NA
1.811

.780

.582
.832
.734

1.810

1.761

1.752

.567
.801
.720
1.740

.759
1.054
.820
1.962

.740
1.052
.814
1.986

NA
.435
2.581

NA
.435
2.553

NA
NA
2.602

NA
NA
2.610

NA
.550
2.567

NA
.559
2.547

NA
.436
2.859

NA
.450
2.752

NA
.399
2.382

NA
.392
2.346

2.760

2.729

2.666

2.701

NA

NA

2.859

2.752

NA

NA

7.843

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

7.958

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

0.603
.404
.575

0.612
.354
.693

0.609
.368
.560

NA
NA
.483
NA
NA
.870
NA
.646
NA
.280
1.261
1.125
.351
.386
.474
NA
.554
NA
.360
NA
.712
NA

NA
NA
.525
NA
1.413
1.102
NA
NA
NA
.223
.747
1.134
NA
.334
.359
.405
.431
.486
NA
.317
1.118
.979
.870

NA
NA
.546
NA
NA
1.035
NA
.637
NA
.211

1.070
.305
.371
.462
.566
.498
NA
.328
NA
.818
1.011

0.621
.385
.749
NA
NA
.524
NA
1.400
.858
NA
.719
NA
.276
.730
1.122
1.040
.358
.373
.455
NA
.478
NA
.367
NA
.727
NA

1.514
.696
.517

1.591
.698
.525

1.632
.829
.514

1.794
.875
NA

NA
.357
.341

NA
.356
.338

NA
.390
.365

.682
.978

.680

.779
1.804

0.546
.343
.678
NA
NA
.528
.975
1.311
.960
NA
NA
NA
.245
.738
.992
.977
.322
.346
.421
.428
.488
NA
.327
NA
.828
.794

0.547
.375
.519
NA
NA
.497

1.063
NA
.931
NA
.573
NA
.247

1.250
.996

.956

1.014

1.343
1.166

13.470 13.536

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

2.734
NA

2.674
NA

2.646
NA

2.541
NA

2.325
NA

2.276
NA

2.989
NA

2.938
NA

3.108
NA

3.090
NA

NA
NA

NA
NA

NA
NA

NA
NA

NA
NA

NA
NA

7.738
NA

NA
NA

NA
NA

NA
NA

New average price series as of January 1986.
Data not adequate for publication.

Regions are defined as the four Census regions.
Deposit may be included in price.




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1987

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Technical Notes

Brief Explanation of the CPI
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a measure of the
average change in prices over time in a fixed market basket
of goods and services. The Bureau of Labor Statistics
publishes CPl's for two population groups: (1) a CPI for All
Urban Consumers (CPI-U) which covers approximately 80
percent of the total population and (2), a CPI for Urban Wage
Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) which covers 32 percent of the total population. The CPl-u includes, in addition
to wage earners and clerical workers, groups such as professional, managerial, and technical workers, the selfemployed, short-term workers, the unemployed, and retirees
and others not in the labor force.
The CPI is based on prices of food, clothing, shelter, and
fuels, transportation fares, charges for doctors9 and dentists*
services, drugs, and the other goods and services that people buy for day-to-day living. Prices are collected in 91 urban areas across the country from about 60,000 housing units
and approximately 21,000 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 food, fuels, and a few other items
are obtained every month in all 91 locations. Prices of most
other commodities and services are collected every month
in the five largest geographic areas and every other month
in other areas. Prices of most goods and services are obtained by personal visits of the Bureau's trained representatives.
Mail questionnaires are used to obtain public utility rates,
some fuel prices, and certain other items.
In calculating the index, price changes for the various items
in each location are averaged together with weights which
represent their importance in the spending of the appropriate
population group. Local data are then combined to obtain
a U.S. city average. Separate indexes are also published by
size of city, by region of the country, for cross calculations
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.




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The indexes measures price change from a designated
reference date, 1967, which equals 100.0. An increase of
203 percent, for example, is shown as 303.0. 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 1967 to $30.30
For further details see BLS Handbook of Methods, Vol. if,
"The Consumer Price Index," Bulletin 2134-2, April 1984
and The Consumer Price Index: 1987 Revision, BLS Report
736, January 1987.

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 in the accompanying box
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

315.5
303.5
12.0

Percent Change
Index point difference
Divided by the previous index
Equals
Results multiplied by one hundred
Equals percent change

12.0
303.5
0.040
0.040x100
4.0

Homeownership Changes

calculated from bills priced within these ranges. It
should be noted that bills-priced for the CPI are not only
for different consumption amounts, but may also be
calculated from different types of residential rate
schedules. The average prices per therm and per
kilowatt hour are not, therefore, generally suitable for
use in place-to-place price comparisons.
The average prices for 40 and 100 therms of natural
gas and for 500 kilowatt hours of electricity (table P-l)
are calculated from a special price collection program.
They are not used in the calculation of the CPI. Since
heating and air-conditioning requirements vary by
geographic location, climate, and weather conditions, it
cannot be inferred that these consumption amounts
represent those used by a typical residential consumer.
These bills are used merely to track price changes over
time for constant amounts of consumption, to provide
data for place-to-place price comparisons, and to provide continuity with prices of natural gas and electricity
formerly published in conjunction with the unrevised
Consumer Price Index.

The Consumer Price Index (CPi) has been changed to
incorporate a rental equivalence measure of
homeowners' costs in accordance with plans announced
by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) on October 27,
1981. For the CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), this
change was effective with release of the index for
January 1983 and for the CPI for Urban Wage Earners
and Clerical Workers (CPi-W), it was effective with the
release of the January 198S index. The rental
equivalence approach calculates shelter costs of
homeowners based on the implicit rent owners would
have to pay to rent homes that they own. The old
method calculated homeownership as home purchase,
mortgage interest costs, property taxes, property insurance, and maintenance and repairs. The new
homeownership component was introduced into both the
CPI-U and the CPIW in such a manner that in each case
the indexes using the old and new methodologies were
equal in the so-called "link month"—December 1982
for the CPI-U and December 1984 for the CPI-W. For
more information, see the CPI Detailed Report for
January 1983, pp. 7-13.

Fuel oil. Only #2 fuel oil (home heating oil) is priced.
Prices are collected, in most cases, for quantities greater
than one gallon. These prices are converted to a per
gallon price for this program. Fuel oil prices reflect discounts for quantity and/or quick payment.

Energy Prices
Prices are usually available for the U.S. city average,
28 large urban areas, and 16 areas reflecting the four
Census regions cross-classified by four population sizes.
However, not all energy commodities and services are
used in every area of the country. Fuel oil, for example,
is not a common heating fuel in some urban areas, particularly in the South and West. Where no average
prices are available, the designation NA will appear, NA
will also appear if the data sufficiency criteria have not
been met in any given month. For example, if there are
fewer than five usable fuel oil prices for a published city
or region size class, no fuel oil prices for the area will be
published.
All prices, except for electricity, are collected monthly
by BLS representatives in the urban areas priced for the
CPI. Electricity prices are collected monthly on mail
questionnaires by the Department of Energy for BLS.
Prices for natural gas and electricity include fuel and
purchased gas adjustments and all applicable taxes. Fuel
oil and gasoline prices include applicable Federal, State,
and local taxes.

Gasoline. Gasoline prices are collected at the pump
from a sample of full service, mini-service, and selfserve gas stations.
Approximate British Thermal Unit (BTU> values for
some energy items are as follows, according to the
source indicated:
1 therm = 100,000 BTU'S (U.S. Department of
Energy).
1 kwh = 3,412 BTU*S (Edison Electric Institute)
1 gallon #2 fuel oil = 140,000 BTU'S (U.S. Department
of Energy).

Food Prices
In the revised CPI, actual weighted average prices are
calculated each month at the national level and for the
four Census geographic regions. As a result of changes
in price collection methodology and sample sizes,
average prices for individual cities cannot in general be
produced. It is hoped, however, that regional average
prices will help satisfy the need for local area data. It
should be noted, however, that the average food prices
in this report reflect variations in brand, quality, and
size among geographic areas. Users of average food
prices should be aware that these differences exist.
Because a number of food commodities are not
available in all areas on a year-round basis, prices will

Natural gas and electricity. Natural gas prices are
reported in therms, which are a measure of heating
value. Electricity prices are given in kilowatt hours
(kwh). For both utility services, the consumption ranges
specified in table P-2 are the upper and lower limits of
the bill sizes priced for the Consumer Price Index. The
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not appear in some months for some regions or for the
U.S. city average. In other instances, sufficient prices
may not be available due to temporary disruptions in
supplies. Where no average prices are available, the
designation NA will appear. When a price is not
available from an individual store in any month, an
estimated price will be calculated for the missing item
and used in computing the average price. In cases where
the proportion of estimated prices used to calculate the
average is considered too high, the average price will not
be published and NA will appear for that item in the
table.
Because of space limitations in the table, the description for each item is abbreviated. More detailed
specifications are available from BLS Regional Offices
or from the Washington Office upon request.

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 y e a r 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
are also 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-l 1 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 1982
through 1986 were replaced at the end of 1986. The seasonal
movement of all items and 43 other aggregations is derived
by combining the seasonal movement of SO selected components. Each year the seasonal status of every series is
reevaluated based upon certain statistical criteria. If any of
the SO components change their status from not seasonally
adjusted to seasonally adjusted, seasonally adjusted indexes
will be used before the period.

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.

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Bureau of Labor Statistics
Regional Offices

Region I
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Suite 1603
Boston, MA 02203
Phone: (617) 565-2327

Region IV
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Regions VII and VIII
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Region II
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Phone: (212) 337-2400

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