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                    CONSUMER PRICE INDEX:  MAY 2002
 
      The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) was
 unchanged in May, before seasonal adjustment, the Bureau of Labor
 Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today.  The May level
 of 179.8 (1982-84=100) was 1.2 percent higher than its level in May 2001.
      
      The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers
 (CPI-W) was unchanged in May, prior to seasonal adjustment.  The May level
 of 175.8 was 0.8 percent higher than the index in May 2001.
      
 CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U)
      
      On a seasonally adjusted basis, the CPI-U was unchanged in May,
 following a 0.5 percent increase in April.  The energy index, which had
 advanced sharply in each of the preceding two months, declined 0.7 percent
 in May.  The index for petroleum-based energy decreased 2.7 percent, while
 the index for energy services rose 1.1 percent.  The food index fell 0.2
 percent in May.  The index for food at home declined 0.5 percent as five
 of the six grocery store food groups registered declines.  Excluding food
 and energy, the CPI-U rose 0.2 percent in May after increasing 0.3 percent
 in April.  A smaller increase in the index for shelter and a downturn in
 the index for tobacco and smoking products accounted for the more moderate
 increase in May.
     

 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          2001             2002           3-mos. ended  ended
                     Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr.  May   May '02   May '02
 All Items           -.1   -.1   .2   .2   .3   .5   .0    3.4       1.2
  Food and beverages -.1    .0   .3   .2   .2   .1  -.2     .0       2.0
  Housing             .3    .2   .2   .3   .1   .3   .3    2.9       2.2
  Apparel            -.6   -.6  -.7   .5  1.2  -.6  -.6     .3      -2.1
  Transportation    -1.6   -.9   .3  -.2  1.2  1.7  -.4   10.6      -3.4
  Medical care        .4    .3   .5   .3   .4   .5   .5    5.2       4.7
  Recreation          .3   -.1   .2   .1   .2   .3  -.1    1.5       1.3
  Education and                                                         
    communication     .0    .2   .3   .2  -.5  -.2   .6    -.4       2.5
  Other goods and                                                     
    services         1.3  -1.0   .3  1.0  -.6  1.5  -.5    1.8       4.0
  Special Indexes                                                       
   Energy           -4.9  -3.0   .9  -.8  3.8  4.5  -.7   34.4     -12.3
   Food              -.1    .0   .3   .2   .2   .1  -.2     .0       1.9
   All Items less                                                       
     food and energy  .4    .1   .2   .3   .1   .3   .2    2.1       2.5


 See pages 4 through 6 for notes on changes introduced into the CPI in 2002
 and for a note on a new supplemental index of consumer price change.
      
      During the first five months of 2002, the CPI-U rose at a 3.0 percent
 seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR).  This compares with an increase of
 1.6 percent for all of 2001.  The index for energy, which declined 13.0
 percent in 2001, increased at a 19.7 percent SAAR in the first five months
 of 2002.  Petroleum-based energy costs increased at a 48.4 percent annual
 rate, while charges for energy services declined at a 0.9 percent annual
 rate.  The food index has increased at a 1.4 percent SAAR thus far this
 year, following a 2.8 percent rise for all of 2001. Excluding food and
 energy, the CPI-U advanced at a 2.3 percent SAAR in the first five months,
 following a 2.7 percent rise in all of 2001.
      
      The food and beverages index declined 0.2 percent in May.  The index
 for food at home decreased 0.5 percent in May after registering no change
 in April.  The index for fruits and vegetables, which had risen sharply in
 each of the first three months of 2002, declined for the second
 consecutive month, down 1.4 percent in May.  Within the fruits and
 vegetables group, the index for fresh vegetables declined 6.2 percent,
 more than offsetting a 2.6 percent rise in the index for fresh fruits and
 a 0.7 percent increase in the index for processed fruits and vegetables.
 The indexes for cereal and bakery products, for meats, poultry, fish, and
 eggs, for nonalcoholic beverages, and for other food at home all
 registered declines in May.  Within the meats, poultry, fish, and eggs
 category, the indexes for beef and pork fell 0.1 and 0.9 percent,
 respectively, while poultry prices rose 0.1 percent.  The index for
 cereals and bakery products fell 0.1 percent in May.  The index for
 nonalcoholic beverages fell 0.9 percent, reflecting a 2.2 percent drop in
 prices for carbonated beverages.  The index for other food at home, which
 increased 1.1 percent in April, declined 1.0 percent in May.  Prices for
 sugar and artificial sweeteners, which rose 5.0 percent in April, fell 2.7
 percent in May.  The index for dairy products was the only major grocery
 store food group to register an increase in May--up 0.2 percent.  The
 other two components of the food and beverages index--food away from home
 and alcoholic beverages--each increased 0.2 percent,
      
      The index for housing rose 0.3 percent in May.  Shelter costs, which
 rose 0.4 percent in April, increased 0.2 percent in May.  Within shelter,
 the indexes for rent and for lodging away from home each rose 0.3 percent,
 and the index for owners' equivalent rent increased 0.2 percent.  The
 index for fuels and utilities advanced 0.8 percent in May, reflecting
 increases in each of the three major household fuels.  The indexes for
 fuel oil and for electricity each rose 0.8 percent and the index for
 natural gas rose 1.9 percent.  (Prior to seasonal adjustment, fuel oil
 prices declined 0.6 percent, while charges for electricity and natural gas
 rose 1.5 and 0.1 percent, respectively.)  The index for household
 furnishings and operations turned up in May, advancing 0.3 percent.
      
      The transportation index, reflecting the movement in gasoline prices,
 rose sharply in March and April and declined 0.4 percent in May.  After
 advancing 8.0 and 10.1 percent in March and April, respectively, the index
 for gasoline fell 2.8 percent in May.  (Prior to seasonal adjustment,
 gasoline prices were unchanged in May.)  The indexes for new vehicles and
 for used cars and trucks each declined for the fifth consecutive month,
 down 0.2 and 0.3 percent, respectively.  During the last 12 months, the
 index for new vehicles has declined 1.8 percent and the index for used
 cars and trucks has fallen 4.6 percent.  Airline fares increased for the
 fifth consecutive month--up. 1.8 percent in May--following declines in
 each of the last six months of 2001.
      
      The index for apparel declined 0.6 percent in May, the same as in
 April.  (Prior to seasonal adjustment, apparel prices fell 1.3 percent,
 largely as a result of the discounting of women's and girls' apparel.)
      
      The medical care index rose 0.5 percent in May to a level 4.7 percent
 above its level a year ago.  The index for medical care commodities--
 prescription drugs, nonprescription drugs, and medical supplies--increased
 0.2 percent.  The index for medical care services rose 0.6 percent in May.
 Charges for professional services rose 0.2 percent and those for hospital
 and related services increased 0.8 percent.
      
      The index for recreation decreased 0.1 percent in May.  Declines in
 the indexes for toys--down 2.3 percent--and for admissions to movies,
 theaters, concerts, and sporting events--down 0.3 percent--were largely
 responsible for the May decrease.
      
      The index for education and communication increased 0.6 percent in
 May, following declines in each of the previous two months.  Education
 costs rose 0.4 percent and the index for communication costs increased 0.8
 percent.  Within the later category, the index for telephone services,
 which had declined in March and April, rose 1.1 percent in May, reflecting
 a 2.5 percent increase in local charges.  Prices for personal computers
 and peripheral equipment recorded their first monthly increase since
 December 1999--up 0.4 percent in May.  During the last 12 months, however,
 these prices have declined 24.3 percent.
      
      The index for other goods and services, which rose 1.5 percent in
 April, declined 0.5 percent in May.  Prices for cigarettes, which
 increased 6.8 percent in April, declined 2.9 percent in May, reflecting
 increased discounting of selected major brands.
      
 CPI for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W)
 
      On a seasonally adjusted basis, the CPI for Urban Wage Earners and
 Clerical Workers declined 0.1 percent in May.


 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          2001             2002           3-mos. ended  ended
                     Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr.  May   May '02   May '02
 All Items           -.1   -.2   .2   .2   .3   .6  -.1    3.5        .8
  Food and beverages -.1    .0   .3   .2   .2   .0  -.2     .0       2.0
  Housing             .3    .2   .2   .2   .2   .2   .3    2.8       2.0
  Apparel            -.4   -.7 -1.0   .5  1.3  -.2  -.8    1.0      -1.8
  Transportation    -1.8   -.9   .2  -.3  1.4  1.9  -.6   11.0      -4.1
  Medical care        .4    .3   .5   .2   .4   .4   .5    5.4       4.6
  Recreation          .1   -.1   .3   .1   .2   .3  -.2    1.2       1.2
  Education and                                                         
    communication     .0    .1   .4   .1  -.5  -.4   .7    -.7       2.3
  Other goods and                                                     
    services         1.7  -1.3   .2  1.5 -1.0  2.2  -.9    1.1       4.3
  Special Indexes                                                       
   Energy           -5.3  -3.0  1.0  -.8  4.1  5.0 -1.3   35.3     -13.1
   Food               .0   -.1   .3   .2   .2  -.1  -.2    -.2       1.9
   All Items less                                                       
     food and energy  .4    .1   .1   .2   .1   .3   .1    1.7       2.3


     Consumer Price Index data for June are scheduled for release on
 Friday, July 19, 2002, at 8:30 A.M. (EDT).

     
     CPI (Old Weights)
     
     For the first six months of 2002, BLS also will calculate Old Weights
 CPI-U and Old Weights CPI-W based on the 1993-95 expenditure pattern used
 in the CPI from 1998 through 2001.  These Old Weight data are contained in
 tables 1(OW)-4(OW).  From April to May 2002, the Old Weights CPI-U was
 unchanged, while the Old Weights CPI-W declined 0.1 percent.  Note these
 series are not seasonally adjusted.

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               Changes in the Consumer Price Index in 2002
                                     
 Expenditure Weight Update
 
      As announced in December 1998, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
 has updated the consumption expenditure weights in the Consumer Price
 Index for all Urban Consumers (CPI-U) and in the Consumer Price Index for
 Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) to the 1999-2000 period,
 effective with release of data for January 2002.  The newer weights
 replace the 1993-95 weights, which were first used in the index effective
 with January 1998 data.  Additionally, CPI expenditure weights will be
 updated at two-year intervals subsequent to the 2002 updating.  Thus, for
 example, CPI expenditure weights will be updated to the 2001-02 period
 effective with release of CPI data for January 2004.
      
      Historically, the introduction of a comprehensive new set of
 expenditure weights attached to the categories of goods and services in
 the CPI "market basket" has taken place in the context of the periodic
 major revisions of the index.  Such major revisions have taken place
 approximately once each decade-in 1940, 1953, 1964, 1978, 1987 and, most
 recently, in 1998.
      
      The goal in employing more current expenditure weights is to have the
 CPI reflect, as much as possible, the inflation currently experienced by
 consumers.  More specifically, the use of more current weights will help
 to ensure that the relative importance of CPI item categories, such as
 food away from home, college tuition, or medical care services, more
 accurately reflects how consumers are allocating their spending.
      
 Publication of Overlap CPIs
      
      For the first six months of 2002, BLS will continue to calculate and
 publish selected CPI-U and CPI-W "overlap" indexes on a not seasonally
 adjusted basis.  These indexes will be compiled using the 1993-95
 expenditure pattern that was introduced into the CPI in 1998.  Comparison
 of these index series to the corresponding updated series will enable
 users of the CPI to observe the effects of the expenditure weight change.
 The subsequent expenditure updates scheduled in 2004 and every two years
 thereafter also will be accompanied by the publication of overlap indexes
 for a six-month period using the previous expenditure pattern.
      
 Publication of CPI for the Phoenix Area
      
      Effective with release of the July 2002 Consumer Price Index (CPI),
 BLS will initiate publication of consumer price data specific to the
 Phoenix-Mesa, Arizona, Metropolitan Statistical Area.  As with the
 national CPI and other local area CPIs, data will be published for each of
 two population groups, that for all urban consumers (CPI-U) and that for
 urban wage earners and clerical workers (CPI-W).  The Phoenix-Mesa CPI
 will be published on a semi-annual basis with a reference base of December
 2001 = 100.  The same amount of item detail will be available for Phoenix-
 Mesa as is presently available for all other areas published on a semi-
 annual basis.
      
 Change to Published Item Structure
      
      Effective with release of the January 2002 CPI, BLS began publishing
 an item index for leased cars and trucks.  This index series is available
 monthly at the U.S. City Average area level for both the CPI-U and CPI-W
 with a December 2001 = 100 reference base.

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                     NOTE ON A NEW, SUPPLEMENTAL INDEX
                          OF CONSUMER PRICE CHANGE
 
       The Bureau of Labor Statistics will begin publishing a 1consumer
 price index (CPI) called the Chained Consumer Price Index for All Urban
 Consumers, effective with release of July data in August 2002.  Designated
 the C-CPI-U, the index will supplement the existing indexes already
 produced by the BLS: the CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) and the CPI
 for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W).

      The C-CPI-U will employ a Tornqvist formula and utilize expenditure
 data in adjacent time periods in order to reflect the effect of any
 substitution that consumers make across item categories in response to
 changes in relative prices.  The new measure, said to be a "superlative"
 index, is designed to be a closer approximation to a "cost-of-living"
 index than the present measures.  The use of expenditure data for both a
 base period and the current period in order to average price change across
 item categories distinguishes the C-CPI-U from the existing CPI measures,
 which use only a single expenditure base period to compute the price
 change over time.  In 1999, the BLS introduced a geometric mean estimator
 for averaging prices within most of the index's item categories in order
 to approximate the effect of consumers' responses to changes in relative
 prices within these item categories.  The geometric mean estimator will be
 used in the C-CPI-U in the same item categories in which it is now used in
 the CPI-U and CPI-W.  (See Monthly Labor Review, October 1998, pp. 3-7.)

      Expenditure data required for the calculation of the C-CPI-U are
 available only with a time lag.  Thus, the C-CPI-U will be issued first in
 preliminary form using the latest available expenditure data at that time
 and will be subject to two subsequent revisions.  Accordingly, at the time
 of its introduction in August, "final" values of the C-CPI-U will be
 issued for the 12 months of 2000, "interim" values will be issued for the
 12 months of 2001, and "initial" values will be issued for January-July
 2of 2002.  In February 2003, with release of the January 2003 index,
 revised interim indexes for the 12 months of 2002 will be published, and
 the index values for 2001 will be revised and will become final.  Then, in
 February 2004, when the monthly expenditure data from calendar year 2002
 become available, C-CPI-U indexes for the 12 months of 2002 will be issued
 in final form and values for the 12 months of 2003 will be revised and
 issued as interim. The C-CPI-U index revisions are expected to be small,
 but in principle each monthly index could be revised from its previously
 published level.

      BLS previously has calculated superlative indexes on an experimental
 basis, although these are not comparable to the C-CPI-U in all
 computational details.  (See, for example, Monthly Labor Review, December
 1993, pp. 25-33.)  Based on BLS research, the C-CPI-U is estimated to
 increase at an average annual rate of 0.1 to 0.2 percentage point less
 than the CPI-U.

      The C-CPI-U will be issued for national averages only and will not be
 seasonally adjusted.  It will employ a December 1999=100 reference base.
 Data for periods prior to December 1999 will not be calculated.  The
 component series that will be published are listed below:


     All items                        Medical care
      Food and beverages               Medical care commodities
       Food                            Medical care services
        Food at home                  Recreation
        Food away from home           Education and communication
       Alcoholic beverages             Education
      Housing                          Communication
       Shelter                        Other goods and services
       Fuels and utilities          Services
       Household furnishings        Commodities
         and operations              Durables
      Apparel                        Nondurables 
      Transportation                All items less food and energy  
       Private transportation       Energy
       Public transportation         


      These indexes will be published monthly in the CPI news release and
 the CPI Detailed Report, and the series will be available electronically
 at the same site as other CPI data: http://www.bls.gov/cpi/.
       
 For more information on the C-CPI-U, write to:
 Bureau of Labor Statistics
 Division of Consumer Prices and Price Indexes
 2 Massachusetts Ave. NE, Room 3130
 Washington, DC 20212
 
 Or contact Patrick Jackman or Rob Cage either by telephone at (202) 691-
 6952 or by electronic mail at Jackman_P@bls.gov or Cage_R@bls.gov .
      
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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 in a market basket of goods and services.  The Bureau of
 Labor Statistics publishes CPIs for two population groups:  (1) a CPI for
 All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) which covers approximately 87 percent of the
 total population and (2) a CPI for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers
 (CPI-W) which covers 32 percent of the total population.  The CPI-U
 includes, in addition to wage earners and clerical workers, 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 CPI is 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.  Separate indexes
 are also published by size of city, by region of the country, for cross-
 classifications of regions and population-size classes, and for 26 local
 areas.  Area indexes do not measure differences in the level of prices
 among cities, they only measure the average change in prices for each area
 since the base period.
 
      The index measures price change from a designed reference date-1982-
 84 which equals 100.0.  An increase of 16.5 percent, for example, is shown
 as 116.5.  This change can also be expressed in dollars as follows:  the
 price of a base period market basket of goods and services in the CPI has
 risen from $10 in 1982-84 to $11.65.
 
      For further details visit the CPI home page on the Internet at
 http://www.bls.gov/cpi/ or contact our CPI Information and Analysis
 Section on (202) 691-7000.
 
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       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   					115.7
       Less previous index    			111.2
       Equals index point change  		4.5
       
       
                    Percent Change
       
       Index point difference			4.5
       Divided by the previous index		111.2
       Equals					0.040
       Results multiplied by one hundred	0.040 x 100
       Equals percent change			4.0


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 Regions Defined
 
 The states in the four regions shown in Tables 3 and 6 are listed below.
 
 The Northeast--Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York,
 New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

 The Midwest--Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota,
 Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.

 The South--Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky,
 Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South
 Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of
 Columbia.

 The West--Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana,
 Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.

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 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.  The updated
 seasonal data at the end of 1977 replaced data from 1967 through 1977.
 Subsequent annual updates have replaced 5 years of seasonal data, e.g.,
 data from 1997 through 2001 were replaced at the end of 2001.  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 for the last 5 years, but the
 seasonally adjusted indexes will be used before that period.  Note: 39 of
 the 73 components are seasonally adjusted for 2002.
 
      Seasonally adjusted data, including the All items index levels, are
 subject to revision for up to five years after their original release.
 For this reason, BLS advises against the use of these data in escalation
 agreements.
 
      Effective with the calculation of the seasonal factors for 1990, the
 Bureau of Labor Statistics has used an enhanced seasonal adjustment
 procedure called Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment for some CPI
 series.  Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment allows for better
 estimates of seasonally adjusted data.  Extreme values and/or sharp
 movements which might distort the seasonal pattern are estimated and
 removed from the data prior to calculation of seasonal factors.  Beginning
 with the calculation of seasonal factors for 1996, X-12-ARIMA software was
 used for Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment.
 
      For the fuel oil, natural gas, motor fuels, and educational books and
 supplies indexes, this procedure was used to offset the effects that
 extreme price volatility would otherwise have had on the estimates of
 seasonally adjusted data for those series.   For the Nonalcoholic
 beverages index, the procedure was used to offset the effects of a large
 increase in coffee prices due to adverse weather.  The procedure was used
 to account for unusual butter fat supply reductions and decreases in milk
 supply affecting the Fats and oils series.  For the Water and sewerage
 maintenance index, the procedure was used to account for a data collection
 anomaly.  It was used to offset an increase in summer demand in the
 Midwest and South for Electricity.  For New vehicles, New cars, and New
 trucks, the procedure was used to offset the effects of a model changeover
 combined with financing incentives.
 
      A description of Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment, as well
 as a list of unusual events modeled and seasonal factors for these items
 may be obtained by writing the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Division of
 Consumer Prices and Price Indexes, Washington, DC 20212 or by calling
 Daniel Chow on (202) 691-6968 or sending e-mail to Chow_Dan@BLS.GOV.  If
 you have general questions about the CPI, please call our information
 staff at (202) 691-7000.

 Table 1. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category and commodity
 and service group

 (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                   Unadjusted                           
                                                 Relative   Unadjusted indexes percent change to   Seasonally adjusted  
                                               importance,                       May 2002 from-    percent change from- 
                     CPI-U                       December                                                               
                                                   2001       Apr.      May                                             
                                                              2002      2002      May     Apr.   Feb. to Mar. to Apr. to
                                                                                 2001     2002     Mar.    Apr.    May  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                        
             Expenditure category                                                                                       
                                                                                                                        
 All items ...................................    100.000     179.8     179.8      1.2      0.0     0.3     0.5     0.0 
 All items (1967=100) ........................          -     538.6     538.5        -        -       -       -       - 
                                                                                                                        
  Food and beverages .........................     15.719     176.7     176.4      2.0     -0.2     0.2     0.1    -0.2 
   Food ......................................     14.688     176.2     175.8      1.9     -0.2     0.2     0.1    -0.2 
    Food at home .............................      8.468     176.4     175.5      1.6     -0.5     0.2     0.0    -0.5 
     Cereals and bakery products .............      1.298     198.1     198.2      2.6      0.1    -0.1     0.3    -0.1 
     Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ..........      2.271     162.5     162.4      1.0     -0.1     0.7    -0.1    -0.1 
     Dairy and related products (1)...........       .916     168.7     169.0      2.6      0.2    -0.4    -0.4     0.2 
     Fruits and vegetables ...................      1.204     223.4     221.0      3.7     -1.1     1.0    -1.8    -1.4 
     Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage                                                                                
         materials ...........................       .967     140.0     138.0     -0.1     -1.4     0.3     0.4    -0.9 
     Other food at home ......................      1.811     161.5     160.0      0.3     -0.9    -0.4     1.1    -1.0 
      Sugar and sweets .......................       .315     159.6     157.9      1.3     -1.1    -0.8     2.1    -1.4 
      Fats and oils ..........................       .265     156.5     155.9      0.8     -0.4    -0.3    -0.1    -0.4 
      Other foods ............................      1.232     177.8     176.1     -0.2     -1.0    -0.4     1.1    -1.0 
       Other miscellaneous foods (1) (2)......       .289     108.0     108.9      0.1      0.8    -0.2     0.2     0.8 
    Food away from home (1)...................      6.220     177.2     177.6      2.6      0.2     0.1     0.1     0.2 
     Other food away from home (1) (2)........       .383     116.9     117.1      4.2      0.2     0.4     0.5     0.2 
   Alcoholic beverages .......................      1.031     182.9     183.3      2.7      0.2     0.1     0.2     0.2 
                                                                                                                        
  Housing ....................................     40.873     179.5     179.7      2.2      0.1     0.1     0.3     0.3 
   Shelter ...................................     31.522     207.5     207.5      4.0      0.0     0.1     0.4     0.2 
    Rent of primary residence (3).............      6.421     198.5     198.8      4.1      0.2     0.4     0.2     0.3 
    Lodging away from home (2) (3)............      2.702     122.1     120.1      0.1     -1.6    -1.6     1.6     0.3 
    Owners' equivalent rent of primary                                                                                  
        residence (3) (4).....................     22.046     213.3     213.7      4.3      0.2     0.3     0.3     0.2 
    Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2)..       .353     107.2     107.6      0.7      0.4     0.0     0.4     0.4 
   Fuels and utilities .......................      4.511     140.3     141.5     -6.5      0.9     0.4     0.2     0.8 
    Fuels ....................................      3.654     123.8     125.1     -8.6      1.1     0.3     0.2     1.1 
     Fuel oil and other fuels ................       .188     115.1     114.4    -13.3     -0.6     1.7     2.9     1.0 
     Gas (piped) and electricity (3)..........      3.466     130.6     132.1     -8.1      1.1     0.2     0.0     1.1 
    Water and sewer and trash collection                                                                                
        services (2)..........................       .857     112.6     112.7      3.3      0.1     0.4     0.4     0.1 
   Household furnishings and operations ......      4.840     128.9     128.9      0.0      0.0     0.0    -0.1     0.3 
    Household operations (1) (2)..............       .820     118.4     118.4      3.3      0.0     0.8    -0.4     0.0 
                                                                                                                        
  Apparel ....................................      4.399     128.8     127.1     -2.1     -1.3     1.2    -0.6    -0.6 
   Men's and boys' apparel ...................      1.122     125.6     124.3     -3.7     -1.0     1.4    -0.6    -1.6 
   Women's and girls' apparel ................      1.807     122.2     119.4     -2.4     -2.3     0.5    -0.5    -0.7 
   Infants' and toddlers' apparel (1).........       .203     128.9     127.4     -2.5     -1.2     2.1    -0.8    -1.2 
   Footwear ..................................       .874     124.6     124.5      0.1     -0.1     2.0    -0.7     0.5 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation .............................     17.055     153.7     153.8     -3.4      0.1     1.2     1.7    -0.4 
   Private transportation ....................     15.845     149.6     149.5     -3.7     -0.1     1.4     1.8    -0.5 
    New and used motor vehicles (2)...........      8.614      99.3      99.1     -2.3     -0.2    -0.4    -0.3    -0.2 
     New vehicles ............................      5.083     140.4     139.8     -1.8     -0.4    -0.3    -0.2    -0.2 
     Used cars and trucks ....................      2.195     151.8     151.8     -4.6      0.0    -0.8    -0.5    -0.3 
    Motor fuel ...............................      2.564     121.4     121.4    -17.3      0.0     8.5     9.9    -2.8 
     Gasoline (all types) ....................      2.536     120.8     120.8    -17.3      0.0     8.0    10.1    -2.8 
    Motor vehicle parts and equipment (1).....       .421     106.8     106.8      2.3      0.0     0.4     0.3     0.0 
    Motor vehicle maintenance and repair .....      1.400     189.0     189.9      4.1      0.5     0.3     0.5     0.5 
   Public transportation .....................      1.211     209.7     211.9      1.2      1.0    -0.8     0.5     2.1 
                                                                                                                        
  Medical care ...............................      5.810     283.2     284.1      4.7      0.3     0.4     0.5     0.5 
   Medical care commodities ..................      1.377     254.8     255.4      3.6      0.2     0.1     0.2     0.2 
   Medical care services .....................      4.434     290.2     291.2      5.0      0.3     0.4     0.6     0.6 
    Professional services (3).................      2.784     252.5     252.9      2.9      0.2     0.1     0.3     0.2 
    Hospital and related services (3).........      1.353     362.4     364.5      8.8      0.6     1.0     1.1     0.8 
                                                                                                                        
  Recreation (2)..............................      6.019     106.5     106.4      1.3     -0.1     0.2     0.3    -0.1 
   Video and audio (2)........................      1.645     102.9     103.1      1.5      0.2     0.0     0.1     0.1 
                                                                                                                        
  Education and communication (2).............      5.813     106.2     106.6      2.5      0.4    -0.5    -0.2     0.6 
   Education (2)..............................      2.726     123.3     123.5      6.1      0.2     0.3     0.4     0.4 
    Educational books and supplies ...........       .220     314.4     315.6      8.6      0.4     0.3     0.6     0.8 
    Tuition, other school fees, and childcare       2.506     354.1     354.6      5.9      0.1     0.3     0.4     0.3 
   Communication (1) (2)......................      3.087      91.2      91.9     -1.1      0.8    -1.2    -0.9     0.8 
    Information and information processing (1)                                                                          
        (2)...................................      2.903      90.0      90.7     -1.2      0.8    -1.3    -0.9     0.8 
     Telephone services (1) (2)...............      2.324      98.2      99.3      0.6      1.1    -1.2    -0.9     1.1 
     Information and information processing                                                                             
         other than telephone services (1) (5)       .580      18.6      18.5    -14.7     -0.5    -1.1    -1.1    -0.5 
      Personal computers and peripheral                                                                                 
          equipment (1) (2)...................       .275      22.9      23.0    -24.3      0.4    -2.9    -0.9     0.4 
                                                                                                                        
  Other goods and services ...................      4.312     292.9     291.5      4.0     -0.5    -0.6     1.5    -0.5 
   Tobacco and smoking products (1)...........       .928     461.4     449.0      7.2     -2.7    -3.5     6.5    -2.7 
   Personal care (1)..........................      3.384     174.4     174.7      3.1      0.2     0.2     0.2     0.2 
    Personal care products (1)................       .706     155.4     154.8      1.0     -0.4    -0.3     0.2    -0.4 
    Personal care services (1)................       .901     187.9     188.3      2.3      0.2     0.5     0.3     0.2 
    Miscellaneous personal services ..........      1.562     273.2     274.2      5.1      0.4     0.4     0.2     0.3 
                                                                                                                        
          Commodity and service group                                                                                   
                                                                                                                        
 Commodities .................................     41.300     151.0     150.5     -1.6     -0.3     0.6     0.7    -0.5 
  Food and beverages .........................     15.719     176.7     176.4      2.0     -0.2     0.2     0.1    -0.2 
  Commodities less food and beverages ........     25.582     136.0     135.4     -3.8     -0.4     0.8     1.2    -0.7 
   Nondurables less food and beverages .......     13.493     148.4     147.4     -4.0     -0.7     2.4     1.6    -1.0 
    Apparel ..................................      4.399     128.8     127.1     -2.1     -1.3     1.2    -0.6    -0.6 
    Nondurables less food, beverages, and                                                                               
        apparel ..............................      9.094     164.7     164.1     -4.6     -0.4     3.1     2.4    -1.0 
   Durables ..................................     12.089     121.9     121.7     -2.6     -0.2    -0.5    -0.2    -0.1 
 Services ....................................     58.700     208.4     208.8      3.1      0.2     0.1     0.3     0.4 
  Rent of shelter (4).........................     31.169     216.1     216.1      4.0      0.0     0.2     0.4     0.1 
  Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2)....       .353     107.2     107.6      0.7      0.4     0.0     0.4     0.4 
  Gas (piped) and electricity (3).............      3.466     130.6     132.1     -8.1      1.1     0.2     0.0     1.1 
  Water and sewer and trash collection                                                                                  
      services (2)............................       .857     112.6     112.7      3.3      0.1     0.4     0.4     0.1 
  Household operations (1) (2)................       .820     118.4     118.4      3.3      0.0     0.8    -0.4     0.0 
  Transportation services ....................      6.638     207.9     208.9      4.2      0.5     0.2     0.3     0.7 
  Medical care services ......................      4.434     290.2     291.2      5.0      0.3     0.4     0.6     0.6 
  Other services .............................     10.963     243.8     244.5      3.4      0.3     0.1     0.2     0.4 
                                                                                                                        
                Special indexes                                                                                         
                                                                                                                        
 All items less food .........................     85.312     180.4     180.4      1.0      0.0     0.3     0.6     0.1 
 All items less shelter ......................     68.478     170.9     170.9      0.0      0.0     0.4     0.5     0.0 
 All items less medical care .................     94.190     174.3     174.2      0.9     -0.1     0.3     0.5     0.0 
 Commodities less food .......................     26.612     137.8     137.3     -3.6     -0.4     0.7     1.2    -0.6 
 Nondurables less food .......................     14.524     150.4     149.5     -3.6     -0.6     2.3     1.5    -0.9 
 Nondurables less food and apparel ...........     10.125     165.5     165.0     -4.1     -0.3     2.7     2.2    -0.9 
 Nondurables .................................     29.212     162.7     162.1     -0.9     -0.4     1.3     0.9    -0.6 
 Services less rent of shelter (4)............     27.531     215.1     216.0      2.2      0.4     0.3     0.2     0.5 
 Services less medical care services .........     54.266     201.2     201.6      3.0      0.2     0.2     0.4     0.3 
 Energy ......................................      6.218     122.2     122.9    -12.3      0.6     3.8     4.5    -0.7 
 All items less energy .......................     93.782     187.5     187.4      2.5     -0.1     0.1     0.3     0.1 
  All items less food and energy .............     79.094     190.3     190.2      2.5     -0.1     0.1     0.3     0.2 
   Commodities less food and energy                                                                                     
       commodities ...........................     23.860     145.1     144.4     -0.9     -0.5    -0.1     0.1    -0.3 
    Energy commodities .......................      2.752     121.6     121.6    -16.5      0.0     8.0     9.4    -2.7 
   Services less energy services .............     55.234     216.3     216.6      3.9      0.1     0.1     0.4     0.3 
 Purchasing power of the consumer dollar                                                                                
     (1982-84=$1.00) .........................          -    $ .556    $ .556        -        -       -       -       - 
 Purchasing power of the consumer dollar                                                                                
     (1967=$1.00) ............................          -    $ .186    $ .186        -        -       -       -       - 

   1 Not seasonally adjusted.
   2 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base.
   3 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator.  All other item stratum index series converted to a
 geometric means estimator in January, 1999.
   4 Indexes on a December 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)
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                                 Seasonally adjusted indexes    Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent 
                                                                                               change for               
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                     CPI-U                                                           3 months ended--         6 months  
                                                                                                              ended--   
                                                 Feb.    Mar.    Apr.    May                                            
                                                 2002    2002    2002    2002                                           
                                                                                Aug.   Nov.   Feb.    May   Nov.    May 
                                                                                2001   2001   2002   2002   2001   2002 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                        
             Expenditure category                                                                                       
                                                                                                                        
 All items ...................................  178.0   178.6   179.5   179.5    0.0    0.2    1.1    3.4    0.1    2.3 
                                                                                                                        
  Food and beverages .........................  176.3   176.6   176.7   176.3    3.5    2.1    2.3    0.0    2.8    1.1 
   Food ......................................  175.8   176.1   176.2   175.8    3.5    2.1    2.3    0.0    2.8    1.1 
    Food at home .............................  175.9   176.3   176.3   175.4    3.5    1.8    2.1   -1.1    2.7    0.5 
     Cereals and bakery products .............  197.8   197.6   198.1   198.0    3.8    2.1    3.9    0.4    2.9    2.2 
     Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ..........  161.9   163.1   163.0   162.9    1.7    0.7   -1.0    2.5    1.2    0.7 
     Dairy and related products (1)...........  170.1   169.4   168.7   169.0   10.6    5.6   -2.5   -2.6    8.0   -2.6 
     Fruits and vegetables ...................  224.1   226.3   222.2   219.0    1.5    3.4   21.2   -8.8    2.5    5.1 
     Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage                                                                                
         materials ...........................  138.6   139.0   139.6   138.3    4.7    0.0   -3.9   -0.9    2.3   -2.4 
     Other food at home ......................  160.4   159.7   161.5   159.9    2.3    1.3   -1.2   -1.2    1.8   -1.2 
      Sugar and sweets .......................  157.9   156.6   159.9   157.7    1.0    1.0    3.9   -0.5    1.0    1.7 
      Fats and oils ..........................  157.0   156.6   156.4   155.8    9.4   -5.0    2.3   -3.0    1.9   -0.4 
      Other foods ............................  176.5   175.8   177.8   176.0    0.9    3.0   -3.3   -1.1    1.9   -2.2 
       Other miscellaneous foods (1) (2)......  108.0   107.8   108.0   108.9    2.6    4.1   -9.1    3.4    3.3   -3.1 
    Food away from home (1)...................  177.0   177.1   177.2   177.6    3.7    2.5    2.8    1.4    3.1    2.1 
     Other food away from home (1) (2)........  115.8   116.3   116.9   117.1    6.9    3.9    1.4    4.6    5.4    3.0 
   Alcoholic beverages .......................  182.4   182.5   182.9   183.3    3.2    2.7    2.7    2.0    2.9    2.3 
                                                                                                                        
  Housing ....................................  178.7   178.9   179.5   180.0    2.3    0.7    2.7    2.9    1.5    2.8 
   Shelter ...................................  206.0   206.2   207.1   207.6    4.5    3.4    5.0    3.1    3.9    4.1 
    Rent of primary residence (3).............  197.5   198.2   198.5   199.0    4.5    4.6    4.4    3.1    4.6    3.7 
    Lodging away from home (2) (3)............  119.1   117.2   119.1   119.4    3.0   -9.9    6.6    1.0   -3.7    3.8 
    Owners' equivalent rent of primary                                                                                  
        residence (3) (4).....................  212.2   212.8   213.5   213.9    4.6    4.9    4.5    3.2    4.7    3.8 
    Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2)..  106.8   106.8   107.2   107.6   -0.7    1.1   -0.4    3.0    0.2    1.3 
   Fuels and utilities .......................  141.6   142.1   142.4   143.6   -9.1  -13.9   -7.8    5.8  -11.5   -1.2 
    Fuels ....................................  125.4   125.8   126.0   127.4  -11.5  -17.1  -10.4    6.5  -14.4   -2.3 
     Fuel oil and other fuels ................  107.9   109.7   112.9   114.0  -10.2  -26.8  -31.3   24.6  -18.9   -7.5 
     Gas (piped) and electricity (3)..........  132.9   133.2   133.2   134.7  -11.7  -16.6   -8.5    5.5  -14.2   -1.8 
    Water and sewer and trash collection                                                                                
        services (2)..........................  111.8   112.2   112.6   112.7    3.7    2.9    3.7    3.3    3.3    3.5 
   Household furnishings and operations ......  128.6   128.6   128.5   128.9    0.6    0.6   -2.1    0.9    0.6   -0.6 
    Household operations (1) (2)..............  117.9   118.9   118.4   118.4    6.1    2.1    3.5    1.7    4.1    2.6 
                                                                                                                        
  Apparel ....................................  124.6   126.1   125.4   124.7   -4.6   -0.3   -3.5    0.3   -2.5   -1.6 
   Men's and boys' apparel ...................  123.0   124.7   124.0   122.0   -8.8    3.6   -5.9   -3.2   -2.8   -4.6 
   Women's and girls' apparel ................  116.9   117.5   116.9   116.1   -4.6   -3.7    1.7   -2.7   -4.2   -0.5 
   Infants' and toddlers' apparel (1).........  127.2   129.9   128.9   127.4  -12.5   20.8  -14.8    0.6    2.8   -7.4 
   Footwear ..................................  121.0   123.4   122.5   123.1    0.7   -3.5   -3.6    7.1   -1.5    1.6 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation .............................  148.9   150.7   153.3   152.7  -11.4   -7.9   -3.2   10.6   -9.6    3.5 
   Private transportation ....................  144.6   146.6   149.2   148.4  -12.6   -8.1   -3.3   10.9  -10.4    3.6 
    New and used motor vehicles (2)...........   99.9    99.5    99.2    99.0   -1.6    0.0   -4.3   -3.6   -0.8   -3.9 
     New vehicles ............................  140.5   140.1   139.8   139.5   -1.7    2.6   -5.2   -2.8    0.4   -4.0 
     Used cars and trucks ....................  154.5   153.2   152.4   152.0   -2.7   -4.7   -4.5   -6.3   -3.7   -5.4 
    Motor fuel ...............................  101.0   109.6   120.4   117.0  -48.1  -42.2  -13.4   80.1  -45.3   24.9 
     Gasoline (all types) ....................  100.5   108.5   119.5   116.2  -47.9  -41.8  -13.5   78.7  -44.9   24.4 
    Motor vehicle parts and equipment (1).....  106.1   106.5   106.8   106.8    1.9    3.5    1.1    2.7    2.7    1.9 
    Motor vehicle maintenance and repair .....  187.8   188.3   189.2   190.1    3.5    4.0    3.7    5.0    3.8    4.3 
   Public transportation .....................  207.7   206.1   207.2   211.5    6.7   -8.4   -0.2    7.5   -1.1    3.6 
                                                                                                                        
  Medical care ...............................  280.4   281.4   282.7   284.0    4.2    5.1    4.2    5.2    4.6    4.7 
   Medical care commodities ..................  253.9   254.1   254.6   255.2    3.8    4.2    4.2    2.1    4.0    3.1 
   Medical care services .....................  286.8   288.0   289.6   291.2    4.4    5.2    4.3    6.3    4.8    5.3 
    Professional services (3).................  250.9   251.1   251.8   252.4    3.6    3.3    2.1    2.4    3.5    2.3 
    Hospital and related services (3).........  355.0   358.6   362.4   365.2    5.7    8.4    9.0   12.0    7.0   10.5 
                                                                                                                        
  Recreation (2)..............................  105.9   106.1   106.4   106.3    0.4    2.7    0.8    1.5    1.5    1.1 
   Video and audio (1) (2)....................  102.6   102.6   102.7   102.8    0.0    1.6    3.2    0.8    0.8    2.0 
                                                                                                                        
  Education and communication (2).............  107.2   106.7   106.5   107.1    5.1    2.7    2.7   -0.4    3.9    1.1 
   Education (2)..............................  123.2   123.6   124.1   124.6    7.3    6.2    6.4    4.6    6.8    5.5 
    Educational books and supplies ...........  312.2   313.2   315.0   317.5    9.8    7.1   10.2    7.0    8.4    8.6 
    Tuition, other school fees, and childcare   353.9   355.1   356.6   357.8    6.9    6.1    5.9    4.5    6.5    5.2 
   Communication (1) (2)......................   93.1    92.0    91.2    91.9    2.6   -0.9   -0.9   -5.1    0.9   -3.0 
    Information and information processing (1)                                                                          
        (2)...................................   92.0    90.8    90.0    90.7    2.6   -0.9   -0.9   -5.5    0.9   -3.2 
     Telephone services (1) (2)...............  100.3    99.1    98.2    99.3    3.7    0.0    2.8   -3.9    1.8   -0.6 
     Information and information processing                                                                             
         other than telephone services (1) (5)   19.0    18.8    18.6    18.5  -17.2  -12.9  -18.5  -10.1  -15.1  -14.4 
      Personal computers and peripheral                                                                                 
          equipment (1) (2)...................   23.8    23.1    22.9    23.0  -30.1  -25.8  -27.6  -12.8  -28.0  -20.5 
                                                                                                                        
  Other goods and services ...................  290.2   288.5   292.9   291.5    4.5    8.6    1.4    1.8    6.5    1.6 
   Tobacco and smoking products (1)...........  449.3   433.4   461.4   449.0    5.8   22.5    2.3   -0.3   13.8    1.0 
   Personal care (1)..........................  173.7   174.1   174.4   174.7    4.1    3.3    2.6    2.3    3.7    2.4 
    Personal care products (1)................  155.5   155.1   155.4   154.8    4.0    1.8    0.3   -1.8    2.9   -0.8 
    Personal care services (1)................  186.4   187.3   187.9   188.3    2.4    3.5   -0.9    4.1    3.0    1.6 
    Miscellaneous personal services ..........  271.2   272.4   273.0   273.9    7.2    4.4    4.4    4.0    5.8    4.2 
                                                                                                                        
          Commodity and service group                                                                                   
                                                                                                                        
 Commodities .................................  148.4   149.3   150.4   149.7   -4.7   -2.6   -2.1    3.6   -3.7    0.7 
  Food and beverages .........................  176.3   176.6   176.7   176.3    3.5    2.1    2.3    0.0    2.8    1.1 
  Commodities less food and beverages ........  132.5   133.6   135.2   134.3   -9.7   -5.7   -4.7    5.5   -7.7    0.3 
   Nondurables less food and beverages .......  140.9   144.3   146.6   145.2  -12.8   -9.5   -4.7   12.8  -11.2    3.7 
    Apparel ..................................  124.6   126.1   125.4   124.7   -4.6   -0.3   -3.5    0.3   -2.5   -1.6 
    Nondurables less food, beverages, and                                                                               
        apparel ..............................  155.0   159.8   163.7   162.1  -16.3  -12.2   -5.7   19.6  -14.3    6.2 
   Durables ..................................  122.4   121.8   121.6   121.5   -1.9   -0.6   -5.1   -2.9   -1.3   -4.0 
 Services ....................................  207.4   207.7   208.4   209.2    3.4    2.2    3.5    3.5    2.8    3.5 
  Rent of shelter (4).........................  214.5   215.0   215.9   216.1    4.5    3.5    4.8    3.0    4.0    3.9 
  Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2)....  106.8   106.8   107.2   107.6   -0.7    1.1   -0.4    3.0    0.2    1.3 
  Gas (piped) and electricity (3).............  132.9   133.2   133.2   134.7  -11.7  -16.6   -8.5    5.5  -14.2   -1.8 
  Water and sewer and trash collection                                                                                  
      services (2)............................  111.8   112.2   112.6   112.7    3.7    2.9    3.7    3.3    3.3    3.5 
  Household operations (1) (2)................  117.9   118.9   118.4   118.4    6.1    2.1    3.5    1.7    4.1    2.6 
  Transportation services ....................  206.3   206.7   207.4   208.9    5.3    2.6    4.0    5.1    3.9    4.6 
  Medical care services ......................  286.8   288.0   289.6   291.2    4.4    5.2    4.3    6.3    4.8    5.3 
  Other services .............................  243.4   243.6   244.0   244.9    4.1    4.1    3.0    2.5    4.1    2.8 
                                                                                                                        
                Special indexes                                                                                         
                                                                                                                        
 All items less food .........................  178.4   179.0   180.1   180.2   -0.7    0.0    0.9    4.1   -0.3    2.5 
 All items less shelter ......................  169.0   169.7   170.6   170.6   -2.1   -1.2   -0.5    3.8   -1.6    1.7 
 All items less medical care .................  172.6   173.1   174.0   174.0   -0.2   -0.2    1.2    3.3   -0.2    2.2 
 Commodities less food .......................  134.4   135.4   137.0   136.2   -9.3   -5.4   -4.3    5.5   -7.4    0.4 
 Nondurables less food .......................  143.3   146.6   148.8   147.4  -11.7   -8.6   -4.6   11.9  -10.2    3.3 
 Nondurables less food and apparel ...........  156.7   161.0   164.5   163.1  -14.4  -11.0   -4.9   17.4  -12.7    5.6 
 Nondurables .................................  158.5   160.5   161.9   160.9   -4.8   -3.4   -1.5    6.2   -4.1    2.3 
 Services less rent of shelter (4)............  214.3   215.0   215.5   216.5    2.7    0.8    1.1    4.2    1.7    2.6 
 Services less medical care services .........  200.2   200.6   201.4   202.0    3.5    2.0    3.1    3.6    2.8    3.3 
 Energy ......................................  113.3   117.6   122.9   122.0  -30.3  -28.7  -11.2   34.4  -29.5    9.3 
 All items less energy .......................  186.5   186.6   187.1   187.2    2.9    3.1    2.2    1.5    3.0    1.8 
  All items less food and energy .............  189.1   189.3   189.8   190.1    2.8    3.0    2.1    2.1    2.9    2.1 
   Commodities less food and energy                                                                                     
       commodities ...........................  144.3   144.1   144.2   143.8   -0.8    1.7   -3.0   -1.4    0.4   -2.2 
    Energy commodities .......................  102.0   110.2   120.6   117.4  -45.6  -40.9  -14.3   75.5  -43.3   22.7 
   Services less energy services .............  215.0   215.3   216.1   216.8    4.5    3.7    4.4    3.4    4.1    3.9 

   1 Not seasonally adjusted.
   2 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base.
   3 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator.  All other item stratum index series converted to a
 geometric means estimator in January, 1999.
   4 Indexes on a December 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)
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                All items                                  
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
                                               Prici-           Indexes             Percent change to    Percent change to 
                     CPI-U                       ng                                  May2002 from--       Apr.2002 from--  
                                               sched-                                                                      
                                                 ule   Feb.   Mar.   Apr.    May                                           
                                                 (1)   2002   2002   2002   2002    May   Mar.   Apr.   Apr.   Feb.   Mar. 
                                                                                   2001   2002   2002   2001   2002   2002 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                           
 U.S. city average ...........................   M    177.8  178.8  179.8  179.8    1.2    0.6    0.0    1.6    1.1    0.6 
                                                                                                                           
            Region and area size(2)                                                                                        
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
 Northeast urban .............................   M    186.1  187.0  187.8  187.7    1.7    0.4   -0.1    2.0    0.9    0.4 
   Size A -  More than 1,500,000 .............   M    187.8  188.6  189.3  189.2    1.9    0.3   -0.1    2.3    0.8    0.4 
   Size B/C  50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)..........   M    110.5  111.2  111.9  112.0    1.1    0.7    0.1    1.1    1.3    0.6 
                                                                                                                           
 Midwest urban ...............................   M    172.5  173.6  174.7  174.8    0.3    0.7    0.1    1.1    1.3    0.6 
   Size A   - More than 1,500,000 ............   M    174.7  176.0  177.3  177.2    0.9    0.7   -0.1    1.7    1.5    0.7 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3).........   M    109.6  110.2  110.7  110.8   -0.7    0.5    0.1    0.3    1.0    0.5 
   Size D -  Nonmetropolitan  (less than                                                                                   
       50,000) ...............................   M    166.6  167.1  168.1  168.2    0.2    0.7    0.1    0.8    0.9    0.6 
                                                                                                                           
 South urban .................................   M    171.0  172.1  173.1  173.2    0.9    0.6    0.1    1.0    1.2    0.6 
   Size A -  More than 1,500,000 .............   M    172.4  173.3  174.2  174.6    1.6    0.8    0.2    1.5    1.0    0.5 
   Size B/C -  50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........   M    109.3  110.0  110.8  110.7    0.5    0.6   -0.1    0.8    1.4    0.7 
   Size D -  Nonmetropolitan  (less than                                                                                   
       50,000) ...............................   M    168.6  169.9  170.5  170.6   -0.2    0.4    0.1   -0.1    1.1    0.4 
                                                                                                                           
 West urban ..................................   M    183.2  184.0  185.1  184.8    1.9    0.4   -0.2    2.6    1.0    0.6 
   Size A   - More than 1,500,000 ............   M    185.4  186.2  187.2  187.5    2.2    0.7    0.2    2.6    1.0    0.5 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3).........   M    112.4  112.8  113.7  112.5    1.3   -0.3   -1.1    2.8    1.2    0.8 
                                                                                                                           
                 Size classes                                                                                              
                                                                                                                           
   A (4)......................................   M    162.5  163.4  164.2  164.3    1.7    0.6    0.1    2.1    1.0    0.5 
   B/C (3)....................................   M    110.1  110.7  111.4  111.2    0.5    0.5   -0.2    1.1    1.2    0.6 
   D .........................................   M    170.7  171.5  172.4  172.4    0.3    0.5    0.0    0.7    1.0    0.5 
                                                                                                                           
            Selected local areas(5)                                                                                        
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI ..............   M    178.7  179.8  180.9  181.4    0.9    0.9    0.3    1.4    1.2    0.6 
 Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA .....   M    180.1  181.1  182.2  182.6    2.9    0.8    0.2    3.2    1.2    0.6 
 New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island,                                                                                       
     NY-NJ-CT-PA .............................   M    189.9  191.1  191.8  191.4    2.2    0.2   -0.2    2.8    1.0    0.4 
                                                                                                                           
 Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT .........   1        -  194.7      -  194.8    2.0    0.1      -      -      -      - 
 Cleveland-Akron, OH .........................   1        -  173.7      -  173.0   -0.4   -0.4      -      -      -      - 
 Dallas-Fort Worth, TX .......................   1        -  172.1      -  172.9    2.1    0.5      -      -      -      - 
 Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV (6)........   1        -  111.9      -  112.8    2.5    0.8      -      -      -      - 
                                                                                                                           
 Atlanta, GA .................................   2    176.1      -  178.6      -      -      -      -    1.1    1.4      - 
 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI .................   2    176.2      -  179.0      -      -      -      -    2.6    1.6      - 
 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX ..............   2    156.6      -  158.8      -      -      -      -   -0.4    1.4      - 
 Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL ...................   2    175.0      -  175.0      -      -      -      -    1.3    0.0      - 
 Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,                                                                                    
     PA-NJ-DE-MD .............................   2    182.0      -  183.1      -      -      -      -    1.0    0.6      - 
 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA ..........   2    191.3      -  193.0      -      -      -      -    2.1    0.9      - 
 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA ................   2    187.6      -  188.8      -      -      -      -    2.5    0.6      - 

   1 Areas on pricing schedule 2 (see Table 10) will appear next month. 
   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; 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:  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)
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                   Unadjusted                           
                                                 Relative   Unadjusted indexes percent change to   Seasonally adjusted  
                                               importance,                       May 2002 from-    percent change from- 
                     CPI-W                       December                                                               
                                                   2001       Apr.      May                                             
                                                              2002      2002      May     Apr.   Feb. to Mar. to Apr. to
                                                                                 2001     2002     Mar.    Apr.    May  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                        
             Expenditure category                                                                                       
                                                                                                                        
 All items ...................................    100.000     175.8     175.8      0.8      0.0     0.3     0.6    -0.1 
 All items (1967=100) ........................          -     523.7     523.6        -        -       -       -       - 
                                                                                                                        
  Food and beverages .........................     17.229     176.1     175.7      2.0     -0.2     0.2     0.0    -0.2 
   Food ......................................     16.228     175.5     175.1      1.9     -0.2     0.2    -0.1    -0.2 
    Food at home .............................      9.798     175.3     174.4      1.5     -0.5     0.2    -0.1    -0.5 
     Cereals and bakery products .............      1.468     197.9     198.2      2.7      0.2     0.1     0.2     0.1 
     Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ..........      2.831     162.1     162.1      0.9      0.0     0.7    -0.2     0.0 
     Dairy and related products (1)...........      1.021     168.7     168.7      2.4      0.0    -0.5    -0.3     0.0 
     Fruits and vegetables ...................      1.307     222.0     219.1      3.6     -1.3     1.0    -1.9    -1.7 
     Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage                                                                                
         materials ...........................      1.132     139.4     137.3      0.1     -1.5     0.4     0.4    -1.1 
     Other food at home ......................      2.038     161.0     159.7      0.4     -0.8    -0.5     1.1    -0.9 
      Sugar and sweets .......................       .339     159.4     157.6      1.2     -1.1    -0.9     1.9    -1.4 
      Fats and oils ..........................       .316     156.2     155.7      0.9     -0.3    -0.3    -0.2    -0.3 
      Other foods ............................      1.383     178.2     176.7      0.1     -0.8    -0.5     1.2    -1.0 
       Other miscellaneous foods (1) (2)......       .310     108.5     109.5      0.7      0.9    -0.2     0.2     0.9 
    Food away from home (1)...................      6.430     177.1     177.5      2.5      0.2     0.1     0.1     0.2 
     Other food away from home (1) (2)........       .275     117.4     117.7      4.6      0.3     0.7     0.5     0.3 
   Alcoholic beverages .......................      1.001     182.8     183.1      2.9      0.2     0.1     0.4     0.2 
                                                                                                                        
  Housing ....................................     38.141     174.8     175.1      2.0      0.2     0.2     0.2     0.3 
   Shelter ...................................     29.212     201.0     201.2      4.0      0.1     0.2     0.3     0.2 
    Rent of primary residence (3).............      8.395     197.8     198.1      4.0      0.2     0.4     0.2     0.3 
    Lodging away from home (2) (3)............      1.523     122.0     120.7      0.7     -1.1    -1.4     1.3     0.3 
    Owners' equivalent rent of primary                                                                                  
        residence (3) (4).....................     18.980     193.9     194.2      4.2      0.2     0.2     0.3     0.3 
    Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2)..       .314     107.2     107.6      0.7      0.4     0.1     0.3     0.4 
   Fuels and utilities .......................      4.829     139.6     140.7     -6.7      0.8     0.4     0.1     0.6 
    Fuels ....................................      3.955     122.7     123.9     -8.7      1.0     0.3     0.2     0.7 
     Fuel oil and other fuels ................       .177     114.7     114.0    -13.3     -0.6     1.3     2.8     0.7 
     Gas (piped) and electricity (3)..........      3.778     129.6     131.0     -8.3      1.1     0.3     0.0     0.7 
    Water and sewer and trash collection                                                                                
        services (2)..........................       .873     112.6     112.7      3.3      0.1     0.4     0.3     0.1 
   Household furnishings and operations ......      4.101     125.1     125.0     -0.6     -0.1    -0.2     0.0     0.1 
    Household operations (1) (2)..............       .357     119.0     119.1      3.6      0.1     0.5    -0.4     0.1 
                                                                                                                        
  Apparel ....................................      4.831     127.9     126.2     -1.8     -1.3     1.3    -0.2    -0.8 
   Men's and boys' apparel ...................      1.243     125.8     124.6     -3.6     -1.0     1.2    -0.2    -1.7 
   Women's and girls' apparel ................      1.864     120.9     118.2     -1.7     -2.2     0.8    -0.2    -0.8 
   Infants' and toddlers' apparel (1).........       .256     131.7     129.9     -1.6     -1.4     2.6     0.0    -1.4 
   Footwear ..................................      1.165     124.4     124.4     -0.1      0.0     1.7    -0.5     0.5 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation .............................     19.393     152.7     152.7     -4.1      0.0     1.4     1.9    -0.6 
   Private transportation ....................     18.452     149.8     149.8     -4.3      0.0     1.5     1.9    -0.7 
    New and used motor vehicles (2)...........     10.145      99.5      99.3     -2.6     -0.2    -0.5    -0.3    -0.2 
     New vehicles ............................      4.897     141.5     140.9     -1.7     -0.4    -0.3    -0.2    -0.2 
     Used cars and trucks ....................      4.099     152.6     152.7     -4.7      0.1    -0.9    -0.4    -0.3 
    Motor fuel ...............................      3.153     121.7     121.8    -17.4      0.1     8.6    10.3    -3.3 
     Gasoline (all types) ....................      3.120     121.2     121.2    -17.4      0.0     8.6    10.1    -3.1 
    Motor vehicle parts and equipment (1).....       .530     106.0     106.0      2.3      0.0     0.4     0.3     0.0 
    Motor vehicle maintenance and repair .....      1.438     190.5     191.4      4.0      0.5     0.2     0.5     0.5 
   Public transportation .....................       .941     204.5     206.3      1.4      0.9    -0.7     0.4     1.8 
                                                                                                                        
  Medical care ...............................      4.620     281.9     282.9      4.6      0.4     0.4     0.4     0.5 
   Medical care commodities ..................      1.006     249.6     250.3      3.6      0.3     0.1     0.2     0.4 
   Medical care services .....................      3.614     289.6     290.6      4.9      0.3     0.4     0.5     0.6 
    Professional services (3).................      2.245     254.6     255.0      2.8      0.2     0.2     0.1     0.3 
    Hospital and related services (3).........      1.092     357.1     359.4      8.7      0.6     0.9     1.1     0.8 
                                                                                                                        
  Recreation (2)..............................      5.649     105.0     104.9      1.2     -0.1     0.2     0.3    -0.2 
   Video and audio (2)........................      1.803     102.2     102.3      1.2      0.1     0.0     0.1     0.1 
                                                                                                                        
  Education and communication (2).............      5.637     106.0     106.5      2.3      0.5    -0.5    -0.4     0.7 
   Education (2)..............................      2.382     123.3     123.5      5.8      0.2     0.5     0.3     0.4 
    Educational books and supplies ...........       .203     315.3     316.3      7.4      0.3     0.3     0.7     0.9 
    Tuition, other school fees, and childcare       2.178     347.2     347.7      5.7      0.1     0.4     0.3     0.3 
   Communication (1) (2)......................      3.255      92.6      93.3     -0.7      0.8    -1.3    -0.8     0.8 
    Information and information processing (1)                                                                          
        (2)...................................      3.107      91.7      92.5     -1.0      0.9    -1.2    -1.0     0.9 
     Telephone services (1) (2)...............      2.591      98.4      99.4      0.6      1.0    -1.2    -0.9     1.0 
     Information and information processing                                                                             
         other than telephone services (1) (5)       .516      19.3      19.2    -14.3     -0.5    -1.0    -1.0    -0.5 
      Personal computers and peripheral                                                                                 
          equipment (1) (2)...................       .253      22.5      22.7    -24.1      0.9    -3.0    -1.3     0.9 
                                                                                                                        
  Other goods and services ...................      4.499     301.7     299.1      4.3     -0.9    -1.0     2.2    -0.9 
   Tobacco and smoking products (1)...........      1.441     462.7     450.1      7.2     -2.7    -3.7     6.6    -2.7 
   Personal care (1)..........................      3.059     173.9     174.0      2.8      0.1     0.3     0.1     0.1 
    Personal care products (1)................       .815     156.2     155.4      1.0     -0.5    -0.2     0.1    -0.5 
    Personal care services (1)................       .900     188.7     189.1      2.4      0.2     0.5     0.4     0.2 
    Miscellaneous personal services ..........      1.161     272.6     273.6      4.9      0.4     0.4     0.2     0.3 
                                                                                                                        
          Commodity and service group                                                                                   
                                                                                                                        
 Commodities .................................     45.559     151.7     151.2     -1.8     -0.3     0.6     0.9    -0.6 
  Food and beverages .........................     17.229     176.1     175.7      2.0     -0.2     0.2     0.0    -0.2 
  Commodities less food and beverages ........     28.330     137.5     136.8     -4.1     -0.5     0.8     1.5    -0.8 
   Nondurables less food and beverages .......     14.685     150.5     149.3     -4.4     -0.8     2.7     1.8    -1.1 
    Apparel ..................................      4.831     127.9     126.2     -1.8     -1.3     1.3    -0.2    -0.8 
    Nondurables less food, beverages, and                                                                               
        apparel ..............................      9.854     168.1     167.2     -5.2     -0.5     3.5     2.8    -1.1 
   Durables ..................................     13.645     122.1     122.0     -2.8     -0.1    -0.5    -0.2     0.0 
 Services ....................................     54.441     204.2     204.8      3.1      0.3     0.2     0.3     0.3 
  Rent of shelter (4).........................     28.898     193.7     193.9      4.1      0.1     0.2     0.4     0.2 
  Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2)....       .314     107.2     107.6      0.7      0.4     0.1     0.3     0.4 
  Gas (piped) and electricity (3).............      3.778     129.6     131.0     -8.3      1.1     0.3     0.0     0.7 
  Water and sewer and trash collection                                                                                  
      services (2)............................       .873     112.6     112.7      3.3      0.1     0.4     0.3     0.1 
  Household operations (1) (2)................       .357     119.0     119.1      3.6      0.1     0.5    -0.4     0.1 
  Transportation services ....................      6.573     206.2     207.1      4.8      0.4     0.3     0.3     0.6 
  Medical care services ......................      3.614     289.6     290.6      4.9      0.3     0.4     0.5     0.6 
  Other services .............................     10.033     238.9     239.7      3.2      0.3     0.0     0.1     0.4 
                                                                                                                        
                Special indexes                                                                                         
                                                                                                                        
 All items less food .........................     83.772     175.7     175.8      0.6      0.1     0.4     0.7    -0.1 
 All items less shelter ......................     70.788     168.5     168.4     -0.4     -0.1     0.5     0.7    -0.2 
 All items less medical care .................     95.380     171.1     171.0      0.6     -0.1     0.4     0.6    -0.1 
 Commodities less food .......................     29.331     139.1     138.5     -3.9     -0.4     0.8     1.5    -0.8 
 Nondurables less food .......................     15.687     152.5     151.4     -3.9     -0.7     2.6     1.8    -1.1 
 Nondurables less food and apparel ...........     10.855     168.7     167.9     -4.5     -0.5     3.2     2.6    -1.1 
 Nondurables .................................     31.915     163.7     162.9     -1.2     -0.5     1.3     0.9    -0.6 
 Services less rent of shelter (4)............     25.543     190.7     191.6      2.0      0.5     0.3     0.2     0.5 
 Services less medical care services .........     50.827     197.4     197.9      2.9      0.3     0.3     0.3     0.4 
 Energy ......................................      7.109     121.6     122.2    -13.1      0.5     4.1     5.0    -1.3 
 All items less energy .......................     92.891     183.4     183.3      2.3     -0.1     0.1     0.2     0.1 
  All items less food and energy .............     76.663     185.5     185.4      2.3     -0.1     0.1     0.3     0.1 
   Commodities less food and energy                                                                                     
       commodities ...........................     26.001     145.8     145.0     -1.0     -0.5    -0.2     0.2    -0.4 
    Energy commodities .......................      3.330     121.9     121.9    -16.8      0.0     8.1    10.0    -3.1 
   Services less energy services .............     50.663     212.6     213.0      4.0      0.2     0.2     0.3     0.3 
 Purchasing power of the consumer dollar                                                                                
     (1982-84=$1.00) .........................          -    $ .569    $ .569        -        -       -       -       - 
 Purchasing power of the consumer dollar                                                                                
     (1967=$1.00) ............................          -    $ .191    $ .191        -        -       -       -       - 

   1 Not seasonally adjusted.
   2 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base.
   3 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator.  All other item stratum index series converted to a
 geometric means estimator in January, 1999.
   4 Indexes on a December 1984=100 base
   5 Indexes on a December 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)
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                                 Seasonally adjusted indexes    Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent 
                                                                                               change for               
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                     CPI-W                                                           3 months ended--         6 months  
                                                                                                              ended--   
                                                 Feb.    Mar.    Apr.    May                                            
                                                 2002    2002    2002    2002                                           
                                                                                Aug.   Nov.   Feb.    May   Nov.    May 
                                                                                2001   2001   2002   2002   2001   2002 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                        
             Expenditure category                                                                                       
                                                                                                                        
 All items ...................................  174.0   174.6   175.6   175.5   -0.7    0.0    0.7    3.5   -0.3    2.1 
                                                                                                                        
  Food and beverages .........................  175.7   176.0   176.0   175.7    3.5    2.1    2.3    0.0    2.8    1.1 
   Food ......................................  175.2   175.6   175.5   175.1    3.8    2.1    2.1   -0.2    2.9    0.9 
    Food at home .............................  175.0   175.4   175.3   174.4    3.8    1.9    2.1   -1.4    2.8    0.3 
     Cereals and bakery products .............  197.5   197.6   197.9   198.0    4.0    2.3    3.7    1.0    3.1    2.4 
     Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ..........  161.8   163.0   162.6   162.6    1.5    1.0   -0.7    2.0    1.2    0.6 
     Dairy and related products (1)...........  170.0   169.2   168.7   168.7   10.6    5.6   -2.8   -3.0    8.0   -2.9 
     Fruits and vegetables ...................  223.0   225.3   221.0   217.3    2.3    2.9   21.7   -9.8    2.6    4.8 
     Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage                                                                                
         materials ...........................  137.9   138.4   139.0   137.5    5.6   -0.3   -4.0   -1.2    2.6   -2.6 
     Other food at home ......................  160.1   159.3   161.0   159.5    2.5    1.3   -1.0   -1.5    1.9   -1.2 
      Sugar and sweets .......................  157.9   156.5   159.5   157.3    0.8    1.0    4.2   -1.5    0.9    1.3 
      Fats and oils ..........................  156.7   156.3   156.0   155.5    9.4   -4.7    2.6   -3.0    2.1   -0.3 
      Other foods ............................  177.0   176.1   178.2   176.5    1.6    2.7   -2.9   -1.1    2.2   -2.0 
       Other miscellaneous foods (1) (2)......  108.5   108.3   108.5   109.5    3.7    4.1   -8.0    3.7    3.9   -2.3 
    Food away from home (1)...................  176.9   177.0   177.1   177.5    3.7    2.5    2.5    1.4    3.1    1.9 
     Other food away from home (1) (2)........  116.0   116.8   117.4   117.7    6.9    5.0    0.7    6.0    6.0    3.3 
   Alcoholic beverages .......................  181.9   182.0   182.8   183.1    3.9    2.5    2.5    2.7    3.2    2.6 
                                                                                                                        
  Housing ....................................  174.2   174.5   174.9   175.4    1.9    0.9    2.3    2.8    1.4    2.6 
   Shelter ...................................  199.8   200.2   200.8   201.3    4.2    3.9    4.7    3.0    4.1    3.9 
    Rent of primary residence (3).............  196.8   197.5   197.8   198.3    4.5    4.6    4.2    3.1    4.6    3.6 
    Lodging away from home (2) (3)............  119.8   118.1   119.6   119.9    2.4   -8.7    9.5    0.3   -3.3    4.8 
    Owners' equivalent rent of primary                                                                                  
        residence (3) (4).....................  192.9   193.3   193.9   194.4    4.6    4.7    4.5    3.1    4.7    3.8 
    Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2)..  106.8   106.9   107.2   107.6   -0.4    1.1   -1.1    3.0    0.4    0.9 
   Fuels and utilities .......................  141.1   141.6   141.8   142.6   -8.9  -13.5   -7.8    4.3  -11.2   -1.9 
    Fuels ....................................  124.5   124.9   125.1   126.0  -10.8  -16.8  -10.2    4.9  -13.9   -2.9 
     Fuel oil and other fuels ................  108.1   109.5   112.6   113.4  -11.4  -21.9  -32.8   21.1  -16.8   -9.8 
     Gas (piped) and electricity (3)..........  132.0   132.4   132.4   133.3  -11.1  -16.4   -8.6    4.0  -13.8   -2.5 
    Water and sewer and trash collection                                                                                
        services (2)..........................  111.9   112.3   112.6   112.7    3.7    2.9    3.7    2.9    3.3    3.3 
   Household furnishings and operations ......  125.0   124.8   124.8   124.9    0.3    0.3   -2.5   -0.3    0.3   -1.4 
    Household operations (1) (2)..............  118.9   119.5   119.0   119.1    7.9    2.1    3.8    0.7    4.9    2.2 
                                                                                                                        
  Apparel ....................................  123.5   125.1   124.8   123.8   -4.1    0.6   -4.7    1.0   -1.7   -1.9 
   Men's and boys' apparel ...................  123.1   124.6   124.3   122.2   -8.0    2.3   -5.3   -2.9   -3.0   -4.1 
   Women's and girls' apparel ................  115.2   116.1   115.9   115.0   -4.7   -1.4    0.3   -0.7   -3.1   -0.2 
   Infants' and toddlers' apparel (1).........  128.4   131.7   131.7   129.9  -10.7   20.1  -16.4    4.8    3.5   -6.4 
   Footwear ..................................  120.9   122.9   122.3   122.9    0.7   -2.6   -4.8    6.8   -1.0    0.8 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation .............................  147.6   149.6   152.4   151.5  -12.3   -8.9   -3.7   11.0  -10.6    3.4 
   Private transportation ....................  144.7   146.8   149.6   148.6  -13.4   -9.0   -3.8   11.2  -11.3    3.5 
    New and used motor vehicles (2)...........  100.2    99.7    99.4    99.2   -1.6   -0.4   -4.7   -3.9   -1.0   -4.3 
     New vehicles ............................  141.6   141.2   140.9   140.6   -1.4    3.1   -5.7   -2.8    0.8   -4.3 
     Used cars and trucks ....................  155.3   153.9   153.3   152.8   -2.7   -4.9   -5.0   -6.3   -3.8   -5.6 
    Motor fuel ...............................  101.1   109.8   121.1   117.1  -48.1  -42.8  -12.7   80.0  -45.5   25.3 
     Gasoline (all types) ....................  100.6   109.3   120.3   116.6  -48.4  -42.4  -12.8   80.5  -45.5   25.5 
    Motor vehicle parts and equipment (1).....  105.3   105.7   106.0   106.0    1.9    3.5    1.1    2.7    2.7    1.9 
    Motor vehicle maintenance and repair .....  189.3   189.7   190.7   191.6    3.7    3.5    3.9    4.9    3.6    4.4 
   Public transportation .....................  202.9   201.4   202.3   205.9    6.9   -7.5    0.6    6.0   -0.6    3.3 
                                                                                                                        
  Medical care ...............................  279.2   280.2   281.4   282.9    4.2    4.9    4.1    5.4    4.6    4.8 
   Medical care commodities ..................  248.8   249.0   249.4   250.3    3.7    4.2    4.1    2.4    3.9    3.3 
   Medical care services .....................  286.3   287.5   289.0   290.6    4.4    5.1    4.2    6.1    4.7    5.1 
    Professional services (3).................  253.0   253.5   253.8   254.5    3.8    3.2    1.9    2.4    3.5    2.2 
    Hospital and related services (3).........  350.0   353.2   357.1   360.1    6.0    8.3    8.4   12.1    7.2   10.2 
                                                                                                                        
  Recreation (2)..............................  104.4   104.6   104.9   104.7    0.4    1.6    1.2    1.2    1.0    1.2 
   Video and audio (1) (2)....................  101.9   101.9   102.0   102.1   -0.4    0.8    3.6    0.8    0.2    2.2 
                                                                                                                        
  Education and communication (2).............  107.1   106.6   106.2   106.9    5.1    2.3    2.3   -0.7    3.7    0.8 
   Education (2)..............................  123.0   123.6   124.0   124.5    7.3    5.8    5.0    5.0    6.6    5.0 
    Educational books and supplies ...........  311.8   312.6   314.7   317.5   12.6    8.8    1.2    7.5   10.7    4.3 
    Tuition, other school fees, and childcare   346.7   348.2   349.3   350.5    7.0    5.4    5.5    4.5    6.2    5.0 
   Communication (1) (2)......................   94.5    93.3    92.6    93.3    3.0   -0.8    0.0   -5.0    1.1   -2.5 
    Information and information processing (1)                                                                          
        (2)...................................   93.7    92.6    91.7    92.5    2.6   -0.8   -0.4   -5.0    0.9   -2.8 
     Telephone services (1) (2)...............  100.5    99.3    98.4    99.4    4.1   -0.4    3.2   -4.3    1.8   -0.6 
     Information and information processing                                                                             
         other than telephone services (1) (5)   19.7    19.5    19.3    19.2  -15.1  -12.4  -19.5   -9.8  -13.8  -14.8 
      Personal computers and peripheral                                                                                 
          equipment (1) (2)...................   23.5    22.8    22.5    22.7  -29.5  -25.0  -27.9  -12.9  -27.3  -20.8 
                                                                                                                        
  Other goods and services ...................  298.3   295.2   301.7   299.1    4.5   10.5    1.4    1.1    7.5    1.2 
   Tobacco and smoking products (1)...........  450.7   434.1   462.7   450.1    5.6   23.1    2.2   -0.5   14.0    0.8 
   Personal care (1)..........................  173.2   173.7   173.9   174.0    3.8    3.3    2.1    1.9    3.6    2.0 
    Personal care products (1)................  156.3   156.0   156.2   155.4    4.5    1.6    0.5   -2.3    3.0   -0.9 
    Personal care services (1)................  187.1   188.0   188.7   189.1    2.6    3.3   -0.6    4.3    2.9    1.8 
    Miscellaneous personal services ..........  270.9   271.9   272.4   273.3    7.1    4.5    4.7    3.6    5.8    4.1 
                                                                                                                        
          Commodity and service group                                                                                   
                                                                                                                        
 Commodities .................................  148.9   149.8   151.2   150.3   -5.1   -2.6   -2.6    3.8   -3.9    0.5 
  Food and beverages .........................  175.7   176.0   176.0   175.7    3.5    2.1    2.3    0.0    2.8    1.1 
  Commodities less food and beverages ........  133.6   134.7   136.7   135.6  -10.3   -6.0   -5.2    6.1   -8.2    0.3 
   Nondurables less food and beverages .......  142.1   146.0   148.7   147.0  -14.3   -9.6   -5.7   14.5  -12.0    3.9 
    Apparel ..................................  123.5   125.1   124.8   123.8   -4.1    0.6   -4.7    1.0   -1.7   -1.9 
    Nondurables less food, beverages, and                                                                               
        apparel ..............................  157.0   162.5   167.0   165.1  -18.5  -13.5   -5.9   22.3  -16.1    7.3 
   Durables ..................................  122.8   122.2   122.0   122.0   -2.2   -1.0   -5.4   -2.6   -1.6   -4.0 
 Services ....................................  203.4   203.8   204.4   205.1    3.0    2.4    3.2    3.4    2.7    3.3 
  Rent of shelter (4).........................  192.5   192.8   193.5   193.9    4.4    3.9    4.9    2.9    4.1    3.9 
  Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2)....  106.8   106.9   107.2   107.6   -0.4    1.1   -1.1    3.0    0.4    0.9 
  Gas (piped) and electricity (3).............  132.0   132.4   132.4   133.3  -11.1  -16.4   -8.6    4.0  -13.8   -2.5 
  Water and sewer and trash collection                                                                                  
      services (2)............................  111.9   112.3   112.6   112.7    3.7    2.9    3.7    2.9    3.3    3.3 
  Household operations (1) (2)................  118.9   119.5   119.0   119.1    7.9    2.1    3.8    0.7    4.9    2.2 
  Transportation services ....................  204.4   205.1   205.8   207.1    5.6    3.9    4.6    5.4    4.7    5.0 
  Medical care services ......................  286.3   287.5   289.0   290.6    4.4    5.1    4.2    6.1    4.7    5.1 
  Other services .............................  238.8   238.9   239.1   240.0    4.4    3.3    3.2    2.0    3.8    2.6 
                                                                                                                        
                Special indexes                                                                                         
                                                                                                                        
 All items less food .........................  173.6   174.3   175.5   175.4   -1.6   -0.5    0.5    4.2   -1.0    2.3 
 All items less shelter ......................  166.4   167.2   168.3   168.0   -2.6   -1.7   -1.0    3.9   -2.1    1.4 
 All items less medical care .................  169.3   169.9   170.9   170.7   -0.9   -0.2    0.5    3.3   -0.6    1.9 
 Commodities less food .......................  135.3   136.4   138.4   137.3   -9.7   -5.6   -5.1    6.0   -7.7    0.3 
 Nondurables less food .......................  144.4   148.2   150.8   149.2  -13.2   -9.3   -5.1   14.0  -11.3    4.0 
 Nondurables less food and apparel ...........  158.4   163.5   167.7   165.8  -16.4  -12.2   -5.6   20.0  -14.3    6.4 
 Nondurables .................................  159.1   161.2   162.7   161.8   -5.7   -3.7   -1.7    7.0   -4.7    2.5 
 Services less rent of shelter (4)............  190.1   190.7   191.1   192.0    2.4    0.6    0.8    4.1    1.5    2.4 
 Services less medical care services .........  196.5   197.0   197.6   198.3    3.4    2.1    2.7    3.7    2.7    3.2 
 Energy ......................................  112.1   116.7   122.5   120.9  -31.7  -30.1  -11.0   35.3  -30.9    9.8 
 All items less energy .......................  182.5   182.7   183.0   183.1    2.9    2.9    1.8    1.3    2.9    1.5 
  All items less food and energy .............  184.4   184.5   185.0   185.2    2.7    3.3    1.5    1.7    3.0    1.6 
   Commodities less food and energy                                                                                     
       commodities ...........................  145.0   144.7   145.0   144.4   -0.8    2.2   -3.5   -1.6    0.7   -2.6 
    Energy commodities .......................  101.9   110.2   121.2   117.4  -46.3  -41.6  -13.6   76.2  -44.0   23.4 
   Services less energy services .............  211.4   211.8   212.4   213.1    4.6    3.9    4.3    3.3    4.2    3.8 

   1 Not seasonally adjusted.
   2 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base.
   3 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator.  All other item stratum index series converted to a
 geometric means estimator in January, 1999.
   4 Indexes on a December 1984=100 base
   5 Indexes on a December 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)
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                All items                                  
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
                                               Prici-           Indexes             Percent change to    Percent change to 
                     CPI-W                       ng                                  May2002 from--       Apr.2002 from--  
                                               sched-                                                                      
                                                 ule   Feb.   Mar.   Apr.    May                                           
                                                 (1)   2002   2002   2002   2002    May   Mar.   Apr.   Apr.   Feb.   Mar. 
                                                                                   2001   2002   2002   2001   2002   2002 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                           
 U.S. city average ...........................   M    173.7  174.7  175.8  175.8    0.8    0.6    0.0    1.3    1.2    0.6 
                                                                                                                           
            Region and area size(2)                                                                                        
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
 Northeast urban .............................   M    182.3  183.1  184.2  184.1    1.4    0.5   -0.1    1.8    1.0    0.6 
   Size A -  More than 1,500,000 .............   M    182.8  183.6  184.5  184.3    1.5    0.4   -0.1    2.1    0.9    0.5 
   Size B/C  50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)..........   M    110.1  110.8  111.7  111.7    1.2    0.8    0.0    1.4    1.5    0.8 
                                                                                                                           
 Midwest urban ...............................   M    168.1  169.1  170.3  170.3   -0.2    0.7    0.0    0.8    1.3    0.7 
   Size A   - More than 1,500,000 ............   M    169.4  170.6  172.2  172.0    0.6    0.8   -0.1    1.5    1.7    0.9 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3).........   M    109.2  109.7  110.2  110.3   -1.5    0.5    0.1   -0.4    0.9    0.5 
   Size D -  Nonmetropolitan  (less than                                                                                   
       50,000) ...............................   M    164.3  164.8  166.0  166.1   -0.2    0.8    0.1    0.5    1.0    0.7 
                                                                                                                           
 South urban .................................   M    168.6  169.6  170.8  170.8    0.5    0.7    0.0    0.7    1.3    0.7 
   Size A -  More than 1,500,000 .............   M    169.5  170.5  171.7  171.9    1.3    0.8    0.1    1.4    1.3    0.7 
   Size B/C -  50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........   M    108.7  109.3  110.2  110.1    0.2    0.7   -0.1    0.5    1.4    0.8 
   Size D -  Nonmetropolitan  (less than                                                                                   
       50,000) ...............................   M    168.9  170.2  171.2  171.1   -0.5    0.5   -0.1   -0.3    1.4    0.6 
                                                                                                                           
 West urban ..................................   M    178.1  179.0  180.0  180.0    1.9    0.6    0.0    2.4    1.1    0.6 
   Size A   - More than 1,500,000 ............   M    178.6  179.5  180.5  181.0    2.3    0.8    0.3    2.6    1.1    0.6 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3).........   M    111.8  112.2  112.9  112.3    1.3    0.1   -0.5    2.3    1.0    0.6 
                                                                                                                           
                 Size classes                                                                                              
                                                                                                                           
   A (4)......................................   M    160.5  161.3  162.4  162.5    1.4    0.7    0.1    1.9    1.2    0.7 
   B/C (3)....................................   M    109.5  110.1  110.9  110.7    0.0    0.5   -0.2    0.7    1.3    0.7 
   D .........................................   M    169.3  170.2  171.3  171.1    0.0    0.5   -0.1    0.5    1.2    0.6 
                                                                                                                           
            Selected local areas(5)                                                                                        
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI ..............   M    172.4  173.5  174.8  175.3    0.7    1.0    0.3    1.3    1.4    0.7 
 Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA .....   M    172.8  173.8  174.8  175.4    2.9    0.9    0.3    3.1    1.2    0.6 
 New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island,                                                                                       
     NY-NJ-CT-PA .............................   M    184.7  185.6  186.6  186.4    1.9    0.4   -0.1    2.6    1.0    0.5 
                                                                                                                           
 Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT .........   1        -  193.2      -  193.3    1.7    0.1      -      -      -      - 
 Cleveland-Akron, OH .........................   1        -  164.1      -  164.0   -1.0   -0.1      -      -      -      - 
 Dallas-Fort Worth, TX .......................   1        -  171.4      -  172.5    2.0    0.6      -      -      -      - 
 Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV (6)........   1        -  111.4      -  112.4    2.3    0.9      -      -      -      - 
                                                                                                                           
 Atlanta, GA .................................   2    173.2      -  175.5      -      -      -      -    1.0    1.3      - 
 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI .................   2    170.5      -  173.4      -      -      -      -    2.5    1.7      - 
 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX ..............   2    154.3      -  156.8      -      -      -      -   -0.6    1.6      - 
 Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL ...................   2    172.3      -  172.5      -      -      -      -    1.2    0.1      - 
 Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,                                                                                    
     PA-NJ-DE-MD .............................   2    181.4      -  182.3      -      -      -      -    0.9    0.5      - 
 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA ..........   2    186.8      -  188.8      -      -      -      -    2.1    1.1      - 
 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA ................   2    182.5      -  183.6      -      -      -      -    2.3    0.6      - 

   1 Areas on pricing schedule 2 (see Table 10) will appear next month. 
   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; 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:  Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

 Table 1 (OW). Old Weight 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)
                                                                                               
                                                                                               
                                                                                  Unadjusted   
                                                 Relative       Unadjusted    percent change to
                                                importance,      indexes        May 2002 from- 
                Item and group                   December                                      
                                                   2001                                        
                                                              Apr.      May      May     Apr.  
                                                              2002     2002     2001     2002  
                                                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                               
             Expenditure category                                                              
                                                                                               
 All items ...................................     100.000    179.9    179.9      1.2      0.0 
 All items (1967=100) ........................           -    538.9    538.9        -        - 
                                                                                               
  Food and beverages .........................      16.393    176.8    176.5      2.1     -0.2 
   Food ......................................      15.403    176.2    175.9      2.0     -0.2 
    Food at home .............................       9.661    176.5    175.7      1.7     -0.5 
     Cereals and bakery products .............       1.535    198.1    198.3      2.6      0.1 
     Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ..........       2.620    162.5    162.4      1.0     -0.1 
     Dairy and related products ..............       1.093    168.5    168.7      2.4      0.1 
     Fruits and vegetables ...................       1.427    223.4    221.9      4.1     -0.7 
     Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage                                                       
         materials ...........................       1.023    140.4    138.5      0.3     -1.4 
     Other food at home ......................       1.961    161.8    160.2      0.4     -1.0 
      Sugar and sweets .......................        .364    159.8    158.3      1.6     -0.9 
      Fats and oils ..........................        .297    156.6    156.0      0.8     -0.4 
      Other foods ............................       1.301    178.2    176.3     -0.1     -1.1 
       Other miscellaneous foods (1)..........        .307    108.7    109.3      0.5      0.6 
    Food away from home ......................       5.743    177.1    177.5      2.5      0.2 
     Other food away from home (1)............        .182    116.3    116.5      3.6      0.2 
   Alcoholic beverages .......................        .990    183.2    183.5      2.8      0.2 
                                                                                               
  Housing ....................................      40.516    179.4    179.5      2.0      0.1 
   Shelter ...................................      31.037    207.2    207.3      3.9      0.0 
    Rent of primary residence (2).............       7.300    198.5    198.9      4.1      0.2 
    Lodging away from home (1) (2)............       2.306    121.9    119.9     -0.1     -1.6 
    Owners' equivalent rent of primary                                                         
        residence (2) (3).....................      21.064    213.3    213.7      4.3      0.2 
    Tenants' and household insurance (1)......        .366    107.2    107.5      0.7      0.3 
   Fuels and utilities .......................       4.934    140.6    141.6     -6.4      0.7 
    Fuels ....................................       3.998    124.2    125.2     -8.5      0.8 
     Fuel oil and other fuels ................        .276    115.6    114.7    -13.0     -0.8 
     Gas (piped) and electricity (2)..........       3.722    130.9    132.1     -8.1      0.9 
    Water and sewer and trash collection                                                       
        services (1)..........................        .936    112.5    112.6      3.2      0.1 
   Household furnishings and operations ......       4.545    129.2    129.1      0.2     -0.1 
    Household operations (1)..................        .959    118.2    118.2      3.1      0.0 
                                                                                               
  Apparel ....................................       4.242    128.0    126.3     -2.7     -1.3 
   Men's and boys' apparel ...................       1.187    125.8    124.6     -3.5     -1.0 
   Women's and girls' apparel ................       1.687    120.7    117.9     -3.6     -2.3 
   Infants' and toddlers' apparel ............        .250    128.4    127.0     -2.8     -1.1 
   Footwear ..................................        .769    124.5    124.9      0.4      0.3 
                                                                                               
  Transportation .............................      16.639    154.3    154.5     -3.0      0.1 
   Private transportation ....................      15.281    150.2    150.2     -3.3      0.0 
    New and used motor vehicles (1)...........       7.328     99.3     99.0     -2.4     -0.3 
     New vehicles ............................       4.604    140.3    139.7     -1.8     -0.4 
     Used cars and trucks ....................       1.824    151.7    151.7     -4.7      0.0 
    Motor fuel ...............................       2.578    121.6    121.6    -17.2      0.0 
     Gasoline (all types) ....................       2.559    120.9    120.9    -17.2      0.0 
    Motor vehicle parts and equipment ........        .533    106.9    106.9      2.4      0.0 
    Motor vehicle maintenance and repair .....       1.656    188.8    189.7      3.9      0.5 
   Public transportation .....................       1.357    209.4    211.9      1.2      1.2 
                                                                                               
  Medical care ...............................       5.995    283.5    284.5      4.8      0.4 
   Medical care commodities ..................       1.295    255.0    255.6      3.6      0.2 
   Medical care services .....................       4.700    290.4    291.5      5.1      0.4 
    Professional services (2).................       2.933    252.6    253.0      2.9      0.2 
    Hospital and related services (2).........       1.502    362.6    365.2      9.0      0.7 
                                                                                               
  Recreation (1)..............................       5.909    106.5    106.4      1.3     -0.1 
   Video and audio (1)........................       1.629    102.9    103.0      1.4      0.1 
                                                                                               
  Education and communication (1).............       5.397    106.7    107.3      3.2      0.6 
   Education (1)..............................       2.914    123.3    123.5      6.1      0.2 
    Educational books and supplies ...........        .215    314.7    315.5      8.5      0.3 
    Tuition, other school fees, and childcare        2.699    354.2    354.6      5.9      0.1 
   Communication (1)..........................       2.483     91.8     92.8     -0.1      1.1 
    Information and information processing (1)       2.279     90.5     91.6     -0.2      1.2 
     Telephone services (1)...................       2.146     98.1     99.4      0.7      1.3 
     Information and information processing                                                    
         other than telephone services (4)....        .133     18.8     18.7    -13.8     -0.5 
      Personal computers and peripheral                                                        
          equipment (1).......................        .054     22.9     23.1    -24.0      0.9 
                                                                                               
  Other goods and services ...................       4.909    294.1    292.0      4.2     -0.7 
   Tobacco and smoking products ..............       1.402    461.5    449.3      7.3     -2.6 
   Personal care .............................       3.507    174.4    174.6      3.0      0.1 
    Personal care products ...................        .719    155.4    154.8      1.0     -0.4 
    Personal care services ...................       1.000    187.9    188.2      2.2      0.2 
    Miscellaneous personal services ..........       1.562    273.3    274.3      5.1      0.4 
                                                                                               
          Commodity and service group                                                          
                                                                                               
 Commodities .................................      40.624    151.3    150.8     -1.4     -0.3 
  Food and beverages .........................      16.393    176.8    176.5      2.1     -0.2 
  Commodities less food and beverages ........      24.231    136.6    136.0     -3.4     -0.4 
   Nondurables less food and beverages .......      13.948    148.2    147.1     -4.2     -0.7 
    Apparel ..................................       4.242    128.0    126.3     -2.7     -1.3 
    Nondurables less food, beverages, and                                                      
        apparel ..............................       9.706    164.6    163.8     -4.8     -0.5 
   Durables ..................................      10.283    122.1    121.9     -2.4     -0.2 
 Services ....................................      59.376    208.3    208.8      3.1      0.2 
  Rent of shelter (3).........................      30.671    215.8    215.9      3.9      0.0 
  Tenants' and household insurance (1)........        .366    107.2    107.5      0.7      0.3 
  Gas (piped) and electricity (2).............       3.722    130.9    132.1     -8.1      0.9 
  Water and sewer and trash collection                                                         
      services (1)............................        .936    112.5    112.6      3.2      0.1 
  Household operations (1)....................        .959    118.2    118.2      3.1      0.0 
  Transportation services ....................       7.010    208.4    209.5      4.5      0.5 
  Medical care services ......................       4.700    290.4    291.5      5.1      0.4 
  Other services .............................      11.012    243.8    244.6      3.5      0.3 
                                                                                               
                Special indexes                                                                
                                                                                               
 All items less food .........................      84.597    180.6    180.6      1.1      0.0 
 All items less shelter ......................      68.963    171.2    171.2      0.2      0.0 
 All items less medical care .................      94.005    174.4    174.4      1.0      0.0 
 Commodities less food .......................      25.221    138.4    137.8     -3.2     -0.4 
 Nondurables less food .......................      14.938    150.3    149.3     -3.7     -0.7 
 Nondurables less food and apparel ...........      10.696    165.5    164.9     -4.1     -0.4 
 Nondurables .................................      30.341    162.6    162.0     -1.0     -0.4 
 Services less rent of shelter (3)............      28.705    215.3    216.3      2.3      0.5 
 Services less medical care services .........      54.676    201.1    201.5      3.0      0.2 
 Energy ......................................       6.576    121.8    122.4    -12.6      0.5 
 All items less energy .......................      93.424    187.6    187.5      2.5     -0.1 
  All items less food and energy .............      78.020    190.4    190.4      2.6      0.0 
   Commodities less food and energy                                                            
       commodities ...........................      22.366    145.5    144.7     -0.7     -0.5 
    Energy commodities .......................       2.855    121.2    121.2    -16.8      0.0 
   Services less energy services .............      55.654    216.2    216.6      3.9      0.2 
 Purchasing power of the consumer dollar                                                       
     (1982-84=$1.00) .........................           -   $ .556   $ .556        -        - 
 Purchasing power of the consumer dollar                                                       
     (1967=$1.00) ............................           -   $ .186   $ .186        -        - 

   1 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base.
   2 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator.  All other item stratum
 index series converted to a geometric means estimator in January, 1999.
   3 Indexes on a December 1982=100 base.
   4 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 (OW).  Old Weight 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)
                                                                                               
                                                                                               
                                                                                  Unadjusted   
                                                 Relative       Unadjusted    percent change to
                                                importance,      indexes        May 2002 from- 
                Item and group                   December                                      
                                                   2001                                        
                                                              Apr.      May      May     Apr.  
                                                              2002     2002     2001     2002  
                                                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                               
             Expenditure category                                                              
                                                                                               
 All items ...................................     100.000    176.0    175.9      0.9     -0.1 
 All items (1967=100) ........................           -    524.3    524.0        -        - 
                                                                                               
  Food and beverages .........................      18.048    176.1    175.7      2.0     -0.2 
   Food ......................................      16.993    175.6    175.2      1.9     -0.2 
    Food at home .............................      10.838    175.4    174.6      1.6     -0.5 
     Cereals and bakery products .............       1.682    197.7    198.1      2.7      0.2 
     Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ..........       3.127    162.4    162.1      0.9     -0.2 
     Dairy and related products ..............       1.202    168.2    168.3      2.2      0.1 
     Fruits and vegetables ...................       1.483    222.2    220.2      4.1     -0.9 
     Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage                                                       
         materials ...........................       1.162    139.8    137.7      0.4     -1.5 
     Other food at home ......................       2.183    161.3    159.9      0.5     -0.9 
      Sugar and sweets .......................        .406    159.4    158.0      1.4     -0.9 
      Fats and oils ..........................        .340    156.2    155.6      0.8     -0.4 
      Other foods ............................       1.437    178.5    176.8      0.2     -1.0 
       Other miscellaneous foods (1)..........        .343    108.8    109.3      0.6      0.5 
    Food away from home ......................       6.155    177.0    177.4      2.5      0.2 
     Other food away from home (1)............        .224    116.7    116.9      3.9      0.2 
   Alcoholic beverages .......................       1.055    183.3    183.2      2.9     -0.1 
                                                                                               
  Housing ....................................      37.348    174.7    174.9      1.9      0.1 
   Shelter ...................................      28.251    200.9    201.0      3.9      0.0 
    Rent of primary residence (2).............       8.858    197.8    198.2      4.1      0.2 
    Lodging away from home (1) (2)............       1.340    122.4    118.9     -0.8     -2.9 
    Owners' equivalent rent of primary                                                         
        residence (2) (3).....................      17.737    193.8    194.2      4.2      0.2 
    Tenants' and household insurance (1)......        .316    107.2    107.6      0.7      0.4 
   Fuels and utilities .......................       5.046    139.9    141.1     -6.4      0.9 
    Fuels ....................................       4.121    123.1    124.3     -8.4      1.0 
     Fuel oil and other fuels ................        .243    115.5    114.7    -12.8     -0.7 
     Gas (piped) and electricity (2)..........       3.877    129.9    131.3     -8.1      1.1 
    Water and sewer and trash collection                                                       
        services (1)..........................        .925    112.6    112.7      3.3      0.1 
   Household furnishings and operations ......       4.051    125.4    125.3     -0.3     -0.1 
    Household operations (1)..................        .426    118.4    118.5      3.0      0.1 
                                                                                               
  Apparel ....................................       4.577    126.8    125.2     -2.6     -1.3 
   Men's and boys' apparel ...................       1.291    125.9    124.5     -3.6     -1.1 
   Women's and girls' apparel ................       1.698    118.5    115.7     -3.7     -2.4 
   Infants' and toddlers' apparel ............        .318    130.8    129.3     -2.0     -1.1 
   Footwear ..................................        .928    125.1    125.3      0.6      0.2 
                                                                                               
  Transportation .............................      18.798    153.4    153.5     -3.6      0.1 
   Private transportation ....................      17.737    150.7    150.6     -3.8     -0.1 
    New and used motor vehicles (1)...........       8.672     99.6     99.3     -2.6     -0.3 
     New vehicles ............................       4.836    141.6    140.8     -1.8     -0.6 
     Used cars and trucks ....................       3.061    152.6    152.6     -4.7      0.0 
    Motor fuel ...............................       3.192    121.8    121.8    -17.4      0.0 
     Gasoline (all types) ....................       3.168    121.2    121.2    -17.4      0.0 
    Motor vehicle parts and equipment ........        .661    105.8    105.8      2.1      0.0 
    Motor vehicle maintenance and repair .....       1.727    190.3    191.3      3.9      0.5 
   Public transportation .....................       1.061    204.3    206.5      1.5      1.1 
                                                                                               
  Medical care ...............................       4.906    282.1    283.1      4.7      0.4 
   Medical care commodities ..................        .956    249.7    250.2      3.5      0.2 
   Medical care services .....................       3.950    289.7    290.8      5.0      0.4 
    Professional services (2).................       2.490    254.7    255.1      2.9      0.2 
    Hospital and related services (2).........       1.238    357.3    359.7      8.8      0.7 
                                                                                               
  Recreation (1)..............................       5.670    104.9    104.8      1.1     -0.1 
   Video and audio (1)........................       1.810    102.2    102.3      1.2      0.1 
                                                                                               
  Education and communication (1).............       5.277    106.6    107.3      3.1      0.7 
   Education (1)..............................       2.684    123.5    123.7      6.0      0.2 
    Educational books and supplies ...........        .213    318.9    319.7      8.6      0.3 
    Tuition, other school fees, and childcare        2.471    347.6    347.9      5.7      0.1 
   Communication (1)..........................       2.593     93.0     94.1      0.1      1.2 
    Information and information processing (1)       2.442     92.2     93.3     -0.1      1.2 
     Telephone services (1)...................       2.329     98.2     99.5      0.7      1.3 
     Information and information processing                                                    
         other than telephone services (4)....        .113     19.4     19.4    -13.4      0.0 
      Personal computers and peripheral                                                        
          equipment (1).......................        .044     22.4     22.7    -24.1      1.3 
                                                                                               
  Other goods and services ...................       5.376    302.7    299.8      4.5     -1.0 
   Tobacco and smoking products ..............       2.053    462.5    450.5      7.3     -2.6 
   Personal care .............................       3.323    173.9    174.1      2.8      0.1 
    Personal care products ...................        .813    155.8    155.2      0.9     -0.4 
    Personal care services ...................       1.006    188.6    188.9      2.3      0.2 
    Miscellaneous personal services ..........       1.314    273.0    274.0      5.1      0.4 
                                                                                               
          Commodity and service group                                                          
                                                                                               
 Commodities .................................      45.337    152.1    151.4     -1.6     -0.5 
  Food and beverages .........................      18.048    176.1    175.7      2.0     -0.2 
  Commodities less food and beverages ........      27.289    138.0    137.3     -3.7     -0.5 
   Nondurables less food and beverages .......      15.269    150.1    149.0     -4.6     -0.7 
    Apparel ..................................       4.577    126.8    125.2     -2.6     -1.3 
    Nondurables less food, beverages, and                                                      
        apparel ..............................      10.692    167.8    166.8     -5.4     -0.6 
   Durables ..................................      12.020    122.5    122.3     -2.5     -0.2 
 Services ....................................      54.663    204.3    204.8      3.1      0.2 
  Rent of shelter (3).........................      27.936    193.6    193.6      3.9      0.0 
  Tenants' and household insurance (1)........        .316    107.2    107.6      0.7      0.4 
  Gas (piped) and electricity (2).............       3.877    129.9    131.3     -8.1      1.1 
  Water and sewer and trash collection                                                         
      services (1)............................        .925    112.6    112.7      3.3      0.1 
  Household operations (1)....................        .426    118.4    118.5      3.0      0.1 
  Transportation services ....................       6.882    206.8    207.8      5.2      0.5 
  Medical care services ......................       3.950    289.7    290.8      5.0      0.4 
  Other services .............................      10.351    238.9    239.9      3.3      0.4 
                                                                                               
                Special indexes                                                                
                                                                                               
 All items less food .........................      83.007    176.0    175.9      0.7     -0.1 
 All items less shelter ......................      71.749    168.8    168.7     -0.2     -0.1 
 All items less medical care .................      95.094    171.3    171.2      0.7     -0.1 
 Commodities less food .......................      28.344    139.7    139.0     -3.5     -0.5 
 Nondurables less food .......................      16.324    152.2    151.0     -4.2     -0.8 
 Nondurables less food and apparel ...........      11.747    168.4    167.6     -4.7     -0.5 
 Nondurables .................................      33.317    163.6    162.8     -1.2     -0.5 
 Services less rent of shelter (3)............      26.728    191.0    191.9      2.2      0.5 
 Services less medical care services .........      50.713    197.4    197.9      2.9      0.3 
 Energy ......................................       7.312    121.6    122.2    -13.1      0.5 
 All items less energy .......................      92.688    183.6    183.4      2.3     -0.1 
  All items less food and energy .............      75.695    185.7    185.5      2.4     -0.1 
   Commodities less food and energy                                                            
       commodities ...........................      24.909    146.2    145.3     -0.8     -0.6 
    Energy commodities .......................       3.435    121.6    121.6    -17.1      0.0 
   Services less energy services .............      50.786    212.6    213.0      4.0      0.2 
 Purchasing power of the consumer dollar                                                       
     (1982-84=$1.00) .........................           -   $ .568   $ .568        -        - 
 Purchasing power of the consumer dollar                                                       
     (1967=$1.00) ............................           -   $ .191   $ .191        -        - 

   1 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base.
   2 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator.  All other item stratum
 index series converted to a geometric means estimator in January, 1999.
   3 Indexes on a December 1984=100 base
   4 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base.
   - Data not available.
 NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

 Table 3 (OW). Old Weight Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Selected areas, all items index 

 (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                All items                                  
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
                                               Prici-           Indexes             Percent change to    Percent change to 
                     Area                        ng                                   May2002 from-       Apr.2002 from-   
                                               sched-                                                                      
                                                 ule                                                                       
                                                 (1)   Feb.   Mar.   Apr.    May    May   Mar.   Apr.   Apr.   Feb.   Mar. 
                                                       2002   2002   2002   2002   2001   2002   2002   2001   2002   2002 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                           
 U.S. city average ...........................   M    177.9  178.8  179.9  179.9    1.2    0.6    0.0    1.7    1.1    0.6 
                                                                                                                           
            Region and area size(2)                                                                                        
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
 Northeast urban .............................   M    186.1  187.0  187.8  187.7    1.7    0.4   -0.1    2.0    0.9    0.4 
   Size A -  More than 1,500,000 .............   M    187.8  188.5  189.2  189.1    1.9    0.3   -0.1    2.3    0.7    0.4 
   Size B/C  50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)..........   M    110.6  111.4  112.1  112.2    1.3    0.7    0.1    1.3    1.4    0.6 
                                                                                                                           
 Midwest urban ...............................   M    172.7  173.7  174.8  174.9    0.4    0.7    0.1    1.2    1.2    0.6 
   Size A   - More than 1,500,000 ............   M    174.9  176.0  177.3  177.3    1.0    0.7    0.0    1.7    1.4    0.7 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3).........   M    109.7  110.3  110.9  111.0   -0.5    0.6    0.1    0.5    1.1    0.5 
   Size D -  Nonmetropolitan  (less than                                                                                   
       50,000) ...............................   M    166.5  167.0  168.0  168.2    0.2    0.7    0.1    0.8    0.9    0.6 
                                                                                                                           
 South urban .................................   M    171.1  172.2  173.4  173.4    1.0    0.7    0.0    1.2    1.3    0.7 
   Size A -  More than 1,500,000 .............   M    172.2  173.3  174.5  174.7    1.6    0.8    0.1    1.7    1.3    0.7 
   Size B/C -  50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........   M    109.4  110.2  111.0  110.9    0.7    0.6   -0.1    1.0    1.5    0.7 
   Size D -  Nonmetropolitan  (less than                                                                                   
       50,000) ...............................   M    168.6  169.8  170.5  170.7   -0.2    0.5    0.1   -0.1    1.1    0.4 
                                                                                                                           
 West urban ..................................   M    183.3  184.0  185.1  185.0    2.0    0.5   -0.1    2.6    1.0    0.6 
   Size A   - More than 1,500,000 ............   M    185.3  186.1  187.2  187.7    2.3    0.9    0.3    2.6    1.0    0.6 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3).........   M    112.6  112.9  113.7  112.7    1.4   -0.2   -0.9    2.8    1.0    0.7 
                                                                                                                           
                 Size classes                                                                                              
                                                                                                                           
   A (4)......................................   M    162.5  163.3  164.3  164.4    1.7    0.7    0.1    2.1    1.1    0.6 
   B/C (3)....................................   M    110.2  110.8  111.6  111.4    0.6    0.5   -0.2    1.3    1.3    0.7 
   D .........................................   M    170.7  171.5  172.5  172.5    0.3    0.6    0.0    0.8    1.1    0.6 
                                                                                                                           
            Selected local areas(5)                                                                                        
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI ..............   M    178.6  179.7  180.7  181.2    0.8    0.8    0.3    1.3    1.2    0.6 
 Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA .....   M    179.9  180.8  181.9  182.4    2.8    0.9    0.3    3.0    1.1    0.6 
 New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island,                                                                                       
     NY-NJ-CT-PA .............................   M    189.9  190.9  191.7  191.5    2.2    0.3   -0.1    2.7    0.9    0.4 
                                                                                                                           
 Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT .........   1        -  194.6      -  194.7    2.0    0.1      -      -      -      - 
 Cleveland-Akron, OH .........................   1        -  173.4      -  173.3   -0.2   -0.1      -      -      -      - 
 Dallas-Fort Worth, TX .......................   1        -  172.2      -  173.1    2.2    0.5      -      -      -      - 
 Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV (6)........   1        -  111.7      -  112.6    2.3    0.8      -      -      -      - 
                                                                                                                           
 Atlanta, GA .................................   2    175.4      -  178.7      -      -      -      -    1.2    1.9      - 
 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI .................   2    176.6      -  179.1      -      -      -      -    2.6    1.4      - 
 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX ..............   2    156.5      -  158.8      -      -      -      -   -0.4    1.5      - 
 Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL ...................   2    175.1      -  175.5      -      -      -      -    1.6    0.2      - 
 Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,                                                                                    
     PA-NJ-DE-MD .............................   2    182.1      -  183.1      -      -      -      -    1.0    0.5      - 
 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA ..........   2    191.0      -  193.2      -      -      -      -    2.2    1.2      - 
 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA ................   2    187.2      -  188.5      -      -      -      -    2.3    0.7      - 

   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 map in technical notes.
   3 Indexes on a December 1996=100 base.
   4 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base.
   5 In addition, the following metropolitan areas are published semiannually and appear in Tables 34 and 39 of the 
 January and July issues of the CPI Detailed Report: Anchorage, AK; Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN; Denver-Boulder-Greeley,
 CO; Honolulu, HI; Kansas City, MO-KS; Milwaukee-Racine, WI; Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI; 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 (OW). Old Weight Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Selected areas, all
 items index 

 (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                All items                                  
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
                                               Prici-           Indexes             Percent change to    Percent change to 
                     Area                        ng                                   May2002 from-       Apr.2002 from-   
                                               sched-                                                                      
                                                 ule                                                                       
                                                 (1)   Feb.   Mar.   Apr.    May    May   Mar.   Apr.   Apr.   Feb.   Mar. 
                                                       2002   2002   2002   2002   2001   2002   2002   2001   2002   2002 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                           
 U.S. city average ...........................   M    173.8  174.7  176.0  175.9    0.9    0.7   -0.1    1.4    1.3    0.7 
                                                                                                                           
            Region and area size(2)                                                                                        
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
 Northeast urban .............................   M    182.4  183.2  184.3  184.1    1.4    0.5   -0.1    1.9    1.0    0.6 
   Size A -  More than 1,500,000 .............   M    183.0  183.7  184.5  184.3    1.5    0.3   -0.1    2.1    0.8    0.4 
   Size B/C  50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)..........   M    110.1  110.8  111.8  111.7    1.2    0.8   -0.1    1.5    1.5    0.9 
                                                                                                                           
 Midwest urban ...............................   M    168.2  169.3  170.6  170.6   -0.1    0.8    0.0    0.9    1.4    0.8 
   Size A   - More than 1,500,000 ............   M    169.6  170.7  172.2  172.2    0.7    0.9    0.0    1.5    1.5    0.9 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3).........   M    109.3  109.9  110.6  110.6   -1.3    0.6    0.0    0.0    1.2    0.6 
   Size D -  Nonmetropolitan  (less than                                                                                   
       50,000) ...............................   M    164.1  164.5  165.8  165.9   -0.3    0.9    0.1    0.4    1.0    0.8 
                                                                                                                           
 South urban .................................   M    168.7  169.8  171.2  171.1    0.6    0.8   -0.1    0.9    1.5    0.8 
   Size A -  More than 1,500,000 .............   M    169.2  170.2  171.6  171.7    1.2    0.9    0.1    1.4    1.4    0.8 
   Size B/C -  50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........   M    108.9  109.6  110.6  110.4    0.5    0.7   -0.2    0.8    1.6    0.9 
   Size D -  Nonmetropolitan  (less than                                                                                   
       50,000) ...............................   M    169.4  170.7  171.7  171.8   -0.1    0.6    0.1   -0.1    1.4    0.6 
                                                                                                                           
 West urban ..................................   M    178.2  178.8  180.0  179.8    1.8    0.6   -0.1    2.4    1.0    0.7 
   Size A   - More than 1,500,000 ............   M    178.4  179.2  180.2  180.7    2.1    0.8    0.3    2.4    1.0    0.6 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3).........   M    112.1  112.4  113.3  112.2    1.2   -0.2   -1.0    2.6    1.1    0.8 
                                                                                                                           
                 Size classes                                                                                              
                                                                                                                           
   A (4)......................................   M    160.5  161.3  162.4  162.4    1.4    0.7    0.0    1.9    1.2    0.7 
   B/C (3)....................................   M    109.7  110.3  111.2  111.0    0.3    0.6   -0.2    1.0    1.4    0.8 
   D .........................................   M    169.5  170.3  171.4  171.4    0.2    0.6    0.0    0.5    1.1    0.6 
                                                                                                                           
            Selected local areas(5)                                                                                        
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI ..............   M    172.2  173.2  174.4  175.0    0.6    1.0    0.3    1.0    1.3    0.7 
 Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA .....   M    172.3  173.2  174.1  174.6    2.4    0.8    0.3    2.7    1.0    0.5 
 New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island,                                                                                       
     NY-NJ-CT-PA .............................   M    184.7  185.6  186.6  186.5    1.9    0.5   -0.1    2.6    1.0    0.5 
                                                                                                                           
 Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT .........   1        -  193.2      -  193.2    1.6    0.0      -      -      -      - 
 Cleveland-Akron, OH .........................   1        -  164.8      -  164.9   -0.4    0.1      -      -      -      - 
 Dallas-Fort Worth, TX .......................   1        -  171.6      -  172.4    2.0    0.5      -      -      -      - 
 Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV (6)........   1        -  111.1      -  112.1    2.0    0.9      -      -      -      - 
                                                                                                                           
 Atlanta, GA .................................   2    172.7      -  175.5      -      -      -      -    1.0    1.6      - 
 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI .................   2    171.1      -  173.6      -      -      -      -    2.7    1.5      - 
 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX ..............   2    153.8      -  156.4      -      -      -      -   -0.9    1.7      - 
 Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL ...................   2    172.0      -  172.9      -      -      -      -    1.5    0.5      - 
 Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,                                                                                    
     PA-NJ-DE-MD .............................   2    181.4      -  182.4      -      -      -      -    0.9    0.6      - 
 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA ..........   2    186.8      -  188.9      -      -      -      -    2.2    1.1      - 
 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA ................   2    182.2      -  183.4      -      -      -      -    2.2    0.7      - 

   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 map in technical notes.
   3 Indexes on a December 1996=100 base.
   4 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base.
   5 In addition, the following metropolitan areas are published semiannually and appear in Tables 34 and 39 of the 
 January and July issues of the CPI Detailed Report: Anchorage, AK; Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN; Denver-Boulder-Greeley,
 CO; Honolulu, HI; Kansas City, MO-KS; Milwaukee-Racine, WI; Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI; 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.