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                    CONSUMER PRICE INDEX:  AUGUST 2005
 
      The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased
 0.5 percent in August, before seasonal adjustment, the Bureau of Labor
 Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today.  The August
 level of 196.4 (1982-84=100) was 3.6 percent higher than in August 2004.
      
      The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers
 (CPI-W) increased 0.6 percent in August, prior to seasonal adjustment.
 The August level of 192.1 was 3.8 percent higher than in August 2004.
      
      The Chained Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (C-CPI-U)
 increased 0.4 percent in August on a not seasonally adjusted basis.  The
 August level of 113.8 (December 1999=100) was 3.0 percent higher than in
 August 2004.  Please note that the indexes for the post-2003 period are
 subject to revision.
      
 CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U)
      
      On a seasonally adjusted basis, the CPI-U increased 0.5 percent in
 August, the same as in July.  Energy costs increased sharply for the
 second consecutive month--up 5.0 percent in August.  Within energy, the
 index for energy commodities (petroleum-based energy) increased 7.9
 percent and the index for energy services rose 1.3 percent.  The index for
 food was unchanged in August, as a 0.3 percent increase in the index for
 food away from home offset a 0.2 percent decline in the index for food at
 home.  The index for all items less food and energy registered a 0.1 percent
 increase for the fourth consecutive month.  Shelter costs, which rose 0.3 
 percent in July, were virtually unchanged in August, reflecting a downturn 
 in the index for lodging away from home.  This deceleration was largely 
 offset by an upturn in the index for apparel.
      

 Table A.  Percent changes in CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U)

                                         Seasonally adjusted          Un-
                                                          Compound  adjusted
     Expenditure        Changes from preceding month    annual rate  12-mos.
      Category                       2005                3-mos. ended  ended
                     Feb. Mar. Apr.  May June July Aug.   Aug. '05  Aug. '05
 All Items            .4    .6   .5  -.1   .0   .5  .5     4.2       3.6
  Food and beverages  .1    .2   .6   .1   .0   .2  .1     1.1       2.1
  Housing             .4    .5   .3   .1   .1   .4  .2     2.7       3.0
  Apparel            -.2    .8  -.6   .0  -.7  -.9 1.0    -2.6       -.6
  Transportation      .8   1.9  1.8 -1.0  -.1  1.5 2.2    15.6       9.1
  Medical care        .6    .5   .2   .3   .2   .4  .0     2.6       3.9
  Recreation         -.2    .0   .2   .3  -.3   .1  .3      .4        .7
  Education and                                                         
    communication     .3    .2   .4   .0   .1   .2 -.1      .7       1.8
  Other goods and                                                     
    services          .3    .1   .0   .4   .0   .6  .2     3.1       2.9
  Special Indexes                                                       
   Energy            2.0   4.0  4.5 -2.0  -.5  3.8 5.0    38.2      20.2
   Food               .1    .2   .7   .1   .1   .2  .0     1.1       2.2
   All Items less                                                       
     food and energy  .3    .4   .0   .1   .1   .1  .1     1.4       2.1


 Data for the Consumer Price Index (CPI) are collected throughout the entire
 reference month.  Over 90 percent of the prices for August were collected 
 prior to August 29th, the date when Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast.


      During the first eight months of 2005, the CPI-U rose at a 3.9
 percent seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR).  This compares with an
 increase of 3.3 percent for all of 2004.   The index for energy, which
 increased 16.6 percent in 2004, advanced at a 25.7 percent SAAR in the
 first eight months of 2005.  Petroleum-based energy costs increased at a
 40.8 percent annual rate and charges for energy services rose at a 9.0
 percent annual rate.  The food index has increased at a 2.1 percent rate
 thus far in 2005, following a 2.7 percent rise for all of 2004.  Excluding
 food and energy, the CPI-U advanced at a 2.0 percent SAAR in the first
 eight months of 2005 after advancing 2.2 percent in 2004.
      
      The food and beverages index increased 0.1 percent in August.  The
 index for food at home decreased 0.2 percent, following a 0.3 percent rise
 in July.  The index for fruits and vegetables, which increased 1.6 percent
 in July, fell 1.3 percent in August.  The indexes for fresh fruits and for
 fresh vegetables declined 0.9 and 1.9 percent, respectively, and the index
 for processed fruits and vegetables decreased 1.0 percent. The index for
 meats, poultry, fish, and eggs decreased 0.3 percent in August.  The index
 for pork declined for the fourth consecutive month--down 0.6 percent in
 August.  Prices for beef and veal declined for the third consecutive month-
 -down 0.5 percent in August.  The index for eggs, which rose 4.6 percent
 in July, fell 4.2 percent in August.  The indexes for dairy products and
 for nonalcoholic beverages were each unchanged in August.  The other two
 major grocery store food groups, the indexes for cereals and bakery
 products and for other food at home, rose 0.4 and 0.1 percent,
 respectively.  The other two components of the food and beverage index--
 food away from home and alcoholic beverages--increased 0.3 and 0.1
 percent, respectively.
      
      The index for housing rose 0.2 percent in August, following an
 increase of 0.4 percent in July.  Shelter costs, which increased 0.3
 percent in July, were virtually unchanged in August.  The index for
 lodging away from home, which increased 1.2 percent in July, declined 1.6
 percent in August.  The indexes for rent and owners' equivalent rent
 increased 0.3 and 0.2 percent, respectively.  The index for fuels and
 utilities rose 1.2 percent in August after advancing 1.3 percent in July.
 The index for fuel oil increased 4.1 percent in August after advancing 8.4
 percent in July and was 41.5 percent higher than a year ago.  The index
 for natural gas also increased sharply for the second consecutive month--
 up 2.7 percent in August.  During the last 12 months charges for natural
 gas have risen 11.9 percent.  The index for electricity rose 0.5 percent
 in August and was 5.7 percent higher than a year ago.  The index for
 household furnishings and operations increased 0.2 percent in August,
 following declines in each of the two preceding months.
      
      The transportation index increased 2.2 percent in August, reflecting
 an 8.2 percent increase in the index for motor fuels.   (Prior to seasonal
 adjustment, gasoline prices rose 7.7 percent from their previous peak
 level registered in July.)  The index for new and used motor vehicles was
 unchanged in August.  Reflecting increased incentives by some
 manufacturers, the index for new vehicles declined sharply for the second
 consecutive month--down 0.5 percent in August.  Increases in the indexes
 for used cars and trucks, leased cars and trucks, and car and truck rental-
 -up 0.7, 1.1, and 1.8 percent, respectively, offset the decline in new
 vehicle prices.  Airline fares, which had risen sharply in each of the
 previous six months, declined 2.2 percent in August, but are 8.7 percent
 higher than in August 2004.
      
      The index for apparel registered its first increase since March--up
 1.0 percent in August.  (Prior to seasonal adjustment, apparel prices rose
 1.8 percent, as price increases associated with the introduction of fall-
 winter wear more than offset the decline in prices for the discounted
 spring-summer wear.)
      
      Medical care costs were virtually unchanged in August.  The index for
 medical care commodities--prescription drugs, nonprescription drugs, and
 medical supplies--rose 0.3 percent.  The index for medical care services
 was virtually unchanged in August.  Charges for professional services and
 for hospital and related services decreased 0.1 and 0.4 percent,
 respectively.
      
      The index for recreation increased 0.3 percent in August, reflecting
 a 2.3 percent increase in the index for cable and satellite television and
 radio service.  During the last 12 months, these services have risen 3.1
 percent.  Partially offsetting the August advance were declines in the
 indexes for televisions, for toys, and for club membership dues and fees
 for participant sports.
      
      The index for education and communication decreased 0.1 percent in
 August.  The index for education rose 0.2 percent, while the index for
 communication costs declined 0.5 percent.  (Prior to seasonal adjustment,
 educational costs increased 1.7 percent, reflecting a 2.6 percent increase
 in college tuition costs.  During the last 12 months, these costs have
 risen 7.3 percent.)  Within the communication index, charges for telephone
 services declined 0.3 percent, reflecting a 1.8 percent decrease in land-
 line long distance charges.  The index for personal computers and
 peripheral equipment declined 3.1 percent.
      
      The index for other goods and services rose 0.2 percent in August.  A
 0.6 percent increase in the index for tobacco and smoking products was
 responsible for about three-fourths of the August advance.
 
 CPI for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W)
      
      On a seasonally adjusted basis, the CPI for Urban Wage Earners and
 Clerical Workers increased 0.6 percent in August.
 

 Table B.  Percent changes in CPI for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical
          Workers (CPI-W)
                                   
                                         Seasonally adjusted          Un-
                                                          Compound  adjusted
     Expenditure        Changes from preceding month    annual rate  12-mos.
      Category                       2005                3-mos. ended  ended
                     Feb. Mar. Apr.  May June July Aug.   Aug. '05  Aug. '05
 All Items            .4    .6   .6  -.1   .0   .6  .6     4.9       3.8
  Food and beverages  .1    .2   .6   .1   .0   .2  .1      .8       2.0
  Housing             .4    .3   .3   .2   .2   .4  .2     3.0       3.1
  Apparel            -.1    .5  -.7   .1  -.8  -.6  .8    -2.3       -.3
  Transportation      .8   2.1  1.8 -1.0  -.1  1.6 2.4    17.3       9.7
  Medical care        .6    .4   .3   .4   .2   .4  .0     2.1       4.0
  Recreation         -.2    .0   .1   .4  -.4   .0  .3     -.4        .7
  Education and                                                         
    communication     .3    .1   .4   .0  -.1   .2 -.2     -.4       1.1
  Other goods and                                                     
    services          .4    .0   .0   .3   .0   .7  .3     4.1       3.2
  Special Indexes                                                       
   Energy            2.0   4.4  4.6 -2.1  -.6  4.1 5.1    39.7      20.7
   Food               .1    .2   .7   .1  -.1   .2  .1      .8       2.0
   All Items less                                                       
     food and energy  .3    .2   .1   .2   .1   .2  .2     1.4       2.2


     Consumer Price Index data for September are scheduled for release on
 Friday, October 14, 2005, at 8:30 A.M. (EDT).


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 Brief Explanation of the CPI

      The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a measure of the average change in
 prices over time of goods and services purchased by households.  The
 Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes CPIs for two population groups:  (1)
 the CPI for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W), which covers
 households of wage earners and clerical workers that comprise
 approximately 32 percent of the total population and (2) the CPI for All
 Urban Consumers (CPI-U) and the Chained CPI for All Urban Consumers (C-CPI-
 U), which cover approximately 87 percent of the total population and
 include in addition to wage earners and clerical worker households, groups
 such as professional, managerial, and technical workers, the self-
 employed, short-term workers, the unemployed, and retirees and others not
 in the labor force.
 
      The CPIs are based on prices of food, clothing, shelter, and fuels,
 transportation fares, charges for doctors' and dentists' services, drugs,
 and other goods and services that people buy for day-to-day living.
 Prices are collected in 87 urban areas across the country from about
 50,000 housing units and approximately 23,000 retail establishments-
 department stores, supermarkets, hospitals, filling stations, and other
 types of stores and service establishments.  All taxes directly associated
 with the purchase and use of items are included in the index.  Prices of
 fuels and a few other items are obtained every month in all 87 locations.
 Prices of most other commodities and services are collected every month in
 the three largest geographic areas and every other month in other areas.
 Prices of most goods and services are obtained by personal visits or
 telephone calls of the Bureau's trained representatives.
 
      In calculating the index, price changes for the various items in each
 location are averaged together with weights, which represent their
 importance in the spending of the appropriate population group.  Local
 data are then combined to obtain a U.S. city average.  For the CPI-U and
 CPI-W separate indexes are also published by size of city, by region of
 the country, for cross-classifications of regions and population-size
 classes, and for 27 local areas.  Area indexes do not measure differences
 in the level of prices among cities; they only measure the average change
 in prices for each area since the base period.  For the C-CPI-U data are
 issued only at the national level.  It is important to note that the CPI-U
 and CPI-W are considered final when released, but the C-CPI-U is issued in
 preliminary form and subject to two annual revisions.
 
      The index measures price change from a designed reference date.  For
 the CPI-U and the CPI-W the reference base is 1982-84 equals 100.0. The
 reference base for the C-CPI-U is December 1999 equals 100.
 An increase of 16.5 percent from the reference base, for example, is shown
 as 116.5.  This change can also be expressed in dollars as follows:  the
 price of a base period market basket of goods and services in the CPI has
 risen from $10 in 1982-84 to $11.65.
 
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 http://www.bls.gov/cpi/ or contact our CPI Information and Analysis
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       Calculating Index Changes
 
            Movements of the indexes from one month to another are
       usually expressed as percent changes rather than changes in index 
       points, because index point changes are affected by the level of 
       the index in relation to its base period while percent changes are 
       not.  The example below illustrates the computation of index point 
       and percent changes.
       
            Percent changes for 3-month and 6-month periods are expressed 
       as annual rates and are computed according to the standard formula 
       for compound growth rates.  These data indicate what the percent 
       change would be if the current rate were maintained for a 12-month 
       period.
       
         
                    Index Point Change
       
       CPI   					115.7
       Less previous index    			111.2
       Equals index point change  		4.5
       
       
                    Percent Change
       
       Index point difference			4.5
       Divided by the previous index		111.2
       Equals					0.040
       Results multiplied by one hundred	0.040 x 100
       Equals percent change			4.0

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 Regions Defined
 
 The states in the four regions shown in Tables 3 and 6 are listed below.
 
 The Northeast--Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York,
 New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

 The Midwest--Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota,
 Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.

 The South--Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky,
 Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South
 Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of
 Columbia.

 The West--Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana,
 Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.

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 A Note on Seasonally Adjusted and Unadjusted Data
   
   Because price data are used for different purposes by different groups,
 the Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes seasonally adjusted as well as
 unadjusted changes each month.
   
   For analyzing general price trends in the economy, seasonally adjusted
 changes are usually preferred since they eliminate the effect of changes
 that normally occur at the same time and in about the same magnitude every
 year--such as price movements resulting from changing climatic conditions,
 production cycles, model changeovers, holidays, and sales.
   
   The unadjusted data are of primary interest to consumers concerned about
 the prices they actually pay.  Unadjusted data also are used extensively
 for escalation purposes.  Many collective bargaining contract agreements
 and pension plans, for example, tie compensation changes to the Consumer
 Price Index unadjusted for seasonal variation.
   
   Seasonal factors used in computing the seasonally adjusted indexes are
 derived by the X-12-ARIMA Seasonal Adjustment Method.  Seasonally adjusted
 indexes and seasonal factors are computed annually.  Each year, the last 5
 years of seasonally adjusted data are revised.  Data from January 2000
 through December 2004 were replaced in January 2005.  Exceptions to the
 usual revision schedule were: the updated seasonal data at the end of 1977
 replaced data from 1967 through 1977; and, in January 2002, dependently
 seasonally adjusted series were revised for January 1987-December 2001 as
 a result of a change in the aggregation weights for dependently adjusted
 series. For further information, please see "Aggregation of Dependently
 Adjusted Seasonally Adjusted Series," in the October 2001 issue of the CPI
 Detailed Report.
   
   The seasonal movement of All items and 54 other aggregations is derived
 by combining the seasonal movement of 73 selected components.  Each year
 the seasonal status of every series is reevaluated based upon certain
 statistical criteria.  If any of the 73 components change their seasonal
 adjustment status from seasonally adjusted to not seasonally adjusted, not
 seasonally adjusted data will be used for the last 5 years, but the
 seasonally adjusted indexes will be used before that period.  Note: 43 of
 the 73 components are seasonally adjusted for 2005.
   
   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, utility (piped) gas, motor fuels, and educational
 books and supplies indexes, this procedure was used to offset the effects
 that extreme price volatility would otherwise have had on the estimates of
 seasonally adjusted data for those series.   For the Nonalcoholic
 beverages index, the procedure was used to offset the effects of labor and
 supply problems for coffee.  The procedure was used to account for unusual
 butter fat supply reductions, changes in milk supply, and large swings in
 soybean oil inventories affecting the Fats and oils series.  For Dairy
 products, it mitigated the effects of significant changes in milk, butter
 and cheese production levels.  For Fresh vegetable series, the method was
 used to account for the effects of hurricane-related disruptions.  For
 Electricity, it was used to offset an increase in demand due to warmer
 than expected weather, increased rates to conserve supplies, and declining
 natural gas inventories.  For new vehicle series, the procedure was used
 to offset the effects of a model changeover combined with financing
 incentives.
   
        For additional information on seasonal adjustment in the CPI,
 please write to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Division of Consumer
 Prices and Price Indexes, Washington, DC 20212 or contact Daniel Chow on
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 Table 1. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category and commodity
 and service group

 (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                   Unadjusted                           
                                                 Relative   Unadjusted indexes percent change to   Seasonally adjusted  
                                               importance,                      Aug. 2005 from-    percent change from- 
                     CPI-U                       December                                                               
                                                   2004       July      Aug.                                            
                                                              2005      2005     Aug.     July    May to June to July to
                                                                                 2004     2005     June    July    Aug. 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                        
             Expenditure category                                                                                       
                                                                                                                        
 All items....................................    100.000     195.4     196.4      3.6      0.5     0.0     0.5     0.5 
 All items (1967=100).........................          -     585.2     588.2        -        -       -       -       - 
                                                                                                                        
  Food and beverages..........................     15.291     191.3     191.3      2.1      0.0     0.0     0.2     0.1 
   Food.......................................     14.295     190.8     190.9      2.2      0.1     0.1     0.2     0.0 
    Food at home..............................      8.183     189.8     189.5      1.5     -0.2    -0.3     0.3    -0.2 
     Cereals and bakery products..............      1.185     209.4     210.1      1.4      0.3    -0.2    -0.1     0.4 
     Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs...........      2.272     184.7     184.4      0.4     -0.2    -0.2    -0.4    -0.3 
     Dairy and related products...............       .849     181.6     182.9     -1.1      0.7    -0.4     0.4     0.0 
     Fruits and vegetables....................      1.276     240.3     236.6      5.6     -1.5    -1.2     1.6    -1.3 
     Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage                                                                                
         materials............................       .884     144.8     144.3      2.9     -0.3    -0.3     0.3     0.0 
     Other food at home.......................      1.716     167.6     167.7      0.9      0.1     0.4     0.4     0.1 
      Sugar and sweets........................       .296     167.1     164.7      0.2     -1.4     1.5     0.5    -1.2 
      Fats and oils...........................       .258     167.3     167.6     -1.2      0.2    -1.4     1.4    -0.1 
      Other foods (1).........................      1.163     183.0     183.9      1.7      0.5     0.5     0.1     0.5 
       Other miscellaneous foods (1) (2)......       .301     111.5     111.8      0.3      0.3    -0.5     1.2     0.3 
    Food away from home (1)...................      6.113     193.6     194.2      3.1      0.3     0.3     0.2     0.3 
     Other food away from home (2)............       .332     132.0     132.6      5.7      0.5     1.1     0.3     0.4 
   Alcoholic beverages (1)....................       .996     195.8     195.9      1.8      0.1     0.2    -0.1     0.1 
                                                                                                                        
  Housing.....................................     41.993     196.6     196.9      3.0      0.2     0.1     0.4     0.2 
   Shelter....................................     32.686     225.6     225.6      2.4      0.0     0.2     0.3     0.0 
    Rent of primary residence (3).............      6.133     217.5     218.0      2.9      0.2     0.3     0.3     0.3 
    Lodging away from home (2)................      3.008     136.4     134.3      2.8     -1.5     0.0     1.2    -1.6 
    Owners' equivalent rent of primary                                                                                  
        residence (3) (4).....................     23.158     230.2     230.7      2.2      0.2     0.2     0.2     0.2 
    Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2)..       .387     118.1     117.8      1.3     -0.3     0.0     0.1    -0.3 
   Fuels and utilities........................      4.951     180.1     181.8      8.4      0.9     0.1     1.3     1.2 
    Fuels.....................................      4.021     162.6     164.4      9.2      1.1     0.0     1.5     1.4 
     Fuel oil and other fuels.................       .300     202.9     209.8     33.3      3.4     3.1     6.2     2.9 
     Gas (piped) and electricity (3)..........      3.722     168.1     169.6      7.6      0.9    -0.2     1.1     1.3 
    Water and sewer and trash collection                                                                                
        services (2)..........................       .930     130.7     131.2      4.7      0.4     0.5     0.5     0.1 
   Household furnishings and operations.......      4.355     125.9     125.8      0.8     -0.1    -0.6    -0.1     0.2 
    Household operations (1) (2)..............       .707     130.3     130.7      3.6      0.3     0.3     0.2     0.3 
                                                                                                                        
  Apparel.....................................      3.841     113.8     115.8     -0.6      1.8    -0.7    -0.9     1.0 
   Men's and boys' apparel....................       .977     111.6     112.4     -1.2      0.7    -1.4    -1.4     1.1 
   Women's and girls' apparel.................      1.638     102.8     105.1     -2.2      2.2    -0.5    -1.1     0.6 
   Infants' and toddlers' apparel.............       .188     112.8     113.5     -1.3      0.6    -0.9    -1.6    -0.7 
   Footwear...................................       .765     119.3     121.7      3.8      2.0     0.2    -0.4     1.3 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation..............................     17.414     174.4     177.7      9.1      1.9    -0.1     1.5     2.2 
   Private transportation.....................     16.385     170.3     173.8      9.2      2.1    -0.1     1.5     2.4 
    New and used motor vehicles (2)...........      7.744      95.2      95.0      1.7     -0.2     0.1    -0.3     0.0 
     New vehicles.............................      4.692     136.3     135.0      0.1     -1.0     0.0    -1.0    -0.5 
     Used cars and trucks (1).................      2.037     141.0     142.0      6.1      0.7     0.8     0.8     0.7 
    Motor fuel................................      3.969     197.5     212.7     31.3      7.7    -1.1     6.1     8.2 
     Gasoline (all types).....................      3.934     196.5     211.7     31.3      7.7    -1.2     6.1     8.3 
    Motor vehicle parts and equipment (1).....       .364     111.9     112.4      3.1      0.4     0.2     0.6     0.4 
    Motor vehicle maintenance and repair......      1.341     206.7     207.3      3.2      0.3     0.2     0.3     0.2 
   Public transportation......................      1.029     226.1     223.3      6.5     -1.2     1.2     1.0     0.1 
                                                                                                                        
  Medical care................................      6.132     324.1     323.9      3.9     -0.1     0.2     0.4     0.0 
   Medical care commodities...................      1.484     276.3     276.8      2.5      0.2     0.3     0.1     0.3 
   Medical care services......................      4.649     337.8     337.3      4.4     -0.1     0.2     0.4     0.0 
    Professional services.....................      2.767     282.6     282.4      3.3     -0.1     0.1     0.2    -0.1 
    Hospital and related services (3).........      1.516     440.9     439.6      5.0     -0.3     0.1     0.6    -0.4 
                                                                                                                        
  Recreation (2)..............................      5.733     109.1     109.3      0.7      0.2    -0.3     0.1     0.3 
   Video and audio (2)........................      1.691     103.1     104.3      0.2      1.2    -1.3     0.1     1.3 
                                                                                                                        
  Education and communication (2).............      5.846     112.9     113.7      1.8      0.7     0.1     0.2    -0.1 
   Education (2)..............................      2.931     151.3     153.9      6.1      1.7     0.4     0.6     0.2 
    Educational books and supplies............       .220     364.0     364.6      3.2      0.2     0.2     0.6    -0.1 
    Tuition, other school fees, and childcare.      2.712     436.6     444.8      6.3      1.9     0.4     0.6     0.2 
   Communication (2)..........................      2.914      84.4      84.0     -2.4     -0.5    -0.4    -0.2    -0.5 
    Information and information processing (1)                                                                          
        (2)...................................      2.737      82.2      81.8     -2.6     -0.5    -0.4    -0.2    -0.5 
     Telephone services (1) (2)...............      2.187      94.4      94.1     -0.9     -0.3    -0.2    -0.2    -0.3 
     Information technology, hardware and                                                                               
         services (1) (5).....................       .550      13.6      13.4     -8.8     -1.5    -1.4     0.0    -1.5 
      Personal computers and peripheral                                                                                 
          equipment (1) (2)...................       .192      12.8      12.4    -17.9     -3.1    -1.5    -1.5    -3.1 
                                                                                                                        
  Other goods and services....................      3.750     314.1     314.4      2.9      0.1     0.0     0.6     0.2 
   Tobacco and smoking products (1)...........       .804     503.4     506.5      5.2      0.6     0.0     1.1     0.6 
   Personal care..............................      2.946     186.1     186.1      2.3      0.0     0.1     0.4     0.1 
    Personal care products (1)................       .658     155.0     155.2      1.6      0.1    -0.1     0.5     0.1 
    Personal care services (1)................       .652     203.9     204.1      2.6      0.1     0.1     0.4     0.1 
    Miscellaneous personal services...........      1.454     303.9     304.2      3.0      0.1     0.1     0.4     0.1 
                                                                                                                        
          Commodity and service group                                                                                   
                                                                                                                        
 Commodities..................................     40.239     159.5     161.1      4.5      1.0    -0.2     0.6     1.1 
  Food and beverages..........................     15.291     191.3     191.3      2.1      0.0     0.0     0.2     0.1 
  Commodities less food and beverages.........     24.948     141.4     143.7      6.0      1.6    -0.3     0.9     1.7 
   Nondurables less food and beverages........     13.980     166.7     171.8     10.1      3.1    -0.1     3.4     2.9 
    Apparel...................................      3.841     113.8     115.8     -0.6      1.8    -0.7    -0.9     1.0 
    Nondurables less food, beverages, and                                                                               
        apparel...............................     10.139     203.3     210.4     14.1      3.5    -0.5     2.8     3.8 
   Durables...................................     10.967     114.9     114.4      0.6     -0.4    -0.2    -0.3    -0.2 
 Services.....................................     59.761     230.9     231.3      3.0      0.2     0.1     0.4     0.2 
  Rent of shelter (4).........................     32.300     234.9     235.0      2.4      0.0     0.3     0.3     0.0 
  Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2)....       .387     118.1     117.8      1.3     -0.3     0.0     0.1    -0.3 
  Gas (piped) and electricity (3).............      3.722     168.1     169.6      7.6      0.9    -0.2     1.1     1.3 
  Water and sewer and trash collection                                                                                  
      services (2)............................       .930     130.7     131.2      4.7      0.4     0.5     0.5     0.1 
  Household operations (1) (2)................       .707     130.3     130.7      3.6      0.3     0.3     0.2     0.3 
  Transportation services.....................      6.235     227.1     227.0      2.8      0.0     0.4     0.3     0.4 
  Medical care services.......................      4.649     337.8     337.3      4.4     -0.1     0.2     0.4     0.0 
  Other services..............................     10.833     267.2     268.7      2.6      0.6     0.0     0.2     0.2 
                                                                                                                        
                Special indexes                                                                                         
                                                                                                                        
 All items less food..........................     85.705     196.1     197.3      3.9      0.6     0.0     0.6     0.6 
 All items less shelter.......................     67.314     185.7     187.1      4.2      0.8    -0.1     0.5     0.8 
 All items less medical care..................     93.868     188.8     189.8      3.6      0.5     0.0     0.5     0.6 
 Commodities less food........................     25.943     143.5     145.7      5.8      1.5    -0.3     0.8     1.6 
 Nondurables less food........................     14.976     168.5     173.3      9.5      2.8    -0.2     3.2     2.7 
 Nondurables less food and apparel............     11.135     201.8     208.3     13.0      3.2    -0.4     2.5     3.5 
 Nondurables..................................     29.271     179.4     182.1      5.9      1.5     0.1     1.5     1.4 
 Services less rent of shelter (4)............     27.462     243.6     244.5      3.8      0.4     0.1     0.4     0.5 
 Services less medical care services..........     55.113     222.0     222.5      2.9      0.2     0.1     0.4     0.2 
 Energy.......................................      7.991     178.5     186.6     20.2      4.5    -0.5     3.8     5.0 
 All items less energy........................     92.009     198.7     198.9      2.2      0.1     0.1     0.2     0.1 
  All items less food and energy..............     77.714     200.8     201.0      2.1      0.1     0.1     0.1     0.1 
   Commodities less food and energy                                                                                     
       commodities............................     21.674     138.9     139.0      0.7      0.1    -0.2    -0.3     0.1 
    Energy commodities........................      4.269     198.8     213.6     31.4      7.4    -0.8     6.1     7.9 
   Services less energy services..............     56.040     237.4     237.7      2.7      0.1     0.2     0.3     0.1 
 Purchasing power of the consumer dollar                                                                                
     (1982-84=$1.00)..........................          -    $ .512    $ .509        -        -       -       -       - 
 Purchasing power of the consumer dollar                                                                                
     (1967=$1.00).............................          -    $ .171    $ .170        -        -       -       -       - 

   1 Not seasonally adjusted.
   2 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base.
   3 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator.  All other item stratum index series were calculated
 using a geometric means estimator.
   4 Indexes on a December 1982=100 base.
   5 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base.
   - Data not available.
 NOTE:  Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

 Table 2. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Seasonally adjusted U.S. city average, by expenditure
 category and commodity and service group

 (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                                 Seasonally adjusted indexes    Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent 
                                                                                               change for               
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                     CPI-U                                                           3 months ended--         6 months  
                                                                                                              ended--   
                                                 May     June    July    Aug.                                           
                                                 2005    2005    2005    2005                                           
                                                                                Nov.   Feb.    May   Aug.   Feb.   Aug. 
                                                                                2004   2005   2005   2005   2005   2005 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                        
             Expenditure category                                                                                       
                                                                                                                        
 All items....................................  194.1   194.1   195.1   196.1    4.1    1.7    4.4    4.2    2.9    4.3 
                                                                                                                        
  Food and beverages..........................  191.0   191.0   191.4   191.5    3.2    0.6    3.9    1.1    1.9    2.4 
   Food.......................................  190.5   190.6   191.0   191.0    3.2    0.6    3.9    1.1    1.9    2.5 
    Food at home..............................  190.1   189.6   190.1   189.7    3.5   -1.7    5.2   -0.8    0.9    2.1 
     Cereals and bakery products..............  209.1   208.6   208.4   209.3    3.3    0.4    1.7    0.4    1.9    1.1 
     Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs...........  185.6   185.2   184.5   183.9   -2.4    4.0    3.5   -3.6    0.8   -0.1 
     Dairy and related products...............  183.3   182.5   183.3   183.3  -10.6    3.4    3.8    0.0   -3.8    1.9 
     Fruits and vegetables....................  242.5   239.7   243.6   240.4   42.6  -21.4   14.9   -3.4    5.9    5.4 
     Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage                                                                                
         materials............................  144.6   144.1   144.5   144.5    1.1    1.7    9.1   -0.3    1.4    4.3 
     Other food at home.......................  166.2   166.9   167.5   167.6   -2.9    0.7    2.7    3.4   -1.1    3.1 
      Sugar and sweets........................  163.0   165.5   166.4   164.4    1.2   -2.9   -0.7    3.5   -0.9    1.4 
      Fats and oils...........................  167.3   165.0   167.3   167.1    0.0   -0.9   -3.5   -0.5   -0.5   -2.0 
      Other foods (1).........................  182.0   182.9   183.0   183.9   -4.3    1.8    5.2    4.2   -1.3    4.7 
       Other miscellaneous foods (1) (2)......  110.8   110.2   111.5   111.8   -3.5   -0.7    1.8    3.7   -2.1    2.7 
    Food away from home (1)...................  192.6   193.2   193.6   194.2    2.6    3.9    2.5    3.4    3.2    2.9 
     Other food away from home (2)............  130.4   131.8   132.2   132.7    2.9    7.1    5.4    7.2    5.0    6.3 
   Alcoholic beverages (1)....................  195.5   195.9   195.8   195.9    3.2    2.5    0.6    0.8    2.8    0.7 
                                                                                                                        
  Housing.....................................  194.6   194.8   195.5   195.9    3.2    2.7    3.4    2.7    3.0    3.0 
   Shelter....................................  223.7   224.1   224.8   224.9    2.4    2.9    2.4    2.2    2.7    2.3 
    Rent of primary residence (3).............  216.4   217.0   217.7   218.3    2.1    3.2    3.0    3.6    2.7    3.3 
    Lodging away from home (2)................  129.5   129.5   131.0   128.9    9.9    2.8    0.9   -1.8    6.3   -0.5 
    Owners' equivalent rent of primary                                                                                  
        residence (3) (4).....................  229.6   230.0   230.5   230.9    1.4    2.7    2.7    2.3    2.0    2.5 
    Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2)..  118.0   118.0   118.1   117.8    4.9    3.4   -2.3   -0.7    4.2   -1.5 
   Fuels and utilities........................  173.5   173.7   175.9   178.0    8.6    3.6   11.3   10.8    6.1   11.1 
    Fuels.....................................  155.7   155.7   158.0   160.2    9.9    2.7   13.3   12.1    6.2   12.7 
     Fuel oil and other fuels.................  192.6   198.6   210.9   217.1   80.8  -20.3   35.2   61.4   20.1   47.8 
     Gas (piped) and electricity (3)..........  161.0   160.7   162.4   164.5    5.6    5.0   11.4    9.0    5.3   10.2 
    Water and sewer and trash collection                                                                                
        services (2)..........................  129.5   130.2   130.8   130.9    4.2    7.2    3.1    4.4    5.7    3.8 
   Household furnishings and operations.......  126.7   125.9   125.8   126.0    3.2   -0.3    2.6   -2.2    1.4    0.2 
    Household operations (1) (2)..............  129.7   130.1   130.3   130.7    2.9    5.1    3.5    3.1    4.0    3.3 
                                                                                                                        
  Apparel.....................................  120.2   119.3   118.2   119.4    1.0   -1.3    0.7   -2.6   -0.2   -1.0 
   Men's and boys' apparel....................  117.6   116.0   114.4   115.7   -4.0    4.9    0.7   -6.3    0.3   -2.9 
   Women's and girls' apparel.................  111.3   110.7   109.5   110.2    4.0   -9.8    1.8   -3.9   -3.2   -1.1 
   Infants' and toddlers' apparel.............  119.4   118.3   116.4   115.6    2.8    2.4    2.7  -12.1    2.6   -5.0 
   Footwear...................................  122.0   122.3   121.8   123.4    2.7   11.1   -3.2    4.7    6.8    0.7 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation..............................  171.0   170.9   173.5   177.3   10.2   -0.2   11.0   15.6    4.9   13.3 
   Private transportation.....................  167.3   167.1   169.6   173.6   10.2    0.2   11.0   15.9    5.1   13.4 
    New and used motor vehicles (2)...........   95.7    95.8    95.5    95.5    4.8    2.1    0.8   -0.8    3.4    0.0 
     New vehicles.............................  138.5   138.5   137.1   136.4    3.6    4.7   -1.4   -5.9    4.2   -3.7 
     Used cars and trucks (1).................  138.8   139.9   141.0   142.0    9.0    2.7    3.5    9.5    5.8    6.5 
    Motor fuel................................  184.1   182.1   193.2   209.1   31.3   -6.4   45.6   66.4   10.8   55.7 
     Gasoline (all types).....................  183.2   181.0   192.1   208.1   31.1   -6.2   45.5   66.5   10.9   55.7 
    Motor vehicle parts and equipment (1).....  111.0   111.2   111.9   112.4    3.3    3.7    0.4    5.1    3.5    2.7 
    Motor vehicle maintenance and repair......  205.8   206.3   207.0   207.5    3.2    1.8    4.6    3.3    2.5    4.0 
   Public transportation......................  215.7   218.2   220.4   220.6    8.8   -6.6   15.7    9.4    0.8   12.5 
                                                                                                                        
  Medical care................................  322.0   322.8   324.0   324.1    3.9    5.2    4.2    2.6    4.5    3.4 
   Medical care commodities...................  274.6   275.3   275.7   276.5    2.8    2.2    2.2    2.8    2.5    2.5 
   Medical care services......................  335.5   336.3   337.8   337.7    4.3    6.0    4.9    2.6    5.1    3.8 
    Professional services.....................  281.3   281.6   282.3   282.1    2.8    4.4    4.8    1.1    3.6    3.0 
    Hospital and related services (3).........  438.6   439.2   441.8   440.0    5.7    7.4    5.7    1.3    6.5    3.5 
                                                                                                                        
  Recreation (2)..............................  109.3   109.0   109.1   109.4    1.5   -0.4    1.9    0.4    0.6    1.1 
   Video and audio (2)........................  104.3   102.9   103.0   104.3    0.8   -1.9    1.9    0.0   -0.6    1.0 
                                                                                                                        
  Education and communication (2).............  113.4   113.5   113.7   113.6    2.2    1.8    2.5    0.7    2.0    1.6 
   Education (2)..............................  151.8   152.4   153.3   153.6    6.5    5.3    7.7    4.8    5.9    6.3 
    Educational books and supplies............  362.6   363.4   365.5   365.3    2.7    0.7    6.4    3.0    1.7    4.7 
    Tuition, other school fees, and childcare.  438.4   440.1   442.8   443.9    6.9    5.6    7.8    5.1    6.2    6.5 
   Communication (2)..........................   84.9    84.6    84.4    84.0   -2.3   -0.9   -2.3   -4.2   -1.6   -3.3 
    Information and information processing (1)                                                                          
        (2)...................................   82.7    82.4    82.2    81.8   -2.4   -1.0   -2.9   -4.3   -1.7   -3.6 
     Telephone services (1) (2)...............   94.8    94.6    94.4    94.1   -0.4    0.8   -1.3   -2.9    0.2   -2.1 
     Information technology, hardware and                                                                               
         services (1) (5).....................   13.8    13.6    13.6    13.4  -10.4   -8.1   -5.6  -11.1   -9.3   -8.4 
      Personal computers and peripheral                                                                                 
          equipment (1) (2)...................   13.2    13.0    12.8    12.4  -21.8  -18.3   -8.6  -22.1  -20.1  -15.6 
                                                                                                                        
  Other goods and services....................  312.3   312.3   314.1   314.7    2.1    4.4    2.2    3.1    3.2    2.7 
   Tobacco and smoking products (1)...........  498.0   497.8   503.4   506.5    0.1   12.5    1.5    7.0    6.1    4.2 
   Personal care..............................  185.3   185.4   186.1   186.3    2.7    2.4    2.2    2.2    2.5    2.2 
    Personal care products (1)................  154.4   154.3   155.0   155.2    2.6    0.3    1.3    2.1    1.4    1.7 
    Personal care services (1)................  202.8   203.0   203.9   204.1    2.2    5.9   -0.2    2.6    4.1    1.2 
    Miscellaneous personal services...........  302.2   302.6   303.9   304.2    3.3    2.3    4.1    2.7    2.8    3.4 
                                                                                                                        
          Commodity and service group                                                                                   
                                                                                                                        
 Commodities..................................  159.1   158.8   159.8   161.5    5.5    0.3    6.0    6.2    2.9    6.1 
  Food and beverages..........................  191.0   191.0   191.4   191.5    3.2    0.6    3.9    1.1    1.9    2.4 
  Commodities less food and beverages.........  141.0   140.6   141.9   144.3    6.9   -0.3    7.4    9.7    3.3    8.6 
   Nondurables less food and beverages........  163.0   162.8   168.4   173.2   13.0   -5.8    8.0   27.5    3.2   17.3 
    Apparel...................................  120.2   119.3   118.2   119.4    1.0   -1.3    0.7   -2.6   -0.2   -1.0 
    Nondurables less food, beverages, and                                                                               
        apparel...............................  197.0   196.1   201.5   209.2   15.2   -3.1   19.3   27.2    5.6   23.2 
   Durables...................................  115.6   115.4   115.1   114.9    3.5    2.1   -0.7   -2.4    2.8   -1.5 
 Services.....................................  228.9   229.2   230.1   230.5    3.1    2.9    3.6    2.8    3.0    3.2 
  Rent of shelter (4).........................  233.0   233.6   234.2   234.3    2.1    3.2    2.3    2.3    2.6    2.3 
  Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2)....  118.0   118.0   118.1   117.8    4.9    3.4   -2.3   -0.7    4.2   -1.5 
  Gas (piped) and electricity (3).............  161.0   160.7   162.4   164.5    5.6    5.0   11.4    9.0    5.3   10.2 
  Water and sewer and trash collection                                                                                  
      services (2)............................  129.5   130.2   130.8   130.9    4.2    7.2    3.1    4.4    5.7    3.8 
  Household operations (1) (2)................  129.7   130.1   130.3   130.7    2.9    5.1    3.5    3.1    4.0    3.3 
  Transportation services.....................  224.6   225.5   226.2   227.1    3.5   -0.9    4.2    4.5    1.3    4.4 
  Medical care services.......................  335.5   336.3   337.8   337.7    4.3    6.0    4.9    2.6    5.1    3.8 
  Other services..............................  267.6   267.5   268.1   268.6    3.2    2.6    3.2    1.5    2.9    2.3 
                                                                                                                        
                Special indexes                                                                                         
                                                                                                                        
 All items less food..........................  194.7   194.7   195.8   197.0    4.3    1.7    4.7    4.8    3.0    4.7 
 All items less shelter.......................  184.7   184.6   185.6   187.1    5.0    1.1    5.6    5.3    3.0    5.5 
 All items less medical care..................  187.6   187.6   188.5   189.6    4.0    1.5    4.6    4.3    2.8    4.5 
 Commodities less food........................  143.1   142.7   143.9   146.2    7.1   -0.3    7.3    9.0    3.4    8.1 
 Nondurables less food........................  165.1   164.8   170.0   174.6   12.6   -5.0    7.6   25.1    3.4   16.0 
 Nondurables less food and apparel............  196.1   195.3   200.2   207.2   14.0   -2.5   17.6   24.6    5.4   21.1 
 Nondurables..................................  177.5   177.6   180.3   182.8    7.4   -2.3    6.6   12.5    2.4    9.5 
 Services less rent of shelter (4)............  241.2   241.5   242.4   243.5    4.0    2.2    5.1    3.9    3.1    4.5 
 Services less medical care services..........  220.1   220.3   221.1   221.6    2.8    2.8    3.5    2.8    2.8    3.1 
 Energy.......................................  168.5   167.6   174.0   182.7   20.0   -2.0   28.7   38.2    8.5   33.4 
 All items less energy........................  198.4   198.5   198.8   199.0    2.9    1.8    2.7    1.2    2.4    1.9 
  All items less food and energy..............  200.5   200.7   201.0   201.2    2.7    2.4    2.2    1.4    2.6    1.8 
   Commodities less food and energy                                                                                     
       commodities............................  140.6   140.3   139.9   140.1    2.6    1.1    0.6   -1.4    1.9   -0.4 
    Energy commodities........................  185.5   184.0   195.3   210.7   34.1   -7.4   44.8   66.4   11.4   55.3 
   Services less energy services..............  235.8   236.2   237.0   237.2    2.8    2.8    2.9    2.4    2.8    2.7 

   1 Not seasonally adjusted.
   2 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base.
   3 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator.  All other item stratum index series were calculated
 using a geometric means estimator.
   4 Indexes on a December 1982=100 base.
   5 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base.
 NOTE:  Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

 Table 3. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Selected areas, all items index 

 (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                All items                                  
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
                                               Prici-           Indexes             Percent change to    Percent change to 
                     CPI-U                       ng                                  Aug. 2005 from--      July 2005 from--  
                                               sched-                                                                      
                                                 ule    May   June   July   Aug.                                           
                                                 (1)   2005   2005   2005   2005   Aug.   June   July   July    May   June 
                                                                                   2004   2005   2005   2004   2005   2005 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                           
 U.S. city average............................   M    194.4  194.5  195.4  196.4    3.6    1.0    0.5    3.2    0.5    0.5 
                                                                                                                           
            Region and area size(2)                                                                                        
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
 Northeast urban..............................   M    206.2  206.2  207.9  208.7    3.8    1.2    0.4    3.4    0.8    0.8 
   Size A - More than 1,500,000...............   M    208.6  208.5  210.2  211.2    4.0    1.3    0.5    3.5    0.8    0.8 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3).........   M    121.6  121.8  123.0  123.0    3.4    1.0    0.0    3.2    1.2    1.0 
                                                                                                                           
 Midwest urban................................   M    187.4  187.8  188.4  189.7    3.5    1.0    0.7    2.8    0.5    0.3 
   Size A - More than 1,500,000...............   M    189.4  189.8  190.1  191.5    3.2    0.9    0.7    2.5    0.4    0.2 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3).........   M    119.3  119.6  120.2  120.9    3.8    1.1    0.6    3.4    0.8    0.5 
   Size D -  Nonmetropolitan  (less than                                                                                   
       50,000)................................   M    181.6  182.3  182.9  184.6    4.7    1.3    0.9    3.3    0.7    0.3 
                                                                                                                           
 South urban..................................   M    187.3  187.8  188.5  189.4    3.7    0.9    0.5    3.2    0.6    0.4 
   Size A - More than 1,500,000...............   M    189.2  189.7  190.3  191.0    4.0    0.7    0.4    3.6    0.6    0.3 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3).........   M    119.4  119.7  120.2  120.9    3.4    1.0    0.6    2.8    0.7    0.4 
   Size D -  Nonmetropolitan  (less than                                                                                   
       50,000)................................   M    186.6  186.9  187.5  188.6    4.8    0.9    0.6    4.1    0.5    0.3 
                                                                                                                           
 West urban...................................   M    198.8  198.0  198.6  199.6    3.4    0.8    0.5    3.0   -0.1    0.3 
   Size A - More than 1,500,000...............   M    201.5  200.5  201.3  202.4    3.5    0.9    0.5    3.0   -0.1    0.4 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3).........   M    121.3  121.1  121.3  122.0    3.3    0.7    0.6    2.9    0.0    0.2 
                                                                                                                           
                 Size classes                                                                                              
                                                                                                                           
   A (4)......................................   M    178.0  177.9  178.6  179.6    3.7    1.0    0.6    3.2    0.3    0.4 
   B/C (3)....................................   M    120.0  120.2  120.8  121.3    3.4    0.9    0.4    3.0    0.7    0.5 
   D..........................................   M    186.9  186.9  187.2  188.7    4.3    1.0    0.8    3.3    0.2    0.2 
                                                                                                                           
            Selected local areas(5)                                                                                        
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI...............   M    193.3  194.0  194.2  195.8    2.9    0.9    0.8    2.6    0.5    0.1 
 Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA......   M    201.5  200.7  201.4  203.1    5.2    1.2    0.8    4.1    0.0    0.3 
 New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island,                                                                                       
     NY-NJ-CT-PA..............................   M    211.4  210.7  212.5  214.1    4.1    1.6    0.8    3.4    0.5    0.9 
                                                                                                                           
 Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT..........   1    214.6      -  217.2      -      -      -      -    4.0    1.2      - 
 Cleveland-Akron, OH..........................   1    186.8      -  187.8      -      -      -      -    3.4    0.5      - 
 Dallas-Fort Worth, TX........................   1    183.5      -  184.3      -      -      -      -    2.9    0.4      - 
 Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV (6)........   1    123.6      -  125.0      -      -      -      -    4.0    1.1      - 
                                                                                                                           
 Atlanta, GA..................................   2        -  189.6      -  189.5    2.9   -0.1      -      -      -      - 
 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI..................   2        -  189.6      -  192.2    2.9    1.4      -      -      -      - 
 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX...............   2        -  174.2      -  175.5    3.8    0.7      -      -      -      - 
 Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL....................   2        -  192.6      -  195.6    5.7    1.6      -      -      -      - 
 Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,                                                                                    
     PA-NJ-DE-MD..............................   2        -  204.8      -  206.6    3.8    0.9      -      -      -      - 
 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA...........   2        -  201.2      -  203.0    2.2    0.9      -      -      -      - 
 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA.................   2        -  199.8      -  199.9    2.7    0.1      -      -      -      - 

   1 Areas on pricing schedule 2 (see Table 10) will appear next month. 
   2 Regions defined as the four Census regions.  See technical notes.
   3 Indexes on a December 1996=100 base.
   4 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base.
   5 In addition, the following metropolitan areas are published semiannually and appear in Tables 34 and 39 of the 
 January and July issues of the CPI Detailed Report: Anchorage, AK; Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN; Denver-Boulder-Greeley,
 CO; Honolulu, HI; Kansas City, MO-KS; Milwaukee-Racine, WI; Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI; Phoenix-Mesa, AZ; Pittsburgh, PA;
 Portland-Salem, OR-WA; St. Louis, MO-IL; San Diego, CA; Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL.
   6 Indexes on a November 1996=100 base.
   - Data not available.
 NOTE:  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,                      Aug. 2005 from-    percent change from- 
                     CPI-W                       December                                                               
                                                   2004       July      Aug.                                            
                                                              2005      2005     Aug.     July    May to June to July to
                                                                                 2004     2005     June    July    Aug. 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                        
             Expenditure category                                                                                       
                                                                                                                        
 All items....................................    100.000     191.0     192.1      3.8      0.6     0.0     0.6     0.6 
 All items (1967=100).........................          -     568.8     572.3        -        -       -       -       - 
                                                                                                                        
  Food and beverages..........................     17.024     190.6     190.6      2.0      0.0     0.0     0.2     0.1 
   Food.......................................     15.940     190.2     190.2      2.0      0.0    -0.1     0.2     0.1 
    Food at home..............................      9.540     188.9     188.7      1.4     -0.1    -0.3     0.2    -0.2 
     Cereals and bakery products..............      1.342     209.2     209.9      1.4      0.3    -0.3    -0.2     0.4 
     Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs...........      2.845     184.6     184.5      0.4     -0.1    -0.2    -0.4    -0.2 
     Dairy and related products...............       .962     181.4     182.8     -1.1      0.8    -0.5     0.2     0.2 
     Fruits and vegetables....................      1.407     238.0     234.7      5.6     -1.4    -1.3     1.6    -1.1 
     Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage                                                                                
         materials............................      1.051     144.1     143.4      2.7     -0.5    -0.4     0.3    -0.1 
     Other food at home.......................      1.934     167.0     167.1      0.8      0.1     0.4     0.4     0.1 
      Sugar and sweets........................       .311     166.3     163.8      0.0     -1.5     1.8     0.7    -1.4 
      Fats and oils...........................       .311     167.4     167.6     -1.4      0.1    -1.5     1.3     0.1 
      Other foods (1).........................      1.312     183.3     184.0      1.4      0.4     0.4     0.1     0.4 
       Other miscellaneous foods (1) (2)......       .341     111.9     112.1      0.1      0.2    -0.7     1.3     0.2 
    Food away from home (1)...................      6.400     193.4     194.0      3.1      0.3     0.3     0.2     0.3 
     Other food away from home (2)............       .251     131.8     132.4      5.8      0.5     1.5     0.3     0.4 
   Alcoholic beverages (1)....................      1.084     195.6     195.3      1.3     -0.2     0.2    -0.1    -0.2 
                                                                                                                        
  Housing.....................................     38.973     191.9     192.3      3.1      0.2     0.2     0.4     0.2 
   Shelter....................................     29.902     218.3     218.5      2.4      0.1     0.2     0.3     0.1 
    Rent of primary residence (3).............      8.025     216.6     217.1      2.9      0.2     0.3     0.3     0.1 
    Lodging away from home (2)................      1.742     136.9     134.5      2.2     -1.8     0.5     1.1    -1.3 
    Owners' equivalent rent of primary                                                                                  
        residence (3) (4).....................     19.795     208.8     209.3      2.2      0.2     0.2     0.2     0.2 
    Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2)..       .339     118.4     118.1      1.4     -0.3     0.0     0.1    -0.3 
   Fuels and utilities........................      5.288     179.2     181.0      8.3      1.0     0.2     1.2     1.1 
    Fuels.....................................      4.336     161.0     162.7      9.0      1.1     0.1     1.4     1.3 
     Fuel oil and other fuels.................       .281     201.8     208.9     33.2      3.5     3.1     5.9     3.0 
     Gas (piped) and electricity (3)..........      4.055     167.2     168.7      7.6      0.9    -0.1     0.9     1.3 
    Water and sewer and trash collection                                                                                
        services (2)..........................       .952     131.0     131.5      4.9      0.4     0.5     0.5     0.1 
   Household furnishings and operations.......      3.783     121.5     121.5      0.9      0.0    -0.6    -0.2     0.2 
    Household operations (1) (2)..............       .321     133.0     133.6      4.4      0.5     0.5     0.2     0.5 
                                                                                                                        
  Apparel.....................................      4.208     113.8     115.5     -0.3      1.5    -0.8    -0.6     0.8 
   Men's and boys' apparel....................      1.063     111.2     111.8     -1.3      0.5    -1.5    -1.1     1.2 
   Women's and girls' apparel.................      1.664     102.7     104.5     -2.2      1.8    -1.0    -0.5     0.3 
   Infants' and toddlers' apparel.............       .242     115.2     116.0     -1.4      0.7    -1.2    -1.5    -0.8 
   Footwear...................................       .991     119.0     121.2      4.2      1.8     0.7    -0.3     1.0 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation..............................     19.845     173.5     177.1      9.7      2.1    -0.1     1.6     2.4 
   Private transportation.....................     19.072     170.5     174.4     10.0      2.3    -0.1     1.7     2.5 
    New and used motor vehicles (2)...........      9.146      94.5      94.4      2.4     -0.1     0.3    -0.2     0.2 
     New vehicles.............................      4.725     137.2     136.0      0.0     -0.9     0.1    -1.1    -0.4 
     Used cars and trucks (1).................      3.536     141.9     142.9      6.2      0.7     0.8     0.9     0.7 
    Motor fuel................................      4.843     198.1     213.4     31.4      7.7    -1.1     6.3     8.1 
     Gasoline (all types).....................      4.803     197.2     212.4     31.4      7.7    -1.2     6.3     8.2 
    Motor vehicle parts and equipment (1).....       .449     111.4     111.9      3.2      0.4     0.3     0.5     0.4 
    Motor vehicle maintenance and repair......      1.357     209.1     209.7      3.5      0.3     0.2     0.3     0.3 
   Public transportation......................       .773     223.3     220.8      6.2     -1.1     1.3     1.0     0.0 
                                                                                                                        
  Medical care................................      5.014     323.7     323.5      4.0     -0.1     0.2     0.4     0.0 
   Medical care commodities...................      1.126     269.4     269.9      2.3      0.2     0.2     0.3     0.3 
   Medical care services......................      3.888     338.4     337.9      4.5     -0.1     0.1     0.4    -0.1 
    Professional services.....................      2.270     285.3     285.0      3.3     -0.1     0.1     0.4     0.0 
    Hospital and related services (3).........      1.276     436.9     435.3      4.9     -0.4     0.1     0.5    -0.5 
                                                                                                                        
  Recreation (2)..............................      5.546     106.5     106.8      0.7      0.3    -0.4     0.0     0.3 
   Video and audio (2)........................      1.878     102.4     103.6      0.2      1.2    -1.3     0.0     1.4 
                                                                                                                        
  Education and communication (2).............      5.498     110.7     111.1      1.1      0.4    -0.1     0.2    -0.2 
   Education (2)..............................      2.361     149.7     152.0      5.8      1.5     0.3     0.6     0.3 
    Educational books and supplies............       .217     365.6     365.9      3.2      0.1     0.1     0.5    -0.1 
    Tuition, other school fees, and childcare.      2.145     423.4     430.4      6.1      1.7     0.3     0.6     0.3 
   Communication (2)..........................      3.137      86.0      85.7     -2.2     -0.3    -0.2    -0.3    -0.3 
    Information and information processing (1)                                                                          
        (2)...................................      2.990      84.5      84.1     -2.4     -0.5    -0.2    -0.4    -0.5 
     Telephone services (1) (2)...............      2.473      94.6      94.3     -0.9     -0.3    -0.1    -0.2    -0.3 
     Information technology, hardware and                                                                               
         services (1) (5).....................       .517      14.1      14.0     -8.5     -0.7    -0.7    -0.7    -0.7 
      Personal computers and peripheral                                                                                 
          equipment (1) (2)...................       .171      12.5      12.2    -18.1     -2.4    -2.3    -1.6    -2.4 
                                                                                                                        
  Other goods and services....................      3.891     323.1     323.6      3.2      0.2     0.0     0.7     0.3 
   Tobacco and smoking products (1)...........      1.244     505.2     508.5      5.4      0.7     0.0     1.3     0.7 
   Personal care..............................      2.648     184.6     184.4      2.2     -0.1     0.1     0.4     0.1 
    Personal care products (1)................       .712     155.4     155.4      1.5      0.0     0.0     0.6     0.0 
    Personal care services (1)................       .611     204.1     204.4      2.5      0.1     0.1     0.4     0.1 
    Miscellaneous personal services...........      1.160     304.4     304.6      3.1      0.1     0.1     0.3     0.2 
                                                                                                                        
          Commodity and service group                                                                                   
                                                                                                                        
 Commodities..................................     44.809     160.8     162.7      5.0      1.2    -0.2     0.8     1.2 
  Food and beverages..........................     17.024     190.6     190.6      2.0      0.0     0.0     0.2     0.1 
  Commodities less food and beverages.........     27.786     143.8     146.4      6.8      1.8    -0.3     1.1     1.9 
   Nondurables less food and beverages........     15.322     171.7     177.3     11.2      3.3    -0.2     3.7     3.2 
    Apparel...................................      4.208     113.8     115.5     -0.3      1.5    -0.8    -0.6     0.8 
    Nondurables less food, beverages, and                                                                               
        apparel...............................     11.113     211.3     219.5     15.4      3.9    -0.4     3.0     4.1 
   Durables...................................     12.464     114.9     114.7      1.4     -0.2     0.0    -0.3     0.0 
 Services.....................................     55.191     226.3     226.8      3.0      0.2     0.2     0.3     0.2 
  Rent of shelter (4).........................     29.562     210.2     210.4      2.4      0.1     0.2     0.3     0.0 
  Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2)....       .339     118.4     118.1      1.4     -0.3     0.0     0.1    -0.3 
  Gas (piped) and electricity (3).............      4.055     167.2     168.7      7.6      0.9    -0.1     0.9     1.3 
  Water and sewer and trash collection                                                                                  
      services (2)............................       .952     131.0     131.5      4.9      0.4     0.5     0.5     0.1 
  Household operations (1) (2)................       .321     133.0     133.6      4.4      0.5     0.5     0.2     0.5 
  Transportation services.....................      6.166     226.8     226.9      2.7      0.0     0.4     0.3     0.4 
  Medical care services.......................      3.888     338.4     337.9      4.5     -0.1     0.1     0.4    -0.1 
  Other services..............................      9.907     258.9     260.2      2.3      0.5    -0.1     0.2     0.2 
                                                                                                                        
                Special indexes                                                                                         
                                                                                                                        
 All items less food..........................     84.060     190.9     192.3      4.2      0.7     0.0     0.6     0.7 
 All items less shelter.......................     70.098     183.1     184.6      4.5      0.8    -0.1     0.6     0.9 
 All items less medical care..................     94.986     185.3     186.5      3.8      0.6     0.0     0.5     0.7 
 Commodities less food........................     28.870     145.7     148.2      6.6      1.7    -0.2     1.0     1.8 
 Nondurables less food........................     16.406     173.2     178.5     10.5      3.1    -0.2     3.6     2.9 
 Nondurables less food and apparel............     12.197     209.0     216.5     14.2      3.6    -0.5     2.8     3.9 
 Nondurables..................................     32.346     181.7     184.6      6.3      1.6     0.0     1.8     1.5 
 Services less rent of shelter (4)............     25.628     216.3     217.0      3.7      0.3     0.0     0.5     0.4 
 Services less medical care services..........     51.303     217.8     218.3      2.9      0.2     0.1     0.4     0.3 
 Energy.......................................      9.179     178.7     187.2     20.7      4.8    -0.6     4.1     5.1 
 All items less energy........................     90.821     193.3     193.6      2.2      0.2     0.1     0.2     0.2 
  All items less food and energy..............     74.881     194.3     194.6      2.2      0.2     0.1     0.2     0.2 
   Commodities less food and energy                                                                                     
       commodities............................     23.745     139.3     139.6      1.2      0.2    -0.1    -0.2     0.3 
    Energy commodities........................      5.124     199.0     214.0     31.4      7.5    -0.9     6.3     7.9 
   Services less energy services..............     51.136     232.8     233.1      2.6      0.1     0.2     0.3     0.1 
 Purchasing power of the consumer dollar                                                                                
     (1982-84=$1.00)..........................          -    $ .524    $ .520        -        -       -       -       - 
 Purchasing power of the consumer dollar                                                                                
     (1967=$1.00).............................          -    $ .176    $ .175        -        -       -       -       - 

   1 Not seasonally adjusted.
   2 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base.
   3 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator.  All other item stratum index series were calculated
 using a geometric means estimator.
   4 Indexes on a December 1984=100 base
   5 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base.
   - Data not available.
 NOTE:  Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

 Table 5. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Seasonally adjusted U.S. city
 average, by expenditure category and commodity and service group

 (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                                 Seasonally adjusted indexes    Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent 
                                                                                               change for               
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                     CPI-W                                                           3 months ended--         6 months  
                                                                                                              ended--   
                                                 May     June    July    Aug.                                           
                                                 2005    2005    2005    2005                                           
                                                                                Nov.   Feb.    May   Aug.   Feb.   Aug. 
                                                                                2004   2005   2005   2005   2005   2005 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                        
             Expenditure category                                                                                       
                                                                                                                        
 All items....................................  189.7   189.7   190.8   192.0    4.2    1.7    4.6    4.9    2.9    4.7 
                                                                                                                        
  Food and beverages..........................  190.4   190.4   190.7   190.8    3.0    0.4    3.9    0.8    1.7    2.3 
   Food.......................................  190.0   189.9   190.3   190.4    3.0    0.4    4.1    0.8    1.7    2.5 
    Food at home..............................  189.3   188.8   189.2   188.9    3.3   -1.7    5.2   -0.8    0.8    2.2 
     Cereals and bakery products..............  209.3   208.7   208.2   209.0    3.5    0.6    1.9   -0.6    2.0    0.7 
     Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs...........  185.5   185.2   184.5   184.1   -2.2    3.8    3.3   -3.0    0.8    0.1 
     Dairy and related products...............  183.3   182.4   182.8   183.2  -11.0    3.1    4.3   -0.2   -4.2    2.0 
     Fruits and vegetables....................  240.1   237.0   240.9   238.2   44.9  -22.9   15.1   -3.1    5.7    5.6 
     Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage                                                                                
         materials............................  144.0   143.4   143.8   143.7    0.9    1.7    9.7   -0.8    1.3    4.3 
     Other food at home.......................  165.7   166.3   166.9   167.0   -3.3    1.2    2.2    3.2   -1.1    2.7 
      Sugar and sweets........................  161.8   164.7   165.8   163.5   -0.5   -1.0   -2.7    4.3   -0.7    0.7 
      Fats and oils...........................  167.5   165.0   167.2   167.3   -0.9   -1.2   -2.6   -0.5   -1.1   -1.5 
      Other foods (1).........................  182.3   183.1   183.3   184.0   -4.8    2.3    4.7    3.8   -1.3    4.3 
       Other miscellaneous foods (1) (2)......  111.3   110.5   111.9   112.1   -3.2   -0.7    1.5    2.9   -2.0    2.2 
    Food away from home (1)...................  192.4   193.0   193.4   194.0    2.8    3.6    2.5    3.4    3.2    3.0 
     Other food away from home (2)............  129.8   131.7   132.1   132.6    3.6    6.1    4.4    8.9    4.8    6.6 
   Alcoholic beverages (1)....................  195.3   195.7   195.6   195.3    2.9    2.1    0.2    0.0    2.5    0.1 
                                                                                                                        
  Housing.....................................  190.0   190.3   191.0   191.4    2.8    3.0    3.4    3.0    2.9    3.2 
   Shelter....................................  216.8   217.2   217.9   218.1    2.1    3.0    2.2    2.4    2.6    2.3 
    Rent of primary residence (3).............  215.5   216.1   216.8   217.1    2.5    3.0    2.8    3.0    2.8    2.9 
    Lodging away from home (2)................  129.2   129.9   131.3   129.6    3.8    5.1   -0.9    1.2    4.5    0.2 
    Owners' equivalent rent of primary                                                                                  
        residence (3) (4).....................  208.2   208.6   209.1   209.5    1.6    3.1    1.9    2.5    2.4    2.2 
    Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2)..  118.3   118.3   118.4   118.1    5.6    2.7   -2.0   -0.7    4.2   -1.3 
   Fuels and utilities........................  172.7   173.0   175.0   177.0    7.5    3.9   11.7   10.3    5.7   11.0 
    Fuels.....................................  154.2   154.3   156.4   158.5    8.2    3.0   13.8   11.6    5.6   12.7 
     Fuel oil and other fuels.................  192.6   198.5   210.2   216.5   84.2  -23.0   39.2   59.7   19.0   49.1 
     Gas (piped) and electricity (3)..........  160.2   160.0   161.5   163.6    4.5    5.0   12.4    8.8    4.8   10.5 
    Water and sewer and trash collection                                                                                
        services (2)..........................  129.7   130.4   131.1   131.2    3.9    7.8    2.8    4.7    5.8    3.8 
   Household furnishings and operations.......  122.4   121.7   121.4   121.6    3.4    0.3    2.3   -2.6    1.8   -0.2 
    Household operations (1) (2)..............  132.2   132.8   133.0   133.6    3.8    5.0    4.4    4.3    4.4    4.3 
                                                                                                                        
  Apparel.....................................  119.8   118.9   118.2   119.1    1.0    0.3   -0.7   -2.3    0.7   -1.5 
   Men's and boys' apparel....................  117.0   115.2   113.9   115.3   -4.0    4.9   -0.3   -5.7    0.3   -3.1 
   Women's and girls' apparel.................  111.1   110.0   109.5   109.8    4.0   -8.9    0.7   -4.6   -2.7   -2.0 
   Infants' and toddlers' apparel.............  122.2   120.7   118.9   118.0    3.7    3.4    1.7  -13.1    3.5   -6.0 
   Footwear...................................  121.2   122.0   121.6   122.8    2.1   13.1   -3.2    5.4    7.4    1.0 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation..............................  169.8   169.7   172.5   176.7   10.8   -0.2   11.6   17.3    5.2   14.4 
   Private transportation.....................  167.1   166.9   169.7   174.0   10.8    0.0   11.5   17.6    5.2   14.5 
    New and used motor vehicles (2)...........   94.6    94.9    94.7    94.9    5.3    2.1    0.9    1.3    3.7    1.1 
     New vehicles.............................  139.4   139.5   137.9   137.4    3.2    4.1   -1.4   -5.6    3.7   -3.5 
     Used cars and trucks (1).................  139.6   140.7   141.9   142.9    8.9    2.6    3.5    9.8    5.7    6.6 
    Motor fuel................................  184.5   182.5   194.0   209.8   31.5   -6.4   45.1   67.2   10.9   55.8 
     Gasoline (all types).....................  183.9   181.7   193.1   208.9   31.6   -6.6   46.0   66.5   10.9   55.9 
    Motor vehicle parts and equipment (1).....  110.5   110.8   111.4   111.9    3.7    3.7    0.4    5.2    3.7    2.7 
    Motor vehicle maintenance and repair......  208.1   208.6   209.3   209.9    3.4    2.0    4.7    3.5    2.7    4.1 
   Public transportation......................  213.4   216.1   218.3   218.2    8.4   -5.6   13.4    9.3    1.2   11.3 
                                                                                                                        
  Medical care................................  321.9   322.4   323.6   323.6    4.2    5.2    4.7    2.1    4.7    3.4 
   Medical care commodities...................  267.7   268.2   268.9   269.6    2.8    1.7    1.8    2.9    2.2    2.3 
   Medical care services......................  336.5   337.0   338.4   338.2    4.5    6.3    5.5    2.0    5.4    3.8 
    Professional services.....................  283.7   284.0   285.0   285.0    3.1    4.1    4.3    1.8    3.6    3.1 
    Hospital and related services (3).........  435.0   435.6   437.8   435.7    5.6    7.7    6.0    0.6    6.7    3.3 
                                                                                                                        
  Recreation (2)..............................  106.9   106.5   106.5   106.8    1.1   -0.4    1.9   -0.4    0.4    0.8 
   Video and audio (2)........................  103.6   102.3   102.3   103.7    0.4   -1.5    1.6    0.4   -0.6    1.0 
                                                                                                                        
  Education and communication (2).............  111.2   111.1   111.3   111.1    1.5    1.8    1.8   -0.4    1.6    0.7 
   Education (2)..............................  150.1   150.6   151.5   151.9    6.3    5.3    6.9    4.9    5.8    5.9 
    Educational books and supplies............  364.8   365.1   367.1   366.6    2.8    0.8    7.1    2.0    1.8    4.5 
    Tuition, other school fees, and childcare.  424.9   426.3   428.9   430.0    6.6    5.7    7.2    4.9    6.1    6.0 
   Communication (2)..........................   86.5    86.3    86.0    85.7   -1.8   -0.9   -2.3   -3.6   -1.4   -3.0 
    Information and information processing (1)                                                                          
        (2)...................................   85.0    84.8    84.5    84.1   -2.3   -0.9   -2.3   -4.2   -1.6   -3.2 
     Telephone services (1) (2)...............   94.9    94.8    94.6    94.3   -0.4    0.8   -1.7   -2.5    0.2   -2.1 
     Information technology, hardware and                                                                               
         services (1) (5).....................   14.3    14.2    14.1    14.0  -10.1   -7.8   -8.0   -8.1   -8.9   -8.1 
      Personal computers and peripheral                                                                                 
          equipment (1) (2)...................   13.0    12.7    12.5    12.2  -24.3  -16.2   -8.7  -22.4  -20.3  -15.9 
                                                                                                                        
  Other goods and services....................  320.6   320.7   322.9   323.8    1.9    5.4    1.5    4.1    3.7    2.8 
   Tobacco and smoking products (1)...........  498.7   498.9   505.2   508.5   -0.1   12.5    1.5    8.1    6.0    4.7 
   Personal care..............................  183.6   183.7   184.4   184.6    2.9    2.2    1.5    2.2    2.6    1.9 
    Personal care products (1)................  154.5   154.5   155.4   155.4    3.2   -0.3    0.8    2.4    1.4    1.6 
    Personal care services (1)................  203.1   203.3   204.1   204.4    2.2    5.5   -0.4    2.6    3.8    1.1 
    Miscellaneous personal services...........  302.9   303.2   304.0   304.6    3.7    1.6    5.0    2.3    2.7    3.6 
                                                                                                                        
          Commodity and service group                                                                                   
                                                                                                                        
 Commodities..................................  160.2   159.9   161.1   163.0    5.8    0.3    6.5    7.2    3.0    6.8 
  Food and beverages..........................  190.4   190.4   190.7   190.8    3.0    0.4    3.9    0.8    1.7    2.3 
  Commodities less food and beverages.........  143.0   142.6   144.1   146.8    7.8    0.0    8.2   11.1    3.8    9.6 
   Nondurables less food and beverages........  167.3   167.0   173.2   178.7   14.7   -5.6    8.6   30.2    4.0   18.9 
    Apparel...................................  119.8   118.9   118.2   119.1    1.0    0.3   -0.7   -2.3    0.7   -1.5 
    Nondurables less food, beverages, and                                                                               
        apparel...............................  204.2   203.3   209.4   218.0   16.6   -3.2   21.0   29.9    6.2   25.4 
   Durables...................................  115.3   115.3   115.0   115.0    5.4    1.8   -0.3   -1.0    3.6   -0.7 
 Services.....................................  224.4   224.8   225.5   226.0    2.8    3.1    3.3    2.9    2.9    3.1 
  Rent of shelter (4).........................  208.8   209.3   210.0   210.0    1.6    3.1    2.5    2.3    2.4    2.4 
  Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2)....  118.3   118.3   118.4   118.1    5.6    2.7   -2.0   -0.7    4.2   -1.3 
  Gas (piped) and electricity (3).............  160.2   160.0   161.5   163.6    4.5    5.0   12.4    8.8    4.8   10.5 
  Water and sewer and trash collection                                                                                  
      services (2)............................  129.7   130.4   131.1   131.2    3.9    7.8    2.8    4.7    5.8    3.8 
  Household operations (1) (2)................  132.2   132.8   133.0   133.6    3.8    5.0    4.4    4.3    4.4    4.3 
  Transportation services.....................  224.9   225.7   226.4   227.2    3.3   -0.2    3.3    4.2    1.5    3.7 
  Medical care services.......................  336.5   337.0   338.4   338.2    4.5    6.3    5.5    2.0    5.4    3.8 
  Other services..............................  259.4   259.1   259.6   260.1    3.0    2.2    2.8    1.1    2.6    2.0 
                                                                                                                        
                Special indexes                                                                                         
                                                                                                                        
 All items less food..........................  189.5   189.5   190.7   192.1    4.4    1.9    4.8    5.6    3.2    5.2 
 All items less shelter.......................  181.9   181.8   182.9   184.5    5.1    1.1    5.7    5.8    3.1    5.8 
 All items less medical care..................  184.1   184.1   185.1   186.4    4.1    1.6    4.7    5.1    2.8    4.9 
 Commodities less food........................  144.8   144.5   146.0   148.6    7.4    0.3    7.5   10.9    3.8    9.2 
 Nondurables less food........................  168.9   168.6   174.7   179.8   13.7   -5.1    7.7   28.4    3.8   17.6 
 Nondurables less food and apparel............  202.6   201.6   207.2   215.2   15.2   -2.8   19.4   27.3    5.8   23.3 
 Nondurables..................................  179.4   179.4   182.6   185.4    8.0   -2.0    6.0   14.1    2.9   10.0 
 Services less rent of shelter (4)............  214.1   214.2   215.2   216.0    3.9    2.5    4.8    3.6    3.2    4.2 
 Services less medical care services..........  215.9   216.2   217.0   217.7    2.5    2.7    3.2    3.4    2.6    3.3 
 Energy.......................................  168.6   167.6   174.4   183.3   20.1   -2.2   30.0   39.7    8.3   34.8 
 All items less energy........................  193.2   193.3   193.6   193.9    2.8    2.1    2.3    1.5    2.4    1.9 
  All items less food and energy..............  194.3   194.4   194.7   195.0    2.5    2.5    2.1    1.4    2.5    1.8 
   Commodities less food and energy                                                                                     
       commodities............................  140.8   140.6   140.3   140.7    2.6    1.7    0.6   -0.3    2.2    0.1 
    Energy commodities........................  185.6   184.0   195.5   210.9   33.8   -7.4   44.8   66.7   11.3   55.4 
   Services less energy services..............  231.5   231.9   232.6   232.9    2.5    3.0    2.6    2.4    2.8    2.5 

   1 Not seasonally adjusted.
   2 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base.
   3 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator.  All other item stratum index series were calculated
 using a geometric means estimator.
   4 Indexes on a December 1984=100 base
   5 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base.
 NOTE:  Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

 Table 6. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Selected areas, all items index 

 (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                All items                                  
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
                                               Prici-           Indexes             Percent change to    Percent change to 
                     CPI-W                       ng                                  Aug. 2005 from--      July 2005 from--  
                                               sched-                                                                      
                                                 ule    May   June   July   Aug.                                           
                                                 (1)   2005   2005   2005   2005   Aug.   June   July   July    May   June 
                                                                                   2004   2005   2005   2004   2005   2005 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                           
 U.S. city average............................   M    190.0  190.1  191.0  192.1    3.8    1.1    0.6    3.3    0.5    0.5 
                                                                                                                           
            Region and area size(2)                                                                                        
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
 Northeast urban..............................   M    202.5  202.5  204.0  204.8    3.9    1.1    0.4    3.4    0.7    0.7 
   Size A - More than 1,500,000...............   M    203.5  203.4  204.9  206.0    4.0    1.3    0.5    3.5    0.7    0.7 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3).........   M    121.6  121.8  122.8  122.9    3.5    0.9    0.1    3.1    1.0    0.8 
                                                                                                                           
 Midwest urban................................   M    182.4  182.9  183.6  185.1    3.9    1.2    0.8    3.1    0.7    0.4 
   Size A - More than 1,500,000...............   M    183.8  184.0  184.4  186.1    3.5    1.1    0.9    2.7    0.3    0.2 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3).........   M    118.5  119.0  119.8  120.5    4.1    1.3    0.6    3.7    1.1    0.7 
   Size D -  Nonmetropolitan  (less than                                                                                   
       50,000)................................   M    178.8  179.6  180.4  182.5    5.2    1.6    1.2    3.9    0.9    0.4 
                                                                                                                           
 South urban..................................   M    184.2  184.7  185.5  186.6    4.0    1.0    0.6    3.5    0.7    0.4 
   Size A - More than 1,500,000...............   M    186.8  187.3  188.1  189.2    4.4    1.0    0.6    3.8    0.7    0.4 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3).........   M    117.9  118.2  118.7  119.5    3.6    1.1    0.7    3.0    0.7    0.4 
   Size D -  Nonmetropolitan  (less than                                                                                   
       50,000)................................   M    186.2  186.7  187.3  188.8    5.2    1.1    0.8    4.4    0.6    0.3 
                                                                                                                           
 West urban...................................   M    193.9  193.1  193.7  194.9    3.7    0.9    0.6    3.0   -0.1    0.3 
   Size A - More than 1,500,000...............   M    195.2  194.1  195.0  196.1    3.8    1.0    0.6    3.2   -0.1    0.5 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3).........   M    120.8  120.6  120.9  121.6    3.4    0.8    0.6    3.0    0.1    0.2 
                                                                                                                           
                 Size classes                                                                                              
                                                                                                                           
   A (4)......................................   M    176.3  176.2  177.0  178.1    3.9    1.1    0.6    3.3    0.4    0.5 
   B/C (3)....................................   M    119.1  119.3  119.9  120.5    3.7    1.0    0.5    3.2    0.7    0.5 
   D..........................................   M    185.0  185.1  185.6  187.3    4.8    1.2    0.9    3.7    0.3    0.3 
                                                                                                                           
            Selected local areas(5)                                                                                        
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI...............   M    186.8  187.1  187.4  189.2    3.3    1.1    1.0    2.7    0.3    0.2 
 Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA......   M    194.6  193.7  194.6  196.4    5.3    1.4    0.9    4.2    0.0    0.5 
 New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island,                                                                                       
     NY-NJ-CT-PA..............................   M    205.6  205.1  206.5  208.3    4.0    1.6    0.9    3.2    0.4    0.7 
                                                                                                                           
 Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT..........   1    214.0      -  216.0      -      -      -      -    3.9    0.9      - 
 Cleveland-Akron, OH..........................   1    177.9      -  178.8      -      -      -      -    3.5    0.5      - 
 Dallas-Fort Worth, TX........................   1    184.1      -  185.4      -      -      -      -    3.3    0.7      - 
 Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV (6)........   1    123.2      -  124.5      -      -      -      -    4.0    1.1      - 
                                                                                                                           
 Atlanta, GA..................................   2        -  187.5      -  188.3    3.2    0.4      -      -      -      - 
 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI..................   2        -  184.7      -  187.7    3.4    1.6      -      -      -      - 
 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX...............   2        -  172.7      -  174.4    4.2    1.0      -      -      -      - 
 Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL....................   2        -  190.7      -  193.8    6.0    1.6      -      -      -      - 
 Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,                                                                                    
     PA-NJ-DE-MD..............................   2        -  204.0      -  206.0    4.0    1.0      -      -      -      - 
 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA...........   2        -  197.5      -  199.5    2.3    1.0      -      -      -      - 
 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA.................   2        -  194.8      -  195.3    3.0    0.3      -      -      -      - 

   1 Areas on pricing schedule 2 (see Table 10) will appear next month. 
   2 Regions defined as the four Census regions.  See technical notes.
   3 Indexes on a December 1996=100 base.
   4 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base.
   5 In addition, the following metropolitan areas are published semiannually and appear in Tables 34 and 39 of the 
 January and July issues of the CPI Detailed Report: Anchorage, AK; Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN; Denver-Boulder-Greeley,
 CO; Honolulu, HI; Kansas City, MO-KS; Milwaukee-Racine, WI; Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI; Phoenix-Mesa, AZ; Pittsburgh, PA;
 Portland-Salem, OR-WA; St. Louis, MO-IL; San Diego, CA; Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL.
   6 Indexes on a November 1996=100 base.
   - Data not available.
 NOTE:  Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

 Table 7. Chained Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (C-CPI-U): U.S. city average, by
 expenditure category and commodity and service group

 (December 1999=100, unless otherwise noted)
                                                                                                  
                                                                                                  
                                                                                    Unadjusted    
                                                 Relative       Unadjusted      percent change to 
                                               importance,       indexes         Aug. 2005 from-  
                    C-CPI-U                     December                                          
                                                2001-2002                                         
                                                              July      Aug.      Aug.      July  
                                                              2005      2005      2004      2005  
                                                                                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                  
             Expenditure category                                                                 
                                                                                                  
 All items....................................    100.000     113.4     113.8       3.0       0.4 
                                                                                                  
  Food and beverages..........................     15.076     113.6     113.6       2.1       0.0 
   Food.......................................     14.086     113.7     113.7       2.1       0.0 
    Food at home..............................      8.062     111.8     111.6       1.5      -0.2 
    Food away from home.......................      6.023     116.2     116.5       3.0       0.3 
   Alcoholic beverages........................       .990     113.0     113.1       1.7       0.1 
                                                                                                  
  Housing.....................................     41.793     118.2     118.4       2.8       0.2 
   Shelter....................................     32.380     119.0     119.0       2.3       0.0 
   Fuels and utilities........................      4.643     139.5     140.8       7.6       0.9 
   Household furnishings and operations.......      4.771      96.2      96.0       0.4      -0.2 
                                                                                                  
  Apparel.....................................      4.317      85.5      86.9      -1.0       1.6 
                                                                                                  
  Transportation..............................     17.315     114.4     115.7       7.1       1.1 
   Private transportation.....................     16.206     114.6     116.1       7.1       1.3 
   Public transportation......................      1.109     112.0     110.5       6.5      -1.3 
                                                                                                  
  Medical care................................      5.783     126.6     126.6       3.8       0.0 
   Medical care commodities...................      1.466     117.2     117.5       2.4       0.3 
   Medical care services......................      4.317     129.9     129.8       4.3      -0.1 
                                                                                                  
  Recreation..................................      5.978     103.1     103.5       0.1       0.4 
                                                                                                  
  Education and communication.................      6.004      99.8     100.1       0.2       0.3 
   Education..................................      2.560     139.3     141.6       5.9       1.7 
   Communication..............................      3.444      76.5      75.9      -3.9      -0.8 
                                                                                                  
  Other goods and services....................      3.734     117.1     117.2       2.7       0.1 
                                                                                                  
          Commodity and service group                                                             
                                                                                                  
 Services.....................................     58.567     120.3     120.5       2.8       0.2 
 Commodities..................................     41.433     104.6     105.3       3.1       0.7 
  Durables....................................     12.521      87.4      87.0       0.1      -0.5 
 Nondurables..................................     28.912     113.0     114.2       4.4       1.1 
  All items less food and energy..............     78.985     110.0     110.2       1.8       0.2 
 Energy.......................................      6.929     155.7     161.9      18.3       4.0 

 Indexes for 2005 are initial estimates.  Indexes for 2004 are interim adjustments.
 NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.