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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Alexis M. Herman, Secretary BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS Katharine G. Abraham, Commissioner The CPI Detailed Report—(ISSN 0161-7311) 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). The indexes reflect data for the U.S. city average and selected areas. A subscription may be ordered for 1 or 2 years from: New Orders, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954, Pittsburgh, PA 15250-7954 or by calling (202) 512-1800, Visa or Mastercard accepted. FAX (202) 512-2233. Subscrip tion price per year: $25 domestic, $31.25 foreign. Single copy domestic, $11.00; foreign, $13.75. Prices are subject to change by the U.S. Government Printing Office. 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Alston Contents Price movements, November 1997 1 Chart 3 Upcoming CPI revision user briefings 4 Using a hedonic model in the CPI to adjust personal computer prices for changes in quality 5 Report on quality changes for 1998 model vehicles 6 How does the PPI differ from the CPI? 7 Planned CPI publication changes 9 Technical notes 111 CPI- CPI--U Index tables Table U.S. city average Expenditure categories; commodity, service groups Seasonally adjusted expenditure categories; commodity, service groups Detailed expenditure categories Seasonally adjusted detailed expenditure categories Special detailed categories Historical All items, 1913-present Commodity and service groups and detailed expenditures, indexes Commodity and service groups and detailed expenditures, percent change from previous December 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 Page Table Page 1 11 6 26 2 3 4 5 13 15 20 25 7 8 9 28 30 35 24 76 27 88 25 78 28 90 26 83 29 95 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 40 41 43 45 50 52 54 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 58 59 61 63 68 70 72 Contents—continued Table Page Average price tables U.S. city average Energy Residential prices Residential unit and consumption ranges Gasoline Retail food PI P2 P3 P4 100 101 102 103 New series tables Washington-Baltimore CMSA, expenditure categories Selected areas, all items index New consumer price index publication structure NS1 NS2 X Scheduled Release Dates Consumer Price Index data are scheduled for initial release on the following dates: Index month Index month Release date December January 13 March April 14 January February 24 April May 14 February March 19 May June 16 ii Release date 106 107 108 Price Movements November 1997 The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPIU) declined 0.1 percent before seasonal adjustment in November to a level of 161.5 (1982-84=100). For the 12month period ended in November, the CPI-U has increased 1.8 percent. The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) rem ained unchanged in November, prior to seasonal adjustment. The November 1997 CPI-W level of 158.5 was 1.7 percent higher than the index in November 1996. dexes for tobacco and smoking products and for shelter. For the first 11 months of 1997, the CPI-U advanced at a 1.8-percent seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR). This compares with an increase of 3.3 percent in all of 1996. The energy and food components have been largely responsible for the moderation thus far in 1997. The energy index has declined at a 2.1-percent SAAR, while food prices have risen at a 1.8-percent annual rate. Excluding food and energy, the CPI-U has risen at a 2.1-percent SAAR in the first 11 months of 1997, following a 2.6-percent increase in all of 1996. The food and beverage index rose 0.1 percent in November. The index for grocery store food prices, which increased 0.2 percent in October, rose 0.1 percent in November. Another sharp increase in the index for dairy products—up 0.9 percent after increasing 1.5 percent in October—was largely offset by a 0.3-percent drop in the index for the other food at home category. This decrease was due to a decline in prices for nonalcoholic beverages as coffee prices fell 2.2 percent and the index for carbonated drinks declined 0.6 percent. The index for fruits and vegetables rose 0.4 percent in November after registering a 0.3-percent increase in October. The index for fresh vegetables rose 3.3 percent, while the index for fresh fruits declined 2.4 percent in November. The index for processed fruits and vegetables rose 0.6 percent. The other two major grocery store food groups—cereal and bakery products and CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) On a seasonally adjusted basis, the CPI-U rose 0.1 per cent in November, following increases of 0.2 percent in each of the preceding 4 months. The food index increased 0.2 percent in November. Grocery store food prices in creased 0.1 percent in November, as another sharp increase in prices for dairy products was largely offset by a decline in the index for nonalcoholic beverages. The energy in dex, which increased 0.1 percent in October, declined 0.2 percent in November. The index for petroleum-based en ergy declined 1.9 percent, while the index for energy ser vices rose 1.6 percent. Excluding food and energy, the CPI-U rose 0.1 percent after advancing 0.2 percent in Oc tober. The smaller advance in November reflects a sharp downturn in airline fares and smaller increases in the in Table A. Percent changes in CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) Seasonally adjusted Changes from preceding month Expenditure category 1997 May All Item s................................... Food and beverages............ Housing................................ Apparel and upkeep............. Transportation....................... Medical ca re ......................... Entertainment....................... Other goods and services..................... Special Indexes Energy.................................. F ood..................................... All items less food and energy............... June July August September October November Compound annual rate, 3 months ended November 1997 Unadjusted 12 months ended November 1997 0.1 .4 .1 .1 -.8 .3 ,2 0.1 .2 .3 -.2 -.3 .2 .5 0.2 .3 .2 .2 .1 .0 .1 0.2 .4 .1 -1.0 .6 .2 .2 0.2 .1 .3 .3 .4 .2 -.2 0.2 .2 .3 .1 .1 .1 .2 0.1 .1 .3 .2 -.7 .3 -.2 2.3 1.5 3.4 2.1 -.8 2.4 -1.2 1.8 1.7 2.5 1.0 -.6 2.6 1.4 .2 .2 .3 .6 .3 .7 .3 5.4 4.9 -2.4 .4 .0 .2 -.1 .3 1.7 .4 1.3 .1 .1 .2 -.2 .2 4.8 1.8 -.4 1.7 .2 .1 .2 .1 .2 .2 .1 2.1 2.2 1 meats, poultry, fish, and eggs—each increased 0.1 percent. Within the latter group, prices for beef and pork each declined in November, while poultry and egg prices rose 1.2 and 3.2 percent, respectively. The other two components of the food and beverage index—restaurant meals and alcoholic beverages—rose 0.3 and 0.1 percent, respectively. The housing component rose 0.3 percent in November, the same as in each of the 2 preceding months. Shelter costs rose 0.2 percent. Within shelter, renters’ costs were unchanged as a decline in the index for lodging while out of town offset a 0.2-percent rise in residential rents. Homeowners ’ costs rose 0.3 percent and maintenance and repair costs increased 0.1 percent. The index for fuel and other utilities, which increased 0.3 percent in October, advanced 0.9 percent in November. The index for house hold fuels rose 1.5 percent, reflecting increases of 3.1 per cent in the index for natural gas, 0.9 percent in the index for electricity, and 0.1 percent in the index for fuel oil. (Prior to seasonal adjustment, charges for electricity fell 1.5 percent, reflecting the shift to off-season rates in some areas.) The index for other utilities and public services rose 0.3 percent. The index for telephone services rose 0.2 percent, as charges for intrastate toll calls increased 1.2 percent after declining 0.6 percent in October. The index for household furnishings and operation increased 0.1 per cent in November, the same as in each of the 2 preceding months. The transportation component, which increased 0.1 per cent in October, declined 0.7 percent in November. The indexes for motor fuels and new vehicles declined for the second consecutive month and public transportation costs turned down in November. The index for gasoline, which declined 0.6 percent in October, fell 2.3 percent in Novem ber. New vehicle purchase costs declined again in Novem ber; the index for new vehicle prices decreased 0.2 percent and automobile finance charges dropped 1.1 percent. (Prior to seasonal adjustment, new vehicle prices increased 0.5 percent. As of November, about 45 percent of the new vehicle sample was represented by 1998 models. The 1998 models will continue to be phased in over the next several months as they replace old models at dealerships.) The in dex for used cars declined 0.1 percent. Public transporta tion costs declined 2.3 percent in November. The index for airline fares, which rose 3.8 percent in October, declined 3.9 percent in November. Other intercity transportation costs also declined in November, decreasing 0.3 percent. The index for apparel and upkeep increased 0.2 percent in November, following a 0.1-percent rise in October. (Prior to seasonal adjustment, apparel commodity prices fell 0.1 percent.) Medical care costs rose 0.3 percent in November to a level 2.6 percent above a year ago. The index for medical care commodities—prescription drugs, nonprescription drugs, and medical supplies—rose 0.2 percent. The index for medical care services rose 0.4 percent. Charges for pro fessional services and for hospital and related services in creased 0.1 and 0.4 percent, respectively. Entertainment costs, which rose 0.2 percent in October, decreased 0.2 percent in November, reflecting declines in most entertainment commodity and service categories. The index for other goods and services rose 0.3 percent in November, following an increase of 0.7 percent in Octo ber. The moderation was largely due to a smaller increase in the index for tobacco and smoking products, which rose 0.1 percent, following increases of 1.4 and 1.5 percent in the 2 preceding months. CPI for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) On a seasonally adjusted basis, the CPI for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers rose 0.1 percent in November. After seasonal adjustment, the level of the CPI-U for All Items was 161.8 in November; the seasonally adjusted CPI-W for All Items was 158.6. Since January 1997, BLS reports the level of the seasonally adjusted U.S. City Average All Items CPI-U and CPI-W. Effective with the release of January 1998 data in February 1998, the seasonally adjusted All Items indexes will be fully integrated into the monthly reports. Like other seasonally adjusted CPI data, the All Items index levels are subject to revision for up to 5 years after their original release. For this reason, BLS advises against the use of these data in escalation agreements. 2 Table B. Percent changes in CPI for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) Seasonally adjusted Changes from preceding month Expenditure category All Item s.................................... Food and beverages.............. Housing................................. Apparel and upkeep............... Transportation........................ Medical c a re .......................... Entertainment........................ Other goods and services...................... Special indexes......................... Energy................................ Food................................... All items le s s ............................. food and e nergy................. 1997 Compound annual rate, 3 months ended November 1997 Unadjusted September October November 0.2 .4 0 -1.0 .7 .2 .4 0.3 .1 .3 .2 .4 .2 -.2 0.2 .2 .2 .1 -.1 .2 .1 0.1 .1 .4 .1 -.7 .3 -.2 2.0 1.5 3.7 1.2 -1.4 2.6 -1.7 1.7 1.7 2.5 .9 -1.0 2.6 1.3 .3 .5 .5 .8 .4 6.8 5.1 0 .3 -.2 .3 2.0 .3 1.2 .1 .1 .2 -.3 .1 4.1 1.8 -.7 1.6 .1 .2 0 .2 .2 .1 1.9 2.0 May June July August 0.0 .4 .1 .2 -1.0 .3 .1 0.1 .2 .3 -.3 -.4 .2 .5 0.2 .3 .2 .2 .1 .1 .1 .1 0 -2.4 .3 .2 CPI-U 12-month changes, 1987 to present Percent 1987 Percent 1988 1989 1990 12 months ended November 1997 1991 1992 1993 3 1994 1995 1996 1997 Upcoming CPI Revision User Briefings the December 1996 Monthly Labor Review. For more infor mation on this CPI revision, BLS is offering free user confer ences around the country to brief groups or individuals. The Bureau will post dates for these meetings on the CPI Web site. Information on the 1998 CPI revision is also available by calling (202) 606-7000 or any of the regional office tele phone numbers listed inside the back cover of this report. The 1998 CPI Revision will result in several improvements to the index, effective with the release of data for January 1998. A new set of expenditure weights, using 1993-95 Con sumer Expenditure Survey data, will replace the 1982-84 weights now used. The CPI will also employ a new geographic sample, a new item structure, and a new variance-based pub lication system. The Web site at http://stats.bls.gov/ cpihome.htm includes articles on the 1998 CPI revision from 4 Using a Hedonic Model in the Consumer Price Index to Adjust Personal Computer Prices for Changes in Quality puters into implicit prices for each important feature and com ponent of the computer.1 This model provides a way to esti mate the value of changes or improvements. Results from the model have been used in the PPI (since 1991) as well as in the Bureau’s International Price Program (since 1993). The result ing indexes have been used in the National Income and Prod uct Accounts produced by the Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Department of Commerce. The CPI has used similar he donic methods to adjust apparel prices for many years. An important distinction is that the PPI model uses data from sec ondary sources, rather than from internal pricing samples. Starting with the CPI for January 1998, when a personal computer or selected item of peripheral equipment, such as a modem, in the CPI sample improves in some way, a regressionbased quality adjustment will be made. The value of the im provement, as derived from the PPI regression estimates, will be deducted from the observed price change for the product. Conversely, if a specific model deteriorates in value in some way, the difference in value will be added to the price. Effective with the release of data for January 1998, the Bu reau of Labor Statistics (BLS) will introduce an improved qual ity adjustment technique in the new stratum of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) called personal computers and peripheral equipment. Currently, personal computers are part of the information processing equipment stratum, which had a relative impor tance in December 1996 of0.074 percent in the Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers (CPI-U) and 0.057 percent in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W). As previously announced, beginning with the CPI for January 1998, information processing equipment will become an expenditure class called “information and infor mation processing other than telephone services.” Personal computers and peripheral equipment will be one of four strata in that expenditure class. At that time, due to the incorpora tion of more recent consumer expenditure weights in the CPI, the sample size and relative importance of personal computers will increase. Analysts in the Producer Price Index (PPI) program have developed and implemented a regression procedure, called a hedonic model, that decomposes the price of personal com- For additional information on these changes, telephone Joseph Chelena at (202) 606-6982 ext. 255, write to Bureau of Labor Statistics Division of Consumer Prices and Price Indexes 2 Massachusetts Ave., NE., Room 3260 Washington, DC 20212 ‘The PPI analysts have not published results of their recent research in this area. The research builds on earlier work on an experimental PPI computer index; this index is described in James Sinclair and Brian Catron, “New Price Index for the Computer Industry,” Monthly Labor Review, Vol. 113, No. 10, October 1990, pp. 16-24. or send e-mail to Chelena_J@bls.gov 5 Report on Quality Changes for 1998 Model Vehicles Passenger cars The value of quality changes for a sample of 15 domes tic passenger cars for the 1998 model year included in the Producer Price Index for October averaged $196.16, ac cording to estimates by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. This change represents 44.3 percent of the average $442.59 yearly increase in producers’ prices. The retail equivalent of these quality changes averaged $230.81, representing 63.5 percent of the average $363.27 yearly increase in manufacturers’ suggested list prices. The $230.81 estimated retail level of quality change breaks down as follows: • • increase in producers’ prices. The retail equivalent of quality changes for domestic light trucks averaged $99.94, representing 30 percent of the aver age $333.38 yearly increase in manufacturers’ suggested list prices. The $99.94 estimated retail level of quality change breaks down as follows: • $52.14 for changes in accordance with 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments $178.67 for other quality changes, such as powertrain improvements, corrosion protection upgrades, and changes in levels of standard or optional equipment • $53.25 for changes in accordance with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) 208, passive re straints • $21.07 for other quality changes such as powertrain improvements, corrosion protection upgrades, and changes in levels of standard or optional equipment Estimates of the value of quality change are based on a review by the BLS of data supplied by producers for simi larly equipped 1997 and 1998 domestic models priced for the Producer Price Index. Most of the estimates of quality changes are derived from information supplied for the Pro ducer Price Index for October. Light trucks The value of quality changes for a sample of 14 domes tic light trucks for the 1998 model year included in the Producer Price Index for October averaged $80.03. This change represents 29 percent of the average $276.38 yearly $25.62 for changes in accordance with 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments 6 How Does the Producer Price Index Differ from the Consumer Price Index? Todd L. Wilson and Scott Sager It is often assumed that the direction and magnitude of price change in the Producer Price Index (PPI) for finished goods anticipates a similar change in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for all items. When this assumed relationship is contradicted (as it often is) by the actual movements of these two series, many data users ask why the PPI and CPI show different price movements. The answer is that conceptual and definitional differences between the PPI and CPI—differences which are consistent with the uses of the two measures—contribute to the differ ences in their price movements. A primary use of the PPI is to deflate revenue streams in order to measure real growth in output. A primary use of the CPI is to adjust income and expenditure streams for changes in the cost of living. These different uses cause definitional differences that can be cat egorized into two critical areas: the composition of the set of commodities and services they include, and the type and tim ing of prices collected for these items. Compositional differences Goods and services included. While both the PPI and CPI mea sure price change over time for a fixed set of goods and ser vices, the goods and services eligible for inclusion differ. The target set of goods and services to be included in the PPI is the entire marketed output of U.S. producers. This set includes both goods and services purchased by other producers as in puts to their operations or as capital investment, as well as goods and services purchased by consumers—either directly from the producer or indirectly through a retailer. Since the PPI target is U.S. production, imports are excluded. In con trast, the target set of items included in the CPI is the set of goods and services purchased for personal consumption by urban U.S. households. This set includes imports. Although consumer goods are finished goods, the PPI fin ished goods price index and CPI all items index do not mea sure price change for a comparable set of items; they differ in two major respects. First, the finished goods index includes price changes for producers’ durable equipment, which is not Todd L. Wilson is an economist for the Division of Consumer Prices and Price Indexes, and Scott Sager is an economist for the Division of Industrial Prices and Price Indexes, both in the Office of Prices and Living Conditions. purchased by typical consumers and, therefore, is not included in the CPI. Second, the all items CPI includes services, which are not reflected in the finished goods price index. PPI cover age of service outputs of the U.S. economy is gradually in creasing. In the future, as the PPI phases in new service cat egories, the Bureau of Labor Statistics plans to compile a new aggregate PPI that combines both goods and services. In terms of product coverage, the most comparable indexes are the PPI finished consumer goods index and the CPI com modities index. Weighting. An additional difference between the PPI finished consumer goods and the CPI all items indexes is that item components are weighted differently. PPI weights are based on the value of shipments of products as reported by produc ers for the 1992 economic census. CPI weights reflect expen ditures reported by households for the Consumer Expendi ture Survey, currently for the years 1982-84. Beginning in January 1998, the CPI weights will reflect expenditures re ported by households for the Consumer Expenditure Survey for the years 1993-95. In contrast to the CPI’s weighting, government purchases of goods and services and U.S. exports of gasoline, furniture, and other goods are included only in the PPI’s weighting. Also, as noted above, consumer purchases of imported vehicles, apparel, and other goods will be included only in the CPI weights. Differences in the type and timing of prices collected Sales and excise taxes. The price collected for an item in cluded in the PPI is the revenue received by its producer. Sales and excise taxes are not included in the producer price, be cause they do not represent revenue to the producer. In con trast, the price collected for an item included in the CPI is the out-of-pocket expenditure by a consumer for the item. Sales and excise taxes are included in the price, because they are necessary expenditures by the consumer for the item. As a consequence, changes in the tax rates on cigarettes or alco holic beverages, for example, can cause the CPI to move but not the PPI. Distribution costs. The price (revenue) received by a producer for a particular product may differ from the price paid by a con 7 sumer for that same product for important reasons besides taxes. The product in question, such as food or apparel, may have fol lowed a distribution path from producer through wholesaler and retailer before its final sale to the consumer. In this case, the price paid by the consumer for the product likely reflects inter mediate markups to cover the costs of shipping it from one party to another, as well as the costs of doing business by both the wholesaler and retailer. Timing o f collection. Another possible source for discrepan cies in price movements between the PPI and CPI is the dif ference in the timing of data collection in the two programs. The PPI uses a mail survey, which is sent to respondents on a monthly basis. In contrast, the CPI collects price quotes by telephone or personal visits by BLS representatives. Because respondents sometimes do not return PPI survey forms on a timely basis, indexes are routinely subject to revision 4 months after original publication, to reflect late reports and price cor rections. Once revised, PPI indexes are considered final. When PPI indexes are first released, they are typically based on a substantial portion of the total number of prices that will even tually be received from respondents; hence, subsequent revi sions are normally minor. The CPI, on the other hand, does not routinely revise indexes. The PPI targets the price of goods on a specific date, the Tuesday of the week containing the 13th of the month. CPI prices are typically collected throughout the first 18 working days of each month. If a particular event or pricing decision occurs late in the month, it is possible that this will be re flected in the CPI before it is reflected in the PPI. Prices for some product and service categories in the CPI are collected every other month. Because of this “bi-monthly” price collection, the CPI reflects the price movement for some items over a 2-month period. In the PPI, all price quotations are collected monthly. In addition, different methods may be employed for the introduction of new models of priced goods. In the PPI, new model are priced when the producer stops selling previous models. Most items in the CPI are priced at the outlet until they are no longer available for sale, although for some items, such as new cars and trucks, the new model is first priced when it out-sells the previous model. Therefore, in some cases, a new model might be priced in the PPI well before it shows up in the CPI. For example, in the PPI most new passenger 8 cars are introduced in October; for the CPI, new models are introduced over a longer period (usually 4 to 6 months begin ning in September), as dealers close out old inventory. “Pass through” of price change from the PPI to the CPI Will a price change recorded in a particular component of the PPI eventually (and directly) be seen in the same or most similar component of the CPI? It is difficult to project whether, in what magnitude, or when an increase in the PPI will “pass through” to the CPI. An increase in the price paid to a pro ducer for a good may not be passed on by a retailer if, for example, competitive conditions in the retail market preclude such an action. Alternatively, the retailer may increase the selling price for the good in question, but not by the full ex tent of the increase in the price paid to the producer. In this case, for example, the retailer may be realizing efficiencies in operations which allow a shrinkage in markup. This particu lar example also illustrates that, because of the possibility of change in the costs to transport, wholesale, or retail products, the CPI for a given component may change, even though there has been no change in the PPI for the same component. Should retailers pass on all, or part, of an increase in pro ducer prices, the time lag between changes in the PPI and CPI for comparable products can vary considerably. For some products, such as gasoline, where producers own or franchise many of the retail outlets, there could be a fairly immediate price pass-through from the PPI to the CPI, as producers pass their cost increases directly on to consumers. For other prod ucts, such as pharmaceuticals, which are usually distributed through wholesalers, there is an expected time lag for price transmission. While the PPI will change when the new drugs are produced, the corresponding CPI will not show the change, until those pharmaceuticals reach the stores. In summary, the conceptual and definitional distinctions of the PPI and CPI are consistent with the uses of these two major economic indicators. The PPI is used to deflate rev enue to measure real growth in output, while the CPI is used to adjust income and expenditures for changes in the cost of living. In brief, the CPI includes services, imports, and sales taxes, whereas the PPI excludes them; distribution costs are included in CPI prices, while PPI prices include only produc ers’costs; and finally, the PPI includes capital equipment, while the CPI does not. Planned CPI Publication Changes United States. The current revision uses the 1990 Census of Population. The CPI develops an updated area sample de sign, decides on new local area indexes, and changes the frequency of publication for local area indexes to better reflect these new demographics. In addition to the national index, BLS currently publishes indexes for 29 metropolitan areas. In 1998, the Bureau will continue to publish indexes for all but two of these areas—Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, and New Orleans, LA. Due to the revised metropolitan area (MA) definitions is sued by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), two other areas, Washington, DC and Baltimore, MD, which BLS currently publishes separately, constitute a new con solidated metropolitan statistical area. A single index will be published for this consolidated area. The new publication plan for local area indexes, to begin with the index for January 1998, is summarized below: Beginning in 1998, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) will introduce a new geographic area sample, a revised item structure and updated expenditure weights into the Con sumer Price Index (CPI). Approximately every 10 years BLS undertakes this type of revision in order to keep the index up-to-date. Since World War II, revisions of the CPI have been introduced in 1953, 1964, 1978, and 1987. Because the changes the CPI undergoes during each re vision can have a major impact on our users, special steps are taken to ameliorate the effects of these changes. Be ginning with the release of the January 1997 index, data se ries that will change or be dropped from publication are footnoted in BLS published tables. This provides an early warning to users to reconsider their use of CPI indexes and provides time for users to make changes in index use. The 1998 CPI Revision contains substantial revisions in both the items being presented and the frequency of local area index publication. • Monthly indexes will be published for the three largest metropolitan areas. Because of sample design consider ations, indexes for the Philadelphia and San Francisco ar eas, both currently published monthly, will be published every other month, following the release of the December, 1997 index. Changes to the item structure Effective in 1998, there will be considerable changes to both the items being priced and the manner in which they are being aggregated in the CPI. The most notable modifi cation in presentation is a reconstruction of several major groups with a resulting change from the currently available seven major groups to the new total of eight. Currently the major groups are: Food and beverages, hous ing, apparel and upkeep, transportation, medical care, entertainment and other goods and services. Three of these groups—food and beverages, transportation, and medical care—will remain the same. The apparel group was modi fied to exclude apparel upkeep products and services. The entertainment group has been slightly redefined into a ma jor group called recreation; and a new major group, edu cation and communication, has been formed from past subelements of the housing, entertainment and other goods, and services groups. Other important changes in the item structure at lower levels are an expansion of the food away from home index, a reorientation of the car and truck indexes to a vehicle index, and the expansion of the information processing equipment index. For a complete listing of the new CPI publication struc ture, see table X. • Bimonthly indexes will be published for the next 11 larg est areas, including Atlanta and Seattle, which currently have semiannual average indexes. • Semiannual average indexes will be published for 12 additional areas, including Pittsburgh and St. Louis, which currently have bimonthly indexes. • BLS will continue to publish separate indexes for the four census regions of the United States. However, begin ning in 1998, there will only be two area size classes for metropolitan areas (instead of the current three): size A— areas with a population greater than 1.5 million; and size B/C—areas with less than 1.5 million population. This cut off of 1.5 million in population reflects a rise from the cur rent cutoff of 1.2 million and is important, because cities in size class A are those for which the Bureau publishes city level indexes. The B/C size class is a combination of the old size B and size C metropolitan areas. In addition to the two metropolitan area size indexes for each region, sepa rate size D indexes for urban non-metropolitan areas will continue to be published for both the Midwest and the South. (Separate indexes for N ortheast and West urban nonmetropolitan areas were discontinued in 1987.) Changes to the geographic structure In each revision, the CPI geographic sample is selected to be representative of the current demographics of the 9 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA The following list shows the areas for which in dexes will be published beginning in January, 1998: • Metropolitan areas for which a local index will be published monthly: • Metropolitan areas for which a local index will be published semiannually (in January and July): New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA Pittsburgh, PA Kansas City, MO-KS Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO Portland-Salem, OR-WA Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN Milwaukee-Racine, WI St. Louis, MO-IL Anchorage, AK Honolulu, HI San Diego, CA • Metropolitan areas for which a local index will be published bimonthly: In odd months (i.e., January, March, etc.) Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV Cleveland-Akron, OH Atlanta, GA Dallas-Fort Worth, TX In even months (i.e., February, April, etc.) Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJDE-MD New tables Beginning with the release of the January 1997 index, a new transitional step has been taken: the publication of underlap indexes. Underlap indexes are indexes that are produced for new index areas using old weights and structures with a specially developed aggregation tree for a period before the introduction of these areas. These indexes will be developed to handle two specific situa tions occurring in the 1998 revision: the combination of Washington and Baltimore into a single MA and the com bination of two separate population size classes for MA’s. These underlap indexes will be published for all of 1997; they will allow the user to prepare for the change to these new geographic indexes, which will be completed with the release of January 1998 data. See table NS1 for the underlap Washington-Baltimore indexes and table NS2 for the underlap B/C city size class All Items indexes. 10 Table 1. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category and commodity and service group (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) Group Relative importance, December 1996 Unadjusted indexes Oct. 1997 Nov. 1997 Unadjusted percent change to Nov. 1997 from— Nov. 1996 Oct. 1997 Seasonally adjusted percent change from— Aug. to Sept. Sept. to Oct. Oct. to Nov. Expenditure category All ite m s ..................................................................................... All items (19 6 7 -1 00 )................................................................ 100.000 - 161.6 484.1 161.5 483.9 1.8 - -0.1 - 0.2 - 0.2 - 0.1 - Food and beverages.............................................................. F ood...................................................................................... Food at h o m e .................................................................... Cereals and bakery products......................................... Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs........................................ Dairy products 1 ........................ ..................................... Fruits and vegetables 2 ................................................... Other food at home......................................................... Sugar and sweets........................................................ Fats and o ils ................................................................. Nonalcoholic beverages............................................... Other prepared fo o d ..................................................... Food away from home....................................................... Alcoholic beverages............................................................. 17.484 15.913 10.040 1.479 3.002 1.245 1.974 2.340 .331 .246 .724 1.039 5.873 1.571 158.7 158.2 159.0 178.4 148.9 145.7 188.5 149.0 148.2 141.7 136.6 162.5 158.2 163.7 158.9 158.5 159.1 178.0 149.3 147.0 189.5 147.7 147.4 140.4 134.7 161.5 158.6 163.7 1.7 1.7 1.2 1.5 .3 -1.5 1.7 3.0 2.2 -.3 5.9 2.0 2.5 2.2 .1 .2 .1 -.2 .3 .9 .5 -.9 -.5 -.9 -1.4 -.6 .3 .0 .1 .1 -.1 .2 -.2 .1 -.3 .2 .5 .7 -.1 .4 .3 .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 -.3 1.5 .3 -.1 -.3 -.6 -.2 .1 .1 .1 .1 .2 .1 .1 .1 .9 .4 -.3 .4 -.2 -1.2 .0 .3 .1 Housing 2 ................................................................................. Shelter.................................................................................. Renters’ costs 3 4............................................................... Rent, residential.............................................................. Other renters’ costs 4 ...................................................... Homeowners’ costs 3 4 ...................................................... Owners’ equivalent re n t3 ............................................... Household insurance 3 4 ................................................. Maintenance and repairs 1 4.............................................. Maintenance and repair services 1 4 ............................. Maintenance and repair commodities 1 4 ....................... Fuel and other utilities 2 ....................................................... Fuels................................................................................... Fuel oil and other household fuel commodities............ Gas (piped) and electricity (energy services)..................................................................... Other utilities and public services 4 .................................. Household furnishings and operation 2 ............................... Housefurnishings 4 ............................................................. Housekeeping supplies...................................................... Housekeeping services 4 ................................................... 41.203 28.194 7.994 5.731 2.263 20.000 19.616 .383 .200 .123 .077 7.102 3.878 .424 157.7 177.8 187.7 168.2 225.4 183.3 183.6 166.9 144.7 153.4 132.7 130.8 117.4 95.3 157.7 177.7 185.9 168.7 216.6 183.9 184.2 167.0 144.9 153.7 132.7 131.1 117.7 96.6 2.5 3.1 3.3 3.1 4.2 3.0 3.0 1.5 2.7 4.1 .3 2.1 1.7 -8.8 .0 -.1 -1.0 .3 -3.9 .3 .3 .1 .1 .2 .0 .2 .3 1.4 .3 .2 .4 .3 .4 .1 .1 .7 -2.0 -2.7 -.8 .6 1.0 .1 .3 .3 .6 .2 1.7 .2 .2 -.1 1.5 2.1 .5 .3 .4 -.3 .3 .2 .0 .2 -.5 .3 .3 .1 .1 .2 .0 .9 1.5 .6 3.453 3.224 5.908 3.332 1.093 1.482 125.1 162.5 125.4 110.1 143.3 153.3 125.3 162.8 125.2 109.7 143.4 153.7 3.0 2.5 .3 -1.0 1.1 2.7 .2 .2 -.2 -.4 .1 .3 1.1 .3 .1 -.1 .1 .3 .5 .1 .1 .1 -.1 .1 1.6 .3 .1 -.1 .1 .5 Apparel and upkeep............................................................... Apparel commodities 4......................................................... Men’s and boys' apparel................................................... Women’s and girls’ apparel .............................................. Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel 1 ........................................ Footwear............................................................................. Other apparel commodities 4 ............................................ Apparel services 1 4.............................................................. 5.330 4.786 1.280 2.102 .186 .718 .500 .545 134.9 131.2 133.1 128.3 126.2 130.6 145.5 163.7 134.7 131.1 133.0 128.8 126.0 129.3 143.6 163.4 1.0 .9 1.4 1.7 -.6 1.3 -3.6 1.6 -.1 -.1 -.1 .4 -.2 -1.0 -1.3 -.2 .3 .3 .4 1.0 -.5 -.5 -1.0 .1 .1 .1 .2 -.5 -.4 1.5 .3 .0 .2 .2 -.5 1.0 -.2 -.5 -.1 -.2 Transportation ......................................................................... Private transportation............. ............................................. New vehicles...................................................................... New ca rs.......................................................................... Used c a rs ........................................................................... Motor fu e l........................................................................... Gasoline........................................................................... Maintenance and repairs................................................... Other private transportation 4 ........................................... Other private transportation commodities 4................... Other private transportation services 4 .......................... Public transportation............................................................ 17.140 15.499 4.955 3.952 1.278 3.171 144.5 140.9 143.3 140.6 147.9 106.7 106.5 163.9 178.4 104.3 196.0 190.9 143.9 140.6 144.0 141.3 147.6 104.6 104.1 164.0 179.0 104.5 196.6 185.9 -.6 -.6 -.6 -.7 -5.7 -3.0 -2.8 2.2 1.6 -.6 1.9 -.7 -.4 -.2 .5 .5 -.2 -2.0 -2.3 .1 .3 .2 .3 -2.6 .4 .4 .1 .0 -.1 1.7 1.8 -.1 .1 -.2 .2 1.2 .1 -.2 -.3 -.2 -.5 -.5 -.6 .2 -.1 -.3 .0 2.7 -.7 -.5 -.2 -.1 -.1 -2.1 -2.3 .2 -.1 .0 -.1 -2.3 - 1.533 4.562 .589 3.973 1.642 See footnotes at end of table. 11 Table 1. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category and commodity and service group—Continued (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) Group Relative importance, December 1996 Unadjusted indexes Oct. 1997 Nov. 1997 Unadjusted percent change to Nov. 1997 from— Nov. 1996 Oct. 1997 Seasonally adjusted percent change from— Aug. to Sept. Sept. to Oct. Oct. to Nov. Expenditure category Medical c a re ........................................................................... Medical care commodities................................................... Medical care services.......................................................... Professional medical services........................................... 7.346 1.273 6.073 3.472 235.8 215.6 240.5 216.8 236.4 215.8 241.2 217.1 2.6 1.8 2.7 2.9 0.3 .1 .3 .1 0.2 .1 .2 .1 0.1 .0 .1 .2 0.3 .2 .4 .1 Entertainment4 ........................................................................ Entertainment commodities 4 ............................................... Entertainment services4 ...................................................... 4.352 1.957 2.395 163.1 144.3 184.9 162.9 144.3 184.6 1.4 .2 2.4 -.1 .0 -.2 -.2 .1 -.5 .2 -.2 .5 -.2 -.2 -.3 Other goods and services 2 .................................................... Tobacco and smoking products.......................................... Personal care 1 ..................................................................... Toilet goods and personal care appliances 1 .................. Personal care services 1.................................................... Personal and educational expenses4 ................................. School books and supplies............................................... Personal and educational services4 ................................. 7.145 1.601 1.145 .588 .557 4.398 .264 4.134 229.4 250.2 153.3 144.5 163.4 265.6 242.4 267.5 229.9 250.7 154.3 146.1 163.5 265.8 242.4 267.8 4.9 6.1 2.1 1.0 3.1 5.1 5.1 5.1 .2 .2 .7 1.1 .1 .1 .0 .1 .3 1.4 .1 .1 .1 -.1 -.1 -.1 .7 1.5 .4 .6 .4 .5 .7 .5 .3 .1 .7 1.1 .1 .4 .2 .4 100.000 42.873 17.484 25.389 15.147 4.786 161.6 142.4 158.7 132.5 135.8 131.2 161.5 142.3 158.9 132.2 135.3 131.1 1.8 .6 1.7 -.3 .4 .9 -.1 -.1 .1 -.2 -.4 -.1 .2 .3 .1 .4 .7 .3 .2 .0 .2 .0 .1 .1 .1 -.1 .1 -.2 -.3 .2 10.362 10.242 57.127 27.577 8.698 7.148 6.073 7.631 141.3 127.8 181.0 185.0 146.4 186.9 240.5 212.7 140.6 127.9 181.0 185.0 146.7 186.2 241.2 212.7 .2 -1.3 2.9 3.1 2.7 1.4 2.7 3.9 -.5 .1 .0 .0 .2 -.4 .3 .0 .8 -.1 .2 .2 .6 .3 .2 -.2 -.1 -.1 .3 .3 .4 .6 .1 .4 -.6 -.1 .2 .3 .8 -.6 .4 .1 84.087 71.806 80.000 92.654 26.960 16.718 11.932 32.631 29.550 51.054 7.049 92.951 77.038 23.364 3.596 53.674 162.2 156.9 162.4 157.4 133.8 137.4 142.5 147.4 189.8 175.5 111.5 168.3 170.8 142.7 105.7 186.7 162.1 156.8 162.2 157.3 133.5 137.0 141.9 147.3 189.8 175.4 110.7 168.3 170.8 142.8 103.9 186.7 1.9 1.4 1.6 1.8 -.1 .7 .5 1.2 2.7 2.9 -.4 2.1 2.2 .4 -3.7 2.9 -.1 -.1 -.1 -.1 -.2 -.3 -.4 -.1 .0 -.1 -.7 .0 .0 .1 -1.7 .0 .3 .3 .2 .3 .4 .7 .8 .4 .3 .2 1.3 .2 .2 .2 1.5 .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 -.1 .1 -.1 .0 .4 .5 .1 .2 .2 .1 -.4 .3 .1 .1 .1 .1 -.2 -.2 -.3 .1 .2 .1 -.2 .1 .1 .0 -1.9 .1 $.619 .207 $.619 .207 -1.9 - .0 - -.3 - -.2 - - Commodity and service group All ite m s ..................................................................................... Commodities........................................................................... Food and beverages............................................................ Commodities less food and beverages............................... Nondurables less food and beverages............................. Apparel commodities 4 .................................................... Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel................................................................ Durables............................................................................. Services................................................................................... Rent of shelter3 ................................................................... Household services less rent of shelter3 4 ........................ Transportation services....................................................... Medical care services.......................................................... Other services ...................................................................... Special indexes All items less fo o d ..................................................................... All items less shelter................................................................. All items less homeowners’ costs 3 4 ....................................... All items less medical c a re ...................................................... Commodities less food ............................................................. Nondurables less fo o d .............................................................. Nondurables less food and apparel......................................... Nondurables.............................................................................. Services less rent of shelter3 4 ................................................ Services less medical care services........................................ Energy........................................................................................ All items less energy................................................................. All items less food and energy.............................................. Commodities less food and energy commodities.............. Energy commodities.......................................................... Services less energy services............................................. Purchasing power of the consumer dollar: 1982-84-$1.00 1 .................................................................... 1967— $1.00 1.......................................................................... - - 4 This index series will no longer appear in its present form after December, 1997. See Table X for a comparable index series. Data not available. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. 1 Not seasonally adjusted. 2 This index series will undergo a change in composition in January, 1998. 3 Indexes on a December 1982=100 base. .0 12 Table 2. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Seasonally adjusted U.S. city average, by expenditure category and commodity and service group (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) Seasonally adjusted indexes Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent change for Group 6 months ended— 3 months ended— Aug. 1997 Sept. 1997 Oct. 1997 Nov. 1997 - - - Food and beverages............................................................. F o o d .................................................................................... Food at hom e................................................................... Cereals and bakery products....................................... Meats, poultry, fish, and e g g s...................................... Dairy products 1 ............................................................. Fruits and vegetables 2.................................................. Other food at hom e....................................................... Sugar and sweets........................................................ Fats and o ils ............................................................... Nonalcoholic beverages............................................. Other prepared fo o d ................................................... Food away from hom e..................................................... Alcoholic beverages........................................................... 158.6 158.3 159.2 178.0 149.4 143.4 191.4 148.7 147.6 141.5 137.1 161.5 157.4 163.4 158.7 158.4 159.1 178.3 149.1 143.5 190.8 149.0 148.4 142.5 136.9 162.1 157.8 163.7 Housing 2 ................................................................................ Shelter................................................................................. Renters’ costs 3 4 ............................................................. Rent, residential ............................................................ Other renters’ costs 4 .................................................... Homeowners’ costs 3 4 ..................................................... Owners’ equivalent re n t3 .............................................. Household insurance 3 4 ................................................ Maintenance and repairs 1 4 ............................................ Maintenance and repair services 1 4 ............................. Maintenance and repair commodities 1 4 ..................... Fuel and other utilities 2 ..................................................... F uels................................................................................. Fuel oil and other household fuel commodities........... Gas (piped) and electricity (energy services).................................................................... Other utilities and public services 4 ................................. Household furnishings and operation 2 .............................. Housefurnishings 4 ........................................................... Housekeeping supplies.................................................... Housekeeping services 4.................................................. 156.9 176.6 185.7 167.3 223.8 182.4 182.8 165.7 145.5 154.4 133.1 129.9 115.4 96.7 Feb. 1997 May 1997 Aug. 1997 Nov. 1997 May 1997 Nov. 1997 - 2.5 0.8 2.0 2.3 1.6 2.1 159.0 158.7 159.4 178.7 148.7 145.7 191.4 148.8 147.9 141.7 136.6 162.3 158.0 163.8 159.2 159.0 159.6 178.9 148.8 147.0 192.1 148.3 148.5 141.4 135.0 162.3 158.4 164.0 .5 .3 -.8 .2 .0 -8.1 -2.1 2.2 4.8 .8 -.6 3.8 2.6 3.0 .8 .8 -.3 1.1 .3 -2.2 -6.2 5.4 1.4 -.8 20.2 -1.2 1.8 1.2 3.9 3.9 4.7 2.5 2.4 -5.4 15.3 5.6 .5 -.8 11.9 3.5 2.8 2.7 1.5 1.8 1.0 2.0 -1.6 10.4 1.5 -1.1 2.5 -.3 -6.0 2.0 2.6 1.5 .6 .5 -.5 .7 .1 -5.2 -4.2 3.8 3.1 .0 9.3 1.3 2.2 2.1 2.7 2.8 2.8 2.3 .4 2.2 8.2 2.2 1.5 -.6 2.6 2.8 2.7 2.1 157.3 177.0 186.4 167.8 224.8 182.6 183.0 166.8 142.6 150.2 132.1 130.7 116.5 96.8 157.7 177.5 187.6 168.2 228.6 182.9 183.3 166.7 144.7 153.4 132.7 131.1 117.0 96.5 158.2 177.9 187.6 168.6 227.5 183.5 183.9 166.9 144.9 153.7 132.7 132.3 118.8 97.1 3.1 3.3 4.3 2.5 8.9 2.7 2.9 -.5 3.4 2.2 4.9 6.3 9.6 -1.1 1.3 3.3 3.1 3.7 1.6 3.2 3.1 1.7 2.6 4.1 .6 -6.5 -12.7 -21.1 2.1 2.8 2.0 2.9 -.4 3.4 3.4 1.7 6.6 12.6 -2.9 1.6 .0 -12.6 3.4 3.0 4.2 3.1 6.8 2.4 2.4 2.9 -1.6 -1.8 -1.2 7.6 12.3 1.7 2.2 3.3 3.7 3.1 5.2 2.9 3.0 .6 3.0 3.1 2.7 -.3 -2.2 -11.7 2.7 2.9 3.1 3.0 3.1 2.9 2.9 2.3 2.4 5.1 -2.1 4.5 6.0 -5.7 122.8 162.0 125.1 110.1 143.1 152.7 124.1 162.5 125.2 110.0 143.3 153.1 124.7 162.7 125.3 110.1 143.1 153.3 126.7 163.2 125.4 110.0 143.2 154.0 10.5 2.0 .3 .0 2.3 -.5 -11.8 2.0 1.9 1.1 1.1 4.3 1.6 3.0 -1.9 -4.9 .6 3.8 13.3 3.0 1.0 -.4 .3 3.4 -1.3 2.0 1.1 .5 1.7 1.9 7.3 3.0 -.5 -2.7 .4 3.6 Apparel and upkeep.............................................................. Apparel commodities 4 ........................................................ Men’s and boys’ apparel ................................................. Women’s and girls’ apparel............................................. Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel1 ....................................... Footwear........................................................................... Other apparel commodities 4 ........................................... Apparel services 1 4 ............................................................ 132.2 128.3 130.5 124.3 127.3 128.1 145.2 163.6 132.6 128.7 131.0 125.5 126.7 127.4 143.7 163.7 132.7 128.8 131.2 124.9 126.2 129.3 144.1 163.7 132.9 129.1 130.6 126.1 126.0 128.6 144.0 163.4 2.8 2.5 -1.5 8.7 1.6 -.9 -4.2 3.3 3.1 3.5 7.0 2.9 22.4 1.9 -6.1 1.7 -4.1 -4.8 .0 -9.7 -18.1 2.5 -1.1 1.7 2.1 2.5 .3 5.9 -4.0 1.6 -3.3 -.5 2.9 3.0 2.7 5.7 11.5 .5 -5.1 2.5 -1.0 -1.2 .2 -2.2 -11.3 2.1 -2.2 .6 Transportation........................................................................ Private transportation......................................................... New vehicles.................................................................... New c a rs ........................................................................ Used c a rs .......................................................................... Motor fu e l.......................................................................... G asoline......................................................................... Maintenance and repairs................................................. Other private transportation 4 .......................................... Other private transportation commodities 4 ................. Other private transportation services4 ......................... Public transportation........................................................... 144.2 141.2 144.3 141.7 148.0 106.2 105.9 163.4 178.0 105.0 195.5 184.5 144.8 141.7 144.4 141.7 147.8 108.0 107.8 163.2 178.2 104.8 195.8 186.7 144.9 141.4 144.0 141.4 147.0 107.5 107.2 163.5 178.1 104.5 195.8 191.7 143.9 140.7 143.7 141.2 146.8 105.2 104.7 163.9 178.0 104.5 195.6 187.2 1.4 3.4 -.6 -.6 .5 13.1 13.6 2.3 1.8 .0 2.1 -13.3 -4.6 —6.6 -.3 -.3 -5.3 -29.3 -30.0 2.5 2.1 -1.1 2.7 15.1 1.7 2.6 .0 -.3 -14.0 15.2 17.1 3.0 2.3 .8 2.3 -8.0 -.8 -1.4 -1.7 -1.4 -3.2 -3.7 -4.5 1.2 .0 -1.9 .2 6.0 -1.7 -1.7 -.4 -.4 -2.4 -10.6 -10.8 2.4 1.9 -.6 2.4 -.1 .4 .6 -.8 -.8 -8.8 5.3 5.8 2.1 1.1 -.6 1.2 -1.3 Expenditure category All item s.................................................................................... See footnotes at end of table. 13 Table 2. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Seasonally adjusted U.S. city average, by expenditure category and commodity and service group—Continued (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) Seasonally adjusted indexes Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent change for Group 3 months ended— 6 months ended— Aug. 1997 Sept. 1997 Oct. 1997 Nov. 1997 Medical c a re ........................................................................... Medical care commodities.................................................. Medical care services........................................................ Professional medical services......................................... Entertainment4 ...................................................................... Entertainment commodities 4 ............................................. Entertainment services 4 ..................................................... 235.5 215.5 239.8 216.3 163.4 144.7 185.1 235.9 215.7 240.3 216.6 163.0 144.9 184.2 236.1 215.6 240.5 217.0 163.3 144.6 185.1 236.9 216.0 241.4 217.3 162.9 144.3 184.6 2.3 2.7 2.2 2.9 2.0 .6 3.1 3.8 4.4 3.6 4.4 1.7 -1.1 3.8 1.7 -.6 2.2 2.4 3.2 2.5 4.0 2.4 .9 2.7 1.9 -1.2 -1.1 -1.1 3.1 3.5 2.9 3.6 1.9 -.3 3.5 2.1 .2 2.4 2.2 1.0 .7 1.4 Other goods and services 2 .................................................. Tobacco and smoking products........................................ Personal care 1.................................................................... Toilet goods and personal care appliances 1 ................ Personal care services 1 .................................................. Personal and educational expenses 4................................ School books and supplies............................................. Personal and educational services 4 ............................... 226.9 243.2 152.5 143.5 162.7 262.8 241.2 264.3 227.5 246.5 152.7 143.7 162.8 262.5 241.0 264.0 229.1 250.2 153.3 144.5 163.4 263.7 242.6 265.2 229.9 250.4 154.3 146.1 163.5 264.7 243.1 266.2 3.9 2.7 .8 -3.8 5.4 5.3 3.0 5.5 5.9 9.2 2.9 2.3 4.0 5.4 6.0 5.4 4.3 .5 -.3 -1.7 1.0 7.0 8.0 6.9 5.4 12.4 4.8 7.4 2.0 2.9 3.2 2.9 4.9 5.9 1.9 -.8 4.7 5.4 4.5 5.4 4.9 6.3 2.2 2.8 1.5 4.9 5.6 4.9 Feb. 1997 May 1997 Aug. 1997 Nov. 1997 May 1997 Nov. 1997 Expenditure category Commodity and service group All item s.................................................................................... Commodities.......................................................................... Food and beverages.......................................................... Commodities less food and beverages............................. Nondurables less food and beverages........................... Apparel commodities 4................................................... Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel .............................................................. Durables........................................................................... Services................................................................................. Rent of shelter3.................................................................. Household services less rent of shelter3 4 ....................... Transportation services....................................................... Medical care services........................................................ Other services..................................................................... _ _ _ _ 141.9 158.6 131.8 134.3 128.3 142.3 158.7 132.3 135.2 128.7 142.3 159.0 132.3 135.3 128.8 142.2 159.2 132.0 134.9 129.1 2.5 1.7 .5 2.1 4.2 2.5 .8 -1.7 .8 -3.3 -5.2 3.5 2.0 1.1 3.9 -.6 1.2 -4.8 2.3 .8 1.5 .6 1.8 2.5 1.6 .0 .6 -.6 -.6 3.0 2.1 1.0 2.7 .0 1.5 -1.2 140.3 128.2 180.0 184.1 145.2 185.1 239.8 211.9 141.4 128.1 180.4 184.4 146.1 185.7 240.3 211.5 141.3 128.0 181.0 185.0 146.7 186.9 240.5 212.4 140.5 127.9 181.4 185.5 147.9 185.8 241.4 212.7 6.1 .0 3.0 3.1 4.8 -1.5 2.2 4.4 -8.2 -.9 2.7 3.4 -3.0 5.1 3.6 4.7 2.9 -3.4 2.7 2.9 1.7 .2 2.2 5.1 .6 -.9 3.1 3.1 7.6 1.5 2.7 1.5 -1.3 -.5 2.9 3.2 .8 1.8 2.9 4.5 1.7 -2.2 2.9 3.0 4.6 .9 2.4 3.3 161.2 156.1 161.6 156.5 133.3 135.9 142.0 146.5 188.3 174.3 110.2 167.7 170.1 142.0 105.2 185.8 161.7 156.5 162.0 156.9 133.8 136.9 143.2 147.1 188.9 174.7 111.6 168.0 170.4 142.3 106.8 186.1 162.0 156.8 162.4 157.2 133.7 137.0 143.0 147.1 189.6 175.5 111.7 168.3 170.8 142.4 106.4 186.7 162.2 156.9 162.5 157.3 133.4 136.7 142.5 147.3 190.0 175.7 111.5 168.5 171.0 142.4 104.4 186.9 2.8 2.1 2.3 2.6 2.4 3.9 3.7 2.8 2.4 2.8 10.8 1.7 2.2 1.1 11.5 2.7 .8 .0 .2 .5 -2.9 -4.0 -8.1 -3.0 2.4 2.6 -20.5 2.7 2.9 1.7 -28.3 3.5 1.8 1.6 1.8 2.1 -.3 .6 5.5 3.1 2.2 2.8 6.4 1.7 1.4 -2.2 11.4 2.8 2.5 2.1 2.2 2.1 .3 2.4 1.4 2.2 3.7 3.3 4.8 1.9 2.1 1.1 -3.0 2.4 1.8 1.0 1.3 1.6 -.3 -.1 -2.4 -.1 2.4 2.7 -6.2 2.2 2.5 1.4 -10.6 3.1 2.1 1.8 2.0 2.1 .0 1.5 3.5 2.6 2.9 3.0 5.6 1.8 1.8 -.6 3.9 2.6 Special indexes All items less food ................................................................... All items less sh e lter............................................................... All items less homeowners’ costs 3 4 ..................................... All items less medical c a re ...................................................... Commodities less fo o d ............................................................ Nondurables less food ............................................................ Nondurables less food and apparel ....................................... Nondurables............................................................................. Services less rent of shelter3 ................................................. Services less medical care services....................................... Energy....................................................................................... All items less energy............................................................... All items less food and energy............................................. Commodities less food and energy commodities............ Energy commodities........................................................ Services less energy services............................................ 1 Not seasonally adjusted. 4 This index series will no longer appear in its present form after 2 This index series will undergo a change in composition in January,December, 1997. See Table X for a comparable index series. 1998. Data not available. 3 Indexes on a December 1982=100 base. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. 14 Table 3. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, detailed expenditure categories (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) Unadjusted indexes Item and group Unadjusted percent change to Nov. 1997 from— Seasonally adjusted percent change from— Aug. to Sept. Sept. to Oct. Oct. to Nov. 0.1 .2 .1 0.1 .1 -.1 0.2 .2 .2 0.1 .2 .1 1.5 1.3 -.7 1.1 3.2 1.7 2.2 1.8 1.2 1.2 -.2 -.5 -2.1 -.3 -.2 .0 .5 -.5 .6 -.6 .2 -.4 -.8 -.6 -.1 .4 .3 .6 -1.3 1.7 .2 .3 -.9 .2 1.4 .2 1.4 .5 .8 -1.3 .1 -.3 .1 -.4 -.5 .4 .5 -.5 .6 1.4 149.3 149.5 144.6 137.0 116.5 141.4 127.4 130.8 138.4 161.0 155.5 163.5 153.6 156.0 152.2 149.3 157.4 161.2 158.3 152.7 178.9 130.3 202.4 145.1 .3 .3 .0 -.2 -.8 -3.7 .1 -.4 .4 1.1 -.3 1.2 -.3 -2.9 .9 .9 .1 1.8 -1.9 1.7 2.6 3.2 2.4 -.3 .3 -.1 -.4 -.1 -.4 -.1 2.1 .3 -.6 .0 -1.2 -2.2 -1.1 -2.4 .1 .0 1.2 2.9 1.5 -2.7 .3 .5 .2 6.8 -.2 -.2 -.2 .0 .3 -2.4 -2.9 -3.5 -.4 1.0 -.4 -.8 .3 -.3 -.3 -.5 .8 1.2 .4 .8 -1.3 .3 -1.7 .1 -.3 -.3 -.3 -.6 -.9 -1.5 -1.2 1.0 .4 -.2 -.4 -1.4 -.8 -1.3 .3 .5 -.8 -.6 -1.0 -.7 .8 .5 .8 .3 .1 -.2 -.5 -.5 -1.1 -1.4 3.5 -.2 -.6 .0 -.8 -.8 -.7 -1.7 -.1 .0 1.2 2.9 1.5 .3 .1 .5 -.1 3.2 145.7 145.3 143.7 147.4 146.8 146.5 151.0 139.7 147.0 147.0 145.9 148.4 147.6 147.3 150.3 143.0 -1.5 -2.3 -2.1 -2.6 -.8 -2.4 .9 1.8 .9 1.2 1.5 .7 .5 .5 -.5 2.4 .1 -.2 -.1 -.4 .3 .3 .5 .0 1.5 2.8 3.4 2.1 .2 -.5 -.1 2.3 .9 1.2 1.5 .7 .9 .5 .1 3.1 188.5 217.7 242.6 194.0 150.7 259.1 282.0 192.8 181.6 223.4 195.9 190.9 147.2 148.4 147.7 148.4 145.9 147.6 189.5 219.6 233.9 191.1 154.0 205.6 280.3 205.2 174.3 257.9 224.6 201.2 146.9 147.8 147.2 147.7 146.2 148.1 1.7 2.3 -3.1 -2.3 -1.2 -10.6 -1.9 9.3 7.6 23.4 16.9 4.6 .4 .2 -.3 2.1 .8 2.1 .5 .9 -3.6 -1.5 2.2 -20.6 -.6 6.4 -4.0 15.4 14.7 5.4 -.2 -.4 -.3 -.5 .2 .3 -.3 -.4 .2 -.3 1.2 -2.9 .9 -.9 7.5 6.3 -3.7 -2.5 -.3 -.1 -.1 -.1 -.7 -1.3 .3 .5 .8 3.1 3.0 -8.6 2.1 .0 -1.2 5.0 5.2 -1.3 .1 -.1 .0 .3 .0 -.2 .4 .2 -2.4 -.9 1.7 -4.3 -3.1 3.3 -.5 15.4 14.7 2.1 .6 -.4 -.3 .0 1.2 .9 145.8 145.9 .0 .1 -.4 -.1 1.4 Oct. 1997 Nov. 1997 Food and beverages............................................................................... Food....................................................................................................... Food at h o m e ..................................................................................... 158.7 158.2 159.0 158.9 158.5 159.1 1.7 1.7 1.2 Cereals and bakery products.......................................................... Cereals and cereal products........................................................ Flour and prepared flour m ixes.................................................. Cereal .......................................................................................... Rice, pasta, and cornmeal......................................................... Bakery products............................................................................. White bread 1 .............................................................................. Fresh other bread, biscuits, rolls, and muffins 1 ....................... Cookies, fresh cakes, and cupcakes 1 ...................................... Other bakery products................................................................ 178.4 170.0 154.1 188.4 150.4 182.0 186.0 184.1 179.2 179.4 178.0 169.1 150.8 187.9 150.1 182.0 186.9 183.1 180.2 178.4 Meats poultry, fish, and eggs......................................................... Meats, poultry, and fish ................................................................. M eats........................................................................................... Beef and veal............................................................................ Ground beef other than canned........................................... Chuck roast2.......................................................................... Round roast2 ......................................................................... Round steak 2 ........................................................................ Sirloin steak 2 ......................................................................... Other beef and v e a l1 2 ......................................................... P o rk........................................................................................... Bacon ..................................................................................... Chops ..................................................................................... H am ........................................................................................ Other pork, including sausage 2 ........................................... Other meats 1........................................................................... Poultry 1 ....................................................................................... Fresh whole chicken 1 ............................................................. Fresh and frozen chicken parts 1 ............................................ Other poultry 2........................................................................... Fish and seafood........................................................................ Canned fish and seafood 1 ...................................................... Fresh and frozen fish and seafood 2 ...................................... Eggs................................................................................................ 148.9 149.6 145.2 137.1 117.0 141.6 124.8 130.4 139.2 161.0 157.4 167.1 155.3 159.8 152.1 149.3 155.6 156.6 155.9 156.9 178.4 129.7 202.0 135.9 Dairy products 1 ............................................................................... Fresh milk and cream 1 2 .............................................................. Fresh whole milk 1 ...................................................................... Other fresh milk and cream 1 2................................................... Processed dairy products 2 ........................................................... Cheese 1...................................................................................... Ice cream and related products................................................. Other dairy products, including butter2..................................... Fruits and vegetables 3 .................................................................... Fresh fruits and vegetables.......................................................... Fresh fruits.................................................................................. Apples....................................................................................... Bananas .................................................................................... Oranges, including tangerines 2 ............................................... Other fresh fruits 2 .................................................................... Fresh vegetables......................................................................... Potatoes.................................................................................... Lettuce 1 ................................................................................... Tomatoes 1 ............................................................................... Other fresh vegetables............................................................ Processed fruits and vegetables 2 ................................................ Processed fruits 1 2 ..................................................................... Fruit juices and frozen fru it1 2 ................................................. Canned and dried fruits 2 ........................................................ Processed vegetables 2 .............................................................. Frozen vegetables 2 ................................................................. Processed vegetables excluding frozen 2 ................................................................................ Nov. 1996 Oct. 1997 Expenditure category See footnotes at end of table. 15 Table 3. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, detailed expenditure categories—Continued (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) Unadjusted indexes Item and group Unadjusted percent change to Nov. 1997 from— Oct. 1997 Nov. 1997 Other food at home......................................................... Sugar and sweets......................................................... Sugar and artificial sweeteners.................................. Sweets, including candy2 .......................................... Fats and o ils ................. ............ .................................... Nonalcoholic beverages.......................................... ..... Carbonated drinks...................................................... Coffee 1....................... ................................................ Other noncarbonated drinks 2 ................................... Other prepared fo o d ...................................................... Canned and packaged soup...................................... Frozen prepared food 1 .............................................. Snacks 1 ...................................................................... Seasonings, condiments, sauces, and spices........... Miscellaneous prepared food, including baby food 2 149.0 148.2 135.1 153.4 141.7 136.6 118.8 177.8 141.8 162.5 189.7 145.6 156.2 169.7 163.9 147.7 147.4 132.8 153.3 140.4 134.7 117.5 173.8 141.6 161.5 188.6 145.8 154.6 166.4 164.6 3.0 2.2 1.2 2.6 -.3 5.9 -1.2 19.6 1.9 2.0 1.6 .9 1.7 1.8 3.2 Food away from home....................................................... Lunch 2 ............................................................................. Dinner2 ............................................................................ Other meals and snacks 1 2 ............................................ 158.2 158.9 155.8 161.8 158.6 159.3 156.4 162.0 Alcoholic beverages.............................................................. Alcoholic beverages at hom e............................................ Beer and a le ..................................................................... Wine ................................................................................. Distilled spirits.................................................................. Alcoholic beverages away from h o m e .............................. 163.7 149.7 147.2 147.0 152.2 191.2 Housing 3 ............. .................................................................... S helter................................................................................... Renters’ costs 2 4................................................................ Rent, residential............................................................... Other renters’ costs 2 ...................................................... Lodging while out of to w n ............................................ Lodging while at school4.............................................. Tenants’ insurance 1 2 .................................................. Homeowners’ costs 2 4 ...................................................... Owners’ equivalent ren t4 ................................................ Household insurance 2 4 ................................................. Maintenance and repairs 1 2............................................... Maintenance and repair services 1 2 .............................. Maintenance and repair commodities 1 2 ........................ Materials, supplies, and equipment for home repairs 1 Other maintenance and repair commodities 1 2 .......... Fuel and other utilities 3 ....................................................... Fuels.................................................................................... Fuel oil and other household fuel commodities............ Fuel o il................ ...................... ................................... Other household fuel commodities 1 5 ......................... Gas (piped) and electricity (energy services)................ Electricity....................................................................... Utility (piped) g a s ......................................................... Other utilities and public services2 ................................... Telephone services 1 2 .................................................... Local charges 12 ................................................. ........ Interstate toll calls 1 ...................................................... Intrastate toll calls 1 ...................................................... Water and sewerage maintenance................................. Cable television 8 ............................................................ Refuse collection 1 6 ....................................................... 157.7 177.8 187.7 168.2 225.4 223.8 229.8 160.8 183.3 183.6 166.9 144.7 153.4 132.7 125.7 127.5 130.8 117.4 95.3 92.1 126.5 125.1 132.0 115.4 162.5 127.3 163.7 75.1 93.9 213.2 232.8 252.6 Seasonally adjusted percent change from— Aug. to Sept. Sept. to Oct. Oct. to Nov. -0.9 -.5 -1.7 -.1 -.9 -1.4 -1.1 -2.2 -.1 -.6 -.6 .1 -1.0 -1.9 .4 0.2 .5 .0 .7 .7 -.1 -.3 -.5 .1 .4 -.4 -1.1 .5 .5 .2 -0.1 -.3 -.1 -.5 -.6 -.2 .9 -1.8 .3 .1 1.3 .8 -.1 .5 .5 -0.3 .4 -.4 .8 -.2 -1.2 -.6 -2.2 -.1 .0 -.7 .1 -1.0 -.8 .5 2.5 2.6 2.6 2.5 .3 .3 .4 .1 .3 .4 .2 .3 .1 .2 .2 .3 .3 .2 .4 .1 163.7 149.3 146.9 146.1 152.1 191.7 2.2 1.0 -.5 3.4 2.1 3.4 .0 -.3 -.2 -.6 -.1 .3 .2 .0 .1 .2 .0 .3 .1 -.1 -.2 -.1 .3 .2 .1 -.1 -.3 -.3 .3 .3 157.7 177.7 185.9 168.7 216.6 214.1 229.7 160.9 183.9 184.2 167.0 144.9 153.7 132.7 125.7 127.6 131.1 117.7 96.6 93.4 128.0 125.3 130.0 119.9 162.8 127.6 163.8 75.1 95.0 213.4 233.4 252.8 2.5 3.1 3.3 3.1 4.2 4.2 4.9 1.8 3.0 3.0 1.5 2.7 4.1 .3 -.2 .6 2.1 1.7 -8.8 -10.5 -5.0 3.0 .9 7.6 2.5 .5 1.2 -4.5 4.1 3.9 6.9 1.9 .0 -.1 -1.0 .3 -3.9 -4.3 .0 .1 .3 .3 .1 .1 .2 .0 .0 .1 .2 .3 1.4 1.4 1.2 .2 -1.5 3.9 .2 .2 .1 .0 1.2 .1 .3 .1 .3 .2 .4 .3 .4 .5 .5 .2 .1 .1 .7 -2.0 -2.7 -.8 -.5 -1.1 .6 1.0 .1 -.1 .8 1.1 .5 2.2 .3 .0 -.1 .0 .4 .4 .6 .2 .3 .3 .6 .2 1.7 1.6 .4 .1 .2 .2 -.1 1.5 2.1 .5 .6 .3 .3 .4 -.3 -.4 1.1 .5 -.4 2.4 .1 .2 .2 .4 -.6 .3 .3 .2 .3 .2 .0 .2 -.5 -.4 .3 .1 .3 .3 .1 .1 .2 .0 .0 .1 .9 1.5 .6 .1 1.2 1.6 .9 3.1 .3 .2 .1 .0 1.2 .1 .4 .1 Nov. 1996 Oct. 1997 Expenditure category See footnotes at end of table. 16 Table 3. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, detailed expenditure categories—Continued (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) Unadjusted indexes Item and group Unadjusted percent change to Nov. 1997 from— Oct. 1997 Nov. 1997 125.4 110.1 119.1 134.9 142.0 142.7 139.2 121.0 74.3 68.1 60.6 61.9 88.2 101.5 108.0 113.4 90.7 48.9 115.2 125.2 109.7 117.8 134.0 141.2 142.5 136.6 120.4 74.4 68.4 60.9 61.5 88.9 101.5 107.2 112.8 91.6 47.6 115.0 0.3 -1.0 -1.5 -.4 .2 .3 -.4 -1.6 -3.4 -2.8 -2.7 -8.2 -1.1 -1.8 -2.8 -.6 -2.0 -12.5 .3 Nov. 1996 Seasonally adjusted percent change from— Aug. to Sept. Sept. to Oct. Oct. to Nov. -0.2 -.4 -1.1 -.7 -.6 -.1 -1.9 -.5 .1 .4 .5 -.6 .8 .0 -.7 -.5 1.0 -2.7 -.2 0.1 -.1 -.7 .4 .3 .3 1.2 -.3 -.3 -.6 -.8 .3 -.6 .1 .6 .6 -.8 .6 .0 0.1 .1 -1.1 .1 .0 1.1 .4 -1.2 -.3 -.1 .0 -.3 -.2 -.6 -1.1 -.5 .0 .8 .1 0.1 -.1 -1.1 -.7 -.6 -.1 -1.9 .2 .1 .4 .5 -.6 .8 .0 -.7 -.5 1.0 -2.7 -.2 Oct. 1997 Expenditure category Household furnishings and operation 3 .................................. Housefurnishings 2 ................................................................. Textile housefurnishings 1 2 ................................................ Furniture and bedding 1 .............. ....................................... Bedroom furniture 1.......................................................... Sofas 1 2 ............................................................................ Living room chairs and tables 1 2 .................................... Other furniture 2................................................................ Appliances, including electronic equipment1 2 ................. Video and audio products 1 2........................................... Televisions 1.......;........................................................... Video products other than televisions 12 7 .................. Audio products 1 2 ......................................................... Major household appliances 1 2 5 .................................... Refrigerators and home freezers 1 2 ............................. Laundry equipment1 ...................... ............................... Stoves, ovens, dishwashers, and air conditioners 12 5 Information processing equipment1 7 ............................. Other housefurnishings 12 5 ............................................... Floor and window coverings, infants’, laundry, cleaning, and outdoor equipment1 2 ......................... Clocks, lamps, and decor items 1 ................................... Tableware, serving pieces, and nonelectric kitchenware Lawn equipment, power tools, and other hardware 12 ... Sewing, floor cleaning, small kitchen, and portable heating appliances 12 5 ........................ Indoor plants and fresh cut flowers 1 8 ........................... Housekeeping supplies......................................................... Laundry and cleaning products, including soap 1 2 ........... Household paper products and stationery supplies 12 .... Other household, lawn, and garden supplies 1 2 .............. Housekeeping services 2 ...................................................... Postage 1 ............................................................................ Appliance and furniture repair12 ...................................... Gardening and other household services 2 5 .................... 142.2 118.6 125.7 110.5 141.7 120.0 125.1 110.0 .6 2.0 1.9 .2 -.4 1.2 -.5 -.5 .4 -1.0 1.3 .4 -.6 .2 .2 -.3 -.4 1.2 -.5 -.5 89.9 107.8 143.3 146.5 146.2 136.6 153.3 160.3 161.5 140.0 89.4 106.9 143.4 147.7 146.2 135.7 153.7 160.3 161.6 140.2 .8 -3.8 1.1 1.6 .6 1.2 2.7 .0 1.7 2.5 -.6 -.8 .1 .8 .0 -.7 .3 .0 .1 .1 .8 -1.8 .1 1.0 -.4 -.1 .3 .0 .4 -.1 -.2 1.4 -.1 -.8 1.1 .0 .1 .0 -.1 .1 -.6 -.8 .1 .8 .0 -.7 .5 .0 .1 .8 Apparel and upkeep................................................................... Apparel commodities 2 ............................................................. Apparel commodities less footwear..................................... Men’s and boys’ ................................................................. Men’s ................................................................................ Suits, sport coats, coats, and jackets.......................... Furnishings and special clothing................................... Shirts 2 ............................................................................ Dungarees, jeans, and trousers.................................... Boys’ .................................................................................. Women’s and girls’ .............................................................. Women’s ........................................................................... Coats and jackets......................................................... Dresses........................................................................... Separates and sportswear2 ......................................... Underwear, nightwear, hosiery, and accessories 2 ...... Suits 2.............................................................................. Girls’ .................................................................................. Infants’ and toddlers’ 1........................................................ Other apparel commodities 2 .............................................. Sewing materials, notions, and luggage 1 5 ..................... Watches and jewelry 5...................................................... Watches 1 5 ..................................................................... Jewelry 5 ......................................................................... Footwear................................................................................ Men’s .................................................................................... Boys’ and girls’ .................................................................... Women’s .............................................................................. Apparel services 12................................................................... Laundry and dry cleaning other than coin operated 1 2 ...... Other apparel services 1 2 ..................................................... 134.9 131.2 131.4 133.1 136.1 141.1 133.1 138.4 131.0 120.4 128.3 128.8 133.7 112.3 129.6 136.2 157.1 125.8 126.2 145.5 126.2 145.4 125.6 151.0 130.6 132.8 134.3 126.3 163.7 166.8 160.8 134.7 131.1 131.4 133.0 135.6 138.6 133.0 139.6 130.8 122.3 128.8 129.4 135.2 111.4 130.9 135.5 158.9 125.4 126.0 143.6 124.5 143.4 125.1 148.6 129.3 132.8 133.9 123.8 163.4 165.9 161.0 1.0 .9 .8 1.4 1.3 -.1 4.7 .8 .2 2.3 1.7 2.4 4.2 2.4 1.4 1.0 8.6 -2.2 -.6 -3.6 -5.6 -3.2 -.9 -3.8 1.3 .1 1.9 1.7 1.6 1.3 1.8 -.1 -.1 .0 -.1 -.4 -1.8 -.1 .9 -.2 1.6 .4 .5 1.1 -.8 1.0 -.5 1.1 -.3 -.2 -1.3 -1.3 -1.4 -.4 -1.6 -1.0 .0 -.3 -2.0 -.2 -.5 .1 .3 .3 .5 .4 .6 -.9 1.7 1.2 .0 -.3 1.0 .7 -.5 2.3 1.2 .4 -2.4 2.4 -.5 -1.0 -1.0 -1.0 .9 -1.4 -.5 -.6 -1.0 -.3 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 -.2 .2 .3 3.4 -1.9 -1.0 .3 -.6 -.5 .1 -.6 -1.1 .3 -.1 .8 -3.2 -.4 .3 .3 .3 -2.0 1.1 1.5 .2 4.2 1.1 .0 .0 .1 .2 .2 .3 -.5 -1.0 -2.3 -1.6 .8 -1.2 1.7 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.6 1.3 -.9 3.7 -.2 -.2 -.1 -1.3 .1 -.4 -.3 -.5 .6 -.7 -1.1 -.2 -.5 .1 See footnotes at end of table. 17 Table 3. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, detailed expenditure categories—Continued (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) Unadjusted indexes Item and group Unadjusted percent change to Nov. 1997 from— Seasonally adjusted percent change from— Aug. to Sept. Sept. to Oct. Oct. to Nov. -0.4 -.2 .5 .5 .3 .7 .4 .5 .9 .1 .4 -.2 -2.0 -2.3 -2.4 -2.2 -2.0 .1 .2 0.4 .4 .1 .0 -.6 .2 .1 -.3 .1 .0 -.1 -.1 1.7 1.8 1.7 1.8 2.0 -.1 .2 0.1 -.2 -.3 -.2 .1 .1 -.2 -.5 -.2 .2 .4 -.5 -.5 -.6 -5 -2.5 -.5 .2 .5 -0.7 -.5 -.2 -.1 -.1 .0 -.6 -.2 -.1 -.4 .2 -.1 -2.1 -2.3 -2.7 -2.2 -2.2 .2 .2 1.9 2.0 1.9 1.6 -.6 -.3 -.6 -2.2 1.1 1.9 2.3 -3.6 4.6 .2 .1 .0 .3 .2 .0 .2 .5 -.1 .3 .5 .3 -.3 -.3 .3 .2 .1 -.2 -.2 -.3 -.6 .2 .2 .3 -1.3 -1.2 .1 .3 .1 -.1 -.3 .1 -.2 -.7 .1 .0 -.3 -.1 1.9 .2 .1 .1 -.1 .0 .0 .0 .2 -.1 -.1 .1 -1.1 -.3 187.6 190.0 185.9 197.5 155.1 176.7 2.0 7.4 -.7 -1.3 .1 .6 .1 -.8 -2.6 -3.9 -.3 .0 -.5 -1.7 1.2 2.1 -.6 .1 1.0 2.8 2.7 3.8 1.0 .3 .1 -.8 -2.3 -3.9 -.3 .0 235.8 215.6 249.0 146.4 173.9 236.4 215.8 249.7 146.0 173.3 2.6 1.8 1.9 1.8 1.4 .3 .1 .3 -.3 -.3 .2 .1 .0 -.2 -.3 .1 .0 -.3 .6 .8 .3 .2 .3 -.3 -.3 173.3 240.5 216.8 223.9 229.1 141.9 152.2 280.2 102.3 101.7 227.2 103.2 173.2 241.2 217.1 224.1 229.8 141.7 153.0 281.3 102.7 102.1 227.7 103.4 2.6 2.7 2.9 2.5 4.1 1.3 3.2 3.0 -.1 .3 .1 .1 .3 -.1 .5 .4 .4 .4 .2 .2 .1 .2 .1 .2 .2 .1 .0 .4 .1 .1 .5 .1 .4 .1 .2 .0 .4 .1 -.1 .2 .3 .1 .1 .1 -.1 .4 .1 .2 .3 -.1 .5 .4 .4 .4 .3 .2 Oct. 1997 Nov. 1997 Transportation .......................................................................................... Private.................................................................................................... New vehicles....................................................................................... New ca rs........................................................................................... Subcompact new cars 2 5 ............................................................. Compact new cars 2 5.................................................................... Intermediate new cars 25.............................................................. Full-size new cars 2 5 ..................................................................... Luxury new cars 2 5........................................................................ New trucks 6 ..................................................................................... New motorcycles 5............................................................................ Used c a rs ............................................................................................ Motor fu e l............................................................................................ Gasoline............................................................................................ Gasoline, unleaded regular........................................................... Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 1 9 .................................................. Gasoline, unleaded premium........................................................ Automobile maintenance and repair.................................................. Body work 1 ...................................................................................... Automobile drive train, brake, and miscellaneous mechanical repair1 2 .................................. Maintenance and servicing 1 ........................................................... Power plant repair2 .......................................................................... Other private transportation 2 ............................................................ Other private transportation commodities 2.................................... Motor oil, coolant, and other products 1 ...................................... Automobile parts and equipment.................................................. T ire s............................................................................................. Other parts and equipment1 2.................................................... Other private transportation services 2 ........................................... Automobile insurance.................................................................... Automobile finance charges 2 ....................................................... Automobile fees 1 2 ........................................................................ Automobile registration, licensing, and inspection fees 1 2 .......................................................... Other automobile-related fees 1 2............................................... Public transportation............................................................................. Airline fares 1....................................................................................... Other intercity transportation 1........................................................... Intracity public transportation 1 .......................................................... 144.5 140.9 143.3 140.6 121.4 121.8 121.2 123.1 130.4 151.1 164.0 147.9 106.7 106.5 104.5 111.0 107.5 163.9 175.0 143.9 140.6 144.0 141.3 121.8 122.6 121.7 123.7 131.6 151.3 164.7 147.6 104.6 104.1 102.0 108.6 105.4 164.0 175.4 -0.6 -.6 -.6 -.7 -1.6 -.6 -.2 -1.4 -1.0 -.2 1.6 -5.7 -3.0 -2.8 -2.9 -2.6 -2.7 2.2 4.5 171.0 151.1 169.2 178.4 104.3 131.6 101.4 98.8 108.3 196.0 253.9 91.7 188.8 171.3 151.2 169.2 179.0 104.5 131.6 101.6 99.3 108.2 196.6 255.2 92.0 188.2 187.4 191.5 190.9 205.5 155.5 176.7 Medical c a re ............................................................................................. Medical care commodities.................................................................... Prescription drugs............................................................................... Nonprescription drugs and medical supplies 1 5................................ 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 5....................................................................................... Services by other medical professionals 5 ..................................... Hospital and related services............................................................ Hospital services 10.......................................................................... Inpatient hospital services 10........................................................ Outpatient hospital services 5....................................................... Nursing home services 10................................................................. Nov. 1996 Oct. 1997 Expenditure category See footnotes at end of table. 18 _ 4.4 Table 3. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, detailed expenditure categories—Continued (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) Unadjusted indexes Item and group Unadjusted percent change to Nov. 1997 from— Seasonally adjusted percent change from— Aug. to Sept. Sept. to Oct. Oct. to Nov. -0.1 .0 .2 .3 .1 -.2 -.4 .2 -.1 -.3 .3 -.1 -.2 -.2 -0.2 .1 .3 .2 .4 -.1 -.5 .3 .1 -.3 .4 .5 -.5 -.4 0.2 -.2 -.4 -.3 -.6 -.7 -.4 -.9 -.1 -.2 .3 .2 .5 .9 -0.2 -.2 .2 .3 .1 -.2 -.4 .2 -.1 -.3 .3 -.1 -.3 -.3 3.4 . 3.2 3.9 2.6 -.1 -.1 .5 -.4 .3 -1.8 -.7 .3 .5 .0 .3 .1 -1.3 -.1 .6 -.4 229.9 250.7 154.3 146.1 4.9 6.1 2.1 1.0 .2 .2 .7 1.1 .3 1.4 .1 .1 .7 1.5 .4 .6 .3 .1 .7 1.1 152.2 153.4 2.1 .8 .0 1.3 .8 139.0 163.4 162.5 166.2 265.6 242.4 267.5 288.2 301.8 300.5 136.7 228.9 167.2 193.3 171.4 141.0 163.5 162.5 166.6 265.8 242.4 267.8 288.3 301.8 300.6 137.0 229.5 167.4 194.0 171.7 .1 3.1 3.1 3.1 5.1 5.1 5.1 5.1 4.7 7.2 4.2 5.3 5.1 5.7 5.0 1.4 .1 .0 .2 .1 .0 .1 .0 .0 .0 .2 .3 .1 .4 .2 .1 .1 .1 -.4 -.1 -.1 -.1 -.1 -.9 1.0 .6 -.1 .0 -.3 .2 .0 .4 .3 .5 .5 .7 .5 .5 .5 .8 .5 .2 .4 .3 -.1 1.4 .1 .0 .4 .4 .2 .4 .5 .5 .4 .3 .3 .1 .4 .2 160.4 129.3 160.7 129.1 .7 -.9 .2 -.2 -.1 -.5 .1 -.8 .4 -.6 107.2 146.9 153.4 105.0 146.4 153.9 -3.0 2.1 2.9 -2.1 -.3 .3 1.6 .8 .1 -.5 1.0 .2 -2.0 .3 .3 Oct. 1997 Nov. 1997 163.1 144.3 179.4 191.0 168.7 121.8 123.6 117.3 133.5 126.2 134.5 143.2 184.9 131.7 162.9 144.3 179.7 191.5 168.9 121.6 123.1 117.5 133.4 125.8 134.9 143.1 184.6 131.4 172.0 200.4 170.8 144.1 171.9 200.1 171.6 143.5 229.4 250.2 153.3 144.5 Nov. 1996 Oct. 1997 Expenditure category Entertainment2 ......................................................................................... Entertainment commodities 2 ................................................................ Reading materials 1 ............................................................................. Newspapers 12.............................................................................. Magazines, periodicals, and books 1 2 ............................................ Sporting goods and equipment1....................................................... Sport vehicles, including bicycles 1 ................................................. Other sporting goods 1..................................................................... Toys, hobbies, and other entertainment1 2 ...................................... Toys, hobbies, and music equipment2 ........................................... Photographic supplies and equipment1 ......................................... Pet supplies and expense 1............................................................. Entertainment services 2 ....................................................................... Club memberships 2 5 ......................................................................... Fees for participant sports, excluding club memberships 2 5..................................................................... Admissions 1........................................................................................ Fees for lessons or instructions 5 ...................................................... Other entertainment services 1 2 5 ...................................................... Other goods and services 3 ..................................................................... Tobacco and smoking products........................................................... 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 2 ............................................ Haircuts and other barber shop services for males 2 .................... Personal and educational expenses 2 .................................................. School books and supplies................................................................ Personal and educational services 2 .................................................. Tuition and other school fe e s ......................................................... College tuition................................................................................ Elementary and high school tuition.............................................. Day care and nursery school8..................................................... Personal expenses........................................................................... Legal service fees 1 5 .................................................................... Personal financial services 1 5 ...................................................... Funeral expenses 5 ........................................................................ 1.4 .2 1.0 .5 1.5 -.7 .0 -1.1 -.1 -1.6 1.4 .9 2.4 -1.8 Special indexes Domestically produced farm fo o d ........................................................... Selected beef c u ts................................................................................... Motor fuel, motor oil, coolant, and other products 2 ............................................................................................ Utilities and public transportation............................................................ Housekeeping and home maintenance services 1 2 ............................... 1 Not seasonally adjusted. 2 This index series will no longer appear in its present form after December, 1997. See Table X for a comparable index series. 3 This index series will undergo a change in composition in January, 1998. 4 Indexes on a December 1982=100 base. 5 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base. 19 6 Indexes on a December 1983=100 base. Indexes on a December 1988=100 base. Indexes on a December 1990=100 base. 9 Indexes on a December 1993=100 base. 10 Indexes on a December 1996=100 base. Data not available. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. 7 8 Table 4. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Seasonally adjusted U.S. city average, detailed expenditure categories (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) Seasonally adjusted indexes Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent change for Item and group 3 months ended— 6 months ended— Oct. 1997 Nov. 1997 Food and beverages............................................................................. Food .................................................................................................. Food at home................................................................................... 159.0 158.7 159.4 159.2 159.0 159.6 0.5 .3 -.8 0.8 .8 -.3 3.9 3.9 4.7 1.5 1.8 1.0 0.6 .5 -.5 2.7 2.8 2.8 Cereals and bakery products.......................................................... Cereals and cereal products........................................................ Flour and prepared flour mixes.................................................. Cereal....................................................................................... Rice, pasta, and cornmeal ........................................................ Bakery products................................. ......................................... White bread 1............................................................................. Fresh other bread, biscuits, rolls, and muffins 1......................... Cookies, fresh cakes, and cupcakes 1........................................ Other bakery products.............................................................. 178.7 170.9 154.4 189.3 151.7 182.0 186.0 184.1 179.2 179.4 178.9 170.4 154.6 188.6 151.0 182.7 186.9 183.1 180.2 181.9 .2 -1.4 1.8 -3.6 1.9 1.3 2.2 2.5 1.1 -1.1 1.1 2.6 2.3 2.2 1.6 .4 -2.2 -3.3 2.3 -.7 2.5 5.6 -.5 9.1 6.1 1.1 .4 5.9 1.6 -.4 2.0 -1.6 -6.0 -3.1 3.2 4.0 8.8 2.4 .0 7.4 .7 .6 2.1 -.7 1.8 .9 .0 -.4 1.7 -.9 2.3 1.9 -3.3 2.8 4.7 2.6 4.5 4.2 .8 3.4 Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs........................................................ Meats, poultry, and fish ............................................................... Meats........................................................................................ Beef and veal......................................................................... Ground beef other than canned........................................... Chuck roast2 ....................................................................... Round roast2....................................................................... Round steak 2 ...................................................................... Sirloin steak 2....................................................................... Other beef and veal1 2 ........................................................ Pork.......................................................... ............................. Bacon ................................................................................... Chops................................................................................... Ham................................. ................................................... Other pork, including sausage 2 ............................................ Other meats 1 ......................................................................... Poultry 1................................................ .................................... Fresh whole chicken 1............................................................. Fresh and frozen chicken parts 1 ............................................ Other poultry 2 ........................................................................ Fish and seafood...................................................................... Canned fish and seafood 1...................................................... Fresh and frozen fish and seafood 2........................................ Eggs........................................................................................... 148.7 149.4 144.7 137.3 116.9 141.1 123.7 130.8 141.3 161.0 155.6 164.3 155.3 154.6 151.8 149.3 155.6 156.6 155.9 155.5 178.8 129.7 202.6 138.9 148.8 149.1 144.0 136.6 115.6 139.1 128.0 130.5 140.5 161.0 154.3 163.0 154.2 152.0 151.7 149.3 157.4 161.2 158.3 156.0 178.9 130.3 202.4 143.4 .0 .0 -.6 -3.7 -3.7 -12.1 -2.5 -3.6 -10.7 -.8 4.5 4.8 8.3 .5 1.6 -.5 1.5 2.3 -3.4 1.8 1.2 2.9 .0 2.0 .3 .8 1.4 3.9 6.7 4.1 2.2 1.5 5.1 2.0 -1.5 -2.9 -5.9 .0 3.5 .0 -3.3 -1.5 -6.8 4.8 3.5 1.9 5.2 -9.6 2.4 3.3 3.4 3.6 1.0 16.5 3.8 12.5 10.2 .0 2.9 16.2 1.6 .5 -1.3 4.4 -2.5 -6.9 -1.3 -1.3 8.2 3.2 8.9 -7.2 -1.6 -2.6 -4.1 -4.3 -6.9 -19.4 -3.1 -10.6 -2.0 3.0 -6.5 -11.4 -4.8 -12.1 -.5 -.3 4.7 14.6 4.1 1.6 -2.0 5.1 -3.9 15.6 .1 .4 .4 .0 1.4 -4.4 -.2 -1.1 -3.1 .6 1.4 .9 .9 .3 2.5 -.3 -.9 .4 -5.1 3.3 2.3 2.4 2.5 -4.0 .4 .3 -.4 -.4 -3.0 -3.1 .3 .3 4.0 1.5 -1.9 1.5 -1.7 -6.0 -.9 2.0 1.0 3.3 1.4 .1 3.0 4.1 2.3 3.6 Dairy products 1 ............................................................................. Fresh milk and cream 1 2.............................................................. Fresh whole milk 1..................................................................... Other fresh milk and cream 12 .................................................. Processed dairy products 2 .......................................................... Cheese 1 ................................................................................... Ice cream and related products................................................. Other dairy products, including butter2 ...................................... 145.7 145.3 143.7 147.4 145.9 146.5 150.4 137.2 147.0 147.0 145.9 148.4 147.2 147.3 150.6 141.4 -8.1 -11.2 -12.8 -8.6 -5.0 -5.5 4.1 -13.4 -2.2 -3.2 -4.1 -2.1 2.2 -2.7 -.3 10.5 -5.4 -8.5 -8.9 -8.1 -5.6 -2.7 -2.1 -9.5 10.4 15.8 20.7 9.7 5.6 1.4 1.9 23.6 -5.2 -7.3 -8.5 -5.4 -1.5 -4.1 1.9 -2.1 2.2 2.9 4.8 .4 -.1 -.7 -.1 5.8 Fruits and vegetables 3................................................................... Fresh fruits and vegetables......................................................... Fresh fruits................................................................................ Apples.................................................................................... Bananas ................................................................................. Oranges, including tangerines 2 ............................................... Other fresh fruits 2 .................................................................. Fresh vegetables...................................................................... Potatoes................................................................................. Lettuce 1................................................................................. Tomatoes 1............................................................................. Other fresh vegetables............................................................ Processed fruits and vegetables2 ............................................... Processed fruits 12.................................................................... Fruit juices and frozen fruit12................................................. Canned and dried fruits 2 ........................................................ Processed vegetables 2 ............................................................. Frozen vegetables 2................................................................ Processed vegetables excluding frozen 2.............................................................................. 191.4 221.7 242.1 203.2 161.3 217.0 285.7 202.9 188.0 223.4 195.9 200.5 147.5 148.4 147.7 148.9 146.5 147.4 192.1 222.1 236.3 201.4 164.0 207.7 276.9 209.6 187.1 257.9 224.6 204.7 148.4 147.8 147.2 148.9 148.3 148.7 -2.1 -3.3 -13.1 -11.3 -11.1 -9.8 -14.7 10.4 -8.5 -39.3 47.5 10.0 1.1 6.4 6.1 4.7 -1.9 5.6 -6.2 -9.2 .9 -6.6 -17.3 12.2 3.9 -20.2 -9.1 -19.4 -19.9 -7.0 -.3 -1.3 -2.4 .8 .5 -2.9 15.3 23.8 6.8 2.3 2.6 20.8 5.5 48.3 29.6 71.7 -13.1 25.5 -.5 -1.6 -2.9 1.6 2.2 8.7 1.5 1.1 -5.7 7.9 26.0 -47.8 -.9 9.7 24.9 175.9 81.9 -6.7 1.6 -2.4 -1.6 1.1 2.2 -2.4 -4.2 -6.3 -6.4 -9.0 -14.3 .6 -5.9 -6.2 -8.8 -30.0 8.7 1.1 .4 2.5 1.8 2.8 -.7 1.2 8.2 11.9 .3 5.0 13.7 -20.6 2.3 27.5 27.2 117.7 25.7 8.2 .5 -2.0 -2.3 1.4 2.2 3.0 146.6 148.6 -5.3 3.0 -1.1 3.6 -1.2 1.2 Feb. 1997 May 1997 Aug. 1997 Nov. 1997 May 1997 Nov. 1997 Expenditure category See footnotes at end of table. 20 Table 4. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Seasonally adjusted U.S. city average, detailed expenditure categories—*Continued (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent change for Seasonally adjusted indexes 6 months ended— 3 months ended— Item and group Oct. 1997 Nov. 1997 Other food at h o m e .............................................................................. Sugar and sweets...................................................;.......................... Sugar and artificial sweeteners....................................................... Sweets, including candy 2 ............................................................... Fats and o ils ...................................................................................... Nonalcoholic beverages.................................................................... Carbonated d rin ks........................................................................... Coffee 1 ............................................................................................ Other noncarbonated drinks 2 ........................................................ Other prepared fo o d .......................................................................... Canned and packaged so u p .......................................................... Frozen prepared food 1................................................................... Snacks 1 ........................................................................................... Seasonings, condiments, sauces, and spices............................... Miscellaneous prepared food, including baby food 2 .................... 148.8 147.9 134.7 153.2 141.7 136.6 119.0 177.8 141.5 162.3 190.6 145.6 156.2 169.9 164.1 148.3 148.5 134.2 154.4 141.4 135.0 118.3 173.8 141.3 162.3 189.3 145.8 154.6 168.6 164.9 2.2 4.8 7.4 3.5 .8 -.6 -4.6 3.6 2.9 3.8 -.6 4.2 5.6 3.7 4.6 5.4 1.4 -.6 2.1 -.8 20.2 1.0 69.2 -.6 -1.2 8.0 -2.4 -1.3 -2.6 -1.7 5.6 .5 .3 .8 -.8 11.9 -1.3 40.7 4.1 3.5 -1.5 2.8 5.0 5.2 5.3 -1.1 2.5 -2.1 4.3 -.3 -6.0 .3 -17.0 .9 2.0 .8 -.8 -2.3 1.0 4.7 3.8 3.1 3.3 2.8 .0 9.3 -1.8 32.4 1.2 1.3 3.6 .8 2.1 .5 1.4 2.2 1.5 -.9 2.5 -.6 2.6 -.5 8.1 2.5 2.8 -.3 1.0 1.3 3.0 5.0 Food away from h om e............................................................................ Lunch 2.................................................................................................. Dinner2 .................................................................................................. Other meals and snacks 1 2 ................................................................. 158.0 158.9 155.8 161.8 158.4 159.2 156.4 162.0 2.6 2.9 2.4 3.3 1.8 1.5 2.1 .5 2.8 2.8 2.9 3.0 2.6 3.1 3.1 3.0 2.2 2.2 2.2 1.9 2.7 3.0 3.0 3.0 Alcoholic beverages.................................................................................. Alcoholic beverages at hom e................................................................. Beer and a le ......................................................................................... W in e ...................................................................................................... Distilled spirits....................................................................................... Alcoholic beverages away from hom e................................................... 163.8 149.8 147.9 146.7 151.7 191.2 164.0 149.6 147.5 146.2 152.1 191.7 3.0 2.7 1.4 6.1 2.4 4.4 1.2 .8 -1.3 5.1 1.9 1.9 2.7 1.3 -.5 3.3 2.1 4.3 1.5 -.8 -1.6 -1.1 2.1 3.0 2.1 1.8 .0 5.6 2.2 3.2 2.1 .3 -1.1 1.1 2.1 3.6 Housing 3 ...................................................................................................... Shelter........................................................................................................ Renters’ costs 2 4 .................................................................................... Rent, residential.................................................................................... Other renters’ costs 2 ........................................................................... Lodging while out of to w n ................................................................. Lodging while at school4 .................................................................. Tenants’ insurance 1 2 ........................................................................ Homeowners’ costs 2 4 ............................................................................ Owners’ equivalent re n t4 ..................................................................... Household insurance 2 4 ....................................................................... Maintenance and repairs 1 2 ................................................................... Maintenance and repair services 1 2 .................................................... Maintenance and repair commodities 1 2 ............................................ Materials, supplies, and equipment for home repairs 12 5.............. Other maintenance and repair commodities 1 2 ............................... Fuel and other utilities 3 ............................................................................ Fuels........................................................................................................ Fuel oil and other household fuel commodities................................. Fuel o i l ................................................................................................ Other household fuel commodities 1 5 .............................................. Gas (piped) and electricity (energy services)..................................... Electricity ............................................................................................ Utility (piped) g a s ............................................................................... Other utilities and public services 2 ....................................................... Telephone services 12.......................................................................... Local charges 1 2 ............................................................................... Interstate toll calls 1 ........................................................................... Intrastate toll calls 1 ......................................... ................................. Water and sewerage maintenance...................................................... Cable television 6 .................................................................................. Refuse collection 16 ............................................................................ 157.7 177.5 187.6 168.2 228.6 227.5 226.9 160.8 182.9 183.3 166.7 144.7 153.4 132.7 125.7 127.5 131.1 117.0 96.5 93.1 126.5 124.7 132.0 116.5 162.7 127.3 163.7 75.1 93.9 213.2 233.7 252.6 158.2 177.9 187.6 168.6 227.5 226.5 227.6 160.9 183.5 183.9 166.9 144.9 153.7 132.7 125.7 127.6 132.3 118.8 97.1 93.2 128.0 126.7 133.2 120.1 163.2 127.6 163.8 75.1 95.0 213.4 234.6 252.8 3.1 3.3 4.3 2.5 8.9 9.1 6.6 -1.3 2.7 2.9 -.5 3.4 2.2 4.9 5.2 4.5 6.3 9.6 -1.1 -2.3 23.5 10.5 1.2 33.7 2.0 1.9 1.0 1.0 10.5 2.2 7.1 .0 1.3 3.3 3.1 3.7 1.6 1.1 4.2 2.6 3.2 3.1 1.7 2.6 4.1 .6 -2.5 2.8 -6.5 -12.7 -21.1 -21.2 -29.8 -11.8 .9 -33.7 2.0 1.3 1.5 .0 .9 2.7 4.0 2.3 2.1 2.8 2.0 2.9 -.4 -.4 3.8 4.6 3.4 3.4 1.7 6.6 12.6 -2.9 -3.7 -1.8 1.6 .0 -12.6 -15.1 -17.0 1.6 -2.7 11.5 3.0 -2.8 1.2 -18.8 1.3 7.7 11.3 3.4 3.4 3.0 4.2 3.1 6.8 7.0 4.9 1.5 2.4 2.4 2.9 -1.6 -1.8 -1.2 .6 -2.8 7.6 12.3 1.7 -1.7 13.2 13.3 4.0 35.6 3.0 1.6 1.0 1.6 3.9 3.1 5.3 1.9 2.2 3.3 3.7 3.1 5.2 5.0 5.4 .6 2.9 3.0 .6 3.0 3.1 2.7 1.3 3.7 -.3 -2.2 -11.7 -12.3 -6.9 -1.3 1.1 -5.8 2.0 1.6 1.2 .5 5.6 2.4 5.5 1.1 2.7 2.9 3.1 3.0 3.1 3.3 4.4 3.1 2.9 2.9 2.3 2.4 5.1 -2.1 -1.6 -2.3 4.5 6.0 -5.7 -8.6 -3.1 7.3 .6 23.0 3.0 -.6 1.1 -9.2 2.6 5.4 8.2 2.7 Feb. 1997 May 1997 Aug. 1997 Nov. 1997 May 1997 Nov. 1997 Expenditure category See footnotes at end of table. 21 Table 4. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Seasonally adjusted U.S. city average, detailed expenditure categories—Continued (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) Seasonally adjusted indexes Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent change for 3 months ended— Item and group Oct. 1997 Nov. 1997 Household furnishings and operation 3 ................................................ Housefurnishings 2 ............................................................................ Textile housefurnishings 12............................................................. Furniture and bedding 1.................................................................. Bedroom furniture 1 ...................................................................... Sofas 12..................................................................................... . living room chairs and tables 1 2 ............. .................................... Other furniture 2 ........................................................................... Appliances, including electronic equipment12................................. Video and audio products 12 ....................................................... Televisions 1 ............................................................................. Video products other than televisions 12 7................................. Audio products 12..................................................................... Major household appliances 12 5 ................................................. Refrigerators and home freezers 1 2 .......................................... Laundry equipment1 ................................................................. Stoves, ovens, dishwashers, and air conditioners 1 2 5 ............... Information processing equipment1 7 ..... ..................................... Other housefurnishings 12 5............................................................ Floor and window coverings, infants’, laundry, cleaning, and outdoor equipment1 2 ........................................ Clocks, lamps, and decor items 1................................................. Tableware, serving pieces, and nonelectric kitchenware 12 .......... Lawn equipment, power tools, and other hardware 12.................. Sewing, floor cleaning, small kitchen, and portable heating appliances 1 2 5....................................... Indoor plants and fresh cut flowers 1 8......................................... Housekeeping supplies..................................................................... Laundry and cleaning products, including soap 12.......................... Household paper products and stationery supplies 12 .................... Other household, lawn, and garden supplies 12.............................. Housekeeping services 2................................................................... Postage 1 ....................................................................................... Appliance and furniture repair12 .................................................... Gardening and other household services2 5................................... 125.3 110.1 119.1 134.9 142.0 142.7 139.2 120.4 74.3 68.1 60.6 61.9 88.2 101.5 108.0 113.4 90.7 48.9 115.2 125.4 110.0 117.8 134.0 141.2 142.5 136.6 120.6 74.4 68.4 60.9 61.5 88.9 101.5 107.2 112.8 91.6 47.6 115.0 142.2 118.6 125.7 110.5 Apparel and upkeep.............................................................................. Apparel commodities 2 ........................................................................ Apparel commodities less footwear........... ...................................... Men’s and boys’ ............................................................................ Men’s .......................................................................................... Suits, sport coats, coats, and jackets........................................ Furnishings and special clothing............................................... Shirts 2...................................................................................... Dungarees, jeans, and trousers................................................. Boys’ .......................................................................................... Women’s and girls’ ........................................................................ Women’s ..................................................................................... Coats and jackets..................................................................... Dresses .................................................................................... Separates and sportswear2 ...................................................... Underwear, nightwear, hosiery, and accessories 2................................................................. Suits 2 ....................................................................................... Girls’ ........................................................................................... Infants’ and toddlers’ 1 ................................................................... Other apparel commodities 2 .......................................................... Sewing materials, notions, and luggage 15................................... Watches and jewelry 5 ................................................................. Watches 1 5............................................................................... Jewelry 5................................................................................... Footwear...................................................... ................................... Men’s ............................................................................................ Boys’ and girls’ .............................................................................. Women’s ........................................................................................ Apparel services 12 ............................................................................ Laundry and dry cleaning other than coin operated 12...................... Other apparel services 12................................................................. 6 months ended— May 1997 Aug. 1997 Nov. 1997 May 1997 Nov. 1997 0.3 .0 4.1 -4.1 -4.7 -3.3 -4.9 -3.2 .0 1.1 3.2 -6.4 1.8 1.6 5.2 -.4 1.3 -8.5 7.2 1.9 1.1 2.7 10.0 12.3 9.7 7.6 7.8 -8.5 -8.2 -5.6 -11.6 -8.6 -7.1 -11.6 -5.5 -5.8 -16.9 -.3 -1.9 -4.9 -1.0 -6.0 -4.7 -9.4 -2.6 -5.4 -3.1 -2.9 -6.9 -11.9 2.7 .4 .7 5.5 -4.3 -19.0 -4.7 1.0 -.4 -11.1 -.9 -1.1 5.2 -1.2 -5.4 -1.6 -1.2 -1.3 -2.6 .0 -1.9 -4.7 -1.8 .9 -4.9 -.3 1.1 .5 3.4 2.7 3.4 3.0 1.2 2.1 -4.4 -3.7 -1.3 -9.0 -3.5 -2.9 -3.6 -3.0 -2.3 -12.8 3.3 -0.5 -2.7 -6.2 -3.5 -2.9 -2.3 -1.9 -5.4 -2.4 -2.0 -4.1 -7.4 1.4 -.8 -2.0 1.8 -1.7 -12.2 -2.6 141.7 120.0 125.1 110.0 13.4 8.4 7.0 2.9 -4.6 1.7 —4.4 -1.4 -3.0 -3.3 1.0 .7 -2.2 1.3 4.3 -1.4 4.0 5.0 1.1 .7 -2.6 -1.0 2.6 -.4 89.9 107.8 143.1 146.5 146.2 136.6 153.3 160.3 161.5 139.8 89.4 106.9 143.2 147.7 146.2 135.7 154.0 160.3 161.6 140.9 11.3 1.4 2.3 .8 1.1 4.5 -.5 .0 -1.0 -2.3 -3.5 10.8 1.1 2.2 1.1 .9 4.3 .0 3.6 6.0 -3.9 -19.7 .6 -.8 -2.4 2.4 3.8 .0 2.5 3.5 .0 -5.1 .3 4.2 2.8 -2.9 3.4 .0 1.8 2.9 3.6 6.0 1.7 1.5 1.1 2.7 1.9 .0 1.3 1.8 -2.0 -12.7 .4 1.6 .1 -.3 3.6 .0 2.1 3.2 132.7 128.8 128.7 131.2 134.1 137.6 129.2 137.9 131.8 118.0 124.9 125.3 125.5 107.3 127.2 132.9 129.1 129.1 130.6 132.7 134.5 127.1 139.0 130.2 120.0 126.1 126.7 126.8 109.0 128.9 2.8 2.5 3.2 -1.5 4.3 -5.2 16.4 .0 6.6 -13.0 8.7 10.4 -10.4 44.7 5.8 3.1 3.5 3.8 7.0 3.7 8.4 .6 3.2 2.8 16.9 2.9 1.3 18.4 -8.6 2.8 -4.1 -4.8 -6.0 .0 -2.1 -4.1 10.9 -3.7 -4.4 4.5 -9.7 -9.1 11.1 -25.5 -13.4 2.1 2.5 2.5 .3 -.6 .6 -7.2 3.8 -3.6 3.1 5.9 7.9 -.3 11.4 12.0 2.9 3.0 3.5 2.7 4.0 1.3 8.2 1.6 4.7 .9 5.7 5.7 3.0 15.0 4.3 -1.0 -1.2 -1.8 .2 -1.3 -1.8 1.4 .0 -4.0 3.8 -2.2 -.9 5.2 -8.9 -1.5 135.6 148.2 123.5 126.2 144.1 126.2 143.9 125.6 149.8 129.3 131.3 133.9 124.8 163.7 166.8 160.8 134.4 153.7 123.2 126.0 144.0 124.5 144.0 125.1 149.4 128.6 132.1 133.0 123.4 163.4 165.9 161.0 2.1 28.7 .0 1.6 -4.2 -9.9 -4.2 .0 -5.8 -.9 3.1 8.5 -7.7 3.3 5.0 1.5 3.6 -8.5 9.2 22.4 -6.1 -1.9 -6.6 4.5 -8.1 1.9 -.9 -9.3 9.8 1.7 .5 2.8 .3 9.0 -12.1 -18.1 -1.1 -2.5 .8 -1.6 1.6 2.5 -2.7 -.6 7.8 1.7 1.7 2.0 -2.1 8.5 -4.4 -4.0 -3.3 -7.9 -2.7 -6.1 -2.4 1.6 .9 10.2 -1.6 -.5 -1.9 1.0 2.9 8.5 4.5 11.5 -5.1 -6.0 -5.4 2.2 -7.0 .5 1.1 -.8 .7 2.5 2.7 2.2 -.9 8.7 -8.4 -11.3 -2.2 -5.2 -1.0 -3.9 -.4 2.1 -.9 4.7 3.0 .6 -.1 1.5 Feb. 1997 Expenditure category See footnotes at end of table. 22 Table 4. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Seasonally adjusted U.S. city average, detailed expenditure categories—Continued (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent change for Seasonally adjusted indexes 6 months ended— 3 months ended— Item and group Oct. 1997 Nov. 1997 144.9 141.4 144.0 141.4 121.7 122.4 122.0 123.8 131.9 151.7 163.9 147.0 107.5 107.2 105.5 111.0 108.1 163.5 175.0 143.9 140.7 143.7 141.2 121.6 122.4 121.3 123.6 131.8 151.1 164.2 146.8 105.2 104.7 102.7 108.6 105.7 163.9 175.4 171.0 151.1 168.9 178.1 104.5 131.6 101.6 98.9 108.3 195.8 252.9 92.5 188.8 May 1997 Aug. 1997 Nov. 1997 May 1997 1.4 3.4 -.6 -.6 -1.3 -.3 -.7 .3 -1.5 1.1 2.5 .5 13.1 13.6 14.3 1.8 12.3 2.3 5.1 -4.6 -6.6 -.3 -.3 .3 -1.6 1.3 -1.0 -3.3 -1.0 1.5 -5.3 -29.3 -30.0 -30.7 -9.0 -26.5 2.5 5.3 1.7 2.6 .0 -.3 -3.2 -1.6 1.0 -.6 1.2 .0 .5 -14.0 15.2 17.1 18.8 9.1 11.7 3.0 3.8 -0.8 -1.4 -1.7 -1.4 -2.3 1.0 -2.6 -3.8 -.6 -.8 2.0 -3.2 -3.7 -4.5 -5.6 -11.0 -3.0 1.2 3.7 -1.7 -1.7 -.4 -.4 -.5 -1.0 .3 -.3 -2.4 .0 2.0 -2.4 -10.6 -10.8 -11.0 -3.7 -9.2 2.4 5.2 0.4 .6 -.8 -.8 -2.7 -.3 -.8 -2.2 .3 -.4 1.2 -8.8 5.3 5.8 5.9 -1.5 4.1 2.1 3.8 171.3 151.2 169.0 178.0 104.5 131.6 101.6 99.1 108.2 195.6 253.2 91.5 188.2 2.2 -.5 1.5 1.8 .0 -4.5 .4 1.2 2.3 2.1 2.9 -2.9 9.2 3.8 .5 3.2 2.1 -1.1 6.6 -2.3 -3.9 -.7 2.7 3.4 -2.5 -.7 2.1 5.5 1.4 2.3 ,8 -2.7 1.6 -1.6 2.3 2.3 2.4 .9 8.8 -.5 2.4 1.4 .0 -1.9 -.3 -1.9 -4.3 .7 .2 .6 -9.5 1.5 3.0 .0 2.3 1.9 -.6 .9 -1.0 -1.4 .7 2.4 3.2 -2.7 4.2 .8 3.9 1.4 1.1 -.6 -1.5 -.2 -3.0 1.5 1.2 1.5 -4.4 5.1 187.4 191.5 191.7 205.5 155.5 176.7 187.6 190.0 187.2 197.5 155.1 176.7 -.7 20.4 -13.3 -13.6 -2.0 -2.0 -.2 -1.1 15.1 19.1 2.1 1.1 6.7 10.6 -8.0 -14.1 -.3 1.4 2.2 1.1 6.0 7.4 .5 1.8 -.4 9.1 -.1 1.4 .0 -.5 4.4 5.7 -1.3 -3.9 .1 1.6 236.1 215.6 249.0 146.4 173.9 173.3 240.5 217.0 224.3 229.1 141.9 152.7 280.2 102.3 101.7 226.7 103.2 236.9 216.0 249.7 146.0 173.3 173.2 241.4 217.3 224.8 229.8 141.7 153.4 281.3 102.7 102.1 227.3 103.4 2.3 2.7 3.1 3.7 4.5 2.1 2.2 2.9 2.0 5.2 2.6 4.4 3.4 3.8 4.4 4.3 1.7 .7 3.3 3.6 4.4 4.1 4.2 1.4 2.7 3.5 1.2 .8 4.0 2.0 1.7 -.6 .0 1.4 .2 3.3 2.2 2.4 2.4 3.6 1.1 4.0 1.2 2.4 2.0 2.0 4.8 2.4 .9 .0 .5 .2 1.6 2.7 1.9 1.8 3.6 .0 1.6 3.8 3.2 2.4 3.4 1.6 3.1 3.5 3.7 2.7 2.6 2.7 2.9 3.6 3.0 4.7 2.0 3.5 3.5 2.1 .2 .0 1.0 .2 2.5 2.4 2.2 2.1 3.6 .6 2.8 2.5 2.8 2.2 2.7 3.2 Feb. 1997 Nov. 1997 Expenditure category Transportation............................................................................................... Private ........................................................................................................ New vehicles........................................................................................... New c a rs ............................................................................................... Subcompact new cars 2 5 .................................................................. Compact new cars 2 5 ........................................................................ Intermediate new ca rs2 5 .................................................................. Full-size new cars 2 5 ......................................................................... Luxury new cars 2 5 ............................................................................ New trucks 6.......................................................................................... New motorcycles 5 ............................................................................... Used ca rs ................................................................................................. Motor fu e l................................................................................................. Gasoline................................................................................................. Gasoline, unleaded regular............................................................... Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 1 9 ...................................................... Gasoline, unleaded premium............................................................ Automobile maintenance and repair....................................................... Body work 1 ........................................................................................... Automobile drive train, brake, and miscellaneous mechanical repair12....................................... Maintenance and servicing 1................................................................ Power plant repair2 .............................................................................. Other private transportation 2 ................................................................. Other private transportation commodities 2 ........................................ Motor oil, coolant, and other products 1........................................... Automobile parts and equipment..................................................... Tires................................................................................................. Other parts and equipment1 2 ....................................................... Other private transportation services 2 ................................................ Automobile insurance......................................................................... Automobile finance charges 2 ........................................................... Automobile fees 12............................................................................. Automobile registration, licensing, and inspection fees 1 2 .............................................................. Other automobile-related fees 1 2 ................................................... Public transportation.................................................................................. Airline fares 1 ........................................................................................... Other intercity transportation 1 ............................................................... Intracity public transportation 1............................................................... Medical ca re .................................................................................................. Medical care commodities......................................................................... Prescription drugs................................................................................... Nonprescription drugs and medical supplies 1 5 ................................... 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 5 ........................................................................................... Services by other medical professionals 5 .......................................... Hospital and related services................................................................. Hospital services 10.............................................................................. Inpatient hospital services 10............................................................. Outpatient hospital services 5 ........................................................... Nursing home services 10..................................................................... See footnotes at end of table. 23 - 8.5 - - 6.3 ” Table 4. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Seasonally adjusted U.S. city average, detailed expenditure categories—Continued (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) Seasonally adjusted indexes Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent change for Item and group 3 months ended— 6 months ended— Oct. 1997 Nov. 1997 163.3 144.6 179.4 191.0 168.7 121.8 123.6 117.3 133.5 126.2 134.5 143.2 185.1 131.6 162.9 144.3 179.7 191.5 168.9 121.6 123.1 117.5 133.4 125.8 134.9 143.1 184.6 131.2 2.0 .6 1.1 1.5 .5 3.0 7.7 -.3 .0 -2.2 3.3 2.6 3.1 -4.7 1.7 -1.1 .0 .2 .0 -4.5 -4.1 -5.0 -.9 -4.3 .0 -.3 3.8 1.5 3.2 2.5 2.9 -.2 6.4 2.7 1.9 3.1 .6 3.9 -2.1 -1.1 4.0 -5.0 -1.2 -1.1 .0 .6 -.7 -3.5 -5.0 -2.0 -.3 -3.4 4.3 2.6 -1.1 .9 1.9 -.3 .6 .8 .2 -.8 1.6 -2.7 -.4 -3.3 1.7 1.1 3.5 -1.6 1.0 .7 1.5 .2 2.8 -.5 -1.6 .5 .2 .2 1.0 .7 1.4 -2.1 172.7 200.4 169.8 144.1 170.5 200.1 170.9 143.5 7.2 3.6 3.9 5.0 14.3 3.5 2.7 3.1 -4.8 14.7 8.1 2.5 -2.1 -7.8 .9 .0 10.7 3.5 3.3 4.0 -3.4 2.9 4.5 1.3 229.1 250.2 153.3 144.5 229.9 250.4 154.3 146.1 3.9 2.7 .8 —3.8 5.9 9.2 2.9 2.3 4.3 .5 -.3 -1.7 5.4 12.4 4.8 7.4 4.9 5.9 1.9 -.8 4.9 6.3 2.2 2.8 152.2 153.4 5.7 -3.9 -1.3 8.5 .8 3.5 139.0 163.4 162.5 141.0 163.5 162.5 -10.4 5.4 5.7 7.2 4.0 4.1 -1.7 1.0 1.0 6.5 2.0 1.7 -2.0 4.7 4.9 2.3 1.5 1.4 166.4 263.7 242.6 265.2 284.2 296.7 295.8 136.1 229.2 167.2 193.3 171.7 167.0 264.7 243.1 266.2 285.5 298.2 297.1 136.5 229.9 167.4 194.0 172.0 3.0 5.3 3.0 5.5 5.3 6.0 5.0 4.0 5.4 2.0 11.1 6.2 4.7 5.4 6.0 5.4 5.8 6.1 5.1 4.0 5.5 3.5 7.0 9.2 2.4 7.0 8.0 6.9 6.0 6.1 9.5 3.0 8.6 13.0 3.6 3.6 2.2 2.9 3.2 2.9 3.6 .7 9.4 5.8 1.6 2.2 1.5 1.2 3.9 5.4 4.5 5.4 5.5 6.1 5.0 4.0 5.5 2.8 9.0 7.7 2.3 4.9 5.6 4.9 4.8 3.4 9.4 4.4 5.1 7.4 2.5 2.4 160.6 129.4 161.2 128.6 -1.2 -5.4 -1.2 4.5 3.6 5.7 1.8 -7.4 -1.2 -.6 2.7 -1.1 107.8 147.3 153.4 105.6 147.7 153.9 12.7 2.5 .8 -28.7 -.8 4.1 14.3 -1.6 4.0 -3.7 8.6 2.6 -10.4 .8 2.4 4.9 3.3 3.3 Feb. 1997 May 1997 Aug. 1997 Nov. 1997 May 1997 Nov. 1997 Expenditure category Entertainment2 ............................................................................................ Entertainment commodities 2 .................................................................... Reading materials 1................................................................................. Newspapers 1 2 ..................................................................................... Magazines, periodicals, and books 12................................................. Sporting goods and equipment1 ........................................................... Sport vehicles, including bicycles 1...................................................... Other sporting goods 1 ......................................................................... Toys, hobbies, and other entertainment1 2 ........................................... Toys, hobbies, and music equipment2 ............................................... Photographic supplies and equipment1.............................................. Pet supplies and expense 1 ................................................................. Entertainment services2 ........................................................................... Club memberships 2 5 ............................................................................. Fees for participant sports, excluding club memberships 2 5 ......................................................................... Admissions 1 ............................................................................................ Fees for lessons or instructions 5 .................. ........................................ Other entertainment services 12 5 ......................................................... Other goods and services 3 ........................................................................ Tobacco and smoking products............................................................... 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 2 ................................................. Haircuts and other barber shop services for males 2 ................................. ....................................... Personal and educational expenses2 ....................................................... School books and supplies..................................................................... Personal and educational services2 ...................................................... Tuition and other school fees.............................................................. College tu ition .................................................................................... Elementary and high school tuition................................................... Day care and nursery school8 ......................................................... Personal expenses............................................................................... Legal service fees 1 5 ......................................................................... Personal financial services 1 5........................................................... Funeral expenses 5 ........................................................................... Special indexes Domestically produced farm fo o d ............................................................... Selected beef c u ts ....................................................................................... Motor fuel, motor oil, coolant, and other products 2 ................................................................................................ Utilities and public transportation................................................................ Housekeeping and home maintenance services 1 2 .................................. 1 Not seasonally adjusted. 6 Indexes on a December 1983=100 base. 2 This index series will no longer appear in its present form after7 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base. December, 1997. See Table X for a comparable index series. 8 Indexes on a December 1990=100 base. 3 This index series will undergo a change in composition in January,9 Indexes on a December 1993=100 base. 1998. 10 Indexes on a December 1996=100 base. 4 Indexes on a December 1982=100 base. Data not available. 5 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base.NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. 24 Table 5. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, unadjusted indexes for special detailed expenditure categories 1 (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) Percent change to Nov. 1997 from— 1-month percent changes ended— Indexes Item Oct. 1997 Nov. 1997 Aug. 1997 Sept. 1997 Oct. 1997 Nov. 1997 183.7 168.5 179.0 180.4 213.8 174.3 184.1 171.2 174.9 179.4 209.8 176.9 184.8 171.6 177.4 181.4 210.5 175.9 184.3 169.8 177.0 183.7 207.1 173.6 -0.1 -.6 .4 1.0 .3 .6 0.2 1.6 -2.3 -.6 -1.9 1.5 0.4 .2 1.4 1.1 .3 -.6 -0.3 -1.0 -.2 1.3 -1.6 -1.3 1.9 1.7 .4 2.9 1.9 1.0 Other dairy products 2...................................................................... 177.1 171.1 146.9 157.2 147.6 150.9 137.9 160.6 115.0 157.4 177.2 171.5 148.3 156.6 147.3 147.7 137.9 163.6 113.9 156.2 176.9 170.8 148.5 154.5 147.0 150.0 138.5 163.6 114.5 161.0 177.5 167.0 148.3 154.7 145.4 149.7 138.3 164.4 123.4 158.4 -1.6 1.7 -.4 .3 2.6 -.4 -.3 .7 2.4 .3 .1 .2 1.0 -.4 -.2 -2.1 .0 1.9 -1.0 -.8 -.2 -.4 .1 -1.3 -.2 1.6 .4 .0 .5 3.1 .3 -2.2 -.1 .1 -1.1 -.2 -.1 .5 7.8 -1.6 3.1 -3.4 1.0 .4 .6 1.2 -.6 2.2 3.4 1.2 Frozen fruit and fruit juices 2............................................................. Other fruit juices 2............................................................................. Cut corn, canned beans except lima 2 .............................................. Other processed vegetables 2 .......................................................... 136.3 151.6 151.9 151.4 134.2 152.1 147.0 151.4 136.1 151.2 147.2 150.1 135.8 151.2 146.8 150.5 -.9 -.1 1.4 .1 -1.5 .3 -3.2 .0 1.4 -.6 .1 -.9 -.2 .0 -.3 .3 -1.1 1.2 -1.1 .0 Candy and chewing gum 2 ............................................................... Other sweets 2 ................................................................................. Margarine......................................................................................... Other fats, oils, and salad dressing 2 ................................................ Nondairy substitutes and peanut butter2.......................................... Roasted coffee................................................................................ Instant and freeze-dried coffee........................................................ Seasonings, olives, pickles, and relish 2 ........................................... Other condiments............................................................................ Miscellaneous prepared foods and baby foods2............................... Other canned and packaged prepared foods2................................. 153.1 148.4 144.6 143.9 138.3 196.4 157.4 174.1 160.8 178.1 143.4 152.9 154.0 145.1 144.7 139.0 194.5 157.2 174.3 162.0 179.8 143.6 153.0 153.6 145.2 144.8 138.0 188.7 157.4 174.6 163.4 183.2 143.3 152.4 152.4 143.8 143.5 137.5 183.0 156.4 169.6 161.2 181.3 145.3 -.6 -4.7 -.6 .3 -.2 .7 -.3 1.7 .6 -.9 .1 -.1 3.8 .3 .6 .5 -1.0 -.1 .1 .7 1.0 .1 .1 -.3 .1 .1 -.7 -3.0 .1 .2 .9 1.9 -.2 -.4 -.8 -1.0 -9 -.4 -3.0 -.6 -2.9 -1.3 -1.0 1.4 .9 7.6 .5 -.2 .1 26.4 7.0 -.8 3.7 3.0 4.9 Whiskey at home..................................... ........................................ Other alcoholic beverages at home.................................................. 151.4 151.2 151.6 151.7 152.2 152.2 152.1 152.2 -.1 .5 .1 .3 .4 .3 -.1 .0 2.3 2.6 111.0 112.2 110.7 109.0 .0 1.1 -1.3 -1.5 -1.4 135.9 141.9 148.4 142.5 134.3 143.8 149.3 141.0 133.6 141.7 149.3 142.5 133.4 143.4 150.0 141.8 -2.5 -.6 -.7 -.3 -1.2 1.3 .6 -1.1 -.5 -1.5 .0 1.1 -.1 1.2 .5 -.5 1.8 .5 2.6 -.7 153.5 153.8 155.2 155.6 -2.4 .2 .9 .3 3.0 132.7 144.4 116.3 117.9 118.9 109.2 132.9 147.8 119.2 117.5 126.9 113.0 138.5 154.2 120.2 117.6 124.4 112.2 136.8 149.5 123.8 118.8 120.3 110.5 2.2 2.5 1.6 -2.4 -1.5 -1.6 .2 2.4 2.5 -.3 6.7 3.5 4.2 4.3 .8 .1 -2.0 -.7 -1.2 -3.0 3.0 1.0 -3.3 -1.5 .1 .9 1.7 .5 -4.4 -5.8 208.5 207.9 210.0 210.3 .0 -.3 1.0 .1 2.4 127.7 127.3 127.5 128.6 .1 -.3 .2 .9 -2.5 Aug. 1997 Sept. 1997 Nov. 1996 Food and beverages Other breads.................................................................................... Fresh biscuits, rolls, and muffins2 .................................................... 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 2................................................................................. Other pork 2..................................................................................... Frankfurters..................................................................................... Bologna, liverwurst, and salami2 ...................................................... Other lunchmeats 2 .......................................................................... Lamb and organ meats.................................................................... Housing Household linens 2 ........................................................................... Curtains, drapes, slipcovers, and sewing materials 2 ................................................................................... Soaps and detergents 2.................................................................... Other laundry and cleaning products 2 .............................................. Cleansing and toilet tissue, paper towels, and napkins 2 .................. Stationery, stationery supplies, and gift wrap 2 ......................................................................................... Apparel and upkeep Men’s suits, sport coats, and jackets 2 ............................................. Men’s coats and jackets 2.................................. ............................. Boys’ coats, jackets, sweaters, and shirts 2 ...................................... Boys’ trousers, sport coats, and jackets 2 ........................................ Girls’ coats, jackets, dresses, and suits 2 ......................................... Girls’ separates and sportswear2 ..................................................... Transportation State automobile registration 2 ......................................................... Other goods and services Products for hair, hair pieces, and wigs 2 ......................................... 1 2 These special indexes are based on substantially smaller samples. This index series will no longer appear in its present form after December, 1997. See Table X for a comparable index series. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. 25 Table 6. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): U.S. city average, by expenditure category and commodity and service group (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) Group Relative importance, December 1996 Unadjusted indexes Oct. 1997 Nov. 1997 Unadjusted percent change to Nov. 1997 from— Nov. 1996 Oct. 1997 Seasonally adjusted percent change from— Aug. to Sept. Sept. to Oct. Oct. to Nov. Expenditure category All ite m s ..................................................................................... All items (1967=100)................................................................ 100.000 - 158.5 472.3 158.5 472.2 1.7 - 0.0 - 0.3 - 0.2 - 0.1 - Food and beverages.............................................................. Food...................................................................................... Food at h o m e .................................................................... Cereals and bakery products......................................... Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs........................................ Dairy products 1 .............................................................. Fruits and vegetables 2 ................................................... Other food at home........................................................ Sugar and sweets........................................................ Fats and o ils ................................................................. Nonalcoholic beverages............................................... Other prepared fo o d ..................................................... Food away from home....................................................... Alcoholic beverages............................................................. 19.436 17.749 11.387 1.688 3.535 1.387 2.086 2.691 .373 .282 .841 1.194 6.362 1.687 158.1 157.7 158.0 178.0 148.5 145.5 187.7 148.4 148.0 141.4 135.2 162.3 158.2 162.8 158.3 157.9 158.1 177.8 149.0 146.8 188.4 147.0 147.3 140.2 133.3 161.3 158.6 162.8 1.7 1.6 1.1 1.5 .3 -1.6 1.7 2.8 2.3 -.2 5.2 2.0 2.5 2.0 .1 .1 .1 -.1 .3 .9 .4 -.9 -.5 -.8 -1.4 -.6 .3 .0 .1 .1 .0 .2 -.3 .1 -.4 .3 .5 .5 -.1 .4 .3 .0 .2 .2 .3 .3 -.2 1.6 .5 -.1 -.3 -.4 -.1 .1 .2 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 .0 .9 .2 -.4 .4 -.1 -1.1 -.1 .3 .1 Housing 2 ................................................................................. S helter.................................................................................. Renters’ costs 3 4............................................................... Rent, residential.............................................................. Other renters’ costs 4 ...................................................... Homeowners’ costs 3 4 ..................................................... Owners’ equivalent re n t3 ............................................... Household insurance 3 4 ................................................. Maintenance and repairs 14.............................................. Maintenance and repair services 1 4 .............................. Maintenance and repair commodities 14....................... Fuel and other utilities 2 ...................................................... Fuels................................................................................... Fuel oil and other household fuel commodities............................................................... Gas (piped) and electricity (energy services)..................................................................... Other utilities and public services 4....................................................................... Household furnishings and operation 2 ............................... Housefurnishings 4............................................................. Housekeeping supplies...................................................... Housekeeping services 4 ................................................... 38.747 25.867 8.079 6.580 1.499 17.599 17.277 .322 .189 .105 .084 7.344 3.979 154.4 172.7 163.6 167.9 224.6 167.1 167.4 151.3 142.6 154.4 127.8 130.6 116.8 154.5 172.8 162.7 168.4 215.6 167.6 167.9 151.4 142.8 154.7 127.9 130.9 117.3 2.5 3.0 3.2 3.1 4.0 2.9 2.9 .9 2.1 3.2 .6 2.2 1.9 .1 .1 -.6 .3 -4.0 .3 .3 .1 .1 .2 .1 .2 .4 .3 .2 .3 .3 .4 .2 .2 .5 -1.9 -2.7 -.6 .7 1.0 .2 .3 .4 .2 1.2 .2 .2 .1 1.1 1.4 .5 .4 .6 .4 .2 .1 .2 -.4 .3 .3 .1 .1 .2 .1 1.0 1.5 .391 95.0 96.4 -8.8 1.5 .1 -.2 .5 3.588 124.6 124.9 3.1 .2 1.1 .6 1.7 3.365 5.536 3.261 1.129 1.145 163.3 123.9 109.0 143.9 156.2 163.6 123.7 108.5 144.2 156.6 2.6 .3 -.9 1.3 2.8 .2 -.2 -.5 .2 .3 .3 .1 -.1 .3 .3 .1 .1 .1 .0 .1 .3 .0 -.2 .2 .4 Apparel and upkeep............................................................... Apparel commodities 4 ......................................................... Men’s and boys’ apparel................................................... Women’s and girls’ apparel .............................................. Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel1 ........................................ Footwear............................................................................. Other apparel commodities 4 ............................................ Apparel services 14.............................................................. 5.348 4.838 1.286 2.053 .240 .799 .461 .510 133.9 130.5 132.4 126.8 127.7 131.8 145.4 162.8 133.6 130.2 132.7 127.0 127.1 130.4 143.5 162.6 .9 .9 1.4 1.6 -.5 1.2 -3.5 1.6 -.2 -.2 .2 .2 -.5 -1.1 -1.3 -.1 .2 .2 .3 .7 -.1 -.5 -1.2 .1 .1 .1 -.1 -.6 -.5 1.7 1.0 .0 .1 .2 -.3 .8 -.5 -.7 .1 -.1 Transportation ......................................................................... Private transportation........................................................... New vehicles...................................................................... New ca rs.......................................................................... Used c a rs .......................................................................... Motor fu e l........................................................................... Gasoline........................................................................... Maintenance and repairs................................................... Other private transportation 4 ........................................... Other private transportation commodities..................... Other private transportation services 4 .......................... Public transportation............................................................ 19.190 17.934 4.893 3.533 2.320 3.921 143.6 141.1 144.7 140.2 149.4 106.6 106.3 164.9 173.8 103.6 191.6 187.8 143.1 140.8 145.1 140.8 149.2 104.4 104.0 165.1 174.3 103.6 192.3 183.9 -1.0 -1.0 -.6 -.8 -5.4 -3.4 -3.2 2.3 1.4 -.6 1.7 -.3 -.3 -.2 .3 .4 -.1 -2.1 -2.2 .1 .3 .0 .4 -2.1 .4 .3 .1 .0 -.2 1.4 1.6 .0 .1 -.2 .1 1.2 -.1 -.1 -.1 -.2 -.5 -.5 -.6 .1 -.1 -.2 .0 2.2 -.7 -.6 -.4 -.3 -.1 -2.2 -2.4 .2 .0 -.1 .0 -1.7 - 1.616 5.185 .742 4.442 1.256 See footnotes at end of table. 26 Table 6. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): U.S. city average, by expenditure category and commodity and service group—Continued (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) Group Unadjusted indexes Relative importance, December 1996 Oct. 1997 Nov. 1997 Unadjusted percent change to Nov. 1997 from— Nov. 1996 Oct. 1997 Seasonally adjusted percent change from— Aug. to Sept. Sept. to Oct. Oct. to Nov. Expenditure category Medical c a re ............................................................................ Medical care commodities................................................... Medical care services.......................................................... Professional medical services........................................... 6.251 1.047 5.204 2.973 235.2 212.9 240.3 218.1 235.8 213.1 240.8 218.5 2.6 1.9 2.6 3.0 0.3 .1 .2 .2 0.2 .2 .2 .1 0.2 .0 .2 .2 0.3 .3 .2 .2 Entertainment4 ........................................................................ Entertainment commodities 4 ............................................... Entertainment services 4 ...................................................... 4.015 2.036 1.979 160.6 143.1 185.3 160.3 142.9 184.9 1.3 .1 2.5 -.2 -.1 -.2 -.2 .1 -.4 .1 -.3 .4 -.2 -.3 -.3 Other goods and services 2 .................................................... Tobacco and smoking products.......................................... Personal care 1 ..................................................................... Toilet goods and personal care appliances 1 .................. Personal care services 1.................................................... Personal and educational expenses 4 ................................. School books and supplies............................................... Personal and educational services4 ................................. 7.012 2.117 1.107 .610 .497 3.788 .232 3.556 226.1 249.9 153.3 145.4 163.5 260.8 244.7 262.4 226.7 250.5 154.3 147.1 163.7 261.2 244.7 262.8 5.1 6.2 2.0 1.2 3.2 5.3 5.2 5.2 .3 .2 .7 1.2 .1 .2 .0 .2 .5 1.4 .1 .2 .1 .2 .0 .2 .8 1.5 .5 .5 .3 .4 .6 .4 .4 .1 .7 1.2 .1 .3 .3 .3 100.000 47.057 19.436 27.621 16.215 4.838 11.377 11.407 52.943 25.329 8.553 7.314 5.204 6.542 158.5 142.3 158.1 132.7 135.7 130.5 141.2 127.3 178.0 166.2 134.5 184.2 240.3 209.4 158.5 142.1 158.3 132.3 135.1 130.2 140.5 127.3 178.1 166.3 134.8 184.0 240.8 209.5 1.7 .4 1.7 -.5 .4 .9 .2 -1.7 2.8 3.1 2.7 1.5 2.6 4.0 .0 -.1 .1 -.3 -.4 -.2 -.5 .0 .1 .1 .2 -.1 .2 .0 .3 .2 .1 .4 .7 .2 .8 .0 .3 .3 .6 .2 .2 .0 .2 .1 .2 .0 .1 .1 -.1 -.1 .3 .2 .4 .4 .2 .4 .1 -.1 .1 -.4 -.4 .2 -.6 -.3 .3 .2 .8 -.2 .2 .1 82.251 74.133 82.401 93.749 29.308 17.901 13.064 35.651 27.613 47.738 7.901 92.099 74.350 24.996 4.312 49.354 158.6 154.8 148.6 154.9 133.9 137.3 142.4 147.2 169.0 172.7 111.0 165.2 167.1 142.2 105.8 183.9 158.5 154.7 148.5 154.9 133.5 136.7 141.7 147.0 169.1 172.8 110.1 165.3 167.2 142.2 104.0 184.0 1.7 1.2 1.4 1.7 -.4 .5 .4 1.1 2.7 2.9 -.7 1.9 2.0 .3 -3.9 2.9 -.1 -.1 -.1 .0 -.3 -.4 -.5 -.1 .1 .1 -.8 .1 .1 .0 -1.7 .1 .3 .3 .3 .3 .3 .8 .8 .3 .3 .3 1.2 .1 .2 .2 1.2 .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 .0 .0 -.1 .1 .4 .4 .1 .2 .2 .1 -.4 .3 .1 .0 .1 .1 -.3 -.3 -.5 -.1 .3 .2 -.3 .1 .1 .0 -2.1 .1 $.631 .212 $.631 .212 -1.7 - .0 - -.3 - -.2 - - Commodity and service group All ite m s ..................................................................................... Commodities............................................................................ Food and beverages............................................................ Commodities less food and beverages............................... Nondurables less food and beverages............................. Apparel commodities 4 .................................................... Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel........... Durables.............................................................................. Services................................................................................... Rent of shelter3 ................................................................... Household services less rent of shelter3 4 ........................ Transportation services....................................................... Medical care services.......................................................... Other services ...................................................................... Special indexes All items less fo o d ..................................................................... All items less shelter.............................................. ................... All items less homeowners’ costs 3 4 ....................................... All items less medical c a re ....................................................... Commodities less fo o d ............................................................. Nondurables less fo o d .............................................................. Nondurables less food and apparel......................................... Nondurables.............................................................................. Services less rent of shelter3 4 ................................................ Services less medical care services........................................ Energy........................................................................................ All items less energy................................................................. All items less food and energy.............................................. Commodities less food and energy commodities.............. Energy commodities.......................................................... Services less energy services............................................. Purchasing power of the consumer dollar: 1982-84-$1.00 1 .................................................................... 1967— $1.00 1 .......................................................................... - - 1 Not seasonally adjusted. 2 This index series will undergo a change in composition in January, 1998. 3 Indexes on a December 1984=100 base. 27 .0 4 This index series will no longer appear in its present form after December, 1997. See Table X for a comparable index series. Data not available. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. Table 7. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Seasonally adjusted U.S. city average, by expenditure category and commodity and service group (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) Seasonally adjusted indexes Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent change for Group 3 months ended— Aug. 1997 Sept. 1997 Oct. 1997 Nov. 1997 - - - Food and beverages............................................................. F o o d .................................................................................... Food at hom e................................................................... Cereals and bakery products ....................................... Meats, poultry, fish, and e g g s...................................... Dairy products 1 .................... ......................................... Fruits and vegetables 2.................................................. Other food at ho m e ...................................................... Sugar and sweets....................................................... Fats and o ils ............................................................... Nonalcoholic beverages............................................. Other prepared fo o d ................................................... Food away from hom e..................................................... Alcoholic beverages........................................................... 158.1 157.6 158.2 177.5 149.1 143.0 190.9 147.9 147.5 141.3 135.6 161.4 157.4 162.8 158.2 157.8 158.2 177.9 148.7 143.2 190.2 148.3 148.2 142.0 135.4 162.1 157.8 162.8 Housing 2 ............................................................................... Shelter................................................................................. Renters’ costs 3 4 ............................................................. Rent, residential ............................................................ Other renters’ costs 4 .................................................... Homeowners’ costs 3 4 ..................................................... Owners’ equivalent re n t3 .............................................. Household insurance 3 4 ................................................ Maintenance and repairs 1 4 ............................................ Maintenance and repair services 14............................. Maintenance and repair commodities 1 4 ..................... Fuel and other utilities 2 ...................................................... F uels................................................................................. Fuel oil and other household fuel commodities........... Gas (piped) and electricity (energy services).................................................................... Other utilities and public services 4 ................................. Household furnishings and operation 2 .............................. Housefurnishings 4 ........................................................... Housekeeping supplies.................................................... Housekeeping services 4.................................................. 153.4 171.6 162.4 167.0 223.9 166.1 166.5 150.3 143.8 156.5 128.0 129.5 114.7 96.5 6 months ended— Feb. 1997 May 1997 Aug. 1997 Nov. 1997 May 1997 Nov. 1997 - 2.3 0.3 2.1 2.0 1.3 2.0 158.5 158.1 158.6 178.4 148.4 145.5 191.1 148.2 147.7 141.4 135.2 162.3 158.1 163.0 158.7 158.3 158.7 178.6 148.4 146.8 191.4 147.6 148.3 141.2 133.7 162.1 158.5 163.2 .3 .3 -1.3 .0 -.3 -8.3 -2.7 2.2 5.3 .3 -.6 3.6 2.9 2.3 1.0 .8 .3 1.6 .8 -2.4 -5.5 5.1 1.6 .0 17.8 -1.0 1.3 2.0 3.6 3.6 4.1 1.8 2.5 -5.7 15.6 4.7 .0 -.8 10.7 3.5 3.1 2.7 1.5 1.8 1.3 2.5 -1.9 11.1 1.1 -.8 2.2 -.3 -5.5 1.7 2.8 1.0 .6 .5 -.5 .8 .3 -5.4 -4.1 3.7 3.5 .1 8.2 1.3 2.1 2.1 2.6 2.7 2.7 2.2 .3 2.4 8.1 1.9 1.1 -.6 2.3 2.6 3.0 1.9 153.9 172.0 162.9 167.5 224.7 166.5 166.8 151.1 141.1 152.2 127.2 130.4 115.8 96.6 154.2 172.5 163.6 167.9 227.5 166.8 167.1 151.2 142.6 154.4 127.8 130.9 116.5 96.4 154.8 172.9 163.7 168.3 226.5 167.3 167.6 151.3 142.8 154.7 127.9 132.2 118.3 96.9 2.9 3.1 3.3 2.5 7.4 3.0 3.0 -2.4 2.3 1.1 3.8 6.0 9.3 -.8 1.3 3.4 3.8 3.5 4.6 3.0 3.2 1.3 2.9 4.3 .9 -6.5 -13.1 -22.1 1.8 2.6 2.2 3.2 -.7 2.9 2.9 2.4 6.1 12.7 -1.9 1.6 .3 -11.9 3.7 3.1 3.2 3.2 4.7 2.9 2.7 2.7 -2.8 -4.5 -.3 8.6 13.2 1.7 2.1 3.2 3.6 3.0 6.0 3.0 3.1 -.5 2.6 2.7 2.4 -.5 -2.6 -12.0 2.8 2.8 2.7 3.2 2.0 2.9 2.8 2.6 1.6 3.7 -1.1 5.0 6.6 -5.3 122.2 162.8 123.6 109.0 143.4 155.5 123.5 163.3 123.7 108.9 143.8 156.0 124.3 163.5 123.8 109.0 143.8 156.2 126.4 164.0 123.8 108.8 144.1 156.8 10.1 2.0 .3 .0 2.3 .0 -12.1 2.0 2.0 1.5 1.7 3.5 1.7 3.3 -1.9 -4.3 -.8 4.2 14.5 3.0 .6 -.7 2.0 3.4 -1.6 2.0 1.1 .7 2.0 1.7 7.9 3.1 -.6 -2.5 .6 3.8 Apparel and upkeep.......................................................... Apparel commodities 4 ....................................................... Men’s and boys’ apparel ................................................. Women’s and girls’ apparel............................................. Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel1....................................... Footwear........................................................................... Other apparel commodities 4 ........................................... Apparel services 1 4 ............................................................ 131.5 128.0 130.4 123.6 128.4 129.0 144.6 162.7 131.7 128.2 130.8 124.5 128.3 128.3 142.8 162.8 131.8 128.3 130.7 123.7 127.7 130.5 144.2 162.8 131.9 128.5 130.3 124.7 127.1 129.6 144.4 162.6 3.4 3.5 -1.2 10.8 1.3 -1.6 -5.0 3.3 3.4 3.5 6.4 2.6 23.0 1.6 -5.0 1.5 -4.1 -4.8 .9 -9.4 -17.9 2.5 -3.3 2.0 1.2 1.6 -.3 3.6 -4.0 1.9 -.6 -.2 3.4 3.5 2.5 6.6 11.6 .0 -5.0 2.4 -1.5 -1.7 .3 -3.1 -11.2 2.2 -1.9 .9 Transportation........................................................................ Private transportation......................................................... New vehicles.................................................................... New c a rs ........................................................................ Used ca rs.......................................................................... Motor fu e l................................................................... ...... Gasoline ......................................................................... Maintenance and repairs................................................. Other private transportation 4 .......................................... Other private transportation commodities 4 ................. Other private transportation services 4......................... Public transportation........................................................... 143.4 141.3 145.4 141.3 149.5 106.3 106.1 164.4 173.6 104.1 191.2 182.3 144.0 141.7 145.6 141.3 149.2 107.8 107.8 164.4 173.7 103.9 191.4 184.4 143.9 141.5 145.4 141.0 148.5 107.3 107.2 164.6 173.6 103.7 191.4 188.4 142.9 140.6 144.8 140.6 148.3 104.9 104.6 164.9 173.6 103.6 191.4 185.2 2.5 3.4 -.5 -.6 1.0 13.1 13.2 1.5 1.4 -.8 1.9 -12.1 -6.4 -7.3 .0 .0 -5.0 -29.9 -30.3 3.3 1.6 -.4 1.9 11.6 1.7 2.3 -.5 -.6 -13.7 15.7 18.0 3.0 2.6 .8 2.8 -5.5 -1.4 -2.0 -1.6 -2.0 -3.2 -5.2 -5.5 1.2 .0 -1.9 .4 6.5 -2.1 -2.1 -.3 -.3 -2.0 -10.9 -11.2 2.4 1.5 -.6 1.9 -1.0 .1 .1 -1.1 -1.3 -8.6 4.7 5.6 2.1 1.3 -.6 1.6 .3 Expenditure category All item s.................................................................................... See footnotes at end of table. 28 Table 7. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Seasonally adjusted U.S. city average, by expenditure category and commodity and service group—Continued (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) Seasonally adjusted indexes Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent change for Group 3 months ended— Aug. 1997 Sept. 1997 Oct. 1997 Nov. 1997 Medical care........................................................................... Medical care commodities.................................................. Medical care services........................................................ Professional medical services......................................... Entertainment4 ...................................................................... Entertainment commodities 4 ............................................. Entertainment services 4 ..................................................... 234.7 212.5 239.5 217.7 161.0 143.6 185.6 235.1 212.9 240.0 218.0 160.6 143.7 184.8 235.6 212.9 240.5 218.4 160.7 143.3 185.5 Other goods and services 2 .................................................. Tobacco and smoking products........................................ Personal care 1.................................................................... Toilet goods and personal care appliances 1 ................ Personal care services 1 .................................................. Personal and educational expenses4................................ School books and supplies............................................. Personal and educational services4 ............................... 222.7 242.7 152.4 144.4 162.8 257.5 243.1 258.8 223.9 246.1 152.6 144.7 163.0 257.9 243.1 259.2 225.6 249.9 153.3 145.4 163.5 259.0 244.5 260.3 6 months ended— Feb. 1997 May 1997 Aug. 1997 Nov. 1997 May 1997 Nov. 1997 236.2 213.6 241.1 218.9 160.3 142.9 184.9 2.3 2.9 2.1 2.9 1.8 .6 2.7 3.7 4.0 3.8 4.6 1.0 -1.7 4.5 1.7 -1.1 2.2 2.6 4.1 3.1 4.4 2.6 2.1 2.7 2.2 -1.7 -1.9 -1.5 3.0 3.5 2.9 3.7 1.4 -.6 3.6 2.2 .5 2.4 2.4 1.1 .6 1.4 226.4 250.2 154.3 147.1 163.7 259.8 245.2 261.2 4.1 2.9 .3 -3.3 5.4 6.1 2.9 6.3 6.4 9.1 3.2 2.2 4.0 5.7 6.5 5.7 2.9 .5 -.5 -1.6 1.0 5.5 7.9 5.3 6.8 12.9 5.1 7.7 2.2 3.6 3.5 3.8 5.3 5.9 1.7 -.5 4.7 5.9 4.7 6.0 4.9 6.5 2.2 2.9 1.6 4.5 5.7 4.5 Expenditure category Commodity and service group All item s.................................................................................... Commodities........................................................................... Food and beverages.......................................... ................ Commodities less food and beverages............................. Nondurables less food and beverages......................... Apparel commodities4................................................... Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel......... Durables............................................................................ Services................................................................................. Rent of shelter3.................................................................. Household services less rent of shelter3 4 ....................... Transportation services....................................................... Medical care services........................................................ Other services..................................................................... _ _ _ _ 141.9 158.1 131.9 134.3 128.0 140.2 127.7 176.9 165.3 133.4 183.0 239.5 208.4 142.2 158.2 132.4 135.2 128.2 141.3 127.7 177.4 165.8 134.2 183.4 240.0 208.3 142.3 158.5 132.4 135.3 128.3 141.2 127.6 177.9 166.2 134.8 184.1 240.5 209.1 142.1 158.7 131.9 134.7 128.5 140.3 127.2 178.4 166.6 135.9 183.7 241.1 209.3 2.3 2.0 .3 3.1 4.2 3.5 6.7 .0 3.0 3.3 5.2 -.7 2.1 4.9 .3 -2.2 1.0 -4.1 -5.8 3.5 -9.5 -.9 2.5 3.2 -3.5 3.8 3.8 4.8 2.1 1.4 3.6 -.6 1.8 -4.8 3.8 -4.3 2.5 2.7 1.8 1.5 2.2 4.5 2.0 .6 1.5 .0 1.2 1.6 .3 -1.6 3.4 3.2 7.7 1.5 2.7 1.7 1.3 -.1 .6 -.6 -.9 3.5 -1.7 -.5 2.8 3.2 .8 1.6 2.9 4.8 2.0 1.0 2.6 -.3 1.5 -1.7 2.0 -2.9 3.0 2.9 4.7 1.5 2.4 3.1 157.5 154.1 147.9 154.1 133.4 135.9 141.8 146.5 167.8 171.5 110.0 164.6 166.5 141.5 105.7 183.2 158.0 154.5 148.3 154.5 133.8 137.0 142.9 147.0 168.3 172.0 111.3 164.8 166.8 141.8 107.0 183.6 158.3 154.8 148.6 154.8 133.8 137.0 142.8 147.1 169.0 172.7 111.4 165.2 167.1 141.9 106.6 184.1 158.4 154.8 148.7 154.9 133.4 136.6 142.1 147.0 169.5 173.1 111.1 165.4 167.3 141.9 104.4 184.3 2.9 2.1 2.5 2.4 3.0 4.5 4.6 2.5 2.9 2.9 11.2 1.5 2.2 1.1 11.9 2.5 .3 -.8 -.3 .0 -3.8 -6.3 -9.4 -3.0 1.5 2.4 -21.9 2.5 2.9 1.4 -29.1 3.6 1.5 1.8 1.6 2.1 -.3 2.4 6.5 3.6 2.4 2.6 7.6 1.7 1.0 -2.5 13.1 2.9 2.3 1.8 2.2 2.1 .0 2.1 .8 1.4 4.1 3.8 4.1 2.0 1.9 1.1 -4.8 2.4 1.5 .7 1.1 1.2 -.4 -1.0 -2.7 -.3 2.2 2.6 -6.8 2.0 2.6 1.3 -10.9 3.0 1.9 1.8 1.9 2.1 -.1 2.2 3.6 2.5 3.3 3.2 5.8 1.8 1.5 -.7 3.7 2.7 Special indexes All items less fo o d ................................................................... All items less sh e lter............................................................... All items less homeowners’ costs 3 4 ..................................... All items less medical c a re ...................................................... Commodities less fo o d ............................................................ Nondurables less food .............. ............................................. Nondurables less food and apparel ....................................... Nondurables.............................................................................. Services less rent of shelter3 ................................................. Services less medical care services....................................... Energy....................................................................................... All items less energy............................................................... All items less food and energy............................................. Commodities less food and energy commodities............. Energy commodities........................................................ Services less energy services............................................ 4 This index series will no longer appear in its present form after December, 1997. See Table X for a comparable index series. Data not available. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. 1 Not seasonally adjusted. 2 This index series will undergo a change in composition in January, 1998. 3 Indexes on a December 1984=100 base. 29 Table 8. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): U.S. city average, detailed expenditure categories (1 9 8 2 -8 4 = 1 0 0 , unless otherwise noted) Unadjusted indexes Item and group Unadjusted percent change to Nov. 1997 from— Seasonally adjusted percent change from— Aug. to Sept. Sept. to Oct. Oct. to Nov. 0.1 .1 .1 0.1 .1 .0 0.2 .2 .3 0.1 .1 .1 1.5 1.3 -.9 1.1 3.2 1.7 2.4 1.9 1.2 1.1 -.1 -.6 -2.3 -.3 -.3 .1 .5 -.5 .7 -.6 .2 -.4 -.9 -.4 -.3 .4 .4 .5 -1.4 1.5 .3 .2 -1.0 .1 1.4 .3 1.5 .5 .7 -1.3 .1 -.1 .0 -.3 -.3 .3 .5 -.5 .7 1.3 149.0 149.2 144.6 136.8 116.4 141.8 131.3 131.0 140.9 161.0 155.7 163.2 154.6 155.6 152.6 148.9 157.2 161.8 157.6 152.2 179.8 130.6 204.6 144.1 .3 .3 -.1 -.4 -1.0 -3.9 .0 -.3 .4 .8 -.1 1.1 -.3 -2.8 1.0 .7 .1 1.9 -1.9 2.2 3.0 3.3 2.9 -.4 .3 -.1 -.4 -.1 -.4 .0 2.2 .2 -.6 -.1 -1.1 -2.3 -.8 -2.4 .3 -.1 1.2 2.6 1.6 -2.4 .5 .5 .4 7.0 -.3 -.3 -.3 -.1 .3 -2.4 -3.0 -3.5 -.8 .9 -.4 -.2 .3 -.3 -.3 -.7 .8 1.2 .6 .8 -1.4 .3 -1.8 .3 -.2 -.2 -.4 -.6 -.8 -1.8 -.3 1.2 .1 -.2 -.6 -1.9 -1.2 -1.2 .1 .6 -.8 -.3 -1.3 -.8 1.1 .5 1.3 .3 .0 -.2 -.5 -.6 -1.1 -1.4 4.1 -.2 -.2 -.1 -.7 -.5 -.5 -1.6 .3 -.1 1.2 2.6 1.6 .7 .3 .5 .0 3.4 145.5 145.1 143.6 147.4 146.5 146.2 151.1 139.1 146.8 146.8 145.8 148.4 147.2 146.8 150.4 142.2 -1.6 -2.4 -2.1 -2.7 -.9 -2.5 1.0 1.6 .9 1.2 1.5 .7 .5 .4 -.5 2.2 .1 -.1 -.1 -.2 .3 .3 .5 .1 1.6 2.8 3.4 1.9 .1 -.5 -.3 2.4 .9 1.2 1.5 .7 .9 .4 .3 2.8 187.7 216.7 240.8 195.4 150.4 256.6 280.1 193.2 182.0 221.9 192.6 193.1 146.7 147.5 147.1 147.3 146.2 147.6 188.4 218.0 231.1 191.8 153.8 205.4 278.3 205.3 174.4 256.0 221.4 202.6 146.7 147.0 146.7 146.7 146.7 148.4 1.7 2.3 -3.5 -2.5 -1.1 -10.7 -2.2 9.7 7.9 23.6 17.0 4.8 .5 .1 -.3 1.9 1.0 2.3 .4 .6 -4.0 -1.8 2.3 -20.0 -.6 6.3 -4.2 15.4 15.0 4.9 .0 -.3 -.3 -.4 .3 .5 -.4 -.4 .1 -.3 1.0 -2.1 .8 -.9 7.6 5.8 -3.8 -2.5 -.3 -.1 .0 .1 -.8 -1.3 .5 .7 .7 3.2 2.9 -9.1 2.4 .7 -1.4 5.4 5.2 -.5 .1 -.1 -.1 .1 .0 -.3 .2 -.1 -2.6 -1.3 1.9 -4.2 -3.3 2.7 -.3 15.4 15.0 1.4 .7 -.3 -.3 .1 1.4 1.1 146.2 146.5 .3 .2 -.4 -.1 1.7 Oct. 1997 Nov. 1997 Food and beverages................................................... Food......................................................................... Food at home........................................................ 158.1 157.7 158.0 158.3 157.9 158.1 1.7 1.6 1.1 Cereals and bakery products................................ Cereals and cereal products.............................. Flour and prepared flour mixes........................ Cereal............................................................. Rice, pasta, and cornmeal............................... Bakery products............................ .................... White bread 1.................................................. Fresh other bread, biscuits, rolls, and muffins 1 Cookies, fresh cakes, and cupcakes 1............. Other bakery products..................................... 178.0 169.3 153.5 188.0 150.7 181.8 186.2 184.2 177.9 179.6 177.8 168.3 150.0 187.5 150.3 181.9 187.1 183.2 179.2 178.6 Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs............................... Meats, poultry, and fish...................................... Meats.............................................................. Beef and veal................................................ Ground beef other than canned.................. Chuck roast2.............................................. Round roast2 ............................................. Round steak 2 ............................................ Sirloin steak 2 ............................................. Other beef and veal12 ............................... Pork............................................................. Bacon ........................................................ Chops.......................................... .............. Ham............. ............................................. Other pork, including sausage 2 .................. Other meats 1................................................ Poultry 1 .......................................................... Fresh whole chicken 1 .................................. Fresh and frozen chicken parts 1.................. Other poultry 2............................................... Fish and seafood............................................ Canned fish and seafood 1 ........................... Fresh and frozen fish and seafood 2 ............. 148.5 149.3 145.2 136.9 116.9 141.8 128.5 130.8 141.7 161.1 157.4 167.0 155.9 159.5 152.2 149.0 155.4 157.7 155.1 155.9 178.9 129.9 203.7 134.7 Dairy products 1 ..................................... Fresh milk and cream 12..................... Fresh whole milk 1 ............................ Other fresh milk and cream 12........... Processed dairy products 2................... Cheese 1........................................... Ice cream and related products......... Other dairy products, including butter2 Fruits and vegetables 3 .......................... Fresh fruits and vegetables.................. Fresh fruits....................................... Apples............................................ Bananas......................................... Oranges, including tangerines 2....... Other fresh fruits 2.......................... Fresh vegetables.............................. Potatoes......................................... Lettuce 1 ........................................ Tomatoes 1..................................... Other fresh vegetables................... Processed fruits and vegetables 2 ........ Processed fruits 12 ........................... Fruit juices and frozen fruit12 ......... Canned and dried fruits 2 ................ Processed vegetables 2..................... Frozen vegetables 2 ....................... Processed vegetables excluding frozen 2 ...................................... Nov. 1996 Oct. 1997 Expenditure category See footnotes at end of table. 30 Table 8. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): U.S. city average, detailed expenditure categories —Continued (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) Unadjusted indexes Item and group Unadjusted percent change to Nov. 1997 from— Seasonally adjusted percent change from— Aug. to Sept. Sept. to Oct. Oct. to Nov. -0.9 -.5 -1.8 .1 -.8 -1.4 -1.3 -2.3 -.1 -.6 -.6 .1 -.8 -2.0 .4 0.3 .5 .0 .5 .5 -.1 -.3 -.6 .1 .4 -.2 -1.2 .6 .4 .4 -0.1 -.3 -.1 -.4 -.4 -.1 1.1 -1.8 .4 .1 1.0 1.0 -.1 .5 .3 -0.4 .4 -.4 .8 -.1 -1.1 -.8 -2.3 -.1 -.1 -.6 .1 -.8 -.8 .6 2.5 2.6 2.5 2.5 .3 .3 .3 .1 .3 .3 .2 .3 .2 .3 .1 .3 .3 .3 .4 .1 162.8 148.5 146.9 144.1 151.4 191.3 2.0 .7 -.5 3.1 2.0 3.5 .0 -.3 -.2 -.6 -.1 .4 .0 -.1 .1 .0 -.1 .0 .1 -.1 -.1 -.3 .3 .3 .1 -.1 -.3 -.3 .1 .4 154.5 172.8 162.7 168.4 215.6 213.0 231.2 156.0 167.6 167.9 151.4 142.8 154.7 127.9 125.3 122.9 130.9 117.3 96.4 93.7 127.8 124.9 129.6 119.5 163.6 127.4 163.1 75.1 95.4 210.3 234.4 252.7 2.5 3.0 3.2 3.1 4.0 3.9 5.5 .7 2.9 2.9 .9 2.1 3.2 .6 1.3 .0 2.2 1.9 -8.8 -10.5 -5.4 3.1 .9 7.4 2.6 .5 1.2 -4.6 4.0 3.9 6.9 1.9 .1 .1 -.6 .3 -4.0 -4.5 -.2 .1 .3 .3 .1 .1 .2 .1 -.1 .2 .2 .4 1.5 1.6 1.3 .2 -1.4 3.8 .2 .2 .1 .0 1.1 .1 .3 .0 .3 .2 .3 .3 .4 .4 .9 .1 .2 .2 .5 -1.9 -2.7 -.6 -.6 -.6 .7 1.0 .1 -.2 .8 1.1 .5 2.3 .3 .0 .0 .0 .4 .4 .6 .2 .2 .3 .4 .2 1.2 1.3 .3 .1 .2 .2 .1 1.1 1.4 .5 1.1 -.1 .4 .6 -.2 -.4 1.3 .6 -.2 2.5 .1 .2 .2 .3 -.6 .2 .2 .2 .4 .2 .1 .2 -.4 -.5 .1 .1 .3 .3 .1 .1 .2 .1 -.1 ,2 1.0 1.5 .5 .2 1.3 1.7 1.1 3.0 .3 .2 .1 .0 1.1 .2 .4 .0 Oct. 1997 Nov. 1997 Other food at hom e.......................................................................... Sugar and sweets.......................................................................... Sugar and artificial sweeteners.................................................. Sweets, including candy 2 .......................................................... Fats and o ils .................................................................................. Nonalcoholic beverages................................................................ Carbonated drinks....................................................................... Coffee 1........................................................................................ Other noncarbonated drinks 2 .................................................... Other prepared fo o d ...................................................................... Canned and packaged soup....................................................... Frozen prepared food 1 .............................................................. Snacks 1 ...................................................................................... Seasonings, condiments, sauces, and spices........................... Miscellaneous prepared food, including baby food 2 ............... 148.4 148.0 135.6 153.2 141.4 135.2 119.1 177.1 141.6 162.3 190.1 144.9 155.9 169.8 163.6 147.0 147.3 133.2 153.3 140.2 133.3 117.5 173.0 141.4 161.3 189.0 145.0 154.6 166.4 164.3 2.8 2.3 1.1 2.7 -.2 5.2 -1.4 19.6 1.8 2.0 1.6 .8 1.8 1.6 3.2 Food away from home........................................................................ Lunch 2 .............................................................................................. Dinner2 ............................................................................................. Other meals and snacks 1 2 ............................................................ 158.2 158.7 156.0 161.5 158.6 159.1 156.5 161.6 Alcoholic beverages.............................................................................. Alcoholic beverages at hom e............................................................ Beer and a le ..................................................................................... Wine .................................................................................................. Distilled spirits.................................................................................. Alcoholic beverages away from h o m e .............................................. 162.8 148.9 147.2 144.9 151.6 190.6 Housing 3 ................................................................................................... S helter................................................................................................... Renters’ costs 4 ................................................................................. Rent, residential............................................................................... Other renters’ costs 2 ....................................................................... Lodging while out of town ............................................................ Lodging while at school5.............................................................. Tenants’ insurance 1 2 ................................................................... Homeowners’ costs 4......................................................................... Owners’ equivalent re n t4 ............................................................... Household insurance 2 5 .................................................................. Maintenance and repairs 1 2............................................................... Maintenance and repair services 1 2 ............................................... Maintenance and repair commodities 12........................................ Materials, supplies, and equipment for home repairs 1 2 6 .......... Other maintenance and repair commodities 1 2 ........................... Fuel and other utilities 3 ........................................................................ Fuels.................................................................................................... Fuel oil and other household fuel commodities............................. Fuel o il............................................................................................ Other household fuel commodities 1 6 ......................................... Gas (piped) and electricity (energy services) ................................. Electricity........................................................................................ Utility ........................................................................... ........................ ........... . Vk,Mv (DiDed) q a s ................................. Other utilities and public services 2 .................................................... Telephone services 1 2 ..................................................................... Local charges 12............................................................................ Interstate toll calls 1 ....................................................................... Intrastate toll calls 1 ....................................................................... Water and sewerage maintenance.................................................. Cable television 7 ............................................................................. Refuse collection 1 7 ......................................................................... 154.4 172.7 163.6 167.9 224.6 223.0 231.6 155.9 167.1 167.4 151.3 142.6 154.4 127.8 125.4 122.7 130.6 116.8 95.0 92.2 126.1 124.6 131.5 115.1 163.3 127.2 163.0 75.1 94.4 210.1 233.8 252.6 Nov. 1996 Oct. 1997 Expenditure category See footnotes at end of table. 31 Table 8. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): U.S. city average, detailed expenditure categories —Continued (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) Unadjusted indexes Item and group Unadjusted percent change to Nov. 1997 from— Oct. 1997 Nov. 1997 Household furnishings and operation 3 ................................................ Housefurnishings 2.............................................................................. Textile housefurnishings 1 2 ............................................................. Furniture and bedding 1 ................................................................... Bedroom furniture 1........................................................................ Sofas 1 2 ......................................................................................... Living room chairs and tables 1 2 .................................................. Other furniture 2............................................................................. Appliances, including electronic equipment1 2 ............................... Video and audio products 12........................................................ Televisions 1................................................................................ Video products other than televisions 1 2 8 ................................ Audio products 1 2 ....................................................................... Major household appliances 12 6 .................................................. Refrigerators and home freezers 1 2 .......................................... Laundry equipment1 ................................................................... Stoves, ovens, dishwashers, and air conditioners 12 6 ............ Information processing equipment1 8 .......................................... Other housefurnishings 12 6 ............................................................ Floor and window coverings, infants’, laundry, cleaning, and outdoor equipment1 2 ...................................... Clocks, lamps, and decor items 1 ................................................. Tableware, serving pieces, and nonelectric kitchenware 1 2 ....... Lawn equipment, power tools, and other hardware 1 2 .............. Sewing, floor cleaning, small kitchen, and portable heating appliances 12 6 ..................................... Indoor plants and fresh cut flowers 1 9 ........................................ Housekeeping supplies....................................................................... Laundry and cleaning products, including soap 1 2 ........................ Household paper products and stationery supplies 1 2 ................................................................. Other household, lawn, and garden supplies 1 2 ............................ Housekeeping services 2 .................................................................... Postage 1 .......................................................................................... Appliance and furniture repair1 2 .................................................... Gardening and other household services 2 6 ................................. 123.9 109.0 120.2 132.2 140.6 139.0 135.3 116.4 76.6 68.2 59.6 62.8 88.3 101.5 108.7 113.1 89.5 50.1 114.8 123.7 108.5 118.9 131.1 140.1 138.0 132.6 115.1 76.8 68.6 59.9 62.4 89.0 101.5 107.9 112.5 90.5 49.3 114.4 0.3 -.9 -.8 -.6 .9 .1 -.7 -3.2 -2.9 -2.6 -2.8 -7.7 -1.0 -2.0 -2.7 -.8 -2.9 -11.0 .4 140.6 115.8 128.1 111.0 139.4 117.2 127.3 110.4 90.1 108.3 143.9 146.3 Apparel and upkeep................................................................................ Apparel commodities 2 .......................................................................... Apparel commodities less footwear................................................... Men’s and boys’ .............................................................................. Men’s .............................................................................................. Suits, sport coats, coats, and jackets....................................... Furnishings and special clothing................................................ Shirts 2 ......................................................................................... Dungarees, jeans, and trousers................................................. Boys’ ............................................................................................... Women’s and girls’ .......................................................................... Women’s ........................................................................................ Coats and jackets....................................................................... Dresses ........................................................................................ Separates and sportswear2 ...................................................... Underwear, nightwear, hosiery, and accessories 2 ................... Suits 2........................................................................................... Girls’ ................................................................................................ Infants’ and toddlers’ 1..................................................................... Other apparel commodities 2 .......................................................... Sewing materials, notions, and luggage 1 6 ................................. Watches and jewelry6 ................................................................... Watches 1 6 ................................................................................. Jewelry 6 ...................................................................................... Footwear.............................................................................................. Men’s ................................................................................................. Boys’ and girls’ ................................................................................ Women’s ........................................................................................... Apparel services 12............................................................................... Laundry and dry cleaning other than coin operated 1 2 ................... Other apparel services 1 2 .................................................................. Seasonally adjusted percent change from— Aug. to Sept. Sept. to Oct. Oct. to Nov. -0.2 -.5 -1.1 -.8 -.4 -.7 -2.0 -1.1 .3 .6 .5 -.6 .8 .0 -.7 -.5 1.1 -1.6 -.3 0.1 -.1 -.2 .2 .4 .0 .9 -.6 -.1 -.6 -1.0 .2 -.6 .3 1.1 .5 -.7 .4 .0 0.1 .1 -1.2 .1 .0 1.6 .4 -1.8 -.4 -.1 -.3 -.2 -.1 -.8 -1.1 -.6 -.7 1.2 .2 0.0 -.2 -1.1 -.8 -.4 -.7 -2.0 -.3 .3 .6 .5 -.6 .8 .0 -.7 -.5 1.1 -1.6 -.3 1.0 2.1 1.6 .3 -.9 1.2 -.6 -.5 .6 -1.0 1.4 .5 -.4 .1 .5 -.1 -.9 1.2 -.6 -.5 89.6 107.2 144.2 147.6 .7 -3.9 1.3 1.7 -.6 -1.0 .2 .9 .8 -1.9 .3 1.0 -.4 1.2 .0 -.7 -.6 -1.0 .2 .9 146.4 138.1 156.2 160.8 158.8 138.3 146.4 137.3 156.6 160.8 158.9 138.5 .7 1.3 2.8 .0 1.7 2.4 .0 -.6 .3 .0 .1 .1 -.3 -.1 .3 .0 .5 -.1 1.2 .3 .1 .0 -.1 .0 .0 -.6 .4 .0 .1 .9 133.9 130.5 130.2 132.4 136.3 141.3 134.5 139.7 131.1 120.0 126.8 126.7 136.2 111.2 129.7 135.5 141.8 127.2 127.7 145.4 125.9 145.3 125.1 151.1 131.8 133.5 135.8 126.9 162.8 166.4 160.6 133.6 130.2 130.2 132.7 136.1 139.5 134.6 141.0 130.7 121.9 127.0 126.9 139.7 108.8 130.3 134.8 143.6 127.5 127.1 143.5 124.3 143.5 124.4 148.9 130.4 133.4 135.3 124.2 162.6 165.5 160.9 .9 .9 .9 1.4 1.2 -1.1 5.2 .8 .2 2.0 1.6 2.3 6.2 3.2 1.3 1.0 4.8 -1.3 -.5 -3.5 -5.0 -3.2 .2 -3.9 1.2 -.1 2.3 1.5 1.6 1.2 2.0 -.2 -.2 .0 .2 -.1 -1.3 .1 .9 -.3 1.6 .2 .2 2.6 -2.2 .5 -.5 1.3 .2 -.5 -1.3 -1.3 -1.2 -.6 -1.5 -1.1 -.1 -.4 -2.1 -.1 -.5 .2 .2 .2 .2 .3 .4 -1.9 1.8 1.1 .0 .1 .7 .7 .2 .9 1.3 .1 -3.3 .9 -.1 -1.2 -.9 -1.2 .6 -1.9 -.5 -.5 -.6 -.5 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 -.2 -.1 .0 2.7 -1.6 -.8 .4 -.9 -.6 -.1 -1.1 -1.4 .6 -.1 -2.1 -2.9 -.5 1.0 .3 1.2 -1.4 1.9 1.7 .4 4.0 1.2 .0 .0 .1 .1 .2 .3 -.3 -.8 -1.7 -1.6 1.1 -1.3 1.4 .8 .9 2.6 1.0 .9 -1.0 3.8 .3 -.5 .1 -1.3 .1 -.6 -.2 -.7 .2 -1.0 -1.3 -.1 -.5 .2 Nov. 1996 Oct. 1997 Expenditure category See footnotes at end of table. 32 Table 8. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): U.S. city average, detailed expenditure categories —Continued (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) Unadjusted indexes Item and group Unadjusted percent change to Nov. 1997 from— Oct. 1997 Nov. 1997 143.6 141.1 144.7 140.2 121.0 121.8 121.3 122.8 130.8 152.9 164.2 149.4 106.6 106.3 104.3 111.0 107.3 164.9 175.5 143.1 140.8 145.1 140.8 121.4 122.2 121.7 123.2 131.9 153.0 164.8 149.2 104.4 104.0 101.9 108.6 105.2 165.1 175.9 -1.0 -1.0 -.6 -.8 -1.7 -.7 -.2 -1.5 -1.1 -.2 1.4 -5.4 -3.4 -3.2 -3.4 -2.6 -3.0 2.3 4.5 Nov. 1996 Seasonally adjusted percent change from— Aug. to Sept. Sept. to Oct. Oct. to Nov. -0.3 -.2 .3 .4 .3 .3 .3 .3 .8 .1 .4 -.1 -2.1 -2.2 -2.3 -2.2 -2.0 .1 .2 0.4 .3 .1 .0 -.5 .2 .1 -.3 .1 .1 -.1 -.2 1.4 1.6 1.5 1.8 1.8 .0 .3 -0.1 -.1 -.1 -.2 -.1 .2 -.2 -.4 -.2 .2 .4 -.5 -.5 -.6 -.7 -2.5 -.6 .1 .5 -0.7 -.6 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.2 -.4 -.4 .1 -.5 .2 -.1 -2.2 -2.4 -2.6 -2.2 -2.2 .2 .2 Oct. 1997 Expenditure category Transportation ................................................................. Private........................................................................... New vehicles.............................................................. New cars.................................................................. Subcompact new cars 2 6 .................................... Compact new cars 2 6........................................... Intermediate new cars 26..................................... Full-size new cars 2 6 ............................................ Luxury new cars 2 6 ............................................... New trucks 7 ............................................................ New motorcycles 6................................................... Used c a rs ................................................................... Motor fu e l................................................................... Gasoline................................................................... Gasoline, unleaded regular.................................. Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 1 10........................ Gasoline, unleaded premium................................ Automobile maintenance and repair......................... Body work 1 ............................................................. Automobile drive train, brake, and miscellaneous mechanical repair1 2 .......... Maintenance and servicing 1 .................................. Power plant repair2 ................................................. Other private transportation 2 ................................... Other private transportation commodities 2............ Motor oil, coolant, and other products 1 ............. Automobile parts and equipment......................... T ire s.................................................................... Other parts and equipment1 2........................... Other private transportation services 2 .................. Automobile insurance........................................... Automobile finance charges 2 .............................. Automobile fees 1 2 ............................................... Automobile registration, licensing, and inspection fees 1 2 .......!......................... Other automobile-related fees 1 2...................... Public transportation..................................................... Airline fares 1.............................................................. Other intercity transportation 1.................................. Intracity public transportation 1 .................................. 172.3 151.5 169.3 173.8 103.6 130.6 100.6 98.1 107.4 191.6 253.7 91.0 187.6 172.7 151.7 169.2 174.3 103.6 130.5 100.7 98.6 107.1 192.3 255.1 91.3 187.0 2.1 2.1 1.9 1.4 -.6 -.1 -.6 -2.2 .8 1.7 2.4 -3.7 4.5 .2 .1 -.1 .3 .0 -.1 .1 .5 -.3 .4 .6 .3 -.3 -.2 .1 .2 .1 -.2 -.4 -.3 -.6 .0 .1 .3 -1.4 -.8 .0 .3 .2 -.1 -.2 .2 -.2 -.7 .2 .0 -.2 .1 1.6 .2 .1 .0 .0 -.1 -.1 .0 .2 -.3 .0 .2 -1.0 -.3 185.0 192.4 187.8 204.6 159.0 176.2 185.2 190.6 183.9 196.9 158.7 176.3 2.0 8.0 -.3 -1.2 .8 .7 .1 -.9 -2.1 -3.8 -.2 .1 -.6 -1.0 1.2 1.9 -.4 .1 1.0 2.6 2.2 3.9 1.0 .3 .1 -.9 -1.7 -3.8 -.2 .1 Medical c a re .................................................................... Medical care commodities........................................... Prescription drugs....................................................... Nonprescription drugs and medical supplies 1 6....... 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 16.............................................................. Services by other medical professionals 6 ............. Hospital and related services................................... Hospital services 11.................................................. Inpatient hospital services 11 ................................ Outpatient hospital services 6............................... Nursing home services 11................. ....................... 235.2 212.9 248.7 145.3 172.0 176.1 240.3 218.1 224.7 228.8 142.1 155.9 276.4 102.1 101.5 227.4 103.4 235.8 213.1 249.3 145.0 171.6 175.9 240.8 218.5 224.9 229.4 142.0 156.8 277.4 102.5 101.9 228.1 103.5 2.6 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.8 2.3 2.6 3.0 2.6 4.0 1.1 3.6 2.8 .3 .1 .2 -.2 -.2 -.1 .2 .2 .1 .3 -.1 .6 .4 .4 .4 .3 .1 .2 .2 .3 -.2 -.3 .0 .2 .1 .2 .2 .0 .1 .3 .1 .1 .4 .1 .2 .0 -.3 .8 .8 .7 .2 .2 .0 .4 .0 -.1 .2 .3 .1 .1 .2 .3 .3 .4 -.2 -.2 -.1 .2 .2 .2 .3 -.1 .6 .5 .4 .4 .4 .1 See footnotes at end of table. 33 - 4.5 - Table 8. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): U.S. city average, detailed expenditure categories —Continued (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) Unadjusted indexes Item and group Unadjusted percent change to Nov. 1997 from— Seasonally adjusted percent change from— Aug. to Sept. Sept. to Oct. Oct. to Nov. -0.2 -.1 .1 .2 .0 -.6 -1.1 .2 -.1 -.2 .1 -.1 -.2 -.4 -0.2 .1 .2 .3 .2 -.6 -.9 -.2 .0 -.3 .3 .6 -.4 -.2 0.1 -.3 -.3 -.3 -.4 -.4 -.2 -.7 .0 -.2 .4 .2 .4 1.1 -0.2 -.3 .1 .2 .0 -.6 -1.1 .2 -.1 -.2 .1 -.1 -.3 -.3 3.1 3.3 3.8 2.5 -.1 -.3 .5 -.3 .3 -1.8 -.6 .4 .4 -.1 .2 .1 -1.2 -.3 .8 -.3 226.7 250.5 154.3 147.1 5.1 6.2 2.0 1.2 .3 .2 .7 1.2 .5 1.4 .1 .2 .8 1.5 .5 .5 .4 .1 .7 1.2 154.9 156.1 2.2 .8 .1 1.2 .8 139.7 163.5 162.6 141.7 163.7 162.8 .4 3.2 3.2 1.4 .1 .1 .2 .1 .2 .1 .3 .2 1.4 .1 .1 166.1 260.8 244.7 262.4 282.1 300.9 299.3 137.4 227.7 166.1 192.7 173.4 166.5 261.2 244.7 262.8 282.3 300.9 299.5 137.8 228.3 166.4 193.1 173.8 3.1 5.3 5.2 5.2 5.4 5.2 7.3 4.4 5.0 4.3 5.5 5.1 .2 .2 .0 .2 .1 .0 .1 .3 .3 .2 .2 .2 -.1 .2 .0 .2 .2 -.4 1.0 .6 .0 .0 -.2 .3 .5 .4 .6 .4 .6 .5 .7 .6 .2 .3 .3 -.1 .3 .3 .3 .3 .4 .5 .4 .3 .3 .2 .2 .2 159.6 129.6 159.8 129.4 .7 -1.1 .1 -.2 -.1 -.6 .2 -.8 .3 -.7 107.0 144.9 157.7 104.8 144.8 158.1 -3.4 2.3 2.8 -2.1 -.1 .3 1.5 .9 .3 -.6 .8 .2 -2.1 .5 .3 Oct. 1997 Nov. 1997 160.6 143.1 180.7 192.4 169.0 123.8 126.9 116.8 134.1 127.0 135.6 143.2 185.3 134.5 160.3 142.9 180.9 192.8 169.0 123.1 125.5 117.0 133.9 126.7 135.7 143.0 184.9 134.0 1.3 .1 1.1 .6 1.6 -.7 -.5 -1.2 -.2 -1.6 1.1 1.0 2.5 -2.0 170.3 200.5 172.4 142.9 170.1 199.8 173.2 142.5 226.1 249.9 153.3 145.4 Nov. 1996 Oct. 1997 Expenditure category Entertainment2 ......................................................................................... Entertainment commodities 2 ................................................................. Reading materials 1 ............................................................................ Newspapers 12................................................................................. Magazines, periodicals, and books 1 2 ............................................ Sporting goods and equipment1....................................................... Sport vehicles, including bicycles 1 ................................................. Other sporting goods 1 ..................................................................... Toys, hobbies, and other entertainment1 2 ...................................... Toys, hobbies, and music equipment2 ........................................... Photographic supplies and equipment1 ......................................... Pet supplies and expense 1............................................................. Entertainment services 2 ....................................................................... Club memberships 2 6 ......................................................................... Fees for participant sports, excluding club memberships 2 6..................................................................... Admissions 1........................................................................................ Fees for lessons or instructions 6 ...................................................... Other entertainment services 1 2 6 ...................................................... Other goods and services 3 ..................................................................... Tobacco and smoking products........................................................... 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 2 ............................................ Haircuts and other barber shop services for males 2 .................................................................... Personal and educational expenses 2 .................................................. School books and supplies................................................................ Personal and educational services 2 .................................................. Tuition and other school fe e s ......................................................... College tuition................................................................................ Elementary and high school tuition.............................................. Day care and nursery school9..................................................... Personal expenses.......................................................................... Legal service fees 1 6 .................................................................... Personal financial services 1 6 ...................................................... Funeral expenses 6 ........................................................................ Special indexes Domestically produced farm fo o d ........................................................... Selected beef cu ts................................................................. .................. Motor fuel, motor oil, coolant, and other products 2 ............................................................................................ Utilities and public transportation............................................................ Housekeeping and home maintenance services 1 2 .............................. 7 8 9 10 11 Indexes on a December 1983=100 base. Indexes on a December 1988=100 base. Indexes on a December 1990=100 base. Indexes on a December 1993=100 base. Indexes on a December 1996=100 base. Data not available. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. 1 Not seasonally adjusted. 2 This index series will no longer appear in its present form after December, 1997. See Table X for a comparable index series. 3 This index series will undergo a change in composition in January, 1998. 4 Indexes on a December 1984=100 base 5 Indexes on a December 1982=100 base. 6 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base. 34 Table 9. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Seasonally adjusted U.S. city average, detailed expenditure categories (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent change for Seasonally adjusted indexes 6 months ended— 3 months ended— Item and group Oct. 1997 Nov. 1997 Food at hom e....................................................................................... 158.5 158.1 158.6 158.7 158.3 158.7 0.3 .3 -1.3 1.0 .8 .3 3.6 3.6 4.1 1.5 1.8 1.3 0.6 .5 -.5 2.6 2.7 2.7 Cereals and bakery products............................................................. Cereals and cereal products........................................................... Flour and prepared flour mixes..................................................... Cereal............................................................................................ Rice, pasta, and cornmeal ........................................................... Bakery products............................................................................... White bread 1................................................................................. Fresh other bread, biscuits, rolls, and muffins 1........................... Cookies, fresh cakes, and cupcakes 1.......................................... Other bakery products.................................................................. 178.4 170.0 153.7 188.9 151.9 182.0 186.2 184.2 177.9 179.6 178.6 169.8 153.7 188.3 151.5 182.5 187.1 183.2 179.2 182.0 .0 -1.7 1.6 -3.6 1.4 1.1 2.2 2.5 .7 -1.1 1.6 2.9 2.6 2.4 2.2 .4 -1.9 -2.8 2.5 -.7 1.8 5.6 -.3 8.4 6.1 1.1 .0 6.2 1.6 -.2 2.5 -1.4 -7.2 -2.3 3.5 4.0 9.7 2.0 .2 6.4 .8 .6 2.1 -.6 1.8 .8 .1 -.2 1.6 -.9 2.2 2.0 -3.8 2.9 4.8 2.6 4.8 4.0 .9 3.0 Meats, poultry, fish, and e g g s........................................................... Meats, poultry, and fis h ................................................................... Meats............................................................................................. Beef and v e a l............................................................................. Ground beef other than canned ............................................. Chuck roast2 ........................................................................... Round roast2 ........................................................................... Round steak 2 .......................................................................... Sirloin steak 2 ........................................................................... Other beef and vea l1 2 ........................................................... Pork............................................................................................. Bacon ....................................................................................... Chops....................................................................................... Ham.......................................................................................... Other pork, including sausage 2 .............................................. Other meats 1 ............................................................................. Poultry 1......................................................................................... Fresh whole chicken 1................................................................ Fresh and frozen chicken parts 1 .............................................. Other poultry 2 ............................................................................ Fish and seafood.......................................................................... Canned fish and seafood 1 ............................................... ......... Fresh and frozen fish and seafood 2.......................................... Eggs................................................................................................. 148.4 149.0 144.6 137.0 116.9 141.4 127.1 131.1 143.2 161.1 155.6 163.7 155.9 154.4 151.9 149.0 155.4 157.7 155.1 154.5 179.3 129.9 204.3 137.8 148.4 148.7 143.9 136.2 115.6 139.4 132.3 130.8 142.9 161.0 154.5 162.9 155.1 151.9 152.3 148.9 157.2 161.8 157.6 155.6 179.8 130.6 204.4 142.5 -.3 -.3 -.8 -4.0 -3.7 -12.3 -3.6 -4.8 -11.0 -1.2 3.9 4.5 8.2 -.8 1.1 -1.1 1.3 2.3 -3.2 .8 1.2 1.9 .6 1.4 .8 1.6 2.0 4.8 6.7 4.6 5.9 2.8 5.9 2.3 -.5 -2.4 -5.9 .8 3.8 -.3 -2.8 -1.5 -5.7 4.8 4.2 2.2 4.9 -10.2 2.5 3.0 3.4 3.3 .3 16.4 -4.7 12.2 12.2 -.5 3.1 14.0 3.4 1.5 -1.0 4.7 -2.8 -6.9 -2.3 .0 7.0 3.8 7.8 -7.8 -1.9 -2.9 -4.6 -5.1 -6.6 -20.4 2.5 -10.0 -3.8 2.8 -6.7 -9.9 -5.7 -11.9 .3 -.5 5.0 14.8 3.9 3.1 .0 5.4 -1.7 17.1 .3 .7 .6 .3 1.4 -4.2 1.1 -1.1 -2.9 .5 1.7 1.0 .9 .0 2.4 -.7 -.8 .4 -4.4 2.8 2.7 2.1 2.7 -4.6 .3 .0 -.7 -1.0 -3.2 -3.8 -1.2 .5 3.9 1.1 -1.9 1.4 -1.3 -5.4 -.4 2.0 1.0 3.4 .8 1.6 3.4 4.6 2.9 3.9 Dairy products 1 .................................................................................. Fresh milk and cream 1 2................................................................. Fresh whole milk 1 ........................................................................ Other fresh milk and cream 1 2 ..................................................... Processed dairy products 2 ............................................................. Cheese 1 ....................................................................................... Ice cream and related products.................................................... Other dairy products, including butter2 ........................................ 145.5 145.1 143.6 147.4 145.5 146.2 150.3 136.9 146.8 146.8 145.8 148.4 146.8 146.8 150.7 140.7 -8.3 -11.2 -13.0 -8.4 -5.3 -6.0 4.4 -13.7 -2.4 -3.8 -4.4 -2.7 2.2 -2.7 .0 9.9 -5.7 -8.8 -9.0 -8.6 -5.3 -2.2 -2.4 -8.8 11.1 16.5 21.1 10.0 5.3 1.1 2.2 23.0 -5.4 -7.6 -8.8 -5.6 -1.6 -4.3 2.2 -2.6 2.4 3.1 5.0 .3 -.1 -.5 -.1 5.9 Fruits and vegetables 3....................................................................... Fresh fruits and vegetables............................................................ Fresh fruits.................................................................................... Apples......................................................................................... Bananas ..................................................................................... Oranges, including tangerines 2 ................................................. Other fresh fruits 2 ...................................................................... Fresh vegetables.......................................................................... Potatoes..................................................................................... Lettuce 1 ..................................................................................... Tomatoes 1.................................................................................. Other fresh vegetables...................................................... ......... Processed fruits and vegetables 2 .................................................. Processed fruits 1 2 ....................................................................... Fruit juices and frozen fru it1 2.................................................... Canned and dried fruits 2 ........................................................... Processed vegetables 2 ................................................................ Frozen vegetables 2.................................................................... Processed vegetables excluding frozen 2................................................................................... 191.1 223.2 239.1 204.8 160.9 215.6 284.1 204.2 188.0 221.9 192.6 203.5 147.2 147.5 147.1 147.8 146.8 147.6 191.4 222.9 232.9 202.1 164.0 206.6 274.7 209.7 187.4 256.0 221.4 206.4 148.3 147.0 146.7 147.9 148.9 149.2 -2.7 -4.0 -13.1 -11.4 -12.4 -11.4 -14.3 8.4 -6.5 -40.7 46.6 11.2 .0 6.4 6.1 5.3 -2.2 5.3 -5.5 -7.7 .5 -6.6 -14.6 15.0 1.9 -17.1 -9.9 -16.7 -20.7 -8.1 -.5 -1.9 -2.7 -.3 1.4 -2.7 15.6 23.2 6.7 2.5 1.8 18.2 5.3 46.7 28.3 71.9 -12.0 26.1 .3 -1.3 -2.9 1.4 2.2 9.0 1.1 .7 -7.1 6.6 26.0 -47.2 -.9 10.1 25.4 174.4 83.2 -6.3 2.2 -2.4 -1.4 1.1 2.5 -1.9 -4.1 -5.9 -6.5 -9.0 -13.5 1.0 -6.5 -5.2 -8.2 -29.7 7.9 1.1 -.3 2.2 1.6 2.5 -.4 1.2 8.1 11.4 -.4 4.5 13.3 -21.0 2.1 27.1 26.8 117.2 26.9 8.7 1.2 -1.9 -2.1 1.2 2.3 3.4 146.9 149.4 -5.3 3.9 -1.6 4.7 -.8 1.5 Feb. 1997 May 1997 Aug. 1997 Nov. 1997 May 1997 Nov. 1997 Expenditure category Food and beverages.................................................................................. See footnotes at end of table. 35 Table 9. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Seasonally adjusted U.S. city average, detailed expenditure categories—Continued (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) Seasonally adjusted indexes Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent change for Item and group 3 months ended— 6 months ended— Oct. 1997 Nov. 1997 Other food at h o m e ............................................................................. Sugar and sweets.............................................................................. Sugar and artificial sweeteners...................................................... Sweets, including candy 2 ............................................................... Fats and o ils ...................................................................................... Nonalcoholic beverages.................................................................... Carbonated drin ks.......................................................................... Coffee 1 ............................................................................................ Other noncarbonated drinks 2 ........................................................ Other prepared food ......................................................................... Canned and packaged so u p .......................................................... Frozen prepared food 1................................................................... Snacks 1 ........................................................................................... Seasonings, condiments, sauces, and spices............................... Miscellaneous prepared food, including baby food 2 .................... 148.2 147.7 135.2 153.1 141.4 135.2 119.4 177.1 141.3 162.3 190.9 144.9 155.9 170.0 163.6 147.6 148.3 134.6 154.4 141.2 133.7 118.4 173.0 141.2 162.1 189.8 145.0 154.6 168.6 164.6 2.2 5.3 7.1 3.5 .3 -.6 -3.9 3.4 2.6 3.6 -.4 2.8 5.4 3.7 4.3 5.1 1.6 -.9 3.2 .0 17.8 1.0 70.9 -.9 -1.0 7.9 -1.4 -.8 -2.6 -1.5 4.7 .0 .6 .5 -.8 10.7 -2.0 39.9 3.8 3.5 -1.7 2.5 4.2 5.4 4.3 -0.8 2.2 -2.1 4.0 -.3 -5.5 -.3 -17.1 1.4 1.7 .8 -.5 -1.5 .5 5.5 3.7 3.5 3.0 3.4 .1 8.2 -1.5 32.9 .9 1.3 3.7 .7 2.3 .5 1.4 1.9 1.1 -.7 2.2 -.6 2.3 -1.2 7.7 2.6 2.6 -.4 1.0 1.3 2.9 4.9 Food away from h om e ........................................................................... Lunch 2.................................................................................................. Dinner2 ................................................................................................. Other meals and snacks 1 2 ................................................................. 158.1 158.7 155.8 161.5 158.5 159.1 156.4 161.6 2.9 3.7 2.4 3.3 1.3 .8 1.8 .8 3.1 3.1 2.9 3.3 2.8 3.3 2.9 2.8 2.1 2.2 2.1 2.0 3.0 3.2 2.9 3.0 Alcoholic beverages.................................................................................. Alcoholic beverages at home................................................................. Beer and a le ......................................................................................... W ine...................................................................................................... Distilled spirits....................................................................................... Alcoholic beverages away from hom e................................................... 163.0 149.0 147.9 144.5 151.1 190.6 163.2 148.8 147.4 144.1 151.2 191.3 2.3 2.5 .8 5.9 2.4 4.0 2.0 .8 -.5 5.2 1.9 3.0 2.7 1.1 -.8 4.0 2.4 4.5 1.0 -1.3 -1.6 -2.2 1.1 2.5 2.1 1.6 .1 5.5 2.2 3.5 1.9 -.1 -1.2 .8 1.7 3.5 Housing 3 ...................................................................................................... Shelter........................................................................................................ Renters’ costs 4 ..................................................................................... Rent, residential.................................................................................... Other renters’ costs 2 .......................................................................... Lodging while out of to w n ................................................................. Lodging while at school5 .................................................................. Tenants’ insurance 1 2 ........................................................................ Homeowners’ costs 4 ............................................................................ Owners’ equivalent ren t4 ................................................................... Household insurance 2 5 ....................................................................... Maintenance and repairs 1 2 ................................................................... Maintenance and repair services 1 2 .................................................... Maintenance and repair commodities 1 2 ............................................ Materials, supplies, and equipment for home repairs 12 6 .............. Other maintenance and repair commodities 1 2 ............................... Fuel and other utilities 3 ............................................................................ F uels........................................................................................................ Fuel oil and other household fuel commodities................................. Fuel o i l ............................................................................................... Other household fuel commodities 1 6 .............................................. Gas (piped) and electricity (energy services)..................................... Electricity............................................................................................ Utility (piped) g a s ............................................................................... Other utilities and public services 2 ....................................................... Telephone services 12......................................................................... Local charges 1 2 ............................................................................... Interstate toll calls 1 .......................................................................... Intrastate toll calls 1 .......................................................................... Water and sewerage maintenance...................................................... Cable television 7.................................................................................. Refuse collection 1 7............................................................................. 154.2 172.5 163.6 167.9 227.5 226.6 228.8 155.9 166.8 167.1 151.2 142.6 154.4 127.8 125.4 122.7 130.9 116.5 96.4 93.3 126.1 124.3 131.7 116.3 163.5 127.2 163.0 75.1 94.4 209.9 234.7 252.6 154.8 172.9 163.7 168.3 226.5 225.4 229.1 156.0 167.3 167.6 151.3 142.8 154.7 127.9 125.3 122.9 132.2 118.3 96.9 93.5 127.8 126.4 133.1 119.8 164.0 127.4 163.1 75.1 95.4 210.3 235.6 252.7 2.9 3.1 3.3 2.5 7.4 6.6 9.3 -4.1 3.0 3.0 -2.4 2.3 1.1 3.8 5.3 2.6 6.0 9.3 -.8 -2.3 22.7 10.1 .6 32.8 2.0 2.2 .7 .5 10.9 2.0 7.3 .2 1.3 3.4 3.8 3.5 4.6 5.0 4.6 2.1 3.0 3.2 1.3 2.9 4.3 .9 .0 1.6 -6.5 -13.1 -22.1 -21.5 -31.0 -12.1 1.2 -34.7 2.0 .9 1.5 .0 .9 2.8 4.3 2.1 1.8 2.6 2.2 3.2 -.7 -.9 2.9 4.2 2.9 2.9 2.4 6.1 12.7 -1.9 -1.6 -2.2 1.6 .3 -11.9 -15.0 -17.5 1.7 -3.0 12.4 3.3 -2.5 1.2 -18.4 1.3 7.4 11.0 3.2 3.7 3.1 3.2 3.2 4.7 4.8 5.2 .8 2.9 2.7 2.7 -2.8 -4.5 -.3 1.6 -1.9 8.6 13.2 1.7 -1.7 14.7 14.5 5.3 36.2 3.0 1.3 1.2 1.1 3.4 3.1 5.1 1.9 2.1 3.2 3.6 3.0 6.0 5.8 6.9 -1.0 3.0 3.1 -.5 2.6 2.7 2.4 2.6 2.1 -.5 -2.6 -12.0 -12.4 -8.0 -1.6 .9 -6.9 2.0 1.6 1.1 .3 5.8 2.4 5.8 1.1 2.8 2.8 2.7 3.2 2.0 1.9 4.0 2.5 2.9 2.8 2.6 1.6 3.7 -1.1 .0 -2.1 5.0 6.6 -5.3 -8.6 -2.8 7.9 1.1 23.7 3.1 -.6 1.2 -9.2 2.3 5.2 8.0 2.6 Feb. 1997 May 1997 Aug. 1997 Nov. 1997 May 1997 Nov. 1997 Expenditure category 36 Table 9. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Seasonally adjusted U.S. city average, detailed expenditure categories—Continued (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent change for Seasonally adjusted indexes 6 months ended— 3 months ended— Item and group Oct. 1997 Nov. 1997 123.8 109.0 120.2 132.2 140.6 139.0 135.3 115.7 76.6 68.2 59.6 62.8 88.3 101.5 108.7 113.1 89.5 50.1 114.8 123.8 108.8 118.9 131.1 140.1 138.0 132.6 115.3 76.8 68.6 59.9 62.4 89.0 101.5 107.9 112.5 90.5 49.3 114.4 May 1997 Aug. 1997 Nov. 1997 May 1997 0.3 .0 4.1 -4.2 -4.3 -4.0 -6.1 -3.3 .5 .6 3.3 -6.9 .9 1.6 3.3 -1.1 1.7 -9.7 6.1 2.0 1.5 3.3 11.5 14.1 12.2 8.5 7.3 -8.3 -7.2 -5.1 -11.0 -8.2 -8.2 -11.9 -4.9 -7.1 -15.3 .0 -1.9 -4.3 -.3 -6.7 -5.2 -10.1 -1.8 -5.9 -2.6 -2.9 -5.7 -10.1 3.2 .8 1.5 5.5 -5.1 -18.0 -3.7 0.6 -.7 -9.5 -2.1 .0 3.6 -2.7 -10.4 -1.0 -.6 -3.3 -2.5 .5 -1.9 -2.9 -2.5 -.9 .0 -.7 1.1 .7 3.7 3.4 4.5 3.8 .9 1.9 -4.0 -3.4 -1.0 -9.0 -3.7 -3.4 -4.6 -3.0 -2.8 -12.6 3.0 -0.6 -2.5 -5.0 -4.4 -2.7 -3.5 -2.2 -8.1 -1.8 -1.7 -4.5 -6.4 1.8 -.6 -.7 1.4 -3.0 -9.4 -2.2 Feb. 1997 Nov. 1997 Expenditure category Household furnishings and operation 3 ..................................................... Housefurnishings 2 .................................................................................. Textile housefurnishings 12 ........................................... ....................... Furniture and bedding 1 ........................................................................ Bedroom furniture 1 ............................................................................ Sofas 1 2 .............................................................................................. Living room chairs and tables 1 2 ...................................................... Other furniture 2 ............................................ ..................................... Appliances, including electronic equipment1 2................................... Video and audio products 1 2 ............................................................ Televisions 1 .................................................................................... Video products other than televisions 12 8.................................... Audio products 1 2 ............................................................................ Major household appliances 12 6 ...................................................... Refrigerators and home freezers 1 2 .............................................. Laundry equipment1 ....................................................................... Stoves, ovens, dishwashers, and air conditioners 12 6 ................ Information processing equipment1 8 ............................................... Other housefurnishings 12 6 ................................................................. Floor and window coverings, infants’, laundry, cleaning, and outdoor equipment1 2 ........................................... Clocks, lamps, and decor items 1...................................................... Tableware, serving pieces, and nonelectric kitchenware 1 2 ........... Lawn equipment, power tools, and other hardware 1 2 ................... Sewing, floor cleaning, small kitchen, and portable heating appliances 12 6 .......................................... Indoor plants and fresh cut flowers 1 9 ............................................. Housekeeping supplies ........................................................................... Laundry and cleaning products, including soap 12............................. Household paper products and stationery supplies 1 2 ...................... Other household, lawn, and garden supplies 12................................ Housekeeping services 2 ......................................................................... Postage 1 ............................................................................................... Appliance and furniture repair1 2 ........................................................ Gardening and other household services 2 6 ...................................... 140.6 115.8 128.1 111.0 139.4 117.2 127.3 110.4 13.1 9.0 2.9 2.9 -4.4 2.1 -2.5 -1.8 -.9 —3.3 1.3 .7 -2.8 1.0 4.9 -.7 4.0 5.5 .2 .5 -1.8 -1.2 3.1 .0 90.1 108.3 143.8 146.3 146.4 138.1 156.2 160.8 158.8 138.2 89.6 107.2 144.1 147.6 146.4 137.3 156.8 160.8 158.9 139.4 11.7 .7 2.3 1.1 1.4 4.5 .0 .0 -.8 -2.3 -4.3 12.7 1.7 2.2 .8 1.2 3.5 .0 3.6 5.4 -3.1 -19.3 -.8 -.8 -2.7 1.5 4.2 .0 1.8 3.8 -.9 -6.8 2.0 4.5 3.3 -1.7 3.4 .0 2.0 2.9 3.4 6.6 2.0 1.7 1.1 2.8 1.7 .0 1.4 1.5 -2.0 -13.3 .6 1.8 .3 -.1 3.8 .0 1.9 3.4 Apparel and upkeep..................................................................................... Apparel commodities 2 .............................................................................. Apparel commodities less footwear...................................................... Men’s and boys’ ................................................................................... Men’s ................................................................................................... Suits, sport coats, coats, and jackets............................................ Furnishings and special clothing .................................................... Shirts 2 .............................................................................................. Dungarees, jeans, and trousers...................................................... Boys’ ................................................................................................... Women’s and girls’ ............................................................................... Women’s ............................................................................................. Coats and jackets............................................................................ Dresses ............................................................................................ Separates and sportswear2 ........................................................... Underwear, nightwear, hosiery, and accessories 2 ....................... Suits 2 ............................................................................................... Girls’ ................................................................................................... Infants’ and toddlers’ 1 ......................................................................... Other apparel commodities 2 ............................................................... Sewing materials, notions, and luggage 16...................................... Watches and jewelry 6 ....................................................................... Watches 1 6 ...................................................................................... Jewelry 6........................................................................................... Footwear................................................................................................. Men’s .................................................................................................... Boys’ and girls’ ..................................................................................... Women’s ................................................................................................ Apparel services 1 2 ................................................................................... Laundry and dry cleaning other than coin operated 1 2 ........................ Other apparel services 1 2 ....................................................................... 131.8 128.3 127.7 130.7 134.3 137.9 130.6 139.1 131.6 117.8 123.7 123.4 126.5 105.3 127.4 135.1 132.7 125.1 127.7 144.2 125.9 144.3 125.1 150.4 130.5 132.4 135.2 125.2 162.8 166.4 160.6 131.9 128.5 128.1 130.3 133.2 135.5 128.5 140.6 129.9 119.5 124.7 124.5 129.8 106.4 128.5 133.8 137.8 125.5 127.1 144.4 124.3 144.5 124.4 150.1 129.6 132.7 133.9 123.6 162.6 165.5 160.9 3.4 3.5 4.5 -1.2 4.3 -7.1 18.5 -1.4 5.7 -12.0 10.8 12.7 2.0 55.3 7.1 3.1 22.7 1.6 1.3 -5.0 -8.9 -6.0 2.3 -7.7 -1.6 .9 9.2 -7.7 3.3 5.0 1.8 3.4 3.5 3.8 6.4 5.2 9.5 .3 3.2 4.6 15.3 2.6 1.0 7.0 -3.4 .9 3.3 -7.0 10.1 23.0 -5.0 -2.2 -3.8 4.2 -6.1 1.6 1.8 -9.8 8.6 1.5 .5 2.8 -4.1 -4.8 -6.0 .9 -2.6 -2.0 9.1 -3.9 -5.6 4.1 -9.4 -9.5 9.3 -26.1 -12.7 1.8 13.3 -9.4 -17.9 -3.3 -1.3 -3.0 .0 -.8 2.5 -3.8 1.5 8.1 2.0 1.5 2.0 1.2 1.6 1.3 -.3 -1.8 -4.0 -5.7 5.6 -3.6 2.4 3.6 6.0 6.7 2.3 11.7 -3.8 -6.4 -6.4 -4.0 -.6 -7.4 .3 -5.6 -.8 1.9 .6 9.8 -2.2 -.2 -1.9 1.3 3.4 3.5 4.1 2.5 4.8 .9 9.0 .9 5.2 .7 6.6 6.7 4.5 22.5 4.0 3.2 6.8 5.7 11.6 -5.0 -5.6 -4.9 3.2 -6.9 .0 1.4 -.8 .2 2.4 2.7 2.3 -1.5 -1.7 -2.5 .3 -2.2 -3.0 1.4 .7 -4.6 3.3 -3.1 -2.1 8.0 -13.0 -1.2 -1.0 3.0 -7.9 -11.2 -1.9 -4.4 -1.4 -2.8 -.8 2.2 -1.6 5.6 2.8 .9 -.2 1.6 See footnotes at end of table. 37 Table 9. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Seasonally adjusted U.S. city average, detailed expenditure categories—Continued (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) Seasonally adjusted indexes Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent change for Item and group 3 months ended— Oct. 1997 Nov. 1997 143.9 141.5 145.4 141.0 121.4 122.4 122.0 123.5 132.2 153.5 164.0 148.5 107.3 107.2 105.2 111.0 107.9 164.6 175.5 142.9 140.6 144.8 140.6 121.2 122.2 121.5 123.0 132.3 152.7 164.3 148.3 104.9 104.6 102.5 108.6 105.5 164.9 175.9 Feb. 1997 6 months ended— Nov. 1997 May 1997 Aug. 1997 Nov. 1997 May 1997 2.5 3.4 -.5 -.6 -1.9 -.3 -1.3 -.6 -.9 1.0 2.2 1.0 13.1 13.2 13.0 1.8 11.9 1.5 4.3 -6.4 -7.3 .0 .0 1.0 -.6 1.7 -.6 -3.5 -.8 2.5 -5.0 -29.9 -30.3 -31.3 -9.0 -26.8 3.3 5.8 1.7 2.3 -.5 -.6 -2.9 -1.9 1.0 -.3 .3 -.3 -1.5 -13.7 15.7 18.0 19.8 9.1 13.0 3.0 3.8 -1.4 -2.0 -1.6 -2.0 -2.9 .7 -2.3 -4.4 -.3 -.8 2.0 -3.2 -5.2 -5.5 -6.7 -11.0 -4.4 1.2 4.0 -2.1 -2.1 -.3 -.3 -.5 -.5 .2 -.6 -2.2 .1 2.4 -2.0 -10.9 -11.2 -11.9 -3.7 -9.5 2.4 5.1 0.1 .1 -1.1 -1.3 -2.9 -.7 -.7 -2.4 .0 -.5 .2 -8.6 4.7 5.6 5.7 -1.5 3.9 2.1 3.9 Expenditure category Transportation............................................................................................... Private ........................................................................................................ New vehicles........................................................................................... New c a rs ............................................................................................... Subcompact new cars 2 6 .................................................................. Compact new cars 2 6 ........................................................................ Intermediate new cars 2 6 .................................................................. Full-size new cars 2 6 ......................................................................... Luxury new cars 2 6 ............................................................................ New trucks 7.......................................................................................... New motorcycles 6 ............................................................................... Used c a rs ................................................................................................. Motor fu e l................................................................................................ Gasoline................................................................................................ Gasoline, unleaded regular............................................................... Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 1 10...................................................... Gasoline, unleaded premium............................................................ Automobile maintenance and repair....................................................... Body work 1 ........................................................................................... Automobile drive train, brake, and miscellaneous mechanical repair1 2....................................... Maintenance and servicing 1................................................................ Power plant repair2 ............................................................................. Other private transportation 2 ................................................................. Other private transportation commodities 2 ........................................ Motor oil, coolant, and other products 1........................................... Automobile parts and equipment...................................................... Tires................................................................................................. Other parts and equipment1 2 ....................................................... Other private transportation services 2 ................................................ Automobile insurance......................................................................... Automobile finance charges 2 ........................................................... Automobile fees 12............................................................................. Automobile registration, licensing, and inspection fees 1 2 .............................................................. Other automobile-related fees 1 2 ................................................... Public transportation.................................................................................. Airline fares 1 ....................... ................................................................... Other intercity transportation 1 ............................................................... Intracity public transportation 1............................................................... 172.3 151.5 169.1 173.6 103.7 130.6 100.7 98.2 107.4 191.4 252.7 91.7 187.6 172.7 151.7 169.1 173.6 103.6 130.5 100.7 98.4 107.1 191.4 253.1 90.8 187.0 2.4 -.3 1.2 1.4 -.8 -5.4 .0 .4 1.1 1.9 2.9 -2.1 8.8 4.1 .8 4.1 1.6 -.4 7.3 -2.0 -3.1 -.4 1.9 3.4 -3.8 -1.1 2.1 5.5 1.0 2.6 .8 -.9 1.6 -1.6 3.0 2.8 2.4 .0 8.6 .0 2.4 1.4 .0 -1.9 -.9 -2.0 -4.3 -.4 .4 1.1 -8.7 2.2 3.2 .3 2.7 1.5 -.6 .8 -1.0 -1.4 .4 1.9 3.2 -2.9 3.7 1.1 3.9 1.2 1.3 -.6 -.9 -.2 -3.0 1.3 1.6 1.8 -4.5 5.3 185.0 192.4 188.4 204.6 159.0 176.2 185.2 190.6 185.2 196.9 158.7 176.3 -.7 22.8 -12.1 -14.6 -2.8 -1.4 -.2 -1.9 11.6 20.6 1.5 1.2 7.0 10.3 -5.5 -14.3 2.8 1.1 2.0 2.6 6.5 7.9 1.5 2.1 -.4 9.8 -1.0 1.5 -.6 -.1 4.5 6.4 .3 -3.8 2.2 1.6 Medical ca re ................................................................................................. Medical care commodities......................................................................... Prescription drugs................................................................................... Nonprescription drugs and medical supplies 1 6 ................................... 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 6 ........................................................................................... Services by other medical professionals 6 .......................................... Hospital and related services................................................................. Hospital services 11 .............................................................................. Inpatient hospital services 11............................................................. Outpatient hospital services 6 ........................................................... Nursing home services 11 ..................................................................... 235.6 212.9 248.7 145.3 172.0 176.1 240.5 218.4 225.1 228.8 142.1 156.2 276.4 102.1 101.5 227.0 103.4 236.2 213.6 249.6 145.0 171.6 175.9 241.1 218.9 225.5 229.4 142.0 157.2 277.7 102.5 101.9 227.9 103.5 2.3 2.9 3.5 4.3 5.3 2.3 2.1 2.9 2.2 4.8 2.0 5.9 2.4 3.7 4.0 4.1 1.1 .5 2.1 3.8 4.6 4.2 4.4 .9 4.0 3.6 .8 1.2 3.5 2.0 1.7 -1.1 -1.0 .6 .2 2.3 2.2 2.6 2.4 3.6 2.0 2.1 1.6 2.4 1.6 2.5 4.8 2.6 2.1 1.5 1.7 1.2 2.3 2.7 2.2 1.8 3.4 -.3 2.3 3.7 3.2 2.4 4.0 1.6 3.0 3.5 3.8 2.7 2.9 2.2 2.9 3.7 3.2 4.6 1.4 4.9 3.0 2.2 .5 .2 1.1 .7 2.3 2.4 2.4 2.1 3.5 .9 2.2 2.6 2.8 2.0 3.2 3.2 See footnotes at end of table. 38 - 8.3 - - 5.9 - Table 9. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Seasonally adjusted U.S. city average, detailed expenditure categories—Continued (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent change for Seasonally adjusted indexes 6 months ended— 3 months ended— Item and group Oct. 1997 Nov. 1997 160.7 143.3 180.7 192.4 169.0 123.8 126.9 116.8 134.1 127.0 135.6 143.2 185.5 134.4 160.3 142.9 180.9 192.8 169.0 123.1 125.5 117.0 133.9 126.7 135.7 143.0 184.9 134.0 1.8 .6 1.1 1.9 .7 2.3 3.2 .7 .0 -2.2 3.3 2.3 2.7 -6.3 1.0 -1.7 .2 .0 .0 -2.2 .3 -5.6 -1.2 -5.2 .6 .0 4.5 2.4 4.1 3.1 2.9 -.2 6.6 3.3 3.5 3.1 .9 4.2 -2.3 -.8 4.4 -5.8 -1.7 -1.9 .0 .8 -.7 -5.9 -8.4 -2.7 -.6 -3.1 3.0 2.6 -1.5 2.1 1.4 -.6 .7 .9 .4 .0 1.8 -2.5 -.6 -3.7 1.9 1.1 3.6 -2.0 1.1 .6 1.5 .3 2.9 -1.4 -2.7 .2 .1 .5 .3 .8 1.4 -1.9 171.0 200.5 171.2 142.9 168.9 199.8 172.5 142.5 7.5 3.3 4.2 3.8 12.8 3.3 1.9 3.8 -4.8 16.6 7.6 2.0 -2.3 -8.7 1.4 .6 10.1 3.3 3.0 3.8 -3.6 3.2 4.4 1.3 225.6 249.9 153.3 145.4 226.4 250.2 154.3 147.1 4.1 2.9 .3 -3.3 6.4 9.1 3.2 2.2 2.9 .5 -.5 -1.6 6.8 12.9 5.1 7.7 5.3 5.9 1.7 -.5 4.9 6.5 2.2 2.9 154.9 156.1 6.4 -4.3 -1.0 8.4 .9 3.6 139.7 163.5 162.6 141.7 163.7 162.8 -9.6 5.4 5.7 7.5 4.0 4.1 -2.3 1.0 1.0 7.1 2.2 2.2 -1.4 4.7 4.9 2.3 1.6 1.6 166.5 259.0 244.5 260.3 278.5 295.9 294.6 136.8 227.9 166.1 192.7 173.6 167.0 259.8 245.2 261.2 279.6 297.4 295.9 137.2 228.5 166.4 193.1 174.0 3.3 6.1 2.9 6.3 6.0 7.6 5.0 4.3 6.0 2.0 11.9 6.9 4.2 5.7 6.5 5.7 5.8 6.5 5.1 4.3 5.7 5.3 5.0 8.1 2.2 5.5 7.9 5.3 4.9 4.6 10.1 3.0 6.0 7.9 3.8 3.5 2.9 3.6 3.5 3.8 4.9 2.3 8.8 6.0 1.9 1.9 1.5 1.9 3.7 5.9 4.7 6.0 5.9 7.1 5.1 4.3 5.9 3.7 8.4 7.5 2.6 4.5 5.7 4.5 4.9 3.4 9.5 4.5 4.0 4.9 2.6 2.7 159.8 129.7 160.3 128.8 -1.3 -6.0 -1.0 5.1 3.3 5.3 1.8 -8.0 -1.1 -.6 2.5 -1.5 107.7 145.4 157.7 105.4 146.1 158.1 12.7 3.4 1.3 -29.5 -2.2 2.6 15.6 -.6 4.2 -4.8 9.0 3.1 -10.9 .6 2.0 4.9 4.1 3.6 Feb. 1997 May 1997 Aug. 1997 Nov. 1997 May 1997 Nov. 1997 Expenditure category Entertainment2 ............................................................................................. Entertainment commodities 2 .................................................................... Reading materials 1................................................................................. Newspapers 1 2 ..................................................................................... Magazines, periodicals, and books 1 2 _____ __ ___ ___ , ______ Sporting goods and equipment1 ........................................................... Sport vehicles, including bicycles 1...................................................... Other sporting goods 1 ......................................................................... Toys, hobbies, and other entertainment1 2 ........................................... Toys, hobbies, and music equipment2 ............................................... Photographic supplies and equipment1.............................................. Pet supplies and expense 1 ................................................................. Entertainment services 2 ............................................................................ Club memberships 2 6 .............................................................................. Fees for participant sports, excluding club memberships 2 6 ......................................................................... Admissions 1 ............................................................................................ Fees for lessons or instructions 6 .......................................................... Other entertainment services 12 6 ......................................................... Other goods and services 3 ......................................................................... Tobacco and smoking products ............................................................... 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 2 ................................................. Haircuts and other barber shop services for males 2 ......................................................................... Personal and educational expenses 2...................................................... School books and supplies..................................................................... Personal and educational services 2 ...................................................... Tuition and other school fe e s.............................................................. College tuition.................................................................................... Elementary and high school tuition................................................... Day care and nursery school9 ......................................................... Personal expenses............................................................................... Legal service fees 1 6 ......................................................................... Personal financial services 1 6......................... .................................. Funeral expenses 6 ........................................................................... Special indexes Domestically produced farm food ............................................................... Selected beef c u ts ....................................................................................... Motor fuel, motor oil, coolant, and other products 2 ................................................................................................. Utilities and public transportation................................................................ Housekeeping and home maintenance services 1 2 .................................. 7 8 9 10 11 Indexes on a December 1983=100 base. Indexes on a December 1988=100 base. Indexes on a December 1990=100 base. Indexes on a December 1993=100 base. Indexes on a December 1996=100 base. Data not available. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. 1 Not seasonally adjusted. 2 This index series will no longer appear in its present form after December, 1997. See Table X for a comparable index series. This index series will undergo a change in composition in January, 1998. Indexes on a December 1984=100 base Indexes on a December 1982=100 base. Indexes on a December 1986=100 base. 39 Table 10. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Selected areas, all items index (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) Indexes Area Pricing schedule 1 Percent change to Nov. 1997 from— Percent change to Oct. 1997 from— Aug. 1997 Sept. 1997 Oct. 1997 Nov. 1997 M 160.8 161.2 161.6 161.5 1.8 0.2 -0.1 2.1 0.5 0.2 urban................................................ More than 1,200,000 ........................ 500,000 to 1,200,000 3 ..................... 50,000 to 500,000 3 .......................... M M M M 167.8 168.4 166.2 166.8 168.4 169.2 166.0 167.1 168.7 169.5 166.0 167.6 168.5 169.3 165.8 167.5 1.9 2.0 1.7 1.9 .1 .1 -.1 .2 -.1 -.1 -.1 -.1 2.2 2.3 2.2 2.3 .5 .7 -.1 .5 .2 .2 .0 .3 North Central urban.......................................... Size A - More than 1,200,000 ........................ Size B - 360,000 to 1,200,000 3 ..................... Size C - 50,000 to 360,000 3 .......................... Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than 50,000)............................... M M M M 157.2 158.0 156.3 158.8 157.5 158.3 156.2 159.6 157.7 158.4 156.7 159.7 157.7 158.4 156.9 159.3 1.7 2.0 1.6 1.4 .1 .1 .4 -.2 .0 .0 .1 -.3 2.1 2.3 1.8 2.0 .3 .3 .3 .6 .1 .1 .3 .1 M 152.6 153.4 153.2 153.7 1.2 .2 .3 1.4 .4 -.1 South urban...................................................... Size A - More than 1,200,000 ........................ Size B - 450,000 to 1,200,000 3..................... Size C - 50,000 to 450,000 3 .......................... Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than 50,000)............................... M M M M 157.1 155.9 160.8 156.1 157.5 156.4 160.6 156.7 157.8 156.7 160.9 157.2 157.8 156.4 161.2 157.3 1.7 1.7 1.9 1.7 .2 .0 .4 .4 .0 -.2 .2 .1 1.9 2.0 2.0 1.6 .4 .5 .1 .7 .2 .2 .2 .3 M 156.4 157.1 156.9 157.1 1.6 .0 .1 1.7 .3 -.1 West urban....................................................... Size A - More than 1,250,000 ........................ Size C - 50,000 to 330,000 3 .......................... M M M 161.5 161.7 166.8 162.1 162.3 167.4 162.8 163.1 168.3 162.8 162.8 169.2 2.3 2.3 3.2 .4 .3 1.1 .0 -.2 .5 2.3 2.4 3.1 .8 .9 .9 .4 .5 .5 Size classes A 4 .................................................................. B 3 .................................................................. C 3.................................................................. D .................................................................... M M M M 145.1 161.2 160.5 156.8 145.6 161.2 161.0 157.4 146.0 161.5 161.5 157.6 145.8 161.6 161.6 157.8 2.0 1.7 2.0 1.3 .1 .2 .4 .3 -.1 .1 .1 .1 2.3 2.0 2.1 1.4 .6 .2 .6 .5 .3 .2 .3 .1 M M M 162.5 159.7 170.8 162.1 160.5 171.7 162.5 161.1 172.3 162.9 160.7 172.0 2.2 1.5 2.1 .5 .1 .2 .2 -.2 -.2 2.3 1.4 2.4 .0 .9 .9 .2 .4 .3 M M 166.8 161.2 168.6 161.6 167.7 162.5 166.4 162.6 1.3 3.6 -1.3 .6 -.8 .1 1.7 3.6 .5 .8 -.5 .6 _ 156.7 167.8 157.3 158.5 155.1 163.6 156.0 169.4 157.1 159.5 152.9 161.8 .8 1.9 2.1 2.0 1.0 .4 -.4 1.0 -.1 .6 -1.4 -1.1 U.S. city average............................................... Nov. 1996 Sept. 1997 Oct. 1997 Oct. 1996 Aug. 1997 Sept. 1997 Region and area size 2 Northeast Size A Size B Size C - Selected local areas 5 Chicago-Gary-Lake County, IL-IN-WI.................. Los Angeles-Anaheim-Riverside, C A .................. N.Y.-Northern N.J.-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT Phil.-Wilmington-Trenton, PA-NJ-DE-MD 6................................................. San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA 6............. Baltimore, MD 7................................................. Boston-Lawrence-Salem, MA-NH....................... Cleveland-Akron-Lorain, O H .............................. Miami-Fort Lauderdale, F L ................................. St. Louis-East St. Louis, MO-IL 8........................ Washington, DC-MD-VA 7.................................. 1 1 1 1 1 1 Dallas-Fort Worth, T X ........................................ Detroit-Ann Arbor, M l........................................ Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, T X ........................ Pittsburgh-Beaver Valley, PA 8 .......................... 2 2 2 2 151.2 156.9 145.4 157.5 _ - 1 Foods, fuels, and several other items priced every month in all areas; most other goods and sen/ices priced as indicated: M - Every month. 1 - January, March, May, July, September, and November. 2 - February, April, June, August, October, and December. 2 Regions defined as the four Census regions. See map in technical notes. 3 Starting in January, 1998, a new Size Class B/C will be introduced, composed of current Size Class B and Size Class C cities. There will be no individual Size Class B or Size Class C. 4 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base. 5 In addition, the following metropolitan areas are published semiannually and appear in tables 34 and 39 of the January and July issues of the CPI Detailed Report: Anchorage, AK; Atlanta, GA; Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY; Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN; Denver-Boulder, CO; Honolulu, HI; Kansas City, MO-KS; Milwaukee, Wl; Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI; PortlandVancouver, OR-WA; San Diego, CA; and Seattle-Tacoma, WA. The following metropolitan areas are published annually and appear in tables 16A and 23A of the January issue of the CPI Detailed Report: New _ 152.8 157.9 147.3 157.9 _ - _ _ - - - _ _ _ _ - - - _ - _ - 1.4 2.7 2.9 2.2 1.1 .6 1.3 .3 _ - Orleans, LA and Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL. 6 Indexes for the cities of Philadelphia and San Francisco will no longer be published on a monthly basis starting in January, 1998. Beginning in February, 1998 they will be published on a bi-monthly basis. 7 Indexes for the cities of Washington and Baltimore will no longer be published separately after December, 1997. Beginning in January, 1998 the two cities will be published as a Washington-Baltimore combined metropolitan area. 8 Indexes for the cities of Pittsburgh and St. Louis will no longer be published on a bi-monthly basis after December, 1997. Beginning in July, 1998 they will be published semi-annually, each January and July. Data not available. 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. 40 Table 11. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Regions 1, by expenditure category and commodity and service group (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) Northeast Index Group Nov. 1997 Percent change from— Oct. Nov. 1997 1996 Index Nov. 1997 West South North Central Pencent cha nge frorn— Nov. Oct. 1997 1996 Index Nov. 1997 Percent change from— Oct. Nov. 1997 1996 Index Nov. 1997 Percent change from— Nov. Oct. 1996 1997 Expenditure category All item s.................................................................................... All items (December 1977— 100)............................................ 168.5 265.3 1.9 - -0.1 - 157.7 256.5 1.7 0.0 - 157.8 256.0 1.7 - 0.0 - 162.8 263.2 2.3 - 0.0 - Food and beverages............................................................. F o o d .................................................................................... Food at hom e................................................................... Cereals and bakery products 2 ..................................... Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs 2.................................... Dairy products 2 ............................................................. Fruits and vegetables 2.................................................. Other food at home 2..................................................... Sugar and sweets 2 ..................................................... Fats and oils 2 ............................................................. Nonalcoholic beverages 2........................................... Other prepared food 2 ................................................. Food away from hom e..................................................... Alcoholic beverages........................................................... 161.4 160.8 161.8 184.1 152.2 138.0 189.1 155.5 155.5 148.1 146.0 166.8 161.3 167.9 1.3 1.3 .6 1.6 -.3 -2.3 -.4 3.6 2.5 -.7 7.3 1.9 2.6 1.7 .4 .4 .4 .7 .4 1.2 1.8 -1.2 -.4 -.1 -1.4 -1.7 .3 .0 155.4 154.7 154.0 176.4 146.9 144.9 177.1 141.9 144.7 133.8 125.5 157.2 156.4 163.4 1.1 1.0 .1 .6 .2 -3.3 -.1 1.8 1.5 .1 2.6 1.7 2.7 1.7 -.1 -.1 -.3 -.5 .5 .6 -.4 -1.5 -.2 -1.6 -2.6 -1.1 .4 .2 157.4 157.4 156.4 173.4 145.7 148.6 187.8 145.7 143.9 139.4 130.3 162.1 160.7 156.8 1.8 1.8 1.6 1.7 .3 -.6 3.0 3.3 3.0 .5 6.5 1.9 2.2 1.8 .2 .2 .2 -.3 .2 1.0 .4 -.1 .4 -.5 -.8 .4 .2 .1 161.4 160.9 164.9 178.0 153.0 158.0 204.6 148.9 147.6 141.3 138.0 160.8 155.1 167.3 2.7 2.6 2.4 2.4 1.1 -.1 4.6 3.5 1.7 -1.3 7.2 2.5 2.9 3.5 .0 .1 -.1 -.7 .1 .7 .2 -.8 -1.9 -1.5 -.9 -.4 .3 -.2 Housing 3 ............................................................................... Shelter................................................................................. Renters’ costs 2 4 ............................................................. Rent, residential ............................................................ Other renters’ costs 2 .................................................... Homeowners’ costs 2 4 ..................................................... Owners’ equivalent re n t4 .............................................. Maintenance and repairs2 ............................................... Maintenance and repair services2 ............................... Maintenance and repair commodities2 ........................ Fuel and other utilities 3 ...................................................... Fuels................................................................................. Fuel oil and other household fuel commodities 2 ........................................................... Fuel o il2....................................................................... Other household fuel commodities 2 8 ...................................................... Gas (piped) and electricity (energy services).............. Electricity..................................................................... Utility (piped) g a s ........................................................ Other utilities and public services2 ................................. Household furnishings and operation 3 .............................. Housefurnishings 2 ........................................................... Housekeeping supplies 2 .................................................. Housekeeping services 2 .................................................. 168.8 197.6 204.6 181.3 244.9 205.8 206.9 136.6 144.2 125.9 125.3 115.8 2.3 3.2 4.1 3.0 6.4 2.8 2.8 -.2 .9 .2 -.4 -.1 -.4 -2.1 .2 -6.7 .3 .3 -.1 .0 -.4 1.3 2.0 153.1 174.5 177.6 165.7 191.4 179.3 179.7 143.3 155.2 132.3 126.8 111.3 2.8 3.3 3.0 3.2 2.6 3.4 3.4 .1 -.1 .5 2.5 1.8 .2 .1 -.6 .2 -2.3 .3 .2 -.1 .0 -.4 1.0 1.6 148.9 161.5 171.1 156.6 204.9 163.9 163.6 150.5 158.4 136.4 136.2 120.6 2.3 2.8 2.9 2.6 3.7 2.8 2.8 8.0 13.5 -1.5 2.3 2.4 -.1 .1 -.2 .3 -1.3 .2 .3 .5 .5 .5 -1.0 -2.1 161.3 176.8 187.0 169.2 225.4 187.5 187.5 144.9 150.9 137.8 141.4 130.7 2.9 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.2 3.0 3.1 1.4 1.1 2.0 3.8 4.4 .1 .2 -.6 .5 -4.0 .5 .4 .3 .2 .7 .1 -.2 93.6 92.9 -10.1 -11.0 1.6 1.8 92.5 88.6 -9.5 -12.1 1.6 1.6 105.0 92.4 -6.6 -7.9 .2 -.3 109.3 123.2 -.9 -.6 2.0 .2 119.8 131.7 136.0 125.8 162.2 125.5 106.0 150.9 156.3 -4.4 2.3 .5 6.0 1.4 -.2 -1.5 -.6 2.4 1.1 2.1 .4 5.4 .1 -.4 -1.1 .7 .0 126.2 117.0 122.5 112.8 162.3 124.0 108.3 144.8 150.2 -6.5 2.5 .2 5.0 3.2 1.1 -.5 2.5 3.6 1.8 1.6 -.9 4.5 .2 .2 -.3 .4 .7 137.9 123.7 123.9 125.5 165.1 126.4 112.8 137.6 159.0 -5.7 3.2 2.1 7.5 2.1 .2 -1.6 2.8 2.6 .6 -2.2 -3.3 2.4 .1 -.2 -.4 -.1 .3 122.5 133.7 145.7 121.5 161.4 125.0 111.3 140.5 148.1 -1.1 4.6 -.5 16.6 3.3 .4 -.3 -.7 2.4 2.9 -.1 -1.0 1.4 .3 .0 .1 -.9 .1 Apparel and upkeep.............................................................. Apparel commodities 2 ....................................................... Men’s and boys’ apparel2 ............................................... Women’s and girls’ apparel2 .......................................... Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel2 ....................................... Footwear2......................................................................... Other apparel commodities 2 ........................................... Apparel services 2 ............................................................... 133.2 129.1 135.8 122.6 134.6 131.3 148.7 167.8 1.8 1.8 2.6 2.4 -1.0 2.4 -3.1 .7 -1.0 -1.2 -1.5 -1.0 -.5 -.9 -2.2 -.2 133.9 131.5 132.8 130.4 123.8 132.1 141.9 154.8 1.8 1.7 2.2 2.0 2.1 .3 1.4 2.7 .1 .0 .6 .6 -1.9 -1.2 -1.8 .5 145.7 141.9 141.2 143.4 132.4 134.0 151.7 173.3 1.5 1.5 2.2 2.0 1.0 2.8 -2.8 1.8 .6 .7 .9 1.6 .0 -1.3 -.2 -.1 122.7 118.3 119.5 114.9 114.6 115.7 129.3 156.3 -1.8 -2.2 -2.1 -.2 -5.1 -2.1 -8.4 1.2 -.5 -.4 -.5 -.3 2.1 -.2 -2.3 -1.0 Transportation........................................................................ Private transportation......................................................... New vehicles.................................................................... New c a rs ........................................................................ Used ca rs.......................................................................... Motor fu e l.......................................................................... G asoline......................................................................... Gasoline, unleaded regular........................................ Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 6 .................................. Gasoline, unleaded premium..................................... Maintenance and repairs................................................. Other private transportation 2 .......................................... Other private transportation commodities 2 ................. Other private transportation services 2 ......................... Public transportation 2 ........................................................ 147.2 142.4 144.0 142.4 151.0 103.9 103.6 102.5 107.1 103.6 172.7 180.8 105.9 195.7 187.3 -.1 -.1 -.1 .1 -5.4 -2.3 -2.0 -2.3 -2.0 -2.2 2.4 1.1 .0 1.2 .5 -.5 -.2 .8 .8 -.2 -2.3 -2.4 -2.8 -2.3 -2.4 .0 -.1 -.1 -.1 -3.0 141.4 137.7 140.7 136.3 147.5 102.4 102.2 100.7 112.8 105.7 155.3 174.1 105.7 189.5 201.1 -1.7 -1.9 -.8 -1.1 -5.8 -9.2 -9.1 -9.4 -9.0 —8.6 3.0 3.0 .5 3.3 -.7 -.5 -.2 .4 .3 -.2 -1.9 -2.0 -1.9 -2.2 -1.7 .3 .2 -.5 .4 -3.5 141.7 140.6 146.9 145.8 148.3 101.7 101.3 98.4 107.8 104.7 162.8 186.6 102.8 209.8 163.2 -1.3 -1.2 -.8 -1.0 -5.4 -5.5 -5.2 -5.6 -4.8 -4.7 2.3 1.2 -1.2 1.6 -1.4 -.3 -.1 .3 .3 -.1 -2.0 -2.1 -2.4 -2.0 -2.0 -.1 .7 -.1 .8 -3.1 146.2 142.3 143.6 139.6 145.4 111.4 110.5 107.8 107.5 111.5 165.7 175.2 103.4 192.6 191.4 1.0 1.4 -.6 -.7 -5.9 7.9 8.7 9.9 8.3 8.3 1.2 1.0 -1.1 1.4 -1.7 -.3 -.3 .5 .8 -.2 -2.0 -2.3 -2.4 -2.3 -1.8 .2 .2 1.3 .0 -1.3 - See footnotes at end of table. 41 Table 11. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Regions 1y by expenditure category and commodity and service group—Continued (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) Northeast Index Group Nov. 1997 North Central Per<Dent cha nge frorn— Nov. Oct. 1997 1996 Index Nov. 1997 South Percent change from— Nov. Oct. 1997 1996 Index Nov. 1997 West Percent change from— Nov. Oct. 1996 1997 Index Nov. 1997 Percent change from— Nov. Oct. 1996 1997 Expenditure category Medical care.......................................................................... Medical care commodities.................................................. Medical care services........................................................ Professional medical services......................................... 246.5 218.4 252.5 227.2 2.2 1.1 2.4 2.5 0.3 .0 .4 .1 228.5 212.5 232.4 212.6 2.2 2.2 2.2 3.0 0.1 .2 .1 .0 234.9 210.9 240.9 222.3 2.6 1.7 2.8 3.3 0.2 .0 .3 .2 236.7 225.1 239.4 204.9 3.1 2.4 3.2 2.8 0.3 .3 .2 .2 Entertainment7 ...................................................................... Entertainment commodities 2 ............................................. Entertainment services 2 .................................................... 170.9 147.6 196.1 2.0 -.1 3.5 -.2 -.1 -.4 163.0 147.5 181.6 1.6 .8 2.4 -.7 -.3 -1.1 160.3 142.8 181.9 1.5 .1 2.6 .1 .2 .0 157.8 138.7 179.0 .6 -.1 1.1 .4 .1 .7 Other goods and services 3 .................................................. Tobacco and smoking products 2 ...................................... Personal care 2.................................................................... Personal and educational expenses2................................ 238.6 242.4 164.7 273.4 4.1 5.3 1.5 4.4 .0 -.6 1.0 .0 224.3 262.0 149.5 253.8 5.2 6.6 3.4 5.1 .4 .9 .4 .0 222.1 236.6 147.5 264.1 5.7 7.4 2.9 5.8 .5 1.2 .5 .2 235.4 270.8 156.9 274.2 4.4 4.6 .1 5.4 .0 -1.3 .6 .2 All item s.................................................................................... 168.5 1.9 -.1 157.7 1.7 .0 157.8 1.7 .0 162.8 2.3 .0 Commodities.......................................................................... Food and beverages.......................................................... Commodities less food and beverages............................. Nondurables less food and beverages........................... Apparel commodities 2................................................... Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel......... Durables........................................................................... Services................................................................................. Rent of shelter4.................................................................. Household services less rent of shelter4 7 ....................... Transportation services...................................................... Medical care services........................................................ Other services..................................................................... 143.0 161.4 130.8 133.2 129.1 139.2 127.4 194.1 206.2 148.6 188.3 252.5 225.6 .5 1.3 -.2 .2 1.8 -.6 -.9 2.8 3.2 2.0 1.3 2.4 3.6 -.1 .4 -.5 -.7 -1.2 -.4 .2 -.2 -.4 1.0 -.9 .4 -.1 141.1 155.4 132.8 136.3 131.5 141.0 127.1 175.3 179.4 139.9 183.2 232.4 203.5 .0 1.1 -.7 -.4 1.7 -1.3 -1.4 3.1 3.3 2.9 2.4 2.2 4.0 -.1 -.1 -.2 -.1 .0 -.4 -.1 .1 .1 .9 -.5 .1 -.2 142.5 157.4 133.9 137.5 141.9 138.8 129.4 173.8 166.0 147.1 188.5 240.9 209.9 .5 1.8 -.4 .4 1.5 -.1 -1.5 2.8 2.9 2.7 1.3 2.8 4.3 .1 .2 .0 .0 .7 -.4 .1 -.1 .2 -.7 .0 .3 .0 142.5 161.4 131.0 133.9 118.3 144.4 127.2 181.3 187.5 153.5 186.3 239.4 211.2 1.4 2.7 .5 1.8 -2.2 3.6 -1.3 2.9 3.1 3.4 .5 3.2 3.6 -.2 .0 -.2 -.7 -.4 -.8 .4 .1 .1 .1 -.3 .2 .3 170.0 159.2 166.4 164.6 132.4 135.2 140.9 147.6 197.3 189.2 110.6 176.3 180.3 143.5 100.8 200.1 1.9 1.2 1.6 1.8 -.1 .4 -.3 .8 2.3 2.8 -1.2 2.1 2.2 .7 -4.6 2.8 -.2 .0 -.2 -.2 -.4 -.7 -.4 -.1 .1 -.3 .4 -.2 -.3 -.2 -1.3 -.3 158.1 153.0 157.2 153.8 134.0 137.8 142.4 145.9 180.7 170.0 106.6 165.1 167.6 143.3 102.1 182.7 1.8 1.1 1.3 1.7 -.6 -.2 -.9 .4 3.0 3.2 -3.5 2.2 2.4 .8 -9.2 3.2 .0 .0 -.1 .0 -.1 -.1 -.2 -.1 .1 .1 -.1 .0 .0 .1 -1.6 -.1 157.8 157.0 161.0 152.8 134.8 138.4 139.5 147.4 188.8 166.5 109.4 164.3 166.1 144.4 102.2 179.3 1.7 1.4 1.6 1.7 -.2 .5 .1 1.1 2.8 2.8 -1.2 2.0 2.0 .5 -5.5 2.8 .0 -.1 .0 .0 .1 .0 -.3 .1 -.2 -.1 -2.0 .2 .2 .3 -1.8 .1 163.2 158.5 164.8 158.7 132.7 136.3 146.0 148.0 193.3 176.3 118.8 167.9 169.7 139.6 112.4 184.8 2.2 1.9 2.0 2.2 .6 1.9 3.5 2.3 2.7 2.9 6.2 2.0 2.0 -.3 7.7 2.8 -.1 -.1 -.2 -.1 -.3 -.7 -.7 -.3 .1 .1 -1.2 .1 .1 -.1 -1.9 .1 Commodity and service group Special indexes All items less food ................................................................... All items less shelter............................................................... All items less homeowners’ costs 2 4 ..................................... All items less medical c a re ..................................................... Commodities less fo o d ............................................................ Nondurables less food ............................................................ Nondurables less food and apparel ....................................... Nondurables............................................................................. Services less rent of shelter4 .................................. .............. Services less medical care services....................................... Energy....................................................................................... All items less energy............................................................... All items less food and energy............................................. Commodities less food and energy commodities............ Energy commodities........................................................... Services less energy services............................................ Regions defined as the four Census regions. See map in technical 5 Indexes on a December 6 Indexes on a December 7 This index series will December, 1997. See Table X Data not available. notes. This index series will no longer appear after December, 1997. This index series will undergo a change in composition in January, 1998. Indexes on a December 1982=100 base. 42 1986=100 base. 1993=100 base. no longer appear in its present form after for a comparable index series. Table 12. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Population size classes 1, by expenditure category and commodity and service group (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) Index Group Nov. 1997 Pencent cha nge frorn— Oct. Nov. 1997 1996 Index Nov. 1997 Size class D Size class C 3 Size class B 3 Size class A 2 Percent change from— Oct. Nov. 1997 1996 Index Nov. 1997 Percent change from— Oct. Nov. 1997 1996 Index Nov. 1997 Percent change from— Oct. Nov. 1997 1996 Expenditure category All item s.................................................................................... All items (December 1977— 100)............................................ 145.8 145.8 2.0 - -0.1 - 161.6 262.3 1.7 - 0.1 - 161.6 259.8 2.0 - 0.1 - 157.8 254.5 1.3 - 0.1 - Food and beverages............................................................. F o o d .................................................................................... Food at hom e................................................................... Cereals and bakery products 4 ..................................... Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs 4.................................... Dairy products 4 ............................................................. Fruits and vegetables 4.................................................. Other food at home 4..................................................... Sugar and sweets 4 ..................................................... Fats and oils 4 ............................................................. Nonalcoholic beverages 4........................................... Other prepared food 4................................................. Food away from hom e..................................................... Alcoholic beverages........................................................... 143.5 143.1 147.0 159.8 138.0 142.0 174.3 135.4 136.6 131.5 125.4 144.8 137.2 147.4 1.8 1.8 1.2 1.3 .2 -1.6 2.3 2.9 2.2 -1.1 5.6 1.9 2.7 2.1 .1 .1 .1 -.1 .4 .9 .4 -1.0 -.7 -1.4 -1.3 -.8 .3 -.1 158.7 158.7 161.3 174.8 152.4 149.2 197.6 149.1 147.1 140.0 130.8 168.9 155.6 159.2 1.7 1.6 1.2 1.7 .5 -2.4 1.8 3.4 1.8 1.6 5.7 2.7 2.2 2.2 .1 .1 .0 -.7 .1 .8 1.0 -.8 -.5 -.3 -1.2 -.8 .3 .1 157.8 157.2 155.1 173.2 143.5 139.6 185.5 149.4 144.7 139.8 138.2 162.9 162.0 165.5 1.7 1.6 1.1 1.7 .1 -1.6 .9 3.5 2.8 -.4 6.1 2.8 2.5 2.7 .1 .1 .0 .1 -.1 .8 .9 -.6 .2 -.9 -1.7 -.1 .1 .0 154.8 154.4 152.2 181.9 140.7 141.8 172.8 143.0 139.1 140.2 128.5 157.0 159.3 160.6 1.4 1.4 1.0 2.1 .8 -.4 -.6 2.4 1.9 1.2 7.2 -.1 2.4 1.0 .3 .3 .3 .1 .9 1.1 .1 -.7 -.6 .4 -1.8 -.3 .4 .0 Housing 5 ............................................................................... Shelter................................................................................. Renters’ costs 4 6 ............................................................. Rent, residential ............................................................ Other renters’ costs 4 .................................................... Homeowners’ costs 4 6 ........................................ ............ Owners’ equivalent re n t6 .............................................. Maintenance and repairs 4 ............................................... Maintenance and repair services 4 ............................... Maintenance and repair commodities 4 ........................ Fuel and other utilities 5 ...................................................... Fuels........................................................... :..................... Fuel oil and other household fuel commodities 4 ........................................................... Fuel o il4....................................................................... Other household fuel commodities 2 4 ....................... Gas (piped) and electricity (energy services).............. Electricity..................................................................... Utility (piped) g a s........................................................ Other utilities and public services 4 ................................ Household furnishings and operation 5 .............................. Housefurnishings 4 ................ ........................................... Housekeeping supplies 4 .................................................. Housekeeping services 4 .................................................. 141.4 149.6 149.6 140.5 182.7 149.8 150.1 130.8 135.2 123.5 131.1 129.7 2.8 3.3 3.6 3.4 4.2 3.2 3.3 4.0 5.1 1.8 2.2 2.1 .0 -.2 -1.3 .3 -5.4 .3 .3 .2 .3 .2 .5 .9 158.7 178.6 194.5 166.8 247.6 182.9 183.5 137.8 140.5 135.4 134.5 114.1 1.9 2.5 2.5 2.4 2.6 2.5 2.6 .2 1.8 -1.4 1.4 .6 -.1 .0 -.7 .2 -2.2 .3 .3 -.1 .2 -.3 -.4 -.9 156.4 175.8 175.8 162.4 197.2 183.8 184.5 156.9 175.3 135.8 135.8 122.4 2.7 3.1 3.8 2.7 6.7 2.9 2.9 1.1 4.8 -3.9 2.5 2.3 .3 .3 -.2 .7 -1.9 .5 .5 .1 .0 .1 .2 .2 151.1 171.6 175.7 159.9 202.5 178.1 177.8 137.4 148.3 121.1 128.0 108.0 2.0 2.4 2.6 2.1 3.7 2.4 2.4 1.7 .7 4.2 1.7 .6 .1 .2 .3 .1 .5 .2 .2 .1 .0 .6 -.2 -.6 139.8 141.4 133.4 128.8 128.4 129.4 133.0 117.6 105.1 135.8 137.4 -8.9 -9.9 -4.3 3.4 .5 8.4 2.4 .1 -1.5 .5 3.2 1.5 1.7 .8 .9 -1.4 4.6 .2 -.1 -.6 .1 .6 94.2 94.2 125.0 121.6 128.6 109.9 177.3 127.1 115.7 134.6 155.6 -8.1 -8.5 -7.5 1.8 1.0 4.0 2.2 .4 -.6 1.7 1.8 1.7 1.3 2.3 -1.1 -2.1 1.7 .1 -.2 -.6 .4 .1 94.3 85.7 127.4 131.2 136.8 125.7 163.7 124.6 107.7 142.6 159.3 -9.1 -13.3 -2.4 3.7 2.1 8.3 2.8 1.2 .2 2.4 2.8 1.3 1.2 1.5 .1 -1.1 3.4 .1 .0 .0 .4 -.4 91.7 87.5 123.7 116.6 120.4 114.4 167.7 124.9 109.3 136.9 157.4 -9.4 -11.6 -6.5 1.6 -.4 6.8 3.0 .4 -.8 1.8 1.9 .0 .3 -.2 -.7 -2.1 3.1 .1 -.2 -.1 -1.4 .2 Apparel and upkeep.............................................................. Apparel commodities 4 ....................................................... Men’s and boys’ apparel4 ............................................... Women’s and girls’ apparel4 .......................................... Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel4 ....................................... Footwear4......................................................................... Other apparel commodities 4 ........................................... Apparel services 4 ............................................................... 123.5 122.1 123.1 117.3 107.7 127.2 139.8 136.9 1.0 .9 1.8 2.7 -.2 -.5 -5.7 1.3 -.7 -.7 -.3 -.6 .2 -1.5 -2.0 -.4 134.2 129.9 134.6 133.0 128.6 118.3 124.4 170.0 .8 .7 -.2 1.4 .5 2.4 -3.3 2.2 .9 1.0 1.9 1.1 -1.2 .3 -.9 .3 144.5 141.9 140.8 142.8 140.8 138.3 155.4 170.6 1.8 1.9 1.1 1.0 -2.2 7.2 1.6 1.6 .0 -.1 -1.2 1.3 -.7 -1.1 -1.2 .2 137.3 134.3 128.9 140.1 130.9 125.0 143.6 166.5 -.4 -.7 2.4 -2.7 -.6 -.5 .5 1.9 1.6 1.7 .4 2.7 1.4 .6 2.9 .2 Transportation........................................................................ Private transportation......................................................... New vehicles.................................................................... New c a rs ........................................................................ Used ca rs.......................................................................... Motor fu e l.......................................................................... Gasoline ......................................................................... Gasoline, unleaded regular........................................ Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 7 ................................. Gasoline, unleaded premium..................................... Maintenance and repairs................................................. Other private transportation 4 .......................................... Other private transportation commodities 4 ................. Other private transportation services 8......................... Public transportation 4 ........................................................ 141.9 141.4 126.6 124.9 140.0 153.4 152.9 153.0 106.7 142.8 146.1 150.4 108.9 158.8 146.5 -.3 -.1 -.5 -.4 -5.4 -1.5 -1.2 -1.3 -.8 -2.1 2.1 1.4 .2 1.6 -1.1 -.5 -.3 .5 .6 -.1 -2.1 -2.2 -2.4 -2.1 -2.2 .1 -.1 .2 -.2 -2.1 143.0 139.5 142.5 137.3 147.5 103.6 103.4 100.7 108.8 105.7 168.2 176.8 98.7 195.6 206.7 -.6 -.6 -.3 -.7 -5.6 -3.5 -3.3 -3.8 -3.6 -2.8 1.6 1.6 -1.7 2.0 .2 -.2 .1 .4 .4 -.3 -1.6 -1.7 -1.9 -1.9 -1.6 -.1 1.1 .5 1.2 -3.5 143.7 140.2 143.8 141.9 148.1 103.1 103.1 100.4 112.3 107.3 162.2 183.8 103.2 206.3 213.8 -1.0 -1.1 -1.0 -1.1 -5.4 -5.7 -5.2 -5.8 -4.5 -3.5 2.9 2.2 -1.7 2.9 .7 -.4 -.2 .3 .4 -.1 -1.9 -2.0 -2.1 -2.1 -1.6 .0 .4 -.4 .5 -3.3 141.3 137.2 144.1 139.9 142.2 101.8 101.1 97.2 112.1 104.1 150.3 175.6 119.7 191.2 220.0 -1.9 -1.9 -.8 -1.7 -6.8 -5.7 -5.5 -5.8 -5.6 -5.0 2.5 .9 -.3 1.1 -1.6 -.5 -.1 .8 .7 -.3 -2.9 -3.3 -3.7 -2.8 -2.3 .5 1.0 .6 1.1 -5.4 See footnotes at end of table. 43 Table 12. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Population size classes 1, by expenditure category and commodity and service group—Continued (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) Size class A 2 Index Group Nov. 1997 Size class B 3 Per<Dent cha nge frorn— Nov. Oct. 1996 1997 Index Nov. 1997 Size class C : Pert:ent cha nge frorn— Nov. Oct. 1996 1997 Index Nov. 1997 Size class D Percent change from— Nov. Oct. 1997 1996 Index Nov. 1997 Percent change from— Nov. Oct. 1996 1997 Expenditure category Medical care.......................................................................... Medical care commodities.................................................. Medical care services........................................................ Professional medical services......................................... 187.0 173.8 189.9 171.7 2.3 1.8 2.4 2.6 0.3 .2 .3 .2 236.8 216.7 241.6 213.6 3.4 1.9 3.6 4.4 0.3 -.3 .3 .1 240.0 208.9 247.4 225.8 2.6 2.2 2.7 2.5 0.1 .4 .0 .0 230.1 214.4 234.5 225.1 2.1 1.2 2.4 3.3 0.1 -.5 .3 .4 Entertainment8 ...................................................................... Entertainment commodities 4 ............................................. Entertainment services 4 .................................................... 144.6 132.7 154.3 1.2 -.2 2.1 -.1 -.2 -.1 161.6 140.5 189.0 2.3 -.4 4.7 .5 .4 .5 165.3 148.0 188.1 .9 .7 1.1 -.9 -.3 -1.4 150.4 142.1 162.2 2.5 2.3 2.6 .7 .7 .7 Other goods and services 5 .................................................. Tobacco and smoking products 4 ...................................... Personal care 4.................................................................... Personal and educational expenses 4................................ 185.0 194.6 138.0 198.6 4.7 5.5 1.3 5.2 .0 -.7 .6 .1 230.3 261.0 152.6 266.7 4.8 5.8 2.0 5.2 .7 1.7 .8 .2 226.6 257.0 154.7 259.6 5.4 7.6 4.5 4.6 .5 .9 .8 .3 223.8 239.9 137.8 267.0 5.1 6.5 2.0 5.3 .2 .4 .0 .1 All item s.................................................................................... 145.8 2.0 -.1 161.6 1.7 .1 161.6 2.0 .1 157.8 1.3 .1 Commodities.......................................................................... Food and beverages.......................................................... Commodities less food and beverages............................. Nondurables less food and beverages........................... Apparel commodities4................................................... Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel......... Durables........................................................................... Services................................................................................. Rent of shelter6.................................................................. Household services less rent of shelter6 8 ....................... Transportation services...................................................... Medical care services........................................................ Other services..................................................................... 136.2 143.5 131.2 140.1 122.1 151.5 119.2 153.5 149.9 132.4 152.8 189.9 173.1 .7 1.8 -.2 .6 .9 .4 -1.2 3.0 3.4 3.0 1.1 2.4 3.8 -.1 .1 -.4 -.7 -.7 -.7 .1 -.1 -.2 .5 -.6 .3 .0 141.4 158.7 131.7 134.3 129.9 139.4 128.3 182.6 186.6 148.3 190.3 241.6 215.2 .4 1.7 -.3 .3 .7 .1 -1.2 2.7 2.5 1.9 1.6 3.6 4.6 .1 .1 .2 .3 1.0 -.1 .1 .1 .0 -.3 .0 .3 .3 142.8 157.8 134.1 139.3 141.9 140.9 127.4 182.0 182.4 149.8 194.8 247.4 209.4 .6 1.7 -.2 .7 1.9 .2 -1.5 3.1 3.1 3.2 2.5 2.7 3.2 .0 .1 -.1 -.1 -.1 -.2 .0 .1 .3 .0 -.3 .0 -.3 140.1 154.8 132.0 134.8 134.3 137.0 128.5 177.1 177.5 144.6 185.8 234.5 208.4 -.1 1.4 -1.0 -.5 -.7 -.4 -1.6 2.4 2.4 2.3 .8 2.4 4.4 .1 .3 .1 -.1 1.7 -.9 .3 .1 .2 -.1 -.3 .3 .2 146.3 144.2 144.8 143.5 132.2 140.9 150.9 141.9 157.2 150.4 139.4 146.3 146.9 129.8 152.0 155.2 2.0 1.4 1.7 2.0 .0 .8 .7 1.2 2.6 3.0 .5 2.2 2.2 .4 -2.3 3.0 -.2 -.1 -.2 -.1 -.3 -.6 -.5 -.3 .1 -.1 -.4 -.1 -.1 -.2 -1.7 -.1 162.1 156.8 162.3 157.2 132.7 135.6 140.3 146.4 190.6 176.8 107.6 169.0 171.5 142.1 102.4 189.1 1.7 1.4 1.6 1.6 -.2 .4 .4 1.0 2.8 2.6 -1.2 1.9 2.0 .4 -4.1 2.8 .1 .1 .1 .1 .2 .2 -.1 .2 .0 .0 -1.2 .2 .2 .4 -1.3 .1 162.4 157.7 161.6 156.8 135.3 140.7 142.3 148.4 191.7 175.2 112.1 168.6 171.4 145.3 102.3 187.7 1.9 1.5 1.7 1.8 .0 .9 .5 1.2 3.0 3.1 -1.2 2.2 2.3 1.0 -6.1 3.0 158.4 154.5 158.6 152.6 132.9 136.0 138.3 144.8 186.3 170.0 103.7 165.5 168.2 142.9 100.8 184.2 1.3 1.0 1.1 1.2 -.9 -.4 -.3 .5 2.4 2.5 -2.4 1.6 1.7 -.1 -6.1 2.6 .1 .1 .1 .1 .1 -.1 -.8 .1 .0 .1 -1.6 .2 .2 .4 -2.6 .2 Commodity and service group Special indexes All items less fo o d ................................................................... All items less shelter............................................................... All items less homeowners’ costs 4 6 ..................................... All items less medical ca re ..................................................... Commodities less fo o d ............................................................ Nondurables less fo o d ............................................................ Nondurables less food and apparel ....................................... Nondurables............................................................................. Services less rent of shelter6 ................................................. Services less medical care services....................................... Energy........................................ .............................................. All items less energy............................................................... All items less food and energy............................................. Commodities less food and energy commodities............ Energy commodities........................................................... Services less energy services............................................ -.1 -.1 -.1 -.1 -.1 -.7 -1.4 5 This index series will undergo a change in composition in January, 1998. 6 Indexes on a December 1982=100 base. 7 Indexes on a December 1993=100 base. 8 This index series will no longer appear in its present form after December, 1997. See Table X for a comparable index series. Data not available. 1 See region and area size on table 10 for information about population size classes. 2 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base. 3 Starting in January, 1998, a new Size Class B/C will be introduced, composed of current Size Class B and Size Class C cities. There will be no individual Size Class B or Size Class C. 4 This index series will no longer appear after December, 1997. -.1 -.1 44 Table 13. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Cross classification of regions and population size classes \ by expenditure category and commodity and service group (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) Northeast Group Index Nov. 1997 Size class C 2 Size class B 2 Size class A Percent change from— Nov. Oct. 1996 1997 Index Nov. 1997 Percent change from— Nov. Oct. 1996 1997 Index Nov. 1997 Percent change from— Nov. Oct. 1997 1996 Expenditure category All items.............................................................................. All items (December 1977-100)........................................ 169.3 261.5 -0.1 - 165.8 266.7 - -0.1 - 167.5 278.1 1.9 - - -0.1 - Food and beverages........................................................ Food............................................................................. Food at home.............................................................. Cereals and bakery products 3.................................. Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs 3................................. Dairy products 3 ........................................................ Fruits and vegetables 3.............................................. Other food at home 3................................................ Food away from home................................................ Alcoholic beverages....................................................... 161.1 160.6 161.9 185.7 151.1 139.0 190.1 154.7 160.7 168.0 1.4 1.5 .7 1.6 -.8 -2.1 .8 3.8 2.7 1.8 .4 .5 .5 1.0 .6 1.3 1.7 -1.5 .3 .0 165.5 165.4 167.4 172.5 163.2 144.1 192.6 166.7 164.0 170.4 1.3 1.3 .7 2.2 2.1 -1.4 -3.9 2.8 2.5 1.4 .1 .1 .0 -1.4 .0 1.9 2.3 -1.7 .2 .1 159.8 159.2 156.4 185.2 150.8 120.9 184.8 148.8 165.8 167.0 .9 .9 .3 1.5 -.2 -5.0 -1.2 4.2 2.0 1.7 .6 .6 1.0 .3 -.2 .7 3.6 .9 .0 .1 Housing 4 ......................................................................... Shelter........................................................................... Renters’ costs 3 5 ........................................................ Rent, residential ....................................................... Other renters’ costs 3 ............................................... Homeowners’ costs 3 5................................................ Owners’ equivalent rent5.......................................... Fuel and other utilities 4 ................................................. Fuels........................................................................... Fuel oil and other household fuel commodities 3 ....... Fuel o il3................................................................. Other household fuel commodities 3 6 ..................... Gas (piped) and electricity (energy services)............. Electricity............................................................... Utility (piped) gas.................................................... Household furnishings and operation 4........................... Apparel and upkeep......................................................... Apparel commodities 3 ................................................... Men’s and boys’ apparel3........................................... Women’s and girls’ apparel3 ....................................... Footwear3................................................................... Transportation.................................................................. Private transportation..................................................... Motor fuel.................................................................... Gasoline ................................................................... Gasoline, unleaded regular..................................... Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 7 ............................... Gasoline, unleaded premium.................................. Public transportation 3 .................................................... Medical care..................................................................... Entertainment8 ................................................................ 169.1 196.6 205.2 182.3 250.0 201.8 202.7 124.6 119.0 99.4 97.6 138.6 131.5 134.0 128.4 126.0 130.1 125.3 128.5 117.9 130.2 149.5 144.8 103.0 102.5 101.4 104.7 102.1 178.0 250.1 173.1 2.4 3.4 4.4 3.2 7.4 3.0 3.1 .2 -.2 -10.2 -10.6 -5.8 2.4 .8 5.0 -.9 1.6 1.8 2.6 2.2 2.1 -.1 -.1 -2.2 -2.0 -2.0 -2.3 -2.5 .3 2.6 1.6 -.1 -.5 -2.0 .2 -6.6 .2 .3 1.5 2.3 1.6 1.9 .6 2.5 .6 5.5 -.3 -1.2 -1.3 -1.3 -1.4 -1.4 -.7 -.2 -2.3 -2.5 -2.8 -2.3 -2.5 -3.1 .4 -.2 166.2 196.3 206.1 171.6 248.9 207.4 209.1 134.3 118.7 91.8 93.3 114.2 142.6 148.0 133.0 119.6 132.0 128.8 152.4 120.0 129.6 143.0 139.5 105.3 105.5 103.0 112.4 106.1 201.5 242.1 159.8 1.3 1.7 1.4 2.5 -.2 1.8 2.0 1.1 .5 -8.2 -7.6 -10.6 3.4 -.2 13.3 -.3 5.3 5.7 2.1 11.0 6.8 1.0 .4 -2.2 -1.6 -2.2 -.9 -1.0 7.2 .8 2.6 -.5 -.8 -3.9 .3 -9.3 .5 .4 1.7 2.7 2.0 1.4 4.2 3.0 .3 9.9 -1.7 .3 .4 .2 1.2 1.6 -.1 .0 -2.4 -2.6 -3.1 -2.0 -2.1 -.9 .3 .1 168.3 201.6 191.8 176.4 204.1 217.5 218.4 118.3 98.8 81.2 81.3 99.5 116.0 119.6 111.1 125.3 149.1 146.4 163.6 142.4 147.5 143.6 136.5 103.4 103.0 102.7 111.2 105.9 247.1 230.0 175.0 3.2 3.9 5.7 2.9 12.6 3.5 3.4 -.6 -2.6 -10.6 -14.1 5.4 1.8 -.1 8.4 3.9 -.5 -.7 5.1 -4.2 3.6 -.9 -.4 -2.5 -2.2 -2.5 -1.5 -2.0 -4.3 1.4 3.2 .1 .0 -1.4 .3 -4.9 .5 .5 .1 .2 1.6 1.9 .5 -.4 -.7 .0 .2 -1.3 -1.5 -3.0 -1.1 -.4 -.6 -.1 -2.3 -2.5 -2.6 -2.2 -2.7 -4.9 .0 -.2 Other goods and services 4 .................................... ......... Personal care 3.............................................................. 235.8 168.7 4.2 1.1 .0 .9 234.8 150.9 3.3 .6 .0 .1 246.3 154.6 4.5 4.5 .0 3.4 169.3 144.0 161.1 131.7 133.7 129.2 193.1 257.1 2.0 .6 1.4 -.2 .2 -.9 2.9 2.9 -.1 .0 .4 -.4 -.7 .3 -.2 .5 165.8 141.8 165.5 127.7 128.9 124.6 193.8 246.5 1.7 1.1 1.3 .8 1.3 .0 2.1 .5 -.1 -.1 .1 -.4 -.2 -.6 -.1 .4 167.5 141.2 159.8 130.2 136.0 121.8 196.6 234.3 1.9 .0 .9 -.8 -.4 -1.1 3.4 1.2 -.1 .1 .6 -.4 -.5 .0 -.1 -.1 160.0 165.3 176.3 180.4 112.6 133.3 135.8 148.3 196.5 188.0 1.2 1.9 2.1 2.3 -.8 -.1 .4 1.0 2.2 2.9 .0 -.2 -.2 -.3 .7 -.4 -.7 -.1 .1 -.3 157.3 161.8 174.5 177.0 113.1 129.5 131.1 146.6 198.0 188.8 1.6 1.6 1.8 1.9 -.5 .9 1.3 1.4 2.3 2.2 .1 -.2 -.2 -.3 .7 -.3 -.2 -.1 .6 -.2 157.3 164.4 177.2 181.8 99.4 131.8 137.7 147.6 197.4 193.3 1.0 2.0 2.3 2.6 -2.5 -.5 -.2 .3 2.8 3.5 -.1 .0 .1 -.1 -.8 -.3 -.5 .1 -.3 -.1 2.0 1.7 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 All All All items less shelter.......................................................... items less medical care................................................. items less energy.......................................................... items less food and energy............................................ Commodities less food....................................................... Nondurables less food ....................................................... Nondurables....................................................................... Services less rent of shelter5 ............................................. Services less medical care services.................................... 45 Table 13. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Cross classification of regions and population size classes 1, by expenditure category and commodity and service group—Continued (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) North Central Size class A Group Index Nov. 1997 Size class B 2 Percent change from— Nov. Oct. 1996 1997 Index Nov. 1997 Size class C 2 Percent change from— Nov. Oct. 1996 1997 Index Nov. 1997 Expenditure category Size class D Percent change from— Nov. Oct. 1996 1997 Index Nov. 1997 Percent change from— Nov. Oct. 1996 1997 All items............................................................................. All items (December 1977=100)........................................ 158.4 261.5 2.0 - 0.0 - 156.9 253.6 1.6 - 0.1 - 159.3 253.6 1.4 - -0.3 - 153.7 246.4 1.2 - 0.3 - Food and beverages........................................................ Food............................................................................. Food at home............................................................. Cereals and bakery products 3.................................. Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs 3................................. Dairy products 3 ........................................................ Fruits and vegetables 3.............................................. Other food at home 3................................................ Food away from home................................................ Alcoholic beverages...................................................... 157.8 157.2 157.5 178.3 152.7 149.7 183.3 140.8 157.2 164.0 1.3 1.4 .6 1.0 .3 -3.2 2.9 1.2 2.6 1.4 -.1 -.1 -.3 -.4 .3 .6 .0 -1.7 .3 .4 152.0 152.1 152.8 179.9 141.8 143.8 169.9 146.4 151.1 150.9 .9 .7 -.7 -.9 -.1 -6.6 -2.5 3.1 3.3 3.8 -.1 -.1 -.3 -2.0 .3 1.6 .3 -.9 .4 -.1 154.3 153.3 151.3 171.2 138.7 139.1 176.7 147.0 157.5 167.8 .7 .6 -.5 1.1 .0 -2.7 -5.2 2.7 2.5 1.8 -.4 -.4 -.9 -.2 .2 -.1 -2.1 -1.7 .3 -.1 149.6 148.5 145.2 173.5 138.7 137.6 158.0 134.1 155.3 166.4 1.1 1.0 -.2 -.1 .4 -1.6 -2.6 1.4 3.4 3.0 .6 .6 .6 .6 1.7 .9 -.1 -.2 .7 .1 Housing 4 ......................................................................... Shelter........................................................................... Renters’ costs 3 5 ........................................................ Rent, residential ....................................................... Other renters’ costs 3 ............................................... Homeowners’ costs 3 5............................. ................... Owners’ equivalent rent5.......................................... Fuel and other utilities 4................................................. Fuels........................................................................... Fuel oil and other household fuel commodities 3 ....... Fuel o il3................................................................. Other household fuel commodities 3 6..................... Gas (piped) and electricity (energy services)............. Electricity............................................................... Utility (piped) gas.................................................... Household furnishings and operation 4............................ Apparel and upkeep......................................................... Apparel commodities 3 ................................................... Men’s and boys’ apparel3........................................... Women’s and girls’ apparel3 ....................................... Footwear3................................................................... Transportation.................................................................. Private transportation..................................................... Motor fuel.................................................................... Gasoline ................................................................... Gasoline, unleaded regular..................................... Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 7 ............................... Gasoline, unleaded premium.................................. Public transportation 3 .................................................... Medical care.................................................................... Entertainment8 ................................................................ 153.5 175.9 177.8 169.1 180.5 181.1 181.1 125.0 112.3 94.4 91.7 121.2 115.7 120.8 111.3 119.9 128.5 126.3 131.8 117.5 131.3 142.6 139.9 103.5 103.2 102.1 111.9 104.9 177.1 225.8 165.0 3.4 3.7 3.7 3.4 4.3 3.7 3.7 3.1 2.4 -8.3 -11.1 -5.1 2.8 .1 5.7 2.4 1.4 1.3 2.6 2.8 -1.9 -1.8 -1.8 -9.6 -9.5 -9.7 -9.2 -8.9 -1.7 1.9 1.4 .3 .0 -.8 .3 -3.7 .4 .3 1.6 2.8 1.9 2.2 1.4 2.9 -.2 6.2 .1 -.3 -.4 .8 .1 -3.0 -.5 -.2 -1.3 -1.5 -1.4 -1.4 -1.5 -3.4 .0 -.6 154.2 181.6 190.8 171.8 213.6 183.9 185.2 118.4 101.8 91.2 93.3 124.2 107.5 127.0 89.4 126.0 142.8 140.4 131.9 156.9 111.9 141.4 137.6 104.5 104.7 101.8 113.5 110.6 232.6 227.8 155.9 2.3 3.2 1.6 3.4 -.3 3.7 3.8 .9 -.8 -8.7 -9.8 -7.7 -.4 .6 -1.9 .2 2.7 2.6 -2.6 3.1 3.8 -1.5 -1.4 -8.7 -9.0 -9.3 -9.2 -7.4 -3.3 3.2 3.5 .0 .1 -.1 .1 -.2 .2 .2 -.8 -1.8 2.0 3.8 .8 -2.0 -2.8 -.8 .4 1.6 1.6 3.7 .3 4.5 -.1 .3 -1.6 -1.8 -1.7 -2.2 -1.2 -4.8 .4 1.0 156.2 176.0 179.2 161.0 210.4 180.6 181.6 132.7 119.7 93.8 84.6 131.9 129.7 133.2 129.4 133.0 136.0 132.2 130.7 135.3 128.7 141.1 137.3 100.3 100.1 98.4 113.0 101.4 225.1 243.4 168.4 2.0 2.6 2.2 2.5 1.6 2.8 2.9 1.9 1.6 -12.3 -13.1 -11.5 2.5 -.4 7.0 -.4 3.3 3.4 5.1 .5 6.2 -1.5 -2.1 -9.3 -9.2 -9.6 -8.9 -8.6 5.7 2.3 .5 .0 -.3 -1.0 .0 -2.8 .0 .0 .9 1.4 2.1 .2 3.9 1.4 -1.2 5.3 .0 -.7 -.8 -2.3 .7 -1.8 -.6 -.4 -2.3 -2.4 -2.6 -2.5 -2.2 -2.5 .2 -2.9 146.5 161.3 163.5 150.7 185.9 168.6 168.6 133.1 105.7 88.1 84.3 131.4 114.1 108.6 123.6 124.1 148.4 147.9 145.4 151.8 159.0 136.9 129.7 99.8 98.7 95.6 115.9 101.9 313.0 221.4 155.5 2.0 2.3 2.3 2.7 1.2 2.3 2.2 2.9 3.1 -7.9 -16.0 1.4 3.7 1.9 5.9 -.6 .1 .0 .9 -.5 -.6 -2.5 -2.6 -7.4 -7.4 -7.6 -7.4 -6.6 -.2 2.5 2.6 .5 .6 1.0 .4 2.7 .4 .4 .5 .8 -.2 -.4 .0 .8 -.5 2.2 .0 1.9 1.9 .4 3.0 2.9 -.9 -.6 -4.0 -4.5 -4.9 -3.9 -4.3 -3.9 .2 .9 Other goods and services 4 .............................................. Personal care 3.......................... .................................... 230.2 143.3 5.5 2.7 .1 .5 218.8 166.6 3.0 1.6 .5 -.4 218.3 163.9 6.1 6.3 .6 .9 211.9 138.9 4.5 3.7 .6 .0 158.4 141.9 157.8 132.1 136.3 124.6 175.5 229.1 2.0 .1 1.3 -.8 -.4 -1.3 3.5 1.8 .0 -.2 -.1 -.3 -.3 -.4 .2 .0 156.9 138.3 152.0 131.3 134.0 129.1 176.8 230.3 1.6 -.4 .9 -1.1 -1.2 -1.0 3.0 3.9 .1 .4 -.1 .5 .4 .7 .1 .5 159.3 141.9 154.3 135.0 136.8 131.5 179.1 251.3 1.4 .0 .7 -.4 .5 -1.9 2.6 1.9 -.3 -.4 -.4 -.2 -.5 .1 -.2 .1 153.7 140.3 149.6 134.9 140.1 128.1 168.1 224.1 1.2 -.3 1.1 -1.1 -.6 -1.6 2.3 2.5 .3 .3 .6 .1 .2 .1 .4 .1 153.3 154.8 165.3 167.4 108.3 133.5 138.0 147.3 181.1 170.7 1.3 1.9 2.4 2.6 -3.6 -.6 -.3 .5 3.2 3.6 -.1 -.1 -.1 -.1 .8 -.3 -.3 -.2 .3 .2 150.3 153.2 165.8 168.9 100.8 131.9 134.7 142.5 175.2 172.2 .9 1.5 2.1 2.3 -4.4 -.9 -.9 -.2 2.7 2.9 .2 .1 .3 .4 -1.8 .5 .4 .1 -.1 .0 154.7 154.9 167.1 170.6 109.7 136.1 138.4 145.1 185.7 172.6 1.0 1.3 1.9 2.2 -3.3 -.3 .7 .6 2.7 2.7 -.3 -.3 -.2 -.2 -.2 -.3 -.5 -.5 -.2 -.3 151.8 148.7 161.0 163.8 101.8 135.9 141.5 145.5 177.5 160.8 .7 1.0 1.4 1.5 -1.6 -.9 -.5 .2 2.4 2.3 .2 .3 .4 .4 -1.3 .1 .1 .4 .1 .3 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 All All All items items items items less shelter.......................................................... less medical care................................................. less energy.......................................................... less food and energy............................................ Commodities less food....................................................... Nondurables less food ....... ................................................ Nondurables....................................................................... Services less rent of shelter5 ............................................. Services less medical care services.................................... See footnote at end of table. 46 Table 13. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Cross classification of regions and population size classes 1, by expenditure category and commodity and service group—Continued (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) South" Index Nov. 1997 Pencent change frorn— Nov. Oct. 1997 1996 Index Nov. 1997 Size class D Size class C 2 Size class B 2 Size class A Group Percent change from— Nov. Oct. 1997 1996 Index Nov. 1997 Percent change from— Nov. Oct. 1997 1996 Index Nov. 1997 Percent change from— Nov. Oct. 1997 1996 Expenditure category 161.2 263.1 1.9 - 0.2 - 157.3 254.6 1.7 - 0.1 - 157.1 255.1 1.6 - 0.1 - .8 -.5 .4 .2 .2 157.7 157.8 158.9 173.1 148.7 149.3 201.5 143.3 157.7 156.7 1.4 1.4 1.5 2.1 .2 -1.9 2.9 3.3 1.3 1.5 .0 -.1 -.1 -.6 .6 .1 -.7 -.4 .1 .3 158.6 158.3 156.6 169.3 142.7 147.8 186.5 153.9 163.3 162.2 2.3 2.2 2.0 1.8 -.4 -.2 6.0 3.4 2.4 4.0 .2 .3 .3 .3 -.6 1.8 1.8 -.5 .2 -.3 153.6 154.0 151.3 186.5 145.1 136.9 165.8 139.5 161.1 146.5 2.0 2.1 2.3 3.4 1.5 -.2 1.9 3.9 1.7 -.2 .6 .7 .9 -1.1 1.4 .8 2.9 .0 .2 -.2 2.0 2.7 2.3 2.3 2.6 2.6 2.7 2.6 3.8 -5.6 -6.4 -4.5 4.5 2.2 10.4 -.9 2.7 2.7 3.3 6.4 -1.1 -.9 -.9 -4.7 -4.6 -5.0 -3.9 -4.5 -.3 2.4 1.6 -.3 .1 -.5 .3 -2.8 .3 .3 -1.9 -3.7 .2 -.1 .6 -3.9 -6.4 3.5 -.3 -.4 -.4 .3 -.2 -1.6 -.4 -.2 -2.2 -2.4 -2.4 -2.2 -2.2 -2.0 .3 .2 156.4 167.6 191.9 159.8 269.7 168.2 168.0 146.4 119.6 105.6 93.8 138.5 120.3 119.4 128.4 133.9 136.5 131.0 134.9 132.7 127.8 141.6 139.4 102.1 101.7 99.1 107.1 103.9 184.7 233.6 163.0 2.4 3.4 4.0 3.2 5.4 3.2 3.2 1.5 .8 -8.0 -10.2 -6.5 1.9 2.0 1.8 .0 -.5 -.9 .1 -1.0 1.0 -1.2 -1.1 -4.6 -4.3 -4.8 -4.3 -4.3 -1.6 4.1 1.7 .1 .2 .1 .4 -.4 .4 .4 -.5 -1.2 1.0 .3 1.3 -1.4 -2.0 1.4 .1 .1 .2 1.6 .3 -1.7 -.2 .1 -1.5 -1.6 -1.9 -1.8 -1.6 -4.0 .3 .4 144.9 154.0 156.9 149.5 174.6 156.9 156.7 146.7 140.0 122.1 86.6 153.9 142.3 146,1 136.7 117.1 153.2 151.7 139.5 154.2 146.9 143.4 141.2 101.5 102.0 97.6 110.5 107.0 194.7 236.9 153.8 2.4 2.3 2.8 2.1 4.2 2.1 2.2 3.4 3.9 -4.5 -6.5 -3.9 4.5 3.7 8.4 1.5 2.7 2.8 .4 1.1 12.7 -1.6 -1.5 -6.8 -6.4 -7.0 -6.0 -5.2 -3.4 1.9 -.1 -.1 .2 -.1 .3 -1.2 .3 .3 -.6 -1.3 -.6 -3.2 .2 -1.4 -1.4 -1.2 -.3 2.3 2.5 .9 5.2 -.4 -.3 -.1 -1.6 -1.8 -2.0 -1.5 -1.7 -4.8 .0 -.3 149.8 171.4 176.2 161.0 193.7 174.6 173.1 126.4 108.3 97.3 91.5 115.7 112.7 114.4 117.4 123.0 133.9 129.6 128.7 141.7 103.3 140.1 138.9 94.5 93.4 89.0 110.7 100.8 166.9 234.7 153.8 2.5 3.2 2.9 3.5 2.0 3.3 3.5 1.0 -1.2 -7.8 -7.1 -8.5 -.5 -1.2 4.9 2.1 -1.0 -1.2 5.5 -5.2 1.2 -2.0 -1.8 -6.6 -6.3 -6.7 -6.2 -5.6 -3.1 1.9 3.0 -.2 .1 -.1 .0 -.3 .2 .2 -.7 -1.5 -.2 -.1 -.4 -1.6 -3.1 11.6 -.4 2.4 2.8 2.1 3.6 -1.7 -.1 .0 -2.7 -3.1 -3.6 -2.9 -2.3 -3.2 .3 -.3 215.1 153.6 5.2 3.3 .2 .0 239.9 153.8 6.6 2.9 1.2 1.9 220.0 144.9 5.6 3.7 .5 .2 214.6 124.4 5.8 .1 -.4 -.2 156.4 142.5 157.8 133.6 135.7 131.4 170.6 239.5 1.7 .5 1.7 -.3 .7 -1.6 2.7 2.4 -.2 -.1 .1 -.3 -.6 .0 -.2 .4 161.2 143.0 157.7 134.4 137.5 129.7 179.8 240.4 1.9 .2 1.4 -.6 .1 -1.6 3.2 4.7 .2 .1 .0 .2 .2 .2 .2 .4 157.3 143.9 158.6 135.3 141.8 127.8 172.0 244.5 1.7 .9 2.3 .0 .9 -1.2 2.4 2.0 .1 .3 .2 .4 .7 .1 -.1 .0 157.1 138.8 153.6 130.7 132.7 128.2 176.6 238.7 1.6 .1 2.0 -1.0 -.7 -1.4 2.8 1.9 .1 .1 .6 -.2 -.2 .2 .1 .4 155.6 152.1 163.4 164.8 106.1 134.6 136.9 146.7 186.6 164.3 1.4 1.7 1.9 1.9 -.5 -.2 .7 1.2 2.9 2.8 -.2 -.2 .1 .1 -2.9 -.3 -.5 -.2 -.3 -.2 159.5 156.5 167.9 170.3 107.8 135.2 138.4 147.8 194.1 173.3 1.4 1.7 2.2 2.3 -1.6 -.4 .2 .7 3.1 3.0 .1 .1 .3 .4 -1.4 .2 .3 .1 .1 .1 158.7 151.8 162.8 164.0 119.6 136.3 142.8 150.3 189.9 163.2 1.5 1.7 1.9 1.9 -.6 .1 1.1 1.6 2.5 2.5 .1 .1 .2 .2 -1.4 .4 .6 .5 -.3 -.1 153.5 150.8 165.2 167.9 99.5 131.1 133.1 142.9 185.4 167.6 1.1 1.6 2.0 2.0 -3.5 -.9 -.6 .6 2.4 2.9 .1 .1 .3 .2 -2.0 -.1 -.3 .1 .1 .1 All items............................................................................. All items (December 1977— 100)........................................ 156.4 252.5 1.7 - Food and beverages........................................................ Food............................................................................. Food at home.............................................................. Cereals and bakery products 3.................................. Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs 3................................. Dairy products 3 ........................................................ Fruits and vegetables 3.............................................. Other food at home 3................................................ Food away from home................................................ Alcoholic beverages....................................................... 157.8 158.0 156.7 171.5 146.0 154.4 189.0 143.8 161.4 156.1 1.7 1.8 1.2 .5 .6 -.3 1.4 2.9 2.7 1.1 Housing 4 ......................................................................... Shelter........................................................................... Renters’ costs 3 5 ........................................................ Rent, residential ....................................................... Other renters’ costs 3 ................................................ Homeowners’ costs 3 5................................................ Owners’ equivalent rent5.......................................... Fuel and other utilities 4 ................................................. Fuels........................................................................... Fuel oil and other household fuel commodities 3 ....... Fuel o il3................................................................. Other household fuel commodities 3 6..................... Gas (piped) and electricity (energy services)............. Electricity............................................................... Utility (piped) gas.................................................... Household furnishings and operation 4........................... Apparel and upkeep......................................................... Apparel commodities 3 ................................................... Men’s and boys’ apparel3.................. *....................... Women’s and girls’ apparel3 ....................................... Footwear3................................................................... Transportation.................................................................. Private transportation..................................................... Motor fuel.................................................................... Gasoline ................................................................... Gasoline, unleaded regular..................................... Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 7 ............................... Gasoline, unleaded premium.................................. Public transportation 3 .................................................... Medical care..................................................................... Entertainment8 ................................................................ 146.5 160.0 166.0 157.4 186.2 163.0 162.9 122.7 110.7 97.8 93.9 132.8 114.3 110.5 121.6 129.0 150.6 145.9 149.5 144.4 138.4 141.3 141.4 104.2 103.4 101.1 105.5 105.3 144.1 234.8 167.1 Other goods and services 4 .............................................. Personal care 3.............................................................. -0.2 - -.1 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 All All All items items items items less shelter.......................................................... less medical care................................................. less energy.......................................................... less food and energy............................................ Commodities less food....................................................... Nondurables less fo o d ....................................................... Nondurables....................................................................... Services less rent of shelter5 ............................................. Services less medical care services.................................... 47 Table 13. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Cross classification of regions and population size classes 1, by expenditure category and commodity and service group—Continued (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) W<3St Size class A Group Index Size class C 2 Pensent cha nge frorn— Index Pensent cha nge frorn— Nov. 1997 Nov. 1996 Oct. 1997 Nov. 1997 Nov. 1996 Oct. 1997 All item s.................................................................................... All items (December 1 9 7 7 -1 0 0 )............................................ 162.8 265.5 2.3 - -0.2 - 169.2 262.4 3.2 - 0.5 - Food and beverages............................................................. F o o d .................................................................................... Food at hom e................................................................... Cereals and bakery products 3 ..................................... Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs 3.................................... Dairy products 3 ............................................................. Fruits and vegetables 3.................................................. Other food at home 3..................................................... Food away from hom e..................................................... Alcoholic beverages........................................................... 161.9 161.3 165.7 179.7 155.2 161.4 199.9 149.5 155.2 167.7 2.5 2.4 2.3 1.8 1.3 -.4 4.2 3.4 2.6 3.8 -.1 .1 -.1 -1.2 .5 .7 -.2 -.7 .3 -.5 159.1 158.7 156.5 171.5 144.8 145.9 199.2 141.8 162.8 165.4 3.1 3.2 3.0 3.2 2.3 1.6 2.6 4.7 3.6 2.4 -.1 -.2 -.2 -.7 .6 -.2 -.1 -.9 -.3 .9 Housing 4 ............................................................................... Shelter................................................................................. Renters’ costs 3 5 ............................................................. Rent, residential ............................................................ Other renters’ costs 3 .................................................... Homeowners’ costs 3 5 ..................................................... Owners’ equivalent re n t5.............................................. Fuel and other utilities 4 ...................................................... Fuels................................................................................. Fuel oil and other household fuel commodities3 9 ..... Fuel o il3 9 .................................................................... Other household fuel commodities 3 6 ....................... Gas (piped) and electricity (energy services).............. Electricity..................................................................... Utility (piped) g a s........................................................ Household furnishings and operation 4 .............................. Apparel and upkeep.............................................................. Apparel commodities 3 ....................................................... Men’s and boys’ apparel3 ............................................... Women’s and girls’ apparel3 .......................................... Footwear3......................................................................... Transportation........................................................................ Private transportation......................................................... Motor fu e l.......................................................................... Gasoline ......................................................................... Gasoline, unleaded regular........................................ Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 7 ................................. Gasoline, unleaded premium..................................... Public transportation 3 ........................................................ Medical c a re .......................................................................... Entertainment8 ...................................................................... 163.2 177.3 191.0 173.0 220.7 189.1 189.0 146.3 137.3 107.4 106.9 139.8 139.7 153.3 128.9 126.1 120.4 115.3 118.9 108.4 120.5 145.0 141.4 111.1 110.1 107.4 105.7 112.1 188.1 232.5 156.4 3.0 3.4 3.2 4.0 .6 3.4 3.6 3.9 4.6 -.1 -.4 .4 4.7 -.8 19.5 .1 -2.0 -2.5 -1.3 -.3 -2.6 1.4 2.1 11.1 11.8 13.1 10.8 11.0 -2.7 2.4 .2 -.1 -.2 -1.2 .3 -6.2 .4 .4 .3 .2 .4 .1 .7 .2 -.1 .9 .0 -.7 -.7 -.8 -.4 .2 -.4 -.4 -2.5 -2.7 -3.0 -2.6 -2.4 -.2 .3 .1 170.2 192.9 190.6 169.8 232.5 209.9 211.4 136.5 118.0 280.6 352.2 126.4 116.8 125.4 109.0 127.8 131.6 129.4 135.4 128.9 121.8 148.2 145.6 112.3 111.4 108.3 117.1 111.9 192.2 254.7 172.3 4.0 4.3 6.2 3.3 15.7 3.7 3.6 5.2 5.8 1.6 -.5 1.9 6.1 2.6 11.8 1.3 -.3 -.5 -7.6 8.3 -3.6 1.0 .4 1.6 2.3 1.8 3.4 2.6 9.7 6.4 1.0 1.6 1.7 2.1 2.2 1.9 1.5 1.5 1.8 3.4 6.2 .9 6.9 3.4 -.2 9.3 .4 -3.6 -3.9 -2.5 -4.9 -3.9 -.1 -.1 -1.2 -1.5 -1.4 -2.5 -.4 .7 .4 .7 Other goods and services 4 .................................................. Personal care 3.................................................................... 241.8 162.5 4.3 -.6 -.2 .9 234.7 161.7 4.8 3.3 .9 .0 Expenditure category See footnotes at end of table. 48 Table 13. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Cross classification of regions and population size classes 1, by expenditure category and commodity and service group—Continued (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) West Size class A Group Index Size class C 2 Percent change from— Index Nov. 1997 Nov. 1996 162.8 142.4 161.9 129.9 132.0 126.4 180.9 233.6 2.3 1.5 2.5 .7 1.9 -1.3 2.9 2.4 158.3 159.2 167.7 169.3 119.7 131.9 134.9 147.6 193.7 176.7 1.8 2.3 -.2 2.1 -.1 Percent change from— Oct. 1997 Nov. 1997 Nov. 1996 Oct. 1997 0.2 169.2 143.4 159.1 134.7 142.2 126.0 193.7 264.3 3.2 1.4 3.1 .4 0.5 -.5 -.1 -.7 -1.3 Commodity and service group All item s............................................................... Commodities...................................................... Food and beverages..................................... Commodities less food and beverages........ Nondurables less food and beverages...... Durables....................................................... Services............................................................ Medical care services................................... - -.2 -.1 -.5 - 1.0 .3 -.1 .3 2.0 - .2 1.8 4.5 7.0 1.3 .2 Special indexes All items less sh e lter.......................................... All items less medical ca re ................................. All items less energy.......................................... All items less food and energy........................... Energy.................................................................. Commodities less fo o d ....................................... Nondurables less food ....................................... Nondurables........................................................ Services less rent of shelter5 ............................ Services less medical care services.................. 1.9 7.8 .9 2.2 2.3 2.3 2.9 1 See region and area size on table 10 for information about cross classifications. 2 Starting in January, 1998, a new Size Class B/C will be introduced, composed of current Size Class B and Size Class C cities. There will be no individual Size Class B or Size Class C. 3 This index series will no longer appear after December, 1997. 4 This index series will undergo a change in composition in January, 1998. -.1 -.1 - 1.2 -.5 -.9 -.4 .1 -.1 161.3 163.9 175.6 179.1 114.7 136.0 143.7 151.0 200.1 186.4 2.7 3.0 3.2 3.2 3.4 .5 2.1 2.6 4.7 4.2 - .1 .6 .5 .6 .8 -.7 1.2 -.7 .8 1.4 5 Indexes on a December 1982=100 base. 6 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base. 7 Indexes on a December 1993=100 base. 8 This index series will no longer appear in its present form after December, 1997. See Table X for a comparable index series. 9 Indexes on a June 1978=100 base in West size class C. Data not available. 49 Table 14. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Food at home expenditure categories, selected areas (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) Area Total food at home Cereals and bakery products 1 Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs 1 Dairy products 1 Fruits and vegetables 1 2 Other food at home 1 Indexes, November 1997 159.1 178.0 149.3 147.0 189.5 147.7 u rb a n ...................................................... More than 1,200,000............................ 500,000 to 1,200,000 4 ........................ 50,000 to 500,000 4 ............................. 161.8 161.9 167.4 156.4 184.1 185.7 172.5 185.2 152.2 151.1 163.2 150.8 138.0 139.0 144.1 120.9 189.1 190.1 192.6 184.8 155.5 154.7 166.7 148.8 North Central urban................................................ Size A - More than 1,200,000............................ Size B - 360,000 to 1,200,000 4 ........................ Size C - 50,000 to 360,000 4 ............................. Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than 50,000) .................................. 154.0 157.5 152.8 151.3 176.4 178.3 179.9 171.2 146.9 152.7 141.8 138.7 144.9 149.7 143.8 139.1 177.1 183.3 169.9 176.7 141.9 140.8 146.4 147.0 145.2 173.5 138.7 137.6 158.0 134.1 South Size Size Size Size urban............................................................ A - More than 1,200,000............................ B - 450,000 to 1,200,000 4 ........................ C - 50,000 to 450,000 4 ............................. D - Nonmetropolitan (less than 50,000) .................................. 156.4 156.7 158.9 156.6 173.4 171.5 173.1 169.3 145.7 146.0 148.7 142.7 148.6 154.4 149.3 147.8 187.8 189.0 201.5 186.5 145.7 143.8 143.3 153.9 151.3 186.5 145.1 136.9 165.8 139.5 West urban ............................................................. Size A - More than 1,200,000............................ Size C - 50,000 to 330,000 4 ............................. 164.9 165.7 156.5 178.0 179.7 171.5 153.0 155.2 144.8 158.0 161.4 145.9 204.6 199.9 199.2 148.9 149.5 141.8 Size classes A 5 ......................................................................... B 4 ........................................................................ C 4 ......................................................................... D ........................................................................... 147.0 161.3 155.1 152.2 159.8 174.8 173.2 181.9 138.0 152.4 143.5 140.7 142.0 149.2 139.6 141.8 174.3 197.6 185.5 172.8 135.4 149.1 149.4 143.0 162.4 157.4 168.3 155.7 149.3 150.9 156.3 170.4 165.3 164.7 160.9 151.3 147.1 167.2 160.5 193.0 173.2 183.8 180.0 157.1 172.6 171.9 178.4 175.3 188.4 192.2 160.5 149.5 176.4 182.8 142.7 147.2 170.6 151.5 141.0 143.9 145.5 163.5 144.6 155.0 147.7 138.3 133.9 155.8 148.3 156.8 147.5 162.2 149.0 154.7 137.7 144.9 169.8 150.8 139.0 133.4 147.2 147.3 156.7 160.1 204.3 196.3 196.5 189.3 165.4 182.9 177.6 206.7 241.1 195.1 183.5 157.2 174.1 199.0 181.6 151.1 139.3 142.8 129.5 142.0 137.6 155.7 150.4 139.4 155.1 159.0 161.3 145.2 156.1 150.2 U.S. city average.................................................... Region and area size 3 Northeast Size A Size B Size C - Selected local areas Baltimore, M D 6 ...................................................... Boston-Lawrence-Salem, MA-NH.......................... Chicago-Gary-Lake County, IL-IN-WI .................... Cleveland-Akron-Lorain, O H .................................. Dallas-Fort Worth, T X ............................................. Detroit-Ann Arbor, Ml ............................................. Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, T X ............................ Los Angeles-Anaheim-Riverside, C A ..................... Miami-Fort Lauderdale, F L ..................................... N.Y.-Northern N.J.-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT........... Phil.-Wilmington-Trenton, PA-NJ-DE-MD 7............ Pittsburgh-Beaver Valley, PA 8 ............................... St. Louis-East St. Louis, MO-IL 8 ........................... San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA 7 ............... Washington, DC-MD-VA 6 ...................................... See footnotes at end of table. 50 Table 14. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Food at home expenditure categories, selected areas—Continued Area Total food at home Cereals and bakery products 1 Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs 1 Dairy products 1 Fruits and vegetables 1 2 Other food at home 1 Percent change, October 1997 to November 1997 0.1 -0.2 0.3 0.9 0.5 -0.9 urb a n ...................................................... More than 1,200,000............................ 500,000 to 1,200,000 4 ........................ 50,000 to 500,000 4 ............................. .4 .5 .0 1.0 .7 1.0 -1.4 .3 .4 .6 .0 -.2 1.2 1.3 1.9 .7 1.8 1.7 2.3 3.6 -1.2 -1.5 -1.7 .9 North Central urban................................................ Size A - More than 1,200,000............................ Size B - 360,000 to 1,200,000 4 ........................ Size C - 50,000 to 360,000 4 ............................. Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than 50,000) .................................. -.3 -.3 -.3 -.9 -.5 -.4 -2.0 -.2 .5 .3 .3 .2 .6 .6 1.6 -.1 -.4 .0 .3 -2.1 -1.5 -1.7 -.9 -1.7 .6 .6 1.7 .9 -.1 -.2 South Size Size Size Size urban ............................................................ A - More than 1,200,000............................ B - 450,000 to 1,200,000 4 ........................ C - 50,000 to 450,000 4 ............................. D - Nonmetropolitan (less than 50,000) .................................. .2 .1 -.1 .3 -.3 -.1 -.6 .3 .2 .1 .6 -.6 1.0 .8 .1 1.8 .4 -.5 -.7 1.8 -.1 .4 -.4 -.5 .9 -1.1 1.4 .8 2.9 .0 West urban ............................................................. Size A - More than 1,200,000............................ Size C - 50,000 to 330,000 4 ............................. -.1 -.1 -.2 -.7 -1.2 -.7 .1 .5 .6 .7 .7 -.2 .2 -.2 -.1 -.8 -.7 -.9 Size classes A ............................................................................ B 4 ......................................................................... C 4 ......................................................................... D ............................................................................ .1 .0 .0 .3 -.1 -.7 .1 .1 .4 .1 -.1 .9 .9 .8 .8 1.1 .4 1.0 .9 .1 -1.0 -.8 -.6 -.7 -.2 -1.1 -.1 .8 .7 .2 -.4 .2 1.4 .7 .4 .4 -3.1 -.3 -.1 -.5 -1.6 -.7 1.6 -2.7 -.2 1.1 .2 -.1 1.2 2.0 -1.8 -5.7 -4.0 -.9 -.8 -2.3 .0 -1.3 .8 1.8 .6 .6 -.6 1.3 1.0 .4 -1.7 1.4 .3 1.4 1.7 2.5 -.1 .3 -.1 -.8 1.0 1.0 1.5 .2 .7 -1.7 .8 -.1 .3 -.5 .3 5.9 2.4 .5 -5.4 .0 5.9 1.6 2.3 3.8 -1.9 -1.1 -.5 -.2 -1.1 -1.4 -.4 1.3 -1.9 1.6 -.6 -.2 -1.7 -2.8 -.7 -4.8 -.1 .5 U.S. city average..................................................... Region and area size 3 Northeast Size A Size B Size C - Selected local areas Baltimore, MD 6 ....................................................... Boston-Lawrence-Salem, MA-NH.......................... Chicago-Gary-Lake County, IL-IN-WI .................... Cleveland-Akron-Lorain, O H .................................. Dallas-Fort Worth, T X ............................................. Detroit-Ann Arbor, Ml ............................................. Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, T X ............................ Los Angeles-Anaheim-Riverside, C A ..................... Miami-Fort Lauderdale, F L ..................................... N.Y.-Northern N.J.-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT........... Phil.-Wilmington-Trenton, PA-NJ-DE-MD 7............ Pittsburgh-Beaver Valley, PA 8 ............................... St. Louis-East St. Louis, MO-IL 8 ........................... San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA 7 ............... Washington, DC-MD-VA 6 ...................................... 1 This index series will no longer appear after December, 1997 below the U.S. city average level. 2 This index series will undergo a change in composition in January, 1998. 3 Regions defined as the four Census regions. See map in technical notes. 4 Starting in January, 1998, a new Size Class B/C will be introduced, composed of current Size Class B and Size Class C cities. There will be no individual Size Class B or Size Class C. 5 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base. 6 Indexes for the cities of Washington and Baltimore will no longer be published separately after December, 1997. Beginning in January, 1998 the two cities will be published as a Washington-Baltimore combined metropolitan area. 7 Indexes for the cities of Philadelphia and San Francisco will no longer be published on a monthly basis starting in January, 1998. Beginning in February, 1998 they will be published on a bi-monthly basis. 8 Indexes for the cities of Pittsburgh and St. Louis will no longer be published on a bi-monthly basis after December, 1997. Beginning in July, 1998 they will be published semi-annually, each January and July. 51 Table 15. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Areas priced monthly, by expenditure category and commodity and service group, percent change, October 1997 to November 1997 Group U.S. city average ChicagoGaryLake County, IL-IN-WI Los AngelesAnaheimRiverside, CA N.Y.Northern N.J.Long Island, NY-NJ-CT Phil.WilmingtonTrenton, PA-NJ-DEMD 1 San FranciscoOaklandSan Jose, CA 1 Expenditure category All item s.................................................................................... -0.1 0.2 -0.2 -0.2 -0.8 0.1 Food and beverages............................................................. F o o d .................................................................................... Food at hom e................................................................... Cereals and bakery products2 ..................................... Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs2 .................................... Meats, poultry, and fis h .............................................. Dairy products 2 ............................................................. Fruits and vegetables 2 3 ............................................... Other food at home2..................................................... Food away from hom e.................................... ................ Alcoholic beverages.................. ...................... .................. .1 .2 .1 -.2 .3 -.1 .9 .5 -.9 .3 .0 .0 .0 -.1 -.7 .0 -.2 2.5 .3 -1.4 .3 -.2 .1 .2 .2 .2 .6 .3 1.0 .0 -.6 .2 -.8 .6 .6 .7 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 -1.7 .4 .1 .2 .3 .4 2.0 1.0 1.2 .2 2.3 -2.8 .1 -.1 .0 .1 -.3 -4.0 1.4 .2 .8 -1.1 -.1 .7 -.7 Housing 3 ............................................................................... Shelter..........................*...................................................... Renters’ costs 2 4 ............................................................. Rent, residential ............................................................ Other renters’ costs 2 4.................................................. Homeowners’ costs 2 4 ..................................................... Owners’ equivalent re n t................................................ Fuels..................................................... ........................... Fuel oil and other household fuel commodities 2 ........ Fuel o il2....................................................................... Other household fuel commodities 2 5 ..................................................... Gas (piped) and electricity (energy services).............. Electricity..................................................................... Utility (piped) g a s........................................................ Household furnishings and operation 3 .............................. Apparel and upkeep.............................................................. Apparel commodities 2 4 ..................................................... Men’s and boys’ apparel2 ............................................... Women’s and girls’ apparel2 .......................................... Footwear2......................................................................... Transportation........................................................................ Private transportation......................................................... Motor fu e l.......................................................................... Gasoline ......................................................................... Gasoline, unleaded regular........................................ Gasoline, unleaded midgrade6 ................................. Gasoline, unleaded premium..................................... Public transportation 2 ............... ......................................... Medical care.......................................................................... .0 -.1 -1.0 .3 -3.9 .3 .3 .2 .3 1.4 1.4 .9 .1 -.8 .3 -4.7 .5 .5 3.8 7.1 .0 .0 -.1 -.2 -1.3 .2 -6.6 .2 .2 .6 .8 2.8 .1 .0 -.6 .2 -2.9 .3 .3 .7 1.2 2.1 2.2 -1.5 -2.3 -7.8 .2 -17.2 .2 .2 .2 .2 1.4 1.3 .2 .2 -.6 .5 -4.2 .4 .5 -.1 -.6 .6 8.5 1.2 .2 -1.5 3.9 -.2 -.1 -.1 -.1 .4 -1.0 -.4 -.2 -2.0 -2.3 -2.4 -2.2 -2.0 -2.6 .3 .0 7.2 2.3 12.5 1.5 1.1 1.2 -.5 6.3 -7.0 -.6 -.4 -1.5 -1.6 -1.7 -1.6 -1.5 -2.0 .0 2.9 .8 .0 2.5 .0 -1.6 -1.5 -2.9 -.1 -2.2 -.8 -.8 -3.3 -3.6 -3.8 -3.5 -3.3 -.1 .2 .2 1.0 .9 1.1 -.3 -1.8 -2.0 -2.5 -2.3 -.1 -1.4 -1.0 -2.3 -2.4 -2.5 -2.1 -2.5 -3.0 .2 - .0 .0 -.2 1.0 —3.0 —3.3 1.2 -6.0 -8.2 .1 .5 -1.9 -2.1 -3.2 -2.5 -2.2 -4.4 .1 .0 -.6 -.5 -.9 .3 .3 .4 3.1 -.8 1.2 -.4 -.1 -1.9 -2.1 -2.2 -2.5 -1.5 -1.6 .6 Entertainment7 ...................................................................... -.1 -.9 .8 .0 -1.7 -.1 Other goods and services 3 .................................................. Personal care 2.................................................................... .2 .7 .1 .3 -.9 .1 .0 1.4 .2 1.4 .0 .0 52 - Table 15. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Areas priced monthly, by expenditure category and commodity and service group, percent change, October 1997 to November 1997 —Continued Group U.S. city average ChicagoGaryLake County, IL-IN-WI Los AngelesAnaheimRiverside, CA N.Y.Northern N.J.Long Island, NY-NJ-CT Phil.WilmingtonTrenton, PA-NJ-DEMD 1 San FranciscoOaklandSan Jose, CA 1 Commodity and service group All item s.................................................................................... -0.1 0.2 -0.2 -0.2 -0.8 0.1 Commodities........................................................................... Food and beverages.......................................................... Commodities less food and beverages............................. Nondurables less food and beverages........................... Durables............................................................................ -.1 .1 -.2 -.4 .1 .0 .0 .0 .2 -.3 -.6 .1 t 1.2 -1.7 -.4 -.2 .6 -.9 -1.1 -.3 .0 .2 -.2 -.9 1.0 .1 .0 .2 -.4 1.3 Services................................................................................. Medical care services........................................................ .0 .3 .5 -.2 .0 .0 -.2 .2 -1.2 .0 .0 .5 -.1 -.1 .0 .0 -.7 -.2 -.3 -.1 .0 -.1 .3 .3 .1 .1 3.1 .0 .2 .1 .9 .6 -.3 -.3 -.2 -.2 -1.4 -1.1 -1.5 -.7 .3 .0 -.2 -.2 -.2 -.3 .0 -.8 -1.0 -.2 -.3 -.2 -.1 -.8 -.7 -.9 -.6 -.1 -.9 -.3 -.2 -1.4 .0 .1 .2 .2 -1.3 .2 -.4 -.1 -.1 .0 Special indexes All items less shelter............................................................... All items less medical ca re ...................................................... All items less energy............................................................... All items less food and energy................................................ Energy....................................................................................... Commodities less fo o d ............................................................ Nondurables less food ............................................................ Nondurables.............................................................................. Services less rent of shelter.................................................... Services less medical care services....................................... 1 Indexes for the cities of Philadelphia and San Francisco will no longer be published on a monthly basis starting in January, 1998. Beginning in February, 1998 they will be published on a bi-monthly basis. 2 This index series will no longer appear after December, 1997 below the U.S. city average level. 3 This index series will undergo a change in composition in January, 1998. 4 This index series will no longer appear in its present form after December, 1997 for the U.S. city average. See Table X for a comparable index series. 5 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base. 6 Indexes on a December 1993=100 base. 7 This index series will no longer appear in its present form after December, 1997. See Table X for a comparable index series. Data not available. 53 Table 16. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Selected areas, by expenditure category and commodity and service group (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) U.S. city average Index Per<:ent change frorn— Nov. Nov. Sept. 1997 1996 1997 Monthly cities and pricing schedule 1 1 BostonBaltimore, I.awrenceMD2 Sal em. MA-NH Index Pen:ent Index Percent change change frorn— from— Nov. Nov. Sept. Nov. Nov. Sept. 1997 1996 1997 1997 1997 1996 Chicago-GaryLake County, IL-IN-WI Index Percent change from— Nov. Nov. Sept. 1997 1997 1996 All items............................................................................. All items (1967=100)......................................................... 161.5 483.9 1.8 - 0.2 - 156.0 466.5 0.8 - -0.4 - 169.4 492.4 1.9 - 1.0 - 162.9 486.8 2.2 - 0.5 - Food and beverages........................................................ Food............................................................................. Food at home............................................................. Cereals and bakery products 3.................................. Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs 3................................. Meats, poultry, and fish.......................................... Dairy products 3 ........................................................ Fruits and vegetables 3 4 ........................................... Other food at home 3................................................ Food away from home................................................ Alcoholic beverages....................................................... 158.9 158.5 159.1 178.0 149.3 149.5 147.0 189.5 147.7 158.6 163.7 1.7 1.7 1.2 1.5 .3 .3 -1.5 1.7 3.0 2.5 2.2 .3 .4 .3 -.1 .1 -.2 2.4 .7 -.8 .5 .1 161.9 162.6 162.4 193.0 142.7 144.4 156.8 204.3 151.1 161.9 153.3 .5 .5 -.6 -3.9 1.1 1.5 -3.6 4.2 -2.4 3.1 .7 1.3 1.4 1.6 1.7 2.6 2.2 4.0 2.3 -1.0 .7 .1 161.2 161.7 157.4 173.2 147.2 146.9 147.5 196.3 139.3 169.9 158.2 1.3 1.6 -.1 2.3 -4.9 -5.3 2.3 -.4 5.1 4.2 -1.4 .2 .4 .0 .1 -.1 -.3 .8 .2 -.6 .9 -.6 161.8 161.0 168.3 183.8 170.6 173.4 162.2 196.5 142.8 148.5 170.6 1.6 1.8 1.4 1.8 1.6 1.6 -2.0 3.1 1.0 2.9 -.8 .9 1.1 1.4 2.7 1.2 .9 3.2 2.5 -1.0 .5 -.4 Housing 4 ......................................................................... Shelter........................................................................... Renters’ costs 5 6 ........................................................ Rent, residential ....................................................... Other renters’ costs 3 7.............................................. Homeowners’ costs 5 6................................................ Owners’ equivalent rent6.......................................... Fuel and other utilities 4................................................. Fuels........................................................................... Fuel oil and other household fuel commodities 3 ....... Fuel o il3................................................................. Other household fuel commodities 3 8 ................................................. Gas (piped) and electricity (energy services)............. Electricity............................................................... Utility (piped) gas.................................................... Household furnishings and operation 4........................... Apparel and upkeep......................................................... Apparel commodities 3 7 ................................................ Men’s and boys’ apparel3........................................... Women’s and girls’ apparel3 ....................................... Footwear3................................................................... Transportation.................................................................. Private transportation..................................................... Motor fuel.................................................................... Gasoline ................................................................... Gasoline, unleaded regular..................................... Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 9 ............................... Gasoline, unleaded premium.................................. Public transportation 3 .................................................... Medical care.................................................................... 157.7 177.7 185.9 168.7 216.6 183.9 184.2 131.1 117.7 96.6 93.4 2.5 3.1 3.3 3.1 4.2 3.0 3.0 2.1 1.7 -8.8 -10.5 .0 .3 -.5 .5 -2.8 .6 .5 -.8 -1.7 3.1 3.4 144.7 163.2 165.1 163.0 150.1 169.9 170.9 117.4 108.6 90.4 92.4 1.1 1.5 2.7 1.4 7.2 1.1 1.1 1.6 2.4 -10.8 -10.8 -1.5 .2 -.8 .4 -4.2 .5 .5 -8.0 -13.1 4.5 4.5 163.4 189.7 199.0 178.5 225.2 194.1 194.6 129.2 112.5 90.5 91.0 1.7 2.7 2.4 3.5 .2 2.7 2.7 -2.0 -3.3 -12.6 -13.5 1.2 .3 -.4 .8 -2.7 .6 .7 8.5 13.5 2.4 2.6 163.2 191.0 189.6 186.2 171.3 198.8 197.3 128.1 116.9 95.7 92.1 4.6 5.0 3.8 4.2 2.5 5.5 5.4 4.7 4.7 -2.6 -6.8 1.1 .6 -.5 .7 -5.0 1.0 1.0 2.8 4.6 -1.6 -2.2 128.0 125.3 130.0 119.9 125.2 134.7 131.1 133.0 128.8 129.3 143.9 140.6 104.6 104.1 102.0 108.6 105.4 185.9 236.4 -5.0 3.0 .9 7.6 .3 1.0 .9 1.4 1.7 1.3 -.6 -.6 -3.0 -2.8 -2.9 -2.6 -2.7 -.7 2.6 2.3 -2.2 -5.9 6.3 -.2 1.3 1.5 1.2 2.2 1.5 -.3 -.3 -4.3 -4.7 -5.1 -4.6 -4.0 -.1 .4 NA 124.2 123.3 126.0 123.3 129.3 123.1 135.0 105.6 149.1 139.9 138.9 103.1 100.9 101.5 102.4 97.6 152.5 239.3 - 5.2 -.3 19.0 -.7 -3.1 -3.5 9.0 -9.4 -5.6 -.4 -.6 -5.0 -4.7 -4.3 -3.9 -6.2 3.5 -.5 -15.6 -24.3 11.3 -2.0 -1.1 -1.0 4.4 -5.2 1.5 -.9 -.9 -3.9 -4.1 -4.4 -3.7 -3.7 -1.5 1.9 108.0 138.6 140.4 133.5 116.8 147.6 138.3 133.5 127.3 144.1 142.8 143.8 107.6 106.4 104.1 109.2 107.7 136.0 298.2 6.9 .0 .3 -.4 .9 .5 .9 2.9 2.3 5.1 1.0 .8 -.8 -.6 -.7 -1.0 -2.2 2.9 4.1 .0 17.5 -.3 51.4 -2.2 2.7 3.6 -.2 7.7 1.1 .5 .9 -4.1 -4.2 -4.6 -4.0 -3.4 -3.1 2.2 127.9 120.1 121.4 118.9 116.2 119.7 118.7 122.9 111.0 134.2 138.6 136.0 101.9 101.3 99.3 107.8 102.9 159.2 236.7 2.6 4.7 .1 9.6 2.6 -.7 -1.1 1.2 5.8 -15.0 -2.7 -3.2 -9.7 -9.9 -10.5 -9.2 -8.9 .2 2.5 -1.1 4.6 -9.3 22.8 1.9 -.3 -.3 -2.5 2.6 -4.1 -.7 -.8 -5.7 -6.2 -6.7 -6.1 -5.2 -.3 .6 Entertainment10............................................................... 162.9 1.4 -.1 169.9 .8 .4 176.4 3.0 .4 171.8 -.2 -.9 Other goods and services 4 .............................................. Personal care 3.............................................................. 229.9 154.3 4.9 2.1 .8 1.0 228.3 139.6 5.1 6.2 .1 .1 233.0 150.3 3.3 .6 .2 -2.7 238.3 162.0 5.1 5.1 .3 .1 161.5 142.3 158.9 132.2 135.3 127.9 181.0 241.2 1.8 .6 1.7 -.3 .4 -1.3 2.9 2.7 .2 .1 .3 .0 -.1 .2 .2 .5 156.0 140.5 161.9 129.0 132.4 126.3 174.4 239.5 .8 -.8 .5 -1.5 -1.9 -1.3 2.0 -.7 -.4 .0 1.3 -.8 -1.3 -.2 -.8 2.4 169.4 141.8 161.2 129.7 134.6 127.0 195.7 311.6 1.9 .6 1.3 .2 -.1 .6 2.6 5.1 1.0 .8 .2 1.0 .5 1.8 1.1 2.5 162.9 142.5 161.8 129.9 133.8 122.9 182.9 237.6 2.2 -.2 1.6 -1.5 -1.3 -2.1 4.2 2.5 .5 .1 .9 -.5 -.7 -.2 .9 .3 156.8 157.3 168.3 170.8 110.7 133.5 137.0 147.3 189.8 175.4 1.4 1.8 2.1 2.2 -.4 -.1 .7 1.2 2.7 2.9 .1 .1 .4 .5 -2.8 .0 -.1 .1 .2 .2 154.7 152.0 163.4 163.7 105.5 129.9 133.7 146.4 192.4 169.1 .5 .9 .9 1.0 -1.2 -1.5 -1.6 -.6 2.4 2.3 -.7 -.6 .2 .0 -9.1 -.8 -1.2 .1 -1.6 -1.2 163.6 163.3 178.2 182.1 110.1 131.0 135.8 147.7 210.9 186.6 1.5 1.7 2.1 2.2 -2.5 .1 -.2 .6 2.5 2.2 1.3 .9 .6 .6 6.8 1.0 .5 .4 1.9 .9 154.2 159.2 170.0 172.4 109.1 131.9 136.5 148.2 183.0 178.3 1.1 2.2 2.6 2.8 -2.2 -1.5 -1.2 .3 3.3 4.3 .5 .5 .6 .5 -.3 -.5 -.7 .2 1.1 .9 Group Expenditure category - 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.......................................................... All items less food and energy............................................ Energy................................................................................ Commodities less food....................................................... Nondurables less food ....................................................... Nondurables....................................................................... Services less rent of shelter6 ............................................. Services less medical care services.................................... See footnotes at end of table. 54 Table 16. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Selected areas, by expenditure category and commodity and service group—Continued (1 9 8 2 -8 4 = 1 0 0 , unless otherwise noted) Monthly cities and pricing schedule 1 1 ClevelandAkronLorain, OH Group Index Nov. 1997 MiamiFort Lauderdale, FL Los AngelesAnaheimRiverside, CA Pensent change frorn— Nov. Sept. 1997 1996 Index Nov. 1997 Pencent cha nge frorn— Sept. Nov. 1996 1997 Index Nov. 1997 Percent change from— Sept. Nov. 1997 1996 N.Y.Northern N.J.Long Island, NY-NJ-CT Index Percent change from— Sept. Nov. Nov. 1997 1996 1997 Expenditure category All items........... .................................................................. All items (1967-100) 11 ...................................................... 157.1 503.5 2.1 -0.1 160.7 474.7 1.5 0.1 159.5 257.0 2.0 0.6 172.0 497.3 2.1 0.2 Food and beverages........................................................ Food............................................................................. Food at home.............................................................. Cereals and bakery products 3.................................. Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs 3................................. Meats, poultry, and fish .......................................... Dairy products 3 ........................................................ Fruits and vegetables 3 4 ........................................... Other food at home 3................................................ Food away from home................................................ Alcoholic beverages... ................................................... 159.4 160.9 155.7 180.0 151.5 154.3 149.0 189.3 129.5 171.9 145.8 1.2 1.4 1.0 5.4 -.6 .5 -3.4 2.2 1.4 2.1 -.3 .6 .8 1.3 2.9 -1.0 -.9 2.2 5.4 -.6 .1 -1.4 164.4 162.6 170.4 178.4 163.5 160.1 169.8 206.7 150.4 151.5 181.0 2.1 1.9 1.6 2.8 1.4 1.5 -3.3 2.3 3.5 2.4 4.0 .6 .6 .8 .2 -.2 -.4 4.0 2.8 -1.1 .4 .2 166.5 167.1 165.3 175.3 144.6 145.6 150.8 241.1 139.4 172.0 159.6 1.3 1.5 .9 2.9 -.6 -.6 -2.7 1.6 3.4 2.1 -.4 .5 .7 1.2 6.5 -1.1 -1.7 4.1 2.2 -2.1 .2 -.4 164.4 163.8 164.7 188.4 155.0 156.0 139.0 195.1 155.1 166.2 171.6 1.7 1.7 1.1 1.1 .8 1.0 -1.9 1.4 3.4 2.5 2.5 .6 .6 .7 .8 .7 .8 1.8 .9 -.3 .5 .5 Housing 4 ......................................................................... Shelter........................................................................... Renters’ costs 5 6 ........................................................ Rent, residential ....................................................... Other renters’ costs 3 7.............................................. Homeowners’ costs 5 6................................................ Owners’ equivalent rent6.......................................... Fuel and other utilities 4................................................. Fuels........................................................................... Fuel oil and other household fuel commodities 3 ....... Fuel o il3................................................................. Other household fuel commodities 3 8 ................................................. Gas (piped) and electricity (energy services)............. Electricity............................................................... Utility v/MMV (DiDed) oas.................................................... .................................. ................. Household furnishings and operation 4........................... Apparel and upkeep......................................................... Apparel commodities 3 7 ................................................ Men’s and boys’ apparel3........................................... Women’s and girls’ apparel3 ....................................... Footwear3................................................................... Transportation.................................................................. Private transportation..................................................... Motor fuel.................................................................... Gasoline ................................................................... Gasoline, unleaded regular..................................... Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 9 ............................... Gasoline, unleaded premium.................................. Public transportation 3 .................................................... Medical care.................................................................... 154.4 173.8 181.9 165.6 205.8 171.7 172.7 125.9 121.8 97.8 88.1 3.8 4.1 3.8 4.9 1.3 4.3 4.4 .1 -.2 -5.2 -9.4 -.1 1.3 1.5 1.0 2.4 1.2 1.2 -4.4 -7.1 5.3 .6 157.7 167.8 176.2 160.9 213.3 177.7 177.3 157.8 154.8 129.2 NA 1.7 1.5 1.6 1.8 .9 1.4 1.4 5.6 7.0 3.2 .4 .1 -.3 .3 -2.7 .3 .3 1.0 1.8 2.7 151.6 159.9 161.1 149.5 225.0 165.1 161.1 117.8 107.7 168.4 NA 3.1 3.2 3.4 1.8 10.7 3.1 2.6 -2.5 -4.2 3.6 1.2 .6 1.4 .2 6.5 .2 .2 -1.4 -3.7 -.4 172.7 201.6 208.6 186.8 261.2 208.3 209.3 117.9 115.4 103.1 102.1 2.7 3.9 5.4 3.4 11.2 3.2 3.2 .3 .2 -8.8 -9.1 .1 .5 .3 .6 -.5 .7 .7 -.9 -1.6 5.1 5.5 120.1 123.7 131.5 117.6 132.2 129.4 126.5 140.8 131.3 80.3 141.1 141.7 107.9 107.2 106.2 109.7 109.2 136.2 212.5 -.5 -.1 -1.4 1.3 6.4 .5 .3 -.3 .2 -2.3 -1.5 -.6 -12.6 -12.7 -13.2 -12.4 -11.7 -11.0 1.3 10.8 -7.5 -15.4 1.6 -.5 -1.9 -2.1 1.2 -3.3 -5.3 -1.0 -.3 -4.1 -4.4 -4.4 -4.4 -4.5 -9.4 .1 129.3 155.2 168.1 148.9 120.8 118.8 113.8 122.1 112.6 101.5 145.2 140.6 108.0 105.8 103.8 103.5 106.3 207.2 232.9 3.2 7.0 .6 23.1 -.8 -5.1 -5.9 -5.0 -4.5 -7.4 2.1 2.5 18.4 19.8 21.5 18.4 17.3 -.1 1.2 2.8 1.8 -.1 5.7 1.2 -.5 -.2 -2.8 .8 -.2 -1.3 -1.0 -5.2 -5.5 -6.0 -5.0 -4.8 -3.3 .4 152.1 106.6 104.4 167.7 155.2 155.3 147.9 135.5 170.5 149.1 146.6 146.9 113.1 112.5 110.8 107.0 113.2 139.8 220.5 3.6 -4.4 -5.0 8.7 8.1 3.8 4.4 .4 7.0 1.4 -1.1 -.9 -5.2 -5.4 -5.7 -4.6 -5.5 -4.4 3.0 -.4 -3.8 -4.0 2.1 6.2 1.3 1.6 -2.1 8.0 -6.8 -.7 -.2 -5.2 -5.5 -5.8 -5.1 -5.4 -6.7 .4 129.1 124.3 125.1 123.0 129.7 133.1 128.8 130.5 125.3 135.5 153.4 145.6 100.5 100.3 99.7 102.9 101.4 187.9 246.5 -4.6 2.9 1.6 5.1 -1.8 3.3 3.5 4.2 4.4 4.5 -.7 -1.1 -2.8 -2.7 -2.4 -3.1 -2.9 .6 2.9 .6 -3.3 -6.4 2.5 -1.6 .8 .9 7.5 -1.6 1.3 -.8 -.7 -5.2 -5.6 -6.0 -5.4 -4.7 -1.1 .4 Entertainment10............................................................... 158.2 .4 -.3 147.9 .9 .6 155.3 1.7 .8 167.9 1.0 .5 Other goods and services 4 .............................................. Personal care 3.............................................................. 209.5 145.7 8.2 5.1 1.2 1.8 243.0 161.0 1.6 -5.6 .3 -.1 184.7 101.0 3.6 -1.9 -.2 .3 235.3 167.8 4.5 .7 .9 1.5 157.1 144.1 159.4 134.0 138.2 122.8 171.6 207.4 2.1 .4 1.2 -.3 -.4 .2 3.8 .4 -.1 -.2 .6 -1.0 -.8 -1.1 .1 .0 160.7 141.6 164.4 127.0 130.6 121.5 177.6 234.2 1.5 .7 2.1 -.3 1.0 -2.3 1.9 .9 .1 -.1 .6 -.5 -1.4 .6 .2 .2 159.5 153.2 166.5 143.8 137.3 153.8 165.3 226.0 2.0 1.7 1.3 2.0 1.3 3.1 2.2 3.0 .6 .9 .5 1.1 -.6 3.4 .3 .7 172.0 147.1 164.4 133.5 135.7 129.6 194.0 253.3 2.1 .7 1.7 -.2 .9 -2.3 3.1 3.1 .2 .1 .6 -.2 -.4 .2 .2 .6 151.9 154.4 163.1 163.3 116.3 134.5 138.1 149.2 172.8 168.4 1.5 2.3 3.0 3.4 -6.7 -.2 -.5 .5 3.4 4.1 -.5 -.1 .4 .3 -5.7 -.9 -.9 -.1 -1.1 .1 158.8 156.8 164.9 165.7 124.1 129.9 135.0 148.4 198.0 172.8 1.4 1.4 .8 .6 12.7 .0 1.4 1.6 2.3 1.9 .1 .1 .2 .2 -2.0 -.5 -1.1 -.2 .3 .2 159.3 155.9 165.1 164.5 108.8 144.8 139.1 153.1 178.1 159.6 1.5 1.9 2.5 2.7 -4.7 1.8 1.0 1.3 1.7 2.2 .6 .6 1.0 1.0 -4.5 1.0 -.6 .1 .1 .3 161.0 168.4 179.0 182.9 109.6 135.2 137.9 151.4 193.4 189.5 1.3 2.1 2.3 2.5 -.8 -.1 1.0 1.3 2.2 3.2 .0 .2 .4 .4 -2.8 -.1 -.3 .1 -.2 .2 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.......................................................... All items less food and energy............................................ Energy................................................................................ Commodities less food....................................................... Nondurables less food ....................................................... Nondurables....................................................................... Services less rent of shelter6 ............................................. Services less medical care services.................................... See footnotes at end of table. 55 Table 16. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Selected areas, by expenditure category and commodity and service group—Continued (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) Monthlv cities and cvicina schedule 1 1 Phil.V\filmingtonTrenton, PA-IMJ-DE-MD 12 Index Percent change from— Nov. Nov. Sept. 1996 1997 1997 Index Expenditure category All item s.................................................................................... All items (1967=100).............................................................. 166.4 480.7 1.3 - -1.3 - 152.9 454.2 1.0 - -1.4 - 162.6 500.0 3.6 - 0.6 - 161.8 477.6 0.4 - -1.1 - Food and beverages............................................................. F o o d .................................................................................... Food at hom e................................................................... Cereals and bakery products 3 ..................................... Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs 3.................................... Meats, poultry, and fis h .............................................. Dairy products 3 ............................................................. Fruits and vegetables 3 4 ............................................... Other food at home 3..................................................... Food away from hom e..................................................... Alcoholic beverages........................................................... 153.9 153.0 160.9 192.2 147.7 149.0 133.4 183.5 159.0 139.4 166.9 .1 .1 -.9 1.0 -2.4 -1.8 -5.1 .2 .7 1.8 1.5 -.9 -1.0 -1.4 -.5 -1.3 -1.1 -.6 -3.1 -1.4 -.1 .2 154.7 152.9 147.1 149.5 133.9 135.1 147.3 174.1 145.2 163.2 168.1 .7 .4 -1.9 -2.0 -2.3 -2.9 -3.6 -3.1 .7 3.9 4.2 -1.3 -1.6 -3.2 -7.7 -2.3 -2.9 .5 -2.7 -3.6 .7 2.0 162.0 162.6 167.2 176.4 155.8 149.7 156.7 199.0 156.1 157.5 157.6 2.9 2.9 3.0 .7 .6 1.0 2.1 7.9 3.1 2.7 2.9 .9 1.1 1.1 -2.4 2.2 1.1 5.4 2.7 -1.6 1.1 -.8 156.2 156.8 160.5 182.8 148.3 148.8 160.1 181.6 150.2 153.8 152.6 .9 .8 .1 -1.7 -.7 -.7 .3 -.3 2.5 1.7 2.6 .5 .4 .8 -2.0 3.1 2.1 -.7 1.4 .1 -.1 1.5 Housing 4 ............................................................................... Shelter................................................................................. Renters’ costs 5 6 ............................................................. Rent, residential ............................................................ Other renters’ costs 3 7.................................................. Homeowners’ costs 5 6 ..................................................... Owners’ equivalent ren t6 .............................................. Fuel and other utilities 4 ...................................................... Fuels................................................................................. Fuel oil and other household fuel commodities 3 ........ Fuel o il3....................................................................... Other household fuel commodities 3 8 ...................................................... Gas (piped) and electricity (energy services).............. Electricity..................................................................... Utility (piped) g a s........................................................ Household furnishings and operation 4 .............................. Apparel and upkeep.............................................................. Apparel commodities 3 7 ..................................................... Men’s and boys’ apparel3 ............................................... Women’s and girls’ apparel3 .......................................... Footwear3......................................................................... Transportation........................................................................ Private transportation......................................................... Motor fu e l.......................................................................... Gasoline......................................................................... Gasoline, unleaded regular........................................ Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 9 ................................. Gasoline, unleaded premium..................................... Public transportation 3 ........................................................ Medical c a re.......................................................................... 166.0 195.0 211.5 177.4 270.1 200.3 201.4 130.2 119.1 97.2 91.2 2.3 3.1 2.8 2.4 3.4 3.1 3.2 1.2 .3 -14.7 -14.7 -2.5 -2.3 -7.9 .2 -17.3 .3 .3 -3.7 -6.3 2.3 2.2 144.4 162.3 165.7 149.1 188.6 170.7 172.1 119.6 106.7 91.2 85.8 .9 1.2 1.0 2.9 -2.7 1.4 1.4 -1.5 -4.3 -14.8 -15.5 -2.6 -.7 -2.3 .1 -7.1 -.1 -.1 -8.6 -15.0 7.2 6.5 169.3 186.7 211.2 190.9 208.1 202.1 202.5 151.4 153.2 153.1 116.2 5.8 6.6 5.7 7.5 -.1 7.0 7.2 4.1 6.4 -.3 -3.4 1.0 1.0 .9 1.1 .0 1.1 1.1 -.1 -.6 3.2 6.8 155.2 172.9 185.6 171.0 189.0 175.4 176.3 128.7 112.9 101.4 95.9 -.6 .6 .2 .4 -.3 .9 .9 3.5 5.9 -4.7 -4.1 -2.1 -.2 -.7 -.2 -2.5 .1 .1 -6.5 -12.3 -3.0 -2.8 NA 136.1 148.1 120.5 120.2 104.9 99.7 122.4 73.2 109.2 154.0 152.1 106.4 105.0 103.9 102.9 99.4 172.9 248.9 - - 3.0 .0 9.5 -.3 -3.7 -4.1 .6 -10.1 -7.3 -.1 .1 -2.3 -1.7 -2.3 -2.6 -2.3 -3.0 1.1 -7.4 -10.5 -.5 -1.5 -8.9 -9.8 -11.1 -15.5 -4.0 1.2 1.5 -3.5 -3.8 -5.3 -4.7 -4.4 -2.7 .0 111.6 109.6 121.4 98.7 124.2 126.2 123.7 143.0 105.8 107.5 142.8 144.2 105.1 104.4 100.6 120.2 105.7 136.2 229.0 -14.4 -3.4 .5 -7.7 2.5 2.1 2.0 3.3 -.5 12.6 -1.4 -1.5 -9.6 -9.1 -9.6 -9.3 -7.0 -.1 2.9 7.7 -16.4 -30.3 9.1 -3.1 -.7 -.8 1.9 -.2 -.3 -.7 -.1 -6.5 -7.5 -7.9 -7.9 -6.4 -8.5 .5 174.7 153.4 175.0 130.8 119.8 116.3 110.7 115.9 85.2 148.0 133.0 127.4 112.0 110.7 108.2 105.7 111.7 180.4 224.6 .1 6.6 .0 21.3 2.0 -.9 -1.4 2.2 1.1 .3 .2 1.2 9.4 10.1 10.9 8.9 9.5 -4.2 3.4 2.9 -.6 -.6 -.9 2.1 -1.1 -1.2 -1.9 -5.6 4.4 -.3 -.1 -2.1 -2.3 -2.3 -2.6 -1.6 -1.1 1.3 162.1 120.8 116.2 127.9 120.7 138.2 132.5 167.5 123.1 128.3 146.6 148.1 110.2 109.4 108.2 104.1 106.8 142.1 233.1 -6.7 7.3 -1.2 21.7 -9.8 -5.3 -6.4 .7 -9.0 -5.0 .4 1.2 -3.6 -3.8 -3.6 -3.6 -4.6 -4.6 4.6 -3.5 -13.3 -25.0 10.4 -6.4 -5.0 -5.7 -3.1 -8.7 -3.8 -.3 .1 -2.0 -2.1 -2.3 -2.3 -2.1 -3.6 .6 Entertainment10..................................................................... 181.3 2.2 -1.2 166.3 2.5 -.7 163.7 -2.7 .2 175.9 2.4 -.2 Other goods and services 4 .................................................. Personal care 3.................................................................... 245.7 198.5 4.2 3.3 1.1 2.2 199.6 100.3 4.3 -1.8 .5 1.1 246.5 166.4 6.3 3.8 .2 .0 240.6 170.5 3.6 2.7 -.2 -.5 Group See footnotes at end of table. 56 St. LouisEast St. Louis, MO-IL13 Nov. 1997 San FranciscoOaklandSan Jose, CA 12 Percent change from— Nov. Sept. 1997 1996 Index Nov. 1997 Washington, DC-MD-VA 2 Percent change from— Nov. Sept. 1997 1996 Index Nov. 1997 Percent change from— Nov. Sept. 1996 1997 Table 16. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Selected areas, by expenditure category and commodity and service group~Contlnued (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) Monthlv cities and c>ricina schedule 1 1 Group Phil./ilmingtonTrenton, PA- NJ-DE-MD 12 Index Percent cha nge frorn— Nov. Nov. Sept. 1997 1996 1997 Index 166.4 136.5 153.9 125.5 125.4 127.0 197.8 256.7 1.3 -.7 .1 -1.2 -2.2 .2 2.6 1.4 -1.3 -1.3 -.9 -1.6 -3.4 1.3 -1.3 -.1 152.9 140.3 154.7 131.5 134.3 126.0 167.0 234.9 158.2 162.4 173.6 179.2 113.7 127.2 128.1 140.1 206.0 193.1 .6 1.3 1.5 1.8 -.6 -1.0 -1.8 -.8 2.1 2.7 -.9 -1.4 -1.0 -1.0 -5.3 -1.5 -3.0 -2.0 -.5 -1.5 150.9 148.5 159.6 161.2 106.0 133.2 136.7 145.1 175.4 160.3 San FranciscoOaklandSan Jose, CA 12 St. LouisEast St. Louis, MO-IL13 Nov. 1997 Washington, DC-MD-VA 2 Percent change from— Sept. Nov. 1997 1996 Index Percent change from— Nov. Sept. 1996 1997 Percent change from— Nov. Sept. 1997 1996 Index 1.0 .1 .7 -.4 -.4 -.5 1.8 3.4 -1.4 -1.5 -1.3 -1.6 -1.6 -1.8 -1.3 .3 162.6 141.5 162.0 127.3 130.8 121.6 180.3 222.6 3.6 2.2 2.9 1.5 2.9 -.5 4.5 1.9 0.6 .6 .9 .3 -.6 2.1 .6 1.6 161.8 140.7 156.2 132.4 133.9 131.3 180.9 237.0 0.4 -2.4 .9 -4.3 -4.3 -4.2 2.3 5.5 -1.1 -1.7 .5 -3.0 -3.3 -2.5 -.8 .5 .9 .8 1.7 2.0 -7.0 -.1 .1 .2 2.1 1.5 -1.7 -1.6 -.5 -.2 -11.1 -1.5 -1.2 -1.4 -1.8 -1.5 154.6 159.8 167.0 168.2 127.3 129.2 132.9 147.2 181.5 177.6 2.0 3.7 3.5 3.6 7.8 1.7 2.9 2.9 1.9 4.7 .4 .6 .8 .7 -1.4 .3 -.7 .3 .2 .6 157.9 158.1 168.1 170.8 110.9 133.3 135.0 144.7 196.4 176.2 .3 .1 .3 .2 .8 -3.9 -3.7 -1.8 3.6 1.9 -1.5 -1.2 -.7 -.9 -7.4 -2.8 -2.9 -1.4 -1.2 -.9 Nov. 1997 Nov. 1997 Commodity and service group All item s.................................................................................... 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 ca re ...................................................... All items less energy............................................................... All items less food and energy................................................ Energy..................... .................................................................. Commodities less fo o d ............................................................ Nondurables less food ............................................................ Nondurables.............................................................................. Services less rent of shelter6 ................................................. Services less medical care services....................................... 1 Areas on pricing schedule 2 (see table 10) will appear next month. 2 Indexes for the cities of Washington and Baltimore will no longer be published separately after December, 1997. Beginning in January, 1998 the two cities will be published as a Washington-Baltimore combined metropolitan area. 3 This index series will no longer appear after December, 1997 below the U.S. city average level. 4 This index series will undergo a change in composition in January, 1998. 5 This index series will no longer appear after December, 1997. 6 Indexes are on a November 1982=100 base in Baltimore, Boston, Miami, St. Louis, Washington. Indexes are on a December 1982=100 base in the U.S., Chicago, Cleveland, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco. 7 This index series will no longer appear in its present form after December, 1997 for the U.S. city average. See Table X for a comparable index series. 8 Indexes on a November 1986=100 base in Baltimore, Boston, Cleveland, Miami, St. Louis, and Washington. Indexes on a December 1986=100 base in U.S., Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco. 9 Indexes on a December 1993=100 base. 10 This index series will no longer appear in its present form after December, 1997. See Table X for a comparable index series. 11 Index on a November 1977=100 base in Miami. 12 Indexes for the cities of Philadelphia and San Francisco will no longer be published on a monthly basis starting in January, 1998. Beginning in February, 1998 they will be published on a bi-monthly basis. 13 Indexes for the cities of Pittsburgh and St. Louis will no longer be published on a bi-monthly basis after December, 1997. Beginning in July, 1998 they will be published semi-annually, each January and July. NA Data not adequate for publication. Data not available. 57 Table 17. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) Selected areas, all items index (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) Percent change to Nov. 1997 from— Indexes Area Pricing schedule 1 Sept. 1997 Oct. 1997 Oct. 1996 Sept. 1997 Aug. 1997 Sept. 1997 Oct. 1997 Nov. 1997 M 157.8 158.3 158.5 158.5 1.7 0.1 0.0 1.9 0.4 0.1 urban................................................ More than 1,200,000 ........................ 500,000 to 1,200,000 3..................... 50,000 to 500,000 3 .......................... M M M M 164.9 164.5 163.7 167.8 165.6 165.4 163.4 168.6 165.8 165.5 163.5 168.9 165.7 165.5 163.2 168.9 1.7 1.8 1.6 1.7 .1 .1 -.1 .2 -.1 .0 -.2 .0 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.2 .5 .6 -.1 .7 .1 .1 .1 .2 North Central urban.......................................... Size A - More than 1,200,000 ........................ Size B - 360,000 to 1,200,000 3 ..................... Size C - 50,000 to 360,000 3 .......................... Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than 50,000)............................... M M M M 153.6 153.6 152.3 156.1 153.9 153.9 152.3 156.9 154.0 153.9 152.7 156.9 154.0 153.8 153.0 156.5 1.5 1.7 1.5 1.3 .1 -.1 .5 -.3 .0 -.1 .2 -.3 2.0 2.1 1.7 2.1 .3 .2 .3 .5 .1 .0 .3 .0 M 150.9 151.5 151.1 151.6 1.0 .1 .3 1.3 .1 -.3 South urban....................................................... Size A - More than 1,200,000 ........................ Size B - 450,000 to 1,200,000 3..................... Size C - 50,000 to 450,000 3 .......................... Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than 50,000)............................... M M M M 155.5 154.0 156.5 155.9 155.9 154.5 156.6 156.4 156.1 154.7 156.8 156.9 156.2 154.5 157.1 157.1 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.6 .2 .0 .3 .4 .1 -.1 .2 .1 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.4 .4 .5 .2 .6 .1 .1 .1 .3 M 157.0 157.7 157.3 157.5 1.5 -.1 .1 1.6 .2 -.3 West urban....................................................... Size A - More than 1,250,000 ........................ Size C - 50,000 to 330,000 3 .......................... M M M 158.0 156.5 163.5 158.6 157.2 164.1 159.3 157.9 164.9 159.2 157.7 165.6 2.1 2.2 3.0 .4 .3 .9 -.1 -.1 .4 2.2 2.3 2.9 .8 .9 .9 .4 .4 .5 Size classes A 4 .................................................................. B 3 .................................................................. C 3.................................................................. D .................................................................... M M M M 143.9 158.0 159.4 156.0 144.4 158.0 160.0 156.6 144.7 158.3 160.4 156.7 144.6 158.4 160.5 156.9 1.8 1.5 1.8 1.2 .1 .3 .3 .2 -.1 .1 .1 .1 2.1 1.9 1.9 1.3 .6 .2 .6 .4 .2 .2 .3 M M M 156.7 154.0 166.7 156.4 154.7 167.7 156.9 155.4 168.1 157.2 154.9 168.0 1.8 1.3 2.0 .5 .1 .2 .2 -.3 -.1 2.1 1.4 2.3 .1 .9 .8 .3 .5 .2 M M 165.9 158.1 167.9 158.6 166.8 159.5 165.9 159.5 1.2 3.4 -1.2 .6 -.5 .0 1.6 3.4 .5 .9 -.7 .6 154.6 167.8 149.1 157.0 151.9 159.1 .7 1.5 2.0 1.6 .9 .3 -.6 1.0 -.1 .6 -1.4 -1.2 U.S. city average................................ .............. Nov. 1996 Percent change to Oct. 1997 from— Aug. 1997 Region and area size 2 Northeast Size A Size B Size C - .1 Selected local areas 5 Chicago-Gary-Lake County, IL-IN-WI.................. Los Angeles-Anaheim-Riverside, C A ....... .......... N.Y.-Northern N.J.-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT......... Phil.-Wilmington-Trenton, PA-NJ-DE-MD 6................................. ............... San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA 6............. Baltimore, MD 7................................................. Boston-Lawrence-Salem, MA-NH....................... Cleveland-Akron-Lorain, OH .............................. Miami-Fort Lauderdale, F L ........................................................ St. Louis-East St. Louis, MO-IL 8 ......................................... Washington, DC-MD-VA 7 ............................................................ 1 1 1 1 1 1 Dallas-Fort Worth, T X ..................................................................... Detroit-Ann Arbor, M l........................................ Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, T X ........................ Pittsburgh-Beaver Valley, PA 8 .......................... 2 2 2 2 _ - 151.1 151.6 144.9 151.0 155.6 166.2 149.2 156.1 154.0 161.1 _ - - - 152.8 152.4 146.3 151.3 _ _ _ _ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - _ _ _ _ - - - - - - - - - - - 1.4 2.4 2.7 2.2 1.1 .5 1.0 .2 _ - - Orleans, LA and Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL. 6 Indexes for the cities of Philadelphia and San Francisco will no longer be published on a monthly basis starting in January, 1998. Beginning in February, 1998 they will be published on a bi-monthly basis. 7 Indexes for the cities of Washington and Baltimore will no longer be published separately after December, 1997. Beginning in January, 1998 the two cities will be published as a Washington-Baltimore combined metropolitan area. 8 Indexes for the cities of Pittsburgh and St. Louis will no longer be published on a bi-monthly basis after December, 1997. Beginning in July, 1998 they will be published semi-annually, each January and July. Data not available. 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. 1 Foods, fuels, and several other items priced every month in all areas; most other goods and services priced as indicated: M - Every month. 1 - January, March, May, July, September, and November. 2 - February, April, June, August, October, and December. 2 Regions defined as the four Census regions. See map in technical notes. 3 Starting in January, 1998, a new Size Class B/C will be introduced, composed of current Size Class B and Size Class C cities. There will be no individual Size Class B or Size Class C. 4 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base. 5 In addition, the following metropolitan areas are published semiannually and appear in tables 34 and 39 of the January and July issues of the CPI Detailed Report: Anchorage, AK; Atlanta, GA; Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY; Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN; Denver-Boulder, CO; Honolulu, HI; Kansas City, MO-KS; Milwaukee, Wl; Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI; PortlandVancouver, OR-WA; San Diego, CA; and Seattle-Tacoma, WA. The following metropolitan areas are published annually and appear in tables 16A and 23A of the January issue of the CPI Detailed Report: New _ 58 Table 18. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Regions 1, by expenditure category and commodity and service group (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) Northeast Index Group Nov. 1997 South North Central Pericent cha nge frorn— Oct. Nov. 1996 1997 Index Nov. 1997 Percent change from— Nov. Oct. 1996 1997 Index Nov. 1997 West Percent change from— Oct. Nov. 1997 1996 Index Nov. 1997 Percent change from— Nov. Oct. 1997 1996 Expenditure category All item s.................................................................................... All items (December 1977— 100)............................................ 165.7 258.8 1.7 - -0.1 - 154.0 249.0 1.5 - 0.0 - 156.2 252.9 1.6 - 0.1 - 159.2 256.2 2.1 - -0.1 - Food and beverages............................................................. F o o d .................................................................................... Food at hom e................................................................... Cereals and bakery products 2 ..................................... Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs 2.................................... Dairy products 2 ............................................................. Fruits and vegetables 2.................................................. Other food at home 2..................................................... Sugar and sweets 2 ..................................................... Fats and oils 2 ............................................................. Nonalcoholic beverages 2........................................... Other prepared food 2................................................. Food away from hom e..................................................... Alcoholic beverages........................................................... 160.9 160.5 161.1 183.8 152.4 137.7 187.8 155.3 154.6 148.0 144.7 168.4 161.6 166.3 1.3 1.3 .6 1.7 -.2 -2.4 -.4 3.3 2.6 -.9 6.4 2.0 2.5 1.3 .4 .4 .4 .7 .4 1.3 2.0 -1.2 -.3 -.1 -1.4 -1.7 .2 .0 155.3 154.6 153.8 176.4 146.6 144.9 178.4 141.7 144.7 134.2 125.4 157.0 156.4 163.9 1.2 1.1 .2 .6 .2 -3.4 .0 1.8 1.6 .2 2.3 1.7 2.7 1.9 -.1 -.1 -.3 -.5 .5 .6 -.7 -1.5 -.3 -1.7 -2.8 -1.1 .3 .3 156.4 156.6 155.3 173.1 145.2 148.5 187.1 144.6 144.6 138.5 129.0 161.4 160.3 153.7 1.8 1.8 1.6 1.8 .2 -.4 3.0 3.1 3.0 .6 5.9 2.0 2.2 1.4 .2 .2 .2 -.3 .3 1.0 .2 -.1 .3 -.4 -.6 .4 .2 -.1 161.0 160.4 163.8 177.3 152.9 158.7 202.7 148.3 147.6 141.3 136.0 160.7 155.4 166.9 2.6 2.6 2.4 2.3 1.2 -.1 4.8 3.1 1.7 -1.3 6.6 2.4 2.8 3.3 .0 .0 -.1 -.6 .2 .8 .1 -.9 -1.9 -1.5 -.9 -.3 .2 -.2 Housing 3 ............................................................................... Shelter................................................................................. Renters’ costs 2 4 ............................................................. Rent, residential ............................................................ Other renters’ costs 2 .................................................... Homeowners’ costs 2 4 ..................................................... Owners’ equivalent re n t4 .............................................. Maintenance and repairs 2 ............................................... Maintenance and repair services 2 ............................... Maintenance and repair commodities 2 ........................ Fuel and other utilities 3 ...................................................... F uels................................................................................. Fuel oil and other household fuel commodities 2 ........ Fuel o il2....................................................................... Other household fuel commodities 2 5 ....................... Gas (piped) and electricity (energy services).............. Electricity..................................................................... Utility (piped) g a s ........................................................ Other utilities and public services 2 ................................. Household furnishings and operation 3 .............................. Housefurnishings 2 ........................................................... Housekeeping supplies 2.................................................. Housekeeping services 2.................................................. 165.6 193.5 176.5 180.6 244.2 181.7 182.5 134.1 145.6 116.8 125.4 115.9 93.7 93.3 119.9 131.7 136.1 125.7 162.2 122.5 103.1 150.6 161.6 2.1 3.0 3.4 3.0 5.0 2.8 2.8 -.7 .1 .5 -.1 -9.9 -10.9 -5.1 2.5 .4 6.2 1.4 -.7 -1.8 -.7 2.4 .0 -.3 -1.5 .2 -7.3 .3 .3 -.3 .0 -.8 1.3 2.0 1.8 1.9 1.5 2.1 .4 5.2 .1 -.5 -1.2 .7 .0 148.5 166.7 160.5 166.0 191.0 167.0 167.5 139.4 153.9 122.8 127.2 111.5 92.6 88.8 125.3 117.0 122.3 112.9 163.5 122.5 107.0 146.6 151.1 2.8 3.3 3.1 3.2 2.6 3.4 3.5 .3 -.3 1.0 2.5 1.8 -9.7 -12.3 -7.0 2.4 .2 5.0 3.4 1.1 -.3 2.5 3.6 .3 .1 -.4 .2 -2.4 .2 .3 -.1 .0 -.2 1.0 1.6 1.5 1.3 2.0 1.6 -.9 4.6 .2 .0 -.4 .5 .6 148.1 160.4 151.6 156.3 205.2 153.1 153.0 151.9 162.7 137.5 136.8 120.6 104.8 92.7 136.8 123.7 123.8 125.6 167.6 125.0 111.8 138.0 163.0 2.3 2.8 2.8 2.6 3.9 2.8 2.8 6.7 12.1 -.7 2.5 2.7 -6.8 -8.5 -5.9 3.4 2.5 7.4 2.3 .3 -1.3 3.1 2.6 -.1 .2 .0 .3 -1.5 .3 .3 .6 .5 .7 -.9 -2.0 .4 .1 .6 -2.1 -3.1 2.1 .1 -.2 -.4 -.1 .3 157.8 171.1 161.3 169.5 224.2 167.6 167.4 145.2 147.2 139.2 140.7 130.6 111.4 123.5 126.2 133.3 145.8 120.9 160.1 124.9 111.7 142.0 150.9 2.8 3.1 3.6 3.4 4.2 2.9 2.9 1.7 1.2 2.1 3.8 4.2 -.8 -1.1 -.6 4.4 -.5 16.5 3.4 .2 -.3 -.4 2.3 .2 .2 -.1 .5 -3.6 .5 .4 .3 .2 .5 .1 -.2 1.7 .3 2.4 -.2 -1.0 1.5 .3 -.1 .0 -.6 .1 Apparel and upkeep.............................................................. Apparel commodities 2 ....................................................... Men’s and boys’ apparel2 ............................................... Women’s and girls’ apparel2 .......................................... Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel2 ...................... ................. Footwear2......................................................................... Other apparel commodities 2........................................... Apparel services 2 ............................................................... 130.9 127.1 135.3 119.0 129.5 131.3 150.9 167.2 2.0 2.1 1.9 3.6 -1.1 2.5 -4.1 .8 -1.0 -1.1 -.5 -1.3 -.6 -.8 -2.8 -.1 132.0 130.0 131.2 127.5 127.6 133.1 141.6 152.3 1.4 1.2 2.7 1.1 2.3 .3 -1.5 2.8 -.2 -.2 .5 .3 -2.1 -1.3 -1.9 .6 145.1 141.2 140.7 142.5 131.7 134.1 153.9 173.8 1.7 1.7 2.4 1.6 .4 3.2 -1.2 1.9 .7 .8 1.3 1.5 -.3 -1.2 .5 -.1 123.7 119.6 122.1 115.4 115.1 118.6 128.9 157.3 -2.1 -2.4 -2.6 -.3 -5.1 -2.8 -7.5 1.1 -.6 -.6 -.6 -.3 2.3 -.5 -2.3 -.9 Transportation........................................................................ Private transportation......................................................... New vehicles.................................................................... New c a rs ........................................................................ Used ca rs.......................................................................... Motor fu e l.......................................................................... Gasoline ......................................................................... Gasoline, unleaded regular........................................ Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 6 .................................. Gasoline, unleaded premium..................................... Maintenance and repairs................................................. Other private transportation 2 .......................................... Other private transportation commodities.................... Other private transportation services 7......................... Public transportation 2 ........................................................ 147.2 143.4 145.2 141.9 151.6 103.8 103.5 102.3 107.1 103.3 174.6 178.7 105.8 193.1 185.8 -.3 -.3 -.1 .0 -5.0 -2.4 -2.0 -2.3 -2.0 -2.1 2.7 1.0 -.7 1.2 .8 -.5 -.3 .6 .7 -.2 -2.4 -2.5 -2.8 -2.3 -2.4 .1 .0 .2 -.1 -1.8 140.7 138.4 143.5 137.2 149.6 102.6 102.3 100.8 112.8 105.6 156.1 170.0 104.8 185.2 192.4 -2.1 -2.1 -.7 -1.2 -5.7 -9.2 -9.2 -9.4 -9.0 -8.6 3.1 2.7 .9 3.0 -.5 -.4 -.3 .3 .3 -.2 -1.8 -2.1 -1.9 -2.2 -1.6 .2 .2 -.7 .4 -3.0 141.4 140.5 146.6 144.8 149.8 101.7 101.3 98.4 107.8 104.5 164.1 181.5 101.5 205.2 165.5 -1.6 -1.7 -.7 -1.0 -5.3 -5.4 -5.1 -5.6 -4.8 -4.7 2.2 1.1 -1.0 1.5 -.5 -.3 -.1 .3 .3 -.1 -1.9 -2.1 -2.3 -2.0 -2.0 -.1 .7 -.1 .8 -2.8 144.3 141.9 145.6 139.2 146.3 111.1 110.4 107.5 107.5 111.5 166.9 169.4 101.9 188.3 188.3 .7 .9 -.7 -1.0 -5.6 7.7 8.4 9.6 8.3 8.3 1.2 .6 -1.4 1.0 -1.5 -.4 -.4 .3 .7 -.2 -2.1 -2.2 -2.5 -2.3 -1.8 .2 .1 .9 -.1 -1.0 - See footnotes at end of table. 59 Table 18. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Regions 1y by expenditure category and commodity and service group—Continued (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) Northeast Index Group Nov. 1997 South North Central Per<:ent cha nge frorn— Oct. Nov. 1997 1996 Index Nov. 1997 Percent change from— Nov. Oct. 1996 1997 Index Nov. 1997 West Percent change from— Nov. Oct. 1997 1996 Index Nov. 1997 Percent change from— Nov. Oct. 1997 1996 Expenditure category Medical c a re ........................................................................... Medical care commodities.................................................. Medical care services........................................................ Professional medical services......................................... 244.6 215.5 250.8 228.3 2.1 1.1 2.3 2.6 0.3 .0 .4 .2 229.1 211.1 233.1 213.4 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.9 0.1 .2 .1 .0 235.4 210.1 241.3 223.1 2.7 1.7 2.8 3.4 0.3 .0 .3 .2 235.5 220.3 239.1 207.6 3.3 2.8 3.4 2.9 0.2 .3 .2 .2 Entertainment7 ...................................................................... Entertainment commodities 2 ............................................. Entertainment services 2 ..................................................... 169.2 147.5 198.6 1.6 -.3 3.5 -.2 .0 -.3 160.2 145.3 180.2 1.4 .3 2.5 -.8 -.4 -1.2 156.9 141.0 183.3 1.4 .1 2.7 .1 .1 .0 154.5 137.3 178.6 .7 .1 1.2 .3 -.2 .7 Other goods and services 3 .................................................. Tobacco and smoking products 2 ...................................... Personal care 2.................................................................... Personal and educational expenses 2 ................................ 237.5 243.2 164.8 274.3 4.4 5.2 1.4 4.8 .0 -.6 .9 .0 221.7 261.0 149.8 245.6 5.5 6.7 3.4 5.3 .4 .9 .5 .1 219.0 236.3 147.1 258.9 5.8 7.5 2.9 5.7 .6 1.2 .5 .2 229.9 270.3 157.0 268.6 4.1 4.7 -.1 5.2 -.1 -1.4 .8 .2 All item s.................................................................................... 165.7 1.7 -.1 154.0 1.5 .0 156.2 1.6 .1 159.2 2.1 -.1 Commodities.......................................................................... Food and beverages.......................................................... Commodities less food and beverages............................. Nondurables less food and beverages........................... Apparel commodities 2................................................... Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel......... Durables........................................................................... Services................................................................................. Rent of shelter4.................................................................. Household services less rent of shelter4 ......................... Transportation services...................................................... Medical care services........................................................ Other services..................................................................... 144.0 160.9 132.1 132.9 127.1 139.4 128.1 191.5 180.7 135.6 187.3 250.8 227.7 .5 1.3 -.2 .5 2.1 -.4 -1.4 2.7 3.0 2.0 1.5 2.3 3.9 -.1 .4 -.5 -.7 -1.1 -.6 .0 -.1 -.3 1.0 -.4 .4 .0 140.0 155.3 131.3 135.6 130.0 140.8 124.3 171.4 165.6 129.0 179.1 233.1 196.4 -.1 1.2 -1.0 -.7 1.2 -1.5 -1.5 3.1 3.3 2.9 2.5 2.2 4.1 -.1 -.1 -.2 -.3 -.2 -.4 -.1 .2 .1 .9 -.2 .1 -.3 142.3 156.4 134.2 137.3 141.2 138.4 129.1 173.3 152.6 137.3 188.8 241.3 208.1 .4 1.8 -.5 .5 1.7 -.1 -1.9 2.8 2.8 2.8 1.5 2.8 4.5 .1 .2 .0 .0 .8 -.4 .0 .1 .2 -.7 .3 .3 .1 142.6 161.0 131.4 134.1 119.6 144.2 128.1 177.3 164.9 139.7 182.8 239.1 204.7 1.2 2.6 .2 1.9 -2.4 3.9 -1.7 2.9 3.1 3.4 .6 3.4 3.4 -.3 .0 -.5 -.8 -.6 -.9 .1 .2 .2 .1 -.2 .2 .3 166.8 157.6 152.3 162.5 133.6 134.9 141.1 147.5 174.0 187.1 110.0 173.6 177.4 144.1 101.3 197.8 1.8 1.2 1.4 1.7 -.1 .4 -.1 .8 2.4 2.7 -1.0 1.9 2.1 .6 -4.2 2.7 -.2 .0 -.1 -.1 -.4 -.7 -.5 -.1 .2 -.1 .2 -.1 -.2 -.3 -1.6 -.2 153.7 151.1 145.5 150.6 132.5 137.3 142.3 145.6 162.0 166.1 106.5 161.1 162.7 141.0 102.4 178.5 1.6 .9 1.0 1.5 -.9 -.4 -1.0 .3 2.9 3.2 -4.0 2.1 2.3 .7 -9.2 3.1 .0 .0 -.1 .0 -.2 -.2 -.2 -.1 .2 .1 -.2 .0 .0 .1 -1.6 .0 155.9 155.3 147.5 151.7 134.8 137.9 138.8 146.9 170.5 166.1 109.0 162.9 164.6 143.8 102.2 179.3 1.6 1.2 1.4 1.5 -.4 .5 .0 1.2 2.8 2.8 -1.4 1.9 1.9 .3 -5.5 2.8 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 -.1 -.4 .1 -.1 -.1 -2.0 .2 .2 .3 -1.9 .2 159.0 155.7 149.2 155.8 133.2 136.6 145.4 148.2 171.6 172.5 118.7 164.1 165.2 139.9 112.2 180.7 2.1 1.8 2.0 2.1 .5 2.1 3.7 2.3 2.6 2.8 6.2 1.9 1.7 -.6 7.6 2.8 .0 -.1 -.1 .0 -.4 -.7 -.8 -.3 .1 .1 -1.3 .1 .1 -.1 -2.0 .2 Commodity and service group Special indexes All items less fo o d ................................................................... All items less shelter............................................................... All items less homeowners’ costs 2 4 ..................................... All items less medical c a re ..................................................... Commodities less fo o d ............................................................ Nondurables less food ............................................................ Nondurables less food and apparel....................................... Nondurables............................................................................. Services less rent of shelter4 ................................................. Services less medical care services....................................... Energy....................................................................................... All items less energy............................................................... All items less food and energy............................................. Commodities less food and energy commodities............ Energy commodities........................................................... Services less energy services............................................ 1 notes. 2 3 1998. 4 Regions defined as the four Census regions. 5 Indexes on a December 6 Indexes on a December 7 This index series will December, 1997. See Table X Data not available. See map in technical This index series will no longer appear after December, 1997. This index series will undergo a change in composition in January, Indexes on a December 1984=100 base. 60 1986=100 base. 1993=100 base. no longer appear in its present form after for a comparable index series. Table 19. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Population size classes \ by expenditure category and commodity and service group (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) Size class A 2 Index Group Nov. 1997 Size class C 3 Size class B 3 Percent change from— Nov. Oct. 1997 1996 Index Nov. 1997 Percent change from— Nov. Oct. 1997 1996 Index Nov. 1997 Size class D Percent change from— Nov. Oct. 1996 1997 Index Nov. 1997 Percent change from— Nov. Oct. 1997 1996 Expenditure category All item s.................................................................................... All items (December 1977=100)............................................ 144.6 144.6 1.8 - -0.1 - 158.4 255.8 1.5 - 0.1 - 160.5 257.1 1.8 - 0.1 - 156.9 253.6 1.2 - 0.1 - Food and beverages............................................................. F o o d .................................................................................... Food at hom e................................................................... Cereals and bakery products4 ..................................... Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs 4.................................... Dairy products 4 ............................................................. Fruits and vegetables 4.................................................. Other food at home 4..................................................... Sugar and sweets 4 ..................................................... Fats and oils 4 ............................................................. Nonalcoholic beverages 4........................................... Other prepared food 4 ................................................. Food away from hom e..................................................... Alcoholic beverages........................................................... 143.2 142.9 146.4 159.6 138.2 142.1 173.4 134.7 136.7 131.6 124.2 144.2 137.3 146.6 1.7 1.7 1.1 1.3 .2 -1.6 2.4 2.6 2.4 -1.1 4.8 1.8 2.7 2.0 .1 .1 .0 -.1 .4 .9 .2 -1.0 -.7 -1.3 -1.4 -.8 .3 .0 158.0 158.0 159.9 175.2 151.5 148.5 194.9 148.8 146.9 139.5 129.4 170.3 156.1 158.1 1.7 1.5 1.2 1.8 .5 -2.4 1.6 3.3 1.9 1.6 5.0 2.8 2.2 2.1 .1 .1 .0 -.7 .2 .9 1.0 -.9 -.5 -.4 -1.1 -.9 .3 .1 157.0 156.4 154.1 172.7 142.8 139.5 185.0 148.6 143.9 139.3 137.1 163.0 161.9 164.2 1.6 1.6 1.0 1.6 .0 -1.6 .8 3.3 2.6 -.4 5.7 2.9 2.6 2.4 .1 .1 -.1 .1 -.1 .9 .5 -.7 .1 -.9 -1.7 -.1 .2 .1 153.9 153.5 151.0 180.8 140.0 141.8 170.7 142.8 139.2 139.5 126.1 157.6 158.9 160.4 1.4 1.5 1.0 2.0 .9 -.4 -.4 2.0 1.9 1.2 6.2 -.1 2.5 .9 .3 .4 .3 .0 1.1 1.1 .2 -.6 -.5 .4 -1.6 -.3 .4 .1 Housing 5 ............................................................................... Shelter................................................................................. Renters’ costs 4 6 ............................................................. Rent, residential ............................................................ Other renters’ costs 4 .................................................... Homeowners’ costs 4 6 ..................................................... Owners’ equivalent re n t6 .............................................. Maintenance and repairs 4 ............................................... Maintenance and repair services 4 ............................... Maintenance and repair commodities 4 ........................ Fuel and other utilities 5 ...................................................... Fuels................................................................................. Fuel oil and other household fuel commodities 4 ........................................................... Fuel o il4....................................................................... Other household fuel commodities 2 4 ....................... Gas (piped) and electricity (energy services).............. Electricity..................................................................... Utility (piped) g a s........................................................ Other utilities and public services 4 ................................ Household furnishings and operation 5 .............................. Housefurnishings 4 ........................................................... Housekeeping supplies 4 .................................................. Housekeeping services 4 .................................................. 140.0 148.3 145.6 140.3 178.6 150.0 150.2 128.3 133.8 121.7 130.7 129.1 2.6 3.3 3.5 3.4 4.2 3.2 3.2 2.9 3.6 2.0 2.3 2.3 .1 -.1 -.7 .3 -5.3 .3 .3 .3 .2 .2 .6 .9 155.0 172.0 169.4 167.0 244.3 167.4 167.9 135.9 146.9 127.2 135.8 114.5 2.0 2.4 2.3 2.5 1.8 2.6 2.6 .1 1.3 -.9 1.5 .7 -.1 .0 -.8 .2 -3.3 .3 .3 -.2 .1 -.5 -.3 -.6 157.9 179.2 157.0 162.5 198.5 171.5 172.1 157.2 175.6 133.0 135.9 122.4 2.6 2.9 3.3 2.7 6.1 2.8 2.9 1.5 4.7 —3.8 2.6 2.4 .3 .3 .2 .6 -1.8 .4 .5 .1 .0 .0 .1 .2 152.3 174.2 156.6 160.2 206.9 165.5 165.4 140.1 155.8 120.9 129.3 107.7 2.0 2.5 2.8 2.1 5.5 2.4 2.4 1.8 .5 4.0 2.0 .6 .0 .2 .3 .1 .9 .2 .2 .1 .0 .2 -.2 -.6 138.8 141.0 132.0 128.4 128.2 128.7 132.7 116.0 103.7 136.2 138.5 -8.8 -10.1 -4.6 3.5 .7 8.1 2.5 -.2 -1.5 .7 2.7 1.7 1.8 1.1 .9 -1.2 4.5 .2 -.2 -.7 .2 .5 95.4 94.5 125.5 121.1 128.6 110.1 180.3 126.3 113.9 135.9 162.0 -8.1 -8.5 -7.7 1.8 .9 4.1 2.4 .6 -.4 1.7 2.6 1.8 1.3 2.3 -.9 -2.0 2.1 .2 -.2 -.5 .5 .2 94.2 85.6 127.8 131.8 137.3 126.1 164.6 123.3 108.3 143.2 159.5 -9.2 -13.5 -3.2 3.6 2.0 8.1 2.8 1.2 .3 2.6 3.0 1.5 1.4 1.5 .1 -1.1 3.2 .1 .0 -.1 .6 -.3 89.7 87.8 122.8 116.1 119.7 114.4 171.6 124.8 109.7 136.9 163.5 -9.5 -12.0 -6.8 1.7 -.3 7.0 3.4 .7 -.5 1.7 2.9 .0 .2 -.3 -.7 -2.0 2.9 .2 -.2 .1 -1.5 .2 Apparel and upkeep.............................................................. Apparel commodities 4 ........................................................ Men’s and boys’ apparel4 ............................................... Women’s and girls’ apparel4 .......................................... Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel4 ....................................... Footwear4......................................................................... Other apparel commodities 4 ........................................... Apparel services 4 ............................................................... 122.0 120.6 122.8 115.3 106.3 126.2 138.4 136.5 .9 .9 2.0 2.7 -.1 -.7 -5.7 1.4 -.7 -.7 .2 -.7 -.3 -1.6 -1.8 -.4 133.8 129.8 134.2 133.1 127.4 120.2 122.0 169.5 1.0 .7 -.4 1.9 .2 1.9 -3.3 2.6 .7 .6 1.8 .7 -1.3 .0 -1.2 .4 144.7 142.5 140.9 140.8 143.8 140.2 165.6 169.9 1.8 1.9 1.0 .5 -1.6 8.0 1.9 1.5 -.1 -.1 -1.4 1.5 -.5 -1.1 -1.4 .3 137.1 134.1 129.1 137.4 119.6 134.1 147.4 166.0 -1.2 -1.5 2.2 -4.7 -.7 -.5 1.9 1.7 1.5 1.6 .4 1.7 1.5 1.8 4.0 .2 Transportation........................................................................ Private transportation.......................................................... New vehicles.................................................................... New c a rs ........................................................................ Used ca rs.......................................................................... Motor fu e l.......................................................................... Gasoline......................................................................... Gasoline, unleaded regular........................................ Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 7 .................................. Gasoline, unleaded premium..................................... Maintenance and repairs................................................. Other private transportation 4 .......................................... Other private transportation commodities.................... Other private transportation services 8 ......................... Public transportation 4 ........................................................ 142.5 142.1 127.4 124.3 141.2 153.0 152.5 152.7 106.7 142.4 147.0 148.7 107.3 158.4 147.1 -.6 -.6 -.6 -.6 -5.2 -2.0 -1.7 -1.9 -.8 -2.4 2.3 1.4 .2 1.6 -.8 -.5 -.4 .2 .4 -.1 -2.0 -2.2 -2.3 -2.1 -2.1 .2 -.1 .1 -.1 -1.6 142.8 140.8 145.0 137.6 149.4 103.6 103.4 100.8 108.8 106.0 167.5 173.8 98.6 193.2 200.6 -.9 -1.1 .0 -.6 -5.3 -3.8 -3.6 -4.1 -3.6 -3.0 1.8 1.0 -1.7 1.4 1.3 -.1 .0 .4 .3 -.3 -1.7 -1.8 -1.9 -1.9 -1.5 -.1 1.2 .4 1.2 -2.6 141.4 139.4 144.8 141.0 148.8 102.9 102.8 100.2 112.3 107.0 163.4 176.4 103.3 197.5 209.9 -1.4 -1.5 -1.0 -1.2 -5.2 -5.9 -5.7 -6.1 -4.5 -3.9 3.0 2.1 -1.6 2.7 1.1 -.4 -.2 .3 .4 -.1 -1.9 -2.1 -2.1 -2.1 -1.7 .0 .4 -.6 .5 -3.1 141.4 138.9 147.0 141.6 142.3 102.0 101.3 97.4 112.1 103.6 152.4 171.4 120.8 184.8 211.4 -2.2 -2.3 -.7 -1.8 -6.9 -5.7 -5.6 -5.9 -5.6 -5.0 2.6 .8 -.6 1.0 -1.4 -.4 -.1 1.0 1.1 -.4 -2.9 -3.2 -3.7 -2.8 -2.4 .6 1.0 .7 1.0 -4.7 See footnotes at end of table. 61 Table 19. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Population size classes \ by expenditure category and commodity and service group—Continued (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) Size class B 3 Size class A 2 Index Group Nov. 1997 Per<sent cha nge frorn— Nov. Oct. 1997 1996 Index Nov. 1997 Size class C 3 Percent change from— Nov. Oct. 1997 1996 Index Nov. 1997 Size class D Pensent cha nge frorn— Nov. Oct. 1996 1997 Index Nov. 1997 Percent change from— Nov. Oct. 1997 1996 Expenditure category Medical c a re .......................................................................... Medical care commodities.................................................. Medical care services........................................................ Professional medical services......................................... 186.5 172.7 189.6 172.8 2.4 2.1 2.4 2.6 0.3 .3 .3 .2 235.9 211.4 241.3 215.2 3.3 1.6 3.7 4.4 0.3 -.4 .4 .1 240.0 208.3 246.8 227.3 2.6 2.2 2.7 2.5 0.1 .4 .0 .0 228.4 213.3 232.2 224.5 2.1 1.1 2.3 3.3 0.1 -.6 .3 .5 Entertainment8 ...................................................................... Entertainment commodities 4 ............................................. Entertainment services 4 ..................................................... 142.6 131.4 155.0 .9 -.2 2.2 -.3 -.4 -.1 157.4 138.1 187.4 2.1 -.5 4.8 .4 .5 .4 164.1 147.8 190.7 .8 .5 1.2 -1.0 -.3 -1.7 148.1 139.0 162.6 2.7 2.6 2.9 .7 .7 .7 Other goods and services 5 .................................................. Tobacco and smoking products 4 ...................................... Personal care 4................................................................... Personal and educational expenses 4................................ 183.1 194.6 137.9 195.8 4.9 5.8 1.3 5.6 .0 -.6 .7 .1 227.3 257.7 150.7 261.7 4.7 5.6 2.0 5.1 .8 1.7 .8 .3 224.4 257.1 155.8 251.8 5.5 7.8 4.8 4.2 .5 .9 .9 .2 224.4 240.0 139.2 270.1 5.4 6.6 1.8 5.6 .3 .6 -.1 .1 All item s.................................................................................... 144.6 1.8 -.1 158.4 1.5 .1 160.5 1.8 .1 156.9 1.2 .1 Commodities.......................................................................... Food and beverages.......................................................... Commodities less food and beverages............................. Nondurables less food and beverages........................... Apparel commodities 4................................................... Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel......... Durables........................................................................... Services................................................................................. Rent of shelter6.................................................................. Household services less rent of shelter6 ......................... Transportation services...................................................... Medical care services........................................................ Other services..................................................................... 136.7 143.2 132.2 141.0 120.6 152.9 120.7 151.9 148.6 131.7 153.4 189.6 171.6 .5 1.7 -.3 .6 .9 .5 -1.8 2.9 3.3 2.8 1.3 2.4 3.9 -.2 .1 -.5 -.7 -.7 -.7 -.1 .0 -.1 .5 -.4 .3 -.1 141.5 158.0 132.0 134.3 129.8 139.1 127.4 178.9 168.4 138.6 187.1 241.3 211.9 .4 1.7 -.5 .1 .7 -.1 -1.3 2.6 2.6 2.1 1.5 3.7 4.5 .1 .1 .1 .1 .6 -.1 .1 .1 .0 -.2 .4 .4 .3 143.4 157.0 135.5 139.0 142.5 140.3 129.3 182.6 167.7 137.0 189.0 246.8 207.1 .4 1.6 -.4 .6 1.9 .1 -1.7 2.9 3.0 3.2 2.6 2.7 3.1 -.1 .1 -.1 -.2 -.1 -.3 .0 .2 .4 .0 .0 .0 -.3 141.2 153.9 133.7 135.3 134.1 137.2 129.2 177.5 162.8 133.6 180.2 232.2 206.8 -.2 1.4 -1.3 -.8 -1.5 -.7 -1.8 2.5 2.5 2.6 1.0 2.3 4.6 .1 .3 .0 -.3 1.6 -1.0 .4 .2 .2 -.1 .2 .3 .3 144.9 143.2 143.4 142.6 133.0 141.5 152.0 142.2 155.4 149.1 139.9 144.9 145.4 130.4 151.9 153.8 1.8 1.3 1.6 1.8 -.2 .7 .7 1.2 2.6 3.0 .1 1.9 2.0 .2 -2.6 2.9 -.1 -.1 -.2 -.1 -.4 -.6 -.6 -.3 .1 .0 -.6 -.1 -.1 -.2 -1.7 .0 158.5 155.1 149.0 154.6 132.9 135.6 139.9 146.3 171.6 173.2 107.8 165.5 167.5 141.3 102.8 185.6 1.6 1.3 1.4 1.4 -.3 .4 .1 1.0 2.8 2.5 -1.6 1.8 1.9 .4 -4.3 2.7 .1 .1 .0 .1 .1 .1 -.1 .1 .1 .0 -1.2 .2 .2 .4 -1.3 .2 161.2 155.5 148.5 156.4 136.5 140.3 141.6 148.0 171.1 176.4 111.1 167.8 170.7 146.4 102.4 188.9 1.8 1.4 1.5 1.6 -.2 .7 .4 1.2 2.9 3.0 -1.6 2.1 2.1 .8 -6.2 2.9 .1 -.1 -.1 .0 -.1 -.2 -.2 -.1 -.1 .1 -.8 .1 .1 .1 -1.6 .1 157.5 152.8 145.9 152.6 134.6 136.5 138.5 144.9 166.4 171.2 104.0 164.5 167.5 143.6 100.9 185.3 1.2 .8 1.0 1.1 -1.2 -.7 -.4 .3 2.6 2.6 -2.6 1.5 1.6 -.3 -6.1 2.6 .1 .1 .1 .1 .0 -.3 -.9 .1 .1 .1 -1.8 .3 .4 .5 -2.6 .3 Commodity and service group Special indexes All items less food ................................................................... All items less shelter............................................................... All items less homeowners’ costs 4 6 ..................................... All items less medical ca re ...................................................... Commodities less fo o d ............................................................ Nondurables less food ............................................................ Nondurables less food and apparel ....................................... Nondurables............................................................................. Services less rent of shelter6 ................................................. Services less medical care services....................................... Energy....................................................................................... All items less energy............................................................... All items less food and energy............................................. Commodities less food and energy commodities............ Energy commodities........................................................... Services less energy services............................................ 5 This index series will undergo a change in composition in January, 1998. 6 Indexes on a December 1984=100 base. 7 Indexes on a December 1993=100 base. 8 This index series will no longer appear in its present form after December, 1997. See Table X for a comparable index series. Data not available. 1 See region and area size on table 10 for information about population size classes. 2 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base. 3 Starting in January, 1998, a new Size Class B/C will be introduced, composed of current Size Class B and Size Class C cities. There will be no individual Size Class B or Size Class C. 4 This index series will no longer appear after December, 1997. 62 Table 20. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Cross classification of regions and population size classes,1by expenditure category and commodity and service group (1 9 8 2 -8 4 = 1 0 0 , unless otherwise noted) Northeast Size class B 2 Size class A Group Index Nov. 1997 Percent change from— Nov. Oct. 1997 1996 Index Nov. 1997 Size class C 2 Percent change from— Nov. Oct. 1996 1997 Index Nov. 1997 Percent change from— Oct. Nov. 1996 1997 Expenditure category All items............................................................................. All items (December 1977=100)........................................ 165.5 252.9 - - 163.2 260.4 - -0.2 - 168.9 280.9 - Food and beverages........................................................ Food............................................................................. Food at home.............................................................. Cereals and bakery products 3.................................. Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs 3................................. Dairy products 3 ........................................................ Fruits and vegetables 3.............................................. Other food at home 3................................................. Food away from home................................................. Alcoholic beverages....................................................... 160.5 160.0 160.9 185.8 150.9 138.3 188.7 153.7 160.4 166.7 1.4 1.3 .6 1.6 -.9 -2.2 .9 3.5 2.7 1.5 .4 .4 .6 1.1 .6 1.3 1.8 -1.4 .3 .0 164.6 164.5 167.3 172.2 163.6 143.5 191.4 167.6 163.4 167.8 1.4 1.5 .8 2.4 2.3 -1.5 -3.5 2.6 2.4 .8 .1 .1 .0 -1.3 .1 1.8 2.3 -1.7 .2 .0 158.9 158.3 155.3 185.6 149.8 121.6 183.4 148.3 165.6 165.8 .9 .9 .3 1.4 -.3 -5.1 -1.0 4.1 2.0 1.7 .5 .6 .9 .4 -.3 1.0 3.5 .9 -.1 .2 Housing 4 ......................................................................... Shelter........................................................................... Renters’ costs 3 5 ........................................................ Rent, residential ....................................................... Other renters’ costs 3 ................................................ Homeowners’ costs 3 5................................................ Owners’ equivalent rent5.......................................... Fuel and other utilities 4................................................. Fuels........................................................................... Fuel oil and other household fuel commodities 3 ....... Fuel o il3................................................................. Other household fuel commodities 3 6 ..................... Gas (piped) and electricity (energy services)............. Electricity............................................................... Utility (piped) gas.................................................... Household furnishings and operation 4............... ............ Apparel and upkeep......................................................... Apparel commodities 3 ................................................... Men’s and boys’ apparel3........................................... Women’s and girls’ apparel3 ....................................... Footwear3................................................................... Transportation.................................................................. Private transportation..................................................... Motor fuel.................................................................... Gasoline ................................................................... Gasoline, unleaded regular..................................... Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 7 ............................... Gasoline, unleaded premium.................................. Public transportation 3 .................................................... Medical care..................................................................... Entertainment8 ................................................................ 163.6 188.7 177.1 182.3 247.5 178.1 178.8 123.7 118.5 99.6 97.7 138.2 131.7 134.2 128.4 123.0 126.9 122.2 127.0 113.3 129.8 150.2 145.9 102.9 102.5 101.3 104.7 102.0 178.7 247.9 170.8 2.3 3.2 3.9 3.2 6.9 2.9 3.0 .4 .1 -10.0 -10.5 -6.1 2.4 .7 5.0 -1.8 1.9 2.0 2.2 3.1 2.3 -.3 -.4 -2.2 -1.9 -2.0 -2.3 -2.4 .1 2.5 1.2 .1 -.2 -1.2 .2 -6.8 .3 .3 1.4 2.2 1.9 2.0 1.0 2.4 .5 5.2 -.4 -.9 -1.1 .0 -1.5 -1.4 -.6 -.5 -2.3 -2.5 -2.8 -2.3 -2.5 -1.8 .4 -.1 163.1 188.8 184.4 171.7 249.5 181.3 182.2 137.1 120.8 91.7 93.3 114.2 142.2 148.0 133.0 118.4 129.9 126.9 148.7 119.1 132.3 143.5 140.9 105.3 105.5 103.0 112.4 106.1 201.6 240.1 161.1 1.4 1.6 1.3 2.6 -.3 1.8 1.9 1.3 .9 -8.4 -7.5 -10.6 3.6 -.2 13.3 -.2 5.1 5.3 .2 11.5 7.1 .6 .1 -2.2 -1.6 -2.2 -.9 -1.1 7.3 .9 2.7 -.4 -.9 -4.0 .3 -9.4 .4 .4 1.8 2.9 2.1 1.5 4.2 3.1 .3 9.9 -1.4 -.5 -.6 .3 -1.1 1.6 -.1 .0 -2.4 -2.6 -3.0 -2.0 -2.1 -.9 .3 .1 175.1 215.3 164.3 176.4 203.0 195.8 196.4 118.4 98.2 80.4 81.3 99.5 116.5 120.4 111.3 121.6 151.5 149.2 165.1 141.1 145.8 140.2 136.8 103.4 103.0 102.7 111.2 105.9 232.2 232.1 173.5 2.9 3.6 3.9 2.9 11.4 3.4 3.4 .1 -1.6 -10.3 -14.1 5.4 2.1 -.1 8.5 3.4 -.3 -.5 4.2 -3.1 2.5 -.7 -.5 -2.5 -2.2 -2.5 -1.5 -2.0 -4.2 1.5 2.7 .2 .3 -.3 .3 -4.2 .5 .5 .0 .1 1.5 1.9 .5 -.5 -.7 .1 .2 -1.6 -1.7 -3.0 -.8 .1 -.3 -.1 -2.3 -2.5 -2.6 -2.2 -2.7 -4.6 -.1 -.2 Other goods and services 4 .............................................. Personal care 3.............................................................. 236.4 169.2 4.8 1.0 -.1 .8 231.4 149.3 2.8 .7 .0 .1 241.7 156.0 4.4 4.8 -.2 3.4 165.5 143.8 160.5 131.5 132.0 128.3 189.5 255.1 1.8 .5 1.4 -.3 .4 -1.6 2.8 2.9 .0 -.1 .4 -.5 -.8 .2 .0 .5 163.2 142.9 164.6 129.1 130.9 124.5 190.8 244.8 1.6 .9 1.4 .5 1.2 -.3 2.1 .5 -.2 -.2 .1 -.5 -.5 -.5 -.2 .4 168.9 145.4 158.9 136.4 138.5 129.2 200.2 237.0 1.7 .1 .9 -.6 -.1 -1.5 3.2 1.4 .0 -.1 .5 -.4 -.8 .0 .0 -.1 158.2 162.1 172.7 176.4 111.5 133.1 134.1 147.2 173.0 184.7 1.2 1.8 2.0 2.2 -.8 -.2 .4 .9 2.3 2.8 .1 -.1 -.1 -.2 .5 -.4 -.7 -.1 .2 -.1 156.5 160.2 170.9 172.8 113.5 130.7 132.9 148.1 175.8 186.5 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 -.4 .6 1.1 1.3 2.3 2.2 .1 -.2 -.2 -.3 .7 -.4 -.4 -.1 .6 -.2 155.6 166.1 179.2 185.0 98.9 137.8 140.2 148.6 174.4 197.2 1.1 1.8 2.1 2.4 -2.1 -.5 .1 .5 3.0 3.4 .0 .1 .1 .0 -.9 -.4 -.6 -.1 -.1 .1 1.8 0.0 1.6 1.7 0.0 - 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.................................................... Special indexes All All All All items less shelter.......................................................... items less medical care................................................. items less energy.......................................................... items less food and energy............................................ Commodities less food....................................................... Nondurables less food ....................................................... Nondurables....................................................................... Services less rent of shelter5 ............................................. Services less medical care services.................................... See footnote at end of table. 63 Table 20. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Cross classification of regions and population size classes,1by expenditure category and commodity and service group—Continued (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) North Central Size class B 2 Size class A Group Index Nov. 1997 Per<:ent change frorn— Nov. Oct. 1996 1997 Index Nov. 1997 Size class C 2 Per<:ent change frorn— Nov. Oct. 1996 1997 Index Nov. 1997 Size class D Percent change from— Nov. Oct. 1996 1997 Index Nov. 1997 Percent change from— Nov. Oct. 1996 1997 Expenditure category All items............................................................................. All items (December 1977=100)......................................... 153.8 251.5 1.7 - —0.1 - 153.0 246.4 1.5 - 0.2 - 156.5 246.1 1.3 - -0.3 - 151.6 245.5 1.0 - 0.3 - Food and beverages........................................................ Food............................................................................. Food at home.............................................................. Cereals and bakery products 3................................... Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs 3................................. Dairy products 3........................................................ Fruits and vegetables 3.............................................. Other food at home 3................................................. Food away from home................................................ Alcoholic beverages....................................................... 157.7 157.1 157.3 178.5 152.4 149.6 185.4 140.3 157.0 164.5 1.3 1.4 .6 1.1 .2 -3.2 2.9 1.2 2.5 1.4 -.1 -.1 -.4 -.4 .3 .6 -.3 -1.9 .3 .6 151.8 151.8 152.0 179.7 141.0 143.6 167.9 146.7 151.6 152.0 .9 .7 -.7 -.8 -.3 -6.8 -2.8 3.0 3.3 4.0 -.1 -.1 -.4 -1.9 .3 1.6 -.2 -1.0 .4 -.1 154.0 152.9 150.7 170.9 138.5 138.8 176.9 146.7 157.9 168.7 .7 .7 -.4 1.0 .1 -2.8 -5.0 2.6 2.6 1.7 -.4 -.3 -.8 -.2 .4 -.1 -1.9 -1.7 .4 -.2 149.0 147.9 144.4 172.9 138.1 137.1 157.5 134.4 155.2 165.6 1.1 1.0 -.1 -.2 .7 -1.7 -2.5 1.4 3.3 2.9 .6 .6 .7 .3 2.0 .7 -.3 -.1 .7 .1 Housing 4 ......................................................................... Shelter........................................................................... Renters’ costs 3 5 ........................................................ Rent, residential ....................................................... Other renters’ costs 3 ................................................ Homeowners’ costs 3 5................................................. Owners’ equivalent rent5.......................................... Fuel and other utilities 4................................................. Fuels........................................................................... Fuel oil and other household fuel commodities 3 ....... Fuel o il3................................................................. Other household fuel commodities 3 8 ..................... Gas (piped) and electricity (energy services)............. Electricity............................................................... Utility (piped) gas................................................... Household furnishings and operation 4........................... Apparel and upkeep......................................................... Apparel commodities 3 ................................................... Men’s and boys’ apparel3........................................... Women’s and girls’ apparel3 ....................................... Footwear3................................................................... Transportation.................................................................. Private transportation..................................................... Motor fuel.................................................................... Gasoline................................................................... Gasoline, unleaded regular..................................... Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 7 ............................... Gasoline, unleaded premium.................................. Public transportation 3 .................................................... Medical care.................................................................... Entertainment8 ................................................................ 147.2 165.2 159.9 169.2 180.3 165.8 165.9 125.5 112.2 93.8 91.4 120.2 115.7 120.2 111.9 117.5 127.4 125.7 129.4 117.3 130.8 140.9 138.9 103.6 103.3 102.2 111.9 104.6 173.4 227.4 162.5 3.3 3.6 3.6 3.5 4.2 3.7 3.6 3.1 2.4 -8.3 -11.2 -5.7 2.8 .1 5.7 2.0 .9 .7 2.9 2.0 -1.6 -2.1 -2.2 -9.6 -9.5 -9.7 -9.2 -9.0 -1.5 1.9 1.3 .3 .1 -.5 .3 -3.4 .4 .3 1.7 2.8 1.7 1.9 1.6 2.8 -.2 6.1 -.1 -.7 -.8 .6 -.3 -2.8 -.5 -.3 -1.3 -1.5 -1.4 -1.4 -1.4 -2.9 .0 -.7 147.8 169.4 169.0 171.8 212.9 171.1 172.0 117.8 101.3 90.9 93.3 124.2 107.0 127.1 89.3 127.3 140.9 138.7 129.0 157.2 109.7 142.2 140.1 104.5 104.7 101.8 113.5 110.6 237.2 228.6 149.8 2.4 3.2 2.1 3.4 -.4 3.7 3.7 .9 -.9 -8.5 -9.9 -7.7 -.4 .7 -2.0 .8 2.6 2.5 -2.0 2.8 4.6 -1.8 -1.8 -8.7 -9.0 -9.3 -9.2 -7.4 -3.3 3.1 2.5 .0 .1 -.1 .1 -.2 .2 .2 -.8 -1.8 1.9 3.7 .8 -1.9 -2.8 -.9 .4 2.0 2.1 4.1 1.0 4.8 .1 .3 -1.6 -1.8 -1.7 -2.2 -1.2 -4.7 .3 .8 154.1 172.5 163.5 161.0 207.9 172.8 173.8 134.0 120.6 94.7 84.5 131.9 130.6 133.0 129.4 132.0 135.0 131.7 130.1 133.7 131.1 140.6 138.4 100.3 100.1 98.4 113.0 101.4 225.1 242.5 167.8 2.1 2.7 2.1 2.5 1.4 2.9 2.9 1.9 1.6 -12.3 -13.1 -11.5 2.4 -.4 7.0 .0 3.2 3.3 6.5 -.5 6.4 -1.7 -2.1 -9.3 -9.2 -9.6 -8.9 -8.6 5.7 2.3 .4 .1 -.2 -1.0 .0 -3.1 .0 .1 .8 1.4 2.0 .2 3.9 1.3 -1.2 5.3 .1 -.5 -.7 -2.2 1.2 -1.9 -.6 -.5 -2.3 -2.4 -2.6 -2.5 -2.2 -2.5 .2 -2.8 146.3 161.8 150.1 150.7 189.9 160.2 160.5 134.5 106.2 88.4 84.4 131.4 114.1 108.6 123.6 124.8 143.8 143.0 145.5 137.3 168.4 137.8 133.3 99.8 98.7 95.6 115.9 101.9 304.5 219.2 150.1 2.0 2.4 2.7 2.7 1.9 2.4 2.2 2.8 3.1 -8.9 -15.9 1.4 3.7 1.9 5.9 -.5 -1.0 -1.2 1.4 —3.6 -.8 -2.6 -2.8 -7.4 -7.5 -7.6 -7.4 -6.6 .3 2.6 2.2 .4 .5 .7 .4 2.4 .4 .4 .5 .9 -.2 -.4 .0 .8 -.5 2.2 .0 1.1 1.1 .1 .6 4.7 -.9 -.7 -3.9 -4.5 -4.9 -3.9 -4.3 -3.7 .2 .8 Other goods and services 4 .............................................. Personal care 3.............................................................. 226.8 143.2 5.7 2.6 .1 .6 215.7 166.3 2.8 1.7 .8 -.4 217.5 165.6 7.1 6.4 .9 1.0 211.0 139.1 4.8 3.7 .8 .0 153.8 139.8 157.7 129.4 135.4 121.3 170.8 231.3 1.7 -.1 1.3 -1.1 -.8 -1.6 3.5 1.8 -.1 -.3 -.1 -.5 -.4 -.4 .2 .0 153.0 138.1 151.8 130.9 133.1 126.9 170.8 231.1 1.5 -.4 .9 -1.1 -1.6 -.5 2.9 3.8 .2 .4 -.1 .6 .5 .8 .1 .5 156.5 141.5 154.0 134.6 136.7 129.3 176.7 249.5 1.3 .1 .7 -.4 .4 -1.5 2.6 2.0 -.3 -.3 -.4 -.2 -.4 .0 -.2 .1 151.6 140.5 149.0 135.8 138.8 127.3 166.0 221.2 1.0 -.4 1.1 -1.3 -1.2 -1.7 2.3 2.6 .3 .2 .6 .0 -.2 .2 .3 .1 151.3 150.6 160.6 161.5 107.7 130.9 137.3 146.9 163.5 165.8 1.0 1.7 2.2 2.4 -4.2 -1.0 -.6 .3 3.2 3.6 -.1 .0 -.1 -.1 .7 -.4 -.4 -.3 .3 .2 149.4 149.4 161.4 163.8 101.2 131.6 134.1 142.3 160.5 165.6 .7 1.3 2.0 2.3 -4.9 -.9 -1.2 -.3 2.6 2.8 .3 .2 .4 .4 -1.7 .6 .4 .2 .1 .1 152.7 153.0 163.9 166.9 109.1 135.8 138.5 145.2 162.7 171.0 .9 1.3 1.9 2.2 -3.8 -.3 .5 .6 2.6 2.7 -.2 -.3 -.2 -.2 -.4 -.2 -.4 -.3 -.1 -.2 149.5 147.8 158.4 161.0 103.0 136.7 140.5 144.5 155.8 160.1 .6 .8 1.3 1.4 -2.3 -1.2 -.9 .0 2.4 2.3 .2 .3 .5 .4 -1.6 -.1 -.1 .2 .2 .4 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.......................................................... All items less food and energy............................................ Energy................................................................................ Commodities less food........................................................ Nondurables less food ....................................................... Nondurables....................................................................... Services less rent of shelter5 ............................................. Services less medical care services.................................... See footnote at end of table. 64 Table 20. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Cross classification of regions and population size classes,1by expenditure category and commodity and service group—Continued (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) South Size class A Group Index Nov. 1997 Index Nov. 1997 Size class D Size class C 2 Size class B 2 Percent change from— Nov. Oct. 1997 1996 Percent change from— Oct. Nov. 1997 1996 Index Nov. 1997 Percent change from— Oct. Nov. 1997 1996 Index Nov. 1997 Percent change from— Nov. Oct. 1996 1997 Expenditure category All items............................................................................. All items (December 1977=100)........................................ 154.5 250.3 1.6 - -0.1 - 157.1 254.6 1.7 - 0.2 - 157.1 254.3 1.6 - 0.1 - 157.5 255.0 1.5 - 0.1 - Food and beverages........................................................ Food............................................................................. Food at home.............................................................. Cereals and bakery products 3.................................. Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs 3................................. Dairy products 3 ........................................................ Fruits and vegetables 3.............................................. Other food at home 3................................................ Food away from home................................................ Alcoholic beverages....................................................... 156.7 157.1 155.8 169.9 146.0 153.9 187.1 143.3 160.6 153.2 1.7 1.8 1.1 .8 .5 -.1 1.2 2.7 2.9 1-1 .1 .1 .1 -.2 .2 .8 -.8 .5 .2 .1 156.9 157.1 157.2 174.6 147.2 149.2 200.4 141.9 158.2 153.7 1.4 1.4 1.6 2.4 .0 -1.6 3.4 3.4 1.3 1.4 .1 .0 .0 -.5 .6 .2 -.4 -.4 .2 .3 157.5 157.4 155.5 168.5 142.4 148.3 185.8 152.7 162.8 159.1 2.1 2.0 1.9 1.7 -.5 .0 5.7 3.4 2.4 3.2 .1 .2 .2 .3 -.6 1.9 1.3 -.5 .2 -.6 152.9 153.3 150.3 186.2 143.8 137.0 166.8 138.5 160.9 146.5 1.9 2.1 2.1 3.4 1.6 -.1 1.8 3.4 1.7 -.3 .6 .7 .7 -1.0 1.6 .9 2.1 .3 .2 -.2 Housing 4 ......................................................................... Shelter........................................................................... Renters’ costs 3 5 ........................................................ Rent, residential ....................................................... Other renters’ costs 3 ................................................ Homeowners’ costs 3 5................................................ Owners’ equivalent rent5.......................................... Fuel and other utilities 4................................................. Fuels........................................................................... Fuel oil and other household fuel commodities 3 ....... Fuel o il3................................................................. Other household fuel commodities 3 6 ..................... Gas (piped) and electricity (energy services)............. Electricity............................................................... Utility (piped) gas.................................................... Household furnishings and operation 4........................... Apparel and upkeep......................................................... Apparel commodities 3 ................................................... Men’s and boys’ apparel3........................................... Women’s and girls’ apparel3 ....................................... Footwear3................................................................... Transportation.................................................................. Private transportation..................................................... Motor fuel.................................................................... Gasoline................................................................... Gasoline, unleaded regular..................................... Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 7 ............................... Gasoline, unleaded premium.................................. Public transportation 3 .................................................... Medical care..................................................................... Entertainment8 ................................................................ 144.3 157.4 148.1 156.5 183.4 151.8 151.9 122.6 111.2 97.0 92.6 131.3 114.9 111.6 121.2 126.4 149.4 144.9 150.2 144.5 136.0 142.3 142.0 104.2 103.4 101.2 105.5 105.1 147.7 235.3 165.3 2.1 2.6 2.4 2.4 2.8 2.6 2.8 3.0 4.7 -5.8 -6.9 -4.6 5.1 3.2 10.3 -1.3 3.4 3.6 4.3 7.1 -1.7 -1.2 -1.3 -4.7 -4.6 -5.1 -3.9 -4.5 1.3 2.4 1.3 -.3 .1 -.2 .2 -3.3 .3 .3 -1.8 -3.3 .6 .5 .7 -3.4 -5.8 3.1 -.6 -.1 -.1 1.1 -.3 -1.4 -.4 -.3 -2.3 -2.5 -2.6 -2.2 -2.2 -1.5 .3 .1 150.9 158.9 164.1 159.8 267.7 155.7 155.9 147.8 119.3 108.3 93.9 138.5 119.8 119.2 127.9 132.8 136.6 131.5 135.9 132.5 128.0 141.5 140.5 102.1 101.7 99.1 107.1 103.9 175.4 234.1 156.5 2.4 3.3 3.6 3.2 5.2 3.2 3.2 1.7 .8 -8.0 -10.2 -6.5 1.9 1.9 1.8 .5 -.7 -1.1 .4 -1.6 .9 -1.5 -1.6 -4.6 -4.3 -4.8 -4.3 -4.3 -.5 4.2 1.8 .1 .3 .2 .4 -.4 .3 .4 -.5 -1.2 .9 .2 1.3 -1.4 -2.1 1.4 .3 -.1 -.1 1.5 .1 -1.5 -.1 .0 -1.5 -1.6 -1.9 -1.8 -1.6 -3.3 .3 .4 148.0 159.1 143.3 149.5 175.3 148.1 147.8 147.0 140.4 127.9 86.6 153.9 142.4 146.2 136.9 116.8 154.6 153.2 139.0 153.0 150.4 140.7 139.2 101.5 102.0 97.6 110.5 107.0 198.0 237.9 150.7 2.4 2.2 2.4 2.1 4.2 2.1 2.1 3.5 4.2 -4.1 -6.6 -3.9 4.5 3.8 8.5 1.6 2.8 3.0 .4 .5 14.4 -2.0 -2.0 -6.8 -6.4 -7.0 -6.0 -5.2 -2.9 1.9 .1 -.1 .3 .1 .3 -1.2 .3 .3 -.5 -1.3 -.1 -3.3 .2 -1.4 -1.4 -1.2 -.2 2.2 2.5 .9 5.6 -.3 -.4 -.1 -1.6 -1.8 -2.0 -1.5 -1.7 -4.5 .0 -.3 153.0 178.9 155.1 161.0 195.0 164.6 163.6 128.4 108.0 92.8 91.5 115.7 112.7 114.5 117.5 121.0 132.3 127.3 122.8 140.5 103.7 140.5 139.7 94.5 93.4 89.0 110.7 100.8 165.9 233.2 151.6 2.6 3.3 3.3 3.5 2.1 3.3 3.5 1.4 -1.3 -8.0 -7.1 -8.5 -.6 -1.2 4.9 2.5 -1.9 -2.2 5.5 -7.3 1.2 -2.3 -2.2 -6.6 —6.3 -6.7 -6.2 -5.6 -2.5 1.8 3.4 -.2 .1 -.1 .0 -.3 .2 .2 -.7 -1.5 -.3 -.1 -.4 -1.7 -3.1 11.6 -.5 2.6 2.9 2.6 3.0 -1.8 -.1 .0 -2.7 -3.1 -3.6 -2.9 -2.3 -2.8 .3 -.3 Other goods and services4 .............................................. Personal care 3.............................................................. 208.3 152.4 5.1 3.1 .1 .0 234.9 152.1 6.7 3.0 1.4 2.0 218.1 144.5 5.3 3.8 .6 .3 219.5 124.5 6.6 -.3 -.4 -.4 154.5 142.4 156.7 134.1 137.2 129.8 169.0 239.8 1.6 .5 1.7 -.3 1.0 -2.1 2.7 2.3 -.1 -.2 .1 -.4 -.5 -.1 -.1 .4 157.1 141.9 156.9 133.7 137.0 127.7 175.1 241.4 1.7 .1 1.4 -.8 .0 -1.9 3.2 4.6 .2 .1 .1 .1 .2 .1 .2 .4 157.1 144.1 157.5 136.2 140.5 130.3 173.7 244.9 1.6 .6 2.1 -.4 .7 -1.7 2.5 2.1 .1 .3 .1 .4 .6 .0 .0 .0 157.5 138.9 152.9 130.9 131.5 128.0 181.7 237.2 1.5 -.1 1.9 -1.4 -1.1 -1.8 3.0 1.8 .1 .1 .6 -.2 -.5 .1 .1 .4 154.1 150.4 161.5 162.6 106.7 134.8 137.9 147.0 165.9 162.6 1.3 1.6 1.8 1.8 -.5 -.2 1.0 1.4 2.7 2.7 -.2 -.2 .1 .0 -2.7 -.4 -.5 -.2 -.4 -.2 157.3 152.9 163.6 165.2 107.8 134.3 137.6 147.0 174.0 168.4 1.2 1.5 2.0 2.2 -1.9 -.7 .1 .8 3.1 3.1 .1 .1 .3 .4 -1.5 .1 .1 .1 .1 .2 156.6 152.3 163.3 164.9 117.9 136.9 141.3 149.1 173.2 165.6 1.4 1.5 1.7 1.7 -1.0 -.2 .9 1.4 2.7 2.5 .1 .1 .2 .3 -1.5 .4 .6 .4 -.2 -.1 152.6 152.0 166.1 169.5 98.9 131.3 131.9 142.2 170.4 173.7 1.1 1.5 2.1 2.1 -3.9 -1.4 -1.1 .5 2.8 3.3 .1 .1 .4 .3 -2.2 -.2 -.5 .1 .1 .1 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 All All All items items items items less shelter.......................................................... less medical care................................................. less energy.......................................................... less food and energy............................................ Commodities less food....................................................... Nondurables less food ....................................................... Nondurables....................................................................... Services less rent of shelter5 ............................................. Services less medical care services.................................... See footnote at end of table. 65 Table 20. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Cross classification of regions and population size classes,1 by expenditure category and commodity and service group—Continued (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) W<3St Size class C 2 Size class A Group Index Percent change from— Index Percent change from— Nov. 1997 Nov. 1996 Oct. 1997 Nov. 1997 Nov. 1996 Oct. 1997 All item s.................................................................................... All items (December 1977=100)............................................ 157.7 255.2 2.2 - -0.1 - 165.6 255.4 3.0 - 0.4 - Food and beverages............................................................. F o o d .................................................................................... Food at home................................................................... Cereals and bakery products 3 ..................................... Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs 3.................................... Dairy products 3 ............................................................. Fruits and vegetables 3.................................................. Other food at home 3..................................................... Food away from hom e..................................................... Alcoholic beverages........................................................... 161.6 161.0 164.7 179.6 154.7 162.3 198.5 148.9 155.3 167.4 2.5 2.4 2.2 1.7 1.4 -.5 4.3 3.0 2.6 3.5 -.1 .0 -.2 -1.1 .5 .7 -.6 -.7 .3 -.5 159.3 158.9 156.6 170.8 144.3 145.9 202.1 141.8 163.2 165.9 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.2 2.7 1.6 2.8 4.6 3.6 2.9 .0 -.2 -.1 -.8 .9 -.2 .0 -.8 -.3 1.2 Housing 4 ............................................................................... Shelter................................................................................. Renters’ costs 3 5 ............................................................. Rent, residential ............................................................ Other renters’ costs 3 .................................................... Homeowners’ costs 3 5 ..................................................... Owners’ equivalent re n t5.............................................. Fuel and other utilities 4 ...................................................... Fuels................................................................................. Fuel oil and other household fuel commodities 3 9 ..... Fuel o il3 9 .................................................................... Other household fuel commodities 3 6 ....................... Gas (piped) and electricity (energy services).............. Electricity.................................................................... Utility (piped) g a s........................................................ Household furnishings and operation 4 .............................. Apparel and upkeep.............................................................. Apparel commodities 3 ....................................................... Men’s and boys’ apparel3 ............................................... Women’s and girls’ apparel3 .......................................... Footwear3......................................................................... Transportation........................................................................ Private transportation......................................................... Motor fu e l.......................................................................... Gasoline ......................................................................... Gasoline, unleaded regular........................................ Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 7 .................................. Gasoline, unleaded premium..................................... Public transportation 3 ........................................................ Medical care........................................................................... Entertainment8 ...................................................................... 156.4 167.1 162.6 173.5 217.9 165.3 165.0 145.4 138.0 108.2 105.9 141.7 140.1 153.9 128.0 126.5 121.7 116.8 121.2 108.4 122.2 143.3 140.8 110.8 109.9 107.1 105.7 112.1 189.1 231.5 151.9 3.0 3.5 3.7 4.0 1.6 3.2 3.3 3.8 4.3 .4 -.5 .8 4.5 -1.0 19.1 -.1 -2.2 -2.7 -1.5 -1.0 -2.9 1.1 1.4 10.6 11.3 12.6 10.8 10.8 -2.4 2.7 .3 .0 -.1 -.6 .3 -6.0 .4 .4 .3 .2 .7 .1 1.0 .2 -.1 1.0 .0 -.7 -.6 -.7 -.4 .0 -.6 -.6 -2.6 -2.7 -2.9 -2.6 -2.4 -.1 .4 -.2 167.3 189.4 165.7 170.4 233.9 190.5 191.6 136.7 117.9 287.4 355.4 125.9 116.6 125.4 108.9 123.6 130.6 129.0 137.8 127.2 122.4 144.3 142.6 112.2 111.3 108.1 117.1 111.8 185.4 253.5 173.5 3.9 4.2 5.5 3.4 16.7 3.6 3.6 5.3 5.7 1.4 -.7 2.0 5.9 2.7 11.8 1.2 -1.7 -2.1 -8.4 6.7 -3.0 .8 .4 1.6 2.3 1.7 3.4 2.6 8.9 6.2 1.4 1.5 1.7 2.2 2.2 2.1 1.5 1.5 1.7 3.2 5.4 .9 6.6 3.2 -.2 9.3 .2 -4.3 -4.6 -3.0 -6.3 -4.3 -.1 -.1 -1.2 -1.5 -1.5 -2.5 -.4 .7 .3 .6 Other goods and services 4 .................................................. Personal care 3.................................................................... 231.8 163.5 3.9 -.7 -.3 1.1 235.3 161.5 4.9 3.2 .8 .0 Expenditure category See footnotes at end of table. 66 Table 20. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Cross classification of regions and population size classes,1 by expenditure category and commodity and service group—Continued (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) West Size class A Group Index Size class C 5 Index Percent change from— Percent change from— Nov. 1997 Nov. 1996 Oct. 1997 Nov. 1997 Nov. 1996 Oct. 1997 157.7 141.6 161.6 129.3 131.8 126.6 174.5 233.8 2.2 1.3 2.5 .4 2.2 -1.8 2.9 2.5 -0.1 -.4 -.1 -.6 -1.1 -.1 .1 .2 165.6 143.0 159.3 133.8 141.0 125.3 192.6 261.8 3.0 1.3 3.2 .1 1.6 -1.7 4.4 6.9 0.4 -.6 .0 -.9 -1.7 .1 1.3 .2 155.3 154.6 162.3 162.7 119.5 131.2 134.6 147.4 170.5 170.4 1.7 2.2 1.8 1.7 7.9 .6 2.4 2.4 2.3 2.9 -.2 -.2 -.1 -.1 -1.4 -.6 -1.0 -.5 .1 .0 158.5 160.9 171.7 174.6 114.6 135.3 142.1 150.6 178.2 185.6 2.5 2.7 2.9 2.9 3.2 .3 1.7 2.4 4.6 4.1 -.1 .4 .4 .5 .5 -.7 -1.3 -.8 .8 1.4 Commodity and service group All item s............................................................... Commodities...................................................... Food and beverages..................................... Commodities less food and beverages........ Nondurables less food and beverages...... Durables....................................................... Services............................................................ Medical care services................................... Special indexes All items less sh e lter.......................................... All items less medical ca re ................................. All items less energy.......................................... All items less food and energy........................... Energy.................................................................. Commodities less fo o d ....................................... Nondurables less food ....................................... Nondurables........................................................ Services less rent of shelter5 ............................ Services less medical care services.................. 1 See region and area size on table 10 for information about cross classifications. 2 Starting in January, 1998, a new Size Class B/C will be introduced, composed of current Size Class B and Size Class C cities. There will be no individual Size Class B or Size Class C. 3 This index series will no longer appear after December, 1997. 4 This index series will undergo a change in composition in January, 1998. 5 Indexes on a December 1984=100 base. 6 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base. 7 Indexes on a December 1993=100 base. 8 This index series will no longer appear in its present form after December, 1997. See Table X for a comparable index series. 9 Indexes on a June 1978=100 base in West size class C. Data not available. 67 Table 21. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Food at home expenditure categories, selected areas (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) Area Total food at home Cereals and bakery products 1 Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs 1 Dairy products 1 Fruits and vegetables 1 2 Other food at home 1 Indexes, November 1997 U.S. city average..................................................... 158.1 177.8 149.0 146.8 188.4 147.0 u rb a n ...................................................... More than 1,200,000............................ 500,000 to 1,200,000 4 ........................ 50,000 to 500,000 4 ............................. 161.1 160.9 167.3 155.3 183.8 185.8 172.2 185.6 152.4 150.9 163.6 149.8 137.7 138.3 143.5 121.6 187.8 188.7 191.4 183.4 155.3 153.7 167.6 148.3 North Central urban................................................ Size A - More than 1,200,000............................ Size B - 360,000 to 1,200,000 4 ........................ Size C - 50,000 to 360,000 4 ............................. Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than 50,000) .................................. 153.8 157.3 152.0 150.7 176.4 178.5 179.7 170.9 146.6 152.4 141.0 138.5 144.9 149.6 143.6 138.8 178.4 185.4 167.9 176.9 141.7 140.3 146.7 146.7 144.4 172.9 138.1 137.1 157.5 134.4 Region and area size 3 Northeast Size A Size B Size C - urban............................................................ A - More than 1,200,000............................ B - 450,000 to 1,200,000 4 ........................ C - 50,000 to 450,000 4 ............................. D - Nonmetropolitan (less than 50,000).................................. 155.3 155.8 157.2 155.5 173.1 169.9 174.6 168.5 145.2 146.0 147.2 142.4 148.5 153.9 149.2 148.3 187.1 187.1 200.4 185.8 144.6 143.3 141.9 152.7 150.3 186.2 143.8 137.0 166.8 138.5 West urban ............................................................. Size A - More than 1,200,000............................ Size C - 50,000 to 330,000 4 ............................. 163.8 164.7 156.6 177.3 179.6 170.8 152.9 154.7 144.3 158.7 162.3 145.9 202.7 198.5 202.1 148.3 148.9 141.8 Size classes A 5 ......................................................................... B 4 ......................................................................... C 4 ......................................................................... D ........................................................................... 146.4 159.9 154.1 151.0 159.6 175.2 172.7 180.8 138.2 151.5 142.8 140.0 142.1 148.5 139.5 141.8 173.4 194.9 185.0 170.7 134.7 148.8 148.6 142.8 162.5 155.1 167.9 154.8 148.9 150.9 156.6 169.5 163.3 163.7 160.2 150.4 146.7 166.3 159.3 192.1 173.4 183.4 179.4 157.9 173.0 172.8 179.0 171.4 188.0 192.4 161.1 149.1 175.7 182.1 141.9 145.6 169.6 150.6 140.9 144.1 146.9 163.3 144.5 154.8 148.8 137.9 134.1 155.1 146.1 155.5 147.0 162.2 148.8 155.4 137.8 145.2 170.7 151.2 138.4 132.9 146.2 147.9 157.5 159.1 201.8 195.0 199.0 189.2 166.5 183.6 176.4 204.0 240.3 194.3 182.2 153.1 169.7 198.6 183.0 151.6 137.3 142.5 129.0 140.4 135.8 155.2 149.6 140.1 153.5 158.1 161.4 147.6 156.3 148.7 South Size Size Size Size Selected local areas Baltimore, M D 6 ...................................................... Boston-Lawrence-Salem, MA-NH.......................... Chicago-Gary-Lake County, IL-IN-WI .................... Cleveland-Akron-Lorain, OH ................................... Dallas-Fort Worth, T X ............................................. Detroit-Ann Arbor, Ml ............................................. Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, T X ............................ Los Angeles-Anaheim-Riverside, C A ..................... Miami-Fort Lauderdale, F L ..................................... N.Y.-Northern N.J.-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT........... Phil.-Wilmington-Trenton, PA-NJ-DE-MD 7............ Pittsburgh-Beaver Valley, PA 8 ............................... St. Louis-East St. Louis, MO-IL8 ........................... San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, C A 7 ............... Washington, DC-MD-VA6 ...................................... See footnotes at end of table. 68 Table 21. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Food at home expenditure categories, selected areas—Continued Area Total food at home Cereals and bakery products 1 Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs 1 Dairy products 1 Fruits and vegetables 1 2 Other food at home 1 Percent change, October 1997 to November 1997 0.1 -0.1 0.3 0.9 0.4 -0.9 urban ..................................................... More than 1,200,000............................ 500,000 to 1,200,000 4 ........................ 50,000 to 500,000 4 ............................. .4 .6 .0 .9 .7 1.1 -1.3 .4 .4 .6 .1 -.3 1.3 1.3 1.8 1.0 2.0 1.8 2.3 3.5 -1.2 -1.4 -1.7 .9 North Central urban................................................ Size A - More than 1,200,000............................ Size B - 360,000 to 1,200,000 4 ........................ Size C - 50,000 to 360,000 4 ............................. Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than 50,000) .................................. -.3 -.4 -.4 -.8 -.5 -.4 -1.9 -.2 .5 .3 .3 .4 .6 .6 1.6 -.1 -.7 -.3 -.2 -1.9 -1.5 -1.9 -1.0 -1.7 .7 .3 2.0 .7 -.3 -.1 urban............................................................ A - More than 1,200,000............................ B - 450,000 to 1,200,000 4 ........................ C - 50,000 to 450,000 4 ............................. D - Nonmetropolitan (less than 50,000) ................................... .2 .1 .0 .2 -.3 -.2 -.5 .3 .3 .2 .6 -.6 1.0 .8 .2 1.9 .2 -.8 -.4 1.3 -.1 .5 -.4 -.5 .7 -1.0 1.6 .9 2.1 .3 West urban ............................................................. Size A - More than 1,200,000............................ Size C - 50,000 to 330,000 4 ............................. -.1 -.2 -.1 -.6 -1.1 -.8 .2 .5 .9 .8 .7 -.2 .1 -.6 .0 -.9 -.7 -.8 Size classes A ............................................................................ B 4 ......................................................................... C 4 ......................................................................... D ............................................................................ .0 .0 -.1 .3 -.1 -.7 .1 .0 .4 .2 -.1 1.1 .9 .9 .9 1.1 .2 1.0 .5 .2 -1.0 -.9 -.7 -.6 -.1 -1.1 -.1 .8 .6 .1 -.2 .2 1.2 .7 .5 .5 -3.1 -.4 -.3 -.6 -1.5 -.8 1.6 -3.0 -.1 1.2 .2 -.1 1.2 2.1 -1.3 -5.8 -3.9 -1.0 -.6 -2.3 .0 -1.4 .6 2.0 1.0 .6 -.8 1.2 .9 .3 -1.8 1.4 -.1 1.4 1.7 2.5 -.2 .3 -.2 -.6 1.0 1.1 1.5 .5 .7 -1.8 .6 -.1 .2 -.2 .3 6.1 2.8 .2 -5.6 .0 6.0 1.7 2.5 4.2 -1.4 -1.8 -.4 -.2 -1.1 -1.3 -.4 1.3 -1.9 1.8 -.6 -.1 -1.7 -2.6 -.6 -4.8 .1 .2 U.S. city average.................................................... Region and area size 3 Northeast Size A Size B Size C - South Size Size Size Size Selected local areas Baltimore, M D 8 ....................................................... Boston-Lawrence-Salem, MA-NH.......................... Chicago-Gary-Lake County, IL-IN-WI.................... Cleveland-Akron-Lorain, O H ................................... Dallas-Fort Worth, T X ............................................. Detroit-Ann Arbor, Ml ............................................. Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, T X ............................ Los Angeles-Anaheim-Riverside, C A ..................... Miami-Fort Lauderdale, F L ..................................... N.Y.-Northern N.J.-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT.......... Phil.-Wilmington-Trenton, PA-NJ-DE-MD 7............. Pittsburgh-Beaver Valley, PA 8 ............................... St. Louis-East St. Louis, MO-IL 8 ........................... San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA 7 ............... Washington, DC-MD-VA 8 ...................................... 1 This index series will no longer appear after December, 1997 below the U.S. city average level. 2 This index series will undergo a change in composition in January, 1998. 3 Regions defined as the four Census regions. See map in technical notes. 4 Starting in January, 1998, a new Size Class B/C will be introduced, composed of current Size Class B and Size Class C cities. There will be no individual Size Class B or Size Class C. 5 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base. 6 Indexes for the cities of Washington and Baltimore will no longer be published separately after December, 1997. Beginning in January, 1998 the two cities will be published as a Washington-Baltimore combined metropolitan area. 7 Indexes for the cities of Philadelphia and San Francisco will no longer be published on a monthly basis starting in January, 1998. Beginning in February, 1998 they will be published on a bi-monthly basis. 8 Indexes for the cities of Pittsburgh and St. Louis will no longer be published on a bi-monthly basis after December, 1997. Beginning in July, 1998 they will be published semi-annually, each January and July. 69 Table 22. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Areas priced monthly, by expenditure category and commodity and service group, percent change, October 1997 to November 1997 Group U.S. city average ChicagoGaryLake County, IL-IN-WI Los AngelesAnaheimRiverside, CA N.Y.Northern N.J.Long Island, NY-NJ-CT Phil.WilmingtonTrenton, PA-NJ-DEMD 1 San FranciscoOaklandSan Jose, CA1 Expenditure category All item s.................................................................................... 0.0 0.2 -0.3 -0.1 -0.5 0.0 Food and beverages............................................................. F o o d .................................................................................... Food at home................................................................... Cereals and bakery products 2 ..................................... Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs 2.................................... Meats, poultry, and fis h .............................................. Dairy products 2 ............................................................. Fruits and vegetables 2 3 ............................................... Other food at home 2..................................................... Food away from hom e..................................................... Alcoholic beverages........................................................... .1 .1 .1 -.1 .3 -.1 .9 .4 -.9 .3 .0 .0 .1 -.1 -.8 .0 -.2 2.5 .3 -1.3 .3 -.2 .1 .2 .2 .2 .6 .3 1.0 .0 -.6 .2 -.5 .6 .6 .7 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.5 1.7 -1.7 .3 .1 .4 .4 .5 2.1 .9 1.2 .5 2.5 -2.6 .1 .1 -.1 .0 -.4 -3.9 1.4 .4 .6 -1.8 .1 .7 -1.0 Housing 3 ............................................................................... Shelter................................................................................. Renters’ costs 2 4 ............................................................. Rent, residential ............................................................ Other renters’ costs 2 4.................................................. Homeowners’ costs 2 4 ..................................................... Owners’ equivalent re n t................................................ Fuel and other utilities 3 ...................................................... Fuels................................................................................. Fuel oil and other household fuel commodities 2 ........ Fuel o il2....................................................................... Other household fuel commodities 2 5 ....................... Gas (piped) and electricity (energy services).............. Electricity..................................................................... Utility (piped) g a s........................................................ Household furnishings and operation 3 .............................. Apparel and upkeep.............................................................. Apparel commodities 2 4 ..................................................... Men’s and boys’ apparel2 ............................................... Women’s and girls’ apparel2 .......................................... Footwear2......................................................................... Transportation........................................................................ Private transportation......................................................... Motor fu e l.......................................................................... Gasoline ......................................................................... Gasoline, unleaded regular........................................ Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 6 ................................. Gasoline, unleaded premium..................................... Public transportation 2 ........................................................ Medical care........................................................................... .1 .1 -.6 .3 -4.0 .3 .3 .2 .4 1.5 1.6 1.3 .2 -1.4 3.8 -.2 -.2 -.2 .2 .2 -1.1 -.3 -.2 -2.1 -2.2 -2.3 -2.2 -2.0 -2.1 .3 .9 .2 -.3 .3 -4.7 .4 .5 3.8 7.3 .0 .0 .0 7.3 2.3 12.5 1.1 .2 .3 -.5 5.2 -6.7 -.6 -.5 -1.5 -1.6 -1.7 -1.6 -1.5 -1.6 .0 -.1 -.3 -.8 .2 -6.8 .2 .2 .6 .8 2.9 -1.1 -1.8 -6.7 .2 -16.6 .2 .2 .2 .1 1.4 1.3 2.9 .8 .0 2.5 -.2 -1.3 -1.3 -2.8 .4 -2.2 -.8 -.9 -3.3 -3.6 -3.8 -3.5 -3.3 -.2 .3 .2 .2 -.1 .2 -2.0 .3 .3 .7 1.2 2.3 2.4 1.3 .9 .8 1.1 -.6 -.8 -.9 .0 -1.3 .1 -1.2 -.9 -2.3 -2.4 -2.5 -2.1 -2.6 -1.9 .2 -.1 .0 -.2 1.1 -3.4 -3.6 .1 -5.5 -6.8 .1 .2 -1.9 -2.1 -3.2 -2.5 -2.2 -1.7 .1 .2 .2 -.1 .5 -4.4 .5 .5 .0 -.6 .4 8.5 .0 -.6 -.5 -.9 .3 .2 .2 3.2 -1.0 1.1 -.4 -.3 -1.9 -2.1 -2.2 -2.5 -1.6 -1.4 .6 Entertainment7 ...................................................................... -.2 -1.2 -.1 -.1 -1.5 .1 Other goods and services 3 .................................................. Personal care 2.................................................................... .3 .7 .1 .4 -1.2 .1 -.1 1.1 .1 1.3 .0 .0 70 - - Table 22. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Areas priced monthly, by expenditure category and commodity and service group, percent change, October 1997 to November 1997 —Continued Group U.S. city average ChicagoGaryLake County, IL-IN-WI Los AngelesAnaheimRiverside, CA N.Y.Northern N.J.Long Island, NY-NJ-CT Phil.WilmingtonTrenton, PA-NJ-DEMD 1 San FranciscoOaklandSan Jose, CA 1 Commodity and service group All item s.................................................................................... 0.0 0.2 -0.3 -0.1 -0.5 0.0 Commodities.......................................................................... Food and beverages.......................................................... Commodities less food and beverages............................. Nondurables less food and beverages........................... Durables........................................................................... -.1 .1 -.3 -.4 .0 -.1 .0 -.2 -.1 -.3 -.6 .1 -1.3 -1.7 -.7 -.1 .6 -.7 -.8 -.4 -.1 .4 -.4 -1.1 .9 .0 -.1 .0 -.5 .8 Services................................................................................. Medical care services........................................................ .1 .2 .6 -.2 .0 .0 .0 .2 -.9 .0 .1 .4 -.1 .0 .1 .1 -.8 -.3 -.4 -.1 .1 .1 .3 .3 .1 .1 2.8 -.2 -.1 .0 .9 .6 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.3 -1.5 -1.2 -1.5 -.6 .2 .0 -.1 -.1 .0 -.2 -.2 -.6 -.7 -.1 -.2 .0 -.1 -.6 -.5 -.8 -.7 -.5 -1.0 -.3 -.1 -.9 -.1 .0 .1 .1 -1.4 -.1 -.5 -.3 -.1 .1 Special indexes All items less shelter............................................................... All items less medical c a re ..................................................... All items less energy............................................................... All items less food and energy................................................ Energy....................................................................................... Commodities less fo o d ............................................................ Nondurables less food ............................................................ Nondurables............................................................................. Services less rent of shelter.................................................... Services less medical care services....................................... 1 Indexes for the cities of Philadelphia and San Francisco will no longer be published on a monthly basis starting in January, 1998. Beginning in February, 1998 they will be published on a bi-monthly basis. 2 This index series will no longer appear after December, 1997 below the U.S. city average level. 3 This index series will undergo a change in composition in January, 1998. 4 This index series will no longer appear in its present form after December, 1997 for the U.S. city average. See Table X for a comparable index series. 5 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base. 6 Indexes on a December 1993=100 base. 7 This index series will no longer appear in its present form after December, 1997. See Table X for a comparable index series. Data not available. 71 Table 23. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Selected areas, by expenditure category and commodity and service group (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) U.S. city averaae Index Percent change from— Nov. Sept. Nov. 1997 1997 1996 Monthlv cities and c»ricina schedule 1 1 BostonBaltimore, L.awrenceMD2 Salem. MA-NH Index Percent Pert:ent Index change change from— frorn— Sept. Nov. Nov. Sept. Nov. Nov. 1997 1996 1997 1997 1996 1997 Chicago-GaryLake County, IL-IN-WI Index Percent change from— Nov. Nov. Sept. 1997 1996 1997 All items............................................................................. All items (1967-100)......................................................... 158.5 472.2 1.7 - 0.1 - 154.6 460.8 0.7 - -0.6 - 167.8 485.0 1.5 - 1.0 - 157.2 461.8 1.8 - 0.5 - Food and beverages........................................................ Food ............................................................................. Food at home............................................................. Cereals and bakery products 3 .................................. Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs 3................................. Meats, poultry, and fish.......................................... Dairy products 3........................................................ Fruits and vegetables 3 4 ........................................... Other food at home 3................................................ Food away from home................................................ Alcoholic beverages...................................................... 158.3 157.9 158.1 177.8 149.0 149.2 146.8 188.4 147.0 158.6 162.8 1.7 1.6 1.1 1.5 .3 .3 -1.6 1.7 2.8 2.5 2.0 .3 .3 .3 .1 .2 -.2 2.5 .5 -.8 .5 .1 161.2 162.0 162.5 192.1 141.9 143.6 155.5 201.8 151.6 161.3 151.8 .4 .5 -.9 -4.0 .8 1.2 -3.6 3.9 -2.7 3.1 .5 1.1 1.2 1.4 1.5 2.2 1.8 4.0 2.0 -1.1 .7 .1 159.4 160.0 155.1 173.4 145.6 145.5 147.0 195.0 137.3 170.4 156.3 1.1 1.5 -.2 2.1 -4.7 -5.0 2.6 .2 4.8 4.3 -1.8 .3 .4 .0 .8 -.5 -.7 .7 .8 -.7 .9 -.8 162.0 161.2 167.9 183.4 169.6 172.4 162.2 199.0 142.5 148.6 173.5 1.5 1.8 1.3 1.9 1.6 1.5 -2.1 3.2 .8 2.9 -.8 .9 1.1 1.5 2.9 1.2 .8 3.2 2.3 -.9 .5 -.2 Housing 4 ......................................................................... Shelter........................................................................... Renters’ costs 5 6 ........................................................ Rent, residential ....................................................... Other renters’ costs 3 7.............................................. Homeowners’ costs 5 6................................................ Owners' equivalent rent • .......................................... Fuel and other utilities4................................................. Fuels........................................................................... Fuel oil and other household fuel commodities 3 ....... Fuel o il3................................................................. Other household fuel commodities 3 8 ..................... Gas (piped) and electricity (energy services)............. Electricity............................................................... Utility (piped) gas.................................................... Household furnishings and operation 4........................... Apparel and upkeep......................................................... Apparel commodities 3 7 ................................................ Men’s and boys’ apparel3........................................... Women’s and girls’ apparel3 ....................................... Footwear3................................................................... Transportation.................................................................. Private transportation..................................................... Motor fuel.................................................................... Gasoline ................................................................... Gasoline, unleaded regular..................................... Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 9 ............................... Gasoline, unleaded premium.................................. Public transportation 3 .................................................... Medical care.................................................................... 154.5 172.8 162.7 168.4 215.6 167.6 167.9 130.9 117.3 96.4 93.7 127.8 124.9 129.6 119.5 123.7 133.6 130.2 132.7 127.0 130.4 143.1 140.8 104.4 104.0 101.9 108.6 105.2 183.9 235.8 2.5 3.0 3.2 3.1 4.0 2.9 2.9 2.2 1.9 -8.8 -10.5 -5.4 3.1 .9 7.4 .3 .9 .9 1.4 1.6 1.2 -1.0 -1.0 -3.4 -3.2 -3.4 -2.6 -3.0 -.3 2.6 .1 .3 -.2 .5 -3.4 .5 .5 -.8 -1.7 3.2 3.5 2.7 -2.1 -6.0 6.3 -.2 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.9 1.6 -.3 -.4 -4.4 -4.8 -5.1 -4.6 -4.1 .2 .5 143.5 162.7 147.3 163.0 132.7 153.9 155.0 116.2 106.5 89.3 92.4 NA 124.2 123.3 126.0 122.0 124.3 118.4 132.5 99.9 155.1 140.3 139.5 103.1 100.9 101.5 102.4 97.6 157.1 233.4 1.3 1.3 2.0 1.4 7.3 1.1 1.0 2.2 3.3 -10.8 -10.8 5.3 -.3 19.0 -.2 -3.8 -4.1 10.3 -9.9 -4.5 -.7 -1.0 -5.0 -4.7 -4.3 -3.9 -6.2 4.7 -.9 -1.8 .3 -.2 .4 -5.3 .5 .5 -8.6 -13.8 4.6 4.5 -15.5 -24.3 11.3 -2.0 -1.8 -1.7 4.2 -5.8 1.2 -1.1 -1.1 -3.9 -4.1 -4.3 -3.7 -3.7 -1.0 1.9 161.7 187.8 170.9 178.5 224.3 171.0 171.0 130.8 112.4 89.8 91.0 108.0 138.3 140.4 133.5 112.2 150.9 141.6 135.5 125.0 143.1 145.5 146.0 107.6 106.4 104.1 109.2 107.7 139.5 290.0 1.6 2.8 2.8 3.5 -.1 2.7 2.7 -1.3 -2.3 -12.2 -13.5 6.9 .0 .3 -.4 -1.3 -2.3 -2.4 1.0 -1.7 3.2 .2 .1 -.8 -.6 -.7 -1.0 -2.2 1.8 3.9 1.6 .5 .1 .8 -3.0 .6 .6 8.5 14.2 2.3 2.6 .0 17.1 -.3 51.4 -2.5 .3 .8 -.2 2.2 .3 .1 .3 -4.1 -4.2 -4.6 -4.0 -3.4 -2.0 2.0 153.3 175.6 170.2 186.2 172.1 177.5 176.5 127.9 116.3 94.9 92.1 127.9 120.1 121.4 118.9 112.1 116.6 115.8 119.6 103.9 134.6 135.8 133.2 101.9 101.3 99.3 107.8 102.9 160.7 241.4 4.5 5.0 4.0 4.2 2.4 5.4 5.4 4.8 4.8 -3.7 -6.8 2.6 4.8 .1 9.6 1.8 -2.7 -3.2 2.0 1.5 -13.7 -3.3 -3.8 -9.7 -9.9 -10.5 -9.2 -8.9 .6 2.4 1.2 .7 .0 .7 -5.0 1.0 1.0 2.9 4.9 -1.9 -2.2 -1.1 5.0 -9.3 22.8 1.7 -.6 -.7 -2.5 2.2 -4.1 -.8 -.9 -5.7 -6.2 -6.7 -6.1 -5.2 .2 .6 Entertainment10............................................................... 160.3 1.3 -.1 174.1 .5 .2 176.5 2.3 .7 170.2 -.2 -1.2 Other goods and services 4 .............................................. Personal care 3.............................................................. 226.7 154.3 5.1 2.0 .9 1.1 229.1 140.4 5.3 6.5 .1 .1 234.5 145.9 3.9 .6 .4 -2.1 237.3 161.3 5.2 5.1 .3 .2 158.5 142.1 158.3 132.3 135.1 127.3 178.1 240.8 1.7 .4 1.7 -.5 .4 -1.7 2.8 2.6 .1 .0 .3 -.2 -.3 .1 .2 .5 154.6 140.4 161.2 129.3 132.5 123.4 174.3 233.4 .7 -.8 .4 -1.7 -1.6 -1.7 1.9 -1.1 -.6 -.3 1.1 -1.1 -1.6 -.3 -1.0 2.5 167.8 143.7 159.4 134.0 137.7 128.0 194.8 305.2 1.5 .2 1.1 -.5 -.6 -.4 2.4 5.0 1.0 .2 .3 .2 -.4 1.4 1.5 2.4 157.2 140.0 162.0 126.3 133.7 117.6 176.6 243.5 1.8 -.6 1.5 -2.2 -1.8 -2.5 4.1 2.4 .5 .1 .9 -.6 -1.0 -.1 1.0 .3 154.7 154.9 165.3 167.2 110.1 133.5 136.7 147.0 169.1 172.8 1.2 1.7 1.9 2.0 -.7 -.4 .5 1.1 2.7 2.9 .1 .1 .4 .4 -3.0 -.1 -.3 .0 .2 .2 153.0 151.0 162.4 162.5 104.4 130.1 133.5 146.1 169.3 169.4 .4 .7 .8 .9 -.9 -1.6 -1.5 -.5 2.5 2.3 -1.0 -.9 .2 -.1 -9.3 -1.1 -1.5 -.2 -2.1 -1.5 162.8 162.3 176.8 181.3 110.2 134.7 137.9 147.9 190.0 186.2 .9 1.3 1.8 1.9 -1.7 -.7 -.8 .3 2.0 2.1 1.2 .9 .5 .6 6.5 .1 -.5 -.1 2.5 1.4 152.1 153.1 164.2 164.9 108.1 128.4 136.6 148.4 166.1 170.7 .7 1.8 2.3 2.4 -2.8 -2.1 -1.7 .1 3.1 4.3 .5 .5 .7 .5 -.6 -.6 -.9 .1 1.2 1.1 Group Expenditure category Commodity and service group All items............................................................................. Commodities.................................................................... Food and beverages...................................................... Commodities less food and beverages...............I.......... 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.......................................................... All items less food and energy............................................ Energy................................................................................ Commodities less food....................................................... Nondurables less food ....................................................... Nondurables....................................................................... Services less rent of shelter6 ............................................. Services less medical care services.................................... See footnotes at end of table. 72 Table 23. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Selected areas, by expenditure category and commodity and service group—Continued (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) Monthly cities and pricing schedule 1 1 Group Index Nov. 1997 MiamiFort Lauderdale, FL Los AngelesAnaheimRiverside, CA ClevelandAkronLorain, OH Pensent change frorn— Nov. Sept. 1996 1997 Index Nov. 1997 Percent change from— Sept. Nov. 1997 1996 Index Nov. 1997 Percent change from— Nov. Sept. 1996 1997 Expenditure category N.Y.Northern N.J.Long Island, NY-NJ-CT Index Percent change from— Nov. Nov. Sept. 1997 1997 1996 All items............................................................................. All items (1967-100) 11 ..................................................... 149.1 465.8 2.0 -0.1 154.9 457.7 1.3 0.1 157.0 255.1 1.6 0.6 168.0 478.3 2.0 0.2 Food and beverages........................................................ Food............................................................................. Food at home............................................................. Cereals and bakery products 3 .................................. Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs 3................................. Meats, poultry, and fish .......................................... Dairy products 3........................................................ Fruits and vegetables 3 4 ........................................... Other food at home 3................................................ Food away from home................................................ Alcoholic beverages...................................................... 158.9 160.1 154.8 179.4 150.6 153.1 148.8 189.2 129.0 171.2 147.1 1.2 1.3 .9 5.5 -.6 .3 -3.4 2.1 1.4 2.1 -.3 .6 .8 1.3 3.1 -.9 -.8 2.1 5.5 -.5 .1 -1.3 164.4 162.4 169.5 179.0 163.3 159.6 170.7 204.0 149.6 151.6 181.3 2.0 1.8 1.4 2.8 1.4 1.5 -3.3 2.3 3.0 2.4 3.7 .7 .7 .9 .2 -.1 -.4 4.3 2.7 -.9 .4 .3 165.7 166.8 163.3 171.4 144.5 145.3 151.2 240.3 140.1 174.3 149.9 1.1 1.2 .6 3.0 -.7 -.8 -3.3 1.2 3.3 2.1 .2 .7 .8 1.1 6.3 -1.2 -1.8 4.3 2.2 -1.9 .2 -.7 163.5 163.2 163.7 188.0 154.8 155.8 138.4 194.3 153.5 165.6 168.1 1.6 1.6 1.1 1.1 .7 1.0 -1.7 1.6 3.0 2.5 1.9 .6 .6 .6 .8 .8 .8 2.1 .5 -.3 .4 .7 Housing 4 ................... ..................................................... Shelter.......................................................................... Renters’ costs 5 6 ........................................................ Rent, residential ....................................................... Other renters’ costs 3 7.............................................. Homeowners’ costs 5 6................................................ Owners’ equivalent rent6.......................................... Fuel and other utilities 4................................................. Fuels.......................................................................... Fuel oil and other household fuel commodities 3 ....... Fuel o il3................................................................. Other household fuel commodities 3 8 ..................... Gas (piped) and electricity (energy services)............. Electricity............................................................... Utility w i i n i j (DiDed) \ r r w w / gas.................................................... .............................. .......................... ............................... Household furnishings and operation 4........................... Apparel and upkeep......................................................... Apparel commodities 3 7 ................................................ Men’s and boys’ apparel3........................................... Women’s and girls’ apparel3 ....................................... Footwear3................................................................... Transportation.................................................................. Private transportation..................................................... Motor fuel................................................................... Gasoline .................................................................. Gasoline, unleaded regular..................................... Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 9 ............................... Gasoline, unleaded premium.................................. Public transportation 3 .................................................... Medical care..................................................................... 142.6 154.5 163.3 165.6 193.6 159.7 160.5 127.0 121.7 97.3 88.1 120.1 123.5 131.5 117.6 127.9 126.1 123.5 132.6 134.4 80.8 136.9 137.0 107.9 107.2 106.2 109.7 109.2 137.6 209.9 3.6 4.2 4.0 4.9 1.8 4.3 4.4 .2 -.2 -3.9 -9.4 -.5 .0 -1.4 1.2 5.3 .3 .1 -.5 .1 -1.2 -1.2 -.7 -12.6 -12.8 -13.2 -12.4 -11.7 -8.6 1.3 -.1 1.2 1.3 1.0 1.7 1.3 1.2 -4.1 -6.6 6.8 .6 10.8 -7.1 -15.4 1.6 -.9 -2.2 -2.6 -.2 -3.1 -4.6 -.8 -.3 -4.1 -4.4 -4.4 -4.4 -4.5 -7.3 .1 151.7 158.4 152.1 161.0 212.1 158.3 157.8 157.0 155.3 129.3 NA 129.4 155.8 168.2 148.8 122.7 119.0 113.8 122.9 112.5 100.1 140.9 137.7 107.9 105.8 103.8 103.5 106.3 208.3 230.5 1.7 1.5 1.7 1.8 .8 1.4 1.5 5.6 7.2 3.1 .4 .1 -.1 .3 -2.8 .3 .3 1.0 1.8 2.8 2.8 3.0 2.8 1.8 10.7 3.1 2.5 -2.5 -4.3 3.6 1.1 .5 1.0 .2 6.6 .2 .2 -1.5 -3.7 -.4 3.1 7.2 .6 23.1 -1.0 -5.0 -6.0 -5.5 -4.3 -8.7 1.7 1.8 18.4 20.0 21.7 18.4 17.5 .0 1.2 2.8 1.8 -.1 5.7 1.1 .1 .4 -2.3 1.7 -.3 -1.2 -1.1 -5.2 -5.5 -5.9 -5.0 -4.8 -3.1 .7 150.7 159.8 152.3 149.5 220.8 159.1 154.8 117.9 107.9 174.8 NA 152.1 106.7 104.4 167.7 156.2 158.2 150.5 133.8 165.8 158.4 144.2 144.4 113.1 112.5 110.8 107.0 113.2 137.0 218.0 3.6 -4.4 -5.0 8.7 7.6 4.8 5.6 1.3 7.9 2.3 -1.6 -1.5 -5.2 -5.4 -5.7 -4.6 -5.5 -4.5 3.0 -.4 -3.8 -4.0 2.1 7.1 1.2 1.3 -1.5 7.4 -5.7 -.5 -.3 -5.2 -5.5 -5.8 -5.1 -5.4 -6.5 .7 166.9 194.6 179.0 186.5 260.6 185.1 185.9 115.8 114.6 102.8 102.0 128.1 124.2 124.9 123.2 125.6 129.3 125.5 125.8 121.7 134.8 153.9 147.0 100.4 100.2 99.7 102.9 101.2 186.7 247.0 2.4 3.5 4.4 3.4 11.3 3.1 3.1 .3 .2 -8.8 -9.2 -4.4 2.8 1.5 5.2 -2.6 3.9 4.2 3.5 6.0 4.7 -1.0 -1.3 -2.7 -2.6 -2.3 -3.1 -2.9 .4 2.8 .1 .6 .5 .6 -.2 .7 .6 -.9 -1.6 5.2 5.6 1.7 -3.4 -6.6 2.5 -2.3 1.3 1.4 6.9 -.4 1.4 -.9 -.9 -5.2 -5.6 -5.9 -5.4 -4.8 -.7 .5 Entertainment10............................................................... 153.2 -.5 -.3 146.7 .3 -.3 158.4 1.6 1.0 165.4 .3 .2 Other goods and services4 .............................................. Personal care 3.............................................................. 211.2 147.2 9.1 5.2 1.4 2.2 228.7 164.2 1.1 -6.1 .2 -.1 176.9 100.4 3.6 -2.0 -.3 .6 237.2 170.0 5.5 .7 .7 1.3 149.1 138.2 158.9 126.6 136.3 115.4 162.1 204.6 2.0 -.1 1.2 -.9 -1.4 -.1 4.0 .5 -.1 -.4 .6 -1.0 -1.2 -.8 .1 .0 154.9 140.1 164.4 125.4 129.4 122.1 170.4 233.3 1.3 .6 2.0 -.4 1.3 -2.3 1.9 1.0 .1 .0 .7 -.6 -1.2 .2 .2 .3 157.0 151.8 165.7 143.0 136.7 151.1 163.4 219.8 1.6 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.3 .6 2.1 3.0 .6 .8 .7 .9 -.9 2.6 .4 .8 168.0 146.2 163.5 132.7 133.5 127.8 191.2 254.0 2.0 .7 1.6 -.2 1.1 -3.0 3.0 3.0 .2 .1 .6 -.3 -.4 .0 .3 .6 149.3 146.5 154.0 152.8 116.2 127.4 136.8 148.2 159.1 158.4 1.2 2.0 2.9 3.3 -7.3 -.9 -1.3 .0 3.8 4.3 -.5 -.1 .4 .3 -5.3 -1.0 -1.2 -.1 -.9 .1 154.6 151.8 158.9 158.4 122.6 128.4 134.1 147.9 172.8 166.3 1.2 1.3 .6 .3 13.4 -.1 1.7 1.7 2.2 2.0 .1 .1 .3 .2 -2.2 -.5 -1.0 -.1 .3 .2 156.2 153.9 163.4 162.8 107.2 143.2 137.3 152.3 157.3 158.3 1.0 1.5 2.1 2.3 -4.7 1.0 1.3 1.2 1.6 2.0 .6 .6 1.0 1.1 -4.5 .8 -.9 -.1 .3 .3 159.0 164.8 175.3 178.8 108.7 134.2 135.6 149.8 170.6 186.8 1.3 1.9 2.2 2.3 -1.0 -.1 1.2 1.4 2.3 3.0 .0 .2 .4 .4 -3.0 -.3 -.4 .1 -.2 .2 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.......................................................... All items less food and energy............................................ Energy................................................................................ Commodities less food....................................................... Nondurables less food ....................................................... Nondurables....................................................................... Services less rent of shelter6 ............................................. Services less medical care services.................................... See footnotes at end of table. 73 Table 23. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Selected areas, by expenditure category and commodity and service group—Continued (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) Monthlv cities and c>ricina schedule 1 1 Group Phil.V\/ilmingtonTrenton, PA- VJJ-DE-MD 12 Per<Dent Index cha nge frorn— Nov. Sept. Nov. 1997 1996 1997 St. LouisEast St. Louis, MO-IL 13 Index Nov. 1997 San FranciscoOaklandSan Jose, CA 12 PertDent cha nge frorn— Nov. Sept. 1996 1997 Index Nov. 1997 Washington, DC-MD-VA 2 Percent change from— Nov. Sept. 1997 1996 Index Nov. 1997 Percent change from— Nov. Sept. 1996 1997 Expenditure category All item s.................................................................................... All items (1967=100).............................................................. 165.9 481.8 1.2 - -1.2 - 151.9 446.9 0.9 - -1.4 - 159.5 485.7 3.4 - 0.6 - 159.1 476.4 0.3 - -1.2 - Food and beverages............................................................. Food .................................................................................... Food at hom e................................................................... Cereals and bakery products 3 ..................................... Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs 3.................................... Meats, poultry, and fis h .............................................. Dairy products 3 ............................................................. Fruits and vegetables 3 4 ............................................... Other food at home 3..................................................... Food away from hom e..................................................... Alcoholic beverages........................................................... 154.9 153.9 160.2 192.4 148.8 150.1 132.9 182.2 158.1 139.8 170.6 -.2 -.3 -1.1 1.1 -2.5 -1.9 -5.3 .2 .3 1.8 1.2 -.8 -.8 -1.2 -.3 -1.1 -.8 -.4 -3.1 -.9 -.1 .3 155.0 153.1 146.7 149.1 134.1 135.3 147.9 169.7 147.6 163.2 164.9 1.0 .6 -1.8 -2.0 -2.5 -3.1 -3.5 -3.3 1.1 3.9 4.4 -1.1 -1.5 -3.2 -7.9 -2.3 -2.9 .5 -3.0 -3.6 .7 2.2 162.1 162.9 166.3 175.7 155.1 149.3 157.5 198.6 156.3 157.3 155.4 2.7 2.8 2.8 .5 .8 1.1 1.6 7.5 3.1 2.7 2.3 .8 1.0 .9 -2.5 2.3 1.3 5.3 1.6 -1.3 1.0 -1.1 156.3 156.8 159.3 182.1 146.1 146.7 159.1 183.0 148.7 154.9 152.7 .8 .6 -.2 -1.7 -1.0 -1.0 .3 -.3 2.1 1.7 2.3 .6 .4 .8 -2.2 3.1 2.1 -.7 1.9 -.1 -.1 1.5 Housing 4 ............................................................................... Shelter................................................................................. Renters’ costs 5 6 ............................................................. Rent, residential ............................................................ Other renters’ costs 3 7.................................................. Homeowners’ costs 5 6 ..................................................... Owners’ equivalent re n t6 .............................................. Fuel and other utilities 4 ...................................................... Fuels................................................................................. Fuel oil and other household fuel commodities3 ........ Fuel o il3....................................................................... Other household fuel commodities 3 8 ....................... Gas (piped) and electricity (energy services).............. Electricity..................................................................... Utility (piped) g a s ........................................................ Household furnishings and operation 4 .............................. Apparel and upkeep.............................................................. Apparel commodities 3 7 ..................................................... Men’s and boys’ apparel3 ............................................... Women’s and girls’ apparel3 .......................................... Footwear3......................................................................... Transportation........................................................................ Private transportation......................................................... Motor fu e l.......................................................................... Gasoline ......................................................................... Gasoline, unleaded regular........................................ Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 9 ................................. Gasoline, unleaded premium..................................... Public transportation 3 ........................................................ Medical care .......................................................................... 168.0 198.8 184.5 177.4 271.1 178.2 179.1 130.6 118.7 97.2 91.2 NA 135.9 148.1 120.5 120.1 103.2 97.7 128.6 71.6 114.2 154.6 153.1 106.4 105.0 103.9 102.9 99.4 176.2 244.6 2.3 3.1 2.8 2.4 3.4 3.2 3.2 1.4 .6 -14.7 -14.7 -2.1 -1.7 -6.7 .2 -16.7 .3 .3 -3.6 -6.2 2.2 2.2 3.1 .0 9.5 -1.1 -3.2 -3.6 1.1 -7.3 -5.5 -.2 -.1 -2.3 -1.7 -2.3 -2.6 -2.3 -1.2 1.1 -7.3 -10.5 -.5 -2.0 -8.8 -9.6 -11.4 -13.8 -3.7 1.0 1.1 -3.5 -3.8 -5.3 -4.7 -4.4 -1.1 .0 146.6 162.7 149.6 149.1 191.1 156.8 157.6 120.0 105.7 90.7 85.8 111.6 108.8 121.4 98.7 128.4 126.2 124.2 147.3 107.8 109.4 143.1 143.1 105.1 104.4 100.6 120.2 105.7 140.0 227.4 1.0 1.2 .9 2.9 -3.2 1.4 1.4 -1.2 -4.4 -14.8 -15.5 -14.4 -3.2 .5 -7.7 2.6 2.3 2.2 3.2 -.6 11.7 -1.9 -2.0 -9.6 -9.1 -9.6 -9.3 -7.0 .6 3.0 -2.8 -.7 -2.4 .1 -7.5 -.1 -.1 -8.6 -15.6 7.2 6.5 7.7 -17.1 -30.3 9.1 -3.4 -.9 -1.0 1.7 -.3 -.4 -.6 -.3 -6.5 -7.5 -7.9 -7.9 -6.4 -6.8 .5 165.5 180.4 174.0 190.9 212.6 170.1 170.1 149.0 154.4 161.6 116.2 174.7 154.3 175.0 130.8 121.0 122.0 117.4 122.4 87.6 161.0 135.2 131.3 112.0 110.7 108.2 105.7 111.6 188.9 222.3 6.0 6.8 6.5 7.5 -.3 7.0 7.3 4.2 6.0 -.2 -3.4 .1 6.2 .0 21.3 2.4 -1.9 -2.5 1.3 .2 1.9 .1 .5 9.4 10.1 10.9 8.9 9.4 -3.1 3.8 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.1 -.1 1.1 1.1 .0 -.6 3.1 6.8 2.9 -.6 -.6 -.9 2.1 -.5 -.6 -1.6 -5.7 6.3 -.5 -.5 -2.1 -2.3 -2.3 -2.6 -1.7 -.9 1.2 151.9 169.5 157.8 171.0 189.7 159.9 160.6 130.8 114.2 102.8 95.9 162.1 121.2 116.2 127.9 114.7 143.3 138.2 162.0 122.0 129.7 151.5 150.9 110.2 109.4 108.2 104.1 106.8 161.0 233.6 -.8 .7 .3 .4 -.7 .9 .9 4.2 7.1 -5.0 -4.1 -6.7 8.0 -1.2 21.7 -12.2 -4.0 -5.0 -.7 -9.0 -4.6 .5 .9 -3.6 -3.8 -3.6 -3.6 -4.6 -2.6 4.8 -2.4 -.1 -.4 -.2 -2.9 .1 .1 -6.0 -11.5 -3.1 -2.8 -3.5 -12.1 -25.0 10.4 -8.2 -4.3 -4.8 -2.6 -8.5 -5.0 -.3 -.1 -2.0 -2.1 -2.3 -2.3 -2.1 -2.4 .6 Entertainment10..................................................................... 176.1 1.6 -.8 159.3 2.5 -.9 154.4 -1.4 .5 169.5 2.4 .3 Other goods and services 4 .................................................. Personal care 3.................................................................... 239.3 197.1 4.0 2.7 1.1 1.9 194.7 100.0 4.8 -2.1 .5 .9 236.6 162.8 5.3 4.0 .3 .0 226.1 170.2 3.1 2.7 -.8 -.5 - - See footnotes at end of table. 74 Table 23. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Selected areas, by expenditure category and commodity and service group—Continued (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) Monthlv cities and c>ricina schedule 1 1 Group Phil./ilmingtonTrenton, PA- NJ-DE-MD 12 Index Percent cha nge frorn— Sept. Nov. Nov. 1997 1996 1997 St. LouisEast St. Louis, MO-IL 13 Index Nov. 1997 San FranciscoOaklandSan Jose, CA 12 Percent cha nge frorn— Nov. Sept. 1996 1997 Index Nov. 1997 Washington, DC-MD-VA 2 Percent cha nge frorn— Nov. Sept. 1996 1997 Index Nov. 1997 Percent change from— Nov. Sept. 1997 1996 Commodity and service group All item s.................................................................................... Commodities........................................................................... Food and beverages.......................................................... Commodities less food and beverages............................. Nondurables less food and beverages........................... Durables............................................................................ Services................................................................................. Medical care services........................................................ 165.9 138.8 154.9 127.2 123.8 130.1 198.0 253.5 1.2 -.9 -.2 -1.3 -1.7 -.5 2.6 1.5 -1.2 -1.4 -.8 -1.9 -3.3 .9 -1.0 -.1 151.9 141.6 155.0 133.6 132.0 133.5 165.4 233.7 0.9 .1 1.0 -.5 -.2 -1.0 1.7 3.6 -1.4 -1.5 -1.1 -1.7 -1.8 -1.6 -1.3 .4 159.5 142.7 162.1 129.7 130.4 126.5 176.7 223.4 3.4 1.9 2.7 1.0 2.5 -1.3 4.7 2.1 0.6 .5 .8 .2 -.5 1.4 .7 1.6 159.1 141.4 156.3 133.2 137.8 124.6 177.9 239.7 0.3 -2.4 .8 -4.4 -3.4 -5.8 2.3 5.6 -1.2 -1.8 .6 -3.3 -3.0 -3.6 -.8 .5 157.2 162.5 173.7 179.8 112.1 128.9 126.7 140.2 179.3 194.0 .4 1.2 1.3 1.7 -.5 -1.2 -1.5 -.9 2.2 2.7 -.9 -1.3 -.8 -.8 -5.2 -1.8 -3.0 -2.0 -.4 -1.1 149.3 148.2 159.1 160.5 104.4 135.3 134.6 143.9 160.7 159.1 .7 .7 1.7 1.9 -7.1 -.2 .4 .5 2.1 1.5 -1.6 -1.5 -.4 -.1 -11.1 -1.5 -1.3 -1.4 -2.0 -1.5 152.4 157.1 164.0 164.3 127.2 130.9 131.8 147.0 159.5 174.0 1.9 3.4 3.1 3.3 7.7 1.1 2.6 2.7 1.9 4.8 .3 .5 .7 .6 -1.5 .1 -.5 .2 .1 .6 156.0 155.7 165.2 167.3 111.4 134.0 138.5 146.8 169.1 173.0 .1 .0 .2 .1 1.2 -4.0 -2.9 -1.3 3.9 2.0 -1.6 -1.3 -.8 -1.1 -6.9 -3.0 -2.7 -1.3 -1.4 -.9 Special indexes All items less shelter............................................................... All items less medical ca re ...................................................... All items less energy............................................................... All items less food and energy................................................ Energy....................................................................................... Commodities less fo o d ............................................................ Nondurables less food ............................................................ Nondurables............................................................................. Services less rent of shelter6 ................................................. Services less medical care services....................................... 8 Indexes on a November 1986=100 base in Baltimore, Boston, Cleveland, Miami, St. Louis, and Washington. Indexes on a December 1986=100 base in U.S., Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco. 9 Indexes on a December 1993=100 base. 10 This index series will no longer appear in its present form after December, 1997. See Table X for a comparable index series. 11 Index on a November 1977=100 base in Miami. 12 Indexes for the cities of Philadelphia and San Francisco will no longer be published on a monthly basis starting in January, 1998. Beginning in February, 1998 they will be published on a bi-monthly basis. 13 Indexes for the cities of Pittsburgh and St. Louis will no longer be published on a bi-monthly basis after December, 1997. Beginning in July, 1998 they will be published semi-annually, each January and July. NA Data not adequate for publication. Data not available. 1 Areas on pricing schedule 2 (see table 10) will appear next month. 2 Indexes for the cities of Washington and Baltimore will no longer be published separately after December, 1997. Beginning in January, 1998 the two cities will be published as a Washington-Baltimore combined metropolitan area. 3 This index series will no longer appear after December, 1997 below the U.S. city average level. 4 This index series will undergo a change in composition in January, 1998. 5 This index series will no longer appear after December, 1997. 6 Indexes are on a November 1984=100 base in Baltimore, Boston, Miami, St. Louis, Washington. Indexes are on a December 1984=100 base in the U.S., Chicago, Cleveland, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco. 7 This index series will no longer appear in its present form after December, 1997 for the U.S. city average. See Table X for a comparable index series. 75 !4. Historical Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U. S. city averagey all items = 100. unless otherwise noted)_________________________________________________________________________ Semiannual averages Year 1913 1914 Jan. 9.8 10.0 Feb. 9.8 9.9 Mar. 9.8 9.9 Apr. 9.8 9.8 May 9.7 9.9 June 9.8 9.9 July 9.9 10.0 Aug. Sep. 9.9 10.2 10.0 10.2 Oct. 10.0 10.1 Nov. 10.1 10.2 Dec. 10.0 10.1 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 10.1 10.4 11.7 14.0 16.5 10.0 10.4 12.0 14.1 16.2 9.9 10.5 12.0 14.0 16.4 10.0 10.6 12.6 14.2 16.7 10.1 10.7 12.8 14.5 16.9 10.1 10.8 13.0 14.7 16.9 10.1 10.8 12.8 15.1 17.4 10.1 10.9 13.0 15.4 17.7 10.1 11.1 13.3 15.7 17.8 10.2 11.3 13.5 16.0 18.1 10.3 11.5 13.5 16.3 18.5 10.3 11.6 13.7 16.5 18.9 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 19.3 19.0 16.9 16.8 17.3 19.5 18.4 16.9 16.8 17.2 19.7 18.3 16.7 16.8 17.1 20.3 18.1 16.7 16.9 17.0 20.6 17.7 16.7 16.9 17.0 20.9 17.6 16.7 17.0 17.0 20.8 17.7 16.8 17.2 17.1 20.3 17.7 16.6 17.1 17.0 20.0 17.5 16.6 17.2 17.1 19.9 17.5 16.7 17.3 17.2 19.8 17.4 16.8 17.3 17.2 19.4 17.3 16.9 17.3 17.3 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 17.3 17.9 17.5 17.3 17.1 17.2 17.9 17.4 17.1 17.1 17.3 17.8 17.3 17.1 17.0 17.2 17.9 17.3 17.1 16.9 17.3 17.8 17.4 17.2 17.0 17.5 17.7 17.6 17.1 17.1 17.7 17.5 17.3 17.1 17.3 17.7 17.4 17.2 17.1 17.3 17.7 17.5 17.3 17.3 17.3 17.7 17.6 17.4 17.2 17.3 18.0 17.7 17.3 17.2 17.3 17.9 17.7 17.3 17.1 17.2 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 17.1 15.9 14.3 12.9 13.2 17.0 15.7 14.1 12.7 13.3 16.9 15.6 14.0 12.6 13.3 17.0 15.5 13.9 12.6 13.3 16.9 15.3 13.7 12.6 13.3 16.8 15.1 13.6 12.7 13.4 16.6 15.1 13.6 13.1 13.4 16.5 15.1 13.5 13.2 13.4 16.6 15.0 13.4 13.2 13.6 16.5 14.9 13.3 13.2 13.5 16.4 14.7 13.2 13.2 13.5 16.1 14.6 13.1 13.2 13.4 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 13.6 13.8 14.1 14.2 14.0 13.7 13.8 14.1 14.1 13.9 13.7 13.7 14.2 14.1 13.9 13.8 13.7 14.3 14.2 13.8 13.8 13.7 14.4 14.1 13.8 13.7 13.8 14.4 14.1 13.8 13.7 13.9 14.5 14.1 13.8 13.7 14.0 14.5 14.1 13.8 13.7 14.0 14.6 14.1 14.1 13.7 14.0 14.6 14.0 14.0 13.8 14.0 14.5 14.0 14.0 13.8 14.0 14.4 14.0 14.0 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 13.9 14.1 15.7 16.9 17.4 14.0 14.1 15.8 16.9 17.4 14.0 14.2 16.0 17.2 17.4 14.0 14.3 16.1 17.4 17.5 14.0 14.4 16.3 17.5 17.5 14.1 14.7 16.3 17.5 17.6 14.0 14.7 16.4 17.4 17.7 14.0 14.9 16.5 17.3 17.7 14.0 15.1 16.5 17.4 17.7 14.0 15.3 16.7 17.4 17.7 14.0 15.4 16.8 17.4 17.7 14.1 15.5 16.9 17.4 17.8 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 17.8 18.2 21.5 23.7 24.0 17.8 18.1 21.5 23.5 23.8 17.8 18.3 21.9 23.4 23.8 17.8 18.4 21.9 23.8 23.9 17.9 18.5 21.9 23.9 23.8 18.1 18.7 22.0 24.1 23.9 18.1 19.8 22.2 24.4 23.7 18.1 20.2 22.5 24.5 23.8 18.1 20.4 23.0 24.5 23.9 18.1 20.8 23.0 24.4 23.7 18.1 21.3 23.1 24.2 23.8 18.2 21.5 23.4 24.1 23.6 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 23.5 25.4 26.5 26.6 26.9 23.5 25.7 26.3 26.5 26.9 23.6 25.8 26.3 26.6 26.9 23.6 25.8 26.4 26.6 26.8 23.7 25.9 26.4 26.7 26.9 23.8 25.9 26.5 26.8 26.9 24.1 25.9 26.7 26.8 26.9 24.3 25.9 26.7 26.9 26.9 24.4 26.1 26.7 26.9 26.8 24.6 26.2 26.7 27.0 26.8 24.7 26.4 26.7 26.9 26.8 25.0 26.5 26.7 26.9 26.7 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 26.7 26.8 27.6 28.6 29.0 26.7 26.8 27.7 28.6 28.9 26.7 26.8 27.8 28.8 28.9 26.7 26.9 27.9 28.9 29.0 26.7 27.0 28.0 28.9 29.0 26.7 27.2 28.1 28.9 29.1 26.8 27.4 28.3 29.0 29.2 26.8 27.3 28.3 28.9 29.2 26.9 27.4 28.3 28.9 29.3 26.9 27.5 28.3 28.9 29.4 26.9 27.5 28.4 29.0 29.4 26.8 27.6 28.4 28.9 29.4 76 1st half 2nd half - - _ - - - - - - - _ _ - - - - - - - - _ _ - - - - - - - _ _ - - - - - - - - _ _ - - - - - - - - _ _ - - - - - - - - _ _ - - - - - - - - _ _ - - - - - - - - _ - - - - - - - - Annual avg. Percent change from previous Dec. Annual avg. 9.9 10.0 1.0 1.0 10.1 10.9 12.8 15.1 17.3 2.0 12.6 18.1 20.4 14.5 1.0 7.9 17.4 18.0 14.6 20.0 17.9 16.8 17.1 17.1 2.6 -10.8 -2.3 2.4 .0 15.6 -10.5 -6.1 1.8 .0 17.5 17.7 17.4 17.1 17.1 3.5 -1.1 -2.3 -1.2 .6 2.3 1.1 -1.7 -1.7 .0 16.7 15.2 13.7 13.0 13.4 -6.4 -9.3 -10.3 .8 1.5 -2.3 -9.0 -9.9 -5.1 3.1 13.7 13.9 14.4 14.1 13.9 3.0 1.4 2.9 -2.8 .0 2.2 1.5 3.6 -2.1 -1.4 14.0 14.7 16.3 17.3 17.6 .7 9.9 9.0 3.0 2.3 .7 5.0 10.9 6.1 1.7 18.0 19.5 22.3 24.1 23.8 2.2 18.1 8.8 3.0 -2.1 2.3 8.3 14.4 8.1 -1.2 24.1 26.0 26.5 26.7 26.9 5.9 6.0 .8 .7 -.7 1.3 7.9 1.9 .8 .7 26.8 27.2 28.1 28.9 29.1 .4 3.0 2.9 1.8 1.7 -.4 1.5 3.3 2.8 .7 Table 24. Historical Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U. S. city average, alt items—Continued Semiannual averages Year Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 29.3 29.8 30.0 30.4 30.9 29.4 29.8 30.1 30.4 30.9 29.4 29.8 30.1 30.5 30.9 29.5 29.8 30.2 30.5 30.9 29.5 29.8 30.2 30.5 30.9 29.6 29.8 30.2 30.6 31.0 29.6 30.0 30.3 30.7 31.1 29.6 29.9 30.3 30.7 31.0 29.6 30.0 30.4 30.7 31.1 29.8 30.0 30.4 30.8 31.1 29.8 30.0 30.4 30.8 31.2 29.8 30.0 30.4 30.9 31.2 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 31.2 31.8 32.9 34.1 35.6 31.2 32.0 32.9 34.2 35.8 31.3 32.1 33.0 34.3 36.1 31.4 32.3 33.1 34.4 36.3 31.4 32.3 33.2 34.5 36.4 31.6 32.4 33.3 34.7 36.6 31.6 32.5 33.4 34.9 36.8 31.6 32.7 33.5 35.0 37.0 31.6 32.7 33.6 35.1 37.1 31.7 32.9 33.7 35.3 37.3 31.7 32.9 33.8 35.4 37.5 31.8 32.9 33.9 35.5 37.7 1st half 2nd half - - - _ _ - - _ 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 37.8 39.8 41.1 42.6 46.6 38.0 39.9 41.3 42.9 47.2 38.2 40.0 41.4 43.3 47.8 38.5 40.1 41.5 43.6 48.0 38.6 40.3 41.6 43.9 48.6 38.8 40.6 41.7 44.2 49.0 39.0 40.7 41.9 44.3 49.4 39.0 40.8 42.0 45.1 50.0 39.2 40.8 42.1 45.2 50.6 39.4 40.9 42.3 45.6 51.1 39.6 40.9 42.4 45.9 51.5 39.8 41.1 42.5 46.2 51.9 - 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 52.1 55.6 58.5 62.5 68.3 52.5 55.8 59.1 62.9 69.1 52.7 55.9 59.5 63.4 69.8 52.9 56.1 60.0 63.9 70.6 53.2 56.5 60.3 64.5 71.5 53.6 56.8 60.7 65.2 72.3 54.2 57.1 61.0 65.7 73.1 54.3 57.4 61.2 66.0 73.8 54.6 57.6 61.4 66.5 74.6 54.9 57.9 61.6 67.1 75.2 55.3 58.0 61.9 67.4 75.9 55.5 58.2 62.1 67.7 76.7 - 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 77.8 87.0 94.3 97.8 101.9 78.9 87.9 94.6 97.9 102.4 80.1 88.5 94.5 97.9 102.6 81.0 89.1 94.9 98.6 103.1 81.8 89.8 95.8 99.2 103.4 82.7 90.6 97.0 99.5 103.7 82.7 91.6 97.5 99.9 104.1 83.3 92.3 97.7 100.2 104.5 84.0 93.2 97.9 100.7 105.0 84.8 93.4 98.2 101.0 105.3 85.5 93.7 98.0 101.2 105.3 86.3 94.0 97.6 101.3 105.3 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 105.5 109.6 111.2 115.7 121.1 106.0 109.3 111.6 116.0 121.6 106.4 108.8 112.1 116.5 122.3 106.9 108.6 112.7 117.1 123.1 107.3 108.9 113.1 117.5 123.8 107.6 109.5 113.5 118.0 124.1 107.8 109.5 113.8 118.5 124.4 108.0 109.7 114.4 119.0 124.6 108.3 110.2 115.0 119.8 125.0 108.7 110.3 115.3 120.2 125.6 109.0 110.4 115.4 120.3 125.9 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 127.4 134.6 138.1 142.6 146.2 128.0 134.8 138.6 143.1 146.7 128.7 135.0 139.3 143.6 147.2 128.9 135.2 139.5 144.0 147.4 129.2 135.6 139.7 144.2 147.5 129.9 136.0 140.2 144.4 148.0 130.4 136.2 140.5 144.4 148.4 131.6 136.6 140.9 144.8 149.0 132.7 137.2 141.3 145.1 149.4 133.5 137.4 141.8 145.7 149.5 1995 1996 1997 150.3 154.4 159.1 150.9 154.9 159.6 151.4 155.7 160.0 151.9 156.3 160.2 152.2 156.6 160.1 152.5 156.7 160.3 152.5 157.0 160.5 152.9 157.3 160.8 153.2 157.8 161.2 153.7 158.3 161.6 - Data not available. 77 _ Annual avg. Percent change from previous Dec. Annual avg. 29.6 29.9 30.2 30.6 31.0 1.4 .7 1.3 1.6 1.0 1.7 1.0 1.0 1.3 1.3 - 31.5 32.4 33.4 34.8 36.7 1.9 3.5 3.0 4.7 6.2 1.6 2.9 3.1 4.2 5.5 - 38.8 40.5 41.8 44.4 49.3 5.6 3.3 3.4 8.7 12.3 5.7 4.4 3.2 6.2 11.0 - 53.8 56.9 60.6 65.2 72.6 6.9 4.9 6.7 9.0 13.3 9.1 5.8 6.5 7.6 11.3 12.5 8.9 3.8 3.8 3.9 13.5 10.3 6.2 3.2 4.3 _ _ - - 102.9 104.9 82.4 90.9 96.5 99.6 103.9 109.3 110.5 115.4 120.5 126.1 106.6 109.1 112.4 116.8 122.7 108.5 110.1 114.9 119.7 125.3 107.6 109.6 113.6 118.3 124.0 3.8 1.1 4.4 4.4 4.6 3.6 1.9 3.6 4.1 4.8 133.8 137.8 142.0 145.8 149.7 133.8 137.9 141.9 145.8 149.7 128.7 135.2 139.2 143.7 147.2 132.6 137.2 141.4 145.3 149.3 130.7 136.2 140.3 144.5 148.2 6.1 3.1 2.9 2.7 2.7 5.4 4.2 3.0 3.0 2.6 153.6 158.6 161.5 153.5 158.6 151.5 155.8 159.9 153.2 157.9 152.4 156.9 - 2.5 3.3 2.8 3.0 - Table 25. Historical Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by commodity and service group and detailed expenditure categories (1 9 8 2 -8 4 = 1 0 0 , unless otherwise noted) Unadjusted indexes Nov. December Group 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 Commodity and service group All items................................................................... Commodities.......................................................... Food and beverages........................................... Commodities less food and beverages................ Nondurables less food and beverages.............. Apparel commodities 1.................................... Nondurables less food, beverages,and apparel Durables........................................................... Services................................................................ Rent of shelter2.................................................. Household services less rent of shelter1 2 ........... Transportation services........................................ Medical care services.......................................... Other services.................................................... 115.4 109.3 114.8 105.7 103.1 111.0 101.5 109.5 122.2 128.5 112.3 124.6 132.7 129.0 120.5 113.5 120.6 109.0 106.9 116.3 104.5 112.2 128.1 134.3 116.2 132.1 141.9 136.2 126.1 118.2 127.2 112.6 112.0 117.1 112.0 113.5 134.6 140.9 119.0 138.6 154.1 145.1 133.8 126.0 133.9 121.1 125.8 123.0 130.1 114.5 142.3 148.4 122.2 150.0 169.3 154.5 137.9 127.5 137.3 121.5 124.5 127.2 126.0 117.2 148.8 154.2 127.8 153.7 182.8 164.1 141.9 130.1 139.5 124.3 127.4 128.7 129.6 120.1 154.2 158.7 131.4 159.2 195.6 172.8 145.8 132.0 143.3 125.1 126.5 129.7 127.7 123.3 160.0 163.5 134.9 166.9 207.1 181.6 149.7 135.1 147.2 127.6 128.1 127.2 131.5 126.9 164.7 168.3 135.9 171.1 218.2 188.9 153.5 137.0 150.3 128.9 128.8 127.1 132.7 129.0 170.4 174.2 138.6 176.3 227.8 197.3 158.6 141.4 156.6 132.1 133.7 126.5 140.5 129.9 176.1 179.3 143.4 184.1 235.0 205.0 161.5 142.3 158.9 132.2 135.3 131.1 140.6 127.9 181.0 185.0 146.7 186.2 241.2 212.7 Special indexes All items less food.................................................... All items less shelter................................................ All items less homeowners’ costs 1 2 ........................ All items less medical care....................................... Commodities less food............................................. Nondurables less food.............................................. Nondurables less food and apparel.......................... Nondurables............................................................ Services less rent of shelter2 .................................. Services less medical care services.......................... Energy..................................................................... All items less energy................................................ All items less food and energy............................... Commodities less food and energy commodities... Energy commodities ................. ....................... Services less energy services.............................. 115.5 113.2 116.6 114.3 106.0 103.7 102.1 109.1 124.6 121.0 88.3 119.2 120.4 113.5 82.0 124.4 120.4 118.1 121.6 119.1 109.4 107.5 105.3 113.9 131.1 126.6 88.7 124.8 126.0 118.0 80.1 130.6 125.8 123.5 127.1 124.4 113.0 112.6 112.5 119.8 137.8 132.6 93.2 130.6 131.5 121.2 86.4 137.5 133.7 131.5 135.5 131.8 121.4 125.7 129.0 130.0 146.4 139.7 110.1 137.4 138.3 125.3 117.0 145.8 138.1 135.0 139.3 135.3 122.4 125.5 126.9 131.1 153.9 145.5 101.9 142.8 144.4 130.3 98.2 152.5 142.5 139.1 143.4 138.9 125.3 128.5 130.5 133.6 160.7 150.3 103.9 147.1 149.2 133.6 99.4 158.2 146.4 142.7 147.2 142.5 126.1 127.8 129.1 135.1 167.8 155.6 102.4 151.7 153.9 135.7 94.3 164.3 150.2 146.3 150.8 146.0 128.5 129.5 132.6 137.8 172.7 159.7 104.7 155.7 157.9 137.6 99.2 169.6 154.2 149.6 154.3 149.6 129.9 130.4 134.0 139.7 178.5 165.0 103.3 160.2 162.7 140.0 95.9 175.7 159.0 154.7 159.6 154.5 133.3 135.3 141.5 145.3 185.2 170.6 112.2 164.8 167.0 141.5 109.1 181.5 162.1 156.8 162.2 157.3 133.5 137.0 141.9 147.3 189.8 175.4 110.7 168.3 170.8 142.8 103.9 186.7 Expenditure category Food and beverages................................................ Food..................................................................... Food at home...................................................... Cereals and bakery products............................ Cereals and cereal products........................... Flour and prepared flour mixes.................... Cereal.......................................................... Rice, pasta, and cornmeal ........................... Bakery products.............................................. White bread................................................. Fresh other bread, biscuits, rolls, and muffins Cookies, fresh cakes, and cupcakes............ Other bakery products................................. Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs........................... Meats, poultry, and fish .................................. Meats........................................................... Beef and veal............................................ Ground beef other than canned .............. Chuck roast1 .......................................... Round roast1.......................................... Round steak 1......................................... Sirloin steak 1.......................................... Other beef and veal1.............................. Pork .......................................................... Bacon..................................................... Chops ..................................................... Ham ....................................................... Other pork, including sausage 1............... Other meats.............................................. Poultry......................................................... Fresh whole chicken................................. Fresh and frozen chicken parts.................. Other poultry 1 ........................................... Fish and seafood......................................... Canned fish and seafood .......................... Fresh and frozen fish and seafood 1 .......... Eggs.............................................................. 114.8 114.7 112.8 116.8 116.1 105.8 126.7 106.3 117.0 113.1 113.2 121.1 120.3 110.3 111.9 110.4 108.5 102.0 105.0 101.8 108.1 112.9 115.1 113.1 108.2 114.3 118.1 111.4 112.1 107.8 107.7 110.8 103.8 133.3 110.0 146.2 85.5 120.6 120.7 119.1 126.6 127.2 113.1 138.8 118.4 126.1 125.5 124.1 128.7 126.3 116.1 117.1 112.7 114.6 104.5 112.4 107.0 111.9 120.8 125.4 109.6 96.9 114.7 115.9 108.5 113.1 127.1 131.0 131.5 113.3 138.9 124.8 148.5 99.6 127.2 127.4 126.5 136.1 136.5 121.2 152.4 120.1 135.6 133.2 132.7 139.0 137.5 123.8 123.0 120.0 122.1 112.2 123.4 113.9 118.8 123.4 133.3 117.2 105.0 123.7 121.9 115.9 119.5 127.8 130.4 130.2 121.1 143.0 119.4 156.3 134.9 133.9 134.2 133.8 142.4 143.7 124.0 163.5 122.7 141.5 138.3 139.0 147.2 141.8 133.6 133.8 133.6 133.0 120.8 136.1 124.9 130.2 131.5 146.6 136.8 122.9 142.5 144.4 134.9 131.6 129.7 130.6 133.2 123.0 148.5 118.8 164.1 128.7 137.3 136.7 135.5 147.4 148.8 123.5 171.4 126.3 146.4 140.4 143.7 154.2 147.6 131.6 132.0 130.8 131.7 119.1 137.7 124.1 129.9 127.5 145.3 128.5 108.6 136.1 137.3 127.7 132.7 130.2 129.9 134.8 122.8 150.4 118.2 167.0 123.5 139.5 138.7 137.5 153.3 154.4 130.2 178.1 128.9 152.5 146.1 151.2 157.7 154.9 132.1 133.0 131.1 132.8 118.4 139.2 126.5 129.9 129.1 148.6 127.4 104.8 139.5 134.9 125.8 133.0 133.7 135.4 136.9 126.6 152.0 119.9 168.7 117.7 143.3 142.7 142.3 158.9 159.6 129.9 186.5 131.7 158.2 156.2 155.8 163.2 158.0 137.1 138.4 135.9 137.7 123.0 142.7 127.2 133.3 137.6 154.3 133.1 117.1 145.8 137.1 129.9 136.4 141.1 141.3 146.8 130.9 158.7 122.8 177.0 116.0 147.2 146.8 147.3 164.2 164.5 132.3 191.0 139.5 163.8 160.4 163.0 169.2 163.1 136.4 137.6 133.7 134.7 117.7 140.3 126.9 131.7 135.8 153.0 130.1 114.8 138.8 134.8 128.8 137.3 140.4 139.4 143.2 138.9 166.9 124.5 187.9 116.4 150.3 149.9 150.3 169.5 168.6 140.6 194.1 142.8 169.6 169.3 170.3 171.6 168.0 142.0 141.7 137.2 134.6 115.7 141.7 124.4 129.1 133.4 156.5 139.6 130.2 146.2 144.2 136.8 141.4 146.3 144.8 150.2 143.1 172.1 125.5 194.8 145.5 156.6 156.3 157.7 175.7 166.6 151.2 186.0 144.0 179.8 183.4 179.3 178.8 178.1 150.0 149.0 144.4 137.8 117.6 146.3 131.6 133.9 139.1 159.2 155.4 161.5 156.0 157.4 150.3 146.2 157.8 158.2 161.5 152.3 175.1 126.5 198.6 162.9 158.9 158.5 159.1 178.0 169.1 150.8 187.9 150.1 182.0 186.9 183.1 180.2 178.4 149.3 149.5 144.6 137.0 116.5 141.4 127.4 130.8 138.4 161.0 155.5 163.5 153.6 156.0 152.2 149.3 157.4 161.2 158.3 152.7 178.9 130.3 202.4 145.1 See footnotes at end of table. 78 Table 25. Historical Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by commodity and service group and detailed expenditure categories—Continued ( 1 9 8 2 - 8 4 = 1 0 0 , unless otherw ise noted) Un adjusted indexes Nov. December Group 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 Dairy products................................................................................. Fresh milk and cream 1 ............................................................... Fresh whole m ilk ....................................................................... Other fresh milk and cream 1.................................................... Processed dairy products 1 ......................................................... Cheese ....................................................................................... Ice cream and related products............................................... Other dairy products, including butter1 ................................... 106.7 105.0 104.8 105.3 108.8 107.0 111.0 109.9 111.4 109.9 110.1 109.5 113.3 112.6 114.8 112.1 122.9 122.6 123.0 122.0 123.7 126.9 123.1 113.4 126.7 125.6 126.0 124.9 128.4 132.7 128.5 113.4 127.4 125.3 125.5 124.9 130.2 135.1 130.1 113.7 129.1 128.4 127.8 129.1 130.4 135.4 130.6 113.5 130.2 131.1 130.6 131.8 129.8 134.6 131.5 111.4 131.6 132.0 131.1 133.2 131.8 136.0 136.1 111.9 135.0 134.5 133.7 135.4 136.2 139.0 139.7 121.4 148.6 149.9 148.3 151.8 147.9 150.1 150.5 136.2 147.0 147.0 145.9 148.4 147.6 147.3 150.3 143.0 Fruits and vegetables 3................................................................... Fresh fruits and vegetables........................................................ Fresh fruits ................................................................................ Apples ..................................................................................... Bananas .................................................................................. Oranges, including tangerines 1 ............................................. Other fresh fruits 1 .................................................................. Fresh vegetables....................................................................... Potatoes.................................................................................. Lettuce .................................................................................... Tomatoes................................................................................ Other fresh vegetables.......................................................... Processed fruits and vegetables 1 .............................................. Processed fruits 1....................................................................... Fruit juices and frozen fru it1 .................................................. Canned and dried fruits 1 ....................................................... Processed vegetables 1 ............................................................ Frozen vegetables 1................................................................ Processed vegetables excluding frozen 1 .............................................................................. 123.4 133.2 126.3 103.6 107.4 126.3 140.4 140.2 103.8 272.7 139.3 126.3 110.0 112.3 112.1 111.5 107.3 111.5 131.0 138.1 143.2 132.4 115.9 144.4 154.8 133.0 128.5 174.3 124.3 129.4 121.9 124.4 126.2 115.9 118.9 116.3 136.7 145.6 154.8 124.7 122.6 138.5 179.7 136.5 140.0 135.8 140.3 135.6 124.9 125.2 126.3 119.6 124.8 124.6 146.5 157.6 171.2 151.6 128.3 152.7 195.7 144.0 133.9 152.0 129.5 151.0 131.6 134.6 137.4 122.5 128.1 128.5 152.9 169.6 188.6 169.9 128.3 186.8 213.1 150.7 129.0 170.1 124.5 162.3 129.7 131.5 131.8 128.5 127.6 129.3 156.2 173.9 181.8 154.1 124.3 156.7 215.3 166.1 137.2 183.0 193.4 166.4 131.4 134.8 135.3 130.7 127.3 130.2 166.5 190.1 205.4 166.9 127.6 177.4 249.3 174.9 165.0 152.1 197.2 178.5 133.2 133.7 133.4 132.9 132.8 135.4 180.3 212.8 213.1 163.2 143.1 178.7 260.8 212.7 154.2 273.4 233.6 216.1 133.8 133.3 132.6 133.8 134.7 136.5 177.9 206.3 224.2 187.6 146.5 206.7 264.5 188.4 175.3 172.2 242.6 183.2 137.5 138.1 137.2 139.0 137.1 140.4 187.2 216.2 251.1 194.1 157.5 199.6 312.9 181.2 160.2 184.6 193.4 185.9 146.2 147.3 147.4 144.8 145.1 143.7 189.5 219.6 233.9 191.1 154.0 205.6 280.3 205.2 174.3 257.9 224.6 201.2 146.9 147.8 147.2 147.7 146.2 148.1 105.7 120.7 125.4 128.5 127.3 126.6 132.1 134.4 136.2 146.5 145.9 Other food at hom e........................................................................ Sugar and sweets......................................................................... Sugar and artificial sweeteners................................................. Sweets, including candy 1......................................................... Fats and o ils ................................................................................ Nonalcoholic beverages.............................................................. Carbonated drin ks..................................................................... Coffee......................................................................................... Other noncarbonated drinks 1 ................................................... Other prepared fo o d .................................................................... Canned and packaged soup.................................................... Frozen prepared fo o d ............................................................... Snacks ....................................................................................... Seasonings, condiments, sauces, and spices......................... Miscellaneous prepared food, including baby food 1.............. 110.0 111.0 102.0 114.7 107.7 104.8 103.3 110.5 112.4 115.0 118.9 119.0 115.7 113.2 112.9 115.3 116.7 110.0 119.4 118.5 107.8 104.6 116.9 115.5 120.7 123.2 124.6 121.2 118.3 119.8 120.1 121.1 114.8 123.6 121.6 111.0 109.8 115.7 120.2 127.6 132.4 131.3 126.2 124.9 127.9 125.2 126.4 118.1 129.8 131.0 113.1 110.8 117.4 126.5 134.2 140.2 135.8 131.1 132.6 135.6 127.1 130.9 118.1 136.0 129.3 112.5 111.9 111.3 129.7 138.2 148.6 138.0 132.8 137.9 140.2 128.3 132.1 119.3 137.3 128.4 112.3 113.7 105.4 132.3 141.2 157.0 138.7 132.5 143.6 142.9 130.9 133.3 120.6 138.4 129.4 114.8 115.6 111.1 131.6 144.9 163.9 138.6 136.3 147.4 147.9 138.8 134.5 122.8 139.1 134.2 131.7 115.2 172.7 132.8 148.1 170.7 138.9 138.7 150.9 152.4 140.5 138.5 127.9 142.7 137.5 129.5 118.5 156.1 135.9 152.1 176.5 139.8 143.4 156.8 155.4 143.6 144.7 132.2 149.7 140.7 126.9 118.0 145.6 139.6 158.9 184.9 146.2 151.7 163.9 160.9 147.7 147.4 132.8 153.3 140.4 134.7 117.5 173.8 141.6 161.5 188.6 145.8 154.6 166.4 164.6 Food away from hom e...................................................................... Lunch 1 ............................................................................................ Dinner1............................................................................................ Other meals and snacks 1 ............................................................. 118.9 118.6 118.7 119.4 124.1 124.0 123.9 124.6 129.8 130.2 129.1 130.6 135.7 136.1 134.3 137.8 139.6 140.2 137.9 142.0 141.6 142.3 139.9 144.1 144.3 145.1 142.4 146.7 147.1 147.7 145.3 149.6 150.4 151.1 148.5 153.0 155.0 155.6 152.7 158.7 158.6 159.3 156.4 162.0 Alcoholic beverages............................................................................ Alcoholic beverages at home........................................................... Beer and a le ................................................................................... W ine................................................................................................. Distilled spirits................................................................................. Alcoholic beverages away from hom e............................................. 115.4 112.0 111.5 106.1 114.8 125.8 119.9 114.6 114.6 107.8 117.0 133.3 125.6 119.5 120.0 111.6 122.1 140.3 130.9 124.0 124.3 114.5 128.1 146.9 143.9 138.4 139.0 130.5 139.9 158.9 148.1 141.3 142.9 132.4 141.8 165.0 150.3 142.0 143.3 133.1 143.1 169.3 151.8 141.8 143.2 131.3 144.2 173.3 154.9 143.1 144.1 133.4 145.5 178.8 160.5 148.0 148.3 141.7 148.5 185.6 163.7 149.3 146.9 146.1 152.1 191.7 Expenditure category See footnotes at end of table. 79 Table 25. Historical Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by commodity and service group and detailed expenditure categories—Continued (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) Unadjusted indexes Group December Nov. 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 Housing 3 ....................................................................................... Shelter......................................................................................... Renters’ costs 1 2 ..................................................................... Rent, residential .................................................................... Other renters’ costs 1 ........................................................... Lodging while out of to w n .................................................. Lodging while at school2 ................................................... Tenants’ insurance 1 .......................................................... Homeowners’ costs 1 2 ............................................................ Owners’ equivalent ren t2 ...................................................... Household insurance 1 2 ....................................................... Maintenance and repairs 1....................................................... Maintenance and repair services 1 ...................................... Maintenance and repair commodities 1................................ Materials, supplies, and equipment for home repairs 14 .. Other maintenance and repair commodities 1 .................. Fuel and other utilities 3 ............................................................. Fuels......................................................................................... Fuel oil and other household fuel commodities.................. Fuel o i l ................................................................................ Other household fuel commodities 4 ................................. Gas (piped) and electricity (energy services)...................... Electricity............................................................................ Utility (piped) g a s................................................................ Other utilities and public services 1 ........................................ Telephone services 1 ............................................................ Local charges 1................................................................... Interstate toll calls .............................................................. Intrastate toll c a lls.............................................................. Water and sewerage maintenance...................................... Cable television 5................................................................... Refuse collection 5 ................................................................ 115.6 123.7 129.1 125.6 124.1 121.5 136.5 122.5 128.0 128.0 126.2 113.3 116.6 109.1 102.2 105.7 102.0 95.1 80.5 79.2 102.6 100.9 107.3 91.9 120.9 115.7 138.9 74.0 103.6 128.0 127.9 136.1 120.2 129.3 134.1 130.1 130.0 127.0 145.5 126.6 134.0 134.1 130.6 115.8 118.4 112.4 104.8 109.5 105.0 97.4 76.8 74.2 102.3 104.1 110.3 95.2 125.5 117.2 145.2 70.9 99.2 135.8 141.4 146.9 124.9 135.6 140.1 135.5 137.2 133.8 156.3 129.7 140.9 141.0 134.0 119.5 122.2 115.8 109.4 111.7 108.4 101.2 88.7 88.7 108.3 107.0 113.4 97.8 128.2 116.9 146.0 70.0 96.6 144.7 146.8 161.1 130.5 142.7 149.5 141.1 157.0 154.9 166.1 131.6 147.5 147.7 136.5 123.8 128.9 116.8 111.7 111.5 112.7 105.6 114.1 115.2 136.4 108.6 115.0 99.6 132.7 116.4 147.5 67.4 94.5 153.7 166.1 176.9 135.0 148.2 155.8 145.2 169.7 168.0 175.8 134.4 153.0 153.2 140.0 128.1 131.4 123.7 116.3 119.7 116.0 106.5 94.7 92.3 123.3 112.4 120.8 99.9 140.2 120.5 155.0 68.3 93.1 165.7 180.4 197.3 138.5 152.5 160.2 148.6 176.7 174.3 188.6 138.3 157.5 157.8 144.3 129.3 135.2 121.3 117.5 114.5 118.7 108.9 91.8 89.2 120.4 115.6 122.9 105.0 143.6 120.1 155.7 67.4 90.9 176.7 187.0 214.0 142.3 157.1 164.4 151.9 183.3 181.0 193.8 142.8 162.5 162.8 149.0 127.6 130.8 123.5 119.1 117.0 121.7 110.7 88.3 85.1 118.0 118.1 123.6 111.1 148.8 122.3 157.2 71.8 91.1 185.2 200.1 225.2 145.4 161.8 168.2 155.7 186.2 183.3 201.9 148.7 167.8 168.1 155.4 132.7 137.0 126.8 121.1 121.1 122.0 110.1 88.4 85.1 118.5 117.4 124.4 107.5 150.6 123.1 156.7 75.7 90.2 193.0 194.9 236.4 149.7 167.4 173.2 159.6 194.2 191.2 210.6 152.0 174.0 174.3 158.3 136.6 142.1 129.1 120.6 125.6 123.7 110.9 89.6 86.4 119.4 118.3 127.8 103.6 153.9 124.6 160.7 75.8 86.8 198.6 202.8 243.3 154.0 172.3 179.1 164.0 203.8 201.0 219.0 155.8 178.8 179.1 162.4 141.5 148.0 132.6 126.5 126.7 129.4 117.1 110.3 106.5 146.8 122.8 128.7 115.0 159.1 127.2 162.1 78.6 92.1 205.5 218.6 247.8 157.7 177.7 185.9 168.7 216.6 214.1 229.7 160.9 183.9 184.2 167.0 144.9 153.7 132.7 125.7 127.6 131.1 117.7 96.6 93.4 128.0 125.3 130.0 119.9 162.8 127.6 163.8 75.1 95.0 213.4 233.4 252.8 Household furnishings and operation 3 ..................................... Housefurnishings 1 ................................................................... Textile housefurnishings 1 .................................................... Furniture and bedding .......................................................... Bedroom furniture............................................................... Sofas 1 ................................................................................ Living room chairs and tables 1 ......................................... Other furniture 1 .................................................................. Appliances, including electronic equipment1 ...................... Video and audio products 1................................................ Televisions....................................................................... Video products other than televisions 1 6 ....................... Audio products 1 .............................................................. Major household appliances 1 4 ......................................... Refrigerators and home freezers 1 ................................. Laundry equipment.......................................................... Stoves, ovens, dishwashers, and air conditioners 1 4 .... Information processing equipment6 ................................. Other housefurnishings 1 2 ................................................... Floor and window coverings, infants’, laundry, cleaning, and outdoor equipment1............................... Clocks, lamps, and decor item s........................................ 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 4 ............................. Indoor plants and fresh cut flowers 7 ................................ Housekeeping supplies........................................................... Laundry and cleaning products, including soap 1 ............... Household paper products and stationery supplies 1.......... Other household, lawn, and garden supplies 1 ................... Housekeeping services 1......................................................... Postage.................................................................................. Appliance and furniture repair1............................................ Gardening and other household services 14....................... 107.3 103.3 108.0 111.5 115.8 116.0 109.4 105.5 89.5 83.9 77.9 116.6 110.6 105.9 114.3 115.4 121.3 116.9 113.0 109.7 90.1 82.7 76.8 100.0 91.9 102.4 102.0 107.0 101.9 100.0 121.6 111.7 105.5 113.9 113.8 118.8 116.1 112.5 107.9 88.5 82.3 75.8 95.1 94.3 101.0 103.3 105.9 98.5 92.7 127.1 113.7 106.1 116.7 115.1 117.2 116.6 118.7 110.0 86.4 79.3 73.1 86.1 93.3 100.7 102.3 107.2 97.4 90.3 135.5 116.3 107.1 118.9 116.2 122.0 117.3 116.1 109.7 84.9 78.7 72.3 81.4 95.0 98.6 100.6 105.6 94.5 86.6 139.3 118.2 108.7 116.7 121.4 129.5 121.3 120.3 113.9 83.5 77.3 71.4 78.6 93.6 99.1 101.3 106.3 94.7 81.3 143.4 120.3 110.3 124.4 125.8 136.3 119.5 129.6 117.4 82.8 76.7 70.2 77.0 94.0 100.6 105.8 107.1 94.8 75.1 147.2 120.8 110.3 119.9 127.8 133.7 127.4 130.2 120.8 81.8 75.1 69.2 71.9 93.1 104.2 111.0 110.6 97.1 68.3 150.8 123.8 111.1 120.5 133.2 136.8 140.5 137.9 122.7 78.6 72.2 66.4 67.1 90.7 102.3 108.9 109.8 94.5 61.0 154.3 125.0 111.0 119.7 134.5 141.5 143.0 136.4 121.6 77.1 70.6 62.9 66.7 90.2 103.7 111.3 113.2 93.8 53.9 159.6 125.2 109.7 117.8 134.0 141.2 142.5 136.6 120.4 74.4 68.4 60.9 61.5 88.9 101.5 107.2 112.8 91.6 47.6 162.2 115.3 102.8 106.2 104.2 114.6 105.9 109.0 103.9 119.8 112.8 111.0 100.7 128.6 112.6 112.4 102.6 126.2 117.8 120.2 102.6 128.8 120.3 121.9 102.7 132.1 118.2 122.9 106.5 132.6 117.8 123.5 107.0 138.8 122.1 119.3 107.8 142.2 117.0 120.4 110.4 141.7 120.0 125.1 110.0 98.4 100.0 97.2 96.3 100.0 127.5 132.4 126.7 122.8 122.3 125.1 127.3 117.7 95.9 107.0 129.8 138.0 127.1 123.7 129.4 145.3 132.8 120.2 96.9 113.0 129.5 137.4 127.3 123.0 134.3 145.3 142.0 126.1 93.6 110.0 131.9 137.2 130.2 127.6 137.2 145.3 145.6 128.4 91.6 114.1 132.9 139.3 130.5 128.3 139.1 145.3 147.1 129.2 88.3 115.6 139.8 141.4 144.3 133.3 145.3 160.3 153.6 131.6 89.7 116.4 141.4 145.3 145.3 133.1 150.1 160.3 159.0 138.4 89.4 106.9 143.4 147.7 146.2 135.7 153.7 160.3 161.6 140.2 Expenditure category - 92.3 98.8 100.4 102.7 97.2 - - - - 112.5 116.8 109.4 110.6 111.4 110.2 117.6 104.9 117.0 121.7 115.7 113.0 115.9 125.1 120.8 109.2 123.6 127.3 122.1 120.9 117.6 125.1 123.1 113.2 See footnotes at end of table. 80 Table 25. Historical Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by commodity and service group and detailed expenditure categories—Continued (1 9 8 2 -8 4 = 1 0 0 , unless otherwise noted) Unadjusted indexes Expenditure category Apparel and upkeep....................................................... Apparel commodities 1 ................................................. Apparel commodities less footwear........................... Men’s and boys’ ..................................................... Men’s ................................................................... Suits, sport coats, coats, and jackets................. Furnishings and special clothing........................ Shirts 1............................................................... Dungarees, jeans, and trousers.......................... Boys’ ................................................................... Women’s and girls’ ................................................. Women’s .............................................................. Coats and jackets.............................................. Dresses ............................................................. Separates and sportswear1............................... Underwear, nightwear, hosiery, and accessories 1 Suits 1................................................................ Girls’ .................................................................... Infants’ and toddlers’ .............................................. Other apparel commodities 1................................... Sewing materials, notions, and luggage 4 .............. Watches and jewelry 4 .......................................... Watches 4 .......................................................... Jewelry 4 ........................................................... Footwear................................................................... Men’s ..................................................................... Boys’ and girls’ ....................................................... Women’s ................................................................ Apparel services 1........................................................ Laundry and dry cleaning other than coin operated 1 .. Other apparel services 1 ............................................ Transportation................................................................ Private ......................................................................... New vehicles............................................................ New cars................................................................ Subcompact new cars 14..................................... Compact new cars 1 4 ........................................... Intermediate new cars 14..................................... Full-size new cars 1 4 ............................................ Luxury new cars 14 .............................................. New trucks 5........................................................... New motorcycles 4 .................................................. Used cars.................................................................. Motor fuel.................................................................. Gasoline ................................................................. Gasoline, unleaded regular................................... Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 8 ............................. Gasoline, unleaded premium................................ Automobile maintenance and repair........................... Body w ork.............................................................. Automobile drive train, brake, and miscellaneous mechanical repair1 ............... Maintenance and servicing...................................... Power plant repair1 ................................................ Other private transportation 1..................................... Other private transportation commodities 1 .............. Motor oil, coolant, and other products.................. Automobile parts and equipment.......................... Tires................................................................... Other parts and equipment1............................... Other private transportation services 1..................... Automobile insurance ........................................... Automobile finance charges 1............................... Automobile fees 1 ................................................. Automobile registration, licensing, and inspection fees 1..................................... Other automobile-related fees 1.......................... Public transportation..................................................... Airline fares............................................................... Other intercity transportation...................................... Intracity public transportation..................................... 1987 1988 112.7 119.2 117.1 117.6 118.8 111.6 118.0 116.3 116.8 117.3 118.4 111.7 122.0 110.1 113.7 115.3 109.4 107.2 122.6 124.7 117.4 122.9 116.7 111.4 116.4 116.5 108.9 122.5 118.7 116.3 117.4 116.1 115.3 111.0 111.7 110.7 112.6 113.0 104.0 119.9 116.8 108.0 114.1 110.2 114.5 111.3 102.7 109.7 103.4 111.5 107.2 111.4 110.0 102.4 121.4 122.5 120.4 114.6 112.5 116.5 116.3 104.5 123.5 119.3 114.3 120.1 117.3 117.3 119.1 109.2 117.6 107.9 120.3 113.5 119.2 114.7 108.3 126.7 129.1 124.4 120.6 122.8 111.2 121.5 107.7 125.5 114.7 122.0 118.5 107.5 131.3 134.1 128.6 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 125.3 123.0 123.8 122.3 124.5 128.2 119.8 127.9 121.9 113.0 123.5 124.2 117.2 131.1 126.0 121.3 131.2 129.6 127.2 128.2 125.9 128.3 131.3 122.2 133.1 126.1 116.2 128.4 128.0 134.4 114.1 140.2 121.8 129.4 122.7 115.5 144.9 145.5 144.5 131.4 128.7 129.4 127.1 130.0 132.8 123.6 134.6 129.2 115.0 129.1 128.4 126.2 130.7 129.5 125.0 145.8 133.5 130.7 138.9 122.9 138.2 112.7 145.5 125.1 132.9 121.5 120.6 149.7 150.2 149.5 132.6 129.7 130.3 127.5 130.0 137.4 123.0 130.8 127.8 117.1 130.6 131.0 131.8 127.2 133.3 126.8 152.1 129.1 127.1 140.5 121.3 140.6 118.7 146.8 125.8 133.2 122.1 121.5 153.8 155.0 152.9 130.5 127.2 127.9 125.3 128.2 136.0 122.7 127.3 125.8 113.2 125.7 125.3 119.0 113.1 128.6 128.2 152.5 128.2 131.3 146.5 121.3 147.7 124.6 154.3 123.6 132.2 123.3 117.1 156.4 157.8 155.1 130.6 127.1 127.7 126.0 128.3 133.7 120.0 132.0 127.0 116.2 124.7 124.1 123.5 114.7 124.9 130.7 144.8 128.7 128.7 148.6 132.3 147.7 130.6 152.6 124.1 131.6 125.2 117.8 157.7 159.1 156.6 130.3 126.5 126.6 127.8 130.4 133.3 124.6 134.5 129.2 116.8 123.3 123.0 126.1 108.1 124.7 132.6 139.1 125.0 126.9 141.6 127.8 140.3 122.6 145.4 125.9 131.1 130.4 119.6 161.5 164.8 158.2 134.7 131.1 131.4 133.0 135.6 138.6 133.0 139.6 130.8 122.3 128.8 129.4 135.2 111.4 130.9 135.5 158.9 125.4 126.0 143.6 124.5 143.4 125.1 148.6 129.3 132.8 133.9 123.8 163.4 165.9 161.0 114.5 125.8 117.4 117.1 117.1 117.0 115.4 125.3 123.4 128.3 127.6 109.8 109.0 111.2 114.7 117.6 129.6 123.7 120.1 98.4 98.1 96.1 129.0 126.7 131.3 130.5 112.8 109.8 113.5 116.6 121.8 132.9 128.7 129.0 100.2 100.1 97.9 137.1 134.9 140.1 138.5 120.6 118.2 119.8 122.4 127.5 144.1 148.9 151.5 100.4 100.2 97.9 105.3 103.4 151.9 155.7 139.1 136.6 142.8 140.7 122.9 120.1 121.5 123.9 130.2 148.2 156.5 158.2 96.4 96.0 93.6 100.6 98.4 155.7 161.2 145.2 141.7 145.4 143.0 124.0 124.0 122.5 126.4 133.6 151.5 162.4 155.6 108.6 107.9 106.1 112.4 109.1 160.6 168.6 143.9 140.6 144.0 141.3 121.8 122.6 121.7 123.7 131.6 151.3 164.7 147.6 104.6 104.1 102.0 108.6 105.4 164.0 175.4 120.2 125.6 130.8 118.8 129.4 110.4 134.9 118.4 125.6 122.9 110.9 140.2 141.3 139.5 121.1 128.0 131.2 124.1 144.5 130.8 129.2 135.4 121.2 107.6 106.5 116.4 116.6 101.9 101.4 100.5 103.2 104.1 114.3 104.1 116.3 82.0 81.8 80.8 110.8 109.6 119.0 119.1 104.1 102.5 101.9 105.8 109.5 116.8 109.6 80.3 80.3 78.8 105.1 104.7 105.6 109.0 111.7 120.7 114.2 119.7 85.8 85.5 83.1 85.3 116.9 120.7 84.7 121.5 126.3 89.9 126.9 133.9 118.7 132.5 138.5 101.4 138.4 141.9 103.2 143.2 145.8 132.1 128.6 135.6 134.2 116.7 113.3 115.9 120.1 124.0 139.0 138.0 139.3 94.8 94.2 91.3 100.0 98.3 147.7 150.0 118.3 115.0 116.8 123.8 97.5 100.5 96.7 93.2 104.3 129.2 149.4 90.3 124.4 123.4 118.8 121.4 132.5 100.3 129.6 122.5 127.3 139.0 102.3 109.8 136.7 127.0 133.1 146.7 103.8 117.5 101.1 102.0 99.1 107.3 146.9 171.5 99.0 109.4 156.3 184.4 102.0 102.0 138.8 152.6 142.1 133.8 139.5 152.0 105.3 118.4 103.6 101.3 110.2 162.5 199.1 94.8 156.9 148.3 136.6 145.7 155.5 104.7 118.1 103.0 100.8 109.5 167.1 212.2 81.6 166.7 154.1 139.4 151.2 159.0 103.3 118.8 101.4 99.4 107.7 171.8 222.8 77.0 170.3 159.8 141.3 156.2 167.6 104.3 126.0 101.9 101.6 106.3 182.4 230.4 94.7 176.5 163.0 144.2 161.2 172.4 105.2 130.0 102.4 101.8 107.3 188.3 240.2 96.6 177.6 167.6 148.2 166.6 176.0 105.2 132.0 102.3 101.8 107.0 192.7 249.3 94.7 179.3 171.3 151.2 169.2 179.0 104.5 131.6 101.6 99.3 108.2 196.6 255.2 92.0 188.2 135.4 143.1 131.7 134.8 139.2 125.9 158.7 147.4 154.4 165.4 148.4 135.6 165.4 149.5 149.8 155.4 152.0 140.8 175.6 158.9 158.2 165.7 152.2 147.8 179.8 162.0 176.5 193.8 148.0 152.0 180.6 173.7 165.6 175.3 151.4 153.5 183.7 172.8 170.7 178.4 152.6 165.2 183.9 176.0 189.9 204.7 155.2 174.7 187.6 190.0 185.9 197.5 155.1 176.7 119.9 129.6 122.1 123.9 127.8 119.8 120.2 110.1 98.9 96.9 105.1 139.3 162.0 97.8 131.3 127.2 136.2 126.5 128.0 136.9 123.3 See footnotes at end of table. Nov. December Group 81 115.2 113.9 121.9 121.8 127.2 125.1 124.3 123.5 105.5 106.5 107.3 110.6 Table 25. Historical Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by commodity and service group and detailed expenditure categories—Continued (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) Unadjusted indexes Group December Nov. 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 133.1 134.9 145.7 105.4 127.2 121.1 132.7 131.8 133.4 132.1 105.3 104.5 135.9 107.1 117.4 112.6 121.4 120.8 122.1 106.3 106.8 103.4 110.6 108.0 116.3 112.5 124.3 101.7 142.3 144.2 157.1 110.7 134.0 126.7 141.9 140.8 143.4 140.9 110.3 110.3 150.8 154.4 156.0 172.0 117.1 141.5 134.4 154.1 149.9 153.7 149.9 114.1 116.6 167.9 169.2 169.1 189.0 123.5 150.0 140.4 169.3 160.0 165.1 159.9 119.2 122.5 186.9 182.6 181.7 206.7 127.9 153.7 148.4 182.8 169.8 174.2 173.0 123.5 129.2 203.5 194.7 191.1 218.5 132.9 160.5 152.7 195.6 179.4 185.1 183.1 128.1 133.2 221.4 205.2 197.0 225.7 136.5 164.9 156.6 207.1 187.4 194.5 191.1 130.7 137.5 238.2 215.3 202.9 233.2 139.6 166.3 164.3 218.2 196.0 203.1 201.4 135.0 143.0 251.3 223.8 206.6 237.8 141.5 167.6 168.2 227.8 203.9 212.1 210.4 138.3 144.1 262.8 - - - - - - - - 117.0 122.8 117.5 126.5 126.6 126.6 111.0 111.1 108.3 115.6 112.4 123.0 117.7 130.0 109.1 130.7 129.1 121.6 132.4 131.6 133.3 113.3 113.6 110.4 119.5 115.1 127.2 122.9 138.8 113.5 145.4 134.6 125.2 138.5 137.8 139.4 115.3 115.9 112.0 122.3 116.8 129.0 127.4 146.3 119.1 159.7 139.9 129.6 147.3 151.1 144.0 119.6 117.6 118.3 123.9 118.1 130.1 129.6 152.7 123.2 175.4 143.8 131.9 152.8 157.2 149.0 119.7 120.1 116.5 125.2 121.1 132.9 128.3 158.3 126.0 189.2 147.8 134.4 158.2 164.0 153.1 120.0 120.0 117.1 126.9 122.9 135.2 129.5 163.9 130.1 199.7 151.2 136.8 163.9 172.2 156.4 123.8 124.7 120.0 126.3 121.8 130.9 130.8 168.3 129.3 209.2 156.2 140.7 173.6 185.3 162.8 123.1 124.8 118.7 128.9 123.0 133.4 135.4 174.6 132.3 230.6 212.0 245.4 143.3 171.2 168.0 235.0 211.0 218.5 221.1 139.9 148.4 273.7 100.0 100.0 219.2 100.0 160.8 144.1 178.2 190.8 166.7 123.0 124.9 118.4 133.2 126.4 132.9 142.6 180.5 131.4 236.4 215.8 249.7 146.0 173.3 173.2 241.2 217.1 224.1 229.8 141.7 153.0 281.3 102.7 102.1 227.7 103.4 162.9 144.3 179.7 191.5 168.9 121.6 123.1 117.5 133.4 125.8 134.9 143.1 184.6 131.4 107.0 128.4 105.0 101.7 113.2 133.3 109.8 105.1 121.9 146.0 119.6 109.6 128.6 153.6 125.4 116.2 134.9 161.0 132.4 120.6 141.5 167.3 139.2 124.3 152.8 170.3 144.7 127.9 156.7 177.1 151.8 131.2 160.4 186.4 156.3 136.3 167.1 193.8 165.5 141.3 171.9 200.1 171.6 143.5 132.1 137.0 116.5 115.0 141.3 149.9 122.4 121.6 152.9 171.9 127.1 124.7 164.5 190.5 132.4 129.9 177.6 211.7 135.7 133.4 189.1 228.9 139.6 137.8 194.2 215.5 143.1 140.1 202.4 222.0 145.8 142.6 211.1 228.1 148.9 144.1 218.7 234.3 150.5 142.8 229.9 250.7 154.3 146.1 115.5 121.6 123.9 131.2 135.1 137.0 143.4 144.8 146.9 150.6 153.4 114.8 117.9 117.7 121.7 123.1 122.7 125.4 129.7 129.7 129.1 135.0 135.2 132.3 138.0 137.9 138.6 141.3 140.9 137.9 146.1 146.0 141.1 149.2 149.0 142.2 154.3 153.9 137.2 159.2 158.2 141.0 163.5 162.5 118.6 143.4 142.4 143.6 146.5 145.3 150.3 124.0 153.0 152.2 153.2 157.6 156.5 163.0 133.7 176.3 174.7 176.6 183.5 183.0 192.8 100.0 162.0 124.8 127.0 120.9 137.6 191.1 184.7 19d .8 201.4 205.1 207.3 106.3 172.4 131.9 137.5 128.0 142.4 204.2 193.8 205.3 218.5 225.7 223.7 111.0 179.8 137.2 144.4 133.2 145.9 217.5 200.4 219.0 234.0 243.5 237.0 116.7 190.3 145.1 153.9 140.4 149.7 229.2 207.4 231.1 247.8 258.9 251.6 122.2 199.4 147.9 165.9 148.6 155.2 241.8 219.0 243.7 261.6 273.7 268.2 126.9 210.0 153.5 177.6 156.6 162.4 252.9 231.1 254.8 274.3 288.3 280.5 131.6 218.3 159.3 183.6 164.0 166.6 265.8 242.4 267.8 288.3 301.8 300.6 137.0 229.5 167.4 194.0 171.7 135.4 129.5 117.2 122.9 123.0 137.2 128.2 98.7 126.7 129.7 139.6 128.4 100.5 130.7 134.5 144.5 133.0 95.2 136.5 136.9 148.1 129.2 100.8 135.1 139.1 151.5 127.6 97.0 137.5 145.3 160.1 131.1 109.0 144.4 150.1 160.7 129.1 105.0 146.4 153.9 Expenditure category Medical care.................................................................................... Medical care commodities.............................................................. Prescription drugs....................................................................... Nonprescription drugs and medical supplies 4.............................. Internal and respiratory over-the-counter drugs......................... Nonprescription medical equipment and supplies...................... Medical care services.................................................................... Professional medical services...................................................... Physicians’ services.................................................................. Dental services......................................................................... Eye care 4................................................................................. Services by other medical professionals4................................. Hospital and related services...................................................... Hospital services 9 .................................................................... Inpatient hospital services 9 .................................................... Outpatient hospital services 4 ................................................. Nursing home services 9 ........................................................... Entertainment1 ................................................................................ Entertainment commodities 1 ......................................................... Reading materials....................................................................... Newspapers 1........................................................................... Magazines, periodicals, and books 1 ......................................... Sporting goods and equipment.................................................... Sport vehicles, including bicycles.............................................. Other sporting goods................................................................ Toys, hobbies, and other entertainment1 .................................... Toys, hobbies, and music equipment1 ...................................... Photographic supplies and equipment....................................... Pet supplies and expense......................................................... Entertainment services 1................................................................ Club memberships 14 .................................................................. Fees for participant sports, excluding club memberships 14............................................................. Admissions.................................................................................. Fees for lessons or instructions4 ................................................ Other entertainment services 14.................................................. Other goods and services 3 ............................................................. Tobacco and smoking products..................................................... Personal care................................................................................ Toilet goods and personal care appliances................................. Cosmetics, bath and nail preparations, manicure and eye makeup implements................................ Other toilet goods and small personal care appliances, including hair and dental products..................... Personal care services................................................................ Beauty parlor services for females 1 ......................................... Haircuts and other barber shop services for males 1............................................................. Personal and educational expenses 1............................................. School books and supplies......................................................... Personal and educational services 1 ............................................ Tuition and other school fe e s................................................... College tuition........................................................................ Elementary and high school tuition......................................... Day care and nursery school7 ............................................... Personal expenses.................................................................... Legal service fees 4 ............................................................... Personal financial services 4 ................................................... Funeral expenses 4 ................................................................ Special indexes Domestically produced farm food..................................................... Selected beef cuts........................................................................... Motor fuel, motor oil, coolant, and other products 1 ......................... Utilities and public transportation..................................................... Housekeeping and home maintenance services 1............................. - - 136.2 105.2 104.1 103.9 143.1 109.9 111.3 108.2 129.2 164.0 164.0 164.2 170.0 169.1 177.4 151.4 116.8 117.9 113.4 112.7 107.6 82.3 110.1 111.9 119.4 112.0 80.8 113.9 116.2 127.4 119.6 86.2 117.1 118.1 6 7 8 9 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base. Indexes on a December 1990=100 base. Indexes on a December 1993=100 base. Indexes on a December 1996=100 base. Data not available. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. 1 This index series will no longer appear in its present form after December, 1997. See Table X for a comparable index series. 2 Indexes on a December 1982=100 base. 3 This index series will undergo a change in composition in January, 1998. 4 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base. 5 Indexes on a December 1983=100 base. 82 Table 26. Historical Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by commodity and service group and detailed expenditure categories (1 9 8 2 -8 4 = 1 0 0 , unless otherwise noted) Percent change from previous December 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 3.1 1.2 2.5 .3 -1.0 3.4 -3.2 2.4 4.6 3.9 4.6 2.5 8.0 6.2 2.9 2.0 1.6 2.3 2.3 1.2 2.9 2.5 3.6 2.9 2.8 3.6 7.0 5.3 2.7 1.5 2.7 .6 -.7 .8 -1.5 2.7 3.8 3.0 2.7 4.8 5.9 5.1 2.7 2.3 2.7 2.0 1.3 -1.9 3.0 2.9 2.9 2.9 .7 2.5 5.4 4.0 2.5 1.4 2.1 1.0 .5 -.1 .9 1.7 3.5 3.5 2.0 3.0 4.4 4.4 3.3 3.2 4.2 2.5 3.8 -.5 5.9 .7 3.3 2.9 3.5 4.4 3.2 3.9 1.8 .6 1.5 .1 1.2 3.6 .1 -1.5 2.8 3.2 2.3 1.1 2.6 3.8 6.3 6.5 6.6 5.9 7.4 11.6 14.7 8.5 6.2 5.4 18.1 5.2 5.2 3.4 35.4 6.0 3.3 2.7 2.8 2.7 .8 -.2 -1.6 .8 5.1 4.2 -7.4 3.9 4.4 4.0 -16.1 4.6 3.2 3.0 2.9 2.7 2.4 2.4 2.8 1.9 4.4 3.3 2.0 3.0 3.3 2.5 1.2 3.7 2.7 2.6 2.6 2.6 .6 -.5 -1.1 1.1 4.4 3.5 -1.4 3.1 3.2 1.6 -5.1 3.9 2.6 2.5 2.4 2.5 1.9 1.3 2.7 2.0 2.9 2.6 2.2 2.6 2.6 1.4 5.2 3.2 2.7 2.3 2.3 2.5 1.1 .7 1.1 1.4 3.4 3.3 -1.3 2.9 3.0 1.7 -3.3 3.6 3.1 3.4 3.4 3.3 2.6 3.8 5.6 4.0 3.8 3.4 8.6 2.9 2.6 1.1 13.8 3.3 1.9 1.4 1.6 1.8 .2 1.3 .3 1.4 2.5 2.8 -1.3 2.1 2.3 .9 -4.8 2.9 5.3 5.3 5.8 4.6 5.3 2.3 7.3 2.2 4.4 3.8 4.7 5.9 3.1 7.9 8.8 11.3 8.9 7.7 10.3 9.7 9.6 6.6 10.0 16.7 17.0 15.2 18.5 16.4 10.1 1.5 .2 2.3 1.6 3.8 -.5 5.0 -4.6 2.5 1.9 1.3 3.5 3.5 -.4 4.8 2.9 3.5 1.5 3.4 4.8 4.1 -1.5 -1.3 -2.1 -1.0 -1.4 1.2 -.6 -.2 -3.0 -.9 -6.1 -11.6 -4.5 -4.9 -5.3 .8 .4 -.5 1.2 -.2 1.3 -.5 1.8 -4.0 1.6 1.5 1.5 4.0 3.8 5.4 3.9 2.1 4.2 4.1 5.2 2.3 4.9 .4 .8 .2 .8 -.6 1.1 1.9 .0 1.3 2.3 -.9 -3.5 2.5 -1.7 -1.5 .2 2.7 4.2 1.6 3.1 1.1 1.4 1.0 -4.7 2.7 2.9 3.5 3.7 3.4 -.2 4.7 2.2 3.7 6.9 3.0 3.5 2.0 3.8 4.1 3.7 3.7 3.9 2.5 .6 2.6 6.6 3.8 4.5 11.7 4.5 1.6 3.3 2.6 5.5 4.4 7.2 3.4 4.4 2.4 4.9 -1.4 2.7 2.9 3.5 3.3 3.1 1.8 2.4 5.9 3.5 2.7 4.6 3.7 3.2 -.5 -.6 -1.6 -2.2 -4.3 -1.7 -.2 -1.2 -1.3 -.8 -2.3 -2.0 -4.8 -1.7 -.8 .7 -.5 -1.3 -2.5 6.1 5.2 . 1.4 6.2 .3 2.1 2.1 2.0 3.2 2.5 6.3 1.6 2.4 3.5 5.5 4.5 1.4 3.0 4.1 3.0 2.6 -.1 -1.7 1.0 -2.0 -2.0 -1.8 2.3 7.3 13.4 5.3 7.0 6.2 3.0 4.2 3.9 4.9 3.0 3.1 .8 3.7 25.0 4.2 4.3 4.9 3.7 -1.2 7.5 -4.2 .8 6.0 8.3 5.3 4.2 6.0 5.6 5.2 5.2 2.4 1.6 3.2 5.8 3.7 4.3 1.7 11.3 24.0 6.7 9.2 9.9 3.4 7.9 9.3 7.5 6.4 1.7 .8 2.0 12.0 1.5 1.4 .9 1.3 1.5 -.3 1.0 4.2 1.2 1.9 2.1 .8 .2 -.5 .3 .1 -.6 -.9 -3.3 -3.2 -2.3 -.5 1.1 .1 1.2 -1.5 -.9 1.3 2.1 -.3 1.9 -2.0 .3 2.2 3.0 1.9 -10.9 1987 1988 1989 1990 Commodity and service group All items................................................................... Commodities.......................................................... Food and beverages........................................... Commodities less food and beverages................ Nondurables less food and beverages.............. Apparel commodities 1.................................... Nondurables less food, beverages,and apparel Durables........................................................... Services ................................................................ Rent of shelter.................................................... Household services less rent of shelter1............. Transportation services....................................... Medical care services.......................................... Other services..................................................... 4.4 4.6 3.5 5.2 7.5 4.9 9.1 2.1 4.3 4.9 1.4 4.3 5.6 5.2 4.4 3.8 5.1 3.1 3.7 4.8 3.0 2.5 4.8 4.5 3.5 6.0 6.9 5.6 4.6 4.1 5.5 3.3 4.8 .7 7.2 1.2 5.1 4.9 2.4 4.9 8.6 6.5 6.1 6.6 5.3 7.5 12.3 5.0 16.2 .9 5.7 5.3 2.7 8.2 9.9 6.5 Special indexes All items less food.................................................... All items less shelter................................................ All items less homeowners’ costs 1.......................... All items less medical care....................................... Commodities less food............................................. Nondurables less food.............................................. Nondurables less food and apparel.......................... Nondurables............................................................. Services less rent of shelter..................................... Services less medical care services .......................... Energy..................................................................... All items less energy........................... ..................... All items less food and energy............................... Commodities less food and energy commodities... Energy commodities ......................................... Services less energy services.............................. 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 17.8 4.5 4.2 4.3 4.3 4.2 3.2 3.7 3.1 4.4 5.2 4.6 .5 4.7 4.7 4.0 -2.3 5.0 4.5 4.6 4.5 4.5 3.3 4.7 6.8 5.2 5.1 4.7 5.1 4.6 4.4 2.7 7.9 5.3 Expenditure category Food and beverages................................................ Food..................................................................... Food at home...................................................... Cereals and bakery products ............................ Cereals and cereal products........................... Flour and prepared flour mixes.................... Cereal.......................................................... Rice, pasta, and cornmeal ........................... Bakery products.............................................. White bread................................................. Fresh other bread, biscuits, rolls, and muffins Cookies, fresh cakes, and cupcakes............ Other bakery products................................. Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs........................... Meats, poultry, and fish .................................. Meats........................................................... Beef and veal............................................ Ground beef other than canned .............. Chuck roast1 .......................................... Round roast1.......................................... Round steak 1......................................... Sirloin steak 1.......................................... Other beef and veal 1.............................. Pork ..................... ..................................... Bacon ...................................................... Chops ..................................................... Ham ....................................................... Other pork, including sausage 1............... Other meats............................................... Poultry......................................................... Fresh whole chicken................................. Fresh and frozen chicken parts.................. Other poultry 1........................................... Fish and seafood......................................... Canned fish and seafood .......................... Fresh and frozen fish and seafood 1 .......... Eggs.............................................................. 3.5 3.5 3.5 4.1 4.9 1.3 6.0 4.7 3.8 4.4 3.4 4.1 3.4 1.1 2.3 3.6 6.7 5.8 5.1 6.0 6.9 9.5 7.5 -1.8 -4.3 -1.8 -2.6 .1 4.2 -9.3 -11.0 -8.5 -7.6 10.0 10.2 9.9 -17.6 5.1 5.2 5.6 8.4 9.6 6.9 9.6 11.4 7.8 11.0 9.6 6.3 5.0 5.3 4.6 2.1 5.6 2.5 7.0 5.1 3.5 7.0 8.9 -3.1 -10.4 .3 -1.9 -2.6 .9 17.9 21.6 18.7 9.2 4.2 13.5 1.6 16.5 5.5 5.6 6.2 7.5 7.3 7.2 9.8 1.4 7.5 6.1 6.9 8.0 8.9 6.6 5.0 6.5 6.5 7.4 9.8 6.4 6.2 2.2 6.3 6.9 8.4 7.8 5.2 6.8 5.7 .6 -.5 -1.0 6.9 3.0 -4.3 5.3 35.4 See footnotes at end of table. Nov. December Group 83 1991 Table 26. Historical Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by commodity and service group and detailed expenditure categories—Continued (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) Percent change from previous December December Group Expenditure category Dairy products................................................................. Fresh milk and cream 1 ............................................... Fresh whole milk .............................................. ........ Other fresh milk and cream 1................................... Processed dairy products 1 ......................................... Cheese ....................................................................... Ice cream and related products............................... Other dairy products, including butter1 ................... Fruits and vegetables2................................................... Fresh fruits and vegetables........................................ Fresh fruits ................................................................ Apples ..................................................................... Bananas .................................................................. Oranges, including tangerines 1 ............................. Other fresh fruits 1 .................................................. Fresh vegetables....................................................... Potatoes.................................................................. Lettuce .................................................................... Tomatoes................................................................ Other fresh vegetables ...................... .................... Processed fruits and vegetables 1 .............................. Processed fruits 1...................................................... Fruit juices and frozen fru it1 ................................. Canned and dried fruits 1 ....................................... Processed vegetables 1 ............................................ Frozen vegetables 1................................................ Processed vegetables excluding frozen 1 .............................................................. Other food at hom e........................................................ Sugar and sweets........................................................ Sugar and artificial sweeteners................................. Sweets, including candy 1......................................... Fats and o ils ................................................................ Nonalcoholic beverages.............................................. Carbonated drinks..................................................... Coffee......................................................................... Other noncarbonated drinks 1 .................................. Other prepared fo o d .................................................... Canned and packaged so u p .................................... Frozen prepared fo o d ............................................... Snacks ....................................................................... Seasonings, condiments, sauces, and spices......... Miscellaneous prepared food, including baby food 1 Food away from hom e...................................................... Lunch 1 ........................................................................... Dinner1........................................................................... Other meals and snacks 1 ............................................. Alcoholic beverages............................................................ Alcoholic beverages at home........................................... Beer and a le ................................................................... W ine................................................................................ Distilled spirits................................................................. Alcoholic beverages away from hom e............................. 1987 1988 1989 1.7 1.6 1.4 2.2 1.8 2.4 1.4 .7 12.8 17.9 10.5 -11.4 17.0 14.4 16.0 25.5 -.1 10.4 14.1 4.6 5.8 6.7 3.0 3.0 3.0 4.4 4.7 5.1 4.0 4.1 5.2 3.4 2.0 6.2 3.7 13.4 27.8 7.9 14.3 10.3 -5.1 23.8 -36.1 -10.8 2.5 10.8 10.8 12.6 3.9 10.8 4.3 10.3 11.6 11.7 11.4 9.2 12.7 7.2 1.2 4.4 5.4 8.1 -5.8 5.8 -4.1 16.1 2.6 8.9 -22.1 12.9 4.8 2.5 .6 .1 3.2 5.0 7.1 3.1 2.4 2.4 2.4 3.8 4.6 4.4 .0 7.2 8.2 10.6 21.6 4.6 10.3 8.9 5.5 -4.4 11.9 -7.7 11.4 5.4 7.5 8.8 2.4 2.6 3.1 2.9 .9 1.6 1.2 1.9 1.7 -3.5 1.6 -14.3 2.3 4.2 6.1 5.8 3.1 2.8 4.7 3.7 3.9 3.5 3.3 3.3 2.3 2.1 3.8 1.2 4.6 14.2 4.8 5.1 7.8 4.1 10.0 2.9 1.3 5.8 2.8 5.0 3.6 4.7 4.8 4.5 6.1 4.4 4.6 4.4 4.4 3.9 2.3 2.8 1.6 1.9 6.0 3.9 4.2 3.8 4.4 3.5 2.6 3.0 5.0 -1.0 4.1 5.7 7.5 5.4 4.1 5.6 6.8 4.6 5.0 4.2 4.8 4.8 4.3 4.7 3.5 4.4 5.3 2.5 4.2 4.4 2.9 5.0 7.7 1.9 .9 1.5 5.2 5.2 5.9 3.4 3.9 6.2 6.0 4.5 4.5 4.0 5.5 4.2 3.8 3.6 2.6 4.9 4.7 - See footnotes at end of table. 84 1990 1991 Nov. 1992 1993 0.6 -.2 -.4 .0 1.4 1.8 1.2 .3 4.4 7.6 10.2 12.1 .0 22.3 8.9 4.7 -3.7 11.9 -3.9 7.5 -1.4 -2.3 -4.1 4.9 -.4 .6 1.3 2.5 1.8 3.4 .2 .2 .4 -.2 2.2 2.5 -3.6 -9.3 -3.1 -16.1 1.0 10.2 6.4 7.6 55.3 2.5 1.3 2.5 2.7 1.7 -.2 .7 0.9 2.1 2.2 2.1 -.5 -.6 .7 -1.9 6.6 9.3 13.0 8.3 2.7 13.2 15.8 5.3 20.3 -16.9 2.0 7.3 1.4 -.8 -1.4 1.7 4.3 4.0 -.9 1.5 3.6 .0 4.8 -1.3 -.5 1.0 -5.2 2.5 3.0 6.0 1.6 1.3 4.0 3.4 2.9 3.0 2.7 3.0 9.9 11.6 11.8 14.0 9.2 8.2 -.5 .9 .9 1.0 1.0 -.7 -.2 1.6 -5.3 2.0 2.2 5.7 .5 -.2 4.1 1.9 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.5 2.9 2.1 2.8 1.5 1.4 3.8 4.3 2.0 .9 1.1 .8 .8 2.2 1.7 5.4 -.5 2.6 4.4 -.1 2.9 2.6 3.5 1.9 2.0 1.8 1.8 1.5 .5 .3 .5 .9 2.6 1994 1995 1996 1997 1.1 .7 .4 1.1 1.5 1.0 3.5 .4 8.3 11.9 3.7 -2.2 12.1 .7 4.6 21.6 -6.5 79.8 18.5 21.1 .5 -.3 -.6 .7 1.4 .8 2.6 1.9 2.0 1.7 3.3 2.2 2.6 8.5 -1.3 -3.1 5.2 15.0 2.4 15.7 1.4 -11.4 13.7 -37.0 3.9 -15.2 2.8 3.6 3.5 3.9 1.8 2.9 10.1 11.4 10.9 12.1 8.6 8.0 7.7 12.2 5.2 4.8 12.0 3.5 7.5 -3.4 18.3 -3.8 -8.6 7.2 -20.3 1.5 6.3 6.7 7.4 4.2 5.8 2.4 -1.1 -1.9 -1.6 -2.2 -.2 -1.9 -.1 5.0 1.2 1.6 -6.8 -1.5 -2.2 3.0 -10.4 13.2 8.8 39.7 16.1 8.2 .5 .3 -.1 2.0 .8 3.1 1.7 6.0 .9 1.8 .5 3.7 14.7 -.3 55.4 .9 2.2 4.1 .2 1.8 2.4 3.0 1.9 1.8 2.0 2.0 1.0 -.1 -.1 -1.4 .8 2.4 1.3 1.2 3.0 4.2 2.6 2.5 -1.7 2.9 -9.6 2.3 2.7 3.4 .6 3.4 3.9 2.0 2.2 2.3 2.2 2.3 2.0 .9 .6 1.6 .9 3.2 7.6 2.2 4.5 3.4 4.9 2.3 -2.0 -.4 -6.7 2.7 4.5 4.8 4.6 5.8 4.5 3.5 3.1 3.0 2.8 3.7 3.6 3.4 2.9 6.2 2.1 3.8 -.4 2.9 1.9 .5 2.4 -.2 6.1 -.4 19.4 1.4 1.6 2.0 -.3 1.9 1.5 2.3 2.3 2.4 2.4 2.1 2.0 .9 -.9 3.1 2.4 3.3 Table 26. Historical Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by commodity and service group and detailed expenditure categories—Continued (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) Percent change from previous December Expenditure category Housing 2 ...................................................................................... Shelter........................................................................................ Renters’ costs 1....................................................................... Rent, residential .................................................................... Other renters’ costs 1 ........................................................... Lodging while out of tow n.................................................. Lodging while at school..................................................... Tenants’ insurance 1 .......................................................... Homeowners’ costs 1 .............................................................. Owners’ equivalent re n t....................................................... 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 2 ............................................................. F uels......................................................................................... Fuel oil and other household fuel commodities.................. Fuel o i l ................................................................................ Other household fuel commodities................................... Gas (piped) and electricity (energy services)...................... Electricity............................................................................ Utility (piped) g a s................................................................ Other utilities and public services 1 ........................................ Telephone services 1 ............................................................ Local charges 1................................................................... Interstate toll c a lls.............................................................. Intrastate toll ca lls.............................................................. Water and sewerage maintenance...................................... Cable television..................................................................... Refuse collection................................................................... Household furnishings and operation 2 ..................................... Housefurnishings 1 ................................................................... Textile housefurnishings 1 ..................................................... Furniture and bedding.......................................................... Bedroom furniture............................................................... Sofas 1 ................................................................................ Living room chairs and tables 1 ......................................... Other furniture 1 .................................................................. Appliances, including electronic equipment1 ...................... Video and audio products 1................................................ Televisions....................................................................... Video products other than televisions 1.......................... Audio products 1 .............................................................. Major household appliances 1 ........................................... Refrigerators and home freezers 1 ................................. Laundry equipment.......................................................... Stoves, ovens, dishwashers, and air conditioners 1 ...... Information processing equipment.................................... Other housefurnishings 1 ....................................................... Floor and window coverings, infants’, laundry, cleaning, and outdoor equipment1............................... Clocks, lamps, and decor item s........................................ 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 ................................ Indoor plants and fresh cut flowers................................... Housekeeping supplies........................................................... Laundry and cleaning products, including soap 1 ............... Household paper products and stationery supplies............ Other household, lawn, and garden supplies 1 ................... Housekeeping services 1........................................... .............. Postage.................................................................................. Appliance and furniture repair1............................................ Gardening and other household services 1 ......................... 1987 1988 1989 1990 3.7 4.8 3.9 4.0 4.1 3.9 6.2 3.6 5.3 5.3 3.8 3.3 4.3 2.0 2.2 1.6 1.6 1.4 12.9 17.9 2.6 .2 1.8 -2.9 1.9 -1.3 3.3 -12.4 -3.0 5.2 9.5 10.2 1.1 .4 .2 2.1 .2 4.5 2.2 2.4 -2.7 -3.7 -4.4 4.0 4.5 3.9 3.6 4.8 4.5 6.6 3.3 4.7 4.8 3.5 2.2 1.5 3.0 2.5 3.6 2.9 2.4 -4.6 -6.3 -.3 3.2 2.8 3.6 3.8 1.3 4.5 -4.2 -4.2 6.1 10.6 7.9 3.1 2.5 5.8 3.5 4.7 .8 3.3 4.0 .7 -1.4 -1.4 4.5 5.2 6.7 4.1 14.4 15.8 6.3 1.5 4.7 4.8 1.9 3.6 5.5 .9 2.1 -.2 4.0 4.3 28.6 29.9 25.9 1.5 1.4 1.8 3.5 -.4 1.0 -3.7 -2.2 6.2 13.1 9.8 1.8 .6 2.5 1.1 -1.3 .4 5.5 1.9 -2.4 -3.6 -3.6 -9.5 -1.1 -.3 -1.0 1.2 -1.1 -2.6 2.0 1992 1993 1994 3.4 3.9 4.2 2.9 8.1 8.5 5.8 2.1 3.7 3.7 2.6 3.5 1.9 5.9 4.1 7.4 2.9 .9 -17.0 -19.9 -9.6 3.5 5.0 .3 5.7 3.5 5.1 1.3 -1.5 7.8 8.6 11.5 2.3 .9 1.9 1.0 4.1 .6 -2.2 -.3 -1.7 -.8 -1.1 -5.5 1.8 -2.1 -1.7 -1.5 -3.0 -4.1 3.0 2.6 2.9 2.8 2.3 4.1 3.8 7.3 2.9 2.9 3.0 3.1 .9 2.9 -1.9 1.0 -4.3 2.3 2.3 -3.1 -3.4 -2.4 2.8 1.7 5.1 2.4 -.3 .5 -1.3 -2.4 6.6 3.7 8.5 1.6 1.5 -1.9 4.5 6.1 3.4 3.6 3.8 -1.6 -1.8 -1.2 -3.4 -1.5 .5 .7 .7 .2 -6.1 2.1 2.7 3.0 2.6 2.2 3.7 3.8 2.8 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.3 -1.3 -3.3 1.8 1.4 2.2 2.5 1.7 -3.8 -4.6 -2.0 2.2 .6 5.8 3.6 1.8 1.0 6.5 .2 4.8 7.0 5.2 1.8 1.5 6.6 3.6 5.3 -1.5 7.7 3.1 -.8 -.8 -1.7 -2.0 .4 1.5 4.4 .8 .1 -7.6 .0 2.2 3.0 2.3 2.5 1.6 1.3 4.2 4.1 3.3 3.3 4.3 4.0 4.7 2.7 1.7 3.5 .2 -.5 .1 .0 .4 -.6 .6 -3.2 1.2 .7 -.3 5.4 -1.0 4.2 -2.6 5.0 .4 .0 -3.6 1.6 -1.9 6.6 .5 2.9 -1.2 -2.1 -1.4 -6.6 -1.0 3.6 4.9 3.3 2.4 -9.1 .4 3.0 3.5 3.0 2.5 4.3 4.3 4.3 2.2 3.7 3.7 1.9 2.9 3.7 1.8 -.4 3.7 1.4 .7 1.4 1.5 .8 .8 2.7 -3.6 2.2 1.2 2.6 .1 -3.8 2.9 4.1 2.9 2.5 .7 .5 4.2 2.3 10.3 5.9 1.6 -3.9 -3.9 -4.0 -6.7 -2.6 -1.8 -1.9 -.7 -2.7 -10.7 .8 2.9 2.9 3.4 2.8 4.9 5.1 4.0 2.5 2.8 2.8 2.6 3.6 4.2 2.7 4.9 .9 4.6 5.6 23.1 23.3 22.9 3.8 .7 11.0 3.4 2.1 .9 3.7 6.1 3.5 7.8 1.8 1.0 -.1 -.7 1.0 3.4 1.8 -1.1 -.9 -1.9 -2.2 -5.3 -.6 -.6 1.4 2.2 3.1 -.7 -11.6 .3 2.4 3.1 3.8 2.9 6.3 6.5 4.9 3.3 2.9 2.8 2.8 2.4 3.9 .1 -.6 .7 1.3 .5 -12.4 -12.3 -12.8 2.0 1.0 4.3 2.3 .3 1.0 -4.5 3.1 3.8 6.8 2.0 .2 -1.2 -1.6 -.4 -.2 -.3 .1 -1.0 -3.5 -3.1 -3.2 -7.8 -1.4 -2.1 -3.7 -.4 -2.3 -11.7 -.3 1991 1995 1996 1997 - - 1.8 2.2 3.9 4.9 4.5 4.2 5.5 5.4 7.4 2.4 5.1 5.1 2.6 3.2 3.2 3.0 4.4 2.0 3.2 3.9 15.5 19.5 5.9 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.2 -.3 .6 -1.3 -2.6 6.6 3.8 9.7 1.0 -.4 -.3 -1.4 -2.1 -.7 -.4 -1.6 -1.8 -.5 -1.3 -4.9 2.6 -1.4 1.3 -1.0 -3.3 -7.3 1.8 5.5 1.7 1.3 1.3 -.6 3.0 2.6 -.3 4.5 6.5 1.8 -3.1 7.3 -.2 1.3 1.9 -1.9 4.6 6.9 .0 2.1 2.1 1.4 .1 2.6 -1.7 .8 3.7 .4 -.3 .5 .5 4.7 3.7 -3.4 .7 2.4 -4.2 .9 2.4 -.4 2.6 3.9 -.4 -1.6 1.6 -2.8 -.9 -.4 7.0 1.8 4.2 .3 .7 5.8 16.1 4.3 2.1 1.0 5.6 -.2 -.4 .2 -.6 3.8 .0 6.9 4.9 -3.4 -2.7 1.9 -.1 2.3 3.7 2.2 .0 2.5 1.8 -2.1 3.7 .8 1.5 .2 .5 1.4 .0 1.0 .6 -3.6 1.3 5.2 1.5 10.6 3.9 4.5 10.3 4.4 1.9 1.6 .7 1.1 2.8 .7 -.2 3.3 .0 3.5 5.2 -.3 -8.2 1.4 1.7 . .6 2.0 2.4 .0 1.6 1.3 - 1.0 -1.2 .9 -1.3 -2.8 - 2.9 4.6 .7 3.2 1.8 .0 3.1 4.9 - -.4 3.6 1.6 4.2 4.8 - 4.0 4.2 5.8 2.2 4.0 13.5 2.7 4.1 See footnotes at end of table. Nov. December Group 85 - - 5.6 4.6 5.5 7.0 1.5 .0 1.9 3.7 3.2 4.0 3.8 1.6 4.0 .0 3.4 4.0 Table 26. Historical Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by commodity and service group and detailed expenditure categories—Continued (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) Percent change from previous December Group Expenditure category Apparel and upkeep....................................................... Apparel commodities 1................................................. Apparel commodities less footwear........................... Men’s and boys’ ...................................................... Men’s ................................................................... Suits, sport coats, coats, and jackets................. Furnishings and special clothing......................... Shirts 1............................................................... Dungarees, jeans, and trousers.......................... Boys’ ...... ............................................................. Women’s and girls’ ................................................. Women’s .............................................................. Coats and jackets............................................... Dresses ............................................................. Separates and sportswear1................................ Underwear, nightwear, hosiery, and accessories 1 Suits 1................................................................ Girls’ .................................................................... Infants’ and toddlers’ ............................................... Other apparel commodities 1................................... Sewing materials, notions, and luggage................. Watches and jewelry............................................. Watches............................................................ Jewelry.............................................................. Footwear................................................................... Men’s ..................................................................... Boys’ and girls’ ....................................................... Women’s ............................. ................................... Apparel services 1........................................................ Laundry and dry cleaning other than coin operated 1 .. Other apparel services 1 ............................................ 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..................................................... Used cars.................................................................. Motor fuel.................................................................. Gasoline ................................................................. Gasoline, unleaded regular................................... Gasoline, unleaded midgrade............................... Gasoline, unleaded premium................................ Automobile maintenance and repair........................... Body w ork.............................................................. Automobile drive train, brake, and miscellaneous mechanical repair1 ............... Maintenance and servicing...................................... Power plant repair1 ................................................ Other private transportation 1..................................... Other private transportation commodities 1 .............. Motor oil, coolant, and other products.................. Automobile parts and equipment.......................... Tires................................................................... Other parts and equipment1.............................. Other private transportation services 1..................... Automobile insurance........................................... Automobile finance charges 1............................... Automobile fees 1 ................................................. Automobile registration, licensing, and inspection fees 1..................................... Other automobile-related fees 1.......................... Public transportation..................................................... Airline fares............................................................... Other intercity transportation...................................... Intracity public transportation..................................... December 1987 1988 1989 1990 4.8 4.9 5.1 3.1 4.0 3.4 .6 6.4 5.8 -.5 5.9 6.0 4.5 13.3 5.1 .5 10.2 4.8 2.4 8.4 2.7 9.7 3.4 11.5 3.8 2.6 7.0 3.3 3.9 5.2 2.6 6.1 6.5 1.8 1.8 1.9 1.4 .5 3.2 4.1 1.3 4.1 8.9 18.7 18.6 18.5 15.6 3.8 5.5 4.7 4.8 4.6 6.0 6.1 9.2 3.3 6.3 4.8 4.9 3.5 2.9 .5 3.0 2.1 5.8 5.3 6.4 2.4 7.0 6.3 7.2 4.4 7.9 5.9 7.0 4.3 5.8 4.4 5.4 3.3 3.0 2.9 2.2 2.1 2.2 1.1 1.4 2.5 5.2 2.2 5.3 3.4 -2.1 -1.8 -2.5 1.0 .7 .7 1.3 1.9 2.2 3.3 .2 1.8 -1.0 -.1 .2 4.2 -.8 -.5 1.7 -2.2 -1.0 -1.7 3.1 1.8 3.3 -.2 4.3 1.1 2.3 3.3 -.7 3.6 3.9 3.4 4.0 3.9 2.4 2.3 1.0 2.1 3.6 3.0 2.0 3.3 4.2 -.4 6.8 6.5 5.5 5.1 5.0 5.3 2.9 3.2 2.8 2.0 4.1 4.5 1.4 6.1 6.6 7.6 7.0 6.1 4.3 11.8 3.5 8.9 6.5 6.8 6.5 2.5 7.5 3.2 3.0 3.7 3.2 6.8 5.4 8.5 10.4 9.8 2.0 1.4 .4 1.7 1.6 1.5 2.5 4.2 2.8 -2.2 36.5 36.8 38.9 - - -.7 3.9 4.6 6.1 4.4 6.0 32.0 4.4 3.4 -14.6 4.5 2.5 1.8 3.5 2.7 3.1 4.0 3.6 4.7 1.8 -2.0 2.1 1.4 2.7 5.4 5.8 5.9 3.5 4.3 3.3 3.9 7.0 2.9 9.6 2.3 4.0 .8 7.8 8.4 8.3 5.5 5.0 3.1 4.9 4.9 2.0 -.3 2.2 2.3 2.1 5.5 5.9 4.3 5.7 5.5 3.7 4.6 5.5 1.5 7.0 .9 -.1 2.0 6.4 7.5 .0 9.9 4.0 5.4 4.8 3.6 1.4 .8 1.6 2.3 .7 4.0 8.0 -7.1 2.8 1.7 5.2 1.8 1.6 2.0 2.4 6.1 5.1 3.6 3.3 7.1 2.9 6.4 5.1 4.1 5.3 1.7 2.1 17.2 3.0 17.2 22.7 6.6 7.7 4.2 1.4 -3.0 -6.0 2.4 3.8 See footnotes at end of table. 86 - 1991 3.4 3.4 3.6 2.9 3.1 2.4 2.0 4.1 3.4 2.8 4.0 3.1 3.3 -2.4 4.1 2.3 10.1 8.8 2.9 3.5 2.0 3.9 3.4 3.9 2.9 3.0 -.2 4.1 3.4 3.0 3.6 -1.5 -1.4 3.2 3.3 4.1 2.3 3.6 3.7 2.7 3.0 5.4 2.6 -16.0 -16.2 -16.7 - Nov. 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1.4 1.2 .9 1.0 1.3 1.1 1.1 1.1 2.5 -1.0 .5 .3 4.2 2.1 -1.3 .7 .9 2.1 1.2 2.6 1.4 2.8 -1.2 3.8 2.7 2.7 -1.0 4.4 3.3 3.2 3.5 3.0 2.7 2.3 2.3 2.7 .7 2.1 1.7 3.6 2.5 4.0 7.4 1.8 2.0 1.9 0.9 .8 .7 .3 .0 3.5 -.5 -2.8 -1.1 1.8 1.2 2.0 4.4 -2.7 2.9 1.4 4.3 -3.3 -2.8 1.2 -1.3 1.7 5.3 .9 .6 .2 .5 .7 2.7 3.2 2.3 2.4 1.5 3.3 2.8 3.5 3.2 2.1 3.0 1.8 4.6 7.2 8.0 -5.4 -5.9 -6.7 -4.7 3.1 2.9 -1.6 -1.9 -1.8 -1.7 -1.4 -1.0 -.2 -2.7 -1.6 -3.3 -3.8 -4.4 -9.7 -11.1 -3.5 1.1 .3 -.7 3.3 4.3 .0 5.0 5.0 5.1 -1.7 -.8 1.0 -3.6 1.7 1.8 1.4 3.8 4.9 3.3 3.2 3.3 4.3 3.4 1.9 2.8 3.7 7.9 8.8 5.9 6.4 7.2 5.3 5.2 2.8 3.8 0.1 -.1 -.2 .6 .1 -1.7 -2.2 3.7 1.0 2.7 -.8 -1.0 3.8 1.4 -2.9 2.0 -5.0 .4 -2.0 1.4 9.1 .0 4.8 -1.1 .4 -.5 1.5 .6 .8 .8 1.0 1.5 1.3 1.9 1.6 1.9 1.6 1.4 1.2 2.1 2.8 5.1 4.4 -4.0 -4.2 -4.4 -4.5 -4.8 2.5 3.5 -0.2 -.5 -.9 1.4 1.6 -.3 3.8 1.9 1.7 .5 -1.1 -.9 2.1 -5.8 -.2 1.5 -3.9 -2.9 -1.4 -4.7 -3.4 -5.0 -6.1 -4.7 1.5 -.4 4.2 1.5 2.4 3.6 1.0 4.4 3.7 1.8 1.6 .9 3.2 .8 2.0 2.6 2.2 3.8 -1.6 12.7 12.4 13.4 11.7 10.9 3.1 4.6 3.4 3.6 3.8 4.1 4.0 4.0 6.7 3.8 1.2 4.7 4.5 5.2 7.2 3.1 5.0 2.2 14.2 .3 -.7 1.4 -2.6 2.2 2.0 2.2 2.7 1.3 2.7 3.5 1.2 .7 1.8 -.9 -.8 -1.0 -1.2 -1.8 -1.1 -.7 -2.1 -1.5 -.1 1.4 -5.1 -3.7 -3.5 -3.9 -3.4 -3.4 2.1 4.0 4.4 2.1 4.4 2.3 -.6 -.3 -.6 -.5 -.6 2.8 6.6 -13.9 6.2 3.9 2.0 3.8 2.3 -1.3 .6 -1.6 -1.4 -1.6 2.8 5.0 -5.6 2.2 3.7 1.4 3.3 5.4 1.0 6.1 .5 2.2 -1.3 6.2 3.4 23.0 3.6 2.0 2.1 3.2 2.9 .9 3.2 .5 .2 .9 3.2 4.3 2.0 .6 2.8 2.8 3.3 2.1 .0 1.5 -.1 .0 -.3 2.3 3.8 -2.0 1.0 2.2 2.0 1.6 1.7 -.7 -.3 -.7 -2.5 1.1 2.0 2.4 -2.9 5.0 6.2 6.3 5.6 6.6 .1 5.0 2.4 2.0 11.6 17.0 -2.8 2.8 .4 7.2 -6.2 -9.5 2.3 1.0 1.7 -.5 3.1 1.8 .8 7.6 .1 1.9 11.2 14.7 1.7 5.8 2.0 8.0 -2.1 -3.5 -.1 1.1 - - Table 26. Historical Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by commodity and service group and detailed expenditure categories—Continued (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) Percent change from previous December Nov. December Group 1987 1988 1989 1990 5.8 7.1 8.0 5.4 6.1 3.9 5.6 6.3 6.3 7.2 5.3 4.5 7.0 7.1 4.0 3.8 3.7 4.6 2.7 3.6 3.0 4.2 3.8 4.5 6.3 2.2 4.3 1.7 7.0 6.8 5.0 1.7 6.1 7.9 3.3 2.8 6.9 6.9 7.8 5.0 5.3 4.6 6.9 6.8 7.5 6.7 4.7 5.6 11.0 9.2 4.6 4.4 4.2 4.8 3.7 4.4 4.0 4.7 4.5 4.1 5.8 4.6 4.6 7.3 5.8 3.8 4.6 3.3 7.0 9.4 5.1 5.7 8.5 8.2 9.5 5.8 5.6 6.1 8.6 6.5 7.2 6.4 3.4 5.7 11.3 11.7 5.1 3.5 4.7 3.9 5.3 2.1 2.3 1.9 3.4 2.4 3.4 4.4 6.8 4.0 7.7 9.5 8.9 4.3 8.2 14.7 3.8 2.5 9.6 8.4 9.9 5.5 6.0 4.5 9.9 6.7 7.4 6.7 4.5 5.1 11.3 11.2 4.3 3.0 4.6 4.7 4.6 1.8 2.0 1.4 2.3 1.5 1.4 3.7 5.4 4.9 5.5 5.2 4.8 6.0 7.6 10.8 4.2 4.2 1995 1996 1997 1992 1993 1994 7.9 7.5 9.4 3.6 2.5 5.7 8.0 6.1 5.5 8.2 3.6 5.5 8.9 9.8 3.9 3.5 6.4 9.7 3.3 3.7 1.5 5.6 1.3 1.1 .9 1.7 4.4 3.4 4.9 4.8 5.6 3.8 8.0 11.1 2.5 2.7 6.6 5.2 5.7 3.9 4.4 2.9 7.0 5.7 6.3 5.8 3.7 3.1 8.8 9.8 2.8 1.8 3.7 4.0 3.5 .1 2.1 -1.5 1.0 2.5 2.2 -1.0 3.7 2.3 4.9 3.9 5.1 3.1 6.5 8.1 2.9 3.3 5.4 3.1 3.3 2.7 2.7 2.6 5.9 4.5 5.1 4.4 2.0 3.2 7.6 7.9 2.8 1.9 3.5 4.3 2.8 .3 -.1 .5 1.4 1.5 1.7 .9 3.5 3.3 8.0 1.8 4.0 2.9 2.7 -5.9 2.5 1.7 4.9 3.0 3.3 2.3 .8 4.9 5.4 4.6 4.4 5.4 3.3 4.0 5.5 5.5 2.3 1.8 3.6 5.0 2.2 3.2 3.9 2.5 -.5 -.9 -3.2 1.0 2.7 -.6 2.6 4.0 4.9 2.6 4.2 3.0 1.9 1.8 3.9 1.8 2.0 1.4 .8 2.4 4.4 4.0 4.4 4.5 2.4 .8 4.6 4.8 3.3 2.9 5.9 7.6 4.1 -.6 .1 -1.1 2.1 1.0 1.9 3.5 3.7 2.3 2.4 5.3 3.0 3.9 4.3 2.7 2.1 1.1 3.0 2.6 3.2 1.3 2.1 -.1 3.2 3.5 3.0 5.1 1.2 3.0 4.1 4.8 2.9 2.4 2.6 3.0 2.4 -.1 .1 -.3 3.3 2.8 -.4 5.3 3.4 -.7 4.2 4.0 5.9 3.7 3.6 2.7 1.1 -.9 2.5 1.8 1.8 1.9 1.2 3.1 2.6 2.9 2.6 3.9 1.3 3.1 2.8 2.7 2.1 3.9 3.4 1.3 .1 .8 .4 1.3 -1.1 -1.4 -.8 .2 -.5 1.5 .4 2.3 .0 2.9 3.3 3.7 1.6 5.1 7.0 2.5 2.3 1991 Expenditure category Medical care........................................................................................... Medical care commodities................................................................... Prescription drugs............................................................................. Nonprescription drugs and medical supplies.................................. Internal and respiratory over-the-counter drugs............................ Nonprescription medical equipment and supplies........................ Medical care services......................................................................... Professional medical services.......................................................... Physicians’ services........................................................................ Dental services............................................................................... Eye c a re ......................................................................................... Services by other medical professionals...................................... Hospital and related services........................................................... Hospital services............................................................................ Inpatient hospital services........................................................... Outpatient hospital services........................................................ Nursing home services................................................................... Entertainment1 ....................................................................................... Entertainment commodities 1 .............................................................. Reading materials............................................................................. Newspapers 1.................................................................................. Magazines, periodicals, and books 1 ............................................. Sporting goods and equipment........................................................ Sport vehicles, including bicycles.................................................. Other sporting goods..................................................................... Toys, hobbies, and other entertainment1 ....................................... Toys, hobbies, and music equipment1 ......................................... Photographic supplies and equipment.......................................... Pet supplies and expense.............................................................. Entertainment services 1 ...................................................................... Club memberships 1.......................................................................... Fees for participant sports, excluding club memberships 1 ........... Admissions......................................................................................... Fees for lessons or instructions...................................................... Other entertainment services 1 ........................................................ Other goods and services 2 ................................................................... Tobacco and smoking products......................................................... Personal c a re ....................................................................................... Toilet goods and personal care appliances.................................... Cosmetics, bath and nail preparations, manicure and eye makeup implements................................... Other toilet goods and small personal care appliances, including hair and dental products....................... Personal care services...................................................................... Beauty parlor services for females 1 ............................................. Haircuts and other barber shop services for males 1 .................. Personal and educational expenses 1................................................. School books and supplies.............................................................. Personal and educational services 1 ................................................ Tuition and other school fees ....................................................... College tuition.............................................................................. Elementary and high school tuition............................................. Day care and nursery school....................................................... Personal expenses.......................................................................... Legal service fe e s ........................................................................ Personal financial services.......................................................... Funeral expenses......................................................................... 2.8 5.3 1.9 5.9 3.0 1.4 4.7 1.0 1.5 2.5 1.9 2.7 3.8 3.9 3.9 6.5 7.6 6.4 7.6 7.0 9.8 4.4 5.2 4.1 3.9 6.0 4.4 4.2 4.6 6.7 6.9 6.7 7.6 7.7 8.4 5.1 4.5 6.9 4.1 3.0 5.4 5.7 4.2 7.2 7.8 7.2 7.9 8.1 8.8 5.8 6.3 5.9 4.8 3.0 4.1 4.2 3.5 7.5 6.5 7.6 7.9 8.2 8.7 7.0 6.8 7.7 6.6 2.5 2.2 2.0 2.9 8.4 5.7 8.6 9.8 12.1 7.5 6.3 6.4 5.7 8.3 5.9 4.8 2.4 2.2 3.5 6.9 4.9 7.0 8.5 10.0 7.9 4.4 4.3 4.0 5.0 4.1 -.5 3.4 3.6 2.5 6.5 3.4 6.7 7.1 7.9 5.9 5.1 5.8 5.8 6.6 5.4 2.3 2.1 2.1 2.6 5.4 3.5 5.5 5.9 6.3 6.2 4.7 4.8 1.9 7.8 5.8 .8 3.4 3.3 3.7 5.5 5.6 5.5 5.6 5.7 6.6 3.8 5.3 3.8 7.1 5.4 -3.5 3.2 2.8 4.6 4.6 5.5 4.6 4.9 5.3 4.6 3.7 4.0 3.8 3.4 4.7 2.8 2.7 2.7 2.6 5.1 4.9 5.1 5.1 4.7 7.2 4.1 5.1 5.1 5.7 4.7 Special indexes Domestically produced farm fo o d ......................................................... Selected beef c u ts ................................................................................. Motor fuel, motor oil, coolant, and other products 1 ............................ Utilities and public transportation.......................................................... Housekeeping and home maintenance services 1................................ 3.8 6.3 18.1 1.1 2.0 5.9 4.1 -1.8 3.5 3.8 6.7 6.8 6.7 2.8 1.6 6.3 8.3 36.0 5.0 4.1 1.3 -1.0 -15.8 3.1 5.4 1.7 .2 1.8 3.2 3.7 3.5 3.6 -5.3 4.4 1.8 2.5 -2.9 5.9 -1.0 1.6 2.3 -1.2 -3.8 1.8 4.5 5.7 2.7 12.4 5.0 3.3 .4 -1.5 -3.7 1.4 2.5 1 This index series will no longer appear in its present form after December, 1997. See Table X for a comparable index series. 2 This index series will undergo a change in composition in January, 1998. Data not available. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. 87 27. Historical Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): U. S. City Average, ms 34=100, unless otherwise noted) Semiannual averages Year 1913 1914 Jan. Feb. 9.9 10.1 9.8 10.0 Mar. 9.8 10.0 Apr. 9.9 9.9 May 9.8 9.9 June 9.8 10.0 July 9.9 10.1 Aug. 10.0 10.2 Sep. 10.0 10.3 Oct. 10.1 10.2 Nov. 10.1 10.2 Dec. 10.1 10.2 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 10.2 10.5 11.8 14.0 16.6 10.1 10.5 12.0 14.2 16.2 10.0 10.6 12.1 14.1 16.5 10.1 10.7 12.6 14.3 16.8 10.1 10.7 12.9 14.5 17.0 10.2 10.9 13.0 14.8 17.0 10.2 10.9 12.9 15.2 17.5 10.2 11.0 13.1 15.4 17.8 10.2 11.2 13.3 15.8 17.9 10.3 11.3 13.6 16.1 18.2 10.4 11.5 13.6 16.3 18.6 10.4 11.6 13.8 16.6 19.0 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 19.4 19.1 17.0 16.9 17.4 19.6 18.5 17.0 16.9 17.3 19.8 18.4 16.8 16.9 17.2 20.4 18.2 16.8 17.0 17.1 20.7 17.8 16.8 17.0 17.1 21.0 17.7 16.8 17.1 17.1 20.9 17.8 16.9 17.3 17.2 20.4 17.8 16.7 17.2 17.1 20.1 17.6 16.7 17.3 17.2 20.0 17.6 16.8 17.4 17.3 19.9 17.5 16.9 17.4 17.3 19.5 17.4 17.0 17.4 17.4 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 17.4 18.0 17.6 17.4 17.2 17.3 18.0 17.5 17.2 17.2 17.4 17.9 17.4 17.2 17.1 17.3 18.0 17.4 17.2 17.0 17.4 17.9 17.5 17.3 17.1 17.6 17.8 17.7 17.2 17.2 17.8 17.6 17.4 17.2 17.4 17.8 17.5 17.3 17.2 17.4 17.8 17.6 17.4 17.4 17.4 17.8 17.7 17.5 17.3 17.4 18.1 17.8 17.4 17.3 17.4 18.0 17.8 17.4 17.2 17.3 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 17.2 16.0 14.4 13.0 13.3 17.1 15.7 14.2 12.8 13.4 17.0 15.6 14.1 12.7 13.4 17.1 15.5 14.0 12.6 13.4 17.0 15.4 13.8 12.7 13.4 16.9 15.2 13.7 12.8 13.4 16.7 15.2 13.7 13.2 13.4 16.6 15.1 13.5 13.3 13.5 16.7 15.1 13.5 13.3 13.7 16.6 15.0 13.4 13.3 13.6 16.5 14.8 13.3 13.3 13.5 16.2 14.7 13.2 13.2 13.5 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 13.7 13.9 14.2 14.3 14.0 13.8 13.8 14.2 14.2 14.0 13.8 13.8 14.3 14.2 13.9 13.9 13.8 14.4 14.2 13.9 13.8 13.8 14.4 14.2 13.9 13.8 13.9 14.5 14.2 13.9 13.7 14.0 14.5 14.2 13.9 13.7 14.1 i 14.6 14.2 13.9 13.8 14.1 14.7 14.2 14.2 13.8 14.1 14.6 14.1 14.1 13.9 14.1 14.5 14.1 14.1 13.9 14.1 14.5 14.1 14.0 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 14.0 14.2 15.7 17.0 17.5 14.1 14.2 15.9 17.0 17.5 14.1 14.2 16.1 17.3 17.5 14.1 14.4 16.2 17.5 17.6 14.1 14.5 16.3 17.6 17.6 14.1 14.7 16.4 17.6 17.7 14.1 14.8 16.5 17.5 17.8 14.1 14.9 16.6 17.4 17.8 14.1 15.2 16.6 17.5 17.8 14.1 15.4 16.8 17.5 17.8 14.1 15.5 16.9 17.5 17.8 14.2 15.5 17.0 17.5 17.9 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 17.9 18.3 21.6 23.8 24.2 17.9 18.2 21.6 23.6 23.9 17.9 18.4 22.1 23.6 24.0 17.9 18.5 22.1 23.9 24.0 18.0 18.6 22.0 24.1 24.0 18.2 18.8 22.2 24.2 24.0 18.2 19.9 22.4 24.5 23.8 18.2 20.3 22.6 24.6 23.9 18.2 20.5 23.1 24.6 24.0 18.2 20.9 23.1 24.5 23.9 18.2 21.5 23.3 24.4 23.9 18.3 21.6 23.6 24.2 23.8 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 23.7 25.5 26.6 26.8 27.1 23.6 25.9 26.5 26.7 27.1 23.7 26.0 26.5 26.7 27.0 23.7 26.0 26.6 26.8 27.0 23.8 26.1 26.6 26.8 27.1 24.0 26.1 26.7 26.9 27.1 24.2 26.1 26.9 27.0 27.1 24.4 26.1 26.9 27.1 27.1 24.6 26.3 26.9 27.1 27.0 24.7 26.4 26.9 27.2 26.9 24.8 26.5 26.9 27.1 27.0 25.1 26.6 26.9 27.0 26.9 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 26.9 27.0 27.8 28.8 29.1 26.9 27.0 27.9 28.8 29.1 26.9 27.0 28.0 29.0 29.1 26.9 27.0 28.1 29.1 29.1 26.9 27.2 28.1 29.1 29.2 26.9 27.3 28.3 29.1 29.3 27.0 27.5 28.4 29.1 29.4 26.9 27.5 28.5 29.1 29.3 27.0 27.5 28.5 29.1 29.4 27.0 27.7 28.5 29.1 29.5 27.1 27.7 28.6 29.1 29.5 27.0 27.8 28.6 29.1 29.5 1st half 2nd half - - _ - - - - _ - - - - - - - _ - - - - _ _ - - - - - - - - _ - - - - - - - - _ _ - - - - - - - - _ _ - - - - - - - - _ _ - - - - - - - - _ _ - - - - - - - - _ _ - - - - - - - - Annual avg. Percent change from previous Dec. Annual avg. 10.0 10.1 1.0 1.0 10.2 11.0 12.9 15.1 17.4 2.0 11.5 19.0 20.3 14.5 1.0 7.8 17.3 17.1 15.2 20.1 18.0 16.9 17.2 17.2 2.6 -10.8 -2.3 2.4 .0 15.5 -10.4 -6.1 1.8 .0 17.6 17.8 17.5 17.2 17.2 3.4 -1.1 -2.2 -1.1 .6 2.3 1.1 -1.7 -1.7 .0 16.8 15.3 13.7 13.0 13.5 -6.4 -9.3 -10.2 .0 2.3 -2.3 -8.9 -10.5 -5.1 3.8 13.8 13.9 14.4 14.2 14.0 3.0 1.4 2.8 -2.8 -.7 2.2 .7 3.6 -1.4 -1.4 14.1 14.8 16.4 17.4 17.7 1.4 9.2 9.7 2.9 2.3 .7 5.0 10.8 6.1 1.7 18.1 19.6 22.5 24.2 24.0 2.2 18.0 9.3 2.5 -1.7 2.3 8.3 14.8 7.6 -.8 24.2 26.1 26.7 26.9 27.0 5.5 6.0 1.1 .4 -.4 .8 7.9 2.3 .7 .4 26.9 27.3 28.3 29.1 29.3 .4 3.0 2.9 1.7 1.4 -.4 1.5 3.7 2.8 .7 Table 27. Historical Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): U. S. City Average, all items—Continued (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) Semiannual averages Year Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. 1st half Annual avg. Percent change from previous Dec. 2nd half Annual avg. 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 29.5 30.0 30.2 30.6 31.1 29.5 30.0 30.2 30.6 31.1 29.5 30.0 30.3 30.7 31.1 29.7 30.0 30.4 30.7 31.1 29.7 30.0 30.4 30.7 31.1 29.8 30.0 30.4 30.8 31.2 29.8 30.1 30.4 30.9 31.3 29.8 30.1 30.4 30.9 31.2 29.8 30.2 30.6 30.9 31.3 29.9 30.2 30.6 31.0 31.3 30.0 30.2 30.6 31.0 31.4 30.0 30.2 30.6 31.1 31.4 29.8 30.1 30.4 30.8 31.2 1.7 .7 1.3 1.6 1.0 1.7 1.0 1.0 1.3 1.3 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 31.4 32.0 33.1 34.2 35.8 31.4 32.2 33.1 34.3 36.0 31.5 32.3 33.2 34.5 36.3 31.6 32.5 33.3 34.6 36.5 31.6 32.5 33.4 34.7 36.6 31.8 32.6 33.5 34.9 36.8 31.8 32.7 33.6 35.1 37.0 31.8 32.9 33.7 35.2 37.2 31.8 32.9 33.8 35.3 37.3 31.9 33.1 33.9 35.5 37.5 31.9 33.1 34.0 35.6 37.7 32.0 33.1 34.1 35.7 37.9 31.7 32.6 33.6 35.0 36.9 1.9 3.4 3.0 4.7 6.2 2.8 3.1 4.2 5.4 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 38.0 40.0 41.4 42.9 46.9 38.2 40.1 41.6 43.2 47.5 38.4 40.2 41.6 43.6 48.0 38.7 40.4 41.7 43.9 48.3 38.8 40.6 41.9 44.1 48.8 39.0 40.8 42.0 44.4 49.3 39.2 40.9 42.1 44.5 49.7 39.2 41.0 42.2 45.4 50.3 39.4 41.0 42.4 45.5 50.9 39.6 41.1 42.5 45.9 51.4 39.8 41.2 42.6 46.2 51.8 40.0 41.3 42.7 46.5 52.2 39.0 40.7 42.1 44.7 49.6 5.5 3.3 3.4 8.9 12.3 11.0 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 52.4 56.0 58.9 62.8 68.7 52.8 56.1 59.5 63.2 69.5 53.0 56.2 59.8 63.7 70.3 53.2 56.5 60.3 64.3 71.1 53.5 56.8 60.6 64.9 71.9 53.9 57.1 61.0 65.6 72.8 54.5 57.4 61.3 66.0 73.7 54.7 57.7 61.5 66.4 74.4 54.9 57.9 61.8 66.8 75.1 55.3 58.2 61.9 67.4 75.7 55.6 58.3 62.2 67.7 76.4 55.8 58.5 62.5 68.1 77.2 54.1 57.2 60.9 65.6 73.1 6.9 4.8 6.8 9.0 13.4 9.1 5.7 6.5 7.7 11.4 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 78.3 87.5 94.7 98.1 101.6 79.4 88.5 95.0 98.1 101.8 80.5 89.0 94.8 98.4 101.8 81.4 89.6 95.2 99.0 102.1 82.3 90.3 96.2 99.5 102.5 83.2 91.1 97.4 99.8 102.8 83.3 92.2 98.0 100.1 103.2 83.8 92.8 98.2 100.5 104.2 84.6 93.7 98.3 101.0 104.8 85.3 93.9 98.6 101.2 104.8 86.1 94.1 98.4 101.2 104.7 86.9 94.4 98.0 101.2 104.8 12.6 8.6 3.8 3.3 3.6 13.4 10.3 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 104.9 108.9 110.0 114.5 119.7 105.4 108.5 110.5 114.7 120.2 105.9 107.9 115.1 120.8 106.3 107.6 111.6 115.7 121.8 106.7 107.9 111.9 116.2 122.5 107.0 108.4 112.4 116.7 122.8 107.1 108.4 112.7 117.2 123.2 107.3 108.6 113.3 117.7 123.2 107.6 109.1 113.8 118.5 123.6 107.9 109.1 114.1 118.9 124.2 108.3 109.2 114.3 119.0 124.4 108.6 109.3 114.2 119.2 124.6 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 125.9 132.8 136.0 140.3 143.6 126.4 132.8 136.4 140.7 144.0 127.1 133.0 137.0 141.1 144.4 127.3 133.3 137.3 141.6 144.7 127.5 133.8 137.6 141.9 144.9 128.3 134.1 138.1 142.0 145.4 128.7 134.3 138.4 142.1 145.8 129.9 134.6 138.8 142.4 146.5 131.1 135.2 139.1 142.6 146.9 131.9 135.4 139.6 143.3 147.0 132.2 135.8 139.8 143.4 147.3 1995 1996 1997 147.8 151.7 156.3 148.3 152.2 156.8 148.7 152.9 157.0 149.3 153.6 157.2 149.6 154.0 157.2 149.9 154.1 157.4 149.9 154.3 157.5 150.2 154.5 157.8 150.6 155.1 158.3 151.0 155.5 158.5 150.9 155.9 158.5 111.0 - Data not available. 89 1.6 5.7 4.4 3.4 6.2 102.1 104.4 82.9 91.4 96.9 99.8 103.3 106.0 108.2 115.5 121.3 107.8 109.0 113.7 118.4 123.9 106.9 108.6 112.5 117.0 122.6 3.6 .6 4.5 4.4 4.5 3.5 1.6 3.6 4.0 4.8 132.2 135.9 139.8 143.3 147.2 127.1 133.3 137.1 141.3 144.5 131.0 135.2 139.3 142.9 146.8 129.0 134.3 138.2 142.1 145.6 6.1 2.8 2.9 2.5 2.7 5.2 4.1 2.9 2.8 2.5 150.9 155.9 148.9 153.1 157.0 150.6 155.2 149.8 154.1 2.5 3.3 2.9 2.9 111.2 6.0 3.0 3.5 Table 28. Historical Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): U.S. city average, by commodity and service group and detailed expenditure categories (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) Unadjusted indexes Group December Nov. 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 Commodity and service group All items................................................................... Commodities.......................................................... Food and beverages........................................... Commodities less food and beverages................ Nondurables less food and beverages.............. Apparel commodities 1.................................... Nondurables less food, beverages,and apparel Durables........................................................... Services................................................................ Rent of shelter2.................................................. Household services less rent of shelter12........... Transportation services........................................ Medical care services.......................................... Other services..................................................... 114.2 108.9 114.5 105.4 102.8 111.1 101.2 108.0 121.3 116.4 103.1 123.6 133.2 127.9 119.2 113.0 120.3 108.6 106.3 116.0 104.1 110.7 127.2 121.5 106.8 131.2 142.7 135.0 124.6 117.8 126.9 112.1 111.6 116.6 111.7 112.0 133.4 127.5 109.3 137.8 154.7 143.8 132.2 125.8 133.6 121.0 126.2 122.3 131.0 112.6 140.7 133.9 112.2 147.9 169.0 152.8 135.9 127.0 136.9 120.9 124.2 126.1 126.2 115.3 147.0 139.1 117.6 152.5 182.4 162.0 139.8 129.8 139.1 124.1 127.3 127.8 129.9 118.7 152.1 143.0 120.8 157.2 195.4 169.9 143.3 131.6 142.9 124.7 125.7 128.5 127.2 122.3 157.6 147.3 124.2 163.3 206.6 178.5 147.2 134.8 146.6 127.6 127.7 126.1 131.3 126.5 162.4 151.7 124.9 169.2 217.7 185.9 150.9 136.9 149.8 129.0 128.3 126.2 132.1 128.9 167.9 156.9 127.2 174.9 227.4 194.0 155.9 141.4 156.1 132.4 133.6 125.7 140.4 129.6 173.4 161.4 131.7 181.5 234.7 201.7 158.5 142.1 158.3 132.3 135.1 130.2 140.5 127.3 178.1 166.3 134.8 184.0 240.8 209.5 Special indexes All items less food.................................................... All items less shelter................................................ All items less homeowners’ costs 1 2 ........................ All items less medical care....................................... Commodities less food............................................. Nondurables less food.............................................. Nondurables less food and apparel.......................... Nondurables............................................................. Services less rent of shelter2 .................................. Services less medical care services......................... Energy..................................................................... All items less energy................................................ All items less food and energy............................... Commodities less food and energy commodities... Energy commodities......................................... Services less energy services.............................. 114.1 112.5 107.8 113.2 105.6 103.3 101.8 108.8 112.2 120.1 87.8 118.0 119.0 112.6 82.1 123.7 118.8 117.4 112.4 117.9 108.9 106.9 104.9 113.5 118.1 125.6 88.1 123.6 124.4 117.0 80.3 129.8 124.0 122.6 117.4 123.1 112.6 112.2 112.2 119.5 123.9 131.4 92.7 129.1 129.7 120.2 86.4 136.4 131.7 130.6 124.9 130.4 121.2 126.0 129.7 130.1 131.1 138.1 110.5 135.5 136.0 124.0 117.1 144.3 135.7 133.7 128.1 133.6 121.8 125.3 127.0 130.8 137.9 143.9 101.6 140.8 142.0 128.9 98.4 151.0 140.0 137.6 131.8 137.2 125.0 128.4 130.7 133.4 143.5 148.4 103.5 144.9 146.6 132.7 99.5 156.3 143.4 140.8 134.9 140.4 125.7 127.1 128.6 134.5 149.5 153.4 101.7 149.1 150.9 134.7 94.3 162.1 147.4 144.6 138.4 144.0 128.5 129.0 132.4 137.4 154.0 157.6 104.2 153.3 155.1 137.1 99.4 167.5 151.1 147.8 141.5 147.5 130.0 129.8 133.4 139.3 159.2 162.8 102.6 157.6 159.7 139.6 96.0 173.4 155.8 152.8 146.4 152.4 133.5 135.2 141.3 145.2 165.0 168.1 112.0 162.1 163.7 141.0 109.4 179.0 158.5 154.7 148.5 154.9 133.5 136.7 141.7 147.0 169.1 172.8 110.1 165.3 167.2 142.2 104.0 184.0 Expenditure category Food and beverages................................................ Food...................................................................... Food at home...................................................... Cereals and bakery products............................ Cereals and cereal products........................... Flour and prepared flour mixes.................... Cereal.......................................................... Rice, pasta, and cornmeal ........................... Bakery products................................. ............ White bread................................................. Fresh other bread, biscuits, rolls, and muffins Cookies, fresh cakes, and cupcakes............ Other bakery products................................. Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs........................... Meats, poultry, and fish.................................. Meats .......................................................... Beef and veal............................................ Ground beef other than canned.............. Chuck roast1 .......................................... Round roast1.......................................... Round steak 1......................................... Sirloin steak 1.......................................... Other beef and veal1.............................. Pork.......................................................... Bacon ..................................................... Chops ..................................................... Ham ....................................................... Other pork, including sausage 1............... Other meats.............................................. Poultry......................................................... Fresh whole chicken................................. Fresh and frozen chicken parts................. Other poultry 1........................................... Fish and seafood......................................... Canned fish and seafood .......................... Fresh and frozen fish and seafood 1 .......... Eggs.............................................................. 114.5 114.5 112.5 116.9 115.8 105.5 126.7 106.6 117.2 113.1 113.4 121.3 120.7 110.1 111.7 110.4 108.6 102.2 105.5 101.9 108.5 113.4 115.2 112.9 107.9 114.5 117.5 111.3 111.8 107.4 107.4 110.2 103.6 133.6 110.2 147.0 84.9 120.3 120.4 118.8 126.7 126.8 112.6 138.9 118.7 126.4 125.7 124.3 128.7 126.7 115.8 116.9 112.7 114.6 104.7 112.9 108.1 112.0 121.3 125.7 109.6 96.7 114.7 115.7 108.5 112.7 126.9 131.0 131.1 112.5 139.7 124.8 150.0 99.0 126.9 127.1 126.2 136.0 136.1 120.8 152.4 120.4 135.7 133.3 132.7 138.8 137.8 123.8 123.0 120.1 122.3 112.6 123.9 116.2 118.9 124.6 133.4 117.3 105.0 124.1 121.6 115.8 119.0 127.4 130.0 129.7 120.1 144.8 119.4 159.3 134.3 133.6 133.9 133.5 142.3 143.1 123.5 163.3 122.9 141.6 138.2 139.1 146.7 142.4 133.6 133.9 133.8 133.2 121.2 136.6 128.0 130.3 131.9 147.0 136.8 123.0 142.6 143.7 135.1 131.3 129.2 130.3 132.7 121.8 148.8 119.1 165.2 128.0 136.9 136.3 135.0 147.2 148.2 123.3 171.1 126.4 146.4 140.2 144.1 153.7 147.9 131.5 132.0 130.8 131.7 119.5 138.5 125.9 130.1 128.5 145.4 128.6 108.5 136.4 136.8 127.8 132.3 129.8 129.8 134.3 122.2 151.2 118.4 168.7 122.7 139.1 138.3 137.0 153.0 153.5 129.5 177.7 128.9 152.5 145.9 151.6 157.3 155.5 132.1 133.1 131.2 132.8 118.8 140.1 129.1 129.8 130.4 148.6 127.7 104.8 140.0 134.9 126.0 132.6 133.4 135.4 136.5 125.7 153.8 119.8 172.0 117.0 142.9 142.2 141.7 158.6 158.7 129.3 186.1 131.7 158.2 155.9 155.8 162.5 158.4 136.9 138.2 136.0 137.7 123.2 143.5 130.1 133.3 138.8 154.5 133.4 117.1 146.5 136.9 130.2 136.1 140.7 141.3 146.4 129.7 158.8 122.8 177.8 114.8 146.6 146.2 146.3 163.9 163.6 131.5 190.5 139.6 163.8 160.2 163.2 168.5 163.6 136.0 137.3 133.7 134.7 117.7 141.2 132.3 131.5 137.2 153.0 130.3 114.8 139.3 134.9 128.8 136.9 140.2 139.7 143.0 138.2 167.1 124.5 189.0 115.3 149.8 149.4 149.5 169.2 167.8 140.0 193.6 143.1 169.5 169.4 170.7 170.7 168.0 141.7 141.4 137.3 134.4 115.7 142.2 128.6 128.9 134.9 156.7 140.0 130.0 146.9 144.6 137.2 141.2 146.0 145.2 150.0 141.8 172.3 125.7 195.9 144.8 156.1 155.8 156.9 175.4 165.7 150.6 185.4 144.2 179.7 183.5 179.3 177.8 178.4 149.8 148.9 144.5 137.8 117.6 147.2 135.9 134.1 141.8 159.5 155.5 161.4 156.9 156.9 150.5 146.0 157.5 158.9 160.8 151.2 176.5 126.8 201.4 162.3 158.3 157.9 158.1 177.8 168.3 150.0 187.5 150.3 181.9 187.1 183.2 179.2 178.6 149.0 149.2 144.6 136.8 116.4 141.8 131.3 131.0 140.9 161.0 155.7 163.2 154.6 155.6 152.6 148.9 157.2 161.8 157.6 152.2 179.8 130.6 204.6 144.1 See footnotes at end of table. 90 Table 28. Historical Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): U.S. city average, by commodity and service group and detailed expenditure categories—Continued (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) Unadjusted indexes Nov. December Group 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 Dairy products.............................................................................. Fresh milk and cream 1 ............................................................ Fresh whole m ilk .................................................................... Other fresh milk and cream 1................................................. Processed dairy products 1 ....................................................... Cheese................................................................. ................... Ice cream and related products............................................ Other dairy products, including butter1 .................. .............. 106.4 104.9 104.7 105.3 108.5 106.7 110.8 109.3 111.2 109.9 110.0 109.7 113.1 112.3 114.9 111.5 122.8 122.5 122.7 122.1 123.5 126.8 123.1 113.0 126.5 125.6 125.8 125.0 128.1 132.7 128.5 112.8 127.2 125.3 125.3 125.1 129.8 134.9 129.9 113.0 128.9 128.2 127.6 129.2 130.1 135.1 130.5 112.8 130.0 131.0 130.3 132.1 129.3 134.0 131.2 111.0 131.4 131.9 130.8 133.5 131.3 135.2 136.0 111.5 134.7 134.3 133.6 135.3 135.8 138.4 139.7 120.9 148.5 149.7 148.3 152.0 147.6 149.8 150.4 135.5 146.8 146.8 145.8 148.4 147.2 146.8 150.4 142.2 Fruits and vegetables 3 ............................................................... Fresh fruits and vegetables...................................................... Fresh fruits .............................................................................. Apples .................................................................................. Bananas ............................................................................... Oranges, including tangerines 1 .......................................... Other fresh fruits 1 ............................................................... Fresh vegetables.................................................................... Potatoes............................................................................... Lettuce ................................................................................. Tomatoes............................................................................. Other fresh vegetables....................................................... Processed fruits and vegetables 1 ........................................... Processed fruits 1 ................................................................... Fruit juices and frozen fru it1 ............................................... Canned and dried fruits 1..................................................... Processed vegetables 1 ......................................................... Frozen vegetables 1............................................................. Processed vegetables excluding frozen 1 ............................................................................ 123.0 132.7 126.0 104.3 107.4 126.4 139.9 139.5 102.7 272.4 137.9 126.1 109.9 112.4 112.5 111.0 107.3 111.7 130.8 137.6 143.1 133.0 115.9 144.2 154.5 132.3 127.7 173.6 123.0 129.2 122.0 124.5 126.6 115.4 119.3 116.6 135.8 144.0 152.3 124.6 122.7 137.8 176.9 135.9 139.3 135.3 139.2 135.0 125.0 125.2 126.4 119.0 125.1 124.9 145.7 156.1 169.5 151.9 128.1 151.9 194.4 143.1 133.5 151.3 128.2 150.8 131.7 134.9 137.9 122.0 128.4 128.6 152.1 168.5 188.1 170.4 127.6 187.0 213.1 149.3 128.2 169.6 123.1 162.4 129.6 131.4 132.0 127.9 127.7 129.6 155.3 172.8 180.0 154.2 124.0 156.8 214.5 166.0 136.8 180.7 190.9 167.4 131.0 134.3 135.0 130.0 127.6 130.7 165.4 188.6 202.6 167.2 127.2 177.0 247.8 175.1 164.9 151.4 194.6 179.6 132.9 133.1 133.1 131.9 132.9 135.5 178.8 210.8 209.8 163.5 142.7 178.1 259.1 212.0 154.1 269.0 229.9 217.6 133.6 132.6 132.1 133.2 135.0 136.6 177.0 205.2 222.0 188.0 146.4 204.2 263.8 189.0 175.2 171.1 239.2 184.1 137.2 137.4 136.8 138.2 137.4 140.6 186.0 214.3 248.1 195.2 157.2 198.1 313.2 181.2 160.2 183.1 190.5 187.5 146.0 146.7 147.0 144.0 145.6 144.0 188.4 218.0 231.1 191.8 153.8 205.4 278.3 205.3 174.4 256.0 221.4 202.6 146.7 147.0 146.7 146.7 146.7 148.4 105.8 121.1 125.8 129.0 127.4 126.8 132.3 134.9 136.5 147.0 146.5 Other food at hom e..................................................................... Sugar and sw eets..................................................................... Sugar and artificial sweeteners............................................. Sweets, including candy 1...................................................... Fats and o ils ............................................................................. Nonalcoholic beverages........................................................... Carbonated drinks.................................................................. Coffee...................................................................................... Other noncarbonated drinks 1................................................ Other prepared fo o d ................................................................. Canned and packaged soup.................................................. Frozen prepared fo o d ............................................................ Snacks .................................................................................... Seasonings, condiments, sauces, and spices...................... Miscellaneous prepared food, including baby food 1............ 109.8 110.9 102.1 114.6 107.6 104.9 103.6 110.3 112.6 114.8 119.0 118.7 115.6 113.1 112.5 115.1 116.7 110.3 119.2 118.3 107.8 105.2 116.6 115.5 120.5 123.4 124.0 121.4 118.1 119.4 120.1 121.1 115.2 123.5 121.5 111.2 110.4 115.2 120.1 127.4 132.6 130.8 126.1 124.7 127.7 125.1 126.3 118.4 129.6 130.8 113.3 111.3 117.0 126.5 134.0 140.7 135.3 131.1 132.5 135.2 127.0 130.6 118.4 135.8 129.1 112.9 112.3 111.0 129.9 138.1 149.0 137.4 132.6 137.8 140.2 128.2 131.9 119.6 137.2 128.3 112.7 114.0 104.9 132.4 141.0 157.5 138.1 132.1 143.5 142.8 130.8 133.1 120.8 138.3 129.3 115.1 116.0 110.5 131.5 144.7 164.3 137.5 136.0 147.3 147.9 138.3 134.4 123.2 139.1 134.1 130.6 115.7 172.3 132.6 148.0 171.3 137.9 138.5 150.8 152.5 140.1 138.4 128.3 142.6 137.3 128.8 119.1 155.6 135.7 151.9 177.4 138.4 143.3 156.8 155.1 143.2 144.5 132.7 149.5 140.4 126.5 118.5 144.9 139.5 158.8 185.6 145.3 151.5 163.9 160.6 147.0 147.3 133.2 153.3 140.2 133.3 117.5 173.0 141.4 161.3 189.0 145.0 154.6 166.4 164.3 Food away from hom e................................................................... Lunch 1 ......................................................................................... Dinner1......................................................................................... Other meals and snacks 1 .......................................................... 118.8 118.3 118.7 119.3 124.0 123.7 123.8 124.4 129.7 129.9 129.1 130.3 135.6 135.7 134.3 137.5 139.4 139.7 137.9 141.6 141.6 141.9 140.0 143.7 144.1 144.6 142.5 146.1 147.0 147.4 145.4 149.1 150.3 150.8 148.7 152.5 155.0 155.4 152.9 158.2 158.6 159.1 156.5 161.6 Alcoholic beverages.......................................................................... Alcoholic beverages at home........................................................ Beer and a le ................................................................................ W in e .............................................................................................. Distilled spirits.............................................................................. Alcoholic beverages away from home.......................................... 115.1 111.8 111.3 105.6 114.6 125.4 119.5 114.4 114.3 107.5 116.7 132.6 125.2 119.4 119.7 110.8 121.9 139.5 130.5 123.9 124.1 114.0 127.9 146.3 143.5 138.2 138.9 129.3 139.3 158.0 147.7 141.3 142.8 131.3 141.3 164.0 150.0 142.0 143.2 131.6 142.8 168.8 151.4 141.7 142.9 130.0 143.8 172.5 154.3 143.0 144.1 131.7 145.0 178.0 159.9 147.7 148.1 139.9 147.9 185.2 162.8 148.5 146.9 144.1 151.4 191.3 Expenditure category See footnotes at end of table. 91 Table 28. Historical Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): U.S. city average, by commodity and service group and detailed expenditure categories—Continued (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) Unadjusted indexes December Group Nov. 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 Housing 3 .............................................................................................. Shelter................................................................................................ Renters’ costs 1 2 ........................................................................... Rent, residential ........................................................................... Other renters’ costs 1 .................................................................. Lodging while out of to w n ........................................................ Lodging while at school4 ......................................................... Tenants’ insurance 1 ................................................................. Homeowners’ costs 1 2 ................................................................... Owners’ equivalent ren t2 ............................................................ Household insurance 1 2 .............................................................. Maintenance and repairs 1............................................................. Maintenance and repair services 1 ............................................. Maintenance and repair commodities 1...................................... Materials, supplies, and equipment for home repairs 1 5 ........ Other maintenance and repair commodities 1 ......................... Fuel and other utilities 3 .................................................................... Fuels.................................. ............................................................. Fuel oil and other household fuel commodities......................... Fuel o il....................................................................................... Other household fuel commodities 5 ....................................... Gas (piped) and electricity (energy services)............................. Electricity................................................................................... Utility (piped) gas....................................................................... Other utilities and public services 1 ............................................... Telephone services 1 ................................................................... Local charges 1.......................................................................... Interstate toll calls..................................................................... Intrastate toll ca lls..................................................................... Water and sewerage maintenance............................................. Cable television 6 ...................................... .................................. Refuse collection 6 ....................................................................... 114.1 121.2 115.9 125.3 124.5 121.8 136.9 122.6 116.6 116.6 116.1 112.5 115.9 107.1 101.9 105.4 101.7 94.8 80.2 79.5 102.4 100.7 107.0 91.8 120.9 115.6 138.5 74.0 103.5 127.9 127.9 136.1 118.5 126.5 120.0 129.7 129.2 126.2 144.9 126.0 122.2 122.2 119.6 115.2 117.8 110.6 104.0 109.8 104.8 97.2 76.7 74.4 102.2 103.9 110.2 95.2 125.6 117.1 144.8 70.9 99.2 135.1 141.6 146.7 123.1 132.6 125.4 135.0 137.6 134.4 155.5 128.9 128.3 128.5 122.7 119.0 122.4 113.6 109.4 110.8 108.0 100.7 88.1 89.0 108.3 106.7 113.1 97.7 128.4 116.7 145.5 70.0 96.7 144.1 147.1 161.0 128.3 139.3 132.6 140.6 157.2 155.2 165.0 130.4 134.3 134.5 124.9 123.6 129.8 115.2 112.3 111.1 112.1 104.7 113.4 115.6 136.6 108.2 114.5 99.4 133.2 116.4 147.0 67.4 94.6 152.6 166.9 177.1 132.7 144.6 137.7 144.8 170.2 168.6 175.7 133.6 139.5 139.7 128.4 130.6 135.7 123.1 117.1 121.2 115.7 105.9 94.4 92.5 123.2 111.9 120.4 99.3 140.7 120.4 154.7 68.3 93.2 163.8 181.2 197.6 136.1 148.7 141.4 148.2 176.9 174.5 189.7 137.0 143.5 143.8 132.0 129.8 139.0 118.0 116.3 112.9 118.4 108.4 91.7 89.5 120.3 115.1 122.4 104.7 144.2 120.1 155.3 67.4 91.0 174.3 188.4 214.6 139.7 153.1 144.9 151.6 183.3 181.2 193.8 141.2 148.2 148.4 136.4 127.7 134.0 119.0 116.4 114.5 121.5 110.2 88.2 85.4 117.8 117.7 123.0 110.9 149.6 122.3 156.9 71.8 91.1 182.9 201.7 225.7 142.7 157.7 148.5 155.4 187.2 184.4 202.9 147.9 153.1 153.3 142.9 132.4 140.3 121.9 117.5 118.7 121.6 109.5 88.3 85.4 118.2 116.8 123.8 107.0 151.1 123.1 156.3 75.7 90.3 190.5 195.8 236.8 146.7 163.1 152.5 159.3 194.1 191.1 211.8 150.8 158.7 159.0 145.6 135.8 144.7 124.2 118.3 122.1 123.3 110.2 89.5 86.8 119.2 117.5 127.2 102.8 154.3 124.4 159.9 75.8 87.1 195.9 203.5 243.3 151.0 167.7 157.3 163.7 203.7 201.1 219.2 151.5 163.0 163.4 147.2 140.1 150.1 127.1 124.4 122.3 129.0 116.5 110.6 106.9 147.9 122.3 128.1 114.9 159.6 127.0 161.3 78.7 92.5 202.6 219.5 247.9 154.5 172.8 162.7 168.4 215.6 213.0 231.2 156.0 167.6 167.9 151.4 142.8 154.7 127.9 125.3 122.9 130.9 117.3 96.4 93.7 127.8 124.9 129.6 119.5 163.6 127.4 163.1 75.1 95.4 210.3 234.4 252.7 Household furnishings and operation 3 ........................................ . Housefurnishings 1 .......................................................................... Textile housefurnishings 1 ........................................................... Furniture and bedding ................................................................. Bedroom furniture...................................................................... Sofas 1 ....................................................................................... Living room chairs and tables 1................................................ Other furniture 1 ......................................................................... Appliances, including electronic equipment1 ............................. Video and audio products 1...................................................... Televisions.............................................................................. Video products other than televisions 1 7 .............................. Audio products 1 ..................................................................... Major household appliances 1 5 ................................................ Refrigerators and home freezers 1 ........................................ Laundry equipment............. ........ .......................................... Stoves, ovens, dishwashers, and air conditioners 1 5 ........... Information processing equipment7 ........................................ Other housefurnishings 1 2 .......................................................... Floor and window coverings, infants’, laundry, cleaning, and outdoor equipment1 .................................... Clocks, lamps, and decor item s............................................... 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 5 ................................... Indoor plants and fresh cut flowers 8 ...................................... Housekeeping supplies.................................................................. Laundry and cleaning products, including soap 1 ...................... Household paper products and stationery supplies 1................ Other household, lawn, and garden supplies 1 .......................... Housekeeping services 1................................................................ Postage......................................................................................... Appliance and furniture repair1................................................... Gardening and other household services 15.............................. 106.9 102.9 108.6 111.5 115.5 115.7 109.3 105.5 90.1 83.8 77.3 107.8 110.2 105.4 115.5 115.0 121.6 114.7 112.7 109.1 90.8 82.8 76.4 100.0 91.9 102.2 102.4 106.6 101.5 100.0 112.4 111.1 104.7 114.7 113.0 118.8 113.5 111.4 107.1 89.2 82.1 74.8 94.9 94.0 101.0 103.6 106.0 97.9 92.7 117.4 113.0 105.2 117.6 114.2 117.1 113.7 117.4 109.8 87.1 79.1 72.2 85.8 93.1 101.0 102.7 107.9 96.9 89.7 124.9 115.4 106.0 119.2 115.5 122.0 113.6 115.6 109.2 85.9 78.6 71.4 80.9 94.9 98.9 101.0 105.8 94.6 86.9 128.1 117.2 107.7 117.6 120.5 128.3 117.7 119.9 114.0 84.8 77.5 70.9 79.2 93.5 99.3 101.7 106.3 94.6 80.6 131.8 119.0 109.1 124.8 123.9 134.6 116.3 125.7 115.8 84.4 77.1 69.4 78.1 94.2 101.1 106.5 106.9 95.3 74.2 134.9 119.7 109.1 121.0 125.4 132.2 123.5 126.7 118.3 83.6 75.2 68.2 72.8 93.2 104.4 111.9 109.9 97.3 68.2 138.4 122.4 109.7 121.1 130.7 134.8 136.9 134.6 119.9 80.5 72.3 65.2 67.8 90.8 102.3 109.5 109.5 93.8 61.4 141.5 123.5 109.8 119.9 131.9 139.6 138.6 132.8 118.2 79.2 70.6 61.7 67.3 90.2 103.9 111.8 113.1 93.3 54.9 146.4 123.7 108.5 118.9 131.1 140.1 138.0 132.6 115.1 76.8 68.6 59.9 62.4 89.0 101.5 107.9 112.5 90.5 49.3 148.5 113.7 102.5 106.3 102.9 112.6 105.8 109.5 103.0 117.8 112.2 111.9 100.3 126.6 112.3 113.5 102.1 124.1 116.2 120.6 101.5 128.2 119.0 122.5 102.6 129.1 115.0 123.8 106.6 131.7 114.5 124.6 107.2 137.3 118.7 120.7 108.0 139.5 114.1 122.9 110.6 139.4 117.2 127.3 110.4 98.3 100.1 97.1 - - - 112.9 116.9 109.5 111.2 111.6 110.4 117.3 104.7 117.4 121.8 115.6 113.6 116.5 125.4 120.0 109.0 123.8 127.3 121.8 121.3 117.8 125.4 122.1 112.1 96.3 100.0 127.8 132.3 126.8 123.1 122.7 125.4 126.9 116.4 95.8 107.3 130.4 137.9 127.2 124.0 131.3 145.7 132.3 119.0 97.1 113.2 130.0 137.3 127.1 123.7 135.9 145.7 140.1 124.9 93.5 110.4 131.9 136.9 129.8 127.4 139.1 145.7 143.8 127.0 91.6 114.7 133.3 139.2 130.6 128.4 141.5 145.7 144.6 127.7 88.2 116.3 139.9 141.2 144.3 133.4 148.6 160.8 151.6 130.2 89.9 117.0 142.0 145.1 145.4 134.3 152.9 160.8 156.5 137.1 89.6 107.2 144.2 147.6 146.4 137.3 156.6 160.8 158.9 138.5 Expenditure category - 91.9 98.8 100.6 102.9 97.1 - See footnotes at end of table. 92 Table 28. Historical Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): U.S. city average, by commodity and service group and detailed expenditure categories—Continued (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) Unadjusted indexes Expenditure category Apparel and upkeep...................................................................... Apparel commodities 1 ................................................................ Apparel commodities less footwear.......................................... Men’s and boys’ ..................................................................... Men’s .................................................................................. Suits, sport coats, coats, and jackets................................. Furnishings and special clothing........................................ Shirts 1.............................................................................. Dungarees, jeans, and trousers......................................... Boys’ ................................................................................... Women’s and girls’ ................................................................ Women’s ............................................................................. Coats and jackets.............................................................. Dresses ............................................................................. Separates and sportswear1............................................... Underwear, nightwear, hosiery, and accessories 1 ............. Suits 1 ............................................................................... Girls’ .................................................................................... Infants’ and toddlers’ .............................................................. Other apparel commodities 1.................................................. Sewing materials, notions, and luggage 5 ............................. Watches and jewelry 5 ......................................................... Watches 5 .......................................................................... Jewelry 5 ........................................................................... Footwear.................................................................................. Men’s ..................................................................................... Boys’ and girls’ ...................................................................... Women’s ............................................................................... Apparel services 1....................................................................... Laundry and dry cleaning other than coin operated 1 ................ Other apparel services 1 ........................................................... Transportation............................................................................... Private........................................................................................ New vehicles............................................................................ New cars............................................................................... Subcompact new cars 1 5..................................................... Compact new cars 15.... ..................................................... Intermediate new cars 15..................................................... Full-size new cars 1 5 ........................................................... Luxury new cars 1 5 .............................................................. New trucks 6 .......................................................................... New motorcycles 5 ................................................................. Used cars................................................................................. Motor fuel................................................................................. Gasoline ................................................................................ Gasoline, unleaded regular.................................................. Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 9 ............................................ Gasoline, unleaded premium................................................ Automobile maintenance and repair......................................... Body work............................................................................. Automobile drive train, brake, and miscellaneous mechanical repair1 .............................. Maintenance and servicing..................................................... Power plant repair1 ............................................................... Other private transportation 1.................................................... Other private transportation commodities 1............................. Motor oil, coolant, and other products................................. Automobile parts and equipment......................................... Tires.................................................................................. Other parts and equipment1.............................................. Other private transportation services 1.................................... Automobile insurance.......................................................... Automobile finance charges 1............................................... Automobile fees 1................................................................ Automobile registration, licensing, and inspection fees 1.................................................... Other automobile-related fees 1......................................... Public transportation.................................................................... Airline fares.............................................................................. Other intercity transportation..................................................... Intracity public transportation.................................................... 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 112.6 111.1 111.7 110.4 111.5 111.3 110.0 116.1 109.3 107.1 112.6 112.7 105.0 122.5 116.7 107.6 107.2 112.0 116.4 110.6 102.7 109.0 103.6 110.6 108.0 111.9 110.6 102.6 120.9 122.3 120.2 117.6 116.0 116.4 116.5 117.8 121.5 113.4 123.3 113.8 112.4 116.2 115.8 102.7 126.2 119.2 113.7 113.4 117.9 120.3 117.8 109.1 116.2 107.8 118.6 114.0 119.8 114.7 108.3 125.8 128.8 124.0 118.5 116.6 116.9 118.0 120.1 124.6 116.8 123.7 116.3 111.5 115.5 115.1 104.0 123.0 118.3 115.8 110.3 117.4 119.3 121.5 110.8 120.3 107.5 124.0 115.4 122.2 118.6 107.4 130.6 133.8 128.4 124.5 122.3 122.9 121.4 123.9 127.8 119.5 129.0 120.7 113.3 122.6 122.8 115.2 132.7 125.3 120.9 122.0 121.6 127.9 128.8 118.2 127.3 110.7 132.0 119.3 125.6 123.5 111.0 139.6 140.8 139.0 128.4 126.1 126.8 124.9 127.7 131.0 122.1 133.8 124.9 116.3 126.7 125.7 118.4 128.4 129.9 123.7 132.8 131.7 131.8 132.6 120.6 131.3 113.6 136.4 122.5 129.6 123.0 115.8 144.4 145.2 144.1 130.4 127.8 128.3 126.4 129.9 133.6 123.2 135.8 128.2 115.3 127.6 126.1 121.9 132.4 128.6 124.4 131.1 135.1 133.1 137.3 122.1 136.6 111.9 143.6 125.6 132.6 122.7 120.7 149.2 149.9 149.1 131.3 128.5 128.9 127.0 130.3 140.4 123.1 132.1 127.2 116.6 128.4 128.1 128.9 128.8 131.6 125.8 136.9 130.0 128.1 140.1 120.9 140.1 118.6 146.3 126.6 134.1 122.7 121.9 153.4 154.8 152.8 129.3 126.1 126.5 124.5 128.2 137.3 123.9 127.8 125.6 112.9 124.0 123.2 118.6 114.2 127.7 128.1 138.6 127.6 132.9 144.1 120.9 144.9 122.9 151.2 124.2 132.1 123.9 117.3 155.9 157.6 155.0 129.5 126.2 126.5 125.8 128.7 135.5 120.5 133.4 127.1 116.4 123.3 122.2 121.3 116.7 124.3 130.2 131.5 128.6 129.8 145.3 130.8 144.2 129.3 148.5 125.0 132.3 125.8 118.0 157.1 158.7 156.4 129.3 125.7 125.5 127.5 130.9 134.7 125.7 135.7 129.0 116.7 121.7 120.8 126.1 105.9 124.1 131.9 128.7 126.2 128.1 139.7 126.9 138.4 120.9 143.4 127.0 131.4 131.2 120.2 160.5 164.4 158.0 133.6 130.2 130.2 132.7 136.1 139.5 134.6 141.0 130.7 121.9 127.0 126.9 139.7 108.8 130.3 134.8 143.6 127.5 127.1 143.5 124.3 143.5 124.4 148.9 130.4 133.4 135.3 124.2 162.6 165.5 160.9 107.3 106.4 116.1 116.3 101.8 101.2 100.4 103.1 103.8 114.3 104.0 116.2 82.0 81.9 80.8 110.4 109.5 118.8 118.9 104.2 102.5 101.9 105.6 109.2 116.9 109.4 120.1 80.4 80.4 78.8 114.8 113.8 122.0 121.7 105.4 104.9 105.9 109.1 111.6 121.0 114.1 119.5 85.9 85.6 83.2 126.7 125.3 124.4 123.3 105.6 106.6 107.6 110.5 114.6 125.9 117.4 116.9 117.1 117.0 115.4 124.5 123.2 128.5 127.2 109.6 109.2 111.3 114.3 117.2 130.3 123.7 120.2 98.5 98.3 96.2 128.2 126.6 131.7 130.1 112.6 109.8 113.7 116.0 121.7 133.8 128.9 129.7 99.9 99.9 97.6 85.3 117.0 121.3 84.7 121.5 126.5 90.0 126.9 134.0 118.7 132.8 139.5 101.5 138.8 142.9 103.0 143.9 147.0 130.8 128.5 136.2 133.9 116.5 113.2 116.2 119.7 124.3 140.0 138.3 140.2 94.6 94.0 91.1 100.0 98.1 148.3 150.8 136.7 135.2 140.9 138.1 120.5 117.8 120.1 122.0 128.1 145.1 149.4 152.1 100.2 100.0 97.6 105.3 103.2 152.6 155.7 138.9 137.2 143.7 140.4 122.7 119.9 121.7 123.4 130.5 149.3 156.5 159.1 96.4 95.9 93.5 100.6 98.3 156.6 161.4 144.8 142.4 146.5 142.7 123.7 123.8 122.6 125.9 134.2 153.0 163.1 156.8 108.9 108.3 106.5 112.4 109.2 161.4 168.6 143.1 140.8 145.1 140.8 121.4 122.2 121.7 123.2 131.9 153.0 164.8 149.2 104.4 104.0 101.9 108.6 105.2 165.1 175.9 118.6 114.7 116.8 122.0 97.4 100.6 96.5 93.3 103.9 127.1 148.8 90.4 123.3 123.8 118.3 121.6 130.4 99.9 109.4 98.4 96.8 104.4 137.1 160.9 98.1 130.5 129.9 122.0 127.4 136.8 101.9 109.1 100.6 98.8 106.8 144.7 170.6 102.3 137.9 137.1 126.8 133.3 144.2 103.2 116.7 101.5 98.6 108.6 153.8 183.7 102.5 151.4 143.0 133.7 139.4 149.2 104.8 117.9 103.0 100.8 109.7 159.8 198.6 95.3 156.8 149.3 136.5 145.9 151.9 104.0 117.4 102.2 100.4 108.5 163.5 211.5 81.9 166.4 155.2 139.3 151.2 154.9 102.6 117.7 100.7 98.9 106.8 167.6 221.9 76.7 170.1 160.8 141.4 156.3 163.4 103.5 125.0 101.0 101.1 105.3 178.4 229.5 94.4 175.2 164.2 144.4 161.4 168.4 104.4 129.0 101.6 101.2 106.4 184.5 239.6 96.5 177.0 168.7 148.6 166.5 171.6 104.3 130.6 101.4 101.2 106.0 188.6 249.0 93.9 178.3 172.7 151.7 169.2 174.3 103.6 130.5 100.7 98.6 107.1 192.3 255.1 91.3 187.0 119.3 129.3 121.3 122.7 128.0 120.2 126.6 136.5 125.4 126.5 136.8 123.5 134.5 143.2 130.1 133.1 140.5 125.9 156.0 146.2 150.3 163.4 149.3 135.7 163.4 149.1 147.8 154.0 154.2 140.7 173.0 158.6 155.5 163.6 155.4 147.6 177.4 161.4 171.1 191.8 149.6 152.0 178.1 172.3 162.5 173.5 152.3 153.3 181.3 172.2 169.0 177.2 154.9 164.9 181.4 175.4 186.9 204.5 157.9 174.1 185.2 190.6 183.9 196.9 158.7 176.3 See footnotes at end of table. Nov. December Group 93 Table 28. Historical Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): U.S. city average, by commodity and service group and detailed expenditure categories—Continued (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) Unadjusted indexes December Group Nov. 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 Medical care.................................................................................. Medical care commodities........................................................... Prescription drugs..................................................................... Nonprescription drugs and medical supplies 5........................... Internal and respiratory over-the-counter drugs....................... Nonprescription medical equipment and supplies................... Medical care services................................................................. Professional medical services................................................... Physicians’ services............................................................... Dental services...................................................................... Eye care 5.............................................................................. Services by other medical professionals 5............................... Hospital and related services.................................................... Hospital services 10................................................................ Inpatient hospital services 10................................................. Outpatient hospital services 5 ............................................... Nursing home services 10........................................................ Entertainment1 ............................................................................. Entertainment commodities 1 ....................................................... Reading materials..................................................................... Newspapers 1......................................................................... Magazines, periodicals, and books 1 ....................................... Sporting goods and equipment................................................. Sport vehicles, including bicycles........................................... Other sporting goods.............................................................. Toys, hobbies, and other entertainment1 .................................. Toys, hobbies, and music equipment1 ................................... Photographic supplies and equipment.................................... Pet supplies and expense....................................................... Entertainment services 1.............................................................. Club memberships 1 5................................................................ Fees for participant sports, excluding club memberships 1 5 ........................................................... Admissions............................................................................... Fees for lessons or instructions 5.............................................. Other entertainment services 15................................................ 133.4 134.1 145.7 105.3 126.9 120.9 133.2 132.0 133.6 132.0 105.3 105.0 135.4 107.2 116.9 112.6 121.4 120.9 122.3 107.8 108.9 103.9 110.5 107.8 116.3 112.6 124.0 102.0 142.8 143.1 156.9 110.4 133.2 126.6 142.7 141.0 143.6 140.8 109.8 110.8 150.0 154.7 154.8 171.8 116.8 140.3 135.7 154.7 150.2 154.0 150.0 113.8 117.2 166.8 168.8 168.0 189.0 123.6 148.9 142.4 169.0 160.3 165.4 159.7 119.0 122.8 184.4 182.0 180.3 206.8 127.7 152.7 150.5 182.4 170.2 174.5 172.9 123.2 129.2 201.2 194.3 189.4 218.3 133.0 159.2 156.1 195.4 180.0 185.5 182.8 127.8 133.9 218.9 204.5 195.1 225.2 136.5 163.3 160.4 206.6 188.0 194.8 190.9 130.5 138.1 235.1 214.6 200.8 233.2 138.7 164.7 167.0 217.7 196.9 203.6 201.3 135.2 144.3 248.5 223.1 204.2 237.8 140.4 165.9 171.2 227.4 204.9 212.5 210.1 138.5 146.8 260.0 - - - - - - - - 117.1 122.2 117.6 126.7 126.8 127.0 112.5 113.2 109.0 115.6 112.3 123.5 117.7 129.7 110.5 131.1 128.4 121.7 132.5 131.8 133.6 115.9 117.7 110.8 119.2 114.8 127.8 122.8 138.7 115.3 145.9 133.3 124.8 138.6 138.2 139.5 116.5 117.8 112.1 122.1 116.6 129.7 127.3 146.1 120.7 160.4 138.4 129.0 147.8 151.4 144.4 120.5 120.4 118.0 123.8 117.9 131.1 129.5 152.5 125.3 176.0 142.2 131.5 153.4 157.9 149.1 121.6 123.5 116.3 125.4 121.3 134.1 128.5 158.1 128.0 189.3 146.1 133.9 159.0 164.8 153.4 122.6 124.9 116.7 126.9 123.2 136.5 129.3 163.8 132.6 200.2 149.2 136.1 164.8 173.2 156.5 126.1 128.8 119.7 126.4 122.2 131.4 130.7 168.3 131.8 209.4 153.8 139.4 174.5 186.5 162.5 124.5 127.3 118.0 129.2 123.5 133.8 135.4 174.6 134.8 230.1 209.4 244.9 142.5 169.0 171.6 234.7 212.3 219.1 220.9 140.4 151.5 270.4 100.0 100.0 219.5 100.0 158.4 142.9 179.3 191.9 166.6 124.6 127.4 118.0 133.8 127.4 133.9 142.4 180.7 133.5 235.8 213.1 249.3 145.0 171.6 175.9 240.8 218.5 224.9 229.4 142.0 156.8 277.4 102.5 101.9 228.1 103.5 160.3 142.9 180.9 192.8 169.0 123.1 125.5 117.0 133.9 126.7 135.7 143.0 184.9 134.0 106.9 128.1 105.3 101.6 113.2 132.8 110.6 105.2 121.9 145.8 119.6 109.9 128.6 153.1 126.1 116.3 134.2 160.5 133.6 120.8 140.6 166.6 140.7 124.4 152.1 169.9 146.3 127.6 155.6 176.2 154.0 130.9 159.3 185.7 158.6 135.7 165.9 193.3 167.3 140.3 170.1 199.8 173.2 142.5 Other goods and services 3 ........................................................... Tobacco and smoking products.................................................. Personal care.............................................................................. Toilet goods and personal care appliances............................... Cosmetics, bath and nail preparations, manicure and eye makeup implements.............................. Other toilet goods and small personal care appliances, including hair and dental products................... Personal care services.............................................................. Beauty parlor services for females 1 ....................................... Haircuts and other barber shop services for males 1 .............. Personal and educational expenses 1.......................................... School books and supplies....................................................... Personal and educational services 1 ......................................... Tuition and other school fe e s................................................ College tuition..................................................................... Elementary and high school tuition....................................... Day care and nursery school8 ............................................. Personal expenses................................................................. Legal service fees 5 ............................................................. Personal financial services 5 ................................................ Funeral expenses 5 .............................................................. 131.3 137.2 116.4 115.1 140.6 150.2 122.3 121.5 152.7 171.8 126.9 124.7 164.4 190.1 132.2 130.0 177.7 211.5 135.7 133.7 189.0 229.0 139.9 138.6 192.0 215.4 143.2 140.7 200.0 222.2 146.1 143.5 208.1 228.4 148.9 144.7 215.2 233.9 150.4 143.5 226.7 250.5 154.3 147.1 116.1 122.2 124.8 132.0 136.0 138.5 144.7 146.8 148.9 153.1 156.1 114.6 117.8 117.5 118.4 143.0 141.9 143.3 146.3 145.4 149.3 121.3 123.0 122.7 123.8 152.3 151.1 152.7 157.1 156.2 161.9 128.9 134.9 135.2 133.2 174.7 173.9 175.0 182.7 183.6 191.4 100.0 160.1 121.7 127.1 122.6 132.5 137.9 137.9 137.4 188.7 184.4 189.3 199.4 205.0 206.2 106.3 170.5 129.2 136.8 130.1 138.9 141.3 140.8 142.5 200.5 194.9 201.2 214.4 223.8 222.7 110.8 177.6 133.6 143.9 135.1 138.3 146.2 146.1 145.6 213.3 202.3 214.5 228.7 240.3 235.4 116.7 188.9 144.0 153.3 142.1 141.7 149.2 148.9 149.6 224.9 208.5 226.5 242.0 255.3 250.2 122.7 198.8 147.2 166.5 150.6 142.3 154.2 153.7 155.3 237.3 220.3 238.9 255.8 271.2 266.9 127.5 208.9 153.1 177.7 158.1 137.7 159.4 158.4 162.3 248.3 232.9 249.8 267.9 286.1 279.3 132.1 217.8 159.7 183.2 165.9 141.7 163.7 162.8 166.5 261.2 244.7 262.8 282.3 300.9 299.5 137.8 228.3 166.4 193.1 173.8 135.0 129.9 117.1 121.2 124.6 136.7 128.5 98.8 125.6 133.1 139.0 128.8 100.3 129.4 137.6 143.9 133.3 95.0 134.4 140.1 147.1 129.7 100.6 133.6 142.9 150.7 127.8 96.9 135.9 149.9 159.3 131.6 109.3 142.4 154.3 159.8 129.4 104.8 144.8 158.1 Expenditure category Special indexes Domestically produced farm food.................................................. Selected beef cuts........................................................................ Motor fuel, motor oil, coolant, and other products 1 ....................... Utilities and public transportation................................................... Housekeeping and home maintenance services 1.......................... - - 136.0 105.2 104.5 104.6 143.0 109.8 111.7 109.6 124.9 129.4 129.4 128.7 163.1 162.9 163.4 169.6 169.3 176.2 151.0 116.4 117.9 115.1 112.4 107.8 82.3 109.6 113.1 119.1 112.1 80.9 113.4 117.9 127.0 120.0 86.3 116.3 119.4 8 Indexes on a December 1983=100 base. 7 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base. 8 Indexes on a December 1990=100 base. 9 Indexes on a December 1993=100 base. 10 Indexes on a December 1996=100 base. - Data not available. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. 1 This index series will no longer appear in its present form after December, 1997. See Table X for a comparable index series. 2 Indexes on a December 1984=100 base. 3 This index series will undergo a change in composition in January, 1998. 4 Indexes on a December 1982=100 base. 5 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base. 94 Table 29. Historical Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): U.S. city average, by commodity and service group and detailed expenditure categories (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) Percent change from previous December Nov. December Group 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 2.8 1.0 2.5 -.1 -1.6 3.1 -3.7 2.4 4.5 3.9 4.8 3.1 7.9 6.0 2.9 2.2 1.6 2.6 2.5 1.3 2.9 2.9 3.5 2.8 2.7 3.1 7.1 4.9 2.5 1.4 2.7 .5 -1.3 .5 -2.1 3.0 3.6 3.0 2.8 3.9 5.7 5.1 2.7 2.4 2.6 2.3 1.6 -1.9 3.2 3.4 3.0 3.0 .6 3.6 5.4 4.1 2.5 1.6 2.2 1.1 .5 .1 .6 1.9 3.4 3.4 1.8 3.4 4.5 4.4 3.3 3.3 4.2 2.6 4.1 -.4 6.3 .5 3.3 2.9 3.5 3.8 3.2 4.0 1.7 .5 1.4 -.1 1.1 3.6 .1 -1.8 2.7 3.0 2.4 1.4 2.6 3.9 6.2 6.5 6.4 5.9 7.6 12.3 15.6 8.9 5.8 5.1 19.2 5.0 4.9 3.2 35.5 5.8 3.0 2.4 2.6 2.5 .5 -.6 -2.1 .5 5.2 4.2 -8.1 3.9 4.4 4.0 -16.0 4.6 3.2 2.9 2.9 2.7 2.6 2.5 2.9 2.0 4.1 3.1 1.9 2.9 3.2 2.9 1.1 3.5 2.4 2.3 2.4 2.3 .6 -1.0 -1.6 .8 4.2 3.4 -1.7 2.9 2.9 1.5 -5.2 3.7 2.8 2.7 2.6 2.6 2.2 1.5 3.0 2.2 3.0 2.7 2.5 2.8 2.8 1.8 5.4 3.3 2.5 2.2 2.2 2.4 1.2 .6 .8 1.4 3.4 3.3 -1.5 2.8 3.0 1.8 -3.4 3.5 3.1 3.4 3.5 3.3 2.7 4.2 5.9 4.2 3.6 3.3 9.2 2.9 2.5 1.0 14.0 3.2 1.7 1.2 1.4 1.6 .0 1.1 .3 1.2 2.5 2.8 -1.7 2.0 2.1 .9 -4.9 2.8 5.3 5.4 5.8 4.6 5.1 2.2 7.2 2.1 4.3 3.7 4.8 5.7 3.3 7.9 8.9 11.4 8.9 7.6 10.3 10.2 9.6 5.9 10.2 16.6 17.1 14.9 18.2 16.7 10.3 1.4 .2 2.3 1.4 2.8 -.3 3.7 -4.7 2.5 1.8 1.1 3.4 3.6 -.2 4.8 2.8 3.4 1.4 3.6 4.8 3.9 -1.6 -1.4 -2.2 -1.1 -1.4 1.4 -1.6 -.2 -2.6 -1.1 -6.0 -11.8 -4.3 -4.8 -5.4 .8 .5 -.4 1.2 .3 1.6 -.6 2.1 -4.1 1.6 1.5 1.5 3.9 3.6 5.0 3.9 2.0 4.2 4.1 5.2 2.3 5.1 .5 .8 .3 .8 -.6 1.2 2.5 -.2 1.5 2.2 -.7 -3.4 2.6 -1.4 -1.4 .2 2.8 4.3 1.6 2.9 1.7 1.2 2.0 -4.6 2.7 2.8 3.4 3.7 3.4 -.2 4.7 2.2 3.7 6.9 2.8 3.3 1.9 3.6 3.8 3.7 3.7 3.7 2.4 .8 2.7 6.4 4.0 4.5 11.7 4.6 1.5 3.3 2.6 5.5 4.4 7.3 3.2 3.3 2.5 3.4 -1.9 2.6 2.8 3.2 3.3 3.1 1.7 2.4 6.0 3.5 2.8 4.7 3.7 3.3 -.7 -.7 -1.7 -2.2 -4.5 -1.6 1.7 -1.4 -1.2 -1.0 -2.3 -2.0 -4.9 -1.5 -1.1 .6 -.4 -1.1 -2.3 6.6 5.2 1.4 6.3 .4 2.2 2.2 2.2 3.2 2.6 6.5 1.6 2.5 3.5 5.7 4.6 1.3 2.7 4.2 3.0 2.7 -.2 -1.7 .7 -2.8 -2.0 -1.7 2.4 7.4 13.2 5.5 7.2 6.5 3.1 4.1 3.9 4.9 2.6 3.1 1.0 3.7 25.6 4.2 4.3 4.9 3.7 -1.3 7.6 -4.2 .8 6.0 8.3 5.0 4.2 6.2 5.7 5.3 5.2 2.5 1.6 3.5 5.7 4.0 5.1 1.8 11.1 24.2 6.8 8.5 9.7 3.4 7.9 9.4 7.2 6.6 2.4 .9 2.8 12.1 1.4 1.3 .8 1.4 1.6 -.4 1.1 4.2 1.2 2.0 2.2 .8 .1 -.5 .2 .1 -.7 -1.0 -3.7 -3.4 -2.3 -.6 .9 .1 1.1 -1.5 -.8 1.4 2.0 -.2 1.8 -2.0 .7 1.9 3.0 1.6 -11.2 1987 1988 1989 1990 4.5 4.7 3.4 5.6 8.0 5.0 9.6 2.6 4.2 4.8 1.3 4.3 6.0 5.2 4.4 3.8 5.1 3.0 3.4 4.4 2.9 2.5 4.9 4.4 3.6 6.1 7.1 5.6 4.5 4.2 5.5 3.2 5.0 .5 7.3 1.2 4.9 4.9 2.3 5.0 8.4 6.5 6.1 6.8 5.3 7.9 13.1 4.9 17.3 .5 5.5 5.0 2.7 7.3 9.2 6.3 4.7 4.4 4.3 4.4 5.4 7.5 8.8 5.4 3.6 4.1 8.8 4.1 4.3 3.7 18.0 4.7 4.1 4.4 4.3 4.2 3.1 3.5 3.0 4.3 5.3 4.6 .3 4.7 4.5 3.9 -2.2 4.9 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.4 3.4 5.0 7.0 5.3 4.9 4.6 5.2 4.4 4.3 2.7 7.6 5.1 3.4 3.4 3.3 4.2 4.9 1.2 5.9 4.9 3.9 4.3 3.6 4.2 3.4 1.0 2.2 3.5 6.7 5.9 5.1 6.1 7.0 9.8 7.5 -1.8 -4.3 -1.5 -3.0 .1 4.0 -9.4 -11.4 -8.8 -7.3 10.0 10.4 9.9 -17.9 5.1 5.2 5.6 8.4 9.5 6.7 9.6 11.4 7.8 11.1 9.6 6.1 5.0 5.2 4.7 2.1 5.5 2.4 7.0 6.1 3.2 7.0 9.1 -2.9 -10.4 .2 -1.5 -2.5 .8 18.2 22.0 19.0 8.6 4.6 13.2 2.0 16.6 5.5 5.6 6.2 7.3 7.3 7.3 9.7 1.4 7.4 6.0 6.8 7.8 8.8 6.9 5.2 6.6 6.7 7.5 9.7 7.5 6.2 2.7 6.1 7.0 8.6 8.2 5.1 6.7 5.6 .4 -.8 -1.1 6.8 3.7 -4.3 6.2 35.7 1991 Commodity and service group All items.......................................................................................... Commodities.................................................................................. Food and beverages................................................................... Commodities less food and beverages........................................ Nondurables less food and beverages...................................... Apparel commodities 1............................................................ Nondurables less food beverages and apparel....................... Durables................................................................................... Services ...................................................................................... . Rent of shelter ............................................................................ Household services less rent of shelter1..................................... Transportation services............................................................... Medical care services.................................................................. Other services............................................................................. Special indexes All items less food............................................................................ All items less shelter........................................................................ All items less homeowners’ costs 1.................................................. All items less medical care.............................................................. Commodities less food..................................................................... Nondurables less food...................................................................... Nondurables less food and apparel.................................................. Nondurables.................................................................................... Services less rent of shelter....................................................... ..... Services less medical care services................................................. Energy............................................................................................. All items less energy........................................................................ All items less food and energy....................................................... Commodities less food and energy commodities......................... Energy commodities ................................................................. Services less energy services...................................................... Expenditure category Food and beverages........................................................................ Food............................................................................................. Food at home............................................................................. Cereals and bakery products .................................................... Cereals and cereal products................................................... Flour and prepared flour mixes............................................ Cereal.................................................................................. Rice, pasta, and cornmeal ................................................... Bakery products..................................................................... White bread......................................................................... Fresh other bread, biscuits, rolls, and muffins...................... Cookies fresh cakes, and cupcakes.................................... Other bakery products......................................................... Meats poultry fish, and eggs ........................................ Meats, poultry, and fish.......................................................... Meats................................................................................... Beef and veal.................................................................... Ground beef other than canned ...................................... Chuck roast1.................................................................. Round roast1.................................................................. Round steak 1................................................................. Sirloin steak 1.................................................................. Other beef and veal1...................................................... Pork ................................................................................. Bacon............................................................................. Chops ............................................................................. Ham ............................................................................... Other pork including sausage 1....................................... Other meats...................................................................... Poultry ............................................................................... Fresh whole chicken......................................................... Fresh and frozen chicken parts......................................... Other poultry 1 ................................................................... Fish and seafood................................................................. Canned fish and seafood.................................................. Fresh and frozen fish and seafood 1 ................................. Eaas...................................................................................... i-yyo ............................................................................ See footnotes at end of table. 95 Table 29. Historical Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): U.S. city average, by commodity and service group and detailed expenditure categories—Continued (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) Percent change from previous December Group Expenditure category Dairy products................................................................. Fresh milk and cream 1 .................. ............................ Fresh whole m ilk ....................................................... Other fresh milk and cream 1.................................... Processed dairy products 1 ......................................... Cheese..................................... ................................. Ice cream and related products............................... Other dairy products, including butter1 ................... Fruits and vegetables 2................................................... Fresh fruits and vegetables........................................ Fresh fruits ................................................................ Apples ..................................................................... Bananas .................................................................. Oranges, including tangerines 1 ............................. Other fresh fruits 1 .................................................. Fresh vegetables....................................................... Potatoes.................................................................. Lettuce .................................................................... Tom atoes................................................................ Other fresh vegetables.......................................... Processed fruits and vegetables 1 .............................. Processed fruits 1....................................................... Fruit juices and frozen fru it1 .................................. Canned and dried fruits 1 ....................................... Processed vegetables 1 ............................................ Frozen vegetables 1................................................ Processed vegetables excluding frozen 1 .............................................................. Other food at hom e....................................................... Sugar and sweets........................................................ Sugar and artificial sweeteners................................. Sweets, including candy 1......................................... Fats and o ils ................................................................ Nonalcoholic beverages.............................................. Carbonated drinks..................................................... Coffee......................................................................... Other noncarbonated drinks 1 .................................. Other prepared fo o d .................................................... Canned and packaged so u p .................................... Frozen prepared fo o d ............................................... Snacks ....................................................................... Seasonings, condiments, sauces, and spices......... Miscellaneous prepared food, including baby food 1 Food away from hom e...................................................... Lunch 1 ........................................................................... Dinner1............................................................................ Other meals and snacks 1 ............................................. Alcoholic beverages............................................................ Alcoholic beverages at home........................................... Beer and a le ................................................................... W ine................................................................................ Distilled spirits................................................................. Alcoholic beverages away from hom e............................. See footnotes at end of table. December 1987 1988 1989 1990 1.6 1.6 1.4 2.2 1.6 2.1 1.4 .6 12.5 17.6 10.3 -11.0 17.4 14.7 15.9 25.1 -.3 10.3 14.2 4.5 5.7 6.6 2.9 3.0 2.9 4.5 4.8 5.1 4.2 4.2 5.2 3.7 2.0 6.3 3.7 13.6 27.5 7.9 14.1 10.4 -5.2 24.3 -36.3 -10.8 2.5 11.0 10.8 12.5 4.0 11.2 4.4 10.4 11.5 11.5 11.3 9.2 12.9 7.1 1.3 3.8 4.7 6.4 -6.3 5.9 -4.4 14.5 2.7 9.1 -22.1 13.2 4.5 2.5 .6 -.2 3.1 4.9 7.1 3.0 2.5 2.5 2.4 3.7 4.7 4.4 -.2 7.3 8.4 11.3 21.9 4.4 10.2 9.9 5.3 -4.2 11.8 -7.9 11.7 5.4 7.7 9.1 2.5 2.6 3.0 3.0 .9 1.6 1.3 1.7 1.8 —3.0 1.7 -14.4 2.3 4.1 6.2 5.7 3.1 2.7 4.6 3.7 3.8 3.5 3.3 3.0 2.2 2.1 3.4 1.1 4.2 14.5 4.8 5.2 8.0 4.0 9.9 2.8 1.5 5.7 2.6 5.0 3.7 4.5 5.0 4.4 6.1 4.4 4.6 4.3 4.3 3.8 2.3 2.7 1.8 1.8 5.7 3.9 4.3 3.8 4.4 3.6 2.7 3.2 4.9 -1.2 4.0 5.7 7.5 5.5 3.9 5.6 7.0 4.6 5.0 4.3 4.7 4.8 4.4 4.7 3.1 4.5 5.2 2.5 4.2 4.3 2.8 4.9 7.7 1.9 .8 1.6 5.3 5.2 6.1 3.4 4.0 6.3 5.9 4.5 4.5 4.0 5.5 4.2 3.8 3.7 2.9 4.9 4.9 - 1991 Nov. 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 0.6 -.2 -.4 .1 1.3 1.7 1.1 .2 4.4 7.9 11.0 12.2 -.4 23.1 9.6 4.3 -4.0 12.1 -4.0 7.7 -1.6 -2.6 -4.3 4.8 -.5 .8 1.3 2.3 1.8 3.3 .2 .1 .5 -.2 2.1 2.6 -4.3 -9.5 -2.8 -16.1 .7 11.2 6.7 6.5 55.1 3.1 1.1 2.2 2.3 1.6 -.1 .8 0.9 2.2 2.1 2.2 -.6 -.8 .5 -1.6 6.5 9.1 12.6 8.4 2.6 12.9 15.5 5.5 20.5 -16.2 1.9 7.3 1.5 -.9 -1.4 1.5 4.2 3.7 1.1 .7 .4 1.1 1.5 .9 3.7 .5 8.1 11.8 3.6 -2.2 12.2 .6 4.6 21.1 -6.5 77.7 18.1 21.2 .5 -.4 -.8 1.0 1.6 .8 2.5 1.8 2.1 1.3 3.4 2.4 2.7 8.4 -1.0 -2.7 5.8 15.0 2.6 14.7 1.8 -10.8 13.7 -36.4 4.0 -15.4 2.7 3.6 3.6 3.8 1.8 2.9 10.2 11.5 11.0 12.3 8.7 8.2 7.7 12.1 5.1 4.4 11.8 3.8 7.4 -3.0 18.7 -4.1 -8.6 7.0 -20.4 1.8 6.4 6.8 7.5 4.2 6.0 2.4 -1.1 -1.9 -1.7 -2.4 -.3 -2.0 .0 4.9 1.3 1.7 -6.9 -1.7 -2.2 3.7 -11.1 13.3 8.9 39.8 16.2 8.1 .5 .2 -.2 1.9 .8 3.1 -1.2 1.5 3.4 .0 4.8 -1.3 -.4 .9 -5.1 2.7 3.1 5.9 1.6 1.1 4.0 3.7 2.8 2.9 2.7 3.0 10.0 11.5 11.9 13.4 8.9 8.0 -.5 .9 1.0 1.0 1.0 -.6 -.2 1.5 -5.5 1.9 2.1 5.7 .5 -.4 4.1 1.9 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.5 2.9 2.2 2.8 1.5 1.4 3.8 4.3 2.0 .9 1.0 .8 .8 2.1 1.8 5.3 -.7 2.6 4.3 -.4 3.0 2.6 3.6 1.8 1.9 1.8 1.7 1.6 .5 .3 .2 1.1 2.9 2.0 5.7 1.0 2.0 .6 3.7 13.5 -.3 55.9 .8 2.3 4.3 .3 1.8 2.4 3.1 2.0 1.9 2.0 2.1 .9 -.2 -.2 -1.2 .7 2.2 1.2 1.3 3.0 4.1 2.5 2.4 -1.4 2.9 -9.7 2.3 2.6 3.6 .4 3.5 4.0 1.7 2.2 2.3 2.3 2.3 1.9 .9 .8 1.3 .8 3.2 7.7 2.2 4.4 3.4 4.8 2.3 -1.8 -.5 -6.9 2.8 4.5 4.6 5.0 5.7 4.5 3.5 3.1 3.1 2.8 3.7 3.6 3.3 2.8 6.2 2.0 4.0 -.3 2.7 1.9 .4 2.5 -.1 5.4 -.8 19.4 1.4 1.6 1.8 -.2 2.0 1.5 2.3 2.3 2.4 2.4 2.1 1.8 .5 -.8 3.0 2.4 3.3 Table 29. Historical Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): U.S. city average, by commodity and service group and detailed expenditure categories—Continued (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) Percent change from previous December 1987 Expenditure category Housing 2 ................................................................................................. Shelter................................................................................................... Renters’ costs 1................................................................................. Rent, residential ............................................................................. Other renters’ costs 1 ..................................................................... Lodging while out of to w n ........................................................... Lodging while at school............................................................... Tenants’ insurance 1 .................................................................... Homeowners’ costs 1 ........................................................................ Owners’ equivalent re n t................................................................. 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 2 ....................................................................... F uels................................................................................................... Fuel oil and other household fuel commodities............................ Fuel o il.......................................................................................... Other household fuel commodities............................................. Gas (piped) and electricity (energy services)................................ Electricity...................................................................................... Utilitv (DiDed) a a s.......................................................................... Other utilities and public services 1 .................................................. Telephone services 1 ...................................................................... Local charges 1 ............................................................................ Interstate toll c a lls........................................................................ Intrastate toll c a lls........................................................................ Water and sewerage maintenance................................................ Cable television.............................................................................. Refuse collection............................................................................ Household furnishings and operation 2 ............................................... Housefurnishings 1 ............................................................................ Textile housefurnishings 1 .............................................................. Furniture and bedding.................................................................... Bedroom furniture......................................................................... Sofas 1 .......................................................................................... Living room chairs and tables 1 ................................................... Other furniture 1 ........................................................................... Appliances, including electronic equipment1 ................................ Video and audio products 1......................................................... Televisions................................................................................. Video products other than televisions 1................................... Audio products 1 ........................................................................ Major household appliances 1 ..................................................... Refrigerators and home freezers 1 ........................................... Laundry equipment.................................................................... Stoves, ovens, dishwashers, and air conditioners 1 ............... Information processing equipment.............................................. Other housefurnishings 1 ................................................................ Floor and window coverings, infants’, laundry, cleaning, and outdoor equipment1........................................ Clocks, lamps, and decor item s.................................................. 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 ......................................... Indoor plants and fresh cut flowers............................................ Housekeeping supplies..................................................................... Laundry and cleaning products, including soap 1 ......................... Household paper products and stationery supplies 1................... Other household lawn and garden supplies 1 ............................. Housekeeping services 1................................................................... Postage............................................................................................ Appliance and furniture repair1...................................................... Gardening and other household services 1 .................................. 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 2.2 3.9 4.8 4.5 4.1 6.5 6.5 7.3 2.3 5.0 5.2 2.6 3.3 3.9 2.7 5.2 .9 3.1 3.6 14.9 19.6 6.0 2.7 2.6 2.6 2.2 -.3 .5 -1.3 -2.5 6.7 3.9 9.7 .8 -.7 -.7 -1.7 -2.3 -1.0 -1.2 -1.8 -1.8 -.8 -2.1 -5.1 2.3 -1.2 1.2 -.6 -3.5 -7.3 1.3 4.2 5.1 5.7 4.1 14.2 15.5 6.1 1.2 4.7 4.7 1.8 3.9 6.0 1.4 2.7 •3 3.8 4.0 28.7 29.9 26.1 1.4 1.2 1.7 3.7 -.3 1.0 -3.7 -2.2 5.9 13.5 10.0 1.7 .5 2.5 1.1 -1.4 .2 5.4 2.5 -2.4 -3.7 -3.5 -9.6 -1.0 .0 -.9 1.8 -1.0 -3.2 2.2 3.4 3.8 3.8 3.0 8.3 8.6 6.5 2.5 3.9 3.9 2.8 5.7 4.5 6.9 4.3 9.1 3.2 1.1 -16.8 -20.0 -9.8 3.4 5.2 -.1 5.6 3.4 5.2 1.3 -1.5 7.3 8.6 11.6 2.1 .8 1.4 1.1 4.2 -.1 -1.5 -.5 -1.4 -.6 -1.1 -5.7 1.9 -2.1 -1.7 -1.9 -2.4 -3.1 2.2 2.6 2.8 2.7 2.3 3.9 3.5 8.0 2.5 2.9 2.9 2.8 -.6 2.4 -4.1 -.7 -6.8 2.3 2.4 -2.9 -3.2 -2.4 2.9 1.7 5.4 2.5 -.2 .4 -1.3 -2.4 6.4 4.0 8.6 1.6 1.6 -1.3 4.3 5.2 3.6 3.7 4.4 -1.3 -1.4 -.7 -2.1 -1.5 .4 .7 .5 .0 -7.2 2.5 2.6 3.0 2.5 2.3 3.6 3.8 2.2 3.1 3.3 3.2 3.3 -1.6 -3.6 .8 .1 1.4 2.6 1.7 -3.8 -4.6 -2.1 2.3 .5 5.9 3.7 1.8 1.0 6.5 .1 4.9 7.1 5.2 1.5 1.3 6.1 2.8 4.9 -1.2 4.8 1.6 -.5 -.5 -2.1 -1.4 .7 1.8 4.7 .6 .7 -7.9 -.3 2.1 3.0 2.5 2.5 2.1 1.8 4.7 4.7 3.3 3.3 4.8 3.7 4.7 2.4 .9 3.7 .1 -.6 .1 .0 .3 -.8 .7 -3.5 1.0 .7 -.4 5.4 -.9 4.2 -2.9 4.9 .6 .0 -3.0 1.2 -1.8 6.2 .8 2.2 -.9 -2.5 -1.7 -6.8 -1.1 3.3 5.1 2.8 2.1 -8.1 .7 2.8 3.4 2.7 2.5 3.7 3.6 4.4 2.0 3.7 3.7 1.9 2.6 3.1 1.9 .7 2.9 1.4 .6 1.4 1.6 .8 .6 2.7 -3.9 2.1 1.1 2.3 .1 -3.5 2.8 3.9 2.7 2.3 .5 .1 4.2 2.0 10.9 6.2 1.4 -3.7 -3.9 -4.4 -6.9 -2.6 -2.0 -2.1 -.4 -3.6 -10.0 .6 2.9 2.8 3.1 2.8 4.9 5.2 3.5 .5 2.7 2.8 1.1 3.2 3.7 2.3 5.2 .2 4.6 5.7 23.6 23.2 24.1 4.1 .7 11.8 3.4 2.1 .9 3.8 6.2 3.4 7.9 1.9 .9 .1 -1.0 .9 3.6 1.2 -1.3 -1.4 -1.6 -2.4 -5.4 -.7 -.7 1.6 2.1 3.3 -.5 -10.6 .7 2.3 3.0 3.4 2.9 5.8 5.9 5.5 3.0 2.8 2.8 2.9 1.9 3.1 .6 .7 .5 1.5 .7 -12.8 -12.3 -13.6 2.1 1.2 4.0 2.5 .3 1.1 -4.6 3.1 3.8 6.8 1.9 .2 -1.2 -.8 -.6 .4 -.4 -.2 -2.6 -3.0 -2.8 -2.9 -7.3 -1.3 -2.3 -3.5 -.5 -3.0 -10.2 -.3 6.2 1.4 1.4 .9 -1.0 3.2 3.0 .1 4.6 6.0 2.2 -2.6 7.5 .1 1.4 1.8 -2.0 3.5 6.3 -.6 3.3 2.4 1.6 1.1 .7 -3.4 1.1 3.9 2.0 -.4 .6 .6 4.3 3.7 -3.1 .7 1.6 -3.9 1.8 2.4 -.1 2.7 3.6 -.2 -1.7 1.8 -3.0 -.8 2.9 4.6 .9 2.8 1.5 .0 2.9 4.7 4.0 4.2 5.6 2.2 4.4 13.6 2.3 4.1 5.5 4.5 5.4 6.8 1.1 .0 1.8 2.8 3.2 3.9 4.1 1.5 4.2 .0 3.9 3.8 -.5 7.3 2.0 4.2 .3 .7 7.0 16.2 4.3 2.2 1.4 5.5 -.3 -.4 -.1 -.2 3.5 .0 5.9 5.0 -3.7 -2.5 1.5 -.3 2.1 3.0 2.4 .0 2.6 1.7 -2.0 3.9 1.1 1.7 .6 .8 1.7 .0 .6 .6 -3.7 1.4 5.0 1.4 10.5 3.9 5.0 10.4 4.8 2.0 1.9 .6 1.5 2.8 .8 .7 2.9 .0 3.2 5.3 -.3 -8.4 1.5 1.7 .7 2.2 2.4 .0 1.5 1.0 3.5 4.8 3.9 3.7 4.3 4.1 5.9 3.5 5.2 5.2 3.9 3.0 4.2 1.7 1.9 1.5 1.6 1.2 12.2 18.0 2.4 .2 1.7 -2.9 2.0 -1.0 3.6 -12.4 -3.0 5.2 9.7 9.9 1.0 .4 .9 2.0 .3 5.0 1.9 2.5 -2.7 -3.7 -4.9 3.9 4.4 3.5 3.5 3.8 3.6 5.8 2.8 4.8 4.8 3.0 2.4 1.6 3.3 2.1 4.2 3.0 2.5 -4.4 -6.4 -.2 3.2 3.0 3.7 3.9 1.3 4.5 -4.2 -4.2 5.6 10.7 7.8 3.1 2.4 6.4 3.1 5.3 -.9 3.1 3.4 .8 -1.2 -1.2 .9 -1.2 1.1 -1.1 -2.9 .0 3.4 1.8 3.6 4.5 1.7 See footnotes at end of table. Nov. December Group 97 Table 29. Historical Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): U.S. city average, by commodity and service group and detailed expenditure categories—Continued (1 9 8 2 -8 4 = 1 0 0 , unless otherwise noted) Percent change from previous Decem ber Group Expenditure category Apparel and upkeep....................................................... Apparel commodities 1 ................................................. Apparel commodities less footwear........................... Men’s and boys’ ...................................................... Men’s ................................................................... Suits, sport coats, coats, and jackets................. Furnishings and special clothing......................... Shirts 1............................................................... Dungarees, jeans, and trousers.......................... Boys’ ................................................................... Women’s and girls’ ................................................. Women’s .............................................................. Coats and jackets.............................................. Dresses ............................................................. Separates and sportswear1................................ Underwear, nightwear, hosiery, and accessories 1 Suits 1 ................................................................ Girls’ .................................................................... Infants’ and toddlers’ .............................................. Other apparel commodities 1................................... Sewing materials, notions, and luggage................. Watches and jewelry............................................. Watches............................................................ Jewelry.............................................................. Footwear................................................................... Men’s ..................................................................... Boys’ and girls’ ....................................................... Women’s ................................................................ Apparel services 1........................................................ Laundry and dry cleaning other than coin operated 1 .. Other apparel services 1 ............................................ 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.................................................... Used cars.................................................................. Motor fuel.................................................................. Gasoline ................................................................. Gasoline, unleaded regular................................... Gasoline, unleaded midgrade............................... Gasoline, unleaded premium................................ Automobile maintenance and repair........................... Body w ork.............................................................. Automobile drive train, brake, and miscellaneous mechanical repair1 ............... Maintenance and servicing..................................... Power plant repair1 ................................................ Other private transportation 1..................................... Other private transportation commodities 1.............. Motor oil, coolant, and other products.................. Automobile parts and equipment.......................... Tires................................................................... Other parts and equipment1.............................. Other private transportation services 1..................... Automobile insurance .......................................... Automobile finance charges 1............................... Automobile fees 1 ................................................. Automobile registration, licensing, and inspection fees 1..................................... Other automobile-related fees 1.......................... Public transportation..................................................... Airline fares.............................................................. Other intercity transportation...................................... Intracity public transportation..................................... December 1987 1988 1989 1990 4.8 5.0 5.2 3.1 4.3 3.4 .9 6.6 5.9 -.7 6.1 6.3 4.9 15.3 5.4 .4 8.8 5.2 2.6 7.9 2.7 9.0 3.6 10.6 4.2 2.9 7.4 3.4 3.7 5.2 2.6 6.7 6.9 1.8 1.7 1.8 1.2 .4 3.1 3.8 1.3 4.0 8.8 18.5 18.7 18.5 4.4 4.4 4.2 5.5 5.7 9.2 3.1 6.2 4.1 4.9 3.2 2.8 -2.2 3.0 2.1 5.7 5.8 5.3 3.4 6.5 6.2 6.6 4.1 7.2 5.6 7.1 3.7 5.6 4.1 5.3 3.2 2.9 2.9 2.3 2.2 2.4 1.3 1.5 2.4 5.2 2.3 5.2 3.4 -2.0 -1.8 -2.5 0.8 .5 .4 1.3 2.0 2.6 3.0 .3 2.2 -.8 -.6 -.6 1.3 -2.5 -.8 1.8 -2.7 -.4 -.8 3.1 1.6 3.5 -.3 4.6 1.2 2.0 3.4 -.8 3.8 3.9 3.5 4.0 3.9 2.7 2.4 1.2 2.3 3.9 3.3 2.2 3.5 4.3 -.5 6.8 6.5 5.6 5.1 4.9 5.1 2.9 3.2 2.6 2.3 4.3 3.8 1.6 6.1 6.7 10.8 7.9 5.9 4.4 10.6 3.6 7.2 6.0 6.7 5.8 3.0 6.5 3.4 2.8 4.1 3.4 6.9 5.2 8.3 10.4 10.1 2.0 1.3 .2 1.6 1.6 1.3 2.7 4.0 2.9 -2.2 36.3 36.7 38.7 3.1 3.1 3.2 2.9 3.1 2.5 2.2 3.7 3.5 2.6 3.3 2.4 2.8 -3.2 3.7 2.3 8.9 8.3 3.0 3.0 2.0 3.1 2.6 3.3 2.7 3.2 -.4 4.3 3.4 3.1 3.7 -1.7 -1.7 3.3 3.2 - 3.8 2.4 3.4 3.4 2.3 3.5 5.4 2.8 -15.9 -16.0 -16.6 1992 1995 1996 1997 0.2 .1 .0 1.0 .4 -1.3 -2.7 4.4 1.2 3.1 -.6 -.8 2.3 2.2 -2.7 1.6 -5.1 .8 -2.3 .8 8.2 -.5 5.2 -1.8 .6 .2 1.5 .6 .8 .7 .9 1.6 1.5 2.0 1.7 1.8 1.8 1.3 1.1 1.9 2.9 4.8 4.6 -3.8 -4.1 -4.2 -4.5 -4.7 2.6 3.7 -0.2 -.4 -.8 1.4 1.7 -.6 4.3 1.7 1.5 .3 -1.3 -1.1 4.0 -9.3 -.2 1.3 -2.1 -1.9 -1.3 -3.9 -3.0 -4.0 -6.5 -3.4 1.6 -.7 4.3 1.9 2.2 3.6 1.0 4.2 3.8 1.9 1.6 .8 3.3 .7 2.0 2.8 2.5 4.2 -1.4 13.0 12.9 13.9 11.7 11.1 3.1 4.5 3.3 3.6 3.7 4.1 4.0 3.6 7.1 3.9 1.3 4.5 4.4 5.0 10.8 2.7 5.0 2.2 11.6 1.0 -.8 2.7 -2.0 3.7 2.9 3.8 2.7 1.5 3.1 3.3 1.3 .7 1.8 -1.2 -1.1 -1.0 -1.3 -1.9 -1.3 -.7 -2.1 -1.7 .0 1.0 -4.8 -4.1 -4.0 -4.3 -3.4 -3.7 2.3 4.3 - - -.7 3.8 4.3 6.3 4.4 5.9 31.9 4.6 4.1 -14.5 4.5 2.4 1.5 3.7 2.9 -4.8 3.1 2.6 3.1 3.7 3.5 4.5 1.7 -2.0 1.9 1.5 2.5 5.3 5.6 6.0 3.3 4.4 3.1 4.1 6.9 2.6 8.7 2.0 3.8 .5 7.9 8.1 8.5 5.8 4.9 3.1 4.8 4.9 2.0 -.3 2.2 2.1 2.3 5.5 6.0 4.3 5.7 5.5 3.9 4.6 5.4 1.3 7.0 .9 -.2 1.7 6.3 7.7 .2 9.8 4.3 5.4 4.6 3.5 1.6 1.0 1.5 2.2 1.0 3.9 8.1 -7.0 3.6 4.4 2.1 4.7 1.8 -.8 -.4 -.8 -.4 -1.1 2.3 6.5 -14.1 6.1 4.0 2.1 3.6 2.0 -1.3 .3 -1.5 -1.5 -1.6 2.5 4.9 -6.3 2.2 3.6 1.5 3.4 5.5 .9 6.2 .3 2.2 -1.4 6.4 3.4 23.1 3.0 2.1 2.1 3.3 3.1 .9 3.2 .6 .1 1.0 3.4 4.4 2.2 1.0 2.7 2.9 3.2 1.9 -.1 1.2 -.2 .0 -.4 2.2 3.9 -2.7 .7 2.4 2.1 1.6 1.6 -.7 -.1 -.7 -2.6 1.0 2.0 2.4 -2.8 4.9 1.6 5.5 1.6 1.1 2.1 2.2 6.1 5.6 3.4 3.1 6.9 2.7 6.2 4.9 3.7 5.2 2.7 1.9 16.0 2.1 15.5 22.8 6.3 7.8 4.7 2.0 -1.7 -5.8 3.3 3.7 5.9 6.4 5.2 6.2 .8 4.9 2.5 1.8 10.0 17.2 -3.7 3.0 .4 6.8 -5.0 -9.5 1.8 .9 1.8 -.1 4.0 2.1 1.7 7.6 .1 1.9 10.6 15.4 1.9 5.6 2.1 8.7 -1.6 -3.7 .5 1.3 98 - - - 0.7 .5 .5 .5 .3 5.1 -.1 -2.7 -.8 1.1 .6 1.6 5.7 -2.7 2.3 1.1 4.4 -3.8 -3.8 2.0 -1.0 2.6 6.0 1.9 .8 1.1 .0 1.0 2.8 3.3 2.5 2.0 1.5 3.4 2.9 3.5 3.1 2.2 3.2 2.1 4.6 7.3 8.1 -5.3 -5.9 -6.7 1994 15.6 3.6 5.5 - 1.6 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.7 2.0 .9 1.5 2.6 -.9 .7 .3 3.0 3.1 -1.0 .6 -1.3 2.6 1.0 3.5 1.2 4.0 -1.5 5.3 2.5 2.3 -.2 4.2 3.3 3.2 3.5 3.0 2.8 2.5 2.3 2.7 .5 2.2 1.5 3.8 2.7 4.2 7.9 1.4 1.6 1.5 1993 -1.5 -1.9 -1.9 -2.0 -1.6 -2.2 .6 -3.3 -1.3 -3.2 -3.4 -3.8 -8.0 -11.3 -3.0 1.8 1.2 -1.8 3.7 2.9 .0 3.4 3.6 3.3 -1.9 -1.5 1.0 -3.8 1.6 1.8 1.4 4.5 5.2 3.5 3.1 3.4 4.1 3.4 1.9 3.1 3.6 8.0 8.5 5.9 6.4 7.1 5.3 5.2 2.9 3.2 See footnotes at end of table. 1991 Nov. - Table 29. Historical Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): U.S. city average, by commodity and service group and detailed expenditure categories—Continued (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) Percent change from previous December Expenditure category Medical care............................................................................................ Medical care commodities................................................................... Prescription dru g s.............................................................................. Nonprescription drugs and medical supplies.................................. Internal and respiratory over-the-counter drugs............................ Nonprescription medical equipment and supplies........................ Medical care services.......................................................................... Professional medical services.......................................................... Physicians’ services........................................................................ Dental services............................................................................... Eye c a re .......................................................................................... Services by other medical professionals...................................... Hospital and related services........................................................... Hospital services............................................................................. Inpatient hospital services........................................................... Outpatient hospital services........................................................ Nursing home services................................................................... Entertainment1 ......................................... ............................................. Entertainment commodities 1 .............................................................. Reading materials.............................................................................. Newspapers 1.................................................................................. Magazines, periodicals, and books 1 ............................................. Sporting goods and equipment........................................................ Sport vehicles, including bicycles.................................................. Other sporting goods...................................................................... Toys, hobbies, and other entertainment1 ....................................... Toys, hobbies, and music equipment1 ......................................... Photographic supplies and equipment.......................................... Pet supplies and expense.............................................................. Entertainment services 1 ...................................................................... Club memberships 1........................................................................... Fees for participant sports, excluding club memberships 1...................................................................... Admissions......................................................................................... Fees for lessons or instructions ...................................................... Other entertainment services 1 ........................................................ Other goods and services 2 ................................................................... Tobacco and smoking products......................................................... Personal c a re ....................................................................................... Toilet goods and personal care appliances.................................... Cosmetics, bath and nail preparations, manicure and eye makeup implements................................... Other toilet goods and small personal care appliances, including hair and dental products....................... Personal care services...................................................................... Beauty parlor services for females 1 ............................................. Haircuts and other barber shop services for males 1 .................. Personal and educational expenses 1................................................. School books and supplies.............. ............................................... Personal and educational services 1 ................................................ Tuition and other school fees ....................................................... College tuition .............................................................................. Elementary and high school tuition............................................. Day care and nursery school....................................................... Personal expenses.......................................................................... Legal service fe e s ........................................................................ Personal financial services.......................................................... Funeral expenses......................................................................... Special indexes Domestically produced farm fo o d ......................................................... Selected beef c u ts ................................................................................. Motor fuel, motor oil, coolant, and other products 1 ............................ Utilities and public transportation.......................................................... Housekeeping and home maintenance services 1................................ 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 7.8 7.3 9.4 3.3 2.6 5.7 7.9 6.2 5.5 8.3 3.5 5.2 9.1 9.9 3.8 3.4 6.6 9.6 3.5 3.4 2.2 5.3 1.4 1.1 1.1 1.7 4.4 3.8 6.8 5.0 5.6 4.2 4.3 3.7 7.1 5.8 6.3 5.7 3.7 3.6 8.8 9.7 2.7 1.9 3.8 4.3 3.3 .9 2.6 -1.4 1.3 2.9 2.3 -.8 3.7 2.2 5.2 3.0 3.2 2.6 2.6 2.8 5.7 4.4 5.0 4.4 2.1 3.1 7.4 7.6 2.7 1.8 3.7 4.4 2.9 .8 1.1 .3 1.2 1.6 1.8 .6 3.6 3.6 4.9 2.9 3.6 1.6 .9 4.1 5.4 4.7 4.5 5.4 3.6 4.5 5.7 5.8 2.1 1.6 3.6 5.1 2.0 2.9 3.1 2.6 -.4 -.8 -3.7 1.1 2.7 -.6 4.0 1.7 2.0 1.2 .7 2.5 4.5 4.1 4.4 4.4 2.4 1.7 4.6 4.6 3.1 2.4 5.9 7.7 3.8 -1.3 -1.2 -1.4 2.2 1.1 1.8 3.6 3.7 2.3 3.1 2.5 3.0 1.5 1.9 .2 3.2 3.6 3.1 5.1 1.4 3.2 4.0 4.8 3.0 2.5 2.8 2.9 2.5 .1 .1 .0 3.6 3.2 .1 5.2 3.5 -1.0 2.5 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.5 2.5 2.6 2.9 2.6 3.8 1.1 3.5 2.6 2.5 1.9 3.9 3.5 1.2 .0 .9 .5 1.4 -1.2 -1.5 -.8 .1 -.5 1.3 .4 2.3 .4 5.5 5.0 5.4 5.8 7.7 10.7 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.8 5.9 3.9 8.1 11.3 2.6 2.8 4.8 3.8 5.3 3.0 6.4 8.3 3.1 3.7 8.2 2.0 4.0 2.6 1.6 -5.9 2.4 1.5 2.3 3.7 5.3 2.6 4.2 3.2 2.0 2.0 2.4 5.4 3.0 3.7 4.1 2.8 1.9 .8 4.1 4.1 5.5 3.4 3.4 2.4 1.0 -.8 2.5 3.4 3.5 1.6 5.3 7.1 2.6 2.5 2.1 5.8 3.0 1.8 4.5 1.5 1.4 2.8 2.0 4.7 5.2 4.5 4.6 5.8 4.4 4.4 4.6 6.5 6.5 6.6 7.4 7.4 8.4 5.1 4.4 6.9 4.8 3.0 5.2 5.5 4.0 7.1 7.8 7.0 8.0 8.4 8.8 5.6 6.0 5.6 5.0 3.2 4.3 4.5 3.5 7.1 6.8 7.1 7.7 8.4 8.6 6.0 4.6 7.8 6.5 2.8 2.2 2.0 3.2 8.0 6.0 8.2 9.1 11.7 7.7 6.3 6.5 6.2 7.6 6.1 4.8 2.5 2.1 3.7 6.3 5.7 6.3 7.5 9.2 8.0 4.2 4.2 3.4 5.2 3.8 -.4 3.5 3.8 2.2 6.4 3.8 6.6 6.7 7.4 5.7 5.3 6.4 7.8 6.5 5.2 2.5 2.1 1.9 2.7 5.4 3.1 5.6 5.8 6.2 6.3 5.1 5.2 2.2 8.6 6.0 .4 3.4 3.2 3.8 5.5 5.7 5.5 5.7 6.2 6.7 3.9 5.1 4.0 6.7 5.0 -3.2 3.4 3.1 4.5 4.6 5.7 4.6 4.7 5.5 4.6 3.6 4.3 4.3 3.1 4.9 2.9 2.7 2.8 2.6 5.2 5.1 5.2 5.4 5.2 7.2 4.3 4.8 4.2 5.4 4.8 3.6 6.4 17.9 1.2 1.7 6.0 4.0 -1.7 3.5 4.2 6.6 7.0 6.7 2.6 1.3 6.3 8.3 35.7 4.2 4.4 1.3 -1.1 -15.6 3.6 6.8 1.7 .2 1.5 3.0 3.4 3.5 3.5 -5.3 3.9 1.8 2.2 -2.7 5.9 -.6 2.0 2.4 -1.5 -3.7 1.7 4.9 5.7 3.0 12.8 4.8 2.9 .3 -1.7 -4.1 1.7 2.5 1987 1988 1989 1990 6.1 7.0 8.1 5.3 6.0 2.9 6.0 6.5 6.5 7.2 5.3 5.0 7.0 7.2 3.9 3.6 3.8 4.6 2.9 3.5 2.9 4.2 3.4 3.8 6.4 2.2 4.3 2.0 7.0 6.7 7.7 4.8 5.0 4.7 7.1 6.8 7.5 6.7 4.3 5.5 10.8 9.2 4.5 4.4 4.4 4.9 3.8 4.4 3.9 4.9 4.6 4.2 6.2 4.5 4.6 8.3 8.3 8.2 9.5 5.8 5.3 7.2 8.4 6.5 7.2 6.5 3.6 5.8 11.2 12.0 5.1 3.5 4.6 3.9 5.2 3.0 4.0 1.7 3.1 2.2 3.5 4.3 6.9 4.3 9.1 8.5 10.0 5.8 6.1 4.9 9.2 6.7 7.4 6.5 4.6 4.8 10.6 11.3 3.8 2.5 4.6 4.9 4.4 .5 .1 1.2 2.4 1.6 1.5 3.7 5.3 4.7 6.9 6.4 5.3 1.6 6.2 7.9 3.2 2.9 5.9 3.7 5.0 3.5 7.1 9.5 5.1 5.6 7.7 9.8 8.1 4.5 8.6 14.4 3.8 2.6 2.9 5.3 2.8 3.6 3.6 3.7 6.6 7.6 6.5 7.5 7.0 9.5 - 1 This index series will no longer appear in its present form after December, 1997. See Table X for a comparable index series. 2 This index series will undergo a change in composition in January, Nov. December Group 1991 1998. Data not available. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. 99 Table P1. Average residential prices for utility (piped) gas, electricity, and fuel oil, U.S. city average and selected areas Electricity Utility (piped) gas Area, region and population size class per 100 therms per 40 therms per 500 KWH Fuel oil #2 per gallon (3.785 liters) Oct. 1997 Nov. 1997 Oct. 1997 Nov. 1997 Oct. 1997 Nov. 1997 Oct. 1997 Nov. 1997 $31,789 $32,777 $68,488 $71,527 $49,278 $48,836 $0,956 $0,970 urban .............................................................. More than 1,200,000 .................................... 500,000 to 1,200,000 ................................... 50,000 to 500,000 ........................................ 38.181 38.417 37.748 38.119 40.541 40.800 41.862 38.138 81.011 81.381 81.152 81.876 85.971 86.567 87.416 81.921 63.054 65.799 56.305 50.568 63.302 66.113 56.476 50.423 .948 .995 .909 .875 .963 1.010 .922 .892 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) ........................................... 28.853 28.597 28.264 30.381 30.193 30.139 28.058 31.757 59.340 58.524 53.525 65.408 62.574 62.141 53.525 69.259 46.012 47.511 49.341 42.338 45.563 47.031 48.559 41.919 .907 .917 .931 .885 .925 .939 .966 .887 29.971 30.574 64.484 66.090 37.470 37.664 NA NA 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) ........................................... 33.501 33.915 35.637 32.359 34.274 34.976 36.230 32.036 70.251 69.398 74.343 71.157 72.308 72.194 75.962 71.030 43.132 44.966 43.207 43.318 42.209 43.622 42.738 42.956 1.026 1.135 .944 NA 1.022 1.133 .947 NA 27.170 29.694 62.950 67.096 36.335 35.074 1.004 1.003 West urban...................................................................... Size A - More than 1,250,000 .................................... Size C - 50,000 to 330,000 ........................................ 29.574 29.934 23.447 28.793 28.899 24.821 70.854 73.191 52.802 72.050 74.135 57.569 50.582 50.808 38.009 50.333 50.746 38.254 1.116 1.122 1.106 1.147 1.158 1.130 Size classes A .................................................................................... B .................................................................:r................ C .................................................................................... D .................................................................................... 32.008 32.955 30.260 29.722 33.096 33.509 30.945 30.512 69.000 69.555 66.364 63.615 72.424 70.994 68.682 65.225 52.142 48.607 43.527 39.418 51.747 47.919 43.236 38.733 1.000 .918 .901 .925 1.016 .931 .912 .929 Chicago-Gary-Lake County, IL-IN-WI.............................. Los Angeles-Anaheim-Riverside, C A .............................. N.Y.-Northern N.J.-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT................... Phil.-Wilmington-Trenton, PA-NJ-DE-MD....................... San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, C A ........................... 29.499 32.887 39.925 37.866 27.271 32.019 32.138 40.241 37.807 25.880 57.699 79.950 84.030 83.850 76.040 63.818 83.329 84.969 83.719 75.231 57.136 63.947 70.433 62.826 61.380 58.021 63.947 70.911 62.826 61.080 NA NA 1.042 .887 NA NA NA 1.063 .899 NA Baltimore, M D .................................................................. Boston-Lawrence-Salem, M A-NH................................... Cleveland-Akron-Lorain, O H ........................................... Miami-Fort Lauderdale, F L .............................................. St. Louis-East St. Louis, MO-IL...................................... Washington, DC-MD-VA.................................................. 36.320 30.462 27.924 48.987 32.088 45.210 37.100 44.320 28.186 49.983 30.994 48.089 75.800 64.221 61.564 109.011 59.646 92.611 77.760 96.811 62.823 111.846 56.948 99.560 47.760 62.888 59.969 43.590 38.889 46.754 47.760 63.245 59.969 43.590 37.068 40.288 1.071 .979 NA NA NA 1.197 1.108 .986 NA NA NA 1.157 Dallas-Fort Worth, T X ..................................................... Detroit-Ann Arbor, Ml ..................................................... Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, T X .................................... Pittsburgh-Beaver Valley, P A .......................................... 25.374 26.425 28.607 38.614 26.979 26.425 28.607 39.491 54.329 52.663 56.503 79.792 59.673 52.663 56.503 79.606 47.345 47.323 40.577 52.869 45.470 47.323 40.577 52.869 NA NA NA .808 NA NA NA .817 U.S. city average............................................................. Region and area size 1 Northeast Size A Size B Size C - Selected local areas 1 NA Regions defined as the four Census regions. See map in technical notes. Data not adequate for publication. 100 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 Nov. 1997 Average price per KWH of electricity Range of KWH consumption for Nov. 1997 Area, region and population size class High Oct. 1997 Nov. 1997 1 2,800 $0,093 .867 .880 .864 .762 1 5 1 19 2,800 862 505 328 .575 .566 .571 .632 .606 .602 .567 .666 6 6 20 12 .589 .602 Oct. 1997 Nov. 1997 $0,688 $0,717 urban .............................................................. More than 1,200,000 .................................... 500,000 to 1,200,000 ................................... 50,000 to 500,000 ........................................ .817 .828 .786 .762 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) ........................................... South Size Size Size Size U.S. city average............................................................. Low High $0,092 5 6,301 .119 .124 .107 .092 .120 .125 .108 .092 110 110 173 227 5,069 3,750 5,069 2,865 1,124 1,124 380 623 .086 .090 .090 .078 .086 .090 .087 .077 5 5 220 39 4,517 3,785 4,517 3,404 22 668 .067 .067 252 2,397 Low Region and area size 1 Northeast Size A Size B Size C - u rban..................................................................... 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) ........................................... .785 .779 .834 .819 .806 .806 .846 .809 1 7 1 3 1,230 394 1,230 278 .081 .085 .080 .080 .078 .079 .078 .079 32 148 112 94 6,301 6,301 6,229 4,249 .647 .721 5 283 .071 .069 32 5,536 West urban....................................................................... Size A - More than 1,250,000 .................................... Size C - 50,000 to 330,000 ........................................ .698 .717 .520 .708 .724 .567 5 15 24 1,557 1,557 606 .100 .100 .080 .099 .100 .080 101 103 101 5,033 5,033 3,146 Size classes A .................................................................................... B .................................................................................... C .................................................................................... D .................................................................................... .690 .730 .677 .608 .724 .744 .697 .631 5 1 3 5 1,557 1,230 623 2,800 .099 .090 .081 .076 .098 .089 .080 .074 5 112 39 32 6,301 6,229 4,249 5,536 Chicago-Gary-Lake County, IL-IN-WI.............................. Los Angeles-Anaheim-Riverside, C A .............................. N.Y.-Northern N.J.-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT................... Phil.-Wilmington-Trenton, PA-NJ-DE-MD....................... San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, C A ........................... .504 .795 .879 .851 .732 .566 .815 .888 .850 .726 24 17 5 19 15 1,124 447 549 862 293 .113 .127 .135 .119 .127 .116 .127 .136 .119 .127 100 164 125 110 200 2,700 2,454 3,750 2,451 1,746 Baltimore, M D .................................................................. Boston-Lawrence-Salem, MA-NH .................................. Cleveland-Akron-Lorain, O H ........................................... Miami-Fort Lauderdale, F L .............................................. St. Louis-East St. Louis, MO-IL...................................... Washington, DC-MD-VA.................................................. .809 .676 .608 1.872 .573 1.169 .829 1.024 .617 1.897 .555 1.240 34 16 41 7 73 20 125 232 561 13 314 68 .076 .120 .106 .085 .069 .087 .076 .121 .106 .085 .069 .070 541 279 298 380 5 415 4,252 1,533 2,259 2,607 2,608 3,401 Dallas-Fort Worth, T X ...................................................... Detroit-Ann Arbor, Ml ...................................................... Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, T X .................................... Pittsburgh-Beaver Valley, P A .......................................... .567 .535 .678 .729 .619 .535 .678 .724 20 10 18 72 394 1,016 209 632 .087 .098 .091 .092 .072 .097 .091 .092 242 27 312 245 6,250 1,534 6,301 2,808 Selected local areas Regions defined as the four Census regions. See map in technical notes. 101 Table P3. Average prices for gasoline, U.S. city average and selected areas (Per gallon/3.785 liters) Gasoline Unleaded regular Gasoline All types 1 Gasoline Unleaded midgrade Gasoline Unleaded premium Area, region and population size class Oct. 1997 Nov. 1997 Oct. 1997 Nov. 1997 Oct. 1997 Nov. 1997 Oct. 1997 Nov. 1997 $1,300 $1,271 $1,242 $1,213 $1,337 $1,307 $1,426 $1,397 urban .............................................................. More than 1,200,000.................................... 500,000 to 1,200,000 .................................... 50,000 to 500,000 ........................................ 1.349 1.346 1.389 1.319 1.315 1.314 1.351 1.287 1.284 1.277 1.335 1.256 1.248 1.241 1.295 1.225 1.387 1.378 1.442 1.360 1.354 1.345 1.411 1.330 1.464 1.458 1.504 1.447 1.430 1.425 1.465 1.409 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) ........................................... 1.218 1.232 1.198 1.188 1.192 1.214 1.176 1.157 1.175 1.187 1.145 1.152 1.151 1.172 1.124 1.121 1.255 1.284 1.252 1.210 1.227 1.264 1.224 1.178 1.339 1.362 1.325 1.294 1.311 1.339 1.307 1.265 1.216 1.161 1.183 1.125 1.222 1.175 1.323 1.265 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) ........................................... 1.232 1.238 1.268 1.187 1.205 1.208 1.247 1.165 1.167 1.171 1.191 1.137 1.140 1.141 1.170 1.115 1.268 1.288 1.281 1.229 1.243 1.260 1.258 1.210 1.354 1.364 1.362 1.326 1.328 1.334 1.341 1.302 1.232 1.192 1.179 1.136 1.262 1.222 1.362 1.328 West urban....................................................................... Size A - More than 1,250,000 .................................... Size C - 50,000 to 330,000 ........................................ 1.458 1.486 1.406 1.426 1.446 1.386 1.399 1.423 1.359 1.366 1.382 1.339 1.509 1.528 1.435 1.474 1.487 1.399 1.598 1.627 1.537 1.569 1.589 1.530 Size classes A .................................................................................... B .................................................................................... C .................................................................................... D .................................................................................... 1.329 1.304 1.240 1.256 1.299 1.281 1.215 1.214 1.269 1.242 1.190 1.217 1.239 1.217 1.165 1.173 1.374 1.337 1.276 1.269 1.343 1.313 1.250 1.230 1.461 1.404 1.373 1.379 1.429 1.381 1.347 1.340 Chicago-Gary-Lake County, IL-IN-WI.............................. Los Angeles-Anaheim-Riverside, C A .............................. N Y -Northern N.J.-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT................... Phil.-Wilmington-Trenton, PA-NJ-DE-MD ....................... San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, C A ........................... 1.313 1.503 1.363 1.337 1.499 1.292 1.449 1.330 1.310 1.466 1.251 1.444 1.295 1.218 1.432 1.231 1.390 1.262 1.179 1.399 1.366 1.529 1.405 1.323 1.561 1.343 1.477 1.377 1.289 1.521 1.450 1.625 1.490 1.397 1.659 1.427 1.573 1.456 1.366 1.632 Baltimore, M D .................................................................. Boston-Lawrence-Salem, M A-NH.................................. Cleveland-Akron-Lorain, O H ........................................... Miami-Fort Lauderdale, F L .............................................. St. Louis-East St. Louis, MO-IL...................................... Washington, DC-MD-VA.................................................. 1.295 1.327 1.175 1.340 1.158 1.291 1.260 1.292 1.158 1.304 1.162 1.283 1.237 1.282 1.130 1.269 1.106 1.228 1.205 1.246 1.113 1.234 1.112 1.223 1.341 1.370 1.216 1.387 1.194 1.332 1.305 1.336 1.195 1.354 1.193 1.319 1.397 1.439 1.292 1.455 1.316 1.400 1.355 1.405 1.279 1.412 1.316 1.388 Dallas-Fort Worth, T X ...................................................... Detroit-Ann Arbor, Ml ...................................................... Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, T X .................................... Pittsburgh-Beaver Valley, P A .......................................... 1.218 1.226 1.205 1.311 1.184 1.187 1.175 1.265 1.157 1.182 1.146 1.255 1.120 1.146 1.117 1.208 1.273 1.281 1.254 1.364 1.246 1.241 1.224 1.315 1.347 1.377 1.311 1.440 1.316 1.333 1.279 1.403 U.S. city average............................................................. Region and area size2 Northeast Size A Size B Size C - Selected local areas 1 2 Also includes types of gasoline not shown separately. Regions defined as the four Census regions. See map in technical notes. 102 Table P4. Average retail food prices, U.S. city average and four regions 1 U.S. average Northeast South North Central West Food and unit Oct. 1997 Nov. 1997 Oct. 1997 Nov. 1997 Oct. 1997 Nov. 1997 Oct. 1997 Nov. 1997 Oct. 1997 Nov. 1997 $0,283 $0,308 $0,308 $0,285 $0,255 $0,299 $0,290 NA NA .572 .869 .897 11610 1.284 2.667 1.527 NA .845 .916 NA NA NA NA NA .777 .916 NA NA NA NA NA .850 .926 NA NA 2.413 NA NA .862 .925 NA NA 2.497 NA .546 .838 .845 NA 1.206 NA 1.553 .553 .817 .848 NA 1.185 NA 1.525 0.630 1.050 .955 1.664 NA NA NA 0.641 1.066 .942 1.680 NA NA NA 1.847 1.406 1.851 1.409 1.818 NA 1.793 NA 1.825 1.377 1.847 1.399 1.875 1.455 1.898 1.454 NA NA NA NA 2.059 2.047 2.229 2.206 1.899 1.897 2.036 2.054 2.046 1.994 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 2.151 2.165 NA NA 2.158 2.256 2.184 2.078 2.179 2.283 2.423 2.406 2.587 2.468 2.309 2.380 2.395 2.398 2.402 2.304 2.779 2.810 2.761 2.756 2.713 2.780 2.819 2.811 2.918 3.072 2.686 2.733 NA NA 2.763 2.821 2.723 2.772 2.658 2.706 5.232 5.190 NA NA NA NA 5.248 5.155 NA NA 5.915 5.891 NA NA 5.651 5.783 5.937 5.877 NA NA 5.849 5.793 NA NA 6.301 5.844 6.160 6.436 NA NA 3.080 3.093 3.406 3.284 2.749 2.945 3.000 3.067 3.298 3.047 3.070 3.035 NA NA 2.954 3.069 2.982 2.846 3.218 3.185 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 3.662 3.517 NA NA 3.394 3.450 3.540 3.478 3.770 3.401 4.206 4.225 4.294 4.139 4.096 4.098 4.050 4.156 4.813 5.061 NA 2.472 NA 2.515 NA NA NA NA NA 2.508 NA 2.595 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 2.730 3.487 4.036 2.665 3.477 4.017 2.952 3.359 3.914 2.869 3.263 3.993 2.654 3.225 4.098 2.574 3.219 3.966 2.655 3.554 4.184 2.598 3.532 4.268 2.673 3.860 3.934 2.634 3.972 3.815 2.007 1.973 NA NA NA NA 1.853 1.826 NA NA 2.825 NA 2.756 NA NA NA NA NA 2.772 NA 2.659 NA 2.767 NA 2.749 NA 2.701 NA 2.591 NA 1.274 2.204 1.278 2.100 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 1.238 2.222 1.211 2.118 NA NA NA NA 2.343 2.387 NA 2.288 2.423 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 2.277 NA NA 2.269 NA 2.347 2.403 NA 2.272 2.474 NA NA 2.253 NA NA 2.349 NA Cereals and bakery products: Flour, white, all purpose, per lb. (453.6 g m )............................... $0,294 Rice, white, long grain, uncooked, per lb. (453.6 gm )....................................................................... .568 Spaghetti and macaroni, per lb. (453.6 gm )................................ .887 Bread, white, pan, per lb. (453.6 gm ).......................................... .899 Bread, French, per lb. (453.6 g m )............................................... 1.581 Bread, whole wheat, pan, per lb. (453.6 gm ).............................. 1.290 Cookies, chocolate chip, per lb. (453.6 g m )............................... 2.612 Crackers, soda, salted, per lb. (453.6 g m )................................. 1.496 Meats, poultry, fish and eggs: Meats: Beef and veal: Ground chuck, 100% beef, per lb. (453.6 g m )..................... Ground beef, 100% beef, per lb. (453.6 gm) ....................... Ground beef, lean and extra lean, per lb. (453.6 g m )................................................................. Chuck roast, USDA Choice, bone-in, per lb. (453.6 g m )................................................................. Chuck roast, graded and ungraded, excluding USDA Prime and Choice, per lb. (453.6 g m ).............................................................. Chuck roast, USDA Choice, boneless, per lb. (453.6 gm) .............................................................. Round roast, USDA Choice, boneless, per lb. (453.6 gm) .............................................................. Round roast, graded and ungraded, excluding USDA Prime and Choice, per lb. (453.6 gm) .............................................................. Rib roast, USDA Choice, bone-in, per lb. (453.6 g m ).............................................................. Steak, T-Bone, USDA Choice, bone-in, per lb. (453.6 gm) .............................................................. Steak, rib eye, USDA Choice, boneless, per lb. (453.6 gm) .............................................................. Steak, round, USDA Choice, boneless, per lb. (453.6 gm) .............................................................. Steak, round, graded and ungraded, excluding USDA Prime and Choice, per lb. (453.6 gm) .............................................................. Steak, sirloin, USDA Choice, bone-in, per lb. (453.6 gm) .............................................................. Steak, sirloin, graded and ungraded, excluding USDA Prime and Choice, per lb. (453.6 gm) .............................................................. Steak, sirloin, USDA Choice, boneless, per lb. (453.6 gm) .............................................................. Short ribs, any primal source, bone-in, per lb. (453.6 g m ).............................................................. Beef for stew, boneless, per lb. (453.6 g m ).......................... Pork: Bacon, sliced, per lb. (453.6 g m )........................................... Chops, center cut, bone-in, per lb. (453.6 g m )..................... Chops, boneless, per lb. (453.6 gm) ..................................... Ham, rump or shank half, bone-in, smoked, per lb. (453.6 gm) .............................................................. Ham, boneless, excluding canned, per lb. (453.6 gm) .............................................................. Ham, canned, 3 or 5 lbs, per lb. (453.6 g m )......................... Shoulder picnic, bone-in, smoked, per lb. (453.6 gm) .............................................................. Sausage, fresh, loose, per lb. (453.6 gm ).............................. Other meats: Frankfurters, all meat or all beef, per lb. (453.6 gm) .............................................................. Bologna, all beef or mixed, per lb. (453.6 gm )...................... Lamb and mutton, bone-in, per lb. (453.6 gm )...................... See footnotes at end of table. 103 Table P4. Average retail food prices, U.S. city average and four regions 1—Continued U.S. average Northeast South North Central West Food and unit Poultry: Chicken, fresh, whole, per lb. (453.6 g m )................................. Chicken breast, bone-in, per lb. (453.6 g m )............................. Chicken legs, bone-in, per lb. (453.6 g m )................................. Turkey, frozen, whole, per lb. (453.6 g m )................................. Fish and seafood: Tuna, light, chunk, per lb. (453.6 gm) ....................................... Eggs: Grade A, large, per doz.............................................................. Grade AA, large, per doz............................................................ Dairy products: Milk, fresh, whole, fortified, per 1/2 gal. (1.9 lit) ................................................................. Milk, fresh, whole, fortified, per gal. (3.8 lit)......................................................................... Milk, fresh, low fat, per 1/2 gal. (1.9 lit ) ..................................... Milk, fresh, low fat, per gal. (3.8 lit)............................................. Butter, salted, grade AA, stick, per lb. (453.6 g m )..................... American processed cheese, per lb. (453.6 gm )........................ Cheddar cheese, natural, per lb. (453.6 gm) .............................. Ice cream, prepackaged, bulk, regular, per 1/2 gal. (1.9 lit) ................................................................. Yogurt, natural, fruit flavored, per 8 oz. (226.8 g m )........................................................... Fruits and vegetables: Fresh fruits and vegetables: Apples, Red Delicious, per lb. (453.6 g m )................................ Bananas, per lb. (453.6 g m )...................................................... Oranges, Navel, per lb. (453.6 g m ).......................................... Oranges, Valencia, per lb. (453.6 gm) ..................................... Cherries, per lb. (453.6 g m )....................................................... Grapefruit, per lb. (453.6 g m ).................................................... Grapes, Thompson Seedless, per lb. (453.6 gm ).................... Lemons, per lb. (453.6 gm) ....................................................... Peaches, per lb. (453.6 gm) .................................................. Pears, Anjou, per lb. (453.6 g m )............................................... Strawberries, dry pint, per 12 oz. (340.2 g m )........................... Potatoes, white, per lb. (453.6 gm )........................................... Lettuce, iceberg, per lb. (453.6 gm) ......................................... Tomatoes, field grown, per lb. (453.6 gm )................................ Broccoli, per lb. (453.6 gm) ...................................................... Cabbage, per lb. (453.6 g m )..................................................... Carrots, short trimmed and topped, per lb. (453.6 g m )................................................................ Celery, per lb. (453.6 gm) ......................................................... Corn on the cob, per lb. (453.6 gm )......................................... Cucumbers, per lb. (453.6 gm ).................................................. Onions, dry yellow, per lb. (453.6 gm) ..................................... Peppers, sweet, per lb. (453.6 gm) .......................................... Processed fruits and vegetables: Apple Sauce, any variety, all sizes, per lb. (453.6 g m )................................................................. Orange juice, frozen concentrate, 12 oz. can, per 16 oz. (473.2 m l)........................................ Peaches, any variety, all sizes, per lb. (453.6 g m )................................................................. Beans, dried, any type, all sizes, per lb. (453.6 g m )................................................................. Corn, canned, any style, all sizes, per lb. (453.6 g m )................................................................. Potatoes, frozen, French fried, per lb. (453.6 gm) .................. Tomatoes, canned, whole, per lb. (453.6 g m )......................... Tomatoes, canned, any type, all sizes, per lb. (453.6 g m )................................................................ Oct. 1997 Nov. 1997 Oct. 1997 Nov. 1997 Oct. 1997 Nov. 1997 Oct. 1997 Nov. 1997 Oct. 1997 Nov. 1997 0 984 1 982 1 236 1 062 1.018 2.035 1.246 .976 0.996 2.135 1.235 NA 1.069 2.166 1.262 NA 0.954 1.810 1.167 1.065 1.010 1.932 1.157 .995 0.928 1.910 1.229 1.060 0.938 1.839 1.233 .944 1.088 2.115 1.326 1.137 1.107 2.288 1.341 1.038 ?019 2.051 1.966 2.012 2.115 2.098 1.911 1.973 2.188 2.207 1 018 1 269 1.090 1.335 1.199 NA 1.205 NA .909 NA .998 NA 1.011 NA 1.104 NA NA 1.390 NA 1.469 1 590 1.619 1.388 1.426 NA NA NA NA 1.759 1.788 ? 635 NA ? 391 ? 181 3 419 3 128 2.678 NA 2.427 2.360 3.497 3.392 2.593 NA NA NA NA NA 2.627 NA NA NA NA NA 2.494 NA 2.294 NA NA NA 2.541 NA 2.329 NA NA NA 2.650 NA 2.541 2.111 NA 3.509 2.687 NA 2.555 2.323 NA 3.458 2.797 NA NA NA NA 2.919 2.856 NA NA NA NA NA ? 925 2.928 3.158 3.364 2.596 2.580 2.722 2.713 3.335 3.174 680 .651 .674 .618 NA NA .687 .644 NA NA .881 .459 NA .616 NA .628 1.646 1.477 NA NA NA .374 .823 1.162 1.040 .368 .864 .468 .642 NA NA .543 2.035 1.162 NA NA 1.654 .366 1.010 1.370 1.003 .420 .926 .495 NA .700 NA .624 1.886 1.381 NA NA 1.428 .412 .868 1.348 .855 NA .938 .539 .616 NA NA .549 2.301 1.169 NA NA 1.475 .403 1.025 1.543 .974 NA .801 .435 NA .579 NA .607 1.640 1.348 NA NA 1.603 .318 .777 1.099 1.102 .303 .814 .448 .711 NA NA .519 1.866 1.236 NA NA NA .304 .896 1.370 1.003 .395 .938 .445 NA .590 NA .640 1.521 1.510 NA NA NA .399 .867 1.144 1.211 .354 .851 .433 .584 NA NA .545 1.886 1.190 NA NA NA .397 1.068 1.304 1.120 .379 .864 .475 NA .626 NA .634 1.627 1.610 NA NA NA .373 .768 1.074 NA NA .871 .483 .647 NA NA .556 2.211 1.076 NA NA 1.659 .363 1.038 1.300 NA NA .495 .550 NA .595 .451 1.208 .493 .568 NA .606 .436 1.667 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA .413 NA NA NA NA NA .429 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA .571 NA 1.212 NA NA NA .660 NA 1.583 .436 NA NA NA NA NA .441 NA NA NA NA NA .834 .841 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 1.711 1.666 NA NA 1.543 1.530 1.679 1.665 1.855 1.728 .946 .937 NA NA .927 .923 .945 .921 NA NA .716 .699 NA NA NA NA .662 .642 NA NA .712 .940 NA .739 .967 NA .726 NA NA .789 NA NA NA .839 NA NA .887 NA .694 .941 NA .673 .957 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA .665 .685 NA NA NA NA .654 .669 See footnotes at end of table. 1 04 .762 .775 Table P4. Average retail food prices, U.S. city average and four regions '—Continued U.S. average Northeast North Central South West Food and unit Oct. 1997 Nov. 1997 Oct. 1997 Nov. 1997 Oct. 1997 Nov. 1997 Oct. 1997 Nov. 1997 Oct. 1997 Nov. 1997 0.429 .417 0.436 .420 0.442 .427 0.431 .417 0.427 .412 0.428 .411 0.428 .412 0.426 NA 0.423 NA .810 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA .866 1.015 1.009 .805 .792 1.703 1.719 1.756 1.695 1.705 NA NA NA NA NA .999 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 1.010 NA .981 NA NA NA NA 4.303 4.636 4.505 4.355 4.104 NA NA 4.301 4.317 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 10.465 NA NA 10.578 10.446 9.704 9.592 NA NA 3.133 2.942 2.885 3.281 3.273 3.182 3.151 3.156 3.177 .831 .839 .810 .869 .787 .787 .847 .825 .872 .888 9.527 9.589 NA 12.258 NA 9.363 NA NA 8.497 NA 5.132 5.275 4.382 5.623 5.241 4.902 6.007 4.829 5.026 5.547 Other foods at home: Sugar and sweets: Sugar, white, all sizes, per lb. (453.6 gm) ................................ 0.430 Sugar, white, 33-80 oz. pkg, per lb. (453.6 gm) ...................... .418 Fats and oils: Margarine, stick, per lb. (453.6 g m ).......................................... .820 Margarine, soft, tubs, per lb. (453.6 gm ).................................. NA Shortening, vegetable oil blends, per lb. (453.6 gm )................................................................ .867 Peanut butter, creamy, all sizes, per lb. (453.6 gm )................................................................ 1.764 Nonalcoholic beverages: Cola, nondiet, cans, 72 oz. 6 pk., per 16 oz. (473.2 ml)2 ......................................................... NA Cola, nondiet, per 2 liters (67.6 o z ).......................................... 1.027 Coffee, 100%, ground roast, all sizes, per lb. (453.6 gm) .............................................................. 4.392 Coffee, 100%, ground roast, 13.1-20 oz. can, per lb. (453.6 gm) .............................................................. NA Coffee, instant, plain, regular, all sizes, per lb. (453.6 gm) .............................................................. 10.581 Other prepared foods: Potato chips, per 16 oz. (453.6 g m )......................................... 3.152 Alcoholic Beverages at Home: Malt Beverages, all types, all sizes, any origin, per 16 oz. (473.2 m l)......................................................... Vodka, all types, all sizes, any origin, per 1 liter (33.8 o z )............................................................ Wine, red and white table, all sizes, any origin, per 1 liter (33.8 o z )............................................................ 1 2 NA Regions defined as the four Census regions. See map in technical notes. Deposit may be included in price. Data not adequate for publication. 105 .835 .853 .871 .853 Table NS1. New Series Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) and for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W), Washington-Baltimore CMSA (Nov. 1996=100) Percent Change to Current Month Indexes WashingtonBaltimore Pricing schedule 1 Aug. 1997 Sept. 1997 Oct. 1997 Nov. 1997 Aug. 1997 _ 100.6 101.4 100.0 101.9 100.7 99.2 100.7 101.8 _ 100.4 - 100.5 100.8 99.9 100.6 95.3 100.2 102.8 _ 0.0 - Sept. 1997 Oct. 1997 CPI-U All ite m s................................................................. Food and beverages.......................................... Housing............................................................... Residential re n t................................................ Apparel................................................................ Transportation..................................................... Medical c a re ....................................................... 1 1 1 M 1 1 1 Entertainment..................................................... Other goods and services............................................................ All items less food and energy.......................................................... All items less medical ca re ...................................................................... F o o d ....................................................................... Energy.................................................................... 1 101.9 _ 101.9 _ 1 104.2 - 104.1 1 101.1 - 101.4 99.9 108.8 104.0 1 1 M - - 106.7 - -0.9 .8 -2.0 -.1 -3.9 -.5 1.0 _ 0.2 - .0 _ - -.1 - 100.5 - -.6 - 100.3 100.6 100.1 -6.2 -1.1 .7 -8.0 -3.8 CPI-W All item s................................................................. Food and beverages.......................................... Housing............................................................... Residential re n t................................................ Apparel................................................................ Transportation.................................................... Medical c a re ....................................................... 1 1 1 M 1 1 1 Entertainment..................................................... Other goods and services............................................................ All items less food and energy.......................................................... All items less medical care...................................................................... F o o d ....................................................................... Energy.................................................................... 101.4 99.8 102.2 100.7 99.4 100.7 100.9 100.6 - - 1 _ 1 - 1 1 1 M - - 101.4 _ 104.6 - 101.0 - 101.4 99.7 108.9 - 106.7 Residential rent and Energy are priced monthly in Washington-Baltimore as indicated: M - Every month. 1 - January, March, May, July, September, and November. Data not available. _ 100.5 106 - 103.5 100.4 100.6 100.0 100.7 96.1 100.0 102.1 _ .1 - -1.0 .8 -2.2 .0 -3.3 -.7 1.2 _ .2 - - 101.7 _ .3 _ 104.2 - -.4 - 100.4 - -.6 - 100.3 100.5 100.2 - -1.1 .8 -8.0 - - -6.1 - -3.2 Table NS2. New Series Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) and for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W), Selected Areas, All Items Index (Dec. 1996=100) Indexes Region and Population Size Class Percent Change to Current Month Aug. 1997 Sept. 1997 Oct. 1997 Nov. 1997 101.3 101.4 101.7 101.7 0.4 0.3 0.0 101.2 100.9 101.4 101.5 101.3 101.2 101.5 101.8 101.4 101.3 101.8 102.1 101.3 101.3 101.9 102.4 .1 .4 .5 .9 .0 .1 .4 .6 -.1 .0 .1 .3 101.1 101.3 101.5 101.5 .4 .2 .0 101.0 100.8 101.1 101.5 101.1 101.1 101.3 101.8 101.2 101.2 101.5 102.1 101.1 101.2 101.7 102.3 .1 .4 .6 .8 .0 .1 .4 .5 -.1 .0 .2 .2 Aug. 1997 Sept. 1997 Oct. 1997 CPI-U All Items Population Size Class B/C ....................................................................... Region/Population Size Cross Classifications Northeast B / C ...................................................... North Central B /C ................................................ South B / C ............................................................ West B / C ............................................................. CPI-W All Items Population Size Class B/C ....................................................................... Region/Population Size Cross Classifications Northeast B /C ...................................................... North Central B /C ................................................ South B /C ............................................................ West B / C ............................................................. 107 Table X. New Consumer Price Index Publication Structure of Expenditure Categories Citrus fruits All items All items - old base Oranges, including tangerines Other fresh fruits Fresh vegetables Potatoes Lettuce Tomatoes Other fresh vegetables Processed fruits and vegetables Canned fruits and vegetables Food and beverages Food Food at home Cereals and bakery products Cereals and cereal products Flour and prepared flour mixes Breakfast cereal Rice, pasta, cornmeal Canned fruits Canned vegetables Rice Frozen fruits and vegetables Bakery products Bread Frozen vegetables Other processed fruits and vegetables including dried White bread Bread other than white Dried beans, peas, and lentils Fresh biscuits, rolls, muffins Cakes, cupcakes, and cookies Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials Juices and nonalcoholic drinks Carbonated drinks Frozen noncarbonated juices and drinks Nonfrozen noncarbonated juices and drinks Beverage materials including coffee and tea Coffee Fresh cakes and cupcakes Cookies Other bakery products Fresh sweetroils, coffeecakes, and doughnuts Crackers, bread, and cracker products Frozen and refrigerated bakery products, pies, tarts, turnovers Roasted coffee Instant and freeze dried coffee Other beverage materials including tea Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs Meats, poultry, and fish Meats Beef and veal Uncooked Ground beef Uncooked Beef roasts Uncooked Beef steaks Other uncooked beef and veal Pork Bacon, breakfast sausage, and related products Other food at home Sugar and sweets Sugar and artificial sweeteners Candy and chewing gum Other sweets Fats and oils Butter and margarine Butter Margarine Bacon and related products Breakfast sausage and related products Salad dressings Other fats and oils including peanut butter Ham Peanut butter Ham, excluding canned Other foods Soups Frozen and freeze dried prepared foods Snacks Spices, seasonings, condiments, sauces Pork chops Other pork including roasts and picnics Other meats Frankfurters Lunchmeats Lamb and organ meats Lamb and mutton Salt and other seasonings and spices Olives, pickles, relishes Sauces and gravies Other condiments Poultry Chicken Baby food Other miscellaneous foods Fresh whole chicken Fresh and frozen chicken parts Other poultry including turkey Fish and seafood Fresh fish and seafood Processed fish and seafood Prepared salads Food away from home Full service meals and snacks Limited service meals and snacks Food at employee sites and schools Food from vending machines and snack bars Other food away from home Canned fish and seafood Frozen fish and seafood Eggs Dairy and related products Milk Alcoholic beverages Alcoholic beverages at home Beer, ale, and malt beverages at home Distilled spirits at home Fresh whole milk Fresh milk other than whole Cheese and related products Ice cream and related products Other dairy and related products Whiskey at home Distilled spirits excluding whiskey at home Wine at home Alcoholic beverages away from home Fruits and vegetables Fresh fruits and vegetables Fresh fruits Apples Bananas Beer, ale, and other malt beverages away from home Wine away from home Distilled spirits away from home Italic denotes substratum indexes. 108 Table X. New Consumer Price Index Publication Structure of Expenditure Categories (cont.) Housing Shelter Rent of primary residence Lodging away from home Housing at school, excluding board Other lodging away from home including hotels and motels Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence Tenants’ and household insurance Fuels and utilities Fuels Fuel oil and other fuels Fuel oil Other household fuels Gas (piped) and electricity Electricity Utility natural gas service Water and sewer and trash collection services Water and sewerage maintenance Garbage and trash collection Women’s footwear Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel Jewelry and watches Watches Jewelry Transportation Private transportation New and used motor vehicles New vehicles New cars and trucks New cars New trucks New motorcycles Used cars and trucks Leased cars and trucks Car and truck rental Motor fuel Gasoline Gasoline, unleaded regular Gasoline, unleaded midgrade Gasoline, unleaded premium Household furnishings and operations Window and floor coverings and other linens Floor coverings Window coverings Other linens Furniture and bedding Bedroom furniture Living room, kitchen, and dining room furniture Other furniture Appliances Major appliances Other motor fuels Motor vehicle parts and equipment Tires Vehicle accessories other than tires Vehicle parts and equipment other than tires Motor oil, coolant, and fluids Motor vehicle maintenance and repair Motor vehicle body work Motor vehicle maintenance and servicing Motor vehicle repair Motor vehicle insurance Motor vehicle fees State and local registration, license, and motor vehicle property tax Parking and other fees Laundry equipment Other appliances Other household equipment and furnishings Clocks, lamps, and decorator items Indoor plants and flowers Dishes and flatware Nonelectric cookware and tableware Tools/hardware and outdoor equipment and supplies Tools, hardware and supplies Outdoor equipment and supplies Housekeeping supplies Household cleaning products Household paper products Miscellaneous household products Household operations Housekeeping services Gardening and lawn care services Moving, storage, freight expense Repair of household items Apparel Men’s and boy’s apparel Men’s apparel Men’s suits, sport coats, and outerwear Men’s furnishings Men’s shirts and sweaters Men’s pants and shorts Boy’s apparel Women’s and girls’ apparel Women’s apparel Women’s outerwear Women’s dresses Women’s suits and separates Women’s underwear, nightwear, sportswear and accessories Girls’ apparel Footwear Men’s footwear Boys’ and girls’ footwear Parking fees and tolls Automobile service clubs Public transportation Airline fare Other intercity transportation Intercity bus fare Intercity train fare Ship fare Intracity transportation Taxi fare Car and van pools Medical care Medical care commodities Prescription drugs and medical supplies Nonprescription drugs and medical supplies Internal and respiratory over-the-counter drugs Nonprescription medical equipment and supplies Medical care services Professional services Physicians’ services Dental services Eyeglasses and eye care Services by other medical professionals Hospital and related services Hospital services Inpatient hospital services Outpatient hospital services Nursing homes and adult daycare Recreation Video and audio Television sets italic denotes substratum indexes. 109 Table X. New Consumer Price Index Publication Structure of Expenditure Categories (cont.) Computer information processing services Other information processing equipment Cable television Other video equipment Video cassettes and discs, and other media including rentals Video cassettes and discs, blank and prerecorded Rental of video tapes and discs Audio equipment Audio discs and tapes and other media Pets, pet products and services Pets and pet products Pet food Purchase o f pets, pet supplies, accessories Pet services including veterinary services Pet services Veterinarian services Sporting goods Sports vehicles including bicycles Sports equipment Photography Photographic supplies and equipment Other goods and services Tobacco and smoking products Cigarettes Tobacco products other than cigarettes Personal care Personal care products Hair, dental, shaving, and miscellaneous personal care products Cosmetics/perfume/bath/nail preparations and implements Personal care services Haircuts and other personal care services Miscellaneous personal services Legal services Funeral expenses Laundry and dry cleaning services Apparel services other than laundry and dry cleaning Financial services Checking account and other bank sen/ices Tax return preparation and other accounting fees Film and photographic supplies Photographic equipment Care of invalids and elderly at home Miscellaneous personal goods Photographers and film processing Photographer fees Film processing Stationery, stationery supplies, gift wrap Luggage Other recreational goods Toys and games Toys, games, hobbies and playground equipment Video game hardware, software and accessories Sewing machines, fabric, and supplies Music instruments and accessories Recreation services Club membership dues and fees for participant sports Admissions Admission to movies, theaters, concerts Admission to sporting events Fees for lessons or instructions Recreational reading materials Newspapers and magazines Recreational books Education and communication Education Educational books and supplies Tuition, other school fees, and child care College tuition and fees Elementary and high school tuition and fees Child care and nursery school Technical and business school tuition and fees Communication Postage and delivery services Postage Delivery services Information and information processing Telephone services Telephone services, local charges Telephone services, long distance charges Interstate toll calls Intrastate toll calls Cellular telephone services Information and information processing other than telephone services Personal computers, peripheral equipment Computer software and accessories SPECIAL AGGREGATE INDEXES Commodities Commodities less food and beverages Nondurables less food and beverages Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel Durables Services Rent of Shelter Transportation services Other services All items less food All items less shelter All items less medical care Commodities less food Nondurables less food Nondurables less food and apparel Nondurables Apparel less footwear Services less rent of shelter Services less medical care services Energy All items less energy All items less food and energy Commodities less food and energy commodities Energy commodities Services less energy services Domestically produced farm food Utilities and public transportation Purchasing power of the consumer dollar Purchasing power of the consumer dollar - old base Italic denotes substratum indexes. 110 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 CPI’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 per cent of the total population. The CPI-U includes, in addition to wage earners and clerical workers, groups such as profes sional, 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, fuels, transportation fares, charges for doctors* and dentists’ services, medicine, and the other goods that people buy for day-to-day living. Prices are collected in 85 urban areas across the country from about 57,000 housing units and approximately 19,000 retail establishments—department stores, supermarkets, hospitals, gasoline stations and other types of stores and services establishments. All taxes direct ly associated with the purchase and use of items are included in the index. Prices of food, fuel, and and a few other items are obtained every month in all 85 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 either personal visits or telephone calls from the Bureau’s trained representatives. Some data, such as used car prices, are obtained from secondary sources. 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 ap propriate population group. Local data are then combined to obtain a U.S. city average. Separate indexes are also pub lished by size of city, by region of country, for cross-classifications of regions and population-size classes, and for 29 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. I ll The indexes measure price change from a designated ref erence date, usually 1982-84, which equals 100.0. An in crease of 7 percent, for example, is shown as 107.0. 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 $100 in 1982-84 to $107. For further details see BLS Handbook of Methods» BLS Bulletin 2414, September 1992. 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 per cent 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 in dicate 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 112.5 108.5 4.0 Percent change Index point difference Divided by the previous index Equals Results multiplied by one hundred Equals percent change 4.0 108.5 0.037 0.037 x 100 3.7 Energy Prices 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 ser vices, the consumption ranges specified in table P2 are the upper and lower limits of the bill sizes priced for the Con sumer Price Index. The average prices per therm and per kilowatt hour are 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 cal culated from different types of residential rate schedules. The average price 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 for 500 kilowatt hours of electricity (table PI) 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 con sumption amounts represent those used by a typical residen- Prices are usually available for the U.S. city average, 15 large metropolitan areas, the four census regions, four size classifications, and 13 areas reflecting the four Census re gions cross-classified by the 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 desig nation NA appears. This designation also appears 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 are collected monthly by BLS representatives in the urban areas priced for the CPI. 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. Census Regions 112 dal consumer. These bills are used merely to track price changes over time for constant amounts of consumption, and to provide continuity with prices of natural gas and electric ity formerly published in conjunction with the unrevised Consumer Price Index. change in quality resulting from the effect of aging on rental housing. In January 1987, the Bureau announced its inten tion to begin making such adjustments, assuming that fur ther research substantiated the need to do so. The decision to implement the adjustment was based on extensive BLS re search, in which alternative adjustment methods were ex plored and tested. Evaluation of the research indicates that an aging effect exists, and that the chosen method is opera tionally feasible.1The adjustment affect CPI shelter indexes, which would have been raised by 0.2 percent for the year 1987 had an aging adjustment been applied. The quality of housing unit decreases as the unit ages. Ex isting BLS methods are used to correct for relatively easily measured quality changes such as the addition of an extra bedroom, but such methods are inadequate to correct for de terioration in the condition of housing unit.2 The aging adjustment method was specifically designed to correct for quality changes associated with this deteriora tion. The BLS used hedonic regression methods to estimate the aging effect. The estimates were then used to correct the CPI rent and rental equivalence indexes. Hedonic regressions are statisti cal functions that relate the price of a good to its attributes or characteristics. For example, a hedonic regression relates a housing unit’s rent to its size, age, location, etc. By using BLS housing survey data from 1987 and Census data from 1980, hedonic regression methods provided estimates of the relationship between a housing unit’s rent and age while oth er housing unit characteristics were held constant. The esti mated relationship was then used to construct the aging ad justment. Estimates will be recomputed annually by using the previous year’s BLS housing survey data and the most recently available Census data. 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 gallon price for this program. Fuel oil prices reflect discounts for quantity and/or quick payment. Gasoline. Gasoline prices are collected at the pump from a sample of full service, mini-service, and self-serve gas stations. Approximate British Termal 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 cal culated each month at the national level and for the four Cen sus 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 that the average prices for food in this report reflect variations in brand, qual ity, 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 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 appears. When a price is not available from an individual store in any month, as estimated price will be calculated for the missing item and used in computing the average price. In cases where the pro portion of estimated prices used to calculate the average is considered too high, the average price is not published and NA appears for that item in thè table. Because of space limitations in the table, the description for each item is abbreviated. More detailed specifications are available from the BLS regional offices or from the Washington office upon request. Seasonally Adjusted and Unadjusted Data Because price data are used for different purposes by differ ent groups, the Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes season ally adjusted as well as unadjusted changes each month.For analyzing general price trends in the economy, seasonally adjusted changes are usually preferred since they eliminate the effect of changes that normally occur at the same time and in about the same magnitude every year—such as price movements resulting from changing climatic conditions, production cycles, model changeovers, holidays, and sales. 1A complete technical presentation of BLS research on this subject is available in William C. Randolph, “Housing Depreciation and Aging Bias in the Consumer Price Index,” BLS Working Paper No. 166, April 1987, and Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, Vol. 6, No. 3, July 1988, pp. 359-71 and in William C. Randolph, “Estimation of Housing De preciation: Short Term Quality Change and Long Term Vintage Effects/* BLS Working Paper No. 160, April 1986, and Journal of Urban Econom ics, Vol. 23, March 1988,162-78. These papers are available from the BLS on request. 2 For detail on existing quality adjustment methods, see BLS Handbook of Methods, chapter 19 (BLS Bulletin 2414). Adjustment of Shelter Indexes for Aging Effects Beginning with January 1988 CPI, the Bureau of Labor Statistics adjusts the monthly CPI shelter indexes for the 113 The unadjusted data are of primary interest to consumers concerned about the prices they actually pay. Unadjusted ' data also are used extensively for escalation purposes. Many collective bargaining contract agreements and pension plans, for example, tie compensation changes to the Consum er Price Index unadjusted for seasonal variation. In most cases, seasonal factors used in computing the sea sonally adjusted indexes are derived by the X-ll- ARIMA Seasonal Adjustment Method. The updated seasonal data at the end of 1977 replaced data from 1967 through 1977. Subse quent annual updates have replaced 5 years of seasonal data, for example, data from 1987 through 1991 were replaced at the end of 1991. The seasonal movement of all items and 47 other aggregations is derived by combining the seasonal movement of 60 selected components. Each year the seasonal status of every series is reevaluated based upon certain statis tical criteria. Occasionally, a component changes its seasonal adjustment status from seasonally adjusted to not seasonally adjusted. When this occurs, not seasonally adjusted data are used for the last 5 years, but before that period the seasonally adjusted indexes remain in calculations of higher-level sea sonally adjusted indexes. Effective with the calculation of the seasonal factors for 1990, the Bureau of Labor Statistics has used an enhanced seasonal adjustment procedure called intervention analysis in conjunction with X-ll-ARIMA for some CPI series. In tervention analysis allows for better estimates of seasonally adjusted data. Extreme values and/or sharp movements which might distort the seasonal pattern are removed from the data prior to calculation of seasonal factors in X-ll-ARIMA. For the fuel oil and the motor fuels indexes, this procedure was used to offset the effects that extreme price volatility would otherwise have had on the estimates of seasonally ad justed data for those series. For some women’s apparel in dexes and the girls’ apparel index, the procedure was used to offset the effects of changes in pricing methodology; and for new cars, new trucks, and new vehicles, this procedure was used to offset the effects of changes in marketing strate gies and the introduction of new models. For the tobacco and smoking products index, this procedure was used to offset the effects of increases in excise taxes and wholesale tobacco prices. For some alcoholic beverage series, intervention was used to offset the effects of excise tax increases. An alternative to the intervention-adjusted X-llARIMA procedure is the state space model-based seasonal adjustment method. This method adjusts simultaneously for interventions and seasonal effects, rather than sequentially as in the X-11-ARIMA methodology, using structural statis tical models with explanatory variables. The state space structural model-based method of seasonal adjustment was introduced in 1992 for the adjustment of January 1991December 1991 indexes for three women’s apparel series: Dresses, separates and sportswear, and suits. A description of intervention analysis, including a list of 114 events treated as interventions and the seasonal factors for these items may be obtained by writing the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Division of Consumer Prices and Price Indexes, Room 3615, Washington, DC 20212-0001 or by calling Claire McAnaw at (202) 606-6968. Metropolitan Areas BLS publishes five major metropolitan areas monthly: Chicago-Gary-Lake County, IL-IN-WI Los Angeles-Anaheim-Riverside, CA New York-Northern NJ-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT Philadelphia-Wilmington-Trenton PA-NJ-DE-MD San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA Data for additional 10 metropolitan areas are published every other month [on an odd (January, March, etc.) or even (February, April etc.) month schedule] for the following areas: Baltimore, MD Boston-Lawrence—Salem, MA-NH Cleveland-Akron—Lorain, OH Dallas-Fort Worth, TX Detroit-Ann Arbor, MI Houston, TX Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL Pittsburgh-Beaver Valley, PA St. Louis-East St. Louis, MO-IL Washington, DC-MD-VA -odd -odd -odd -even -even -even -odd -even -odd -odd (Note: The designation even or odd refers to the month during which the area’s price change is measured. Due to the time needed for processing, data are released 2 to 3 weeks in to the following month.) Data are published for another group of 12 metropolitan areas on a semiannual basis. These indexes, which refer to the arithmetic average for the 6-month periods from January through June and July through December, are published with release of the CPI for July and January, respectively, in Au gust and February for: Anchorage, AK Atlanta, GA Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN Denver-Boulder, CO Honolulu, HI Kansas City, MO-KS Milwaukee, WI Minneapolis-St. Paul MN-WI Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA San Diego, CA Seattle-Tacoma, WA Finally, BLS recently began publication of CPI’s for two metropolitan areas on an annual basis. These indexes repre sent the arithmetic averages for the 12-monthly period from January through December of each year. They are published with the release of the CPI for January, i.e., in February. These areas are: New Orleans, LA Tampa-St Petersbuig-Clearwater, FL How to Obtain Consumer Price Index Information tensive for inclusion in the CPI Detailed Report. The MLR costs $29.00 per year or $7.50 per issue. This publication may be ordered by writing to: New Orders, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954, Pittsburgh, PA 15250-7954, or by calling (202) 512-1800. Consumer Price Index (CPI) information can be obtained from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) electronically, through subscriptions to publications, and via telephone and fax through automated recordings. Information specialists are also available to provide help and to respond to questions. Recorded CPI data Summary CPI data are provided 24-hours a day on re corded messages. Detailed CPI information is available by calling (202) 606-7828. A touch-tone telephone is recom mended as this system allows the user to select specific in dexes from lists of available data. Information about the U.S. city average and the Washing ton, DC-MD-VA area all items index and the next release date is available by calling (202) 606-6994. This recording is approximately 2.5 minutes in length, and a touch-tone telephone is not needed. Electronic access to CPI data BLS on the internet Through the internet, the BLS provides free, easy, and continuous access to all published CPI data and press releases. The most recent month’s CPI is made available immediately at the time of release. A database, called LABSTAT, containing current and historical data for the CPI is accessible. Data and press releases from other BLS surveys are also available. The site is accessible via World Wide Web (WWW), Gopher, and File Transfer Pro tocol (FTP), as described below. For help using any of these systems, send e-mail toLABSTAT.HELPDESK@BLS.GOV Other sources of CPI data Technical information is available between 8:15 a.m. and 4:45 p.m. Eastern time, Monday through Friday, by calling (202) 606-7000 or any of the regional offices listed on the inside back cover. World Wide Web. BLS maintains a website at h ttp:// stats.bls.gov The BLS home page provides easy access to FAXSTAT. A wide variety of BLS information and data, in cluding the CPI, are available on this fax-on-demand ser vice. It provides the monthly CPI press release, selected re gional and metropolitan historical data, and some technical information. It is available 24-hours a day. The latest CPI information is posted during the morning of release day. Call (202) 606-6325. Then, follow the instructions to have the latest catalog sent to you. This catalog will show you the BLS information that is available on FAXSTAT. Each re gional office also has the system in place and includes addi tional regional CPI information. Historical tables. These tables include all of the published indexes for each of the detailed CPI components. They are available via the internet, or by calling (202) 606-7000 or any of the regional offices listed on the inside back cover. LABSTAT, as well as links to program specific home pages. The CPI home page provides other CPI information, includ ing a brief explanation of methodology, frequently asked questions and answers, contacts for further information, and explanations of how the CPI handles special items, like medical care and housing. FTP and Gopher. These tools provide access to CPI LABSTAT data, as well as documentation and press release files organized in hierarchical directories. Using FTP or Go pher, connect to stats.bls.gov Logon as ANONYMOUS and use your complete internet e-mail address as the password. Subscriptions to CPI publications Summary Data. Free, monthly, two-page publication con Descriptive and special publications. These publications taining 1-month and 12-month percent changes for selected U.S. city average Consumer Price Index for All Urban Con sumers (CPI-U) and Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) index series. The all items index data for each local area are also included. To be added to the mailing list, write to: Office of Publications and Special Studies, Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2 Massa chusetts Ave., NE., Room 2860, Washington, DC, 202120001 or call (202) 606-7828 or any of the regional offices listed on the inside back cover. describe the CPI and ways to use it. They include simple fact sheets discussing specific topics about the CPI, a broader, nontechnical overview of the CPI in a question and answer format, and a quite technical and thorough description of the CPI and its methodology. The publications are available upon request by calling (202) 606-7000. Special publications. Various special publications such as the Relative Importance o f Components in the Consumer Price Index and materials describing the annual revisions of seasonally adjusted CPI data are available. For more infor mation call (202) 606-7000. Further information may be obtained from the Office of Prices and Living Conditions, Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2 Massachusetts Avenue, NE, Room 3615, Washington, DC, 20212-0001, or by calling (202) 606-7000. CPI Detailed Report. Most comprehensive report of the Con sumer Price Index. See inside front cover for details. Monthly Labor Review (MLR). The MLR provides selected CPI data included in a monthly summary of BLS data and occasional articles and methodological descriptions too ex ☆ U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1998 - 433 - 43 5/ 80101 115
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