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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
W. Willard Wirtz, Secretary
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
Arthur M. Ross, Commissioner

CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES: COMMODITIES AND SERVICES
^(Seasonally Adjusted)
INDEX 1957-59=100

INDEX

1957-59=100

130
RELATIVE

IMPORTANCE

ALL ITEMS INDEX (as of Dec. 1 9 6 6 )

ALL

SERVICES

125

34 977c

FOOD

22 94%

NONDURABLES
DURABLE

LESS

FOOD

COMMODITIES

24 45%
17 64%

ALL SERVICES
ALL ITEMS
NONDURABLES
LESS FOOD"*

105

DURABLES*
100

111 n 11111 95

1958

1959

1960

1961

1962

1963

1964

1965

1966

1967

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Latest Data.
BUREAU




OF

LABOR

STATISTICS

J a n u a r y 1967

Released February 20, 1967

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Washington, D. C. 20212

CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR JANUARY 1967

The Consumer Price Index held steady in January at its December level of
114.7 (1957-59=100), the United States Department of Labor!s Bureau of Labor Statistics
announced today. Declines in prices of food, apparel, and automobiles were offset by
further increases in charges for consumer services. In the past 3 months, living
costs as measured by the Consumer Price Index have risen by only 0.2 percent.
Price Changes, December 1966 to January 1967
Apparel prices dropped 1 percent, slightly less than usual for January as
a result of the traditional clearance sales of winter clothing. The largest reductions
were for women's coats, sweaters, and wool dresses. MenTs topcoats, suits, and slacks
also were marked down. Preliminary data indicate that retail sales of apparel were
down nearly 5 percent from a year ago and inventories were somewhat larger. Household
textile prices also were reduced in the usual January "white sales."
Lower prices for beef, poultry, and eggs brought average food prices in
grocery stores down by 0.3 percent despite a climb in prices of several fresh fruits
and vegetables, notably apples, bananas, and cucumbers. However, restaurant meal
prices continued to go up, with an increase of 0.6 percent in January. The decline
in beef prices resulted from a temporary bulge in beef slaughter. The price drop for
frying chickens and eggs also were caused by increased supplies.
A decline of 1.1 percent in prices of used cars in January was about in
line with seasonal expectations, but the 1 percent slide for new cars was larger than
usual. Inventories of new cars were unusually high in January in relation to the volume of sales. Larger trade-in and other allowances are being made to promote sales.
The climb in charges for consumer services, particularly medical care, continued in January at the accelerated pace of recent months. Medical care services were
up by nearly 1 percent, with boosts of 2.8 percent for hospital services, 1.1 percent
for health insurance, and 0.5 percent in doctors1 and dentists1 fees. Residential
rents and charges for various household and personal services also were increased last
month.
Price Trends, January 1966 to January 1967
The Consumer Price Index for January stood 3.3 percent above a year ago.
More than half of the increase has been caused by a 5 percent jump in consumer service
charges. Medical care services were up by 8-1/2 percent and household services 6 percent over the year. Many of these services are substantially influenced by labor costs.
Food prices in January 1967, had declined by almost 1 percent from their
October 1966 peak on a seasonally adjusted basis. However, they remained 3 percent
above a year ago in January, when they accounted for only about one-fifth of




the increase in the total Consumer Price Index over the year. Prices of pork, poultry,
orange juice, celery, lettuce, coffee, and several processed fruits and vegetables were
actually down significantly from a year ago.
Apparel prices averaged 3.7 percent higher than a year ago in January,
with an especially sharp increase of more than 6 percent for footwear. Prices of textile housefurnishings had risen more than 2-1/2 percent over the year and gasoline
prices were up by more than 3 percent.
The most stable prices, generally, have been those for durable consumer
goods, except furniture, for which prices climbed 4-1/2 percent during the past year.
Appliance prices eased down by a half of one percent, new car prices were nearly even
with a year ago, and used car prices were off by more than 1-1/2 percent. In January,
consumer durable goods as a whole averaged less than 1 percent above a year earlier.
Cost-of-Living Adjustments
Wages of more than a million workers in the automobile, automotive parts,
farm and construction machinery, and aerospace industries, are covered by contracts
calling for review of cost-of-living allowances based on the January Consumer Price
Index. However, most of these will not receive any increase, inasmuch as the index
has risen only 0.2 percent since October 1966. About 440,000 workers in the trucking
industry, under the terms of their agreement, would normally be entitled to receive
11 cents an hour based on the change in the index since December 1965. Some of the
increase may go into fringe benefits, depending upon negotiations.




TABLE 1: Consumer Price Index—United States City Average
For Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers
Major group, subgroup, and special group indexes, January 1967
and percent changes from selected dates

Group
All items

Indexes (1957-59=100)
January 1967
December 1966
January
Unad- Seasonally
Unad- Seasonally
1966
adjusted * unadjusted
justed
adjusted
justed
111.0
114.7
114.7
114.8
112.6
118.8
110.9
116.5
114.3
105.7
126.3

Food
Food at home
Cereals and bakery products
Meats, poultry, and fish
Dairy products
Fruits and vegetables
Other foods at home
Food away from home

114.7
112.3
118.8
110.3
116.4
115.3
104.9
127.0

Housing
Shelter 1/
Rent
Homeownership 2_/
Fuel and utilities 3/
Fuel oil and coal 4/
Gas and electricity
Household furnishings and operation

113.1
116.5
111.4
118.7
108.6
110.5
108.3
106.7

Apparel and upkeep _5/
Men's and boys'
Women's and girls' Footwear

111.3
111.6
106.4
122.9

111.9
111.9
107.5
123.0

112.3
112.6
108.1
122.9

Transportation
Private
Public

113.4
111.4
129.8

• 113.2
111.3

113.8
111.7
129.8

Health and recreation
Medical care
Personal care
Reading and recreation
Other goods and services bj

121:4
132.9

114.9
112.5
110.4
115.8
118.5
104.4

108.2
108.3

113.0
116.4
111.3
118.6
108.4
110.2
107.9
106.7

_Per, :ent Change to January 1967 from—
October l%b
er r
January
1966
Unad- Seasonally
Unad- Seasonally
.1 us ted adjusted** justed
adjusted** unadjusted
3.3

111.4
109.8
113.0
112.9
106.6
111.3
102.9
120.4

• 0.1

109.2
112.0
109.7
113.1
106.4
108.9
107.9
103.6

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

.9
.4
1.1
.5
2.0
.3
.6

111.7
111.9
107.1
122.5

107.3
108.6
102.6
115.6

.9
.9
1.6
0

- .2
.1
- 1.0
.6

113.3
111.4

111.2
109.6
122.0

.4
.3
0

115.3
113.1
111.3
115.9
117.6
104.9

108.0
108.3

• . 3

0
• .5
• .1
.9

0.3
• .5
.1
.8
.5

- 1.3
.4
- 3.1
- .6
0
- 1.0
1.4

• 0.8
• 1.3
• 2.1
•

.6

• 2.0
•

.1

.2
.2

1.0
.7
1.1

3.0
2.3
5.1
2.3
9.2
3.6
1.9
5.5
3.6
4.0
1.5
5.0
2.1
1.5
.4
3.0
3.7
2.8
3.7
6.3
2.0
1.6
6.4

118.5
116.2

121.0
131.9
113.7
118.4
115.9

116.9
124.2
110.4
115.7
113.4

All items less shelter
All items less food

114.2
114.8

114.3
114.9

110.8
111.1

.1
.1

Commodities JJ
Nondurables
Durables 7/ 8/
Services 9J

109.9
112.7
102.7
125.5

110.1
112.9
102.7

110.1
113.0
103.1
125.2

110.1
113.1
102.9

107.4
109.6
101.9
119.5

.2
.3
.4
.2

0
.2
.2

Commodities less food ]_/
Nondurables less food
Apparel commodities
Apparel commodities less footwear
Nondurables less food and apparel New cars
Used cars
Household durables 10/
Housefurnishings

107.3
111.0
110.1
107.6
111.6
97.6
113.0
97.6
99.7

107.4
111.1
110.8
108.4

107.7
111.4
111.2
108.8
111.6
98.6
114.2
97.7
100.0

107.4
111.1
110.5
108.0

105.3
108.0
106.2
104.3
109.1
97.4
114.8
96.1
97.6

.4
.4
1.0
1.1
0
1.0
1.1
.1
.3

0
0
.3
.4

Services less rent 9/
Household services less rent
Transportation services
Medical care services
Other services 1_1/

128.8
125.1
126.9
140.6
129.1

128.3
124.9
126.5
139.4
128.9

121.8
117.9
122.5
129.5
123.8

140.7
236.9

140.7
236.9

136.2
229.2

Purchasing power of the consumer dollar:
$0,872
1957-59=$1.00
.711
1947-49=$1.00
.422
1939=$1.00

$0,872
.711
.422

$0,901
.734
.436

3.8
7.0
3.1
2.4
2.5

1.9
.4
..4
.3

Special groups:

All items index on other bases:
1947-49=100
1939=100

96.9
115.1

97.5
114.0

3.1
3.3

.6
1.0

.3
.1
.3
.5
.4
.8
6.5
.2
.2
1.3
1.3
.8
2.3
.7

\J
2/
3/
4/
5/
6/
]_/
8/
9./
10/
11/

Also includes hotel and motel rates not shown separately.
Includes home purchase, mortgage interest, taxes, insurance, and maintenance and repairs.
Also includes telephone, water, and sewerage service not shown separately.
Called "Solid and petroleum fuels" prior to 1964.
Also includes infants' wear, sewing materials, jewelry, and apparel upkeep services not shown separately.
Includes tobacco, alcoholic beverages, and funeral, legal, and bank service charges.
Includes home purchase costs which were classified under services prior to 1964.
Also includes auto parts, toys, and recreational goods not shown separately.
Excludes home purchase costs which were classified under this heading prior to 1964.
Called "Durables less cars" prior to 1964.
Includes the services components of apparel, personal care, reading and recreation, and other goods and services.

*
**

Recalculated indexes, based on updated seasonal factors.
Percent changes based on recalculated indexes, using updated seasonal factors.




.1
.1
.6

2.3
2.8

.1
.5
1.2
1.1

1.9
2.8
3.7
3.2
2.3
.2
1.6
1.6
2.2

1.0
3.8

5.7
6.1
3.6
8.6
4.3

TABLE 2. Consumer Price Index—The United States and Selected Areas
For Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, All Items
Most recent index and percent changes from selected dates

Indexes
Area 1/

Pricing
Schedule 2/

1957-59-100

1947-49-100

Other
bases

January 1967

U.S. City Average

114.7

140.7

Chicago
Detroit
Los Angeles-Long Beach New York
Philadelphia

111.8
113.3
115.8
117.5
115.0

141.0
139.7
144.4
141.6
141.2

October 1966

118.6
113.0
113.4
114.0

.2
.6
.1
.3
0

146.9
139.2
140.3
140.4
November 1966

Buffalo (Nov.1963=100) Cleveland
Dallas (Nov.1963=100) —
Milwaukee
San Diego (Feb.1965=100)
Seattle
Washington

108.0
110.9

137.7

111.6

140.7

106.5
115.6
114.6

103.5
145.3
138.0

December 1966

Atlanta
Baltimore
Cincinnati
Honolulu (Dec.1963=100)
Kansas City
St. Louis
San Francisco-Oakland —

113.3
114.5
111.2

140.3
142.1
135.3

117.3
114.9
117.2

145.1
142.6
148.7

January 1966

3.3

January 1967

Boston
Houston
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Pittsburgh

Percent change from:

October 1966

January 1966

0.1
.5
0
- .1

4.1
2.7
2.6
2.7

August 1966

November 1965

0.3
.6
.9
.1
1.5
1.0
.5

September 1966

106.6

2.9
4.5
2.7
3.6
3.0

0.4
.2
.4
.9
.2
.2
.7

3.3
2.9
3.7
2.7
3.2
3.4
3.7

December 1965
3.8
3.2
3.1
2.6
2.4
3.0
3.2

\J Area coverage includes the urban portion of the corresponding Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area (SMSA) except
for New York and Chicago where the more extensive Standard Consolidated Areas are used. Area definitions are those established for the 1960 Census and do not include revisions made since 1960.
2/ Foods, fuels, and several other items priced every month in all cities; most other goods and services priced as
indicated:
M - Every month.
1 - January, April, July, and October.
2 - February, May, August, and November.
3 - March, June, September, and December.




TABLE 3: Consumer Price Index—The United States and Selected Areas 1/
For Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, Major Groups
Percent change from December 1966 to January 1967
U.S. City
Average

Group

All items
Food
Housing
Apparel and upkeep
Transportation
Health and recreation
Medical care
Personal care
Reading and recreation
Other goods and services
1/
2/

Chicago

Detroit

0

- 0.4

0

- 0.1
.1
- .9
- .4
.3
.8
.1
.1
.3

- .5
- .1
- 1.2
- .3
.1
.7
- .1
- .2
.1

- 0.1
- .1
- .5
- .1
.8
.6
.8
1.7
2

Los AngelesLong Beach
0.4
_

-

-

o

.2
1.1
1.8
.1
.1
.5
.3
0

Philadelphia

New York

-

0.1

-

.2
0
1.8
.1
.5
1.0
.8
.3
.9

-

0.3
.3
2
2.0
.3
.2
.5
.4
.1

See footnote 1, table 2.
Not available.

TABLE 4: Consumer Price Index—United States City Average
For Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers
Major group indexes, selected dates
(1957-59=100)
He,ilth and recreation

Date
All
items

Food

Apparel

Trans-

Housing

and
upkeep

portation

Total

Medical
care

Reading
and

Other
goods

care

tion

and
services

1967:

Jan.

114.7

114.7

113.1

111.3

113.4

121.4

132.9

113.8

118.5

116.2

1966:

Dec.
Nov.
Oct.
Sept.
Aug.
July
June
May
Apr.
Mar.
Feb.
Jan.

114.7
114.6
114.5
114.1
113.8
113.3
112.9
112.6
112.5
112.0
111.6
111.0

114.8
114.8
115.6
115.6
115.8
114.3
113.9
113.5
114.0
113.9
113.1
111.4

113.0
112.6
112.2
111.8
111.5
111.3
111.1
110.7
110.3
109.6
109.4
109.2

112.3
112.0
111.5
110.7
109.2
109.2
109.4
109.3
108.7
108.2
107.6
107.3

113.8
114.5
114.3
113.3
113.5
113.5
112.2
112.0
112.0
111.4
111.1
111.2

121.0
120.8
120.4
119.9
119.5
119.1
118.7
118.4
118.1
117.6
117.1
116.9

131.9
131.3
130.4
129.4
128.4
127.7
127.0
126.3
125.8
125.3
124.5
124.2

113.7
113.4
113.3
113.0
112.7
112.5
112.2
112.0
111.6
111.0
110,8
110.4

118.4
118.3
118.0
117.5
117.4
117.2
117.0
116.8
116.8
116.6
115.9
115.7

115.9
116.0
115.9
115.7
115.5
115.3
114.9
114.7
114.3
113.8
113.6
113.4

Annual Average:

1966
1965
1964
1963
1962
1961
1956

113.1
109.9
108.1
106.7
105.4
104.2
94.7

114.2
108.8
106.4
105.1
103.6
102.6
94.7

111.1
108.5
107.2
106.0
104.8
103.9
95.5

109.6
106.8
105.7
104.8
103.6
103.0
97.8

112.7
111.1
109.3
107.8
107.2
105.0
91.3

119.0
115.6
113.6
111.4
109.4
107.3
93.6

127.7
122.3
119.4
117.0
114.2
111.3
91.8

112.2
109.9
109.2
107.9
106.5
104.6
93.7

117.1
115.2
114.1
111.5
109.6
107.2
93.4

114.9
111.4
108.8
107.1
105.3
104.6
95.8




TABLE 5: Consumer Price Index—United States and Selected Areas 1.1
For Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, Commodity Groups
January 1967 indexes and percent changes from October 1966
Los
MinnAngeleseapolisLong
St. Paul
Beach
Indexes (1957-59=100 unless otherwise specified)

U.S.
City
Average

Group

New
York

Chicago

Philadelphia

Pittsburgh

111.8

113.3

113.0

115.8

113.4

115.0

114.0

Food
Food at home
Cereals and bakery products
Meats, poultry, and fish
Dairy products
Fruits and vegetables
Other foods at home
Food away from home

114.7
112.3
118.8
110.3
116.4
115.3
104.9
127.0

119.0
115.1
124.4
115.3
112.0
120.1
105.8
135.8

114.1
113.1
120.3
111.6
123.7
110.5
104.2
119.2

113.0
110.7
111.9
111.9
119.6
107.2
103.4
126.2

116.6
113.8
124.9
107.3
118.2
119.9
107.2
129.3

113.7
109.7
119.7
102.2
116.4
120.8
98.1
128.7

113.0
111.1
109.3
109.6
120.1
112.6
106.3
121.1

115.5
111.6
117.7
110.8
109.1
117.5
103.9
133.1

113.7
110.7
115.1
106.3
119.5
115.5
102.6
130.3

111.3
110.1
117.7
110.7
107.7
113.2
104.5
118.7

Housing
Shelter
Rent 2/
Homeownership
Fuel and utilities
Fuel oil and coal
Gas and electricity
Household furnishings and operation

113.1
116.5

110.5
112.8

108.3
110.3

106,
105,
106,
107.1

112.9
102.5
105.0
104.3
103.4

109.0
106.0
101.3
107.8
117.8

118.2
124.7
112.0
129.0
104.8
111.0
105.1

119.3
109.7
116.1
110.8
113.1

112.9
115.4
112.1
116.4
107.3
115.0
102.3
107.6

112.1
110.9
110.1
111.0
116.6

129.8
112.1

110.3
115.6
110.2
116.6
101.5
104.9
97.9
101.6

117.3
120.2

118,
108,
110,
108,
106.7

120.3
126.9
125.2
127.7
108.9
117.5
101.5
113.1

Apparel and upkeep
Men's and boys'
Women's and girls'
Footwear

111.3
111.6
106.4
122.9

111.1
104.6
106.9
123.8

107.1
106.7
101.6
120.1

112.2
109.0
112.1
122.4

107.9
107.8
101.5
126.1

110.3
111.4
108.8
118.2

109.4
116.2
101.1
120.8

113.8
112.8
108.3
123.5

116.5
111.7
111.8
123.7

114.2
108.1
108.5
128.3

Transportation
Private
Public

113.4
111.4
129.8

117.1

111
132

109.5
109.8
109.2

112.4
110.6
119.4

111.2
108.0
135.4

118.2
114.
140,

114.1
112.6
122.0

114.8
113.1
124.4

119.1
115.0
137.3

115.1
110.2
132.1

Health and recreation
Medical care
Personal care
Reading and recreation
Other goods and services

121.4
132.9
113.8
118.5
116.2

122.1
133.8
116.1
123.9
113.2

115.9
139.0
113.3
102.7
107.8

123.9
141.0
118.7
116.5
114.9

121.0
124.4
122.2
118.5
118.1

115,
130,
109.
106,

122.3
143.8
110.3
117.8
109.3

126.2
134.6
110.7
128.2
123.7

120.4
137.0
109.9
113.0

122.6
142.2
110.7
115.5
116.3

All items

Of)

116.1
108.9

Percent changes October 1966 to January 1967
All items

0

1.3
.4
3.1
.6
0
1.0
1.4

Food at home
Cereals and bakery products
Meats, poultry, and fish
Dairy products
Fruits and vegetables
Other foods at home
Food away from home
Housing
Shelter
Rent
Homeownership
Fuel and utilities
Fuel oil and coal
Gas and electricity
Household furnishings and operation

.9
.4
1.1
.5
2.0
.3
.6

Apparel and upkeep —
Men's and boys'
Women's and girls'
Footwear

.2
.1
1.0
.6

.4
0
.1
0
.9
3.1
.3
1.2
.9
3.1
.7

-

1.1
1.7
.9
2.9
1.0
.3
2.7
1.0

.4
.9
.3
2.8
.2
.8
.6
1.8

.3
1.1
.2
2.8
1.3
.3
.6
3.1

.4
.9
1.7
2.4
.3
.5
.4
.9

.7
1.3
.2
1.7
.1
0
0
.4

1.5
2.2

1.3
1.4
.1
1.9
2.3

1.0
.3
1.2
1.0

-

47

- 1.1
- 1.5
--2.3

Health and recreation
Medical care
Personal care
Reading and recreation —
Other goods and services
1, table

1.9
.4
.4
.3

1/

See footnote

_2/
3/

1966 annual averages
Not available.

4_/

Change from November 1966.

.7
1.8
1.0
.1
.4

2.7
.1
3.6
.6
.2

.4
1.8
.4
.2
.3

1.1
1.9
1.4
3.2
4.2
1.0
.9
3.2
.6
.7
.5
.8
.2
0
.4
.5

0
.1

- 0.7
- 1.2
2.1
- 3.1
- 1.2
- .3
- 1.3
2.2

1.3
1.9
.9
5.2
.7
.6
.9
1.7
.2
.5
.7
.4
.2

3.0
.2

.4
.1
.4
.3
.7
2.1
.6
1.2

- .9
- .3
- 2.4
- 1.5

1.5
.3
1.6
1.1
2.7
1.9
1.5
.4
0
0
2.2

1.8
.6
5.6

.1
1.1
.3
.4

1.2
.7
2.8

1.8
2.0
3.7
.2

0
.1
0

.9
.9
.1

2.8
2.9
0

.3
.3
0

.3
.4
0

1.3
2.3
1.4
.7
.7

.9
2.0
.9
0
.3

.4
.9
.6
.5
.2

1.8
.4
.1
1.0

.5
1.6
.5
.6
.2

-

4/
-

•2.9

.2
.2

.7

.3
.2
.4

Transportation
Private
Public




.3
1.1
2.2
3.0
1.1
1.8
.1
3.3

-

-

Beach, and Philadelphia

are 1 0 6 . 7 , 111.5 and 110.9,

.4
.5
2.0

.7
.9
0
1.0
2.5
.1
0

(2/)

2.
for Chicago, Los Angeles-Long

.3
0

respectively.

1.8
4.6
.5
.1

TABLE 5-A: Consumer Price Index—United States and Selected Areas 1/
For Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, Commodity Groups
Year 1966 Indexes and Percent Changes from Year 1965
MinneapolisPittsburgh
St. Paul
Indexes (1957-59=100 unless otherwise specified)

Group

Boston

Houston

All items
'
All items (1947-49-100)
Food
Food at home
Cereals and bakery products
Meats, poultry, and fish
Dairy products
Fruits and vegetables
Other foods at home
Food away from home

117.0
145.0
117.0
114.
118.
117.
107.
122.
103.8
129.4

111.5
137.4
115.4
113.5
121.4
111.0
112.6
120.6
105.6
123.9

112.2
138.8
112.4
111.5
109.1
113.2
118.1
113.8
104.8
115.3

113.0
139.2
111.8
111.1
114.6
117.4
102.9
115.7
102.9
115.7

Housing
Shelter
Rent
Homeownership
Fuel and utilities
Fuel oil and coal
Gas and electricity
Household furnishings and operation

118.8
125.8
124.
126.
107,
114.
102.
110.7

107.0
103.8
100.8
105.0
116.7

111.2
109.6
109.0
109.7
116.5

128.9
109.9

108.7
113.3
109.5
114.0
101.0
102.6
98.1
101.1

Apparel and upkeep
Men's and boys'
Women's and girls'
Footwear

110.3
103.9
106.9
119.5

108.6
107.4
105.6
121.7

108.6
115.5
101.4
117.9

112.1
106.7
106.9
124.2

Transportation
Private
Public

116.2
110.4
132.5

109.7
106.5
135.5

113.3
111.7
122.0

115.0
110.2
132.0

Health and recreation
Medical care
Personal care
Reading and recreation
Other goods and services

119.3
128.6
113.5
122.0
111.2

118.8
119.5
120.8
118.0
117.2

120.2
138.6
109.5
117.1
107.9

119.0
134.6
106.1
113.3
115.0

—

Percent changes 1965 to 1966
All items
Food
Food at home
Cereals and bakery products
Meats, poultry, and fish
Dairy products
Fruits and vegetables
Other foods at home
Food away from home
Housing
Shelter —.
Rent
Homeowner ship
Fuel and utilities
Fuel oil and coal
Gas and electricity
Household furnishings and operation
Apparel and upkeep
Men's and boys'
Women's and girls'
Footwear
Transportation
Private
Public
:
Health and recreation
Medical care
Personal care
Reading and recreation
Other goods and services

37 See footnote 1., Table 2.




116.9
108.2

TABLE 6: Consumer Price Index—United States and Selected Areas
For Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, Food and its Subgroups
January 1967 indexes and percent changes from December 1966
Food at home
Area 1/

Total
food

Total

Cereals
and
bakery
products

Meats,
poultry,
and fish

Dairy
products

Fruits
and
vegetables

Other
foods
at home

Food
away
from
home

Indexes (1957-59=100 unless otherwise specified)
U.S. City Average

114.7

112.3

118.8

110.3

116.4

115.3

104.9

127.0

Atlanta
Baltimore
Boston
Buffalo (Nov.1963=100)
Chicago
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Dallas (Nov.1963=100) Detroit
Honolulu (Dec.1963=100)
Houston
Kansas City
;
Los Angeles-Long Beach
Minneapolis-St. Paul —

114.1
115.3
119.0
109.7
114.1
111.5
110.9
110.5
113.0
108.1
116.6
118.0
113.7
113.0
115.5
113.7
111.3
119.3
114.4
114.0
114.7

112.7
111.5
115.1
108.7
113.1
108.9
108.8
110.1
110.7
108.3
113.8
116.5
109.7
111.1
111.6
110.7
110.1
116.6
110.8
110.6
111.4

114.6
121.3
124.4
103.3
120.3
115.1
114.3
108.6
111.9
109.0
124.9
122.6
119.7
109.3
117.7
115.1
117.7
119.4
117.0
110.9
112.1

110.2
109.4
115.3
109.3
111.6
110.8
109.7
110.9
111.9
110.7
107.3
113.6
102.2
109.6
110.8
106.3
110.7
115.5
108.1
110.7
106.7

114.9
113.9
112.0
109.2
123.7
113.2
112.2
119.3
119.6
103.8
118.2
123.7
116.4
120.1
109.1
119.5
107.7
128.4
115.3
119.5
121.3

113.3
116.6
120.1
112.9
110.5
112.1
109.3
106.1
107.2
110.3
119.9
117.3
120.8
112.6
117.5
115.5
113.2
117.4
116.3
112.7
114.0

112.4
103.2
105.8
107.9
104.2
98.1
101.1
107.8
103.4
104.8
107.2
109.9
98.1
106.3
103.9
102.6
104.5
108.1
101.5
102.2
107.5

119.1
131.1
135.8
115.2
119.2
125.8
122.9
111.9
126.2
107.2
129.3
123.4
128.7
121.1
133.1
130.3
118.7
128.3
130.5
128.9
128.3

- 0.8

0.6

- .1
- 1.5
0
- .7
- 2.7
- .3
- .9
.4
- 1.6
.3
- .5
- .5
.5
- .8
- 1.3
- 1.9
- .8
- .8
- .2
- .3
- 2.0

.7
.2
1.3
.7
.3
0
.5
.1
.4
0
.4
.2
0
1.0
1.3
.5
.3
.3
.1
.3
0

Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
San Francisco-Oakland Seattle
Washington

Percent changes December 1966 to January 1967

-

-

i

-

I

- 0.1

- .4
- 1.3
- 1.0
.5
- .9
- .1
- .6
- 1.0
- .1
- .1
- .9
.5
- .6
.2
- .1
- 1.0
- 1.1
0
- .3
- .9
.4

i

- 0.5

0.1
.5
.7
1.3
.2
1.3
.9
.2
.3
.5
.2
.2
1.2
1.0
.5
.3
.8
.2
.3
0
.4

i

0

.2
.8
.1
.3
.8
.2
.7
.5
.1
0
.4
.2
.3
.1
.1
.4
0
.1
0
.4
0

-

i
i
I
i

-

i

See footnote 1, table 2.




- 0.3

i

1/

o
i

U.S. City Average
Atlanta
Baltimore
Boston
Buffalo (Nov.1963=100)
Chicago
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Dallas (Nov.1963=100) Detroit
Honolulu (Dec.1963=100)
Houston
Kansas City
Los Angeles-Long Beach
Minneapolis-St. Paul —
New York
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
San Francisco-Oakland Seattle
Washington

-

-

-

-

-

-

.1
.3
.9
.6
.4
.1
1.0
.1
0
.2
.3
0
.1
.2
.2
.2
.2
0
.1
0
.3

0.9
2.1
.4
1.3
2.3
1.4
.4
- .9
- 1.9
.8
3
.7
.6
4
1.1
1.2
2.1
3.0
.6
.7
1.7

TABLE 7: Consumer Price Index—United States City Average
For Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, Food Items
January 1967 indexes and percent changes from selected dates
(1957-59=100 unless otherwise specified)

Item or Group

Total food
Food away from home
Restaurant meals
Snacks 1/
Food at home
Cereals and bakery products
Flour
Cracker meal l_f
Corn flakes
Rice
Bread, white
Bread, whole wheat 1/
Cookies
Layer cake If
Cinnamon rolls 1/
Meats, poultry, and fish
Meats
Beef and veal
Steak, round
Steak, sirloin 2/
Steak, porterhouse 1/
Rump roast _1/
Rib roast
Chuck roast
Hamburger
Beef liver 1/
Veal cutlets
Pork
Chops
Loin roast 2j
Pork sausage If
Ham, whole
Picnics 1/
Bacon
Other meats

Lamb chops JL/
Frankfurters
Ham, canned If
Bologna sausage J7
Salami sausage 1/
Liverwurst If
Poultry
Frying chicken
Chicken breasts jL/
Turkey 1/
^
Fish
Shrimp, frozen \j
Fish, fresh or frozen —
Tuna fish, canned
Sardines, canned \J
Dairy products
Milk, fresh, grocery
Milk, fresh, delivered
Milk, fresh, skim 1/
Milk, evaporated
Ice cream
Cheese, American process Butter
See footnotes at end of table.




Index
January 1967
Seasonally
Unadjusted
adjusted
114.7
127.0
127.3
110.0
112.3
118.8
115.6
116.8
127.2
107
125
113
102
105
107
110
112.8
110.9
105.9
103.3
107.8
103.7
118.6
102.4
114.2
106.7
129.0
114.9
114.8
123.0
123.7
115.0
119.2
115.9
118.0
118.1
116.4
119.2
118.0
113.3
117.1
87.4
85.6
98.8
108.1
123.1
109.7
125.7
113.7
115.0
116.4
113.5
116.3
110.9
117.5
99.9
137.6
116.5

Percent change to January 1967 f r o m —
December 1966
January
Seasonally
1966
adjusted A/
Unadjusted
unadjusted
0.1
.6
.4
1.3
.3
0
.4
.1
.7
.1
.3
.4
.1
.1
.7
.5
.5

114.9

112.5

110.4
112.7
110.6
106.2

117.0
101.6
113.5

-

1

-

2.
.7
.5
.4
0
2.2
.3
1.2
.3
2.5
1.0
.3
.4
1 0
.7
.3
.1
.3
2.0
2.7
1.3
.4
1.0
.2
.2
.5
4.3
.1
.2
.1
.1
.3
0
.4
.9

129.3
115.1
114.8

113.5
119.2
118.0
116.9

86.9

122.6
125.3

115.8
112.8

137.5
116.0

-

--

0.3

3.0
5.5
5.6
5.1
2.3
5.1

.5

7.3
.8
6.5
6.8
3.7
6.0
5.1
2.3
3.3
1.4
.5
1.1
1.1
.3
.3
.9

.7
.8
1.3

.3
2.3
.7
.2
.4
.7

1.3
.6
.3

.6

-

3.8

.4
.4

.1
0

.4
.7

-

12.2
10.5
10.3
9.2
11.8
9.6
18.3
1.3
1.2
.1
3.6
3.5
2.6
4.4
3.1
5.1
.4
3.6
9.9
14.5
5.0
11.0
9.4
9.2
8.4
7.8
9.9
11.5
6.6
14.0
9.7

10

TABLE 7: Consumer Price Index—United States City Average
For Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, Food Items
January 1967 indexes and percent changes from selected dates—Continued
(1957-59-100 unless otherwise specified)

Item or Group

Fruits and vegetables
Fresh fruits and vegetables
Apples
Bananas
Oranges
Orange juice, fresh JV
Grapefruit
Grapes *
Strawberries *
Watermelon *
Potatoes
Onions
Asparagus * 1/
Cabbage
Carrots
Celery
Cucumbers 1/
Lettuce
Peppers, green 1/
Spinach 1/
Processed fruits and vegetables
Fruit cocktail, canned
Pears, canned 1/.
Grapefruit-pineapple juice, canned 1/ —
Orange juice concentrate, frozen
Lemonade concentrate, frozen 2/
Beets, canned 1/
Peas, green, canned
Tomatoes, canned
Dried beans
Broccoli, frozen 1/
Other food at home
Eggs
Fats and oils:
Margarine
~
Salad dressing, Italian JL/
Salad or cooking oil V
Sugar and sweets
Sugar
Grape jelly
Chocolate bar
Syrup, chocolate flavored 1/
Nonalcoholic beverages
Coffee, can and bag
Coffee, instant 3/
Tea ________________-.__—_________.»._
—
Cola drink
Carbonated fruit drink If
Prepared and partially prepared foods 1/
Bean soup, canned 1/
Chicken soup, canned 1/
Spaghetti, canned 1/
Mashed potatoes, instant 1/
Potatoes, french fried, frozen 2/
Baby foods, canned
Sweet pickle relish 17
Pretzels U

Index
January 1967
Seasonally
Unadjusted
adjusted
115.3
120.7
123,8
93.6
111.5
79.0
122.5

118.5
126.4
142.6
98.5
120.7

131.0
133.1

142.
143.

158
102
102
143
110.9
157.0
96.6
135.0
108.9
96.9
94.4
96.0
90.7
90.7
104,
121,
117,
115,
98,
104,
106.6

148.4
100.3
100.2

107.4
102.4
126.3
113.4
111
117
100
98
99
91
97
100
133.7
106.4
100.3
97.1
97.1
108.1
102.4
84.7
106.5
106.4
100.4

Percent change to January 1967 from-December 1966
January
Seasonally
1966
adjusted 4/
unadjusted
Unadjusted
0.9
1.5
2.7
3.9
- 4.2
- 1,

0.8
1.4

1.5
2.9
*
2.7
- 1.9
.4
16.8
1.6
5.8
.2
- 1 3
.1
.7
.7
0
1.8
1.0
.2
.5
.8
1.3
.6
.8
4.7

.1
3.6
*
-13.1
- 4.4
- 5.1

142.4

102.3

122.8

89.4

104.4
103.4

0
.2
.2
.1
.1
.3
.7
.5
.1
.2
.6
1.3
.7
.2
.1
0
.4
.1
.1
.6
.5
.2
.4

1/
2/
2/

December 1963-100.
April 1960-100.
July 1961-100.

4;/
*

Percent changes based on recalculated i n d e x e s , using updated seasonal f a c t o r s .
Priced only in season.




5.1
3.1

-12.0

3.6
7.3
11.9
14.1
2.2
- 6.0
3.2

12.8
40.3
24.2
1.0
8.6
16.3
-21.6
- 1.3
.2
9.0
- 1.
- 6.
-14.

-

-

.5
2.0

1.5
1.3
3.9
4.2
8.5
• 6.0
3.1
1.9
1.5
5.5
1.3
13.6
2.2
2.8
1.4
5.9
- 1.1
.4
- 2.3
.4
.3
4.8
4 .2
1 0
.7
1.7
4.8
.7
.7
1.5
4.0
.6

OLD SERIES
>. Consumer Price Index—Portland, Oregon
All Items and Commodity Groups
January 1967 and 1966 Average
(1957-59=100)
January 1967
October 1966
All items
All items (1947-49=100)

1966 Average

Percent change from —

Group

117.1
145.1

Food
Food at home
Cereals and bakery productsMeats, poultry, and fish
Dairy products
Fruits and vegetables
Other foods at home

123.3
103.6
104.2

Housing
Rent
Gas and electricity
Solid and petroleum fuels
Housefurnishings
Household operation

Percent change
from 1965

January 1966
115.3
142.9

.1
.5
1.5
2.9
.3
.4

3.5
1.7
5.1
.2
11.2
5.6
.4

114.7
112.7
111.6
120.4
117.4
109.6
104.0

4.7
4.3
1.9
12.0
6.3
5.3
3.0

117.9
112.4
102.5
109.2
96.3
120.5

.6
1.3
0
4.8
1.4

3.7
2.9
0
4.8
.1
5.2

116.1
110.3
102.5
104.6
97.1
115.8

2.6
1.7
0
.4
.1
2.0

Apparel
Men's and boys'
Women's and girls'
Footwear
Other apparel

113.8
117.3
109.5
122.4
104.9

0
1.2
1.1
0
0

2.3
.2
3.7
5.2
.6

112.7
116.8
108.1
120.3
104.8

3.4
1.2
4.2
6.2
2.4

Transportation
Private
Public

111.6
109.2
126.8

.4
.5
0

3.9
0

110.2
107.7
126.8

.9
1.1
0

Medical care
Personal care
Reading and recreation
Other goods and services

131.8
118.5
120.6
117.6

2.6
.6
.9
.1

5.9
5.1
.1
9.7

126.6
115.6
120.0
113.7




112,
114,

-

12

RELIABILITY OF INDEX CHANGE
The CPI is, of necessity, based on a complex of samples:
urban areas, of items, of outlets, etc.

of

Hence, the changes in the

estimated index may differ from what would have been obtained using
different cities, items, or outlets.

Until recently it was not possible

to measure this sampling error, but a system of "replicated11 samples was
built into the CPI structure in the revision introduced in December 1963
and this now permits an estimate of the sampling error*

The error, as

computed, also includes some effect of collection and processing errors
but would not reflect any systematic bias in the data or index techniques.
Since this mechanism has been in operation only since December 1963 it
cannot measure the error in the level of the CPI, which has a reference
base of 1957-59.
The accompanying table shows average standard errors for
monthly, quarterly, and annual percent changes in the CPI for all items
and for nine commodity groupings.
follows:

The figures may be interpreted as

the chances are about 95 out of 100 that the percent

change in the published CPI differs from the corresponding "complete
coverage11 change by less than twice the standard error.
For any of the time period categories—i.e., monthly, quarterly
or annual—the standard errors are more or less independent of the size of
the percentage changes to which they relate, within the range that has
occurred in recent periods.
required.




The error estimates will be updated as

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Average Standard Errors of Percent Changes
in the CPI

Monthly
Change

Component

Quarterly
Change

Annual
Change

All items-"*

..03

.05

.06

Food at home

.10

.13

.13

Food away from home

.05

.08

.16

Housing

.05

.08

.11

---

.10

.16

.18

Transportation --------

.11

.21

.24

Medical care

.07

.11

.24

Personal care

.12

.19

.31

Reading and recreation

.12

.14

.27

Other

.10

.16

.32

Apparel ----- —

-—

---

Because the CPI is rounded to one decimal place, some
ambiguity may arise in interpreting small index changes.

The table

above indicates, for example, that a month-to-month change of .1 percent
in the all items CPI is significant (twice the standard error).

Because

of rounding, however, a change of this size in the published index might
result from a much smaller change in the unrounded value.

Hence, any

particular change of .1 percent may or may not be significant.

On the

other hand, a published change of .2 percent is almost always significant,
regardless of the time period to which it relates.




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Brief Explanation of the CPI
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) measures average changes in prices of goods
and services usually bought by urban wage earners and clerical workers, both families
and single persons living alone. It is based on prices of about 400 items which were
selected to represent the movement of prices of all goods and services purchased by
wage earners and clerical workers. Prices for these items are obtained in urban portions of 39 Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas (SMSA's) and 17 smaller cities,
which were chosen to represent all urban places in the United States, including
Alaska and Hawaii. They are collected from grocery and department stores, hospitals,
filling stations, and other types of stores and service establishments which wage
earners and clerical workers patronize.
Prices of foods, fuels, and a few other items are obtained every month in
all 56 locations. Prices of most other commodities and servipes are collected every
month in the 5 largest SMSA's and every 3 months in other SMSA's and cities. Mail
questionnaires are used to obtain local transit fares, public utility rates, newspaper prices, fuel prices, and certain other items which change in price infrequently.
Prices of most other goods and services are obtained by personal visits of the
Bureau's trained representatives.
In calculating the index, price changes for the various items in each
location are averaged together with weights which represent their importance in the
spending of all wage earners and clerical workers. SMSA and city data are then combined in the total index with weights based on the 1960 populations of SMSA's and
cities they represent, Index numbers are computed on the base 1957-59=100, and are
also available on the bases of 1947-49=100 and 1939=100.
The national index (the United States city average) includes prices from
the 23 SMSA's for which separate indexes are published in this report, as well as
from the following additional locations:
Alabama - Florence
Alaska - Anchorage
California - Bakersfield*
Colorado - Denver*
Connecticut - Hartford*
Florida - Orlando*
Indiana - Indianapolis*
Indiana - Logansport
Illinois - Champaign-Urbana*
Iowa - Cedar Rapids*
Kansas - Wichita*

Louisiana - Baton Rouge*
Maine - Portland*
Massachusetts - Southbridge
Michigan - Niles
Minnesota - Crookston
Mississippi - Vicksburg
New Jersey - Millville
New York - Kingston
North Carolina - Durham*
North Dakota - Devils Lake
Ohio - Dayton*

Ohio - Findlay
Oklahoma - Mangum
Oregon - Klamath Falls
Pennsylvania - Lancaster*
South Carolina - Union
Tennessee - Nashville*
Texas - Austin*
Texas - McAllen
Utah - Orem
Virginia - Martinsville
Wisconsin - Green Bay*

*Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area
Comparisons of indexes for individual SMSA's show only that prices in one
location changed more or less than in another. The SMSA indexes cannot be used to
measure differences in price levels or in living costs between areas.
A description of the index and historical tables of index numbers for the
United States city average and for 23 large SMSA's are available on request to the
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Washington, D. C. 20212 or any of its regional offices
(addresses below).
BLS Regional Offices
1371 Peachtree Street, N.E.
Atlanta, Georgia 30309

341 Ninth Avenue
New York, New York 10001

219 South Dearborn Stre
Chicago, Illinois 60604

450 Golden Gate Avenue
San Francisco, California 94103

John F. Kennedy Fed. Bldg.
Boston, Massachusetts 02110

1365 Ontario Street
Cleveland, Ohio 44114