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CPI Detailed Report U.S. Departm ent of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics Data for November 1999 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Alexis M. Herman, Secretary BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS Katharine G. Abraham, Commissioner The CPI Detailed Report (ISSN 0095-926X; USPS 485-030) is a monthly report on consumer price movements, includ ing statistical tables and technical notes. The report covers two indexes—the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Con sumers (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: $31 domestic, $38.75 foreign. Single copy domestic, $14.00; foreign, $17.50. Prices are subject to change by the U.S. Government Printing Office. 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This information is available to sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: (202) 691-STAT; Federal Relay Service: 1-800-877-8339. Data on the CPI can also be accessed at http://stats.bls.gov/cpihome.htm through the CPI homepage. Periodicals postage paid at Washington, DC and at additional mailing offices. January 2000 Data for November 1999 CPI Detailed Report Data for November 1999 Editors Todd Wilson Monica Gabor Visual Information Specialist Comita Alston Contents page Price movements, November 1999.................................................................... CPI-U 12-month changes.................................................................................... Using hedonic models to adjust prices for audio and video products for changes in quality...................................................................................... Report on quality changes for 2000 model vehicles...................................... Technical note....................................................................................................... 1 3 4 5 105 Index tables CPI--U 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 m onth................... City indexes and percent changes......................................................... CPI-W Page Table Page 1 6 6 26 2 3 4 5 8 10 17 24 7 8 9 28 30 36 24 70 27 86 25 72 28 88 26 79 29 94 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 42 43 45 47 51 52 53 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 56 57 59 61 65 66 67 Contents—Continued CPI-U Table Page PI P2 P3 P4 100 101 102 103 Average price tables U.S. city average Energy Residential p ric e s......................................................................... Residential unit and consumption ranges.................................. G asoline......................................................................................... Retail food........................................................................................ Scheduled Release Dates Consumer Price Index data are scheduled for initial release on the following dates: Index month Release date Index month Release date December January 14 February March 17 January February 18 March April 14 Price Movements November 1999 T he Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) rose 0.1 percent in November, before seasonal adjustment, to a level of 168.3 (1982-84=100). For the 12-month period ended in November, the CPI-U increased 2.6 percent. The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) also rose 0.1 percent in Novem ber, prior to seasonal adjustment. The November level of 165.1 was 2.7 percent higher than the index in November 1998. During the first 11 months of 1999, the CPI-U rose at a 2.7-percent seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR). This compares with an increase of 1.6 percent for all of 1998. The energy index, which declined 8.8 percent in 1998, has risen at a 12.8-percent SAAR thus far in 1999. In the first 11 months of 1999, petroleum-based energy costs increased at a 27.0-percent SAAR, and charges for energy services rose at a 2.3-percent annual rate. The food index has risen at a 2.0-percent SAAR thus far in 1999, following a 2.3percent increase for all of 1998. Excluding food and en ergy, the CPI-U has advanced at a 2.0-percent rate thus far in 1999, compared with a 2.4-percent rise for all of 1998. The index for food and beverages rose 0.1 percent in November. The index for food at home also increased 0.1 percent after a 0.2 percent rise in October. The index for dairy products, which advanced sharply in September and October, slowed in November—up 0,3 percent—and was largely responsible for the smaller increase in the index for food at home. The indexes for fruits and vegetables, for nonalcoholic beverages, and for cereal and bakery products also contributed to the slightly smaller November grocery store food increase, declining 0.7, 0.2 and 0.1 percent, re spectively. The index for fruits and vegetables, which fell 0.6 percent in October, declined 0.7 percent in November. CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) On a seasonally adjusted basis, the CPI-U rose 0.1 percent in November, following a 0.2 percent-increase in October. The food index rose 0.1 percent in November, following increases of 0.2 percent in each of the preceding 4 months. The energy index, which declined 0.1 percent in October, was unchanged in November. The index for petroleumbased energy fell 0.6 percent, while the index for energy services increased 0.4 percent. Excluding food and en ergy, the CPI-U rose 0.2 percent in November, the same as in October. A larger increase in shelter costs was offset by a downturn in the index for apparel and a smaller increase in airline fares. Table A. Percent changes in CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) Seasonally adjusted Changes from preceding month Expenditure category All ite m s ................................... Food and be verages.......... H ousin g................................ A ppa rel................................. T ransportation..................... Medical c a re ........................ Recreation........................... Education and com m unication................ Other goods and s e rv ic e s ........................... Special indexes E n e rg y ............................. Food.................................. All items less food and e n e rg y.......... 1999 Compound annual rate, 3 months ended November 1999 Unadjusted 12 months ended November 1999 May June July August September October November 0 .4 .1 -.2 -.5 .2 .2 0 0 .2 -.4 -.6 A 0 0.3 .2 .1 -.9 1.2 .3 0 0.3 .2 .2 -.3 .9 .4 0 0.4 .2 .4 1.2 .6 .3 -.5 0.2 .2 .1 .6 .2 .2 .1 0.1 .1 .3 -.5 0 .4 .2 2.9 2.4 3.2 5.7 3.3 3.4 -.8 2.6 2.0 2.2 -1.0 4.3 3.5 .6 -.1 0 .2 .2 0 .2 .3 2.0 1.2 -.2 .2 .9 -.2 1.9 .1 0 8.0 9.4 -1.3 A -1.2 0 2.1 .2 2.7 .2 1.7 .2 -.1 .2 0 .1 6.4 2.5 10.6 1.9 .1 .1 .2 .1 .3 .2 .2 3.0 2.1 1 Within the fruits and vegetables group, the index for fresh vegetables decreased 3.0 percent, whereas the index for fresh fruits increased 1.4 percent. (Prior to seasonal ad justment, fresh vegetable prices rose 0.1 percent, whereas fresh fruit prices declined 0.7 percent.) The index for pro cessed fruits and vegetables fell 1.0 percent. On the other hand, the indexes for meats, poultry, fish, and eggs and for other food at home each turned up in November, increas ing 0.7 and 0.3 percent, respectively. Within the former group, prices for eggs, pork, and poultry, each of which had declined in October, advanced in November, increas ing 3.0, 1.4 and 0.8 percent, respectively. The index for beef rose 0.1 percent in November, following increases of 1.1 and 0.8 percent in the preceding 2 months. The other two components of the food and beverages index—food away from home and alcoholic beverages—increased 0.2 and 0.6 percent, respectively. The index for housing rose 0.3 percent in November, following an increase of 0.1 percent in October. Each of the three major housing groups—shelter, fuel and utilities, and household furnishings and operations—contributed to the acceleration. Shelter costs, which increased 0.1 per cent in October, advanced 0.3 percent in November. Within shelter, the indexes for rent and for owners’ equiva lent rent each increased 0.4 percent, whereas the index for lodging away from home declined 0.2 percent. The index for fuels and utilities increased 0.4 percent in November, following a 0.2-percent rise in October. The index for natural gas, which declined 1.4 percent in October, rose 2.2 percent in November. This advance, coupled with an other sharp increase in fuel oil prices—up 2.6 percent in November—more than offset a 0.2-percent drop in the in dex for electricity. The index for household furnishings and operations, which declined 0.2 percent in October, in Table B. creased 0.1 percent in November. The tran sp o rtatio n com ponent was unchanged in November, following a 0.2-percent rise in October. The gasoline index, which had turned down in October after advancing sharply earlier this year, declined again in November—down 0.6 percent. The index for new vehicles was unchanged in November. (Prior to seasonal adjust m ent, new vehicle prices rose 0.6 percen t. As o f November, about 58 percent of the new vehicle sample was represented by 2000 models. The 2000 models will con tinue to be phased in, with appropriate adjustments for quality change, over the next several months as they re place old models at dealerships. (For a report on quality changes for the 2000 vehicles represented in the Producer Price Index sample, see page 5.) The index for used cars and trucks declined 0.2 percent in November, after advanc ing 6.1 percent in the preceding 7-month period. The in dex for public transportation decelerated in November, in creasing 0.3 percent after advancing 3.5 percent in October. Airline fares, which rose 5.3 percent in October, increased 0.7 percent in November. The index for apparel declined 0.5 percent in November, following increases of 1.2 and 0.6 percent in the preceding 2 months. (Prior to seasonal adjustment, apparel prices fell 0.7 percent, reflecting the discounting of prices for both women’s and men’s wear.) Medical care costs rose 0.4 percent in November to a level 3.5 percent higher than a year ago. The index for medical care commodities—prescription drugs, nonpre scription drugs, and medical supplies—increased 0.4 per cent, with the index for prescription drugs up 0.6 percent. The index for medical care services rose 0.3 percent. Charges for professional services and for hospital and re lated services each increased 0.3 percent. Percent changes in CPI for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) Seasonally adjusted Changes from preceding month Expenditure category All ite m s ................................... Food and beverages.......... H ousin g................................ A ppa rel................................. Transportation..................... Medical c a re ........................ R ecreation........................... Education and com m unication............... Other goods and s e rv ic e s ............ ............... Special indexes E n e rg y ............................. Food.................................. All items le s s ................... food and en e rg y.......... 1999 Unadjusted 12 months ended November 1999 August September October 0.4 .2 .2 -.7 1.2 .3 0 0.2 .2 .1 -.5 1.0 .2 -.1 0.5 .3 .4 1.3 .8 .4 -.5 0.1 .2 .1 .6 .1 .2 .1 0.1 .2 .2 -.4 0 .3 0 3.2 2.7 3.0 6.4 3.6 3.6 -1.6 2.7 2.0 2.2 -1.3 4.5 3.5 .2 .1 .2 .1 0 .3 .3 2.4 1.3 -.4 .3 1.2 -.4 2.4 0 -.2 9.2 11.8 -1.4 .3 -1.2 .1 2.3 .1 2.8 .2 1.8 .2 -.2 .2 0 .2 6.8 2.7 11.4 1.9 .1 .1 .2 .1 .4 .2 .1 2.8 2.1 May June 0 .3 .1 -.1 -.4 .2 .2 0 .1 .1 -.5 -.5 .4 .1 0 July Compound annual rate, 3 months ended November 1999 2 November The index for recreation costs increased 0.2 percent in November. A 2.3-percent increase in the index for club membership dues and fees for participant sports was par tially offset by declines in the indexes for admissions to sporting events and for toys—down 2.5 and 1.6 percent, respectively. The index for education and communication, which in creased 0.2 percent in October, rose 0.3 percent in Novem ber. Educational costs were unchanged while the index for communication advanced 0.6 percent. Within the latter group, an increase of 0.8 percent in the index for telephone services, largely reflecting a 2.2-percent rise in interstate toll charges, was partially offset by a 2.5-percent decline in the index for personal computers and peripheral equip ment. The index for other goods and services was virtually un changed in November, following a 0.1-percent rise in October. Cigarette prices declined for the second consecu tive month—down 1.0 percent in November—reflecting discounting of selected major brands. During the past 12 months, however, cigarette prices have risen 32.9 percent. See page 4 for a note on the use of hedonic models to adjust prices of audio and video products in the CPI for changes in quality. CPI for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) On a seasonally adjusted basis, the CPI for Urban Wage E arners and C lerica l W orkers ro se 0.1 p ercen t in November. CPI-U 12-month changes, 1989 to present Percent Percent 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 3 Using Hedonic Models to Adjust Prices for Audio and Video Products for Changes in Quality information on the work on audio products is in a paper by Kokoski, Waehrer and Rozaklis available from BLS.1 The CPI also will use hedonic quality adjustment for video cameras, which have an estimated 31 percent of the weight within other video equipment. (Items in this stratum that will not be subject to hedonic quality adjustment at this time include videocassette recorders, digital versatile disc play ers, satellite dishes, and miscellaneous video equipment.) The hedonic models that BLS analysts developed for video cameras use observations collected for the CPI supplemented with additional observations that the BLS collected specifi cally for this purpose. A paper on this work is in prepara tion and will be available before the release of the January 2000 CPI. Additional work on hedonic quality adjustment is un derway at BLS. In the future, the Bureau plans to extend this method to additional CPI items, as satisfactory esti mates of hedonic models are developed. BLS will give CPI users notice 3 months before the first use of each addi tional model and will have a detailed paper reporting on each model available by the time of its implementation. ffective with the release of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for January 2000, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) will extend hedonic quality adjustment to items in two CPI strata: audio equipment and other video equipment (which contains video equipment other than televisions). A hedonic model decomposes the price of a consumer product into implicit prices for each of its important features and components, thereby providing an estimate of the value of each feature and component. The following table gives the relative importance (share of weight), as of December 1998, of these strata in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (the CPI-U) and in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (the CPI-W). E Relative importance in percent CPI item stratum CPI-U CPI-W Audio equipment Other video equipment 0.152 0.075 0.177 0.086 For more information on these changes, write to: Bureau of Labor Statistics Division of Consumer Prices and Price Indexes 2 Massachusetts Ave. NE, Room 3260 Washington, DC 20212 There are 12 main audio products in audio equipment: portable CD players, table CD players, radios, tape record ers, portable radio cassette players, headset stereos, receiv ers, cassette decks, stereo main speakers, surround speak ers, rack systems, and shelf systems. These items account for about 80 percent of the weight of audio equipment in the CPI-U and 81 percent in the CPI-W. The hedonic mod els estimated for these products rely on home and portable audio products data that BLS purchased from a secondary source. Items in this index stratum that will not be subject to hedonic quality adjustment at this time are automotive audio equipment and audio accessories and miscellaneous equipment; the data source did not cover them. Detailed You may also send electronic mail to Paul Liegey at liegey_p@ bls.gov or telephone Mr. Liegey at (202) 691-5394. 1 Kokoski, Mary, Keith Waehrer, and Patricia Rozaklis, “Using Hedonic Methods for Quality Adjustment in the CPI: The Consumer Audio Prod ucts Component”, paper presented at the Conference on the Measurement of Inflation, Cardiff, Wales, September 1, 1999. 4 Report on Quality Changes for 2000 Model Vehicles Passenger cars The retail equivalent of quality changes for domestic light trucks averaged $40.56, representing 9.7 percent of the average $416.31 yearly increase in manufacturers’ suggested list prices. The $40.56 estimated retail level of quality change breaks down as follows: The value of quality changes for a sample of 14 domestic passenger cars for the 2000 model year included in the Producer Price Index (PPI) for October averaged $153.92. This change represents 42.3 percent of the average $363.60 yearly increase in producers’ prices. The retail equivalent of these quality changes averaged $169.05, representing 41.4 percent of the average $408.42 yearly increase in manufacturers’ suggested list prices. The $169.05 estimated retail level of quality change breaks down as follows: • $33.31 for changes in accordance with 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments • $3.38 for safety changes for child seat tether anchors and head impact protection in accordance with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS) 210 and 201 • $5.39 for safety changes for child seat tether anchors in accordance with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS) 210 • $3.87 for other quality changes such as powertrain improvements, theft protection, safety improvements, and changes in levels of standard or optional equipment. • $9.87 for changes in accordance with 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments and head impact protection (FMVSS) 201 Estimates of the value of quality change are based on a review by the BLS of data supplied by producers for similarly equipped 1999 and 2000 domestic models priced for the Producer Price Index. Most of the estimates of qual ity changes in this article are derived from information supplied for the Producer Price Index for October. These data also form the basis of the new vehicle quality adjust ment for the Consumer Price Index (CPI). It should be noted, however, that, effective in January 1999, changes made solely to meet air pollution standards are no longer considered quality improvements for CPI calculation pur poses. • $153.79 for non-mandated quality changes such as powertrain improvements, theft protection, safety im provements, and changes in levels of standard or optional equipment. Light trucks The value of quality changes for a sample of 19 domestic light trucks, 2000 model year, included in the PPI for October averaged $35.82. This change represents 10.2 percent of the average $350.36 yearly increase in producers’ prices. 5 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) Item and group Relative importance, December 1998 Unadjusted indexes Oct. 1999 Nov. 1999 Unadjusted percent change to Nov. 1999 from— Nov. 1998 Oct. 1999 Seasonally adjusted percent change from— Aug. to Sep. Sep. to Oct. Oct. to Nov. Expenditure category All items ........................................................................................... All items (1967=100) ..................................................................... 100.000 168.2 503.9 168.3 504.1 2.6 • 0.1 - 0.4 0.2 0.1 - Food and beverages ................................................................... Food ............................................................................................ Food at home ........................................................................... Cereals and bakery products .............................................. Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ............................................. Dairy and related products ' ................................................. Fruits and vegetables ............................................................ Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage meiterials ............. Other food at home ............................................................... Sugar and sweets ................................................................ Fats and oils ......................................................................... Other foods ........................................................................... Other miscellaneous foods 1 2 ......................................... Food away from home 1 .......................................................... Other food away from home 12 ........................................... Alcoholic beverages .................................................................. 16.408 15.422 9.691 1.544 2.569 1.088 1.440 1.049 2.002 .377 .309 1.316 .320 5.730 .175 .986 165.5 165.1 165.1 185.2 149.2 164.1 202.2 134.6 153.7 153.3 149.0 168.7 104.3 166.2 106.8 170.5 165.7 165.2 165.1 184.8 150.5 164.6 201.2 133.9 153.0 152.1 145.3 169.0 103.9 166.5 106.9 171.2 2.0 1.9 1.6 1.5 1.8 5.6 1.2 .9 .2 1.7 -6.3 1.4 -.9 2.4 3.5 2.6 .1 .1 .0 -.2 .9 .3 -.5 -.5 -.5 -.8 -2.5 .2 -.4 .2 .1 .4 .2 .2 .3 .6 .4 1.4 -.2 -.4 .0 .4 .1 -.2 .5 .1 .6 .2 .2 .2 .2 .1 -.1 3.4 -.6 .3 -.3 .1 .1 -.4 -.9 .2 .4 -.2 .1 .1 .1 -.1 .7 .3 -.7 -.2 .3 -.1 -1.5 .8 -.4 .2 .1 .6 Housing ......................................................................................... Shelter ......................................................................................... Rent of primary residence 3 .................................................... Lodging away from home 2 3 ................................................... Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residences 3 4 ................. Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 .................................. Fuels and utilities ....................................................................... Fuels .......................................................................................... Fuel oil and other fuels ......................................................... Gas (piped) and electricity 3 .................................................. Water and sewer and trash collection sen/ices 2 ................. Household furnishings and operations .................................... Household operations 1 2 ........................................................ 39.828 30.283 7.007 2.376 20.529 .371 4.735 3.801 .227 3.574 .934 4.810 .908 165.0 188.5 178.8 113.1 194.2 102.2 130.3 115.0 97.6 122.0 104.6 126.6 105.2 164.9 188.6 179.8 108.5 194.9 102.1 130.0 114.6 100.7 121.4 104.7 126.4 105.8 2.2 2.5 3.0 2.1 2.4 2.2 2.8 2.9 16.0 2.1 2.2 -.2 2.9 -.1 .1 .6 -4.1 .4 -.1 -.2 -.3 3.2 -.5 .1 -.2 .6 .4 .3 .3 2.1 .2 .1 .9 1.1 4.6 .8 .2 .1 .2 .1 .1 .2 -.6 .2 -.1 .2 .2 2.4 .0 .3 -.2 .0 .3 .3 .4 -.2 .4 -.1 .4 .5 1.7 .4 .1 .1 .6 Apparel .......................................................................................... Men’s and boys’ apparel .................................. ........................ Women’s and girls’ apparel ................. .................................... Infants’ and toddlers’ a p p a re l1 ................................................. Footwear .................................................................................... 4.831 1.358 1.939 .272 .876 134.6 134.0 128.4 132.4 126.1 133.6 133.2 126.6 132.6 126.4 -1.0 -.7 -.7 1.0 -3.1 -.7 -.6 -1.4 .2 .2 1.2 1.2 2.4 1.2 -.4 .6 1.4 .4 1.9 -.3 -.5 -1.0 -.7 .2 .6 Transportation .............................................................................. Private transportation ................................................................ New and used motor vehicles 2 ............................................. New vehicles ......................................................................... Used cars and trucks 1 .......................................................... Motor fuel ................................................................................. Gasoline (all types) ................................................................ Motor vehicle parts and equipment ....................................... Motor vehicle maintenance and repair ................................. Public transportation 1 ................................................................ 16.999 15.653 7.843 4.983 1.914 2.493 2.476 .549 1.624 1.346 147.3 143.3 100.5 142.3 156.4 110.0 109.4 100.5 173.2 201.5 147.6 143.6 100.9 143.1 156.1 109.3 108.7 101.2 173.6 202.2 4.3 4.1 .2 -.3 1.4 21.9 21.9 -.2 2.4 7.9 .2 .2 .4 .6 -.2 -.6 -.6 .7 .2 .3 .6 .8 .5 .2 1.2 2.4 2.6 .5 .2 -1.2 .2 -.1 .1 .1 .4 -.4 -.4 -.1 .1 3.5 .0 -.1 .1 .0 -.2 -.7 -.6 .5 .4 .3 Medical care ................................................................................. Medical care commodities ......................... .............................. Medical care services ................................................................ Professional services 3 ............................................................ Hospital and related services 3 .............................................. 5.713 1.252 4.461 2.854 1.354 252.8 233.2 257.1 230.9 302.9 253.3 233.7 257.7 231.4 303.9 3.5 4.1 3.4 3.1 4.5 .2 .2 .2 .2 .3 .3 .4 .2 .2 .4 2. .1 .2 .2 .3 .4 .4 .3 .3 .3 See footnotes at end of table. 6 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) Item and group Relative importance, December 1998 Unadjusted percent change to Nov. 1999 from— Unadjusted indexes Oct. 1999 Nov. 1999 Nov. 1998 Oct. 1999 Seasonally adjusted percent change from— Aug. to Sep. Sep. to Oct. Oct. to Nov. Expenditure category Recreation 2 .................................................................................. Video and audio 1 2 .................................................................... 6.120 1.748 101.8 100.1 101.9 100.1 0.6 -.7 0.1 .0 -0.5 -.5 0.1 .0 0.2 .1 Education and communication 2 ................................................. Education 2 .................................................................................. Educational books and supplies ............................................ Tuition, other school fees, and childcare .............................. Communication 1 2 ..................................................................... Information and information processing 1 2 ........................... Telephone services 1 2 .......................................................... Information and information processing other than telephone services 1 5 ................................................... Personal computers and peripheral equipm ent1 2 .......... 5.478 2.694 .203 2.492 2.783 2.580 2.327 102.1 109.6 269.0 315.9 95.3 94.7 99.8 102.2 109.3 255.7 316.3 95.9 95.3 100.6 1.2 4.5 -.5 4.9 -1.9 -2.4 -.5 .1 -.3 -4.9 .1 .6 .6 .8 .0 .3 .3 .3 -.3 -.3 -.2 .2 .4 .8 .4 .0 .0 .2 .3 .0 -4.7 .4 .6 .6 .8 .253 .148 28.7 48.2 28.2 47.0 -20.1 -28.4 -1.7 -2.5 -1.7 -2.4 -2.0 -3.0 -1.7 -2.5 Other goods and services .......................................................... Tobacco and smoking products .............................................. Personal care 1 .......................................................................... Personal care products 1 ......................................................... Personal care services 1 ......................................................... Miscellaneous personal services ........................................... 4.624 1.159 3.465 .742 .973 1.491 263.2 373.3 162.4 153.4 172.9 245.6 263.0 369.8 162.8 153.3 173.9 246.0 9.4 31.5 3.0 3.0 3.8 3.7 -.1 -.9 .2 -.1 .6 .2 1.9 6.5 .2 .5 .1 .4 .1 -.6 .4 .3 .5 .4 .0 -.9 .2 -.1 .6 .2 42.109 16.408 25.702 14.345 4.831 9.514 11.356 57.891 29.912 .371 3.574 .934 .908 6.963 4.461 10.768 146.4 165.5 134.9 141.9 134.6 151.2 125.9 190.2 196.3 102.2 122.0 104.6 105.2 191.9 257.1 225.1 146.2 165.7 134.6 141.3 133.6 150.7 126.0 190.5 196.3 102.1 121.4 104.7 105.8 192.7 257.7 226.0 2.6 2.0 3.1 6.3 -1.0 10.2 -1.1 2.6 2.5 2.2 2.1 2.2 2.9 2.3 3.4 3.0 -.1 .1 -.2 -.4 -.7 -.3 .1 .2 .0 -.1 -.5 .1 .6 .4 .2 .4 .7 .2 1.0 1.5 1.2 1.5 .4 .3 .3 .1 .8 .2 .2 -.1 .2 .0 .1 .2 .0 .2 .6 .1 -.2 .2 .1 -.1 .0 .3 .0 .6 .2 .4 -.1 .1 -.3 -.3 -.5 -.1 -.2 .4 .3 -.1 .4 .1 .6 .3 .3 .4 84.578 69.717 94.287 26.688 15.331 10.500 30.753 27.979 53.429 6.294 93.706 78.284 23.967 2.720 54.316 168.8 162.0 163.6 136.3 143.7 152.3 154.0 197.4 184.1 111.6 175.7 178.3 145.3 109.1 197.2 $.594 $.198 168.8 162.1 163.6 136.1 143.1 151.9 153.7 197.9 184.3 111.2 175.8 178.4 145.0 108.7 197.5 $.594 $.198 2.7 2.7 2.6 3.0 6.0 9.4 4.0 2.7 2.6 10.6 2.0 2.1 .8 21.3 2.7 .0 .1 .0 -.1 -.4 -.3 -.2 .3 .1 -.4 .1 .1 -.2 -.4 .2 .5 .5 .4 1.0 1.5 1.4 .7 .1 .2 1.7 .3 .3 .7 2.7 .2 - .1 .2 .1 .0 .1 .0 .1 .3 .2 -.1 .2 .2 .1 -.2 .3 ■ .2 .1 .2 -.2 -.2 -.1 .1 .5 .4 .0 .2 .2 -.2 -.6 .4 - Commodity and service group Commodities .................................................................................. Food and beverages ................................................................... Commodities less food and beverages ..................................... Nondurables less food and beverages .................................... Apparel ..................................................................................... Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel ................. Durables ...................................................................................... Services ........................................................................................... Rent of shelter4 ............................................................................ Tenants' and household insurance 1 2 ....................................... Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ........................................................ Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ...................... Household operations 1 2 ............................................................ Transportation services ............................................................... Medical care services .................................................................. Other services .............................................................................. Special indexes All items less food .......................................................................... All items less shelter ...................................................................... All items less medical care ........................................................... Commodities less food .................................................................. Nondurables less food ................................................................... Nondurables less food and apparel ............................................. Nondurables ................................................................................... Services less rent of 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 .................................................. Purchasing power of the consumer dollar ................................... Purchasing power of the consumer dollar - old base ................ 1 2 3 item 4 Indexes on a December 1982=100 base. 5 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base. ‘ Data not available. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. Not seasonally adjusted. Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other stratum index series converted to a geometric means estimator in January, 1999. 7 Table 2. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Seasonally adjusted U.S. city average, by expenditure category and commodity and service group (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) Seasonally adjusted indexes Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent change for 3 months ended— 6 months ended— Item and group Aug. 1999 Sep. 1999 Oct. 1999 Nov. 1999 Feb. 1999 May 1999 Aug. 1999 Nov. 1999 May 1999 Nov. 1999 E xpenditure category All items ......................................................... ................................. 167.2 167.9 168.2 168.4 1.2 3.7 2.4 2.9 2.5 2.7 Food and beverages ................................................................... Food ............................................................................................ Food at home ........................................................................... Cereals and bakery products .............................................. Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ............................................. Dairy and related products * ................................................. Fruits and vegetables ............................................................ Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials ............. Other food at home ............................................................... Sugar and sweets ................................................................ Fats and oils ........................................................................ Other foods ........................................................................... Other miscellaneous foods 1 2 ......................................... Food away from home 1 .......................................................... Other food away from home 1 2 ........................................... Alcoholic beverages .................................................................. 164.8 164.5 164.2 184.2 148.1 156.5 206.0 134.8 154.1 152.8 148.5 169.6 104.8 165.6 105.8 170.6 165.2 164.9 164.7 185.3 148.7 158.7 205.6 134.2 154.1 153.4 148.6 169.3 105.3 165.8 106.4 170.9 165.6 165.3 165.1 185.4 148.6 164.1 204.3 134.6 153.7 153.5 148.7 168.7 104.3 166.2 106.8 170.6 165.8 165.5 165.3 185.3 149.6 164.6 202.8 134.3 154.2 153.4 146.4 170.0 103.9 166.5 106.9 171.6 2.7 2.7 2.5 2.0 -.8 17.5 4.5 1.8 -1.8 .0 -13.6 .5 4.3 3.0 1.6 2.9 1.0 1.0 .5 3.3 1.4 -14.2 7.3 .9 .8 4.6 -8.5 1.9 -3.4 2.0 2.3 1.7 1.5 1.5 .7 -1.9 2.2 .8 -.4 2.4 1.8 .3 3.6 2.2 -.8 2.5 5.9 3.8 2.4 2.5 2.7 2.4 4.1 22.4 -6.1 -1.5 .3 1.6 -5.5 .9 -3.4 2.2 4.2 2.4 1.9 1.9 1.5 2.6 .3 .4 5.9 1.4 -.5 2.3 -11.1 1.2 .4 2.5 1.9 2.3 2.0 2.0 1.7 .2 3.1 11.0 -3.3 .4 1.0 .9 -1.1 1.5 -2.1 2.3 5.0 3.1 Housing ......................................................................................... Shelter ......................................................................................... Rent of primary residence 3 .................................................... Lodging away from home 2 3 ................................................... Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 3 4 ................. Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ................................... Fuels and utilities ....................................................................... Fuels .......................................................................................... Fuel oil and other fuels ......................................................... Gas (piped) and electricity 3 .................................................. Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ................. Household furnishings and operations .................................... Household operations 1 2 ........................................................ 164.1 187.5 177.9 105.5 193.4 102.2 128.7 112.6 92.2 120.1 103.9 126.8 105.0 164.7 188.1 178.4 107.7 193.7 102.3 129.9 113.8 96.4 121.1 104.1 126.9 105.2 164.9 188.3 178.8 107.0 194.0 102.2 130.1 114.0 98.7 121.1 104.4 126.7 105.2 165.4 188.9 179.6 106.8 194.7 102.1 130.6 114.6 100.4 121.6 104.5 126.8 105.8 .7 1.3 2.8 -12.4 2.8 .8 -.3 -1.1 -13.2 -.3 2.4 -.6 2.0 3.0 3.7 3.0 15.0 2.7 1.6 .6 .4 19.5 -.7 2.7 -.6 3.1 2.0 1.9 2.3 1.9 1.7 6.9 4.5 5.1 23.8 4.1 .8 1.0 3.5 3.2 3.0 3.9 5.0 2.7 -.4 6.0 7.3 40.6 5.1 2.3 .0 3.1 1.9 2.5 2.9 .4 2.8 1.2 .2 -.4 1.9 -.5 2.6 -.6 2.5 2.6 2.5 3.1 3.5 2.2 3.2 5.3 6.2 32.0 4.6 1.5 .5 3.3 Apparel .......................................................................................... Men’s and boys’ apparel .......................................................... Women’s and girls’ apparel ...................................................... Infants' and toddlers’ a p pare l1 ................................................. Footwear .................................................................................... 129.8 128.6 122.0 128.3 125.2 131.4 130.2 124.9 129.9 124.7 132.2 132.0 125.4 132.4 124.3 131.6 130.7 124.5 132.6 125.1 -7.3 -1.5 -11.0 -14.1 -10.4 4.0 2.5 7.4 3.9 1.9 -6.2 -9.6 -6.0 2.2 -2.8 5.7 6.7 8.5 14.1 -.3 -1.8 .5 -2.2 -5.6 -4.4 -.5 -1.8 1.0 8.0 -1.6 Transportation .............................................................................. Private transportation ................................................................ New and used motor vehicles 2 ............................................. New vehicles ......................................................................... Used cars and trucks 1 .......................................................... Motor fuel ................................................................................. Gasoline (all types) ............................................................... Motor vehicle parts and equipment ....................................... Motor vehicle maintenance and repair ................................. Public transportation 1 ................................................................ 146.0 142.3 100.5 142.6 153.8 106.6 105.8 100.1 172.3 197.1 146.9 143.4 101.0 142.9 155.7 109.2 108.5 100.6 172.7 194.7 147.2 143.3 101.1 143.0 156.4 108.8 108.1 100.5 172.8 201.5 147.2 143.2 101.2 143.0 156.1 108.0 107.5 101.0 173.5 202.2 -2.5 -3.7 -4.7 -.8 -14.0 -10.8 -11.3 -2.4 2.1 12.7 11.0 11.0 .8 -.8 3.6 81.2 81.1 .0 3.1 11.4 6.0 6.7 2.0 -.3 11.7 29.6 28.9 -2.0 1.9 -2.6 3.3 2.6 2.8 1.1 6.1 5.4 6.6 3.6 2.8 10.8 4.0 3.4 -2.0 -.8 -5.6 27.1 26.8 -1.2 2.6 12.1 4.6 4.6 2.4 .4 8.9 16.9 17.2 .8 2.3 3.9 Medical care ................................................................................. Medical care commodities ........................................................ Medical care sen/ices ................................................................ Professional services 3 ............................................................. Hospital and related services 3 .............................................. 252.1 232.5 256.2 230.1 301.3 252.9 233.5 256.8 230.6 302.4 253.3 233.7 257.4 231.1 303.2 254.2 234.6 258.3 231.9 304.2 3.5 2.3 3.9 2.7 5.6 3.4 4.3 3.0 3.2 3.6 4.1 6.3 3.5 3.4 5.1 3.4 3.7 3.3 3.2 3.9 3.5 3.3 3.5 3.0 4.6 3.7 5.0 3.4 3.3 4.5 See footnotes at end of table. 8 Table 2. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Seasonally adjusted U.S. city average, by expenditure category and commodity and service group -Continued (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) Seasonally adjusted indexes Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent change for 3 months ended— 6 months ended— Item and group Aug. 1999 Sep. 1999 Oct. 1999 Nov. 1999 Feb. 1999 May 1999 Aug. 1999 Nov. 1999 May 1999 Nov. 1999 E xpenditure category Recreation2 .................................................................................. Video and audio 1 2 .................................................................... 102.0 100.8 101.5 100.3 101.6 100.3 101.8 100.4 1.6 .4 2.0 -1.6 0.0 .0 -0.8 -1.6 1.8 -.6 -0.4 -.8 Education and communication 2 ................................................. Education 2 .................................................................................. Educational books and supplies ............................................ Tuition, other school fees, and childcare .............................. Communication 1 2 ..................................................................... Information and information processing 1 2 ........................... Telephone services 1 2 ........................................................... Information and information processing other than telephone services 1 5 ................................................... Personal computers and peripheral equipm ent1 2 .......... 101.5 108.2 265.8 310.2 95.6 95.0 99.8 101.5 108.5 266.5 311.0 95.3 94.7 99.6 101.7 108.9 268.5 312.1 95.3 94.7 99.8 102.0 108.9 256.0 313.4 95.9 95.3 100.6 .8 5.9 3.5 6.2 -3.6 -4.4 -2.7 .0 5.0 4.7 5.2 -4.9 -5.3 -3.1 1.6 4.2 5.3 4.0 -.4 -.8 .8 2.0 2.6 -14.0 4.2 1.3 1.3 3.2 .4 5.4 4.1 5.7 -4.2 -4.9 -2.9 1.8 3.4 -4.8 4.1 .4 .2 2.0 29.8 50.9 29.3 49.7 28.7 48.2 28.2 47.0 -20.8 -31.4 -25.9 -24.2 -13.5 -30.3 -19.8 -27.3 -23.4 -27.9 -16.7 -28.8 Other goods and services .......................................................... Tobacco and smoking products ............................................... Personal care 1 ........................................................................... Personal care products 1 ......................................................... Personal care sen/ices 1 ......................................................... Miscellaneous personal services ........................................... 258.4 351.5 161.4 152.3 171.9 243.9 263.2 374.2 161.8 153.0 172.1 244.8 263.5 371.8 162.4 153.4 172.9 245.8 263.4 368.4 162.8 153.3 173.9 246.4 26.7 140.7 3.6 2.7 4.1 4.4 .9 -5.5 3.3 3.0 4.1 2.0 3.5 8.9 1.8 3.8 2.1 3.9 8.0 20.7 3.5 2.7 4.7 4.2 13.1 50.8 3.4 2.8 4.1 3.2 5.7 14.6 2.6 3.2 3.4 4.0 145.0 164.8 133.2 138.7 129.8 148.8 125.9 189.3 195.5 102.2 120.1 103.9 105.0 190.7 256.2 224.2 146.0 165.2 134.5 140.8 131.4 151.0 126.4 189.8 196.1 102.3 121.1 104.1 105.2 190.5 256.8 224.2 146.1 165.6 134.5 141.1 132.2 151.1 126.2 190.2 196.3 102.2 121.1 104.4 105.2 191.7 257.4 225.0 145.9 165.8 134.1 140.7 131.6 150.9 126.0 190.9 196.9 102.1 121.6 104.5 105.8 192.2 258.3 226.0 .8 2.7 -.3 1.2 -7.3 5.4 -4.3 1.9 1.3 .8 -.3 2.4 2.0 2.8 3.9 3.1 4.6 1.0 6.9 13.3 4.0 18.1 -.9 3.0 3.6 1.6 -.7 2.7 3.1 2.8 3.0 2.6 2.5 1.5 2.7 5.4 -6.2 12.1 .6 2.1 2.3 6.9 4.1 .8 3.5 .6 3.5 2.7 2.5 2.4 2.7 5.9 5.7 5.8 .3 3.4 2.9 -.4 5.1 2.3 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.3 2.7 1.9 3.3 7.1 -1.8 11.6 -2.7 2:5 2.4 1.2 -.5 2.6 2.5 2.8 3.5 2.8 2.5 2.0 2.7 5.6 -.5 8.9 .5 2.8 2.6 3.2 4.6 1.5 3.3 1.9 3.4 3.0 167.5 160.7 162.3 134.8 140.6 150.0 152.1 196.5 183.2 108.9 174.9 177.5 143.9 105.3 196.4 168.3 161.5 163.0 136.1 142.7 152.1 153.2 196.7 183.6 110.7 175.4 178.1 144.9 108.1 196.7 168.5 161.8 163.2 136.1 142.8 152.1 153.3 197.2 183.9 110.6 175.8 178.4 145.0 107.9 197.2 168.8 162.0 163.5 135.8 142.5 152.0 153.4 198.1 184.7 110.6 176.1 178.8 144.7 107.3 197.9 1.2 1.5 1.3 -.3 .6 4.7 1.9 2.1 2.0 -5.1 1.9 1.8 .8 -11.3 2.1 4.2 3.6 3.8 6.9 13.1 16.6 6.6 2.7 2.9 28.1 2.3 2.5 .6 75.8 3.3 2.4 2.3 2.2 2.7 5.0 11.4 4.0 2.9 2.2 15.3 1.4 1.4 -.3 29.0 2.1 3.1 3.3 3.0 3.0 5.5 5.4 3.5 3.3 3.3 6.4 2.8 3.0 2.2 7.8 3.1 2.7 2.6 2.5 3.2 6.6 10.5 4.2 2.4 2.5 10.2 2.1 2.2 ,7 24.9 2.7 2.8 2.8 2.6 2.9 5.3 8.4 3.8 3.1 2.8 10.7 2.1 2.2 1.0 17.9 2.6 C om m odity and service group Commodities .................................................................................. Food and beverages ...................................................... ............ Commodities less food and beverages ..................................... Nondurables less food and beverages .................................... Apparel ....................................................................... ............. Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel .................. Durables ...................................................................................... Services ........................................................................................... Rent of shelter4 ............................................................................ Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ....................................... Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ........................................................ Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ...................... Household operations 1 2 ............................................................. Transportation services ............................................................... Medical care services .................................................................. Other services .............................................................................. Special indexes All items less food .......................................................................... All items less s h e lte r...................................................................... All items less medical care ............................................................ Commodities less food .................................................................. Nondurables less food ................................................................... Nondurables less food and apparel ............................................. Nondurables ................................................................. .................. Services less rent of s he lter4 ....................................................... 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 2 3 item January, 1999. 4 Indexes on a December 1982=100 base. 5 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. Not seasonally adjusted. Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other stratum index series converted to a geometric means estimator in 9 Table 3. Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, detailed expenditure categories (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) Item and Group Relative importance, December 1998 Unadjusted indexes Oct. 1999 Nov. 1999 Unadjusted percent change to Nov. 1999 from— Nov. 1998 Oct. 1999 Seasonally adjusted percent change from— Aug. to Sep. Sep. to Oct. Oct. to Nov. Expenditure category All items .............................................................................................. All items (1967=100) .......................................................................... 100.000 ■ 168.2 503.9 168.3 504.1 2.6 - 0.1 - 0.4 - 0.2 - 0.1 Food and beverages ........................................................................ Food ................................................................................................ Food at home ............................................................................... Cereals and bakery products ................................................... Cereals and cereal products .................................................. Flour and prepared flour mixes ........................................... Breakfast c e re a l1 .................................................................. Rice, pasta, cornmeal ........................................................... Rice 1 2 3 ............................................................................... Bakery products ...................................................................... Bread 1 2 ................................................................................. White bread 1 3 .................................................................... Bread other than white 1 3 .................................................. Fresh biscuits, rolls, muffins 1 2 ........................................... Cakes, cupcakes, and cookies 1 .......................................... Cookies 1 3 ............................................................................ Fresh cakes and cupcakes 1 3 ........................................... Other bakery products .......................................................... Fresh sweetrolls, coffeecakes, doughnuts 1 3 ................. Crackers, bread, and cracker products 3 .......................... Frozen and refrigerated bakery products, pies, tarts, turnovers 1 3 ................................................................. Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs .................................................. Meats, poultry, and fish ........................................................... Meats ..................................................................................... Beef and veal ...................................................................... Uncooked ground beef ..................................................... Uncooked beef roasts 1 2 .................................................. Uncooked beef steaks 1 2 ................................................. Uncooked other beef and v e a l1 2 .................................... Pork ...................................................................................... Bacon, breakfast sausage, and related products 1 2 Bacon and related products 3 ........................................ Breakfast sausage and related products 1 2 3 ............. Ham ................................................................................... Ham, excluding canned 3 ................................................ Pork chops ......................................................................... Other pork including roasts and picnics 1 2 ..................... Other meats 1 ....................................................................... Frankfurters 1 3 .................................................................. Lunchmeats 1 2 3 ............................................................... Lamb and organ meats 1 3 ............................................... Lamb and mutton 1 2 3 ...................................................... P oultry1 .................................................................................. Chicken 1 2 ............................................................................ Fresh whole chicken 3 ....................................................... Fresh and frozen chicken p a rts 1 3 .................................. Other poultry including turkey 1 2 ....................................... Fish and seafood .................................................................. Fresh fish and seafood 1 2 .................................................. Processed fish and seafood 1 2 ......................................... Canned fish and seafood 3 .............................................. Frozen fish and seafood 1 3 ............................................. E g g s .......................................................................................... Dairy and related products 1 ..................................................... M ilk 1 2 ....................................................................................... Fresh whole m ilk 1 3 ............................................................... Fresh milk other than whole 1 2 3 ......................................... Cheese and related products 1 .............................................. Ice cream and related products 1 ........................................... Other dairy and related products 1 2 ...................................... 16.408 15.422 9.691 1.544 .546 .071 .318 .158 * .998 .292 * .144 .272 .290 - 165.5 165.1 165.1 185.2 174.9 159.1 196.4 150.5 99.7 189.9 103.9 192.7 195.3 106.7 185.8 189.2 184.2 186.4 174.8 218.8 165.7 165.2 165.1 184.8 173.3 154.3 194.1 151.6 99.6 190.2 105.0 194.9 196.9 106.5 186.3 189.7 184.9 184.7 172.8 213.7 2.0 1.9 1.6 1.5 1.1 -.1 1.1 1.8 .5 1.7 2.9 3.6 1.6 2.6 1.9 3.2 1.0 -.2 -2.8 -1.2 .1 .1 .0 -.2 -.9 -3.0 -1.2 .7 -.1 .2 1.1 1.1 .8 -.2 .3 .3 .4 -.9 -1.1 -2.3 .2 .2 .3 .6 1.1 .9 .3 .2 -1.1 .4 .6 .6 .8 .0 -1.0 -.9 -.7 1.3 .1 2.5 .2 .2 .2 .1 -.6 -2.5 .6 -.4 -1.4 .3 .2 .5 -.7 .9 1.5 2.4 1.3 -.3 .6 .0 .1 .1 .1 -.1 -.4 -.6 -1.2 1.0 -.1 .3 1.1 1.1 .8 -.2 .3 .3 .4 .4 -1.1 .1 2.569 2.448 1.607 .731 .276 .131 .274 .049 .544 .183 .126 * .120 .116 .332 - 189.3 149.2 150.5 144.4 141.6 120.2 104.3 103.8 100.5 148.1 97.8 154.2 100.5 151.5 162.6 145.7 93.5 149.3 141.4 102.2 165.2 103.1 158.1 101.5 161.2 156.1 103.4 187.3 107.2 103.8 131.1 211.2 119.8 164.1 112.5 162.8 113.4 167.4 163.8 107.2 188.4 150.5 151.4 145.3 142.2 120.7 102.4 105.1 102.3 149.3 98.4 157.5 99.4 150.9 162.5 145.6 96.7 150.3 149.4 101.9 155.9 101.4 159.4 103.3 164.5 159.0 100.7 187.9 107.1 104.7 132.9 213.4 128.8 164.6 114.2 165.7 114.9 165.7 162.0 108.3 -.2 1.8 2.2 2.8 3.8 3.5 2.9 4.8 3.2 2.1 1.9 2.6 .9 .9 1.8 3.0 3.0 1.5 1.3 2.1 -11.3 -.1 -.1 -.6 -.2 -.7 1.2 2.6 3.8 1.2 -1.1 * -7.6 5.6 10.3 9.1 11.3 4.7 -1.2 2.9 -.5 .9 .6 .6 .4 .4 -1.8 1.3 1.8 .8 .6 2.1 -1.1 -.4 -.1 -.1 3.4 .7 5.7 -.3 -5.6 -1.6 .8 1.8 2.0 1.9 -2.6 .3 -.1 .9 1.4 1.0 7.5 .3 1.5 1.8 1.3 -1.0 -1.1 1.0 .6 .4 .5 .6 1.1 1.5 1.7 .2 .2 1.1 1.7 2.2 -.2 -.5 -.1 2.3 2.2 -1.0 -1.5 -.4 .8 .8 1.1 1.7 .3 -.3 -.6 -.6 .2 .1 -1.4 1.4 2.6 2.2 3.0 1.2 .4 .0 -.7 -.1 .2 .5 .8 -.2 1.6 1.1 .9 -.5 -.1 -.3 .0 -.3 -.1 -1.2 -3.3 1.4 -.1 1.8 .7 -1.1 -1.5 -1.4 -1.3 .6 .7 2.1 .5 -.1 -6.9 3.4 6.5 6.5 6.4 1.7 2.5 .1 -.5 .7 .6 .6 .1 .0 -1.8 1.3 1.8 1.4 .6 3.9 -1.1 .3 .5 .8 3.4 .7 5.7 -.3 -5.6 -1.6 .8 1.8 1.9 1.9 -2.6 .3 -.1 .9 1.6 1.0 3.0 .3 1.5 1.8 1.3 -1.0 -1.1 1.0 .500 .389 .112 .341 .190 .150 .121 1.088 .421 * .322 .186 .159 See footnotes at end of table. 10 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) Item and Group Relative importance, December 1998 Unadjusted percent change to Nov. 1999 from— Unadjusted indexes Oct. 1999 Nov. 1999 Nov. 1998 Oct. 1999 Seasonally adjusted percent change from— Aug. to Sep. Sep. to Oct. Oct. to Nov. Expenditure category Fruits and vegetables ................................................................ Fresh fruits and vegetables .................................................... Fresh fruits ............................................................................. Apples .................................................................................. Bananas ............................................................................... Citrus fruits 1 2 ..................................................................... Oranges, including tangerines 3 ....................................... Other fresh fruits 1 2 ............................................................. Fresh vegetables .................................................................. Potatoes ............................................................................... Lettuce 1 ................................................................................ Tomatoes 1 ........................................................................... Other fresh vegetables ....................................................... Processed fruits and vegetables 1 2 ...................................... Canned fruits and vegetables 1 2 ......................................... Canned fruits 1 2 3 ............. ................................................. Canned vegetables 1 2 3 ..................................................... Frozen fruits and vegetables 1 2 .......................................... Frozen vegetables 3 ............................................................ Other processed fruits and vegetables including dried 1 2 Dried beans, peas, and lentils 1 2 3 ................................... Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials ................. Juices and nonalcoholic drinks 1 2 ......................................... Carbonated drinks ................................................................. Frozen noncarbonated juices and drinks 1 2 ....................... Nonfrozen noncarbonated juices and drinks 1 2 ................ Beverage materials including coffee and tea 1 2 ................... Coffee 1 ................................................................................... Roasted coffee 1 3 ............................................................... Instant and freeze dried coffee 1 3 ..................................... Other beverage materials including tea 1 2 ......................... Other food at home ................................................................... Sugar and sweets ................................................................... Sugar and artificial sweeteners ........................................... Candy and chewing gum 1 2 ................................................. Other sweets 1 2 .................................................................... Fats and oils ............................................................................. Butter and margarine 1 2 ....................................................... B u tte r1 3 ............................................................................... Margarine 3 ........................................................................... Salad dressing 1 2 .................................................................. Other fats and oils including peanut b u tte r1 2 .................... Peanut b u tte r1 2 3 ............................................................... Other foods .............................................................................. Soups ..................................................................................... Frozen and freeze dried prepared foods 1 .......................... Snacks 1 .................................................................................. Spices, seasonings, condiments, sauces .......................... Salt and other seasonings and spices 1 2 3 ...................... Olives, pickles, relishes 1 2 3 ............................. ................ Sauces and gravies 1 2 3 .................................................... Other condiments 3 .............................................................. Baby food 1 2 .......................................................................... Other miscellaneous foods 1 2 ............................................. Prepared salads 1 2 3 ........................................................... Food away from home 1 ............................................................... Full service meals and snacks 1 2 ............................................ Limited service meals and snacks 1 2 ...................................... Food at employee sites and schools 1 2 .................................. Food from vending machines and mobile vendors 1 2 ........... Other food away from home 1 2 ................................................ 1.440 1.111 .581 .094 .108 .127 .251 .530 .093 .059 .111 .267 .328 .177 * .104 .047 1.049 .767 .400 .055 .311 .282 .149 .133 2.002 .377 .073 .227 .078 .309 .107 * .083 .119 1.316 .108 .224 .269 .295 * • * .101 .320 5.730 3.002 1.664 .668 .221 .175 See footnotes at end of table. 11 202.2 235.2 262.3 197.3 152.7 172.8 370.1 87.5 208.9 194.8 218.5 208.4 214.6 105.5 106.3 106.6 107.3 106.0 155.6 101.3 100.0 134.6 102.6 119.7 106.9 101.2 97.3 154.5 159.6 160.8 105.5 153.7 153.3 137.5 103.4 105.0 149.0 111.6 143.9 154.8 105.0 102.9 105.1 168.7 194.2 145.0 162.1 175.7 102.1 101.4 104.3 177.4 106.6 104.3 201.2 234.3 260.5 198.9 157.1 147.5 302.1 95.7 209.1 186.1 216.6 213.8 217.2 104.4 104.6 105.4 105.4 105.2 153.9 102.3 100.5 133.9 102.2 118.1 107.7 101.8 96.5 152.4 157.0 160.0 105.2 153.0 152.1 133.9 102.9 104.9 145.3 105.6 135.6 148.2 103.5 102.1 103.9 169.0 192.9 146.9 162.8 175.5 100.3 102.1 105.2 172.3 107.1 103.9 166.2 104.8 104.3 104.3 101.5 106.8 166.5 105.0 104.5 104.5 101.6 106.9 NA NA 1.2 .9 4.4 2.7 -.1 14.1 24.3 1.1 -2.7 5.3 -2.8 -20.4 1.5 2.1 1.7 2.6 1.2 2.6 2.3 2.3 .5 .9 1.5 .9 4.6 1.7 -.4 -2.5 * 1.8 .2 1.7 .2 1.9 2.1 -6.3 -17.6 -27.5 -3.1 1.2 -.6 1.3 1.4 2.0 1.0 3.2 1.2 .2 .2 .9 4.3 4.1 -.9 2.4 2.4 2.5 2.2 .8 3.5 -0.5 -.4 -.7 .8 2.9 -14.6 -18.4 9.4 .1 -4.5 -.9 2.6 1.2 -1.0 -1.6 -1.1 -1.8 -.8 -1.1 1.0 .5 -.5 -.4 -1.3 .7 .6 -.8 -1.4 -1.6 -.5 -.3 -.5 -.8 -2.6 -.5 -.1 -2.5 -5.4 -5.8 -4.3 -1.4 -.8 -1.1 .2 -.7 1.3 .4 -.1 -1.8 .7 .9 -2.9 .5 -.4 .2 .2 .2 .2 .1 .1 -0.2 .1 -3.2 1.9 .6 -.2 -6.6 1.3 3.8 2.7 3.2 4.7 5.0 -1.0 -1.5 -1.4 -1.3 -.4 1.0 -.7 -1.1 -.4 -.2 .2 -.3 -1.0 -.1 -.4 .1 .0 .4 .9 .9 -.5 .1 -.4 -2.6 1.6 -.2 .3 1.8 -.2 -.2 -.1 -1.3 -.8 .2 -1.5 1.0 .3 -.2 .5 * .1 .1 .2 .3 .1 .6 -0.6 -1.1 .0 -1.0 -.6 -8.8 -1.7 10.1 -2.1 -1.6 4.8 .1 -1.8 .9 1.3 1.1 1.4 .4 .4 -.2 -.1 .3 .3 .6 .0 -.8 .3 -.3 * .9 -.3 .1 -.8 .3 -.4 .1 -.2 -.7 -.5 1.1 .3 1.0 -.4 -1.1 -.8 1.2 -.1 .7 -.3 -.7 .7 .3 -.9 .2 .1 .2 .6 .0 .4 -0.7 -.7 1.4 2.4 .7 -14.6 1.0 9.4 -3.0 .0 -.9 2.6 -1.1 -1.0 -1.6 -1.1 -1.8 -.8 -.4 1.0 .5 -.2 -.4 -.9 .7 .6 -.8 -1.4 -1.6 -.5 -.3 .3 -.1 -1.0 -.5 -.1 -1.5 -5.4 -5.8 -2.8 -1.4 -.8 -1.1 .8 -.2 1.3 .4 1.1 -1.8 .7 .9 -1.4 .5 -.4 .2 .2 .2 .2 .1 .1 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) Item and Group Relative importance, December 1998 Unadjusted indexes Oct. 1999 Nov. 1999 Unadjusted percent change to Nov. 1999 from— Nov. 1998 Oct. 1999 Seasonally adjusted percent change from— Aug. to Sep. Sep. to Oct. Oct. to Nov. Expenditure category Alcoholic beverages ...................................................................... Alcoholic beverages at home ..................................................... Beer, ale, and other malt beverages at home ........................ Distilled spirits at home ............................................................ Whiskey at home 3 ................................................................... Distilled spirits, excluding whiskey, at home 1 3 .................... Wine at home ............................................................................. Alcoholic beverages away from home ...................................... Beer, ale, and other malt beverages away from home 1 2 3 .. Wine away from home 1 2 3 ...................................................... Distilled spirits away from home 1 2 3 ...................................... .986 .627 .333 .109 * * .184 .360 Housing ............................................................................................. Shelter ............................................................................................. Rent of primary residence 4 ........................................................ Lodging away from home 2 4 ...................................................... Housing at school, excluding board 4 5 .................................... Other lodging away from home including hotels and motels Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 4 5 ..................... Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ....................................... Fuels and utilities ........................................................................... Fuels ............................................................................................. Fuel oil and other fuels .............................................................. Fuel oil ..................................................................................... Other household fuels 6 .......................................................... Gas (piped) and electricity 4 ...................................................... Electricity 4 ................................................................................ Utility natural gas service 4 ..................................................... Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ...................... Water and sewerage maintenance 4 ........................................ Garbage and trash collection 1 7 ............................................... Household furnishings and operations ........................................ Window and floor coverings and other linens 1 2 ...................... Floor coverings 1 2 ..................................................................... Window coverings 1 2 ................................................................ Other linens 1 2 ........................................................................... Furniture and bedding 1 ............................................................... Bedroom furniture 1 .................................................................... Living room, kitchen, and dining room furniture 1 2 ................ Other furniture 12 ...................................................................... Appliances 1 2 ............................................................................... Major appliances 1 2 .................................................................. Laundry equipm ent1 3 ............................................................. Other appliances 1 2 .................................................................. Other household equipment and furnishings 1 2 ....................... Clocks, lamps, and decorator items 1 ...................................... Indoor plants and flowers 8 ....................................................... Dishes and flatware 1 2 .............................................................. Nonelectric cookware and tableware 1 2 ................................. Tools, hardware, outdoor equipment and supplies 1 2 ............. Tools, hardware and supplies 1 2 ............................................. Outdoor equipment and supplies 1 2 ........................................ Housekeeping supplies 1 ............................................................. Household cleaning products 1 2 ............................................. Household paper products 1 2 .................................................. Miscellaneous household products 1 2 .................................... Household operations 1 2 ............................................................. Domestic services 1 2 ................................................................ Gardening and lawncare services 1 2 ...................................... Moving, storage, freight expense 1 2 ....................................... Repair of household items 1 2 ................................................... * ■ 170.5 154.2 152.0 157.8 157.4 157.7 150.1 202.2 104.3 104.9 104.2 171.2 155.0 153.5 157.9 156.9 157.9 149.9 202.9 104.9 104.9 105.1 2.6 2.4 2.8 2.5 1.6 2.9 1.8 3.0 3.3 .5 2.1 0.4 .5 1.0 .1 -.3 .1 -.1 .3 .6 .0 .9 0.2 .1 .2 .6 .3 .8 .1 .2 .3 .2 .3 -0.2 -.1 .0 -.2 -.3 -.2 -.3 -.2 -.1 .0 -.5 0.6 .7 1.0 .3 .0 .1 .5 .3 .6 .0 .9 39.828 30.283 7.007 2.376 .237 2.139 20.529 .371 4.735 3.801 .227 .155 .073 3.574 2.521 1.053 .934 .683 .250 4.810 .353 .088 .110 .155 1.139 .322 .621 .184 .358 .210 .141 .536 .223 .152 .078 .083 .640 .162 .328 .876 .405 .212 .260 .908 .322 .263 .106 .104 165.0 188.5 178.8 113.1 249.4 242.5 194.2 102.2 130.3 115.0 97.6 93.8 131.2 122.0 127.0 115.5 104.6 223.3 265.8 126.6 100.0 101.8 98.7 100.0 134.2 140.2 101.6 101.0 97.6 97.8 110.9 97.4 98.0 116.6 107.8 97.4 98.4 98.7 97.0 99.5 149.0 103.4 106.2 103.0 105.2 105.3 103.6 106.2 107.5 164.9 188.6 179.8 108.5 249.5 231.6 194.9 102.1 130.0 114.6 100.7 97.8 132.4 121.4 123.9 120.3 104.7 223.2 266.2 126.4 99.3 100.5 98.5 99.3 133.6 140.3 100.9 100.5 98.0 98.5 111.1 97.2 97.2 115.7 106.2 96.9 98.2 98.0 97.3 98.1 149.0 102.6 107.6 103.0 105.8 106.4 104.0 106.2 107.9 2.2 2.5 3.0 2.1 4.2 1.8 2.4 2.2 2.8 2.9 16.0 20.9 5.5 2.1 .4 6.0 2.2 1.9 2.8 -.2 -2.2 -1.8 -1.7 -2.6 -.7 .2 -.5 -2.6 -1.9 -.8 -.4 -3.5 -3.4 -3.3 -4.1 -3.8 -2.2 -1.4 .4 -2.4 1.7 1.5 4.5 .0 2.9 3.3 2.5 2.7 2.8 -.1 .1 .6 -4.1 .0 -4.5 .4 -.1 -.2 -.3 3.2 4.3 .9 -.5 -2.4 4.2 .1 .0 .2 -.2 -.7 -1.3 -.2 -.7 -.4 .1 -.7 -.5 .4 .7 .2 -.2 -.8 -.8 -1.5 -.5 -.2 -.7 .3 -1.4 .0 -.8 1.3 .0 .6 1.0 .4 .0 .4 .4 .3 .3 2.1 .2 2.3 .2 .1 .9 1.1 4.6 6.2 1.4 .8 .1 2.7 .2 .2 .2 .1 -.4 .3 -1.2 -.2 .4 -.8 1.4 -.6 .5 .7 1.2 .0 -.2 .1 -.8 -.8 .9 .0 -.2 .1 .3 .6 .6 -.2 .2 .1 .2 .3 .5 .1 .1 .2 -.6 .3 -.7 .2 -.1 .2 .2 2.4 2.2 2.6 .0 .6 -1.4 .3 .3 .2 -.2 -.2 -.4 .2 -.2 -.7 -.4 -1.1 -.2 .2 -.3 .1 1.1 .3 .0 2.1 -1.3 1.3 -.8 .1 -1.2 -.3 .0 -1.1 .1 .0 .1 .0 .2 -.6 .3 .3 .4 -.2 .4 -.2 .4 -.1 .4 .5 1.7 2.6 .2 .4 -.2 2.2 .1 .1 .2 .1 -.7 -1.3 -.2 -.7 -.4 .1 -.7 -.5 .4 .7 .2 -.2 -.8 -.8 -1.8 -.5 -.2 -.7 .3 -1.4 .0 -.8 1.3 .0 .6 1.0 .4 .0 .4 See footnotes at end of table. 12 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) Item and Group Unadjusted indexes Relative importance, December 1998 Oct. 1999 Nov. 1999 Unadjusted percent change to Nov. 1999 from— Nov. 1998 Oct. 1999 Seasonally adjusted percent change from— Aug. to Sep. Sep. to Oct. Oct. to Nov. Expenditure category Apparel .............................................................................................. Men’s and boys’ apparel ............................................................... Men’s apparel .............................................................................. Men’s suits, sport coats, and outerwear ................................ Men’s furnishings ...................................................................... Men’s shirts and sweaters 1 2 ................................................... Men's pants and shorts ............................................................ Boys’ apparel ............................................................................... Women’s and girls’ apparel .......................................................... Women’s apparel ........................................................................ Women’s outerwear .................................................................. Women’s dresses ..................................................................... Women’s suits and separates 1 2 ............................................ Women’s underwear, nightwear, sportswear and accessories 1 2 ................................................................... Girls’ apparel ................................................................................ Footwear ........................................................................................ Men’s footwear ............................................................................. Boys’ and girls’ footwear ............................................................ Women’s footwear ...................................................................... Infants’ and toddlers’ ap pare l1 ..................................................... Jewelry and watches 6 ................................................................... W atches6 ..................................................................................... Jew elry6 ....................................................................................... 4.831 1.358 1.069 .245 .271 .314 .223 .289 1.939 1.651 .121 .220 .857 134.6 134.0 136.8 139.4 138.1 101.7 131.7 122.5 128.4 129.3 123.1 115.2 105.5 133.6 133.2 135.7 136.7 138.1 101.4 130.2 122.4 126.6 127.3 122.9 109.6 103.5 -1.0 -.7 -.4 .6 2.1 -2.5 -1.7 -1.6 -.7 -.5 -3.5 -1.4 .1 -0.7 -.6 -.8 -1.9 .0 -.3 -1.1 -.1 -1.4 -1.5 -.2 -4.9 -1.9 1.2 1.2 .7 3.0 -1.7 3.8 -.1 3.0 2.4 2.6 3.6 5.7 8.2 0.6 1.4 1.4 1.6 1.2 3.9 -.5 2.0 .4 .5 3.1 .3 2.8 -0.5 -1.0 -1.1 -1.5 -1.3 -.3 -1.7 -.8 -.7 -.7 -1.7 -3.3 -1.9 .430 .288 .876 .277 .215 .384 .272 .387 .069 .317 101.2 123.4 126.1 129.9 126.7 122.6 132.4 140.9 122.3 146.1 101.8 123.0 126.4 129.1 129.2 122.6 132.6 139.7 122.2 144.7 -.6 -1.2 -3.1 -2.9 -3.5 -2.9 1.0 -1.8 -.9 -2.0 .6 -.3 .2 -.6 2.0 .0 .2 -.9 -.1 -1.0 1.2 .8 -.4 -.6 1.4 -1.3 1.2 -.8 -.3 -.9 1.2 .5 -.3 -.3 -1.3 .4 1.9 .2 1.3 .3 .6 -.9 .6 -.3 1.5 1.1 .2 .2 1.1 .0 Transportation .................................................................................. Private transportation .................................................................... New and used motor vehicles 2 .................................................. New vehicles .............................................................................. New cars and trucks 1 2 3 ....................................................... New cars 3 ................................................................................ New trucks 3 7 .......................................................................... New motorcycles 3 6 ................................................................ Used cars and trucks 1 .............................................................. Car and truck re n ta l1 2 ............................................................. Motor fuel ..................................................................................... Gasoline (all types) ................................................................... Gasoline, unleaded regular3 .................................................. Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 3 9 ........................................... Gasoline, unleaded premium 3 .............................................. Other motor fuels 1 2 .................................................................. Motor vehicle parts and equipment ........................................... Tires ............................................................................................ Vehicle accessories other than tires 1 2 ................................... Vehicle parts and equipment other than tires 1 3 ................. Motor oil, coolant, and fluids 1 3 ............................................. Motor vehicle maintenance and repair ...................................... Motor vehicle body work 1 ......................................................... Motor vehicle maintenance and servicing 1 ............................ Motor vehicle re p a ir1 2 ............................................................. Motor vehicle insurance .............................................................. Motor vehicle fees 1 2 .................................................................. State and local registration and license 1 2 4 .......................... Parking and other fees 1 2 ........................................................ Parking fees and tolls 1 2 3 ..................................................... Automobile sen/ice clubs 1 2 3 ............................................... Public transportation 1 .................................................................... Airline fare 1 .................................................................................. Other intercity transportation ...................................................... Ship fare 1 z 3 ............................................................................. Intracity transportation 1 ............................................................... 16.999 15.653 7.843 4.983 * * * 1.914 .138 2.493 2.476 * ~ .017 .549 .267 .282 * 1.624 .119 .513 .970 2.502 .642 .424 .195 * 1.346 .834 .185 * .322 147.3 143.3 100.5 142.3 98.7 138.8 151.8 167.0 156.4 106.1 110.0 109.4 107.4 114.0 110.5 103.5 100.5 97.1 99.9 108.0 132.5 173.2 183.0 159.4 105.5 254.0 104.6 ' 102.6 109.5 109.9 102.7 201.5 224.9 161.3 100.9 173.1 147.6 143.6 100.9 143.1 99.3 139.6 152.7 167.6 156.1 108.6 109.3 108.7 106.6 113.3 109.8 104.6 101.2 97.8 100.6 108.9 132.5 173.6 184.2 159.7 105.8 255.6 104.6 102.2 110.0 110.1 103.9 202.2 226.4 160.0 100.9 173.1 4.3 4.1 .2 -.3 -.3 -.7 .8 2.3 1.4 5.7 21.9 21.9 23.2 20.5 19.2 16.4 -.2 -1.0 .6 .4 1.3 2.4 1.8 2.0 2.8 .2 1.5 .8 2.7 2.5 3.0 7.9 12.7 -1.2 -3.4 .7 .2 .2 .4 .6 .6 .6 .6 .4 -.2 2.4 -.6 -.6 -.7 -.6 -.6 1.1 .7 .7 .7 .8 .0 .2 .7 .2 .3 .6 .0 -.4 .5 .2 1.2 .3 .7 -.8 .0 .0 .6 .8 .5 .2 .2 .4 .0 .2 1.2 -1.9 2.4 2.6 2.7 2.9 2.4 2.8 .5 .1 .8 .7 .7 .2 -.3 .0 .8 .0 .7 .6 .8 .9 .0 -1.2 -1.7 -1.3 -1.2 .2 .2 -.1 .1 .1 .4 .1 .1 -.5 .4 2.4 -.4 -.4 -.5 -.4 -.2 2.1 -.1 .1 -.2 -.4 .4 .1 .3 -.1 .3 -.4 .1 .3 .0 .1 -.1 3.5 5.3 .1 .4 .6 .0 -.1 .1 .0 .6 -.1 .3 .0 -.2 2.4 -.7 -.6 -.8 -.4 -.6 1.1 .5 .4 .7 .8 .0 .4 .7 .2 .3 .1 .0 -.4 .5 .2 1.2 .3 .7 -.6 .0 .0 See footnotes at end of table. 13 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) Item and Group Relative importance, December 1998 Unadjusted percent change to Nov. 1999 from— Unadjusted indexes Oct. 1999 Nov. 1999 Nov. 1998 Oct. 1999 Seasonally adjusted percent change from— Aug. to Sep. Sep. to Oct. Oct. to Nov. Expenditure category Medical care ..................................................................................... Medical care commodities ........................................................... Prescription drugs and medical supplies .................................. 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 services 4 ................................................................ Physicians’ services 4 ............................................................... Dental services 1 4 ..................................................................... Eyeglasses and eye care 1 4 6 .................................................. Services by other medical professionals 4 6 ........................... Hospital and related services 4 ................................................... Hospital services 1 4 1 0 .............................................................. Inpatient hospital services 1 3 4 1 0 ......................................... Outpatient hospital services 3 4 6 ........................................... Nursing homes and adult daycare 1 4 10 ................................. 5.713 1.252 .845 .407 .272 .135 4.461 2.854 1.468 .835 .278 .272 1.354 1.303 .051 252.8 233.2 277.3 149.0 176.4 177.5 257.1 230.9 237.7 249.7 146.2 159.4 302.9 110.6 108.9 250.7 112.8 253.3 233.7 278.9 148.1 175.6 176.1 257.7 231.4 237.9 250.8 146.6 159.5 303.9 110.9 109.2 251.5 113.0 3.5 4.1 6.1 -.1 .1 -.4 3.4 3.1 2.7 4.6 2.0 2.0 4.5 4.4 4.0 6.3 4.5 0.2 .2 .6 -.6 -.5 -.8 .2 .2 .1 .4 .3 .1 .3 .3 .3 .3 .2 0.3 .4 .3 .6 .3 1.1 .2 .2 .3 .2 .2 .3 .4 .3 .3 .6 .3 0.2 .1 .4 -.5 -.5 -.7 .2 .2 .3 .3 -.1 .4 .3 .3 .2 .3 .3 0.4 .4 .6 -.6 -.5 -.8 .3 .3 .3 .4 .3 -.1 .3 .3 .3 .4 .2 Recreation 2 ...................................................................................... Video and audio 1 2 ........................................................................ Televisions 1 ................................................................................. Cable television 4 7 ...................................................................... Other video equipm ent1 2 .......................................................... Video cassettes, discs, and other media including re n ta l1 2 ... Video cassettes and discs, blank and prerecorded 1 2 3 Rental of video tapes and discs 1 2 3 ....................................... Audio equipm ent1 .......................... ............................................. Audio discs, tapes and other media 1 2 ..................................... Pets, pet products and services 1 2 ............................................. Pets and pet products 1 ............................................................... Petfood 1 23 .............................................. ............................... Purchase of pets, pet supplies, accessories 1 2 3 ................... Pet services including veterinary 1 2 .......................................... Pet services 1 2 3 ....................................................................... Veterinarian services 1 2 3 ........................................................ Sporting goods 1 ............................................................................. Sports vehicles including bicycles 1 ........................................... Sports equipm ent1 ...................................................................... Photography 1 2 .............................................................................. Photographic equipment and supplies 1 .................................... Film and photographic supplies 1 2 3 ....................................... Photographic equipm ent1 2 3 ................................................... Photographers and film processing 1 2 ...................................... Photographer fees 1 2 3 ............................................................ Film processing 1 2 3 .................................................................. Other recreational goods 2 ............................................................ Toys .............................................................................................. Toys, games, hobbies and playground equipm ent1 2 3 ....... Video game hardware, software and accessories 1 2 3 ......... Sewing machines, fabric and supplies 1 2 ................................ Music instruments and accessories 1 2 ...................................... Recreation services 2 ..................................................................... Club membership dues and fees for participant sports 1 2 ..... Admissions 1 ................................................................................. Admission to movies, theaters, and concerts 1 2 3 ................ Admission to sporting events 1 2 3 ........................................... Fees for lessons or instructions 6 ............................................... Recreational reading materials 1 ................................................... Newspapers and magazines 1 2 ................................................ Recreational books 1 2 ................................................................. 6.120 1.748 .201 .886 .075 .175 * .152 .146 .666 .429 101.8 100.1 53.7 255.6 75.6 92.1 85.7 98.9 79.0 100.5 103.4 144.0 102.1 99.7 107.3 104.9 107.7 119.1 128.3 109.4 99.0 129.3 98.8 93.7 100.7 101.9 100.1 53.3 256.0 74.3 91.2 84.7 99.4 79.1 102.3 103.9 144.7 102.6 100.2 107.7 105.1 108.1 119.4 128.9 109.3 99.3 130.1 99.6 93.5 100.8 .6 -.7 -7.8 2.9 -15.5 -3.7 -13.4 6.7 -4.2 2.3 1.6 .6 .3 .7 3.5 1.3 3.6 -1.7 2.0 -4.7 -.7 -1.7 -1.0 -2.8 -.1 .1 .0 -.7 .2 -1.7 -1.0 -1.2 .5 .1 1.8 .5 .5 .5 .5 .4 .2 .4 .3 .5 -.1 .3 .6 .8 -.2 .1 .1 .0 -.6 .6 -.7 .2 -.9 1.0 -.4 .5 .3 .2 .2 -.5 .5 .0 .6 -.7 -.9 -.5 .0 -.3 -.3 .1 .1 -.4 -6.4 -8.0 -7.0 -.3 -1.3 -1.6 -1.3 -.5 -.6 .6 2.3 -.9 .3 -2.5 .3 -.5 -.5 -.9 -.2 -1.4 -1.4 -2.4 1.2 -1.9 -1.5 -.3 -.5 -.6 .2 .2 .0 .2 -.4 -.3 -.5 -.6 -1.2 -.2 -.5 -.1 .1 -1.5 -2.1 -1.4 - .2 .1 -.7 .4 -1.7 -1.0 -1.2 .5 .1 1.8 .5 .5 .5 .5 .4 .2 .4 .3 .5 -.1 .3 .6 .8 -.2 .1 -.3 -1.3 -1.6 -1.3 - * .237 * .482 .215 .257 .259 .103 * * .154 * ■ .558 .416 • .069 .056 1.806 .668 .746 * .221 .601 .398 .202 See footnotes at end of table. 14 NA NA 99.9 90.3 109.6 89.7 99.6 89.1 107.8 88.5 NA NA 96.5 99.7 107.6 104.6 220.9 110.4 111.9 186.6 186.7 105.4 100.1 96.0 99.1 108.2 107.0 218.9 110.7 109.1 187.1 186.7 105.2 100.6 -1.6 -.6 4.4 2.2 6.4 8.8 4.2 4.6 .8 .0 2.1 -1.9 -.2 .5 .0 -.3 -.4 .1 - -.3 .3 .3 -.3 -.4 -.5 -.3 .6 -.7 -.4 .3 .3 .3 .3 -.4 .7 .8 .6 .3 .3 -.5 -.6 .6 2.3 -.9 .3 -2.5 .5 .0 .0 -.2 .8 .5 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) Item and Group Relative importance, December 1998 Unadjusted percent change to Nov. 1999 from— Unadjusted indexes Oct. 1999 Nov. 1999 Nov. 1998 Seasonally adjusted percent change from— Aug. to Sep. Oct. 1999 Sep. to Oct. Oct. to Nov. Expenditure category .059 102.1 109.6 269.0 315.9 326.0 338.8 151.3 113.5 95.3 103.1 165.1 109.8 94.7 99.8 169.5 97.4 72.9 93.6 82.0 102.2 109.3 255.7 316.3 326.1 340.4 151.5 113.7 95.9 103.1 165.1 110.0 95.3 100.6 170.2 98.7 74.5 93.9 81.2 1.2 4.5 -.5 4.9 4.0 6.8 5.2 8.2 -1.9 3.0 3.0 5.9 -2.4 -.5 2.3 -2.3 -1.7 -2.9 -12.1 0.1 -.3 -4.9 .1 .0 .5 .1 .2 .6 .0 .0 .2 .6 .8 .4 1.3 2.2 .3 -1.0 0.0 .3 .3 .3 .0 -.4 .5 2.0 -.3 .0 .0 .2 -.3 -.2 -.1 -.3 .0 -.6 .4 0.2 .4 .8 .4 .7 .3 .3 1.4 .0 .0 .0 .1 .0 .2 -.2 .6 1.1 -.3 -.7 0.3 .0 -4.7 .4 .3 1.0 .3 .2 .6 .0 .0 .2 .6 .8 .4 1.3 2.2 .3 -1.0 .253 .148 .032 .020 .051 28.7 48.2 89.4 96.0 81.3 28.2 47.0 88.3 96.0 79.7 -20.1 -28.4 -1.9 -7.1 -13.1 -1.7 -2.5 -1.2 .0 -2.0 -1.7 -2.4 -.4 -2.8 -.5 -2.0 -3.0 .8 -.2 -.7 -1.7 -2.5 -1.2 .0 -2.0 4.624 1.159 1.092 .061 3.465 .742 263.2 373.3 151.0 113.7 162.4 153.4 263.0 369.8 149.5 114.2 162.8 153.3 9.4 31.5 32.9 8.6 3.0 3.0 -.1 -.9 -1.0 .4 .2 -.1 1.9 6.5 7.1 .8 .2 .5 .1 -.6 -.3 1.1 .4 .3 .0 -.9 -1.0 .4 .2 -.1 .367 101.5 101.9 1.6 .4 -.5 -.1 .4 .371 .973 .973 1.491 .338 .352 .216 .065 .313 - 168.9 172.9 105.5 245.6 182.3 184.2 104.5 103.7 209.8 106.4 112.0 97.6 156.6 168.2 173.9 106.1 246.0 182.5 184.7 104.7 103.9 210.1 106.5 112.2 98.2 156.5 4.5 3.8 3.7 3.7 4.9 3.4 2.2 2.6 4.6 4.5 6.6 -2.7 -2.5 -.4 .6 .6 .2 .1 .3 .2 .2 .1 .1 .2 .6 -.1 1.4 .1 .1 .4 .3 .1 .2 .0 .9 1.1 .1 -.1 .7 .5 .5 .5 .4 .4 .4 .2 .3 1.0 1.3 2.1 .3 -1.2 -.4 .6 .6 .2 .1 .3 .2 .2 .1 .1 .2 .6 -.6 146.4 134.9 141.9 151.2 125.9 190.2 196.3 191.9 225.1 168.8 162.0 163.6 136.3 143.7 152.3 154.0 146.2 134.6 141.3 150.7 126.0 190.5 196.3 192.7 226.0 168.8 162.1 163.6 136.1 143.1 151.9 153.7 2.6 3.1 6.3 10.2 -1.1 2.6 2.5 2.3 3.0 2.7 2.7 2.6 3.0 6.0 9.4 4.0 -.1 -.2 -.4 -.3 .1 .2 .0 .4 .4 .0 .1 .0 -.1 -.4 -.3 -.2 .7 1.0 1.5 1.5 .4 .3 .3 -.1 .0 .5 .5 .4 1.0 1.5 1.4 .7 .1 .0 .2 .1 -.2 .2 .1 .6 .4 .1 .2 .1 .0 .1 .0 .1 -.1 Education and communication 2 ..................................................... Education2 ..................................................................................... Educational books and supplies ............................................... Tuition, other school fees, and childcare ................................. College tuition and fees ........................................................... Elementary and high school tuition and fees ......................... Child care and nursery school8 ............................................... Technical and business school tuition and fees 1 2 ............... Communication 1 2 ......................................................................... Postage and delivery services 1 2 .............................................. Postage 1 .................................................................................... Delivery services 1 2 .................................................................. Information and information processing 1 2 .............................. Telephone services 1 2 ............................................................. Telephone services, local charges 1 4 .................................. Telephone services, long distance charges 12 ................... Interstate toll calls 1 3 ............................................................ Intrastate toll calls 1 3 ............................................................ Cellular telephone services 1 2 .............................................. Information and information processing other than telephone services 1 1 1 ......................................................................... Personal computers and peripheral equipm ent1 2 ................ Computer software and accessories 12 ................................. Computer information processing services 1 2 ....................... Other information processing equipm ent1 2 ........................... 5.478 2.694 .203 2.492 1.137 .337 .892 .052 2.783 .204 .200 .004 2.580 2.327 1.080 1.188 Other goods and services .............................................................. Tobacco and smoking products ................................................... Cigarettes 1 2 .......................................................................... . Tobacco products other than cigarettes 1 2 .............................. Personal care 1 ............................................................................... Personal care products 1 ............................................................ Hair, dental, shaving, and miscellaneous personal care products 1 2 ........................................................................ Cosmetics, perfume, bath, nail preparations and implements 1 Personal care services 1 ............................................................. Haircuts and other personal care sen/ices 1 2 ........................ Miscellaneous personal services .............................................. Legal services 1 6 ....................................................................... Funeral expenses 6 .................................................................... Laundry and dry cleaning services 1 2 ..................................... Apparel services other than laundry and dry cleaning 1 2 ..... Financial services 1 6 ................................................................. Checking account and other bank services 1 2 3 ................. Tax return preparation and other accounting fees 1 2 3 ...... Miscellaneous personal goods 1 2 ............................................. Stationery, stationery supplies, gift wrap 3 .............................. .259 Special aggregate indexes Commodities ...................................................................................... Commodities less food and beverages ......................................... Nondurables less food and beverages ....................................... Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel .................... Durables ......................................................................................... Services .............................................................................................. Rent of shelter5 ............. ....................................... ............................ Transportation services ..................................................................... Other sen/ices .................................................................................... 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 ....................................................................................... 42.109 25.702 14.345 9.514 11.356 57.891 29.912 6.963 10.768 84.578 69.717 94.287 26.688 15.331 10.500 30.753 See footnotes at end of table. 15 -.3 -.3 -.1 -.2 .4 .3 .3 .4 .2 .1 .2 -.2 -.2 -.1 .1 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) Item and Group Relative importance, December 1998 Unadjusted indexes Oct. 1999 Nov. 1999 Unadjusted percent change to Nov. 1999 f rom— Nov. 1998 Oct. 1999 Seasonally adjusted percent change from— Aug. to Sep. Sep. to Oct. Oct. to Nov. Special aggregate indexes Apparel less footwear ....................................................................... Services less rent of she lter5 ........................................................... 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 sen/ices ...................................................... Domestically produced farm food .................................................... Utilities and public transportation ..................................................... Purchasing power of the consumer dollar ....................................... Purchasing power of the consumer dollar - old base .................... 3.955 27.979 53.429 6.294 93.706 78.284 23.967 2.720 54.316 8.194 9.067 • 131.6 197.4 184.1 111.6 175.7 178.3 145.3 109.1 197.2 167.6 148.3 $.594 $.198 -0.7 2.7 2.6 10.6 2.0 2.1 .8 21.3 2.7 1.7 2.3 * -1.0 .3 .1 -.4 .1 .1 -.2 -.4 .2 .0 .1 • 1.6 .1 .2 1.7 .3 .3 .7 2.7 .2 .4 .2 - 0.9 .3 .2 -.1 .2 .2 .1 -.2 .3 .0 .7 * 7 Indexes on a December 1983=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. 11 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base. NA Data not adequate for publication. * Data not available. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. 1 Not seasonally adjusted. 2 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. 3 Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. 4 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series converted to a geometric means estimator in January, 1999. 5 Indexes on a December 1982=100 base. 6 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base. 130.3 197.9 184.3 111.2 175.8 178.4 145.0 108.7 197.5 167.6 148.4 $ .594 $ .198 16 -0.7 .5 .4 .0 .2 .2 -.2 -.6 .4 .1 .7 * 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 3 months ended— 6 months ended— Item and group Aug. 1999 Sep. 1999 Oct. 1999 Nov. 1999 Feb. 1999 May 1999 Aug. 1999 Nov. 1999 May 1999 Nov. 1999 Expenditure category All items .............................................................................................. 167.2 167.9 168.2 168.4 1.2 3.7 2.4 2.9 2.5 2.7 Food and beverages ....................................................................... Food ................................................................................ ................ Food at home ............................................................................... Cereals and bakery products ................................................... Cereals and cereal products ........... ...................................... Flour and prepared flour mixes ........................................... Breakfast c e re a l1 .................................................................. Rice, pasta, cornmeal .......................................................... Rice 1 2 3 .......................... .................................................... Bakery products ..............................................................,....... Bread 1 2 ................................................................................. White bread 1 3 .................................................................... Bread other than white 13 ................................................. Fresh biscuits, rolls, muffins 1 2 ........................................... Cakes, cupcakes, and cookies 1 .......................................... Cookies 1 3 ............................................................................ Fresh cakes and cupcakes 1 3 ........................................... Other bakery products ............................ ............................. Fresh sweetrolls, coffeecakes, doughnuts 1 3 ................. Crackers, bread, and cracker products 3 .......................... Frozen and refrigerated bakery products, pies, tarts, turnovers 1 3 ................................................................. Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs .................................................. Meats, poultry, and fish .......................................................... Meats ..................................................................................... Beef and veal ...................................................................... Uncooked ground beef ..................................................... Uncooked beef roasts 1 2 .................................................. Uncooked beef steaks 1 2 ......................... ....................... Uncooked other beef and v e a l1 2 .................................... Pork ...................................................................................... Bacon, breakfast sausage, and related products 1 2 .... Bacon and related products 3 ........................................ Breakfast sausage and related products 1 2 3 ............. Ham ................................................................................... Ham, excluding canned 3 ................................................ Pork chops ........................................................................ Other pork including roasts and picnics 1 2 .................... Other meats 1 ....................................................................... Frankfurters 1 3 .................................................................. Lunchmeats 1 2 3 ................. ............................................. Lamb and organ meats 1 3 ................................................ Lamb and mutton 1 2 3 ...................................................... Psuitry 1 .................................................................................. Chicken 1 2 ............................................................................ Fresh whole chicken 3 ....................................................... Fresh and frozen chicken parts 1 3 .................................. Other poultry including turkey 1 2 ....................................... Fish and seafood .................................................................. Fresh fish and seafood 1 2 .................................................. Processed fish and seafood 1 2 ......................................... Canned fish and seafood 3 .............. ......................... ...... Frozen fish and seafood 1 3 ............................................. E g g s .......................................................................................... Dairy and related products 1 ..................................................... M ilk 1 2 ...................................................................................... Fresh whole m ilk 1 3 ............................................................... Fresh milk other than whole 1 2 3 ......................................... Cheese and related products 1 .............................................. Ice cream and related products 1 ........................................... Other dairy and related products 1 2 .................................... 164.8 164.5 164.2 184.2 174.3 162.8 194.7 151.4 102.2 188.6 103.1 190.6 195.1 105.8 184.9 186.5 183.0 184.8 173.6 213.3 165.2 164.9 164.7 185.3 176.2 164.2 195.2 151.7 101.1 189.4 103.7 191.7 196.6 105.8 183.1 184.8 181.8 187.2 173.7 218.7 165.6 165.3 165.1 185.4 175.2 160.1 196.4 151.1 99.7 189.9 103.9 192.7 195.3 106.7 185.8 189.2 184.2 186.7 174.8 218.6 165.8 165.5 165.3 185.3 174.5 159.2 194.1 152.6 99.6 190.5 105.0 194.9 196.9 106.5 186.3 189.7 184,9 187.4 172.8 218.8 2.7 2.7 2.5 2.0 2.1 2.3 .4 4.6 4.5 1.5 6.8 7.6 6.8 5.1 2.4 6.7 -4.3 -6.2 -12.6 -11.7 1.0 1.0 .5 3.3 3.5 4.3 7.7 2.4 4.5 3.4 -2.3 -.6 -6.9 -2.6 2.2 -.6 9.1 8.0 8.9 12.7 1.5 1.5 .7 -1.9 -1.8 2.0 -2.2 -2.9 3.6 -2.1 .0 -1.7 3.3 5.5 -.2 -.2 -4.3 -7.2 -4.5 -13.2 2.4 2.5 2.7 2.4 .5 -8.6 -1.2 3.2 -9.8 4.1 7.6 9.3 3.7 2.7 3.1 7.0 4.2 5.7 -1.8 10.7 1.9 1.9 1.5 2.6 2.8 3.3 4.0 3.5 4.5 2.5 2.2 3.4 -.3 1.2 2.3 3.0 2.2 .6 -2.5 -.3 2.0 2.0 1.7 .2 -.7 -3.4 -1.7 .1 -3.3 1.0 3.7 3.7 3.5 4.1 1.4 3.4 -.1 -1.0 -3.2 -2.0 189.6 148.1 149.0 142.1 139.0 118.3 101.0 102.5 99.4 145.3 96.3 147.0 100.7 148.1 157.7 143.3 94.6 148.7 143.7 100.8 162.8 190.7 148.7 149.8 143.0 140.5 120.1 102.7 102.7 99.6 146.9 97.9 150.3 100.5 147.4 157.6 146.6 96.7 147.2 141.5 100.4 164.1 189.3 148.6 150.1 143.7 141.6 119.8 104.3 103.8 100.5 146.1 97.8 149.8 100.5 146.9 157.4 144.9 93.5 149.3 141.4 102.2 165.2 103.1 158.1 101.5 160.2 156.1 103.4 187.3 107.2 103.8 130.8 211.2 120.8 164.1 112.5 162.8 113.4 167.4 163.8 107.2 188.4 149.6 151.0 144.6 141.7 119.8 102.4 105.1 102.3 148.2 98.4 155.6 99.4 147.4 158.2 146.0 96.7 150.3 149.4 101.9 155.9 101.4 159.4 103.3 163.2 159.0 100.7 187.9 107.1 104.7 132.9 213.4 124.4 164.6 114.2 165.7 114.9 165.7 162.0 108.3 -1.1 -.8 -.8 .3 2.1 6.7 .4 -4.3 -4.8 -1.4 -7.2 -1.1 -2.0 -3.5 -3.1 5.5 -10.6 -.8 7.0 -1.6 -34.8 6.0 -5.4 -9.6 4.2 -13.5 10.0 .4 8.0 -4.6 -5.8 * 3.6 17.5 39.1 33.9 42.7 11.9 -1.0 1.9 2.8 1.4 2.2 3.7 2.7 -.3 -.8 11.3 5.8 6.5 .8 -1.1 7.6 10.0 12.2 3.7 11.4 2.2 -7.3 2.0 36.9 -4.3 -5.8 -13.3 -2.3 .8 5.3 1.9 6.4 -.6 -19.8 -14.2 -28.7 -27.8 -28.6 -4.8 -8.3 4.6 .0 2.2 1.9 .0 2.9 2.8 6.6 2.4 .4 -4.3 5.6 -9.9 3.7 -.5 -2.5 -4.9 3.5 .3 -9.2 3.7 -17.7 7.4 8.7 .8 11.1 4.0 3.0 -.4 -3.0 -4.2 9.7 -2.5 4.1 5.5 7.2 8.0 5.2 5.7 10.5 12.2 8.2 9.0 25.5 -5.1 -1.9 1.3 7.8 9.2 4.4 16.8 4.4 -15.9 2.3 5.6 9.1 3.3 -9.0 1.7 5.8 6.4 6.6 -20.2 22.4 51.7 50.9 51.9 7.6 7.2 4.6 .8 .3 .7 2.0 2.4 3.1 -.2 3.2 .4 2.5 -3.3 -1.1 2.7 3.0 4.3 4.6 -.2 .7 -.4 .2 -5.5 -4.8 -7.7 -5.0 -8.1 5.3 2.9 4.9 .8 -3.2 -8.9 .4 -.4 -1.7 1.0 3.2 -4.7 3.3 -1.3 3.1 3.7 3.5 5.4 4.0 6.1 6.4 6.1 1.8 7.3 6.3 -.8 -1.2 -.6 1.2 6.3 2.3 3.0 4.0 -16.8 4.8 7.1 4.8 7.2 -2.7 2.4 2.7 1.5 1.1 -6.4 11.0 22.2 21.1 22.8 6.3 2.5 2.6 NA NA 158.5 101.9 159.7 157.7 103.1 187.1 105.6 103.1 130.8 159.8 103.0 162.4 158.2 102.8 186.0 105.0 103.3 130.9 NA NA 131.6 156.5 102.9 149.5 103.5 162.7 159.2 107.1 129.7 158.7 105.6 152.8 106.6 164.6 159.8 107.1 See footnotes at end of table. 17 .8 -1.5 -2.9 -.8 5.1 -2.0 .8 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— 6 months ended— Item and group Aug. 1999 Sep. 1999 Oct. 1999 Nov. 1999 Feb. 1999 May 1999 Aug. 1999 Nov. 1999 May 1999 Nov. 1999 204.3 236.4 258.7 202.1 162.6 172.8 314.7 87.5 216.5 196.8 218.5 208.4 224.7 105.5 106.3 106.6 107.3 106.0 155.8 101.3 100.0 134.6 102.6 119.5 106.9 101.2 97.3 154.5 159.6 160.8 105.5 153.7 153.5 137.4 103.4 105.0 148.7 111.6 143.9 154.0 105.0 102.9 105.1 168.7 195.2 145.0 162.1 175.8 102.1 101.4 104.3 177.6 106.6 104.3 202.8 234.8 262.3 207.0 163.8 147.5 318.0 95.7 210.1 196.8 216.6 213.8 222.3 104.4 104.6 105.4 105.4 105.2 155.2 102.3 100.5 134.3 102.2 118.4 107.7 101.8 96.5 152.4 157.0 160.0 105.2 154.2 153.4 136.0 102.9 104.9 146.4 105.6 135.6 149.7 103.5 102.1 103.9 170.0 194.9 146.9 162.8 177.8 100.3 102.1 105.2 175.1 107.1 103.9 4.5 4.0 23.5 -10.1 -8.7 33.6 233.6 3.9 -13.8 8.2 -34.3 -36.5 -24.1 6.0 3.5 4.0 5.5 9.3 3.2 5.7 7.4 1.8 7.8 -.3 15.6 7.4 .0 -2.8 2.7 -1.8 .0 2.1 2.8 5.2 -13.6 -33.7 -52.2 1.6 8.9 2.8 -.4 .5 3.6 .3 2.6 -1.4 5.7 6.8 .8 10.1 5.2 4.3 * 3.0 4.4 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 7.3 8.1 19.6 1.0 -12.1 83.1 21.4 64.7 -3.8 2.3 14.9 -36.3 12.5 4.3 5.9 8.8 3.8 2.3 2.6 2.8 -.4 .9 -.8 3.1 -10.4 .8 .0 2.6 -1.9 .8 4.6 4.8 2.8 8.7 -8.5 -19.8 -35.0 2.3 -9.9 .8 4.4 1.9 11.0 2.8 -1.0 1.1 1.6 -18.3 -7.4 8.9 6.3 -3.4 2.0 1.6 3.2 -0.4 -1.5 -13.3 7.5 20.5 89.8 -20.5 -72.4 14.5 6.6 -10.5 -25.8 14.8 3.1 4.6 3.8 2.7 2.3 -.8 .4 -2.0 2.4 .4 1.0 13.3 3.6 .8 -1.8 3.9 1.8 .3 -2.0 -.8 -1.1 3.6 10.6 28.7 -9.4 9.3 -4.9 -4.9 2.2 .0 -.3 10.2 3.9 -2.7 20.5 6.0 .0 2.7 -.8 2.5 2.3 2.7 2.0 .4 5.9 -6.1 -6.4 -7.3 13.8 3.0 -63.5 -25.9 120.9 -5.7 4.6 32.2 33.5 8.1 -4.8 -6.9 -5.5 -6.5 -3.0 4.2 .4 -2.7 -1.5 -1.2 -.7 1.9 -4.6 -2.4 -7.7 2.7 .3 1.6 -3.5 2.8 -3.7 -5.5 -21.8 -30.8 -6.7 -2.3 -.8 6.4 .9 -5.7 1.4 1.5 1.1 -3.5 -4.2 4.7 -1.4 2.3 -3.4 5.9 6.0 21.5 -4.7 -10.4 56.4 101.3 30.8 -9.0 5.2 -13.1 -36.4 -7.6 5.1 4.7 6.3 4.7 5.7 2.9 4.2 3.4 1.4 3.4 1.4 1.8 4.0 .0 -.1 -3.3 -4.0 -10.3 10.6 11.4 -16.8 -23.2 -21.9 3.9 5.6 8.8 -.5 11.4 -1.0 -1.3 -.9 -2.1 -.4 1.7 .4 -2.3 .4 -.4 .2 7.4 -.6 -.8 -4.8 - - .4 -.5 2.3 3.4 2.8 6.9 -11.1 -27.0 -44.3 1.9 -1.0 1.8 2.0 1.2 7.2 1.5 .8 -.1 3.6 -0T6 -3.4 9.5 5.7 .4 3.3 1.0 .9 -2.7 1.0 -2.4 -1.1 -7.0 -5.6 -8.0 3.4 -2.9 .6 1.5 -2.9 .5 5.8 2.5 -3.1 7.4 5.3 -.7 2.5 -2.1 2.2 1.5 2.3 4.3 .8 4.2 2.5 2.9 2.4 1.2 1.0 1.9 2.3 1.9 2.5 3.1 .6 5.0 Expenditure category Fruits and vegetables ................................................................ Fresh fruits and vegetables .................................................... Fresh fruits ............................................................................. Apples .................................................................................. Bananas ............................................................................... Citrus fruits 12 ..................................................................... Oranges, including tangerines 3 ....................................... Other fresh fruits 1 * ............................................................ Fresh vegetables .................................................................. Potatoes ............................................................................... Lettuce 1 ................................................................................ Tomatoes 1 ........................................................................... Other fresh vegetables ....................................................... Processed fruits and vegetables 12 ...................................... Canned fruits and vegetables 1 2 ......................................... Canned fruits 1 2 3 ............................................................... Canned vegetables 1 2 3 ..................................................... Frozen fruits and vegetables 1 2 .......................................... Frozen vegetables 3 ............................................................ Other processed fruits and vegetables including dried 1 2 Dried beans, peas, and lentils 1 2 3 .................................. Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials ................. Juices and nonalcoholic drinks 1 2 ......................................... Carbonated drinks ................................................................. Frozen noncarbonated juices and drinks 1 2 ....................... Nonfrozen noncarbonated juices and drinks 1 2 ................ Beverage materials including coffee and tea 1 2 .................. Coffee 1 ................................................................................... Roasted coffee 13 ............................................................... Instant and freeze dried coffee 1 3 ..................................... Other beverage materials including tea 1 2 ......................... Other food at home ................................................................... Sugar and sweets ................................................................... Sugar and artificial sweeteners ........................................... Candy and chewing gum 1 2 ................................................. Other sweets 1 2 .................................................................... Fats and oils ............................................................................. Butter and margarine 1 2 ....................................................... B u tte r1 3 ............................................................................... Margarine 3 .......................................................................... Salad dressing 1 2 .................................................................. Other fats and oils including peanut b u tte r1 2 ................... Peanut b u tte r1 2 3 ............................................................... Other foods .............................................................................. Soups ..................................................................................... Frozen and freeze dried prepared foods 1 .......................... Snacks 1 .................................................................................. Spices, seasonings, condiments, sauces .......................... Salt and other seasonings and spices 1 2 3 ...................... Olives, pickles, relishes 1 2 3 ............................................. Sauces and gravies 1 2 3 .................................................... Other condiments 3 .............................................................. Baby food 12 .......................................................................... Other miscellaneous foods 1 2 ............................................. Prepared salads 1 2 3 .......................................................... Food away from home 1 ............................................................... Full service meals and snacks 1 2 ............................................ Limited service meals and snacks 1 2 ...................................... Food at employee sites and schools 1 2 ................................. Food from vending machines and mobile vendors 1 2 ........... Other food away from home 1 2 ................................................ 206.0 238.7 267.3 200.4 162.6 189.8 342.7 78.5 213.2 194.6 202.0 198.9 218.0 105.7 106.5 106.9 107.2 106.0 153.6 102.2 101.2 134.8 102.5 118.6 107.2 103.0 97.1 155.5 205.6 239.0 258.8 204.2 163.6 189.5 320.0 79.5 221.2 199.9 208.5 208.2 228.9 104.6 104.9 105.4 105.8 105.6 155.2 101.5 100.1 134.2 102.3 118.8 106.9 102.0 97.0 154.9 NA NA NA NA 104.5 154.1 152.8 137.2 102.2 105.9 148.5 112.3 148.7 152.3 104.1 102.3 102.3 169.6 197.8 146.4 162.2 177.3 101.2 103.2 104.0 175.7 106.5 104.8 104.6 154.1 153.4 138.5 103.1 105.4 148.6 111.8 144.9 154.7 103.9 102.6 104.1 169.3 197.4 146.2 160.1 175.9 101.4 101.7 105.0 176.3 106.3 105.3 NA NA NA NA 165.6 104.6 103.9 103.4 101.4 105.8 165.8 104.7 104.1 103.7 101.5 106.4 166.2 104.8 104.3 104.3 101.5 106.8 166.5 105.0 104.5 104.5 101.6 106.9 See footnotes at end of table. 18 .8 .4 2.3 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 3 months ended— 6 months ended— Item and group Aug. 1999 Sep. 1999 Oct. 1999 Nov. 1999 Feb. 1999 May 1999 Aug. 1999 Nov. 1999 May 1999 Nov. 1999 Expenditure category Alcoholic beverages ...................................................................... Alcoholic beverages at home ..................................................... Beer, ale, and other malt beverages at home ........................ Distilled spirits at home ............................................................. Whiskey at home 3 ................................................................... Distilled spirits, excluding whiskey, at home 1 3 .................... Wine at home ............................................................................. Alcoholic beverages away from home ...................................... Beer, ale, and other malt beverages away from home 1 2 3 .. Wine away from home 1 2 3 ...................................................... Distilled spirits away from home 1 2 3 ...................................... 170.6 154.3 152.3 156.5 156.2 156.7 150.2 202.2 104.1 104.7 104.4 170.9 154.5 152.6 157.5 156.7 158.0 150.3 202.7 104.4 104.9 104.7 170.6 154.4 152.6 157.2 156.3 157.7 149.8 202.2 104.3 104.9 104.2 171.6 155.5 154.1 157.6 156.3 157.9 150.6 202.9 104.9 104.9 105.1 2.9 2.4 1.9 2.4 1.3 2.4 2.2 3.5 6.9 -5.3 -1.2 1.7 1.3 1.6 2.1 2.4 2.1 -.3 3.3 1.2 4.3 2.8 3.8 3.2 2.7 2.9 2.3 3.9 4.4 3.8 2.3 2.3 4.3 2.4 3.1 4.8 2.8 .3 3.1 1.1 1.4 3.1 .8 2.7 2.3 1.9 1.7 2.2 1.8 2.2 .9 3.4 4.0 -.6 .8 3.1 3.2 3.7 2.9 1.3 3.5 2.7 2.6 2.7 1.5 3.5 Housing ............................................................................................. Shelter ............................................................................................. Rent of primary residence 4 ........................................................ Lodging away from home 2 4 ...................................................... Housing at school, excluding board 4 5 .................................... Other lodging away from home including hotels and motels Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence 4 5 ..................... Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ....................................... Fuels and utilities ........................................................................... Fuels ............................................................................................. Fuel oil and other fuels .............................................................. Fuel oil ..................................................................................... Other household fuels 6 .......................................................... Gas (piped) and electricity 4 ...................................................... Electricity 4 ................................................................................ Utility natural gas service 4 ..................................................... Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ...................... Water and sewerage maintenance 4 ........................................ Garbage and trash collection 1 7 ............................................... Household furnishings and operations ........................................ Window and floor coverings and other linens 1 2 ...................... Floor coverings 1 2 ..................................................................... Window coverings 1 2 ................................................................ Other linens 1 2 .......................................................................... Furniture and bedding 1 ............................................................... Bedroom furniture 1 .................................................................... Living room, kitchen, and dining room furniture 1 2 ................ Other furniture 12 ...................................................................... Appliances 1 2 ............................................................................... Major appliances 1 2 .................................................................. Laundry equipm ent1 3 ............................................................. Other appliances 12 .................................................................. Other household equipment and furnishings 1 2 ....................... Clocks, lamps, and decorator items 1 ...................................... Indoor plants and flowers 8 ....................................................... Dishes and flatware 1 2 .............................................................. Nonelectric cookware and tableware 1 2 .................................. Tools, hardware, outdoor equipment and supplies 1 2 ............. Tools, hardware and supplies 1 2 ............................................. Outdoor equipment and sup plies1 2 ........................................ Housekeeping supplies 1 ............................................................. Household cleaning products 1 2 .............................................. Household paper products 1 2 .................................................. Miscellaneous household products 1 2 .................................... Household operations 1 2 ............................................................. Domestic services 1 2 ................................................................ Gardening and lawncare services 1 2 ...................................... Moving, storage, freight expense 1 2 ....................................... Repair of household items 1 2 ................................................... 164.1 187.5 177.9 105.5 244.8 242.1 193.4 102.2 128.7 112.6 92.2 87.4 127.5 120.1 126.1 114.5 103.9 221.9 264.7 126.8 100.6 101.9 99.7 100.4 134.7 141.9 101.3 101.8 96.9 97.4 109.5 96.3 97.9 116.5 108.2 99.5 96.2 99.5 97.1 100.6 148.9 102.8 106.8 103.1 105.0 105.1 103.4 105.7 107.6 164.7 188.1 178.4 107.7 245.4 247.7 193.7 102.3 129.9 113.8 96.4 92.8 129.3 121.1 126.2 117.6 104.1 222.4 265.3 126.9 100.2 102.2 98.5 100.2 135.2 140.8 102.7 101.2 97.4 98.1 110.8 96.3 97.7 116.6 107.3 98.7 97.1 99.5 96.9 100.7 149.4 103.4 107.4 102.9 105.2 105.2 103.6 106.0 108.1 164.9 188.3 178.8 107.0 246.2 245.9 194.0 102.2 130.1 114.0 98.7 94.8 132.7 121.1 126.9 115.9 104.4 223.0 265.8 126.7 100.0 101.8 98.7 100.0 134.2 140.2 101.6 101.0 97.6 97.8 110.9 97.4 98.0 116.6 109.6 97.4 98.4 98.7 97.0 99.5 149.0 103.4 106.2 103.0 105.2 105.3 103.6 106.2 107.5 165.4 188.9 179.6 106.8 247.3 245.3 194.7 102.1 130.6 114.6 100.4 97.3 132.9 121.6 126.6 118.4 104.5 223.2 266.2 126.8 99.3 100.5 98.5 99.3 133.6 140.3 100.9 100.5 98.0 98.5 111.1 97.2 97.2 115.7 107.6 96.9 98.2 98.0 97.3 98.1 149.0 102.6 107.6 103.0 105.8 106.4 104.0 106.2 107.9 .7 1.3 2.8 -12.4 4.5 -13.7 2.8 .8 -.3 -1.1 -13.2 -14.5 -7.4 -.3 1.0 -3.5 2.4 2.4 3.4 -.6 3.2 -2.7 12.1 .4 1.5 2.0 .8 3.1 -3.2 -2.0 -1.4 -4.3 -2.8 -8.7 -2.1 5.3 -8.5 -2.0 -2.0 -1.2 1.9 .4 4.3 2.0 2.0 1.6 2.0 .4 4.7 3.0 3.7 3.0 15.0 3.9 15.8 2.7 1.6 .6 .4 19.5 24.8 2.0 -.7 .6 -4.3 2.7 2.8 2.5 -.6 -3.1 -.4 -13.6 4.0 -.6 3.5 -1.2 -5.3 -6.7 -4.8 -1.1 -9.7 -1.2 -.3 -5.6 2.4 -7.5 2.4 -1.6 4.1 -.3 3.2 -4.2 -1.9 3.1 3.5 1.6 4.7 3.0 2.0 1.9 2.3 1.9 4.4 1.7 1.7 6.9 4.5 5.1 23.8 30.3 10.7 4.1 -1.6 19.6 .8 .0 2.9 1.0 -3.5 1.6 1.2 -10.1 -.3 .0 .0 -3.1 -2.0 -.8 -4.6 -3.3 -6.7 -1.4 -6.4 -11.5 -.4 .0 4.7 -2.4 5.0 3.2 15.6 .4 3.5 3.1 4.0 3.9 2.3 3.2 3.0 3.9 5.0 4.1 5.4 2.7 -.4 6.0 7.3 40.6 53.6 18.0 5.1 1.6 14.3 2.3 2.4 2.3 .0 -5.1 -5.4 -4.7 -4.3 -3.2 -4.4 -1.6 -5.0 4.6 4.6 6.0 3.8 -2.8 -2.7 -2.2 -10.0 8.6 -5.9 .8 -9.6 .3 -.8 3.0 -.4 3.1 5.0 2.3 1.9 1.1 1.9 2.5 2.9 .4 4.2 .0 2.8 1.2 .2 -.4 1.9 3.3 -2.8 -.5 .8 -3.9 2.6 2.6 3.0 -.6 .0 -1.6 -1.6 2.2 .4 2.7 -.2 -1.2 -4.9 -3.4 -1.3 -7.0 -2.0 -4.6 -3.9 3.8 -8.0 .2 -1.8 1.4 .8 1.8 .0 .0 2.5 2.5 1.8 2.5 3.8 2.6 2.5 3.1 3.5 4.3 3.5 2.2 3.2 5.3 6.2 32.0 41.5 14.3 4.6 .0 16.9 1.5 1.2 2.6 .5 -4.3 -2.0 -1.8 -7.2 -1.8 -2.2 -.8 -4.1 1.2 1.9 .5 .2 -4.8 -2.0 -4.3 -10.8 4.0 -3.0 2.7 -6.0 2.6 1.2 9.1 .0 3.3 4.1 3.1 2.9 1.7 See footnotes at end of table. 19 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— 6 months ended— Item and group Aug. 1999 Sep. 1999 Oct. 1999 Nov. 1999 Feb. 1999 May 1999 Aug. 1999 Nov. 1999 May 1999 Nov. 1999 Expenditure category Apparel .............................................................................................. Men’s and boys’ apparel ............................................................... Men’s apparel .............................................................................. Men’s suits, sport coats, and outerwear ................................ Men’s furnishings ...................................................................... Men’s shirts and sweaters 1 2 ................................................... Men’s pants and shorts ............................................................. Boys’ apparel ............................................................................... Women’s and girls’ apparel .......................................................... Women’s apparel ........................................................................ Women’s outerwear .................................................................. Women’s dresses ..................................................................... Women’s suits and separates 1 2 ............................................ Women’s underwear, nightwear, sportswear and accessories 1 2 ................................................................... Girls’ apparel ................................................................................ Footwear ........................................................................................ Men's footwear ............................................................................. Boys'and girls’ footwear ............................................................ Women’s footwear ...................................................................... Infants’ and toddlers’ ap pare l1 ..................................................... Jewelry and watches 6 ................................................................... W atches6 ...................................................................................... Jew elry6 ........................................................................................ 129.8 128.6 132.2 130.8 137.2 94.3 133.4 114.2 122.0 122.3 107.9 106.1 94.8 131.4 130.2 133.1 134.7 134.8 97.9 133.2 117.6 124.9 125.5 111.8 112.2 102.6 132.2 132.0 135.0 136.9 136.4 101.7 132.5 120.0 125.4 126.1 115.3 112.5 105.5 131.6 130.7 133.5 134.9 134.6 101.4 130.3 119.0 124.5 125.2 113.3 108.8 103.5 -7.3 -1.5 2.4 3.9 16.0 -22.1 .3 -14.4 -11.0 -12.4 -15.7 -32.4 -21.6 4.0 2.5 2.7 3.6 2.7 18.8 2.4 .0 7.4 9.2 5.4 45.3 22.2 -6.2 -9.6 -10.2 -15.7 -1.7 -26.9 -.3 -7.3 -6.0 -6.9 -20.0 -12.8 -26.3 5.7 6.7 4.0 13.1 -7.4 33.7 -9.0 17.9 8.5 9.8 21.6 10.6 42.1 -1.8 .5 2.6 3.8 9.1 -3.8 1.4 -7.5 -2.2 -2.2 -5.7 -.9 -2.1 -0.5 -1.8 -3.4 -2.3 -4.6 -1.2 -4.7 4.5 1.0 1.1 -1.4 -1.8 2.4 98.8 120.8 125.2 129.9 125.3 121.4 128.3 140.3 119.8 145.8 100.0 121.8 124.7 129.1 127.1 119.8 129.9 139.2 119.5 144.5 101.2 122.4 124.3 128.7 125.5 120.3 132.4 139.5 121.0 144.9 101.8 121.3 125.1 128.3 127.4 121.6 132.6 139.8 122.3 144.9 -2.3 -4.5 -10.4 -4.8 -1.2 -20.5 -14.1 5.1 6.3 4.4 18.0 -.3 1.9 -6.3 -15.7 18.8 3.9 -3.0 -2.2 -2.7 -24.8 -1.3 -2.8 4.8 -2.8 -6.6 2.2 -7.9 -14.5 -6.8 12.7 1.7 -.3 -4.8 6.9 .7 14.1 -1.4 8.6 -2.4 7.4 -2.4 -4.4 -5.5 -8.7 -2.9 -5.6 1.0 2.0 .8 -7.9 .2 -1.6 -.2 1.9 -3.1 8.0 -4.7 -3.7 -4.7 Transportation .................................................................................. Private transportation .................................................................... New and used motor vehicles 2 .................................................. New vehicles .............................................................................. New cars and trucks 1 2 3 ....................................................... New cars 3 ................................................................................ New trucks 3 7 ........................................................................... New motorcycles 3 6 ................................................................ Used cars and trucks 1 ............................................................... Car and truck re n ta l1 2 .............................................................. Motor fuel ..................................................................................... Gasoline (all types) ................................................................... Gasoline, unleaded regular3 .................................................. Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 3 9 ........................................... Gasoline, unleaded premium 3 ............................................... Other motor fuels 1 2 .................................................................. Motor vehicle parts and equipment ........................................... Tires ............................................................................................ Vehicle accessories other than tires 1 2 ................................... Vehicle parts and equipment other than tires 1 3 ................. Motor oil, coolant, and flu id s 1 3 ............................................. Motor vehicle maintenance and repair ...................................... Motor vehicle body work 1 ......................................................... Motor vehicle maintenance and servicing1 ............................ Motor vehicle re p a ir1 2 .............................................................. Motor vehicle insurance .............................................................. Motor vehicle fees 1 2 .................................................................. State and local registration and license 1 2 4 .......................... Parking and other fees 1 2 ........................................................ Parking fees and tolls 1 2 3 ..................................................... Automobile service c lu b s 1 2 3 ................................................ Public transportation 1 .................................................................... Airline fare 1 .................................................................................. Other intercity transportation ...................................................... Ship fare 1 2 3 ............................................................................. Intracity transportation 1 ............................................................... 146.0 142.3 100.5 142.6 98.1 139.1 152.0 167.4 153.8 105.6 106.6 105.8 103.9 110.0 106.9 98.6 100.1 97.0 99.3 107.6 131.1 172.3 183.0 159.5 104.4 254.5 103.8 101.7 108.6 108.8 102.8 197.1 217.2 163.7 101.7 171.8 146.9 143.4 101.0 142.9 98.3 139.6 152.0 167.7 155.7 103.6 109.2 108.5 106.7 113.2 109.5 101.4 100.6 97.1 100.1 108.4 132.0 172.7 182.4 159.5 105.2 254.6 104.5 102.3 109.5 109.8 102.8 194.7 213.6 161.6 100.5 172.1 147.2 143.3 101.1 143.0 98.7 139.7 152.2 166.8 156.4 106.1 108.8 108.1 106.2 112.8 109.3 103.5 100.5 97.2 99.9 108.0 132.5 172.8 183.0 159.4 105.5 253.5 104.6 102.6 109.5 109.9 102.7 201.5 224.9 161.8 100.9 173.1 147.2 143.2 101.2 143.0 99.3 139.5 152.6 166.8 156.1 108.6 108.0 107.5 105.4 112.4 108.6 104.6 101.0 97.6 100.6 108.9 132.5 173.5 184.2 159.7 105.8 253.8 104.6 102.2 110.0 110.1 103.9 202.2 226.4 160.8 100.9 173.1 -2.5 -3.7 -4.7 -.8 .8 -1.7 .5 1.5 -14.0 -10.1 -10.8 -11.3 -12.0 -11.9 -9.3 -16.3 -2.4 -2.4 -2.0 -2.2 .3 2.1 .2 2.6 2.4 .5 .4 .8 .4 -.4 1.6 12.7 22.8 -9.7 -13.4 .5 11.0 11.0 .8 -.8 -2.4 -1.7 .5 3.2 3.6 21.1 81.2 81.1 89.9 68.0 67.9 33.8 .0 1.6 -2.8 -3.3 -.6 3.1 -.2 2.0 2.3 -.8 .0 -.4 .7 1.1 4.0 11.4 17.7 .5 1.2 .7 6.0 6.7 2.0 -.3 -4.4 -.6 .5 6.2 11.7 2.7 29.6 28.9 30.6 31.1 24.5 29.1 -2.0 -5.6 2.0 2.3 1.2 1.9 4.7 2.8 1.2 2.2 2.3 .8 4.5 4.5 2.0 -2.6 -5.3 12.4 2.4 -1.4 3.3 2.6 2.8 1.1 5.0 1.2 1.6 -1.4 6.1 11.9 5.4 6.6 5.9 9.0 6.5 26.7 3.6 2.5 5.3 4.9 4.3 2.8 2.6 .5 5.5 -1.1 3.1 2.0 5.3 4.9 4.3 10.8 18.1 -6.9 -3.1 3.1 4.0 3.4 -2.0 -.8 -.8 -1.7 .5 2.3 -5.6 4.3 27.1 26.8 29.2 21.7 23.4 5.9 -1.2 -.4 -2.4 -2.7 -.2 2.6 .0 2.3 2.3 -.2 .2 .2 .6 .4 2.8 12.1 20.3 -4.7 -6.4 .6 4.6 4.6 2.4 .4 .2 .3 1.1 2.3 8.9 7.2 16.9 17.2 17.6 19.5 15.2 27.9 .8 -1.6 3.7 3.6 2.8 2.3 3.7 1.6 3.3 .6 2.7 1.4 4.9 4.7 3.2 3.9 5.7 2.3 -.4 .8 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 indexes Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent change for 3 months ended— 6 months ended— Item and group Aug. 1999 Sep. 1999 Oct. 1999 Nov. 1999 Medical care ................................................................................. Medical care commodities ....................................................... Prescription drugs and medical supplies ............................. 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 services 4 ........................................................... Physicians’ services 4 ........................................................... Dental sen/ices 1 4 ................................................................. Eyeglasses and eye care 1 4 6 ............................................. Sen/ices by other medical professionals 4 6 ....................... Hospital and related services 4 ............................................... Hospital services 1 4 1 0 ......................................................... Inpatient hospital sen/ices 1 3 4 1 0 ..................................... Outpatient hospital services 3 4 6 ....................................... Nursing homes and adult daycare 1410 ............................ 252.1 232.5 276.1 148.9 176.7 176.8 256.2 230.1 236.8 248.4 146.0 159.1 301.3 110.0 108.4 248.3 112.2 252.9 233.5 276.9 149.8 177.2 178.7 256.8 230.6 237.4 248.9 146.3 159.5 302.4 110.3 108.7 249.9 112.5 253.3 233.7 277.9 149.0 176.4 177.5 257.4 231.1 238.1 249.7 146.2 160.1 303.2 110.6 108.9 250.7 112.8 254.2 234.6 279.7 148.1 175.6 176.1 258.3 231.9 238.7 250.8 146.6 160.0 304.2 110.9 109.2 251.7 113.0 3.5 2.3 5.4 -1.9 -2.3 -1.1 3.9 2.7 1.7 6.8 -.8 3.1 5.6 7.4 7.4 5.5 8.8 3.4 4.3 6.3 .5 2.3 -3.1 3.0 3.2 2.2 4.3 8.3 -.5 3.6 1.1 .4 6.8 2.6 4.1 6.3 7.4 3.0 2.8 4.4 3.5 3.4 3.6 3.3 -.8 3.3 5.1 6.0 5.3 7.1 4.0 3.4 3.7 5.3 -2.1 -2.5 -1.6 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.9 1.7 2.3 3.9 3.3 3.0 5.6 2.9 3.5 3.3 5.8 -.7 .0 -2.1 3.5 3.0 2.0 5.6 3.7 1.3 4.6 4.2 3.8 6.2 5.6 3.7 5.0 6.4 .4 .1 1.4 3.4 3.3 3.4 3.6 .4 2.8 4.5 4.7 4.2 6.3 3.4 Recreation 2 .................................................................................. Video and audio 1 2 .................................................................... Televisions 1 ............................................................................. Cable television 4 7 .................................................................. Other video equipm ent1 2 ...................................................... Video cassettes, discs, and other media including re n ta l1 2 Video cassettes and discs, blank and prerecorded 1 2 3 ... Rental of video tapes and discs 1 2 3 ................................... Audio equipm ent1 ................................................................... Audio discs, tapes and other media 1 2 ................................ Pets, pet products and services 1 2 ......................................... Pets and pet products 1 .......................................................... Pet food 1 2 3 ......................................................................... Purchase of pets, pet supplies, accessories 1 2 3 .............. Pet sen/ices including veterinary 1 2 ...................................... Pet sen/ices 1 2 3 ................................................................... Veterinarian services 1 2 3 .................................................... Sporting goods 1 ........................................................................ Sports vehicles including bicycles 1 ....................................... Sports equipm ent1 .................................................................. Photography 1 2 ......................................................................... Photographic equipment and supplies 1 ............................... Film and photographic supplies 1 2 3 ................................... Photographic equipm ent1 2 3 .............................................. Photographers and film processing 1 2 .................................. Photographer fees 1 2 3 ........................................................ Film processing 1 2 3 .............................................................. Other recreational goods 2 ........................................................ Toys .......................................................................................... Toys, games, hobbies and playground equipm ent1 2 3 .... Video game hardware, software and accessories 1 2 3 .... Sewing machines, fabric and supplies 12 ............................ Music instruments and accessories 1 2 .................................. Recreation services 2 ................................................................. Club membership dues and fees for participant sports 1 2 .. Admissions 1 ............................................................................. Admission to movies, theaters, and concerts 1 2 3 ............ Admission to sporting events 1 2 3 ....................................... Fees for lessons or instructions 6 ........................................... Recreational reading materials 1 ............................................... Newspapers and magazines 1 2 ............................................ Recreational books 1 2 ............................................................ 102.0 100.8 54.5 255.6 77.2 93.2 88.6 96.7 80.8 101.5 103.4 144.4 102.5 100.0 106.6 104.9 106.9 120.4 129.8 110.4 99.6 131.3 99.3 94.1 100.7 101.5 100.3 54.0 255.1 76.1 91.9 86.5 97.9 79.3 100.0 103.1 143.7 101.9 100.2 106.8 104.9 107.1 119.9 129.4 109.9 99.0 129.7 99.1 93.6 100.6 101.6 100.3 53.7 256.7 75.6 92.1 85.7 98.9 79.0 100.5 103.4 144.0 102.1 99.7 107.3 104.9 107.7 119.1 128.3 109.4 99.0 129.3 98.8 93.7 100.7 101.8 100.4 53.3 257.8 74.3 91.2 84.7 99.4 79.1 102.3 103.9 144.7 102.6 100.2 107.7 105.1 108.1 119.4 128.9 109.3 99.3 130.1 99.6 93.5 100.8 1.6 .4 -7.4 2.9 -14.2 -7.0 -12.8 -2.1 9.0 4.5 1.2 -.3 -1.9 2.0 3.9 5.1 3.1 -1.0 5.8 -5.8 -1.2 -1.8 -3.5 2.5 -.4 2.0 -1.6 -11.5 2.2 -21.2 -3.0 -6.2 -4.2 -8.3 4.4 4.8 4.0 4.4 .4 6.2 -2.6 7.0 -.7 .3 -1.4 -.8 -6.5 -9.3 -7.2 2.4 3.7 -5.8 -6.1 -3.8 -4.5 -5.5 7.0 1.9 12.6 13.9 9.7 5.9 2.2 .8 4.4 .0 .0 -3.6 3.2 -12.0 4.0 -17.6 23.7 -8.4 -2.7 -1.5 -2.2 -1.5 -.4 -.4 1.9 .0 -2.0 4.8 -7.6 .4 5.7 8.5 -3.7 -2.7 -.8 -1.6 -8.5 3.5 -14.2 -8.3 -16.5 11.6 -8.2 3.2 1.9 .8 .4 .8 4.2 .8 4.6 -3.3 -2.7 -3.9 -1.2 -3.6 1.2 -2.5 .4 - 1.8 -.6 -9.5 2.6 -17.8 -5.0 -9.6 -3.2 .0 4.4 3.0 1.8 1.2 1.2 5.1 1.2 5.0 -.8 3.0 -3.6 -1.0 -4.2 -6.5 -2.5 1.0 -.4 -.8 -6.1 3.3 -13.1 -2.4 -17.1 17.5 -8.3 .2 .2 -.7 -.6 .2 1.9 1.3 2.3 -2.6 .9 -5.8 -.4 .9 4.8 -3.1 -1.2 -1.2 -5.5 -8.1 -8.7 3.0 5.0 3.4 -3.3 9.2 8.9 8.7 5.3 -2.5 5.1 -16.0 -.8 -12.1 -14.8 -10.2 .2 -4.0 -4.2 -4.6 - -1.0 -8.8 -11.5 -9.4 -2.1 -2.4 1.9 5.8 -2.2 7.2 -10.0 1.3 2.4 .4 6.6 -3.7 -2.4 6.5 3.3 9.4 9.7 9.8 5.9 1.6 1.6 1.8 .4 1.2 2.6 1.1 3.4 8.0 -1.1 3.3 -.1 2.7 -5.3 Feb. 1999 May 1999 Aug. 1999 Nov. 1999 May 1999 Nov. 1999 Expenditure category NA NA NA NA 99.8 91.6 112.0 90.9 99.9 90.2 109.7 89.6 99.9 89.9 109.3 89.7 99.6 88.7 107.6 88,5 NA NA NA NA 96.5 99.7 107.7 105.5 220.1 108.8 112.0 185.9 185.6 105.1 99.0 96.2 100.0 107.3 105.0 219.4 109.5 111.2 185.1 186.2 105.4 99.3 96.5 99.7 107.6 104.6 220.9 110.4 111.9 185.6 186.7 105.4 100.1 96.0 99.1 108.2 107.0 218.9 110.7 109.1 186.5 186.7 105.2 100.6 See footnotes at end of table. 21 -3.2 -2.1 -2.4 -5.4 -2.8 .8 5.9 4.7 6.4 5.6 9.9 6.0 1.1 2.4 -.8 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— 6 months ended— Item and group Aug. 1999 Sep. 1999 Oct. 1999 Nov. 1999 Feb. 1999 May 1999 Aug. 1999 Nov. 1999 May 1999 Nov. 1999 Expenditure category Education and communication 2 ..................................................... Education2 ..................................................................................... Educational books and supplies ................................................ Tuition, other school fees, and childcare .................................. College tuition and fees ............................................................ Elementary and high school tuition and fees ......................... Child care and nursery school 8 ................................................ Technical and business school tuition and fees 12 ................ Communication 1 2 .......................................................................... Postage and delivery services 1 2 ............................................... Postage 1 .................................................................................... Delivery services 1 2 .................................................................. Information and information processing 1 2 .............................. Telephone services 12 .............................................................. Telephone services, local charges 1 4 ................................... Telephone services, long distance charges 12 ................... Interstate toll calls 1 3 ............................................................. Intrastate toll calls 1 3 ............................................................. Cellular telephone services 12 .............................................. Information and information processing other than telephone services 1 1 1 ......................................................................... Personal computers and peripheral equipm ent1 2 ................ Computer software and accessories 12 ................................. Computer information processing services 1 2 ....................... Other information processing equipm ent1 2 ........................... 101.5 108.2 265.8 310.2 320.1 332.6 149.3 109.7 95.6 103.1 165.1 109.5 95.0 99.8 170.0 97.1 72.1 94.5 82.3 101.5 108.5 266.5 311.0 320.1 331.4 150.1 111.9 95.3 103.1 165.1 109.7 94.7 99.6 169.8 96.8 72.1 93.9 82.6 101.7 108.9 268.5 312.1 322.2 332.5 150.6 113.5 95.3 103.1 165.1 109.8 94.7 99.8 169.5 97.4 72.9 93.6 82.0 102.0 108.9 256.0 313.4 323.2 335.7 151.0 113.7 95.9 103.1 165.1 110.0 95.3 100.6 170.2 98.7 74.5 93.9 81.2 0.8 5.9 3.5 6.2 4.6 6.1 5.4 7.8 -3.6 12.1 12.5 6.7 -4.4 -2.7 1.7 -5.8 -6.7 -5.3 -11.2 0.0 5.0 4.7 5.2 4.5 6.0 5.0 5.7 -4.9 .4 .0 15.2 -5.3 -3.1 2.7 -7.8 -10.3 -2.1 -16.3 1.6 4.2 5.3 4.0 3.1 11.5 5.8 4.1 -.4 .0 .0 .4 -.8 .8 4.3 -1.6 -2.2 -1.7 -15.3 2.0 2.6 -14.0 4.2 3.9 3.8 4.6 15.4 1.3 .0 .0 1.8 1.3 3.2 .5 6.8 14.0 -2.5 -5.2 0.4 5.4 4.1 5.7 4.6 6.1 5.2 6.8 -4.2 6.1 6.1 10.9 -4.9 -2.9 2.2 -6.8 -8.5 -3.7 -13.8 1.8 3.4 -4.8 4.1 3.5 7.6 5.2 9.6 .4 .0 .0 1.1 .2 2.0 2.4 2.5 5.6 -2.1 -10.4 29.8 50.9 89.1 99.0 82.3 29.3 49.7 88.7 96.2 81.9 28.7 48.2 89.4 96.0 81.3 28.2 47.0 88.3 96.0 79.7 -20.8 -31.4 -6.1 .0 -8.4 -25.9 -24.2 -5.7 -68.3 -17.8 -13.5 -30.3 8.5 166.3 -13.7 -19.8 -27.3 -3.5 -11.6 -12.1 -23.4 -27.9 -5.9 -43.7 -13.3 -16.7 -28.8 2.3 53.4 -12.9 Other goods and services ............................................................... Tobacco and smoking products ................................................... Cigarettes 1 2 ................................................................................ Tobacco products other than cigarettes 1 2 .............................. Personal care 1 ............................................................................... Personal care products 1 ............................................................. Hair, dental, shaving, and miscellaneous personal care products 1 2 ........................................................................ Cosmetics, perfume, bath, nail preparations and implements 1 258.4 351.5 141.3 111.6 161.4 152.3 263.2 374.2 151.4 112.5 161.8 153.0 263.5 371.8 151.0 113.7 162.4 153.4 263.4 368.4 149.5 114.2 162.8 153.3 26.7 140.7 146.1 13.6 3.6 2.7 .9 -5.5 -3.9 4.1 3.3 3.0 3.5 8.9 5.3 7.1 1.8 3.8 8.0 20.7 25.3 9.6 3.5 2.7 13.1 50.8 53.8 8.7 3.4 2.8 5.7 14.6 14.9 8.4 2.6 3.2 102.1 101.6 101.5 101.9 2.8 2.4 2.0 -.8 2.6 •6 165.7 171.9 104.9 243.9 180.9 184.0 104.1 103.4 205.9 103.9 109.6 97.4 158.2 168.0 172.1 105.0 244.8 181.5 184.1 104.3 103.4 207.8 105.0 109.7 97.3 159.3 168.9 172.9 105.5 245.8 182.3 184.8 104.5 103.7 209.8 106.4 112.0 97.6 157.4 168.2 173.9 106.1 246.4 182.5 185.4 104.7 103.9 210.1 106.5 112.2 98.2 156.5 2.8 4.1 4.0 4.4 7.8 3.8 3.2 5.6 6.7 5.6 11.1 -6.9 -4.7 3.5 4.1 4.3 2.0 5.3 -.4 2.7 1.2 2.2 1.2 4.1 4.5 1.5 5.5 2.1 1.9 3.9 2.9 7.3 .8 1.6 1.2 1.2 1.5 -10.7 -2.5 6.2 4.7 4.7 4.2 3.6 3.1 2.3 1.9 8.4 10.4 9.8 3.3 -4.2 3.1 4.1 4.1 3.2 6.5 1.7 3.0 3.4 4.4 3.4 7.5 -1.4 -1.6 5.8 3.4 3.3 4.0 3.3 5.2 1.5 1.8 4.7 5.7 5.6 -4.0 -3.4 145.0 133.2 138.7 148.8 125.9 189.3 195.5 190.7 224.2 167.5 160.7 162.3 134.8 140.6 146.0 134.5 140.8 151.0 126.4 189.8 196.1 190.5 224.2 168.3 161.5 163.0 136.1 142.7 146.1 134.5 141.1 151.1 126.2 190.2 196.3 191.7 225.0 168.5 161.8 163.2 136.1 142.8 145.9 134.1 140.7 150.9 126.0 190.9 196.9 192.2 226.0 168.8 162.0 163.5 135.8 142.5 .8 -.3 1.2 5.4 -4.3 1.9 1.3 2.8 3.1 1.2 1.5 1.3 -.3 .6 4.6 6.9 13.3 18.1 -.9 3.0 3.6 2.8 2.6 4.2 3.6 3.8 6.9 13.1 2.5 2.7 5.4 12.1 .6 2.1 2.3 .6 2.7 2.4 2.3 2.2 2.7 5.0 2.5 2.7 5.9 5.8 .3 3.4 2.9 3.2 3.3 3.1 3.3 3.0 3.0 5.5 2.7 3.3 7.1 11.6 -2.7 2.5 2.4 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.6 2.5 3.2 6.6 2.5 2.7 5.6 8.9 .5 2.8 2.6 1.9 3.0 2.8 2.8 2.6 2.9 5.3 Personal care services 1 .............................................................. Haircuts and other personal care sen/ices 12 ........................ Miscellaneous personal services ............................................... Legal services 1 6 ....................................................................... Funeral expenses 6 .................................................................... Laundry and dry cleaning services 1 2 ..................................... Apparel sen/ices other than laundry and dry cleaning 1 2 ..... Financial services 1 6 ................................................................. Checking account and other bank services 1 2 3 ................. Tax return preparation and other accounting fees 1 2 3 Miscellaneous personal goods 1 2 ............................................. Stationery, stationery supplies, gift wrap 3 .............................. Special aggregate indexes Commodities ...................................................................................... Commodities less food and beverages ......................................... Nondurables less food and beverages ....................................... Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel ..................... Durables .......................................................................................... Services .............................................................................................. Rent of she lter5 .................................................................................. Transportation services ..................................................................... Other services ..................................................................................... All items less food .............................................................................. All items less shelter .......................................................................... All items less medical care ................................................................ Commodities less food ....................................................................... Nondurables less food ....................................................................... 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 indexes Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent change for 3 months ended— 6 months ended— Item and group Aug. 1999 Oct. 1999 Sep. 1999 Nov. 1999 Feb. 1999 May 1999 Aug. 1999 Nov. 1999 May 1999 Nov. 1999 Special aggregate indexes Nondurables less food and apparel ................................................. Nondurables ........................................................................................ Apparel less footwear ....................................................................... Services less rent of s he lter5 ........................................................... 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 ..................................................... 150.0 152.1 126.1 196.5 183.2 108.9 174.9 177.5 143.9 105.3 196.4 166.7 147.2 152.1 153.2 128.1 196.7 183.6 110.7 175.4 178.1 144.9 108.1 196.7 167.4 147.5 1 Not seasonally adjusted. 2 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. 3 Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. 4 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series converted to a geometric means estimator in January, 1999. 5 Indexes on a December 1982=100 base. 6 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base. 152.1 153.3 129.2 197.2 183.9 110.6 175.8 178.4 145.0 107.9 197.2 167.4 148.5 152.0 153.4 128.3 198.1 184.7 110.6 176.1 178.8 144.7 107.3 197.9 167.5 149.5 4.7 1.9 -6.6 2.1 2.0 -5.1 1.9 1.8 .8 -11.3 2.1 2.9 .5 16.6 6.6 4.5 2.7 2.9 28.1 2.3 2.5 .6 75.8 3.3 1.2 1.4 11.4 4.0 -7.0 2.9 2.2 15.3 1.4 1.4 -.3 29.0 2.1 .7 1.4 5.4 3.5 7.2 3.3 3.3 6.4 2.8 3.0 2.2 7.8 3.1 1.9 6.4 10.5 4.2 -1.2 2.4 2.5 10.2 2.1 2.2 .7 24.9 2.7 2.1 1.0 7 Indexes on a December 1983=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. 11 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base. NA Data not adequate for publication. ' Data not available. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. 23 8.4 3.8 -.2 3.1 2.8 10.7 2.1 2.2 1.0 17.9 2.6 1.3 3.9 Table 5. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, unadjusted indexes for special detailed expenditure categories1 (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) 1-month percent changes ended— Indexes Percent change to Nov. 1999 from— Item Aug. 1999 Sep. 1999 Oct. 1999 Nov. 1999 Aug. 1999 Sep. 1999 Oct. 1999 Nov. 1999 Nov. 1998 Food and beverages R ic e 2 ............................................................................................... White bread .................................................................................... Bread other than white .................................................................. Fresh cakes and cupcakes ............................................................ Cookies ........................................................................................... Fresh sweetrolls, coffeecakes, doughnuts ................................. Crackers, bread, and cracker products ....................................... Frozen and refrigerated bakery products, pies, tarts, turnovers Bacon and related products ......................................................... Breakfast sausage and related products 2 ................................... Ham, excluding canned ................................................................. Frankfurters .................................................................................... Lunchmeats2 .................................................................................. Lamb and organ meats ................................................................. Lamb and mutton 2 ......................................................................... Fresh whole chicken ...................................................................... Fresh and frozen chicken parts .................................................... Canned fish and seafood .............................................................. Frozen fish and seafood ................................................................ Fresh whole milk ............................................................................ Fresh milk other than whole 2 ....................................................... Oranges, including tangerines ...................................................... Canned fruits 2 ................................................................................ Canned vegetables 2 ...................................................................... Frozen vegetables ......................................................................... Dried beans, peas, and lentils 2 .................................................... Roasted coffee ............................................................................... Instant and freeze dried coffee ..................................................... Butter ............................................................................................... Margarine ........................................................................................ Peanut butter2 ................................................................................ Salt and other seasonings and spices 2 ....................................... Olives, pickles, relishes 2 ............................................................... Sauces and gravies 2 ..................................................................... Other condiments ........................................................................... Prepared salads 2 ........................................................................... Whiskey at home ............................................................................ Distilled spirits, excluding whiskey, at home .............................. Beer, ale, and other malt beverages away from home 2 ............ Wine away from home 2 ................................................................. Distilled spirits away from home 2 ................................................. 102.2 190.6 195.1 183.0 186.5 173.6 217.5 189.6 150.1 100.7 161.0 143.7 100.8 162.8 101.1 191.7 196.6 181.8 184.8 173.7 219.7 190.7 154.8 100.5 161.6 141.5 100.4 164.1 NA NA 160.0 157.7 131.1 163.9 158.2 130.9 NA NA 149.5 103.5 416.4 106.9 107.2 155.2 101.2 152.8 106.6 415.7 105.4 105.8 155.2 100.1 NA NA 99.7 192.7 195.3 184.2 189.2 174.8 218.8 189.3 154.2 100.5 162.6 141.4 102.2 165.2 103.1 161.2 156.1 131.1 211.2 162.8 113.4 370.1 106.6 107.3 155.6 100.0 159.6 160.8 143.9 154.8 105.1 102.1 101.4 104.3 177.4 99.6 194.9 196.9 184.9 189.7 172.8 213.7 188.4 157.5 99.4 162.5 149.4 101.9 155.9 101.4 164.5 159.0 132.9 213.4 165.7 114.9 302.1 105.4 105.4 153.9 100.5 157.0 160.0 135.6 148.2 103.9 100.3 102.1 105.2 172.3 0.3 -1.0 -.9 -.3 -.5 -.3 -4.1 -.1 .3 -1.0 .6 .9 1.2 -.5 -1.1 .6 .8 -.7 -.9 .1 1.0 .6 3.1 -.2 .4 -1.5 -.4 .8 -1.4 .5 -.7 1.3 2.4 .6 -.4 -.7 -.4 .0 .6 -.1 1.8 .7 - 1.3 .5 .4 - 2.4 .3 -.2 -1.6 -1.3 .2 - 2.2 3.0 -.2 -1.4 -1.3 .0 -1.1 - 0.5 3.6 1.6 1.0 3.2 -2.8 -1.2 -.2 2.6 .9 1.8 1.3 2.1 -11.3 -.1 -.2 -.7 -1.1 6.5 6.4 -11.0 1.1 1.4 .3 -.1 -.7 -.3 1.0 .7 -.3 -.7 .5 -0.1 1.1 .8 .4 .3 -1.1 -2.3 -.5 2.1 -1.1 -.1 5.7 -.3 -5.6 -1.6 2.0 1.9 1.4 1.0 1.8 1.3 -18.4 -1.1 -1.8 -1.1 .5 -1.6 -.5 -5.8 -4.3 -1.1 -1.8 .7 .9 -2.9 .1 -.2 -.1 .0 -.5 -.3 .1 .6 .0 .9 1.6 2.9 3.3 .5 2.1 NA NA NA NA 156.2 156.7 104.1 104.7 104.4 157.2 158.0 104.4 104.9 104.7 157.4 157.7 104.3 104.9 104.2 156.9 157.9 104.9 104.9 105.1 .5 -.4 4.8 .1 -.4 1.0 -.1 .7 -.8 -1.5 -.2 1.6 .7 .2 .2 .1 .7 .3 .2 109.5 110.8 110.9 111.1 .4 1.2 .1 .2 -.4 98.1 138.0 150.9 166.7 105.4 111.2 108.0 107.6 131.1 108.8 102.8 101.7 98.3 138.2 151.0 167.0 107.8 114.0 110.5 108.4 132.0 109.8 102.8 100.5 98.7 138.8 151.8 167.0 107.4 114.0 110.5 108.0 132.5 109.9 102.7 100.9 99.3 139.6 152.7 167.6 106.6 113.3 109.8 108.9 132.5 110.1 103.9 100.9 -.4 -.4 -.4 1.0 5.5 5.0 4.7 .4 .7 -.2 .0 -.9 .2 .1 .1 .2 2.3 2.5 2.3 .7 .7 .9 .0 -1.2 .4 .4 .5 .0 -.4 .0 .0 -.4 .4 .1 -.1 .4 .6 .6 .6 .4 -.7 -.6 -.6 .8 .0 .2 1.2 .0 -.3 -.7 .8 2.3 23.2 20.5 19.2 .4 1.3 2.5 3.0 -3.4 108.4 248.5 108.7 249.4 108.9 250.7 109.2 251.5 .6 1.1 .3 .4 .2 .5 .3 .3 4.0 6.3 NA NA 148.7 152.3 102.3 101.2 103.2 104.0 176.6 144.9 155.2 104.1 101.4 101.7 105.0 176.6 -2.6 1.9 1.8 .2 -1.5 1.0 .0 .6 .8 .3 .2 .3 9.1 11.3 24.3 2.6 1.2 2.3 .5 -27.5 -3.1 1.3 .2 .2 .9 4.3 Housing Laundry equipment ........................................................................ Transportation New cars and trucks 2 .................................................................... New cars ......................................................................................... New trucks 3 .................................................................................... New motorcycles 4 ......................................................................... Gasoline, unleaded regular .......................................................... Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 5 ..................................................... Gasoline, unleaded premium ....................................................... Vehicle parts and equipment other than tires ............................. Motor oil, coolant, and fluids ......................................................... Parking fees and tolls 2 .................................................................. Automobile service clubs 2 ............................................................. Ship fare 2 ........................................................................................ Medical care Inpatient hospital services 6 7 ........................................................ Outpatient hospital services 4 7 ..................................................... See footnotes at end of table. 24 Table 5. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPi-U): U.S. city average, unadjusted indexes for special detailed expenditure categories1-Continued (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) 1-month percent changes ended— Indexes Percent change to Nov. 1999 from— Item Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Nov. 1999 1999 1999 1999 1999 1999 1999 1999 1998 Recreation Video cassettes and discs, blank and prerecorded 2 ................. Rental of video tapes and discs 2 .................................................. P e tfo o d 2 ......................................................................................... Purchase of pets, pet supplies, accessories 2 ............................ Pet services 2 .................................................................................. Veterinarian services 2 ................................................................... Film and photographic supplies 2 .................................................. Photographic equipm ent2 .............................................................. Photographer fees 2 ....................................................................... Film processing 2 ............................................................................ Toys, games, hobbies and playground equipm ent2 .................. Video game hardware, software and accessories 2 .................... Admission to movies, theaters, and concerts 2 ........................... Admission to sporting events 2 ...................................................... 88.6 96.7 102.5 100.0 104.9 106.9 99.3 94.1 NA 99.8 90.9 NA 108.8 112.0 86.5 97.9 101.9 100.2 104.9 107.1 99.1 93.6 NA 99.9 89.6 NA 109.5 111.2 85.7 98.9 102.1 99.7 104.9 107.7 98.8 93.7 NA 99.9 89.7 NA 110.4 111.9 84.7 99.4 102.6 100.2 105.1 108.1 99.6 93.5 NA 99.6 88.5 NA 110.7 109.1 • • • * * .4 -1.1 .6 -.7 .8 .6 .3 -2.5 8.8 4.2 72.1 94.5 72.1 93.9 72.9 93.6 74.5 93.9 .6 -.2 .0 -.6 1.1 -.3 2.2 .3 -1.7 -2.9 103.9 109.6 155.9 105.0 109.7 156.9 106.4 112.0 156.6 106.5 112.2 156.5 -.1 .0 -1.3 1.1 .1 .6 1.3 2.1 -.2 .1 .2 -.1 4.5 6.6 -2.5 -3.0 3.0 -.3 -.3 .0 -.1 .1 -.4 -2.4 1.2 -.6 .2 .0 .2 -.2 -.5 -0.9 1.0 .2 -.5 .0 .6 -.3 .1 -1.2 .5 .5 .5 .2 .4 .8 -.2 -13.4 6.7 .3 .7 1.3 3.6 -1.0 -2.8 • - ■ • -.3 -1.4 .1 -1.4 .0 .1 -.3 -1.3 -.4 -7.0 Education and communication Interstate toll calls ........................................................................... Intrastate toll calls ........................................................................... Other goods and services Checking account and other bank sen/ices 2 .............................. Tax return preparation and other accounting fees 2 ................... Stationery, stationery supplies, gift wrap ..................................... Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. Indexes on a December 1983=100 base. Indexes on a December 1986=100 base. Indexes on a December 1993=100 base. 6 Indexes on a December 1996=100 base. 7 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series converted to a geometric means estimator in January, 1999. NA Data not adequate for publication. ' Data not available. 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) Item and group Relative importance, December 1998 Unadjusted indexes Oct. 1999 Nov. 1999 Unadjusted percent change to Nov. 1999 from— Nov. 1998 Oct. 1999 Seasonally adjusted percent change from— Aug. to Sep. Sep. to Oct. Oct. to Nov. E xpenditure cate gory All items ........................................................................................... All items (1967=100) ..................................................................... 100.000 ■ 165.0 491.5 165.1 491.7 2.7 • 0.1 - 0.5 - 0.1 - 0.1 - Food and beverages ................................................................... Food ............................................................................................ Food at home ........................................................................... Cereals and bakery products ............................................... Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs .............................................. Dairy and related products 1 ................................................. Fruits and vegetables ............................................................ Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials ............. Other food at home ............................................................... Sugar and sweets ................................................................ Fats and oils ........................................................................ Other foods ............. ............................................................. Other miscellaneous foods 1 2 ......................................... Food away from home 1 .......................................................... Other food away from home 1 2 ........................................... Alcoholic beverages .................................................................. 18.011 16.966 10.832 1.689 3.055 1.193 1.492 1.184 2.220 .420 .354 1.446 .355 6.133 .216 1.045 164.7 164.4 164.0 185.0 148.8 164.0 201.0 133.4 152.9 153.2 148.6 168.5 103.8 166.1 106.6 169.5 164.9 164.5 164.0 184.5 150.1 164.6 199.8 132.7 152.3 152.0 144.9 168.8 103.4 166.5 106.8 170.4 2.0 1.9 1.7 1.4 1.7 5.9 1.1 1.0 .2 1.7 -6.2 1.3 -1.4 2.4 3.3 2.8 .1 .1 .0 -.3 .9 .4 -.6 -.5 -.4 -.8 -2.5 .2 -.4 .2 .2 .5 .3 .2 .4 .6 .5 1.5 -.1 -.4 .1 .4 .0 .0 .7 .2 .4 .2 .2 .2 .2 .1 -.1 3.5 -.7 .4 -.3 .2 .1 -.5 -1.2 .2 .4 -.2 .2 .2 .1 -.1 .7 .4 -.7 -.2 .2 -.1 -1.6 .8 -.4 .2 .2 .7 Housing ......................................................................................... Shelter ......................................................................................... Rent of primary residence 3 .................................................... Lodging away from home 2 3 ................................................... Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 3 4 ................. Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ................................... Fuels and utilities ....................................................................... Fuels .......................................................................................... Fuel oil and other fuels ......................................................... Gas (piped) and electricity 3 .................................................. Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ................. Household furnishings and operations .................................... Household operations 1 2 ........................................................ 36.685 27.496 8.500 1.379 17.296 .320 4.850 3.928 .201 3.727 .922 4.339 .402 161.0 182.8 178.4 113.1 176.8 102.4 130.1 114.4 97.7 121.5 104.7 124.5 105.7 161.1 183.1 179.3 108.4 177.4 102.3 129.8 114.0 100.7 120.9 104.7 124.2 106.3 2.2 2.5 3.0 1.7 2.3 2.0 2.7 2.8 15.2 2.2 2.1 -.5 3.1 .1 .2 .5 -4.2 .3 -.1 -.2 -.3 3.1 -.5 .0 -.2 .6 .4 .3 .3 2.4 .1 .2 .9 1.1 4.4 .8 .2 .1 .3 .1 .2 .2 -.4 .2 -.1 .2 .2 2.6 .0 .3 -.2 .0 .2 .3 .4 -.2 .3 -.1 .4 .4 1.5 .5 .0 -.1 .6 Apparel .......................................................................................... Men’s and boys’ apparel ........................................................... Women’s and girls’ apparel ...................................................... Infants’ and toddlers’ ap parel1 ................................................. Footwear .................................................................................... 5.199 1.474 1.948 .344 1.057 133.1 134.0 126.0 134.1 126.6 132.3 133.3 124.4 134.3 126.9 -1.3 -.5 -1.2 1.2 -3.1 -.6 -.5 -1.3 .1 .2 1.3 .9 2.8 1.4 -.4 .6 1.8 .2 2.1 -.2 -.4 -1.1 -.6 .1 .6 Transportation .............................................................................. Private transportation ................................................................ New and used motor vehicles 2 ............................................. New vehicles ......................................................................... Used cars and trucks 1 .......................................................... Motor fuel ................................................................................. Gasoline (all types) ................................................................ Motor vehicle parts and equipment ....................................... Motor vehicle maintenance and repair ................................. Public transportation 1 ................................................................ 19.166 18.109 9.250 5.224 3.216 3.066 3.045 .682 1.690 1.056 146.6 143.9 101.2 143.5 157.7 110.0 109.4 99.8 174.7 196.3 146.9 144.2 101.5 144.3 157.3 109.5 108.9 100.6 175.1 197.0 4.5 4.3 .4 -.3 1.4 22.1 22.1 -.1 2.5 6.9 .2 .2 .3 .6 -.3 -.5 -.5 .8 .2 .4 .8 .8 .6 .2 1.2 2.6 2.7 .2 .2 -.9 .1 .0 .2 .1 .4 -.5 -.5 .0 .2 2.9 .0 -.1 .0 .0 -.3 -.6 -.6 .6 .3 .4 Medical care ................................................................................. Medical care commodities ........................................................ Medical care services ................................................................ Professional sen/ices 3 ............................................................. Hospital and related services 3 .............................................. 4.672 .926 3.746 2.415 1.114 251.9 229.1 257.0 232.5 298.9 252.5 229.5 257.6 233.1 299.8 3.5 3.8 3.4 3.2 4.5 .2 .2 .2 .3 .3 .4 .5 .4 .3 .5 .2 .0 .2 .3 .1 .3 .3 .3 .3 .3 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) Item and group Unadjusted percent change to Nov. 1999 from— Unadjusted indexes Relative importance, December 1998 Oct. 1999 Nov. 1999 Nov. 1998 Oct. 1999 Seasonally adjusted percent change from— Aug. to Sep. Sep. to Oct. Oct. to Nov. E xpenditure c ategory R ecreation2 .................................................................................. Video and audio 1 2 .................................................................... 5.925 1.951 101.1 99.9 101.0 99.9 0.2 -.9 -0.1 .0 -0.5 -.6 0.1 .1 0.0 .1 Education and communication 2 ................................................. Education 2 .................................................................................. Educational books and supplies ............................................ Tuition, other school fees, and childcare .............................. Communication 1 2 ..................................................................... Information and information processing 1 2 ........................... Telephone services 1 2 .......................................................... Information and information processing other than telephone services 1 5 ................................................... Personal computers and peripheral equipm ent1 2 .......... 5.361 2.478 .200 2.278 2.883 2.733 2.519 102.3 109.7 271.8 310.0 96.3 95.9 100.0 102.5 109.4 256.5 310.4 96.9 96.6 100.8 1.3 4.6 -1.2 5.1 -1.6 -1.8 -.4 .2 -.3 -5.6 .1 .6 .7 .8 .0 .3 .3 .3 -.3 -.3 -.2 .3 .5 .6 .5 .1 .1 .3 .3 .0 -5.4 .4 .6 .7 .8 .213 .120 29.9 48.1 29.3 46.9 -19.9 -28.2 -2.0 -2.5 -1.6 -2.4 -1.3 -2.6 -2.0 -2.5 Other goods and services .......................................................... Tobacco and smoking products .............................................. Personal care 1 ........................................................................... Personal care products 1 ......................................................... Personal care sen/ices 1 ......................................................... Miscellaneous personal services ........................................... 4.981 1.694 3.287 .838 .975 1.253 267.9 374.0 162.6 154.1 173.2 245.5 267.4 370.4 163.0 154.0 174.4 245.9 11.8 31.6 3.1 2.8 3.8 3.8 -.2 -1.0 .2 -.1 .7 .2 2.4 6.5 .2 .4 .1 .3 .0 -.7 .4 .3 .5 .5 -.2 -1.0 .2 -.1 .7 .2 46.764 18.011 28.753 15.564 5.199 10.365 13.189 53.236 27.175 .320 3.727 .922 .402 6.800 3.746 10.144 146.8 164.7 135.9 142.9 133.1 153.1 126.3 186.7 176.1 102.4 121.5 104.7 105.7 189.0 257.0 221.6 146.6 164.9 135.6 142.2 132.3 152.5 126.4 187.1 176.3 102.3 120.9 104.7 106.3 189.8 257.6 222.3 2.9 2.0 3.6 7.3 -1.3 11.9 -.8 2.6 2.5 2.0 2.2 2.1 3.1 2.0 3.4 2.8 -.1 .1 -.2 -.5 -.6 -.4 .1 .2 .1 -.1 -.5 .0 .6 .4 .2 .3 .8 .3 1.2 1.6 1.3 1.8 .6 .3 .3 .2 .8 .2 .3 .0 .4 .0 .1 .2 .0 .2 .6 -.1 -.1 .2 .2 -.1 .0 .3 .0 .4 .2 .4 -.1 .2 -.3 -.4 -.4 -.1 -.2 .3 .3 -.1 .5 .0 .6 .3 .3 .5 83.034 72.504 95.328 29.798 16.609 11.410 33.575 26.061 49.490 6.994 93.006 76.040 26.531 3.267 49.509 • 165.0 160.1 161.0 137.2 144.6 153.8 154.3 175.4 180.8 111.4 172.4 174.5 145.7 109.4 194.0 $.6 06 $.203 165.1 160.1 161.1 137.0 144.0 153.4 154.0 175.8 181.1 111.0 172.6 174.7 145.4 109.1 194.4 $.606 $.203 2.9 2.8 2.7 3.6 7.1 11.0 4.5 2.6 2.4 11.4 2.1 2.1 1.3 21.6 2.5 - .1 .0 .1 -.1 -.4 -.3 -.2 .2 .2 -.4 .1 .1 -.2 -.3 .2 - .6 .6 .5 1.1 1.6 1.7 .9 .2 .2 1.8 .4 .4 .9 2.7 .2 - .2 .2 .2 .0 .0 -.1 .1 .2 .2 -.2 .2 .2 .1 -.3 .3 * .1 .1 .1 -.3 -.1 -.1 -.1 .3 .3 .0 .2 .1 -.2 -.5 .3 * C om m odity and service group Commodities .................................................................................. Food and beverages ................................................................... Commodities less food and beverages ..................................... Nondurables less food and beverages .................................... Apparel ..................................................................................... Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel ................. Durables ..................................................................................... Services ........................................................................................... Rent of shelter4 ............................................................................ Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ....................................... Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ........................................................ Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ...................... Household operations 1 2 ............................................................ Transportation services ............................................................... Medical care services .................................................................. Other services .............................................................................. Special indexes All items less food .......................................................................... All items less shelter ...................................................................... All items less medical care ............................................................ Commodities less food .................................................................. Nondurables less food ................................................................... Nondurables less food and apparel ............................................. Nondurables ................................................................................... Services less rent of she lter4 ....................................................... 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 sen/ices .................................................. Purchasing power of the consumer dollar ................................... Purchasing power of the consumer dollar - old base ................ 4 Indexes on a December 1984=100 base 5 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base. * Data not available. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. 1 Not seasonally adjusted. 2 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. 3 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series converted to a geometric means estimator in January, 1999. 27 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 3 months ended— 6 months ended— Item and group Aug. 1999 Sep. 1999 Oct. 1999 Nov. 1999 Feb. 1999 May 1999 Aug. 1999 Nov. 1999 May 1999 Nov. 1999 E xpenditure category All items .......................................................................................... 163.7 164.6 164.8 165.0 1.5 3.5 2.5 3.2 2.5 2.8 Food and beverages ................................................................... Food ............................................................................................ Food at home ........................................................................... Cereals and bakery products ............................................... Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs .............................................. Dairy and related products 1 ................................................. Fruits and vegetables ............................................................ Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials .............. Other food at home ............................................................... Sugar and sweets ................................................................ Fats and oils ......................................................................... Other foods ..................................................................... . Other miscellaneous foods 1 2 ......................................... Food away from home 1 .......................................................... Other food away from home 1 2 ........................................... Alcoholic beverages .................................................................. 164.1 163.7 163.1 184.0 147.6 156.0 205.4 133.6 153.3 152.6 148.1 169.4 104.4 165.5 105.8 169.6 164.6 164.1 163.7 185.1 148.4 158.4 205.1 133.1 153.4 153.2 148.1 169.4 105.1 165.8 106.2 170.0 164.9 164.5 164.1 185.2 148.2 164.0 203.7 133.6 153.0 153.5 148.3 168.5 103.8 166.1 106.6 169.6 165.2 164.8 164.3 185.1 149.2 164.6 202.3 133.3 153.3 153.3 145,9 169.8 103.4 166.5 106.8 170.8 2.5 2.5 2.5 1.8 -.5 18.4 4.1 1.8 -1.8 .0 -13.2 .5 3.9 3.0 1.2 3.7 .7 .7 .0 3.3 .8 -14.9 5.7 1.2 .5 4.0 -8.0 1.7 -4.5 1.7 1.9 1.4 1.7 1.7 1.2 -1.7 2.2 .5 1.0 2.1 1.8 .5 3.0 2.2 -1.1 2.5 6.3 3.6 2.7 2.7 3.0 2.4 4.4 23.9 -5.9 -.9 .0 1.8 -5.8 .9 -3.8 2.4 3.8 2.9 1.6 1.6 1.2 2.5 .1 .4 4.9 1.5 -.7 2.0 »10.6 1.1 -.4 2.4 1.6 2.5 2.2 2.2 2.1 .3 3.3 11.6 -2.5 .6 .9 1.2 -1.5 1.5 -2.5 2.4 5.1 3.2 Housing ......................................................................................... Shelter ......................................................................................... Rent of primary residence 3 .................................................... Lodging away from home 2 3 ................................................... Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 3 4 ................. Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ................................... Fuels and utilities ............................... ....................................... Fuels .......................................................................................... Fuel oil and other fuels ......................................................... Gas (piped) and electricity 3 .................................................. Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ................. Household furnishings and operations .................................... Household operations 1 2 ........................................................ 160.1 181.9 177.5 104.6 176.1 102.3 128.3 111.9 92.3 119.4 104.0 124.7 105.4 160.7 182.5 178.0 107.1 176.3 102.5 129.4 113.1 96.4 120.4 104.2 124.8 105.7 160.9 182.8 178.4 106.7 176.6 102.4 129.7 113.3 98.9 120.4 104.5 124.6 105.7 161.3 183.3 179.2 106.5 177.1 102.3 130.2 113.8 100.4 121.0 104.5 124.5 106.3 1.3 1.8 3.0 -12.4 2.6 .4 -.9 -1.4 -13.1 -1.0 2.4 -1.3 2.7 2.5 3.4 3.0 13.7 2.8 2.0 1.0 .7 18.8 -.3 2.3 -1.0 2.7 1.8 1.6 2.1 -.4 1.6 5.7 4.2 4.8 22.1 4.1 1.2 .6 3.5 3.0 3.1 3.9 7.5 2.3 .0 6.1 7.0 40.0 5.5 1.9 -.6 3.5 1.9 2.6 3.0 -.2 2.7 1.2 .0 -.4 1.6 -.7 2.4 -1.1 2.7 2.4 2.3 3.0 3.5 1.9 2.8 5.1 5.9 30.8 4.8 1.5 .0 3.5 Apparel .......................................................................................... Men’s and boys’ apparel .......................................................... Women’s and girls’ apparel ...................................................... Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel1 ................................................. Footwear .................................................................................... 128.4 128.8 119.7 129.6 125.6 130.1 129.9 123.1 131.4 125.1 130.9 132.3 123.3 134.1 124.8 130.4 130.9 122.5 134.3 125.6 -7.6 -1.2 -12.3 -15.6 -9.8 3.8 3.1 6.8 5.5 1.6 -6.6 -9.6 -7.3 2.2 -3.4 6.4 6.7 9.7 15.3 .0 -2.1 .9 -3.2 -5.6 -4.3 -.3 -1.8 .8 8.6 -1.7 Transportation .............................................................................. Private transportation ................................................................ New and used motor vehicles 2 ............................................. New vehicles ......................................................................... Used cars and trucks 1 .......................................................... Motor fuel ................................................................................. Gasoline (all types) ................................................................ Motor vehicle parts and equipment ....................................... Motor vehicle maintenance and repair ................................. Public transportation 1 ................................................................ 145.1 142.6 100.9 143.8 155.2 106.5 105.9 99.7 173.7 192.5 146.2 143.8 101.5 144.1 157.0 109.3 108.8 99.9 174.1 190.7 146.4 143.8 101.7 144.2 157.7 108.8 108.3 99.9 174.4 196.3 146.4 143.7 101.7 144.2 157.3 108.2 107.7 100.5 175.0 197.0 -3.9 -4.8 -6.2 -1.4 -13.7 -11.6 -11.3 -1.6 2.4 11.1 11.7 12.0 .8 -1.1 3.5 80.6 79.6 -.4 3.1 10.5 7.2 7.9 4.1 .3 11.9 30.2 30.4 -1.6 1.9 -2.9 3.6 3.1 3.2 1.1 5.5 6.5 7.0 3.2 3.0 9.7 3.6 3.2 -2.7 -1.2 -5.5 26.3 26.2 -1.0 2.7 10.8 5.4 5.5 3.6 .7 8.7 17.8 18.1 .8 2.4 3.2 Medical care ................................................................................. Medical care commodities ........................................................ Medical care services ................................................................ Professional services 3 ......................................... ................... Hospital and related services 3 .............................................. 250.9 228.4 255.8 231.5 297.3 251.9 229.5 256.7 232.2 298.8 252.3 229.5 257.2 232.8 299.2 253.1 230.2 258.1 233.6 300.1 3.0 2.2 3.2 2.9 5.8 3.8 4.2 3.7 3.2 3.3 3.6 5.6 3.2 3.0 5.1 3.6 3.2 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.4 3.2 3.5 3.0 4.6 3.6 4.4 3.4 3.3 4.5 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 annual rate percent change for Seasonally adjusted indexes 3 months ended— 6 months ended— Item and group Aug. 1999 Oct. 1999 Sep. 1999 Nov. 1999 Feb. 1999 May 1999 Aug. 1999 Nov. 1999 May 1999 Nov. 1999 Expenditure category Recreation 2 .................................................................................. Video and audio 1 2 .................................................................... 101.3 100.6 100.8 100.0 100.9 100.1 100.9 100.2 1.2 -.4 1.2 -2.0 0.0 .4 -1.6 -1.6 1.2 -1.2 -0.8 -.6 Education and communication 2 ................................................. Education 2 .................................................................................. Educational books and supplies ............................................ Tuition, other school fees, and childcare .............................. Communication 1 2 ..................................................................... Information and information processing 1 2 ........................... Telephone services 1 2 .......................................................... Information and information processing other than telephone services 1 5 ................................................... Personal computers and peripheral equipm ent1 2 .......... 101.7 108.3 268.6 304.4 96.5 96.1 99.9 101.7 108.6 269.3 305.2 96.2 95.8 99.7 102.0 109.1 271.0 306.6 96.3 95.9 100.0 102.3 109.1 256.5 307.9 96.9 96.6 100.8 1.2 6.3 4.2 6.6 -3.2 -4.0 -2.7 -.4 5.4 4.7 5.1 -4.8 -4.8 -2.8 1.6 3.8 5.4 3.9 .0 -.4 .4 2.4 3.0 -16.8 4.7 1.7 2.1 3.7 .4 5.8 4.4 5.8 -4.0 -4.4 -2.7 2.0 3.4 -6.4 4.3 .8 .8 2.0 30.8 50.6 30.3 49.4 29.9 48.1 29.3 46.9 -22.0 -32.0 -27.0 -25.5 -12.0 -28.9 -18.1 -26.2 -24.5 -28.8 -15.1 -27.5 Other goods and sen/ices .......................................................... Tobacco and smoking products .............................................. Personal care 1 .......................................................................... Personal care products 1 ......................................................... Personal care services 1 ......................................................... Miscellaneous personal sen/ices ........................................... 261.4 352.0 161.6 153.1 172.2 243.8 267.7 374.8 161.9 153.7 172.4 244.5 267.7 372.2 162.6 154.1 173.2 245.8 267.2 368.6 163.0 154.0 174.4 246.4 36.8 141.8 3.8 2.7 3.9 5.2 -.2 -5.7 3.0 2.1 4.3 2.3 4.4 9.4 2.0 4.0 1.9 3.3 9.2 20.2 3.5 2.4 5.2 4.3 16.9 51.0 3.4 2.4 4.1 3.7 6.8 14.7 2.8 3.2 3.5 3.8 145.2 164.1 133.8 139.6 128.4 150.2 126.0 185.7 175.3 102.3 119.4 104.0 105.4 188.0 255.8 220.5 146.4 164.6 135.4 141.8 130.1 152.9 126.7 186.2 175.8 102.5 120.4 104.2 105.7 188.0 256.7 220.5 146.5 164.9 135.4 142.1 130.9 152.7 126.6 186.6 176.1 102.4 120.4 104.5 105.7 188.7 257.2 221.4 146.4 165.2 135.0 141.5 130.4 152.5 126.3 187.2 176.7 102.3 121.0 104.5 106.3 189.2 258.1 222.4 .8 2.5 .0 2.1 -7.6 8.5 -4.6 2.0 1.9 .4 -1.0 2.4 2.7 2.2 3.2 2.8 4.9 .7 7.2 14.9 3.8 19.1 -1.0 2.9 3.0 2.0 -.3 2.3 2.7 2.2 3.7 2.4 2.8 1.7 3.7 6.9 -6.6 14.2 1.6 2.0 2.1 5.7 4.1 1.2 3.5 1.1 3.2 2.6 3.3 2.7 3.6 5.6 6.4 6.3 1.0 3.3 3.2 .0 5.5 1.9 3.5 2.6 3.6 3.5 2.8 1.6 3.6 8.4 -2.1 13.6 -2.8 2.4 2.5 1.2 -.7 2.4 2.7 2.2 3.5 2.6 3.1 2.2 3.7 6.2 -.3 10.2 1.3 2.6 2.7 2.8 4.8 1.5 3.5 1.8 3.4 3.0 163.4 158.6 159.6 135.5 141.4 151.2 152.3 174.7 180.0 108.7 171.4 173.6 144.1 105.7 193.4 164.3 159.5 160.4 137.0 143.7 153.7 153.6 175.0 180.4 110.7 172.1 174.3 145.4 108.6 193.7 164.6 159.8 160.7 137.0 143.7 153.5 153.8 175.4 180.8 110.5 172.4 174.6 145.5 108.3 194.2 164.7 159.9 160.9 136.6 143.6 153.4 153.7 176.0 181.3 110.5 172.7 174.8 145.2 107.8 194.8 1.3 1.3 1.3 .0 1.8 7.7 2.5 1.6 1.8 -6.3 2.1 1.9 1.4 -11.6 2.1 4.3 3.9 3.6 7.2 14.4 17.8 6.9 2.3 2.7 31.4 1.7 1.9 .3 76.4 3.0 2.7 2.8 2.5 3.9 6.5 12.8 4.9 3.3 2.3 16.6 1.4 1.6 .3 29.9 2.1 3.2 3.3 3.3 3.3 6.4 5.9 3.7 3.0 2.9 6.8 3.1 2.8 3.1 8.2 2.9 2.8 2.6 2.4 3.5 7.9 12.7 4.7 2.0 2.3 11.0 1.9 1.9 .8 24.9 2.5 3.0 3.1 2.9 3.6 6.4 9.3 4.3 3.1 2.6 11.6 2.2 2.2 1.7 18.6 2.5 Commodity and service group Commodities .................................................................................. Food and beverages ................................................................... Commodities less food and beverages ..................................... Nondurables less food and beverages .................................... Apparel ..................................................................................... Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel ................. Durables ..................................................................................... Sen/ices ........................................................................................... Rent of shelter4 ........................................................................... Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ....................................... Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ........................................................ Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ...................... Household operations 1 2 ............................................................ Transportation services ............................................................... Medical care services .................................................................. Other services .............................................................................. Special indexes All items less food ......................................................................... All items less shelter ...................................................................... All items less medical care ........................................................... Commodities less food .................................................................. Nondurables less food ................................................................... Nondurables less food and apparel ............................................. Nondurables ................................................................................... Services less rent of 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 ................................................................ Sen/ices less energy services .................................................. 1 2 3 item Not seasonally adjusted. Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other stratum index series converted to a geometric means estimator in January, 1999. 4 Indexes on a December 1984=100 base 5 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. 29 Table 8. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): U.S. city average, detailed expenditure categories (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) Item and Group Relative importance, December 1998 Unadjusted indexes Oct. 1999 Nov. 1999 Unadjusted percent change to Nov. 1999 from— Nov. 1998 Oct. 1999 Seasonally adjusted percent change from— Aug. to Sep. Sep. to Oct. Oct. to Nov. Expenditure category All items .............................................................................................. All items (1967=100) ......................................................................... 100.000 165.0 491.5 165.1 491.7 2.7 0.1 - 0.5 - 0.1 0.1 - Food and beverages ....................................................................... Food ................................................................................................ Food at home ............................................................................... Cereals and bakery products ................................................... Cereals and cereal products ................................................. Flour and prepared flour mixes ........................................... Breakfast ce re a l1 .................................................................. Rice, pasta, cornmeal .......................................................... Bakery products ...................................................................... Bread 1 2 ................................................................................. Fresh biscuits, rolls, muffins 1 2 ........................................... Cakes, cupcakes, and cookies 1 .......................................... Other bakery products ......................................................... Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs .................................................. Meats, poultry, and fish .......................................................... Meats ..................................................................................... Beef and veal ...................................................................... Uncooked ground beef ..................................................... Uncooked beef roasts 1 2 .................................................. Uncooked beef steaks 1 2 ................................................ Uncooked other beef and v e a l1 2 .................................... Pork ...................................................................................... Bacon, breakfast sausage, and related products 1 2 . . Ham ................................................................................... Pork chops ........................................................................ Other pork including roasts and picnics 1 2 ..................... Other meats 1 ....................................................................... Poultry 1 .................................................................................. Chicken 1 2 ................. .......................................................... Other poultry including turkey 1 2 ....................................... Fish and seafood .................................................................. Fresh fish and seafood 1 2 .................................................. Processed fish and seafood 12 ......................................... E g g s ................................ ......................................................... Dairy and related products 1 ..................................................... Milk 1 2 ...................................................................................... Cheese and related products 1 .............................................. Ice cream and related products 1 ........................................... Other dairy and related products 1 2 ...................................... Fruits and vegetables ................................................................ Fresh fruits and vegetables .................................................... Fresh fruits ............................................................................ Apples .................................................................................. Bananas ............................................................................... Citrus fruits 12 ..................................................................... Other fresh fruits 1 2 ............................................................ Fresh vegetables .................................................................. Potatoes ............................................................................... Lettuce 1 ................................................................................ Tomatoes 1 .......................................................................... Other fresh vegetables ....................................................... Processed fruits and vegetables 12 ...................................... Canned fruits and vegetables 1 2 ..... ................................... Frozen fruits and vegetables 1 2 .......................................... Other processed fruits and vegetables including dried 1 2 18.011 16.966 10.832 1.689 .614 .083 .345 .185 1.075 .329 .146 .295 .304 3.055 2.905 1.968 .907 .354 .157 .339 .057 .671 .222 .150 .153 .147 .389 .575 .458 .117 .363 .212 .151 .149 1.193 .494 .341 .191 .167 1.492 1.148 .590 .104 .113 .131 .242 .558 .103 .066 .127 .262 .344 .190 .106 .048 164.7 164.4 164.0 185.0 174.1 158.6 196.2 150.6 190.1 103.9 107.1 185.2 186.8 148.8 150.2 144.5 141.6 120.3 104.2 104.1 101.5 148.1 98.0 150.8 146.4 93.4 149.1 158.5 101.8 103.9 187.9 106.8 103.8 119.2 164.0 112.5 166.6 164.0 107.5 201.0 233.6 259.6 197.4 153.0 173.3 87.5 209.2 196.0 215.4 205.8 217.1 105.5 106.4 105.9 101.3 164.9 164.5 164.0 184.5 172.6 153.8 193.9 151.6 190.2 104.9 106.9 185.4 185.0 150.1 151.1 145.3 142.1 120.7 102.3 105.3 103.0 149.6 98.6 150.8 146.2 96.8 149.8 159.8 103.6 101.3 188.7 107.0 104.6 127.9 164.6 114.3 164.9 162.4 108.7 199.8 232.5 257.0 199.5 156.8 147.8 95.5 209.4 187.3 213.8 211.6 219.9 104.4 104.7 105.0 102.3 2.0 1.9 1.7 1.4 1.2 -.3 1.1 1.7 1.7 2.9 2.5 1.8 -.4 1.7 2.2 2.8 3.9 3.4 2.9 4.9 3.7 2.0 2.0 .5 2.8 3.1 1.5 -.2 -.5 1.2 2.7 3.8 1.2 -7.7 5.9 10.3 4.7 -1.0 3.3 1.1 .8 4.6 3.2 -.3 14.3 1.3 -3.0 5.9 -3.0 -20.2 1.5 2.0 1.7 2.4 2.2 .1 .1 .0 -.3 -.9 -3.0 -1.2 .7 .1 1.0 -.2 .1 -1.0 .9 .6 .6 .4 .3 -1.8 1.2 1.5 1.0 .6 .0 -.1 3.6 .5 .8 1.8 -2.5 .4 .2 .8 7.3 .4 1.6 -1.0 -1.0 1.1 -.6 -.5 -1.0 1.1 2.5 -14.7 9.1 .1 -4.4 -.7 2.8 1.3 -1.0 -1.6 -.8 1.0 .3 .2 .4 .6 1.0 .8 .2 .2 .4 .7 -.1 -.9 1.3 .5 .7 .8 1.4 1.7 2.0 .3 .2 1.2 1.7 -.5 2.4 2.1 -1.0 .8 1.0 -.1 -.3 -.9 -.2 -1.4 1.5 2.6 1.2 .4 .4 -.1 .1 -3.1 2.1 .7 .0 1.5 3.6 2.6 3.3 4.1 4.9 -1.1 -1.6 -.2 -.9 .2 .2 .2 .1 -.5 -2.4 .7 -.3 .4 .2 .9 1.5 -.3 -.1 .1 .3 .6 -.2 1.3 1.2 1.1 -.6 .0 .0 -1.0 -3.5 1.4 -1.0 -1.4 .4 .7 2.0 .8 -6.7 3.5 6.5 1.6 2.4 .1 -.7 -1.1 .1 -1.4 -.4 -8.6 9.8 -2.4 -1.3 4.9 -.2 -1.7 .9 1.4 .2 -.2 .2 .2 .1 -.1 -.3 -.6 -1.2 .8 .1 1.0 -.2 .1 .3 .7 .6 .6 -.1 -.3 -1.8 1.2 1.5 1.6 .6 .7 .7 3.6 .5 .8 1.8 -2.5 .3 .2 .8 2.7 .4 1.6 -1.0 -1.0 1.1 -.7 -.6 1.5 3.1 .4 -14.7 9.1 -2.8 .1 -.7 2.8 -.9 -1.0 -1.6 -.8 1.0 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) Item and Group Relative importance, December 1998 Unadjusted indexes Oct. 1999 Nov. 1999 Unadjusted percent change to Nov. 1999 from— Nov. 1998 Oct. 1999 Seasonally adjusted percent change from— Aug. to Sep. Sep. to Oct. Oct. to Nov. Expenditure category Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials ................. Juices and nonalcoholic drinks 1 2 ......................................... Carbonated drinks ................................................................. Frozen noncarbonated juices and drinks 1 2 ....................... Nonfrozen noncarbonated juices and drinks 1 2 ................ Beverage materials including coffee and tea 1 2 .................. Coffee 1 ................................................................................... Other beverage materials including tea 1 2 ......................... Other food at home ................................................................... Sugar and sweets ................................................................... Sugar and artificial sweeteners ........................................... Candy and chewing gum 1 2 ................................................. Other sweets 1 2 .................................................................... Fats and oils ............................................................................. Butter and margarine 1 2 ....................................................... Salad dressing 1 2 .................................................................. Other fats and oils including peanut b u tte r1 2 ................... Other foods .............................................................................. Soups ..................................................................................... Frozen and freeze dried prepared foods 1 .......................... Snacks 1 .................................................................................. Spices, seasonings, condiments, sauces .......................... Baby food 1 2 ......................................................................... Other miscellaneous foods 1 2 ............................................. Food away from home 1 ............................................................... Full service meals and snacks 1 2 ............................................ Limited service meals and snacks 1 2 ...................................... Food at employee sites and schools 1 2 .................................. Food from vending machines and mobile vendors 1 2 ........... Other food away from home 1 2 ................................................ Alcoholic beverages ...................................................................... Alcoholic beverages at home ..................................................... Beer, ale, and other malt beverages at home ........................ Distilled spirits at home ............................................................ Wine at home ............................................................................. Alcoholic beverages away from home ...................................... 1.184 .894 .495 .054 .344 .290 .148 .142 2.220 .420 .092 .248 .080 .354 .119 .092 .142 1.446 .107 .251 .298 .309 .125 .355 6.133 3.199 1.772 .711 .235 .216 1.045 .698 .479 .094 .125 .347 133.4 102.6 119.9 106.7 101.2 97.4 153.4 105.5 152.9 153.2 137.6 103.6 105.0 148.6 111.6 105.3 102.8 168.5 195.1 144.4 161.4 176.0 106.7 103.8 166.1 104.8 104.3 104.2 101.5 106.6 169.5 153.6 152.1 157.0 148.1 201.2 132.7 102.1 118.5 107.5 101.7 96.6 151.5 105.1 152.3 152.0 134.1 103.3 104.8 144.9 105.4 103.7 102.1 168.8 193.9 146.2 162.0 175.7 107.1 103.4 166.5 104.9 104.5 104.4 101.6 106.8 170.4 154.6 153.6 157.2 147.9 201.9 1.0 1.5 1.1 4.6 1.6 -.4 -2.4 1.6 .2 1.7 .1 2.1 2.0 -6.2 -17.4 1.2 -.8 1.3 2.2 1.0 3.1 1.3 4.3 -1.4 2.4 2.3 2.5 2.1 .9 3.3 2.8 2.7 2.8 2.8 2.0 3.2 -0.5 -.5 -1.2 .7 .5 -.8 -1.2 -.4 -.4 -.8 -2.5 -.3 -.2 -2.5 -5.6 -1.5 -.7 .2 -.6 1.2 .4 -.2 .4 -.4 .2 .1 .2 .2 .1 .2 .5 .7 1.0 .1 -.1 .3 -0.4 -.2 .2 -.1 -.8 -.1 -.3 .0 .1 .4 .8 .8 -.6 .0 -.4 -.2 .2 .0 -.3 .0 -1.1 -.7 -.1 .7 .2 .1 .2 .2 .1 .4 .2 .3 .1 .8 .0 .4 0.4 .4 .8 -.1 -.8 .2 -.4 1.0 -.3 .2 -.8 .4 -.3 .1 -.1 1.1 .1 -.5 -1.1 -.7 1.0 -.2 .3 -1.2 .2 .2 .2 .6 .1 .4 -.2 -.3 -.2 -.1 -.3 -.2 -0.2 -.5 -.8 .7 .5 -.8 -1.2 -.4 .2 -.1 -.9 -.3 -.2 -1.6 -5.6 -1.5 -.7 .8 -.2 1.2 .4 1.0 .4 -.4 .2 .1 .2 .2 .1 .2 .7 .9 .9 .3 .6 .3 Housing ............................................................................................. Shelter ............................................................................................. Rent of primary residence 3 ........................................................ Lodging away from home 2 3 ...................................................... Housing at school, excluding board 3 4 .................................... Other lodging away from home including hotels and motels Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence 3 4 ..................... Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ....................................... Fuels and utilities ........................................................................... Fuels ............................................................................................. Fuel oil and other fuels .............................................................. Fuel oil ..................................................................................... Other household fuels 5 .......................................................... Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ...................................................... Electricity 3 ................................................................................ Utility natural gas service 3 ................................................. Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ...................... Water and sewerage maintenance 3 ........................................ Garbage and trash collection 1 6 ............................................... Household furnishings and operations ........................................ Window and floor coverings and other linens 1 2 ...................... Floor coverings 1 2 ..................................................................... Window coverings 12 .............................................................. Other linens 1 2 ........................................................................... Furniture and bedding 1 ............................................................... Bedroom furniture 1 .................................................................... Living room, kitchen, and dining room furniture 1 2 ................ Other furniture 1 2 ...................................................................... 36.685 27.496 8.500 1.379 .141 1.238 17.296 .320 4.850 3.928 .201 .123 .078 3.727 2.672 1.056 .922 .684 .238 4.339 .315 .075 .085 .154 1.166 .349 .614 .185 161.0 182.8 178.4 113.1 251.8 242.2 176.8 102.4 130.1 114.4 97.7 94.3 131.1 121.5 126.4 115.1 104.7 220.1 265.9 124.5 99.9 101.7 98.3 99.9 130.5 138.7 100.7 100.9 161.1 183.1 179.3 108.4 251.9 231.0 177.4 102.3 129.8 114.0 100.7 98.3 132.2 120.9 123.4 120.0 104.7 220.0 266.2 124.2 98.9 100.3 97.5 99.0 130.1 138.8 100.1 100.4 2.2 2.5 3.0 1.7 4.2 1.4 2.3 2.0 2.7 2.8 15.2 21.2 5.6 2.2 .4 6.5 2.1 1.9 2.7 -.5 -2.5 -2.1 -3.1 -2.2 -1.0 -.4 -.9 -3.0 .1 .2 .5 -4.2 .0 -4.6 .3 -.1 -.2 -.3 3.1 4.2 .8 -.5 -2.4 4.3 .0 .0 .1 -.2 -1.0 -1.4 -.8 -.9 -.3 .1 -.6 -.5 .4 .3 .3 2.4 .5 2.5 .1 .2 .9 1.1 4.4 6.3 1.7 .8 .1 2.8 .2 .2 .2 .1 -.7 .1 -2.2 -.2 .2 -.8 .9 -.7 .1 .2 .2 -.4 .4 -.4 .2 -.1 .2 .2 2.6 2.4 2.8 .0 .6 -1.4 .3 .2 .2 -.2 .0 -.1 .3 -.1 -.5 -.3 -.7 -.3 .2 .3 .4 -.2 .5 -.3 .3 -.1 .4 .4 1.5 2.5 .0 .5 -.2 2.2 .0 .0 .1 -.1 -1.0 -1.4 -.8 -.9 -.3 .1 -.6 -.5 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) Item and Group Relative importance, December 1998 Unadjusted indexes Oct. 1999 Nov. 1999 Unadjusted percent change to Nov. 1999 from— Nov. 1998 Oct. 1999 Seasonally adjusted percent change from— Aug. to Sep. Sep. to Oct. Oct. to Nov. Expenditure category Appliances 1 2 ............................................................................... Major appliances 1 2 .................................................................. Other appliances 12 ........................... ...................................... Other household equipment and furnishings 1 2 ....................... Clocks, lamps, and decorator items 1 ...................................... Indoor plants and flowers 7 ....................................................... Dishes and flatware 1 2 .............................................................. Nonelectric cookware and tableware 1 2 ................................. Tools, hardware, outdoor equipment and supplies 1 2 ............. Tools, hardware and supplies 1 2 ............................................. Outdoor equipment and supplies 1 2 ........................................ Housekeeping supplies 1 ............................................................. Household cleaning products 1 2 ............................................. Household paper products 1 2 .................................................. Miscellaneous household products 1 2 .................................... Household operations 1 2 ............................................................. Domestic sen/ices 12 ................................................................ Gardening and lawncare sen/ices 1 2 ...................................... Moving, storage, freight expense 1 2 ....................................... Repair of household items 1 2 ................................................... .410 .244 .156 .473 .196 .127 .065 .084 .627 .179 .298 .947 .451 .220 .275 .402 .090 .106 .075 .072 97.5 97.8 97.0 97.7 112.8 108.6 96.6 98.9 98.9 98.0 99.2 150.0 103.6 106.0 102.9 105.7 105.4 103.8 106.9 107.4 97.9 98.5 96.9 96.8 111.8 107.1 96.1 98.7 98.3 98.2 98.1 150.0 102.8 107.3 103.1 106.3 106.9 104.1 106.9 107.9 -1.8 -.8 -3.5 -4.1 -5.1 -3.9 -4.4 -1.4 -.8 1.3 -2.1 1.8 1.6 4.3 .2 3.1 3.9 2.4 2.9 3.3 0.4 .7 -.1 -.9 -.9 -1.4 -.5 -.2 -.6 .2 -1.1 .0 -.8 1.2 .2 .6 1.4 .3 .0 .5 0.5 .9 .1 -.2 -.4 -.6 -.9 .9 .1 -.3 .2 .3 .6 .6 -.2 .3 .2 .2 .4 .4 0.2 -.3 .9 .2 -.4 2.6 -1.4 1.4 -.8 .2 -1.4 -.3 -.1 -1.0 .1 .0 .0 .1 .2 -.6 0.4 .7 -.1 -.9 -.9 -1.7 -.5 -.2 -.6 .2 -1.1 .0 -.8 1.2 .2 .6 1.4 .3 .0 .5 Apparel .............................................................................................. Men’s and boys’ apparel ............................................................... Men’s apparel .............................................................................. Men’s suits, sport coats, and outerwear ................................. Men’s furnishings ...................................................................... Men’s shirts and sweaters 1 2 ................................................... Men’s pants and shorts ............................................................. Boys’ apparel ............................................................................... Women’s and girls’ apparel ........................... ............................... Women’s apparel ......................................................................... Women’s outerwear .................................................................. Women’s dresses ..................................................................... Women’s suits and separates 1 2 ............................................ Women’s underwear, nightwear, sportswear and accessories 1 2 ................................................................... Girls’ apparel ................................................................................ Footwear ......................................................................................... Men’s footwear ............................................................................. Boys’ and girls’ footwear ............................................................. Women’s footwear ...................................................................... Infants’ and toddlers’ ap pare l1 ..................................................... Jewelry and watches 5 ................................................................... W atches5 ..................................................................................... Jew elry5 ........................................................................................ 5.199 1.474 1.126 .211 .306 .342 .248 .348 1.948 1.612 .111 .233 .810 133.1 134.0 137.2 137.9 141.7 102.2 131.3 123.7 126.0 126.1 125.5 113.5 105.2 132.3 133.3 136.5 136.0 141.9 101.8 130.0 123.4 124.4 124.2 125.2 107.1 103.5 -1.3 -.5 -.4 .2 2.9 -2.7 -1.5 -.9 -1.2 -1.1 -3.1 -3.3 -.3 -.6 -.5 -.5 -1.4 .1 -.4 -1.0 -.2 -1.3 -1.5 -.2 -5.6 -1.6 1.3 .9 .3 3.0 -1.6 2.7 -.1 3.3 2.8 3.3 3.3 6.5 8.6 .6 1.8 1.5 .8 1.4 4.7 -.6 2.0 .2 -.1 3.6 -.6 2.3 -.4 -1.1 -1.0 -1.0 -1.1 -.4 -1.4 -1.0 -.6 -.5 -1.5 -3.6 -1.6 .433 .336 1.057 .372 .257 .428 .344 .375 .073 .302 100.7 125.3 126.6 129.7 126.5 123.1 134.1 139.0 120.4 144.3 101.4 125.1 126.9 129.0 128.6 123.1 134.3 138.2 119.5 143.5 -.9 -1.7 -3.1 -2.9 -4.0 -2.7 1.2 -1.4 -2.4 -1.2 .7 -.2 .2 -.5 1.7 .0 .1 -.6 -.7 -.6 .8 1.0 -.4 -.4 .8 -1.3 1.4 -.3 -.8 -.2 1.0 .7 -.2 -.4 -1.1 .4 2.1 .0 1.1 -.1 .7 -.8 .6 -.1 1.4 1.2 .1 .3 .2 .4 Transportation .................................................................................. Private transportation .................................................................... New and used motor vehicles 2 .................................................. New vehicles .............................................................................. Used cars and trucks 1 ............................. ................................. Car and truck re n ta l1 2 .............................................................. Motor fuel ...................................................................................... Gasoline (all types) ................................................................... Gasoline, unleaded regular8 .................................................. Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 8 9 ........................................... Gasoline, unleaded premium 8 .............................................. Other motor fuels 1 2 .................................................................. Motor vehicle parts and equipment ........................................... Tires ............................................................................................ Vehicle accessories other than tires 1 2 ................................... Motor vehicle maintenance and repair ...................................... Motor vehicle body work 1 ......................................................... Motor vehicle maintenance and servicing 1 ............................ Motor vehicle re p a ir1 2 .............................................................. 19.166 18.109 9.250 5.224 3.216 .108 3.066 3.045 .020 .682 .309 .373 1.690 .120 .490 1.056 146.6 143.9 101.2 143.5 157.7 106.1 110.0 109.4 107.3 114.1 110.5 103.5 99.8 96.3 99.9 174.7 183.5 160.3 105.8 146.9 144.2 101.5 144.3 157.3 109.0 109.5 108.9 106.8 113.6 109.9 104.7 100.6 96.9 100.8 175.1 184.4 160.5 106.0 4.5 4.3 .4 -.3 1.4 6.0 22.1 22.1 23.5 20.7 19.3 16.6 -.1 -1.2 .7 2.5 1.8 2.1 2.8 .2 .2 .3 .6 -.3 2.7 -.5 -.5 -.5 -.4 -.5 1.2 .8 .6 .9 .2 .5 .1 .2 .8 .8 .6 .2 1.2 -1.4 2.6 2.7 2.9 3.0 2.6 2.9 .2 .1 .4 .2 -.2 .1 .7 .1 .0 .2 .1 .4 2.2 -.5 -.5 -.7 -.4 -.4 2.0 .0 .1 -.1 .2 .3 .0 .4 .0 -.1 .0 .0 -.3 2.7 -.6 -.6 -.7 -.3 -.6 1.2 .6 .3 .9 .3 .5 .1 .2 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) Item and Group Relative importance, December 1998 Unadjusted indexes Oct. 1999 Nov. 1999 Unadjusted percent change to Nov. 1999 from— Nov. 1998 Oct. 1999 Seasonally adjusted percent change from— Aug. to Sep. Sep. to Oct. Oct. to Nov. E xpenditure category Motor vehicle insurance .............................................................. Motor vehicle fees 1 2 .................................................................. State and local registration and license 1 2 3 .......................... Parking and other fees 12 ........................................................ Public transportation 1 .................................................................... Airline fare 1 .................................................................................. Other intercity transportation ...................................................... Intracity transportation 1 ............................................................... 2.829 .593 .420 .151 1.056 .568 .120 .360 254.2 104.7 103.0 109.7 196.3 223.5 164.5 172.3 255.8 104.6 102.7 110.3 197.0 225.4 162.9 172.3 0.2 1.6 .9 3.3 6.9 12.9 -1.6 .5 0.6 -.1 -.3 .5 .4 .9 -1.0 .0 0.0 .7 .6 .9 -.9 -1.6 -.8 .2 -0.4 .2 .2 .0 2.9 5.1 .2 .3 0.1 -.1 -.3 .5 .4 .9 -.8 .0 Medical care ..................................................................................... Medical care commodities ............................................................ Prescription drugs and medical supplies .................................. 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 services 3 ................................................................ Physicians’ services 3 ................................................................ Dental sen/ices 1 3 ..................................................................... Eyeglasses and eye care 1 3 5 .................................................. Sen/ices by other medical professionals 3 5 ........................... Hospital and related services 3 ................................................... Hospital services 1 3 1 0 .............................................................. Inpatient hospital services 1 3 8 1 0 ......................................... Outpatient hospital services 3 5 8 ........................................... Nursing homes and adult daycare 1 3 1 0 ................................. 4.672 .926 .589 .337 .246 .091 3.746 2.415 1.294 .684 .258 .179 1.114 1.101 * * .013 251.9 229.1 277.0 146.7 173.7 177.8 257.0 232.5 238.9 249.2 146.6 163.4 298.9 110.4 108.7 251.1 116.4 252.5 229.5 278.6 146.0 173.0 176.7 257.6 233.1 239.3 250.4 147.1 163.5 299.8 110.8 109.0 252.0 116.6 3.5 3.8 6.2 -.3 -.2 -.6 3.4 3.2 2.8 4.6 2.2 2.0 4.5 4.5 4.0 6.1 6.3 .2 .2 .6 -.5 -.4 -.6 .2 .3 .2 .5 .3 .1 .3 .4 .3 .4 .2 .4 .5 .2 .6 .5 .9 .4 .3 .3 .2 .3 .4 .5 .3 .4 .7 .2 .2 .0 .4 -.6 -.6 -.5 .2 .3 .3 .4 -.1 .2 .1 .3 .1 .3 .3 .3 .3 .6 -.5 -.4 -.6 .3 .3 .3 .5 .3 .1 .3 .4 .3 .4 .2 Recreation 2 ....................................................................................... Video and audio 1 2 ......................................................................... Televisions 1 ................................................................................. Cable television 3 6 ...................................................................... Other video equipm ent1 2 ........................................................... Video cassettes, discs, and other media including re n ta l1 2 ... Audio equipm ent1 ........................................................................ Audio discs, tapes and other media 1 2 ..................................... Pets, pet products and services 1 2 .............................................. Pets and pet products 1 ............................................................... Pet services including veterinary 1 2 .......................................... Sporting goods 1 ............................................................................. Sports vehicles including bicycles 1 ........................................... Sports equipm ent1 ...................................................................... Photography 1 2 .............................................................................. Photographic equipment and supplies 1 .................................... Photographers and film processing 1 2 ...................................... Other recreational goods 2 ............................................................. Toys .............................................................................................. Sewing machines, fabric and supplies 1 2 ................................. Music instruments and accessories 1 2 ...................................... Recreation services 2 ..................................................................... Club membership dues and fees for participant sports 1 2 ..... Admissions 1 ................................................................................. Fees for lessons or instructions 5 ................................................ Recreational reading materials 1 ................................................... Newspapers and magazines 1 2 ................................................. Recreational books 1 2 ................................................................. 5.925 1.951 .240 .976 .086 .203 .177 .156 .679 .469 .210 .515 .252 .256 .277 .101 .174 .625 .497 .063 .048 1.386 .434 .666 .146 .494 .343 .151 101.1 99.9 52.8 256.9 75.6 92.7 78.5 100.6 103.0 143.6 107.4 121.4 131.5 108.5 99.2 130.5 100.6 89.9 110.5 96.3 99.9 108.1 105.0 220.4 187.5 188.1 105.4 100.1 101.0 99.9 52.5 257.3 74.3 91.8 78.6 102.1 103.5 144.3 107.7 121.8 132.4 108.5 99.4 131.1 100.6 88.8 108.9 96.1 99.6 108.1 106.6 218.4 187.6 188.1 105.2 100.5 .2 -.9 -7.7 3.0 -15.2 -4.0 -4.6 1.9 1.6 .7 3.6 -1.5 1.6 -4.7 -.9 -1.4 -.6 -6.7 -7.8 -2.3 -.8 4.7 2.2 6.6 4.3 .9 2.1 -2.1 -.1 .0 -.6 .2 -1.7 -1.0 .1 1.5 .5 .5 .3 .3 .7 .0 .2 .5 .0 -1.2 -1.4 -.2 -.3 .0 1.5 -.9 .1 .0 -.2 .4 -.5 -.6 -.7 -.1 -1.2 -1.1 -1.6 -1.4 -.1 -.2 .1 -.3 .0 -.5 -.2 -.7 .0 -1.9 -2.1 -.3 .3 -.2 -.4 -.1 -.4 .3 .3 .2 .1 .1 -.6 .6 -.8 .2 -.4 .4 .1 .1 .5 -.7 -.9 -.5 -.1 -.4 .2 -.2 -.4 .1 -.3 .5 -.1 .9 .6 .3 .1 1.0 .0 .1 -.6 .5 -1.7 -1.0 .1 1.5 .5 .5 .3 .3 .7 .0 .2 .5 .0 -1.2 -1.5 -.2 -.3 .1 1.5 -.9 .2 .0 -.2 .4 Education and communication 2 ..................................................... Education2 ..................................................................................... Educational books and supplies ................................................ Tuition, other school fees, and childcare .................................. College tuition and fees ............................................................ Elementary and high school tuition and fees ......................... Child care and nursery school7 ................................................ Technical and business school tuition and fees 1 2 ............... 5.361 2.478 .200 2.278 .837 .263 1.061 .052 102.3 109.7 271.8 310.0 325.5 338.5 152.2 113.5 102.5 109.4 256.5 310.4 325.6 . 340.6 152.4 113.7 1.3 4.6 -1.2 5.1 4.1 7.0 5.2 8.1 .2 -.3 -5.6 .1 .0 .6 .1 .2 .0 .3 .3 .3 .2 -.2 .3 1.9 .3 .5 .6 .5 .3 .3 .4 1.0 .3 .0 -5.4 .4 .3 1.1 .2 .2 See footnotes at end of table. 33 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 noied) Item and Group Relative importance, December 1998 Unadjusted percent change to Nov. 1999 from— Unadjusted indexes Oct. 1999 Nov. 1999 Nov. 1998 Oct. 1999 Seasonally adjusted percent change from— Aug. to Sep. Sep. to Oct. Oct. to Nov. E xpenditure category Communication 1 2 ............................... .......... ............ .................. Postage and delivery services 1 2 ................. ........ Postage 1 ................................................................. ........ .......... Delivery services 12 .................................................................. Information and information processing 12 ......... ................. Telephone services 1 2 ............. .......... ..................................... Telephone services, local charges 1 3 ................................... Telephone services, long distance charges 12 ................... Cellular telephone services 1 2 .................... ...................... . Information and information processing other than telephone services 1 1 1 ...................... .................................... ............. Personal computers and peripheral equipm ent1 2 ............ Computer software and accessories 1 2 ........... ...................... Computer information processing services 12 ................... Other information processing equipm ent1 2 ......................... 2.883 .150 .148 .002 2.733 2.519 1.170 1.293 .056 96.3 103.1 165.6 110.0 95.9 100.0 169.0 97.5 82.7 96.9 103.1 165.6 110.1 96.6 100.8 169.7 98.8 82.0 -1.6 3.0 3.0 6.1 -1.8 -.4 2.4 -2.3 -11.7 0.6 .0 .0 .1 .7 .8 .4 1.3 -.8 -0.3 .0 .0 .3 -.3 -.2 -.1 -.3 .6 0.1 .0 .0 .1 .1 .3 -.2 ,6 -.8 0.6 .0 .0 .1 .7 .8 .4 1.3 -.8 .213 .120 .025 .016 .051 29.9 48.1 89.2 96.3 80.5 29.3 46.9 88.5 96.3 79.3 -19.9 -28.2 -1.7 -7.0 -13.0 -2.0 -2.5 -.8 .0 -1.5 -1.6 -2.4 .0 -3.1 -.4 -1.3 -2.6 .9 -.2 -.7 -2.0 -2.5 -.8 .0 -1.5 Other goods and services ............................................................ Tobacco and smoking products ................................................... Cigarettes 1 2 ................................................................................ Tobacco products other than cigarettes 1 2 ............ ........ ...... Personal care 1 ............................................. ....... ................... . ... Personal care products 1 .... ........ ............. ........................... ..... Hair, dental, shaving, and miscellaneous personal care products 1 2 ................................... .................................... Cosmetics, perfume, bath, nail preparations and implements 1 4.981 1.694 1.614 .069 3.287 .838 267.9 374.0 151.0 114.1 162.6 154.1 267.4 370.4 149.4 114.7 163.0 154.0 11.8 31.6 32.8 9.0 3.1 2.8 -.2 -1.0 -1.1 .5 .2 -.1 2.4 6.5 7.1 .6 .2 .4 .0 -.7 -.1 1.2 .4 .3 -.2 -1.0 -1.1 .5 .2 -.1 .412 101.3 101.7 1.5 .4 -.6 -.1 .4 .423 .975 .975 1.253 .313 .269 .218 .051 .270 .220 171.9 173.2 105.6 245.5 I82.3 187.9 104.3 104.1 208.9 97.2 171.1 174.4 106.3 245.9 182.5 188.2 104.5 104.3 209.3 97.6 4.2 3.8 3.8 3.8 4.7 3.6 2.1 3.0 4.7 -3.1 -.5 .7 .7 .2 .1 .2 .2 .2 .2 .4 1.4 .1 .1 .3 .3 -.1 .1 .0 .9 .0 .6 .5 .5 .5 .4 .5 .2 .1 1.1 .4 -.5 .7 .7 .2 .1 .1 .2 .2 .2 .4 46.764 28.753 15.564 10.365 13.189 53.236 27 175 6.800 10.144 83.034 72.504 95.328 29,798 16.609 11.410 33.575 4.141 26.061 49.490 146.8 135.9 142.9 153.1 126.3 186.7 176.1 189.0 221.6 165.0 160.1 161.0 137.2 144.6 153.8 154 3 130.2 175.4 180.8 146.6 135.6 142.2 152.5 126.4 187.1 176.3 189.8 222.3 165.1 160.1 161.1 137.0 144.0 153.4 154.0 129.1 175.8 181.1 2.9 3.6 7.3 11.9 -.8 2.6 2.5 2.0 2.8 2.9 2.8 2.7 3.6 7.1 11.0 4.5 -.8 2.6 2.4 -.1 -.2 -.5 -.4 .1 .2 .1 .4 .3 .1 .0 .1 -.1 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.8 .2 .2 .8 1.2 1.6 1.8 .6 .3 .3 .0 .0 .6 .6 .5 1.1 1.6 1.7 .9 1.8 .2 .2 .1 .0 .2 -.1 -.1 .2 .2 .4 .4 .2 .2 .2 .0 .0 -.1 .1 .9 .2 .2 -.1 -.3 -.4 -.1 -.2 .3 .3 .3 .5 .1 .1 .1 -.3 -.1 -.1 -.1 -.6 .3 .3 Personal care sen/ices 1 ........................... .................................. Haircuts and other personal care services 12 ................... . Miscellaneous personal services ........... ..... ......... . Legal services 1 5 .... ............ ............................... .................... . Funeral expenses 5 . . . ......... ................ ......................... Laundry and dry cleaning services 1 2 ........... .................. Apparel services other than laundry and dry cleaning 1 2 Financial services 1 5 .... .................. ......................................... Miscellaneous personal goods 1 2 .... ...................... ............... Special aggregate indexes Commodities .................................................................................... Commodities less food and beverages ........ ................................ Nondurables less food and beverages .................................. . Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel ..................... Durables ............................................. ........................ ................... Services .............................. ........ .............. ......... ........ ..................... Rent of s he lter4 .................... .......... ........... .................. ........... Transportation seivices ................................. ......... ........................... 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 apparei ............................................. Nondurables ........................................................... ........................... Apparel less footwear ............ .................... ...................................... Services less rent of she lter4 ...................... ..................................... Services less medical care services ........................ ...................... See footnotes at end of table. 34 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) Item and Group Unadjusted indexes Relative importance, December 1998 Oct. 1999 Nov. 1999 Unadjusted percent change to Nov. 1999 from— Nov. 1998 Oct. 1999 Seasonally adjusted percent change from— Aug. to Sep. Sep. to Oct. Oct. to Nov. Special aggregate indexes Energy ................................. ................................. .............................. All items less energy ..................................................... ................... All items less food and energy ....................................................... Commodities less food and energy commodities ...................... Energy commodities ................................................................... Services less energy sen/ices .............................. ....................... Domestically produced farm food ................ ................................. Utilities and public transportation ..................................................... Purchasing power of the consumer dollar ....................................... Purchasing power of the consumer dollar - old base ..................... 6.994 93.006 76.040 26.531 3.267 49.509 9.172 9.200 111.0 172.6 174.7 145 4 109.1 194.4 166.5 146.2 $ .606 $ .203 11.4 2.1 2.1 1.3 21.6 2.5 1.7 2.1 0.4 .1 .1 .2 -.3 .2 .0 .1 1.8 .4 .4 .9 2.7 .2 .4 .3 ■ -0.2 .2 .2 .1 -.3 .3 .1 .5 7 Indexes on a December 1990=100 base. 8 Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. 9 Indexes on a December 1993=100 base. 10 Indexes on a December 1996=100 base. 11 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base. ' Data not available. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. 1 Not seasonally adjusted. 2 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. 3 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series converted to a geometric means estimator in January, 1999. 4 Indexes on a December 1984=100 base 5 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base. 6 Indexes on a December 1983=100 base. 111.4 172 4 174.5 145.7 109.4 194.0 166.5 146.1 $ .606 $ .203 35 0.0 .2 .1 -.2 -.5 .3 .1 .6 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 indexes Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent change for 3 months ended— 6 months ended— Item and group Aug. 1999 Sep. 1999 Oct. 1999 Nov. 1999 Feb. 1999 May 1999 Aug. 1999 Nov. 1999 May 1999 Nov. 1999 Expenditure category All items .............................................................................................. 163.7 164.6 164.8 165.0 1.5 3.5 2.5 3.2 2.5 2.8 Food and beverages ....................................................................... Food ................................................................................................ Food at home ............................................................................... Cereals and bakery products ................................................... Cereals and cereal products .................................................. Flour and prepared flour mixes ........................................... Breakfast c e re a l1 .................................................................. Rice, pasta, cornmeal .......................................................... Bakery products ...................................................................... Bread 1 2 ................................................................................. Fresh biscuits, rolls, muffins 1 2 ........................................... Cakes, cupcakes, and cookies 1 .......................................... Other bakery products ......................................................... Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs .................................................. Meats, poultry, and fish ........................................................... Meats ...................................................................................... Beef and veal ...................................................................... Uncooked ground beef ..................................................... Uncooked beef roasts 1 2 .................................................. Uncooked beef steaks 1 2 ................................................. Uncooked other beef and v e a l1 2 .................................... Pork ....................................................................................... Bacon, breakfast sausage, and related products 1 2 Ham ................................................................................... Pork chops ......................................................................... Other pork including roasts and picnics 1 2 ..................... Other meats 1 ........................................................................ Poultry 1 .................................................................................. Chicken 1 2 ............................................................................ Other poultry including turkey 1 2 ....................................... Fish and seafood .................................................................. Fresh fish and seafood 1 2 .................................................. Processed fish and seafood 1 2 ......................................... Eggs .......................................................................................... Dairy and related products 1 ..................................................... Milk 1 2 ....................................................................................... Cheese and related products 1 .............................................. Ice cream and related products 1 ........................................... Other dairy and related products 1 2 ...................................... Fruits and vegetables ................................................................ Fresh fruits and vegetables .................................................... Fresh fruits ............................................................................. Apples .................................................................................. Bananas ............................................................................... Citrus fruits 1 2 ..................................................................... Other fresh fruits 1 2 ............................................................. Fresh vegetables .................................................................. Potatoes ............................................................................... Lettuce 1 ................................................................................ Tomatoes 1 ........................................................................... Other fresh vegetables ....................................................... Processed fruits and vegetables 12 ...................................... Canned fruits and vegetables 1 2 ......................................... Frozen fruits and vegetables 1 2 .......................................... Other processed fruits and vegetables including dried 1 2 164.1 163.7 163.1 184.0 173.6 162.3 194.5 151.5 188.7 103.0 106.2 184.2 185.3 147.6 148.5 142.0 138.8 118.2 100.9 102.6 100.2 145.3 96.4 147.1 143.8 94.8 148.5 158.9 102.2 103.6 187.3 105.6 103.2 130.7 156.0 102.9 162.1 159.5 107.0 205.4 239.9 263.4 200.3 162.3 189.6 78.5 214.3 195.3 198.8 198.0 220.7 105.8 106.6 105.9 102.4 164.6 164.1 163.7 185.1 175.3 163.6 194.8 151.8 189.5 103.7 106.1 182.5 187.7 148.4 149.5 143.2 140.7 120.2 102.9 102.9 100.4 147.0 98.0 146.4 147.2 96.8 147.0 160.1 103.2 103.5 186.8 104.7 103.0 128.9 158.4 105.6 164.0 160.2 107.4 205.1 240.2 255.2 204.6 163.4 189.6 79.7 222.1 200.4 205.4 206.2 231.6 104.6 104.9 105.7 101.5 164.9 164.5 164.1 185.2 174.4 159.6 196.2 151.3 190.3 103.9 107.1 185.2 187.1 148.2 149.7 143.7 141.6 120.0 104.2 104.1 101.5 146.1 98.0 146.4 145.7 93.4 149.1 158.5 101.8 103.9 188.1 106.8 103.8 120.3 164.0 112.5 166.6 164.0 107.5 203.7 237.5 255.5 201.8 162.7 173.3 87.5 216.8 197.8 215.4 205.8 227.6 105.5 106.4 105.9 101.3 165.2 164.8 164.3 185.1 173.9 158.7 193.9 152.5 190.4 104.9 106.9 185.4 187.6 149.2 150.6 144.5 141.4 119.7 102.3 105.3 103.0 148.4 98.6 147.4 146.7 96.8 149.8 159.8 103.6 101.3 188.7 107.0 104.6 123.6 164.6 114.3 164.9 162.4 108.7 202.3 236.0 259.3 208.0 163.4 147.8 95.5 210.7 197,9 213.8 211.6 225.6 104.4 104.7 105.0 102.3 2.5 2.5 2.5 1.8 1.9 1.8 .4 4.3 1.7 6.8 5.1 2.2 -7.2 -.5 -.8 .6 2.4 6.4 .8 -5.1 -3.2 -1.1 -7.2 -4.0 4.9 -9.4 -.5 -6.6 -10.0 9.1 .9 7.2 -4.2 3.3 18.4 39.1 11.9 -.5 1.5 4.1 3.6 23.4 -9.2 -7.8 35.9 5.6 -13.9 9.7 -35.7 -35.3 -23.7 5.6 3.9 8.5 5.7 .7 .7 .0 3.3 3.3 4.1 7.5 2.1 3.0 -2.7 -3.0 2.4 8.2 .8 2.2 3.5 3.0 .3 -.8 12.2 5.4 5.1 .0 7.6 4.2 10.4 1.6 -4.3 -5.8 .0 5.5 1.9 6.4 -18.7 -14.9 -29.2 -4.8 -8.0 5.4 5.7 6.2 18.4 1.4 -10.7 80.5 62.3 -6.0 1.5 15.4 -36.8 11.0 3.9 5.1 1.9 2.8 1.7 1.7 1.2 -1.7 -1.4 2.0 -1.8 -2.3 -1.9 .4 5.5 .0 -6.8 2.2 1.6 .0 2.3 1.7 6.2 2.4 1.6 -4.0 6.5 -2.1 -5.4 3.9 1.4 8.5 9.5 5.2 1.5 .8 -2.7 8.4 .5 -1.2 5.4 -2.5 .0 1.0 .2 -13.0 5.6 16.9 88.6 -72.0 17.1 6.8 -10.7 -24.1 14.8 3.9 5.4 3.1 .8 2.7 2.7 3.0 2.4 .7 -8.6 -1.2 2.7 3.7 7.6 2.7 2.6 5.1 4.4 5.8 7.2 7.7 5.2 5.7 10.9 11.7 8.8 9.4 .8 8.3 8.7 3.5 2.3 5.6 -8.6 3.0 5.4 5.5 -20.0 23.9 52.2 7.1 7.5 6.5 -5.9 -6.3 -6.1 16.3 2.7 -63.1 119.0 -6.6 5.4 33.8 30.4 9.2 -5.2 -6.9 -3.4 -.4 1.6 1.6 1.2 2.5 2.6 2.9 3.9 3.2 2.4 2.0 1.0 2.3 .2 .1 .7 2.0 2.7 3.3 .0 3.2 1.0 1.9 -3.7 1.6 4.5 .0 .5 -5.4 -7.9 4.4 3.2 4.5 1.0 -8.3 .4 -.8 3.2 -4.3 3.5 4.9 4.9 20.9 -4.0 -9.3 56.6 30.9 -10.0 5.5 -13.8 -36.1 -7.9 4.7 4.5 5.1 4.2 2.2 2.2 2.1 .3 -.3 -3.4 -1.5 .1 .8 3.9 4.0 1.3 -1.1 3.3 3.7 3.6 5.0 3.4 5.9 6.6 6.5 2.2 7.9 -.7 1.2 6.3 2.4 5.3 7.5 -1.9 2.3 3.1 1.4 -6.9 11.6 22.7 6.2 2.4 3.2 -2.5 -3.1 -9.6 10.8 9.6 -16.6 -21.7 4.6 6.1 9.3 -.5 12.0 -.8 -.9 -.2 .2 See footnotes at end of table. 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 indexes Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent change for 3 months ended— 6 months ended— Item and group Aug. 1999 Sep. 1999 Oct. 1999 Nov. 1999 Feb. 1999 May 1999 Aug. 1999 Nov. 1999 May 1999 Nov. 1999 Expenditure category Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials ................. Juices and nonalcoholic drinks 1 2 ......................................... Carbonated drinks ................................................................. Frozen noncarbonated juices and drinks 1 2 ....................... Nonfrozen noncarbonated juices and drinks 1 2 ................ Beverage materials including coffee and tea 1 2 .................. Coffee 1 ................................................................................... Other beverage materials including tea 1 2 ......................... Other food at home ................................................................... Sugar and sweets ................................................................... Sugar and artificial sweeteners ........................................... Candy and chewing gum 1 2 ................................................. Other sweets 1 2 .................................................................... Fats and oils ............................................................................. Butter and margarine 1 2 ....................................................... Salad dressing 1 2 .................................................................. Other fats and oils including peanut b u tte r1 2 ................... Other foods .............................................................................. Soups ..................................................................................... Frozen and freeze dried prepared foods 1 .......................... Snacks 1 .................................................................................. Spices, seasonings, condiments, sauces .......................... Baby food 12 ......................................................................... Other miscellaneous foods 1 2 ............................................. Food away from home 1 ............................................................... Full service meals and snacks 1 2 ............................................ Limited service meals and snacks 1 2 ...................................... Food at employee sites and schools 1 2 .................................. Food from vending machines and mobile vendors 1 2 ........... Other food away from home 1 2 ................................................ Alcoholic beverages ...................................................................... Alcoholic beverages at home ..................................................... Beer, ale, and other malt beverages at home ........................ Distilled spirits at home ............................................................. Wine at home ............................................................................. Alcoholic beverages away from home ...................................... 133.6 102.4 118.8 106.9 102.8 97.3 154.5 104.5 153.3 152.6 137.5 102.4 105.9 148.1 112.1 104.4 102.5 169.4 198.8 145.4 161.6 177.7 106.5 104.4 165.5 104.5 103.9 103.4 101.3 105.8 169.6 153.7 152.8 155.3 148.0 200.9 133.1 102.2 119.0 106.8 102.0 97.2 154.0 104.5 153.4 153.2 138.6 103.2 105.3 148.1 111.7 104.2 102.7 169.4 198.2 145.4 159.8 176.4 106.4 105.1 165.8 104.6 104.1 103.6 101.4 106.2 170.0 154.1 153.0 156.5 148.0 201.7 133.6 102.6 120.0 106.7 101.2 97.4 153.4 105.5 153.0 153.5 137.5 103.6 105.0 148.3 111.6 105.3 102.8 168.5 196.1 . 144.4 161.4 176.0 106.7 103.8 166.1 104.8 104.3 104.2 101.5 106.6 169.6 153.7 152.7 156.4 147.6 201.2 133.3 102.1 119.0 107.5 101.7 96.6 151.5 105.1 153.3 153.3 136.2 103.3 104.8 145.9 105.4 103.7 102.1 169.8 195.7 146.2 162.0 177.8 107.1 103.4 166.5 104.9 104.5 104.4 101.6 106.8 170.8 155.1 154.1 156.9 148.5 201.9 1.8 8.6 .3 15.2 7.0 .4 -2.0 2.3 -1.8 .0 1.8 2.8 5.2 -13.2 -33.1 9.3 3.1 .5 3.6 -.6 2.3 -.7 5.6 3.9 3.0 4.0 1.6 1.2 1.6 1.2 3.7 2.9 3.0 3.7 2.5 3.5 1.2 -1.2 2.7 -8.7 1.2 .4 1.8 -.8 .5 4.0 5.4 2.4 7.9 -8.0 -19.2 -9.9 .4 1.7 11.4 3.1 -.5 1.4 5.9 -4.5 1.7 1.9 2.8 .8 .4 1.9 1.4 1.6 1.3 .0 1.4 3.1 2.1 .0 .7 11.2 2.8 .4 -1.5 2.7 1.8 .5 -2.6 -.4 -.4 3.0 10.2 9.3 -4.9 2.2 .6 -.8 10.0 4.2 3.5 -1.1 2.5 1.9 3.1 2.4 .4 6.3 3.6 2.9 3.5 3.2 2.7 3.9 -0.9 -1.2 .7 2.3 -4.2 -2.8 -7.5 2.3 .0 1.8 -3.7 3.6 -4.1 -5.8 -21.8 -2.7 -1.6 .9 -6.1 2.2 1.0 .2 2.3 -3.8 2.4 1.5 2.3 3.9 1.2 3.8 2.9 3.7 3.4 4.2 1.4 2.0 1.5 3.6 1.5 2.5 4.0 .4 -.1 .8 -.7 2.0 3.6 2.6 6.5 -10.6 -26.5 -.8 1.8 1.1 7.4 1.2 .9 .3 5.7 -.4 2.4 2.9 2.2 1.0 1.0 1.6 2.5 2.3 2.1 1.8 1.9 3.3 0.6 -.6 .7 6.6 -.8 -1.2 -4.6 2.5 .9 1.2 -3.2 1.6 -2.3 -1.5 -7.2 3.2 -3.2 1.5 -2.8 .7 5.4 2.2 2.9 -2.5 2.4 1.7 2.7 3.1 .8 5.1 3.2 3.3 3.5 3.7 2.1 2.9 Housing ............................................................................................. Shelter ............................................................................................. Rent of primary residence 3 ........................................................ Lodging away from home 2 3 ...................................................... Housing at school, excluding board 3 4 .................................... Other lodging away from home including hotels and motels Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 3 4 ..................... Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ....................................... Fuels and utilities ........................................................................... Fuels ............................................................................................. Fuel oil and other fuels .............................................................. Fuel oil ..................................................................................... Other household fuels 5 ........................................................... Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ...................................................... Electricity 3 ................................................................................ Utility natural gas service 3 ..................................................... Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ...................... Water and sewerage maintenance 3 ........................................ Garbage and trash collection 1 6 ............................................... Household furnishings and operations ........................................ Window and floor coverings and other linens 1 2 ...................... Floor coverings 1 2 ..................................................................... Window coverings 1 2 ................................................................ Other linens 1 2 ........................................................................... Furniture and bedding 1 ............................................................... Bedroom furniture 1 .................................................................... Living room, kitchen, and dining room furniture 1 2 ................ Other furniture 12 ...................................................................... 160.1 181.9 177.5 104.6 246.4 240.5 176.1 102.3 128.3 111.9 92.3 87.6 126.9 119.4 125.5 114.1 104.0 218.9 264.9 124.7 100.6 101.7 100.2 100.2 131.0 140.2 100.5 101.9 160.7 182.5 178.0 107.1 247.7 246.6 176.3 102.5 129.4 113.1 96.4 93.1 129.0 120.4 125.6 117.3 104.2 219.4 265.4 124.8 99.9 101.8 98.0 100.0 131.2 139.1 101.4 101.2 160.9 182.8 178.4 106.7 248.6 245.6 176.6 102.4 129.7 113.3 98.9 95.3 132.6 120.4 126.4 115.7 104.5 219.9 265.9 124.6 99.9 101.7 98.3 99.9 130.5 138.7 100.7 100.9 161.3 183.3 179.2 106.5 249.9 244.9 177.1 102.3 130.2 113:8 100.4 97.7 132.6 121.0 126.1 118.3 104.5 220.0 266.2 124.5 98.9 100.3 97.5 99.0 130.1 138.8 100.1 100.4 1.3 1.8 3.0 -12.4 4.1 -14.1 2.6 .4 -.9 -1.4 -13.1 -14.5 -7.1 -1.0 1.3 -7.0 2.4 2.2 3.3 -1.3 1.6 -2.3 9.0 .0 .9 .3 .4 3.1 2.5 3.4 3.0 13.7 4.2 14.7 2.8 2.0 1.0 .7 18.8 25.3 1.6 -.3 .0 -.7 2.3 2.4 2.6 -1.0 1.2 -1.6 -5.7 6.9 -.9 3.2 -2.0 -5.3 1.8 1.6 2.1 -.4 3.0 -.5 1.6 5.7 4.2 4.8 22.1 30.2 10.4 4.1 -1.6 20.5 1.2 .6 2.8 .6 -5.7 .8 -4.3 -10.1 -1.2 -.9 -.4 -3.8 3.0 3.1 3.9 7.5 5.8 7.5 2.3 .0 6.1 7.0 40.0 54.7 19.2 5.5 1.9 15.6 1.9 2.0 2.0 -.6 -6.6 -5.4 -10.4 -4.7 -2.7 -3.9 -1.6 -5.8 1.9 2.6 3.0 -.2 4.1 -.7 2.7 1.2 .0 -.4 1.6 3.5 -2.8 -.7 .6 -3.9 2.4 2.3 3.0 -1.1 1.4 -1.9 1.4 3.4 .0 1.7 -.8 -1.2 2.4 2.3 3.0 3.5 4.4 3.4 1.9 2.8 5.1 5.9 30.8 42.0 14.7 4.8 .2 18.0 1.5 1.3 2.4 .0 -6.2 -2.4 -7.4 -7.4 -2.0 -2.4 -1.0 -4.8 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 3 months ended— 6 months ended— Item and group Aug. 1999 Sep. 1999 Oct. 1999 Nov. 1999 Feb. 1999 May 1999 Aug. 1999 Nov. 1999 May 1999 Nov. 1999 Expenditure category Appliances 1 2 ............................................................................... Major appliances 12 ........................... ...................................... Other appliances 12 .................................................................. Other household equipment and furnishings 1 2 ....................... Clocks, lamps, and decorator items 1 ...................................... Indoor plants and flowers 7 ....................................................... Dishes and flatware 1 2 .............................................................. Nonelectric cookware and tableware 1 2 .................................. Tools, hardware, outdoor equipment and supplies 1 2 ............. Tools, hardware and supplies 1 2 ............................................. Outdoor equipment and supplies 1 2 ........................................ Housekeeping supplies 1 ............................................................. Household cleaning products 1 2 ............................................. Household paper products 12 .................................................. Miscellaneous household products 1 2 .................................... Household operations 1 2 ............................................................. Domestic services 1 2 ................................................................ Gardening and lawncare services 1 2 ...................................... Moving, storage, freight expense 1 2 ....................................... Repair of household items 1 2 ................................................... 96.8 97.2 96.0 97.7 113.6 108.4 98.9 96.6 99.6 98.1 100.4 149.9 103.1 106.5 103.0 105.4 105.2 103.5 106.3 107.6 97.3 98.1 96.1 97.5 113.2 107.7 98.0 97.5 99.7 97.8 100.6 150.4 103.7 107.1 102.8 105.7 105.4 103.7 106.7 108.0 97.5 97.8 97.0 97.7 112.8 110.5 96.6 98.9 98.9 98.0 99.2 150.0 103.6 106.0 102.9 105.7 105.4 103.8 106.9 107.4 97.9 98.5 96.9 96.8 111.8 108.6 96.1 98.7 98.3 98.2 98.1 150.0 102.8 107.3 103.1 106.3 106.9 104.1 106.9 107.9 -2.8 -2.0 -4.7 -4.7 -9.5 -4.5 4.5 -11.1 -1.2 .4 -1.6 1.9 .8 4.3 2.4 2.7 2.4 1.6 1.5 6.7 -6.3 -4.4 -9.0 -.4 -1.4 -3.2 2.4 -4.1 2.5 -1.6 4.5 .3 3.2 -3.0 -1.2 2.7 3.5 1.2 2.7 3.0 -2.4 -2.0 -3.7 -7.4 -3.1 -8.4 -12.3 1.7 .8 6.4 -2.0 4.7 3.6 13.4 -.8 3.5 3.1 4.4 5.0 2.3 4.6 5.5 3.8 -3.6 -6.2 .7 -10.9 9.0 -5.1 .4 -8.9 .3 -1.2 3.0 .4 3.5 6.6 2.3 2.3 1.1 -4.6 -3.2 -6.9 -2.6 -5.5 -3.9 3.4 -7.6 .6 -.6 1.4 1.1 2.0 .6 .6 2.7 2.9 1.4 2.1 4.8 1.0 1.6 .0 -5.5 -4.7 -3.9 -11.6 5.3 -2.2 3.3 -5.5 2.4 1.2 8.1 -.2 3.5 4.8 3.3 3.7 1.7 Apparel .............................................................................................. Men’s and boys’ apparel ............................................................... Men’s apparel .............................................................................. Men’s suits, sport coats, and outerwear ................................ Men’s furnishings ...................................................................... Men’s shirts and sweaters 1 2 ................................................... Men’s pants and shorts ............................................................. Boys’ apparel ............................................................................... Women’s and girls’ apparel .......................................................... Women’s apparel ......................................................................... Women’s outerwear .................................................................. Women’s dresses ..................................................................... Women's suits and separates 1 2 ............................................ Women’s underwear, nightwear, sportswear and accessories 1 2 ................................................................... Girls’ apparel ................................................................................ Footwear ......................................................................................... Men’s footwear ............................................................................. Boys’ and girls’ footwear ............................................................. Women’s footwear ...................................................................... Infants’ and toddlers’ ap pare l1 ..................................................... Jewelry and watches 5 ................................................................... W atches5 ..................................................................................... Jew elry5 ........................................................................................ 128.4 128.8 133.3 130.3 140.4 95.0 132.9 115.0 119.7 119.1 109.8 104.1 94.7 130.1 129.9 133.7 134.2 138.2 97.6 132.8 118.8 123.1 123.0 113.4 110.9 102.8 130.9 132.3 135.7 135.3 140.2 102.2 132.0 121.2 123.3 122.9 117.5 110.2 105.2 130.4 130.9 134.4 134.0 138.7 101.8 130.2 120.0 122.5 122.3 115.7 106.2 103.5 -7.6 -1.2 1.5 4.6 13.7 -22.0 2.1 -12.9 -12.3 -13.5 -20.3 -42.5 -21.8 3.8 3.1 4.5 4.5 5.3 20.1 1.2 1.0 6.8 9.4 16.1 52.9 24.0 -6.6 -9.6 -10.4 -17.5 -1.7 -27.4 -1.2 -7.6 -7.3 -8.9 -22.7 -8.0 -28.5 6.4 6.7 3.3 11.9 -4.8 31.9 -7.9 18.6 9.7 11.2 23.3 8.3 42.7 -2.1 .9 3.0 4.5 9.4 -3.2 1.7 -6.2 -3.2 -2.7 -3.8 -6.3 -1.5 -.3 -1.8 -3.8 -3.9 -3.2 -2.1 -4.6 4.7 .8 .7 -2.4 -.2 1.0 98.9 122.6 125.6 129.5 125.2 121.7 129.6 138.2 119.0 143.3 99.7 123.8 125.1 129.0 126.2 120.1 131.4 137.8 118.1 143.0 100.7 124.7 124.8 128.5 124.8 120.6 134.1 137.8 119.4 142.9 101.4 123.7 125.6 128.4 126.5 122.0 134.3 138.2 119.6 143,5 -1.6 -7.7 -9.8 -7.1 .6 -19.2 -15.6 6.4 6.7 8.5 18.9 -2.6 1.6 -5.7 -13.2 18.7 5.5 -5.8 -5.7 -7.9 -25.4 .3 -3.4 5.1 -6.4 -7.5 2.2 -5.6 -11.5 -5.1 10.5 3.6 .0 -3.4 4.2 1.0 15.3 .0 2.0 .6 8.2 -5.2 -4.3 -6.4 -6.6 -2.1 -5.6 .1 .3 .0 -9.2 2.0 -1.7 .8 -1.3 -3.4 8.6 -2.8 -5.0 -2.3 Transportation .................................................................................. Private transportation .................................................................... New and used motor vehicles 2 .................................................. New vehicles .............................................................................. Used cars and trucks 1 .............................................................. Car and truck re n ta l1 2 ............................................................. Motor fuel ..................................................................................... Gasoline (all types) ............................ ...................................... Gasoline, unleaded regular8 .................................................. Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 8 9 ........................................... Gasoline, unleaded premium 8 .............................................. Other motor fuels 1 2 .................................................................. Motor vehicle parts and equipment ........................................... Tires ............................................................................................ Vehicle accessories other than tires 1 2 ................................... Motor vehicle maintenance and repair ...................................... Motor vehicle body work 1 ........................ ................................. Motor vehicle maintenance and servicing 1 ............................ Motor vehicle re p a ir1 2 .............................................................. 145.1 142.6 100.9 143.8 155.2 105.3 106.5 105.9 103.9 110.2 106.9 98.6 99.7 96.2 99.6 173.7 183.3 160.2 104.7 146.2 143.8 101.5 144.1 157.0 103.8 109.3 108.8 106.9 113.5 109.7 101.5 99.9 96.3 100.0 174.1 183.0 160.3 105.4 146.4 143.8 101.7 144.2 157.7 106.1 108.8 108.3 106.2 113.0 109.3 103.5 99.9 96.4 99.9 174.4 183.5 160.3 105.8 146.4 143.7 101.7 144.2 157.3 109.0 108.2 107.7 105.5 112.7 108.6 104.7 100.5 96.7 100.8 175.0 184.4 160.5 106.0 -3.9 -4.8 -6.2 -1.4 -13.7 -11.2 -11.6 -11.3 -12.5 -11.9 -9.3 -16.3 -1.6 -2.8 -.4 2.4 .4 2.8 2.3 11.7 12.0 .8 -1.1 3.5 20.7 80.6 79.6 88.5 67.9 66.6 34.5 -.4 2.1 -3.6 3.1 .0 2.0 2.7 7.2 7.9 4.1 .3 11.9 2.7 30.2 30.4 32.2 31.5 25.5 29.1 -1.6 -6.0 2.0 1.9 4.3 2.8 1.2 3.6 3.1 3.2 1.1 5.5 14.8 6.5 7.0 6.3 9.4 6.5 27.1 3.2 2.1 4.9 3.0 2.4 .8 5.1 3.6 3.2 -2.7 -1.2 -5.5 3.5 26.3 26.2 28.4 21.6 22.9 6.1 -1.0 -.4 -2.0 2.7 .2 2.4 2.5 5.4 5.5 3.6 .7 8.7 8.6 17.8 18.1 18.5 20.0 15.6 28.1 .8 -2.0 3.5 2.4 3.3 1.8 3.1 See footnotes at end of table. 38 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 perçant change for 3 months ended— 6 months ended— Item and group Aug. 1999 Sep. 1999 Oct. 1999 Nov. 1999 Motor vehicle insurance .............................................................. Motor vehicle fees 12 .................. ............................................... State and local registration and license 1 2 3 ............ .............. Parking and other fees 1 2 ........................................................ Public transportation 1 .................................................................... Airline fare 1 .................................................................................. Other intercity transportation ...................................................... Intracity transportation 1 ............................................................... 254.6 103.8 102.2 108.7 192.5 216.1 166.1 171.4 254.7 104.5 102.8 109.7 190.7 212.7 164.7 171.7 253.7 104.7 103.0 109.7 196.3 223.5 165.0 172.3 254.0 104.6 102.7 110.3 197.0 225.4 163.7 172.3 0.6 .8 .8 .4 11.1 23.0 -9.7 .2 -1.1 .0 -.4 1.1 10.5 18.9 -.2 .7 2.4 2.3 1.2 5.7 -2.9 -6.1 10.5 -.9 -0.9 3.1 2.0 6.0 9.7 18.4 -5.7 2.1 -0.2 .4 .2 .8 10.8 20.9 -5.1 .5 0.7 2.7 1.6 5.9 3.2 5.4 2.1 .6 Medical care ..................................................................................... Medical care commodities ........................................................... Prescription drugs and medical supplies .................................. 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 services 3 ................................................................ Physicians’ services 3 ................................................................ Dental services 1 3 ..................................................................... Eyeglasses and eye care 1 3 5 .................................................. Services by other medical professionals 3 5 ........................... Hospital and related services 3 ................................................... Hospital services 1 3 1 0 .............................................................. Inpatient hospital services 1 3 8 1 0 ......................................... Outpatient hospital services 35 8 ........................................... Nursing homes and adult daycare 1 3 10 ................................ 250.9 228.4 275.8 146.7 174.0 177.1 255.8 231.5 238.1 247.8 146.3 163.1 297.3 109.8 108.2 248.6 115.8 251.9 229.5 276.4 147.6 174.8 178.7 256.7 232.2 238.7 248.3 146.7 163.8 298.8 110.1 108.6 250.3 116.0 252.3 229.5 277.6 146.7 173.7 177.8 257.2 232.8 239.4 249.2 146.6 164.1 299.2 110.4 108.7 251.1 116.4 253.1 230.2 279.4 146.0 173.0 176.7 258.1 233.6 240.0 250.4 147.1 164.2 300.1 110.8 109.0 252.2 116.6 3.0 2.2 5.6 -1.9 -2.5 -.2 3.2 2.9 1.7 6.5 -1.1 2.8 5.8 7.8 7.5 5.7 8.7 3.8 4.2 6.0 .5 2.1 -3.8 3.7 3.2 2.2 4.5 9.2 -.5 3.3 .7 .4 6.3 2.5 3.6 5.6 7.8 1.9 1.9 2.5 3.2 3.0 3.8 3.3 -1.4 3.3 5.1 6.0 5.3 6.5 11.5 3.6 3.2 5.3 -1.9 -2.3 -.9 3.6 3.7 3.2 4.3 2.2 2.7 3.8 3.7 3.0 5.9 2.8 3.4 3.2 5.8 -.7 -.2 -2.0 3.5 3.0 2.0 5.5 3.9 1.1 4.6 4.2 3.9 6.0 5.5 3.6 4.4 6.5 .0 -.2 .8 3.4 3.3 3.5 3.8 .4 3.0 4.5 4.9 4.2 6.2 7.0 Recreation 2 ...................................................................................... Video and audio 1 2 ........................................................................ Televisions 1 ................................................................................. Cable television 3 6 ...................................................................... Other video equipm ent1 2 .......................................................... Video cassettes, discs, and other media including re n ta l1 2 ... Audio equipm ent1 ....................................................................... Audio discs, tapes and other media 1 2 ..................................... Pets, pet products and services 12 ............................................. Pets and pet products 1 ............................................................... Pet services including veterinary 1 2 .......................................... Sporting goods 1 ............................................................................. Sports vehicles including bicycles 1 ........................................... Sports equipm ent1 ...................................................................... Photography 12 .............................................................................. Photographic equipment and supplies 1 .................................... Photographers and film processing 1 2 ...................................... Other recreational goods 2 ............................................................. Toys .............................................................................................. Sewing machines, fabric and supplies 1 2 ................................ Music instruments and accessories 1 2 ...................................... Recreation sen/ices 2 ..................................................................... Club membership dues and fees for participant sports 1 2 ..... Admissions 1 ................................................................................. Fees for lessons or instructions 5 ............................................... Recreational reading materials 1 ................................................... Newspapers and magazines 1 2 ................................................. Recreational books 1 2 ................................................................. 101.3 100.6 53.5 256.5 77.1 93.5 80.1 101.6 103.0 143.8 106.8 122.6 132.7 109.7 99.5 131.9 100.4 91.5 113.1 96.5 99.9 107.7 105.5 218.8 186.3 187.0 105.0 98.9 100.8 100.0 53.1 256.3 76.2 92.5 78.8 100.2 102.9 143.5 106.9 122.2 132.7 109.1 99.3 131.0 100.4 89.8 110.7 96.2 100.2 107.5 105.1 218.5 185.6 187.5 105.3 99.1 100.9 100.1 52.8 257.9 75.6 92.7 78.5 100.6 103.0 143.6 107.4 121.4 131.5 108.5 99.2 130.5 100.6 89.6 110.3 96.3 99.9 108.0 105.0 220.4 186.8 188.1 105.4 100.1 100.9 100.2 52.5 259.1 74.3 91.8 78.6 102.1 103.5 144.3 107.7 121.8 132.4 108.5 99.4 131.1 100.6 88.5 108.7 96.1 99.6 108.1 106.6 218.4 187.1 188.1 105.2 100.5 1.2 -.4 -7.5 3.1 -14.6 -7.3 8.0 4.5 1.2 .3 3.9 -1.0 4.1 -5.5 -.8 -2.1 .0 -2.1 -2.0 -2.8 -.8 5.9 5.5 6.2 6.6 1.3 2.4 -.8 1.2 -2.0 -12.3 2.2 -20.5 -3.8 -8.7 4.8 4.4 3.1 6.2 -1.3 -1.2 -1.4 -.8 -6.5 2.8 -6.2 -6.3 -6.0 -4.7 8.3 1.5 13.1 5.6 1.5 .8 2.8 .0 .4 -3.7 3.0 -11.5 2.6 -9.4 -3.5 -1.2 -1.9 .8 -1.3 4.7 -7.3 -1.6 5.7 -5.8 -5.5 -7.4 1.3 3.7 3.8 -2.2 8.3 3.3 -1.7 4.7 -15.7 -1.6 -1.6 -7.3 4.1 -13.8 -7.1 -7.3 2.0 2.0 1.4 3.4 -2.6 -.9 -4.3 -.4 -2.4 .8 -12.5 -14.7 -1.6 -1.2 1.5 4.2 -.7 1.7 2.4 .8 6.6 1.2 -1.2 -9.9 2.6 -17.6 -5.6 -.7 4.6 2.8 1.7 5.1 -1.1 1.4 -3.5 -.8 -4.3 1.4 -4.2 -4.2 -4.4 -2.8 7.1 3.5 9.6 6.1 1.4 1.6 1.0 -.8 -.6 -5.5 3.6 -12.7 -2.4 -8.3 -.8 .4 -.3 2.1 -1.9 1.8 -5.8 -1.0 1.5 -2.5 -9.1 -11.1 -.2 1.2 2.6 .9 3.7 25 .3 2.7 -5.2 Education and communication 2 ..................................................... Education2 ...................................................................................... Educational books and supplies ................................................ Tuition, other school fees, and childcare ................................. College tuition and fees ........................................................... Elementary and high school tuition and fees ......................... Child care and nursery school 7 ................................................ Technical and business school tuition and fees 1 2 ............... 101.7 108.3 268.6 304.4 319.6 331.9 150.4 110.3 101.7 108.6 269.3 305.2 320.3 331.2 150.9 112.4 102.0 109.1 271.0 306.6 321.3 332.2 151.5 113.5 102.3 109.1 256.5 307.9 322.4 335.9 151.8 113.7 1.2 6.3 4.2 6.6 4.9 6.0 5.4 9.0 -.4 5.4 4.7 5.1 4.0 6.6 5.3 4.9 1.6 3.8 5.4 3.9 3.8 10.9 6.1 5.6 2.4 3.0 -16.8 4.7 3.6 4.9 3.8 12.9 .4 5.8 4.4 5.8 4.4 6.3 5.3 7.0 2.0 3.4 -6.4 4.3 3.7 7.9 4.9 9.2 Feb. 1999 May 1999 Aug. 1999 Nov. 1999 May 1999 Nov. 1999 Expenditure category See footnotes at end of table. 39 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 3 months ended— 6 months ended— Item and group Aug. 1999 Sep. 1999 Oct. 1999 Nov. 1999 Feb. 1999 May 1999 Aug. 1999 Nov. 1999 May 1999 Nov. 1999 Expenditure category Communication 1 2 .......................................................................... Postage and delivery services 1 2 .............................................. Postage 1 .................................................................................... Delivery services 12 .................................................................. Information and information processing 1 2 .............................. Telephone services 12 .............................................................. Telephone services, local charges 1 3 ................................... Telephone services, long distance charges 12 ................... Cellular telephone services 12 .............................................. Information and information processing other than telephone services 1 1 1 .......................................................................... Personal computers and peripheral equipm ent1 2 ................ Computer software and accessories 1 2 ................................. Computer information processing services 1 2 ....................... Other information processing equipm ent1 2 ........................... 96.5 103.1 165.6 109.6 96.1 99.9 169.5 97.2 82.9 96.2 103.1 165.6 109.9 95.8 99.7 169.3 96.9 83.4 96.3 103.1 165.6 110.0 95.9 100.0 169.0 97.5 82.7 96.9 103.1 165.6 110.1 96.6 100.8 169.7 98.8 82.0 -3.2 12.5 12.5 7.9 -4.0 -2.7 1.7 -6.2 -9.1 -4.8 .0 .0 15.2 -4.8 -2.8 2.9 -7.4 -15.7 0.0 .0 .0 .0 -.4 .4 4.4 -1.6 -17.2 1.7 .0 .0 1.8 2.1 3.7 .5 6.7 -4.3 -4.0 6.1 6.1 11.5 -4.4 -2.7 2.3 -6.8 -12.5 0.8 .0 .0 .9 .8 2.0 2.4 2.5 -11.0 30.8 50.6 88.4 99.6 81.4 30.3 49.4 88.4 96.5 81.1 29.9 48.1 89.2 96.3 80.5 29.3 46.9 88.5 96.3 79.3 -22.0 -32.0 -4.4 .0 -8.9 -27.0 -25.5 -6.6 -73.3 -18.0 -12.0 -28.9 4.2 221.2 -15.1 -18.1 -26.2 .5 -12.6 -9.9 -24.5 -28.8 -5.5 -48.3 -13.5 -15.1 >27.5 2.3 67.5 -12.6 Other goods and services ............................................................... Tobacco and smoking products ................................................... Cigarettes 1 2 ................................................................................ Tobacco products other than cigarettes 12 .............................. Personal care 1 ............................................................................... Personal care products 1 ............................................................. Hair, dental, shaving, and miscellaneous personal care products 1 2 ........................................................................ Cosmetics, perfume, bath, nail preparations and implements 1 261.4 352.0 141.2 112.0 161.6 153.1 267.7 374.8 151.2 112.7 161.9 153.7 267.7 372.2 151.0 114.1 162.6 154.1 267.2 368.6 149.4 114,7 163.0 154.0 36.8 141.8 144.7 13.6 3.8 2.7 -.2 -5.7 -3.6 4.9 3.0 2.1 4.4 9.4 5.3 7.9 2.0 4.0 9.2 20.2 25.3 10.0 3.5 2.4 16.9 51.0 53.5 9.1 3.4 2.4 6.8 14.7 14.9 8.9 2.8 3.2 102.0 101.4 101.3 101.7 3.2 2.0 2.0 -1.2 2.6 .4 168.6 172.2 105.0 243.8 181.0 187.7 104.0 104.0 204.9 96.8 170.9 172.4 105.1 244.5 181.6 187.6 104.1 104.0 206.7 96.8 171.9 173.2 105.6 245.8 182.3 188.5 104.3 104.1 208.9 97.2 171.1 174.4 106.3 246.4 182.5 188.7 104.5 104.3 209.3 97.6 2.2 3.9 4.0 5.2 7.8 7.2 3.2 6.5 7.0 -7.3 2.4 4.3 4.3 2.3 5.0 -.2 2.3 .8 1.6 4.9 6.2 1.9 1.9 3.3 2.7 5.5 .8 3.5 1.6 -12.2 6.1 5.2 5.0 4.3 3.4 2.1 1.9 1.2 8.9 3.3 2.3 4.1 4.1 3.7 6.4 3.4 2.8 3.6 4.2 -1.4 6.1 3.5 3.5 3.8 3.0 3.8 1.4 2.3 5.2 -4.7 145.2 133.8 139.6 150.2 126.0 185.7 175.3 188.0 220.5 163.4 158.6 159.6 135.5 141.4 151.2 152.3 124.8 174.7 180.0 146.4 135.4 141.8 152.9 126.7 186.2 175.8 188.0 220.5 164.3 159.5 160.4 137.0 143.7 153.7 153.6 127.0 175.0 180.4 146.5 135.4 142.1 152.7 126.6 186.6 176.1 188.7 221.4 164.6 159.8 160.7 137.0 143.7 153.5 153.8 128.1 175.4 180.8 146.4 135.0 141.5 152.5 126.3 187.2 176.7 189.2 222.4 164.7 159.9 160.9 136.6 143.6 153.4 153.7 127.3 176.0 181.3 .8 .0 2.1 8.5 -4.6 2.0 1.9 2.2 2.8 1.3 1.3 1.3 .0 1.8 7.7 2.5 -7.3 1.6 1.8 4.9 7.2 14.9 19.1 -1.0 2.9 3.0 2.2 2.4 4.3 3.9 3.6 7.2 14.4 17.8 6.9 4.2 2.3 2.7 2.8 3.7 6.9 14.2 1.6 2.0 2.1 1.1 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.5 3.9 6.5 12.8 4.9 -7.3 3.3 2.3 3.3 3.6 5.6 6.3 1.0 3.3 3.2 2.6 3.5 3.2 3.3 3.3 3.3 6.4 5.9 3.7 8.3 3.0 2.9 2.8 3.6 8.4 13.6 -2.8 2.4 2.5 2.2 2.6 2.8 2.6 2.4 3.5 7.9 12.7 4.7 -1.7 2.0 2.3 3.1 3.7 6.2 10.2 1.3 2.6 2.7 1.8 3.0 3.0 3.1 2.9 3.6 6.4 9.3 4.3 .2 3.1 2.6 Personal care services 1 .............................................................. Haircuts and other personal care services 1 2 ........................ Miscellaneous personal services ............................................... Legal services 1 5 ....................................................................... Funeral expenses 5 .................................................................... Laundry and dry cleaning services 1 2 ..................................... Apparel services other than laundry and dry cleaning 1 2 Financial sen/ices 1 5 ................................................................. Miscellaneous personal goods 1 2 ............................................. Special aggregate indexes Commodities ...................................................................................... Commodities less food and beverages ......................................... Nondurables less food and beverages ....................................... Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel .................... Durables .......................................................................................... Services .............................................................................................. Rent of she lter4 .................................................................................. 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 she lter4 ............................................................ Services less medical care services ................................................ See footnotes at end of table. 40 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 3 months ended— 6 months ended— Item and group Aug. 1999 Sep. 1999 Oct. 1999 Nov. 1999 Feb. 1999 May 1999 Aug. 1999 Nov. 1999 May 1999 Nov. 1999 Special aggregate indexes 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 ..................................................... 108.7 171.4 173.6 144.1 105.7 193.4 165.4 145.3 110.7 172.1 174.3 145.4 108.6 193.7 166.1 145.7 110.5 172.7 174.8 145.2 107.8 194.8 166.4 147.3 -6.3 2.1 1.9 1.4 -11.6 2.1 3.0 .3 31.4 1.7 1.9 .3 76.4 3.0 .5 .6 16.6 1.4 1.6 .3 29.9 2.1 1.0 2.2 6.8 3.1 2.8 3.1 8.2 2.9 2.4 5.6 11.0 1.9 1.9 .8 24.9 2.5 1.7 .4 6 Indexes on a December 1983=100 base. 7 Indexes on a December 1990=100 base. 8 Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. 9 Indexes on a December 1993=100 base. 10 Indexes on a December 1996=100 base. 11 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. 1 Not seasonally adjusted. 2 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. 3 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series converted to a geometric means estimator in January, 1999. 4 Indexes on a December 1984=100 base 5 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base. 110.5 172.4 174.6 145.5 108.3 194.2 166.3 146.4 41 11.6 2.2 2.2 1.7 18.6 2.5 1.7 3.9 Table 10. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Selected areas, all items index (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) All items Indexes Area 1 Percent change to Oct. 1 9 9 9 from— Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Nov. Sep. Oct. Oct. Aug. Sep. 1999 1999 1999 1999 1998 1999 1999 1998 1999 1999 M 1 6 7 .1 Northeast urban ................................................ Size A - More than 1 ,5 0 0 , 0 0 0 .......................... Size B/C 5 0 , 0 0 0 to 1 ,5 0 0 , 0 0 0 3 ....................... M M M Midwest urban .................................................. Size A - More than 1 , 5 0 0 , 0 0 0 ......................... Size B/C - 5 0 , 0 0 0 to 1 ,5 0 0 , 0 0 0 3 ...................... Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than M M M ................................................................. South urban ...................................................... Size A - More than 1 ,5 0 0 ,0 0 0 .......................... Size B/C - 5 0 , 0 0 0 to 1 , 5 0 0 , 0 0 0 3 .................... Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than U.S. city average .............................................. Percent change to Nov. 1 9 9 9 from— Pricing schedule 1 6 7 .9 1 6 8 .2 1 6 8 .3 1 7 4 .1 1 7 4 .8 1 7 5 .5 1 7 5 .1 1 7 5 .7 1 7 6 .4 1 0 4 .3 1 0 5 .1 1 0 5 .3 1 6 3 .2 1 6 4 .3 1 6 4 .3 1 6 4 .6 2 .8 1 6 4 .8 1 6 5 .7 1 6 5 .7 1 6 5 .6 2 .7 1 0 4 .2 1 0 5 .1 1 0 5 .0 1 0 5 .6 3 .1 M 1 5 7 .7 1 5 8 .6 1 5 8 .7 1 5 9 .3 M M M 1 6 2 .6 1 6 3 .2 1 6 3 .6 1 6 1 .9 1 6 2 .7 1 6 3 .2 1 0 4 .4 1 0 4 .8 ................................................................. M 1 6 3 .7 West urban ....................................................... Size A - More than 1 ,5 0 0 ,0 0 0 ......................... Size B/C - 5 0 , 0 0 0 to 1 ,5 0 0 ,0 0 0 3 ...................... M M M 2 .6 0 .2 1 7 5 .5 2 .5 .4 1 7 6 .5 2 .5 .5 1 0 5 .1 2 .4 .0 0 .1 2 .6 0 .7 0 .2 .0 2 .5 .8 .4 .1 2 .4 .7 .4 -.2 2 .6 1 .0 .2 .2 .2 2 .6 .7 .0 -.1 -.1 2 .7 .5 .0 .5 .6 2 .5 .8 -.1 3 .0 .4 .4 2 .9 .6 .1 1 6 3 .5 2 .4 .2 -.1 2 .4 .6 ,2 1 6 2 .9 2 .7 .1 -.2 2 .6 .8 .3 1 0 5 .1 1 0 5 .1 2 .2 .3 .0 2 .2 .7 .3 1 6 4 .1 1 6 4 .1 1 6 4 .1 2 .6 .0 .0 2 .7 .2 .0 1 6 9 .5 1 7 0 .0 1 7 0 .4 1 7 0 .4 2 .8 .2 .0 3 .0 .5 .2 1 7 0 .5 1 7 1 .2 1 7 1 .6 1 7 1 .6 3.1 .2 .0 3 .2 .6 .2 1 0 5 .2 1 0 5 .2 1 0 5 .5 1 0 5 .5 1 .9 .3 .0 2 .4 .3 .3 M M M 1 5 1 .6 1 5 2 .2 1 5 2 .6 1 5 2 .5 2 .7 .2 -.1 2 .8 .7 .3 1 0 4 .5 1 0 5 .0 1 0 5 .2 1 0 5 .3 2 .4 .3 .1 2 .4 .7 .2 1 6 3 .1 1 6 3 .7 1 6 3 .8 1 6 4 .2 2 .7 .3 .2 2 .6 .4 .1 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI ................... Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA .. New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA .......................................... M M 1 6 9 .3 1 6 9 .7 1 6 9 .7 1 6 9 .3 2 .4 -.2 -.2 2 .4 .2 .0 1 6 6 .3 1 6 7 .2 1 6 7 .2 1 6 7 .1 2 .3 -.1 -.1 2 .5 .5 .0 M 1 7 7 .6 1 7 8 .2 1 7 8 .9 1 7 8 .8 2 .3 .3 -.1 2 .3 .7 .4 Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT .... Cleveland-Akron, OH ....................................... Dallas-Fort Worth, TX ...................................... Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV 6 ..... 1 - 1 7 9 .2 3 .4 1 .4 - - - 1 6 3 .8 1 .9 -.2 Atlanta, GA ....................................................... Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, Ml .............................. Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX .................... Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL ............................. Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD ......................................... San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA .......... Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA .................... 2 1 6 5 .9 1 6 6 .5 2 1 6 4 .2 1 6 5 .9 2 1 4 8 .9 1 5 1 .2 2 1 6 2 .3 1 6 4 .1 Region and area size2 5 0 ,0 0 0 ) 5 0 ,0 0 0 ) Size classes A 4 .................................................................. B/C 3 ............................................................... D .................................................................... Selected local areas5 1 7 6 .8 1 1 6 4 .2 - 1 1 5 9 .8 - 1 6 0 .1 4 .0 .2 1 1 0 5 .4 ■ 1 0 5 .0 2 .5 - .4 * * - - 2 .8 .4 - - - 3 .0 1 .0 - 1 .8 1 .5 - 1 .9 1.1 2 1 7 3 .1 ■ 1 7 4 .4 2 1 7 3 .5 - 1 7 5 .2 2 1 7 3 .4 1 7 4 .7 ■ ■ - 2 .4 .8 - 4 .8 1 .0 3 .2 .7 Portland-Salem, OR-WA; St. Louis, MO-IL; San Diego, CA; Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL. 6 Indexes on a November 1996=100 base. ' Data not available. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. 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 Indexes on a December 1996=100 base. 4 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base. 5 In addition, the following metropolitan areas are published semiannually and appear in Tables 34 and 39 of the January and July issues of the CPI Detailed Report: Anchorage, AK; Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN; Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO; Honolulu, HI; Kansas City, MO-KS; Milwaukee-Racine, Wl; Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI; Pittsburgh, PA; - - NOTE: Local area indexes are byproducts of the national CPI program. Each local index has a smaller sample size than the national index and is, therefore, subject to substantially more sampling and other measurement error. As a result, local area indexes show greater volatility than the national index, although their long-term trends are similar. Therefore, the Bureau of Labor Statistics strongly urges users to consider adopting the national average CPI for use in their escalator clauses. 42 Table 11. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Regions1, by expenditure category and commodity and service group (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) Northeast Item and group Index Nov. 1999 Percent change from— Nov. 1998 South Midwest Oct. 1999 Index Nov. 1999 Percent change from— Nov. 1998 Oct. 1999 Index Nov. 1999 West Percent change from— Nov. 1998 Oct. 1999 Index Nov. 1999 Percent change from— Nov. 1998 Oct. 1999 Expenditure category All items ............................................................ All items (December 1977=100) ..................... 175.5 276.3 2.5 * 0.0 * 164.6 267.8 2.8 ■ 0.2 * 163.5 265.3 2.4 170.4 275.5 2.8 Food and beverages ...................................... Food ............................................................. Food at home ............................................ Food away from home .............................. Alcoholic beverages .................................... 168.6 168.0 168.3 169.7 175.4 2.1 2.1 1.7 2.6 2.3 .2 .2 .3 .1 .5 162.4 161.6 160.3 164.2 172.5 2.0 2.0 1.5 2.6 3.6 .1 .0 -.2 .4 .3 163.8 163.8 161.6 169.0 163.1 2.1 2.1 1.8 2.4 2.0 .2 .2 .2 .1 .2 168.2 167.5 171.4 162.1 175.1 1.6 1.5 1.4 1.9 3.1 -.1 -.2 -.3 .2 .7 Housing .......................................................... Shelter .......................................................... Rent of primary residence 2 ....................... Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 2 3 ....................................... Fuels and utilities ......................................... Fuels ............................................................ Gas (piped) and electricity 2 ................... Electricity2 ............................................. Utility natural gas service 2 .................... Household furnishings and operations ..... 176.3 209.1 193.2 2.0 2.3 3.0 .2 .0 .8 159.3 184.0 174.8 2.2 2.3 2.6 .1 -.1 .3 153.9 170.0 165.2 1.7 1.9 2.4 -.3 .0 .4 171.6 190.5 183.1 3.1 3.5 4.0 .1 .2 .6 218.0 124.0 113.7 127.9 130.1 125.7 127.3 2.2 1.7 1.6 -1.1 -1.6 .1 -.8 .4 1.6 1.9 1.7 -.8 6.5 .0 189.1 128.1 111.4 116.9 121.0 114.5 122.8 2.3 4.7 5.4 5.1 .7 11.3 -1.2 .3 1.3 1.5 1.7 -1.7 6.1 -.8 172.2 133.3 113.7 115.7 114.0 126.3 126.7 1.9 2.9 3.1 2.7 1.9 7.0 -.4 .3 -2.2 -2.8 -3.1 -4.0 1.9 .0 201.0 140.2 127.1 129.8 141.1 118.8 128.9 3.3 1.7 1.3 1.0 -.1 4.2 1.7 .3 -.9 -1.2 -1.4 -1.5 -1.2 -.1 Apparel ........................................................... 132.3 -.5 -2.4 130.9 -1.7 .2 144.6 -.9 -.6 123.0 -1.5 -.2 Transportation ................................................ Private transportation .................................. New and used motor vehicles 4 ................ New vehicles .......................................... . New cars and trucks 4 5 ......................... New cars 5 .............................................. Used cars and trucks .............................. Motor fuel .................................................... Gasoline (all types) ................................. Gasoline, unleaded regular5 ................ Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 5 6 ......... Gasoline, unleaded premium 5 ............. 149.4 144.3 100.6 142.6 99.3 140.3 159.9 108.5 108.0 107.4 110.7 107.6 4.3 4.3 .6 .1 .1 -.3 1.6 23.2 23.3 25.3 21.2 20.0 .0 .1 .3 .6 .6 .6 -.3 -1.2 -1.2 -1.3 -1.2 -.9 146.8 142.3 100.8 140.2 99.2 134.3 155.7 110.8 110.3 108.6 122.3 114.1 4.7 4.2 -.2 -.6 -.7 -1.5 1.2 22.8 22.8 23.8 21.7 20.5 .7 .7 .6 .8 .7 .8 -.1 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.6 1.2 145.4 143.5 101.1 146.6 99.7 144.7 157.0 107.7 107.2 104.4 113.8 110.2 4.5 4.2 .2 -.1 .0 -.4 .9 22.8 22.9 24.7 21.6 19.8 .2 .1 .4 .6 .7 .6 -.3 -1.0 -1.0 -1.1 -.8 -.8 149.5 144.2 101.1 141.9 98.7 137.7 153.4 110.4 109.4 106.5 106.3 111.0 3.9 3.4 .3 -.6 -.6 -.8 2.1 18.1 18.1 19.4 16.2 16.2 .1 -.1 .2 .3 .2 .3 .0 -1.9 -1.9 -1.9 -1.8 -1.6 Medical care ................................................... Medical care commodities .......................... Medical care services ................................. Professional services 2 .............................. 267.6 244.8 272.1 244.7 4.2 6.3 3.7 3.3 .3 .5 .3 .2 247.5 229.9 251.8 232.8 3.9 3.7 3.9 4.4 .2 .2 .2 .3 249.7 226.3 255.3 233.7 3.1 3.6 2.8 2.4 .2 .1 .3 .3 250.6 239.6 253.2 214.5 3.2 3.0 3.3 2.7 .0 .2 .0 .0 Recreation 4 .................................................... 104.2 1.3 .1 102.3 1.4 -.4 101.5 .1 .3 99.7 -.2 .3 Education and communication 4 ................... 101.6 .9 .3 104.4 2.5 .5 101.5 .6 -.2 101.7 1.0 .2 Other goods and services ............................. 269.8 8.5 -.2 256.7 9.0 -.4 257.1 10.0 .3 267.7 9.8 .0 175.5 147.4 133.6 139.3 2.5 2.9 3.6 6.7 .0 -.3 -.6 -.9 164.6 144.9 134.9 142.7 2.8 2.4 2.6 6.2 .2 .1 .1 .1 163.5 146.4 136.5 144.0 2.4 2.7 3.1 6.4 -.1 -.1 -.2 -.6 170.4 146.2 132.9 138.4 2.8 2.5 2.9 5.6 .0 -.2 -.2 -.4 149.8 124.9 203.6 218.4 190.8 239.6 10.7 -1.3 2.3 2.4 1.5 2.6 -.2 .0 .2 .0 .1 .4 153.0 124.7 185.4 189.1 193.1 219.7 10.5 -1.7 3.2 2.4 3.4 4.1 .1 .1 .3 -.1 .7 .3 149.2 127.6 181.4 174.8 193.7 223.0 10.1 -.9 2.3 1.9 2.1 2.9 -.6 .3 -.1 .0 .5 .4 151.5 126.3 192.4 202.1 195.7 220.2 9.1 -.3 3.0 3.4 2.5 2.0 -.5 .0 .2 .1 .6 .4 -0.1 " 0.0 ' Commodity and service group All items ............................................................. Commodities ................................................... Commodities less food and beverages .... Nondurables less food and beverages .... Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel ............................................. Durables ..................................................... Services .......................................................... Rent of shelter3 ........................................... Transportation services .............................. Other services ............................................. See footnotes at end of table. 43 Table 11. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Regions1, by expenditure category and commodity and service group-Continued (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) Northeast Item and group Index Nov. 1999 Midwest Percent change from— Nov. 1998 Oct. 1999 South Percent change from— Index Nov. 1999 Nov. 1998 Oct. 1999 Index Nov. 1999 West Percent change from— Nov. 1998 Oct. 1999 Index Nov. 1999 Percent change from— Nov. 1998 Oct. 1999 Special aggregate indexes All items less medical care ............................. All items less food ............................................. All items less shelter ........................................ Commodities less food .................................... Nondurables ..................................................... Nondurables less food ..................................... Nondurables less food and apparel ............... Services less rent of she lter3 .......................... 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 .................... 171.0 177.0 164.6 135.3 154.4 141.5 151.3 204.7 198.1 111.2 184.1 188.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 3.5 4.2 6.4 9.9 2.0 2.1 8.9 2.1 2.1 0.0 -.1 .1 -.6 -.3 -.8 -.1 .4 .2 .7 -.1 -.1 160.1 165.0 159.1 136.3 152.7 144.5 154.1 191.6 179.4 110.4 172.4 175.1 2.8 2.9 3.0 2.6 4.1 6.1 9.9 3.9 3.1 12.7 2.1 2.2 0.1 .2 .3 .1 .1 .1 .1 .5 .3 1.5 .1 .1 158.1 163.4 161.8 137.5 153.9 145.0 149.7 195.5 173.4 108.6 170.8 172.6 2.4 2.5 2.7 3.1 4.1 6.2 9.4 2.6 2.2 11.3 1.8 1.7 -0.1 -.1 -.1 -.1 -.2 -.5 -.5 -.1 -.1 -2.0 .1 .1 166.1 171.0 163.5 134.9 153.7 141.2 153.3 201.1 187.1 116.6 176.5 178.7 2.8 3.0 2.4 2.9 3.4 5.4 8.6 2.4 3.0 9.2 2.4 2.6 0.1 .1 -.1 -.2 -.3 -.4 -.4 .2 .2 -1.5 .1 .2 146.1 105.4 210.9 1.1 22.0 2.4 -.6 -.3 .1 144.6 110.4 194.1 .3 22.7 3.0 -.1 1.5 .2 146.5 108.3 188.6 .8 22.4 2.2 -.1 -.7 .2 142.4 111.5 197.0 1.2 17.9 3.1 .0 -1.7 .3 1 Regions defined as the four Census regions. See map in technical notes. 2 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series converted to a geometric means estimator in January, 1999. 3 Indexes on a December 1982=100 base. 4 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. 5 Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. 6 Indexes on a December 1993=100 base. ' Data not available. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. 44 Table 12. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Population size classes1, by expenditure category and commodity and service group (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) Size class A 2 Item and group Index Nov. 1999 Percent change from— Nov. 1998 Size class D Size class B/C 3 Oct. 1999 Index Nov. 1999 Percent change from— Nov. 1998 Index Nov. 1999 Oct. 1999 Percent change from— Nov. 1998 Oct. 1999 Expenditure category All items 4 ......................................................................................... All items (December 1977=100) ................................................... 152.5 152.5 2.7 164.2 264.7 2.7 ' 0.2 * Food and beverages ................................................................... Food ............................................................................................ Food at home .......................................................................... Food away from home ............................................................ Alcoholic beverages .................................................................. 149.8 149.3 152.9 143.9 154.9 1.9 1.8 1.6 2.2 2.9 .0 .0 -.1 .1 .4 103.7 103.7 103.2 104.6 103.5 1.9 1.8 1.5 2.3 2.2 .2 .1 .0 .3 .4 163.1 162.7 160.4 167.9 167.5 3.0 2.9 2.8 3.3 5.2 .4 .4 .4 .2 2.3 Housing ......................................................................................... Shelter ......................................................................................... Rent of primary residence 5 .................................................... Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 5 6 ................. Fuels and utilities ....................................................................... Fuels .......................................................................................... Gas (piped) and electricity 5 .................................................. Electricity5 ............................................................................ Utility natural gas service 5 .................................................. Household furnishings and operations .................................... 149.3 160.4 151.6 160.3 129.5 126.2 124.7 123.5 127.1 119.7 2.7 3.2 3.7 2.9 2.3 2.3 1.4 -.1 4.4 .2 -.1 .1 .7 .4 -1.1 -1.3 -1.7 -3.7 2.7 -.3 103.3 104.5 104.1 104.0 100.5 99.6 99.4 98.1 103.4 100.3 1.5 1.6 1.9 1.6 3.4 3.8 3.0 1.3 8.2 -.6 .0 .0 .4 .3 .7 .9 .8 -1.1 6.7 -.1 155.3 177.1 166.3 185.1 134.0 111.7 120.2 123.6 118.9 123.1 1.7 1.8 2.0 2.0 2.9 3.0 2.6 .0 9.4 -.1 .0 -.2 .3 .3 .5 .7 .6 -.9 4.0 .1 Apparel .......................................................................................... 123.2 -1.0 -1.5 101.2 -1.4 .2 137.4 -1.2 .5 Transportation .............................................................................. Private transportation ................................................................ New and used motor vehicles 3 ............................................. New vehicles ......................................................................... New cars and trucks 3 7 ...................................................... New cars 7 ............................................................................. Used cars and trucks ............................................................. Motor fuel ................................................................................. Gasoline (all types) ................................................................ Gasoline, unleaded regular7 ............................................. Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 7 8 ....................................... Gasoline, unleaded premium 7 ........................................... 145.2 143.9 100.7 125.2 98.8 123.0 148.6 159.4 158.6 158.9 110.4 148.3 3.9 3.6 .0 -.6 -.5 -1.0 1.4 20.8 21.0 22.3 19.4 18.6 .1 .2 .4 .6 .6 .6 -.3 -.7 -.7 -.7 -.6 -.7 103.6 102.9 101.3 99.9 99.9 99.2 105.2 107.9 107.9 108.4 107.4 106.7 5.0 4.6 .4 .0 .0 -.3 1.5 22.8 22.8 24.2 21.6 19.5 .3 .3 .5 .5 .5 .5 -.1 -.6 -.6 -.6 -.7 -.7 144.8 140.6 100.9 144.0 99.6 138.3 147.8 107.0 106.2 101.6 117.9 111.7 4.9 4.8 .1 .1 .0 -1.2 .1 24.3 24.4 24.7 23.8 23.4 .3 .2 .3 .5 .4 .2 -.3 -.6 -.6 -.8 .3 .0 Medical care ................................................................................. Medical care commodities ........................................................ Medical care services ................................................................ Professional sen/ices 5 ............................................................. 200.7 189.4 203.0 183.4 3.5 4.1 3.4 3.1 .2 .1 .2 .2 106.6 106.7 106.6 106.5 3.7 4.2 3.5 3.5 .3 .2 .3 .4 246.4 232.4 250.0 234.6 2.9 3.2 2.8 1.2 .1 .6 -.1 .0 Recreation 3 .................................................................................. 102.2 1.1 .2 101.2 .1 .0 103.1 -.8 .0 Education and communication 3 ................................................. 102.9 1.6 .2 101.3 .7 -.1 101.3 .6 .8 Other goods and services .......................................................... 209.3 8.7 .1 115.7 10.1 -.3 265.7 10.4 -.3 152.5 140.0 133.6 146.2 162.1 117.5 162.5 160.8 157.7 184.0 2.7 2.5 2.9 5.9 9.9 -1.1 2.9 3.1 1.9 3.0 -.1 -.2 -.4 -.7 -.2 .1 .1 .1 .3 .4 105.3 103.0 102.5 105.9 108.0 98.5 104.5 104.5 104.5 106.0 2.4 2.7 3.1 6.6 10.4 -1.0 2.2 1.6 2.9 3.0 .1 .0 -.1 -.3 -.5 .2 .1 -.1 .8 .3 164.2 145.2 135.4 143.4 150.0 126.2 184.9 183.2 192.3 222.4 2.7 3.4 3.5 7.1 11.2 -.7 2.1 1.8 2.9 1.8 .2 .2 .0 -.1 -.3 .1 .2 -.2 1.1 .7 -0.1 105.3 2.4 0.1 Commodity and service group All items 4 ......................................................................................... Commodities ................................................................................ Commodities less food and beverages ................................... Nondurables less food and beverages .................................. Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel ............... Durables ................................................................................... Sen/ices ......................................................................................... Rent of shelter6 ......................................................................... Transportation services ............................................................. Other services ............................................................................ See footnotes at end of table. 45 Table 12. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Population size classes1, by expenditure category and commodity and service group-Continued (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) Size class A 2 Item and group Index Nov. 1999 Size class B/C 3 Percent change from— Nov. 1998 Oct. 1999 Index Nov. 1999 Size class D Percent change from— Nov. 1998 Oct. 1999 Index Nov. 1999 Percent change from— Nov. 1998 Oct. 1999 Special aggregate indexes All items less medical care ........................................................... All items less food ................ ......................................................... All items less shelter ...................................................................... Commodities less food .................................................................. Nondurables ................................................................................... Nondurables less food ................................................................... Nondurables less food and apparel ............................................. 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 .................................................. 149.9 153.2 149.2 134.8 148.2 147.1 161.1 163.9 159.1 139.5 153.5 154.4 132.0 157.9 165.2 1 See region and area size on Table 10 for information about population size classes. 2 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base. 3 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. 4 The ’All items’ index size B/C is on a December 1996=100 base. 5 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series converted to a geometric means estimator 2.7 2.9 2.5 2.9 3.8 5.7 9.1 2.6 2.8 9.8 2.3 2.4 .9 20.4 3.0 -0.1 .0 -.1 -.3 -.3 -.6 -.2 .1 .1 -1.1 .1 .1 -.3 -.4 .2 103.7 103.9 103.6 102.6 104.7 105.7 107.7 104.6 104.3 103.2 103.9 103.9 101.9 107.5 105.0 2.4 2.6 2.8 3.1 4.1 6.3 9.8 3.0 2.1 11.6 1.8 1.7 .8 22.2 2.2 0.1 .1 .2 -.1 -.1 -.3 -.4 .5 .1 .2 .1 .1 .0 -.3 .2 158.4 164.3 161.1 136.4 153.3 144.6 151.0 196.4 176.9 108.0 172.1 174.4 146.1 106.6 192.5 2.7 2.6 2.9 3.6 5.1 7.0 10.8 2.3 2.0 11.0 2.0 1.8 1.3 24.1 2.0 in January, 1999. 6 Indexes on a December 1982=100 base. 7 Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. 8 Indexes on a December 1993=100 base. ' Data not available. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. 46 0.3 .1 .3 .1 .2 .0 -.1 .5 .2 .2 .2 .1 .1 -.3 .2 Table 13. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Cross classification of regions and population size classes1, by expenditure category and commodity and service group (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) Northeast » Size class B /C 2 Size class A Item and group Percent change from— Index Nov. 1998 Nov. 1999 Index Nov. 1999 Oct. 1999 Percent change from— Nov. 1998 Oct. 1999 Expenditure category 105.1 2.4 -0.2 .4 .4 .5 .0 .3 104.0 104.1 103.5 105.5 102.3 1.5 1.5 .8 2.9 2.3 .0 -.1 -.3 .5 1.1 2.2 2.7 3.4 2.5 1.2 .9 -1.4 -1.6 -1.0 -.2 .3 .2 .9 .5 1.6 1.9 1.7 -.8 6.1 .3 102.9 104.0 103.2 103.5 99.3 98.5 97.2 95.0 102.5 100.4 1.3 1.4 1.6 1.4 2.9 3.5 -.2 -1.8 3.2 -2.0 -.3 -.7 .3 .2 1.6 2.1 1.8 -.7 7.9 -.9 128.3 -.2 -3.0 102.6 -1.1 -.7 Transportation .............................................................................. Private transportation ................................................................ Motor fuel ................................................................................. Gasoline (all types) ................................................................ Gasoline, unleaded regular6 ............................................. Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 6 7 ....................................... Gasoline, unleaded premium 6 ........................................... 151.5 146.7 107.9 107.3 106.7 108.4 106.6 3.7 3.9 23.2 23.2 25.4 20.8 20.2 -.1 .1 -.9 -.9 -.9 -.8 -.8 102.6 102.1 106.3 106.3 106.9 106.0 105.0 5.3 5.1 23.5 23.5 25.3 22.3 19.6 .2 .1 -1.7 -1.7 -1.9 -1.7 -1.1 Medical care ................................................................................. 273.0 4.2 .4 106.9 4.1 .1 Recreation2 .................................................................................. 104.0 .7 .1 104.6 2.5 .2 Education and communication 2 ................................................. 101.9 1.2 .2 100.5 .1 .4 Other goods and services .......................................................... 263.7 7.2 -.2 116.6 12.0 -.3 176.5 148.3 134.1 139.0 126.4 203.0 2.5 2.8 3.3 6.0 -1.6r 2.3 .1 -.3 -.7 -1.2 .0 .3 105.1 103.5 103.2 106.7 98.6 104.0 2.4 3.0 4.0 8.0 -1.1 2.1 -.2 -.2 -.3 -.4 -.2 -.1 171.9 165.4 135.9 154.8 141.4 203.9 197.2 113.0 184.4 188.6 2.4 2.4 3.3 4.0 5.8 1.8 2.2 8.0 2.2 2.1 .0 .0 -.7 -.4 -1.1 .4 .3 .8 .0 -.1 103.6 103.7 103.2 105.3 106.5 103.9 103.7 101.4 104.0 104.0 2.4 2.9 4.0 4.5 7.7 2.7 1.9 10.5 1.9 2.0 -.1 .1 -.2 -.2 -.3 .6 -.1 .5 -.2 -.2 All items 3 ........................................................................................ All items (December 1977=100) ................................................... 176.5 272.8 2.5 Food and beverages ................................................................... Food ............................................................................................ Food at home .......................................................................... Food away from home ............................................................ Alcoholic beverages .................................................................. 168.6 167.9 168.9 168.8 176.9 2.2 2.3 2.1 2.5 2.3 Housing ......................................................................................... Shelter ......................................................................................... Rent of primary residence 4 .................................................... Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 4 5 ................. Fuels and utilities ....................................................................... Fuels .......................................................................................... Gas (piped) and electricity 4 .................................................. Electricity4 ............................................................................ Utility natural gas service 4 .................................................. Household furnishings and operations .................................... 177.4 208.9 195.8 214.8 123.1 116.7 127.8 128.5 127.7 128.4 Apparel .......................................................................................... 0.1 ' Commodity and service group All items 3 ......................................................................................... Commodities ................................................................................ Commodities less food and beverages ................................... Nondurables less food and beverages .................................. Durables ................................................................................... Services ......................................................................................... Special aggregate indexes All items less medical care ........................................................... All items less shelter ...................................................................... Commodities less food .................................................................. Nondurables ................................................................................... Nondurables less food ................................................................... Services less rent of she lter5 ....................................................... Services less medical care services ............................................ Energy ............................................................................................. All items less energy ..................................................................... All items less food and energy ................................................... See footnotes at end of table. 47 Table 13. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Cross classification of regions and population size classes1, by expenditure category and commodity and service group-Continued (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) Midwest Size class B/C;2 Size class A Item and group Index Nov. 1999 Percent change from— Nov. 1998 Oct. 1999 Index Nov. 1999 Size class D Percent change from— Nov. 1998 Oct. 1999 Index Nov. 1999 Percent change from— Nov. 1998 Oct. 1999 Expenditure category All items 3 ......................................................................................... All items (December 1977=100) ................................................... 165.6 273.4 2.7 -0.1 105.6 * 3.1 * 0.6 ■ 159.3 255.3 3.0 ■ 0.4 ■ Food and beverages ................................................................... Food ............................................................................................ Food at home ........................................................................... Food away from home ............................................................. Alcoholic beverages .................................................................. 165.4 164.6 164.5 165.2 174.3 1.8 1.6 1.0 2.7 4.5 -.2 -.2 -.5 .3 .3 103.6 103.5 103.1 104.2 104.7 2.1 2.0 2.1 2.0 1.9 .3 .3 .2 .5 -.3 156.7 155.6 151.2 164.5 173.6 3.0 2.9 2.2 4.2 4.1 .2 .1 .1 .2 2.0 Housing ......................................................................................... Shelter ......................................................................................... Rent of primary residence 4 .................................................... Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 4 5 ................. Fuels and utilities ........................................................................ Fuels .......................................................................................... Gas (piped) and electricity 4 .................................................. Electricity4 ............................................................................ Utility natural gas service 4 .................................................. Household furnishings and operations .................................... 159.8 186.3 179.9 191.7 123.9 109.7 112.7 116.8 109.8 117.2 2.2 2.5 2.8 2.5 3.9 4.4 4.1 -.2 9.8 -2.3 -.2 -.2 .3 .3 .5 .6 .5 -1.8 3.6 -1.5 104.1 105.0 104.1 103.8 103.6 103.6 103.4 102.4 105.0 100.3 2.4 2.0 2.3 1.8 6.1 7.2 6.6 2.5 13.3 .3 .5 .1 .4 .2 2.6 3.1 3.1 -1.1 9.9 .0 149.6 167.2 157.8 175.9 135.9 106.4 114.8 105.2 129.4 118.1 2.0 1.9 2.7 2.1 4.6 5.2 5.0 -1.6 12.7 -.8 .5 .2 .8 .7 1.5 1.7 2.0 -3.5 8.0 .5 Apparel .......................................................................................... 126.1 -2.8 -.4 101.8 -.3 1.3 151.7 -.3 -.1 Transportation .............................................................................. Private transportation ................................................................ Motor fuel ................................................................................. Gasoline (all types) ................................................................ Gasoline, unleaded regular6 ............................................. Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 6 7 ....................................... Gasoline, unleaded premium 6 ........................................... 147.9 144.1 112.1 111.4 110.3 120.9 113.0 4.1 3.4 21.3 21.4 22.3 20.4 18.9 .5 .5 .7 .7 .6 1.0 .6 105.0 104.6 112.7 112.7 113.0 112.0 112.2 5.7 5.5 25.1 25.1 26.3 23.3 22.1 1.2 1.1 3.0 3.0 3.2 2.7 2.6 139.0 132.4 102.5 101.4 97.6 117.7 109.0 4.7 4.4 22.2 22.2 22.2 20.7 24.1 .6 .5 -1.7 -1.7 -1.9 -1.4 -1.2 Medical care ................................................................................. 247.2 4.3 -.1 106.1 3.5 .7 239.7 3.1 .3 Recreation2 .................................................................................. 103.3 2.9 -.2 100.3 -1.0 -.8 104.0 .9 .1 Education and communication 2 ................................................. 105.1 2.1 .3 104.5 3.5 .8 98.8 .0 .8 Other goods and services .......................................................... 261.1 8.3 -.1 115.5 9.7 -.9 249.2 11.2 -.5 165.6 145.7 133.9 142.6 121.9 186.0 2.7 1.8 1.8 5.2 -2.1 3.3 -.1 -.2 -.2 -.2 -.2 .1 105.6 103.2 103.0 107.1 97.6 105.6 3.1 3.1 3.7 7.4 -1.2 3.0 .6 .5 .6 .8 .3 .5 159.3 144.7 137.9 148.2 124.8 175.0 3.0 3.2 3.3 6.4 -1.0 2.6 .4 .0 -.1 -.6 .6 .6 161.5 159.5 135.6 154.4 144.7 192.1 180.5 110.3 173.3 175.4 2.5 2.7 1.9 3.5 5.2 4.1 3.2 11.1 2.1 2.2 -.1 .0 -.2 -.2 -.2 .3 .1 .6 -.1 -.1 104.4 104.3 103.0 105.4 107.0 106.2 105.6 107.8 104.2 104.3 3.1 3.4 3.6 4.8 7.2 3.8 3.0 15.2 2.2 2.1 .5 .7 .5 .6 .7 .9 .6 3.1 .3 .3 153.6 157.3 139.0 153.2 149.8 185.8 166.5 103.4 167.2 169.7 2.9 3.2 3.3 4.7 6.4 3.2 2.5 12.0 2.1 1.9 .4 .4 -.1 -.2 -.5 1.0 .7 .3 .4 .4 ' Commodity and service group All items 3 ......................................................................................... Commodities ................................................................................ Commodities less food and beverages ................................... Nondurables less food and beverages ................................. Durables ................................................................................... Services ......................................................................................... Special aggregate indexes All items less medical care ............................................................ All items less shelter ...................................................................... Commodities less food .................................................................. Nondurables ................................................................................... Nondurables less food ................................................................... Services less rent of shelter5 ....................................................... Services less medical care services ............................................ Energy ............................................................................................. All items less energy ..................................................................... All items less food and energy ................................................... 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 classes1, by expenditure category and commodity and service group-Continued (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) South Size class A Item and group Index Nov. 1999 Size class B/C 2 Percent change from— Nov. 1998 Percent change from— Index Nov. 1999 Oct. 1999 Size class D Nov. 1998 Oct. 1999 Index Nov. 1999 Percent change from— Nov. 1998 Oct. 1999 Expenditure category All items 3 ........................................................................................ All items (December 1977=100) ................................................... 162.9 262.9 2.7 -0.2 105.1 2.2 ' ' ' ' 164.1 266.5 2.6 Food and beverages ................................................................... Food ............................................................................................ Food at home ........................................................................... Food away from home ........................................................ . Alcoholic beverages .................................................................. 163.8 164.0 161.1 169.7 162.2 2.0 2.1 2.0 2.2 1.6 .0 .1 .1 -.1 .0 103.6 103.6 102.9 104.9 103.4 1.9 1.9 1.6 2.5 2.1 .2 .2 .2 .3 .6 162.2 162.6 160.7 168.1 153.4 3.4 3.4 3.7 2.6 6.3 .7 .7 1.1 .2 .1 Housing ......................................................................................... Shelter ......................................................................................... Rent of primary residence 4 .................................................... Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 4 5 ................. Fuels and utilities ....................................................................... Fuels .......................................................................................... Gas (piped) and electricity 4 .................................................. Electricity4 ............................................................................ Utility natural gas service 4 .................................................. Household furnishings and operations .................................... 153.4 170.1 167.7 172.5 121.2 106.9 110.1 106.4 118.9 131.4 2.0 2.5 3.1 2.2 1.5 1.4 1.1 .5 4.1 -.3 -.7 .2 .4 .3 -6.6 -8.1 -8.4 -10.1 -.1 -.3 103.4 104.7 104.5 104.5 99.8 98.6 98.4 97.5 103.4 100.3 1.5 1.5 1.8 1.5 3.6 4.1 3.9 3.0 9.1 -.5 .0 .0 .3 .4 -.1 -.2 -.3 -1.1 3.9 .2 154.8 177.3 168.0 181.3 133.8 114.1 118.0 120.7 117.7 122.6 1.9 2.1 2.1 2.4 2.5 2.4 1.6 .6 7.3 .3 -.5 -.6 -.1 .2 .1 .4 -.2 .0 -1.2 -.3 Apparel .......................................................................................... 152.9 .5 -1.7 100.6 -1.6 .1 128.9 -2.6 -.2 Transportation .............................................................................. Private transportation ................................................................ Motor fuel ................................................................................. Gasoline (all types) ................................................................ Gasoline, unleaded regular6 ............................................. Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 6 7 ....................................... Gasoline, unleaded premium 6 ........................................... 144.3 143.6 111.2 110.4 108.4 111.9 111.9 4.3 4.1 22.6 22.8 24.9 20.8 19.7 .3 .4 -.4 -.3 -.5 -.1 -.2 103.3 102.7 107.4 107.4 107.9 107.0 106.4 4.4 4.3 22.6 22.6 24.0 21.7 19.4 .0 .0 -1.7 -1.8 -2.0 -1.6 -1.6 144.5 142.9 101.0 99.7 94.8 118.6 108.1 4.7 4.8 25.5 25.4 26.7 24.6 22.7 .3 .3 1.1 1.0 1.2 .9 1.0 Medical care ................................................................................. 245.2 2.6 .4 106.6 3.4 .2 251.3 2.2 -.1 R ecreation2 .................................................................................. 102.3 1.9 .3 100.6 -.6 .2 103.6 -2.9 -.1 Education and communication 2 ................................................. 103.6 2.0 .2 99.6 -.6 -.7 103.6 1.8 .8 Other goods and services .......................................................... 244.6 9.5 .7 116.2 10.0 .0 260.0 11.0 .1 162.9 146.7 136.9 143.4 129.5 179.2 2.7 2.9 3.6 7.0 -.6 2.5 -.2 -.1 -.1 -.6 .3 -.3 105.1 102.8 102.3 105.4 98.7 104.5 2.2 2.4 2.6 6.0 -1.3 2.2 .0 -.1 -.3 -.7 .3 .2 164.1 144.4 134.8 142.0 126.4 185.1 2.6 3.6 3.6 7.7 -1.0 1.8 .0 .3 .1 .4 -.2 -.2 158.3 160.7 138.0 153.5 144.5 193.6 172.6 107.4 170.4 172.1 2.7 2.8 3.4 4.3 6.6 2.6 2.5 10.5 2.2 2.2 -.3 -.4 -.1 -.3 -.6 -.7 -.3 -4.5 .1 .2 103.5 103.3 102.4 104.4 105.3 104.2 104.2 102.4 103.8 103.8 2.2 2.5 2.7 3.8 5.8 2.9 2.0 11.8 1.6 1.4 .0 .0 -.2 -.3 -.7 .3 .1 -1.0 .1 .1 157.1 160.9 135.3 151.9 142.4 196.3 175.4 105.4 172.4 174.8 2.6 2.7 3.8 5.5 7.6 1.6 1.8 10.6 1.9 1.6 .1 .2 .1 .5 .4 .2 -.2 .7 .0 -.1 0.0 0.0 ' Commodity and service group All items 3 ......................................................................................... Commodities ................................................................................ Commodities less food and beverages ................................... Nondurables less food and beverages .................................. Durables ................................................................................... Services ......................................................................................... Special aggregate indexes All items less medical care ............................................................ AH items less s h e lte r...................................................................... Commodities less food .................................................................. Nondurables ................................................................................... Nondurables less food ................................................................... Services less rent of shelter5 ....................................................... Services less medical care services ............................................ Energy ............................................................................................. All items less energy ..................................................................... All items less food and energy ................................................... See footnotes at end of table. 49 Table 13. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Cross classification of regions and population size classes1, by expenditure category and commodity and service group-Continued (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) West Size class A Item and group Index Size class B/C 2 Percent change from— Nov. 1999 Nov. 1998 Index Oct. 1999 Nov. 1999 Percent change from— Nov. 1998 Oct. 1999 E xpenditure category All items 3 ......................................................................................... All items (December 1977=100) ................................................... 171.6 279.8 3.1 ■ 0.0 ■ 105.5 ■ 1.9 ■ 0.0 ■ Food and beverages ................................................................... Food ............................................................................................ Food at home .......................................................................... Food away from home ............................................................. Alcoholic beverages .................................................................. 168.9 168.2 172.5 162.2 176.1 1.6 1.4 1.3 1.7 3.3 -.1 -.2 -.5 .1 .7 103.7 103.7 103.8 103.6 103.3 1.7 1.7 1.5 2.3 1.9 -.1 -.1 -.2 .2 -.1 Housing ......................................................................................... Shelter ......................................................................................... Rent of primary residence 4 .................................................... Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 4 5 ................. Fuels and utilities ....................................................................... Fuels .......................................................................................... Gas (piped) and electricity 4 .................................................. Electricity4 ............................................................................ Utility natural gas service 4 .................................................. Household furnishings and operations .................................... 176.4 194.4 189.9 206.1 143.5 131.4 133.4 145.9 123.8 132.2 4.1 4.3 4.7 4.1 2.9 2.9 2.6 1.2 5.7 2.7 .1 .2 .6 .4 -1.2 -1.7 -1.8 -1.6 -2.7 .0 102.9 103.8 103.7 103.2 99.9 99.0 99.0 98.6 100.5 100.3 .9 1.4 1.9 1.5 -.9 -1.6 -1.8 -2.5 1.0 -.5 .1 .2 .6 .2 -.4 -.3 -.6 -1.5 3.2 -.2 Apparel .......................................................................................... 121.4 -1.2 -.3 100.1 -3.0 -.7 Transportation .............................................................................. Private transportation ................................................................ Motor fuel ................................................................................. Gasoline (all types) ................................................................ Gasoline, unleaded regular6 ............................................. Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 6 7 ....................................... Gasoline, unleaded premium 6 ........................................... 148.0 143.2 108.7 107.6 104.5 103.7 110.4 3.5 3.1 17.3 17.3 18.5 15.6 15.6 .0 -.1 -2.1 -2.0 -2.2 -2.1 -2.0 103.5 101.8 103.8 103.7 103.7 103.8 103.4 4.7 3.6 18.8 18.6 19.7 17.6 16.3 .1 -.1 -1.1 -1.2 -1.5 -.8 -.9 Medical care ................................................................................. 245.4 2.8 .0 106.8 3.8 .1 Recreation2 .................................................................................. 99.5 -.7 .4 100.0 .8 .1 Education and communication 2 ................................................. 101.6 1.1 .1 102.6 1.4 .6 Other goods and services .......................................................... 275.1 10.3 .4 113.4 9.0 -.7 171.6 146.3 132.2 136.5 126.2 193.7 3.1 2.4 3.0 5.6 -.4 3.5 .0 -.2 -.2 -.4 .2 .1 105.5 102.5 101.8 104.3 98.8 104.1 1.9 2.3 2.7 5.1 -.2 1.8 .0 -.3 -.3 -.5 -.2 .2 167.8 163.4 134.4 153.4 139.7 201.2 189.5 115.9 177.5 179.8 3.1 2.4 3.0 3.4 5.4 2.4 3.6 10.1 2.7 2.9 .0 -.1 -.1 -.3 -.4 .1 .2 -1.9 .1 .2 103.2 103.3 101.8 104.0 104.3 104.3 103.8 101.1 103.6 103.6 1.9 2.3 2.6 3.3 5.0 2.3 1.6 6.8 1.7 1.7 .0 -.1 -.4 -.3 -.4 .2 .2 -.8 .1 .1 Com m odity and service group All items 3 ......................................................................................... Commodities ................................................................................ Commodities less food and beverages ................................... Nondurables less food and beverages .................................. Durables ................................................................................... Services ........................................................................................ Special aggregate indexes All items less medical care ........................................................... All items less shelter ...................................................................... Commodities less food .................................................................. Nondurables ................................................................................... Nondurables less food ................................................................... Services less rent of shelter5 ....................................................... Services less medical care services ............................................ Energy ............................................................................................. All items less energy ..................................................................... All items less food and energy ................................................... 1 See region and area size on Table 10 for information about cross classifications. 2 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. 3 The ’All items’ index size B/C is on a December 1996=100 base. 4 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series converted to a geometric means estimator in January, 1999. 5 Indexes on a December 1982=100 base. 6 Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. 7 Indexes on a December 1993=100 base. ' Data not available. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. 50 Table 14. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Food at home, selected areas (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) Food at home Indexes Area Pricing schedule 1 Aug. 1999 Sep. 1999 Percent change to Nov. 1999 from— Oct. 1999 Nov. 1999 Nov. 1998 Sep. 1999 Percent change to Oct. 1999 from— Oct. 1999 Oct. 1998 Aug. 1999 Sep. 1999 M 164.1 164.5 165.1 165.1 1.6 0.4 0.0 1.6 0.6 0.4 Northeast urban ................................................ Size A - More than 1,500,000 .................... Size B/C 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................. M M M 167.7 168.5 102.8 167.4 167.4 103.8 167.8 168.0 103.8 168.3 168.9 103.5 1.7 2.1 .8 .5 .9 -.3 .3 .5 -.3 1.3 1.6 .9 .1 -.3 1.0 .2 .4 .0 Midwest urban .................................................. Size A - More than 1,500,000 .................. Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than 50,000) ................................................. M M M 160.1 164.0 103.3 161.1 165.1 103.7 160.7 165.4 102.9 160.3 164.5 103.1 1.5 1.0 2.1 -.5 -.4 -.6 -.2 -.5 .2 1.9 2.0 1.6 .4 .9 -.4 -.2 .2 -.8 M 150.6 152.5 151.1 151.2 2.2 -.9 .1 2.2 .3 -.9 South urban ...................................................... Size A - More than 1,500,000 ................... Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ............... Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than 50,000) ................................................. M M M 159.6 159.9 101.5 160.7 159.6 102.5 161.3 161.0 102.7 161.6 161.1 102.9 1.8 2.0 1.6 .6 .9 .4 .2 .1 .2 1.6 1.4 1.7 1.1 .7 1.2 .4 .9 .2 M 156.2 158.8 159.0 160.7 3.7 1.2 1.1 2.5 1.8 .1 West urban ....................................................... Size A - More than 1,500,000 .................. Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M M M 170.6 172.0 103.2 170.3 172.1 102.5 172.0 173.3 104.0 171.4 172.5 103.8 1.4 1.3 1.5 .6 .2 1.3 -.3 -.5 -.2 1.7 1.6 1.8 .8 .8 .8 1.0 .7 1.5 M M M 152.3 102.4 157.6 152.2 103.0 159.3 153.0 103.2 159.7 152.9 103.2 160.4 1.6 1.5 2.8 .5 .2 .7 -.1 .0 .4 1.7 1.6 2.3 .5 .8 1.3 .5 .2 .3 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI .................. Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA .. New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA .......................................... M M 175.8 175.0 176.2 175.1 174.7 177.3 173.7 175.5 -.6 .2 -1.4 .2 -.6 -1.0 -.9 1.1 -.6 1.3 -.9 1.3 M 170.9 169.6 169.0 170.7 2.5 .6 1.0 1.5 -1.1 -.4 Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT .... Cleveland-Akron, OH ....................................... Dallas-Fort Worth, TX ...................................... Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV 3 ..... 1 1 1 1 164.9 169.8 150.9 100.9 166.0 170.3 151.4 100.1 167.7 169.5 155.2 100.8 169.1 169.7 153.6 101.6 1.6 4.4 3.6 1.3 1.9 -.4 1.5 1.5 .8 .1 -1.0 .8 -.1 4.6 3.5 .9 1.7 -.2 2.8 -.1 1.0 -.5 2.5 .7 Atlanta, GA ....................................................... Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, Ml .............................. Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX .................... Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL ............................. Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD ......................................... San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA .......... Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA .................... 2 2 2 2 165.4 154.7 159.4 170.1 165.8 156.0 157.3 170.4 167.9 157.9 156.7 171.8 169.8 158.3 157.7 169.3 3.3 .7 1.7 1.0 2.4 1.5 .3 -.6 1.1 .3 .6 -1.5 1.0 3.2 -.6 1.5 1.5 2.1 -1.7 1.0 1.3 1.2 -.4 .8 2 2 2 169.9 174.9 170.2 167.3 176.2 167.6 170.6 178.1 171.1 169.7 176.3 169.5 2.0 2.7 .9 1.4 .1 1.1 -.5 -1.0 -.9 3.0 3.2 1.4 .4 1.8 .5 2.0 1.1 2.1 U.S. city average ............................................. Region and area size2 Size classes A 4 .................................................................. B/C 3 ............................................................... D .................................................................... Selected local areas 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 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. 4 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. 51 Table 15. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Areas priced monthly, by expenditure category and commodity and service group (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) U.S. city average Item and group Index Nov. 1999 ChicagoGaryKenosha, IL-IN-WI Percent change from— Nov. 1998 Oct. 1999 Percent change from— Index Nov. 1999 Nov. 1998 New YorkNorthern N.J.Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA Los AngelesRiversideOrange County, CA Oct. 1999 Index Nov. 1999 Percent change from— Nov. 1998 Oct. 1999 Index Percent change from— Nov. 1999 Nov. 1998 Oct. 1999 Expenditure category All items ............................................................. All items (1967=100) ....................................... 168.3 504.1 2.6 Food and beverages ...................................... Food .............................................................. Food at home ............................................. Food away from home .............................. Alcoholic beverages .................................... 165.7 165.2 165.1 166.5 171.2 Housing ........................................................... Shelter ........................................................... Rent of primary residence 1 ....................... Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 1 2 ....................................... Fuels and utilities ......................................... Fuels ............................................................ Gas (piped) and electricity1 .................... Electricity 1 .............................................. Utility natural gas service 1 .................... Household furnishings and operations .... 0.1 ■ 169.3 505.8 2.4 ■ -0.2 167.1 493.8 2.3 * -0.1 ■ 178.8 516.9 2.3 * -0.1 - 2.0 1.9 1.6 2.4 2.6 .1 .1 .0 .2 .4 168.1 166.9 173.7 154.6 186.0 1.2 .8 -.6 3.0 8.7 -.2 -.2 -.6 .3 1.0 169.9 167.9 175.5 157.0 190.9 .9 .7 .2 1.5 4.6 -.5 -.5 -1.0 .3 .8 171.7 170.9 170.7 175.4 181.5 2.3 2.3 2.5 2.1 3.0 .5 .6 1.0 -.1 .2 164.9 188.6 179.8 2.2 2.5 3.0 -.1 .1 .6 168.9 203.2 199.4 3.1 3.3 3.4 -.5 -.2 .2 166.2 179.6 172.4 3.0 3.3 3.8 -.1 .1 .5 181.2 214.0 200.4 2.3 2.6 3.5 .4 .4 1.1 194.9 130.0 114.6 121.4 123.9 120.3 126.4 2.4 2.8 2.9 2.1 .4 6.0 -.2 .4 -.2 -.3 -.5 -2.4 4.2 -.2 209.7 123.4 111.2 114.2 107.8 122.0 105.3 3.5 9.3 10.9 10.9 .1 24.2 -5.5 .2 .4 .5 .4 .1 .9 -3.8 188.5 147.4 139.9 140.2 154.2 130.4 124.7 3.2 2.6 2.6 2.6 .0 8.3 .5 .4 -.9 -1.3 -1.3 .0 -3.8 -.2 221.2 117.9 115.3 123.8 122.6 126.3 129.5 2.3 2.4 2.2 .1 -.4 1.1 -1.4 .5 .3 .3 -.2 -1.0 1.3 .1 Apparel ............................................................ 133.6 -1.0 -.7 115.0 -6.3 .3 117.0 -3.0 -1.2 127.8 -.2 -5.1 Transportation ................................................ Private transportation .................................. Motor fuel .................................................... Gasoline (all types) .................................. Gasoline, unleaded regular3 ................ Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 3 4 ......... Gasoline, unleaded premium 3 ............. 147.6 143.6 109.3 108.7 106.6 113.3 109.8 4.3 4.1 21.9 21.9 23.2 20.5 19.2 .2 .2 -.6 -.6 -.7 -.6 -.6 143.5 139.9 110.4 109.5 107.4 117.2 110.4 3.5 2.9 18.2 18.3 19.2 17.7 15.8 .3 .3 .0 .0 .1 .2 -.5 148.1 142.2 103.0 100.7 97.8 98.9 103.1 2.9 2.6 12.8 12.9 13.1 13.2 12.4 .1 -.1 -1.2 -1.2 -1.3 -1.2 -.9 155.0 148.0 105.4 105.0 105.1 106.1 105.8 2.9 3.2 22.4 22.5 24.8 19.8 19.8 -.4 -.1 -1.1 -1.2 -1.3 -1.1 -.8 Medical care ................................................... 253.3 3.5 .2 255.5 3.6 -.4 245.9 2.5 .2 267.3 3.8 .2 R ecreation5 .................................................... 101.9 .6 .1 102.1 2.0 .0 101.4 -1.6 1.2 104.2 .8 .6 Education and communication 5 ................... 102.2 1.2 .1 107.9 1.9 .2 99.5 .3 .0 101.4 .7 .2 Other goods and services ............................. 263.0 9.4 -.1 260.3 5.1 -1.0 278.8 11.3 .2 260.8 6.2 -.4 168.3 146.2 134.6 141.3 126.0 190.5 2.6 2.6 3.1 6.3 -1.1 2.6 .1 -.1 -.2 -.4 .1 .2 169.3 144.1 129.0 136.8 117.9 193.6 2.4 .3 -.2 2.0 -2.8 3.8 -.2 -.5 -.7 -.6 -.8 -.1 167.1 145.2 129.4 134.5 122.3 186.5 2.3 1.8 2.3 4.8 -1.0 2.6 -.1 -.3 -.2 -.4 .2 .1 178.8 150.4 134.2 138.8 125.4 203.7 2.3 2.6 2.8 5.5 -2.6 2.2 -.1 -.6 -1.5 -2.1 .0 .2 163.6 162.1 136.1 153.7 143.1 197.9 184.3 111.2 175.8 178.4 2.6 2.7 3.0 4.0 6.0 2.7 2.6 10.6 2.0 2.1 .0 .1 -.1 -.2 -.4 .3 .1 -.4 .1 .1 165.1 158.4 131.4 152.9 140.1 192.6 188.6 109.3 177.1 179.6 2.3 1.9 .0 1.6 2.4 4.3 3.8 13.7 1.6 1.8 -.2 -.3 -.7 -.4 -.5 .2 -.1 .3 -.3 -.3 163.0 162.7 132.6 153.2 139.3 202.6 181.5 115.2 172.6 174.0 2.3 1.7 2.4 2.6 4.7 1.6 2.6 7.8 1.9 2.2 -.1 -.1 -.2 -.5 -.4 .1 .1 -1.3 .0 .1 174.6 165.5 136.3 156.7 141.4 200.2 198.6 111.4 186.4 190.3 2.2 2.1 2.8 3.7 5.3 1.5 2.1 8.5 2.0 1.9 -.1 -.3 -1.3 -.6 -1.9 .0 .3 -.2 .0 -.2 " Commodity and service group All items ............................................................. Commodities ................................................... Commodities less food and beverages .... Nondurables less food and beverages .... Durables ..................................................... Sen/ices ........................................................... Special aggregate indexes All items less medical care ............................. All items less shelter ........................................ Commodities less food .................................... Nondurables ..................................................... Nondurables less food ..................................... Services less rent of she lter2 .......................... Services less medical care services .............. Energy ............................................................... All items less energy ........................................ All items less food and energy ...................... 1 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series converted to a geometric means estimator in January, 1999. 2 Indexes on a December 1982=100 base. 3 Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. 4 Indexes on a December 1993=100 base, 5 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. ' Data not available. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. 52 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) Monthly cities and pricing schedule 11 U.S. city average BostonBrocktonNashua, MA-NH-ME-CT Item and group Index Nov. 1999 Percent change from— Nov. 1998 Sep. 1999 Index Nov. 1999 ChicagoGaryKenosha, IL-IN-WI Percent change from— Nov. 1998 Sep. 1999 Index Nov. 1999 Percent change from— Nov. 1998 Sep. 1999 Expenditure category 179.2 520.9 3.4 .4 .4 .4 .4 .3 172.5 172.9 169.1 180.3 171.3 2.2 2.5 3.0 2.4 2.8 2.9 2.1 .4 6.0 -.2 -.2 .2 .8 .5 -2.0 -2.6 -3.1 -5.9 3.8 -.5 133.6 -1.0 Transportation 3 ............................................................................ Private transportation ................................................................ Motor fuel ................................................................................. Gasoline (all types) ................................................................ Gasoline, unleaded regular7 ............................................. Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 7 8 ....................................... Gasoline, unleaded premium 7 ........................................... 147.6 143.6 109.3 108.7 106.6 113.3 109.8 Medical care 3 ............................................................................... 1.4 169.3 505.8 2.4 -0.2 2.1 2.2 1.6 3.0 1.5 1.1 1.2 1.9 .3 .6 168.1 166.9 173.7 154.6 186.0 1.2 .8 -.6 3.0 8.7 -.6 -.7 -1.4 .6 .6 174.2 205.7 197.2 210.8 124.2 106.3 128.1 125.9 128.8 123.0 3.9 4.3 4.5 3.9 2.5 1.8 -1.3 .3 -3.4 2.8 2.1 1.4 2.0 1.5 9.3 11.1 12.3 -1.4 38.8 1.2 168.9 203.2 199.4 209.7 123.4 111.2 114.2 107.8 122.0 105.3 3.1 3.3 3.4 3.5 9.3 10.9 10.9 .1 24.2 -5.5 -.9 -.5 .5 .1 -.6 -.7 -.8 -7.5 7.0 -4.7 1.4 146.5 -.7 1.0 115.0 -6.3 -.3 4.3 4.1 21.9 21.9 23.2 20.5 19.2 .8 .5 -.9 -.9 -1.1 -.6 -.6 146.0 145.8 111.9 110.6 108.8 112.5 111.1 4.7 5.0 23.8 23.9 26.5 20.7 19.5 1.3 1.7 3.0 3.1 3.1 3.0 2.6 143.5 139.9 110.4 109.5 107.4 117.2 110.4 3.5 2.9 18.2 18.3 19.2 17.7 15.8 .8 .6 -1.3 -1.4 -1.3 -1.7 -1.4 253.3 3.5 .4 337.2 5.4 1.6 255.5 3.6 .5 Recreation9 .................................................................................. 101.9 .6 .2 103.9 -.3 -.9 102.1 2.0 .7 Education and communication 9 ................................................. 102.2 1.2 .3 102.5 1.6 .2 107.9 1.9 .7 Other goods and services 3 ......................................................... 263.0 9.4 .2 259.5 8.3 -.7 260.3 5.1 -.6 168.3 146.2 134.6 141.3 126.0 190.5 2.6 2.6 3.1 6.3 -1.1 2.6 .2 .3 .2 .2 .2 .2 179.2 147.9 133.4 142.0 125.6 208.8 3.4 3.5 4.3 7.4 -.3 3.4 1.4 .8 .7 .9 .3 1.8 169.3 144.1 129.0 136.8 117.9 193.6 2.4 .3 -.2 2.0 -2.8 3.8 -.2 -.7 -.8 -.7 -1.0 .1 163.6 162.1 136.1 153.7 143.1 197.9 184.3 111.2 175.8 178.4 2.6 2.7 3.0 4.0 6.0 2.7 2.6 10.6 2.0 2.1 .2 .3 .2 .3 .2 .3 .2 -1.8 .4 .4 172.1 170.9 135.0 156.9 143.4 220.0 198.3 107.8 189.6 193.6 3.3 3.0 4.2 4.7 6.9 2.2 3.2 9.2 3.0 3.2 1.4 1.4 .7 1.0 .8 2.1 1.7 7.9 1.0 .9 165.1 158.4 131.4 152.9 140.1 192.6 188.6 109.3 177.1 179.6 2.3 1.9 .0 1.6 2.4 4.3 3.8 13.7 1.6 1.8 -.3 -.2 -.8 -.6 -.6 .7 .0 -1.0 -.2 -.2 All items 3 ......................................................................................... All items (1967=100) ..................................................................... 168.3 504.1 2.6 Food and beverages 3 .................................................................. Food3 .......................................................................................... Food at home ........................................................................... Food away from home 4 .......................................................... Alcoholic beverages 4 ................................................................ 165.7 165.2 165.1 166.5 171.2 2.0 1.9 1.6 2.4 2.6 Housing 3 ....................................................................................... Shelter ......................................................................................... Rent of primary residence 3 5 .................................................. Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 5 6 ................. Fuels and utilities ....................................................................... Fuels .......................................................................................... Gas (piped) and electricity 5 .................................................. Electricity5 ............................................................................ Utility natural gas service 5 .................................................. Household furnishings and operations .................................... 164.9 188.6 179.8 194.9 130.0 114.6 121.4 123.9 120.3 126.4 Apparel 3 ........................................................................................ 0.2 ' ‘ ' Commodity and service group All items 3 ......................................................................................... Commodities ................................................................................ Commodities less food and beverages ................................... Nondurables less food and beverages .................................. Durables ................................................................................... Services ......................................................................................... Special aggregate indexes All items less medical care 3 ......................................................... All items less shelter ...................................................................... Commodities less food .................................................................. Nondurables ................................................................................... Nondurables less food ................................................................... Services less rent of shelter6 ....................................................... Services less medical care sen/ices ............................................ Energy3 ........................................................................................... All items less energy ..................................................................... All items less food and energy 3 .................................................. See footnotes at end of table. 53 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) Monthly cities and pricing schedule 11 ClevelandAkron, OH Los AngelesRiversideOrange County, CA DallasFort Worth, TX Item and group Index Nov. 1999 Percent change from— Nov. 1998 Sep. 1999 Index Nov. 1999 Percent change from— Nov. 1998 Sep. 1999 Index Nov. 1999 Percent change from— Nov. 1998 Sep. 1999 Expenditure category All items 3 ......................................................................................... All items (1967=100) ..................................................................... 163.8 524.9 1.9 -0.2 160.1 502.2 4.0 - 0.2 - 167.1 493.8 2.3 -0.1 - Food and beverages 3 .................................................................. Food 3 .......................................................................................... Food at home ........................................................................... Food away from home 4 .......................................................... Alcoholic beverages 4 ................................................................ 171.1 173.0 169.7 180.3 151.7 3.4 3.5 4.4 1.8 2.6 -.1 -.1 -.4 .3 .0 166.3 163.9 153.6 180.7 194.3 3.2 3.3 3.6 3.0 1.4 .8 .9 1.5 .0 .6 169.9 167.9 175.5 157.0 190.9 .9 .7 .2 1.5 4.6 .1 .2 .2 .1 -1.1 Housing 3 ....................................................................................... Shelter ......................................................................................... Rent of primary residence 3 5 .................................................. Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 5 6 ................. Fuels and utilities ........................................................................ Fuels .......................................................................................... Gas (piped) and electricity 5 .................................................. Electricity5 ............................................................................ Utility natural gas service 5 .................................................. Household furnishings and operations .................................... 160.5 183.9 174.8 183.9 125.9 119.9 121.2 133.6 110.0 127.8 .8 2.1 1.9 2.1 -4.4 -6.1 -6.9 .0 -14.8 -1.0 -.9 .2 .6 .4 -6.6 -7.8 -8.5 -15.2 2.3 -.7 147.5 159.1 158.3 168.0 125.0 114.3 113.6 109.7 121.2 135.7 2.7 3.3 4.3 3.0 1.1 .3 .0 -1.9 8.2 1.4 -.8 .6 .8 .6 -8.2 -10.4 -10.8 -12.0 -5.5 .3 166.2 179.6 172.4 188.5 147.4 139.9 140.2 154.2 130.4 124.7 3.0 3.3 3.8 3.2 2.6 2.6 2.6 .0 8.3 .5 -.1 .2 .6 .5 -1.9 -2.8 -2.8 .3 -8.6 -1.0 Apparel 3 ........................................................................................ 126.6 -5.7 -3.1 140.0 7.2 -2.8 117.0 -3.0 -1.4 Transportation 3 ............................................................................ Private transportation ................................................................ Motor fuel ................................................................................. Gasoline (all types) ................................................................ Gasoline, unleaded regular7 ............................................. Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 7 8 ....................................... Gasoline, unleaded premium 7 ........................................... 146.5 146.1 121.0 120.0 119.3 123.2 120.8 3.2 2.1 24.0 24.1 25.7 23.4 19.8 .8 .7 -1.1 -1.1 -.5 -1.2 -2.7 144.6 144.2 110.0 109.5 106.9 110.5 110.3 4.2 4.0 23.0 23.2 25.8 20.5 19.0 1.0 1.1 2.0 2.1 2.4 2.1 1.5 148.1 142.2 103.0 100.7 97.8 98.9 103.1 2.9 2.6 12.8 12.9 13.1 13.2 12.4 -.4 -.4 -4.5 -4.5 -4.8 -4.4 -3.9 Medical care 3 ............................................................................... 227.0 4.6 .0 237.8 3.9 1.6 245.9 2.5 .0 Recreation9 .................................................................................. 98.9 -1.3 -.3 103.9 3.2 .7 101.4 -1.6 2.2 Education and communication 9 ................................................. 100.2 .7 .5 105.9 4.1 -.1 99.5 .3 .1 Other goods and sen/ices 3 ......................................................... 237.2 9.6 2.3 251.5 12.3 1.9 278.8 11.3 -.3 163.8 149.9 136.8 144.4 122.5 179.3 1.9 2.4 1.8 5.3 -2.2 1.5 -.2 .2 .4 -.3 1.1 -.6 160.1 145.0 134.0 137.1 132.1 174.6 4.0 4.0 4.6 9.6 -.7 3.9 .2 .1 -.3 -.7 .3 .2 167.1 145.2 129.4 134.5 122.3 186.5 2.3 1.8 2.3 4.8 -1.0 2.6 -.1 -.3 -.6 -1.2 .1 .2 160.7 157.4 137.4 158.2 144.4 177.8 175.8 119.3 170.2 169.6 1.7 1.7 1.8 4.3 5.2 .7 1.2 3.5 1.7 1.4 -.2 -.4 .4 -.1 -.2 -1.3 -.6 -5.4 .2 .3 155.8 161.2 136.0 151.1 140.2 198.3 168.2 111.1 168.2 169.4 4.0 4.2 4.5 6.0 8.9 4.3 3.9 10.0 3.6 3.6 .1 .1 -.2 .1 -.6 -.2 .0 -4.9 .5 .5 163.0 162.7 132.6 153.2 139.3 202.6 181.5 115.2 172.6 174.0 2.3 1.7 2.4 2.6 4.7 1.6 2.6 7.8 1.9 2.2 -.1 -.2 -.7 -.5 -1.1 .0 .2 -3.7 .2 .2 Commodity and service group All items 3 ......................................................................................... Commodities ................................................................................ Commodities less food and beverages ................................... Nondurables less food and beverages ................................. Durables .................................................................................... Services ......................................................................................... Special aggregate indexes All items less medical care 3 ......................................................... All items less shelter ...................................................................... Commodities less food .................................................................. Nondurables ................................................................................... Nondurables less food ................................................................... Services less rent of she lter6 ....................................................... Services less medical care services ............................................ E nergy3 ........................................................................................... All items less energy ..................................................................... All items less food and energy 3 .................................................. 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 (1982-84= 100, unless otherwise noted) Monthly cities and pricing schedule 11 W ashingtonBaltimore, D C -M D -V A -W V New YorkNorthern N.J.Long Island, N Y -N J-C T-PA 2 Item and group Index Percent change from— Nov. 1998 Nov. 1999 Index Nov. 1999 Sep. 1999 Percent change from— Sep. 1999 Nov. 1998 Expenditure category 178.8 516 9 2.3 0.3 - 105.0 - 2.5 -0.4 171.7 170.9 170.7 175.4 181.5 2.3 2.3 2.5 2.1 3.0 .4 .5 .6 .2 .1 103.6 103.7 101.6 104.5 100.9 1.5 1.7 1.3 2.0 .5 .6 .8 1.5 -.3 -.4 181.2 2 14.0 200 .4 221.2 117.9 115.3 123.8 122.6 126.3 129.5 2.3 2.6 3.5 2.3 2.4 2.2 .1 -.4 1.1 -1.4 ,3 .6 1.6 .6 -.2 -.2 -1.6 -3.3 1.9 -1.3 105.5 106.9 107.6 106.7 104.7 104.7 104.9 104.8 105.3 100.4 2.3 2.3 3.4 2.3 6.5 7.5 6.9 6.1 10.0 -1.7 -1.6 .0 .8 .6 -13.3 -15.2 -16.5 -20.2 -.3 .3 ................................... *.......................................... 127.8 -.2 -1.8 98.5 -1.0 -3.2 Transportation 3 ...................................................................-.......... Private transportation ................................................. Motor fuel ................................................................................... Gasoline (all types) ................................................ Gasoline unleaded reg ular7 ................................................... Gasoline unleaded midgrade 7 8 ............................................ Gasoline unleaded premium 7 ................................................. 155.0 148.0 105.4 105.0 105.1 106.1 105.8 2.9 3.2 22.4 22.5 24.8 19.8 19.8 1.0 .9 1.7 1.6 1.7 1.5 1.3 103.0 102.7 106.1 106.1 105.8 106.5 106.5 4.8 4.8 22.7 22.8 24.8 21.6 20.3 1.2 1.6 2.7 2.6 2.8 2.5 2.5 Medical care 3 267 .3 3.8 .3 107.6 2.0 .6 2.0 .5 All items (1 9 6 7 -1 0 0 ) ........................................................................ Electricity5 ........................................................................... Utility natural gas service 5 .............................................. Household furnishings and operations ........................................ Apparel 3 ................................................................................... .......................................................................... 104.2 .8 .7 103.2 Education and communication 9 ....................................................... 101.4 .7 .3 103.9 1.0 .5 Other goods and services 3 ............................................................... 260.8 6.2 .2 117.5 9.5 -.3 178.8 150.4 134.2 138.8 125.4 203.7 2.3 2.6 2.8 5.5 -2.6 2.2 .3 .0 -.3 -.1 -.6 .5 105.0 102.8 102.9 106.6 97.9 106.1 2.5 2.6 3.4 6.4 -.7 2.6 -.4 .4 .2 -.5 1.2 -.9 174.6 165.5 136.3 156.7 141.4 200 .2 198.6 111.4 186.4 190.3 2.2 2.1 2.8 3.7 5.3 1.5 2.1 8.5 2.0 1.9 .3 .2 -.2 .1 -.2 .4 .5 .5 .3 .3 104.9 103.8 102.8 104.4 106.0 105.3 106.3 102.7 104.6 105.5 2.7 2.8 3.2 3.7 5.8 2.9 2.8 14.0 1.9 1.9 -.4 -.5 .2 .1 -.6 -1.9 -1.0 -7.8 .1 .0 Recreation ® Commodity and service group All ite m s 3 . .................................................................................... Commodities ............................................................................... Commodities less food and beverages .................................. Nondurables less food and beverages ...................................... Durables .............................................................................. Services ............................................................................... Special aggregate indexes All items less medical care 3 ....................... ....................................... All items less shelter . ............................................................... Commodities less food ..................................................................... Nondurables ............................................................. Nondurables less food ........................................................................... Services less rent of shelter ® ............................................... Services less medical care services ................................ E n p rn v 3 ...................................................................................... All items less energy ......................................................... All items less food and energy 3 .. ................................. 1 Areas on pricing schedule 2 (see Table 10) will appear next month. 2 For Washington-Baltimore, indexes are on a December 1997=100 base unless otherwise noted. 3 For Washington-Baltimore, index is on a Novem ber 1996=100 base. 4 For Washington-Baltimore, index is on a Novem ber 1997=100 base. 5 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series converted to a geometric means estimator in January, 1999. b 7 8 9 Indexes on a December 1982=100 base. Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. Indexes on a December 1993=100 base. Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. Data not available. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. 55 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) All items Indexes Area Percent change to Nov. 1 9 9 9 from— Pricing schedule 1 Percent change to Oct. 1 9 9 9 from— Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Nov. Sep. Oct. Oct. Aug. Sep. 1999 19 9 9 1999 1999 1998 1999 1999 1998 1999 1999 M 1 6 3 .8 16 4 .7 1 6 5 .0 165.1 2 .7 0 .2 0.1 2 .7 0 .7 0 .2 Northeast urban ................................................ Size A - More than 1 ,5 0 0 ,0 0 0 ........................ Size B/C 5 0 ,0 0 0 to 1 ,5 0 0 ,0 0 0 3 ..................... M M M 1 7 0 .9 1 7 1 .0 1 0 3 .8 1 7 1 .9 1 7 1 .8 1 0 4 .7 1 7 2 .5 1 7 2 .5 1 0 5 .0 1 7 2 .6 1 7 2 .7 1 0 5 .0 2 .6 2 .7 2 .7 .4 .5 .3 .1 .1 .0 2 .6 2 .6 2 .7 .9 .9 1.2 .3 .4 .3 Midwest urban .................................................. Size A - More than 1 ,5 0 0 ,0 0 0 ...................... Size B/C - 5 0 ,0 0 0 to 1 ,5 0 0 ,0 0 0 3 .................... Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than M M M 1 5 9 .4 1 6 0 .2 1 0 4 .0 16 0 .6 161.1 105.1 1 6 0 .6 161.1 1 0 5 .0 1 6 0 .9 1 6 1 .0 1 0 5 .5 3 .0 2 .7 3 .3 .2 -.1 .4 .2 -.1 .5 2 .8 2 .8 2 .8 .8 .6 1.0 .0 .0 -.1 ........................................................... M 156.1 157.1 1 5 7 .2 1 5 7 .6 3.1 .3 .3 3.1 .7 .1 South urban ...................................................... Size A - More than 1 ,5 0 0 ,0 0 0 ........................ Size B/C - 5 0 ,0 0 0 to 1 ,5 0 0 ,0 0 0 3 .................. Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than M M M 1 6 0 .6 1 5 9 .5 1 0 4 .0 16 1 .5 16 0 .4 10 4 .6 1 6 1 .9 1 6 0 .9 1 0 4 .9 1 6 1 .8 1 6 0 .6 1 0 4 .9 2 .6 2 .8 2 .4 .2 .1 .3 -.1 -.2 .0 2 .6 2 .7 2 .4 .8 .9 .9 .2 .3 .3 ........................................................... M 164.1 16 4 .8 16 4 .8 1 6 5 .0 2 .7 .1 .1 2 .7 .4 .0 West urban ........................................................ Size A - More than 1 ,5 0 0 ,0 0 0 ...................... Size B/C - 5 0 ,0 0 0 to 1 ,5 0 0 ,0 0 0 3 .................... M M M 1 6 5 .3 1 6 4 .7 1 65 .8 1 6 6 .2 105.1 1 6 5 .6 1 0 5 .4 1 6 6 .2 16 5 .7 1 0 5 .3 2 .7 1 65 .3 105.1 3.1 1.9 .2 .2 .2 .0 .1 -.1 2 .9 3 .2 2 .5 .5 .5 .3 .2 .2 .3 M M M 150.1 104.1 162.1 1 50 .8 104 .8 1 6 3 .0 1 5 1 .2 1 0 5 .0 163.1 1 5 1 .2 105.1 1 6 3 .5 2 .9 2 .6 2 .8 .3 .3 .3 .0 .1 .2 2 .9 2 .5 2 .6 .7 .9 .6 .3 .2 .1 M M 1 6 3 .5 1 5 9 .8 164.1 16 0 .7 1 6 4 .0 1 6 0 .7 1 6 3 .7 1 6 0 .6 2 .4 2 .3 -.2 -.1 -.2 -.1 2 .5 2 .5 .3 .6 -.1 .0 M 1 7 3 .2 17 3 .9 1 7 4 .5 1 7 4 .6 2 .4 .4 .1 2 .3 .8 .3 1 75 .2 1 5 6 .4 1 5 9 .6 1 0 5 .3 - U.S. city average .............................................. Region and area size2 5 0 ,0 0 0 ) 5 0 ,0 0 0 ) Size classes < I ! i : : ! I : ! I ! B/C 3 ............................................................... D .................................................................... Selected local areas5 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI ................... Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA .. New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA .......................................... Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT .... Cleveland-Akron, OH ....................................... Dallas-Fort Worth, TX ...................................... Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV 6 ..... Atlanta, GA ........................................................ Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, Ml .............................. Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX .................... Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL ............................. Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD ......................................... San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA .......... Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA .................... 1 1 1 1 ■ 2 2 2 2 1 6 3 .2 1 5 8 .7 1 4 7 .9 1 6 0 .0 - 2 2 2 1 7 2 .6 1 7 0 .0 • 3 .7 2 .2 3 .9 2 .6 1.5 -.2 .1 -.4 1 6 4 .0 1 6 0 .4 1 4 9 .9 1 6 1 .9 - - - - - - - * - 1 7 4 .3 1 7 1 .2 • * * - - - - * - * 1 6 8 .8 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 Indexes on a December 1996=100 base. 4 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base. 5 In addition, the following metropolitan areas are published semiannually and appear in Tables 34 and 39 of the January and July issues of the CPI Detailed Report: Anchorage, AK; Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN; Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO; Honolulu, HI; Kansas City, MO-KS; Milwaukee-Racine, Wl; Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI; Pittsburgh, PA; 17 7 .8 156.1 1 5 9 .8 1 0 4 .9 * ■ 1 7 0 .2 - * ■ 3 .0 3 .0 2 .0 2.1 .5 1.1 1.4 1.2 3 .0 4 .8 3 .2 1.0 .7 .8 - Portland-Salem, OR-WA; St. Louis, MO-IL; San Diego, CA; Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL. 6 Indexes on a November 1996=100 base. ' Data not available. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. NOTE: Local area indexes are byproducts of the national CPI program. Each local index has a smaller sample size than the national index and is, therefore, subject to substantially more sampling and other measurement error. As a result, local area indexes show greater volatility than the national index, although their long-term trends are similar. Therefore, the Bureau of Labor Statistics strongly urges users to consider adopting the national average CPI for use in their escalator clauses. 56 Table 18. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Regions1, by expenditure category and commodity and service group (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) Midwest Northeast Item and group Index Nov. 1999 Percent change from— Nov. 1998 Oct. 1999 Index Nov. 1999 Percent change from— Nov. 1998 Oct. 1999 Index Nov. 1999 South West Percent change from— Percent change from— Nov. 1998 Oct. 1999 Index Nov. 1999 Nov. 1998 Oct. 1999 Expenditure category All items ............................................................ All items (December 1977=100) ..................... 172.6 269.7 2.6 * 0.1 ■ 160.9 260.2 3.0 * 0.2 * 161.8 262.1 2.6 * Food and beverages ...................................... Food .............................................................. Food at home ............................................ Food away from home .............................. Alcoholic beverages .................................... 167.9 167.5 167.5 169.8 173.3 2.1 2.1 1.8 2.6 2.5 .2 .2 .2 .1 .6 162.3 161.5 160.2 164.2 172.6 2.1 2.0 1.6 2.6 3.4 .1 .0 -.2 .3 .2 162.5 162.7 160.1 168.6 160.4 2.0 2.0 1.8 2.4 2.3 Housing ........................................... ............... Shelter .......................................................... Rent of primary residence 2 ....................... Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 2 3 ....................................... Fuels and utilities ......................................... Fuels ............................................................ Gas (piped) and electricity 2 .................... Electricity2 .............................................. Utility natural gas service 2 .................... Household furnishings and operations ..... 172.8 204.7 192.2 1.9 2.4 2.9 .3 .2 .7 154.3 175.6 175.2 2.3 2.3 2.6 .1 .0 .4 152.6 168.8 165.0 192.1 123.8 113.5 127.8 130.1 125.5 124.0 2.1 1.4 1.2 -.9 -1.6 .3 -1.2 .4 1.5 1.7 1.6 -.8 6.2 -.2 176.1 128.6 111.6 116.9 120.8 114.9 121.3 2.3 4.9 5.5 5.1 .8 11.8 -1.1 .3 1.3 1.5 1.5 -1.6 6.2 -.7 Apparel ............................................................ 130.7 .0 -1.9 129.4 -1.8 Transportation ................................................ Private transportation ............................ . New and used motor vehicles 4 ................ New vehicles ........................................... Used cars and trucks .............................. Motor fuel .................................................... Gasoline (all types) .................................. Gasoline, unleaded regular5 ................ Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 5 6 ......... Gasoline, unleaded premium 5 ............. 149.3 145.6 101.1 144.0 159.9 108.3 107.9 107.2 110.7 107.2 4.5 4.6 .7 .3 1.3 23.1 23.3 25.4 21.2 19.9 .0 .0 .3 .6 -.3 -1.3 -1.2 -1.3 -1.2 -1.0 146.3 143.6 101.4 143.0 157.6 111.2 110.7 108.9 122.4 114.1 Medical care ................................................... Medical care commodities .......................... Medical care services .................................. Professional services 2 .............................. 264.9 240.2 269.9 245.8 4.0 6.0 3.6 3.2 .3 .6 .3 .2 Recreation 4 .................................................... 103.6 1.2 Education and communication 4 .................... 101.5 Other goods and sen/ices ............................. -0.1 ■ 166.2 267.4 2.7 ■ 0.0 * .2 .2 .2 .1 .3 167.7 166.9 170.1 162.4 175.4 1.7 1.5 1.3 1.9 3.5 .0 -.1 -.3 .2 1.3 1.7 1.9 2.4 -.3 .1 .4 167.5 184.1 183.3 3.0 3.4 4.0 .1 .3 .6 160.9 133.5 113.0 115.2 113.2 126.6 124.4 1.8 2.5 2.7 2.5 1.7 6.8 -.6 .4 -2.2 -2.8 -3.0 -3.9 2.0 .0 179.3 139.6 127.3 129.8 141.6 118.6 128.0 3.2 1.3 .9 .8 -.4 4.0 1.3 .4 -1.0 -1.2 -1.4 -1.4 -1.0 -.1 .2 143.5 -1.0 -.5 123.2 -2.2 -.3 4.8 4.6 -.1 -.7 1.0 23.1 23.3 24.2 21.9 20.7 .7 .7 .5 .8 -.2 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.3 145.4 144.1 101.9 146.2 158.4 107.7 107.2 104.4 113.8 110.1 4.8 4.6 .3 -.1 1.0 22.8 22.9 24.7 21.6 19.8 .1 .1 .2 .6 -.4 -1.0 -1.0 -1.1 -.9 -.9 146.9 143.7 101.2 143.9 153.8 110.2 109.3 106.3 106.3 110.9 3.8 3.5 .7 -.5 2.5 18.1 18.2 19.4 16.2 16.0 .0 -.1 .2 .2 -.1 -1.9 -1.8 -1.9 -1.8 -1.6 247.9 226.9 252.6 233.8 3.9 3.6 4.0 4.4 .3 .1 .3 .4 249.9 224.2 255.9 234.5 2.9 3.2 2.9 2.4 .2 .0 .3 .4 249.4 233.0 253.2 217.3 3.3 2.6 3.5 2.8 .1 .3 .0 .0 .0 101.6 .8 -.5 100.6 -.5 .2 98.7 -.5 .0 .9 .3 104.6 2.3 .5 101.5 .5 -.3 102.2 1.1 .3 278.9 11.0 -.3 260.9 11.2 -.6 261.3 12.6 .2 268.3 12.1 .0 172.6 149.2 136.1 140.6 2.6 3.5 4.4 7.7 .1 -.2 -.6 -.8 160.9 144.6 134.6 143.6 3.0 2.9 3.3 7.6 .2 .1 .0 .1 161.8 146.8 137.8 144.8 2.6 3.1 3.7 7.5 -.1 -.1 -.2 -.6 166.2 146.4 133.6 138.9 2.7 2.6 3.2 6.3 .0 -.1 -.2 -.5 152.2 126.2 200.4 191.3 188.8 241.5 12.2 -1.0 2.1 2.4 1.2 2.5 -.3 .0 .3 .2 .2 .3 154.7 123.2 181.0 174.5 188.4 211.9 12.4 -1.3 3.1 2.3 3.0 3.9 .0 .1 .3 .1 .6 .3 150.6 128.4 180.3 160.7 193.2 220.4 11.8 -.7 2.2 2.0 1.7 2.8 -.7 .2 .0 .1 .5 .5 152.3 127.7 187.7 177.5 190.7 213.5 10.8 -.1 2.9 3.4 2.0 2.1 -.6 .1 .2 .3 .5 .2 Commodity and service group All items ............................................................ Commodities ................ .................................. Commodities less food and beverages .... Nondurables less food and beverages .... Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel .............................................. Durables ..................................................... Services .......................................................... Rent of shelter3 ........................................... Transportation services .............................. Other services ............................................. See footnotes at end of table. 57 Table 18. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Regions1, by expenditure category and commodity and service group-Continued (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) Northeast Item and group Index Nov. 1999 Midwest Percent change from— Nov. 1998 Oct. 1999 South Percent change from— Index Nov. 1999 Nov. 1998 Oct. 1999 Index Nov. 1999 West Percent change from— Nov. 1998 Oct. 1999 Index Nov. 1999 Percent change from— Nov. 1998 Oct. 1999 Special aggregate indexes All items less medical care ............................. All items less food ............................................. All items less shelter ........................................ Commodities less food .................................... Nondurables ..................................................... Nondurables less food ..................................... Nondurables less food and apparel ............... Services less rent of shelter * .......................... Services less medical care services .............. Energy ............................................................... All items less energy ........................................ AH items less food and energy ...................... Commodities less food and energy commodities ........................................ Energy commodities .................................... Services less energy services .................... 169.0 173.8 163.2 137.7 155.1 142.7 153.5 179.8 195.5 110.6 181.4 185.4 2.6 2.8 2.8 4.3 4.7 7.4 11.3 1.8 2.0 9.3 2.2 2.1 0.1 .1 .1 -.5 -.3 -.8 -.2 .4 .3 .5 .1 .0 157.0 160.6 157.4 136.1 153.3 145.5 155.9 171.5 175.1 110.9 168.3 170.0 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.4 4.8 7.5 11.8 3.8 3.0 13.7 2.1 2.1 0.1 .2 .3 .1 .1 .1 .1 .5 .3 1.6 .0 .1 156.9 161.5 160.2 138.5 153.7 145.4 150.5 175.7 172.5 108.4 169.4 171.1 2.6 2.7 2.9 3.7 4.6 7.1 10.8 2.4 2.1 11.9 1.9 1.8 -0.1 -.1 -.1 -.2 -.3 -.5 -.6 -.1 -.1 -1.9 .1 .1 162.5 166.1 160.4 135.6 154.0 141.8 153.7 178.0 182.6 116.7 172.1 173.4 2.7 3.0 2.4 3.2 3.7 6.1 10.1 2.2 2.8 9.6 2.3 2.5 0.1 .1 -.1 -.1 -.3 -.4 -.5 .1 .2 -1.5 .2 .2 148.2 105.9 208.2 1.9 22.1 2.3 -.5 -.6 .2 143.6 110.8 189.5 .8 22.8 2.9 -.1 1.6 .2 147.1 108.3 188.3 1.2 22.4 2.1 -.1 -.9 .3 143.0 111.3 192.2 1.4 17.9 3.0 .1 -1.8 .3 1 Regions defined as the four Census regions. See map in technical notes. 2 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series converted to a geometric means estimator in January, 1999. 3 Indexes on a December 1984=100 base 4 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. 5 Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. 6 Indexes on a December 1993=100 base. ' Data not available. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. 58 Table 19. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Population size classes1, by expenditure category and commodity and service group (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) Size class A 2 Item and group Index Nov. 1999 Size class B/C 3 Percent change from— Nov. 1998 Oct. 1999 Index Nov. 1999 Size class D Percent change from— Nov. 1998 Oct. 1999 Index Nov. 1999 Percent change from— Nov. 1998 Oct. 1999 E xpenditure category All items 4 ........................................................................................ All items (December 1977=100) ................................................... 151.2 151.2 2.9 * 0.0 105.1 * 2.6 ■ 0.1 * 163.5 264.2 2.8 0.2 ■ Food and beverages ................................................................... Food ........................................................................................... Food at home .......................................................................... Food away from home ............................................................. Alcoholic beverages .................................................................. 149.5 149.1 152.3 144.0 154.5 1.9 1.9 1.7 2.3 3.1 .0 .0 .0 .1 .5 103.6 103.6 103.1 104.6 103.4 1.9 1.8 1.6 2.3 2.2 .1 .1 .1 .3 .4 161.8 161.4 158.7 167.3 167.0 2.9 2.8 2.6 3.2 5.6 .4 .4 .4 .2 2.3 Housing ........................................................................................ Shelter ......................................................................................... Rent of primary residence 5 .................................................... Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 5 6 ................. Fuels and utilities ....................................................................... Fuels .......................................................................................... Gas (piped) and electricity 5 .................................................. Electricity5 ............................................................................ Utility natural gas service 5 .................................................. Household furnishings and operations .................................... 147.6 158.9 151.3 160.3 128.7 125.2 124.0 122.8 126.4 117.4 2.6 3.1 3.6 2.8 2.1 2.0 1.4 -.3 4.8 -.4 .0 .3 .6 .4 -1.2 -1.5 -1.7 -3.8 2.5 -.4 103.1 104.3 104.0 104.0 100.5 99.7 99.5 98.2 103.5 99.9 1.5 1.6 1.9 1.6 3.2 3.6 3.0 1.3 8.5 -.7 .1 .0 .3 .3 .7 .9 .8 -1.1 7.0 -.1 156.8 180.4 166.6 172.2 135.2 111.3 119.6 122.8 119.2 122.1 1.8 1.9 2.0 2.0 2.7 2.8 2.5 .0 9.7 -.2 .1 .1 .3 .3 .5 .6 .6 -.9 4.5 .2 Apparel .......................................................................................... 121.3 -1.0 -1.2 101.2 -1.5 .1 137.8 -1.7 .1 Transportation .............................................................................. Private transportation ................................................................ New and used motor vehicles 3 ............................................. New vehicles ......................................................................... Used cars and trucks ............................................................ Motor fuel ................................................................................. Gasoline (all types) ................................................................ Gasoline, unleaded regular7 ............................................. Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 7 8 ....................................... Gasoline, unleaded premium 7 ........................................... 145.8 145.1 101.2 126.2 149.4 159.5 158.7 159.0 110.8 148.2 4.0 3.9 .2 -.6 1.4 21.0 21.1 22.4 19.5 18.7 .1 .1 .3 .6 -.3 -.6 -.6 -.7 -.5 -.6 103.6 103.2 101.8 99.9 105.3 108.2 108.3 108.8 107.7 106.9 . 5.1 4.9 .6 .1 1.6 22.8 22.9 24.3 21.7 19.6 .3 .2 .4 .6 -.1 -.4 -.3 -.2 -.5 -.6 145.0 142.5 101.5 146.0 148.0 107.1 106.3 101.7 117.9 111.1 4.7 4.6 .1 .0 .1 24.2 24.3 24.8 23.8 23.3 .2 .1 .1 .3 -.3 -.5 -.5 -.7 .3 .1 Medical care ................................................................................. Medical care commodities ........................................................ Medical care services ................................................................ Professional services 5 ............................................................ 200.0 186.7 203.0 185.0 3.5 3.9 3.4 3.1 .2 .2 .2 .2 106.5 106.2 106.6 106.6 3.6 3.8 3.6 3.7 .3 .2 .4 .4 244.1 230.9 247.4 233.8 2.9 3.2 2.8 1.1 .0 .3 .0 .0 Recreation 3 .................................................................................. 101.4 .8 .0 100.4 -.3 .0 102.3 -1.1 -.2 Education and communication 3 ................................................. 103.1 1.6 .2 101.6 .8 .0 102.3 1.0 .8 Other goods and services .......................................................... 213.1 11.0 .0 119.5 12.7 -.5 274.1 12.7 -.3 151.2 141.1 135.4 148.2 165.5 119.9 160.5 159.3 157.7 182.5 2.9 2.8 3.5 7.1 11.5 -.9 2.8 3.1 1.7 3.0 .0 -.2 -.3 -.6 -.2 .1 .1 .3 .3 .3 105.1 103.4 103.3 106.9 109.5 99.2 104.3 104.4 103.8 105.7 2.6 3.0 3.7 7.7 12.1 -.7 2.2 1.6 2.4 2.7 .1 -.1 -.2 -.3 -.5 .2 .3 .1 .7 .3 163.5 146.6 137.8 144.9 151.6 128.0 185.6 168.6 187.0 220.3 2.8 3.5 3.7 7.8 12.8 -.5 2.1 1.9 2.9 1.7 .2 .1 -.1 -.3 -.5 .0 .3 .1 1.0 .7 Com m odity and service group All items 4 ........................................................................................ Commodities ................................................................................ Commodities less food and beverages ................................... Nondurables less food and beverages .................................. Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel ............... Durables ................................................................................... Services ........................................................................................ Rent of shelter6 ......................................................................... Transportation services ............................................................. Other sen/ices ............................................................................ See footnotes at end of table. 59 Table 19. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Population size classes1, by expenditure category and commodity and service group-Continued (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) Size class A 2 Item and group Index Nov. 1999 Size class B/C 3 Percent change from— Nov. 1998 Oct. 1999 Index Nov. 1999 Size class D Percent change from— Nov. 1998 Oct. 1999 Index Nov. 1999 Percent change from— Nov. 1998 Oct. 1999 Special aggregate indexes All items less medical care ........................................................... All items less food .......................................................................... All items less shelter ...................................................................... Commodities less food .................................................................. Nondurables ................................................................................... Nondurables less food ................................................................... Nondurables less food and apparel ............................................. 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 .................................................. 148.9 151.6 148.2 136.4 148.9 148.9 164.1 161.6 157.4 140.4 152.0 152.7 133.5 158.2 163.5 1 See region and area size on Table 10 for information about population size classes. 2 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base. 3 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. 4 The ’All items’ index size B/C is on a December 1996=100 base. 5 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series converted to a geometric means estimator 2.8 3.0 2.7 3.4 4.2 6.8 10.7 2.5 2.8 10.5 2.3 2.3 1.3 20.5 3.0 -0.1 .0 -.1 -.3 -.3 -.5 -.2 .0 .1 -1.1 .1 .1 -.2 -.4 .2 103.7 103.9 103.7 103.3 105.2 106.7 109.0 104.2 104.1 103.8 103.9 103.9 102.6 108.0 104.7 2.6 2.8 3.0 3.7 4.7 7.3 11.2 2.8 2.1 12.5 1.8 1.8 1.2 22.4 2.0 0.1 .1 .1 -.1 -.1 -.3 -.5 .4 .3 .3 .1 .1 -.1 -.1 .2 158.7 163.8 159.5 138.8 153.8 146.1 152.5 175.3 178.6 108.2 171.4 174.1 147.7 106.3 194.0 2.8 2.8 3.0 3.7 5.3 7.7 12.3 2.3 2.1 11.5 2.0 1.8 1.4 23.9 2.1 in January, 1999. 6 Indexes on a December 1984=100 base 7 Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. 8 Indexes on a December 1993=100 base. * Data not available. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. 60 0.2 .2 .3 -.1 .1 -.2 -.3 .6 .4 .2 .2 .2 -.1 -.3 .3 Table 20. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Cross classification of regions and population size classes1, by expenditure category and commodity and service group (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) Northeast Size class B/C 2 Size class A Item and group Index Nov. 1999 Percent change from— Nov. 1998 Oct. 1999 Percent change from— Index Nov. 1999 Nov. 1998 Oct. 1999 Expenditure category All items 3 ........................................................................................ All items (December 1977=100) ................................................... 172.7 263.9 2.7 105.0 2.7 ' ' Food and beverages ................................................................... Food ............................................................................................ Food at home .......................................................................... Food away from home ............................................................. Alcoholic beverages .................................................................. 167.7 167.2 167.8 168.2 174.6 2.3 2.3 2.2 2.5 2.2 ' .4 .4 .5 .0 .3 104.0 104.1 103.5 105.5 103.3 1.5 1.5 .9 2.9 3.3 .0 -.1 -.3 .5 1.6 Housing ......................................................................................... Shelter ........................................................................................ Rent of primary residence 4 .................................................... Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 4 5 ................. Fuels and utilities ....................................................................... Fuels .......................................................................................... Gas (piped) and electricity 4 .................................................. Electricity4 ............................................................................ Utility natural gas service 4 .................................................. Household furnishings and operations .................................... 171.5 200.6 195.6 189.4 122.0 116.0 127.9 128.7 127.5 125.0 2.2 2.7 3.3 2.5 1.0 .7 -1.2 -1.5 -.7 -.7 .5 .4 .9 .5 1.5 1.8 1.5 -.8 5.5 .2 102.6 103.7 103.2 103.5 99.2 98.2 97.1 95.0 102.5 100.0 1.1 1.4 1.6 1.4 2.4 2.6 -.3 -1.8 3.2 -2.5 -.1 -.3 .3 .2 1.5 1.8 1.7 -.7 7.9 -1.0 Apparel .......................................................................................... 125.4 .2 -2.4 103.3 -.6 -.7 Transportation .............................................................................. Private transportation ................................................................ Motor fuel ................................................................................. Gasoline (all types) ................................................................ Gasoline, unleaded regular6 ............................................. Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 6 7 ....................................... Gasoline, unleaded premium 6 ........................................... 152.2 148.4 107.8 107.2 106.6 108.4 106.4 4.0 4.4 23.1 23.2 25.4 20.8 20.1 -.1 .0 -.9 -.9 -.9 -.9 -.8 102.3 101.9 106.3 106.3 106.9 106.0 105.0 5.2 5.1 23.5 23.5 25.3 22.3 19.6 .2 .1 -1.7 -1.7 -1.9 -1.7 -1.1 Medical care ................................................................................. 269.8 4.1 .4 107.0 4.0 .2 Recreation2 .................................................................................. 103.5 .8 .0 103.9 2.1 .2 Education and communication 2 ................................................. 102.2 1.3 .2 99.6 -.3 .3 Other goods and services .......................................................... 273.9 9.3 -.2 121.1 15.0 -.3 172.7 149.0 135.3 138.7 126.7 198.7 2.7 3.4 4.2 7.1 -1.1 2.1 .1 -.3 -.7 -1.0 -.1 .4 105.0 103.9 103.8 108.2 98.3 103.7 2.7 3.5 4.6 9.2 -1.0 2.0 .0 -.1 -.2 -.5 .0 .1 168.8 163.7 137.1 154.3 141.0 178.5 193.4 112.0 180.7 184.7 2.6 2.6 4.3 4.5 6.8 1.4 2.0 8.5 2.2 2.3 .1 .0 -.6 -.3 -.9 .4 .4 .6 .1 .1 103.6 103.8 103.8 106.0 107.9 103.6 103.5 101.6 104.0 104.0 2.6 3.1 4.5 5.1 8.8 2.5 1.9 10.8 2.0 2.1 -.1 .1 -.2 -.3 -.4 .5 .2 .2 .0 .0 0.1 ' 0.0 Commodity and service group All items 3 ......................................................................................... Commodities ................................................................................ Commodities less food and beverages ................................... Nondurables less food and beverages .................................. Durables ................................................................................... Sen/ices ......................................................................................... Special aggregate indexes All items less medical care ............................................................ All items less shelter ...................................................................... Commodities less food .................................................................. Nondurables ................................................................................... Nondurables less food ................................................................... Services less rent of shelter5 ....................................................... Services less medical care services ............................................ Energy ............................................................................................. All items less energy ..................................................................... All items less food and energy ................................................... See footnotes at end of table. 61 Table 20. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Cross classification of regions and population size classes1, by expenditure category and commodity and service group-Continued (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) Midwest Size class B/C;2 Size class A Item and group Index Nov. 1999 Percent change from— Nov. 1998 Oct. 1999 Index Nov. 1999 Size class D Percent change from— Nov. 1998 Oct. 1999 Index Nov. 1999 Percent change from— Nov. 1998 Oct. 1999 Expenditure category All items 3 ......................................................................................... All items (December 1977=100) ................................................... 161.0 263.3 2.7 ■ -0.1 ■ 105.5 ■ 3.3 ■ 0.5 ■ 157.6 255.3 3.1 * 0.3 ■ Food and beverages ................................................................... Food ............................................................................................ Food at home ........................................................................... Food away from home ............................................................. Alcoholic beverages .................................................................. 165.5 164.7 164.8 165.1 174.7 2.0 1.7 1.2 2.7 4.4 -.2 -.2 -.5 .2 .3 103.6 103.6 103.2 104.2 104.4 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.0 1.7 .3 .4 .3 .5 -.4 155.7 154.6 149.8 164.2 172.2 2.9 2.9 2.2 4.1 3.7 .2 .1 .1 .2 1.7 Housing ......................................................................................... Shelter ......................................................................................... Rent of primary residence 4 .................................................... Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 4 5 ................. Fuels and utilities ....................................................................... Fuels .......................................................................................... Gas (piped) and electricity 4 .................................................. Electricity4 ............................................................................ Utility natural gas service 4 .................................................. Household furnishings and operations .................................... 153.1 174.9 180.0 175.6 124.2 109.3 112.5 115.9 110.5 114.7 2.2 2.5 2.8 2.5 4.0 4.3 4.2 -.2 10.4 -2.4 -.2 -.1 .3 .3 .4 .5 .4 -1.7 3.3 -1.6 2.4 2.0 2.3 1.8 6.3 7.2 6.6 2.5 13.3 .1 .5 .2 .4 .2 2.7 3.2 3.1 -1.1 9.9 -.1 149.5 168.1 157.8 167.4 137.3 106.8 114.7 105.2 129.4 118.7 2.0 1.9 2.7 2.1 4.5 5.1 4.9 -1.6 12.7 -1.0 .5 .3 .8 .7 1.3 1.7 1.9 -3.5 8.0 .6 Apparel .......................................................................................... 125.0 -3.0 -.6 101.9 -.3 1.2 146.4 -1.3 -.5 Transportation .............................................................................. Private transportation ................................................................ Motor fuel ................................................................................. Gasoline (all types) ................................................................ Gasoline, unleaded regular6 ............................................. Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 6 7 ....................................... Gasoline, unleaded premium 6 ........................................... 146.3 143.7 112.4 111.7 110.6 121.0 112.8 4.1 3.6 21.6 21.5 22.5 20.6 19.1 .4 .4 .9 .8 .8 1.0 .6 105.0 104.8 112.7 112.7 113.0 112.0 112.2 6.1 6.0 25.1 25.1 26.3 23.3 22.1 1.2 1.2 3.0 3.0 3.2 2.7 2.6 140.6 136.5 102.5 101.4 97.6 117.7 109.0 4.2 4.0 22.2 22.2 22.2 20.7 24.1 .4 .2 -1.6 -1.7 -1.9 -1.4 -1.2 Medical care ................................................................................. 248.9 4.3 .0 106.0 3.5 .8 237.3 3.3 .1 Recreation 2 .................................................................................. 102.9 2.5 -.2 99.4 -1.4 -.7 103.4 .3 -.3 Education and communication 2 ................................................. 105.2 1.9 .3 104.5 3.4 .8 101.7 .9 .9 Other goods and services .......................................................... 263.7 10.2 -.3 119.1 11.9 -1.2 256.1 13.8 -.5 161.0 144.5 132.4 143.2 119.8 180.8 2.7 2.3 2.5 6.5 -1.8 3.1 -.1 -.2 -.2 -.3 -.2 .1 105.5 103.7 103.8 108.4 98.5 105.4 3.3 3.7 4.5 9.2 -.8 3.0 .5 .4 .6 .6 .3 .7 157.6 145.7 140.1 148.1 126.7 173.2 3.1 3.4 3.5 7.4 -.6 2.7 .3 -.1 -.4 -.9 .4 .7 157.3 157.7 134.1 154.8 145.3 173.0 175.1 110.2 168.4 169.3 2.7 2.9 2.5 4.1 6.3 3.8 3.1 12.0 2.0 2.1 -.1 -.1 -.2 -.2 -.3 .2 .1 .6 -.1 -.1 104.4 104.5 103.8 106.1 108.2 106.0 105.3 108.3 104.1 104.2 3.3 3.8 4.4 5.7 8.7 3.8 2.9 16.2 2.1 2.1 .5 .7 .5 .5 .7 1.0 .6 3.0 .3 .2 153.4 155.5 141.2 152.6 149.8 163.2 166.3 104.5 165.1 167.7 3.1 3.3 3.6 5.2 7.3 3.2 2.6 12.4 2.2 2.0 .3 .3 -.3 -.5 -.9 1.1 .8 .1 .3 .3 103.7 104.7 104.1 103.8 103.6 . 103.6 103.4 102.4 105.0 99.8 Commodity and service group All items 3 ..................................................... ................................... Commodities ................................................................................ Commodities less food and beverages .................................. Nondurables less food and beverages ................................. Durables ................................................................................... Services ......................................................................................... Special aggregate indexes All items less medical care ........................................................... All items less shelter ...................................:.................................. Commodities less food .................................................................. Nondurables ................................................................................... Nondurables less food ................................................................... Services less rent of she lter5 ....................................................... Services less medical care services ............................................ Energy ............................................................................................. All items less energy ..................................................................... All items less food and energy ................................................... ,. See footnotes at end of table. 62 ....... Table 20. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Cross classification of regions and population size classes1, by expenditure category and commodity and service group-Continued (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) South Size class A Item and group Index Nov. 1999 Size class B/C 2 Percent change from— Nov. 1998 Index Nov. 1999 Oct. 1999 Size class D Percent change from— Nov. 1998 Oct. 1999 Index Nov. 1999 Percent change from— Nov. 1998 Oct. 1999 Expenditure category 104.9 2.4 0.0 165.0 267.2 2.7 0.1 .0 .0 .1 -.1 .1 103.5 103.5 102.7 104.9 103.2 2.0 1.9 1.5 2.5 2.2 .2 .2 .1 .2 .5 161.0 161.5 159.5 167.9 152.6 3.2 3.1 3.4 2.6 6.3 .6 .7 1.0 .2 .1 1.9 2.5 3.0 2.2 1.0 .7 .5 -.1 3.2 -.7 -.8 .2 .4 .2 -6.5 -8.1 -8.4 -9.8 -.2 -.3 103.1 104.6 104.5 104.5 99.7 98.5 98.3 97.5 103.4 99.8 1.5 1.5 1.8 1.5 3.4 4.0 3.8 3.0 9.1 -.7 .0 .1 .3 .4 -.3 -.3 -.4 -1.1 3.9 .2 158.6 186.2 168.0 171.4 135.9 113.6 118.2 120.8 117.8 119.3 1.9 2.2 2.1 2.5 2.2 1.8 1.4 .6 7.4 .3 -.2 -.3 -.1 .2 .1 .2 -.2 .0 -1.1 -.3 150.4 .5 -1.6 100.5 -1.6 .2 128.4 -2.4 -.2 Transportation .............................................................................. Private transportation ................................................................ Motor fuel ................................................................................. Gasoline (all types) ................................................................ Gasoline, unleaded regular6 ............................................. Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 6 7 ....................................... Gasoline, unleaded premium 6 ........................................... 145.4 144.6 111.5 110.6 108.9 112.1 111.9 4.2 4.1 22.7 22.8 25.0 20.8 19.7 .2 .3 -.4 -.4 -.5 -.2 -.2 103.7 103.3 107.4 107.4 107.9 107.0 106.4 5.0 4.9 22.6 22.6 24.0 21.7 19.4 -.1 -.1 -1.7 -1.8 -2.0 -1.6 -1.6 145.8 144.8 101.0 99.7 94.8 118.6 108.1 5.2 5.3 25.5 25.4 26.7 24.6 22.7 .3 .3 1.1 1.0 1.2 .9 1.0 Medical care ................................................................................. 245.3 2.5 .5 106.5 3.4 .2 249.1 2.0 -.2 Recreation2 .................................................................................. 101.6 1.6 .4 99.7 -1.2 .3 102.9 -3.3 -.1 Education and communication 2 ................................................. 103.4 1.9 .4 100.0 -.6 -.8 103.7 1.8 .7 Other goods and services .......................................................... 243.9 12.3 .6 120.0 12.7 .0 272.8 13.2 .1 160.6 147.0 138.0 145.8 129.2 176.9 2.8 3.2 4.0 8.3 -.4 2.5 -.2 -.1 -.2 -.6 .3 -.3 104.9 103.4 103.3 106.2 99.8 104.2 2.4 2.9 3.4 6.9 -.8 2.2 .0 -.1 -.3 -.7 .3 .2 165.0 145.0 136.0 141.8 126.9 191.0 2.7 3.8 4.1 8.7 -1.3 1.8 .1 .2 .0 .3 -.3 .0 156.3 159.0 138.9 154.1 146.4 171.3 170.2 108.1 168.2 169.7 2.8 2.9 3.9 4.8 7.7 2.4 2.5 11.0 2.2 2.3 -.3 -.4 -.2 -.3 -.5 -.8 -.4 -4.2 .1 .2 103.6 103.5 103.3 104.8 106.0 103.7 103.9 102.7 103.9 103.9 2.4 2.8 3.4 4.3 6.6 2.6 1.9 12.5 1.7 1.5 .0 .0 -.3 -.3 -.7 .3 .1 -1.1 .2 .1 159.0 160.2 136.4 151.5 142.0 180.3 182.3 104.8 173.8 177.0 2.8 3.0 4.2 5.9 8.6 1.5 1.8 11.5 2.0 1.7 .2 .3 .0 .5 .3 .2 .1 .6 .1 -.1 All items 3 ........................................................................................ All items (December 1977-100) ................................................... 160.6 260.2 2.8 -0.2 ' ' Food and beverages ................................................................... Food ............................................................................................ Food at home .......................................................................... Food away from home ............................................................. Alcoholic beverages .................................................................. 162.5 162.7 159.7 168.9 160.6 1.9 1.9 1.8 2.1 1.8 Housing ......................................................................................... Shelter ......................................................................................... Rent of primary residence 4 .................................................... Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 4 5 ................. Fuels and utilities ....................................................................... Fuels .......................................................................................... Gas (piped) and electricity 4 .................................................. Electricity4 ............................................................................ Utility natural gas service 4 .................................................. Household furnishings and operations .................................... 150.6 167.1 166.8 160.6 120.3 106.3 109.6 106.1 118.6 128.8 Apparel ......................................................................................... Commodity and service group All items 3 ......................................................................................... Commodities ................................................................................ Commodities less food and beverages ................................... Nondurables less food and beverages .................................. Durables ................................................................................... Sen/ices ......................................................................................... Special aggregate indexes All items less medical care ............................................................ All items less shelter ...................................................................... Commodities less food .................................................................. Nondurables ................................................................................... Nondurables less food ................................................................... Services less rent of shelter5 ....................................................... Services less medical care services ............................................ Energy ............................................................................................. All items less energy ..................................................................... All items less food and energy ................................................... See footnotes 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 classes1, by expenditure category and commodity and service group-Continued (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) West Size class A Item and group Size class B/C 2 Percent change from— Index Nov. 1999 Nov. 1998 Index Nov. 1999 Oct. 1999 Percent change from— Nov. 1998 Oct. 1999 Expenditure category All items 3 ......................................................................................... All items (December 1977=100) ................................................... 165.7 268.2 3.1 0.1 ■ 105.3 ■ 1.9 ■ -0.1 * Food and beverages ................................................................... Food ............................................................................................ Food at home .......................................................................... Food away from home ............................................................. Alcoholic beverages .................................................................. 168.6 167.8 171.5 162.2 177.0 1.6 1.5 1.3 1.7 3.9 -.1 -.1 -.3 .1 1.2 103.5 103.6 103.6 103.6 102.3 1.8 1.8 1.6 2.3 1.5 -.1 -.1 -.2 .2 -.2 Housing ......................................................................................... Shelter ......................................................................................... Rent of primary residence 4 .................................................... Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 4 5 ................. Fuels and utilities ....................................................................... Fuels .......................................................................................... Gas (piped) and electricity 4 .................................................. Electricity4 ........................... ................................................ Utility natural gas service 4 .................................................. Household furnishings and operations .................................... 168.8 183.0 190.6 179.8 142.5 132.1 133.9 146.6 123.2 131.4 4.0 4.4 4.7 4.1 2.7 2.6 2.4 1.0 5.7 2.1 .2 .3 .6 .4 -1.3 -1.9 -2.0 -1.6 -2.8 .0 102.9 103.8 103.7 103.2 99.8 99.0 99.0 98.6 100.5 100.2 .9 1.4 1.9 1.5 -1.1 -1.7 -1.8 -2.5 1.0 -.5 .0 .2 .7 .1 -.5 -.5 -.6 -1.5 3.2 -.3 Apparel .......................................................................................... 121.7 -1.5 -.3 99.7 -4.3 -1.1 Transportation .............................................................................. Private transportation ................................................................ Motor fuel ................................................................................. Gasoline (all types) ................................................................ Gasoline, unleaded regular6 ............................................. Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 6 7 ....................................... Gasoline, unleaded premium 6 ........................................... 145.8 142.6 108.6 107.6 104.4 103.8 110.5 3.7 3.5 17.4 17.6 18.6 15.7 15.7 -.1 -.1 -2.0 -2.0 -2.1 -2.1 -1.9 102.5 101.7 103.6 103.5 103.6 103.5 103.0 3.9 3.4 18.4 18.3 19.5 16.9 15.6 .0 -.2 -1.1 -1.2 -1.4 -.8 -.9 Medical care ................................................................................. 243.9 2.7 .1 107.0 4.1 .2 Recreation2 .................................................................................. 98.0 -1.3 -.1 99.8 .6 .1 Education and communication 2 ................................................. 102.0 1.2 .2 103.5 1.8 .7 Other goods and services .......................................................... 270.6 12.8 .4 116.4 11.3 -.9 165.7 145.7 131.7 136.6 126.7 186.6 3.1 2.7 3.4 6.8 -.3 3.5 .1 -.1 -.2 -.4 .2 .2 105.3 102.6 102.1 104.6 99.5 103.9 1.9 2.3 2.7 5.2 .1 1.7 -.1 -.3 -.5 -.7 -.1 .2 162.4 160.1 133.9 153.3 139.8 176.5 182.4 116.0 171.4 172.5 3.1 2.5 3.4 3.7 6.6 2.3 3.5 10.8 2.6 3.0 .0 -.1 -.1 -.3 -.4 -.1 .2 -1.9 .2 .3 103.1 103.1 102.1 104.0 104.5 103.8 103.6 101.1 103.5 103.5 1.8 2.2 2.6 3.4 5.0 1.9 1.4 7.0 1.6 1.6 -.1 -.2 -.5 -.4 -.7 .2 .2 -.9 .0 .1 Commodity and service group All items 3 ........................................................................................ Commodities ................................................................................ Commodities less food and beverages .................................. Nondurables less food and beverages ................................. Durables ................................................................................... Services ........................................................................................ Special aggregate indexes All items less medical care ........................................................... All items less shelter ...................................................................... Commodities less food .................................................................. Nondurables ................................................................................... Nondurables less food ................................................................... Services less rent of shelter5 ....................................................... Services less medical care services ............................................ Energy ............................................................................................. All items less energy ..................................................................... All items less food and energy ................................................... 1 See region and area size on Table 10 for information about cross classifications. 2 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. 3 The ’All items’ index size B/C is on a December 1996=100 base. 4 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series converted to a geometric means estimator 64 in January, 1999. 5 Indexes on a December 1984=100 base 6 Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. 7 Indexes on a December 1993=100 base. ' Data not available. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. Table 21. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Food at home, selected areas (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) Food at home Indexes Area Pricing schedule 1 Aug. 1999 Sep. 1999 Percent change to Nov. 1999 from— Oct. 1999 Nov. 1999 Nov. 1998 Sep. 1999 Percent change to Oct. 1999 from— Oct. 1999 Oct. 1998 Aug. 1999 Sep. 1999 M 162.9 163.5 164.0 164.0 1.7 0.3 0.0 1.7 0.7 0.3 Northeast urban ................................................ Size A - More than 1,500,000 .................... Size B/C 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................. M M M 166.8 167.3 102.7 166.6 166.2 103.8 167.1 166.9 103.8 167.5 167.8 103.5 1.8 2.2 .9 .5 1.0 -.3 .2 .5 -.3 1.5 1.7 1.0 .2 -.2 1.1 .3 .4 .0 Midwest urban .................................................. Size A - More than 1,500,000 ................... Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ S i z e D - Nonmetropolitan (less than 50,000) ................................................. M M M 159.8 164.1 103.3 160.9 165.2 103.8 160.5 165.7 102.9 160.2 164.8 103.2 1.6 1.2 2.2 -.4 -.2 -.6 -.2 -.5 .3 2.0 2.3 1.7 .4 1.0 -.4 -.2 .3 -.9 M 149.1 151.2 149.7 149.8 2.2 -.9 .1 2.3 .4 -1.0 South urban ...................................................... Size A - More than 1,500,000 .................... Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ............... Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than 50,000) ................................................. M M M 158.2 158.8 101.4 159.2 158.5 102.4 159.8 159.6 102.6 160.1 159.7 102.7 1.8 1.8 1.5 .6 .8 .3 .2 .1 .1 1.6 1.1 1.8 1.0 .5 1.2 .4 .7 .2 M 155.1 157.8 157.9 159.5 3.4 1.1 1.0 2.3 1.8 .1 West urban ....................................................... Size A - More than 1,500,000 ................... Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M M M 169.2 170.7 103.1 169.0 170.9 102.4 170.6 172.1 103.8 170.1 171.5 103.6 1.3 1.3 1.6 .7 .4 1.2 -.3 -.3 -.2 1.6 1.5 1.9 .8 .8 .7 .9 .7 1.4 M M M 151.6 102.3 155.9 151.6 102.9 157.9 152.3 103.0 158.0 152.3 103.1 158.7 1.7 1.6 2.6 .5 .2 .5 .0 .1 .4 1.7 1.6 2.2 .5 .7 1.3 .5 .1 .1 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-Wf .................. Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA .. New York-Northern N.J„-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA .......................................... M M 175.0 173.9 175.4 174.0 174.1 176.1 173.4 174.5 -.5 .1 -1.1 .3 -.4 -.9 -.8 1.0 -.5 1.3 -.7 1.2 M 169.7 168.6 168.0 169.6 2.4 .6 1.0 1.5 -1.0 -.4 Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT .... Cleveland-Akron, OH ....................................... Dallas-Fort Worth, TX ...................................... Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV 3 1 1 1 1 162.5 168.5 150.1 100.8 163.6 169.1 150.5 100.0 165.2 168.7 154.2 100.3 167.0 168.8 152.6 101.3 1.6 4.7 3.3 .9 2.1 -.2 1.4 1.3 1.1 .1 -1.0 1.0 -.4 5.1 3.2 .2 1.7 .1 2.7 -.5 1.0 -.2 2.5 .3 Atlanta, GA ....................................................... Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, Ml .............................. Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX ................... Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL ............................. Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD ......................................... San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA .......... Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA ................... 2 2 2 2 161.1 155.6 159.8 168.3 161.6 156.6 157.7 168.7 162.9 158.7 156.9 170.0 165.4 158.8 157.6 167.2 3.4 .9 1.5 1.0 2.4 1.4 -.1 -.9 1.5 .1 .4 -1.6 .7 3.5 -.6 1.4 1.1 2.0 -1.8 1.0 .8 1.3 -.5 .8 2 2 2 169.0 173.3 168.2 166.4 174.6 165.7 169.9 176.5 169.3 168.9 175.1 167.7 2.2 2.7 1.1 1.5 .3 1.2 -.6 -.8 -.9 3.6 2.9 1.6 .5 1.8 .7 2.1 1.1 2.2 U.S. city average ............................................. Region and area size2 Size classes A 4 .................................................................. B/C 3 ............................................................... D ................................................................... . Selected local areas 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 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. 4 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. 65 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 (1982-84= 100, unless otherwise noted) U.S. city average Item and group Index Nov. 1999 ChicagoGaryKenosha, IL-IN-W I Percent change from— Nov. 1998 Oct. 1999 Percent change from— Index Nov. 1999 Nov. 1998 New YorkNorthern N .J.Long Island, N Y -N J-C T-P A Los AngelesRiversideO range County, CA Oct. 1999 Index Nov. 1999 Percent change from— Nov. 1998 Oct. 1999 Index Nov. 1999 Percent change from— Nov. 1998 Oct. 1999 Expenditure category All items .................................................................... All items (1967= 100) ............................................ 165.1 491.7 2.7 0.1 163.7 480 .7 2.4 -0.2 160.6 474.7 2.3 -0.1 * 174.6 497 .0 2.4 0.1 Food and beverages ........................................... Food ..................................................................... Food at home .................................................. Food aw ay from home .................................. Alcoholic beverages ........................................ 164.9 164.5 164.0 166.5 170.4 2.0 1.9 1.7 2.4 2.8 .1 .1 .0 .2 .5 168.3 167.1 173.4 154.7 188.5 1.2 .8 -.5 3.0 8.7 -.1 -.2 -.4 .3 1.0 170.0 167.5 174.5 157.2 193.2 .8 .5 .1 1.4 5.3 -.4 -.6 -.9 .2 1.6 170.5 170.0 169.6 174.5 176.6 2.3 2.3 2.4 2.1 2.8 .6 .6 1.0 -.1 .2 Housing .................................................................. Shelter .................................................................. Rent of primary residence 1 .......................... O wners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 1 2 ........................ ................... Fuels and utilities ............................................... Fuels ................................................................... Gas (piped) and electricity 1 ...................... Electricity 1 ................................................... Utility natural gas service 1 ...................... Household furnishings and operations ...... 161.1 183.1 179.3 2.2 2.5 3.0 .1 .2 .5 158.7 186.9 199.4 3.2 3.3 3.4 -.5 -.2 .2 159.6 169.5 172.6 2.9 3.5 3.8 .1 .2 .5 175.1 20 6 .7 199.9 2.3 2.7 3.4 .5 .5 1.0 177.4 129.8 114.0 120.9 123.4 120.0 124.2 2.3 2.7 2.8 2.2 .4 6.5 -.5 .3 -.2 -.3 -.5 -2.4 4.3 -.2 187.6 123.0 110.4 113.9 107.8 122.0 101.5 3.5 9.2 10.6 10.6 .1 24.2 -5.7 .2 .4 .5 .4 .1 .9 -4.0 167.8 146.3 140.3 140.7 154.3 130.3 125.1 3.2 2.6 2.6 2.6 .0 8.3 -.8 .4 -.9 -1.3 -1.3 .0 -3.8 -.3 196.7 115.5 114.4 123.7 122.4 126.0 125.1 2.3 2.3 2.2 .3 -.2 1.3 -2.2 .6 .3 .3 -.2 -1.1 1.4 -.2 Apparel ................................................................... 132.3 -1.3 -.6 112.1 -6.6 .4 116.4 -2.5 -.5 122.6 -.5 -4.2 Transportation ...................................................... Private transportation ...................................... Motor fuel ........................................................... Gasoline (all types) ...................................... Gasoline, unleaded re g u la r3 ................... Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 3 4 .......... Gasoline, unleaded premium 3 ............... 146.9 144.2 109.5 108.9 106.8 113.6 109.9 4.5 4.3 22.1 22.1 23.5 20.7 19.3 .2 .2 -.5 -.5 -.5 -.4 -.5 140.4 137.3 110.4 109.5 107.4 117.2 110.4 2.9 2.6 18.2 18.3 19.2 17.7 15.8 .2 .1 .0 .0 .1 .2 -.5 143.4 139.4 103.0 100.6 97.7 98.9 103.1 3.2 3.0 12.9 12.9 13.1 13.2 12.4 .0 -.2 -1.2 -1.2 -1.3 -1.3 -.9 155.7 150.0 105.1 104.7 104.9 105.9 105.5 3.2 3.6 22.2 22.2 24.6 19.5 19.6 -.3 -.2 -1.2 -1.2 -1.3 -1.3 -1.0 Medical care ......................................................... 252.5 3.5 .2 261.0 3.7 -.3 242.7 2.3 .2 267.1 3.6 .2 Recreation 5 ........................................................... 101.0 .2 -.1 101.5 1.4 -.2 98.5 -3.0 -.3 102.8 .1 .2 ' Education and communication 5 ...................... 102.5 1.3 .2 109.1 2.1 .2 99.4 .3 .1 102.0 .8 .2 Other goods and services ................................. 267.4 11.8 -.2 265.4 6.6 -1.1 268 .0 13.7 .3 2 71 .7 8.0 -.4 165.1 146.6 135.6 142.2 126.4 187.1 2.7 2.9 3.6 7.3 -.8 2.6 .1 -.1 -.2 -.5 .1 .2 163.7 142.7 127.3 138.2 115.5 186.8 2.4 .6 .4 3.0 -2.0 3.7 -.2 -.4 -.5 -.6 -.6 -.1 160.6 143.6 127.9 132.9 123.5 178.5 2.3 1.9 2.7 5.7 -.5 2.6 -.1 -.2 .0 -.3 .2 .1 174.6 150.1 134.4 137.3 124.9 2 00 .3 2.4 2.9 3.5 6.2 -2.5 2.0 .1 -.5 -1.3 -1.8 -.2 .4 161.1 160.1 137.0 154.0 144.0 175.8 181.1 111.0 172.6 174.7 2.7 2.8 3.6 4.5 7.1 2.6 2.4 11.4 2.1 2.1 .1 .0 -.1 -.2 -.4 .2 .2 -.4 .1 .1 159.1 156.8 129.7 153.8 141.5 174.3 180.3 108.4 171.4 172.3 2.3 2.0 .6 2.1 3.3 4.1 3.7 13.7 1.6 1.8 -.2 -.2 -.5 -.4 -.5 .1 -.1 .3 -.2 -.2 157.3 158.1 131.2 152.5 138.3 175.7 174.1 114.3 165.9 165.9 2.3 1.7 2.8 2.9 5.7 1.4 2.6 8.4 1.9 2.3 -.1 -.3 .0 -.4 -.1 -.2 .1 -1.2 .0 .2 170.9 163.4 136.2 155.3 139.6 175.7 195.4 110.3 182.5 186.1 2.3 2.2 3.5 4.0 5.9 1.2 1.9 8.8 2.0 1.9 .0 -.2 -1.2 -.5 -1.7 .1 .4 -.3 .1 -.1 Commodity and service group All items .................................................................... Commodities .......................................................... Commodities less food and beverages ..... Nondurables less food and beverages .... Durables ............................................................ Services .................................................................. Special aggregate indexes All items less medical care ................................. All items less shelter ............................................. Commodities less food ........................................ Nondurables ............................................................ Nondurables less food .......................................... Services less rent of s h e lte r2 ............................. Services less medical care services ................ Energy ........................................................ .............. All items less energy ............................................. All items less food and energy ......................... 1 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series converted to a geometric means estimator in January, 1999. 2 Indexes on a Decem ber 1984=100 base 3 Special index based on a substantially sm aller sample. 4 Indexes on a Decem ber 1993=100 base, 5 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. ' Data not available. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. 66 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) Monthly cities and pricing schedule 11 U.S. city average BostonBrocktonNashua, MA-NH-ME-CT Item and group Index Nov. 1999 Percent change from— Nov. 1998 Sep. 1999 Index Nov. 1999 ChicagoGaryKenosha, IL-IN-WI Percent change from— Nov. 1998 Sep. 1999 Index Nov. 1999 Percent change from— Nov. 1998 Sep. 1999 Expenditure category All items 3 ........................................................................................ All Items (1967=100) ..................................................................... 165.1 491.7 2.7 ■ 0.2 * 177.8 513.9 3.7 Food and beverages 3 .................................................................. Food 3 .......................................................................................... Food at home ........................................................................... Food away from home 4 .......................................................... Alcoholic beverages 4 ................................................................ 164.9 164.5 164.0 166.5 170.4 2.0 1.9 1.7 2.4 2.8 .4 .4 .3 .4 .4 170.8 171.2 167.0 180.8 170.0 Housing3 ...................................................................................... Shelter ......................................................................................... Rent of primary residence 3 5 .................................................. Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 5 6 ................. Fuels and utilities ....................................................................... Fuels .......................................................................................... Gas (piped) and electricity 5 .................................................. Electricity5 ............................................................................ Utility natural gas sen/ice 5 .................................................. Household furnishings and operations .................................... 161.1 183.1 179.3 177.4 129.8 114.0 120.9 123.4 120.0 124.2 2.2 2.5 3.0 2.3 2.7 2.8 2.2 .4 6.5 -.5 -.1 .3 .7 .5 -2.1 -2.7 -3.2 -5.9 3.9 -.5 Apparel3 ........................................................................................ 132.3 -1.3 Transportation 3 ............................................................................ Private transportation ................................................................ Motor fuel .................................................................................. Gasoline (all types) ................................................................ Gasoline, unleaded regular7 ............................................. Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 7 8 ....................................... Gasoline, unleaded premium 7 ........................................... 146.9 144.2 109.5 108.9 106.8 113.6 109.9 Medical care 3 ............................................................................... 1.5 ■ 163.7 480.7 2.4 ■ -0.2 ■ 2.2 2.1 1.6 3.0 2.3 1.3 1.3 2.1 .3 1.1 168.3 167.1 173.4 154.7 188.5 1.2 .8 -.5 3.0 8.7 -.5 -.5 -1.1 .5 .7 172.2 204.2 197.2 185.3 124.8 105.4 127.7 125.9 128.8 117.4 3.7 4.2 4.5 4.0 1.5 .9 -1.2 .3 -3.4 2.7 2.4 1.5 2.0 1.5 9.2 10.9 11.8 -1.4 38.8 1.4 158.7 186.9 199.4 187.6 123.0 110.4 113.9 107.8 122.0 101.5 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 9.2 10.6 10.6 .1 24.2 -5.7 -.9 -.4 .5 .2 -.7 -.9 -1.0 -7.5 7.0 -5.1 1.4 149.2 -.3 .5 112.1 -6.6 -.2 4.5 4.3 22.1 22.1 23.5 20.7 19.3 .6 .4 -1.0 -1.0 -1.1 -.7 -.7 148.9 148.3 112.0 110.6 108.8 112.5 111.1 5.3 5.7 23.9 23.9 26.5 20.7 19.5 1.4 1.8 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.0 2.6 140.4 137.3 110.4 109.5 107.4 117.2 110.4 2.9 2.6 18.2 18.3 19.2 17.7 15.8 .6 .4 -1.3 -1.4 -1.3 -1.7 -1.4 252.5 3.5 .4 327.5 5.7 1.7 261.0 3.7 .5 Recreation9 .................................................................................. 101.0 .2 .0 104.9 1.0 -.7 101.5 1.4 .7 Education and communication 9 ................................................. 102.5 1.3 .4 102.3 1.7 .4 109.1 2.1 .6 Other goods and services 3 ......................................................... 267.4 11.8 .0 273.1 11.3 -1.0 265.4 6.6 -.8 165.1 146.6 135.6 142.2 126.4 187.1 2.7 2.9 3.6 7.3 -.8 2.6 .2 .2 .1 .1 .2 .3 177.8 151.0 139.2 146.8 127.9 207.6 3.7 4.4 5.6 9.1 .8 3.2 1.5 .9 .7 .8 .3 1.9 163.7 142.7 127.3 138.2 115.5 186.8 2.4 .6 .4 3.0 -2.0 3.7 -.2 -.6 -.7 -.6 -.8 .1 161.1 160.1 137.0 154.0 144.0 175.8 181.1 111.0 172.6 174.7 2.7 2.8 3.6 4.5 7.1 2.6 2.4 11.4 2.1 2.1 .2 .3 .2 .3 .1 .2 .2 -1.9 .5 .5 171.4 170.4 140.1 158.0 147.2 197.1 197.8 107.9 188.5 193.2 3.6 3.4 5.4 5.5 8.6 1.9 3.1 9.5 3.2 3.4 1.5 1.5 .6 1.0 .8 2.2 2.0 7.5 1.0 1.0 159.1 156.8 129.7 153.8 141.5 174.3 180.3 108.4 171.4 172.3 2.3 2.0 .6 2.1 3.3 4.1 3.7 13.7 1.6 1.8 -.3 -.1 -.6 -.6 -.6 .6 .0 -1.1 -.2 -.1 ' Commodity and service group All items 3 ......................................................................................... Commodities ................................................................................ Commodities less food and beverages ................................... Nondurables less food and beverages .................................. Durables ................................................................................... Services ......................................................................................... Special aggregate indexes All items less medical care 3 ......................................................... All items less shelter ...................................................................... Commodities less food .................................................................. Nondurables ................................................................................... Nondurables less food ................................................................... Services less rent of shelter6 .............................. ........................ Services less medical care services ............................................ E nergy3 ........................................................................................... All items less energy ..................................................................... All items less food and energy 3 .................................................. See footnotes at end of table. 67 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 11 ClevelandAkron, OH Los AngelesRiversideOrange County, CA DallasFort Worth, TX Item and group Index Nov. 1999 Percent change from— Nov. 1998 Sep. 1999 Index Nov. 1999 Percent change from— Nov. 1998 Sep. 1999 Index Nov. 1999 Percent change from— Nov. 1998 Sep. 1999 Expenditure category All items 3 ......................................................................................... All items (1967=100) ..................................................................... 156.1 487.8 2.2 * -0.2 ■ 159.8 492.7 3.9 ■ 0.1 ■ 160.6 474.7 2.3 ■ -0.1 * Food and beverages 3 .................................................................. Food3 .......................................................................................... Food at home ........................................................................... Food away from home 4 .......................................................... Alcoholic beverages 4 ................................................................ 170.6 172.1 168.8 179.6 153.1 3.6 3.6 4.7 1.8 3.0 .0 -.1 -.2 .3 .0 164.9 162.6 152.6 180.5 191.1 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.0 1.8 .9 .9 1.4 .0 .7 170.0 167.5 174.5 157.2 193.2 .8 .5 .1 1.4 5.3 .1 .2 .3 .1 -2.0 Housing3 ...................................................................................... Shelter ......................................................................................... Rent of primary residence 3 5 .................................................. Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 5 6 ................. Fuels and utilities ....................................................................... Fuels .......................................................................................... Gas (piped) and electricity 5 .................................................. Electricity5 ............................................................................ Utility natural gas service 5 .................................................. Household furnishings and operations ................................... 148.1 163.6 174.8 170.9 127.2 119.9 121.1 133.6 110.0 123.4 .7 2.1 1.9 2.1 -4.2 -6.0 -6.8 .0 -14.8 -.9 -1.0 .3 .6 .4 -6.6 -8.0 -8.6 -15.2 2.3 -1.1 146.7 159.3 158.3 152.5 123.6 114.1 113.0 109.7 121.2 128.6 2.8 3.5 4.3 3.0 .8 .0 -.3 -1.9 8.2 .4 -.9 .6 .8 .6 -8.3 -10.7 -11.0 -12.0 -5.5 .4 159.6 169.5 172.6 167.8 146.3 140.3 140.7 154.3 130.3 125.1 2.9 3.5 3.8 3.2 2.6 2.6 2.6 .0 8.3 -.8 .1 .5 .6 .5 -2.0 -2.9 -2.9 .3 -8.6 -1.1 Apparel 3 ........................................................................................ 124.7 -5.6 -3.9 134.5 6.0 -2.7 116.4 -2.5 -1.0 Transportation 3 ............................................................................ Private transportation ................................................................ Motor fuel ................................................................................. Gasoline (all types) ................................................................ Gasoline, unleaded regular7 ............................................. Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 7 8 ....................................... Gasoline, unleaded premium 7 ........................................... 142.9 142.5 121.0 120.0 119.3 123.2 120.8 2.9 2.4 24.0 24.1 25.7 23.4 19.8 .7 .7 -1.1 -1.1 -.4 -1.2 -2.7 148.8 148.7 110.0 109.5 106.9 110.5 110.3 3.6 3.5 23.0 23.2 25.8 20.5 19.0 .8 .9 2.0 2.1 2.4 2.1 1.5 143.4 139.4 103.0 100.6 97.7 98.9 103.1 3.2 3.0 12.9 12.9 13.1 13.2 12.4 -.3 -.3 -4.5 -4.5 -4.8 -4.4 -3.9 Medical care 3 ............................................................................... 223.4 4.7 .0 242.6 4.0 1.8 242.7 2.3 .1 R ecreation9 .................................................................................. 98.6 -1.7 -.1 104.2 3.4 .7 98.5 -3.0 .7 Education and communication 9 ................................................ 99.3 .3 .5 104.5 3.7 -.2 99.4 .3 .2 Other goods and services 3 ......................................................... 251.0 14.6 3.0 249.8 13.1 1.8 268.0 13.7 -.6 156.1 145.1 131.0 145.2 116.4 169.4 2.2 3.0 2.5 7.3 -1.9 1.3 -.2 .3 .4 -.3 1.1 -.6 159.8 147.2 136.8 138.3 136.8 174.3 3.9 3.8 4.3 9.9 -.7 3.9 .1 .2 -.2 -.7 .3 .1 160.6 143.6 127.9 132.9 123.5 178.5 2.3 1.9 2.7 5.7 -.5 2.6 -.1 -.3 -.5 -1.3 .3 .2 153.2 155.8 131.8 158.5 145.5 163.6 165.4 120.7 161.4 159.2 2.0 2.2 2.5 5.2 7.1 .3 1.0 5.8 1.8 1.4 -.3 -.4 .4 -.2 -.3 -1.6 -.7 -4.9 .2 .3 155.5 160.6 138.8 151.6 141.4 177.3 167.4 110.8 168.1 169.6 3.9 3.9 4.1 6.0 8.9 4.2 3.9 10.2 3.3 3.4 .1 .0 -.1 .1 -.5 -.4 -.1 -4.7 .5 .5 157.3 158.1 131.2 152.5 138.3 175.7 174.1 114.3 165.9 165.9 2.3 1.7 2.8 2.9 5.7 1.4 2.6 8.4 1.9 2.3 -.1 -.3 -.5 -.5 -1.4 -.2 .2 -3.8 .2 .2 Commodity and service group All items 3 ......................................................................................... Commodities ................................................................................ Commodities less food and beverages ................................... Nondurables less food and beverages ................................. Durables ................................................................................... Services ......................................................................................... Special aggregate indexes All items less medical care 3 ......................................................... All items less shelter ...................................................................... Commodities less food .................................................................. Nondurables ................................................................................... Nondurables less food ................................................................... Services less rent of she lter6 ....................................................... Services less medical care services ............................................ Energy3 ........................................................................................... All items less energy ..................................................................... All items less food and energy 3 .................................................. See footnotes at end of table. 68 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 11 WashingtonBaltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV 2 New YorkNorthern N.J.Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA Item and group Index Percent change from— Nov. 1999 Nov. 1998 Index Nov. 1999 Sep. 1999 Percent change from— Nov. 1998 Sep. 1999 Expenditure category 174.6 497.0 2.4 0.4 104.9 2.6 -0.4 170.5 170.0 169.6 174.5 176.6 2.3 2.3 2.4 2.1 2.8 .4 .4 .6 .2 .1 103.2 103.3 101.3 104.5 100.9 1.2 1.3 .9 1.9 .6 .6 .7 1.3 -.3 -.4 Electricity 5 ...................................................................... Utility natural gas service 5 ............................................... Household furnishings and operations ................................ 175.1 206.7 199.9 196.7 115.5 114.4 123.7 122.4 126.0 125.1 2.3 2.7 3.4 2.3 2.3 2.2 .3 -.2 1.3 -2.2 .5 .8 1.5 .6 -.3 -.3 -1.6 -3.6 2.0 -1.7 105.6 106.8 107.6 106.6 104.8 104.7 104.8 104.5 106.4 100.9 2.3 2.4 3.3 2.1 6.3 6.9 6.4 5.8 9.8 -2.2 -1.7 .3 .8 .6 -14.8 -16.5 -17.5 -20.4 -.2 .2 Apparel 3 .................................................................................. 122.6 -.5 -1.9 98.3 -1.6 -3.7 Transportation3 ................................................. Private transportation ................................................. Motor fuel ............................................................................ Gasoline (all types) ............................................................ Gasoline unleaded regular7 ........................................... Gasoline unleaded midgrade 7 8 ..................................... Gasoline unleaded premium 7 ......................................... 155.7 150.0 105.1 104.7 104.9 105.9 105.5 3.2 3.6 22.2 22.2 24.6 19.5 19.6 .9 .8 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.3 1.2 103.0 103.1 106.2 106.3 105.9 106.6 106.6 4.8 4.8 22.6 22.9 24.7 21.4 20.2 1.3 1.5 2.7 2.7 2.8 2.5 2.5 Medical care 3 .......................................................................... 267.1 3.6 .3 106.4 1.7 .5 Recreation9 102.8 .1 .3 102.2 1.1 .7 ........................................... 102.0 .8 .3 103.4 .5 .5 ................................................ 271.7 8.0 .0 123.5 13.1 -1.3 174.6 150.1 134.4 137.3 124.9 200.3 2.4 2.9 3.5 6.2 -2.5 2.0 .4 -.1 -.4 -.3 -.7 .6 104.9 103.4 104.0 107.8 99.5 105.9 2.6 2.9 3.9 7.3 -.1 2.5 -.4 .3 .1 -.9 1.2 -1.0 170.9 163.4 136.2 155.3 139.6 175.7 195.4 110.3 182.5 186.1 2.3 2.2 3.5 4.0 5.9 1.2 1.9 8.8 2.0 1.9 .4 .1 -.4 .1 -.3 .3 .6 .3 .4 .3 104.8 103.9 103.8 104.8 107.1 105.0 106.1 102.9 104.6 105.5 2.7 2.8 3.7 3.9 6.6 2.7 2.7 14.5 1.9 2.0 -.5 -.7 .0 -.2 -.8 -2.4 -1.1 -7.6 .2 .1 All items (1967-100) ............................................................. Fuels and utilities .................................................................. ................................................................ Education and communication 9 Other goods and services 3 Commodity and service group All items 3 ................................................................................. Commodities ..................................................................... Commodities less food and beverages ................................ Nondurables less food and beverages .............................. Durables ........................................................................... Services ................................................................................ Special aggregate indexes All items less medical care 3 ..................................................... All items less shelter .......................................................... Commodities less food ................................................. Nondurables ..................................................................... Nondurables less food ............................................................... Services less rent of shelter8 .......................................... Services less medical care services .......................................... Energy3 ..................................................................... All items less energy ................................................. All items less food and energy 3 ............................ 1 Areas on pricing schedule 2 (see Table 10) will appear next month. 2 For W ashington-Baltim ore, indexes are on a December 1997=100 base unless otherwise noted. 3 For Washington-Baltimore, index is on a November 1996=100 base. 4 For Washington-Baltimore, index is on a November 1997=100 base. 5 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series converted to a geometric means estimator in January, 1999. 6 7 8 9 Indexes on a Decem ber 1984=100 base Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. Indexes on a Decem ber 1993=100 base. Indexes on a Decem ber 1997=100 base. Data not available. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific d 69 Table 24. Historical Consum er Price Index for All Urban Consum ers (CPI-U): U. S. city average, all items (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) Semiannual averages Year Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. 1st half 1913 1914 9.8 10.0 9.8 9.9 9.8 9.9 9.8 9.8 9.7 9.9 9.8 9.9 9.9 10.0 9.9 10.2 10.0 10.2 10.0 10.1 10.1 10.2 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 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 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 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 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 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 2 2 .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 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 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 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 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 3 3 .3 34.7 36.6 2nd half 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 19.4 17.3 16.9 17.3 17.3 - - 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 18.0 17.7 17.3 17.2 17.3 17.9 17.7 17.3 17.1 17.2 • - 17.5 17.7 17.4 17.1 17.1 3.5 -1.1 -2.3 -1.2 2.3 1.1 -1.7 -1.7 .6 .0 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 * -6.4 -9.3 -10.3 * 16.7 15.2 13.7 13.0 13.4 -2.3 -9.0 -9.9 -5.1 3.1 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 * • 13.7 13.9 14.4 14.1 13.9 3.0 1.4 2.9 -2.8 .0 1.5 3.6 -2.1 -1.4 14.0 15.4 16.8 17.4 17.7 14.1 15.5 16.9 17.4 17.8 • • 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 18.1 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 - ■ 18.0 19.5 22.3 24.1 23.8 2 .2 2.3 8.3 14.4 8.1 -1.2 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 - • 24.1 26.0 26.5 26.7 26.9 5.9 6.0 .7 -.7 1.3 7.9 1.9 .8 .7 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 - ■ 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 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 ■ - 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 31.6 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 - - 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 See footnotes at end of table. Annual avg. 70 * - • • • - ■ - .8 1.5 18.1 8 .8 3.0 -2.1 .8 2 .2 Table 24. Historical Consum er Price Index for All Urban Consum ers (CPI-U): U. S. city average, all item s-Continued (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) Semiannual averages Year Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. 1st 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 1998 1999 150.3 154.4 159.1 161.6 164.3 150.9 154.9 159.6 161.9 164.5 151.4 155.7 160.0 162.2 165.0 151.9 156.3 160.2 162.5 166.2 152.2 156.6 160.1 162.8 166.2 152.5 156.7 160.3 163.0 166.2 152.5 157.0 160.5 163.2 166.7 152.9 157.3 160.8 163.4 167.1 153.2 157.8 161.2 163.6 167.9 153.7 158.3 161.6 164.0 168.2 Data not available. Annual avg. 2nd half Percent change from previous Dec. Annual avg. 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 - - 102.9 104.9 82.4 90.9 96.5 99.6 103.9 12.5 8.9 3.8 3.8 3.9 13.5 10.3 6.2 3.2 4.3 109.3 110.5 115.4 120.5 126.1 106.6 109.1 112.4 116.8 122.7 108.5 110.1 114.9 119.7 125.3 107.6 109.6 113.6 118.3 124.0 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 2.6 153.6 158.6 161.5 164.0 168.3 153.5 158.6 161.3 163.9 151.5 155.8 159.9 162.3 165.4 153.2 157.9 161.2 163.7 152.4 156.9 160.5 163.0 2.5 3.3 1.7 1.6 2.8 3.0 2.3 1.6 - - ■ ■ ■ NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. 71 Table 25. Historical Consum er Price Index for All Urban Consum ers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by com m odity and service group and detailed expenditure categories (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) U n adjusted indexes December Item and group Nov. 1999 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 126.1 377.6 133.8 400.9 137.9 413.0 141.9 425.2 145.8 436.8 149.7 448.4 153.5 459.9 158.6 475.0 161.3 483.2 163.9 491.0 168.3 504.1 133.9 134.2 133.8 142.4 143.7 124.0 163.5 122.7 137.3 136.7 135.5 147.4 148.8 123.5 171.4 126.3 146.4 143.3 142.7 142.3 158.9 159.6 129.9 186.5 131.7 158.2 156.2 157.0 163.2 163.9 156.3 158.0 155.1 176.9 147.2 146.8 147.3 164.2 164.5 132.3 191.0 139.5 141.5 138.3 137.5 147.2 148.0 139.4 141.8 137.1 159.3 139.5 138.7 137.5 153.3 154.4 130.2 178.1 128.9 152.5 150.3 149.9 150.3 169.5 168.6 140.6 194.1 142.8 169.6 169.3 171.6 171.6 174.2 169.8 168.0 168.9 183.8 156.6 156.3 157.7 175.7 166.6 151.2 186.0 144.0 179.8 * 183.4 180.7 178.8 180.5 175.6 178.1 173.8 206.9 159.1 158.7 159.2 178.4 169.6 150.6 189.0 149.8 100.0 182.3 100.0 186.2 186.9 100.0 180.1 182.3 178.6 178.8 177.2 206.4 162.7 162.3 162.6 182.3 172.0 153.6 192.7 150.0 100.0 186.9 102.5 189.6 193.5 102.7 184.0 186.1 182.6 183.9 170.4 215.6 165.7 165.2 165.1 184.8 173.3 154.3 194.1 151.6 99.6 190.2 105.0 194.9 196.9 106.5 186.3 189.7 184.9 184.7 172.8 213.7 139.8 133.6 133.8 133.6 133.0 120.8 * - 145.2 131.6 132.0 130.8 131.7 119.1 157.4 137.1 138.4 135.9 137.7 123.0 133.1 117.1 137.1 144.5 145.8 • 136.4 138.2 140.1 141.1 141.3 146.8 158.7 • 122.8 177.0 116.0 130.2 130.6 134.6 131.5 161.7 136.4 137.6 133.7 134.7 117.7 170.8 142.0 141.7 137.2 134.6 115.7 139.6 130.2 144.2 151.9 146.2 174.9 150.0 149.0 144.4 137.8 117.6 * 155.4 161.5 157.4 168.3 156.0 • 146.2 143.8 181.7 148.4 148.1 143.4 136.9 116.4 100.0 100.0 100.0 153.0 100.0 160.3 100.0 154.3 164.7 150.2 100.0 147.0 144.9 100.0 160.8 100.0 155.2 100.0 158.9 154.4 100.0 177.2 100.0 100.0 129.4 200.5 151.1 147.8 100.0 145.8 100.0 148.3 151.8 100.0 188.5 147.3 147.4 140.2 137.1 115.9 101.2 100.6 97.8 144.1 96.8 153.1 99.3 145.1 154.4 139.5 91.8 145.6 140.2 99.8 166.3 102.6 159.3 103.5 162.4 160.6 100.1 183.7 103.5 103.8 134.5 Expenditure category All items ........................................................................................... All items (1967-100) ..................................................................... Food and beverages ................................................................... 127.2 Food ............................................................................................ 127.4 Food at home ........................................................................... 126.5 Cereals and bakery products ............................................... 136.1 136.5 Cereals and cereal products ............................................. Flour and prepared flour mixes ....................................... 121.2 Breakfast cereal ................................................................ 152.4 Rice, pasta, cornmeal ....................................................... 120.1 Rice 12 ............................................................................. Bakery products .................................................................. 135.6 Bread 1 ............................................................................... White bread 2 .................................................................. 133.2 Bread other than white 2 ................................................ 132.2 Fresh biscuits, rolls, muffins 1 ......................................... Cakes, cupcakes, and cookies ........................................ 139.0 C ookies2 .......................................................................... 140.2 Fresh cakes and cupcakes 2 ......................................... 132.9 Other bakery products ...................................................... 137.5 Fresh sweetrolls, coffeecakes, doughnuts 2 ............... 132.2 Crackers, bread, and cracker products 2 ...................... 147.5 Frozen and refrigerated bakery products, pies, tarts, turnovers2 ............................................................... 137.0 123.8 Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ............................................. Meats, poultry, and fish ...................................................... 123.0 120.0 Meats .................................................................................. Beef and veal .................................................................. 122.1 Uncooked ground beef ................................................. 112.2 Uncooked beef roasts 1 ................................................ Uncooked beef steaks 1 .............................................. Uncooked other beef and v e a l1 ................................. Pork .................................................................................. 117.2 * Bacon, breakfast sausage, and related products 1 ... Bacon and related products 2 ..................................... 105.0 Breakfast sausage and related products 12 ........... Ham ................................................................................ 121.9 129.5 Ham, excluding canned 2 ........................................... Pork chops .................................................................... 123.7 Other pork including roasts and picnics 1 .................. Other meats ..................................................................... 119.5 Frankfurters 2 ................................................................ 119.3 Lunchmeats 1 2 ............................................................. 119.8 Lamb and organ meats 2 ............................................. Lamb and mutton 1 2 .................................................... Poultry ................................................................................ 127.8 Chicken 1 .......................................................................... Fresh whole chicken 2 .................................................. 130.4 130.2 Fresh and frozen chicken parts 2 ............................... • Other poultry including turkey 1 ..................................... Fish and seafood ............................................................... 143.0 Fresh fish and seafood 1 ................................................ Processed fish and seafood 1 ....................................... Canned fish and seafood 2 .......................................... 119.4 156.3 Frozen fish and seafood 2 ............................ •............... 134.9 Eggs ..................................................................................... Dairy and related products ................................................... 122.9 M ilk 1 .................................................................................... 123.0 Fresh whole milk 2 ............................................................ Fresh milk other than whole 1 2 ....................................... 126.9 Cheese and related products ............................................ Ice cream and related products ......................................... 123.1 Other dairy and related products 1 .................................... 140.4 143.8 154.2 155.4 144.8 147.6 142.0 168.1 136.8 122.9 144.4 154.5 142.5 131.6 132.9 128.2 129.7 * 130.6 133.2 * 148.5 118.8 164.1 128.7 126.7 126.0 ■ 132.7 128.5 See footnotes at end of table. 72 128.5 108.6 137.3 143.6 136.1 146.1 151.6 157.7 157.5 151.0 154.9 146.8 181.4 150.4 132.1 133.0 131.1 132.8 118.4 - 127.4 104.8 132.7 134.7 130.2 134.9 141.2 139.5 * 133.0 133.9 134.1 130.2 133.7 129.9 134.8 ■ 150.4 118.2 167.0 123.5 127.4 125.5 135.4 136.9 ■ 152.0 135.1 130.1 135.4 130.6 119.9 168.7 117.7 129.1 127.8 163.8 160.4 162.4 169.2 170.1 165.2 163.1 159.5 178.7 130.1 114.8 134.8 142.1 138.8 137.3 134.3 145.1 140.4 139.4 143.2 166.9 124.5 187.9 116.4 131.6 131.1 136.0 136.1 141.4 139.3 151.8 146.3 * 144.8 150.2 ■ 172.1 125.5 194.8 145.5 135.0 133.7 139.0 139.7 160.7 * 157.8 158.2 161.5 * 175.1 126.5 198.6 162.9 148.6 148.3 150.1 150.5 188.4 150.5 151.4 145.3 142.2 120.7 102.4 105.1 102.3 149.3 98.4 157.5 99.4 150.9 162.5 145.6 96.7 150.3 149.4 101.9 155.9 101.4 159.4 103.3 164.5 159.0 100.7 187.9 107.1 104.7 *132.9 NA 213.4 142.9 128.8 157.6 164.6 106.1 114.2 155.2 165.7 106.1 114.9 165.7 159.0 162.0 162.8 108.3 106.0 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-Continued (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) Unadjusted indexes December Item and group 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 136.7 145.6 154.8 124.7 122.6 138.5 • 136.5 140.0 135.8 140.3 135.6 • • • 124.6 ■ ■ 111.0 * 109.8 • 115.7 115.3 115.5 120.1 121.1 114.8 * * 121.6 • 103.0 126.7 • * ■ 127.6 132.4 131.3 126.2 124.9 146.5 157.6 171.2 151.6 128.3 152.9 169.6 188.6 169.9 128.3 • 186.8 156.2 173.9 181.8 154.1 124.3 156.7 166.1 137.2 183.0 193.4 166.4 180.3 212.8 213.1 163.2 143.1 * 178.7 • 212.7 154.2 273.4 233.6 216.1 * 177.9 206.3 224.2 187.6 146.5 206.7 • 188.4 175.3 172.2 242.6 183.2 117.4 116.7 118.1 125.2 126.4 118.1 ■ ■ 131.0 94.9 134.0 * * 134.2 140.2 135.8 131.1 132.6 150.7 129.0 170.1 124.5 162.3 * • • * • 129.3 • 112.5 ■ 111.9 • 111.3 109.0 115.6 127.1 130.9 118.1 * * 129.3 94.4 131.8 • ■ • 138.2 148.6 138.0 132.8 137.9 166.5 190.1 205.4 166.9 127.6 177.4 • 174.9 165.0 152.1 197.2 178.5 187.2 216.2 251.1 194.1 157.5 * 199.6 * 181.2 160.2 184.6 193.4 185.9 * • * 143.7 * ■ 126.9 118.0 * 145.6 145.7 145.3 143.6 144.7 132.2 ■ 140.7 113.9 145.5 * 158.9 184.9 146.2 151.7 163.9 200.7 235.2 258.7 191.8 165.6 118.0 224.3 106.6 212.3 178.0 199.3 281.9 209.8 102.0 102.3 102.7 103.1 102.5 150.3 100.1 100.5 131.7 99.9 114.9 104.7 100.1 96.5 155.2 120.6 127.8 133.7 129.8 135.7 139.6 191.3 222.3 239.4 193.9 151.5 100.0 189.3 100.0 205.2 175.0 218.5 253.4 201.5 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 147.8 100.0 100.0 133.1 100.0 116.1 100.0 100.0 100.0 170.2 178.0 155.2 100.0 147.7 147.9 133.3 100.0 100.0 140.3 100.0 128.2 144.2 100.0 100.0 100.0 162.8 189.1 144.9 155.6 168.3 100.0 100.0 100.0 162.1 100.0 100.0 100.0 159.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Nov. 1999 Expenditure category Fruits and vegetables ........................................................... Fresh fruits and vegetables ................................................ Fresh fruits ........................................................................ Apples .............................................................................. Bananas .......................................................................... Citrus fruits 1 ................................................................... Oranges, including tangerines 2 ................................... Other fresh fruits 1 .......................................................... Fresh vegetables ............................................................... Potatoes ........................................................................... Lettuce .............................................................................. Tomatoes ........................................................................ Other fresh vegetables ................................................... Processed fruits and vegetables 1 .................................... Canned fruits and vegetables 1 ....................................... Canned fruits 1 2 .............................................................. Canned vegetables 12 ................................................... Frozen fruits and vegetables 1 ........................................ Frozen vegetables 2 ........................................................ Other processed fruits and vegetables Including dried 1 Dried beans, peas, and lentils 1 2 .................................. Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials ............. Juices and nonalcoholic drinks 1 ....................................... Carbonated drinks ............................................................. Frozen noncarbonated juices and drinks 1 ..................... Nonfrozen noncarbonated juices and drinks 1 .............. Beverage materials including coffee and tea 1 ................ Coffee ................................................................................. Roasted coffee 2 ............................................................. Instant and freeze dried coffee 2 ................................... Other beverage materials including tea 1 ....................... Other food at home ............................................................... Sugar and sweets ................................................................ Sugar and artificial sweeteners ....................................... Candy and chewing gum 1 ............................................... Other sweets 1 .................................................................. Fats and oils ....................................................................... . Butter and margarine 1 ..................................................... B utte r2 ............................................................................. Margarine2 ..................................................................... Salad dressing 1 ................................................................ Other fats and oils including peanut b u tte r1 ................. Peanut b u tte r1 2 ............................................................. Other foods ........................................................................... Soups ................................................................................. Frozen and freeze dried prepared foods ........................ Snacks ................................................................................ Spices, seasonings, condiments, sauces ....................... Salt and other seasonings and spices 12 .................... Olives, pickles, relishes 1 2 ............................................ Sauces and gravies 1 2 .................................................. Other condiments 2 ......................................................... Baby food 1 ....................................................................... Other miscellaneous foods 1 ........................................... Prepared salads 1 2 ........................................................ Food away from home ............................................................. Full sen/ice meals and snacks 1 .......................................... Limited sen/ice meals and snacks 1 .................................... Food at employee sites and schools1 ............................... Food from vending machines and mobile vendors 1 ......... Other food away from home 1 .............................................. 152.7 144.0 133.9 152.0 129.5 151.0 128.5 113.1 110.8 See footnotes at end of table. 73 * * * 130.2 * 112.3 113.7 * * 105.4 102.4 111.7 128.3 132.1 119.3 * • 128.4 88.0 128.9 * 141.2 157.0 138.7 132.5 143.6 * ■ * 140.1 • ■ 141.6 • - 135.4 • 114.8 115.6 * 111.1 109.2 115.8 * 130.9 133.3 120.6 129.4 82.0 130.3 * 144.9 163.9 138.6 136.3 147.4 ■ 140.1 * 144.3 - * 136.5 * 131.7 * 115.2 • 172.7 179.0 157.9 138.8 134.5 122.8 * 134.2 81.6 139.4 - 148.1 170.7 138.9 138.7 150.9 143.1 147.1 * * * 140.4 * 129.5 118.5 • 156.1 159.5 148.9 * 140.5 138.5 127.9 137.5 93.4 141.6 * 152.1 176.5 139.8 143.4 156.8 • 148.2 * 150.4 - 154.5 155.0 NA NA 103.3 152.4 150.1 133.8 101.1 103.8 151.9 120.5 168.9 152.9 103.4 102.1 102.2 166.9 191.7 147.1 156.9 172.4 100.4 101.3 102.6 166.6 103.3 104.9 201.2 234.3 260.5 198.9 157.1 147.5 302.1 95.7 209.1 186.1 216.6 213.8 217.2 104.4 104.6 105.4 105.4 105.2 153.9 102.3 100.5 133.9 102.2 118.1 107.7 101.8 96.5 152.4 157.0 160.0 105.2 153.0 152.1 133.9 102.9 104.9 145.3 105.6 135.6 148.2 103.5 102.1 103.9 169.0 192.9 146.9 162.8 175.5 100.3 102.1 105.2 172.3 107.1 103.9 NA NA 163.0 102.8 102.2 102.5 100.9 103.3 166.5 105.0 104.5 104.5 101.6 106.9 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 December Item and group Nov. 1999 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 125.6 119.5 120.0 122.1 121.2 123.8 111.6 140.3 130.9 124.0 124.3 128.1 127.5 129.2 114.5 146.9 143.9 138.4 139.0 139.9 137.8 142.3 130.5 158.9 148.1 141.3 142.9 141.8 139.0 144.0 132.4 165.0 150.3 142.0 143.3 143.1 141.3 144.6 133.1 169.3 151.8 141.8 143.2 144.2 142.4 144.5 131.3 173.3 154.9 143.1 144.1 145.5 145.2 145.1 133.4 178.8 160.5 148.0 148.3 148.5 147.9 147.9 141.7 185.6 164.0 149.3 147.5 151.9 151.5 152.1 145.1 192.5 167.2 151.4 149.8 153.0 153.2 152.8 147.2 198.1 171.2 155.0 153.5 157.9 156.9 157.9 149.9 202.9 - - ■ * 100.0 100.0 100.0 101.9 104.2 103.4 104.9 104.9 105.1 Expenditure category Alcoholic beverages .................................................................. Alcoholic beverages at home ............................................... Beer, ale, and other malt beverages at home ................. Distilled spirits at home ...................................................... Whiskey at home 2 ............................................................ Distilled spirits, excluding whiskey, at home 2 ............... Wine at home ...................................................................... Alcoholic beverages away from home ................................ Beer, ale, and other malt beverages away from home 1 2 Wine away from home 1 2 .................................................. Distilled spirits away from home 1 2 ................................. Housing ......................................................................................... Shelter ......................................................................................... Rent of primary residence 3 .................................................. Lodging away from home 1 3 ................................................. Housing at school, excluding board 3 4 .............................. Other lodging away from home including hotels and motels ............................................................................. Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 3 4 ............... Tenants’ and household insurance 1 ..................................... Fuels and utilities ....................................................................... Fuels .......................................................................................... Fuel oil and other fuels ....................................................... .. Fuel oil .................................................................................. Other household fuels 5 ..................................................... Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ................................................ Electricity 3 .......................................................................... Utility natural gas service 3 ................................................ Water and sewer and trash collection services 1 ............... Water and sewerage maintenance 3 ............................... Garbage and trash collection 6 .......................................... Household furnishings and operations .................................... Window and floor coverings and other linens 1 ................... Floor coverings 1 ................................................................... Window coverings 1 .............................................................. Other linens 1 ......................................................................... Furniture and bedding ............................................................. Bedroom furniture .................................................................. Living room, kitchen, and dining room furniture 1 .............. Other furniture 1 .................................................................... Appliances 1 ............................................................................. Major appliances 1 ................................................................ Laundry equipm ent2 .......................................................... Other appliances 1 ................................................................ Other household equipment and furnishings 1 .................... Clocks, lamps, and decorator items .................................... Indoor plants and flowers 7 ................................................... Dishes and flatware 1 ........................................................... Nonelectric cookware and tableware 1 ............................... Tools, hardware, outdoor equipment and supplies 1 ........... Tools, hardware and supplies 1 ........................................... Outdoor equipment and supplies 1 ...................................... Housekeeping supplies .......................................................... Household cleaning products 1 ........................................... Household paper products 1 ............................................... Miscellaneous household products1 ................................. Household operations 1 .......................................................... Domestic services 1 ............................................................. Gardening and lawncare services 1 ................................... Moving, storage, freight expense 1 ..................................... Repair of household items 1 ................................................. * ' ■ - ■ ' ' 124.9 135.6 135.5 ■ 156.3 130.5 142.7 141.1 166.1 ' 135.0 148.2 145.2 * 175.8 138.5 152.5 148.6 188.6 142.3 157.1 151.9 193.8 145.4 161.8 155.7 * 201.9 149.7 167.4 159.6 * 210.6 154.0 172.3 164.0 * 219.0 157.7 178.1 169.1 100.0 229.7 161.3 184.0 174.9 103.8 239.4 164.9 188.6 179.8 108.5 249.5 133.8 141.0 • 108.4 101.2 88.7 88.7 108.3 107.0 113.4 97.8 144.7 161.1 111.7 ■ • * 113.8 118.8 * • ■ 105.9 * * 112.8 • • ■ ■ ■ 123.6 ■ ■ ■ • ■ ■ • 154.9 147.7 * 112.7 105.6 114.1 115.2 136.4 108.6 115.0 99.6 153.7 176.9 113.7 • ■ * 115.1 117.2 * * • ■ 107.2 ■ ■ 112.6 100.0 * * ■ ■ 127.5 168.0 153.2 • 116.0 106.5 94.7 92.3 123.3 112.4 120.8 99.9 165.7 197.3 116.3 ■ * * 174.3 157.8 181.0 162.8 118.7 108.9 91.8 89.2 120.4 115.6 122.9 105.0 176.7 214.0 118.2 ■ 121.7 110.7 88.3 85.1 118.0 118.1 123.6 111.1 185.2 225.2 120.3 ■ ■ * 125.8 136.3 ■ * ■ 107.1 ■ ■ 118.2 110.0 183.3 168.1 * 122.0 110.1 88.4 85.1 118.5 117.4 124.4 107.5 193.0 236.4 120.8 191.2 174.3 * 123.7 110.9 89.6 86.4 119.4 118.3 127.8 103.6 198.6 243.3 123.8 * • * 133.2 136.8 • ■ 201.0 179.1 129.4 117.1 110.3 106.5 146.8 122.8 128.7 115.0 205.5 247.8 125.0 • * * 213.5 184.7 100.0 130.0 115.8 97.2 94.0 128.8 123.0 127.0 118.8 100.0 213.7 252.8 125.1 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 133.5 142.7 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 113.4 100.0 100.0 121.0 107.1 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 143.4 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 221.4 190.7 99.9 126.6 111.4 86.1 79.7 125.9 118.9 122.9 114.7 102.7 219.4 259.9 126.6 101.2 102.3 100.1 101.5 135.4 141.8 101.6 104.3 98.9 98.5 110.6 99.6 99.9 119.5 109.3 99.4 99.5 99.6 97.4 100.5 146.3 101.7 102.7 101.8 103.0 103.3 101.5 103.3 105.6 231.6 194.9 102.1 130.0 114.6 100.7 97.8 132.4 121.4 123.9 120.3 104.7 223.2 266.2 126.4 99.3 100.5 98.5 99.3 133.6 140.3 100.9 100.5 98.0 98.5 111.1 97.2 97.2 115.7 106.2 96.9 98.2 98.0 97.3 98.1 149.0 102.6 107.6 103.0 105.8 106.4 104.0 106.2 107.9 116.2 122.0 • ■ • ■ 105.6 ■ ■ 117.8 107.0 • * ■ ■ 129.8 ■ ■ ■ ■ * ■ ■ * ■ * See footnotes at end of table. • - 74 • 121.4 129.5 • ■ 106.3 ■ * 120.3 113.0 129.5 • ■ * ■ 131.9 * ■ ■ ■ * • ■ • 127.8 133.7 * ■ 110.6 ■ ■ 117.8 114.1 • * 132.9 * ■ * ■ * 109.8 * * 122.1 115.6 * * * ■ ■ 139.8 * ■ ■ * ■ ■ ■ 134.5 141.5 * • ■ 113.2 * ■ 117.0 116.4 * • * ■ 141.4 ■ ■ ■ • * * * 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 December Item and group Nov. 1999 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 Apparel ......................................................................................... Men’s and boys’ apparel .......................................................... Men’s apparel ........................................................................... Men’s suits, sport coats, and outerwear ............................. Men’s furnishings .................................................................. Men’s shirts and sweaters 1 ................................................. Men’s pants and shorts ........................................................ Boys’ apparel ............................................................................ Women’s and girls’ apparel ...................................................... Women’s apparel .................................................................... Women’s outerwear .............................................................. Women’s dresses .................................................................. Women’s suits and separates 1 .......................................... Women’s underwear, nightwear, sportswear and accessories 1 ................................................................. Girls’ apparel ............................................................................ Footwear .................................................................................... Men’s footwear ......................................................................... Boys’ and girls’ footwear ........................................................ Women’s footwear ................................................................... Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel ................................................... Jewelry and watches 5 ............................................................... Watches 5 .................................................................................. Jewelry 5 ................................................................................... 119.2 118.8 120.6 124.7 117.4 125.3 122.3 124.5 128.2 119.8 131.4 127.1 130.0 132.8 123.6 125.8 113.2 125.7 125.3 119.0 113.1 - 130.6 126.0 128.3 133.7 120.0 127.0 116.2 124.7 124.1 123.5 114.7 130.3 127.8 130.4 133.3 124.6 121.9 113.0 123.5 124.2 117.2 131.1 - 132.6 127.5 130.0 137.4 123.0 127.8 117.1 130.6 131.0 131.8 127.2 - 130.5 125.3 128.2 136.0 122.7 116.7 111.4 116.4 116.5 108.9 122.5 129.6 125.9 128.3 131.3 122.2 126.1 116.2 128.4 128.0 121.1 128.0 - 129.2 116.8 123.3 123.0 126.1 108.1 - 131.6 131.2 133.7 135.8 134.1 100.0 129.0 120.7 123.6 123.7 126.7 102.7 100.0 130.7 130.3 133.1 133.2 133.1 100.6 128.9 118.8 122.4 123.0 122.1 107.2 98.2 133.6 133.2 135.7 136.7 138.1 101.4 130.2 122.4 126.6 127.3 122.9 109.6 103.5 120.2 118.4 125.6 122.9 110.9 125.6 129.4 110.4 134.9 130.8 121.8 129.4 122.7 115.5 129.2 134.4 114.1 140.2 133.5 125.1 132.9 121.5 120.6 130.7 138.2 112.7 145.5 ■ 129.1 125.8 133.2 122.1 121.5 127.1 140.6 118.7 146.8 128.2 123.6 132.2 123.3 117.1 131.3 147.7 124.6 154.3 128.7 124.1 131.6 125.2 117.8 128.7 147.7 130.6 152.6 * 125.0 125.9 131.1 130.4 119.6 126.9 140.3 122.6 145.4 100.0 123.6 128.2 131.4 133.5 122.7 125.8 138.9 122.2 143.6 100.4 119.4 127.5 132.4 133.3 120.6 129.6 136.1 120.5 140.5 101.8 123.0 126.4 129.1 129.2 122.6 132.6 139.7 122.2 144.7 Transportation .............................................................................. Private transportation ................................................................ New and used motor vehicles 1 ............................................. New vehicles ......................................................................... New cars and trucks 1 2 ..................................................... New cars 2 ............................................................................. New trucks 2 6 ...................................................................... New motorcycles 2 5 ............................................................ Used cars and trucks ............................................................ Car and truck re n ta l1 ........................................................... Motor fuel ................................................................................. Gasoline (all types) ................................................................ Gasoline, unleaded regular2 ............................................. Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 2 8 ...................................... Gasoline, unleaded premium 2 ........................................... Other motor fuels 1 ................................................................ Motor vehicle parts and equipment ....................................... Tires ........................................................................................ Vehicle accessories other than tires 1 ................................ Vehicle parts and equipment other than tires 2 ............... Motor oil, coolant, and fluids 2 ........................................... Motor vehicle maintenance and repair .................................. Motor vehicle body work ....................................................... Motor vehicle maintenance and servicing .......................... Motor vehicle re p a ir1 ........................................................... Motor vehicle insurance ......................................................... Motor vehicle fees 1 ................................................................ State and local registration and license 13 ........................ Parking and other fees 1 ...................................................... Parking fees and tolls 1 2 .................................................... Automobile service clubs 1 2 .............................................. Public transportation .................................................................. Airline fare ................................................................................ Other intercity transportation .................................................. Ship fare 1 2 ............................................................................ Intracity transportation ............................................................. 115.2 113.9 121.9 127.2 125.1 124.3 123.5 125.8 117.4 117.1 117.1 117.0 115.4 118.7 102.0 99.0 109.4 117.5 132.5 138.5 127.0 184.4 * • * * 154.4 165.4 148.4 * 135.6 125.3 123.4 128.3 127.6 129.6 123.7 120.1 * 98.4 98.1 96.1 101.4 103.6 101.3 110.2 118.4 138.4 141.9 133.8 199.1 ■ * 149.8 155.4 152.0 140.8 129.0 126.7 137.1 134.9 98.3 140.1 139.1 136.6 100.7 142.8 138.5 144.1 148.9 151.5 100.4 100.2 97.9 105.3 103.4 101.9 101.6 140.7 148.2 156.5 158.2 96.4 96.0 93.6 100.6 98.4 102.4 101.8 107.3 130.0 155.7 161.2 144.2 145.2 141.7 101.7 145.4 143.0 151.5 162.4 155.6 108.6 107.9 106.1 112.4 109.1 143.2 140.0 100.0 144.1 100.0 141.5 151.4 163.7 147.9 100.0 101.9 101.3 99.1 105.9 103.0 100.0 101.4 99.0 100.0 108.2 131.8 164.7 176.2 152.1 100.0 255.3 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 184.3 194.8 156.3 100.0 176.6 140.7 137.2 100.9 144.1 100.0 141.3 152.1 164.3 153.1 101.5 86.2 85.7 82.8 90.7 89.2 87.7 101.2 98.6 99.9 108.3 130.8 169.6 181.5 156.5 103.0 254.5 103.1 101.4 107.0 107.4 100.9 188.4 202.8 161.1 104.6 171.9 147.6 143.6 100.9 143.1 99.3 139.6 152.7 167.6 156.1 108.6 109.3 108.7 106.6 113.3 109.8 104.6 101.2 97.8 100.6 108.9 132.5 173.6 184.2 159.7 105.8 255.6 104.6 102.2 110.0 110.1 103.9 202.2 226.4 160.0 100.9 173.1 Expenditure category * 116.1 114.7 122.0 118.5 107.5 115.3 121.5 107.7 125.5 121.8 120.7 114.2 119.7 * 85.8 85.5 83.1 • 89.9 101.1 99.1 107.3 109.8 126.9 133.9 122.5 171.5 * 131.7 134.8 139.2 125.9 See footnotes at end of table. 75 129.2 115.0 129.1 128.4 126.2 130.7 131.3 130.5 132.9 128.7 129.0 100.2 100.1 97.9 103.2 103.0 100.8 109.5 118.1 143.2 145.8 136.6 212.2 158.2 165.7 152.2 147.8 132.1 128.6 94.1 135.6 134.2 139.0 138.0 139.3 94.8 94.2 91.3 100.0 98.3 101.4 99.4 107.7 118.8 147.7 150.0 139.4 222.8 * 176.5 193.8 148.0 152.0 106.3 126.0 151.9 155.7 141.3 230.4 - 240.2 102.3 101.8 107.0 132.0 160.6 168.6 148.2 249.3 - 165.6 175.3 151.4 153.5 170.7 178.4 152.6 165.2 189.9 204.7 155.2 174.7 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 Item and group December Nov. 1999 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 Medical care ................................................................................. Medical care commodities ........................................................ Prescription drugs and medical supplies .............................. Nonprescription drugs and medical supplies 5 ..................... Internal and respiratory over-the-counter drugs ................ Nonprescription medical equipment and supplies ............. Medical care services ................................................................ Professional services 3 ........................................................... Physicians’ sen/ices 3 .......................................................... Dental services 3 .................................................................. Eyeglasses and eye care 35 ............................................... Sen/ices by other medical professionals 3 5 ....................... Hospital and related services 3 ............................................ Hospital sen/ices 3 9 .............................................................. Inpatient hospital services 2 3 9 ......................................... Outpatient hospital services 2 3 5 ...................................... Nursing homes and adult daycare 3 9 ................................. 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 * * 130.7 ■ 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 * 145.4 182.6 181.7 206.7 127.9 153.7 148.4 182.8 169.8 174.2 173.0 123.5 129.2 203.5 * 159.7 194.7 191.1 218.5 132.9 160.5 152.7 195.6 179.4 185.1 183.1 128.1 133.2 221.4 * 205.2 197.0 225.7 136.5 164.9 156.6 207.1 187.4 194.5 191.1 130.7 137.5 238.2 189.2 ■ 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 * * 199.7 * 223.8 206.6 237.8 141.5 167.6 168.2 227.8 203.9 212.1 210.4 138.3 144.1 262.8 209.2 ■ 230.6 212.0 245.4 143.3 171.2 168.0 235.0 211.0 218.5 221.1 139.9 148.4 273.7 100.0 100.0 219.2 100.0 237.1 216.8 251.5 145.8 173.1 172.8 241.8 217.5 224.5 230.0 142.5 153.0 282.5 103.2 102.5 228.3 103.9 245.2 225.6 263.8 149.2 177.4 176.3 249.6 224.6 231.9 240.2 143.4 156.7 291.4 106.4 105.2 237.3 108.4 253.3 233.7 278.9 148.1 175.6 176.1 257.7 231.4 237.9 250.8 146.6 159.5 303.9 110.9 109.2 251.5 113.0 Recreation 1 .................................................................................. Video and audio 1 ....................................................................... Televisions ............................................................................... Cable television 3 6 .................................................................. Other video equipm ent1 ........................................................ Video cassettes, discs, and other media including re n ta l1 Video cassettes and discs, blank and prerecorded 12 .... Rental of video tapes and discs 1 2 ..................................... Audio equipment ..................................................................... Audio discs, tapes and other media 1 ................................... Pets, pet products and services 1 ........................................... Pets and pet products ............................................................. Pet food 12 ................ ............................................................ Purchase of pets, pet supplies, accessories 1 2 ................ Pet services including veterinary 1 ........................................ Pet sen/ices 1 2 ..................................................................... Veterinarian services 1 2 ...................................................... Sporting goods ........................................................................... Sports vehicles including bicycles ......................................... Sports equipment .................................................................... Photography 1 ............................................................................ Photographic equipment and supplies ................................. Film and photographic supplies 1 2 ..................................... Photographic equipm ent1 2 .............. .................................. Photographers and film processing 1 .................................... Photographer fees 1 2 .......................................................... Film processing 12 ......................................... ...................... Other recreational goods 1 ........................................................ Toys ........................................................................................... Toys, games, hobbies and playground equipm ent12 ...... Video game hardware, software and accessories 1 2 ....... Sewing machines, fabric and supplies 1 ............... ............... Music instruments and accessories 1 .................................... Recreation services 1 ................................................................. Club membership dues and fees for participant sports 1 .... Admissions ............................................................................... Admission to movies, theaters, and concerts 1 2 .............. Admission to sporting events 1 2 ......................................... Fees for lessons or instructions 5 ........................................... Recreational reading materials ................................................ Newspapers and magazines 1 .............................................. Recreational books 1 ............................................................... 75.8 146.8 * * 94.3 * 122.9 - 73.1 166.1 93.3 * 127.4 115.3 115.9 112.0 129.0 • ■ * 91.7 96.6 70.2 200.1 * 94.0 129.5 - 93.0 94.2 69.2 194.9 * * ■ 93.1 130.8 95.6 94.6 66.4 202.8 135.4 98.5 97.7 62,9 218.6 90.2 142.6 123.1 124.8 118.7 * 133.4 123.0 124.9 118.4 132.9 100.0 100.0 60.2 233.6 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 88.4 100.0 100.0 142.1 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 122.5 124.3 118.1 100.0 134.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 124.4 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 200.3 100.0 100.0 174.1 180.2 100.0 100.0 101.2 100.7 57.3 249.8 87.0 93.9 95.9 92.9 81.9 100.0 101.9 142.9 101.4 99.7 104.4 103.8 104.6 121.8 127.7 114.3 99.3 129.7 99.2 94.8 101.0 101.3 100.1 95.0 116.8 95.0 101.9 100.1 53.3 256.0 74.3 91.2 84.7 99.4 79.1 102.3 103.9 144.7 102.6 100.2 107.7 105.1 108.1 119.4 128.9 109.3 99.3 130.1 99.6 93.5 100.8 98.1 99.6 103.7 105.0 205.8 101.9 105.0 178.9 185.7 103.4 102.5 96.0 99.1 108.2 107.0 218.9 110.7 109.1 187.1 186.7 105.2 100.6 Expenditure category 113.3 113.6 110.4 127.2 ■ ■ ■ • * ■ 115.1 * ■ ■ ■ * • 146.0 * 119.6 132.4 • ' ■ ■ 116.8 ■ ■ • • 153.6 125.4 138.5 ■ * 72.3 180.4 * * 95.0 • 129.6 * 119.6 117.6 118.3 ■ 130.1 118.1 161.0 132.4 147.3 * 175.4 ■ 71.4 187.0 * 93.6 128.3 • • 119.7 120.1 116.5 132.9 ■ ■ ■ ■ 121.1 * * * * * * 167.3 * 139.2 152.8 - • 120.0 120.0 117.1 * 135.2 • ■ ■ * ■ ■ 122.9 ■ * ■170.3 * 144.7 158.2 • 90.7 * 123.8 124.7 120.0 130.9 - * • 121.8 ■ * • 177.1 151.8 163.9 ■ 123.0 • • 186.4 156.3 173.6 - 126.4 193.8 165.5 178.2 - NA 99.6 89.1 107.8 88.5 NA NA I See footnotes at end of table. 76 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 December Item and group 1989 1990 1991 174.7 183.5 183.0 192.8 100.0 125.1 - 184.7 201.4 205.1 207.3 106.3 145.3 155.0 68.3 93.1 - 1992 Nov. 1999 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 87.4 81.2 200.4 234.0 243.5 237.0 116.7 97.3 145.3 98.3 157.2 90.3 85.9 207.4 247.8 258.9 251.6 122.2 * 97.3 93.9 90.7 219.0 261.6 273.7 268.2 126.9 145.3 160.3 98.3 156.7 71.8 91.1 - 75.7 90.2 - 98.9 160.7 75.8 86.8 - 97.1 95.1 231.1 274.3 288.3 280.5 131.6 100.3 160.3 100.3 • 162.1 78.6 92.1 - 100.0 100.0 242.8 288.5 301.7 300.6 137.6 100.0 100.0 100.0 160.3 100.0 100.0 100.0 163.8 100.0 75.2 94.7 100.0 100.7 104.7 257.3 301.7 313.6 318.7 144.2 107.1 97.1 100.1 160.3 104.2 96.9 100.3 166.0 99.9 74.6 96.1 91.7 102.2 109.3 255.7 316.3 326.1 340.4 151.5 113.7 95.9 103.1 165.1 110.0 95.3 100.6 170.2 98.7 74.5 93.9 81.2 75.1 - 68.3 - 61.0 - 53.9 • 47.4 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 34.8 64.2 90.0 103.3 90.3 28.2 47.0 88.3 96.0 79.7 230.1 251.2 100.0 100.0 154.0 145.3 250.3 331.2 133.7 105.5 158.3 148.7 263.0 369.8 149.5 114.2 162.8 153.3 Expenditure category Education and communication 1 ................................................. Education 1 .................................................................................. Educational books and supplies ............................................ Tuition, other school fees, and childcare .............................. College tuition and fees ................. ...................................... Elementary and high school tuition and fees ..................... Child care and nursery school 7 ........................................... Technical and business school tuition and fees 1 ............. Communication 1 ....................................................................... Postage and delivery services 1 ............................................ Postage .................................................................................. Delivery services 1 ................................................................ Information and information processing 1 ............................ Telephone services 1 ........................................................... Telephone sen/ices, local charges 3 ............................... Telephone sen/ices, long distance charges 1 ................. Interstate toll calls 2 .......................................................... Intrastate toll calls 2 .......................................................... Cellular telephone services 1 ............................................ Information and information processing other than telephone services 1 0 ..................................................... Personal computers and peripheral equipm ent1 .............. Computer software and accessories 1 ............................... Computer information processing services 1 .................... Other information processing equipm ent1 ......................... Other goods and sen/ices .......................................................... Tobacco and smoking products .............................................. Cigarettes 1 .............................................................................. Tobacco products other than cigarettes 1 ............................ Personal care ............................................................................ Personal care products .......................................................... Hair, dental, shaving, and miscellaneous personal care products 1 ...................................................................... Cosmetics, perfume, bath, nail preparations and implements .................................................................... Personal care sen/ices ........................................................... Haircuts and other personal care sen/ices 1 ...................... Miscellaneous personal services ........................................... Legal services 5 ..................................................................... Funeral expenses 5 ................................................................ Laundry and dry cleaning services 1 ................................... Apparel services other than laundry and dry cleaning 1 .... Financial services 5 ............................................................... Checking account and other bank services 1 2 ............... Tax return preparation and other accounting fees 12 .... Miscellaneous personal goods 1 ........................................... Stationery, stationery supplies, gift wrap 2 .......................... 164.0 170.0 169.1 177.4 125.1 146.0 70.0 96.6 92.7 ■ ■ 147.5 67.4 94.5 - 193.8 218.5 225.7 223.7 111.0 145.3 • 155.7 67.4 90.9 - 99.0 90.3 • - 86.6 - 81.3 - - - ' ' 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 * 145.8 142.6 148.9 144.1 218.7 234.3 * 150.5 142.8 - - - - - - 100.0 100.4 101.9 135.1 138.0 172.4 131.9 128.0 • 137.5 137.0 141.3 * 121.7 127.5 131.3 • 138.2 146.9 154.3 210.0 153.5 156.6 * ■ 177.6 147.2 150.6 159.2 * 116.6 143.4 146.1 190.3 145.1 140.4 153.9 • 136.1 144.8 149.2 ■ 117.9 131.2 135.0 162.0 124.8 120.9 * * 127.0 • 151.8 153.9 163.9 100.0 230.0 167.5 172.3 100.0 100.0 194.7 100.0 100.0 100.0 158.1 160.8 168.3 102.7 237.8 174.6 179.1 102.3 101.7 201.6 102.2 105.8 100.6 160.7 168.2 173.9 106.1 246.0 182.5 184.7 104.7 103.9 210.1 106.5 112.2 98.2 156.5 118.2 112.6 112.0 112.0 113.5 134.6 140.9 138.6 145.1 125.8 123.5 124.4 113.0 112.6 112.5 119.8 126.0 121.1 125.8 130.1 114.5 142.3 148.4 150.0 154.5 133.7 131.5 131.8 121.4 125.7 129.0 130.0 127.5 121.5 124.5 126.0 117.2 148.8 154.2 153.7 164.1 138.1 135.0 135.3 122.4 125.5 126.9 131.1 130.1 124.3 127.4 129.6 120.1 154.2 158.7 159.2 172.8 142.5 139.1 138.9 125.3 128.5 130.5 133.6 132.0 125.1 126.5 127.7 123.3 160.0 163.5 166.9 181.6 146.4 142.7 142.5 126.1 127.8 129.1 135.1 135.1 127.6 128.1 131.5 126.9 164.7 168.3 171.1 188.9 150.2 146.3 146.0 128.5 129.5 132.6 137.8 137.0 128.9 128.8 132.7 129.0 170.4 174.2 176.3 197.3 154.2 149.6 149.6 129.9 130.4 134.0 139.7 141.4 132.1 133.7 140.5 129.9 176.1 179.3 184.1 205.0 159.0 154.7 154.5 133.3 135.3 141.5 145.3 141.7 131.2 133.5 139.5 128.0 181.0 185.3 186.0 213.1 161.8 156.4 157.0 132.6 135.3 141.0 146.5 142.2 130.2 132.1 137.8 127.4 185.7 191.5 188.4 219.5 164.2 157.8 159.4 131.7 134.2 139.7 147.5 146.2 134.6 141.3 150.7 126.0 190.5 196.3 192.7 226.0 168.8 162.1 163.6 136.1 143.1 151.9 153.7 152.9 171.9 ■ 127.1 124.7 123.9 129.7 151.4 116.8 113.4 - ' 179.8 137.2 133.2 144.4 - 199.4 147.9 148.6 * 165.9 211.1 228.1 - 218.3 159.3 164.0 * 183.6 Special aggregate indexes Commodities .................................................................................. Commodities less food and beverages ..................................... Nondurables less food and beverages .................................... Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel ................. Durables ..................................................................................... Sen/ices ........................................................................................... Rent of shelter4 .............................................................................. 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 ................................................................................... See footnotes at end of table. 77 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 December Item and group 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 117.6 137.8 132.6 93.2 130.6 131.5 121.2 86.4 137.5 127.4 117.1 123.8 146.4 139.7 110.1 137.4 138.3 125.3 117.0 145.8 135.4 122.9 128.2 153.9 145.5 101.9 142.8 144.4 130.3 98.2 152.5 137.2 126.7 129.4 160.7 150.3 103.9 147.1 149.2 133.6 99.4 158.2 139.6 130.7 130.3 167.8 155.6 102.4 151.7 153.9 135.7 94.3 164.3 144.5 136.5 127.9 172.7 159.7 104.7 155.7 157.9 137.6 99.2 169.6 148.1 135.1 127.7 178.5 165.0 103.3 160.2 162.7 140.0 95.9 175.7 151.5 137.5 126.6 185.2 170.6 112.2 164.8 167.0 141.5 109.1 181.5 160.1 144.4 127.6 189.5 175.4 108.4 168.3 170.7 142.1 101.6 186.9 161.1 145.0 126.7 192.8 179.8 98.9 172.3 174.8 143.9 86.3 192.5 165.0 145.0 Nov. 1999 Special aggregate indexes Apparel less footwear .................................................................... Sen/ices 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 ................................................................ Sen/ices less energy services .................................................. Domestically produced farm food ................................................. Utilities and public transportation ................................................. 7 Indexes on a December 1990=100 base. 8 Indexes on a December 1993=100 base. 9 Indexes on a December 1996=100 base. 10 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base. NA Data not adequate for publication. ' Data not available. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. 1 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. 2 Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. 3 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series converted to a geometric means estimator in January, 1999. 4 Indexes on a December 1982=100 base. 5 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base. 6 Indexes on a December 1983=100 base. 78 130.3 197.9 184.3 111.2 175.8 178.4 145.0 108.7 197.5 167.6 148.4 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 Percent change from previous December December Item and group 1997 1998 Nov. 1999 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 All items .......................................................................................... 4.6 6.1 3.1 2.9 2.7 2.7 2.5 3.3 1.7 1.6 2.7 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 ....................................................... Rice 1 2 ............................................................................. Bakery products .................................................................. Bread 1 ............................................................................... White bread 2 .................................................................. Bread other than white 2 ................................................ Fresh biscuits, rolls, muffins 1 ......................................... Cakes, cupcakes, and cookies ........................................ C ookies2 .......................................................................... Fresh cakes and cupcakes 2 ......................................... Other bakery products ...................................................... Fresh sweetrolls, coffeecakes, doughnuts 2 ............... Crackers, bread, and cracker products 2 ...................... Frozen and refrigerated bakery products, pies, tarts, turnovers2 ............................................................... Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ............................................. Meats, poultry, and fish ...................................................... Meats .................................................................................. Beef and veal .................................................................. Uncooked ground beef ................................................. Uncooked beef roasts 1 ................................................ Uncooked beef steaks 1 ............................................... Uncooked other beef and v e a l1 ................................. Pork .................................................................................. Bacon, breakfast sausage, and related products 1 ... Bacon and related products 2 ..................................... Breakfast sausage and related products 1 2 ........... Ham ................................................................................ Ham, excluding canned 2 ........................................... Pork chops .................................................................... Other pork including roasts and picnics 1 .................. Other meats ..................................................................... Frankfurters2 ................................................................ Lunchmeats 12 ............................................................ Lamb and organ meats 2 ............................................. Lamb and mutton 1 2 .................................................... Poultry ................................................................................ Chicken 1 .......................................................................... Fresh whole chicken 2 .................................................. Fresh and frozen chicken parts 2 ............................... Other poultry including turkey 1 ..................................... Fish and seafood ............................................................... Fresh fish and seafood 1 ................................................ Processed fish and seafood 1 ....................................... Canned fish and seafood 2 .......................................... Frozen fish and seafood 2 ............................................ Eggs ..................................................................................... Dairy and related products ................................................... M ilk 1 .................................................................................... Fresh whole milk 2 ............................................................. Fresh milk other than whole 1 2 ....................................... Cheese and related products ............................................ Ice cream and related products ......................................... Other dairy and related products 1 .................................... Fruits and vegetables ........................................................... 5.5 5.6 6.2 7.5 7.3 7.2 9.8 1.4 7.5 * 6.1 7.0 8.0 8.0 6.0 8.9 7.7 12.8 5.3 5.3 5.8 4.6 5.3 2.3 7.3 2.2 4.4 • 3.8 4.0 5.9 5.6 4.9 3.1 3.7 8.0 2.5 1.9 1.3 3.5 3.5 -.4 4.8 2.9 3.5 ■ 1.5 4.6 4.8 5.0 3.9 4.1 3.6 5.5 1.6 1.5 1.5 4.0 3.8 5.4 3.9 2.1 4.2 4.1 5.4 2.7 2.9 3.5 3.7 3.4 -.2 4.7 2.2 3.7 6.9 3.6 3.5 4.1 3.5 2.0 5.7 -2.5 2.7 2.9 3.5 3.3 3.1 1.8 2.4 5.9 2.1 2.1 2.0 3.2 2.5 6.3 1.6 2.4 3.5 5.5 5.7 1.4 2.4 2.8 3.0 5.9 2.9 4.2 4.3 4.9 3.7 -1.2 7.5 -4.2 .8 6.0 8.3 5.3 1.6 1.5 1.0 1.5 1.8 -.4 1.6 4.0 * 1.4 ■ 1.5 3.4 .7 1.0 1.7 .4 2.0 -.2 2.3 2.3 2.1 2.2 1.4 2.0 2.0 .1 .0 2.5 2.5 1.8 3.5 2.7 2.2 2.1 2.2 2.9 -3.8 4.5 1.8 1.8 1.5 1.4 .8 .5 .7 1.1 -.4 1.8 2.4 2.8 1.8 3.7 1.3 1.9 1.3 .4 1.4 -.9 8.3 6.6 5.0 6.5 6.5 7.4 6.9 8.4 2.0 7.9 8.8 11.3 8.9 7.7 * 16.7 17.0 18.5 19.3 15.2 10.1 11.4 7.0 1.5 • .2 2.3 • 3.8 -.5 5.0 -4.6 3.1 ■ 2.4 3.9 -1.5 -1.3 -2.1 -1.0 -1.4 -6.1 3.9 -1.1 -.6 -.7 -.7 -1.0 -1.5 -.7 -2.0 -2.1 -3.7 .5 .8 .1 -1.6 .4 -4.4 1.2 2.3 1.0 -7.2 -.5 -1.7 -1.2 .9 2.2 3.7 -.7 -.5 -2.2 .1 -.4 1.2 .6 -2.2 -5.8 -3.2 -4.5 -.7 -6.0 -6.3 -7.1 -8.2 -1.0 -3.2 -.2 3.4 2.6 2.6 3.5 2.2 4.0 .1 3.7 3.5 3.8 3.9 -5.4 6.6 6.1 6.4 6.1 7.2 7.2 6.0 4.9 -.1 2.2 2.7 3.6 3.7 4.1 1.2 4.5 4.6 3.6 1.7 2.9 .1 4.0 5.2 4.4 5.3 3.2 6.6 2.1 -6.3 -1.2 .1 -.2 1.3 -1.0 .6 2.3 3.5 .9 -1.2 -9.9 4.4 7.6 6.8 8.3 4.2 -.5 2.2 .2 Expenditure category 5.2 6.0 7.8 5.7 5.4 2.7 .6 -.5 -1.0 • 3.0 * -4.3 5.3 35.4 10.3 11.7 * 12.7 7.2 • 4.4 4.6 4.4 * 7.2 See footnotes at end of table. 79 -11.6 -4.9 -7.1 -4.5 .8 1.4 1.6 .4 -.5 1.2 * 1.3 -.5 1.8 -4.0 .6 -.4 1.8 1.2 ■ 4.4 2.3 1.4 4.3 4.9 3.4 7.9 3.6 .4 .8 .2 .8 -.6 ■ -.9 -3.5 -1.7 -1.7 2.5 .2 -.6 3.0 2.7 4.2 1.6 1.1 1.4 1.0 -4.7 1.3 1.8 .2 .4 2.2 4.7 3.8 4.1 3.7 3.7 3.9 ' 4.5 11.7 1.6 2.3 4.5 2.6 3.2 * 4.5 5.5 4.4 7.2 4.4 2.4 4.9 -1.4 .9 2.2 -.6 .7 6.6 3.5 2.7 3.4 3.7 3.8 5.7 3.2 2.8 1.0 2.7 -.5 -.6 -1.6 -2.2 -4.3 -2.3 -2.0 -1.7 -1.7 -4.8 .7 -2.8 3.6 -.5 -1.3 -2.5 5.2 * 1.4 6.2 .3 1.1 .4 1.0 3.5 8.3 5.6 4.1 3.0 2.6 -.1 -1.7 7.3 13.4 * 7.0 6.9 5.3 3.0 3.7 4.6 4.2 3.9 4.9 3.1 .8 3.7 25.0 2.6 2.0 2.2 2.6 -1.3 4.2 3.6 3.4 6.0 2.9 12.6 2.4 5.6 5.2 5.2 2.4 1.6 11.3 24.0 9.2 10.8 6.7 3.4 3.2 5.9 * 7.9 9.3 7.5 1.7 .8 2.0 12.0 10.1 10.9 8.0 7.7 5.2 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 Percent change from previous December Item and group December 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 2.5 -3.6 -9.3 -3.1 -16.1 9.3 13.0 8.3 2.7 . 13.2 5.3 20.3 -16.9 2.0 7.3 - 1994 1995 1996 -3.1 5.2 15.0 2.4 15.7 -11.4 13.7 -37.0 3.9 -15.2 2.9 -1.7 2.9 -9.6 -10.9 -5.7 1.2 3.0 4.2 2.5 14.5 1.6 2.7 3.4 .6 3.4 3.9 4.8 12.0 3.5 7.5 -3.4 -3.8 -8.6 7.2 -20.3 1.5 2.4 -2.0 -.4 -6.7 -8.7 -2.4 2.2 4.5 3.4 2.3 21.9 2.8 4.5 4.8 4.6 5.8 4.5 * 4.3 3.1 3.6 1997 1998 Nov. 1999 E xpenditure category Fresh fruits and vegetables ................................................ Fresh fruits ........................................................................ Apples .............................................................................. Bananas ........................................................................... Citrus fruits 1 ................................................................... Oranges, including tangerines 2 ................................... Other fresh fruits 1 ........................................................... Fresh vegetables ............................................................... Potatoes ........................................................................... Lettuce .............................................................................. Tomatoes ......................................................................... Other fresh vegetables ................................................... Processed fruits and vegetables 1 .................................... Canned fruits and vegetables 1 ....................................... Canned fruits 1 2 .............................................................. Canned vegetables 1 2 ................................................... Frozen fruits and vegetables 1 ........................................ Frozen vegetables 2 ........................................................ Other processed fruits and vegetables including dried 1 Dried beans, peas, and lentils 1 2 ................................. Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials ............. Juices and nonalcoholic drinks 1 ....................................... Carbonated drinks ............................................................. Frozen noncarbonated juices and drinks 1 ..................... Nonfrozen noncarbonated juices and drinks 1 .............. Beverage materials including coffee and tea 1 ................ Coffee ................................................................................. Roasted coffee 2 ............................................................. Instant and freeze dried coffee 2 ................................... Other beverage materials including tea 1 ....................... Other food at home ............................................................... Sugar and sweets ................................................................ Sugar and artificial sweeteners ....................................... Candy and chewing gum 1 ............................................... Other sweets 1 .................................................................. Fats and oils ......................................................................... Butter and margarine 1 ..................................................... B utter2 ............................................................................. Margarine 2 ..................................................................... Salad dressing 1 ................................................................ Other fats and oils including peanut b u tte r1 ................. Peanut b u tte r1 2 ............................................................. Other foods ........................................................................... Soups ................................................................................. Frozen and freeze dried prepared foods ........................ Snacks ................................................................................ Spices, seasonings, condiments, sauces ....................... Salt and other seasonings and spices 1 2 ................... Olives, pickles, relishes 1 2 ............................................ Sauces and gravies 1 2 .................................................. Other condiments 2 ......................................................... Baby food 1 ....................................................................... Other miscellaneous foods 1 ........................................... Prepared salads 1 2 ........................................................ Food away from home ............................................................. Full sen/ice meals and snacks 1 .......................................... Limited service meals and snacks 1 .................................... Food at employee sites and schools 1 ............................... Food from vending machines and mobile vendors 1 ...... Other food away from home 1 ............................................. Alcoholic beverages .................................................................. 5.4 8.1 -5.8 5.8 -4.1 2.6 8.9 -22.1 12.9 4.8 * 7.1 ' * 3.0 5.0 -1.0 -.7 -1.2 * 4.2 3.8 4.4 2.6 -1.7 2.1 * 5.7 7.5 5.4 4.1 5.6 5.1 4.6 - 4.8 8.2 10.6 21.6 4.6 10.3 5.5 -4.4 11.9 -7.7 11.4 3.1 1.9 .9 * * 1.5 1.2 2.3 4.2 4.4 2.9 * 7.7 -7.9 5.8 5.2 5.9 3.4 3.9 6.2 6.0 4.5 4.2 See footnotes at end of table. 80 7.6 10.2 12.1 .0 22.3 4.7 -3.7 11.9 -3.9 7.5 .6 -.5 1.0 -5.2 -6.6 -2.1 1.5 3.6 .0 -1.3 -.5 -1.6 * • 3.0 6.0 1.6 1.3 4.0 4.6 * 2.9 9.9 10.2 6.4 7.6 55.3 2.5 .7 -.2 1.6 -5.3 -6.1 -3.4 .9 .9 1.0 -.7 -6.8 -2.2 2.2 5.7 .5 -.2 4.1 * ■ 4.8 1.4 2.9 4.0 2.2 1.7 5.4 6.6 3.7 2.0 .9 1.1 .8 -6.8 1.1 2.6 4.4 -.1 2.9 2.6 .0 * 1.9 1.5 11.9 3.7 -2.2 12.1 .7 21.6 -6.5 79.8 18.5 21.1 .8 14.7 -.3 55.4 63.9 36.4 6.0 .9 1.8 3.7 -.5 7.0 2.2 4.1 .2 1.8 2.4 2.1 - 1.9 * 1.0 3.6 2.2 2.0 2.8 -4.7 -.1 -3.8 -5.2 13.2 9.2 18.4 31.0 8.4 2.9 4.9 -1.6 16.9 22.2 6.8 2.9 2.2 .8 -.3 12.6 -.9 2.5 2.3 -.9 2.6 2.7 4.9 2.6 2.2 5.8 8.1 -1.1 9.3 18.0 18.5 6.6 3.5 1.7 -8.8 11.2 4.1 2.0 2.3 2.7 3.1 2.5 1.7 .1 .5 -1.1 -.1 -1.0 4.7 .1 -3.5 -8.8 - -0.4 .7 3.7 -5.1 25.0 34.7 -10.2 -1.5 4.6 8.7 -24.2 3.5 2.4 2.2 2.6 2.2 2.6 2.4 2.2 .0 1.7 2.3 2.8 2.9 1.7 .0 -1.8 3.3 3.2 1.5 .4 1.1 3.8 8.3 20.5 31.7 6.0 3.4 2.1 2.2 2.5 1.4 1.5 .8 2.4 .4 1.3 2.6 2.8 3.3 4.9 1.8 .4 1.3 .1 1.8 1.1 -4.3 -12.4 -19.7 -3.1 .1 .0 1.7 1.3 .6 -.1 3.8 1.8 -.1 .8 2.5 3.4 3.7 -1.0 2.5 2.8 2.2 2.5 .9 3.3 2.0 2.1 2.1 2.3 2.0 .7 3.5 2.4 - 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 Percent change from previous December December Item and group 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1997 1996 Nov. 1999 1989 1990 4.3 4.7 4.4 5.6 3.9 3.5 5.3 3.8 3.6 4.9 5.2 4.4 2.6 4.7 11.6 11.8 9.2 8.1 10.1 14.0 8.2 2.1 2.8 1.4 .9 1.2 1.5 3.8 0.5 .3 .9 1.7 .4 .5 2.6 -0.1 -.1 .8 .8 -.1 -1.4 2.4 0.9 .6 .9 2.0 .4 1.6 3.2 3.4 2.9 2.1 1.9 1.9 6.2 3.8 0.9 -.5 2.3 2.4 2.8 2.4 3.7 1.4 1.6 .7 1.1 .5 1.4 2.9 2.4 2.5 3.2 2.4 3.3 1.8 2.4 - • - - - - - - - - ‘ ' ‘ 1.9 4.2 3.4 2.9 .7 1.6 3.9 4.9 4.2 7.4 4.5 5.2 4.1 6.3 3.4 3.9 2.9 5.8 2.6 2.9 2.3 7.3 2.7 3.0 2.2 • 2.8 2.2 3.0 2.5 4.2 3.0 3.5 2.5 4.3 2.9 2.9 2.8 4.0 2.4 3.4 3.1 * 4.9 2.3 3.3 3.4 3.8 4.2 2.2 2.5 2.8 4.5 4.2 5.4 5.1 3.2 3.9 15.5 19.5 5.9 2.8 2.8 2.7 - 15.8 4.8 4.0 4.3 28.6 29.9 25.9 1.5 1.4 1.8 6.2 9.8 1.8 • * ■ ■ 3.8 3.0 * 2.3 2.3 -3.1 -3.4 -2.4 2.8 1.7 5.1 - 3.8 3.2 * 2.5 1.7 -3.8 -4.6 -2.0 2.2 .6 5.8 4.8 5.2 1.8 * 3.6 5.3 • .8 ■ • -1.7 -2.7 1.3 3.3 .2 -.5 .1 .0 .4 -.6 .6 -3.2 4.2 5.0 .4 4.3 3.7 • 1.4 .7 1.4 1.5 .8 .8 2.7 -3.6 2.9 2.9 2.5 • 4.2 2.3 " -.7 ■ • 3.7 1.3 • 5.2 • * - 5.1 2.8 4.6 5.6 23.1 23.3 22.9 3.8 .7 11.0 • 3.5 1.8 1.0 • * 1.0 3.4 • 3.1 ■ • -4.2 .7 * • ■ 6.2 3.1 .5 -1.1 -11.9 -11.7 -12.3 .2 -1.3 3.3 4.0 2.0 .1 • • -.7 .8 * * .2 ■ • 3.4 -8.0 * * ■ 1.4 • ■ 3.7 3.2 -.1 -2.6 -3.8 -11.4 -15.2 -2.3 -3.3 -3.2 -3.5 2.7 2.7 2.8 1.2 1.2 2.3 1.5 1.4 4.6 2.2 2.2 2.7 2.9 17.0 22.7 5.2 2.1 .8 4.9 1.9 1.7 2.4 -.2 -1.9 -1.8 -1.6 -2.2 -1.3 -.6 -1.1 1.6 4.3 -1.1 -1.5 -2.5 -.4 -.1 -1.2 2.1 3.3 -.7 -3.6 -.9 .0 .5 -2.4 -2.7 -3.2 -2.8 -2.5 -1.3 -1.6 -.1 -2.4 1.8 .9 4.8 1.2 2.7 3.0 2.5 2.8 5.6 2.2 -.7 2.2 1998 Expenditure category Alcoholic beverages at home ............................................... Beer, ale, and other malt beverages at home ................. Distilled spirits at home ...................................................... Whiskey at home 2 ........................................................... Distilled spirits, excluding whiskey, at home 2 ............... Wine at home ...................................................................... Alcoholic beverages away from home ................................ Beer, ale, and other malt beverages away from home 1 2 Wine away from home 12 .................................................. Distilled spirits away from home 1 2 .................................. Housing ........................... ............................................................. Shelter ......................................................................................... Rent of primary residence 3 .................................................. Lodging away from home 13 ................................................. Housing at school, excluding board 34 .............................. Other lodging away from home including hotels and motels ............................................................................. Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 3 4 ................ Tenants’ and household insurance 1 ..................................... Fuels and utilities ....................................................................... Fuels .......................................................................................... Fuel oil and other fuels ......................................................... Fuel oil .................................................................................. Other household fuels 5 ..................................................... Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ............................................... Electricity 3 ......................................................................... Utility natural gas sen/ice 3 ................................................ Water and sewer and trash collection sen /ices1 ............... Water and sewerage maintenance 3 ............................... Garbage and trash collection 6 .......................................... Household furnishings and operations .................................... Window and floor coverings and other linens 1 ................... Floor coverings 1 ................................................................... Window coverings 1 .............................................................. Other linens 1 ........................................................................ Furniture and bedding ............................................................ Bedroom furniture .................................................................. Living room, kitchen, and dining room furniture 1 .............. Other furniture 1 .................................................................... Appliances1 ............................................................................. Major appliances 1 ................................................................ Laundry equipm ent2 .......................................................... Other appliances 1 ................................................................ Other household equipment and furnishings 1 .................... Clocks, lamps, and decorator items .................................... Indoor plants and flowers 7 ................................................... Dishes and flatware 1 ............................................................ Nonelectric cookware and tableware 1 ............................... Tools, hardware, outdoor equipment and supplies 1 ........... Tools, hardware and supplies 1 ........................................... Outdoor equipment and supplies 1 ...................................... Housekeeping supplies .......................................................... Household cleaning products 1 ........................................... Household paper products 1 ................................................ Miscellaneous household products 1 .................................. Household operations1 .......................................................... Domestic services 1 .............................................................. Gardening and lawncare services 1 .................................... Moving, storage, freight expense 1 ..................................... Repair of household ite m s 1 ................................................. Apparel ......................................................................................... ' 6.6 9.7 1.0 • ■ * -1.4 -2.1 1.1 -1.3 -1.0 1.2 6.5 -.2 • 5.6 ■ * • • • ■ * 1.0 3.2 5.1 See footnotes at end of table. 81 8.5 3.7 2.9 .9 -17.0 -19.9 -9.6 3.5 5.0 .3 7.8 11.5 2.3 • * • * 1.0 4.1 ■ -1.5 ■ ■ 4.6 7.0 * ■ • 1.8 * * * * ■ • 3.4 ' 6.6 8.5 1.6 * 4.5 6.1 ■ .7 ■ * 2.1 5.6 - -.2 1.4 1.9 .9 • * 1.6 -1.9 * * ■ 3.3 ■ -.3 3.7 .8 -1.6 .1 1.1 • * - -.2 1.0 .1 -.6 -.5 -.4 -2.6 .5 2.0 1.7 2.7 1.8 3.0 3.3 1.5 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 Percent change from previous December Item and group December 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 Nov. 1999 E xpenditure category Men’s and boys’ apparel .......................................... Men’s apparel ........................................................... Men’s suits, sport coats, and outerwear ............. Men's furnishings .................................................. Men’s shirts and sweaters 1 ................................. Men’s pants and shorts ........................................ Boys’ apparel ............................................................ Women’s and girls’ apparel ...................................... Women’s apparel .................................................... Women’s outerwear .............................................. Women’s dresses .................................................. Women’s suits and separates 1 .......................... Women’s underwear, nightwear, sportswear and accessories 1 ................................................. Girls’ apparel ........................................................... Footwear .................................................................... Men’s footwear ........................................................ Boys’ and girls’ footwear ........................................ Women’s footwear ................................................... Infants’ and toddlers' apparel ................................... Jewelry and watches 5 ............................................... Watches 5 .................................................................. Jewelry 5 ................................................................... 1.3 1.9 2.2 3.3 * 1.8 -1.0 -.1 .2 4.2 -.8 2.9 3.2 2.8 2.0 • 4.5 1.4 6.1 6.6 7.6 7.0 2.9 3.1 2.4 2.0 ■ 3.4 2.8 4.0 3.1 3.3 -2.4 -1.0 1.1 2.3 3.3 -.7 -1.7 3.3 -.2 4.3 3.5 3.2 3.0 3.7 3.2 8.9 6.5 2.5 7.5 Transportation .............................................................. Private transportation ................................................ New and used motor vehicles 1 ............................. New vehicles ......................................................... New cars and trucks 12 ..................................... New cars 2 ............................................................. New trucks 2 6 ...................................................... New motorcycles 2 5 ............................................ Used cars and trucks ............................................ Car and truck re n ta l1 ........................................... Motor fuel ................................................................. Gasoline (all types) ................................................ Gasoline, unleaded regular2 ............................. Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 2 8 ...................... Gasoline, unleaded premium 2 ........................... Other motor fuels 1 ................................................ Motor vehicle parts and equipment ....................... Tires ....................................................................... Vehicle accessories other than tires 1 ................ Vehicle parts and equipment other than tires 2 Motor oil, coolant, and fluids 2 ........................... Motor vehicle maintenance and repair ................. Motor vehicle body work ....................................... Motor vehicle maintenance and servicing .......... Motor vehicle re p a ir1 ........................................... Motor vehicle insurance ......................................... Motor vehicle fees 1 ................................................ State and local registration and license 1 3 ....... Parking and other fees 1 ...................................... Parking fees and tolls 1 2 .................................... Automobile service clubs 1 2 ............................. Public transportation .................. ............................... Airline fare ................................................................ Other intercity transportation .................................. Ship fare 1 ^ ............................................................ Intracity transportation ............................................ 4.0 3.9 ■ 2.4 ■ 2.3 3.3 4.2 -.4 * 6.8 6.5 5.5 ■ 6.1 ■ 2.2 2.3 ■ 2.1 -.3 4.4 6.0 3.1 * 5.9 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ 4.1 5.3 1.7 * 2.1 10.4 9.8 ■ 2.0 * 1.4 4.2 2.8 -2.2 • 36.5 36.8 38.9 ■ 32.0 ■ .9 -.1 * 2.0 7.0 4.4 3.4 3.7 * 7.5 ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ 17.2 22.7 6.6 * 7.7 Medical care ................................................................. 8.5 9.6 See footnotes at end of table. 82 2.5 -1.0 .5 .3 4.2 2.1 0.3 .0 3.5 -.5 -1.1 1.8 1.2 2.0 4.4 -2.7 -1.7 -1.4 -1.0 -.2 -1.6 -3.3 -3.8 -4.4 -9.7 -11.1 8.8 2.9 3.0 -.2 4.1 2.9 3.9 3.4 3.9 2.1 2.7 2.7 -1.0 4.4 1.2 2.8 -1.2 3.8 -3.3 .6 .2 .5 .7 -2.8 1.7 5.3 .9 -.7 -1.7 -.8 1.0 -3.6 3.3 5.0 5.0 5.1 -1.5 -1.4 3.0 2.7 ■ 2.3 * 2.3 2.5 4.0 7.4 * 1.8 2.0 1.9 2.4 1.5 3.2 ■ 3.3 3.0 5.4 2.6 -16.0 -16.2 -16.7 ■ -14.6 ■ 1.6 2.3 ■ .7 .8 4.5 2.5 5.4 ■ 8.0 1.0 1.3 1.1 1.1 3.3 • 2.8 4.6 7.2 8.0 * -5.4 -5.9 -6.7 -3.0 -6.0 2.4 * 3.8 ■ ■ ■ ■ 5.6 6.6 .1 * 5.0 -4.7 • -1.6 -1.4 * -1.6 .6 3.1 2.9 2.0 ■ 5.0 * * ■ * ■ 11.6 17.0 -2.8 ■ 2.8 7.9 6.6 5.4 1.8 ■ -.6 -.5 * -.6 -.3 3.5 2.7 2.1 ■ 6.6 0.6 .1 -1.7 -2.2 1.0 2.7 -.8 -1.0 3.8 1.4 * 1.4 1.6 -.3 3.8 1.7 .5 -1.1 -.9 2.1 -5.8 * .4 .4 -.5 1.5 .6 -2.0 .0 4.8 -1.1 2.7 2.5 1.9 7.6 -.2 3.3 .2 .6 .5 -5.0 * -0.7 -.4 -1.9 -.7 .6 -.1 -1.6 -1.0 -.6 -3.6 4.4 -1.8 2.2 2.0 2.6 3.8 .8 1.0 3.0 3.4 3.5 .7 2.2 5.4 - - -2.9 1.5 -.4 4.2 1.5 -1.4 -5.0 -6.1 -4.7 -1.1 1.8 .2 2.4 2.6 -.9 -1.0 -.3 -1.2 .4 -3.4 -.5 .8 -.1 -1.7 3.0 -2.0 -1.4 -2.2 1.4 3.0 -.9 -2.5 -3.1 1.7 2.3 2.6 1.4 3.0 * -6.2 -9.5 2.3 • 1.0 4.3 * 3.1 1.8 .8 7.6 4.4 3.7 1.0 1.8 1.6 2.2 3.8 -1.6 12.7 12.4 13.4 11.7 10.9 -.1 .0 -.3 1.5 3.1 4.6 2.8 3.8 11.2 14.7 1.7 5.8 -1.4 -1.2 -1.7 -.9 -1.0 -.1 .8 -4.9 -6.2 -6.1 -6.6 -5.8 -5.6 -.9 -2.8 1.1 -.2 2.6 4.5 2.6 2.4 * -2.9 -4.8 .7 1.1 -1.7 -2.0 .9 .0 .0 -.1 .5 .4 3.5 1.5 -15.4 -15.4 -16.4 -14.4 -13.4 -12.3 -.2 -.4 -.1 .1 -.8 3.0 3.0 2.9 3.0 -.3 3.1 1.4 7.0 7.4 .9 2.2 4.1 3.1 4.6 -2.7 4.9 4.7 .0 -.7 -.7 -1.2 .4 2.0 2.0 7.0 26.8 26.8 28.7 24.9 23.1 19.3 .0 -.8 .7 .6 1.3 2.4 1.5 2.0 2.7 .4 1.5 .8 2.8 2.5 3.0 7.3 11.6 -.7 -3.5 .7 4.9 3.9 3.0 2.8 3.4 3.3 3.8 4.9 4.5 3.3 ■ 3.2 3.7 7.9 8.8 5.9 6.4 7.2 5.3 5.2 .5 2.2 ■ -1.3 6.1 2.8 3.8 1.4 • 3.4 ■ ■ • 1.5 1.3 2.4 1.9 1.6 2.8 5.1 4.4 -4.0 -4.2 -4.4 -4.5 -4.8 .5 .2 ■ .9 3.2 2.5 3.5 2.1 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 Percent change from previous December Item and group December 1989 1990 1991 1992 1994 1993 1995 1996 1997 1998 Nov. 1999 E xpenditure category Medical care commodities ........................................................ Prescription drugs and medical supplies .............................. Nonprescription drugs and medical supplies 5 ..................... Internal and respiratory over-the-counter drugs ................ Nonprescription medical equipment and supplies ............. Medical care sen/ices ................................................................ Professional services 3 .......................................................... Physicians’ sen/ices 3 ......................................................... Dental services 3 .................................................................. Eyeglasses and eye care 35 ............................................... Sen/ices by other medical professionals 3 5 ....................... Hospital and related services 3 ............................................ Hospital services 3 9 .............................................................. Inpatient hospital services 2 3 9 ......................................... Outpatient hospital sen/ices 2 3 5 ...................................... Nursing homes and adult daycare 3 9 ............................... 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 ■ Recreation 1 .................................................................................. Video and audio 1 ...................................................................... Televisions ............................................................................... Cable television 3 6 .................................................................. Other video equipm ent1 ........................................................ Video cassettes, discs, and other media including re n ta l1 Video cassettes and discs, blank and prerecorded 12 .... Rental of video tapes and discs 1 2 ..................................... Audio equipment ..................................................................... Audio discs, tapes and other media 1 .................................. Pets, pet products and sen/ices 1 ........................................... Pets and pet products ............................................................ Pet food 1 2 ............................................................................ Purchase of pets, pet supplies, accessories 1 2 ................ Pet services including veterinary 1 ........................................ Pet services 1 2 ..................................................................... Veterinarian services 1 2 ...................................................... Sporting goods .......................................................................... Sports vehicles including bicycles ......................................... Sports equipment .................................................................... Photography 1 ........................................................................... Photographic equipment and supplies ................................. Film and photographic supplies 1 2 ..................................... Photographic equipm ent1 2 ................................................. Photographers and film processing 1 .................................... Photographer fees 1 2 .......................................................... Film processing 1 2 ................................................................ Other recreational goods 1 ........................................................ Toys .......................................................................................... Toys, games, hobbies and playground equipm ent1 2 ..... Video game hardware, software and accessories 12 ...... Sewing machines, fabric and supplies 1 .............................. Music instruments and accessories 1 .................................... Recreation services 1 ................................................................. Club membership dues and fees for participant sports 1 .... Admissions ............................................................................... Admission to movies, theaters, and concerts 1 2 .............. Admission to sporting events 1 2 ......................................... Fees for lessons or instructions 5 ........................................... Recreational reading materials ................................................. Newspapers and magazines 1 ............................................... Recreational books 1 ............................................................... * * -1.3 3.8 Education and communication 1 ................................................. - 2.6 4.4 • 2.1 2.3 1.9 * 3.4 • • • * * 2.4 9.5 8.9 4.7 • 8.4 9.9 5.5 6.0 4.5 9.9 6.7 7.4 6.7 4.5 5.1 11.3 7.5 9.4 3.6 2.5 5.7 8.0 6.1 5.5 8.2 3.6 5.5 8.9 • 11.2 9.8 ■ ' -3.6 13.1 -1.1 * 3.7 • 1.8 2.0 1.4 1.4 • ■ * 1.5 ■ 5.2 4.8 4.6 - See footnotes at end of table. 83 -1.1 8.6 1.8 1.7 3.7 1.5 5.6 * .9 * • ■ 1.1 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 3.1 3.3 2.7 2.7 2.6 5.9 4.5 5.1 4.4 2.0 3.2 7.6 - -1.2 3.7 -1.7 7.0 .4 .9 - -1.5 -1.0 .1 2.1 -1.5 2.2 * - 5.6 6.4 - - .3 -.1 .5 1.7 - 1.8 2.0 1.4 .8 2.4 4.4 4.0 4.4 4.5 2.4 .8 4.6 * 4.8 ■ 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 ■ 2.3 2.5 1.7 1.1 2.9 2.9 3.1 2.7 4.0 1.9 3.1 3.2 3.2 2.5 4.2 3.9 4.1 4.9 2.3 2.5 2.0 3.2 3.3 3.3 4.4 .6 2.4 3.2 3.1 2.6 3.9 4.3 3.6 5.7 -.7 -1.0 -.1 3.2 3.0 2.6 4.4 2.2 1.8 4.3 4.2 3.8 6.0 4.2 1.4 -2.5 -1.4 -2.6 - 2.8 .4 -4.0 4.1 -2.6 3.0 3.3 -5.3 7.8 -.6 3.5 -.6 .1 -1.1 1.9 5.3 - 3.0 5.9 * ■ 2.8 * 4.0 5.9 2.6 ■ 1.5 2.4 -4.3 6.9 * -2.0 * -.4 -.4 -.5 -.3 .8 • -1.6 • 3.4 5.2 1.1 ■ 1.2 .7 -4.8 6.9 -13.0 -6.1 -4.1 -7.1 -7.4 .0 1.9 .6 1.4 -.3 4.4 3.8 4.6 -.6 2.7 -3.2 -.7 -3.2 -.8 -5.2 1.0 1.3 .1 -5.0 -6.1 -5.0 * -1.9 -.4 3.7 5.0 2.7 1.9 5.0 2.8 3.1 3.4 2.5 .7 -.6 -7.0 2.5 -14.6 -2.9 -11.7 7.0 -3.4 2.3 2.0 1.3 1.2 .5 3.2 1.3 3.3 -2.0 .9 -4.4 .0 .3 .4 -1.4 -.2 -.5 -6.2 -7.7 -6.8 * -2.1 -.5 4.3 1.9 6.4 8.6 3.9 4.6 .5 1.7 -1.9 4.0 3.4 3.0 .7 1.5 -1.0 1.0 - 3.2 3.9 2.5 -3.2 - • 3.9 5.1 3.7 - * 1.5 1.8 * 4.0 3.5 - ' ' - - 2.5 4.8 - 7.9 ■ 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 - * * -.9 4.0 4.9 3.6 - 3.3 1.0 5.3 -.1 .1 -.3 -.4 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 Percent change from previous December Item and group December 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 Nov. 1999 Expenditure category Education 1 .................................................................................. Educational books and supplies ............................................ Tuition, other school fees, and childcare .............................. College tuition and fees ........................................................ Elementary and high school tuition and fees ...................... Child care and nursery scho ol7 ........................................... Technical and business school tuition and fees 1 ............. Communication 1 ....................................................................... Postage and delivery services 1 ............................................ Postage .................................................................................. Delivery services 1 ................................................................ Information and information processing 1 ............................ Telephone sen/ices 1 ............................................................ Telephone services, local charges 3 ............................... Telephone services, long distance charges 1 ................. Interstate toll calls 2 .......................................................... Intrastate toll calls 2 ........................................................... Cellular telephone services 1 ............................................ Information and information processing other than telephone services 1 0 ..................................................... Personal computers and peripheral equipm ent1 .............. Computer software and accessories 1 ............................... Computer information processing sen/ices 1 .................... Other information processing equipm ent1 ......................... 7.8 7.9 8.1 8.8 * * .0 * * .6 -1.3 -2.6 - 6.5 7.9 8.2 8.7 * .0 * 1.0 * -3.7 -2.2 - 5.7 9.8 12.1 7.5 6.3 1.3 -1.5 - .5 -1.3 -2.4 • -7.3 • ■ -2.6 * * ■ -4.1 -6.1 Other goods and services ........................................................... Tobacco and smoking products .............................................. Cigarettes 1 .............................................................................. Tobacco products other than cigarettes 1 ............................ Personal care ............................................................................. Personal care products .......................................................... Hair, dental, shaving, and miscellaneous personal care products 1 ...................................................................... Cosmetics, perfume, bath, nail preparations and implements .................................................................... Personal care sen/ices ............................................................ Haircuts and other personal care services 1 ...................... Miscellaneous personal services ........................................... Legal sen/ices 5 ..................................................................... Funeral expenses 5 ................................................................ Laundry and dry cleaning services 1 ................................... Apparel services other than laundry and dry cleaning 1 .... Financial sen/ices 5 ............................................................... Checking account and other bank services 1 2 ............... Tax return preparation and other accounting fees 12 .... Miscellaneous personal goods 1 ........................................... Stationery, stationery supplies, gift wrap 2 .......................... 8.2 14.7 3.8 2.5 7.6 10.8 4.2 4.2 8.0 11.1 * 2.5 2.7 * - * 1.9 5.4 5.8 6.3 4.8 • 5.9 3.0 5.9 4.1 7.0 6.8 6.6 * 7.7 • • 4.4 3.0 2.2 6.4 5.7 5.9 • * 8.3 * 4.8 1.4 2.4 4.3 4.0 4.1 • * 5.0 * 3.0 4.7 3.4 5.8 5.8 5.4 6.6 3.7 4.1 3.3 4.8 7.2 1.2 5.1 4.9 4.9 6.5 4.5 4.6 4.5 3.3 4.7 6.8 5.2 .7 5.1 4.7 5.1 6.6 7.5 12.3 16.2 .9 5.7 5.3 8.2 6.5 6.3 6.5 5.9 7.4 11.6 14.7 8.5 5.3 6.2 5.4 18.1 1.2 .3 -1.0 -3.2 2.4 4.6 3.9 2.5 6.2 3.3 2.7 2.7 .8 -.2 -1.6 .8 3.6 5.1 4.2 -7.4 2.0 2.3 2.3 2.9 2.5 3.6 2.9 3.6 5.3 3.2 3.0 2.7 2.4 2.4 2.8 1.9 .9 4.4 3.3 2.0 1.5 .6 -.7 -1.5 2.7 3.8 3.0 4.8 5.1 2.7 2.6 2.6 .6 -.5 -1.1 1.1 .7 4.4 3.5 -1.4 16.1 - * 4.9 8.5 10.0 7.9 4.4 - 3.4 7.1 7.9 5.9 5.1 .0 * * 1.0 6.5 .2 - .0 - 5.1 5.8 3.5 5.9 6.3 6.2 4.7 .0 * .0 5.6 5.6 5.6 5.7 6.6 3.8 1.7 10.3 .6 2.6 .1 -3.8 - 4.9 5.5 4.9 5.3 4.6 3.7 1.3 * .0 1.4 .9 -10.7 ■ -11.6 * * 5.2 5.1 5.2 4.6 7.2 4.6 -.3 .0 -.3 1.0 -4.3 2.8 - 4.7 6.0 4.6 3.9 6.0 4.8 7.1 -2.9 .1 .0 4.2 -3.1 .3 1.3 -.1 -.8 1.5 -8.3 4.4 -.6 4.8 4.0 6.8 5.1 6.2 -1.2 3.0 3.0 5.6 -1.7 .3 2.5 -1.2 -.1 -2.3 -11.5 • -12.1 * -26.6 -35.8 -10.0 3.3 -9.7 -19.0 -26.8 -1.9 -7.1 -11.7 4.3 2.7 * 2.1 1.1 3.6 2.7 * 1.1 -.9 5.2 7.2 2.3 1.8 8.8 31.8 33.7 5.5 2.8 2.3 5.1 11.7 11.8 8.2 2.8 3.1 - - - .4 1.5 * * 1.5 1.5 3.4 5.3 3.8 5.4 * 7.1 6.5 2.5 3.2 * 4.0 3.8 4.7 3.4 3.1 2.2 3.0 5.4 5.1 5.1 6.0 4.2 4.5 2.7 2.7 3.4 4.2 3.9 2.3 1.7 3.5 2.2 5.8 .6 1.6 4.6 3.3 3.3 3.4 4.5 3.1 2.3 2.2 4.2 4.2 6.0 -2.4 -2.6 2.3 2.0 1.3 3.0 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.5 4.0 2.6 2.5 2.5 1.9 1.3 2.7 2.0 -1.8 2.9 2.6 2.2 1.4 1.0 .5 .9 1.7 3.5 3.5 3.0 4.4 2.7 2.3 2.5 1.1 .7 1.1 1.4 -.2 3.4 3.3 -1.3 3.2 2.5 3.8 5.9 .7 3.3 2.9 4.4 3.9 3.1 3.4 3.3 2.6 3.8 5.6 4.0 -.9 3.8 3.4 8.6 .2 -.7 -.1 -.7 -1.5 2.8 3.3 1.0 4.0 1.8 1.1 1.6 -.5 .0 -.4 .8 .8 2.3 2.8 -3.4 .4 -.8 -1.0 -1.2 -.5 2.6 3.3 1.3 3.0 1.5 .9 1.5 -.7 -.8 -.9 .7 -.7 1.7 2.5 -8.8 2.8 3.4 7.0 9.4 -1.1 2.6 2.5 2.3 3.0 2.8 2.7 2.6 3.3 6.6 8.7 4.2 2.8 2.6 2.5 12.4 .0 -.3 5.4 -1.0 • -9.1 * ■ -7.6 ■ 6.5 8.1 2.9 3.3 2.7 -5.9 2.5 1.7 4.2 3.0 * 1.9 1.8 1.0 2.1 4.8 1.9 5.8 7.8 3.7 6.1 - Special aggregate indexes Commodities .................................................................................. Commodities less food and beverages ..................................... Nondurables less food and beverages .................................... Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel ................. Durables ..................................................................................... Services ................................................................ .......................... Rent of she lter4 .............................................................................. 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 .................................................................... Sen/ices less rent of she lter4 ....................................................... Services less medical care services ............................................ Energy ............................................................................................. See footnotes at end of table. 84 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 Percent change from previous December December Item and group 1989 1990 4.6 4.4 2.7 7.9 5.3 6.7 2.8 5.2 5.2 3.4 35.4 6.0 6.3 5.0 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 Nov. 1999 Special aggregate indexes 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 ................................................. 3.0 3.3 2.5 1.2 3.7 1.7 3.2 3.1 3.2 1.6 -5.1 3.9 3.5 4.4 2.6 2.6 1.4 5.2 3.2 2.5 -1.0 2.9 3.0 1.7 -3.3 3.6 2.3 1.8 2.9 2.6 1.1 13.8 3.3 5.7 5.0 2.1 2.2 .4 -6.9 3.0 .6 .4 2.4 2.4 1.3 -15.1 3.0 2.4 .0 6 Indexes on a December 1983=100 base. 7 Indexes on a December 1990=100 base. 8 Indexes on a December 1993=100 base. 9 Indexes on a December 1996=100 base. 10 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base. ' Data not available. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. 1 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. 2 Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. 3 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series converted to a geometric means estimator in January, 1999. 4 Indexes on a December 1982=100 base. 5 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base. 3.9 4.4 4.0 -16.1 4.6 1.3 3.1 85 2.0 2.1 .8 26.0 2.6 1.6 2.3 ¡7. Historical Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): U. S. city average, all items k=100, unless otherwise noted) Semiannual averages Year Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. 1st half 1913 1914 9.9 10.1 9.8 10.0 9.8 10.0 9.9 9.9 9.8 9.9 9.8 10.0 9.9 10.1 10.0 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 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 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 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 14.6 14.2 13.9 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 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 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 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 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 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 10.0 10.3 10.1 10.2 10.1 10.2 Annual avg. 2nd half 10.1 10.2 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 19.5 17.4 17.0 17.4 17.4 • * 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 18.1 17.8 17.4 17.3 17.4 18.0 17.8 17.4 17.2 17.3 - - 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 16.6 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 * - 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 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 - * 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 14.9 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 - - 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 18.2 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 * • 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 24.0 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 - - 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 27.2 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 ■ 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 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 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 1.6 2.8 3.1 4.2 5.4 86 ■ ■ - 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 2nd half 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 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 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 98.0 101.2 104.8 102.1 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 104.9 108.9 110.0 114.5 119.7 105.4 108.5 110.5 114.7 120.2 105.9 107.9 111.0 115.1 120.8 106.3 107.6 111.6 115.7 121.8 106.7 107.9 111.9 116.2 122.5 107.0 108.4 112.4 116.7 122.8 107.1 108.4 112.7 117.2 123.2 107.3 108.6 113.3 117.7 123.2 107.6 109.1 113.8 118.5 123.6 107.9 109.1 114.1 118.9 124.2 108.3 109.2 114.3 119.0 124.4 108.6 109.3 114.2 119.2 124.6 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 1998 1999 147.8 151.7 156.3 158.4 161.0 148.3 152.2 156.8 158.5 161.1 148.7 152.9 157.0 158.7 161.4 149.3 153.6 157.2 159.1 162.7 149.6 154.0 157.2 159.5 162.8 149.9 154.1 157.4 159.7 162.8 149.9 154.3 157.5 159.8 163.3 150.2 154.5 157.8 160.0 163.8 150.6 155.1 158.3 160.2 164.7 151.0 155.5 158.5 160.6 165.0 150.9 155.9 158.5 160.7 165.1 * Data not available. Annual avg. Percent change from previous Dec. Annual avg. ■ 39.0 40.7 42.1 44.7 49.6 5.5 3.3 3.4 8.9 12.3 5.7 4.4 3.4 6.2 11.0 - * 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 - 104.4 82.9 91.4 96.9 99.8 103.3 12.6 8.6 3.8 3.3 3.6 13.4 10.3 6.0 3.0 3.5 106.0 108.2 111.2 115.5 121.3 107.8 109.0 113.7 118.4 123.9 106.9 108.6 112.5 117.0 122.6 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 2.5 150.9 155.9 158.2 160.7 148.9 153.1 157.0 159.0 162.0 150.6 155.2 158.1 160.3 149.8 154.1 157.6 159.7 2.5 3.3 1.5 1.6 2.9 2.9 2.3 1.3 ■ NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. 87 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 Item and group December Nov. 1999 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 124.6 371.1 132.2 393.8 135.9 404.7 139.8 416.3 143.3 426.8 147.2 438.6 150.9 449.5 155.9 464.3 158.2 471.3 160.7 478.6 165.1 491.7 126.9 127.1 126.2 136.0 136.1 120.8 152.4 120.4 135.7 * 138.8 137.8 123.8 123.0 120.1 122.3 112.6 117.3 121.6 124.1 119.0 127.4 144.8 134.3 122.8 126.8 123.1 135.8 144.0 152.3 124.6 122.7 135.9 139.3 135.3 139.2 135.0 • ■ - 133.6 133.9 133.5 142.3 143.1 123.5 163.3 122.9 141.6 136.9 136.3 135.0 147.2 148.2 123.3 171.1 126.4 146.4 153.7 147.9 131.5 132.0 130.8 131.7 119.5 * * 128.6 * 136.8 136.4 139.1 138.3 137.0 153.0 153.5 129.5 177.7 128.9 152.5 - 142.9 142.2 141.7 158.6 158.7 129.3 186.1 131.7 158.2 * 162.5 158.4 136.9 138.2 136.0 137.7 123.2 - 146.6 146.2 146.3 163.9 163.6 131.5 190.5 139.6 163.8 * 168.5 163.6 136.0 137.3 133.7 134.7 117.7 149.8 149.4 149.5 169.2 167.8 140.0 193.6 143.1 169.5 - 156.1 155.8 156.9 175.4 165.7 150.6 185.4 144.2 179.7 177.8 178.4 149.8 148.9 144.5 137.8 117.6 155.5 156.9 156.9 146.0 157.5 176.5 - 158.5 158.1 158.2 178.1 168.8 150.0 188.6 150.1 182.2 100.0 100.0 179.1 179.0 148.0 147.8 143.3 136.6 116.3 100.0 100.0 100.0 153.1 100.0 153.9 150.9 100.0 146.6 155.0 100.0 100.0 178.0 100.0 100.0 150.1 147.5 100.0 147.7 151.9 100.0 190.0 220.7 236.0 194.9 151.3 100.0 100.0 205.8 175.0 215.4 249.5 203.6 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 161.9 161.5 161.3 182.0 171.3 153.6 192.7 149.9 187.0 102.4 103.1 183.1 184.3 146.9 147.0 140.2 136.9 115.9 101.2 100.7 98.3 144.1 96.8 144.9 140.0 91.5 145.4 159.4 103.5 100.1 184.5 103.5 103.8 142.0 157.4 106.2 158.4 163.2 106.2 199.0 232.9 253.8 191.5 165.5 118.2 105.9 212.9 177.6 196.2 277.2 212.3 102.1 102.4 102.4 100.3 164.9 164.5 164.0 184.5 172.6 153.8 193.9 151.6 190.2 104.9 106.9 185.4 185.0 150.1 151.1 145.3 142.1 120.7 102.3 105.3 103.0 149.6 98.6 150.8 146.2 96.8 149.8 159.8 103.6 101.3 188.7 107.0 104.6 127.9 164.6 114.3 164.9 162.4 108.7 199.8 232.5 257.0 199.5 156.8 147.8 95.5 209.4 187.3 213.8 211.6 219.9 104.4 104.7 105.0 102.3 Expenditure category All items ........................................................................................... All items (1967=100) ...................................................................... Food and beverages ................................................................... Food ............................................................................................ Food at home ........................................................................... Cereals and bakery products ............................................... Cereals and cereal products .............................................. Flour and prepared flour mixes ....................................... Breakfast cereal ................................................................ Rice, pasta, commeal ....................................................... Bakery products .................................................................. Bread 1 ................................................................................ Fresh biscuits, rolls, muffins 1 .......................................... Cakes, cupcakes, and cookies ........................................ Other bakery products ...................................................... Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs .............................................. Meats, poultry, and fish ...................................................... Meats .................................................................................. Beef and veal .................................................................. Uncooked ground beef ................................................. Uncooked beef roasts 1 ................................................. Uncooked beef steaks 1 ........................ ....................... Uncooked other beef and v e a l1 ................................... Pork .................................................................................. Bacon, breakfast sausage, and related products 1 .... Ham ................................................................................ Pork chops .................................................................... Other pork including roasts and picnics 1 ................... Other meats ..................................................................... Poultry ................................................................................ Chicken 1 ........................................................................... Other poultry including tu rk e y 1 ...................................... Fish and seafood ............................................................... Fresh fish and seafood 1 ................................................. Processed fish and seafood 1 ........................................ Eggs ...................................................................................... Dairy and related products ................................................... M ilk 1 ...................................................................................... Cheese and related products ............................................ Ice cream and related products ......................................... Other dairy and related products 1 ..................................... Fruits and vegetables ............................................................ Fresh fruits and vegetables ................................................ Fresh fruits ........................................................................ Apples .............................................................................. Bananas ........................................................................... Citrus fruits 1 .................................................................... Other fresh fruits 1 ........................................................... Fresh vegetables ............................................................... Potatoes ........................................................................... Lettuce .............................................................................. Tomatoes ........................................................................ Other fresh vegetables ................................................... Processed fruits and vegetables 1 ..................................... Canned fruits and vegetables 1 ........................................ Frozen fruits and vegetables1 ......................................... Other processed fruits and vegetables including dried 1 146.7 142.4 133.6 133.9 133.8 133.2 121.2 * 136.8 143.7 142.6 131.3 129.2 * 148.8 * * 128.0 126.5 132.7 128.5 145.7 156.1 169.5 151.9 128.1 143.1 133.5 151.3 128.2 150.8 * ■ • 132.3 129.8 * 151.2 122.7 127.2 134.9 129.9 152.1 168.5 188.1 170.4 127.6 * 149.3 128.2 169.6 123.1 162.4 ■ * See footnotes at end of table. 88 157.3 155.5 132.1 133.1 131.2 132.8 118.8 127.7 134.9 140.0 132.6 133.4 153.8 117.0 128.9 135.1 130.5 155.3 172.8 180.0 154.2 124.0 166.0 136.8 180.7 190.9 167.4 ■ - 133.4 136.9 146.5 136.1 140.7 158.8 114.8 130.0 134.0 131.2 165.4 188.6 202.6 167.2 127.2 175.1 164.9 151.4 194.6 179.6 ■ * - * 130.3 134.9 139.3 136.9 140.2 167.1 115.3 131.4 * 135.2 136.0 178.8 210.8 209.8 163.5 142.7 212.0 154.1 269.0 229.9 217.6 ■ ■ 170.7 168.0 141.7 141.4 137.3 134.4 115.7 * * 140.0 144.6 146.9 141.2 146.0 172.3 144.8 134.7 138.4 139.7 177.0 205.2 222.0 188.0 146.4 189.0 175.2 171.1 239.2 184.1 • ■ - 162.3 148.5 149.8 150.4 186.0 214.3 248.1 195.2 157.2 * 181.2 160.2 183.1 190.5 187.5 * * - 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-Continued (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) Unadjusted indexes December Item and group Nov. 1999 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials ............. Juices and nonalcoholic drinks 1 ........................................ Carbonated drinks ............................................................. Frozen noncarbonated juices and drinks 1 ...................... Nonfrozen noncarbonated juices and drinks 1 ............... Beverage materials including coffee and tea 1 ................. Coffee ................................................................................. Other beverage materials including tea 1 ........................ Other food at home ............................................................... Sugar and sweets ................................................................ Sugar and artificial sweeteners ....................................... Candy and chewing gum 1 ................................................ Other sweets 1 ................................................................... Fats and oils ..................................................... ................... Butter and margarine 1 ...................................................... Salad dressing 1 ................................................................. Other fats and oils including peanut b u tte r1 .................. Other foods ........................................................................... Soups ........................... ...................................................... Frozen and freeze dried prepared foods ........................ Snacks ................................................................................ Spices, seasonings, condiments, sauces ....................... Baby food 1 ........................................................................ Other miscellaneous foods 1 ............................................ Food away from home ............................................................. Full service meals and sna cks1 ........................................... Limited service meals and snacks 1 ..................................... Food at employee sites and schools 1 ................................ Food from vending machines and mobile vendors 1 .......... Other food away from home 1 ............................................... Alcoholic beverages .................................................................. Alcoholic beverages at home .............................................. Beer, ale, and other malt beverages at home ................. Distilled spirits at home ................... .................................. Wine at home ...................................................................... Alcoholic beverages away from home ................................. 111.2 * 110.4 115.2 120.1 121.1 115.2 ■ 121.5 • * 127.4 132.6 130.8 126.1 124.7 * 129.7 • ■ 125.2 119.4 119.7 121.9 110.8 139.5 113.3 111.3 117.0 125.1 126.3 118.4 ■ 130.8 ■ * 134.0 140.7 135.3 131.1 132.5 * 135.6 * 130.5 123.9 124.1 127.9 114.0 146.3 112.9 112.3 • 111.0 127.0 130.6 118.4 * 129.1 • 138.1 149.0 137.4 132.6 137.8 * * 139.4 143.5 138.2 138.9 139.3 129.3 158.0 112.7 114.0 104.9 128.2 131.9 119.6 - 130.6 ■ 141.6 147.7 141.3 142.8 141.3 131.3 164.0 115.1 * 116.0 110.5 J 130.8 133.1 120.8 • 129.3 * ■ * 144.7 164.3 137.5 136.0 147.3 144.1 150.0 142.0 143.2 142.8 131.6 168.8 * 147.0 151.4 141.7 142.9 143.8 130.0 172.5 128.8 119.1 * * 155.6 140.1 138.4 128.3 • 137.3 151.9 177.4 138.4 143.3 156.8 * 150.3 * 154.3 143.0 144.1 145.0 131.7 178.0 126.5 118.5 144.9 143.2 144.5 132.7 * 140.4 * ■ 158.8 185.6 145.3 151.5 163.9 * 155.0 * * 159.9 147.7 148.1 147.9 139.9 185.2 131.7 100.0 116.3 100.0 100.0 100.0 169.3 100.0 147.1 147.7 133.7 100.0 100.0 140.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 162.7 189.6 144.1 155.1 168.4 100.0 100.0 159.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 163.1 148.4 147.2 151.2 143.0 192.1 130.4 99.7 115.2 104.6 100.0 96.7 154.2 103.3 151.7 150.0 134.2 101.3 103.7 151.2 120.2 103.5 102.2 166.7 192.3 146.4 156.1 172.4 103.0 104.9 163.0 102.7 102.2 102.5 100.8 103.4 166.2 150.8 149.9 152.1 145.1 196.7 132.7 102.1 118.5 107.5 101.7 96.6 151.5 105.1 152.3 152.0 134.1 103.3 104.8 144.9 105.4 103.7 102.1 168.8 193.9 146.2 162.0 175.7 107.1 103.4 166.5 104.9 104.5 104.4 101.6 106.8 170.4 154.6 153.6 157.2 147.9 201.9 Housing ......................................................................................... Shelter ......................................................................................... Rent of primary residence 2 .................................................. Lodging away from home 12 .................................................. Housing at school, excluding board 2 3 .............................. Other lodging away from home including hotels and motels ............................................................................. Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 2 3 ................ Tenants’ and household insurance 1 ...................................... Fuels and utilities ....................................................................... Fuels .......................................................................................... Fuel oil and other fuels ............... .......................................... Fuel oil .................................................................................. Other household fuels 4 ...................................................... Gas (piped) and electricity 2 ................................................ Electricity 2 .......................................................................... Utility natural gas service 2 ..................................... .......... W ater and sewer and trash collection services 1 ............... W ater and sewerage maintenance 2 ............................... Garbage and trash collection 5 ........................................... Household furnishings and operations .................................... Window and floor coverings and other linens 1 ..................... Floor coverings 1 .................................................................... Window coverings 1 ............................................................... Other linens 1 .......................................................................... Furniture and bedding ............................................................. Bedroom furniture .................................................................. Living room, kitchen, and dining room furniture 1 ............... Other furniture 1 ..................................................................... 123.1 132.6 135.0 155.5 128.3 139.3 140.6 * 165.0 132.7 144.6 144.8 * 175.7 136.1 148.7 148.2 189.7 139.7 153.1 151.6 193.8 142.7 157.7 155.4 202.9 146.7 163.1 159.3 211.8 151.0 167.7 163.7 219.2 154.4 173.1 168.8 100.0 231.2 157.8 178.8 174.6 104.0 241.7 161.1 183.1 179.3 108.4 251.9 134.4 128.5 108.0 100.7 88.1 89.0 108.3 106.7 113.1 97.7 ■ 144.1 161.0 111.1 * • • 113.0 118.8 - 155.2 134.5 112.1 104.7 113.4 115.6 136.6 108.2 114.5 99.4 * 152.6 177.1 113.0 ■ ■ 114.2 117.1 - 168.6 139.7 115.7 105.9 94.4 92.5 123.2 111.9 120.4 99.3 ■ 163.8 197.6 115.4 • * * 115.5 122.0 • 174.5 143.8 118.4 108.4 91.7 89.5 120.3 115.1 122.4 104.7 174.3 214.6 117.2 * 120.5 128.3 * 181.2 148.4 121.5 110.2 88.2 85.4 117.8 117.7 123.0 110.9 182.9 225.7 119.0 123.9 134.6 - 184.4 153.3 121.6 109.5 88.3 85.4 118.2 116.8 123.8 107.0 190.5 236.8 119.7 - 191.1 159.0 123.3 110.2 89.5 86.8 119.2 117.5 127.2 102.8 195.9 243.3 122.4 * ■ 130.7 134.8 * 201.1 163.4 129.0 116.5 110.6 106.9 147.9 122.3 128.1 114.9 * 202.6 247.9 123.5 - 213.2 168.3 100.0 129.7 115.2 97.0 94.2 128.5 122.4 126.4 118.3 100.0 210.6 252.8 123.6 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 130.6 141.5 100.0 100.0 221.7 173.7 100.3 126.4 110.9 86.6 79.9 125.3 118.4 122.3 114.1 102.8 216.4 260.2 124.8 101.0 102.5 100.2 100.7 132.3 141.2 101.2 104.5 231.0 177.4 102.3 129.8 114.0 100.7 98.3 132.2 120.9 123.4 120.0 104.7 220.0 266.2 124.2 98.9 100.3 97.5 99.0 130.1 138.8 100.1 100.4 Expenditure category See footnotes at end of table. 89 128.3 * * 141.0 157.5 138.1 132.1 143.5 115.7 * • 172.3 • 138.3 134.4 123.2 * • 134.1 * 148.0 171.3 137.9 138.5 150.8 125.4 132.2 131.9 139.6 * 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 Item and group December 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 Nov. 1999 1997 1998 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 118.4 107.3 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 144.3 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 98.9 98.6 99.5 100.0 117.6 109.7 99.2 98.8 99.4 97.7 100.3 147.1 101.7 102.7 101.7 103.3 103.3 101.7 103.6 105.5 97.9 98.5 96.9 96.8 111.8 107.1 96.1 98.7 98.3 98.2 98.1 150.0 102.8 107.3 103.1 106.3 106.9 104.1 106.9 107.9 129.3 127.5 130.9 134.7 125.7 129.0 116.7 121.7 120.8 126.1 105.9 - 130.3 130.7 133.9 135.9 136.1 100.0 128.9 120.5 121.5 120.8 129.2 100.5 100.0 129.8 130.2 133.8 133.4 135.8 101.3 128.6 118.8 121.0 120.9 123.2 107.5 98.8 132.3 133.3 136.5 136.0 141.9 101.8 130.0 123.4 124.4 124.2 125.2 107.1 103.5 Expenditure category Appliances 1 .............................................................................. Major appliances 1 ................................................................. Other appliances 1 ................................................................. Other household equipment and furnishings 1 ..................... Clocks, lamps, and decorator items .................................... Indoor plants and flowers 6 ................................................... Dishes and flatware 1 ............................................................. Nonelectric cookware and tableware 1 ................................ Tools, hardware, outdoor equipment and supplies 1 ............ Tools, hardware and supplies 1 ............................................ Outdoor equipment and supplies 1 ....................................... Housekeeping supplies ........................................................... Household cleaning products 1 ............................................ Household paper products 1 ................................................. Miscellaneous household products 1 ................................... Household operations1 ............................................................ Domestic services 1 ............................................................... Gardening and lawncare services 1 ..................................... Moving, storage, freight expense 1 ...................................... Repair of household items 1 .................................................. - - - • 112.2 - * 112.3 100.0 • 123.8 ■ 127.8 • • 116.2 107.3 * 130.4 ■ 119.0 113.2 130.0 - 131.9 • - - * Apparel .......................................................................................... Men’s and boys’ apparel .......................................................... Men’s apparel ........................................................................... Men’s suits, sport coats, and outerwear ............................. Men’s furnishings .................................................................. Men’s shirts and sweaters 1 .................................................. Men’s pants and shorts ........................................................ Boys’ apparel ............................................................................ Women’s and girls’ apparel ...................................................... Women’s apparel .................................................................... Women’s outerwear .............................................................. Women’s dresses .................................................................. Women’s suits and separates 1 ........................................... Women’s underwear, nightwear, sportswear and accessories 1 .................................................................. Girls’ apparel ............................................................................ Footwear .................................................................................... Men’s footwear ........................................................................ Boys’ and girls’ footwear ........................................................ Women’s footwear ................................................................... Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel ................................................... Jewelry and watches 4 ............................................................... Watches 4 .................................................................................. Jew elry4 ................................................................................... 118.5 118.0 120.1 124.6 116.8 * 116.3 111.5 115.5 115.1 104.0 123.0 - 124.5 121.4 123.9 127.8 119.5 128.4 124.9 127.7 131.0 122.1 130.4 126.4 129.9 133.6 123.2 131.3 127.0 130.3 140.4 123.1 120.7 113.3 122.6 122.8 115.2 132.7 - 124.9 116.3 126.7 125.7 118.4 128.4 - 128.2 115.3 127.6 126.1 121.9 132.4 * 117.4 115.4 122.2 118.6 107.4 119.3 120.3 107.5 124.0 • 121.6 119.3 125.6 123.5 111.0 127.9 127.3 110.7 132.0 ■ 131.7 122.5 129.6 123.0 115.8 131.8 131.3 113.6 136.4 Transportation .............................................................................. Private transportation ................................................................ New and used motor vehicles 1 ............................................. New vehicles .......................................................................... Used cars and trucks ............................................................. Car and truck re n ta l1 ............................................................. Motor fuel ................................................................................. Gasoline (all types) ................................................................ Gasoline, unleaded regular7 ............................................. Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 7 8 ....................................... Gasoline, unleaded premium 7 ........................................... Other motor fuels 1 ................................................................. Motor vehicle parts and equipment ....................................... Tires ........................................................................................ Vehicle accessories other than tires 1 ................................. Motor vehicle maintenance and repair ................................. Motor vehicle body work ....................................................... Motor vehicle maintenance and servicing .......................... Motor vehicle re p a ir1 ............................................................. 114.8 113.8 122.0 119.5 126.7 125.3 • 124.4 116.9 117.1 117.0 115.4 ■ 118.7 * 101.5 98.6 132.8 139.5 126.8 124.5 123.2 128.5 120.2 98.5 98.3 96.2 * 101.5 85.9 85.6 83.2 * 90.0 100.6 98.8 126.9 134.0 122.0 See footnotes at end of table. 90 .- 103.0 100.8 * 138.8 142.9 133.7 114.5 114.7 * - • * ■ - • 115.0 110.4 * - 135.1 125.6 132.6 122.7 120.7 133.1 136.6 111.9 143.6 128.2 126.6 131.7 129.7 99.9 99.9 97.6 103.0 102.2 100.4 143.9 147.0 136.5 133.3 - ■ 118.7 116.3 * - 139.9 - * * 114.1 117.0 142.0 • - 127.2 116.6 128.4 128.1 128.9 128.8 - 129.3 124.5 128.2 137.3 123.9 125.6 112.9 124.0 123.2 118.6 114.2 * 129.5 125.8 128.7 135.5 120.5 127.1 116.4 123.3 122.2 121.3 116.7 130.0 126.6 134.1 122.7 121.9 128.1 140.1 118.6 146.3 127.6 124.2 132.1 123.9 117.3 132.9 144.9 122.9 151.2 128.6 125.0 132.3 125.8 118.0 129.8 144.2 129.3 148.5 • 126.2 127.0 131.4 131.2 120.2 128.1 138.4 120.9 143.4 100.0 125.0 129.2 131.4 135.0 123.1 126.5 137.7 121.1 142.4 100.4 121.8 128.2 132.6 133.3 120.6 130.9 133.6 119.4 137.6 101.4 125.1 126.9 129.0 128.6 123.1 134.3 138.2 119.5 143.5 136.7 135.2 98.5 140.9 152.1 138.9 137.2 101.3 143.7 159.1 ■ 96.4 95.9 93.5 100.6 98.3 ■ 101.6 101.2 156.6 161.4 144.4 144.8 142.4 102.1 146.5 156.8 108.9 108.3 106.5 112.4 109.2 101.4 101.2 161.4 168.6 148.6 142.4 140.1 100.0 145.3 149.5 100.0 101.7 101.2 98.9 105.9 102.8 100.0 100.8 98.2 100.0 165.7 176.5 152.7 100.0 139.6 137.1 101.1 145.3 154.3 101.5 86.0 85.5 82.6 90.6 89.0 87.7 100.5 97.7 100.0 170.9 181.9 157.1 103.2 146.9 144.2 101.5 144.3 157.3 109.0 109.5 108.9 106.8 113.6 109.9 104.7 100.6 96.9 100.8 175.1 184.4 160.5 106.0 130.8 128.5 93.7 136.2 140.2 * 94.6 94.0 91.1 100.0 98.1 100.7 98.9 148.3 150.8 139.3 100.2 100.0 97.6 105.3 103.2 101.0 101.1 ’ 152.6 155.7 141.4 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 Item and group 1989 1990 1991 1992 Motor vehicle insurance ......................................................... Motor vehicle fees 1 ................................................................. State and local registration and license 1 2 ........................ Parking and other fees 1 ....................................................... Public transportation .................................................................. Airline fare ................................................................................ Other intercity transportation .................................................. Intracity transportation ............................................................ 170.6 * 130.1 133.1 140.5 125.9 183.7 150.3 163.4 149.3 135.7 198.6 211.5 * 147.8 154.0 154.2 140.7 Medical care ................................................................................. Medical care commodities ........................................................ Prescription drugs and medical supplies .............................. Nonprescription drugs and medical supplies 4 ...................... Internal and respiratory over-the-counter drugs ................ Nonprescription medical equipment and supplies ............. Medical care services ................................................................ Professional services 2 .......................................................... Physicians’ services 2 ......................................................... Dental services 2 .................................................................. Eyeglasses and eye care 2 4 ................................................ Services by other medical professionals 2 4 ....................... Hospital and related services 2 ............................................ Hospital services 2 9 .............................................................. Inpatient hospital services 2 7 9 ......................................... Outpatient hospital sen/ices 2 4 7 ...................................... Nursing homes and adult daycare 29 ................................. 154.7 154.8 171.8 116.8 140.3 135.7 154.7 150.2 154.0 150.0 113.8 117.2 166.8 131.1 168.8 168.0 189.0 123.6 148.9 142.4 169.0 160.3 165.4 159.7 119.0 122.8 184.4 145.9 182.0 180.3 206.8 127.7 152.7 150.5 182.4 170.2 174.5 172.9 123.2 129.2 201.2 * 160.4 194.3 189.4 218.3 133.0 159.2 156.1 195.4 180.0 185.5 182.8 127.8 133.9 218.9 Recreation 1 .................................................................................. Video and audio 1 ....................................................................... Televisions ............................................................................... Cable television 2 5 .................................................................. Other video equipm ent1 ......................................................... Video cassettes, discs, and other media including re n ta l1 .. Audio equipment ..................................................................... Audio discs, tapes and other media 1 .................................... Pets, pet products and services 1 ............................................ Pets and pet products ............................................................ Pet services including veterinary 1 ......................................... Sporting goods ........................................................................... Sports vehicles including bicycles ......................................... Sports equipment .................................................................... Photography 1 ............................................................................. Photographic equipment and supplies .................................. Photographers and film processing 1 ..................................... Other recreational goods 1 ........................................................ Toys ........................................................................................... Sewing machines, fabric and supplies 1 ............................... Music instruments and accessories 1 ..................................... Recreation services 1 ................. ............................................... Club membership dues and fees for participant sports 1 .... Admissions ............................................................................... Fees for lessons or instructions 4 ........................................... Recreational reading materials ................................................. Newspapers and magazines 1 ................................................ Recreational books 1 ................................................................ * 74.8 147.1 * 94.0 122.8 * 115.9 117.7 110.8 * 71.4 181.2 94.9 129.5 120.5 120.4 118.0 • 131.1 * ■ 117.9 • ■ 160.5 133.6 147.8 • 70.9 188.4 93.5 145.8 119.6 132.5 * 72.2 166.9 93.1 * 127.3 116.5 117.8 112.1 129.7 ■ ■ 116.6 • ■ • * 153.1 126.1 138.6 ■ Education and communication 1 ................................................. Education 1 .................................................................................. Educational books and supplies ............................................ Tuition, other school fees, and childcare .............................. College tuition and fees ........................................................ Elementary and high school tuition and fees ...................... Child care and nursery school6 ........................................... Technical and business school tuition and fees ................ 162.9 169.6 169.3 176.2 * 173.9 182.7 183.6 191.4 100.0 Nov. 1999 1996 1997 1998 239.6 169.0 177.2 154.9 164.9 249.0 186.9 204.5 157.9 174.1 255.3 100.0 100.0 100.0 182.5 193.9 160.3 176.2 254.6 103.1 101.8 106.8 185.1 201.6 164.7 171.4 255.8 104.6 102.7 110.3 197.0 225.4 162.9 172.3 214.6 200.8 233.2 138.7 164.7 167.0 217.7 196.9 203.6 201.3 135.2 144.3 248.5 200.2 223.1 204.2 237.8 140.4 165.9 171.2 227.4 204.9 212.5 210.1 138.5 146.8 260.0 230.1 209.4 244.9 142.5 169.0 171.6 234.7 212.3 219.1 220.9 140.4 151.5 270.4 100.0 100.0 219.5 100.0 236.5 214.1 251.0 144.8 171.6 175.0 241.6 218.9 225.3 229.6 142.8 156.8 278.7 103.0 102.3 228.6 104.0 244.4 222.1 263.4 147.4 175.0 177.4 249.4 226.2 233.1 239.7 143.7 160.6 287.4 106.2 104.9 238.1 110.6 252.5 229.5 278.6 146.0 173.0 176.7 257.6 233.1 239.3 250.4 147.1 163.5 299.8 110.8 109.0 252.0 116.6 92.2 96.5 69.4 201.7 93.2 93.9 68.2 195.8 * 94.2 129.3 * 122.6 124.9 116.7 136.5 ■ ■ 123.2 ■ 169.9 146.3 159.0 ■ 93.2 130.7 95.6 94.3 65.2 203.5 * 90.8 * 135.4 98.5 97.5 61.7 219.5 * 90.2 142.4 124.6 127.4 118.0 133.9 100.0 100.0 59.3 234.6 100.0 100.0 88.4 100.0 100.0 141.9 100.0 124.5 127.7 117.3 100.0 134.6 100.0 100.0 125.2 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 199.8 175.8 181.3 100.0 100.0 100.8 100.7 56.4 250.7 86.8 94.8 81.7 100.3 101.6 142.5 104.3 124.0 131.5 113.3 99.6 130.5 101.2 95.0 117.8 99.1 99.8 103.3 104.7 205.0 179.4 186.9 103.3 102.6 101.0 99.9 52.5 257.3 74.3 91.8 78.6 102.1 103.5 144.3 107.7 121.8 132.4 108.5 99.4 131.1 100.6 88.8 108.9 96.1 99.6 108.1 106.6 218.4 187.6 188.1 105.2 100.5 100.0 100.0 245.2 282.7 300.9 299.4 138.7 100.0 100.9 104.7 259.7 295.8 312.7 318.0 145.2 107.6 102.5 109.4 256.5 310.4 325.6 340.6 152.4 113.7 1993 1994 1995 221.9 171.1 191.8 149.6 152.0 229.5 - 204.5 195.1 225.2 136.5 163.3 160.4 206.6 188.0 194.8 190.9 130.5 138.1 235.1 189.3 E xpenditure category 127.8 * • 114.8 ■ - 155.5 163.6 155.4 147.6 176.0 128.5 121.6 123.5 116.3 134.1 ■ * 121.3 166.6 140.7 153.4 * 162.5 173.5 152.3 153.3 126.1 128.8 119.7 131.4 * 209.4 176.2 154.0 164.8 - 124.5 127.3 118.0 133.8 * ■ 123.5 ■ 185.7 158.6 174.5 - 90.4 85.6 208.5 242.0 255.3 250.2 122.7 94.0 90.4 220.3 255.8 271.2 266.9 127.5 122.2 ■ 127.4 193.3 167.3 179.3 ' See footnotes at end of table. - 91 - - 184.4 199.4 205.0 206.2 106.3 194.9 214.4 223.8 222.7 110.8 87.8 81.1 202.3 228.7 240.3 235.4 116.7 97.1 94.8 232.9 267.9 286.1 279.3 132.1 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 Item and group December 1990 1989 1991 Nov. 1999 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 145.7 - 96.9 145.7 97.9 98.7 * 160.8 * 98.5 * 159.9 ■ 100.1 160.8 100.1 161.3 - 100.0 100.0 160.8 100.0 100.0 100.0 163.0 100.0 100.0 97.8 100.1 160.8 104.2 97.7 100.4 165.3 100.0 92.4 96.9 103.1 165.6 110.1 96.6 100.8 169.7 98.8 82.0 68.2 - 61.4 - 54.9 ■ ' 48.9 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 36.0 64.0 89.9 103.5 89.7 29.3 46.9 88.5 96.3 79.3 Expenditure category Communication 1 ........................................................................ Postage and delivery services 1 ............................................. Postage .................................................................................. Delivery sen/ices 1 .................................... ............................. Information and information processing 1 ............................. Telephone services 1 ............................................................. Telephone sen/ices, local charges 2 ............................... Telephone services, long distance charges 1 .................. Cellular telephone services 1 ............................................. Information and information processing other than telephone services 1 0 ...................................................... Personal computers and peripheral equipm ent1 ............... Computer software and accessories 1 ................................ Computer information processing services 1 ...................... Other information processing equipm ent1 .......................... 125.4 * 145.5 - 125.4 * 147.0 • 145.7 154.7 155.3 * 96.8 145.7 97.6 156.9 - 92.7 * * * 89.7 * - 86.9 • - 80.6 ■ - 74.2 * ■ Other goods and services ........................................................... Tobacco and smoking products ............................................... C igarettes1 ............................................................................... Tobacco products other than cigarettes 1 ............................. Personal care ............................................................................. Personal care products ........................................................... Hair, dental, shaving, and miscellaneous personal care products 1 ........................................................................ Cosmetics, perfume, bath, nail preparations and implements .................................................................... Personal care services ............................................................ Haircuts and other personal care services 1 ....................... Miscellaneous personal services ........................................... Legal sen/ices 4 ...................................................................... Funeral expenses 4 ................................................................ Laundry and dry cleaning services 1 .................................... Apparel services other than laundry and dry cleaning 1 .... Financial services 4 ................................................................ Miscellaneous personal goods 1 ......................................... . 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 * * * * 124.8 129.4 151.0 116.4 115.1 * * 117.9 ■ 132.0 134.9 160.1 121.7 122.6 * 127.1 ■ 117.8 112.1 111.6 111.7 112.0 133.4 127.5 137.8 143.8 124.0 122.6 123.1 112.6 112.2 112.2 119.5 116.9 123.9 131.4 125.8 121.0 126.2 131.0 112.6 140.7 133.9 147.9 152.8 131.7 130.6 130.4 121.2 126.0 129.7 130.1 122.9 131.1 138.1 156.3 - 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 * 150.4 143.5 226.9 250.9 100.0 100.0 153.9 146.1 252.6 332.0 133.8 105.5 158.3 149.6 267.4 370.4 149.4 114.7 163.0 154.0 ■ * * ■ ■ 100.0 100.3 101.7 136.0 137.9 170.5 129.2 130.1 • 136.8 ■ 138.5 141.3 177.6 133.6 135.1 • 143.9 144.7 146.2 188.9 144.0 142.1 • ■ 153.3 ■ 146.8 149.2 198.8 147.2 150.6 ■ 166.5 148.9 154.2 • 208.9 153.1 158.1 * * 177.7 ■ 153.1 159.4 217.8 159.7 165.9 • 183.2 * 156.7 164.1 100.0 228.9 166.5 174.7 100.0 100.0 193.9 100.0 163.7 168.6 102.8 237.4 174.9 182.1 102.2 101.9 200.5 100.4 171.1 174.4 106.3 245.9 182.5 188.2 104.5 104.3 209.3 97.6 127.0 120.9 124.2 126.2 115.3 147.0 139.1 152.5 162.0 135.7 133.7 133.6 121.8 125.3 127.0 130.8 126.8 137.9 143.9 129.8 124.1 127.3 129.9 118.7 152.1 143.0 157.2 169.9 140.0 137.6 137.2 125.0 128.4 130.7 133.4 128.3 143.5 148.4 131.6 124.7 125.7 127.2 122.3 157.6 147.3 163.3 178.5 143.4 140.8 140.4 125.7 127.1 128.6 134.5 128.9 149.5 153.4 134.8 127.6 127.7 131.3 126.5 162.4 151.7 169.2 185.9 147.4 144.6 144.0 128.5 129.0 132.4 137.4 126.5 154.0 157.6 136.9 129.0 128.3 132.1 128.9 167.9 156.9 174.9 194.0 151.1 147.8 147.5 130.0 129.8 133.4 139.3 126.5 159.2 162.8 141.4 132.4 133.6 140.4 129.6 173.4 161.4 181.5 201.7 155.8 152.8 152.4 133.5 135.2 141.3 145.2 125.5 165.0 168.1 141.6 131.3 133.1 139.3 127.5 178.2 166.6 183.9 209.9 158.1 154.2 154.5 132.5 135.0 140.7 146.2 126.1 168.8 172.7 142.3 130.6 132.1 137.9 127.4 182.5 172.2 186.1 216.1 160.4 155.6 156.8 132.0 134.1 139.7 147.3 125.7 171.5 176.9 146.6 135.6 142.2 152.5 126.4 187.1 176.3 189.8 222.3 165.1 160.1 161.1 137.0 144.0 153.4 154.0 129.1 175.8 181.1 139.9 138.6 Special aggregate indexes Commodities .................................................................................. Commodities less food and beverages ..................................... Nondurables less food and beverages .................................... Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel ................. Durables ...................................................................................... Services ........................................................................................... Rent of she lter3 .............................................................................. 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 .................................................................... Sen/ices less rent of she lter3 ....................................................... Services less medical care services ............................................ 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 December Item and group 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 92.7 129.1 129.7 120.2 86.4 136.4 127.0 116.3 110.5 135.5 136.0 124.0 117.1 144.3 135.0 121.2 101.6 140.8 142.0 128.9 98.4 151.0 136.7 125.6 103.5 144.9 146.6 132.7 99.5 156.3 139.0 129.4 101.7 149.1 150.9 134.7 94.3 162.1 143.9 134.4 104.2 153.3 155.1 137.1 99.4 167.5 147.1 133.6 102.6 157.6 159.7 139.6 96.0 173.4 150.7 135.9 112.0 162.1 163.7 141.0 109.4 179.0 159.3 142.4 107.7 165.2 167.1 141.5 101.6 184.3 160.2 143.3 97.8 169.3 171.3 144.1 86.2 189.7 163.7 143.1 Nov. 1999 Special aggregate indexes Energy ............................................................................................. All items less energy ..................................................................... All items less food and energy ................................................... Commodities less food and energy commodities .................. Energy commodities ................................................................ Sen/ices less energy services .................................................. Domestically produced farm food ................................................. Utilities and public transportation ................................................. 1 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. 2 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series converted to a geometric means estimator in January, 1999. 3 Indexes on a December 1984=100 base 4 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base. 5 Indexes on a December 1983=100 base. 6 Indexes on a December 1990=100 base. 7 Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. 8 Indexes on a December 1993=100 base. 9 Indexes on a December 1996=100 base. 10 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base. " Data not available. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. 93 111.0 172.6 174.7 145.4 109.1 194.4 166.5 146.2 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 Percent change from previous December item and group December 1989 1990 All items ........................................................................................... 4.5 6.1 Food and beverages .............. ..................................................... Food ............................................................................................ Food at home ........................................................................... Cereals and bakery products ............................................... Cereals and cereal products .............................................. Flour and prepared flour mixes ....................................... Breakfast cereal ................................................................ Rice, pasta, commeal ....................................................... Bakery products .................................................................. Bread .................................................................................. Fresh biscuits, rolls, muffins ............................................ Cakes, cupcakes, and cookies ........................................ Other bakery products ...................................................... Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs .............................................. Meats, poultry, and fish ...................................................... Meats .................................................................................. Beef and veal .................................................................. Uncooked ground beef ................................................. Uncooked beef roasts .................................................. Uncooked beef steaks .................................................. Uncooked other beef and veal .................................... Pork .................................................................................. Bacon, breakfast sausage, and related products ..... Ham ................................................................................ Pork chops .................................................................... Other pork including roasts and picnics ..................... Other meats ..................................................................... Poultry ................................................................................ Chicken ............................................................................ Other poultry including turkey ........................................ Fish and seafood ............................................................... Fresh fish and seafood ................................................... Processed fish and seafood .......................................... Eggs ...................................................................................... Dairy and related products ................................................... Milk ........................................................................................ Cheese and related products ............................................ Ice cream and related products ......................................... Other dairy and related products ....................................... Fruits and vegetables ........................................................... Fresh fruits and vegetables ................................................ Fresh fruits ........................................................................ Apples .............................................................................. Bananas ........................................................................... Citrus fruits ...................................................................... Other fresh fruits .............................................................. Fresh vegetables ............................................................... Potatoes ........................................................................... Lettuce .............................................................................. Tomatoes ........................................................................ Other fresh vegetables ................................................... Processed fruits and vegetables ....................................... Canned fruits and vegetables .......................................... Frozen fruits and vegetables ........................................... Other processed fruits and vegetables including dried Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials ............. 5.5 5.6 6.2 7.3 7.3 7.3 9.7 1.4 7.4 7.8 8.8 6.9 5.2 6.6 6.7 7.5 * 7.0 5.1 8.2 5.6 .4 3.7 1991 Nov. 1999 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 2.8 2.9 2.5 2.7 2.5 3.3 1.5 1.6 2.7 5.3 5.4 5.8 4.6 5.1 2.2 7.2 2.1 4.3 2.5 1.8 1.1 3.4 3.6 -.2 4.8 2.8 3.4 - 5.7 3.3 7.9 8.9 11.4 8.9 7.6 16.6 18.2 14.9 10.3 1.4 4.8 3.9 -1.6 -1.4 -2.2 -1.1 -1.4 * -6.0 1.6 1.5 1.5 3.9 3.6 5.0 3.9 2.0 4.2 2.3 5.1 .5 .8 .3 .8 -.6 2.7 2.8 3.4 3.7 3.4 -.2 4.7 2.2 3.7 3.3 1.9 3.6 3.8 3.7 3.7 3.7 * 4.5 1.5 4.6 2.6 5.5 3.3 * -1.9 .9 -.8 .5 6.5 9.1 12.6 8.4 2.6 ■* 5.5 20.5 -16.2 1.9 7.3 2.1 2.6 2.8 3.2 3.3 3.1 1.7 2.4 6.0 3.5 3.7 3.3 -.7 -.7 -1.7 -2.2 -4.5 - 2.2 2.2 2.2 3.2 2.6 6.5 1.6 2.5 3.5 1.3 2.7 4.2 3.0 2.7 -.2 -1.7 - 4.2 4.3 4.9 3.7 -1.3 7.6 -4.2 .8 6.0 4.2 6.2 5.7 5.3 5.2 2.5 1.6 11.1 8.5 6.8 3.4 7.9 • 2.4 12.1 10.2 8.2 7.7 1.5 1.5 .8 1.5 1.9 -.4 1.7 4.1 1.4 .7 .3 -1.2 -.7 -.8 -.9 -1.1 -1.5 -1.9 -3.8 .4 -1.6 .8 - 2.1 2.2 2.0 2.2 1.5 2.4 2.2 -.1 2.6 2.4 3.1 2.2 3.0 -.7 -.5 -2.2 .2 -.3 1.2 .7 -1.7 -5.9 -3.2 -5.8 -7.2 -8.5 -.8 2.8 3.5 .1 3.7 3.5 3.8 -5.4 6.7 6.2 7.2 7.4 6.2 4.7 5.5 7.5 -1.7 9.4 18.2 5.9 3.4 1.5 -8.9 11.1 4.3 2.1 2.4 2.4 .3 -1.0 1.9 1.9 1.7 1.4 .8 .1 .6 1.1 1.7 2.4 3.7 1.3 .4 2.2 2.8 3.6 3.8 4.1 1.1 4.6 4.8 3.8 1.9 4.1 4.4 5.8 3.0 .3 .1 1.2 2.3 3.4 .8 -9.9 4.6 7.6 4.1 -.5 2.4 .4 -.2 1.3 4.2 -5.3 25.0 -9.8 -1.6 5.5 9.0 -23.7 3.6 2.3 2.2 2.5 2.0 1.8 1997 1998 Expenditure category 35.7 10.4 12.9 7.1 3.8 4.7 6.4 -6.3 5.9 * * 2.7 9.1 -22.1 13.2 4.5 ■ ■ • * 3.2 * 2.8 -4.7 3.0 4.7 4.4 7.3 8.4 11.3 21.9 4.4 • 5.3 -4.2 11.8 -7.9 11.7 * * • ■ 1.9 See footnotes at end of table. 94 -.7 -4.8 -4.3 .8 .5 -1.4 2.6 1.6 -4.1 .6 1.7 1.1 1.7 -4.6 1.3 .1 .5 4.4 7.9 11.0 12.2 -.4 - 2.1 2.6 -4.3 -9.5 -2.8 11.2 6.7 6.5 55.1 3.1 - 4.3 -4.0 12.1 -4.0 7.7 • • • ■ -.4 .2 2.8 - -.2 -2.3 -1.5 -4.9 .6 -.4 5.2 .4 1.1 .9 3.7 * 8.1 11.8 3.6 -2.2 12.2 21.1 -6.5 77.7 18.1 21.2 * - 13.5 7.4 7.2 5.5 * 3.1 4.1 3.1 25.6 2.5 2.4 2.7 -1.0 -2.7 5.8 15.0 2.6 -10.8 13.7 -36.4 4.0 -15.4 -1.4 5.1 4.4 11.8 3.8 7.4 -4.1 -8.6 7.0 -20.4 1.8 -1.8 -7.5 -.7 -1.4 1.0 2.2 3.0 -4.9 -.2 -3.8 13.6 9.2 17.6 31.0 8.6 4.1 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 Percent change from previous December December Item and group 1989 1990 1991 1992 1994 1993 1995 1997 1996 1998 Nov. 1999 Expenditure category Juices and nonalcoholic drinks .......................................... Carbonated drinks ............................................................. Frozen noncarbonated juices and drinks ....................... Nonfrozen noncarbonated juices and drinks ................. Beverage materials including coffee and tea .................. Coffee ................................................................................. Other beverage materials including tea .......................... Other food at home ............................................................... Sugar and sweets ................................................................ Sugar and artificial sweeteners ....................................... Candy and chewing gum .................................................. Other sweets ..................................................................... Fats and oils ........................................................................ Butter and margarine ........................................................ Salad dressing ................................................................... Other fats and oils including peanut butter ..................... Other foods ........................................................................... Soups ................................................................................. Frozen and freeze dried prepared foods ........................ Snacks ................................................................................ Spices, seasonings, condiments, sauces ....................... Baby food .......................................................................... Other miscellaneous foods ............................................... Food away from home ............................................................. Full sen/ice meals and snacks ............................................ Limited service meals and snacks ....................................... Food at employee sites and schools ................................... Food from vending machines and mobile vendors ............ Other food away from home ................................................. Alcoholic beverages .................................................................. Alcoholic beverages at home .............................................. Beer, ale, and other malt beverages at home ................. Distilled spirits at home ...................................................... Wine at home ...................................................................... Alcoholic beverages away from home ................................ Housing ......................................................................................... Shelter ......................................................................................... Rent of primary residence 1 .................................................. Lodging away from home 1 ................................................... Housing at school, excluding board 1 ................................ Other lodging away from home including hotels and motels ............................................................................. Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 1 ................. Tenants’ and household insurance ....................................... Fuels and utilities ....................................................................... Fuels .......................................................................................... Fuel oil and other fuels ......................................................... Fuel oil .................................................................................. Other household fuels ........................................................ Gas (piped) and electricity 1 ................................................ Electricity 1 .......................................................................... Utility natural gas service 1 ................................................ Water and sewer and trash collection sen/ices ................. Water and sewerage maintenance 1 ............................... Garbage and trash collection ............................................ 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 ................................................................................ 0.9 * 1.5 -5.1 -5.5 .9 1.0 1.0 - 4.2 3.8 3.7 4.9 2.9 4.9 1.5 3.4 .0 -1.3 * • 3.1 5.9 1.6 1.1 4.0 2.8 10.0 11.5 11.9 8.9 13.4 8.0 2.1 5.7 .5 -.4 4.1 • 1.6 2.9 2.2 2.8 1.4 1.5 3.8 3.9 4.8 4.1 7.3 4.2 5.1 4.1 6.1 3.4 3.8 3.0 6.5 6.5 5.2 • 3.1 3.6 14.9 19.6 6.0 2.7 2.6 2.6 * 6.7 9.7 .8 ■ • ■ * -1.7 -2.3 - 15.5 4.7 4.9 * -1.2 * 4.3 3.8 4.4 ■ 2.7 • • • 5.7 7.5 5.5 3.9 5.6 • 4.6 4.8 4.4 4.7 4.5 3.1 5.2 0.8 1.6 4.2 4.3 2.8 7.7 * * 5.2 6.1 3.4 4.0 6.3 ■ 4.5 3.8 4.0 28.7 29.9 26.1 1.4 1.2 1.7 5.9 10.0 1.7 * * ■ * 1.1 -1.4 • ■ 1.8 * -0.3 - 55.9 5.7 1.0 2.0 3.7 * • 2.3 4.3 .3 1.8 2.4 2.0 - - 1.6 .5 .3 1.1 .2 2.9 .9 -.2 -.2 .7 -1.2 2.2 2.6 2.8 2.3 8.0 2.6 3.0 2.3 2.2 2.1 3.0 2.5 4.7 8.6 3.9 * 3.2 1.1 -16.8 -20.0 -9.8 3.4 5.2 -.1 3.5 2.9 2.3 2.4 -2.9 -3.2 -2.4 2.9 1.7 5.4 1.8 3.3 7.3 11.6 2.1 ■ 6.4 8.6 1.6 - 3.8 3.2 2.6 1.7 -3.8 -4.6 -2.1 2.3 .5 5.9 4.9 5.2 1.5 • * 2.8 4.9 - ■ • 1.1 4.2 * • 4.3 5.2 - .1 -.6 .1 .0 .3 -.8 .7 -3.5 4.2 4.9 .6 * 1.2 -1.8 - 2.9 -9.7 1.3 3.0 4.1 2.4 * 2.6 3.6 .4 3.5 4.0 2.2 1.9 .9 .8 .8 1.3 3.2 2.8 3.4 2.5 4.4 3.6 3.7 1.4 .6 1.4 1.6 .8 .6 2.7 -3.9 2.8 2.7 2.3 * 4.2 2.0 - 95 2.4 2.9 2.8 1.7 -.1 -1.8 1.7 .4 1.3 -.1 2.0 1.1 -4.2 -12.3 .2 -.1 1.3 .8 -.1 3.8 1.9 4.0 -1.4 2.1 2.1 2.3 1.9 .8 3.3 2.5 2.5 2.5 3.4 1.9 2.6 3.6 3.3 2.8 2.0 6.2 4.0 2.0 .5 -.6 2.2 2.2 3.7 -0.3 -.9 4.6 .0 -3.3 -8.9 3.3 3.1 1.6 .4 1.3 3.7 8.0 20.2 3.5 2.2 2.5 1.4 1.6 .6 2.4 3.0 4.9 2.5 2.7 2.2 2.5 .8 3.4 1.9 1.6 1.8 .6 1.5 2.4 2.9 2.8 2.8 3.5 2.3 3.2 3.1 5.5 2.2 3.3 3.4 4.0 4.5 2.1 2.4 2.7 4.2 4.2 5.2 2.8 4.6 5.7 23.6 23.2 24.1 4.1 .7 11.8 6.0 3.0 .5 -1.1 -12.3 -11.9 -13.1 .1 -1.3 3.0 3.4 1.9 .9 * * .9 3.6 - 3.9 2.0 .1 4.0 3.2 .3 -2.5 -3.7 -10.7 -15.2 -2.5 -3.3 -3.2 -3.6 2.8 2.8 2.9 1.0 1.0 2.5 .2 .7 1.3 -.2 1.2 4.5 4.2 2.1 2.0 2.7 2.8 16.3 23.0 5.5 2.1 .9 5.2 1.8 1.7 2.3 -.5 -2.1 -2.1 -2.7 -1.7 -1.7 -1.7 -1.1 -3.9 -1.0 -0.5 - -1.9 16.8 2.7 2.2 .8 -.3 * * 2.5 2.2 -.8 2.4 2.7 ■ 2.6 - * -6.9 2.2 4.4 3.4 * 2.3 • ■ 4.5 4.6 5.0 5.7 4.5 3.1 - • -1.0 1.4 -1.1 See footnotes at end of table. -.6 1.8 * 5.3 2.0 .9 1.0 .8 ■ ■ 2.6 4.3 -.4 3.0 2.6 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 Percent change from previous December Item and group December 1989 1990 1991 1992 1994 1993 1995 1996 1997 1998 Nov. 1999 E xpenditure category Major appliances ................................................................... 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, 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 ............................................................. Domestic sen/ices ................................................................. Gardening and lawncare services ....................................... Moving, storage, freight expense ........................................ Repair of household items .................................................... 6.0 5.5 0.1 3.2 * * 3.5 7.3 2.0 * * 2.4 5.5 -.3 - -3.4 -2.5 1.5 * * * -0.4 3.9 1.1 - - Apparel .......................................................................................... Men’s and boys’ apparel .......................................................... Men’s apparel ........................................................................... Men’s suits, sport coats, and outerwear ............................. Men’s furnishings .................................................................. Men’s shirts and sweaters .................................................... Men’s pants and shorts ........................................................ Boys’ 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 ........................................................ Women’s footwear ................................................................... Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel ................................................... Jewelry and watches ................................................................. Watches ................................................................................... Jewelry ..................................................................................... .8 1.3 2.0 2.6 3.0 2.2 -.8 -.6 -.6 1.3 -2.5 • 5.1 2.9 3.2 2.6 2.3 3.8 1.6 6.1 6.7 10.8 7.9 - 3.1 2.9 3.1 2.5 2.2 3.5 2.6 3.3 2.4 2.8 -3.2 - 1.6 1.2 1.7 2.0 .9 2.6 -.9 .7 .3 3.0 3.1 - .7 .5 .3 5.1 -.1 * -.8 1.1 .6 1.6 5.7 -2.7 - -1.5 -2.0 -1.6 -2.2 .6 -1.3 -3.2 -3.4 -3.8 -8.0 -11.3 - ■ -.4 1.2 2.0 3.4 -.8 -.8 3.5 -.3 4.6 • 3.6 3.4 2.8 4.1 3.4 7.2 5.8 3.0 6.5 8.3 2.7 3.2 -.4 4.3 3.0 3.1 2.6 3.3 2.6 2.5 2.3 -.2 4.2 1.0 4.0 -1.5 5.3 -3.8 .8 1.1 .0 1.0 -3.8 2.6 6.0 1.9 -1.8 -1.9 -1.5 1.0 -3.8 3.7 3.4 3.6 3.3 Transportation .............................................................................. Private transportation ................................................................ New and used motor vehicles ............................................... New vehicles .......................................................................... Used cars and trucks ............................................................ Car and truck rental ............................................................... Motor fuel ................................................................................. Gasoline (all types) ................................................................ Gasoline, unleaded regular2 ............................................. Gasoline, unleaded midgrade 2 .......................................... Gasoline, unleaded premium 2 ........................................... Other motor fuels ................................................................... Motor vehicle parts and equipment ....................................... Tires ........................................................................................ Vehicle accessories other than tires .................................... Motor vehicle maintenance and repair ................................. Motor vehicle body work ....................................................... Motor vehicle maintenance and sen/icing .......................... Motor vehicle repair ............................................................... Motor vehicle insurance ......................................................... 4.0 3.9 2.7 -.5 • 6.8 6.5 5.6 6.3 • 2.2 2.1 * 4.4 5.9 3.1 6.0 10.4 10.1 2.0 -2.2 * 36.3 36.7 38.7 * 31.9 .9 -.2 4.6 4.1 3.9 * 7.7 -1.7 -1.7 3.3 2.8 3.0 2.8 2.0 1.5 3.4 8.1 -5.3 -5.9 -6.7 -4.8 -1.5 -1.5 * 3.1 2.6 2.1 4.9 See footnotes at end of table. 96 -15.9 -16.0 -16.6 -14.5 1.5 2.2 4.5 2.4 5.4 8.1 2.5 7.9 1.4 1.6 1.5 1.5 -.8 -.4 3.7 2.9 2.1 6.5 4.5 5.2 5.1 3.5 8.5 5.9 6.4 7.1 5.3 5.2 .3 2.2 2.9 3.2 1.5 3.4 -1.4 -.5 .0 -.7 2.2 -.8 -1.2 -.6 -2.3 .3 1.9 1.7 2.7 1.7 3.3 3.3 1.7 3.6 5.5 -0.1 -2.6 -3.2 -4.9 -2.4 -3.1 -.1 -1.1 .5 -2.2 2.0 1.1 4.5 1.4 2.9 3.5 2.4 3.2 2.3 -.1 3.3 -.2 .0 2.5 -5.1 * -.4 -.4 -.1 -1.8 -.2 1.3 -.2 -1.4 -.4 .1 -4.6 7.0 -1.2 1.9 2.4 2.0 1.9 4.5 .5 1.1 3.9 2.8 2.7 1.6 -.4 4.8 -1.9 1.6 -.7 4.3 1.9 -1.3 -4.0 -6.5 -3.4 -1.0 1.7 .0 2.9 2.4 -1.2 -.5 .2 -.7 .4 -2.6 -.8 .9 -1.3 -2.0 3.5 -3.0 -1.4 -3.4 1.0 2.7 -1.0 -2.7 -3.5 2.1 2.6 3.4 .1 4.3 4.2 3.8 .8 1.9 -1.4 - -1.7 -1.6 -2.1 -.8 -4.7 - 13.0 12.9 13.9 11.7 11.1 - -6.6 -6.6 -7.1 -5.8 -5.9 - -.2 .0 - -.6 -3.0 - 3.1 4.5 2.9 3.9 2.7 4.7 2.8 2.5 -2.0 -2.1 1.1 .0 3.2 1.5 -15.4 -15.5 -16.5 -14.4 -13.4 -12.3 -.3 -.5 .0 3.1 3.1 2.9 3.2 -.3 5.2 5.2 .4 -.7 1.9 7.4 27.3 27.4 29.3 25.4 23.5 19.4 .1 -.8 .8 2.5 1.4 2.2 2.7 .5 - - -3.9 .6 3.8 -8.3 1.5 • - 1.6 - .2 1.0 .4 -1.3 -2.7 - -.2 1.4 1.7 -.6 4.3 - .8 2.5 2.3 .9 8.3 - 1.2 3.1 -.6 -.8 2.3 2.2 * 1.5 .3 -1.3 -1.1 4.0 -9.3 - .8 .6 .2 1.5 .6 -2.3 -.5 5.2 -1.8 1.6 1.5 2.8 2.0 4.6 -3.8 -4.1 -4.2 -4.5 -4.7 .6 .1 2.6 3.7 2.1 * 4.4 3.7 1.4 5.0 ■ 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 Percent change from previous December Item and group December 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 Nov. 1999 Expenditure category Motor vehicle fees ................................................................... State and local registration and license 1 .......................... Parking and other fees ......................................................... Public transportation .................................................................. Airline fare ................................................................................ Other intercity transportation .................................................. Intracity transportation ............................................................. * * 3.7 5.2 2.7 1.9 * 15.5 22.8 6.3 7.8 -1.7 -5.8 3.3 3.7 5.2 6.2 .8 4.9 * 10.0 17.2 -3.7 3.0 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 1 ................. ......................................... Physicians’ services 1 ......................................................... Dental services 1 .................................................................. Eyeglasses and eye care 1 ................................................. Services by other medical professionals 1 ........................ Hospital and related services 1 ............................................ Hospital services 1 ............................................................... Inpatient hospital services 1 2 ............................................ Outpatient hospital services 1 2 ......................................... Nursing homes and adult daycare 1 ................................... 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 ■ 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 ■ 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 * 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 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 - Recreation .................................................................................... Video and audio ........................................................................ Televisions .......................................................... .................... Cable television 1 ................................................................... Other video equipment ........................................................... Video cassettes, discs, and other media including rental .... Audio equipment ..................................................................... Audio discs, tapes and other media ...................................... Pets, pet products and services ............................................... Pets and pet products ............................................................ Pet services including veterinary ........................................... Sporting goods ........................................................................... Sports vehicles including bicycles ......................................... Sports equipment .................................................................... Photography ............................................................................... Photographic equipment and supplies ................................. Photographers and film processing ................................. . Other recreational goods .......................................................... Toys ........................................................................................... Sewing machines, fabric and supplies ................................. Music instruments and accessories ...................................... Recreation services ................................................................... Club membership dues and fees for participant sports ...... Admissions ............................................................................... Fees for lessons or instructions .............................................. Recreational reading materials ................................................. Newspapers and magazines .................................................. Recreational books .................................................................. -2.1 3.9 2.3 4.3 3.0 4.0 1.7 * 3.5 • 2.2 • * ■ 9.8 8.1 4.6 * -3.5 13.5 - 1.5 • * 1.6 * ■ 5.0 5.4 4.6 - 1.7 3.4 2.2 5.3 1.1 1.1 4.8 5.9 6.6 * Education and communication ................................................... Education ................................................................................... Educational books and supplies ............................................ Tuition, other school fees, and childcare .............................. College tuition and fees ........................................................ Elementary and high school tuition and fees ...................... Child care and nursery school .............................................. Technical and business school tuition and fees ................ Communication ......................................................................... 7.8 8.0 8.4 8.8 * 6.8 7.7 8.4 8.6 * * 6.0 9.1 11.7 7.7 6.3 - -1.0 3.7 .5 .1 1.2 -.7 4.0 -1.5 -.8 .9 2.6 -1.4 * 2.3 2.9 3.8 5.3 3.8 - 7.6 -2.1 7.1 * .7 .6 .8 1.1 .3 1.8 1.6 2.0 4.0 3.7 ' ' * 5.7 7.5 9.2 8.0 4.2 - 3.8 6.7 7.4 5.7 5.3 - 97 -2.4 -5.2 1.5 1.2 3.1 1.8 6.8 1.4 4.0 2.7 -2.7 1.5 .9 3.3 6.4 11.8 -1.1 .5 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 2.5 3.0 1.5 1.9 .2 3.2 3.6 3.1 5.1 1.4 3.2 4.0 - 2.8 2.2 2.5 1.6 1.5 2.0 2.9 3.1 2.8 3.9 1.7 3.5 3.1 3.0 2.3 4.1 4.0 3.3 3.7 4.9 1.8 2.0 1.4 3.2 3.3 3.5 4.4 .6 2.4 3.1 3.1 2.5 4.2 6.3 3.3 3.3 5.8 -.9 -1.1 -.4 3.3 3.1 2.7 4.5 2.4 1.8 4.3 4.3 3.9 5.8 5.4 2.6 .4 -4.4 3.9 -2.6 - 3.0 3.4 -5.4 7.9 -.7 1.5 2.6 -3.9 6.9 -2.0 3.6 -1.3 -1.2 -1.4 1.8 1.1 - 5.2 -.4 .8 .7 -4.9 6.9 -13.2 -5.2 -7.6 .3 1.6 .4 4.3 -.4 3.0 -3.4 -.4 -3.0 1.2 -5.0 -5.9 -.9 -.2 3.3 4.7 2.6 2.0 3.1 3.3 2.6 .2 -.8 -6.9 2.6 -14.4 -3.2 -3.8 1.8 1.9 1.3 3.3 -1.8 .7 -4.2 -.2 .5 -.6 -6.5 -7.6 -3.0 -.2 4.6 1.8 6.5 4.6 .6 1.8 -2.0 .9 4.7 5.9 4.6 3.9 6.2 4.7 7.6 -2.2 1.6 4.5 -1.2 4.9 4.1 7.1 5.0 5.7 -.9 * 4.0 2.1 1.7 7.6 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 * 1.1 -2.7 -1.7 -2.9 -1.1 1.1 2.9 3.1 2.6 -3.7 -.8 3.7 5.3 3.6 - 5.4 3.0 5.9 ‘ 3.0 5.5 3.1 5.8 6.2 6.3 5.1 .1 See footnotes at end of table. -1.1 8.6 * 1.9 9.7 10.6 15.4 1.9 5.6 -5.0 -9.5 1.8 .9 4.0 5.6 5.7 5.7 6.2 6.7 3.9 1.9 4.8 ■ 3.2 4.1 5.5 2.8 * -.1 .2 -.6 .5 -1.7 3.4 5.1 1.1 ■ 3.3 4.9 5.7 4.7 5.5 4.6 3.6 3.0 5.5 5.3 5.5 5.2 7.2 5.0 - 1.4 -.1 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 Percent change from previous December Item and group December 1990 1989 1991 1992 1993 - - - 0.0 0.0 0.0 - - .3 10.4 .6 0.0 1.6 .4 - 1.0 - -.4 2.3 - -7.9 -8.1 - 4.2 3.2 * 2.0 2.0 1994 1995 1997 1996 1998 Nov. 1999 Expenditure category Postage and delivery services ............................................. Postage .................................................................................. Delivery services ................................................................... Information and information processing ............................... Telephone services ............................................................... Telephone sen/ices, local charges 1 ............................... Telephone sen/ices, long distance charges ..................... Cellular telephone services ................................................ Information and information processing other than telephone services ......................................................... Personal computers and peripheral equipment ................. Computer software and accessories .................................. Computer information processing services ........................ Other information processing 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 .................................................................. Miscellaneous personal goods ............................................... 0.0 .5 - 0.0 -7.3 -3.2 - • 1.0 16.2 - 5.2 -3.1 - - ■ ' 8.6 14.4 3.8 2.6 7.7 10.7 4.2 4.3 -7.2 - 8.1 11.3 2.6 2.8 - 6.4 8.3 3.1 3.7 1.6 -5.9 - - 1.8 2.5 1.5 2.1 5.2 2.2 6.0 * 2.4 2.3 1.6 3.2 3.4 3.0 3.0 3.6 4.1 2.8 2.7 2.6 2.2 1.5 3.0 2.2 -1.9 3.0 2.7 2.5 2.4 1.5 2.1 5.2 5.6 6.0 5.0 5.6 5.8 4.3 6.0 4.6 6.5 * * 7.8 ■ 3.0 2.2 6.5 6.2 6.1 7.6 5.2 ■ 4.5 3.5 • 6.4 7.8 5.2 6.5 ■ 4.2 3.2 5.0 7.3 1.2 4.9 4.9 5.0 6.5 4.4 4.4 4.4 3.4 5.0 7.0 5.3 .4 4.9 4.6 5.2 6.8 7.9 13.1 17.3 .5 5.5 5.0 7.3 6.3 6.2 6.5 5.9 7.6 12.3 15.6 8.9 5.1 5.8 5.1 19.2 1.0 -.1 -1.6 -3.7 2.4 4.5 3.9 3.1 6.0 3.0 2.4 2.5 .5 -.6 -2.1 .5 3.2 5.2 4.2 -8.1 2.2 2.6 2.5 2.9 2.9 3.5 2.8 3.1 4.9 3.2 2.9 2.7 2.6 2.5 2.9 2.0 1.2 4.1 3.1 1.9 1.4 .5 -1.3 -2.1 3.0 3.6 3.0 3.9 5.1 2.4 2.3 2.3 .6 -1.0 -1.6 .8 .5 4.2 3.4 -1.7 4.2 3.4 3.8 .9 - 0.1 .0 4.2 -2.3 .4 1.4 .0 -7.6 3.0 3.0 5.7 -1.1 .4 2.7 -1.2 -11.3 -10.0 ■ -10.6 * -10.9 - -26.4 -36.0 -10.1 3.5 -10.3 -18.6 -26.7 -1.6 -7.0 -11.6 4.1 2.8 1.9 .8 3.4 2.4 1.0 -.8 5.4 7.3 2.3 1.8 11.3 32.3 33.8 5.5 2.9 2.4 5.9 11.6 11.7 8.7 3.0 2.9 - - .3 1.4 1.4 3.4 5.1 4.0 5.0 * 6.7 ■ 2.8 3.4 4.3 4.3 4.9 3.1 * 2.4 2.9 5.1 4.3 5.3 • • 5.8 - 4.5 2.7 2.8 3.7 5.0 4.2 2.2 1.9 3.4 .4 4.5 3.4 3.4 3.6 4.3 3.3 2.3 2.4 4.4 -2.8 1.6 1.1 .5 .6 1.9 3.4 3.4 3.4 4.4 2.5 2.2 2.4 1.2 .6 .8 1.4 .0 3.4 3.3 -1.5 3.3 2.6 4.1 6.3 .5 3.3 2.9 3.8 4.0 3.1 3.4 3.3 2.7 4.2 5.9 4.2 -.8 3.6 3.3 9.2 .1 -.8 -.4 -.8 -1.6 2.8 3.2 1.3 4.1 1.5 .9 1.4 -.7 -.1 -.4 .7 .5 2.3 2.7 -3.8 .5 -.5 -.8 -1.0 -.1 2.4 3.4 1.2 3.0 1.5 .9 1.5 -.4 -.7 -.7 .8 -.3 1.6 2.4 -9.2 3.0 3.8 7.6 10.6 -.8 2.5 2.4 2.0 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.7 3.8 7.4 9.8 4.5 2.7 2.5 2.4 13.5 - ■ 8.6 - 0.0 -.1 1.1 - 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 ................................................................................. ........... See footnotes at end of table. 98 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 Percent change from previous December December Item and group 1989 1990 4.4 4.3 2.7 7.6 5.1 6.6 2.6 5.0 4.9 3.2 35.5 5.8 6.3 4.2 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 Nov. 1999 Special aggregate indexes 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 ................................................. 1 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series converted to a geometric means estimator in January, 1999. 3.9 4.4 4.0 -16.0 4.6 1.3 3.6 2.9 3.2 2.9 1.1 3.5 1.7 3.0 2.9 2.9 1.5 -5.2 3.7 3.5 3.9 2.8 2.8 1.8 5.4 3.3 2.2 -.6 2.8 3.0 1.8 -3.4 3.5 2.4 1.7 2.9 2.5 1.0 14.0 3.2 5.7 4.8 1.9 2.1 .4 -7.1 3.0 .6 .6 2.5 2.5 1.8 -15.2 2.9 2.2 -.1 2 Special index based on a substantially smaller sample, ' Data not available. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. 99 1.9 2.0 .9 26.6 2.5 1.7 2.2 Table P1. Average residential prices for utility natural gas, electricity, and fuel oil, U.S. city average and selected areas Utility natural gas per 40 therms per 100 therms Electricity Fuel oil #2 per 500 KWH per gallon (3.785 liters) Area, region and population size class Oct. 1999 Nov. 1999 Oct. 1999 Nov. 1999 Oct. 1999 Nov. 1999 $31,574 $32,369 $67,749 $70,516 $45,736 Northeast urban ................................................................. Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................................... SizeB/C 50,000 to 1,500,000 ..................................... 38.644 38.695 38.493 40.914 40.727 41.458 81.326 82.447 78.037 87.049 87.498 85.734 Midwest urban .................................................................... Size A - More than 1,500,000 .................................... Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 ................................... Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than 50,000) .................................... 28.425 28.943 27.847 29.933 29.777 30.229 58.145 59.435 56.196 27.567 29.868 South urban ........................................................................ Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................................... Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 ................................. Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than 50,000) .................................... 33.152 34.663 32.064 Oct. 1999 Nov. 1999 $45,378 $0,976 $1,018 59.707 63.307 53.890 59.485 62.947 53.890 .970 1.014 .888 1.010 1.056 .922 61.710 61.154 61.954 44.512 46.932 44.024 43.890 46.142 43.754 .942 .960 .938 .988 1.008 .985 57.681 63.559 38.409 37.126 NA NA 33.725 34.477 33.377 70.483 70.853 69.917 71.838 70.184 73.221 42.254 44.701 41.430 41.810 43.378 41.259 1.020 1.078 .934 1.089 1.129 .975 32.222 31.785 72.719 71.402 41.354 41.343 NA NA West urban ......................................................................... Size A - More than 1,500,000 .................................... Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 ................................... 29.146 30.332 27.561 27.729 28.146 27.979 68.992 73.883 62.390 68.567 72.031 65.234 43.378 49.215 39.456 43.321 49.091 39.492 1.061 1.170 .929 1.067 1.230 .866 Size classes A ..................................................................................... B/C .................................................................................. D ..................................................................................... 32.526 30.787 27.397 32.704 32.591 28.683 70.521 64.952 59.105 71.990 69.765 62.500 50.947 43.195 37.084 50.322 43.059 36.766 1.021 .904 1.155 1.064 .939 1.277 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI .................................... Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA .................. New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA .... 32.229 30.896 41.899 32.677 28.474 41.990 66.050 74.327 88.656 66.064 72.504 89.815 52.363 58.236 69.381 52.175 58.236 68.636 _ . - - - - Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT .................... Cleveland-Akron, OH ........................................................ Dallas-Fort Worth, TX ....................................................... Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV ......................... 31.800 25.965 27.016 42.510 42.680 26.328 25.588 42.844 67.418 57.821 57.604 86.546 93.021 59.558 54.554 87.401 56.426 60.706 45.020 46.919 56.447 60.706 43.355 42.825 . - Atlanta, GA ........................................................................ Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, Ml ................................................ Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX ..................................... Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL .............................................. Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD .. San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA ........................... Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA ..................................... 38.394 25.705 24.367 50.533 37.859 29.680 25.552 39.124 25.713 24.367 50.770 37.717 26.550 25.552 79.520 51.456 46.048 116.194 84.117 81.514 56.651 79.665 51.478 46.048 116.751 83.771 77.772 56.651 41.769 46.934 39.783 42.493 58.503 55.249 30.675 41.412 46.963 39.783 42.493 58.584 54.980 30.675 U.S. city average ............................................................... Region and area size 1 Selected local areas 1 Regions defined as the four Census regions. See map in technical notes. NA Data not adequate for publication. 100 - - - - - - . . - - - - - - - - - - - Table P2. Average residential unit prices and consumption ranges for utility natural gas and electricity for U.S. city average and selected areas Area, region and population size class Average price per therm of utility natural gas Range of therm consumption for Nov. 1999 Oct. 1999 Nov. 1999 $0.704 $0.730 1 Northeast urban ................................................................. Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................................... SizeB/C 50,000 to 1,500,000 ..................................... .834 .842 .813 .889 .894 .877 Midwest u rb a n .................................................................... Size A - More than 1,500,000 .................................... Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 ................................... Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than 50,000) .................................... .589 .569 .589 South urban ....................................................................... Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................................... Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 ................................. Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than 50,000) .................................... Average price per KWH of electricity Range of KWH consumption for Nov. 1999 Oct. 1999 Nov. 1999 2,260 $0.087 $0.085 5 9,920 5 5 6 1,176 862 1,176 .116 .122 .104 .115 .121 .103 8 110 8 5,069 3,750 5,069 .623 .585 .648 1 6 5 1,124 1,124 498 .084 .088 .083 .083 .087 .082 5 5 35 4,517 3,785 4,517 .701 .758 1 739 .076 .073 72 3,113 .811 .794 .818 .825 .791 .849 3 7 3 2,260 394 2,260 .078 .084 .076 .075 .076 .075 76 242 94 9,920 6,301 9,920 .872 .862 6 146 .072 .072 76 8,120 West urban ........................................................................ Size A - More than 1,500,000 .................................... Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 ................................... .686 .731 .632 .678 .709 .652 8 12 8 1,557 1,557 606 .085 .097 .077 .084 .096 .076 101 103 101 5,033 5,033 3,321 Size classes A ..................................................................................... B/C .................................................................................. D ..................................................................................... .709 .698 .688 .723 .743 .719 5 3 1 1,557 2,260 739 .097 .081 .069 .094 .080 .068 5 8 72 6,301 9,920 8,120 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI .................................... Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA .................. New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA .... .576 .741 .921 .581 .713 .934 24 17 5 1,124 447 549 .103 .116 .138 .103 .116 .136 100 164 125 2,700 2,454 3,750 Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT .................... Cleveland-Akron, OH ........................................................ Dallas-Fort Worth, TX ....................................................... Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV ......................... .712 .564 .605 1.032 .987 .577 .575 1.043 16 41 20 20 232 561 394 125 .108 .108 .083 .087 .108 .108 .069 .075 279 298 242 415 1,533 2,259 6,250 4,252 Atlanta, GA ........................................................................ Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, Ml ................................................ Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX ..................................... Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL ............................................... Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD .. San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA ........................... Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA ..................................... .851 .519 .571 1.884 .848 .788 .564 .869 .520 .571 1.890 .843 .746 .564 31 10 18 7 19 15 45 132 1,016 209 13 862 293 186 .073 .097 .088 .082 .112 .115 .058 .072 .096 .072 .082 .111 .115 .058 450 27 312 380 110 200 751 3,034 2,033 6,301 2,607 2,451 1,746 5,033 U.S. city average ............................................................... Low High Low High Region and area size 1 Selected local areas 1 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 Gasoline All types1 Gasoline Unleaded regular Area, region and population size class Gasoline Unleaded midgrade Gasoline Unleaded premium Automotive Diesel fuel Oct. 1999 Nov. 1999 Oct. 1999 Nov. 1999 Oct. 1999 Nov. 1999 Oct. 1999 Nov. 1999 Oct. 1999 Nov. 1999 $1.329 $1.319 $1.274 $1.264 $1.369 $1.361 $1.464 $1.454 $1.305 $1.326 Northeast urban ................................................................. Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................................... SizeB/C 50,000 to 1,500,000 ..................................... 1.364 1.365 1.362 1.349 1.354 1.339 1.310 1.309 1.312 1.294 1.298 1.287 1.399 1.398 1.401 1.384 1.387 1.378 1.481 1.482 1.480 1.469 1.471 1.464 1.281 1.283 1.278 1.297 1.301 1.293 Midwest urban .................................................................... Size A - More than 1,500,000 .................................... Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 ................................... Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than 50,000) .................................... 1.266 1.291 1.227 1.283 1.301 1.264 1.222 1.243 1.188 1.240 1.253 1.226 1.305 1.335 1.273 1.324 1.347 1.308 1.397 1.414 1.364 1.411 1.421 1.400 1.285 1.282 1.289 1.323 1.329 1.316 1.263 1.248 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA South urban ........................................................................ Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................................... S iz e B /C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 ................................. Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than 50,000) .................................... 1.273 1.291 1.266 1.261 1.286 1.243 1.215 1.225 1.213 1.202 1.220 1.190 1.316 1.333 1.305 1.306 1.330 1.285 1.404 1.420 1.392 1.393 1.417 1.370 1.229 1.298 1.196 1.235 1.297 1.204 1.254 1.268 1.191 1.206 1.311 1.323 1.406 1.421 NA NA West urban ........................................................................ Size A - More than 1,500,000 .................................... Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 ................................... 1.442 1.438 1.440 1.415 1.409 1.422 1.381 1.372 1.388 1.353 1.342 1.366 1.488 1.483 1.490 1.463 1.455 1.478 1.589 1.588 1.581 1.563 1.559 1.567 1.487 1.508 1.481 1.508 1.526 1.494 Size classes A ...................................................................................... B/C .................................................................................. D ...................................................................................... 1.353 1.300 1.309 1.343 1.290 1.303 1.294 1.250 1.262 1.283 1.240 1.256 1.394 1.341 1.348 1.385 1.333 1.343 1.486 1.432 1.450 1.475 1.421 1.447 1.336 1.273 1.270 1.361 1.287 1.293 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI .................................... Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA .................. New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA .... 1.372 1.396 1.396 1.374 1.380 1.381 1.312 1.328 1.336 1.316 1.311 1.321 1.412 1.428 1.426 1.416 1.410 1.409 1.510 1.538 1.506 1.508 1.525 1.495 - - Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT ..................... Cleveland-Akron, OH ........................................................ Dallas-Fort Worth, TX ....................................................... Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV ......................... 1.347 1.249 1.275 1.324 1.345 1.298 1.261 1.329 1.305 1.197 1.218 1.260 1.305 1.252 1.204 1.265 1.377 1.296 1.317 1.363 1.373 1.342 1.303 1.368 1.463 1.385 1.397 1.435 1.453 1.417 1.383 1.441 . - . - Atlanta, GA ........................................................................ Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, Ml ................................................ Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX ..................................... Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL ............................................... Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD .. San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA ........................... Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA ..................................... 1.179 1.279 1.260 1.393 1.328 1.565 1.447 1.171 1.300 1.248 1.401 1.325 1.497 1.420 1.111 1.229 1.208 1.316 1.261 1.495 1.383 1.105 1.249 1.193 1.321 1.260 1.427 1.357 1.226 1.333 1.293 1.445 1.368 1.641 1.508 1.215 1.358 1.294 1.456 1.366 1.575 1.473 1.328 1.430 1.375 1.516 1.440 1.729 1.613 1.314 1.450 1.362 1.528 1.432 1.658 1.585 . - . U.S. city average .............................................................. Region and area size 2 Selected local areas 1 Also includes types of gasoline not shown separately. 2 Regio ns defined as the four C e nsus regions. S e e m ap in technical notes. NA D a ta not a d e q u a te for publication. 102 - Table P4. Average retail food prices, U.S. city average and four regions U .S . city ave ra g e Northeast South M idw est W est Food and unit C e re als and bakery products: Flour, white, all purpose, per lb. (4 5 3 .6 gm ) ......................................................... Rice, w hite, long grain, uncooked, p e r lb. (4 5 3 .6 gm ) ...................................... Spaghetti and m acaroni, p e r lb. (4 5 3 .6 gm ) ......................................................... Bread, white, pan, per lb. (4 5 3 .6 gm ) ...................................................................... Bread, French, per lb. (4 5 3 .6 gm ) ............................................................................. Bread, w hole w heat, pan, p er lb. (4 5 3 .6 gm ) ........................................................ Cookies, chocolate chip, p e r lb. (4 5 3 .6 gm ) ......................................................... Crackers, soda, salted, per lb. (4 5 3 .6 gm ) ..... ....................................................... M eats, poultry, fish and eggs: M eats: B e ef and veal: G round chuck, 1 0 0 % beef, p e r lb. (4 5 3 .6 gm ) ................................................. G ro und beef, 1 0 0 % b eef, p e r lb. (4 5 3 .6 gm ) ................................................... G round beef, lean and extra lean, p e r lb. (4 5 3 .6 gm ) .................................. All uncooked ground b ee f, p e r lb. (4 5 3 .6 gm ) ................................................. C h uck roast, U S D A C h oice, bone-in, p e r lb. (4 5 3 .6 gm ) ........................... C h uck roast, graded and ung raded, excluding U S D A Prim e and C hoice, p er lb. (4 5 3 .6 gm ) ........................................................................... C h uck roast, U S D A C h oice, boneless, p e r lb. (4 5 3 .6 gm ) ......................... Round roast, U S D A C h oice, boneless, p e r lb. (4 5 3 .6 gm ) ....................... R ound roast, graded and ungraded, excluding U S D A Prim e and Choice, per lb. (4 5 3 .6 gm ) ........................................................................... Rib roast, U S D A Choice, bone-in, per lb. (4 5 3 .6 gm ) .................................. All U ncooked Beef Roasts, per lb. (4 5 3 .6 gm ) ................................................ Steak, T -B o n e, U S D A Choice, bone-in, per lb. (4 5 3 .6 gm ) ...................... S teak, rib eye, U S D A Choice, boneless, p e r lb. (4 5 3 .6 gm ) ..................... S teak, round, U S D A Choice, boneless, p er lb. (4 5 3 .6 gm ) ...................... S teak, round, graded and ungraded, excluding U S D A Prim e and C hoice, per lb. (4 5 3 .6 gm ) ........................................................................... S teak, sirloin, U S D A C hoice, bone-in, p e r lb. (4 5 3 .6 gm ) .......................... S teak, sirloin, g raded and ungraded, excluding U S D A Prim e and Choice, p er lb. (4 5 3 .6 gm ) ............................................................................ Steak, sirloin, U S D A Choice, boneless, per lb. (4 5 3 .6 gm ) ...................... Short ribs, any primal source, bone-in, p e r lb. (4 5 3 .6 gm ) ......................... B e ef for stew , boneless, p e r lb. (4 5 3 .6 gm ) ..................................................... All U n cooked Beef S teak s, p e r lb. (4 5 3 .6 gm ) ................................................. All Uncooked O th e r B e ef (Excluding V e a l), per lb. (4 5 3 .6 gm ) ............................................................................................... Pork: Bacon, sliced, per lb. (4 5 3 .6 gm ) .......................................................................... Chops, cen ter cut, bone-in, p e r lb. (4 5 3 .6 gm ) ............................................... C hops, boneless, p er lb. (4 5 3 .6 gm ) .................................................................... All Pork C hops, per lb. (4 5 3 .6 gm ) .......................... .............................................. H am , rump or shank half, bone-in, sm oked, p er lb. (4 5 3 .6 gm ) ............................................................................................. H a m , boneless, excluding can n ed , p er lb. (4 5 3 .6 gm ) ............................... All H a m (Excluding C a n n e d H a m and Luncheon Slices), p er lb. (4 5 3 .6 gm ) .............. ................................................................................ H a m , can ned, 3 or 5 lbs, p e r lb. (4 5 3 .6 gm ) .................................................... S h oulder picnic, bone-in, sm oked, p e r lb. (4 5 3 .6 gm ) ................................. All O th e r Pork (Excluding C a n n e d H a m and Lun cheon S lices), p er lb. (4 5 3 .6 gm ) ............................................................................................... S a u s a g e , fresh, loose, p er lb. (4 5 3 .6 gm ) ........................................................ O th e r m eats: Frankfurters, all m eat or all b eef, p e r lb. (4 5 3 .6 gm ) .................................... Nov. 1 99 9 O ct. 1 99 9 NOV. 1999 O ct. 1999 Nov. 1 99 9 O ct. 19 9 9 Nov. 1999 O ct. 1999 $ 0 ,2 8 8 .511 .8 4 9 .8 8 9 NA $ 0 ,2 7 2 .4 8 8 .8 8 2 .8 9 9 NA $ 0 ,3 0 0 NA $ 0 ,2 7 3 NA $ 0 ,2 7 9 NA $ 0 ,2 8 2 NA .8 2 7 .8 5 3 NA NA .885 .8 8 8 NA NA NA NA NA 1.361 2 .6 2 7 .823 1.0 6 3 NA NA NA NA 2 .5 3 4 NA 2.611 NA $ 0 ,2 6 6 .4 9 9 .8 2 7 .8 0 6 1.511 1 .2 0 0 2 .5 0 2 1 .6 3 7 $ 0 ,2 6 9 .4 8 8 NA 1.371 2 .5 8 4 1 .5 3 5 .8 1 6 1 .0 5 7 NA NA NA NA $ 0 ,2 9 8 .582 .7 5 5 .792 1 .4 8 5 1 .2 2 4 2.351 1.602 .9 3 4 NA NA NA NA $ 0 ,9 2 0 NA NA NA NA 1.8 6 6 1 .4 9 6 2.161 1.9 2 5 NA 1 .8 6 3 1.5 1 8 2 .1 4 5 1 .9 3 0 NA 1 .8 8 3 NA 1 .8 6 8 NA 1 .8 3 5 1 .5 4 0 2 .1 7 5 1 .8 8 6 NA 1 .8 7 0 1 .5 6 7 2 .1 8 9 1 .9 0 6 NA NA NA 2 .2 7 6 2 .0 6 6 NA 1 .7 5 5 1.401 1 .8 2 6 1 .7 5 6 NA NA NA 2.321 2 .0 7 2 NA 1 .8 0 6 1 .4 5 5 1.861 1 .7 7 8 NA 2 .2 4 0 2 .0 2 7 NA 2 .2 1 4 2 .0 4 0 NA 2 .1 5 6 2 .4 0 7 2 .8 5 1 2 .1 1 2 2 .4 3 6 2.781 NA NA NA NA 2 .5 6 8 2 .7 3 8 2 .6 1 5 2 .7 2 3 2 .2 9 2 2 .9 0 9 2 .3 0 2 2 .7 6 8 2 .0 9 3 2 .3 4 5 2 .9 2 4 2 .0 8 6 2 .4 5 0 2 .9 0 6 2 .2 4 5 NA 2 .1 8 3 NA 2 .8 6 4 2 .7 0 4 2 .6 7 8 NA 2 .6 4 9 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 2 .5 9 8 NA 2 .5 3 0 NA 2 .6 6 3 NA 2 .7 1 2 NA 2 .7 8 6 6 .6 3 5 6 .7 1 9 3 .1 3 8 2 .7 5 0 6 .7 8 4 6 .8 5 5 3 .1 8 2 2 .7 9 4 NA NA 2 .7 8 0 NA NA 2 .7 8 0 NA NA 2 .7 0 2 NA NA 2 .7 2 0 NA NA 2 .7 3 4 NA NA 3 .1 9 5 3.271 2 .9 8 0 2 .9 7 7 3 .2 2 6 3 .2 5 9 2 .8 8 3 NA NA NA 2 .7 9 6 NA NA NA 2 .8 7 4 NA 2 .9 3 4 NA NA NA 2 .7 9 9 NA 2 .7 7 7 NA 2 .8 1 9 NA 2 .8 5 2 NA 2 .9 5 7 NA 3 .0 5 6 NA 3 .6 7 9 4 .4 8 0 NA 3 .6 5 2 4 .5 6 7 NA 2 .5 9 5 3 .8 2 2 2 .5 9 3 3 .8 6 2 3 .5 5 8 4 .2 7 9 NA NA 3 .5 4 8 4 .3 3 1 NA NA 3 .6 3 5 5.141 NA NA 3.661 5 .2 2 2 NA NA 3 .6 3 5 3 .6 7 0 3 .9 9 4 4 .0 2 3 2 .2 8 8 2 .5 7 0 3 .1 9 9 3 .8 4 3 3 .0 5 7 1.6 0 8 NA NA NA NA NA NA 4 .2 7 3 NA NA 4 .5 9 4 NA NA 4 .581 NA 4 .4 9 5 NA 3 .8 1 5 3 .9 2 4 2 .6 5 8 3 .9 4 6 2 .5 2 9 3 .9 3 8 2 .3 3 0 2 .5 4 6 2 .5 3 8 2 .2 8 4 2.251 2 .0 4 9 2 .1 2 5 2 .5 0 0 2.581 2 .6 5 8 3 .2 2 0 3 .7 7 2 3 .0 5 6 2 .7 9 8 2 .9 9 9 4 .0 7 7 3 .0 3 5 2 .8 1 7 2 .6 7 4 2 .9 9 6 3.911 2 .9 9 7 2 .9 8 9 3 .7 4 7 3.031 2 .7 3 6 3.121 3 .3 5 3 2 .9 9 5 2 .3 8 6 3 .1 8 7 3 .7 9 4 2 .8 8 7 2 .5 0 7 3 .1 6 2 4.2 4 1 2 .6 0 5 3 .6 8 5 3 .7 8 7 2.9 5 1 3 .4 4 5 2 .7 2 8 3 .7 1 2 3 .5 8 6 3 .3 8 5 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 2 .8 3 8 NA NA NA 2 .9 4 7 2 .6 5 4 2 .5 9 2 3 .1 9 6 3 .1 6 9 2 .8 2 3 2 .8 9 3 2 .1 8 2 NA NA 2 .1 7 2 NA NA 2 .0 2 0 NA NA 1 .9 9 2 NA NA 2 .2 1 2 NA NA 2 .1 9 7 NA NA 2 .2 5 7 NA 2 .2 5 2 NA 1 .0 5 8 1 .1 2 5 2 .1 4 8 NA NA 2 .1 5 0 NA NA 1 .6 5 4 2 .4 3 9 1 .7 1 3 2 .3 8 5 1 .6 0 5 NA 1 .6 9 4 NA 1 .7 3 0 NA 1 .7 2 0 NA 1 .4 6 6 2 .3 5 9 1 .5 1 8 2 .2 6 7 1 .9 4 5 NA 2 .0 5 8 NA 2 .4 6 7 NA NA 2 .4 6 4 NA NA NA NA NA NA .9 5 3 1 .8 8 7 1 .2 3 7 .972 1 .8 4 7 1 .1 4 0 1 .1 4 3 2 .4 0 8 NA NA NA NA NA ................................................ ............................................... 2 .5 1 4 NA 2.481 NA NA NA NA NA NA C h icken, fresh, w hole, per lb. (4 5 3 .6 gm ) ............................................................ C h ick en breast, bone-in, p er lb. (4 5 3 .6 gm ) ...................................................... C h icken legs, bone-in, per lb. (4 5 3 .6 gm ) ............................................................ 1 .078 2.111 ............................................................ 1.0 5 5 2 .0 8 8 1 .2 7 4 1.0 2 5 ................................................................... Eggs: G ra d e A, large, p er d o z................................................................................................... G ra d e AA, large, per d o z ................................................................................................ Bologna, all b ee f or m ixed, p e r lb. (4 5 3 .6 gm ) L am b and m utton, bone-in, per lb. (4 5 3 .6 gm ) Poultry: Turkey, fro zen, whole, per lb. '(4 5 3 .6 gm ) Fish and seafood: T u n a , light, chunk, per lb. (4 5 3 .6 gm ) NA NA NA 2 .5 5 2 NA 2 .5 5 2 NA 1 .1 5 6 NA 1 .2 0 4 NA 1 .0 5 7 NA 1.0 9 6 NA 1 .268 .964 1 .2 6 2 NA 1 .3 2 3 NA 1 .1 5 9 1 .0 3 6 1 .1 9 3 .985 2 .0 3 6 2 .1 1 2 NA NA 2 .1 6 6 .8 8 8 NA .920 NA 1 .0 5 7 NA 1 .1 0 6 NA .7 6 7 NA See footnotes at end of table. Nov. 1999 O ct. 1999 103 NA NA .9 5 3 1 .1 8 7 .9 1 2 2 .4 8 9 NA NA 2 .1 1 9 1 .9 1 7 2 .0 5 4 NA .8 5 3 NA .8 6 0 NA .8 5 3 NA NA NA 1 .2 2 5 1 .2 9 5 Table P4. Average retail food prices, U.S. city average and four regions-Continued U.S. city average Northeast Midwest South West Food and unit Nov. 1999 Oct. 1999 Dairy products: NA Milk, fresh, whole, fortified, per 1/2 gal. (1.9 lit) ........................................... Milk, fresh, whole, fortified, per gal. (3.8 lit) .................................................. $2,964 NA Milk, fresh, low fat, per 1/2 gal. (1.9 lit) ......................................................... 2.892 Milk, fresh, low fat, per gal. (3.8 lit) ................................................................ 2.656 Butter, salted, grade AA, stick, per lb. (453.6 gm) ...................................... 3.858 American processed cheese, per lb. (453.6 gm) ........................................ 4.007 Cheddar cheese, natural, per lb. (453.6 gm) .............................................. Ice cream, prepackaged, bulk, regular, per 1/2 gal. (1.9 lit) ....................... 3.380 NA Yogurt, natural, fruit flavored, per 8 oz. (226.8 gm) ..................................... Fruits and vegetables: Fresh fruits and vegetables: Apples, Red Delicious, per lb. (453.6 gm) ................................................. Bananas, per lb. (453.6 gm) ....................................................................... Oranges, Navel, per lb. (453.6 gm) ........................................................... Oranges, Valencia, per lb. (453.6 gm) ....................................................... Cherries, per lb. (453.6 gm) ........................................................................ Grapefruit, per lb. (453.6 gm) ..................................................................... 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 gm) ................................................................. Strawberries, dry pint, per 12 oz. (340.2 gm) ............................................ 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 gm) ....................................................................... Carrots, short trimmed and topped, per lb. (453.6 gm) ............................ 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 gm) ............................ Orange juice, frozen concentrate, 12 oz. can, per 16 oz. (473.2 ml) ............................................................................. Peaches, any variety, all sizes, per lb. (453.6 gm) ................................... Beans, dried, any type, all sizes, per lb. (453.6 gm) ................................ Corn, canned, any style, all sizes, per lb. (453.6 gm) .............................. Potatoes, frozen, French fried, per lb. (453.6 gm) .................................... Tomatoes, canned, whole, per lb. (453.6 gm) .......................................... Tomatoes, canned, any type, all sizes, per lb. (453.6 gm) ..................... 1 Deposit may be included in price. NA Data not adequate for publication. Nov. 1999 Oct. 1999 Nov. 1999 Oct. 1999 Nov. 1999 Oct. 1999 Nov. 1999 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA $2,981 $2,805 $2,814 $2,839 $2,989 $2,995 $2,967 $3,127 $3,116 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 2.942 2.449 3.789 3.918 3.336 .673 NA NA NA NA 3.024 3.056 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 2.928 2.352 4.006 4.046 3.244 NA NA NA NA 4.042 NA 3.187 3.076 2.882 2.463 4.230 4.074 3.194 3.689 3.417 3.564 3.438 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA .934 .476 .955 .486 .942 .417 .805 .502 NA NA .916 .432 .872 .831 .517 NA NA NA .929 .859 .980 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA .902 .480 .884 1.008 .509 NA .955 NA 1.034 .981 .539 .906 .936 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA .710 1.557 1.535 .631 1.897 1.538 .761 1.517 1.426 .625 2.106 1.421 .661 1.565 1.362 .579 1.824 1.479 .645 1.785 1.421 .723 1.654 1.686 .677 1.897 1.698 .919 .471 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA .712 1.460 1.498 1.384 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 1.664 .393 .669 1.279 1.028 .435 .527 .554 1.948 .384 .677 1.300 1.001 .445 .544 .560 1.495 .410 .745 1.345 1.204 1.857 .381 .755 1.383 NA 2.006 .340 .648 1.423 .923 1.555 .436 .678 1.356 1.114 .439 .488 NA NA 1.660 .348 .633 1.345 .971 .428 .684 1.341 1.139 .452 .513 1.830 .379 .622 1.053 1.056 2.100 .383 .627 1.069 1.046 NA NA NA NA .955 .976 NA NA NA NA 1.308 1.617 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 1.784 1.841 1.934 1.941 1.859 1.848 1.746 1.818 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA .689 .704 NA NA .587 .613 .660 .674 .733 .772 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 1.076 1.032 1.183 1.131 NA 1.040 .965 .875 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA .426 .408 .464 .438 .470 .448 .431 .418 .401 .388 .437 .415 .436 .414 .430 .411 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA .996 1.835 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 2.011 NA NA NA 1.753 1.791 NA NA NA Other foods at home: Sugar and sweets: .438 Sugar, white, all sizes, per lb. (453.6 gm) .................................................. .422 Sugar, white, 33-80 oz. pkg, per lb. (453.6 gm) ........................................ Fats and oils: NA Margarine, stick, per lb. (453.6 gm) ........................................................... NA Margarine, soft, tubs, per lb. (453.6 gm) .................................................... 1.027 Shortening, vegetable oil blends, per lb. (453.6 gm) ............................... 1.830 Peanut butter, creamy, all sizes, per lb. (453.6 gm) ................................ Nonalcoholic beverages: NA Cola, nondiet, cans, 72 oz. 6 pk., per 16 oz. (473.2 m l) 1 .......................... 1.052 Cola, nondiet, per 2 liters (67.6 o z ) 1 ........................................................... 3.482 Coffee, 100%, ground roast, all sizes, per lb. (453.6 gm) ........................ Coffee, 100%, ground roast, 13.1-20 oz. can, NA per lb. (453.6 gm) ................................................................................ Coffee, instant, plain, regular, all sizes, per lb. (453.6 gm) ...................... 10.428 Other prepared foods: Potato chips, per 16 oz. (453.6 gm) ............................................................ $3,289 Alcoholic beverages at home: Malt beverages, all types, all sizes, any origin, per 16 oz. (473.2 ml) ............................................................................... Vodka, all types, all sizes, any origin, per 1 liter (33.8 oz) .......................... Wine, red and white table, all sizes, any origin, per 1 liter (33.8 oz) .................................................................................. Oct. 1999 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 1.004 3.337 NA NA NA NA NA 3.543 3.145 2.965 .971 3.288 NA 3.685 1.033 3.320 3.765 3.575 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 10.280 NA NA NA NA 9.661 9.670 NA NA $3,299 NA 3.398 3.121 3.129 3.150 3.350 NA NA .858 9.711 .921 9.422 .832 .970 .843 .875 .904 .886 .843 .966 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 5.166 5.452 6.129 6.059 5.206 5.333 4.851 5.180 4.944 5.313 104 Technical Note Brief Explanation of the CPI Calculating index changes Movements of indexes from one month to another are usually expressed as percent changes, rather than changes in index points, because index point changes are affected by the level of the index in relation to its base period, while percent changes are not. The example below illustrates the computation of index point and percent changes. Percent changes for 3-month and 6-month periods are ex pressed 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. 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 CPIs for two population groups: (1) a CPI for All Urban Consum ers (CPI-U) which covers approximately 87 percent of the total population and (2) a CPI for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) which covers 32 percent of the to tal population. The CPI-U includes, in addition to wage earn ers and clerical workers, groups such as professional, mana gerial, and technical workers, the self-employed, short-term workers, the unemployed, and retirees and others not in the labor force. The CPI is based on prices of food, clothing, shelter, and fuels, transportation fares, charges for physicians’ and dentists’ services, drugs, and other goods and services that people buy for day-to-day living. Prices are collected in 87 urban areas across the country from about 50,000 housing units and approximately 23,000 retail establishments-department stores, supermarkets, hospitals, filling stations, and other types of stores and service establishments. All taxes directly associated with the purchase and use of items are included in the index. Prices of fuels and a few other items are obtained every month in all 87 locations. Prices of most other commodities and services are collected every month in the three largest metropolitan areas and every other month in other areas. Prices of most goods and services are obtained by personal visits or telephone calls by the Bureau’s trained representatives. In calculating this index, price changes for the various items in each location are averaged together with weights that rep resent their importance in the spending of the appropriate population group. Local data are then combined to obtain a U.S. city average. Separate indexes are also published by size of city, by region of the country, for cross-classifications of regions and population-size classes, and for 26 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. The index measures price change from a designed refer ence date— 1982-84, which equals 100.0. An increase of 16.5 percent, for example, is shown as 116.5. This change can also be expressed in dollars as follows: the price of a base period market basket of goods and services in the CPI has risen from $10 in 1982-84 to $11.65. For further details, see BLS Handbook o f Methods, Chap ter 17, the Consumer Price Index, Bulletin 2490, April 1997. Index point change CPI Less previous index Equals index point change 115.7 111.2 4.5 Percent change Index point difference Divided by the previous index Equals Results multiplied by one hundred Equals percent change 4.5 111.2 0.040 0.040x100 4.0 Energy prices Prices are usually available for the U.S. city average, 13 large metropolitan areas, the 4 census regions, 3 size classifica tions, and 10 areas reflecting the 4 census regions cross-classified by the 3 population sizes. However, not all energy com modities and services are used in every area of the country. Fuel oil, for example, is not a common heating fuel in some urban areas, particularly in the South and West. Where no average prices are available, the designation NA 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 pub lished. 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 105 all applicable taxes. Fuel oil and gasoline prices include ap plicable Federal, State, and local taxes. Natural gas and electricity. Natural gas prices are reported in therms, which are a measure of heating value. Electricity prices are given in kilowatt hours (kwh). For both utility services, the consumption ranges specified in table P2 are the upper and lower limits of bills priced for the CPI. 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 consump tion amounts, but may also be calculated from different types of residential rate schedules. The average price per therm and per kilowatt hour are not, therefore, generally suitable fo r use in place-to-place price comparisons. The average prices for 40 and 100 therms of natural gas and for 500-kilowatt hours of electricity (shown in table PI) are calculated from a special price collection program. These average prices 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 in ferred that these consumption amounts represent those used by a typical residential consumer. These bills are used merely to track price changes over time for constant amounts of con sumption and to provide continuity with prices of natural gas and electricity, formerly published in conjunction with the unrevised CPI. Fuel oil Only #2 fuel oil (home heating oil) is priced. (See table PI.) Prices are collected, in most cases, for quantities greater than one gallon. These prices are converted to a gal lon price for this program. Fuel oil prices reflect discounts for quantity and/or quick payment. Gasoline and automotive diesel fuel. Gasoline and diesel prices, shown in table P3, are collected at the pump from a sample of full service, mini-service, and self-service gas sta tions. Approximate British thermal unit (Btu) values for some energy items are as follows, according to the source indicated: 1 therm = 100,000 Btu’s (U.S. Department of Energy) 1 kWh = 3,412 Btu’s (Edison Electric Institute) 1 gallon #2 fuel oil = 140,000 Btu’s (U.S. Department of Energy). Food and beverage prices Actual weighted average prices for food and beverages are calculated each month at the national level and for the four census geographic regions, as shown in table P4. As a result of changes in price collection methodology and sample sizes, average prices for individual cities cannot, in general, be pro duced. It is hoped, however, that regional average prices will help satisfy the need for local area data. It should be noted Census Regions South 106 seasonal adjustment procedure called intervention analysis sea sonal adjustment for some CPI series. Intervention analysis seasonal adjustment allows for better estimates of seasonally adjusted data. Extreme values or sharp movements, which might distort the seasonal pattern, are estimated and removed from the data, prior to calculation of seasonal factors. Begin ning with the calculation of seasonal factors for 1996, X-12ARIMA software has been used for intervention analysis sea sonal adjustment. For the fuel oil and the motor fuels indexes, this procedure is used to offset the effects that extreme price volatility would otherwise have had on the estimates of seasonally adjusted data for those series. For some women’s apparel indexes and the girls’ apparel index, the procedure is used to offset the effects of changes in pricing methodology. For the tobacco and smoking products index, this procedure is used to offset the effects of increases in excise taxes and wholesale tobacco prices. For some alcoholic beverage series, intervention analy sis seasonal adjustment is used to offset the effects of excise tax increases. For the nonalcoholic beverages index, the pro cedure is used to offset the effects of a large increase in coffee prices, due to adverse weather. For the water and sewerage maintenance index, the procedure is used to account for a data collection anomaly. A description of intervention analysis seasonal adjustment, as well as a list of unusual events modeled and seasonal factors for these items, can be obtained by writing to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Division of Consumer Prices and Price Indexes, Washington, DC 20212, by calling Claire McAnaw Gallagher at (202) 606-6968, or at gallagher__c@bls.gov through e-mail. that average prices for food in this report reflect variations in brand, quality, and size among geographic areas. Users of average food prices should be aware that these differences exist. Because a number of food commodities are not available in all areas on a year-round basis, prices will 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 tem porary 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, an estimated price will be calculated for the missing item and used in com puting the average price. In cases where the proportion 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 the table. Because of space limitations in the table, the description for each item is abbreviated. More detailed specifications are available from BLS regional offices or from the Washington office upon request. Seasonally adjusted data 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, sea sonally adjusted changes are usually preferred, since they eliminate the effect of changes that normally occur at the same time and in about the same magnitude every year—such as price movements resulting from changing climatic conditions, production cycles, model changeovers, holidays, and sales. The unadjusted data are of primary interest to consumers concerned about the prices they actually pay. Unadjusted data also are used extensively for escalation purposes. Many col lective bargaining contract agreements and pension plans, for example, tie compensation changes to the Consumer Price Index unadjusted for seasonal variation. Seasonal factors used in computing seasonally adjusted in dexes are derived by the X-12-ARIMA Seasonal Adjustment Method. The updated seasonal data at the end of 1977 re placed data from 1967 through 1977. Subsequent annual up dates have replaced 5 years of seasonal data, e.g., data from 1993 through 1997 were replaced at the end of 1997. The seasonal movement of all items and 54 other aggregations is derived by combining the seasonal movement of 73 selected components. Each year, the seasonal status of every series is reevaluated, based on certain statistical criteria. If any of the 73 components change their seasonal adjustment status from seasonally adjusted to not seasonally adjusted, not seasonally adjusted data will be used for the last 5 years; but the season ally adjusted indexes will be used before that period. Seasonally adjusted data, including 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. Effective with the calculation of the seasonal factors for 1990, the Bureau of Labor Statistics has used an enhanced Since the release of seasonal adjustment factors for 1997, in February 1998, seasonal adjustment is performed using X -12-ARIMA. X -12-ARIMA is a new seasonal adjustment software package developed by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. The X-l2-ARIMA sea sonal adjustment program is an enhanced version of the X11 Variant of the Census Method II seasonal adjustment program. The enhancements include a variety of new diag nostics and modeling tools to help the user detect and rem edy any inadequacies in the seasonal adjustments obtained under the program options selected. Metropolitan areas BLS publishes three major metropolitan areas monthly: Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA Data for additional 11 metropolitan areas are published every other month [on an odd (January, March, etc.) or even (February, April, etc.) month schedule] for the following areas: Atlanta, GA 107 -even Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT Cleveland-Akron, OH Dallas-Fort Worth, TX Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL PA-NJ-DE-MD Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV World Wide Web. BLS m aintains a Web site http:// stats.bls.goy on the Internet. This BLS homepage provides -odd -odd -odd -even -even access to LABSTAT, as well as links to program-specific hom epages. The CPI hom epage http://stats.bls.goy/ cpihome.htm provides other CPI information, as well as in dexes. This includes a brief explanation of methodology, fre quently asked questions and answers, contacts for further information, and explanations of how the CPI handles spe cial items, like medical care and housing. In addition, CPI press releases and historical data for metropolitan areas can be accessed by linking to regional office homepages from the main BLS Web site listed above. -even -even -even -even -odd (Note: The designation even or odd refers to the month dur ing which the area’s price change is measured. Due to the time needed for processing, data are released 2 to 3 weeks into the following month.) Data are published for an additional 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 August and February for: FTP and Gopher. These tools provide access to CPI LABSTAT data, as well as documentation and press release files organized in hierarchical directories. Connect to stats.bls.gov using FTP or Gopher. Log on as ’’anonymous ” and use your complete Internet e-mail address as the pass word. Subscriptions to CPI publications Summary data. Free, monthly, 2-page publication containing 1- and 12-month percent changes for selected U.S. city average Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPIU) 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, Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2 M assachusetts Avenue, NE, Room 2850, Washington, DC 20212-0001, or call (202) 606-7828 or any of the BLS regional offices listed below. Anchorage, AK Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO Honolulu, HI Kansas City, MO-KS Milwaukee-Racine, WI Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI Pittsburgh, PA Portland-Salem, OR-WA San Diego, CA St. Louis, MO-IL Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL CPI D etailed Report. Most comprehensive report of the Consumer Price Index. 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. Subscriptions cost $27 per year. How to Obtain Consumer Price Index Information Monthly Labor Review (MLR). The MLR provides selected Consumer Price Index (CPI) information is available from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) electronically, through publication subscriptions, and via telephone and fax through automated recordings. Information specialists are also avail able in the national and regional offices, to provide help and to respond to questions. CPI data included in a monthly summary of BLS data and occasional articles and methodological descriptions too ex tensive for inclusion in the CPI Detailed Report The MLR costs $27 per year. This publication may be ordered by writ ing to: New Orders, Superintendent of Documents, P.O. Box 371954, Pittsburgh, PA 15250-7954 or by calling (202) 5121800. Electronic access to CPI data BLS on the Internet. Through the Internet, BLS provides Recorded CPI data free, continuous access to published CPI data and press re leases. The most recent month’s CPI is made available im mediately at the time of release. Additionally, 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 BLS site is accessible via the World Wide Web (WWW), Gopher, and File Transfer Protocol (FTP), as described below. Send e-mail to labstathelpdesk@blsLgov for help using any of these systems. Summary CPI data are provided on 24-hour recorded mes sages. Detailed CPI information is available by calling (202) 606-STAT. A touch-tone telephone is recommended, as this system allows the user to select specific indexes from lists of available data. Recorded summaries of CPI are also available by calling any one of the metropolitan area CPI hot lines listed below. 108 These hotline summaries typically include data for the U.S. city average, as well as the specified area. These recordings are approximately 3 minutes in length, do not require a touchtone telephone, and are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Area Hotline Number Anchorage Atlanta Baltimore Boston Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland Dallas Denver Detroit Honolulu Houston Indianapolis Kansas City Los Angeles Milwaukee Minneapolis-St. Paul New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh Portland San Diego San Francisco Seattle St. Louis Washington, DC (907) (404) (410) (617) (312) (513) (216) (214) (303) (313) (808) (713) (317) (816) (310) (414) (612) (212) (215) (412) (503) (619) (415) (206) (314) (202) ing of release day. Call (202) 606-6325 and follow instruc tions to have the latest Ready Facts catalog sent to you. Each regional office also has a fax system in place; their systems include all information available from the national catalog, in addition to region-specific information on the CPI. Phone and fax-on-demand numbers for the eight regional offices are: 271-2770 331-3415 962-4898 565-2325/2327 353-1880 684-2349 522-3852 767-6970 844-1726 226-7558 541-2808 718-3753 226-7885 426-2481 235-6884 276-2579 290-3996 337-2404/2408 596-1156 644-2900 231-2045 557-6538 975-4350 553-0645 539-3581 691-6994 Office Fax-on-Demand Atlanta Boston Chicago Dallas Kansas City New York Philadelphia San Francisco Washington, DC (404) (617) (312) (214) (816) (212) (215) (415) (202) 331-3403 565-9167 353-1880 767-9613 426-3152 337-2412 596-4160 975-4567 606-6325 Telephone (404) (617) (312) (214) (816) (212) (215) (415) (202) 331-3415 565-2327 353-1880 767-6970 426-2481 337-2400 596-1154 975-4350 691-7000 Historical tables. These include all published indexes for each of the detailed CPI components. These tables are available via the Internet, by calling (202) 691-7000 in the national office, or by contacting any of the regional offices listed above. Descriptive publications. These publications describe the CPI and ways to use it. They include simple fact sheets discussing specific topics about the CPI, a broader, non-technical overview of the CPI in a question and answer format, and a technical and thorough description of the CPI and its methodology. These publications are available upon request by calling (202) 691-7000, and many are included on the CPI homepage on the Internet. Other sources of CPI data Technical information is available during normal working hours, Monday through Friday, by calling (202) 691-7000 or any of the regional offices listed below. Specialpublications. Also available are various special pub lications, such as Relative Importance o f Components in the Consumer Price Index and materials describing the annual revisions of seasonally adjusted CPI data. For more infor mation, call (202) 691-7000. Fax-on-Demand. A wide variety of BLS information and data, including the CPI, are available from the BLS Ready Facts catalog, via fax-on-demand. CPI documents from Ready Further information can be obtained from the Office of Prices /¿zr/j’that are available around the clock include the monthly CPI press release, selected national, regional and metropoli tan area historical summaries, and some technical informa tion. The latest CPI information is posted during the morn and Living C onditions, Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2 Massachusetts Avenue, NE., Room 3615, Washington, DC, 20212-0001, telephone (202) 691-7000 or by calling any of the regional offices listed above. 109 *U .S . Governm ent Printing Office: 200 0 — 4 6 1 -0 9 9 /0 0 5 1 3
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