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                   CONSUMER PRICE INDEX:  FEBRUARY 2000
 
      The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased
 0.6 percent in February, before seasonal adjustment, to a level of 169.7
 (1982-84=100), the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of
 Labor reported today.  For the 12-month period ended in February, the CPI-
 U increased 3.2 percent.
      
      The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers
 (CPI-W) rose 0.5 percent in February, prior to seasonal adjustment.  The
 February level of 166.4 was 3.3 percent higher than the index in February
 1999.
      
 CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U)
      
      On a seasonally adjusted basis, the CPI-U rose 0.5 percent in
 February, following increases of 0.2 percent in each of the preceding four
 months.  The food index, which declined 0.1 percent in January, increased
 0.4 percent in February, reflecting in part a sharp jump in meat prices.
 The energy index rose 4.6 percent, its largest advance since a 6.0 percent
 rise in April 1999.  The index for petroleum-based energy increased 8.0
 percent and the index for energy services rose 1.1 percent.  Excluding
 food and energy, the CPI-U rose 0.2 percent in February, the same as in
 January.


 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                 1999              2000   3-mos. ended  ended
                     Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb.   Feb.'00   Feb.'00
 All Items            .3    .4   .2   .2   .2   .2   .5    3.9       3.2
  Food and beverages  .2    .2   .2   .2   .1   .0   .4    1.7       1.8
  Housing             .2    .3   .1   .3   .1   .3   .5    3.7       2.8
  Apparel            -.3    .9   .6  -.4   .0 -1.1   .2   -3.9       -.4
  Transportation      .8    .6   .3   .1   .8   .1  1.3    9.3       7.1
  Medical care        .3    .3   .2   .3   .4   .3   .4    4.2       3.8
  Recreation          .0   -.4   .0   .2   .2   .2   .0    1.6        .7
  Education and                                                         
    communication     .2    .0   .3   .3   .2   .5  -.5     .8       1.3
  Other goods and                                                    
    services         -.3   2.0   .2  -.1   .0   .6   .8    5.7       4.6
 Special indexes:                                                       
   Energy            2.3   1.8   .0   .1  1.8  1.0  4.6   33.6      19.9
   Food               .2    .3   .2   .2   .1  -.1   .4    1.7       1.8
   All items less                                                        
    food and energy   .1    .3   .2   .2   .1   .2   .2    1.8       2.1
 

 See page 4 for a note on the use of hedonic models to adjust prices of
 audio and video products in the CPI for changes in quality.
 
 
      The food and beverages index advanced 0.4 percent in February.  The
 index for food at home, which declined 0.2 percent in January, rose 0.5
 percent in February, primarily as a result of a 1.4 percent rise in the
 index for meats and an upturn in the index for fruits and vegetables.  The
 index for fruits and vegetables, which declined 1.1 percent in January,
 increased 0.7 percent in February.  Within the fruits and vegetables
 group, the index for fresh fruits rose 2.7 percent, while the index for
 fresh vegetables declined 1.0 percent.  (Prior to seasonal adjustment,
 fresh fruit and fresh vegetable prices declined 1.4 and 5.4 percent,
 respectively.)  Prices for processed fruits and vegetables fell 0.2
 percent.  The index for  meats, poultry, fish, and eggs increased 0.9
 percent as price increases for meats and for fish and seafood were
 partially offset by declines in prices for poultry and for eggs.  The
 indexes for beef and pork rose 1.1 and 2.1 percent, respectively, while
 poultry prices fell 1.3 percent.  Among the other major grocery store food
 groups, the indexes for dairy products and cereal and bakery products each
 turned up in February, increasing 0.3 percent and 0.1 percent,
 respectively.  The index for nonalcoholic beverages rose 0.4 percent,
 while the index for other food at home was unchanged for the second
 consecutive month.  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, which rose 0.3 percent in January, increased
 0.5 percent in February as a result of a sharp rise in household fuel
 costs.  The index for fuels and utilities advanced 2.6 percent in February
 after increasing 0.5 percent in January.  Each of the three major
 household fuels contributed to the acceleration in February.  The index
 for fuel oil rose 34.6 percent, its largest monthly increase on record.
 The index for natural gas, which increased 1.4 percent in January,
 advanced 1.7 percent in February.  The index for electricity rose 0.8
 percent, following a 0.4 percent decline in January.  Shelter costs
 increased 0.3 percent in February, the same as in the preceding month.
 Within shelter, the indexes for rent and for owners' equivalent rent each
 increased 0.3 percent, while the index for lodging away from home declined
 0.3 percent.  (Prior to seasonal adjustment, the index for lodging away
 from home rose 3.4 percent.)  The index for household furnishings and
 operations was unchanged in February after advancing 0.3 percent in
 January.
      
      The transportation component rose 1.3 percent in February after
 increasing 0.1 percent in January.  In February, the index for gasoline
 registered its largest monthly advance since April 1999--up 6.3 percent--
 bringing its increase over the last 12 months to 41.2 percent.  As of
 February, the index for gasoline was 1.3 percent lower than its peak level
 in November 1990.  The index for new vehicles declined 0.1 percent in
 February, following a 0.3 percent drop in January.  The index for used
 cars and trucks declined for the fourth consecutive month--down 0.6
 percent in February.  The index for public transportation rose 2.4
 percent, largely as a result of a 3.8 percent rise in airline fares.
      
      The index for apparel increased 0.2 percent, following a decline of
 1.1 percent in January.  (Prior to seasonal adjustment, apparel prices
 rose 1.9 percent, reflecting the introduction of higher-priced spring
 summer wear.)
      
      Medical care costs rose 0.4 percent in February to a level 3.8
 percent higher than a year ago.  In February, the index for medical care
 commodities--prescription drugs, nonprescription drugs, and medical
 supplies--was virtually unchanged.  The index for medical care services
 rose 0.5 percent in February.  Charges for professional services and for
 hospital and related services increased 0.6 and 0.5 percent, respectively.
      
      The index for recreation costs was unchanged in February, following
 increases of 0.2 percent in each of the preceding three months.  Declines
 in the indexes for video and audio, for sporting goods, for toys, and for
 recreation services helped to offset a 1.2 percent rise in the index for
 pets, pet products and services.
      
      The index for education and communication, which increased 0.5
 percent in January, declined 0.5 percent in February.  Educational costs
 rose 0.5 percent, reflecting a 1.6 percent increase in educational books
 and supplies.  The index for communication declined 1.4 percent,
 reflecting decreases in the indexes for telephone services and for
 personal computers and peripheral equipment--down 1.5 and 2.8 percent,
 respectively.

      The index for other goods and services advanced 0.8 percent in
 February after increasing 0.6 percent in January.  The index for
 cigarettes increased 2.2 percent in February, following a 1.7 percent rise
 in January.  These increases largely reflect the pass-through to retail of
 a 13-cents-a-pack increase in the wholesale price introduced in mid-
 January.
 
 CPI for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W)
 
      On a seasonally adjusted basis, the CPI for Urban Wage Earners and
 Clerical Workers rose 0.5 percent in February.


 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                 1999              2000   3-mos. ended  ended
                     Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb.   Feb.'00   Feb.'00
 All Items            .2    .5   .2   .2   .2   .2   .5    3.9       3.3
  Food and beverages  .2    .2   .3   .2   .1  -.1   .4    1.9       1.9
  Housing             .2    .3   .1   .3   .1   .2   .6    3.5       2.7
  Apparel            -.3    .9   .4  -.3   .1 -1.0   .1   -3.3       -.5
  Transportation     1.0    .8   .1   .1   .9   .2  1.3    9.9       7.8
  Medical care        .3    .4   .2   .3   .3   .3   .4    3.8       3.8
  Recreation         -.1   -.4   .1   .0   .2   .2  -.1    1.2        .3
  Education and                                                         
    communication     .2    .0   .3   .3   .2   .6  -.5    1.2       1.3
  Other goods and                                                     
    services         -.5   2.5   .2  -.2   .0   .7   .9    6.6       5.2
 Special indexes                                                       
    Energy           2.7   1.9  -.2   .2  2.1  1.0  4.5   34.5      21.4
    Food              .2    .3   .2   .2   .1  -.1   .4    2.0       1.8
    All items less                                                         
     food and energy  .1    .4   .2   .2   .1   .1   .2    1.6       2.0


     Consumer Price Index data for March are scheduled for release on
 Friday, April 14, 2000, at 8:30 A.M. (EDT).
   
 __________________________________________________________________________     
  

 Extending the use of hedonic models to 
 adjust prices for changes in quality
 
     As previously announced, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is extending
 the use in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) of quality adjustments derived
 from hedonic models.  A hedonic model decomposes the price of a consumer
 product into implicit prices for each of its important features and
 components, thereby providing an estimate of the value of each feature and
 component.  We plan to extend this method to additional items in the CPI.
 As we do so, we will give CPI users notice at least three months before
 the first use of hedonic quality adjustment for each additional item and
 will have detailed background papers on the models to be employed
 available by the time of first use.

     As  first  announced  at  the  time of  the October  1999  CPI  release,
 hedonic  quality adjustments for 12 audio products and for  video  cameras
 were incorporated into the index effective with the January 2000 CPI.
 Audio  products are in the Audio equipment item stratum and video  cameras
 are  in  Other video equipment, which contains video equipment other  than
 televisions.  Papers describing these adjustments are on the CPI web  site
 (http://stats.bls.gov/cpihome.htm).

     Effective  with the CPI for April 2000, BLS will extend hedonic  quality
 adjustment  to Video Cassette Recorders (VCRs) and Digital Versatile  Disc
 (DVD)  players, two other items in the Other video equipment item stratum.
 The  relative importance (share of weight), as of December 1999,  of  this
 stratum  was 0.062 percent in the CPI for all Urban Consumers (CPI-U)  and
 0.071 percent in the CPI for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-
 W).   Within  Other video equipment, VCRs are estimated  to  represent  46
 percent  of  the  weight  and  DVD players about  6  percent.   Camcorders
 represent  about  30 percent.  The remaining items in this  stratum--those
 that  will  not  be subject to hedonic quality adjustment at  this  time--
 include satellite dishes and some miscellaneous video equipment.

     The  hedonic  models that BLS analysts developed for VCRs  and  for  DVD
 players  use  observations  collected  for  the  CPI,  supplemented   with
 additional  observations collected specifically for this purpose.   Papers
 describing  this  work  are in preparation and will  be  available  before
 release of the April 2000 CPI.
 Additional work on hedonic quality adjustment for telephones, microwave
 ovens, refrigerator/freezers, and washers and dryers is underway at BLS.
 
 For more information on these changes, write to:
     Bureau of Labor Statistics
     Division of Consumer Prices and Price Indexes
     2 Massachusetts Ave. NE, Room 3260
     Washington, DC 20212
 
 or contact Paul Liegey either by telephone (202) 691-5394 or by electronic
 mail (Liegey_P@bls.gov).

 ___________________________________________________________________________


       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 1995 through 1999 were replaced at the end of
       1999.  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.
       
            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 and the motor fuels 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
       breakfast cereal index, the procedure was used to offset the
       effects of price-cutting among cereal manufacturers.  For
       the educational books and supplies index, the procedure was
       used to account for greater than normal sale prices on
       educational reference books.  For some alcoholic beverage
       series, Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment was used
       to offset the effects of increased brewer's costs along with
       increased demand for specialty beers.  For the nonalcoholic
       beverages index, the procedure was used to offset the
       effects of a large increase in coffee prices due to adverse
       weather.  For the fats and oils series, the procedure was
       used to account for lower domestic butter stocks, lower cold
       storage supplies, and anticipation of a bumper soybean crop.
       For the new trucks index, the procedure was applied to
       account for loyalty rebates offered to customers by American
       automakers.   For the water and sewerage maintenance index, 
       the procedure was used to account for a data collection anomaly.
       
            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 Claire
       McAnaw Gallagher on (202) 691-6968 or sending e-mail to
       Gallagher_C@BLS.GOV.

 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,                      Feb. 2000 from-    percent change from- 
                     CPI-U                       December                                                               
                                                   1999       Jan.      Feb.                                            
                                                              2000      2000     Feb.     Jan.   Nov. to Dec. to Jan. to
                                                                                 1999     2000     Dec.    Jan.    Feb. 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                        
             Expenditure category                                                                                       
                                                                                                                        
 All items ...................................    100.000     168.7     169.7      3.2      0.6     0.2     0.2     0.5 
 All items (1967=100) ........................          -     505.5     508.4        -        -       -       -       - 
                                                                                                                        
  Food and beverages .........................     16.302     166.6     166.8      1.8      0.1     0.1     0.0     0.4 
   Food ......................................     15.315     166.1     166.3      1.8      0.1     0.1    -0.1     0.4 
    Food at home .............................      9.603     166.3     166.3      1.5      0.0     0.1    -0.2     0.5 
     Cereals and bakery products .............      1.534     185.6     186.0      1.2      0.2     0.5    -0.5     0.1 
     Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ..........      2.543     150.2     151.3      2.9      0.7    -0.3     0.3     0.9 
     Dairy and related products (1)...........      1.090     160.4     160.9     -0.9      0.3    -1.5    -1.0     0.3 
     Fruits and vegetables ...................      1.429     208.4     203.0      1.3     -2.6     0.4    -1.1     0.7 
     Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage                                                                                
         materials ...........................      1.045     137.1     138.4      2.9      0.9     1.1     0.7     0.4 
     Other food at home ......................      1.962     154.3     154.4      0.7      0.1     0.1     0.0     0.0 
      Sugar and sweets .......................       .373     154.8     154.4      2.0     -0.3     0.0     0.5    -0.1 
      Fats and oils ..........................       .288     147.0     145.6     -3.5     -1.0    -0.1     0.2    -1.2 
      Other foods ............................      1.301     169.8     170.5      1.4      0.4     0.1    -0.1     0.2 
       Other miscellaneous foods (1) (2)......       .314     104.3     106.4      0.5      2.0     1.7    -1.3     2.0 
    Food away from home (1)...................      5.712     167.2     167.6      2.3      0.2     0.2     0.2     0.2 
     Other food away from home (1) (2)........       .176     107.5     107.9      4.1      0.4     0.0     0.6     0.4 
   Alcoholic beverages .......................       .987     172.4     173.0      2.6      0.3     0.3     0.2     0.2 
                                                                                                                        
  Housing ....................................     39.636     165.8     166.9      2.8      0.7     0.1     0.3     0.5 
   Shelter ...................................     30.235     189.8     190.7      2.8      0.5     0.1     0.3     0.3 
    Rent of primary residence (3).............      7.036     180.8     181.2      3.2      0.2     0.3     0.3     0.3 
    Lodging away from home (2) (3)............      2.359     111.3     115.1      4.2      3.4    -0.7     0.6    -0.3 
    Owners' equivalent rent of primary                                                                                  
        residence (3) (4).....................     20.470     195.7     196.1      2.5      0.2     0.2     0.3     0.3 
    Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2)..       .370     102.4     102.4      2.3      0.0     0.1     0.2     0.0 
   Fuels and utilities .......................      4.722     129.9     132.9      5.5      2.3    -0.5     0.5     2.6 
    Fuels ....................................      3.794     114.3     117.6      6.3      2.9    -0.7     0.6     3.1 
     Fuel oil and other fuels ................       .273     114.4     147.2     70.8     28.7     4.5     6.6    28.2 
     Gas (piped) and electricity (3)..........      3.521     119.8     120.6      2.2      0.7    -1.0     0.1     1.1 
    Water and sewer and trash collection                                                                                
        services (2)..........................       .928     105.2     105.5      2.2      0.3     0.1     0.3     0.4 
   Household furnishings and operations ......      4.680     127.0     127.2      0.4      0.2     0.1     0.3     0.0 
    Household operations (1) (2)..............       .910     107.4     108.4      4.9      0.9     0.2     1.3     0.9 
                                                                                                                        
  Apparel ....................................      4.684     126.8     129.2     -0.4      1.9     0.0    -1.1     0.2 
   Men's and boys' apparel ...................      1.335     129.2     130.0      0.1      0.6     0.8    -0.5    -0.2 
   Women's and girls' apparel ................      1.879     116.0     120.0     -0.5      3.4    -0.2    -2.2     0.2 
   Infants' and toddlers' apparel (1).........       .272     133.3     133.1      5.3     -0.2     0.3     0.2    -0.2 
   Footwear ..................................       .828     121.6     122.1     -2.2      0.4    -0.5    -0.6    -0.2 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation .............................     17.450     148.3     149.7      7.1      0.9     0.8     0.1     1.3 
   Private transportation ....................     16.050     144.4     145.6      7.1      0.8     0.9     0.2     1.2 
    New and used motor vehicles (2)...........      7.652     100.8     100.3      0.4     -0.5    -0.1    -0.4    -0.4 
     New vehicles ............................      4.835     143.3     143.0     -0.6     -0.2     0.0    -0.3    -0.1 
     Used cars and trucks (1).................      1.888     153.9     153.0      3.2     -0.6    -0.7    -0.7    -0.6 
    Motor fuel ...............................      3.160     112.6     118.1     41.3      4.9     5.0     1.5     6.2 
     Gasoline (all types) ....................      3.140     111.9     117.3     41.2      4.8     4.9     1.6     6.3 
    Motor vehicle parts and equipment ........       .533     100.8     100.9      0.0      0.1    -0.3    -0.1     0.1 
    Motor vehicle maintenance and repair (1)..      1.622     174.6     175.2      2.8      0.3     0.1     0.5     0.3 
   Public transportation (1)..................      1.400     199.5     204.2      5.7      2.4    -0.5    -0.8     2.4 
                                                                                                                        
  Medical care ...............................      5.768     255.5     257.0      3.8      0.6     0.4     0.3     0.4 
   Medical care commodities ..................      1.268     235.2     235.5      3.8      0.1     0.3     0.3     0.0 
   Medical care services .....................      4.501     260.1     262.0      3.7      0.7     0.4     0.3     0.5 
    Professional services (3).................      2.867     233.1     234.9      3.6      0.8     0.3     0.3     0.6 
    Hospital and related services (3).........      1.386     308.4     310.5      4.8      0.7     0.7     0.3     0.5 
                                                                                                                        
  Recreation (2)..............................      6.008     102.3     102.5      0.7      0.2     0.2     0.2     0.0 
   Video and audio (1) (2)....................      1.691     100.5     100.8     -0.8      0.3     0.2     0.1    -0.4 
                                                                                                                        
  Education and communication (2).............      5.419     102.7     102.2      1.3     -0.5     0.2     0.5    -0.5 
   Education (2)..............................      2.741     110.2     110.6      5.0      0.4     0.4     0.8     0.5 
    Educational books and supplies ...........       .196     273.9     278.3      6.5      1.6     0.4     6.0     1.6 
    Tuition, other school fees, and childcare       2.544     317.3     318.0      4.8      0.2     0.4     0.4     0.4 
   Communication (1) (2)......................      2.679      96.0      94.7     -2.3     -1.4     0.0     0.1    -1.4 
    Information and information processing (1)                                                                          
        (2)...................................      2.474      95.5      94.1     -2.5     -1.5     0.1     0.1    -1.5 
     Telephone services (1) (2)...............      2.274     100.9      99.4     -1.0     -1.5     0.1     0.2    -1.5 
     Information and information processing                                                                             
         other than telephone services (1) (5)       .200      28.0      27.6    -17.1     -1.4     0.0    -0.7    -1.4 
      Personal computers and peripheral                                                                                 
          equipment (1) (2)...................       .106      46.4      45.1    -24.5     -2.8     0.4    -1.7    -2.8 
                                                                                                                        
  Other goods and services ...................      4.733     264.7     266.7      4.6      0.8     0.0     0.6     0.8 
   Tobacco and smoking products (1)...........      1.258     375.1     383.0      9.8      2.1    -0.2     1.6     2.1 
   Personal care (1)..........................      3.475     163.4     163.8      2.8      0.2     0.1     0.3     0.2 
    Personal care products (1)................       .741     152.8     152.6      1.9     -0.1    -0.5     0.2    -0.1 
    Personal care services (1)................       .982     174.9     175.6      3.7      0.4     0.2     0.3     0.4 
    Miscellaneous personal services ..........      1.506     247.6     248.9      3.4      0.5     0.4     0.3     0.1 
                                                                                                                        
          Commodity and service group                                                                                   
                                                                                                                        
 Commodities .................................     42.141     146.2     147.4      3.7      0.8     0.4     0.1     0.8 
  Food and beverages .........................     16.302     166.6     166.8      1.8      0.1     0.1     0.0     0.4 
  Commodities less food and beverages ........     25.840     134.0     135.7      4.7      1.3     0.5     0.1     1.2 
   Nondurables less food and beverages .......     14.906     140.5     143.9      9.1      2.4     0.6     0.2     2.2 
    Apparel ..................................      4.684     126.8     129.2     -0.4      1.9     0.0    -1.1     0.2 
    Nondurables less food, beverages, and                                                                               
        apparel ..............................     10.222     153.1     157.2     13.9      2.7     0.9     0.8     3.1 
   Durables ..................................     10.934     125.7     125.3     -0.9     -0.3    -0.2    -0.2    -0.2 
 Services ....................................     57.859     191.4     192.2      2.8      0.4     0.2     0.3     0.3 
  Rent of shelter (4).........................     29.865     197.6     198.5      2.8      0.5     0.2     0.3     0.3 
  Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2)....       .370     102.4     102.4      2.3      0.0     0.1     0.2     0.0 
  Gas (piped) and electricity (3).............      3.521     119.8     120.6      2.2      0.7    -1.0     0.1     1.1 
  Water and sewer and trash collection                                                                                  
      services (2)............................       .928     105.2     105.5      2.2      0.3     0.1     0.3     0.4 
  Household operations (1) (2)................       .910     107.4     108.4      4.9      0.9     0.2     1.3     0.9 
  Transportation services ....................      6.940     193.0     193.7      2.3      0.4     0.1     0.1     0.5 
  Medical care services ......................      4.501     260.1     262.0      3.7      0.7     0.4     0.3     0.5 
  Other services .............................     10.825     227.4     227.4      2.8      0.0     0.4     0.4    -0.1 
                                                                                                                        
                Special indexes                                                                                         
                                                                                                                        
 All items less food .........................     84.685     169.2     170.3      3.4      0.7     0.2     0.2     0.5 
 All items less shelter ......................     69.765     162.3     163.3      3.3      0.6     0.2     0.1     0.6 
 All items less medical care .................     94.232     164.0     164.9      3.1      0.5     0.2     0.2     0.5 
 Commodities less food .......................     26.827     135.6     137.2      4.7      1.2     0.5     0.1     1.1 
 Nondurables less food .......................     15.893     142.4     145.7      8.7      2.3     0.6     0.3     1.9 
 Nondurables less food and apparel ...........     11.209     154.2     158.0     12.9      2.5     0.9     0.7     3.0 
 Nondurables .................................     31.208     153.7     155.6      5.2      1.2     0.3     0.2     1.2 
 Services less rent of shelter (4)............     27.994     198.6     199.2      2.8      0.3     0.2     0.2     0.3 
 Services less medical care services .........     53.358     185.1     185.8      2.7      0.4     0.2     0.3     0.2 
 Energy ......................................      6.954     112.5     116.7     19.9      3.7     1.8     1.0     4.6 
 All items less energy .......................     93.046     176.2     176.8      2.1      0.3     0.1     0.1     0.2 
  All items less food and energy .............     77.731     178.7     179.4      2.1      0.4     0.1     0.2     0.2 
   Commodities less food and energy                                                                                     
       commodities ...........................     23.393     143.6     144.2      0.3      0.4    -0.1    -0.2     0.0 
    Energy commodities .......................      3.433     112.8     120.6     43.7      6.9     5.0     1.9     8.0 
   Services less energy services .............     54.338     198.7     199.5      2.8      0.4     0.2     0.3     0.3 
 Purchasing power of the consumer dollar                                                                                
     (1982-84=$1.00) .........................          -    $ .593    $ .589        -        -       -       -       - 
 Purchasing power of the consumer dollar                                                                                
     (1967=$1.00) ............................          -    $ .198    $ .197        -        -       -       -       - 

   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--   
                                                 Nov.    Dec.    Jan.    Feb.                                           
                                                 1999    1999    2000    2000                                           
                                                                                 May   Aug.   Nov.   Feb.   Aug.   Feb. 
                                                                                1999   1999   1999   2000   1999   2000 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                        
             Expenditure category                                                                                       
                                                                                                                        
 All items ...................................  168.4   168.8   169.1   170.0    3.4    2.4    2.9    3.9    2.9    3.4 
                                                                                                                        
  Food and beverages .........................  166.0   166.1   166.1   166.7    1.0    1.7    2.9    1.7    1.3    2.3 
   Food ......................................  165.6   165.8   165.7   166.3    1.2    1.2    3.0    1.7    1.2    2.3 
    Food at home .............................  165.5   165.6   165.2   166.0    0.7    1.0    3.2    1.2    0.9    2.2 
     Cereals and bakery products .............  185.7   186.6   185.6   185.8    2.9   -1.5    3.1    0.2    0.7    1.6 
     Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ..........  149.5   149.1   149.6   151.0    1.4    1.9    4.1    4.1    1.6    4.1 
     Dairy and related products (1)...........  164.6   162.1   160.4   160.9  -14.2    0.8   22.4   -8.7   -7.0    5.7 
     Fruits and vegetables ...................  204.2   205.1   202.9   204.3    8.6   -0.2   -2.9    0.2    4.1   -1.4 
     Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage                                                                                
         materials ...........................  134.5   136.0   136.9   137.5    1.2    2.4   -0.9    9.2    1.8    4.0 
     Other food at home ......................  154.1   154.2   154.2   154.2    1.0    1.6    0.0    0.3    1.3    0.1 
      Sugar and sweets .......................  153.4   153.4   154.2   154.1    4.0    0.5    1.6    1.8    2.3    1.7 
      Fats and oils ..........................  146.2   146.1   146.4   144.7   -6.0    2.2   -6.1   -4.0   -2.0   -5.1 
      Other foods ............................  169.9   170.0   169.8   170.2    2.2    1.4    1.2    0.7    1.8    0.9 
       Other miscellaneous foods (1) (2)......  103.9   105.7   104.3   106.4   -3.4   -0.8   -3.4   10.0   -2.1    3.1 
    Food away from home (1)...................  166.5   166.8   167.2   167.6    2.0    2.5    2.2    2.7    2.2    2.4 
     Other food away from home (1) (2)........  106.9   106.9   107.5   107.9    2.3    5.9    4.2    3.8    4.1    4.0 
   Alcoholic beverages .......................  171.5   172.0   172.4   172.8    1.4    3.4    2.6    3.1    2.4    2.8 
                                                                                                                        
  Housing ....................................  165.3   165.4   165.9   166.8    2.7    2.2    2.7    3.7    2.5    3.2 
   Shelter ...................................  188.9   189.1   189.7   190.2    3.3    2.4    2.8    2.8    2.8    2.8 
    Rent of primary residence (3).............  179.6   180.1   180.6   181.2    3.2    2.5    3.6    3.6    2.9    3.6 
    Lodging away from home (2) (3)............  106.7   105.9   106.5   106.2   11.9    3.9    3.1   -1.9    7.8    0.6 
    Owners' equivalent rent of primary                                                                                  
        residence (3) (4).....................  194.6   195.0   195.5   196.1    2.5    2.1    2.3    3.1    2.3    2.7 
    Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2)..  102.1   102.2   102.4   102.4    1.6    6.9   -0.4    1.2    4.2    0.4 
   Fuels and utilities .......................  130.5   129.8   130.5   133.9    0.9    4.1    5.7   10.8    2.5    8.2 
    Fuels ....................................  114.4   113.6   114.3   117.9    0.7    4.8    6.5   12.8    2.7    9.6 
     Fuel oil and other fuels ................  100.1   104.6   111.5   142.9   19.4   22.2   40.1  315.3   20.8  141.3 
     Gas (piped) and electricity (3)..........  121.4   120.2   120.3   121.6   -0.7    3.4    4.7    0.7    1.3    2.7 
    Water and sewer and trash collection                                                                                
        services (2)..........................  104.6   104.7   105.0   105.4    2.4    1.6    2.3    3.1    2.0    2.7 
   Household furnishings and operations ......  126.7   126.8   127.2   127.2   -0.3    0.6   -0.3    1.6    0.2    0.6 
    Household operations (1) (2)..............  105.8   106.0   107.4   108.4    3.1    3.5    3.1   10.2    3.3    6.6 
                                                                                                                        
  Apparel ....................................  131.5   131.5   130.0   130.2    3.4   -5.4    4.7   -3.9   -1.1    0.3 
   Men's and boys' apparel ...................  131.0   132.0   131.4   131.1    1.8   -8.5    7.0    0.3   -3.5    3.6 
   Women's and girls' apparel ................  124.0   123.8   121.1   121.4    6.0   -4.4    5.3   -8.1    0.7   -1.6 
   Infants' and toddlers' apparel (1).........  132.6   133.0   133.3   133.1    3.9    2.2   14.1    1.5    3.0    7.6 
   Footwear ..................................  124.7   124.1   123.4   123.1    1.6   -4.1   -1.0   -5.0   -1.3   -3.0 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation .............................  147.2   148.4   148.6   150.5   10.4    5.7    3.9    9.3    8.0    6.6 
   Private transportation ....................  143.3   144.6   144.9   146.6   10.3    6.4    3.4    9.5    8.4    6.4 
    New and used motor vehicles (2)...........  101.2   101.1   100.7   100.3    0.8    2.0    2.8   -3.5    1.4   -0.4 
     New vehicles ............................  142.9   142.9   142.4   142.3   -0.6   -0.6    0.8   -1.7   -0.6   -0.4 
     Used cars and trucks (1).................  156.1   155.0   153.9   153.0    3.6   11.7    6.1   -7.7    7.6   -1.0 
    Motor fuel ...............................  108.0   113.4   115.1   122.2   73.7   29.4    8.2   63.9   49.9   33.2 
     Gasoline (all types) ....................  107.4   112.7   114.5   121.7   71.9   29.1    8.6   64.9   48.9   33.8 
    Motor vehicle parts and equipment ........  100.9   100.6   100.5   100.6   -0.4   -1.2    2.8   -1.2   -0.8    0.8 
    Motor vehicle maintenance and repair (1)..  173.6   173.8   174.6   175.2    2.1    1.9    3.5    3.7    2.0    3.6 
   Public transportation (1)..................  202.2   201.2   199.5   204.2   11.4   -2.6   10.8    4.0    4.2    7.3 
                                                                                                                        
  Medical care ...............................  254.1   255.0   255.7   256.7    3.4    3.9    3.4    4.2    3.7    3.8 
   Medical care commodities ..................  234.3   234.9   235.6   235.5    4.1    5.5    3.5    2.1    4.8    2.8 
   Medical care services .....................  258.2   259.2   259.9   261.2    3.2    3.5    3.3    4.7    3.4    4.0 
    Professional services (3).................  231.9   232.6   233.3   234.6    3.0    3.2    3.3    4.7    3.1    4.0 
    Hospital and related services (3).........  304.4   306.6   307.5   309.0    3.9    4.9    4.5    6.2    4.4    5.3 
                                                                                                                        
  Recreation (2)..............................  101.8   102.0   102.2   102.2    2.0    0.0   -0.8    1.6    1.0    0.4 
   Video and audio (1) (2)....................  100.4   100.6   100.7   100.3   -1.2    0.0   -1.6   -0.4   -0.6   -1.0 
                                                                                                                        
  Education and communication (2).............  102.1   102.3   102.8   102.3    0.0    2.0    2.4    0.8    1.0    1.6 
   Education (2)..............................  109.0   109.4   110.3   110.9    5.0    4.6    3.4    7.2    4.8    5.2 
    Educational books and supplies ...........  255.6   256.5   272.0   276.4    4.4    5.3  -14.4   36.7    4.8    8.2 
    Tuition, other school fees, and childcare   313.8   315.0   316.4   317.7    5.0    4.5    4.9    5.1    4.7    5.0 
   Communication (1) (2)......................   95.9    95.9    96.0    94.7   -4.9   -0.4    1.3   -4.9   -2.7   -1.9 
    Information and information processing (1)                                                                          
        (2)...................................   95.3    95.4    95.5    94.1   -5.3   -0.8    1.3   -4.9   -3.1   -1.9 
     Telephone services (1) (2)...............  100.6   100.7   100.9    99.4   -3.1    0.8    3.2   -4.7   -1.2   -0.8 
     Information and information processing                                                                             
         other than telephone services (1) (5)   28.2    28.2    28.0    27.6  -25.9  -13.5  -19.8   -8.2  -19.9  -14.2 
      Personal computers and peripheral                                                                                 
          equipment (1) (2)...................   47.0    47.2    46.4    45.1  -24.2  -30.3  -27.3  -15.2  -27.3  -21.5 
                                                                                                                        
  Other goods and services ...................  263.6   263.6   265.3   267.3    1.4    2.7    8.8    5.7    2.0    7.3 
   Tobacco and smoking products (1)...........  369.8   369.1   375.1   383.0   -3.6    5.4   24.5   15.1    0.8   19.7 
   Personal care (1)..........................  162.8   162.9   163.4   163.8    3.3    1.8    3.5    2.5    2.5    3.0 
    Personal care products (1)................  153.3   152.5   152.8   152.6    3.0    3.8    2.7   -1.8    3.4    0.4 
    Personal care services (1)................  173.9   174.3   174.9   175.6    4.1    2.1    4.7    4.0    3.1    4.4 
    Miscellaneous personal services ..........  246.5   247.4   248.1   248.4    2.7    3.7    4.3    3.1    3.2    3.7 
                                                                                                                        
          Commodity and service group                                                                                   
                                                                                                                        
 Commodities .................................  145.9   146.5   146.6   147.8    4.3    2.5    2.8    5.3    3.4    4.0 
  Food and beverages .........................  166.0   166.1   166.1   166.7    1.0    1.7    2.9    1.7    1.3    2.3 
  Commodities less food and beverages ........  134.1   134.8   134.9   136.5    6.6    2.8    3.0    7.4    4.7    5.2 
   Nondurables less food and beverages .......  140.7   141.6   141.9   145.0   11.6    6.0    5.9   12.8    8.8    9.3 
    Apparel ..................................  131.5   131.5   130.0   130.2    3.4   -5.4    4.7   -3.9   -1.1    0.3 
    Nondurables less food, beverages, and                                                                               
        apparel ..............................  151.1   152.4   153.6   158.3   16.8   11.2    7.5   20.5   14.0   13.8 
   Durables ..................................  125.7   125.5   125.3   125.1   -1.3    0.3   -0.6   -1.9   -0.5   -1.3 
 Services ....................................  190.8   191.1   191.6   192.2    3.0    2.4    3.0    3.0    2.7    3.0 
  Rent of shelter (4).........................  196.8   197.2   197.8   198.3    3.4    2.5    2.5    3.1    2.9    2.8 
  Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2)....  102.1   102.2   102.4   102.4    1.6    6.9   -0.4    1.2    4.2    0.4 
  Gas (piped) and electricity (3).............  121.4   120.2   120.3   121.6   -0.7    3.4    4.7    0.7    1.3    2.7 
  Water and sewer and trash collection                                                                                  
      services (2)............................  104.6   104.7   105.0   105.4    2.4    1.6    2.3    3.1    2.0    2.7 
  Household operations (1) (2)................  105.8   106.0   107.4   108.4    3.1    3.5    3.1   10.2    3.3    6.6 
  Transportation services ....................  192.3   192.5   192.6   193.5    2.8    0.4    3.6    2.5    1.6    3.1 
  Medical care services ......................  258.2   259.2   259.9   261.2    3.2    3.5    3.3    4.7    3.4    4.0 
  Other services .............................  226.1   226.9   227.7   227.5    2.7    2.7    3.4    2.5    2.7    3.0 
                                                                                                                        
                Special indexes                                                                                         
                                                                                                                        
 All items less food .........................  168.8   169.2   169.6   170.5    3.9    2.4    3.1    4.1    3.2    3.6 
 All items less shelter ......................  162.0   162.4   162.6   163.6    3.3    2.5    3.3    4.0    2.9    3.6 
 All items less medical care .................  163.5   163.8   164.1   165.0    3.5    2.2    3.0    3.7    2.9    3.4 
 Commodities less food .......................  135.7   136.4   136.6   138.1    6.2    2.7    3.0    7.3    4.4    5.1 
 Nondurables less food .......................  142.6   143.5   143.9   146.7   11.1    5.9    5.8   12.0    8.5    8.9 
 Nondurables less food and apparel ...........  152.2   153.5   154.5   159.1   14.6   10.8    6.8   19.4   12.7   13.0 
 Nondurables .................................  153.4   153.9   154.2   156.1    6.3    3.8    3.7    7.2    5.1    5.5 
 Services less rent of shelter (4)............  198.0   198.4   198.8   199.4    2.5    2.9    3.1    2.9    2.7    3.0 
 Services less medical care services .........  184.6   184.9   185.5   185.8    2.7    2.7    2.9    2.6    2.7    2.7 
 Energy ......................................  110.5   112.5   113.6   118.8   26.1   14.5    7.6   33.6   20.1   19.9 
 All items less energy .......................  176.1   176.3   176.5   176.9    2.1    1.6    2.8    1.8    1.9    2.3 
  All items less food and energy .............  178.7   178.9   179.2   179.5    2.3    1.6    2.7    1.8    1.9    2.3 
   Commodities less food and energy                                                                                     
       commodities ...........................  144.7   144.6   144.3   144.3    0.6   -0.3    2.2   -1.1    0.1    0.6 
    Energy commodities .......................  107.2   112.6   114.7   123.9   68.4   28.7   10.3   78.4   47.2   40.3 
   Services less energy services .............  197.9   198.3   198.9   199.4    3.1    2.3    3.1    3.1    2.7    3.1 

   1 Not seasonally adjusted.
   2 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base.
   3 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator.  All other item stratum index series 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                                  Feb.2000 from--      Jan.2000 from--  
                                               sched-                                                                      
                                                 ule   Nov.   Dec.   Jan.   Feb.                                           
                                                 (1)   1999   1999   2000   2000   Feb.   Dec.   Jan.   Jan.   Nov.   Dec. 
                                                                                   1999   1999   2000   1999   1999   1999 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                           
 U.S. city average ...........................   M    168.3  168.3  168.7  169.7    3.2    0.8    0.6    2.7    0.2    0.2 
                                                                                                                           
            Region and area size(2)                                                                                        
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
 Northeast urban .............................   M    175.5  175.5  176.1  177.4    3.4    1.1    0.7    2.7    0.3    0.3 
   Size A -  More than 1,500,000 .............   M    176.5  176.3  176.9  178.3    3.4    1.1    0.8    2.6    0.2    0.3 
   Size B/C  50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)..........   M    105.1  105.4  105.8  106.7    3.6    1.2    0.9    3.1    0.7    0.4 
                                                                                                                           
 Midwest urban ...............................   M    164.6  164.4  164.8  165.8    3.3    0.9    0.6    2.7    0.1    0.2 
   Size A   - More than 1,500,000 ............   M    165.6  165.5  166.1  167.2    3.3    1.0    0.7    2.8    0.3    0.4 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3).........   M    105.6  105.3  105.5  106.0    3.3    0.7    0.5    2.8   -0.1    0.2 
   Size D -  Nonmetropolitan  (less than                                                                                   
       50,000) ...............................   M    159.3  158.9  159.0  159.8    2.7    0.6    0.5    2.3   -0.2    0.1 
                                                                                                                           
 South urban .................................   M    163.5  163.6  164.0  164.7    2.9    0.7    0.4    2.6    0.3    0.2 
   Size A -  More than 1,500,000 .............   M    162.9  163.0  163.5  164.1    3.3    0.7    0.4    2.9    0.4    0.3 
   Size B/C -  50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........   M    105.1  105.2  105.3  105.9    2.8    0.7    0.6    2.3    0.2    0.1 
   Size D -  Nonmetropolitan  (less than                                                                                   
       50,000) ...............................   M    164.1  163.5  164.4  165.1    2.6    1.0    0.4    2.2    0.2    0.6 
                                                                                                                           
 West urban ..................................   M    170.4  170.5  171.0  171.9    3.0    0.8    0.5    2.8    0.4    0.3 
   Size A   - More than 1,500,000 ............   M    171.6  171.7  172.3  173.3    3.3    0.9    0.6    3.0    0.4    0.3 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3).........   M    105.5  105.7  105.7  106.2    2.3    0.5    0.5    2.0    0.2    0.0 
                                                                                                                           
                 Size classes                                                                                              
                                                                                                                           
   A (4)......................................   M    152.5  152.5  153.0  154.0    3.4    1.0    0.7    2.8    0.3    0.3 
   B/C (3)....................................   M    105.3  105.3  105.5  106.1    3.0    0.8    0.6    2.5    0.2    0.2 
   D .........................................   M    164.2  163.7  164.3  164.9    2.6    0.7    0.4    2.3    0.1    0.4 
                                                                                                                           
            Selected local areas(5)                                                                                        
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI ..............   M    169.3  169.2  170.1  171.3    2.9    1.2    0.7    2.4    0.5    0.5 
 Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA .....   M    167.1  167.3  167.9  169.2    2.8    1.1    0.8    2.3    0.5    0.4 
 New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island,                                                                                       
     NY-NJ-CT-PA .............................   M    178.8  178.6  179.2  180.4    3.0    1.0    0.7    2.4    0.2    0.3 
                                                                                                                           
 Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT .........   1    179.2      -  180.2      -      -      -      -    3.5    0.6      - 
 Cleveland-Akron, OH .........................   1    163.8      -  164.4      -      -      -      -    2.4    0.4      - 
 Dallas-Fort Worth, TX .......................   1    160.1      -  160.4      -      -      -      -    3.5    0.2      - 
 Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV (6)........   1    105.0      -  105.3      -      -      -      -    2.4    0.3      - 
                                                                                                                           
 Atlanta, GA .................................   2        -  167.0      -  167.4    3.4    0.2      -      -      -      - 
 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI .................   2        -  165.6      -  167.2    3.7    1.0      -      -      -      - 
 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX ..............   2        -  150.3      -  152.1    3.8    1.2      -      -      -      - 
 Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL ...................   2        -  164.8      -  165.9    2.8    0.7      -      -      -      - 
 Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,                                                                                    
     PA-NJ-DE-MD .............................   2        -  172.9      -  174.7    3.6    1.0      -      -      -      - 
 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA ..........   2        -  174.5      -  176.5    4.2    1.1      -      -      -      - 
 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA ................   2        -  174.4      -  176.0    3.2    0.9      -      -      -      - 

   1 Areas on pricing schedule 2 (see Table 10) will appear next month. 
   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:  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,                      Feb. 2000 from-    percent change from- 
                     CPI-W                       December                                                               
                                                   1999       Jan.      Feb.                                            
                                                              2000      2000     Feb.     Jan.   Nov. to Dec. to Jan. to
                                                                                 1999     2000     Dec.    Jan.    Feb. 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                        
             Expenditure category                                                                                       
                                                                                                                        
 All items ...................................    100.000     165.5     166.4      3.3      0.5     0.2     0.2     0.5 
 All items (1967=100) ........................          -     492.9     495.6        -        -       -       -       - 
                                                                                                                        
  Food and beverages .........................     17.879     165.9     166.1      1.9      0.1     0.1    -0.1     0.4 
   Food ......................................     16.832     165.4     165.6      1.8      0.1     0.1    -0.1     0.4 
    Food at home .............................     10.725     165.1     165.1      1.5      0.0     0.1    -0.2     0.5 
     Cereals and bakery products .............      1.676     185.5     185.8      1.3      0.2     0.5    -0.4     0.2 
     Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ..........      3.022     149.8     150.8      2.8      0.7    -0.3     0.3     1.0 
     Dairy and related products (1)...........      1.195     159.9     160.4     -1.1      0.3    -1.6    -1.2     0.3 
     Fruits and vegetables ...................      1.479     207.0     201.7      1.2     -2.6     0.5    -1.1     0.5 
     Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage                                                                                
         materials ...........................      1.180     136.0     137.6      3.1      1.2     1.0     0.7     0.6 
     Other food at home ......................      2.173     153.7     153.8      0.8      0.1     0.1     0.0     0.0 
      Sugar and sweets .......................       .415     154.8     154.3      2.0     -0.3     0.2     0.3     0.0 
      Fats and oils ..........................       .329     146.8     145.2     -3.6     -1.1     0.0     0.3    -1.2 
      Other foods ............................      1.429     169.8     170.5      1.4      0.4     0.2    -0.2     0.3 
       Other miscellaneous foods (1) (2)......       .347     103.9     106.2      0.3      2.2     1.7    -1.2     2.2 
    Food away from home (1)...................      6.107     167.1     167.6      2.3      0.3     0.2     0.2     0.3 
     Other food away from home (1) (2)........       .217     107.4     107.8      4.0      0.4     0.1     0.5     0.4 
   Alcoholic beverages .......................      1.047     171.6     172.2      2.7      0.3     0.3     0.4     0.1 
                                                                                                                        
  Housing ....................................     36.452     161.8     162.7      2.7      0.6     0.1     0.2     0.6 
   Shelter ...................................     27.425     184.1     184.8      2.7      0.4     0.2     0.3     0.3 
    Rent of primary residence (3).............      8.523     180.3     180.7      3.1      0.2     0.3     0.3     0.3 
    Lodging away from home (2) (3)............      1.364     110.8     114.5      3.8      3.3    -0.8     0.3    -0.2 
    Owners' equivalent rent of primary                                                                                  
        residence (3) (4).....................     17.221     178.2     178.6      2.5      0.2     0.2     0.2     0.3 
    Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2)..       .318     102.6     102.6      2.2      0.0     0.1     0.2     0.0 
   Fuels and utilities .......................      4.825     129.5     132.0      4.9      1.9    -0.4     0.4     2.2 
    Fuels ....................................      3.911     113.6     116.3      5.5      2.4    -0.5     0.4     2.7 
     Fuel oil and other fuels ................       .240     114.0     144.5     66.5     26.8     4.2     6.5    26.3 
     Gas (piped) and electricity (3)..........      3.671     119.4     120.1      2.2      0.6    -0.9     0.0     1.2 
    Water and sewer and trash collection                                                                                
        services (2)..........................       .914     105.2     105.5      2.2      0.3     0.1     0.3     0.4 
   Household furnishings and operations ......      4.202     124.5     124.6     -0.2      0.1     0.0     0.1    -0.1 
    Household operations (1) (2)..............       .401     107.5     108.6      4.6      1.0    -0.1     1.2     1.0 
                                                                                                                        
  Apparel ....................................      5.026     125.9     127.9     -0.5      1.6     0.1    -1.0     0.1 
   Men's and boys' apparel ...................      1.450     129.3     129.9      0.0      0.5     0.8    -0.6    -0.3 
   Women's and girls' apparel ................      1.875     114.2     118.0     -0.7      3.3    -0.1    -2.1     0.3 
   Infants' and toddlers' apparel (1).........       .345     134.9     134.7      5.9     -0.1     0.4     0.1    -0.1 
   Footwear ..................................       .997     122.3     122.6     -2.2      0.2    -0.5    -0.4    -0.2 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation .............................     19.716     147.7     149.1      7.8      0.9     0.9     0.2     1.3 
   Private transportation ....................     18.628     145.1     146.4      8.0      0.9     0.9     0.3     1.2 
    New and used motor vehicles (2)...........      9.030     101.2     100.7      0.8     -0.5    -0.2    -0.4    -0.4 
     New vehicles ............................      5.063     144.5     144.2     -0.6     -0.2    -0.1    -0.2    -0.1 
     Used cars and trucks (1).................      3.170     155.3     154.4      3.2     -0.6    -0.6    -0.6    -0.6 
    Motor fuel ...............................      3.896     112.9     118.6     42.0      5.0     4.9     1.6     6.2 
     Gasoline (all types) ....................      3.872     112.3     117.9     42.0      5.0     5.0     1.5     6.3 
    Motor vehicle parts and equipment ........       .661     100.3     100.5      0.0      0.2    -0.4     0.0     0.1 
    Motor vehicle maintenance and repair (1)..      1.687     176.1     176.6      2.8      0.3     0.1     0.5     0.3 
   Public transportation (1)..................      1.088     194.8     198.8      5.1      2.1    -0.5    -0.6     2.1 
                                                                                                                        
  Medical care ...............................      4.711     254.5     256.2      3.8      0.7     0.3     0.3     0.4 
   Medical care commodities ..................       .934     230.7     231.0      3.5      0.1     0.2     0.1     0.0 
   Medical care services .....................      3.776     259.9     261.9      3.8      0.8     0.3     0.3     0.5 
    Professional services (3).................      2.425     234.8     236.7      3.7      0.8     0.3     0.5     0.5 
    Hospital and related services (3).........      1.139     304.1     306.4      4.8      0.8     0.7     0.3     0.6 
                                                                                                                        
  Recreation (2)..............................      5.787     101.4     101.6      0.3      0.2     0.2     0.2    -0.1 
   Video and audio (1) (2)....................      1.882     100.2     100.4     -1.0      0.2     0.1     0.2    -0.4 
                                                                                                                        
  Education and communication (2).............      5.300     103.0     102.5      1.3     -0.5     0.2     0.6    -0.5 
   Education (2)..............................      2.519     110.5     110.9      5.1      0.4     0.4     1.0     0.5 
    Educational books and supplies ...........       .192     276.6     281.3      6.6      1.7     0.4     6.8     1.6 
    Tuition, other school fees, and childcare       2.327     311.7     312.7      5.0      0.3     0.4     0.5     0.4 
   Communication (1) (2)......................      2.781      97.1      95.7     -2.0     -1.4     0.1     0.1    -1.4 
    Information and information processing (1)                                                                          
        (2)...................................      2.631      96.7      95.3     -2.2     -1.4     0.0     0.1    -1.4 
     Telephone services (1) (2)...............      2.462     101.1      99.6     -0.9     -1.5     0.1     0.2    -1.5 
     Information and information processing                                                                             
         other than telephone services (1) (5)       .169      28.9      28.6    -16.9     -1.0     0.0    -1.4    -1.0 
      Personal computers and peripheral                                                                                 
          equipment (1) (2)...................       .086      45.7      44.5    -25.0     -2.6     0.0    -2.6    -2.6 
                                                                                                                        
  Other goods and services ...................      5.129     269.3     271.7      5.2      0.9     0.0     0.7     0.9 
   Tobacco and smoking products (1)...........      1.836     375.7     383.6      9.9      2.1    -0.2     1.6     2.1 
   Personal care (1)..........................      3.293     163.5     163.9      2.7      0.2     0.1     0.2     0.2 
    Personal care products (1)................       .835     153.4     153.2      1.6     -0.1    -0.6     0.2    -0.1 
    Personal care services (1)................       .984     175.3     176.1      3.8      0.5     0.2     0.3     0.5 
    Miscellaneous personal services ..........      1.266     247.6     248.9      3.4      0.5     0.4     0.1     0.1 
                                                                                                                        
          Commodity and service group                                                                                   
                                                                                                                        
 Commodities .................................     46.879     146.6     147.8      3.9      0.8     0.4     0.1     0.8 
  Food and beverages .........................     17.879     165.9     166.1      1.9      0.1     0.1    -0.1     0.4 
  Commodities less food and beverages ........     29.000     135.1     136.8      5.3      1.3     0.5     0.1     1.1 
   Nondurables less food and beverages .......     16.279     141.7     145.1     10.1      2.4     0.7     0.3     2.3 
    Apparel ..................................      5.026     125.9     127.9     -0.5      1.6     0.1    -1.0     0.1 
    Nondurables less food, beverages, and                                                                               
        apparel ..............................     11.253     155.0     159.3     15.3      2.8     0.8     0.9     3.4 
   Durables ..................................     12.721     126.0     125.6     -0.4     -0.3    -0.2    -0.2    -0.2 
 Services ....................................     53.121     187.9     188.5      2.7      0.3     0.1     0.3     0.3 
  Rent of shelter (4).........................     27.107     177.3     178.0      2.8      0.4     0.2     0.3     0.2 
  Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2)....       .318     102.6     102.6      2.2      0.0     0.1     0.2     0.0 
  Gas (piped) and electricity (3).............      3.671     119.4     120.1      2.2      0.6    -0.9     0.0     1.2 
  Water and sewer and trash collection                                                                                  
      services (2)............................       .914     105.2     105.5      2.2      0.3     0.1     0.3     0.4 
  Household operations (1) (2)................       .401     107.5     108.6      4.6      1.0    -0.1     1.2     1.0 
  Transportation services ....................      6.751     190.2     190.8      2.1      0.3     0.1     0.2     0.4 
  Medical care services ......................      3.776     259.9     261.9      3.8      0.8     0.3     0.3     0.5 
  Other services .............................     10.181     223.8     223.7      2.8      0.0     0.4     0.4    -0.1 
                                                                                                                        
                Special indexes                                                                                         
                                                                                                                        
 All items less food .........................     83.168     165.4     166.4      3.6      0.6     0.3     0.2     0.5 
 All items less shelter ......................     72.575     160.3     161.3      3.5      0.6     0.3     0.1     0.6 
 All items less medical care .................     95.289     161.4     162.3      3.3      0.6     0.2     0.2     0.6 
 Commodities less food .......................     30.047     136.5     138.2      5.3      1.2     0.6     0.1     1.0 
 Nondurables less food .......................     17.326     143.6     146.8      9.6      2.2     0.6     0.3     2.1 
 Nondurables less food and apparel ...........     12.300     155.8     159.8     14.1      2.6     0.7     0.9     2.9 
 Nondurables .................................     34.158     154.2     156.0      5.6      1.2     0.4     0.1     1.4 
 Services less rent of shelter (4)............     26.014     176.4     176.9      2.7      0.3     0.2     0.2     0.2 
 Services less medical care services .........     49.345     181.9     182.4      2.6      0.3     0.2     0.3     0.2 
 Energy ......................................      7.807     112.5     116.7     21.4      3.7     2.1     1.0     4.5 
 All items less energy .......................     92.193     172.8     173.3      1.9      0.3     0.1     0.1     0.2 
  All items less food and energy .............     75.361     174.8     175.3      2.0      0.3     0.1     0.1     0.2 
   Commodities less food and energy                                                                                     
       commodities ...........................     25.911     144.1     144.6      0.6      0.3    -0.1    -0.2     0.1 
    Energy commodities .......................      4.136     113.1     120.4     43.7      6.5     4.9     1.9     7.4 
   Services less energy services .............     49.450     195.5     196.2      2.8      0.4     0.2     0.3     0.3 
 Purchasing power of the consumer dollar                                                                                
     (1982-84=$1.00) .........................          -    $ .604    $ .601        -        -       -       -       - 
 Purchasing power of the consumer dollar                                                                                
     (1967=$1.00) ............................          -    $ .203    $ .202        -        -       -       -       - 

   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--   
                                                 Nov.    Dec.    Jan.    Feb.                                           
                                                 1999    1999    2000    2000                                           
                                                                                 May   Aug.   Nov.   Feb.   Aug.   Feb. 
                                                                                1999   1999   1999   2000   1999   2000 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                        
             Expenditure category                                                                                       
                                                                                                                        
 All items ...................................  165.1   165.5   165.8   166.7    3.5    2.5    3.5    3.9    3.0    3.7 
                                                                                                                        
  Food and beverages .........................  165.3   165.5   165.4   166.1    1.0    1.7    3.0    1.9    1.4    2.5 
   Food ......................................  164.8   165.0   164.9   165.6    1.0    1.5    3.0    2.0    1.2    2.5 
    Food at home .............................  164.4   164.5   164.1   164.9    0.5    0.7    3.7    1.2    0.6    2.5 
     Cereals and bakery products .............  185.3   186.3   185.5   185.8    2.9   -1.1    2.4    1.1    0.9    1.7 
     Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ..........  149.2   148.7   149.1   150.6    1.1    2.2    4.4    3.8    1.6    4.1 
     Dairy and related products (1)...........  164.6   161.9   159.9   160.4  -14.9    0.5   23.9   -9.8   -7.5    5.7 
     Fruits and vegetables ...................  203.5   204.6   202.3   203.3    8.6   -1.0   -2.1   -0.4    3.7   -1.3 
     Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage                                                                                
         materials ...........................  133.4   134.8   135.8   136.6    1.5    2.1   -0.6    9.9    1.8    4.5 
     Other food at home ......................  153.3   153.5   153.5   153.5    1.1    1.1    0.3    0.5    1.1    0.4 
      Sugar and sweets .......................  153.2   153.5   154.0   154.0    3.8    0.5    1.6    2.1    2.1    1.8 
      Fats and oils ..........................  145.7   145.7   146.2   144.5   -5.7    1.4   -6.3   -3.3   -2.3   -4.8 
      Other foods ............................  169.7   170.0   169.6   170.1    1.9    1.4    1.2    0.9    1.7    1.1 
       Other miscellaneous foods (1) (2)......  103.4   105.2   103.9   106.2   -4.5   -1.1   -3.8   11.3   -2.8    3.5 
    Food away from home (1)...................  166.5   166.8   167.1   167.6    1.7    2.5    2.4    2.7    2.1    2.6 
     Other food away from home (1) (2)........  106.8   106.9   107.4   107.8    1.9    6.3    3.8    3.8    4.1    3.8 
   Alcoholic beverages .......................  170.6   171.1   171.8   171.9    2.2    3.1    2.6    3.1    2.6    2.9 
                                                                                                                        
  Housing ....................................  161.3   161.5   161.8   162.7    2.5    2.0    2.8    3.5    2.3    3.1 
   Shelter ...................................  183.3   183.7   184.2   184.7    3.4    2.0    2.7    3.1    2.7    2.9 
    Rent of primary residence (3).............  179.1   179.7   180.2   180.7    3.0    2.5    3.4    3.6    2.8    3.5 
    Lodging away from home (2) (3)............  106.6   105.8   106.1   105.9   11.4    2.7    3.8   -2.6    7.0    0.6 
    Owners' equivalent rent of primary                                                                                  
        residence (3) (4).....................  177.2   177.6   178.0   178.6    2.8    1.6    2.5    3.2    2.2    2.9 
    Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2)..  102.3   102.4   102.6   102.6    2.0    5.7    0.0    1.2    3.8    0.6 
   Fuels and utilities .......................  130.0   129.5   130.0   132.9    0.6    3.8    5.4    9.2    2.2    7.3 
    Fuels ....................................  113.6   113.0   113.4   116.5    0.0    4.8    6.2   10.6    2.4    8.4 
     Fuel oil and other fuels ................  100.1   104.3   111.1   140.3   18.2   21.1   38.9  285.9   19.6  131.6 
     Gas (piped) and electricity (3)..........  120.8   119.7   119.7   121.1   -1.0    3.8    4.8    1.0    1.4    2.9 
    Water and sewer and trash collection                                                                                
        services (2)..........................  104.6   104.7   105.0   105.4    2.3    1.2    2.3    3.1    1.8    2.7 
   Household furnishings and operations ......  124.6   124.6   124.7   124.6   -0.3    0.0   -0.3    0.0   -0.2   -0.2 
    Household operations (1) (2)..............  106.3   106.2   107.5   108.6    2.7    3.5    3.5    8.9    3.1    6.2 
                                                                                                                        
  Apparel ....................................  130.1   130.2   128.9   129.0    2.5   -4.8    4.1   -3.3   -1.2    0.3 
   Men's and boys' apparel ...................  131.1   132.2   131.4   131.0    2.2   -8.2    6.7   -0.3   -3.2    3.1 
   Women's and girls' apparel ................  121.8   121.7   119.2   119.6    5.1   -3.9    4.0   -7.0    0.5   -1.7 
   Infants' and toddlers' apparel (1).........  134.3   134.8   134.9   134.7    5.5    2.2   15.3    1.2    3.8    8.0 
   Footwear ..................................  125.1   124.5   124.0   123.7    1.0   -4.0   -1.3   -4.4   -1.6   -2.8 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation .............................  146.4   147.7   148.0   149.9   10.8    7.5    3.9    9.9    9.1    6.9 
   Private transportation ....................  143.8   145.1   145.5   147.3   10.7    8.0    4.0   10.1    9.3    7.0 
    New and used motor vehicles (2)...........  101.7   101.5   101.1   100.7    0.8    4.1    2.8   -3.9    2.4   -0.6 
     New vehicles ............................  144.1   144.0   143.7   143.5   -1.1    0.0    0.8   -1.7   -0.6   -0.4 
     Used cars and trucks (1).................  157.3   156.3   155.3   154.4    3.5   11.9    5.5   -7.2    7.6   -1.0 
    Motor fuel ...............................  108.4   113.7   115.5   122.7   72.4   30.9    9.8   64.2   50.2   34.2 
     Gasoline (all types) ....................  107.8   113.2   114.9   122.1   72.9   30.6    9.8   64.6   50.3   34.5 
    Motor vehicle parts and equipment ........  100.4   100.0   100.0   100.1   -0.4   -1.2    2.8   -1.2   -0.8    0.8 
    Motor vehicle maintenance and repair (1)..  175.1   175.2   176.1   176.6    2.1    1.9    3.7    3.5    2.0    3.6 
   Public transportation (1)..................  197.0   196.0   194.8   198.8   10.5   -2.9    9.7    3.7    3.6    6.7 
                                                                                                                        
  Medical care ...............................  253.2   254.0   254.7   255.6    3.6    3.8    3.6    3.8    3.7    3.7 
   Medical care commodities ..................  230.2   230.6   230.9   230.8    4.4    5.4    3.2    1.0    4.9    2.1 
   Medical care services .....................  258.2   259.1   259.9   261.1    3.4    3.5    3.6    4.6    3.4    4.1 
    Professional services (3).................  233.6   234.2   235.3   236.5    2.8    3.2    3.5    5.1    3.0    4.3 
    Hospital and related services (3).........  300.4   302.4   303.2   304.9    3.6    5.0    4.5    6.1    4.3    5.3 
                                                                                                                        
  Recreation (2)..............................  101.0   101.2   101.4   101.3    1.2    0.0   -1.2    1.2    0.6    0.0 
   Video and audio (1) (2)....................  100.1   100.2   100.4   100.0   -1.2    0.0   -2.0   -0.4   -0.6   -1.2 
                                                                                                                        
  Education and communication (2).............  102.3   102.5   103.1   102.6   -0.4    2.0    2.4    1.2    0.8    1.8 
   Education (2)..............................  109.1   109.5   110.6   111.1    5.4    4.6    3.0    7.5    5.0    5.2 
    Educational books and supplies ...........  256.3   257.4   275.0   279.3    4.7    5.2  -17.0   41.0    4.9    8.2 
    Tuition, other school fees, and childcare   308.1   309.2   310.8   312.0    5.2    4.6    4.8    5.2    4.9    5.0 
   Communication (1) (2)......................   96.9    97.0    97.1    95.7   -4.8    0.0    1.7   -4.9   -2.4   -1.7 
    Information and information processing (1)                                                                          
        (2)...................................   96.6    96.6    96.7    95.3   -4.8   -0.4    2.1   -5.3   -2.7   -1.7 
     Telephone services (1) (2)...............  100.8   100.9   101.1    99.6   -2.8    0.4    3.7   -4.7   -1.2   -0.6 
     Information and information processing                                                                             
         other than telephone services (1) (5)   29.3    29.3    28.9    28.6  -27.0  -12.0  -18.1   -9.2  -19.8  -13.8 
      Personal computers and peripheral                                                                                 
          equipment (1) (2)...................   46.9    46.9    45.7    44.5  -25.5  -28.9  -26.2  -19.0  -27.2  -22.7 
                                                                                                                        
  Other goods and services ...................  267.7   267.6   269.6   272.0    0.6    3.1   10.7    6.6    1.9    8.6 
   Tobacco and smoking products (1)...........  370.4   369.7   375.7   383.6   -3.4    5.5   24.6   15.0    1.0   19.7 
   Personal care (1)..........................  163.0   163.1   163.5   163.9    3.0    2.0    3.5    2.2    2.5    2.9 
    Personal care products (1)................  154.0   153.1   153.4   153.2    2.1    4.0    2.4   -2.1    3.1    0.1 
    Personal care services (1)................  174.4   174.7   175.3   176.1    4.3    1.9    5.2    4.0    3.1    4.6 
    Miscellaneous personal services ..........  246.5   247.6   247.9   248.1    2.9    3.5    4.3    2.6    3.2    3.5 
                                                                                                                        
          Commodity and service group                                                                                   
                                                                                                                        
 Commodities .................................  146.4   147.0   147.1   148.3    4.6    2.8    3.6    5.3    3.7    4.5 
  Food and beverages .........................  165.3   165.5   165.4   166.1    1.0    1.7    3.0    1.9    1.4    2.5 
  Commodities less food and beverages ........  135.0   135.7   135.9   137.4    6.6    4.0    3.6    7.3    5.3    5.5 
   Nondurables less food and beverages .......  141.7   142.7   143.1   146.4   12.9    6.9    6.8   13.9    9.9   10.3 
    Apparel ..................................  130.1   130.2   128.9   129.0    2.5   -4.8    4.1   -3.3   -1.2    0.3 
    Nondurables less food, beverages, and                                                                               
        apparel ..............................  152.9   154.1   155.5   160.8   18.0   13.0    8.5   22.3   15.5   15.2 
   Durables ..................................  126.0   125.8   125.6   125.4   -0.9    1.0    0.0   -1.9    0.0   -1.0 
 Services ....................................  187.3   187.5   188.0   188.6    2.6    2.2    3.3    2.8    2.4    3.0 
  Rent of shelter (4).........................  176.6   177.0   177.5   177.8    3.0    2.1    3.0    2.7    2.6    2.9 
  Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2)....  102.3   102.4   102.6   102.6    2.0    5.7    0.0    1.2    3.8    0.6 
  Gas (piped) and electricity (3).............  120.8   119.7   119.7   121.1   -1.0    3.8    4.8    1.0    1.4    2.9 
  Water and sewer and trash collection                                                                                  
      services (2)............................  104.6   104.7   105.0   105.4    2.3    1.2    2.3    3.1    1.8    2.7 
  Household operations (1) (2)................  106.3   106.2   107.5   108.6    2.7    3.5    3.5    8.9    3.1    6.2 
  Transportation services ....................  189.4   189.5   189.8   190.6    1.9    0.9    3.2    2.6    1.4    2.9 
  Medical care services ......................  258.2   259.1   259.9   261.1    3.4    3.5    3.6    4.6    3.4    4.1 
  Other services .............................  222.4   223.2   224.0   223.7    2.4    3.0    3.3    2.4    2.7    2.8 
                                                                                                                        
                Special indexes                                                                                         
                                                                                                                        
 All items less food .........................  164.8   165.3   165.6   166.5    4.0    2.7    3.5    4.2    3.4    3.8 
 All items less shelter ......................  159.9   160.4   160.6   161.6    3.6    2.8    3.3    4.3    3.2    3.8 
 All items less medical care .................  160.9   161.3   161.6   162.5    3.3    2.5    3.3    4.0    2.9    3.7 
 Commodities less food .......................  136.6   137.4   137.6   139.0    6.5    3.9    3.6    7.2    5.2    5.4 
 Nondurables less food .......................  143.6   144.4   144.9   148.0   12.1    6.8    6.7   12.8    9.4    9.7 
 Nondurables less food and apparel ...........  153.8   154.9   156.3   160.9   17.2   12.0    7.9   19.8   14.5   13.7 
 Nondurables .................................  153.7   154.3   154.5   156.7    6.3    4.0    4.3    8.0    5.2    6.1 
 Services less rent of shelter (4)............  175.9   176.3   176.6   176.9    2.6    2.8    3.0    2.3    2.7    2.7 
 Services less medical care services .........  181.2   181.6   182.1   182.4    2.5    2.5    2.7    2.7    2.5    2.7 
 Energy ......................................  110.5   112.8   113.9   119.0   27.8   16.7    8.0   34.5   22.1   20.5 
 All items less energy .......................  172.7   172.9   173.0   173.4    1.9    1.6    2.8    1.6    1.8    2.2 
  All items less food and energy .............  174.9   175.1   175.3   175.6    2.1    1.4    3.0    1.6    1.8    2.3 
   Commodities less food and energy                                                                                     
       commodities ...........................  145.2   145.0   144.7   144.8    0.3    0.6    2.8   -1.1    0.4    0.8 
    Energy commodities .......................  107.9   113.2   115.3   123.8   68.3   30.7   11.1   73.3   48.3   38.8 
   Services less energy services .............  194.9   195.3   195.8   196.3    3.0    2.1    3.1    2.9    2.5    3.0 

   1 Not seasonally adjusted.
   2 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base.
   3 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator.  All other item stratum index series 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                                  Feb.2000 from--      Jan.2000 from--  
                                               sched-                                                                      
                                                 ule   Nov.   Dec.   Jan.   Feb.                                           
                                                 (1)   1999   1999   2000   2000   Feb.   Dec.   Jan.   Jan.   Nov.   Dec. 
                                                                                   1999   1999   2000   1999   1999   1999 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                           
 U.S. city average ...........................   M    165.1  165.1  165.5  166.4    3.3    0.8    0.5    2.8    0.2    0.2 
                                                                                                                           
            Region and area size(2)                                                                                        
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
 Northeast urban .............................   M    172.6  172.6  173.0  174.3    3.6    1.0    0.8    2.7    0.2    0.2 
   Size A -  More than 1,500,000 .............   M    172.7  172.4  172.8  174.1    3.6    1.0    0.8    2.6    0.1    0.2 
   Size B/C  50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)..........   M    105.0  105.2  105.5  106.3    3.6    1.0    0.8    3.0    0.5    0.3 
                                                                                                                           
 Midwest urban ...............................   M    160.9  160.7  161.2  162.1    3.6    0.9    0.6    2.9    0.2    0.3 
   Size A   - More than 1,500,000 ............   M    161.0  161.1  161.6  162.7    3.5    1.0    0.7    2.9    0.4    0.3 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3).........   M    105.5  105.3  105.5  106.1    3.8    0.8    0.6    3.1    0.0    0.2 
   Size D -  Nonmetropolitan  (less than                                                                                   
       50,000) ...............................   M    157.6  157.3  157.6  158.3    3.2    0.6    0.4    2.6    0.0    0.2 
                                                                                                                           
 South urban .................................   M    161.8  162.0  162.2  163.0    3.2    0.6    0.5    2.7    0.2    0.1 
   Size A -  More than 1,500,000 .............   M    160.6  160.9  161.2  161.8    3.5    0.6    0.4    3.1    0.4    0.2 
   Size B/C -  50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........   M    104.9  105.0  105.1  105.7    3.0    0.7    0.6    2.5    0.2    0.1 
   Size D -  Nonmetropolitan  (less than                                                                                   
       50,000) ...............................   M    165.0  164.6  165.1  165.8    3.0    0.7    0.4    2.5    0.1    0.3 
                                                                                                                           
 West urban ..................................   M    166.2  166.4  166.7  167.4    2.9    0.6    0.4    2.6    0.3    0.2 
   Size A   - More than 1,500,000 ............   M    165.7  165.8  166.3  167.1    3.2    0.8    0.5    2.9    0.4    0.3 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3).........   M    105.3  105.5  105.5  105.9    2.2    0.4    0.4    2.0    0.2    0.0 
                                                                                                                           
                 Size classes                                                                                              
                                                                                                                           
   A (4)......................................   M    151.2  151.2  151.6  152.5    3.5    0.9    0.6    2.8    0.3    0.3 
   B/C (3)....................................   M    105.1  105.2  105.3  105.9    3.2    0.7    0.6    2.6    0.2    0.1 
   D .........................................   M    163.5  163.1  163.5  164.1    2.9    0.6    0.4    2.4    0.0    0.2 
                                                                                                                           
            Selected local areas(5)                                                                                        
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI ..............   M    163.7  163.7  164.5  165.6    3.1    1.2    0.7    2.5    0.5    0.5 
 Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA .....   M    160.6  160.9  161.2  162.4    2.7    0.9    0.7    2.2    0.4    0.2 
 New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island,                                                                                       
     NY-NJ-CT-PA .............................   M    174.6  174.3  174.6  175.8    3.0    0.9    0.7    2.2    0.0    0.2 
                                                                                                                           
 Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT .........   1    177.8      -  178.6      -      -      -      -    3.7    0.4      - 
 Cleveland-Akron, OH .........................   1    156.1      -  156.8      -      -      -      -    2.7    0.4      - 
 Dallas-Fort Worth, TX .......................   1    159.8      -  160.3      -      -      -      -    3.7    0.3      - 
 Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV (6)........   1    104.9      -  105.3      -      -      -      -    2.5    0.4      - 
                                                                                                                           
 Atlanta, GA .................................   2        -  164.6      -  164.9    3.6    0.2      -      -      -      - 
 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI .................   2        -  160.4      -  162.0    4.0    1.0      -      -      -      - 
 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX ..............   2        -  149.2      -  150.5    3.8    0.9      -      -      -      - 
 Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL ...................   2        -  162.7      -  163.5    3.0    0.5      -      -      -      - 
 Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,                                                                                    
     PA-NJ-DE-MD .............................   2        -  172.8      -  174.5    4.0    1.0      -      -      -      - 
 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA ..........   2        -  170.9      -  172.5    4.1    0.9      -      -      -      - 
 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA ................   2        -  170.1      -  171.5    3.3    0.8      -      -      -      - 

   1 Areas on pricing schedule 2 (see Table 10) will appear next month. 
   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:  Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.