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CONSUMER PRICE INDEX: AUGUST 2007 

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) declined 0.2 percent in August, before 

seasonal adjustment, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The 

August level of 207.917 (1982-84=100) was 2.0 percent higher than in August 2006. 

The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) also decreased 0.2 

percent in August prior to seasonal adjustment. The August level of 203.199 (1982-84=100) was 1.8 percent 

higher than in August 2006. 

The Chained Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (C-CPI-U) decreased 0.1 percent in 

August on a not seasonally adjusted basis. The August level of 120.077 (December 1999=100) was 1.8 percent 

higher than in August 2006. Please note that the indexes for the post-2005 period are subject to revision.

CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U)

On a seasonally adjusted basis, the CPI-U declined 0.1 percent in August, the first decline since a 0.4 

percent decrease in October 2006. The index for energy declined for the third consecutive month, down 3.2 

percent in August. The index for petroleum-based energy decreased 4.6 percent. The index for energy services 

fell 1.3 percent, resulting from a 4.2 percent decline in the index for natural gas. The food index rose 0.4 

percent in August. The index for food at home also rose 0.4 percent, reflecting another large increase in the 

index for dairy products. The index for all items less food and energy advanced 0.2 percent in August, the same 

as in July.

Table A. Percent changes in CPI for Urban Consumers (CPI-U)

 Seasonally adjusted Un-

 Compound adjusted

Expenditure Changes from preceding month annual rate 12-mos. 

Category 2007 3-mos. ended ended

 Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Aug. ’07 Aug. ’07 

All Items .4 .6 .4 .7 .2 .1 -.1 .7 2.0

 Food and beverages .8 .3 .4 .3 .5 .3 .4 4.6 4.2 

 Housing .4 .2 .2 .2 .3 .2 .0 2.0 2.9 

 Apparel .5 -1.0 -.3 -.3 -.6 .4 -.5 -2.8 -1.4 

 Transportation .1 2.8 1.2 2.8 -.2 -.3 -1.2 -6.6 -2.1 

 Medical care .5 .1 .4 .3 .2 .6 .5 5.6 4.5 

 Recreation .0 .0 .1 .2 .0 -.1 -.1 -.8 -.1 

 Education and 

 communication .3 .5 .3 .6 .0 .2 .3 2.3 2.4 

 Other goods and 

 services .2 .2 .3 .3 .3 .0 .1 1.5 3.6 

 Special Indexes 

 Energy .9 5.9 2.4 5.4 -.5 -1.0 -3.2 -17.5 -2.5 

 Food .8 .3 .4 .3 .5 .3 .4 4.7 4.3 

 All Items less 

 food and energy .2 .1 .2 .1 .2 .2 .2 2.5 2.1 
During the first eight months of 2007, the CPI-U rose at a 3.7 percent seasonally adjusted annual rate 

(SAAR). This compares with an increase of 2.5 percent for all of 2006. The larger advance thus far this year 

was due to larger increases in the energy and food indexes. Despite registering declines in each of the last 

three months, the index for energy increased at a 12.7 percent SAAR through August. Petroleum-based 

energy led the acceleration with a 22.7 percent increase at an annual rate. Last year the overall energy index 

rose 2.9 percent. The food index also increased much more so far this year compared with last year, a 5.6 

percent SAAR compared with a 2.1 percent rise for all of 2006. Excluding food and energy, the CPI-U 

advanced at a 2.3 percent SAAR in the first eight months, following a 2.6 percent rise for all of 2006. 

 The food and beverages index rose 0.4 percent in August. The index for food at home, which 

increased 0.1 percent in July, rose 0.4 in August. Another sharp increase in the index for dairy products, 

coupled with upturns in the indexes for nonalcoholic beverages and for meats, poultry, fish, and eggs, 

accounted for most of the August advance. The index for dairy products increased 1.7 percent, following 

increases of 3.2 and 2.7 percent in the preceding two months. Milk prices rose 1.0 percent and have risen 18.1 

percent since the beginning of the year. The index for nonalcoholic beverages, which fell 0.1 percent in July, 

rose 1.2 percent in August. The index for meats, poultry, fish, and eggs increased 0.1 percent after declining 

0.4 percent in July. Beef prices, which declined 0.7 percent in July, increased 0.1 percent in August. The 

indexes for poultry and for pork increased 0.2 and declined 0.8 percent, respectively. The index for eggs rose 

2.4 percent in August and was 34.9 percent higher than a year ago. The index for fruits and vegetables 

declined for the fourth consecutive month--down 0.2 percent in August. A 1.7 percent decrease in the indexes 

for fresh vegetables more than offset increases in the indexes for fresh fruits and for processed fruits and 

vegetables--up 1.0 and 0.3 percent, respectively. The indexes for cereal and bakery products and for other 

food at home increased 0.4 and 0.1 percent, respectively. The other two components of the food and 

beverages index--food away from home and alcoholic beverages--increased 0.4 and 0.3 percent, respectively. 

The index for housing was virtually unchanged in August, following a 0.2 percent increase in July.

The index for shelter rose 0.2 percent, the same as in July. Within shelter, the indexes for rent and for owners' 

equivalent rent each rose 0.2 percent; while the index for lodging away from home, declined 0.6 percent. The 

index for household energy decreased 1.2 percent as a 4.2 percent decline in the index for natural gas more 

than offset an increase of 0.4 percent in the index for fuel oil; the index for electricity was virtually unchanged 

for the second consecutive month. The index for household furnishings and operations decreased 0.2 percent 

in August. 

The transportation index declined for the third consecutive month--down 1.2 percent in August-- 

reflecting another decline in the index for motor fuels. The index for gasoline declined 4.9 percent. (Prior to 

seasonal adjustment, gasoline prices fell 5.9 percent in August and were 9.0 percent lower than their peak 

level recorded in May.) The index for new vehicles rose 0.1 percent. (Prior to seasonal adjustment, new 

vehicle prices declined for the seventh consecutive month, down 0.2 percent in August.) The index for used 

cars and trucks increased 0.8 percent. During the last 12 months, new vehicle prices have declined 0.9 percent 

and prices for used cars and trucks, 3.7 percent. The index for public transportation increased 0.5 percent in 

August, reflecting a 0.6 percent increase in the index for airline fares. (Prior to seasonal adjustment, airline 

fares declined 1.7 percent.)

The index for apparel, which increased 0.4 percent in July, declined 0.5 percent in August. (Prior to 

seasonal adjustment, apparel prices rose 0.8 percent, as price increases associated with the introduction of 

fall-winter wear more than offset the decline in prices for discounted spring-summer clothing. Prices for 

women’s and girls’ apparel rose 1.9 percent, while prices for men’s and boys’ apparel declined 0.5 percent.) 

Medical care costs rose 0.5 percent in August. The index for medical care commodities--prescription 

drugs, nonprescription drugs, and medical supplies--increased 0.4 percent. The index for medical care 

services rose 0.5 percent. The indexes for professional services and for hospital and related services each 

increased 0.5 percent.
The index for recreation declined 0.1 percent in August. Decreases in the indexes for video and audio, 

for sporting goods, and for admissions to movies, theaters, concerts and sporting events--each down 0.4 

percent --more than offset a 0.5 percent increase in the index for pets, pet products and services. 

The index for education and communication increased 0.3 percent in August. The index for education 

rose 0.5 percent, reflecting increases of 2.2 percent for college textbooks and 0.4 percent for college tuition 

and fees. (Prior to seasonal adjustment, charges for college tuition and fees rose 2.6 percent in August and 

were 6.0 percent higher than a year ago.) The index for communication rose 0.1 percent in August. Within 

this group, the index for telephone services rose 0.2 percent, reflecting increases for land-line local charges 

and for land-line long distance charges of 0.4 and 0.2 percent, respectively. The indexes for personal 

computers and peripheral equipment and for computer software and accessories declined 0.8 and 2.7 percent, 

respectively, while charges for internet services and electronic information providers rose 0.3 percent. 

The index for other goods and services increased 0.1 percent in August. The index for tobacco and 

smoking products rose 0.2 percent and has increased 6.5 percent during the last 12 months. The index for 

personal care was virtually unchanged as a decline in prices for personal care products was offset by increases 

in charges for personal care services and miscellaneous personal services. 

CPI for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W)

On a seasonally adjusted basis, the CPI for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers decreased 0.2 

percent in August. 

Table B. Percent changes in CPI for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W)

 Seasonally adjusted Un-

 Compound adjusted

Expenditure Changes from preceding month annual rate 12-mos. 

Category 2007 3-mos. ended ended

 Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Aug. ’07 Aug. ’07 

All Items .4 .8 .5 .8 .1 .1 -.2 .2 1.8

 Food and beverages .8 .3 .4 .4 .5 .2 .4 4.7 4.3 

 Housing .4 .3 .2 .2 .2 .2 .0 1.5 2.9 

 Apparel .5 -.8 -.4 -.3 -.9 .8 -.3 -1.4 -1.3 

 Transportation .0 3.0 1.4 3.1 -.2 -.3 -1.4 -7.3 -2.4 

 Medical care .5 .1 .4 .3 .2 .7 .5 5.7 4.6 

 Recreation .0 -.1 .0 .2 -.1 -.1 -.1 -1.6 -.3 

 Education and 

 communication .3 .4 .3 .6 .0 .3 .3 2.1 2.2 

 Other goods and 

 services .4 .2 .1 .3 .3 .1 .1 2.0 4.0 

 Special Indexes 

 Energy .8 6.2 2.6 5.8 -.7 -1.0 -3.4 -18.4 -2.7 

 Food .8 .3 .4 .4 .5 .3 .4 4.8 4.4 

 All Items less 

 food and energy .2 .1 .2 .1 .2 .3 .2 2.4 2.0 

Consumer Price Index data for September are scheduled for release on Wednesday, October 17, 2007, at 

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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-CPI-U), 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. 
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 0.06 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 

0.12 percent of the 1 month percentage change based on all retail prices. 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 0.08 and 0.32 percent. For the latest data, including information 

on how to use the estimates of standard error, see “Variance Estimates for Changes in the Consumer Price 

Index, January 2005- December 2005 in the CPI Detailed Report, February 2006. These data are available on 

the CPI home page (http://www.bls.gov/cpi), using the following link http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpivar2006.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 202.416 

Less previous index 201.800 

Equals index point change .616 

Percent Change

Index point difference .616 

Divided by the previous index 201.800 

Equals 0.003 

Results multiplied by one hundred 0.003x100 

Equals percent change 0.3

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 unadjusted 

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 2002 through December 2006 

were replaced in January 2007. 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: 44 of the 73 components are seasonally adjusted for 2007. 

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. 

In January 2007, BLS adjusted 37 series using Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment, including 

selected food and beverage items, fuel oil, motor fuels, vehicles, jewelry, admission to sporting events and 

educational books and supplies. For example, this procedure was used for the Motor fuel series to offset the 

effects of damage to oil refineries from Hurricane Katrina, as well as the effects of implementing new fuel 

requirements in the United States. 
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 on 

(202) 691-6968 by e-mail at Wilson.Jeff@bls.gov. If you have general questions about the CPI, please call 

our information staff at (202) 691-7000. 
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

2006

Unadjusted

indexes

Unadjusted

percent change to

Aug. 2007 from—

Seasonally adjusted

percent change from—

July

2007

Aug.

2007

Aug.

2006

July

2007

May to

June

June to

July

July to

Aug.

Expenditure category

All items ........................................................................................ 100.000 208.299 207.917 2.0 -0.2 0.2 0.1 -0.1 

All items (1967=100) .................................................................... -

 623.970 622.827 - ----

Food and beverages .................................................................. 14.992 203.533 204.289 4.2 .4 .5 .3 .4 

Food ......................................................................................... 13.885 203.121 203.885 4.3 .4 .5 .3 .4 

Food at home ......................................................................... 7.896 201.401 202.126 4.7 .4 .6 .1 .4 

Cereals and bakery products ............................................... 1.103 223.297 223.981 4.4 .3 .7 .1 .4 

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs .............................................. 2.112 196.690 197.204 5.4 .3 .5 -.4 .1 

Dairy and related products ................................................... .821 197.899 201.739 12.1 1.9 3.2 2.7 1.7 

Fruits and vegetables ........................................................... 1.211 254.616 252.845 1.5 -.7 -1.1 -1.1 -.2 

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials ................ .906 153.384 154.791 5.4 .9 .3 -.1 1.2 

Other food at home .............................................................. 1.743 174.440 174.686 2.4 .1 .7 .3 .1 

Sugar and sweets .............................................................. .302 178.235 178.256 2.7 .0 .6 .6 .1 

Fats and oils ....................................................................... .227 173.691 174.251 4.0 .3 .6 1.3 .1 

Other foods 1 ...................................................................... 1.214 189.518 189.781 2.0 .1 .8 .1 .1 

Other miscellaneous foods 1 2 ......................................... .327 115.017 116.072 2.0 .9 1.2 -.9 .9 

Food away from home 1 ......................................................... 5.989 206.931 207.756 3.8 .4 .3 .5 .4 

Other food away from home 2 .............................................. .281 144.785 145.376 5.9 .4 .0 1.1 .4 

Alcoholic beverages 1 .............................................................. 1.107 207.624 208.264 3.5 .3 .4 .1 .3 

Housing ...................................................................................... 42.691 211.286 211.098 2.9 -.1 .3 .2 .0 

Shelter ...................................................................................... 32.776 242.067 242.238 3.4 .1 .4 .2 .2 

Rent of primary residence 3 ................................................... 5.930 234.732 235.311 4.0 .2 .3 .3 .2 

Lodging away from home 2 .................................................... 2.648 153.016 150.236 6.5 -1.8 2.5 .8 -.6 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 3 4 .................. 23.830 246.149 246.815 3.0 .3 .2 .2 .2 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ................................... .369 116.577 116.926 .6 .3 .6 -.5 .3 

Fuels and utilities ..................................................................... 5.264 206.140 204.334 2.7 -.9 .1 .0 -.9

Household energy .................................................................. 4.368 187.624 185.453 2.2 -1.2 .1 -.2 -1.2 

Fuel oil and other fuels ......................................................... .338 245.680 246.542 .5 .4 1.9 3.4 .2 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ................................................. 4.029 193.184 190.710 2.3 -1.3 -.1 -.5 -1.3 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ................... .897 144.181 144.972 5.2 .5 .2 1.0 .5 

Household furnishings and operations ..................................... 4.651 126.894 126.520 -.5 -.3 .1 -.2 -.2 

Household operations 1 2 ....................................................... .792 140.691 140.971 2.9 .2 .0 .1 .2 

Apparel ....................................................................................... 3.726 113.500 114.439 -1.4 .8 -.6 .4 -.5 

Men’s and boys’ apparel .......................................................... .885 109.568 109.032 -1.6 -.5 -.2 1.4 -.7 

Women’s and girls’ apparel ...................................................... 1.590 101.291 103.237 -2.3 1.9 -1.9 -.2 -.1 

Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel ................................................... .177 108.759 110.221 -4.7 1.3 .6 -.9 .3 

Footwear .................................................................................. .749 119.375 120.329 -.2 .8 -.3 1.5 -.6

Transportation ............................................................................ 17.249 187.690 184.480 -2.1 -1.7 -.2 -.3 -1.2 

Private transportation ............................................................... 16.188 183.619 180.408 -2.2 -1.7 -.2 -.3 -1.3

New and used motor vehicles 2 ............................................. 7.581 93.961 94.121 -1.4 .2 .1 .3 .3 

New vehicles ........................................................................ 4.982 135.415 135.204 -.9 -.2 .0 .0 .1 

Used cars and trucks 1 ......................................................... 1.716 136.024 137.138 -3.7 .8 .4 .7 .8 

Motor fuel ............................................................................... 4.347 252.909 238.194 -6.4 -5.8 -1.0 -1.7 -4.9 

Gasoline (all types) .............................................................. 4.303 251.883 237.108 -6.4 -5.9 -1.1 -1.7 -4.9

Motor vehicle parts and equipment 1 ..................................... .370 121.514 121.730 3.0 .2 -.1 .5 .2 

Motor vehicle maintenance and repair ................................... 1.145 223.487 224.019 3.6 .2 .3 .4 .4 

Public transportation ................................................................ 1.060 235.767 233.112 -.5 -1.1 .8 -.1 .5 

Medical care ............................................................................... 6.281 351.643 352.961 4.5 .4 .2 .6 .5

Medical care commodities ........................................................ 1.446 290.257 291.164 1.2 .3 .0 .6 .4 

Medical care services ............................................................... 4.834 370.008 371.461 5.5 .4 .3 .6 .5 

Professional services ............................................................. 2.817 301.131 302.259 4.2 .4 .2 .4 .5 

Hospital and related services 3 .............................................. 1.630 499.400 501.026 6.4 .3 .3 .9 .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

2006

Unadjusted

indexes

Unadjusted

percent change to

Aug. 2007 from—

Seasonally adjusted

percent change from—

July

2007

Aug.

2007

Aug.

2006

July

2007

May to

June

June to

July

July to

Aug.

Expenditure category

Recreation 2 ............................................................................... 5.552 111.347 111.139 -0.1 -0.2 0.0 -0.1 -0.1 

Video and audio 2 .................................................................... 1.719 102.779 102.311 -2.3 -.5 .2 -.5 -.4 

Education and communication 2 ................................................ 6.034 119.025 120.311 2.4 1.1 .0 .2 .3 

Education 2 .............................................................................. 3.076 169.490 172.873 5.5 2.0 .2 .5 .5 

Educational books and supplies ............................................. .204 418.394 427.425 9.2 2.2 .3 1.1 1.8 

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare ................................ 2.872 488.382 498.071 5.2 2.0 .2 .5 .4 

Communication 2 ..................................................................... 2.958 83.553 83.655 -.8 .1 -.2 .0 .1 

Information and information processing 1 2 ............................ 2.769 80.840 80.944 -1.0 .1 -.3 .0 .1 

Telephone services 1 2 ......................................................... 2.225 98.570 98.813 3.0 .2 .0 .1 .2 

Information technology, hardware and services 1 5 ............. .543 10.528 10.487 -16.1 -.4 -1.8 -.7 -.4 

Personal computers and peripheral equipment 1 2 ............ .203 9.601 9.524 -10.2 -.8 -2.7 -1.0 -.8 

Other goods and services .......................................................... 3.476 333.415 333.325 3.6 .0 .3 .0 .1 

Tobacco and smoking products 1 ............................................ .712 553.987 555.217 6.5 .2 .5 .3 .2 

Personal care ........................................................................... 2.764 195.704 195.521 2.9 -.1 .2 .0 .0 

Personal care products 1 ....................................................... .708 158.457 157.788 1.9 -.4 .1 -.2 -.4 

Personal care services 1 ........................................................ .677 216.720 217.028 3.3 .1 -.2 .4 .1 

Miscellaneous personal services ........................................... 1.188 324.579 325.566 3.6 .3 .3 -.2 .4 

Commodity and service group

Commodities ................................................................................ 40.305 167.938 166.955 .2 -.6 .0 .0 -.5

Food and beverages .................................................................. 14.992 203.533 204.289 4.2 .4 .5 .3 .4 

Commodities less food and beverages ...................................... 25.313 148.016 146.317 -2.1 -1.1 -.2 -.2 -1.1 

Nondurables less food and beverages ..................................... 14.191 183.947 180.480 -2.2 -1.9 -.3 -.6 -2.1 

Apparel ................................................................................... 3.726 113.500 114.439 -1.4 .8 -.6 .4 -.5

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel .................... 10.465 231.983 225.694 -2.4 -2.7 -.6 -.8 -2.4 

Durables ................................................................................... 11.122 112.177 112.036 -2.0 -.1 -.1 .0 .1 

Services ....................................................................................... 59.695 248.331 248.555 3.2 .1 .3 .2 .1 

Rent of shelter 4 ......................................................................... 32.407 252.358 252.530 3.5 .1 .4 .3 .1 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ....................................... .369 116.577 116.926 .6 .3 .6 -.5 .3 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ....................................................... 4.029 193.184 190.710 2.3 -1.3 -.1 -.5 -1.3 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ....................... .897 144.181 144.972 5.2 .5 .2 1.0 .5 

Household operations 1 2 ........................................................... .792 140.691 140.971 2.9 .2 .0 .1 .2 

Transportation services .............................................................. 5.638 234.632 234.563 1.0 .0 .4 .4 .4 

Medical care services ................................................................. 4.834 370.008 371.461 5.5 .4 .3 .6 .5 

Other services ............................................................................ 10.730 284.859 286.492 2.6 .6 .1 .1 .2

Special indexes

All items less food ........................................................................ 86.115 209.179 208.607 1.6 -.3 .1 .1 -.2 

All items less shelter .................................................................... 67.224 197.408 196.803 1.2 -.3 .1 .1 -.3

All items less medical care ........................................................... 93.719 201.042 200.598 1.8 -.2 .2 .1 -.2 

Commodities less food ................................................................. 26.420 150.225 148.591 -1.9 -1.1 -.2 -.2 -1.0

Nondurables less food ................................................................. 15.299 185.382 182.170 -1.8 -1.7 -.3 -.5 -1.9

Nondurables less food and apparel ............................................. 11.572 228.641 223.057 -1.9 -2.4 -.4 -.7 -2.2 

Nondurables ................................................................................. 29.183 194.326 192.869 1.0 -.7 .0 -.2 -.8 

Services less rent of shelter 4 ...................................................... 27.288 262.284 262.588 2.8 .1 .4 .2 .0 

Services less medical care services ............................................ 54.861 238.357 238.507 3.0 .1 .4 .2 .1 

Energy .......................................................................................... 8.715 217.274 209.294 -2.5 -3.7 -.5 -1.0 -3.2 

All items less energy .................................................................... 91.285 208.980 209.399 2.4 .2 .3 .2 .2

All items less food and energy ................................................... 77.401 210.756 211.111 2.1 .2 .2 .2 .2 

Commodities less food and energy commodities ..................... 21.735 138.757 138.895 -.7 .1 -.1 .1 .0 

Energy commodities ............................................................... 4.685 253.696 239.885 -5.9 -5.4 -.9 -1.4 -4.6 

Services less energy services .................................................. 55.666 253.998 254.491 3.2 .2 .3 .3 .2 

Purchasing power of the consumer dollar (1982-84=$1.00) ........ -

 $ .480 $ .481 - ----

Purchasing power of the consumer dollar (1967=$1.00) ............. - $ .160 $ .161 - ----

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. - 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)

CPI-U

Seasonally adjusted indexes Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent

change for

3 months ended— 6 months

ended—

May

2007

June

2007

July

2007

Aug.

2007

Nov.

2006

Feb.

2007

May

2007

Aug.

2007 Feb.

2007

Aug.

2007

Expenditure category

All items .............................................................................. 207.387 207.784 208.028 207.738 -3.7 4.0 7.0 0.7 0.1 3.8 

Food and beverages ......................................................... 202.227 203.192 203.709 204.528 2.3 5.9 4.2 4.6 4.1 4.4

Food ................................................................................ 201.794 202.773 203.311 204.143 2.1 6.1 4.2 4.7 4.1 4.5 

Food at home ................................................................ 200.339 201.525 201.731 202.573 1.9 7.0 5.4 4.5 4.4 5.0 

Cereals and bakery products ...................................... 220.379 221.959 222.231 223.047 3.0 7.2 2.4 4.9 5.1 3.7 

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ..................................... 196.611 197.568 196.783 197.030 2.4 5.2 13.7 .9 3.8 7.1 

Dairy and related products .......................................... 187.354 193.257 198.511 201.964 .2 6.5 9.5 35.0 3.3 21.6 

Fruits and vegetables .................................................. 263.352 260.558 257.781 257.280 4.8 18.0 -6.0 -8.9 11.2 -7.4

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials ....... 153.191 153.685 153.554 155.469 5.0 3.3 7.3 6.1 4.1 6.7 

Other food at home ..................................................... 172.559 173.792 174.356 174.576 -2.3 4.2 3.1 4.8 .9 3.9 

Sugar and sweets ..................................................... 175.236 176.267 177.285 177.514 1.6 .6 3.4 5.3 1.1 4.4 

Fats and oils .............................................................. 171.038 172.105 174.272 174.376 4.6 2.4 1.2 8.0 3.5 4.6

Other foods 1 ............................................................ 187.921 189.353 189.518 189.781 -4.4 5.2 3.4 4.0 .3 3.7 

Other miscellaneous foods 1 2 ................................ 114.692 116.101 115.017 116.072 .0 4.1 -.9 4.9 2.0 2.0 

Food away from home 1 ............................................... 205.233 205.934 206.931 207.756 2.8 4.7 2.6 5.0 3.7 3.8 

Other food away from home 2 ..................................... 143.226 143.183 144.700 145.278 4.1 9.0 4.7 5.9 6.5 5.3 

Alcoholic beverages 1 ..................................................... 206.599 207.383 207.624 208.264 .8 5.6 4.4 3.3 3.2 3.8 

Housing ............................................................................. 208.912 209.617 209.959 209.933 3.0 4.2 2.5 2.0 3.6 2.2 

Shelter ............................................................................. 239.550 240.547 241.112 241.475 4.4 3.7 2.6 3.3 4.0 2.9 

Rent of primary residence 3 .......................................... 233.654 234.254 234.903 235.349 4.7 5.1 3.5 2.9 4.9 3.2 

Lodging away from home 2 ........................................... 141.581 145.059 146.182 145.314 4.2 6.0 4.9 11.0 5.1 7.9 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 3 4 ......... 245.277 245.778 246.191 246.761 4.2 3.2 2.1 2.4 3.7 2.3 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ......................... 116.386 117.106 116.577 116.926 7.4 -3.3 -3.1 1.9 1.9 -.7 

Fuels and utilities ............................................................ 200.602 200.780 200.791 199.053 -2.0 11.5 4.9 -3.1 4.5 .8 

Household energy ......................................................... 182.006 182.136 181.795 179.698 -2.9 12.2 5.2 -5.0 4.4 .0 

Fuel oil and other fuels ................................................ 240.264 244.933 253.273 253.876 -32.3 -9.7 33.9 24.7 -21.8 29.2 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ....................................... 187.275 187.119 186.201 183.827 .0 14.3 3.2 -7.2 6.9 -2.1 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 .......... 142.552 142.805 144.181 144.972 3.5 6.9 3.4 7.0 5.2 5.2 

Household furnishings and operations ............................ 127.099 127.183 126.971 126.735 .0 -.2 -.4 -1.1 -.1 -.8 

Household operations 1 2 ............................................. 140.465 140.527 140.691 140.971 5.7 2.4 2.1 1.4 4.0 1.8 

Apparel .............................................................................. 118.772 118.065 118.585 117.936 -.3 4.1 -6.6 -2.8 1.9 -4.7 

Men’s and boys’ apparel ................................................. 111.817 111.634 113.150 112.309 -2.4 -3.8 -1.8 1.8 -3.1 .0 

Women’s and girls’ apparel ............................................. 110.951 108.817 108.619 108.533 -.4 9.4 -9.1 -8.4 4.4 -8.8

Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel .......................................... 112.180 112.895 111.839 112.203 -4.0 -3.0 -11.4 .1 -3.5 -5.8 

Footwear ......................................................................... 121.648 121.283 123.124 122.326 2.0 -.7 -4.3 2.2 .6 -1.1 

Transportation ................................................................... 187.879 187.592 187.002 184.702 -27.5 3.8 30.6 -6.6 -13.3 10.4 

Private transportation ...................................................... 184.318 183.924 183.322 180.862 -28.5 3.5 33.2 -7.3 -14.0 11.1 

New and used motor vehicles 2 .................................... 94.027 94.126 94.380 94.626 -5.3 -2.3 -.5 2.6 -3.8 1.0 

New vehicles ............................................................... 136.303 136.317 136.361 136.457 -3.4 -.9 .3 .5 -2.2 .4

Used cars and trucks 1 ............................................... 134.481 135.067 136.024 137.138 -13.6 -7.6 -.3 8.1 -10.7 3.8 

Motor fuel ...................................................................... 256.776 254.122 249.813 237.534 -66.5 17.5 166.8 -26.8 -37.3 39.8 

Gasoline (all types) ..................................................... 255.731 253.031 248.717 236.522 -66.6 17.4 168.2 -26.8 -37.4 40.1 

Motor vehicle parts and equipment 1 ............................ 120.990 120.885 121.514 121.730 4.5 2.4 2.7 2.5 3.4 2.6 

Motor vehicle maintenance and repair .......................... 222.104 222.723 223.624 224.432 3.0 3.7 3.5 4.3 3.4 3.9 

Public transportation ....................................................... 226.040 227.879 227.627 228.803 -11.0 8.4 -3.3 5.0 -1.8 .8 

Medical care ...................................................................... 348.467 349.272 351.450 353.209 3.2 6.0 3.3 5.6 4.6 4.4 

Medical care commodities .............................................. 288.277 288.154 289.810 290.911 -.3 1.0 .6 3.7 .4 2.2 

Medical care services ..................................................... 366.427 367.567 369.912 371.893 4.4 7.5 4.0 6.1 5.9 5.1

Professional services .................................................... 298.929 299.630 300.785 302.356 3.3 7.4 1.3 4.7 5.3 3.0

Hospital and related services 3 ..................................... 493.924 495.327 499.895 502.604 4.3 6.3 7.6 7.2 5.3 7.4 

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)

CPI-U

Seasonally adjusted indexes Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent

change for

3 months ended— 6 months

ended—

May

2007

June

2007

July

2007

Aug.

2007

Nov.

2006

Feb.

2007

May

2007

Aug.

2007 Feb.

2007

Aug.

2007

Expenditure category

Recreation 2 ...................................................................... 111.400 111.424 111.335 111.186 0.4 -0.9 0.9 -0.8 -0.3 0.1

Video and audio 2 ........................................................... 103.089 103.318 102.766 102.381 -3.0 -3.5 .1 -2.7 -3.3 -1.3 

Education and communication 2 ....................................... 119.491 119.517 119.812 120.182 .3 1.5 5.3 2.3 .9 3.8 

Education 2 ..................................................................... 170.365 170.781 171.682 172.510 6.0 4.9 6.0 5.1 5.4 5.6 

Educational books and supplies ................................... 415.517 416.568 421.161 428.565 6.9 6.6 10.5 13.2 6.7 11.8 

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare ...................... 491.336 492.532 494.925 496.848 5.8 4.8 5.7 4.6 5.3 5.1 

Communication 2 ............................................................ 83.771 83.594 83.553 83.658 -4.7 -2.2 4.6 -.5 -3.4 2.0 

Information and information processing 1 2 .................. 81.151 80.880 80.840 80.944 -4.8 -2.4 4.2 -1.0 -3.6 1.6 

Telephone services 1 2 ............................................... 98.491 98.485 98.570 98.813 2.5 2.5 5.9 1.3 2.5 3.6 

Information technology, hardware and services 1 5 .... 10.787 10.597 10.528 10.487 -30.8 -17.9 -2.4 -10.7 -24.6 -6.6 

Personal computers and peripheral equipment 1 2 ... 9.971 9.700 9.601 9.524 -10.8 -4.8 -7.7 -16.8 -7.9 -12.4 

Other goods and services ................................................. 332.499 333.375 333.462 333.712 3.3 6.8 3.0 1.5 5.0 2.2

Tobacco and smoking products 1 ................................... 549.703 552.314 553.987 555.217 -1.3 24.7 .6 4.1 11.0 2.3 

Personal care .................................................................. 195.427 195.833 195.739 195.809 4.5 2.5 3.6 .8 3.5 2.2 

Personal care products 1 .............................................. 158.594 158.771 158.457 157.788 3.1 5.1 1.4 -2.0 4.1 -.3 

Personal care services 1 ............................................... 216.228 215.860 216.720 217.028 4.3 4.4 3.0 1.5 4.3 2.3 

Miscellaneous personal services .................................. 324.032 325.136 324.498 325.752 5.3 2.1 4.7 2.1 3.7 3.4 

Commodity and service group

Commodities ....................................................................... 168.578 168.620 168.542 167.657 -12.9 4.0 13.6 -2.2 -4.8 5.4 

Food and beverages ......................................................... 202.227 203.192 203.709 204.528 2.3 5.9 4.2 4.6 4.1 4.4

Commodities less food and beverages ............................. 149.471 149.116 148.786 147.198 -20.6 3.0 19.5 -5.9 -9.5 6.0 

Nondurables less food and beverages ........................... 185.615 184.980 183.925 180.059 -23.6 3.2 31.2 -11.4 -11.2 7.8 

Apparel .......................................................................... 118.772 118.065 118.585 117.936 -.3 4.1 -6.6 -2.8 1.9 -4.7 

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel .......... 234.300 232.988 231.202 225.615 -39.4 8.5 60.7 -14.0 -18.9 17.5 

Durables .......................................................................... 112.434 112.361 112.376 112.528 -4.1 -2.8 -1.3 .3 -3.4 -.5 

Services .............................................................................. 245.870 246.637 247.174 247.469 3.2 4.3 2.7 2.6 3.7 2.7 

Rent of shelter 4 ................................................................ 249.718 250.724 251.435 251.709 4.2 3.8 2.6 3.2 4.0 2.9 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ............................. 116.386 117.106 116.577 116.926 7.4 -3.3 -3.1 1.9 1.9 -.7 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ............................................. 187.275 187.119 186.201 183.827 .0 14.3 3.2 -7.2 6.9 -2.1 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 .............. 142.552 142.805 144.181 144.972 3.5 6.9 3.4 7.0 5.2 5.2 

Household operations 1 2 ................................................. 140.465 140.527 140.691 140.971 5.7 2.4 2.1 1.4 4.0 1.8 

Transportation services ..................................................... 231.426 232.372 233.221 234.183 -.7 2.2 -2.1 4.9 .7 1.3 

Medical care services ....................................................... 366.427 367.567 369.912 371.893 4.4 7.5 4.0 6.1 5.9 5.1 

Other services ................................................................... 285.213 285.569 285.897 286.386 2.2 1.8 5.0 1.7 2.0 3.3 

Special indexes

All items less food ............................................................... 208.336 208.636 208.831 208.356 -4.6 3.8 7.5 .0 -.5 3.7 

All items less shelter ........................................................... 197.122 197.285 197.405 196.853 -7.4 4.3 9.2 -.5 -1.7 4.2 

All items less medical care .................................................. 200.225 200.603 200.770 200.405 -4.2 4.1 7.3 .4 -.2 3.8 

Commodities less food ........................................................ 151.608 151.287 150.973 149.448 -19.9 3.1 18.8 -5.6 -9.1 5.9 

Nondurables less food ........................................................ 186.872 186.289 185.359 181.786 -21.9 3.0 29.2 -10.5 -10.3 7.6 

Nondurables less food and apparel .................................... 230.622 229.586 227.933 222.999 -36.4 8.0 54.6 -12.6 -17.1 16.2 

Nondurables ........................................................................ 194.573 194.630 194.200 192.718 -11.6 4.7 16.6 -3.8 -3.8 5.9 

Services less rent of shelter 4 ............................................. 260.009 261.082 261.518 261.644 .2 4.4 4.2 2.5 2.3 3.3 

Services less medical care services ................................... 236.073 237.044 237.457 237.685 2.1 3.9 3.2 2.8 3.0 3.0 

Energy ................................................................................. 216.073 214.911 212.732 205.920 -44.5 14.9 71.0 -17.5 -20.1 18.8 

All items less energy ........................................................... 208.092 208.656 209.158 209.556 1.8 3.1 2.0 2.8 2.4 2.4 

All items less food and energy .......................................... 209.948 210.436 210.933 211.250 1.8 2.6 1.6 2.5 2.2 2.0

Commodities less food and energy commodities ........... 139.880 139.809 140.013 139.963 -2.5 .7 -1.3 .2 -.9 -.5 

Energy commodities ..................................................... 257.001 254.792 251.255 239.722 -64.9 15.3 155.3 -24.3 -36.4 39.0 

Services less energy services ......................................... 251.880 252.739 253.423 253.985 3.5 3.5 2.7 3.4 3.5 3.0 

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.

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)

CPI-U

All items 

Pricing

schedule 1

Indexes Percent change to

Aug.2007 from—

Percent change to

July2007 from—

May

2007

June

2007

July

2007

Aug.

2007

Aug.

2006

June

2007

July

2007

July

2006

May

2007

June

2007

U.S. city average ............................................ M 207.949 208.352 208.299 207.917 2.0 -0.2 -0.2 2.4 0.2 0.0 

Region and area size2

Northeast urban .............................................. M 220.591 221.579 221.945 221.559 1.6 .0 -.2 2.0 .6 .2 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 222.924 224.036 224.229 224.246 1.6 .1 .0 1.9 .6 .1 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 130.488 130.893 131.391 130.519 1.6 -.3 -.7 2.5 .7 .4 

Midwest urban ................................................ M 199.194 199.263 198.989 198.551 1.8 -.4 -.2 2.3 -.1 -.1 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 200.818 200.666 200.369 199.823 1.5 -.4 -.3 2.1 -.2 -.1 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 127.247 127.372 127.111 126.886 2.2 -.4 -.2 2.4 -.1 -.2 

Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than

50,000) ............................................... M 193.467 194.442 194.815 194.716 2.0 .1 -.1 2.5 .7 .2 

South urban .................................................... M 200.804 201.675 201.571 201.041 2.0 -.3 -.3 2.3 .4 -.1 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 202.840 204.152 203.953 203.579 2.2 -.3 -.2 2.5 .5 -.1 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 127.893 128.265 128.226 127.833 1.9 -.3 -.3 2.2 .3 .0 

Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than

50,000) ............................................... M 200.919 201.445 201.576 200.771 1.2 -.3 -.4 1.8 .3 .1 

West urban ..................................................... M 213.063 212.680 212.542 212.406 2.4 -.1 -.1 2.8 -.2 -.1 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 216.640 215.901 215.855 215.825 2.4 .0 .0 2.8 -.4 .0 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 129.129 129.262 129.067 128.939 2.2 -.2 -.1 2.8 .0 -.2 

Size classes

A 4 .............................................................. M 190.327 190.637 190.571 190.382 2.0 -.1 -.1 2.3 .1 .0 

B/C 3 ........................................................... M 128.347 128.628 128.601 128.216 2.0 -.3 -.3 2.4 .2 .0 

D ................................................................. M 200.118 200.800 200.893 200.311 1.9 -.2 -.3 2.5 .4 .0 

Selected local areas5

Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI ................... M 205.686 206.092 205.561 205.813 2.7 -.1 .1 3.1 -.1 -.3 

Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA ... M 218.596 217.273 217.454 217.330 2.6 .0 -.1 2.9 -.5 .1 

New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island,

NY-NJ-CT-PA ......................................... M 227.146 228.258 228.628 228.326 1.9 .0 -.1 2.5 .7 .2 

Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT ..... 1 226.247 -

 226.929 ---- .8 .3 -

Cleveland-Akron, OH ...................................... 1 196.216 - 197.010 ---- 2.0 .4 -

Dallas-Fort Worth, TX ..................................... 1 192.779 - 194.286 ---- 1.3 .8 -

Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV 6 ...... 1 132.982 - 134.442 ---- 2.9 1.1 -

Atlanta, GA ..................................................... 2 - 202.200 - 201.258 2.0 -.5 ----

Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI .............................. 2 - 201.585 - 199.679 .5 -.9 ----

Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX .................... 2 - 184.529 - 183.740 .7 -.4 ----

Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL ............................. 2 - 212.820 - 213.127 3.7 .1 ----

Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,

PA-NJ-DE-MD ........................................ 2 - 217.255 - 218.692 1.1 .7 ----

San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA ........... 2 - 216.123 - 216.240 2.6 .1 ----

Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA .................... 2 - 215.510 - 215.978 3.0 .2 ----

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

2006

Unadjusted

indexes

Unadjusted

percent change to

Aug. 2007 from—

Seasonally adjusted

percent change from—

July

2007

Aug.

2007

Aug.

2006

July

2007

May to

June

June to

July

July to

Aug.

Expenditure category

All items ........................................................................................ 100.000 203.700 203.199 1.8 -0.2 0.1 0.1 -0.2 

All items (1967=100) .................................................................... -

 606.759 605.267 - ----

Food and beverages .................................................................. 16.475 202.823 203.610 4.3 .4 .5 .2 .4 

Food ......................................................................................... 15.457 202.409 203.207 4.4 .4 .5 .3 .4 

Food at home ......................................................................... 9.244 200.569 201.321 4.7 .4 .6 .1 .4 

Cereals and bakery products ............................................... 1.285 223.663 224.220 4.4 .2 .7 .1 .4 

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs .............................................. 2.623 196.323 196.844 5.4 .3 .4 -.3 .2 

Dairy and related products ................................................... .928 198.027 201.598 12.4 1.8 3.2 2.9 1.6 

Fruits and vegetables ........................................................... 1.332 252.703 251.575 1.5 -.4 -1.0 -1.2 -.2 

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials ................ 1.082 152.829 154.152 5.4 .9 .3 .1 1.2 

Other food at home .............................................................. 1.993 173.727 173.997 2.4 .2 .7 .3 .2 

Sugar and sweets .............................................................. .337 176.736 176.664 2.4 .0 .5 .6 .1 

Fats and oils ....................................................................... .283 174.109 174.872 4.0 .4 .6 1.0 .3 

Other foods 1 ...................................................................... 1.373 189.667 189.941 2.0 .1 .7 .1 .1 

Other miscellaneous foods 1 2 ......................................... .368 115.355 116.348 1.9 .9 1.2 -.9 .9 

Food away from home 1 ......................................................... 6.213 206.657 207.533 3.8 .4 .3 .5 .4 

Other food away from home 2 .............................................. .279 144.439 144.938 6.0 .3 -.1 1.0 .3 

Alcoholic beverages 1 .............................................................. 1.018 207.647 208.253 3.8 .3 .5 -.1 .3 

Housing ...................................................................................... 40.463 206.183 206.054 2.9 -.1 .2 .2 .0 

Shelter ...................................................................................... 30.570 233.848 234.169 3.4 .1 .3 .2 .2 

Rent of primary residence 3 ................................................... 8.021 233.855 234.457 4.1 .3 .2 .3 .2 

Lodging away from home 2 .................................................... 1.430 153.107 149.919 6.3 -2.1 2.5 .2 -.7 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 3 4 .................. 20.776 223.093 223.693 2.9 .3 .2 .2 .2 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ................................... .342 116.912 117.287 .6 .3 .6 -.5 .3 

Fuels and utilities ..................................................................... 5.779 204.272 202.397 2.6 -.9 -.1 .0 -.9

Household energy .................................................................. 4.842 184.725 182.518 2.2 -1.2 -.2 -.2 -1.2 

Fuel oil and other fuels ......................................................... .346 245.633 246.382 .7 .3 2.0 3.7 .1 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ................................................. 4.496 191.010 188.511 2.3 -1.3 -.3 -.5 -1.3 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ................... .937 144.432 145.259 5.1 .6 .2 .9 .6 

Household furnishings and operations ..................................... 4.114 122.550 122.190 -.4 -.3 .1 .1 -.2 

Household operations 1 2 ....................................................... .368 143.175 143.526 2.7 .2 .1 .2 .2 

Apparel ....................................................................................... 4.041 113.157 114.146 -1.3 .9 -.9 .8 -.3 

Men’s and boys’ apparel .......................................................... .954 109.580 108.556 -2.1 -.9 .0 1.6 -1.1 

Women’s and girls’ apparel ...................................................... 1.680 101.709 103.960 -1.4 2.2 -2.1 .5 .5 

Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel ................................................... .235 110.906 112.879 -4.1 1.8 .6 -.6 .6 

Footwear .................................................................................. .954 119.278 119.831 -.4 .5 -.5 1.3 -.7

Transportation ............................................................................ 19.515 187.606 184.147 -2.4 -1.8 -.2 -.3 -1.4 

Private transportation ............................................................... 18.793 184.684 181.218 -2.5 -1.9 -.2 -.3 -1.5

New and used motor vehicles 2 ............................................. 8.626 93.042 93.229 -1.7 .2 .1 .3 .3 

New vehicles ........................................................................ 5.210 136.663 136.414 -.7 -.2 .0 .1 .1 

Used cars and trucks 1 ......................................................... 2.675 136.880 137.999 -3.6 .8 .4 .7 .8 

Motor fuel ............................................................................... 5.441 253.893 239.097 -6.3 -5.8 -1.1 -1.5 -5.0 

Gasoline (all types) .............................................................. 5.388 252.957 238.100 -6.3 -5.9 -1.1 -1.6 -5.0

Motor vehicle parts and equipment 1 ..................................... .444 121.350 121.584 3.2 .2 .0 .6 .2 

Motor vehicle maintenance and repair ................................... 1.145 226.090 226.636 3.7 .2 .3 .4 .4 

Public transportation ................................................................ .723 233.390 231.082 -.1 -1.0 .8 -.2 .4 

Medical care ............................................................................... 5.228 351.346 352.704 4.6 .4 .2 .7 .5

Medical care commodities ........................................................ 1.135 282.662 283.379 1.0 .3 -.2 .6 .3 

Medical care services ............................................................... 4.094 370.696 372.261 5.6 .4 .3 .7 .6 

Professional services ............................................................. 2.338 303.481 304.677 4.2 .4 .3 .4 .6 

Hospital and related services 3 .............................................. 1.378 493.563 495.191 6.1 .3 .3 .9 .5 

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

2006

Unadjusted

indexes

Unadjusted

percent change to

Aug. 2007 from—

Seasonally adjusted

percent change from—

July

2007

Aug.

2007

Aug.

2006

July

2007

May to

June

June to

July

July to

Aug.

Expenditure category

Recreation 2 ............................................................................... 5.022 108.403 108.179 -0.3 -0.2 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1 

Video and audio 2 .................................................................... 1.867 102.358 101.923 -2.1 -.4 .2 -.5 -.4 

Education and communication 2 ................................................ 5.605 115.980 116.981 2.2 .9 .0 .3 .3 

Education 2 .............................................................................. 2.329 167.527 170.635 5.5 1.9 .1 .6 .5 

Educational books and supplies ............................................. .208 421.529 431.089 9.7 2.3 .2 1.1 1.8 

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare ................................ 2.121 472.395 480.960 5.1 1.8 .1 .6 .3 

Communication 2 ..................................................................... 3.276 86.015 86.148 -.1 .2 -.2 .0 .2 

Information and information processing 1 2 ............................ 3.124 84.111 84.248 -.3 .2 -.2 .0 .2 

Telephone services 1 2 ......................................................... 2.633 98.721 98.964 3.1 .2 .0 .1 .2 

Information technology, hardware and services 1 5 ............. .492 11.001 10.965 -16.3 -.3 -1.6 -.6 -.3 

Personal computers and peripheral equipment 1 2 ............ .178 9.495 9.421 -10.3 -.8 -2.6 -.9 -.8 

Other goods and services .......................................................... 3.652 344.221 344.214 4.0 .0 .3 .1 .1 

Tobacco and smoking products 1 ............................................ 1.139 555.366 556.517 6.4 .2 .5 .3 .2 

Personal care ........................................................................... 2.513 193.792 193.598 2.9 -.1 .2 .0 .0 

Personal care products 1 ....................................................... .771 158.445 157.813 1.8 -.4 .1 -.2 -.4 

Personal care services 1 ........................................................ .618 217.040 217.354 3.4 .1 -.1 .4 .1 

Miscellaneous personal services ........................................... .962 326.135 327.235 3.9 .3 .4 -.2 .4 

Commodity and service group

Commodities ................................................................................ 44.175 170.252 169.122 .2 -.7 .0 .0 -.6

Food and beverages .................................................................. 16.475 202.823 203.610 4.3 .4 .5 .2 .4 

Commodities less food and beverages ...................................... 27.700 151.724 149.781 -2.1 -1.3 -.3 -.1 -1.2 

Nondurables less food and beverages ..................................... 15.699 191.603 187.515 -2.2 -2.1 -.5 -.5 -2.4 

Apparel ................................................................................... 4.041 113.157 114.146 -1.3 .9 -.9 .8 -.3

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel .................... 11.658 244.695 237.329 -2.5 -3.0 -1.0 -.5 -2.6 

Durables ................................................................................... 12.001 112.425 112.362 -1.9 -.1 .0 .1 .1 

Services ....................................................................................... 55.825 242.901 243.118 3.1 .1 .2 .2 .1 

Rent of shelter 4 ......................................................................... 30.227 225.455 225.760 3.4 .1 .3 .2 .1 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ....................................... .342 116.912 117.287 .6 .3 .6 -.5 .3 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ....................................................... 4.496 191.010 188.511 2.3 -1.3 -.3 -.5 -1.3 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ....................... .937 144.432 145.259 5.1 .6 .2 .9 .6 

Household operations 1 2 ........................................................... .368 143.175 143.526 2.7 .2 .1 .2 .2 

Transportation services .............................................................. 5.600 233.737 233.831 1.2 .0 .4 .4 .4 

Medical care services ................................................................. 4.094 370.696 372.261 5.6 .4 .3 .7 .6 

Other services ............................................................................ 9.761 274.766 276.015 2.4 .5 .0 .1 .2

Special indexes

All items less food ........................................................................ 84.543 203.750 203.011 1.3 -.4 .0 .1 -.3 

All items less shelter .................................................................... 69.430 194.913 194.109 1.1 -.4 .0 .1 -.4

All items less medical care ........................................................... 94.772 197.504 196.949 1.6 -.3 .1 .1 -.2 

Commodities less food ................................................................. 28.718 153.730 151.846 -1.9 -1.2 -.3 -.1 -1.1

Nondurables less food ................................................................. 16.717 192.714 188.873 -1.9 -2.0 -.4 -.5 -2.2

Nondurables less food and apparel ............................................. 12.676 240.471 233.817 -2.0 -2.8 -.5 -.8 -2.5 

Nondurables ................................................................................. 32.174 198.000 196.266 1.0 -.9 -.1 -.2 -.9 

Services less rent of shelter 4 ...................................................... 25.598 232.367 232.450 2.7 .0 .4 .1 .0 

Services less medical care services ............................................ 51.732 233.415 233.562 2.9 .1 .4 .1 .1 

Energy .......................................................................................... 10.282 217.795 209.441 -2.7 -3.8 -.7 -1.0 -3.4 

All items less energy .................................................................... 89.718 202.849 203.319 2.4 .2 .2 .3 .2

All items less food and energy ................................................... 74.261 203.310 203.710 2.0 .2 .2 .3 .2 

Commodities less food and energy commodities ..................... 22.932 139.352 139.557 -.6 .1 -.1 .3 .0 

Energy commodities ............................................................... 5.786 254.282 240.247 -5.9 -5.5 -.9 -1.3 -4.7 

Services less energy services .................................................. 51.329 248.434 248.977 3.1 .2 .3 .3 .2 

Purchasing power of the consumer dollar (1982-84=$1.00) ........ -

 $ .491 $ .492 - ----

Purchasing power of the consumer dollar (1967=$1.00) ............. - $ .165 $ .165 - ----

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. - 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)

CPI-W

Seasonally adjusted indexes Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent

change for

3 months ended— 6 months

ended—

May

2007

June

2007

July

2007

Aug.

2007

Nov.

2006

Feb.

2007

May

2007

Aug.

2007 Feb.

2007

Aug.

2007

Expenditure category

All items .............................................................................. 203.070 203.289 203.547 203.153 -5.1 4.1 8.5 0.2 -0.6 4.2 

Food and beverages ......................................................... 201.521 202.484 202.990 203.829 2.3 5.7 4.6 4.7 4.0 4.7

Food ................................................................................ 201.088 202.040 202.586 203.440 2.5 5.6 4.7 4.8 4.0 4.7 

Food at home ................................................................ 199.429 200.582 200.860 201.705 2.1 6.2 6.0 4.6 4.1 5.3 

Cereals and bakery products ...................................... 220.710 222.309 222.475 223.401 3.4 6.2 3.0 5.0 4.8 4.0 

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ..................................... 196.102 196.937 196.383 196.683 2.6 4.7 13.8 1.2 3.7 7.3 

Dairy and related products .......................................... 187.105 193.100 198.664 201.842 -.2 6.9 10.5 35.4 3.3 22.3 

Fruits and vegetables .................................................. 261.575 258.830 255.779 255.386 5.7 16.2 -5.0 -9.1 10.8 -7.1

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials ....... 152.510 152.979 153.081 154.886 4.7 2.9 7.6 6.4 3.8 7.0 

Other food at home ..................................................... 171.900 173.083 173.641 173.908 -1.9 3.5 3.2 4.8 .8 3.9 

Sugar and sweets ..................................................... 173.743 174.680 175.813 175.909 1.2 .4 3.0 5.1 .8 4.0 

Fats and oils .............................................................. 171.928 172.917 174.579 175.126 4.8 1.5 2.1 7.7 3.2 4.8

Other foods 1 ............................................................ 188.049 189.456 189.667 189.941 -4.0 4.8 3.4 4.1 .3 3.8 

Other miscellaneous foods 1 2 ................................ 115.035 116.366 115.355 116.348 -.3 3.7 -.4 4.6 1.7 2.1 

Food away from home 1 ............................................... 205.046 205.691 206.657 207.533 3.0 4.6 2.7 4.9 3.8 3.8 

Other food away from home 2 ..................................... 143.120 143.004 144.409 144.899 4.2 9.7 5.1 5.1 6.9 5.1 

Alcoholic beverages 1 ..................................................... 206.636 207.767 207.647 208.253 2.4 5.5 4.0 3.2 3.9 3.6 

Housing ............................................................................. 204.238 204.709 205.060 205.005 2.6 4.5 2.8 1.5 3.6 2.2 

Shelter ............................................................................. 232.091 232.821 233.328 233.721 4.1 3.7 2.8 2.8 3.9 2.8 

Rent of primary residence 3 .......................................... 232.806 233.368 234.070 234.536 4.5 5.0 3.7 3.0 4.8 3.4 

Lodging away from home 2 ........................................... 141.776 145.318 145.591 144.594 2.4 5.2 9.4 8.2 3.8 8.8 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 3 4 ......... 222.344 222.727 223.171 223.664 3.9 3.3 2.1 2.4 3.6 2.3 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ......................... 116.828 117.503 116.912 117.287 7.0 -3.3 -2.7 1.6 1.8 -.6 

Fuels and utilities ............................................................ 199.088 198.891 198.917 197.133 -1.9 12.0 5.0 -3.9 4.8 .4 

Household energy ......................................................... 179.556 179.274 178.981 176.872 -2.7 13.1 5.3 -5.8 4.9 -.4 

Fuel oil and other fuels ................................................ 239.903 244.615 253.612 253.970 -33.4 -7.4 33.1 25.6 -21.5 29.3 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ....................................... 185.598 185.008 184.154 181.788 .2 14.7 3.5 -8.0 7.2 -2.4 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 .......... 142.786 143.086 144.432 145.259 3.2 6.9 3.3 7.1 5.0 5.2 

Household furnishings and operations ............................ 122.542 122.643 122.706 122.415 .0 -.6 -.6 -.4 -.3 -.5 

Household operations 1 2 ............................................. 142.780 142.941 143.175 143.526 3.5 2.8 2.5 2.1 3.2 2.3 

Apparel .............................................................................. 118.255 117.216 118.157 117.843 .0 2.2 -5.9 -1.4 1.1 -3.7 

Men’s and boys’ apparel ................................................. 111.391 111.352 113.122 111.897 -2.4 -5.9 -1.8 1.8 -4.2 .0 

Women’s and girls’ apparel ............................................. 110.729 108.380 108.877 109.399 -.4 8.4 -8.3 -4.7 3.9 -6.5

Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel .......................................... 114.205 114.892 114.249 114.924 -2.0 -2.9 -13.2 2.5 -2.5 -5.7 

Footwear ......................................................................... 121.623 120.984 122.575 121.695 2.0 .1 -3.9 .2 1.1 -1.9 

Transportation ................................................................... 187.996 187.605 187.060 184.468 -29.8 3.7 34.7 -7.3 -14.7 11.8 

Private transportation ...................................................... 185.340 184.886 184.340 181.660 -30.5 3.5 36.5 -7.7 -15.2 12.2 

New and used motor vehicles 2 .................................... 93.015 93.140 93.427 93.724 -6.5 -2.8 -.1 3.1 -4.7 1.5 

New vehicles ............................................................... 137.497 137.508 137.606 137.732 -3.1 -.9 .6 .7 -2.0 .6

Used cars and trucks 1 ............................................... 135.320 135.917 136.880 137.999 -13.5 -7.6 -.3 8.2 -10.6 3.9 

Motor fuel ...................................................................... 257.662 254.852 250.930 238.460 -66.4 16.9 167.8 -26.6 -37.3 40.2 

Gasoline (all types) ..................................................... 256.779 253.987 249.916 237.435 -66.6 17.0 169.4 -26.9 -37.4 40.3 

Motor vehicle parts and equipment 1 ............................ 120.709 120.666 121.350 121.584 4.8 2.4 2.7 2.9 3.6 2.8 

Motor vehicle maintenance and repair .......................... 224.729 225.350 226.248 227.106 3.1 3.5 3.7 4.3 3.3 4.0 

Public transportation ....................................................... 224.919 226.686 226.344 227.314 -8.8 7.9 -3.0 4.3 -.8 .6 

Medical care ...................................................................... 348.209 348.922 351.204 353.036 3.5 6.0 3.3 5.7 4.7 4.5 

Medical care commodities .............................................. 281.075 280.455 282.230 283.195 -.3 .7 .5 3.1 .2 1.8 

Medical care services ..................................................... 367.054 368.229 370.659 372.772 4.5 7.5 4.0 6.4 6.0 5.2

Professional services .................................................... 301.184 301.939 303.150 304.885 3.2 7.3 1.2 5.0 5.2 3.1

Hospital and related services 3 ..................................... 488.533 489.841 494.151 496.677 4.6 5.9 7.1 6.8 5.2 7.0 

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)

CPI-W

Seasonally adjusted indexes Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent

change for

3 months ended— 6 months

ended—

May

2007

June

2007

July

2007

Aug.

2007

Nov.

2006

Feb.

2007

May

2007

Aug.

2007 Feb.

2007

Aug.

2007

Expenditure category

Recreation 2 ...................................................................... 108.634 108.505 108.354 108.201 0.7 -0.8 0.5 -1.6 0.0 -0.5

Video and audio 2 ........................................................... 102.693 102.875 102.335 101.959 -2.3 -3.2 .1 -2.8 -2.8 -1.4 

Education and communication 2 ....................................... 116.328 116.283 116.590 116.935 .4 1.1 5.3 2.1 .7 3.7 

Education 2 ..................................................................... 168.397 168.623 169.643 170.468 6.1 5.0 5.9 5.0 5.5 5.5 

Educational books and supplies ................................... 418.662 419.674 424.475 432.277 7.7 7.3 10.2 13.7 7.5 11.9 

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare ...................... 475.426 476.013 478.632 480.306 6.0 4.7 5.5 4.2 5.3 4.8 

Communication 2 ............................................................ 86.139 85.998 86.016 86.151 -3.7 -1.4 4.9 .1 -2.5 2.5 

Information and information processing 1 2 .................. 84.304 84.095 84.111 84.248 -3.7 -1.7 4.7 -.3 -2.7 2.2 

Telephone services 1 2 ............................................... 98.610 98.603 98.721 98.964 2.9 2.2 5.8 1.4 2.6 3.6 

Information technology, hardware and services 1 5 .... 11.243 11.062 11.001 10.965 -31.9 -19.5 -1.0 -9.5 -26.0 -5.4 

Personal computers and peripheral equipment 1 2 ... 9.843 9.583 9.495 9.421 -10.9 -7.7 -6.0 -16.1 -9.4 -11.2 

Other goods and services ................................................. 342.916 343.960 344.296 344.608 2.1 9.3 2.8 2.0 5.6 2.4

Tobacco and smoking products 1 ................................... 550.888 553.538 555.366 556.517 -1.4 24.2 .6 4.2 10.7 2.3 

Personal care .................................................................. 193.446 193.875 193.854 193.923 3.7 3.0 3.8 1.0 3.3 2.4 

Personal care products 1 .............................................. 158.566 158.739 158.445 157.813 2.6 5.2 1.5 -1.9 3.9 -.2 

Personal care services 1 ............................................... 216.489 216.174 217.040 217.354 4.4 4.3 3.2 1.6 4.4 2.4 

Miscellaneous personal services .................................. 325.230 326.471 325.826 327.281 4.9 2.7 5.3 2.5 3.8 3.9 

Commodity and service group

Commodities ....................................................................... 170.823 170.779 170.814 169.834 -14.5 4.1 15.9 -2.3 -5.7 6.4 

Food and beverages ......................................................... 201.521 202.484 202.990 203.829 2.3 5.7 4.6 4.7 4.0 4.7

Commodities less food and beverages ............................. 153.103 152.618 152.445 150.691 -22.9 3.3 23.1 -6.2 -10.8 7.5 

Nondurables less food and beverages ........................... 193.212 192.248 191.368 186.841 -25.7 2.8 36.9 -12.6 -12.6 9.4 

Apparel .......................................................................... 118.255 117.216 118.157 117.843 .0 2.2 -5.9 -1.4 1.1 -3.7 

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel .......... 247.338 244.925 243.756 237.400 -42.8 10.2 68.7 -15.1 -20.6 19.7 

Durables .......................................................................... 112.470 112.454 112.574 112.718 -4.1 -2.7 -1.6 .9 -3.4 -.4 

Services .............................................................................. 240.902 241.430 241.916 242.178 2.9 4.3 2.9 2.1 3.6 2.5 

Rent of shelter 4 ................................................................ 223.723 224.459 224.974 225.280 4.3 3.7 2.9 2.8 4.0 2.9 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ............................. 116.828 117.503 116.912 117.287 7.0 -3.3 -2.7 1.6 1.8 -.6 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ............................................. 185.598 185.008 184.154 181.788 .2 14.7 3.5 -8.0 7.2 -2.4 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 .............. 142.786 143.086 144.432 145.259 3.2 6.9 3.3 7.1 5.0 5.2 

Household operations 1 2 ................................................. 142.780 142.941 143.175 143.526 3.5 2.8 2.5 2.1 3.2 2.3 

Transportation services ..................................................... 231.324 232.207 233.079 233.978 .3 1.7 -2.0 4.7 1.0 1.3 

Medical care services ....................................................... 367.054 368.229 370.659 372.772 4.5 7.5 4.0 6.4 6.0 5.2 

Other services ................................................................... 275.131 275.263 275.533 275.999 1.8 1.4 5.1 1.3 1.6 3.2 

Special indexes

All items less food ............................................................... 203.249 203.332 203.538 202.914 -6.6 4.0 9.2 -.7 -1.5 4.1 

All items less shelter ........................................................... 194.686 194.721 194.892 194.208 -9.0 4.5 11.0 -1.0 -2.5 4.9 

All items less medical care .................................................. 196.957 197.159 197.352 196.892 -5.7 4.2 8.8 -.1 -.9 4.2 

Commodities less food ........................................................ 155.051 154.607 154.434 152.735 -22.0 3.1 22.3 -5.8 -10.3 7.3 

Nondurables less food ........................................................ 194.216 193.378 192.421 188.244 -24.5 3.2 34.6 -11.7 -11.7 9.0 

Nondurables less food and apparel .................................... 242.814 241.567 239.642 233.632 -39.8 9.1 63.5 -14.3 -19.0 18.4 

Nondurables ........................................................................ 198.318 198.136 197.686 196.000 -12.7 4.4 19.7 -4.6 -4.6 6.8 

Services less rent of shelter 4 ............................................. 230.420 231.283 231.603 231.619 .0 4.5 4.3 2.1 2.2 3.2 

Services less medical care services ................................... 231.538 232.397 232.694 232.933 2.0 3.7 3.4 2.4 2.8 2.9 

Energy ................................................................................. 217.017 215.500 213.434 206.267 -46.0 15.0 76.2 -18.4 -21.2 19.9 

All items less energy ........................................................... 202.235 202.670 203.217 203.660 1.6 3.0 2.1 2.8 2.3 2.5 

All items less food and energy .......................................... 202.846 203.171 203.719 204.075 1.4 2.5 1.6 2.4 2.0 2.0

Commodities less food and energy commodities ........... 140.348 140.228 140.638 140.697 -2.5 .4 -1.1 1.0 -1.1 -.1 

Energy commodities ..................................................... 257.569 255.141 251.878 240.036 -65.1 15.3 158.1 -24.6 -36.6 39.5 

Services less energy services ......................................... 246.851 247.513 248.158 248.736 3.2 3.4 2.8 3.1 3.3 3.0 

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.

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)

CPI-W

All items 

Pricing

schedule 1

Indexes Percent change to

Aug.2007 from—

Percent change to

July2007 from—

May

2007

June

2007

July

2007

Aug.

2007

Aug.

2006

June

2007

July

2007

July

2006

May

2007

June

2007

U.S. city average ............................................ M 203.661 203.906 203.700 203.199 1.8 -0.3 -0.2 2.3 0.0 -0.1 

Region and area size2

Northeast urban .............................................. M 217.008 217.794 217.879 217.379 1.5 -.2 -.2 2.1 .4 .0 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 217.739 218.624 218.523 218.445 1.6 -.1 .0 2.0 .4 .0 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 130.881 131.234 131.521 130.684 1.4 -.4 -.6 2.3 .5 .2 

Midwest urban ................................................ M 194.553 194.538 194.219 193.663 1.7 -.4 -.3 2.2 -.2 -.2 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 195.325 195.105 194.725 194.084 1.5 -.5 -.3 2.1 -.3 -.2 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 126.897 126.995 126.738 126.435 2.1 -.4 -.2 2.4 -.1 -.2 

Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than

50,000) ............................................... M 191.801 192.455 192.804 192.437 1.7 .0 -.2 2.2 .5 .2 

South urban .................................................... M 198.175 198.838 198.673 198.063 1.8 -.4 -.3 2.3 .3 -.1 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 201.167 202.215 201.867 201.384 2.0 -.4 -.2 2.4 .3 -.2 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 126.639 126.930 126.878 126.445 1.8 -.4 -.3 2.2 .2 .0 

Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than

50,000) ............................................... M 201.358 201.709 201.809 201.006 1.3 -.3 -.4 1.9 .2 .0 

West urban ..................................................... M 207.795 207.311 206.927 206.624 2.0 -.3 -.1 2.6 -.4 -.2 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 209.674 208.726 208.388 208.225 2.1 -.2 -.1 2.5 -.6 -.2 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 128.962 129.097 128.840 128.546 2.0 -.4 -.2 2.7 -.1 -.2 

Size classes

A 4 .............................................................. M 188.791 188.909 188.642 188.338 1.7 -.3 -.2 2.2 -.1 -.1 

B/C 3 ........................................................... M 127.710 127.942 127.866 127.419 1.9 -.4 -.3 2.3 .1 -.1 

D ................................................................. M 198.771 199.237 199.207 198.559 1.6 -.3 -.3 2.3 .2 .0 

Selected local areas5

Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI ................... M 199.109 199.279 198.700 198.630 2.5 -.3 .0 3.1 -.2 -.3 

Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA ... M 211.145 209.614 209.444 209.240 2.1 -.2 -.1 2.4 -.8 -.1 

New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island,

NY-NJ-CT-PA ......................................... M 221.396 222.322 222.237 221.905 1.9 -.2 -.1 2.5 .4 .0 

Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT ..... 1 225.395 -

 226.465 ---- 1.1 .5 -

Cleveland-Akron, OH ...................................... 1 186.889 - 187.344 ---- 1.7 .2 -

Dallas-Fort Worth, TX ..................................... 1 195.216 - 196.198 ---- 1.2 .5 -

Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV 6 ...... 1 132.330 - 133.766 ---- 3.1 1.1 -

Atlanta, GA ..................................................... 2 - 200.943 - 200.162 2.2 -.4 ----

Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI .............................. 2 - 196.701 - 194.798 .4 -1.0 ----

Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX .................... 2 - 183.380 - 182.425 .2 -.5 ----

Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL ............................. 2 - 210.938 - 211.041 3.1 .0 ----

Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,

PA-NJ-DE-MD ........................................ 2 - 216.511 - 217.331 .7 .4 ----

San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA ........... 2 - 211.422 - 211.620 2.4 .1 ----

Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA .................... 2 - 210.550 - 210.220 2.5 -.2 ----

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,

2003-2004

 Unadjusted

 indexes

 Unadjusted

 percent change to

 Aug. 2007 from—

 July

 2007

 Aug.

 2007

 Aug.

 2006

 July

 2007

Expenditure category

All items 1 ................................................................................... 100.000 R120.157 120.077 1.8 -0.1 

Food and beverages 2 .............................................................. 15.072 R119.847 120.272 4.1 .4 

Food 3 .................................................................................... 13.943 R119.871 120.301 4.2 .4 

Food at home 4 .................................................................... 8.029 R116.815 117.198 4.5 .3 

Food away from home 5 ....................................................... 5.914 R124.002 124.498 3.7 .4 

Alcoholic beverages 6 ............................................................ 1.130 R119.804 120.177 3.4 .3 

Housing 7 ................................................................................. 42.173 R126.149 126.078 2.8 -.1 

Shelter 8 ................................................................................. 32.495 R127.789 127.938 3.3 .1 

Fuels and utilities 9 ................................................................. 4.702 R155.212 153.774 2.7 -.9 

Household furnishings and operations 10 ............................... 4.977 R95.947 95.600 -1.0 -.4 

Apparel 11 ................................................................................. 4.076 R85.187 85.888 -1.6 .8 

Transportation 12 ...................................................................... 17.095 R121.900 120.462 -1.7 -1.2 

Private transportation 13 ......................................................... 15.988 R122.487 121.037 -1.8 -1.2 

Public transportation 14 .......................................................... 1.107 R115.955 114.645 -.7 -1.1 

Medical care 15 ......................................................................... 6.055 R136.959 137.430 4.2 .3 

Medical care commodities 16 ................................................. 1.458 R122.712 123.065 1.0 .3 

Medical care services 17 ........................................................ 4.597 141.939 142.452 5.3 .4 

Recreation 18 ............................................................................ 5.863 R104.984 104.699 -1.1 -.3 

Education and communication 19 ............................................. 6.190 R104.647 105.858 1.3 1.2 

Education 20 ........................................................................... 2.751 R156.613 160.605 5.4 2.5 

Communication 21 .................................................................. 3.439 R74.616 74.658 -1.8 .1 

Other goods and services 22 .................................................... 3.475 R123.762 123.675 3.8 -.1 

Commodity and service group

Services 23 ................................................................................. 58.763 R129.030 129.206 3.0 .1 

Commodities 24 .......................................................................... 41.237 R109.199 108.812 .1 -.4 

Durables 25 ............................................................................... 12.340 R84.723 84.562 -2.5 -.2 

Nondurables 26 ........................................................................... 28.897 R121.970 121.452 1.2 -.4 

All items less food and energy 27 ............................................. 78.707 R115.066 115.274 1.7 .2 

Energy 28 .................................................................................... 7.351 R185.944 179.531 -1.9 -3.4 

1 Revised indexes: June 2007=120.230, May 2007=120.041, Apr. 2007=119.552, Mar. 2007=118.962, Feb. 2007=118.030, Jan.

2007=117.427, Sep. 2006=117.7, Jan. 2005=111.3. 2 Revised indexes: June 2007=119.507, May 2007=119.140, Apr. 2007=118.585, Mar. 2007=118.355, Feb. 2007=118.065, Jan.

2007=117.393, Nov. 2006=116.2, Mar. 2006=114.7, Aug. 2005=112.9. 3 Revised indexes: June 2007=119.514, May 2007=119.154, Apr. 2007=118.573, Mar. 2007=118.348, Feb. 2007=118.096, Jan.

2007=117.432, Nov. 2006=116.2, Feb. 2006=114.6, Jan. 2006=114.7, July 2005=112.9. 4 Revised indexes: June 2007=116.622, May 2007=116.305, Apr. 2007=115.532, Mar. 2007=115.415, Feb. 2007=115.058, Jan.

2007=114.241, July 2006=111.9. 5 Revised indexes: June 2007=123.408, May 2007=122.987, Apr. 2007=122.685, Mar. 2007=122.305, Feb. 2007=122.203, Jan.

2007=121.763. 6 Revised indexes: June 2007=119.681, May 2007=119.228, Apr. 2007=119.000, Mar. 2007=118.701, Feb. 2007=117.953, Jan.

2007=117.167, Feb. 2006=115.2, Nov. 2005=113.5, Aug. 2005=112.6. 7 Revised indexes: June 2007=125.846, May 2007=124.902, Apr. 2007=124.720, Mar. 2007=124.470, Feb. 2007=123.957, Jan.

2007=123.297, Sep. 2006=122.7, June 2006=121.9, May 2006=121.1, Mar. 2005=116.5, Feb. 2005=116.0. 8 Revised indexes: June 2007=127.299, May 2007=126.756, Apr. 2007=126.702, Mar. 2007=126.317, Feb. 2007=125.798, Jan.

2007=125.037, Nov. 2005=119.1. 9 Revised indexes: June 2007=155.332, May 2007=149.574, Apr. 2007=147.890, Mar. 2007=147.959, Feb. 2007=146.780, Jan.

2007=146.485, Nov. 2006=143.4, Nov. 2005=144.8, Sep. 2005=144.1.

10 Revised indexes: June 2007=96.331, May 2007=96.309, Apr. 2007=96.416, Mar. 2007=96.645, Feb. 2007=96.594, Jan. 2007=96.238, May

2006=96.8.

11 Revised indexes: June 2007=88.132, May 2007=91.476, Apr. 2007=92.645, Mar. 2007=92.302, Feb. 2007=89.432, Jan. 2007=87.234, Nov.

2006=91.8, Oct. 2006=92.8, June 2006=89.7, May 2006=92.5, Apr. 2006=93.4, Mar. 2006=92.3, Jan. 2006=86.9, Nov. 2005=91.6, June

2005=88.7, Mar. 2005=93.4.

12 Revised indexes: June 2007=122.407, May 2007=122.744, Apr. 2007=120.792, Mar. 2007=118.501, Feb. 2007=115.637, Jan.

2007=115.463, Dec. 2006=116.0, Nov. 2006=115.2, Oct. 2006=115.8, May 2006=122.2, Nov. 2005=116.7, Sep. 2005=123.5, Aug. 2005=118.2,

June 2005=114.8, Apr. 2005=115.8.

13 Revised indexes: June 2007=123.120, May 2007=123.671, Apr. 2007=121.594, Mar. 2007=119.192, Feb. 2007=116.182, Jan.

2007=116.087, June 2006=122.7, Jan. 2006=117.1, Oct. 2005=123.4, Sep. 2005=124.7, May 2005=115.7.

14 Revised indexes: June 2007=114.753, May 2007=112.247, Apr. 2007=111.921, Mar. 2007=111.086, Feb. 2007=110.156, Jan.

2007=108.911, Nov. 2005=108.6.

15 Revised indexes: June 2007=136.161, May 2007=136.019, Apr. 2007=135.681, Mar. 2007=135.263, Feb. 2007=135.050, Jan.
2007=133.990, June 2006=131.2, Feb. 2005=124.9.

16 Revised indexes: June 2007=121.981, May 2007=122.054, Apr. 2007=121.916, Mar. 2007=121.280, Feb. 2007=121.623, Jan.

2007=121.956, Oct. 2005=118.2.

17 Revised index: May 2007=140.897. 18 Revised indexes: May 2007=105.490, Mar. 2007=105.265, Feb. 2007=105.240, Jan. 2007=105.120. 19 Revised indexes: June 2007=104.758, May 2007=104.927, Apr. 2007=104.522, Mar. 2007=104.435, Feb. 2007=104.243, Jan.

2007=104.138, Nov. 2006=104.5, Oct. 2006=105.0, Sep. 2006=105.1, July 2006=103.5, May 2006=103.1, Apr. 2006=103.3, Aug. 2005=101.7,

June 2005=100.9.

20 Revised indexes: June 2007=156.742, May 2007=156.570, Apr. 2007=156.343, Mar. 2007=156.298, Feb. 2007=156.128, Jan.

2007=155.823, Dec. 2006=155.7, June 2006=148.3, Jan. 2006=147.2, July 2005=140.4.

21 Revised indexes: June 2007=74.709, May 2007=74.992, Apr. 2007=74.559, Mar. 2007=74.463, Feb. 2007=74.282, Jan. 2007=74.263, Nov.

2006=74.9.

22 Revised indexes: June 2007=123.990, May 2007=123.790, Apr. 2007=123.428, Mar. 2007=123.184, Feb. 2007=122.953, Jan.

2007=122.497, Dec. 2006=121.7, Nov. 2005=117.9.

23 Revised indexes: June 2007=128.675, May 2007=127.892, Apr. 2007=127.636, Mar. 2007=127.330, Feb. 2007=126.887, Jan.

2007=126.256.

24 Revised indexes: June 2007=109.792, May 2007=110.328, Apr. 2007=109.554, Mar. 2007=108.619, Feb. 2007=107.096, Jan.

2007=106.529, Sep. 2006=107.9, Apr. 2006=108.6, Jan. 2006=106.4, Oct. 2005=108.9, June 2005=105.0.

25 Revised indexes: June 2007=84.915, May 2007=85.156, Apr. 2007=85.459, Mar. 2007=85.617, Feb. 2007=85.685, Jan. 2007=85.716, Aug.

2005=87.2.

26 Revised indexes: June 2007=122.797, May 2007=123.505, Apr. 2007=122.084, Mar. 2007=120.505, Feb. 2007=118.061, Jan.

2007=117.152, Oct. 2006=117.6, Aug. 2006=120.0, July 2006=119.6, Mar. 2006=117.3, Oct. 2005=119.4, Sep. 2005=119.8, Aug. 2005=115.8,

Apr. 2005=114.5.

27 Revised indexes: June 2007=115.045, May 2007=115.034, Apr. 2007=115.066, Mar. 2007=114.869, Feb. 2007=114.432, Jan.

2007=113.851.

28 Revised indexes: June 2007=188.940, May 2007=186.183, Apr. 2007=177.231, Mar. 2007=169.383, Feb. 2007=159.165, Jan.

2007=158.461, Nov. 2006=155.6, Oct. 2006=156.1, July 2006=183.4, May 2006=178.0, Apr. 2006=172.0, Mar. 2006=162.1, Feb. 2006=160.4,

Jan. 2006=162.6, July 2005=155.4, June 2005=149.3. R Revised.

Indexes for 2007 are initial estimates. Indexes for 2006 are interim adjustments.

NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.