Chart 1. Seasonally adjusted 1-month percent changes during 1995 for the CPI-U, U.S. city average, All items and
effect of 1996 software change for intervention analysis series
Percent change
0.5
Orignally published in Feb. 1996
Calculated using new softw are for intervention
analysis series
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.1
0
JAN
FEB
MAR
APR
MAY
JUN
JUL
AUG
SEP
OCT
NOV
DEC
Chart 2. Seasonally adjusted 1-month percent changes during 1995 for the CPI-U, U.S. city average, All items less
food and energy, and effect of 1996 software change for intervention analysis series
Percent change
0.5
Orignally published in Feb. 1996
Calculated using new softw are for intervention
analysis series
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.1
0
JAN
FEB
MAR
APR
MAY
JUN
JUL
7
AUG
SEP
OCT
NOV
DEC