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CONSUMER PRICE INDEX: MARCH 2007

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.9 percent in March, before 

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

level of 205.352 (1982-84=100) was 2.8 percent higher than in March 2006. 

The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) increased 1.0 

percent in March, prior to seasonal adjustment. The March level of 200.612 (1982-84=100) was 2.7 percent 

higher than in March 2006. 

The Chained Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (C-CPI-U) increased 0.8 percent in March 

on a not seasonally adjusted basis. The March level of 118.953 (December 1999=100) was 2.5 percent higher 

than in March 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 advanced 0.6 percent in March, following a 0.4 percent 

increase in February. Overall energy costs increased 5.9 percent in March, with the index for petroleum-based 

energy up 10.1 percent and the index for natural gas and electricity up 1.3 percent. The food index rose 0.3 

percent in March, following larger increases earlier this year. Grocery store foods also rose less in March, 

largely reflecting a downturn in the index for fruits and vegetables. The index for all items less food and energy 

advanced 0.1 percent in March, following a 0.2 percent rise in February; the index for shelter rose 0.1 percent 

after advancing 0.3 percent in February, resulting from a 2.3 percent decline in the index for lodging away from 

home. 

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 2006 2007 3-mos. ended ended

 Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Mar. ’07 Mar. ’07 

All Items -.5 -.4 .0 .4 .2 .4 .6 4.7 2.8

 Food and beverages .4 .3 -.1 -.1 .7 .8 .3 7.4 3.3 

 Housing .3 .0 .4 .4 .2 .4 .2 3.5 3.4 

 Apparel .5 -.5 -.1 .2 .3 .5 -1.0 -.9 .5 

 Transportation -4.1 -3.0 -.8 1.7 -.8 .1 2.8 8.3 1.7 

 Medical care .3 .3 .2 .2 .8 .5 .1 5.6 4.0 

 Recreation -.1 .1 .1 -.3 .1 .0 .0 .1 .6 

 Education and 

 communication .1 .2 -.2 .2 -.1 .3 .5 2.7 2.3 

 Other goods and 

 services .5 .2 .1 .6 .8 .2 .2 4.7 3.5 

 Special Indexes 

 Energy -7.3 -6.7 -.2 4.2 -1.5 .9 5.9 22.9 4.4 

 Food .4 .3 -.1 .0 .7 .8 .3 7.3 3.3 

 All Items less 

 food and energy .2 .1 .1 .1 .3 .2 .1 2.3 2.5 
For the first three months of 2007, consumer prices increased at a seasonally adjusted annual rate 

(SAAR) of 4.7 percent. This compares with an increase of 2.5 percent for all of 2006. The index for energy, 

which rose 2.9 percent in all of 2006, advanced at a 22.9 percent SAAR in the first quarter of 2007 and 

accounted for about 41 percent of the first quarter advance in the overall CPI-U. Petroleum-based energy costs 

and charges for natural gas and electricity contributed about 29 and 12 percent, respectively. The food index 

rose at a 7.3 percent SAAR in the first quarter of 2007, accounting for 21 percent of the first quarter advance in 

the overall CPI-U. The index for grocery store food prices increased at a 10.0 percent annual rate, reflecting 

acceleration over the last year in each of the six major groups. These increases ranged from annual rates of 4.7 

percent in the index for cereal and bakery products to 19.3 percent in the index for fruits and vegetables. 

 Excluding food and energy, the CPI-U advanced at a 2.3 percent SAAR in the first quarter, following a 

2.6 percent rise in all of 2006. The deceleration in the first quarter of 2007 compared with all of 2006 reflects a 

slower rate of advance in the index for shelter--up at a 2.7 percent SAAR in the first quarter after increasing 4.2 

percent in all of 2006--and a downturn in the apparel index. The annual rates for selected groups for the last 

seven and one-quarter years are shown below. 

 Percentage change 12 months SAAR 3 

 ended in December mos. 

ended 

 in March 

 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

All items 3.4 1.6 2.4 1.9 3.3 3.4 2.5 4.7

 Food and beverages 2.8 2.8 1.5 3.5 2.6 2.3 2.2 7.4

 Housing 4.3 2.9 2.4 2.2 3.0 4.0 3.3 3.5

 Apparel -1.8 -3.2 -1.8 -2.1 -.2 -1.1 .9 -.9

 Transportation 4.1 -3.8 3.8 .3 6.5 4.8 1.6 8.3

 Medical care 4.2 4.7 5.0 3.7 4.2 4.3 3.6 5.6

 Recreation 1.7 1.5 1.1 1.1 .7 1.1 1.0 .1

 Education and 

 communication 1.3 3.2 2.2 1.6 1.5 2.4 2.3 2.7

 Other goods and services 4.2 4.5 3.3 1.5 2.5 3.1 3.0 4.7

 

Special indexes 

 Energy 14.2 -13.0 10.7 6.9 16.6 17.1 2.9 22.9

 Energy commodities 15.7 -24.5 23.7 6.9 26.7 16.7 6.1 30.9

 Energy services 12.7 -1.5 .4 6.9 6.8 17.6 -.6 13.8

 All items less energy 2.6 2.8 1.8 1.5 2.2 2.2 2.5 2.9

 Food 2.8 2.8 1.5 3.6 2.7 2.3 2.1 7.3

 All items less 

 food and energy 2.6 2.7 1.9 1.1 2.2 2.2 2.6 2.3
The food and beverages index rose 0.3 percent in March. The index for food at home, which increased 

1.1 percent in February, rose 0.4 percent in March. Downturns in the indexes for fruits and vegetables and for 

cereal and bakery products were partially offset by larger increases in the indexes for meats, poultry, fish, and 

eggs, for dairy products, and for nonalcoholic beverages. The index for fruits and vegetables, which rose 

sharply in January and February, reflecting the effects of adverse weather on supplies, declined 1.4 percent in 

March. The indexes for fresh fruits and for fresh vegetables declined 2.3 and 1.2 percent, respectively, while 

the index for processed fruits and vegetables was virtually unchanged. The index for cereal and bakery 

products declined 0.3 percent after increasing 1.1 percent in February. Conversely, the index for meats, poultry, 

fish, and eggs, which increased 0.4 in February, advanced 1.1 percent in March. Prices for beef, for pork, for 

poultry and for other meats all registered increases ranging between 1.0 and 2.0 percent. The index for dairy 

products rose 1.3 percent, reflecting large increases in prices for cheese and ice cream. The index for 

nonalcoholic beverages rose 1.7 percent, largely as a result of a 2.8 percent increase in the index for carbonated 

drinks. The index for other food at home increased 0.2 percent. The other two components of the food and 

beverages index--food away from home and alcoholic beverages--increased 0.1 and 0.6 percent, respectively. 

The index for housing rose 0.2 percent in March, following a 0.4 percent increase in February. The 

index for shelter increased 0.1 percent in March, following increases of 0.3 percent in each of the preceding 

three months. Within shelter, the indexes for rent and owners' equivalent rent each increased 0.3 percent, while 

the index for lodging away from home declined 2.3 percent. (Prior to seasonal adjustment, the index for 

lodging away from home increased 2.2 percent.) The index for fuels and utilities increased 1.2 percent in 

March, the same as in February. The index for fuel oil rose 3.8 percent in March. The index for natural gas 

advanced sharply for the second consecutive month--up 3.0 percent in March. Charges for electricity increased 

0.5 percent in March. The index for household furnishings and operations rose 0.2 percent in March, the same 

as in February. 

The transportation index rose 2.8 percent in March, reflecting a 10.6 percent increase in the index for 

motor fuels. (Prior to seasonal adjustment, gasoline prices rose 13.0 percent in March and were 7.2 percent 

higher than a year ago, but 13.8 percent lower than their peak level recorded in July 2006.) The index for new 

vehicles rose 0.3 percent in March, its first advance since a 0.1 percent rise in July last year. (Prior to seasonal 

adjustment, new vehicle prices declined 0.1 percent in March and were 1.1 percent lower than in March 2006.) 

The index for used cars and trucks decreased 0.2 percent in March. The index for public transportation rose 0.1 

percent in March, as a 0.3 percent increase in the index for airline fares more than offset a 1.1 percent decline in 

the index for other intercity transportation. (Prior to seasonal adjustment, airline fares rose 1.5 percent.) 

The index for apparel declined 1.0 percent in March, following a 0.5 percent in increase in February. 

(Prior to seasonal adjustment, apparel prices rose 3.0 percent, reflecting the continued introduction of springsummer wear. Prices for women’s and girls’ apparel registered the largest advance--up 5.4 percent.) 

Medical care costs rose 0.1 percent in March and are 4.0 percent higher than a year ago. The index for 

medical care commodities--prescription drugs, nonprescription drugs, and medical supplies--decreased 0.3 

percent. The index for medical care services advanced 0.2 percent. The indexes for professional services and 

for hospital and related services increased 0.1 and 0.4 percent, respectively. 

The index for recreation was virtually unchanged in March. Increases in the indexes for admissions to 

movies, theaters, concerts, and sporting events, for fees for lessons and instructions, and for sporting goods--up 

0.6, 0.8 and 0.4 percent, respectively--offset declines in the indexes for video and audio, for photography, and 

for toys. 

The index for education and communication increased 0.5 percent in March. Educational costs rose 0.6 

percent, reflecting a 1.7 percent increase in educational books and supplies. The index for communication costs 

rose 0.3 percent. Within the communication group, the index for telephone services rose 0.4 percent. Land-line 

local and long distance charges increased 0.5 and 0.9 percent respectively, while wireless telephone service 

charges were unchanged. The indexes for personal computers and peripheral equipment and for internet 

services and electronic information providers turned up in March, each advancing 0.2 percent, while the index 

for computer software and accessories declined 0.5 percent. 
The index for other goods and services increased 0.2 percent in March. The index for tobacco and 

smoking products rose 0.2 percent, following large increases in each of the preceding three months. The index 

for personal care increased 0.1 percent. 

 

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

On a seasonally adjusted basis, the CPI for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers increased 0.8 

percent in March. 

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 2006 2007 3-mos. ended ended

 Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Mar. ’07 Mar. ’07 

All Items -.7 -.7 .1 .5 .1 .4 .8 5.2 2.7

 Food and beverages .4 .3 -.1 -.1 .7 .8 .3 7.3 3.2 

 Housing .3 -.1 .4 .4 .3 .4 .3 4.1 3.4 

 Apparel .8 -.7 -.1 .2 -.1 .5 -.8 -1.6 .3 

 Transportation -4.5 -3.3 -.9 1.9 -1.0 .0 3.0 8.6 1.7 

 Medical care .3 .3 .2 .1 .8 .5 .1 5.8 4.1 

 Recreation -.1 .1 .2 -.3 .1 .0 -.1 -.2 .5 

 Education and 

 communication .2 .2 -.3 .1 -.1 .3 .4 2.6 1.9 

 Other goods and 

 services .3 .2 .0 .8 1.0 .4 .2 6.9 3.7 

 Special Indexes 

 Energy -7.7 -6.9 -.2 4.3 -1.5 .8 6.2 23.6 4.5 

 Food .4 .3 -.1 -.1 .6 .8 .3 7.2 3.3 

 All Items less 

 food and energy .2 .1 .0 .1 .2 .2 .1 2.3 2.3 

Consumer Price Index data for April are scheduled for release on Tuesday, May 15, 2007, at 8:30 A.M. 

(EDT). 
Consumer Price Index Levels to Three Decimal Places 

Effective with this release of the Consumer Price Index (CPI), the Bureau of Labor Statistics has begun 

computing percent changes based upon three decimal place indexes rather than one decimal place indexes. This 

change applies to the All Items Consumer Price Index and all component indexes for the CPI-U, CPI-W, and CCPI-U, for the U.S. City Average and for all other published areas. In addition, CPI index values are displayed 

to three decimal places in all paper and electronic publications. As in the past, percent changes are rounded to 

one decimal place. 

This change in procedure addresses a rounding issue that has resulted in published percent changes that 

are 0.1 percentage point higher or lower than the same percent changes based on unrounded index values (i.e., 

indexes to three or more decimal places). These differences can be particularly important when percent 

changes are very small. Publishing the index values to three decimal places, and using these values to compute 

percent changes, essentially eliminates the rounding differences. This change only affects the presentation of 

the index data. Index values continue to be calculated from underlying price data in the same manner as in the 

past, and no systematic upward or downward effect on the data is introduced. The levels of future indexes will 

be affected only in that they will be published to three decimal places rather than one. Official CPI data 

previously published will not be revised. 

For more information contact Patrick Jackman or Ken Stewart either by telephone at (202) 691-6952 

and (202) 691-6966, respectively, or by electronic mail at Jackman.Patrick@bls.gov or Stewart.Ken@bls.gov 

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

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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 CCPI-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. 
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. 

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Table 1. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category and commodity and

service group

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

CPI-U

Relative

importance,

December

2006

Unadjusted

indexes

Unadjusted

percent change to

Mar. 2007 from—

Seasonally adjusted

percent change from—

Feb.

2007

Mar.

2007

Mar.

2006

Feb.

2007

Dec. to

Jan.

Jan. to

Feb.

Feb. to

Mar.

Expenditure category

All items ........................................................................................ 100.000 203.499 205.352 2.8 0.9 0.2 0.4 0.6 

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

 609.594 615.145 - - - - -

Food and beverages .................................................................. 14.992 200.402 200.869 3.3 .2 .7 .8 .3 

Food ......................................................................................... 13.885 200.000 200.403 3.3 .2 .7 .8 .3 

Food at home ......................................................................... 7.896 198.193 198.766 3.4 .3 .9 1.1 .4 

Cereals and bakery products ............................................... 1.103 219.041 218.458 3.6 -.3 .3 1.1 -.3 

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs .............................................. 2.112 190.491 192.508 3.6 1.1 .8 .4 1.1 

Dairy and related products ................................................... .821 183.779 185.724 1.5 1.1 1.3 .2 1.3 

Fruits and vegetables ........................................................... 1.211 268.565 263.910 6.2 -1.7 1.3 4.7 -1.4 

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials ................ .906 151.716 153.894 4.0 1.4 .8 .2 1.7 

Other food at home .............................................................. 1.743 171.483 171.819 1.5 .2 .9 .3 .2 

Sugar and sweets .............................................................. .302 174.300 174.633 2.7 .2 .6 -.7 .4 

Fats and oils ....................................................................... .227 171.667 170.851 1.4 -.5 .0 .9 -.3 

Other foods 1 ...................................................................... 1.214 186.358 186.962 1.3 .3 1.1 .5 .3 

Other miscellaneous foods 1 2 ......................................... .327 114.939 114.331 1.2 -.5 -.4 .2 -.5 

Food away from home 1 ......................................................... 5.989 203.909 204.082 3.3 .1 .5 .4 .1 

Other food away from home 2 .............................................. .281 141.626 141.366 4.6 -.2 1.3 .3 -.1 

Alcoholic beverages 1 .............................................................. 1.107 204.385 205.663 2.8 .6 .9 .7 .6 

Housing ...................................................................................... 42.691 207.177 208.080 3.4 .4 .2 .4 .2 

Shelter ...................................................................................... 32.776 237.972 238.980 3.9 .4 .3 .3 .1 

Rent of primary residence 3 ................................................... 5.930 231.739 232.495 4.6 .3 .4 .4 .3 

Lodging away from home 2 .................................................... 2.648 139.160 142.247 1.3 2.2 1.1 .1 -2.3 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 3 4 .................. 23.830 244.020 244.602 4.1 .2 .2 .3 .3 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ................................... .369 117.320 117.333 1.0 .0 .3 -.1 .0 

Fuels and utilities ..................................................................... 5.264 194.890 196.414 2.1 .8 .3 1.2 1.2

Household energy .................................................................. 4.368 176.092 177.635 1.6 .9 .1 1.4 1.4 

Fuel oil and other fuels ......................................................... .338 231.800 236.863 2.8 2.2 -4.4 -.2 3.5 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ................................................. 4.029 181.232 182.624 1.5 .8 .5 1.5 1.3 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ................... .897 141.349 141.806 5.0 .3 1.0 .5 .3 

Household furnishings and operations ..................................... 4.651 127.495 127.655 .8 .1 -.3 .2 .2 

Household operations 1 2 ....................................................... .792 139.733 139.861 3.7 .1 .3 .1 .1 

Apparel ....................................................................................... 3.726 119.017 122.582 .5 3.0 .3 .5 -1.0 

Men’s and boys’ apparel .......................................................... .885 111.233 113.685 -2.2 2.2 -1.1 -.2 -.6 

Women’s and girls’ apparel ...................................................... 1.590 110.871 116.911 1.7 5.4 1.3 .7 -1.4 

Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel ................................................... .177 115.416 117.996 -.6 2.2 -.3 .9 .2 

Footwear .................................................................................. .749 121.930 123.505 -1.5 1.3 -.5 .1 -.7 

Transportation ............................................................................ 17.249 174.799 180.346 1.7 3.2 -.8 .1 2.8 

Private transportation ............................................................... 16.188 170.775 176.468 1.7 3.3 -.9 .0 2.9 

New and used motor vehicles 2 ............................................. 7.581 94.591 94.493 -1.6 -.1 -.2 -.2 .1 

New vehicles ........................................................................ 4.982 137.340 137.228 -1.1 -.1 .0 -.1 .3 

Used cars and trucks 1 ......................................................... 1.716 134.597 134.382 -4.0 -.2 -.7 -.5 -.2 

Motor fuel ............................................................................... 4.347 195.377 220.515 7.2 12.9 -3.0 .3 10.6 

Gasoline (all types) .............................................................. 4.303 194.282 219.473 7.2 13.0 -3.0 .3 10.6 

Motor vehicle parts and equipment 1 ..................................... .370 120.196 120.485 4.4 .2 .2 .4 .2 

Motor vehicle maintenance and repair ................................... 1.145 220.530 221.160 3.6 .3 .1 .6 .4 

Public transportation ................................................................ 1.060 224.061 225.893 1.5 .8 1.5 .3 .1 

Medical care ............................................................................... 6.281 346.457 347.172 4.0 .2 .8 .5 .1 

Medical care commodities ........................................................ 1.446 287.703 286.940 .9 -.3 .6 -.3 -.3 

Medical care services ............................................................... 4.834 363.908 365.164 4.9 .3 .9 .7 .2 

Professional services ............................................................. 2.817 298.393 298.990 3.9 .2 .8 .7 .1 

Hospital and related services 3 .............................................. 1.630 487.881 490.104 5.8 .5 .6 .6 .4 

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

Mar. 2007 from—

Seasonally adjusted

percent change from—

Feb.

2007

Mar.

2007

Mar.

2006

Feb.

2007

Dec. to

Jan.

Jan. to

Feb.

Feb. to

Mar.

Expenditure category

Recreation 2 ............................................................................... 5.552 111.174 111.244 0.6 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 

Video and audio 2 .................................................................... 1.719 103.144 102.886 -2.2 -.3 -.2 -.1 -.5 

Education and communication 2 ................................................ 6.034 117.971 118.231 2.3 .2 -.1 .3 .5 

Education 2 .............................................................................. 3.076 167.927 168.114 6.1 .1 .1 .6 .6 

Educational books and supplies ............................................. .204 407.809 413.665 8.0 1.4 1.1 .1 1.7 

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare ................................ 2.872 484.459 484.532 6.0 .0 .1 .6 .5 

Communication 2 ..................................................................... 2.958 82.845 83.122 -1.5 .3 -.4 .1 .3 

Information and information processing 1 2 ............................ 2.769 80.311 80.601 -1.6 .4 -.4 .1 .4 

Telephone services 1 2 ......................................................... 2.225 97.096 97.514 2.6 .4 .1 .2 .4 

Information technology, hardware and services 1 5 ............. .543 10.853 10.860 -16.5 .1 -2.7 -.4 .1 

Personal computers and peripheral equipment 1 2 ............ .203 10.174 10.191 -10.6 .2 -.4 -.8 .2 

Other goods and services .......................................................... 3.476 330.459 331.144 3.5 .2 .8 .2 .2 

Tobacco and smoking products 1 ............................................ .712 548.896 550.021 6.0 .2 3.1 1.0 .2 

Personal care ........................................................................... 2.764 193.987 194.390 2.8 .2 .2 .0 .1 

Personal care products 1 ....................................................... .708 158.038 158.592 2.2 .4 -.8 .2 .4 

Personal care services 1 ........................................................ .677 214.616 215.091 3.2 .2 .7 .3 .2 

Miscellaneous personal services ........................................... 1.188 320.725 321.299 3.3 .2 .2 .0 .1 

Commodity and service group

Commodities ................................................................................ 40.305 162.890 165.710 1.8 1.7 -.1 .4 1.2 

Food and beverages .................................................................. 14.992 200.402 200.869 3.3 .2 .7 .8 .3 

Commodities less food and beverages ...................................... 25.313 142.290 146.037 .9 2.6 -.5 .1 1.8 

Nondurables less food and beverages ..................................... 14.191 170.479 178.548 3.0 4.7 -1.5 -.2 2.9 

Apparel ................................................................................... 3.726 119.017 122.582 .5 3.0 .3 .5 -1.0 

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel .................... 10.465 206.395 217.451 3.9 5.4 -1.1 .2 4.9 

Durables ................................................................................... 11.122 113.210 113.163 -1.7 .0 -.3 -.1 .1 

Services ....................................................................................... 59.695 243.793 244.671 3.4 .4 .3 .4 .2 

Rent of shelter 4 ......................................................................... 32.407 248.024 249.087 4.0 .4 .3 .3 .0 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ....................................... .369 117.320 117.333 1.0 .0 .3 -.1 .0 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ....................................................... 4.029 181.232 182.624 1.5 .8 .5 1.5 1.3 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ....................... .897 141.349 141.806 5.0 .3 1.0 .5 .3 

Household operations 1 2 ........................................................... .792 139.733 139.861 3.7 .1 .3 .1 .1 

Transportation services .............................................................. 5.638 232.077 232.200 1.5 .1 .3 .1 .0 

Medical care services ................................................................. 4.834 363.908 365.164 4.9 .3 .9 .7 .2 

Other services ............................................................................ 10.730 281.864 282.431 2.9 .2 .1 .2 .3 

Special indexes

All items less food ........................................................................ 86.115 204.101 206.195 2.7 1.0 .0 .3 .7 

All items less shelter .................................................................... 67.224 192.272 194.482 2.2 1.1 .1 .4 .9 

All items less medical care ........................................................... 93.719 196.298 198.179 2.7 1.0 .1 .4 .6 

Commodities less food ................................................................. 26.420 144.558 148.240 1.0 2.5 -.5 .2 1.7

Nondurables less food ................................................................. 15.299 172.552 180.197 3.0 4.4 -1.3 -.2 2.8 

Nondurables less food and apparel ............................................. 11.572 205.347 215.400 3.8 4.9 -1.0 .2 4.5 

Nondurables ................................................................................. 29.183 185.751 190.212 3.2 2.4 -.4 .3 1.6 

Services less rent of shelter 4 ...................................................... 27.288 257.147 257.864 2.8 .3 .3 .4 .4 

Services less medical care services ............................................ 54.861 233.963 234.809 3.3 .4 .3 .3 .2 

Energy .......................................................................................... 8.715 184.451 196.929 4.4 6.8 -1.5 .9 5.9 

All items less energy .................................................................... 91.285 207.106 207.850 2.6 .4 .3 .3 .1

All items less food and energy ................................................... 77.401 209.112 209.923 2.5 .4 .3 .2 .1 

Commodities less food and energy commodities ..................... 21.735 140.305 141.056 -.3 .5 .1 .1 -.1 

Energy commodities ............................................................... 4.685 198.617 222.620 6.9 12.1 -3.1 .3 10.1 

Services less energy services .................................................. 55.666 250.199 251.026 3.6 .3 .3 .3 .1 

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

 $ .491 $ .487 - - - - -

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

 $ .164 $ .163 - - - - -

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—

Dec.

2006

Jan.

2007

Feb.

2007

Mar.

2007

June

2006

Sep.

2006

Dec.

2006

Mar.

2007 Sep.

2006

Mar.

2007

Expenditure category

All items .............................................................................. 202.8 203.153 203.906 205.146 5.7 0.6 0.2 4.7 3.1 2.4 

Food and beverages ......................................................... 197.2 198.604 200.150 200.756 2.1 3.1 .6 7.4 2.6 4.0

Food ................................................................................ 196.8 198.173 199.728 200.281 2.1 3.3 .6 7.3 2.7 3.9 

Food at home ................................................................ 193.9 195.562 197.721 198.554 1.0 3.8 -1.2 10.0 2.4 4.2 

Cereals and bakery products ...................................... 216.0 216.642 219.067 218.512 2.3 3.8 3.4 4.7 3.1 4.1 

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ..................................... 188.1 189.534 190.383 192.493 .9 3.0 .9 9.7 1.9 5.2 

Dairy and related products .......................................... 180.4 182.720 183.143 185.540 -3.2 -2.4 .4 11.9 -2.8 6.0 

Fruits and vegetables .................................................. 252.3 255.519 267.426 263.665 3.3 18.6 -12.8 19.3 10.7 2.0 

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials ....... 149.0 150.136 150.507 153.069 .0 1.9 3.0 11.4 1.0 7.1 

Other food at home ..................................................... 169.2 170.708 171.243 171.658 2.4 -.5 -1.4 5.9 .9 2.2 

Sugar and sweets ..................................................... 174.0 175.043 173.767 174.394 3.8 2.1 3.8 .9 3.0 2.3 

Fats and oils .............................................................. 169.0 169.010 170.528 169.938 .5 -.5 3.4 2.2 .0 2.8 

Other foods 1 ............................................................ 183.5 185.499 186.358 186.962 2.4 -1.3 -3.2 7.8 .5 2.1 

Other miscellaneous foods 1 2 ................................ 115.1 114.655 114.939 114.331 5.0 -.7 3.2 -2.6 2.1 .2 

Food away from home 1 ............................................... 202.2 203.171 203.909 204.082 3.3 2.6 3.4 3.8 3.0 3.6 

Other food away from home 2 ..................................... 139.3 141.129 141.604 141.393 3.3 3.6 5.3 6.1 3.4 5.7 

Alcoholic beverages 1 ..................................................... 201.1 202.968 204.385 205.663 3.0 -.4 -.6 9.4 1.3 4.3 

Housing ............................................................................. 206.3 206.799 207.616 208.072 2.8 3.8 3.4 3.5 3.3 3.4 

Shelter ............................................................................. 236.6 237.350 238.043 238.176 5.0 4.0 4.2 2.7 4.5 3.4 

Rent of primary residence 3 .......................................... 229.8 230.670 231.642 232.437 4.4 4.5 4.8 4.7 4.5 4.8 

Lodging away from home 2 ........................................... 138.3 139.802 139.913 136.702 2.7 3.9 3.5 -4.5 3.3 -.6 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 3 4 ......... 242.8 243.279 243.988 244.646 5.4 4.1 4.1 3.1 4.7 3.6 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ......................... 117.1 117.417 117.320 117.333 .7 .0 2.4 .8 .3 1.6 

Fuels and utilities ............................................................ 195.3 195.818 198.215 200.689 -7.9 5.1 1.0 11.5 -1.6 6.1 

Household energy ......................................................... 177.1 177.287 179.714 182.293 -10.1 4.9 .7 12.3 -2.9 6.3 

Fuel oil and other fuels ................................................ 233.9 223.707 223.344 231.088 35.2 -2.9 -10.7 -4.7 14.6 -7.8 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ....................................... 182.2 183.084 185.812 188.185 -12.9 5.5 1.8 13.8 -4.2 7.6 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 .......... 139.3 140.634 141.349 141.806 3.3 6.0 3.2 7.4 4.6 5.3 

Household furnishings and operations ............................ 127.4 127.017 127.238 127.483 1.9 .9 .0 .3 1.4 .1 

Household operations 1 2 ............................................. 139.1 139.526 139.733 139.861 4.2 3.3 5.0 2.2 3.7 3.6 

Apparel .............................................................................. 119.8 120.180 120.805 119.541 2.4 2.0 -1.7 -.9 2.2 -1.3 

Men’s and boys’ apparel ................................................. 113.7 112.492 112.314 111.598 -1.0 5.0 -5.1 -7.2 1.9 -6.2 

Women’s and girls’ apparel ............................................. 111.4 112.856 113.628 112.077 4.1 2.5 -2.1 2.5 3.3 .1 

Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel .......................................... 114.9 114.536 115.619 115.794 -.3 -1.4 -3.7 3.1 -.9 -.4

Footwear ......................................................................... 123.5 122.910 122.984 122.184 -1.3 -2.9 2.3 -4.2 -2.1 -1.0 

Transportation ................................................................... 177.0 175.661 175.749 180.584 20.0 -10.1 -8.6 8.3 3.9 -.5 

Private transportation ...................................................... 173.1 171.516 171.567 176.599 20.8 -10.7 -8.5 8.3 3.8 -.5 

New and used motor vehicles 2 .................................... 94.5 94.328 94.141 94.273 .8 -1.2 -4.9 -1.0 -.2 -3.0 

New vehicles ............................................................... 136.4 136.360 136.204 136.601 -1.4 -.6 -3.2 .6 -1.0 -1.3 

Used cars and trucks 1 ............................................... 136.2 135.257 134.597 134.382 4.4 -1.4 -12.9 -5.2 1.4 -9.2 

Motor fuel ...................................................................... 206.5 200.234 200.921 222.136 86.3 -32.5 -21.7 33.9 12.1 2.4 

Gasoline (all types) ..................................................... 205.3 199.170 199.842 221.080 86.6 -32.4 -22.1 34.5 12.3 2.4 

Motor vehicle parts and equipment 1 ............................ 119.5 119.759 120.196 120.485 5.7 5.9 2.7 3.3 5.8 3.0 

Motor vehicle maintenance and repair .......................... 218.8 219.001 220.213 221.071 4.6 2.8 3.0 4.2 3.7 3.6 

Public transportation ....................................................... 223.8 227.138 227.931 228.152 7.3 .0 -8.5 8.0 3.6 -.6 

Medical care ...................................................................... 341.3 344.046 345.686 345.994 3.8 3.7 2.9 5.6 3.8 4.2 

Medical care commodities .............................................. 286.9 288.720 287.830 286.925 2.3 2.5 -1.1 .0 2.4 -.5 

Medical care services ..................................................... 357.2 360.250 362.812 363.568 4.2 4.2 4.0 7.3 4.2 5.7

Professional services .................................................... 293.5 295.956 297.958 298.146 2.5 3.2 3.3 6.5 2.9 4.9 

Hospital and related services 3 ..................................... 478.7 481.795 484.918 486.910 6.9 5.6 3.7 7.0 6.2 5.3 

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—

Dec.

2006

Jan.

2007

Feb.

2007

Mar.

2007

June

2006

Sep.

2006

Dec.

2006

Mar.

2007 Sep.

2006

Mar.

2007

Expenditure category

Recreation 2 ...................................................................... 111.1 111.160 111.150 111.118 2.2 0.4 -0.4 0.1 1.3 -0.1 

Video and audio 2 ........................................................... 103.4 103.160 103.065 102.541 1.1 -1.5 -4.9 -3.3 -.2 -4.1 

Education and communication 2 ....................................... 117.7 117.558 117.952 118.496 2.8 2.8 .7 2.7 2.8 1.7 

Education 2 ..................................................................... 166.7 166.913 167.882 168.862 6.4 6.3 6.5 5.3 6.4 5.9 

Educational books and supplies ................................... 400.5 404.984 405.288 412.206 6.3 6.2 7.3 12.2 6.3 9.7 

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare ...................... 481.3 481.562 484.536 486.972 6.2 6.4 6.5 4.8 6.3 5.6 

Communication 2 ............................................................ 83.1 82.775 82.841 83.117 -.5 -.5 -5.1 .1 -.5 -2.6 

Information and information processing 1 2 .................. 80.6 80.246 80.311 80.601 -.5 -.5 -5.3 .0 -.5 -2.7 

Telephone services 1 2 ............................................... 96.8 96.898 97.096 97.514 1.7 3.0 2.9 3.0 2.3 3.0 

Information technology, hardware and services 1 5 .... 11.2 10.900 10.853 10.860 -8.9 -12.0 -31.3 -11.6 -10.5 -22.0 

Personal computers and peripheral equipment 1 2 ... 10.3 10.259 10.174 10.191 -22.4 -7.3 -7.4 -4.2 -15.2 -5.8 

Other goods and services ................................................. 326.8 329.378 330.076 330.604 2.4 2.6 4.0 4.7 2.5 4.4 

Tobacco and smoking products 1 ................................... 527.3 543.477 548.896 550.021 1.9 -.5 5.1 18.4 .7 11.5 

Personal care .................................................................. 193.3 193.694 193.702 193.988 2.6 3.4 3.8 1.4 3.0 2.6 

Personal care products 1 .............................................. 159.0 157.699 158.038 158.592 .0 3.1 6.8 -1.0 1.6 2.8 

Personal care services 1 ............................................... 212.5 214.045 214.616 215.091 1.2 3.1 3.5 5.0 2.1 4.2 

Miscellaneous personal services .................................. 319.5 320.287 320.360 320.565 3.9 4.3 3.8 1.3 4.1 2.6 

Commodity and service group

Commodities ....................................................................... 162.8 162.690 163.297 165.295 9.2 -3.8 -3.8 6.3 2.5 1.1 

Food and beverages ......................................................... 197.2 198.604 200.150 200.756 2.1 3.1 .6 7.4 2.6 4.0

Commodities less food and beverages ............................. 143.5 142.779 142.968 145.505 13.4 -7.3 -6.7 5.7 2.5 -.7 

Nondurables less food and beverages ........................... 176.6 173.869 173.440 178.529 20.6 -13.4 3.2 4.4 2.2 3.8 

Apparel .......................................................................... 119.8 120.180 120.805 119.541 2.4 2.0 -1.7 -.9 2.2 -1.3 

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel .......... 210.1 207.739 208.104 218.217 35.1 -17.0 -10.7 16.4 5.9 2.0 

Durables .......................................................................... 113.3 112.933 112.806 112.900 -.7 -1.0 -3.5 -1.4 -.9 -2.4 

Services .............................................................................. 242.5 243.298 244.229 244.701 3.1 3.9 3.0 3.7 3.5 3.4 

Rent of shelter 4 ................................................................ 246.7 247.426 248.104 248.206 4.6 4.4 4.3 2.5 4.5 3.4 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ............................. 117.1 117.417 117.320 117.333 .7 .0 2.4 .8 .3 1.6 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ............................................. 182.2 183.084 185.812 188.185 -12.9 5.5 1.8 13.8 -4.2 7.6 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 .............. 139.3 140.634 141.349 141.806 3.3 6.0 3.2 7.4 4.6 5.3 

Household operations 1 2 ................................................. 139.1 139.526 139.733 139.861 4.2 3.3 5.0 2.2 3.7 3.6 

Transportation services ..................................................... 231.8 232.384 232.643 232.641 3.2 1.7 -.3 1.5 2.5 .6 

Medical care services ....................................................... 357.2 360.250 362.812 363.568 4.2 4.2 4.0 7.3 4.2 5.7 

Other services ................................................................... 280.9 281.091 281.756 282.570 4.0 3.1 1.9 2.4 3.5 2.1 

Special indexes

All items less food ............................................................... 203.9 203.999 204.620 205.973 6.1 .4 .2 4.1 3.2 2.1 

All items less shelter ........................................................... 191.9 192.030 192.816 194.509 6.0 -.8 -1.7 5.6 2.5 1.9 

All items less medical care .................................................. 195.8 196.033 196.746 198.011 5.7 .6 .0 4.6 3.1 2.3 

Commodities less food ........................................................ 145.7 144.991 145.217 147.723 13.2 -7.2 -6.1 5.7 2.5 -.4 

Nondurables less food ........................................................ 178.1 175.707 175.288 180.116 19.3 -12.5 3.0 4.6 2.2 3.8 

Nondurables less food and apparel .................................... 208.4 206.407 206.835 216.051 31.9 -15.5 -9.7 15.5 5.6 2.1

Nondurables ........................................................................ 187.5 186.765 187.249 190.237 10.6 -5.2 1.9 6.0 2.4 3.9 

Services less rent of shelter 4 ............................................. 255.5 256.241 257.370 258.518 2.9 3.2 .3 4.8 3.0 2.5 

Services less medical care services ................................... 232.8 233.396 234.204 234.638 4.1 3.5 2.4 3.2 3.8 2.8 

Energy ................................................................................. 190.1 187.340 188.952 200.164 31.8 -17.1 -11.5 22.9 4.5 4.3 

All items less energy ........................................................... 205.8 206.414 207.083 207.278 3.2 2.8 1.6 2.9 3.0 2.2 

All items less food and energy .......................................... 208.1 208.632 209.135 209.263 3.4 2.7 1.6 2.3 3.1 1.9 

Commodities less food and energy commodities ........... 140.1 140.209 140.330 140.229 .9 .3 -2.5 .4 .6 -1.1 

Energy commodities ..................................................... 209.2 202.686 203.310 223.786 82.5 -30.9 -21.0 30.9 12.3 1.7 

Services less energy services ......................................... 248.7 249.469 250.220 250.502 4.4 3.6 3.3 2.9 4.0 3.1 

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

Mar.2007 from—

Percent change to

Feb.2007 from—

Dec.

2006

Jan.

2007

Feb.

2007

Mar.

2007

Mar.

2006

Jan.

2007

Feb.

2007

Feb.

2006

Dec.

2006

Jan.

2007

U.S. city average ............................................ M 201.8 202.416 203.499 205.352 2.8 1.5 0.9 2.4 0.8 0.5 

Region and area size2

Northeast urban .............................................. M 215.2 215.813 216.651 218.334 2.6 1.2 .8 2.4 .7 .4 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 217.8 218.365 219.330 220.936 2.8 1.2 .7 2.6 .7 .4 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 126.7 127.237 127.546 128.691 2.1 1.1 .9 1.9 .7 .2 

Midwest urban ................................................ M 192.9 193.068 194.458 196.389 2.3 1.7 1.0 2.0 .8 .7 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 194.7 195.073 196.507 198.335 2.3 1.7 .9 2.1 .9 .7 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 123.0 122.861 123.854 125.151 2.3 1.9 1.0 1.9 .7 .8 

Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than

50,000) ............................................... M 187.1 187.587 188.122 190.365 2.0 1.5 1.2 1.6 .5 .3 

South urban .................................................... M 194.8 195.021 195.950 197.904 2.6 1.5 1.0 2.2 .6 .5 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 197.3 197.650 198.516 200.538 3.1 1.5 1.0 2.4 .6 .4 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 123.8 123.817 124.521 125.726 2.2 1.5 1.0 2.0 .6 .6 

Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than

50,000) ............................................... M 196.0 196.077 196.043 198.204 3.1 1.1 1.1 2.6 .0 .0 

West urban ..................................................... M 206.2 207.790 208.995 210.778 3.4 1.4 .9 3.1 1.4 .6 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 209.6 211.102 212.549 214.393 3.7 1.6 .9 3.3 1.4 .7 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 125.0 126.244 126.805 127.848 2.9 1.3 .8 2.5 1.4 .4 

Size classes

A 4 .............................................................. M 184.9 185.608 186.673 188.309 3.0 1.5 .9 2.6 1.0 .6 

B/C 3 ........................................................... M 124.3 124.571 125.243 126.424 2.4 1.5 .9 2.1 .8 .5 

D ................................................................. M 194.6 194.724 194.945 196.999 2.8 1.2 1.1 2.5 .2 .1 

Selected local areas5

Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI ................... M 197.8 199.401 200.630 202.483 2.5 1.5 .9 1.7 1.4 .6 

Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA ... M 210.6 212.584 214.760 216.500 3.8 1.8 .8 3.5 2.0 1.0 

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

NY-NJ-CT-PA ......................................... M 221.3 221.767 223.066 224.551 2.9 1.3 .7 3.1 .8 .6 

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

 224.432 - 226.427 2.3 .9 - - - -

Cleveland-Akron, OH ...................................... 1 - 191.610 - 194.244 1.9 1.4 - - - -

Dallas-Fort Worth, TX ..................................... 1 -

 188.890 - 190.156 .9 .7 - - - -

Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV 6 ...... 1 - 129.956 - 131.945 4.1 1.5 - - - -

Atlanta, GA ..................................................... 2 194.8 -

 194.886 - - - - 2.7 .0 -

Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI .............................. 2 196.4 -

 198.064 - - - - 1.7 .8 -

Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX .................... 2 179.2 - 181.217 - - - - 1.5 1.1 -

Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL ............................. 2 205.4 -

 207.989 - - - - 2.9 1.3 -

Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,

PA-NJ-DE-MD ........................................ 2 211.6 -

 213.152 - - - - 2.0 .7 -

San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA ........... 2 210.4 -

 213.688 - - - - 3.2 1.6 -

Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA .................... 2 209.3 - 211.704 - - - - 4.0 1.1 -

1 Foods, fuels, and several other items priced every month in all areas; 

 most other goods and services priced as indicated: 

 M - Every month. 

 1 - January, March, May, July, September, and November. 

 2 - February, April, June, August, October, and December. 2 Regions defined as the four Census regions. See technical notes. 3 Indexes on a December 1996=100 base. 4 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base. 5 In addition, the following metropolitan areas are published semiannually

and appear in Tables 34 and 39 of the January and July issues of the CPI

Detailed Report: Anchorage, AK; Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN;

Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO; Honolulu, HI; Kansas City, MO-KS;

Milwaukee-Racine, WI; Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI; Phoenix-Mesa, AZ;

Pittsburgh, PA; Portland-Salem, OR-WA; St. Louis, MO-IL; San Diego, CA;

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL. 6 Indexes on a November 1996=100 base. - Data not available.

 

NOTE: Local area indexes are byproducts of the national CPI program. 

Each local index has a smaller sample size than the national index and is,

therefore, subject to substantially more sampling and other measurement

error. As a result, local area indexes show greater volatility than the national

index, although their long-term trends are similar. Therefore, the Bureau of

Labor Statistics strongly urges users to consider adopting the national

average CPI for use in their escalator clauses. 

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

Mar. 2007 from—

Seasonally adjusted

percent change from—

Feb.

2007

Mar.

2007

Mar.

2006

Feb.

2007

Dec. to

Jan.

Jan. to

Feb.

Feb. to

Mar.

Expenditure category

All items ........................................................................................ 100.000 198.544 200.612 2.7 1.0 0.1 0.4 0.8 

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

 591.403 597.561 - - - - -

Food and beverages .................................................................. 16.475 199.540 200.056 3.2 .3 .7 .8 .3 

Food ......................................................................................... 15.457 199.111 199.589 3.3 .2 .6 .8 .3 

Food at home ......................................................................... 9.244 197.044 197.735 3.3 .4 .8 1.1 .5 

Cereals and bakery products ............................................... 1.285 219.191 218.799 3.6 -.2 .1 1.1 -.1 

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs .............................................. 2.623 189.996 192.013 3.3 1.1 .8 .4 1.1 

Dairy and related products ................................................... .928 183.185 185.095 1.3 1.0 1.2 .3 1.3 

Fruits and vegetables ........................................................... 1.332 266.159 261.627 6.4 -1.7 1.0 4.7 -1.3 

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials ................ 1.082 150.968 153.329 4.1 1.6 .9 .1 1.8 

Other food at home .............................................................. 1.993 170.861 171.183 1.5 .2 .8 .3 .2 

Sugar and sweets .............................................................. .337 173.081 173.248 2.5 .1 .5 -.8 .4 

Fats and oils ....................................................................... .283 172.380 172.005 1.5 -.2 -.3 1.1 -.2 

Other foods 1 ...................................................................... 1.373 186.473 187.026 1.2 .3 1.1 .4 .3 

Other miscellaneous foods 1 2 ......................................... .368 115.151 114.402 .9 -.7 -.5 .3 -.7 

Food away from home 1 ......................................................... 6.213 203.689 203.838 3.3 .1 .4 .4 .1 

Other food away from home 2 .............................................. .279 141.274 141.119 4.7 -.1 1.4 .4 .0 

Alcoholic beverages 1 .............................................................. 1.018 204.616 205.729 2.6 .5 .9 .9 .5 

Housing ...................................................................................... 40.463 202.370 203.203 3.4 .4 .3 .4 .3 

Shelter ...................................................................................... 30.570 230.472 231.315 4.0 .4 .3 .3 .2 

Rent of primary residence 3 ................................................... 8.021 230.860 231.634 4.6 .3 .3 .4 .4 

Lodging away from home 2 .................................................... 1.430 138.083 141.335 .7 2.4 1.0 -.4 -2.1 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 3 4 .................. 20.776 221.185 221.704 4.1 .2 .2 .3 .3 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ................................... .342 117.622 117.653 1.0 .0 .3 -.1 .0 

Fuels and utilities ..................................................................... 5.779 193.330 194.963 2.2 .8 .4 1.2 1.3

Household energy .................................................................. 4.842 173.654 175.303 1.7 .9 .3 1.3 1.5 

Fuel oil and other fuels ......................................................... .346 231.136 236.103 2.7 2.1 -4.3 .3 3.0 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ................................................. 4.496 179.550 181.092 1.6 .9 .6 1.4 1.4 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ................... .937 141.636 142.070 4.9 .3 1.0 .5 .3 

Household furnishings and operations ..................................... 4.114 122.962 123.134 .5 .1 -.2 .1 .1 

Household operations 1 2 ....................................................... .368 141.886 142.069 3.5 .1 .4 .1 .1 

Apparel ....................................................................................... 4.041 118.211 122.021 .3 3.2 -.1 .5 -.8 

Men’s and boys’ apparel .......................................................... .954 111.079 113.921 -1.5 2.6 -1.6 .0 -.1 

Women’s and girls’ apparel ...................................................... 1.680 110.214 116.275 1.7 5.5 1.1 .5 -1.2 

Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel ................................................... .235 118.037 120.167 -.5 1.8 -.1 1.0 -.5 

Footwear .................................................................................. .954 121.679 122.870 -1.5 1.0 -.7 .5 -.8 

Transportation ............................................................................ 19.515 173.518 179.541 1.7 3.5 -1.0 .0 3.0 

Private transportation ............................................................... 18.793 170.588 176.695 1.7 3.6 -1.0 .0 3.1

New and used motor vehicles 2 ............................................. 8.626 93.459 93.365 -1.8 -.1 -.2 -.2 .1 

New vehicles ........................................................................ 5.210 138.451 138.315 -1.1 -.1 .0 -.2 .3 

Used cars and trucks 1 ......................................................... 2.675 135.411 135.203 -4.0 -.2 -.7 -.5 -.2 

Motor fuel ............................................................................... 5.441 195.934 221.011 7.0 12.8 -3.1 .4 10.5 

Gasoline (all types) .............................................................. 5.388 194.923 220.052 7.0 12.9 -3.2 .4 10.5 

Motor vehicle parts and equipment 1 ..................................... .444 119.897 120.170 4.6 .2 .2 .4 .2 

Motor vehicle maintenance and repair ................................... 1.145 223.054 223.683 3.7 .3 .1 .5 .4 

Public transportation ................................................................ .723 223.338 224.973 1.5 .7 1.4 .4 .1 

Medical care ............................................................................... 5.228 346.191 346.946 4.1 .2 .8 .5 .1 

Medical care commodities ........................................................ 1.135 280.597 279.762 .9 -.3 .6 -.4 -.3 

Medical care services ............................................................... 4.094 364.519 365.827 5.0 .4 .8 .8 .2 

Professional services ............................................................. 2.338 300.720 301.339 3.8 .2 .7 .8 .1 

Hospital and related services 3 .............................................. 1.378 482.895 485.074 5.8 .5 .6 .7 .4 

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

Mar. 2007 from—

Seasonally adjusted

percent change from—

Feb.

2007

Mar.

2007

Mar.

2006

Feb.

2007

Dec. to

Jan.

Jan. to

Feb.

Feb. to

Mar.

Expenditure category

Recreation 2 ............................................................................... 5.022 108.484 108.461 0.5 0.0 0.1 0.0 -0.1 

Video and audio 2 .................................................................... 1.867 102.653 102.363 -2.0 -.3 -.3 -.1 -.6 

Education and communication 2 ................................................ 5.605 114.870 115.161 1.9 .3 -.1 .3 .4 

Education 2 .............................................................................. 2.329 166.144 166.341 6.1 .1 .2 .5 .6 

Educational books and supplies ............................................. .208 411.130 417.027 8.3 1.4 1.3 .1 1.7 

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare ................................ 2.121 469.284 469.224 5.9 .0 .1 .6 .5 

Communication 2 ..................................................................... 3.276 85.112 85.408 -.9 .3 -.3 .1 .3 

Information and information processing 1 2 ............................ 3.124 83.337 83.645 -1.0 .4 -.3 .1 .4 

Telephone services 1 2 ......................................................... 2.633 97.233 97.625 2.5 .4 .1 .2 .4 

Information technology, hardware and services 1 5 ............. .492 11.272 11.292 -17.0 .2 -2.4 -.4 .2 

Personal computers and peripheral equipment 1 2 ............ .178 9.997 10.040 -11.2 .4 -1.2 -.8 .4 

Other goods and services .......................................................... 3.652 340.917 341.719 3.7 .2 1.0 .4 .2 

Tobacco and smoking products 1 ............................................ 1.139 550.097 551.161 5.8 .2 3.0 1.0 .2 

Personal care ........................................................................... 2.513 191.922 192.411 2.8 .3 .1 .1 .2 

Personal care products 1 ....................................................... .771 157.992 158.528 2.1 .3 -.7 .3 .3 

Personal care services 1 ........................................................ .618 214.773 215.318 3.3 .3 .7 .2 .3 

Miscellaneous personal services ........................................... .962 321.269 322.090 3.4 .3 .2 .3 .1 

Commodity and service group

Commodities ................................................................................ 44.175 164.171 167.350 1.9 1.9 -.2 .4 1.4 

Food and beverages .................................................................. 16.475 199.540 200.056 3.2 .3 .7 .8 .3 

Commodities less food and beverages ...................................... 27.700 144.567 148.836 1.1 3.0 -.6 .1 2.1 

Nondurables less food and beverages ..................................... 15.699 175.371 184.604 3.3 5.3 -1.8 -.3 3.4 

Apparel ................................................................................... 4.041 118.211 122.021 .3 3.2 -.1 .5 -.8 

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel .................... 11.658 214.738 227.564 4.3 6.0 -1.2 .3 5.2 

Durables ................................................................................... 12.001 113.178 113.107 -1.8 -.1 -.2 -.2 .0 

Services ....................................................................................... 55.825 238.783 239.586 3.4 .3 .3 .4 .3 

Rent of shelter 4 ......................................................................... 30.227 222.150 222.970 4.0 .4 .3 .2 .2 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ....................................... .342 117.622 117.653 1.0 .0 .3 -.1 .0 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ....................................................... 4.496 179.550 181.092 1.6 .9 .6 1.4 1.4 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ....................... .937 141.636 142.070 4.9 .3 1.0 .5 .3 

Household operations 1 2 ........................................................... .368 141.886 142.069 3.5 .1 .4 .1 .1 

Transportation services .............................................................. 5.600 232.362 232.332 1.5 .0 .2 .1 .0 

Medical care services ................................................................. 4.094 364.519 365.827 5.0 .4 .8 .8 .2 

Other services ............................................................................ 9.761 271.921 272.474 2.5 .2 .1 .2 .3

Special indexes

All items less food ........................................................................ 84.543 198.258 200.616 2.6 1.2 .0 .3 .9 

All items less shelter .................................................................... 69.430 189.058 191.591 2.1 1.3 .0 .4 1.0 

All items less medical care ........................................................... 94.772 192.389 194.481 2.6 1.1 .1 .4 .8 

Commodities less food ................................................................. 28.718 146.653 150.856 1.2 2.9 -.6 .2 2.0

Nondurables less food ................................................................. 16.717 177.171 185.979 3.3 5.0 -1.7 -.2 3.2 

Nondurables less food and apparel ............................................. 12.676 212.940 224.712 4.2 5.5 -1.1 .3 5.0 

Nondurables ................................................................................. 32.174 187.995 193.028 3.3 2.7 -.5 .3 1.9 

Services less rent of shelter 4 ...................................................... 25.598 227.801 228.479 2.6 .3 .3 .4 .5 

Services less medical care services ............................................ 51.732 229.453 230.221 3.2 .3 .2 .3 .3 

Energy .......................................................................................... 10.282 183.842 196.940 4.5 7.1 -1.5 .8 6.2 

All items less energy .................................................................... 89.718 201.238 201.948 2.5 .4 .3 .3 .1

All items less food and energy ................................................... 74.261 202.056 202.816 2.3 .4 .2 .2 .1 

Commodities less food and energy commodities ..................... 22.932 140.680 141.482 -.3 .6 .1 .1 -.1 

Energy commodities ............................................................... 5.786 198.398 222.509 6.8 12.2 -3.2 .4 10.1 

Services less energy services .................................................. 51.329 245.211 245.923 3.5 .3 .3 .3 .2 

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

 $ .504 $ .498 - - - - -

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

 $ .169 $ .167 - - - - -

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—

Dec.

2006

Jan.

2007

Feb.

2007

Mar.

2007

June

2006

Sep.

2006

Dec.

2006

Mar.

2007 Sep.

2006

Mar.

2007

Expenditure category

All items .............................................................................. 198.0 198.225 198.984 200.527 5.9 0.2 -0.4 5.2 3.0 2.4 

Food and beverages ......................................................... 196.4 197.677 199.249 199.913 1.7 3.3 .6 7.3 2.5 3.9

Food ................................................................................ 196.0 197.244 198.801 199.437 1.9 3.3 .8 7.2 2.6 4.0 

Food at home ................................................................ 193.0 194.473 196.534 197.484 1.1 4.0 -1.2 9.6 2.5 4.1 

Cereals and bakery products ...................................... 216.5 216.798 219.095 218.810 2.5 4.2 3.6 4.3 3.3 4.0 

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ..................................... 187.6 189.036 189.882 191.953 -.4 3.3 1.1 9.6 1.4 5.3 

Dairy and related products .......................................... 179.8 181.898 182.501 184.953 -3.9 -2.4 .2 12.0 -3.2 5.9 

Fruits and vegetables .................................................. 250.4 253.022 264.940 261.391 3.5 20.5 -13.4 18.7 11.6 1.4 

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials ....... 148.3 149.587 149.749 152.389 .5 1.6 3.0 11.5 1.1 7.2 

Other food at home ..................................................... 168.7 170.028 170.572 170.984 2.4 -.5 -1.4 5.5 1.0 2.0 

Sugar and sweets ..................................................... 173.0 173.813 172.484 173.102 3.8 2.1 3.8 .2 3.0 2.0 

Fats and oils .............................................................. 169.7 169.191 171.051 170.779 1.0 -.2 2.9 2.6 .4 2.7

Other foods 1 ............................................................ 183.7 185.681 186.473 187.026 2.4 -1.3 -3.4 7.4 .5 1.9 

Other miscellaneous foods 1 2 ................................ 115.3 114.759 115.151 114.402 5.8 -1.7 2.8 -3.1 1.9 -.2 

Food away from home 1 ............................................... 202.0 202.905 203.689 203.838 3.1 2.6 3.6 3.7 2.9 3.7 

Other food away from home 2 ..................................... 138.8 140.765 141.338 141.285 3.0 2.7 5.7 7.4 2.8 6.5 

Alcoholic beverages 1 ..................................................... 201.1 202.821 204.616 205.729 1.0 -.2 .4 9.5 .4 4.9 

Housing ............................................................................. 201.5 202.017 202.830 203.510 2.3 3.9 3.2 4.1 3.1 3.6 

Shelter ............................................................................. 229.2 229.798 230.467 230.875 4.6 4.2 4.3 3.0 4.4 3.6 

Rent of primary residence 3 .......................................... 228.9 229.696 230.703 231.583 4.2 4.5 4.9 4.8 4.4 4.8 

Lodging away from home 2 ........................................... 137.8 139.243 138.634 135.688 1.5 1.8 5.7 -6.0 1.6 -.3 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 3 4 ......... 220.1 220.518 221.169 221.773 5.2 4.1 3.9 3.1 4.7 3.5 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ......................... 117.4 117.748 117.622 117.653 .7 .3 2.1 .9 .5 1.5 

Fuels and utilities ............................................................ 193.6 194.362 196.694 199.210 -8.5 4.7 1.5 12.1 -2.1 6.6 

Household energy ......................................................... 174.4 174.925 177.263 179.858 -10.6 4.2 1.2 13.1 -3.5 7.0 

Fuel oil and other fuels ................................................ 232.7 222.684 223.337 230.061 35.6 -3.8 -10.6 -4.5 14.2 -7.6 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ....................................... 180.3 181.459 184.020 186.511 -13.2 5.1 2.0 14.5 -4.5 8.1 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 .......... 139.6 140.947 141.636 142.070 3.6 5.7 3.2 7.3 4.6 5.2 

Household furnishings and operations ............................ 122.9 122.595 122.719 122.902 1.3 1.0 -.3 .0 1.1 -.2 

Household operations 1 2 ............................................. 141.2 141.729 141.886 142.069 5.0 2.3 4.1 2.5 3.7 3.3 

Apparel .............................................................................. 119.6 119.451 120.061 119.132 2.0 3.4 -2.3 -1.6 2.7 -1.9 

Men’s and boys’ apparel ................................................. 113.7 111.883 111.899 111.739 .4 7.2 -6.4 -6.7 3.7 -6.6

Women’s and girls’ apparel ............................................. 111.4 112.603 113.167 111.805 3.7 4.8 -2.5 1.5 4.2 -.5 

Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel .......................................... 117.3 117.148 118.322 117.687 .0 -.3 -3.0 1.3 -.2 -.9 

Footwear ......................................................................... 123.1 122.250 122.846 121.891 -1.6 -1.9 1.6 -3.9 -1.8 -1.2 

Transportation ................................................................... 176.1 174.417 174.491 179.761 21.4 -10.7 -9.2 8.6 4.1 -.7 

Private transportation ...................................................... 173.2 171.432 171.483 176.866 22.1 -11.3 -9.3 8.7 4.1 -.7 

New and used motor vehicles 2 .................................... 93.4 93.254 93.035 93.159 .8 -1.3 -6.2 -1.0 -.2 -3.6 

New vehicles ............................................................... 137.5 137.513 137.293 137.675 -1.4 -.6 -3.1 .5 -1.0 -1.3 

Used cars and trucks 1 ............................................... 137.0 136.063 135.411 135.203 4.6 -1.4 -13.1 -5.1 1.6 -9.2 

Motor fuel ...................................................................... 207.1 200.603 201.411 222.605 84.1 -31.8 -21.8 33.5 12.1 2.2 

Gasoline (all types) ..................................................... 206.2 199.614 200.433 221.570 84.6 -32.0 -21.6 33.3 12.0 2.3 

Motor vehicle parts and equipment 1 ............................ 119.2 119.464 119.897 120.170 6.1 6.3 2.7 3.3 6.2 3.0 

Motor vehicle maintenance and repair .......................... 221.4 221.537 222.687 223.605 4.7 2.6 3.3 4.0 3.6 3.7 

Public transportation ....................................................... 222.7 225.827 226.645 226.760 6.8 .2 -7.7 7.5 3.4 -.4 

Medical care ...................................................................... 340.9 343.619 345.415 345.778 3.9 3.9 2.9 5.8 3.9 4.3 

Medical care commodities .............................................. 280.0 281.738 280.701 279.756 2.5 2.5 -1.0 -.3 2.5 -.7 

Medical care services ..................................................... 357.7 360.670 363.443 364.265 4.3 4.3 4.0 7.5 4.3 5.8

Professional services .................................................... 295.8 297.931 300.252 300.458 2.4 3.2 3.3 6.4 2.8 4.9 

Hospital and related services 3 ..................................... 474.0 477.026 480.230 482.119 6.9 5.9 3.4 7.0 6.4 5.2 

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—

Dec.

2006

Jan.

2007

Feb.

2007

Mar.

2007

June

2006

Sep.

2006

Dec.

2006

Mar.

2007 Sep.

2006

Mar.

2007

Expenditure category

Recreation 2 ...................................................................... 108.4 108.456 108.489 108.351 2.2 0.0 0.0 -0.2 1.1 -0.1 

Video and audio 2 ........................................................... 103.0 102.732 102.658 102.032 1.2 -1.1 -4.2 -3.7 .0 -3.9 

Education and communication 2 ....................................... 114.6 114.517 114.825 115.329 2.1 2.8 .0 2.6 2.5 1.3 

Education 2 ..................................................................... 164.8 165.149 166.001 166.936 6.0 6.9 6.3 5.3 6.5 5.8 

Educational books and supplies ................................... 403.2 408.325 408.597 415.361 6.0 6.2 8.7 12.6 6.1 10.6 

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare ...................... 466.0 466.513 469.130 471.264 6.0 7.0 6.1 4.6 6.5 5.3 

Communication 2 ............................................................ 85.3 85.027 85.107 85.404 -.5 .5 -4.1 .5 .0 -1.8 

Information and information processing 1 2 .................. 83.5 83.256 83.337 83.645 -.5 .0 -4.2 .7 -.2 -1.8 

Telephone services 1 2 ............................................... 96.9 97.045 97.233 97.625 1.3 3.0 2.9 3.0 2.1 3.0 

Information technology, hardware and services 1 5 .... 11.6 11.321 11.272 11.292 -8.5 -11.5 -34.6 -10.2 -10.0 -23.4 

Personal computers and peripheral equipment 1 2 ... 10.2 10.081 9.997 10.040 -25.5 -7.4 -3.8 -6.1 -16.9 -5.0 

Other goods and services ................................................. 335.7 339.151 340.563 341.327 2.1 1.9 4.0 6.9 2.0 5.4 

Tobacco and smoking products 1 ................................... 528.6 544.568 550.097 551.161 2.0 -.8 4.8 18.2 .6 11.3 

Personal care .................................................................. 191.1 191.366 191.628 192.086 2.2 3.2 3.6 2.1 2.7 2.9 

Personal care products 1 .............................................. 158.6 157.505 157.992 158.528 -.3 3.1 6.0 -.2 1.4 2.9 

Personal care services 1 ............................................... 212.7 214.254 214.773 215.318 1.3 3.1 3.7 5.0 2.2 4.3 

Miscellaneous personal services .................................. 319.6 320.102 321.057 321.437 3.8 4.0 3.6 2.3 3.9 2.9 

Commodity and service group

Commodities ....................................................................... 164.3 164.009 164.641 166.963 10.1 -4.2 -4.3 6.6 2.7 1.0 

Food and beverages ......................................................... 196.4 197.677 199.249 199.913 1.7 3.3 .6 7.3 2.5 3.9

Commodities less food and beverages ............................. 146.1 145.155 145.360 148.351 15.3 -7.9 -7.3 6.3 3.0 -.7 

Nondurables less food and beverages ........................... 182.5 179.125 178.618 184.774 22.2 -14.6 3.8 5.1 2.1 4.4 

Apparel .......................................................................... 119.6 119.451 120.061 119.132 2.0 3.4 -2.3 -1.6 2.7 -1.9 

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel .......... 219.0 216.359 217.028 228.357 36.9 -17.3 -11.5 18.2 6.4 2.3 

Durables .......................................................................... 113.3 113.096 112.926 112.934 -.7 -1.7 -3.5 -1.3 -1.2 -2.4 

Services .............................................................................. 237.5 238.283 239.197 239.874 2.6 3.6 3.1 4.1 3.1 3.6 

Rent of shelter 4 ................................................................ 220.9 221.587 222.103 222.481 4.8 4.3 4.3 2.9 4.5 3.6 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ............................. 117.4 117.748 117.622 117.653 .7 .3 2.1 .9 .5 1.5 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ............................................. 180.3 181.459 184.020 186.511 -13.2 5.1 2.0 14.5 -4.5 8.1 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 .............. 139.6 140.947 141.636 142.070 3.6 5.7 3.2 7.3 4.6 5.2 

Household operations 1 2 ................................................. 141.2 141.729 141.886 142.069 5.0 2.3 4.1 2.5 3.7 3.3 

Transportation services ..................................................... 231.9 232.262 232.505 232.557 2.5 1.9 .3 1.1 2.2 .7

Medical care services ....................................................... 357.7 360.670 363.443 364.265 4.3 4.3 4.0 7.5 4.3 5.8 

Other services ................................................................... 271.0 271.240 271.752 272.525 3.8 3.0 1.2 2.3 3.4 1.7 

Special indexes

All items less food ............................................................... 198.2 198.224 198.835 200.544 6.5 -.2 -.6 4.8 3.1 2.1 

All items less shelter ........................................................... 188.8 188.864 189.663 191.634 6.3 -1.3 -2.3 6.1 2.5 1.8 

All items less medical care .................................................. 192.0 192.143 192.863 194.431 5.8 .2 -.6 5.2 3.0 2.2 

Commodities less food ........................................................ 148.1 147.182 147.428 150.381 14.4 -7.6 -7.0 6.3 2.8 -.6 

Nondurables less food ........................................................ 183.8 180.624 180.295 186.144 20.7 -13.6 3.6 5.2 2.1 4.4 

Nondurables less food and apparel .................................... 216.6 214.118 214.716 225.427 35.8 -17.4 -10.4 17.3 5.9 2.6 

Nondurables ........................................................................ 190.1 189.104 189.616 193.124 11.4 -5.9 1.9 6.5 2.4 4.2 

Services less rent of shelter 4 ............................................. 226.3 227.051 228.013 229.109 2.3 3.2 -.2 5.1 2.8 2.4 

Services less medical care services ................................... 228.3 228.855 229.602 230.290 3.6 3.4 2.3 3.5 3.5 2.9 

Energy ................................................................................. 189.7 186.769 188.349 200.028 33.4 -17.9 -11.9 23.6 4.7 4.4 

All items less energy ........................................................... 199.9 200.516 201.176 201.470 2.9 2.9 1.0 3.2 2.9 2.1 

All items less food and energy .......................................... 201.1 201.575 202.045 202.268 3.1 2.6 1.2 2.3 2.9 1.8 

Commodities less food and energy commodities ........... 140.5 140.610 140.753 140.665 .9 .3 -2.8 .5 .6 -1.2 

Energy commodities ..................................................... 209.1 202.399 203.201 223.710 81.0 -30.5 -21.2 31.0 12.2 1.6 

Services less energy services ......................................... 243.7 244.423 245.136 245.594 4.3 3.6 3.2 3.1 3.9 3.2 

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

Mar.2007 from—

Percent change to

Feb.2007 from—

Dec.

2006

Jan.

2007

Feb.

2007

Mar.

2007

Mar.

2006

Jan.

2007

Feb.

2007

Feb.

2006

Dec.

2006

Jan.

2007

U.S. city average ............................................ M 197.2 197.559 198.544 200.612 2.7 1.5 1.0 2.2 0.7 0.5 

Region and area size2

Northeast urban .............................................. M 211.5 212.054 212.649 214.517 2.6 1.2 .9 2.3 .5 .3 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 212.7 213.163 213.892 215.629 2.8 1.2 .8 2.5 .6 .3 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 126.9 127.395 127.587 128.888 2.2 1.2 1.0 1.7 .5 .2 

Midwest urban ................................................ M 187.8 187.811 189.121 191.145 2.2 1.8 1.1 1.7 .7 .7 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 188.6 188.802 190.087 192.051 2.2 1.7 1.0 1.7 .8 .7 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 122.3 122.103 123.121 124.508 2.3 2.0 1.1 1.8 .7 .8 

Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than

50,000) ............................................... M 185.5 185.949 186.458 188.484 2.0 1.4 1.1 1.8 .5 .3 

South urban .................................................... M 191.8 191.671 192.574 194.734 2.5 1.6 1.1 1.9 .4 .5 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 195.1 195.057 196.032 198.254 3.0 1.6 1.1 2.2 .5 .5 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 122.3 122.204 122.842 124.185 2.1 1.6 1.1 1.8 .4 .5 

Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than

50,000) ............................................... M 195.7 195.466 195.444 197.902 2.9 1.2 1.3 2.3 -.1 .0 

West urban ..................................................... M 200.8 201.946 203.036 205.173 3.5 1.6 1.1 3.0 1.1 .5 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 202.4 203.537 204.885 207.180 3.7 1.8 1.1 3.2 1.2 .7 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 124.6 125.593 126.161 127.333 3.0 1.4 .9 2.5 1.3 .5 

Size classes

A 4 .............................................................. M 183.0 183.443 184.447 186.331 2.9 1.6 1.0 2.5 .8 .5 

B/C 3 ........................................................... M 123.4 123.578 124.203 125.513 2.4 1.6 1.1 1.9 .7 .5 

D ................................................................. M 192.9 192.985 193.060 195.247 2.7 1.2 1.1 2.3 .1 .0 

Selected local areas5

Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI ................... M 190.9 192.166 193.451 195.472 2.4 1.7 1.0 1.5 1.3 .7 

Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA ... M 202.9 204.498 206.632 208.929 4.0 2.2 1.1 3.4 1.8 1.0 

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

NY-NJ-CT-PA ......................................... M 215.2 215.793 216.771 218.510 3.1 1.3 .8 2.9 .7 .5 

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

 224.256 - 225.918 2.5 .7 - - - -

Cleveland-Akron, OH ...................................... 1 - 181.559 - 184.014 1.3 1.4 - - - -

Dallas-Fort Worth, TX ..................................... 1 -

 190.187 - 191.750 1.1 .8 - - - -

Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV 6 ...... 1 - 128.978 - 131.234 3.8 1.7 - - - -

Atlanta, GA ..................................................... 2 193.1 -

 193.446 - - - - 2.6 .2 -

Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI .............................. 2 191.0 -

 192.717 - - - - 1.6 .9 -

Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX .................... 2 177.5 - 179.288 - - - - 1.5 1.0 -

Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL ............................. 2 203.6 -

 205.688 - - - - 2.9 1.0 -

Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,

PA-NJ-DE-MD ........................................ 2 211.2 -

 212.986 - - - - 1.9 .8 -

San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA ........... 2 205.6 -

 208.803 - - - - 3.1 1.6 -

Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA .................... 2 204.3 - 205.746 - - - - 3.9 .7 -

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

 Mar. 2007 from—

 Feb.

 2007

 Mar.

 2007

 Mar.

 2006

 Feb.

 2007

Expenditure category

All items ...................................................................................... 100.000 118.021 118.953 2.5 0.8 

Food and beverages ................................................................ 15.072 118.076 118.366 3.1 .2 

Food ....................................................................................... 13.943 118.107 118.359 3.2 .2 

Food at home ....................................................................... 8.029 115.078 115.435 3.2 .3 

Food away from home .......................................................... 5.914 122.199 122.301 3.3 .1 

Alcoholic beverages ............................................................... 1.130 117.962 118.710 2.7 .6 

Housing .................................................................................... 42.173 123.949 124.462 3.3 .4 

Shelter .................................................................................... 32.495 125.797 126.316 3.9 .4 

Fuels and utilities .................................................................... 4.702 146.794 147.974 2.5 .8 

Household furnishings and operations ................................... 4.977 96.577 96.629 .2 .1 

Apparel ..................................................................................... 4.076 89.374 92.243 .0 3.2 

Transportation .......................................................................... 17.095 115.616 118.479 1.2 2.5 

Private transportation ............................................................. 15.988 116.162 119.171 1.2 2.6 

Public transportation ............................................................... 1.107 110.166 111.096 1.4 .8 

Medical care ............................................................................. 6.055 135.056 135.269 3.7 .2 

Medical care commodities ...................................................... 1.458 121.638 121.296 .7 -.3 

Medical care services ............................................................. 4.597 139.733 140.149 4.7 .3 

Recreation ................................................................................ 5.863 105.241 105.266 -.3 .0 

Education and communication ................................................. 6.190 104.264 104.456 1.2 .2 

Education ............................................................................... 2.751 156.152 156.322 6.1 .1 

Communication ...................................................................... 3.439 74.281 74.462 -2.5 .2 

Other goods and services ........................................................ 3.475 122.936 123.167 3.2 .2 

Commodity and service group

Services ...................................................................................... 58.763 126.885 127.328 3.4 .3 

Commodities .............................................................................. 41.237 107.071 108.594 1.2 1.4 

Durables ................................................................................... 12.340 85.684 85.616 -2.3 -.1 

Nondurables ............................................................................... 28.897 118.009 120.452 2.8 2.1 

All items less food and energy ................................................. 78.707 114.434 114.870 2.1 .4 

Energy ........................................................................................ 7.351 159.100 169.314 4.5 6.4 

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.