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CONSUMER PRICE INDEX – AUGUST 2009
On a seasonally adjusted basis, the Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers (CPI-U) rose 0.4
percent in August, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The index has decreased 1.5 percent
over the last 12 months on a not seasonally adjusted basis.
The 0.4 percent seasonally adjusted increase in the CPI-U was driven by a 9.1 percent rise in the
gasoline index. This increase accounted for almost the entire advance in the energy index and over 80
percent of the overall increase. Despite the August increase, the gasoline index has fallen 30.0 percent
over the last 12 months.
The indexes for food and for all items less food and energy both posted slight increases in August. The
food index rose 0.1 percent following a 0.3 percent decline in July. The food at home index, which fell
0.5 percent in July, was unchanged in August. Of the six major grocery store food group indexes, three
rose in August and three declined. The index for all items less food and energy also rose 0.1 percent in
August, the second consecutive such increase. Increases in the indexes for used cars and trucks, medical
care, public transportation and lodging away from home offset a decline in the new vehicle index. The
index for all items less food and energy increased 1.4 percent over the last 12 months, the smallest 12month increase in the index since February 2004.
Chart 1. One-month percent change in CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), seasonally adjusted, Aug. 2008 - Aug. 2009
Percent change
1.0
0.5
0.7
0.3
0.0
0.4
0.4
0.0
0.0
0.1
Apr
May
0.0
0.0
-0.1
-0.5
-1.0
-0.8
-0.8
-1.5
-1.7
-2.0
Aug'08
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Jun
Jul
Aug'09
Chart 2. 12-month percent change in CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), not seasonally adjusted, Aug. 2008 - Aug. 2009
Percent change
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
-1
-2
-3
Aug'08
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
All item s
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug'09
All item s less food and energy
Table A. Percent changes in CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average
Seasonally adjusted changes from preceding month
Feb.
2009
All items .................................................
Food ....................................................
Food at home ....................................
Food away from home 1 ....................
Energy .................................................
Energy commodities ..........................
Gasoline (all types) ..........................
Fuel oil .............................................
Energy services .................................
Electricity .........................................
Utility (piped) gas service ................
All items less food and energy ............
Commodities less food and energy
commodities ................................
New vehicles ...................................
Used cars and trucks .......................
Apparel ............................................
Medical care commodities ...............
Services less energy services ...........
Shelter .............................................
Transportation services ...................
Medical care services ......................
Mar.
2009
Apr.
2009
May
2009
June
2009
July
2009
Aug.
2009
Unadjusted
12-mos.
ended
Aug. 2009
0.4
-.1
-.4
.3
3.3
6.9
8.3
-3.8
.0
.5
-1.6
.2
-0.1
-.1
-.4
.1
-3.0
-4.7
-4.0
-8.5
-1.4
-.2
-4.8
.2
0.0
-.2
-.6
.3
-2.4
-2.6
-2.8
-.3
-2.2
-.6
-7.0
.3
0.1
-.2
-.5
.1
.2
2.3
3.1
-3.3
-1.7
-.4
-5.7
.1
0.7
.0
.0
.1
7.4
16.2
17.3
4.8
-1.2
-1.9
1.3
.2
0.0
-.3
-.5
.1
-.4
-.4
-.8
-1.5
-.3
-.6
.9
.1
0.4
.1
.0
.1
4.6
8.5
9.1
6.2
.0
-.1
.4
.1
-1.5
.4
-1.6
3.0
-23.0
-30.8
-30.0
-39.9
-10.6
-1.2
-32.7
1.4
.4
.8
-1.7
1.3
.6
.1
.0
.4
.3
.4
.6
-1.7
-.2
.2
.1
.0
-.1
.2
.5
.4
-.1
-.2
.3
.2
.2
.3
.4
.2
.5
1.0
-.2
.4
.1
.1
-.1
.3
.3
.7
.9
.7
.1
.1
.1
-.1
.2
.2
.5
.0
.6
-.1
.0
-.2
.5
.3
-.3
-1.3
1.9
-.1
.5
.2
.1
.6
.2
1.1
.5
-5.4
.6
3.7
1.6
.9
1.4
3.2
1 Not seasonally adjusted.
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Consumer Price Index Data for August 2009
Energy
The energy index rose 4.6 percent in August after falling 0.4 percent in July. The energy commodities
index rose 8.5 percent as the gasoline index rose 9.1 percent in August following a 0.8 percent decline in
July. (Before seasonal adjustment, gasoline prices rose 3.3 percent in August.) The index for energy
services was unchanged in August, with a 0.1 percent decline in the electricity index offsetting a 0.4
percent increase in the index for natural gas. Over the past 12 months, the energy index has fallen 23.0
percent, with the gasoline index falling 30.0 percent, the index for natural gas declining 32.7 percent,
and the electricity index decreasing 1.2 percent.
Food
The food index rose 0.1 percent in August, with the index for food away from home rising 0.1 percent
and the food at home index unchanged. Within the latter group, the index for fruits and vegetables fell
0.7 percent in August following a 0.3 percent decline in July. The index for dairy and related products
fell 0.4 percent in August, its ninth consecutive decline, and the index for cereals and bakery products
decreased 0.1 percent. Offsetting these declines were increases of 0.4 percent in the indexes for meats,
poultry, fish and eggs and for nonalcoholic beverages and a 0.2 percent increase in the index for other
food at home. The food at home index has declined 2.5 percent since its November 2008 peak. Over the
past 12 months, the food index has risen 0.4 percent, with the food away from home index rising 3.0
percent and the food at home index declining 1.6 percent.
All items less food and energy
The index for all items less food and energy rose 0.1 percent in August, the same increase as in July.
Advances in the indexes for used cars and public transportation contributed to the increase. The used
cars and trucks index, which was unchanged in July, rose 1.9 percent in August. The public
transportation index rose 1.3 percent in August as the airline fares index rose 1.7 percent. Also
contributing was an upturn in the lodging away from home index, which rose 0.5 percent in August after
declining 2.1 percent in July. This increase drove an upturn in the shelter index, which rose 0.1 percent
in August after a 0.2 percent decline in July. The rent index was unchanged and the index for owners’
equivalent rent increased 0.1 percent. The medical care index rose 0.3 percent in August after a 0.2
percent increase in July, and the index for recreation edged up 0.1 percent. In contrast to these increases,
the index for new vehicles fell 1.3 percent in August, partly due to “cash for clunkers” incentives. Also
declining in August were the indexes for apparel, which fell 0.1 percent, and communication, which
declined 0.2 percent.
Not seasonally adjusted CPI measures
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) decreased 1.5 percent over the last 12
months to an index level of 215.834 (1982-84=100). For the month, the index increased 0.2 percent
prior to seasonal adjustment.
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The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) decreased 1.9
percent over the last 12 months to an index level of 211.156 (1982-84=100). For the month, the index
increased 0.3 percent prior to seasonal adjustment.
The Chained Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (C-CPI-U) decreased 1.5 percent over the
last 12 months. For the month, the index increased 0.2 percent on a not seasonally adjusted basis. Please
note that the indexes for the post-2007 period are subject to revision.
The Consumer Price Index for September 2009 is scheduled to be released on Thursday, October
15, 2009, at 8:30 a.m. (EDT).
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Brief Explanation of the CPI
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a measure of the average change in prices over time of goods and
services purchased by households. The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes CPIs for two population
groups: (1) the CPI for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W), which covers households
of wage earners and clerical workers that comprise approximately 32 percent of the total population and
(2) the CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) and the Chained CPI for All Urban Consumers (C-CPIU), which cover approximately 87 percent of the total population and include in addition to wage
earners and clerical worker households, groups such as professional, managerial, and technical workers,
the self-employed, short-term workers, the unemployed, and retirees and others not in the labor force.
The CPIs are based on prices of food, clothing, shelter, and fuels, transportation fares, charges for
doctors’ 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 geographic areas and every other month in other areas. Prices of most goods and services are
obtained by personal visits or telephone calls of the Bureau’s trained representatives.
In calculating the index, price changes for the various items in each location are averaged together with
weights, which represent their importance in the spending of the appropriate population group. Local
data are then combined to obtain a U.S. city average. For the CPI-U and CPI-W 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 27 local areas. Area indexes do not measure differences in the level of
prices among cities; they only measure the average change in prices for each area since the base period.
For the C-CPI-U data are issued only at the national level. It is important to note that the CPI-U and
CPI-W are considered final when released, but the C-CPI-U is issued in preliminary form and subject to
two annual revisions.
The index measures price change from a designed reference date. For the CPI-U and the CPI-W the
reference base is 1982-84 equals 100.0. The reference base for the C-CPI-U is December 1999 equals
100. An increase of 16.5 percent from the reference base, 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 visit the CPI home page on the Internet at http://www.bls.gov/cpi/ or contact our CPI
Information and Analysis Section on (202) 691-7000.
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Note on Sampling Error in the Consumer Price Index
The CPI is a statistical estimate that is subject to sampling error because it is based upon a sample of
retail prices and not the complete universe of all prices. BLS calculates and publishes estimates of the
1-month, 2-month, 6-month and 12-month percent change standard errors annually, for the CPI-U.
These standard error estimates can be used to construct confidence intervals for hypothesis testing. For
example, the estimated standard error of the 1 month percent change is 0.04 percent for the U.S. All
Items Consumer Price Index. This means that if we repeatedly sample from the universe of all retail
prices using the same methodology, and estimate a percentage change for each sample, then 95% of
these estimates would be within 0.08 percent of the 1 month percentage change based on all retail
prices. For example, for a 1-month change of 0.2 percent in the All Items CPI for All Urban
Consumers, we are 95 percent confident that the actual percent change based on all retail prices would
fall between 0.12 and 0.28 percent. For the latest data, including information on how to use the
estimates of standard error, see “Variance Estimates for Price Changes in the Consumer Price Index,
January-December 2008”. These data are available on the CPI home page (http://www.bls.gov/cpi), or
by using the following link http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpivar2008.pdf
Calculating Index Changes
Movements of the indexes from one month to another are usually expressed as percent changes rather
than changes in index points, because index point changes are affected by the level of the index in
relation to its base period while percent changes are not. The example below illustrates the computation
of index point and percent changes.
Percent changes for 3-month and 6-month periods are expressed as annual rates and are computed
according to the standard formula for compound growth rates. These data indicate what the percent
change would be if the current rate were maintained for a 12-month period.
Index Point Change
CPI
Less previous index
Equals index point change
202.416
201.800
.616
Percent Change
Index point difference
Divided by the previous index
Equals
Results multiplied by one hundred
Equals percent change
.616
201.800
0.003
0.003x100
0.3
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Regions Defined
The states in the four regions shown in Tables 3 and 6 are listed below.
The Northeast--Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island,
and Vermont.
The Midwest--Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South
Dakota, and Wisconsin.
The South--Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina,
Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia.
The West--Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah,
Washington, and Wyoming.
A Note on Seasonally Adjusted and Unadjusted Data
Because price data are used for different purposes by different groups, the Bureau of Labor Statistics
publishes seasonally adjusted as well as unadjusted changes each month.
For analyzing general price trends in the economy, seasonally adjusted changes are usually preferred
since they eliminate the effect of changes that normally occur at the same time and in about the same
magnitude every year--such as price movements resulting from changing climatic conditions, production
cycles, model changeovers, holidays, and sales.
The unadjusted data are of primary interest to consumers concerned about the prices they actually pay.
Unadjusted data also are used extensively for escalation purposes. Many collective bargaining contract
agreements and pension plans, for example, tie compensation changes to the Consumer Price Index
before adjustment for seasonal variation.
Seasonal factors used in computing the seasonally adjusted indexes are derived by the X-12-ARIMA
Seasonal Adjustment Method. Seasonally adjusted indexes and seasonal factors are computed annually.
Each year, the last 5 years of seasonally adjusted data are revised. Data from January 2004 through
December 2008 were replaced in January 2009. Exceptions to the usual revision schedule were: the
updated seasonal data at the end of 1977 replaced data from 1967 through 1977; and, in January 2002,
dependently seasonally adjusted series were revised for January 1987-December 2001 as a result of a
change in the aggregation weights for dependently adjusted series. For further information, please see
“Aggregation of Dependently Adjusted Seasonally Adjusted Series,” in the October 2001 issue of the
CPI Detailed Report.
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
upon 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 in the
aggregation of the dependent series for the last 5 years, but the seasonally adjusted indexes will be used
before that period. Note: 47 of the 73 components are seasonally adjusted for 2009.
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Seasonally adjusted data, including the all items index levels, are subject to revision for up to five 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 seasonal adjustment procedure called Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment for some
CPI series. Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment allows for better estimates of seasonally
adjusted data. Extreme values and/or sharp movements which might distort the seasonal pattern are
estimated and removed from the data prior to calculation of seasonal factors. Beginning with the
calculation of seasonal factors for 1996, X-12-ARIMA software was used for Intervention Analysis
Seasonal Adjustment.
For the seasonal factors introduced in January 2009, BLS adjusted 29 series using Intervention Analysis
Seasonal Adjustment, including selected food and beverage items, motor fuels, electricity and vehicles.
For example, this procedure was used for the Motor fuel series to offset the effects of events such as
damage to oil refineries from Hurricane Katrina.
For a complete list of Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment series and explanations, please refer to
the article “Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment”, located on our website at
http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpisapage.htm.
For additional information on seasonal adjustment in the CPI, please write to the Bureau of Labor
Statistics, Division of Consumer Prices and Price Indexes, Washington, DC 20212 or contact Jeff
Wilson at (202) 691-6968, or by e-mail at [email protected]. If you have general questions about the
CPI, please call our information staff at (202) 691-7000.
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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)
CPI-U
Relative
importance,
December
2008
Unadjusted
indexes
July
2009
Aug.
2009
Unadjusted
percent change to
Aug. 2009 from—
Aug.
2008
Seasonally adjusted
percent change from—
July
2009
May to
June
June to
July
July to
Aug.
Expenditure category
All items ........................................................................................
All items (1967=100) ....................................................................
100.000
215.351
645.096
215.834
646.544
-1.5
0.2
0.7
0.0
0.4
-
-
-
-
-
-
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 .................................................................
15.757
14.629
8.156
1.150
1.898
.910
1.194
.982
2.022
.300
.241
1.481
.433
6.474
.314
1.127
217.608
217.257
213.815
253.391
201.743
193.118
270.940
162.069
190.967
195.126
201.031
205.544
121.990
223.345
156.570
220.850
217.701
217.350
213.722
252.382
202.911
192.381
267.309
162.953
191.317
195.430
200.578
206.064
121.892
223.675
156.697
220.946
.6
.4
-1.6
.9
-2.2
-10.4
-5.6
1.8
2.3
4.1
-1.2
2.5
.7
3.0
3.7
2.7
.0
.0
.0
-.4
.6
-.4
-1.3
.5
.2
.2
-.2
.3
-.1
.1
.1
.0
.1
.0
.0
.0
-.2
-.9
1.1
.1
.0
.2
.6
-.2
-.5
.1
.5
.2
-.2
-.3
-.5
-.1
-1.3
-.6
-.3
-.3
-.3
-1.3
-.3
-.1
-.2
.1
.5
.3
.1
.1
.0
-.1
.4
-.4
-.7
.4
.2
.4
.1
.2
-.1
.1
.1
.1
Housing ......................................................................................
Shelter ......................................................................................
Rent of primary residence 3 ...................................................
Lodging away from home 2 ....................................................
Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 3 4 ..................
Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ...................................
Fuels and utilities .....................................................................
Household energy ..................................................................
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 .......................................................
43.421
33.200
5.957
2.478
24.433
.333
5.431
4.460
.301
4.159
.971
4.790
.781
218.085
250.310
248.994
139.424
256.872
121.298
212.961
190.534
230.192
196.767
161.403
129.267
149.983
217.827
250.248
249.029
137.454
257.155
121.830
212.661
189.735
237.521
195.475
163.136
128.304
150.494
-.6
.9
2.0
-7.8
1.7
2.8
-9.8
-12.7
-35.4
-10.6
5.8
.2
.9
-.1
.0
.0
-1.4
.1
.4
-.1
-.4
3.2
-.7
1.1
-.7
.3
.0
.1
.1
.3
.1
.3
-.8
-1.0
2.0
-1.2
.4
.0
.4
-.2
-.2
.0
-2.1
.0
.2
-.1
-.3
-1.1
-.3
.6
-.1
.0
.1
.1
.0
.5
.1
.4
.4
.2
3.9
.0
.8
-.6
.3
Apparel .......................................................................................
Men’s and boys’ apparel ..........................................................
Women’s and girls’ apparel ......................................................
Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel ...................................................
Footwear ..................................................................................
3.691
.923
1.541
.183
.688
115.620
109.744
101.688
111.022
124.405
117.130
110.835
103.991
113.673
125.292
.6
.6
-.2
3.8
2.7
1.3
1.0
2.3
2.4
.7
.7
-.5
1.6
2.2
.2
.6
-.7
1.2
-.7
1.1
-.1
.6
-.3
1.2
-.2
Transportation ............................................................................
Private transportation ...............................................................
New and used motor vehicles 2 .............................................
New vehicles ........................................................................
Used cars and trucks ...........................................................
Motor fuel ...............................................................................
Gasoline (all types) ..............................................................
Motor vehicle parts and equipment 1 .....................................
Motor vehicle maintenance and repair 1 ................................
Public transportation ................................................................
15.314
14.189
6.931
4.480
1.628
3.164
2.964
.382
1.188
1.125
182.798
178.330
93.413
136.055
125.061
217.860
217.945
133.729
243.031
238.932
184.386
179.987
93.126
134.080
128.028
225.089
225.179
133.531
243.494
238.997
-10.8
-10.8
-.1
.5
-5.4
-30.5
-30.0
2.5
3.1
-11.0
.9
.9
-.3
-1.5
2.4
3.3
3.3
-.1
.2
.0
4.2
4.5
.4
.7
.9
17.2
17.3
-.1
.1
-.5
.2
.1
.3
.5
.0
-.4
-.8
-.4
.1
1.9
2.3
2.4
-.4
-1.3
1.9
8.8
9.1
-.1
.2
1.3
Medical care ...............................................................................
Medical care commodities ........................................................
Medical care services ...............................................................
Professional services .............................................................
Hospital and related services 3 ..............................................
6.390
1.625
4.765
2.702
1.545
375.739
304.229
397.868
320.076
568.315
376.537
305.797
398.303
320.252
570.150
3.3
3.7
3.2
2.5
6.5
.2
.5
.1
.1
.3
.2
.1
.2
.3
.4
.2
-.1
.3
.1
.7
.3
.5
.2
.1
.5
See footnotes at end of table.
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)
CPI-U
Relative
importance,
December
2008
Unadjusted
indexes
July
2009
Aug.
2009
Unadjusted
percent change to
Aug. 2009 from—
Aug.
2008
Seasonally adjusted
percent change from—
July
2009
May to
June
June to
July
July to
Aug.
Expenditure category
Recreation 2 ...............................................................................
Video and audio 2 ....................................................................
5.741
1.822
114.619
101.614
114.755
101.474
0.9
-1.0
0.1
-.1
0.5
.4
0.0
-.2
0.1
-.2
Education and communication 2 ................................................
Education 2 ..............................................................................
Educational books and supplies .............................................
Tuition, other school fees, and childcare ................................
Communication 2 .....................................................................
Information and information processing 1 2 ............................
Telephone services 1 2 .........................................................
Information technology, hardware and services 1 5 .............
Personal computers and peripheral equipment 1 6 ............
6.301
3.107
.221
2.886
3.194
3.022
2.408
.614
.214
126.914
189.184
481.768
543.810
85.056
81.991
102.643
9.604
80.838
128.128
193.161
490.102
555.402
84.913
81.835
102.674
9.499
78.576
2.8
5.4
6.8
5.3
.3
.0
1.4
-5.1
-15.4
1.0
2.1
1.7
2.1
-.2
-.2
.0
-1.1
-2.8
.2
.4
1.2
.3
-.1
-.2
-.1
-.5
-1.1
.3
.5
1.2
.5
.1
.1
.5
-1.3
-3.2
.2
.5
.6
.5
-.2
-.2
.0
-1.1
-2.8
Other goods and services ..........................................................
Tobacco and smoking products 1 ............................................
Personal care ...........................................................................
Personal care products 1 .......................................................
Personal care services 1 ........................................................
Miscellaneous personal services ...........................................
3.386
.776
2.610
.651
.647
1.074
372.894
762.907
204.571
162.887
227.325
344.367
372.699
763.634
204.352
162.476
227.580
345.137
7.4
27.8
1.4
2.0
1.5
1.2
-.1
.1
-.1
-.3
.1
.2
.3
.8
.1
-.5
.0
.4
.8
2.2
.2
.4
-.1
.5
.1
.1
.1
-.3
.1
.2
39.556
15.757
23.799
13.289
3.691
9.598
10.510
60.444
32.867
.333
4.159
.971
.781
5.567
4.765
11.002
170.483
217.608
145.742
181.755
115.620
227.038
109.924
259.992
260.935
121.298
196.767
161.403
149.983
251.184
397.868
303.761
171.081
217.701
146.528
184.366
117.130
230.396
109.129
260.355
260.858
121.830
195.475
163.136
150.494
252.234
398.303
305.890
-4.5
.6
-7.4
-11.1
.6
-14.3
-1.5
.7
.9
2.8
-10.6
5.8
.9
1.4
3.2
2.7
.4
.0
.5
1.4
1.3
1.5
-.7
.1
.0
.4
-.7
1.1
.3
.4
.1
.7
1.8
.1
2.9
4.9
.7
6.6
.3
.1
.0
.3
-1.2
.4
.4
-.1
.2
.4
.0
-.2
.1
.5
.6
.2
.0
.0
-.2
.2
-.3
.6
.0
.5
.3
.3
.8
.1
1.2
3.1
-.1
4.2
-.6
.2
.1
.4
.0
.8
.3
.6
.2
.3
85.371
66.800
93.610
24.926
14.416
10.726
29.046
27.577
55.679
7.624
92.376
77.746
21.461
3.465
56.285
215.069
204.069
207.388
148.386
184.090
225.410
199.746
278.747
248.963
201.938
218.421
219.350
141.463
219.922
266.484
$ .464
$ .155
215.617
204.776
207.855
149.155
186.552
228.446
201.191
279.697
249.316
204.971
218.642
219.596
141.310
227.204
267.008
$ .463
$ .155
-1.8
-2.6
-1.8
-7.0
-10.2
-13.0
-5.5
.4
.5
-23.0
1.3
1.4
1.1
-30.8
1.6
.3
.3
.2
.5
1.3
1.3
.7
.3
.1
1.5
.1
.1
-.1
3.3
.2
.9
1.1
.8
2.7
4.5
6.1
2.4
.0
.0
7.4
.2
.2
.3
16.2
.1
.0
.1
.0
.1
.5
.2
.1
.3
.0
-.4
.0
.1
.2
-.4
.0
.5
.6
.5
1.2
2.9
3.8
1.6
.4
.2
4.6
.1
.1
-.3
8.5
.2
-
-
-
-
-
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 shelter 4 .........................................................................
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 shelter 4 ......................................................
Services less medical care services ............................................
Energy ..........................................................................................
All items less energy ....................................................................
All items less food and energy ...................................................
Commodities less food and energy commodities .....................
Energy commodities ...............................................................
Services less energy services ..................................................
Purchasing power of the consumer dollar (1982-84=$1.00) ........
Purchasing power of the consumer dollar (1967=$1.00) .............
-
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 were calculated using a geometric means estimator.
4 Indexes on a December 1982=100 base.
5 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base.
6 Indexes on a December 2007=100 base.
- Data not available.
NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.
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—
CPI-U
6 months
ended—
Nov.
2008
Feb.
2009
May
2009
Aug.
2009
215.428
-9.4
-0.5
-0.2
217.638
217.291
213.876
251.380
201.738
193.118
275.379
162.431
190.071
194.193
200.428
204.528
121.990
223.345
156.570
220.815
217.829
217.478
213.951
251.049
202.601
192.381
273.410
163.008
190.494
194.991
200.546
204.958
121.892
223.675
156.697
221.072
4.6
4.5
3.6
9.2
3.9
-3.0
-10.1
9.5
9.7
11.0
9.9
9.4
8.6
5.6
7.7
5.6
.1
.0
-2.8
.1
-1.5
-15.1
-9.6
-1.5
4.0
10.0
-7.7
4.8
-3.1
3.5
2.0
1.8
216.984
249.861
249.374
134.507
257.138
121.083
206.342
183.526
224.706
189.362
160.401
129.428
149.995
216.612
249.410
249.293
131.742
257.073
121.298
206.046
182.927
222.296
188.839
161.408
129.254
149.983
216.726
249.658
249.266
132.411
257.278
121.830
206.783
183.374
231.023
188.839
162.756
128.471
150.494
-.7
1.8
3.4
-5.9
2.3
5.8
-16.1
-20.1
-58.3
-15.5
6.5
1.7
2.2
119.345
114.561
106.667
113.149
126.182
120.183
114.009
108.388
115.667
126.438
120.865
113.251
109.695
114.831
127.790
120.756
113.938
109.390
116.235
127.504
Transportation ...................................................................
Private transportation ......................................................
New and used motor vehicles 2 ....................................
New vehicles ...............................................................
Used cars and trucks ..................................................
Motor fuel ......................................................................
Gasoline (all types) .....................................................
Motor vehicle parts and equipment 1 ............................
Motor vehicle maintenance and repair 1 .......................
Public transportation .......................................................
171.635
167.234
92.847
135.284
122.788
173.872
173.954
134.347
242.488
228.210
178.843
174.831
93.227
136.179
123.851
203.703
204.131
134.270
242.683
227.003
179.180
174.949
93.501
136.826
123.848
202.924
202.498
133.729
243.031
231.418
Medical care ......................................................................
Medical care commodities ..............................................
Medical care services .....................................................
Professional services ....................................................
Hospital and related services 3 .....................................
374.402
304.426
395.884
318.499
563.594
375.203
304.820
396.846
319.339
565.707
375.851
304.406
397.947
319.810
569.494
May
2009
June
2009
July
2009
Aug.
2009
All items ..............................................................................
212.876
214.459
214.469
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 ........................................................
217.965
217.738
214.929
251.645
204.679
196.055
273.037
162.848
190.643
196.340
199.782
205.011
122.838
223.023
155.099
219.601
218.094
217.838
214.999
251.576
204.365
194.197
276.092
162.993
190.637
196.818
201.067
204.694
122.224
223.163
155.841
220.105
Housing .............................................................................
Shelter .............................................................................
Rent of primary residence 3 ..........................................
Lodging away from home 2 ...........................................
Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 3 4 .........
Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 .........................
Fuels and utilities ............................................................
Household energy .........................................................
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 .............................................
217.056
249.680
249.233
134.136
257.003
120.728
207.903
185.399
220.321
191.671
159.821
129.413
149.468
Apparel ..............................................................................
Men’s and boys’ apparel .................................................
Women’s and girls’ apparel .............................................
Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel ..........................................
Footwear .........................................................................
Feb.
2009
Aug.
2009
4.9
-5.0
2.3
-2.0
-2.2
-5.5
-4.2
-6.9
-15.6
-3.4
-.8
-3.6
-1.3
-7.5
-3.5
.8
1.9
1.0
.8
-.2
-.5
-1.8
-.9
-4.0
-7.3
.5
.4
-.3
-2.7
1.5
-.1
-3.0
1.2
4.2
2.7
2.3
2.2
.4
4.5
1.1
-9.3
-9.8
3.9
6.8
10.5
.7
7.1
2.6
4.6
4.8
3.7
-1.1
-1.4
-3.7
-2.6
-5.5
-11.5
-1.4
-.2
-2.0
-2.0
-3.1
-1.8
-1.1
1.5
2.6
1.8
.0
.7
2.6
-13.2
1.8
1.5
-4.8
-6.2
-41.5
-2.9
2.4
.9
.4
-1.0
1.3
1.9
-6.9
2.1
.1
-16.1
-20.6
-41.1
-19.0
7.0
1.3
-1.8
-.6
.0
.1
-5.0
.4
3.7
-2.1
-4.3
20.9
-5.8
7.6
-2.9
2.8
-.4
1.3
3.0
-9.6
2.1
3.6
-10.6
-13.4
-50.6
-9.4
4.4
1.3
1.3
-.8
.6
1.0
-6.0
1.2
1.9
-9.4
-12.8
-15.6
-12.6
7.3
-.8
.5
-3.5
-4.2
-8.2
6.7
3.0
3.9
16.1
.3
-3.7
.5
-2.3
-5.9
-2.6
1.3
3.1
4.8
-2.2
10.6
11.4
4.3
.1
5.5
-4.1
1.4
1.7
1.2
-4.1
3.8
6.2
3.7
183.312
179.110
93.155
135.030
126.157
220.836
220.967
133.531
243.494
234.384
-45.7
-47.1
-6.9
-6.3
-16.0
-85.0
-85.4
8.3
5.0
-22.7
-7.4
-6.5
1.7
3.1
-11.9
-28.4
-26.6
3.5
4.5
-18.4
-2.6
-2.0
3.7
6.4
-3.1
-16.8
-14.1
.7
1.3
-10.5
30.1
31.6
1.3
-.7
11.4
160.2
160.4
-2.4
1.7
11.3
-29.1
-29.7
-2.7
-1.7
-14.0
-67.2
-67.2
5.9
4.8
-20.6
12.6
13.6
2.5
2.8
3.9
47.2
49.6
-.9
1.5
-.2
376.919
306.029
398.742
320.262
572.422
2.7
3.3
2.5
2.6
4.2
4.3
5.6
3.8
2.4
8.5
3.5
3.6
3.5
2.8
6.9
2.7
2.1
2.9
2.2
6.4
3.5
4.4
3.2
2.5
6.3
3.1
2.9
3.2
2.5
6.6
Expenditure category
See footnotes at end of table.
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—
CPI-U
6 months
ended—
Nov.
2008
Feb.
2009
May
2009
Aug.
2009
114.731
101.530
1.5
-1.8
1.0
-1.9
-1.6
-.6
127.751
191.709
486.256
551.241
85.053
81.991
102.643
9.604
80.838
127.967
192.686
489.280
554.000
84.909
81.835
102.674
9.499
78.576
2.2
4.9
4.2
5.0
-.4
-.4
.9
-5.7
-15.9
3.3
5.1
4.5
5.1
1.6
1.6
1.4
2.4
-5.7
370.235
746.283
204.231
162.301
227.572
343.178
373.084
762.907
204.714
162.887
227.325
344.739
373.425
763.634
204.899
162.476
227.580
345.448
1.9
1.7
2.0
4.5
3.7
-.2
166.959
217.965
140.736
170.782
119.345
206.581
109.576
258.637
260.188
120.728
191.671
159.821
149.468
248.944
395.884
302.653
169.920
218.094
144.765
179.090
120.183
220.257
109.957
258.780
260.267
121.083
189.362
160.401
149.995
248.652
396.846
303.902
169.875
217.638
144.891
179.986
120.865
220.790
109.926
258.833
259.779
121.298
188.839
161.408
149.983
249.855
397.947
304.916
171.236
217.829
146.689
185.567
120.756
230.120
109.238
259.344
260.033
121.830
188.839
162.756
150.494
251.455
398.742
305.733
212.111
200.829
204.892
143.471
173.715
206.725
193.862
276.222
247.547
178.340
218.126
218.910
141.817
177.449
265.491
213.936
202.989
206.490
147.413
181.572
219.267
198.515
276.247
247.530
191.584
218.507
219.344
142.300
206.131
265.873
214.037
203.183
206.476
147.555
182.401
219.772
198.640
276.955
247.503
190.905
218.588
219.543
142.612
205.261
265.982
215.123
204.437
207.422
149.315
187.699
228.214
201.800
277.946
248.063
199.667
218.743
219.692
142.179
222.805
266.543
May
2009
June
2009
July
2009
Aug.
2009
Recreation 2 ......................................................................
Video and audio 2 ...........................................................
114.044
101.488
114.592
101.920
114.612
101.741
Education and communication 2 .......................................
Education 2 .....................................................................
Educational books and supplies ...................................
Tuition, other school fees, and childcare ......................
Communication 2 ............................................................
Information and information processing 1 2 ..................
Telephone services 1 2 ...............................................
Information technology, hardware and services 1 5 ....
Personal computers and peripheral equipment 1 6 ...
127.169
189.968
474.581
546.880
85.049
82.038
102.267
9.775
84.366
127.366
190.734
480.501
548.730
84.972
81.909
102.182
9.731
83.476
Other goods and services .................................................
Tobacco and smoking products 1 ...................................
Personal care ..................................................................
Personal care products 1 ..............................................
Personal care services 1 ...............................................
Miscellaneous personal services ..................................
369.237
740.311
204.078
163.051
227.607
341.763
Feb.
2009
Aug.
2009
2.4
.2
1.3
-1.9
0.4
-.2
3.1
5.9
5.7
6.0
.5
-.1
1.5
-5.9
-14.3
2.5
5.8
13.0
5.3
-.7
-1.0
1.6
-10.8
-24.8
2.7
5.0
4.4
5.1
.6
.6
1.2
-1.7
-10.9
2.8
5.9
9.3
5.6
-.1
-.5
1.5
-8.4
-19.7
2.0
8.1
.3
3.8
-.5
.4
22.3
114.7
1.5
1.3
3.1
.3
4.6
13.2
1.6
-1.4
.0
4.4
2.0
4.8
1.2
4.1
1.6
.1
13.1
55.9
1.6
.0
1.5
2.3
-21.8
4.6
-34.2
-49.9
-3.5
-59.4
-5.5
.4
2.1
5.8
-15.5
6.5
2.2
-1.6
2.5
2.2
-2.9
.1
-4.8
-5.8
3.9
-8.7
-1.3
1.3
.6
1.5
-2.9
2.4
.4
2.7
3.8
2.8
-.6
-2.0
.4
-4.8
-2.3
-5.3
2.2
.0
1.1
.1
-19.0
7.0
-1.8
.6
3.5
1.5
10.6
-.2
18.0
39.4
4.8
54.0
-1.2
1.1
-.2
3.7
-5.8
7.6
2.8
4.1
2.9
4.1
-12.9
2.3
-20.9
-31.3
.1
-39.1
-3.4
.8
1.4
3.6
-9.4
4.4
1.3
.5
3.2
2.5
4.9
-1.1
8.8
15.2
1.2
20.8
.5
.5
.4
1.9
-12.6
7.3
.5
2.3
3.2
2.8
-11.5
-14.3
-10.1
-32.9
-47.5
-56.1
-27.8
-1.0
.5
-67.0
1.2
.6
-2.2
-83.9
1.7
-.6
-1.0
-.8
-4.6
-5.0
-7.2
-2.0
2.1
1.1
-17.4
1.2
1.5
1.2
-29.4
1.6
.1
-1.0
-.5
.4
-4.4
-5.1
-4.0
-2.0
-.6
-18.9
1.6
2.3
4.4
-18.7
1.5
5.8
7.4
5.0
17.3
36.3
48.5
17.4
2.5
.8
57.1
1.1
1.4
1.0
148.5
1.6
-6.2
-7.9
-5.6
-20.0
-29.4
-36.2
-15.9
.5
.8
-47.8
1.2
1.1
-.5
-66.3
1.6
2.9
3.1
2.2
8.5
14.2
18.7
6.2
.2
.1
12.9
1.4
1.9
2.7
42.2
1.6
Expenditure category
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 shelter 4 ................................................................
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 shelter 4 .............................................
Services less medical care services ...................................
Energy .................................................................................
All items less energy ...........................................................
All items less food and energy ..........................................
Commodities less food and energy commodities ...........
Energy commodities .....................................................
Services less energy services .........................................
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 were calculated using a geometric means
estimator.
4 Indexes on a December 1982=100 base.
5 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base.
6 Indexes on a December 2007=100 base.
NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.
Table 3. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Selected areas, all items index
(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)
All items
CPI-U
Indexes
Percent change to
Aug.2009 from—
Pricing
schedule
1
May
2009
June
2009
July
2009
Aug.
2009
M
213.856
215.693
215.351
Northeast urban ..............................................
Size A - More than 1,500,000 .....................
Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................
M
M
M
228.136
230.611
134.857
229.930
232.058
136.488
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
203.195
204.443
129.967
M
U.S. city average ............................................
Percent change to
July2009 from—
Aug.
2008
June
2009
July
2009
July
2008
May
2009
June
2009
215.834
-1.5
0.1
0.2
-2.1
0.7
-0.2
230.154
232.416
136.417
230.883
233.314
136.598
-1.2
-1.2
-1.4
.4
.5
.1
.3
.4
.1
-1.9
-1.7
-2.3
.9
.8
1.2
.1
.2
-.1
205.350
206.308
131.640
204.814
205.656
131.366
205.632
206.591
131.748
-1.8
-1.8
-1.7
.1
.1
.1
.4
.5
.3
-2.5
-2.5
-2.4
.8
.6
1.1
-.3
-.3
-.2
198.911
201.157
200.908
201.823
-2.1
.3
.5
-2.7
1.0
-.1
Region and area size2
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
207.265
209.235
131.777
209.343
211.390
133.056
208.819
211.034
132.736
209.000
211.436
132.729
-1.6
-1.4
-1.7
-.2
.0
-.2
.1
.2
.0
-2.1
-2.0
-2.1
.7
.9
.7
-.3
-.2
-.2
M
209.563
211.815
210.491
210.899
-1.7
-.4
.2
-2.2
.4
-.6
West urban .....................................................
Size A - More than 1,500,000 .....................
Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................
M
M
M
218.567
222.659
131.990
219.865
223.908
132.952
219.484
223.498
132.774
219.884
224.072
132.756
-1.3
-1.1
-1.8
.0
.1
-.1
.2
.3
.0
-2.0
-1.8
-2.4
.4
.4
.6
-.2
-.2
-.1
M
M
M
195.745
131.876
206.717
197.214
133.220
208.543
196.987
132.975
207.784
197.614
133.069
208.369
-1.3
-1.7
-1.8
.2
-.1
-.1
.3
.1
.3
-2.0
-2.3
-2.2
.6
.8
.5
-.1
-.2
-.4
Size classes
A 4 ..............................................................
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 .........................................
M
M
209.809
222.522
211.010
223.906
210.906
224.010
211.441
224.507
-2.1
-1.7
.2
.3
.3
.2
-3.0
-2.6
.5
.7
.0
.0
M
235.975
237.172
237.600
238.282
-.9
.5
.3
-1.1
.7
.2
Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT .....
Cleveland-Akron, OH ......................................
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX .....................................
Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV 6 ......
1
1
1
1
231.891
200.196
199.311
139.311
-
233.018
200.558
200.663
140.810
-
-
-
-
-3.4
-3.1
-2.8
-.9
.5
.2
.7
1.1
-
Atlanta, GA .....................................................
Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI ..............................
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
-
203.585
204.537
192.325
221.485
-
203.351
204.673
191.687
221.306
-3.8
-2.3
-.5
-1.8
-.1
.1
-.3
-.1
-
-
-
-
2
2
2
-
223.810
225.692
227.257
-
226.039
225.801
227.138
-1.0
.2
-.3
1.0
.0
-.1
-
-
-
-
1 Foods, fuels, and several other items priced every month in all areas;
most other goods and services priced as indicated:
M - Every month.
1 - January, March, May, July, September, and November.
2 - February, April, June, August, October, and December.
2 Regions defined as the four Census regions. See 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, WI; Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI; Phoenix-Mesa, AZ;
Pittsburgh, PA; 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: 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.
NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.
Table 4. 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)
CPI-W
Relative
importance,
December
2008
Unadjusted
indexes
July
2009
Aug.
2009
Unadjusted
percent change to
Aug. 2009 from—
Aug.
2008
Seasonally adjusted
percent change from—
July
2009
May to
June
June to
July
July to
Aug.
Expenditure category
All items ........................................................................................
All items (1967=100) ....................................................................
100.000
210.526
627.093
211.156
628.970
-1.9
0.3
0.9
0.0
0.6
-
-
-
-
-
-
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 .................................................................
16.942
15.865
9.201
1.249
2.315
.992
1.266
1.167
2.212
.304
.274
1.634
.472
6.664
.233
1.077
216.805
216.384
212.628
253.969
201.261
191.783
269.316
161.650
190.235
194.005
201.666
205.549
122.119
223.408
156.904
221.517
216.957
216.539
212.623
252.932
202.483
191.048
265.730
162.433
190.704
194.511
201.199
206.210
122.217
223.789
156.769
221.618
.5
.3
-1.7
.8
-2.3
-10.8
-5.8
2.1
2.3
4.1
-1.2
2.5
.6
3.1
4.3
3.1
.1
.1
.0
-.4
.6
-.4
-1.3
.5
.2
.3
-.2
.3
.1
.2
-.1
.0
.0
.0
.0
.0
-.3
-.9
1.3
.0
.0
.5
.7
-.2
-.5
.0
.4
.2
-.2
-.3
-.5
-.1
-1.3
-.6
-.1
-.4
-.3
-1.4
-.4
-.1
-.3
.1
1.2
.4
.1
.1
.0
-.1
.4
-.4
-.9
.3
.3
.5
.1
.3
.1
.2
-.1
.2
Housing ......................................................................................
Shelter ......................................................................................
Rent of primary residence 3 ...................................................
Lodging away from home 2 ....................................................
Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 3 4 ..................
Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ...................................
Fuels and utilities .....................................................................
Household energy ..................................................................
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 .......................................................
41.313
31.224
8.279
1.209
21.430
.306
6.030
4.996
.283
4.713
1.035
4.059
.360
214.029
243.248
247.573
140.873
232.723
121.765
212.276
189.082
233.018
195.547
161.790
125.160
152.577
213.824
243.279
247.601
138.543
232.977
122.254
211.808
188.125
239.435
194.211
163.567
124.219
153.667
-.4
1.4
1.9
-6.6
1.6
2.8
-9.2
-12.0
-34.1
-10.3
5.9
.2
1.0
-.1
.0
.0
-1.7
.1
.4
-.2
-.5
2.8
-.7
1.1
-.8
.7
-.1
.1
.0
.4
.0
.3
-.7
-.9
1.4
-1.0
.4
-.1
.4
-.1
-.1
.0
-1.6
.0
.2
-.1
-.3
-1.1
-.2
.6
-.1
-.1
.0
.1
.0
.2
.1
.4
.3
.1
3.7
-.1
.9
-.6
.7
Apparel .......................................................................................
Men’s and boys’ apparel ..........................................................
Women’s and girls’ apparel ......................................................
Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel ...................................................
Footwear ..................................................................................
3.979
1.024
1.568
.249
.840
115.516
110.558
101.289
113.744
125.046
117.095
111.629
103.727
116.482
125.880
.8
1.0
-.8
4.4
3.2
1.4
1.0
2.4
2.4
.7
.7
-.6
1.6
2.3
.5
.6
-.4
1.3
-.6
1.0
.0
.7
-.2
.8
-.2
Transportation ............................................................................
Private transportation ...............................................................
New and used motor vehicles 2 .............................................
New vehicles ........................................................................
Used cars and trucks ...........................................................
Motor fuel ...............................................................................
Gasoline (all types) ..............................................................
Motor vehicle parts and equipment 1 .....................................
Motor vehicle maintenance and repair 1 ................................
Public transportation ................................................................
17.067
16.284
7.627
4.057
2.863
4.029
3.770
.482
1.242
.784
180.419
177.197
90.973
137.082
125.817
218.560
218.757
133.787
245.421
236.963
182.541
179.368
91.129
135.130
128.781
225.797
226.007
133.587
245.871
237.029
-12.2
-12.2
-1.3
.4
-5.4
-30.5
-30.0
2.6
3.1
-10.5
1.2
1.2
.2
-1.4
2.4
3.3
3.3
-.1
.2
.0
4.8
5.1
.6
.8
.9
17.2
17.4
-.1
.0
-.2
.1
.0
.2
.5
.0
-.5
-.9
-.4
.1
2.0
2.7
2.8
.1
-1.3
1.9
8.8
9.1
-.1
.2
1.2
Medical care ...............................................................................
Medical care commodities ........................................................
Medical care services ...............................................................
Professional services .............................................................
Hospital and related services 3 ..............................................
5.355
1.320
4.035
2.234
1.338
376.161
295.871
399.677
322.759
565.448
377.007
297.379
400.204
322.964
567.545
3.4
3.7
3.3
2.6
6.7
.2
.5
.1
.1
.4
.2
.1
.2
.3
.4
.2
-.2
.3
.1
.7
.3
.5
.2
.1
.6
See footnotes at end of table.
Table 4. 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)
CPI-W
Relative
importance,
December
2008
Unadjusted
indexes
July
2009
Aug.
2009
Unadjusted
percent change to
Aug. 2009 from—
Aug.
2008
Seasonally adjusted
percent change from—
July
2009
May to
June
June to
July
July to
Aug.
Expenditure category
Recreation 2 ...............................................................................
Video and audio 2 ....................................................................
5.454
1.982
111.416
101.982
111.453
101.867
0.7
-.8
0.0
-.1
0.4
.5
0.0
-.1
0.0
-.2
Education and communication 2 ................................................
Education 2 ..............................................................................
Educational books and supplies .............................................
Tuition, other school fees, and childcare ................................
Communication 2 .....................................................................
Information and information processing 1 2 ............................
Telephone services 1 2 .........................................................
Information technology, hardware and services 1 5 .............
Personal computers and peripheral equipment 1 6 ............
6.221
2.527
.219
2.308
3.694
3.568
2.965
.604
.202
122.699
186.596
485.218
524.523
87.780
85.653
102.587
10.113
80.736
123.579
190.222
493.615
534.825
87.667
85.532
102.613
10.012
78.480
2.3
5.2
7.1
5.0
.3
.2
1.3
-4.9
-15.6
.7
1.9
1.7
2.0
-.1
-.1
.0
-1.0
-2.8
.1
.4
1.3
.3
-.1
-.1
-.1
-.3
-.9
.3
.6
1.3
.5
.1
.2
.4
-1.2
-3.1
.1
.4
.4
.5
-.1
-.1
.0
-1.0
-2.8
Other goods and services ..........................................................
Tobacco and smoking products 1 ............................................
Personal care ...........................................................................
Personal care products 1 .......................................................
Personal care services 1 ........................................................
Miscellaneous personal services ...........................................
3.668
1.267
2.401
.662
.580
.947
398.448
768.005
202.490
162.767
227.512
346.525
398.228
768.483
202.221
162.415
227.751
347.402
10.6
28.1
1.4
1.9
1.5
1.3
-.1
.1
-.1
-.2
.1
.3
.3
.8
.0
-.6
.0
.3
1.0
2.1
.2
.4
-.1
.4
.1
.1
.1
-.2
.1
.3
42.689
16.942
25.747
14.587
3.979
10.609
11.160
57.311
30.918
.306
4.713
1.035
.360
5.512
4.035
10.432
172.493
216.805
149.046
189.436
115.516
239.626
109.432
255.003
234.515
121.765
195.547
161.790
152.577
250.811
399.677
291.573
173.379
216.957
150.209
192.365
117.095
243.461
109.039
255.342
234.537
122.254
194.211
163.567
153.667
251.880
400.204
293.266
-5.2
.5
-8.3
-11.9
.8
-15.2
-2.1
.8
1.3
2.8
-10.3
5.9
1.0
2.4
3.3
2.4
.5
.1
.8
1.5
1.4
1.6
-.4
.1
.0
.4
-.7
1.1
.7
.4
.1
.6
2.1
.0
3.3
5.8
.7
7.4
.5
.0
.0
.3
-1.0
.4
.4
.0
.2
.4
.0
-.2
.1
.3
.6
.2
.0
.1
-.1
.2
-.2
.6
-.1
.4
.3
.4
1.0
.1
1.6
3.5
.0
4.7
-.3
.2
.1
.4
-.1
.9
.7
.6
.2
.2
84.135
68.776
94.645
26.824
15.664
11.686
31.530
26.392
53.275
9.024
90.976
75.111
22.513
4.311
52.598
209.308
200.871
203.723
151.466
191.387
237.011
203.377
246.622
244.531
201.967
212.505
212.097
142.526
220.264
261.425
$ .475
$ .159
210.021
201.726
204.341
152.606
194.170
240.515
205.017
247.308
244.857
205.144
212.823
212.449
142.634
227.506
261.960
$ .474
$ .159
-2.3
-3.3
-2.2
-7.9
-11.2
-14.0
-6.2
.2
.6
-23.3
1.5
1.7
1.3
-30.7
1.9
.3
.4
.3
.8
1.5
1.5
.8
.3
.1
1.6
.1
.2
.1
3.3
.2
1.1
1.3
1.0
3.2
5.4
6.9
2.9
.0
.0
8.1
.2
.2
.4
16.4
.1
.1
.1
.0
.1
.3
.2
.0
.2
.0
-.4
.1
.1
.3
-.5
.1
.6
.8
.6
1.6
3.3
4.3
1.8
.4
.2
4.8
.1
.1
-.1
8.6
.2
-
-
-
-
-
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 shelter 4 .........................................................................
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 shelter 4 ......................................................
Services less medical care services ............................................
Energy ..........................................................................................
All items less energy ....................................................................
All items less food and energy ...................................................
Commodities less food and energy commodities .....................
Energy commodities ...............................................................
Services less energy services ..................................................
Purchasing power of the consumer dollar (1982-84=$1.00) ........
Purchasing power of the consumer dollar (1967=$1.00) .............
-
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 were calculated using a geometric means estimator.
4 Indexes on a December 1984=100 base
5 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base.
6 Indexes on a December 2007=100 base.
- Data not available.
NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.
Table 5. 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—
CPI-W
6 months
ended—
May
2009
June
2009
July
2009
Aug.
2009
Nov.
2008
Feb.
2009
May
2009
Aug.
2009
All items ..............................................................................
207.624
209.534
209.598
210.758
-11.8
-0.8
-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 ........................................................
217.225
216.912
213.768
252.282
204.374
194.694
270.352
162.650
189.923
194.731
200.498
205.144
123.126
223.082
154.409
220.348
217.312
216.977
213.806
252.211
203.845
192.898
273.813
162.608
190.000
195.695
201.926
204.831
122.537
223.186
155.091
220.755
216.821
216.395
212.646
251.916
201.245
191.783
273.468
161.977
189.366
193.001
201.077
204.578
122.119
223.408
156.904
221.612
217.045
216.610
212.744
251.677
202.128
191.048
270.988
162.465
189.945
194.039
201.203
205.196
122.217
223.789
156.769
221.978
4.7
4.6
3.8
9.2
3.9
-3.6
-10.4
11.3
9.4
11.2
10.6
8.9
8.1
5.8
8.7
5.9
-.2
-.3
-3.1
-.5
-1.4
-16.2
-10.5
-1.7
3.6
8.8
-7.8
4.7
-2.7
3.7
2.8
1.7
Housing .............................................................................
Shelter .............................................................................
Rent of primary residence 3 ..........................................
Lodging away from home 2 ...........................................
Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 3 4 .........
Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 .........................
Fuels and utilities ............................................................
Household energy .........................................................
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 .............................................
213.097
242.963
247.874
134.706
232.851
121.160
206.844
183.586
224.548
189.940
160.241
125.430
152.001
212.972
243.100
247.966
135.271
232.942
121.529
205.493
181.978
227.677
188.044
160.813
125.313
152.658
212.765
242.884
247.880
133.136
232.879
121.765
205.268
181.483
225.175
187.619
161.801
125.131
152.577
212.823
243.044
247.869
133.451
233.061
122.254
205.839
181.747
233.552
187.525
163.201
124.347
153.667
-.5
2.4
3.2
-3.4
2.3
5.8
-14.9
-18.6
-55.7
-15.0
6.8
1.7
.4
Apparel ..............................................................................
Men’s and boys’ apparel .................................................
Women’s and girls’ apparel .............................................
Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel ..........................................
Footwear .........................................................................
119.078
115.184
105.873
116.074
126.469
119.963
114.537
107.602
118.686
127.062
120.666
114.086
109.019
117.941
128.313
120.672
114.936
108.852
118.857
128.063
Transportation ...................................................................
Private transportation ......................................................
New and used motor vehicles 2 ....................................
New vehicles ...............................................................
Used cars and trucks ..................................................
Motor fuel ......................................................................
Gasoline (all types) .....................................................
Motor vehicle parts and equipment 1 ............................
Motor vehicle maintenance and repair 1 .......................
Public transportation .......................................................
168.145
164.963
90.153
136.199
123.465
174.513
174.723
134.439
245.036
226.424
176.300
173.329
90.664
137.234
124.559
204.503
205.099
134.273
245.129
226.048
176.456
173.340
90.888
137.855
124.569
203.579
203.341
133.787
245.421
230.677
Medical care ......................................................................
Medical care commodities ..............................................
Medical care services .....................................................
Professional services ....................................................
Hospital and related services 3 .....................................
374.834
296.120
397.699
321.250
560.587
375.650
296.547
398.660
322.098
562.806
376.321
296.084
399.808
322.537
566.848
Feb.
2009
Aug.
2009
6.2
-6.5
3.0
-2.1
-2.4
-5.3
-3.9
-7.1
-15.4
-3.1
-.1
-3.5
-1.5
-8.0
-3.1
.4
1.8
-.3
2.0
-.3
-.6
-1.9
-1.0
-4.3
-7.3
.9
-.5
.0
-1.4
1.4
.1
-2.9
1.3
6.3
3.0
2.2
2.1
.3
4.2
1.2
-10.1
-10.5
4.6
6.5
10.0
1.0
6.8
2.6
4.8
5.7
3.8
-1.2
-1.5
-3.6
-2.4
-5.7
-11.4
-1.1
-.3
-1.7
-1.5
-3.4
-1.5
-1.3
1.5
2.9
2.5
.4
1.4
2.5
-12.0
1.8
1.2
-4.3
-5.6
-39.6
-3.0
2.2
.5
-.2
-1.1
1.6
1.9
-7.0
2.0
.7
-16.0
-20.3
-40.0
-19.0
7.1
2.2
-.4
-.5
.1
.0
-3.7
.4
3.7
-1.9
-3.9
17.0
-5.0
7.6
-3.4
4.5
.0
1.9
2.9
-7.8
2.1
3.5
-9.8
-12.3
-48.2
-9.2
4.5
1.1
.1
-.8
.9
.9
-5.3
1.2
2.2
-9.3
-12.5
-16.2
-12.3
7.3
-.7
2.0
-3.7
-4.5
-9.0
8.7
2.4
4.1
18.0
-.5
-3.2
1.6
-2.6
-6.9
-4.3
2.6
3.6
5.5
-.9
11.7
9.9
5.1
.1
6.2
-4.8
2.6
2.0
1.4
-3.9
3.4
6.2
4.4
181.285
178.196
90.936
136.112
126.950
221.467
221.758
133.587
245.871
233.494
-49.6
-50.5
-9.0
-6.6
-16.3
-85.0
-85.5
9.2
5.0
-23.9
-8.9
-8.5
-1.1
3.2
-12.0
-28.1
-25.8
3.5
4.6
-17.7
-3.4
-3.2
2.2
5.8
-2.8
-16.7
-14.0
.5
1.3
-9.3
35.1
36.2
3.5
-.3
11.8
159.4
159.5
-2.5
1.4
13.1
-32.2
-32.7
-5.2
-1.8
-14.2
-67.2
-67.2
6.3
4.8
-20.9
14.2
14.8
2.9
2.8
4.2
46.9
49.4
-1.0
1.4
1.3
377.444
297.712
400.673
322.955
570.031
2.6
3.2
2.5
2.6
3.7
4.4
5.5
4.0
2.6
8.6
3.8
3.8
3.7
2.9
7.5
2.8
2.2
3.0
2.1
6.9
3.5
4.3
3.2
2.6
6.1
3.3
3.0
3.4
2.5
7.2
Expenditure category
See footnotes at end of table.
Table 5. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Seasonally adjusted U.S. city average, by
expenditure category and commodity and service group-Continued
(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)
Seasonally adjusted indexes
Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent
change for
3 months ended—
CPI-W
6 months
ended—
Nov.
2008
Feb.
2009
May
2009
Aug.
2009
111.415
101.924
1.0
-1.8
1.3
-1.5
-1.3
-.4
123.348
189.018
490.109
531.480
87.778
85.653
102.587
10.113
80.736
123.479
189.859
491.859
533.890
87.664
85.532
102.613
10.012
78.480
1.7
4.8
5.6
4.8
-.3
-.3
.9
-5.9
-17.3
2.8
4.5
4.9
4.5
1.6
1.6
1.3
2.9
-4.5
394.708
752.078
202.115
162.165
227.800
345.423
398.522
768.005
202.553
162.767
227.512
346.809
398.801
768.483
202.705
162.415
227.751
347.691
2.4
2.1
2.6
4.2
3.6
.3
168.137
217.225
142.846
176.429
119.078
215.822
108.846
253.765
234.196
121.160
189.940
160.241
152.001
249.130
397.699
290.444
171.618
217.312
147.626
186.685
119.963
231.872
109.361
253.882
234.253
121.529
188.044
160.813
152.658
249.202
398.660
291.473
171.568
216.821
147.760
187.184
120.666
232.430
109.321
254.063
234.008
121.765
187.619
161.801
152.577
250.263
399.808
292.500
173.366
217.045
150.154
193.645
120.672
243.283
108.994
254.480
234.179
122.254
187.525
163.201
153.667
251.654
400.673
293.179
205.809
196.980
200.797
145.372
178.973
215.042
196.393
244.177
243.221
177.124
212.301
211.745
142.656
177.375
260.701
208.040
199.559
202.725
150.057
188.704
229.919
202.033
244.247
243.257
191.437
212.687
212.196
143.218
206.474
261.053
208.216
199.725
202.769
150.211
189.232
230.427
201.960
244.854
243.332
190.731
212.846
212.505
143.589
205.483
261.304
209.541
201.265
203.921
152.561
195.417
240.380
205.614
245.730
243.823
199.863
213.027
212.680
143.376
223.093
261.781
May
2009
June
2009
July
2009
Aug.
2009
Recreation 2 ......................................................................
Video and audio 2 ...........................................................
110.947
101.761
111.423
102.220
111.418
102.121
Education and communication 2 .......................................
Education 2 .....................................................................
Educational books and supplies ...................................
Tuition, other school fees, and childcare ......................
Communication 2 ............................................................
Information and information processing 1 2 ..................
Telephone services 1 2 ...............................................
Information technology, hardware and services 1 5 ....
Personal computers and peripheral equipment 1 6 ...
122.797
187.168
477.376
527.111
87.712
85.624
102.231
10.271
84.017
122.940
187.894
483.813
528.674
87.650
85.524
102.153
10.238
83.278
Other goods and services .................................................
Tobacco and smoking products 1 ...................................
Personal care ..................................................................
Personal care products 1 ..............................................
Personal care services 1 ...............................................
Miscellaneous personal services ..................................
393.500
746.009
202.156
163.119
227.829
344.423
Feb.
2009
Aug.
2009
1.7
.6
1.2
-1.6
0.2
.1
2.4
5.5
5.2
5.6
.3
.0
1.3
-6.4
-15.5
2.2
5.9
12.7
5.2
-.2
-.4
1.5
-9.7
-23.9
2.3
4.7
5.2
4.6
.6
.6
1.1
-1.6
-11.1
2.3
5.7
8.9
5.4
.1
-.2
1.4
-8.1
-19.8
3.0
8.3
.3
3.9
-.6
.1
34.4
116.5
1.5
1.4
3.1
1.0
5.5
12.6
1.1
-1.7
-.1
3.8
2.7
5.1
1.4
4.1
1.5
.2
19.1
56.1
1.3
-.2
1.5
2.4
-25.1
4.7
-38.4
-55.0
-3.7
-64.0
-7.2
.5
2.7
5.8
-15.0
6.8
.4
-.1
2.5
2.0
-3.8
-.2
-6.0
-5.1
4.1
-8.7
-2.8
1.6
1.2
1.2
-3.0
2.2
-.2
3.9
4.0
2.4
-.2
-2.1
.9
-3.0
-2.6
-2.7
1.4
.0
1.5
.7
-19.0
7.1
-.4
1.7
3.7
1.4
13.0
-.3
22.1
45.1
5.5
61.5
.5
1.1
.0
3.7
-5.0
7.6
4.5
4.1
3.0
3.8
-15.1
2.2
-23.9
-34.7
.1
-42.6
-5.0
1.1
1.9
3.5
-9.2
4.5
.1
1.9
3.2
2.2
6.2
-1.2
11.0
18.7
1.4
25.3
1.0
.5
.7
2.2
-12.3
7.3
2.0
2.9
3.4
2.6
-14.5
-17.3
-12.5
-37.2
-52.8
-61.1
-31.8
-1.4
.7
-68.6
1.2
.5
-3.1
-84.2
2.1
-.9
-1.7
-1.1
-5.7
-4.4
-7.6
-2.1
2.0
1.3
-17.6
1.3
1.6
.7
-28.7
2.1
.3
-.9
-.3
1.0
-2.8
-2.8
-3.2
-2.3
-.6
-18.5
2.1
3.0
5.8
-18.1
1.8
7.5
9.0
6.4
21.3
42.1
56.1
20.1
2.6
1.0
62.1
1.4
1.8
2.0
150.3
1.7
-7.9
-9.9
-7.0
-23.1
-32.9
-40.0
-18.3
.3
1.0
-49.1
1.3
1.1
-1.2
-66.4
2.1
3.8
3.9
3.0
10.7
17.5
23.2
7.8
.1
.2
14.9
1.7
2.4
3.9
43.1
1.7
Expenditure category
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 shelter 4 ................................................................
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 shelter 4 .............................................
Services less medical care services ...................................
Energy .................................................................................
All items less energy ...........................................................
All items less food and energy ..........................................
Commodities less food and energy commodities ...........
Energy commodities .....................................................
Services less energy services .........................................
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 were calculated using a geometric means
estimator.
4 Indexes on a December 1984=100 base
5 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base.
6 Indexes on a December 2007=100 base.
NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.
Table 6. 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
CPI-W
Indexes
Percent change to
Aug.2009 from—
Pricing
schedule
1
May
2009
June
2009
July
2009
Aug.
2009
M
208.774
210.972
210.526
Northeast urban ..............................................
Size A - More than 1,500,000 .....................
Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................
M
M
M
224.748
225.657
135.329
226.695
227.337
136.888
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
197.971
198.271
129.524
M
U.S. city average ............................................
Percent change to
July2009 from—
Aug.
2008
June
2009
July
2009
July
2008
May
2009
June
2009
211.156
-1.9
0.1
0.3
-2.7
0.8
-0.2
226.714
227.550
136.626
227.598
228.472
137.109
-1.4
-1.3
-1.6
.4
.5
.2
.4
.4
.4
-2.1
-1.8
-2.6
.9
.8
1.0
.0
.1
-.2
200.487
200.356
131.554
199.824
199.611
131.096
200.723
200.710
131.481
-2.1
-2.1
-2.1
.1
.2
-.1
.4
.6
.3
-3.0
-3.0
-2.9
.9
.7
1.2
-.3
-.4
-.3
196.047
198.674
198.455
199.404
-2.6
.4
.5
-3.4
1.2
-.1
Region and area size2
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
203.500
206.271
129.885
205.968
208.909
131.382
205.415
208.492
131.063
205.867
208.995
131.302
-2.1
-2.1
-2.1
.0
.0
-.1
.2
.2
.2
-2.8
-2.7
-2.9
.9
1.1
.9
-.3
-.2
-.2
M
208.989
211.721
210.341
211.088
-2.3
-.3
.4
-3.0
.6
-.7
West urban .....................................................
Size A - More than 1,500,000 .....................
Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................
M
M
M
212.263
214.734
131.389
213.973
216.395
132.517
213.541
215.955
132.314
213.988
216.539
132.407
-1.8
-1.5
-2.3
.0
.1
-.1
.2
.3
.1
-2.6
-2.4
-3.1
.6
.6
.7
-.2
-.2
-.2
M
M
M
193.597
130.847
203.883
195.414
132.384
206.327
195.096
132.069
205.504
195.796
132.341
206.271
-1.7
-2.1
-2.3
.2
.0
.0
.4
.2
.4
-2.5
-2.9
-3.0
.8
.9
.8
-.2
-.2
-.4
Size classes
A 4 ..............................................................
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 .........................................
M
M
202.464
214.446
203.691
216.145
203.554
216.128
204.246
216.628
-2.5
-2.1
.3
.2
.3
.2
-3.5
-3.2
.5
.8
-.1
.0
M
230.307
231.916
232.177
232.841
-1.1
.4
.3
-1.4
.8
.1
Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT .....
Cleveland-Akron, OH ......................................
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX .....................................
Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV 6 ......
1
1
1
1
231.420
191.297
200.955
138.510
-
232.535
191.494
203.075
140.434
-
-
-
-
-3.3
-3.3
-3.7
-.8
.5
.1
1.1
1.4
-
Atlanta, GA .....................................................
Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI ..............................
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
-
202.632
199.977
189.979
219.091
-
202.276
200.169
189.503
219.000
-4.2
-2.6
-1.9
-2.5
-.2
.1
-.3
.0
-
-
-
-
2
2
2
-
223.361
220.996
221.993
-
225.481
221.279
221.873
-1.2
.0
-.6
.9
.1
-.1
-
-
-
-
1 Foods, fuels, and several other items priced every month in all areas;
most other goods and services priced as indicated:
M - Every month.
1 - January, March, May, July, September, and November.
2 - February, April, June, August, October, and December.
2 Regions defined as the four Census regions. See 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, WI; Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI; Phoenix-Mesa, AZ;
Pittsburgh, PA; 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: 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.
NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.
Table 7. Chained Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (C-CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure
category and commodity and service group
(December 1999=100, unless otherwise noted)
C-CPI-U
Relative
importance,
2005-2006
Unadjusted
percent change to
Aug. 2009 from—
Unadjusted
indexes
July
2009
Aug.
2009
Aug.
2008
July
2009
Expenditure category
All items ......................................................................................
100.000
123.711
123.955
-1.5
0.2
Food and beverages ................................................................
Food .......................................................................................
Food at home .......................................................................
Food away from home ..........................................................
Alcoholic beverages ...............................................................
14.726
13.648
7.557
6.091
1.077
127.541
127.532
122.844
133.605
128.009
127.588
127.577
122.743
133.847
128.076
.5
.3
-1.7
3.0
2.7
.0
.0
-.1
.2
.1
Housing ....................................................................................
Shelter ....................................................................................
Fuels and utilities ....................................................................
Household furnishings and operations ...................................
42.421
32.409
5.004
5.008
129.087
131.820
155.640
95.877
128.915
131.803
155.255
95.121
-.7
.9
-10.8
-.3
-.1
.0
-.2
-.8
Apparel .....................................................................................
3.988
85.167
86.232
.4
1.3
Transportation ..........................................................................
Private transportation .............................................................
Public transportation ...............................................................
17.393
16.285
1.108
122.843
123.365
116.845
123.872
124.468
116.847
-9.3
-9.2
-11.0
.8
.9
.0
Medical care .............................................................................
Medical care commodities ......................................................
Medical care services .............................................................
6.085
1.615
4.470
145.844
128.494
152.260
146.130
129.138
152.392
3.1
3.5
2.9
.2
.5
.1
Recreation ................................................................................
5.935
105.259
105.236
-.5
.0
Education and communication .................................................
Education ...............................................................................
Communication ......................................................................
6.196
2.771
3.425
110.001
174.898
73.998
110.825
178.469
73.787
2.1
5.3
-.5
.7
2.0
-.3
Other goods and services ........................................................
3.257
133.960
133.832
4.2
-.1
58.427
41.573
11.817
29.756
77.561
8.790
134.299
110.811
81.143
126.133
118.668
171.687
134.454
111.158
80.544
127.059
118.763
174.258
.4
-4.0
-2.2
-4.8
1.0
-23.2
.1
.3
-.7
.7
.1
1.5
Commodity and service group
Services ......................................................................................
Commodities ..............................................................................
Durables ...................................................................................
Nondurables ...............................................................................
All items less food and energy .................................................
Energy ........................................................................................
Indexes for 2009 are initial estimates. Indexes for 2008 are interim adjustments.
NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.