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                   CONSUMER PRICE INDEX:  NOVEMBER 2007
 
      The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased
 0.6 percent in November before seasonal adjustment, the Bureau of Labor
 Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today.  The November
 level of 210.177 (1982-84=100) was 4.3 percent higher than in November
 2006.
      
      The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers
 (CPI-W) increased 0.8 percent in November prior to seasonal adjustment.
 The November level of 205.891 (1982-84=100) was 4.6 percent higher than in
 November 2006.
      
      The Chained Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (C-CPI-U)
 increased 0.4 percent in November on a not seasonally adjusted basis.  The
 November level of 121.178 (December 1999=100) was 3.6 percent higher than
 in November 2006.  Please note that the indexes for the post-2005 period
 are subject to revision.
 
 CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U)
      
      On a seasonally adjusted basis, the CPI-U increased 0.8 percent in
 November, its largest advance since a 1.2 percent rise in September 2005.
 The index for energy advanced 5.7 percent and accounted for nearly 70
 percent of the overall CPI increase in November.  The index for petroleum-
 based energy rose 9.5 percent and the index for energy services, 0.7
 percent.  The food index rose 0.3 percent in November.  The indexes for
 food at home and for food away from home each increased 0.3 percent.  The
 index for all items less food and energy advanced 0.3 percent in November,
 following increases of 0.2 percent in each of the preceding five months.
 In November, the index for shelter rose 0.3 percent after increasing 0.1
 percent in October and the apparel index increased 0.8 percent.
 
     
 Table A.  Percent changes in CPI for Urban Consumers (CPI-U)
                                   Seasonally adjusted                Un-
                                                          Compound  adjusted
     Expenditure        Changes from preceding month    annual rate  12-mos.
      Category                      2007                3-mos. ended  ended
                     
                      May June July Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov.   Nov. '07  Nov. '07
 All Items             .7   .2   .1  -.1   .3   .3  .8     5.6       4.3
  Food and beverages   .3   .5   .3   .4   .5   .3  .3     4.1       4.7
  Housing              .2   .3   .2   .0   .3   .2  .4     3.6       3.1
  Apparel             -.3  -.6   .4  -.5   .3   .0  .8     4.1       -.4
  Transportation      2.8  -.2  -.3 -1.2   .1   .4 2.9    14.4       9.6
  Medical care         .3   .2   .6   .5   .3   .6  .4     5.2       5.0
  Recreation           .2   .0  -.1  -.1   .3   .3  .1     3.0        .6
  Education and                                                         
    communication      .6   .0   .2   .3   .1   .4  .1     2.2       2.8
  Other goods and                                                     
    services           .3   .3   .0   .1   .4   .2  .3     3.7       3.7
  Special Indexes                                                       
   Energy             5.4  -.5 -1.0 -3.2   .3  1.4 5.7    33.8      21.4
   Food                .3   .5   .3   .4   .5   .3  .3     4.3       4.8
   All Items less                                                       
     food and energy   .1   .2   .2   .2   .2   .2  .3     2.6       2.3
     
      During the first eleven months of 2007, the CPI-U rose at a 4.2
 percent seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR). This compares with an 
 increase of 2.5 percent for all of 2006. The index for energy, which 
 increased 2.9 percent in 2006, advanced at an 18.1 percent SAAR in the 
 first 11 months of 2007. Petroleum-based energy costs increased at a 
 30.8 percent annual rate and charges for energy services rose at a 3.2 
 percent annual rate. The food index has increased at a 5.3 percent rate
 thus far in 2007, following a 2.1 percent rise for all of 2006. 
 Excluding food and energy, the CPI-U advanced at a 2.4 percent SAAR in
 the first 11 months of 2007 after increasing 2.6 percent in 2006.
      
      The food and beverages index rose 0.3 percent in November.  The index
 for food at home increased 0.3 percent in November, the same as in
 October.  Larger increases in the indexes for fruit and vegetables, for
 cereal and bakery products, and for dairy products were offset by
 downturns in the indexes for meats, poultry, fish, and eggs, for
 nonalcoholic beverages, and for other food at home.  The index for fruits
 and vegetables increased 1.6 percent in November, following a 0.7 percent
 increase in October.  The indexes for fresh vegetables and for fresh
 fruits each increased 2.3 percent, while the index for processed fruits
 and vegetables declined 0.9 percent.  The index for dairy products
 increased 0.6 percent in November and has advanced 14.0 percent in the
 last 12 months.  Fresh milk prices, which declined 0.6 percent in October,
 turned back up in November, increasing 1.2 percent.  Since the beginning
 of the year fresh milk prices have risen 23.2 percent.  The index for
 cereal and bakery products increased 0.7 percent in November.  The index
 for meats, poultry, fish, and eggs decreased 0.1 percent in November,
 reflecting declines in the indexes for eggs, poultry, pork, and fish and
 seafood.  Beef prices increased 0.6 percent. The indexes for nonalcoholic
 beverages and for other food at home declined 0.5 and 0.2 percent,
 respectively.  The other two components of the food and beverages index--
 food away from home and alcoholic beverages--increased 0.3 and declined
 0.1 percent, respectively.
      
      The index for housing increased 0.4 percent in November, following a
 0.2 percent rise in October.  Each of the three major housing groups
 contributed to the larger advance.  The index for shelter, which rose 0.1
 percent in October, increased 0.3 percent in November.  Within shelter,
 the indexes for rent and for owners' equivalent rent increased 0.4 and 0.3
 percent, respectively, while the index for lodging away from home
 decreased 0.2 percent.  The index for fuels and utilities, which rose 1.2
 percent in October, increased 1.5 percent in November.  The index for fuel
 oil increased 14.2 percent, its largest monthly advance since a 14.7
 percent increase in February 2003.  The indexes for natural gas and for
 electricity rose 0.9 and 0.6 percent, respectively in November.  (Prior to
 seasonal adjustment, charges for electricity declined 2.2 percent,
 reflecting the switch to winter rates in some areas.).  The index for
 household furnishings and operations, which had declined in each of the
 preceding four months, rose 0.1 percent in November.
      
      The transportation index increased 2.9 percent in November.  The
 index for motor fuel rose 9.3 percent, accounting for over 90 percent of
 the overall transportation increase.  (Prior to seasonal adjustment,
 gasoline prices rose 9.7 percent to a level that was 1.5 percent lower
 than their peak level recorded in May.)  The index for new vehicles
 increased 0.1 percent in November.  (As of November, about 53 percent of
 the new car sample consisted of 2008 models.  The 2008 models will
 continue to be phased in, with adjustments for quality change, over the
 next several months as they replace old models at dealerships. For a
 report on quality changes for the 2008 vehicles represented in the
 Producer Price Index sample, see news release USDL-07-1787 dated November
 14, 2007.)  The index for used cars and trucks declined 0.2 percent.
 During the last 12 months, new vehicle prices have declined 0.4 percent
 and prices for used cars and trucks, 0.5 percent.  The index for public
 transportation increased 1.8 percent in November, largely reflecting a 2.6
 percent increase in the index for airline fares.
      
      The index for apparel, which was virtually unchanged in October,
 increased 0.8 percent in November.  (Prior to seasonal adjustment, apparel
 prices declined 0.5 percent in November, reflecting seasonal discounting
 of women's clothing.)
      
      Medical care costs rose 0.4 percent in November to a level 5.0
 percent above a year ago.  The index for medical care commodities--
 prescription drugs, nonprescription drugs, and medical supplies--rose 0.6
 percent.  The index for medical care services rose 0.3 percent.  The
 indexes for professional services and for hospital and related services
 advanced 0.2 and 0.6 percent, respectively.  The index for hospital and
 related services has increased 7.9 percent during the last 12 months.
      
      The index for recreation rose 0.1 percent in November.  Increases in
 the indexes for admissions to movies, theaters, concerts and sporting
 events, for club membership dues and for fees for participant sports--each
 up 0.6 percent--more than offset declines in the indexes for video and
 audio, for photography, and for toys.
      
      The index for education and communication increased 0.1 percent in
 November.  The index for education rose 0.6 percent, while the index for
 communication declined 0.5 percent.  Within the latter group, the index
 for telephone services declined 0.3 percent, reflecting decreases in the
 indexes for both land-line local charges and long distance charges.  The
 index for personal computers and peripheral equipment declined 4.1 percent
 and the index for internet services and electronic information providers
 decreased 0.2 percent.
      
      The index for other goods and services increased 0.3 percent in
 November.  The two major sub-indexes
 --tobacco and smoking products and personal care--rose 0.2 and 0.3
 percent, respectively.  Within the latter group, the index for financial
 services rose 0.5 percent, reflecting a 0.9 percent increase in the index
 for tax return preparation and other accounting fees.
      
      
 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 0.9 percent in November.
 
 
 Table B.  Percent changes in CPI for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical 
 Workers (CPI-W)
                                   Seasonally adjusted                Un-
                                                          Compound  adjusted
     Expenditure        Changes from preceding month    annual rate  12-mos.
      Category                      2007                3-mos. ended  ended
                     May June July Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov.   Nov. '07  Nov. '07                                                            
 All Items            .8   .1   .1  -.2   .3   .3  .9       6.0       4.6
  Food and beverages  .4   .5   .2   .4   .5   .3  .2       4.0       4.7
  Housing             .2   .2   .2   .0   .2   .3  .5       4.1       3.2
  Apparel            -.3  -.9   .8  -.3   .1   .1  .5       2.6       -.7
  Transportation     3.1  -.2  -.3 -1.4   .1   .4 3.0      15.3      10.5
  Medical care        .3   .2   .7   .5   .4   .6  .4       5.5       5.1
  Recreation          .2  -.1  -.1  -.1   .4   .3  .0       2.8        .3
  Education and                                                         
    communication     .6   .0   .3   .3   .0   .3  .0       1.2       2.4
  Other goods and                                                     
    services          .3   .3   .1   .1   .4   .2  .2       3.7       4.4
  Special Indexes                                                       
   Energy            5.8  -.7 -1.0 -3.4   .3  1.4 5.9      35.0      22.3
   Food               .4   .5   .3   .4   .5   .3  .2       4.2       4.8
   All Items less                                                       
     food and energy  .1   .2   .3   .2   .2   .2  .2       2.4       2.2
 
 
 
     Consumer Price Index data for December are scheduled for release on
 Wednesday, January 16, 2008, at 8:30 A.M. (EST).  Releases for the
 remainder of 2008:
     
                     Feb. 20                              Aug. 14
                     Mar. 14                              Sep. 16
                     Apr. 16                              Oct. 16
                     May  14                              Nov. 19
                     June 13                              Dec. 16
                     July 16                              Jan. 16, 2009
         
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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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 Note on Sampling Error in the Consumer Price Index
                                     
      The CPI is a statistical estimate that is subject to sampling error
 because it is based upon a sample of retail prices and not the complete
 universe of all prices.  BLS calculates and publishes estimates of the 1-
 month, 2-month, 6-month and 12-month percent change standard errors
 annually, for the CPI-U.  These standard error estimates can be used to
 construct confidence intervals for hypothesis testing.  For example, the
 estimated standard error of the 1 month percent change is 0.06 percent for
 the U.S. All Items Consumer Price Index.  This means that if we repeatedly
 sample from the universe of all retail prices using the same methodology,
 and estimate a percentage change for each sample, then 95% of these
 estimates would be within 0.12 percent of the 1 month percentage change
 based on all retail prices.  For a 1-month change of 0.2 percent in the
 All Items CPI for All Urban Consumers, we are 95 percent confident that
 the actual percent change based on all retail prices would fall between
 0.08 and 0.32 percent.  For the latest data, including information on how
 to use the estimates of standard error, see "Variance Estimates for
 Changes in the Consumer Price Index, January 2005- December 2005 in the
 CPI Detailed Report, February 2006.  These data are available on the CPI
 home page (http://www.bls.gov/cpi), using the following link
 http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpivar2006.pdf
      
 
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 Calculating Index Changes
 
       Movements of the indexes from one month to another are usually
 expressed as percent changes rather than changes in index points, because
 index point changes are affected by the level of the index in relation to
 its base period while percent changes are not.  The example below illustrates
 the computation of index point and percent changes.
      
       Percent changes for 3-month and 6-month periods are expressed as
 annual rates and are computed according to the standard formula for
 compound growth rates.  These data indicate what the percent change would
 be if the current rate were maintained for a 12-month period.
 
 
 Index Point Change
 
 CPI 					202.416
 Less previous index			201.800
 Equals index point change	           .616	
 
 
 Percent Change
 
 Index point difference			   .616
 Divided by the previous index          201.800
 Equals 				  0.003
 Results multiplied by one hundred    0.003x100
 Equals percent change                      0.3
 
 
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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 2002 through December 2006 were replaced in January 2007.
 Exceptions to the usual revision schedule were: the updated seasonal data
 at the end of 1977 replaced data from 1967 through 1977; and, in January
 2002, dependently seasonally adjusted series were revised for January 1987-
 December 2001 as a result of a change in the aggregation weights for
 dependently adjusted series. For further information, please see
 "Aggregation of Dependently Adjusted Seasonally Adjusted Series," in the
 October 2001 issue of the CPI Detailed Report.
      
      The seasonal movement of All items and 54 other aggregations is
 derived by combining the seasonal movement of 73 selected components.
 Each year the seasonal status of every series is reevaluated based upon
 certain statistical criteria.  If any of the 73 components change their
 seasonal adjustment status from seasonally adjusted to not seasonally
 adjusted, not seasonally adjusted data will be used in the aggregation of
 the dependent series for the last 5 years, but the seasonally adjusted
 indexes will be used before that period.  Note: 44 of the 73 components
 are seasonally adjusted for 2007.
      
      Seasonally adjusted data, including the All items index levels, are
 subject to revision for up to five years after their original release.
 For this reason, BLS advises against the use of these data in escalation
 agreements.
      
      Effective with the calculation of the seasonal factors for 1990, the
 Bureau of Labor Statistics has used an enhanced seasonal adjustment
 procedure called Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment for some CPI
 series.  Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment allows for better
 estimates of seasonally adjusted data.  Extreme values and/or sharp
 movements which might distort the seasonal pattern are estimated and
 removed from the data prior to calculation of seasonal factors.  Beginning
 with the calculation of seasonal factors for 1996, X-12-ARIMA software was
 used for Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment.
   
      In January 2007, BLS adjusted 37 series using Intervention Analysis
 Seasonal Adjustment, including selected food and beverage items, fuel oil,
 motor fuels, vehicles, jewelry, admission to sporting events and
 educational books and supplies.  For example, this procedure was used for
 the Motor fuel series to offset the effects of damage to oil refineries
 from Hurricane Katrina, as well as the effects of implementing new fuel
 requirements in the United States.
      
      For a complete list of Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment
 series and explanations, please refer to the article "Intervention
 Analysis Seasonal Adjustment", located on our website at:
 http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpisapage.htm.
      
      For additional information on seasonal adjustment in the CPI, please
 write to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Division of Consumer Prices and
 Price Indexes, Washington, DC 20212 or contact Jeff Wilson on (202) 691-
 6968 by e-mail at Wilson.Jeff@bls.gov.  If you have general questions
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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                          
                                                             Unadjusted indexes   percent change   Seasonally adjusted  
                                                 Relative                          to Nov. 2007    percent change from- 
                     CPI-U                     importance,                            from-                             
                                                 December                                                               
                                                   2006       Oct.       Nov.                      Aug.    Sep.    Oct. 
                                                              2007       2007      Nov.    Oct.     to      to      to  
                                                                                   2006    2007    Sep.    Oct.    Nov. 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                        
             Expenditure category                                                                                       
                                                                                                                        
 All items....................................    100.000    208.936    210.177     4.3     0.6     0.3     0.3     0.8 
 All items (1967=100).........................          -    625.879    629.598       -       -       -       -       - 
                                                                                                                        
  Food and beverages..........................     14.992    206.124    206.563     4.7     0.2     0.5     0.3     0.3 
   Food.......................................     13.885    205.796    206.277     4.8     0.2     0.5     0.3     0.3 
    Food at home..............................      7.896    204.333    204.745     5.4     0.2     0.5     0.3     0.3 
     Cereals and bakery products..............      1.103    224.691    225.668     5.2     0.4     0.4     0.4     0.7 
     Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs...........      2.112    198.474    198.616     5.4     0.1     0.5     0.2    -0.1 
     Dairy and related products...............       .821    205.319    205.959    14.0     0.3     1.0     0.2     0.6 
     Fruits and vegetables....................      1.211    263.648    268.407     4.5     1.8     1.8     0.7     1.6 
     Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage                                                                                
         materials............................       .906    155.545    154.299     3.6    -0.8     0.0     0.1    -0.5 
     Other food at home.......................      1.743    174.695    173.963     2.8    -0.4    -0.2     0.3    -0.2 
      Sugar and sweets........................       .302    177.236    178.600     3.4     0.8     0.6    -0.4     0.9 
      Fats and oils...........................       .227    176.050    175.327     4.3    -0.4    -0.3     0.8     0.9 
      Other foods (1).........................      1.214    189.695    188.340     2.4    -0.7    -0.4     0.3    -0.7 
       Other miscellaneous foods (1) (2)......       .327    114.850    115.396     1.4     0.5    -1.2     0.2     0.5 
    Food away from home (1)...................      5.989    209.275    209.854     4.1     0.3     0.5     0.2     0.3 
     Other food away from home (2)............       .281    146.074    146.628     5.8     0.4     0.9    -0.5     0.5 
   Alcoholic beverages (1)....................      1.107    209.126    209.018     3.7    -0.1     0.1     0.3    -0.1 
                                                                                                                        
  Housing.....................................     42.691    210.701    210.745     3.1     0.0     0.3     0.2     0.4 
   Shelter....................................     32.776    242.405    242.207     3.1    -0.1     0.3     0.1     0.3 
    Rent of primary residence (3).............      5.930    237.135    238.169     4.0     0.4     0.3     0.5     0.4 
    Lodging away from home (2)................      2.648    143.172    136.703     4.6    -4.5     1.0    -1.5    -0.2 
    Owners' equivalent rent of primary                                                                                  
        residence (3) (4).....................     23.830    248.075    248.876     2.8     0.3     0.3     0.2     0.3 
    Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2)..       .369    116.640    116.997    -1.1     0.3    -0.1    -0.1     0.3 
   Fuels and utilities........................      5.264    200.836    202.161     6.1     0.7     0.1     1.2     1.5 
    Household energy..........................      4.368    181.509    182.725     6.2     0.7     0.1     1.4     1.6 
     Fuel oil and other fuels.................       .338    261.745    291.845    28.5    11.5     1.0     2.6    11.9 
     Gas (piped) and electricity (3)..........      4.029    185.337    184.753     4.4    -0.3     0.1     1.3     0.7 
    Water and sewer and trash collection                                                                                
        services (2)..........................       .897    145.488    146.376     5.3     0.6     0.2     0.2     0.6 
   Household furnishings and operations.......      4.651    126.233    126.252    -0.7     0.0    -0.2    -0.1     0.1 
    Household operations (1) (2)..............       .792    141.013    141.610     2.0     0.4    -0.2     0.2     0.4 
                                                                                                                        
  Apparel.....................................      3.726    121.846    121.204    -0.4    -0.5     0.3     0.0     0.8 
   Men's and boys' apparel....................       .885    114.953    114.807    -0.7    -0.1     0.8    -0.3    -0.2 
   Women's and girls' apparel.................      1.590    113.402    112.166    -1.5    -1.1    -0.1    -0.4     1.2 
   Infants' and toddlers' apparel.............       .177    117.149    117.339    -0.2     0.2     0.8     1.7     1.0 
   Footwear...................................       .749    124.675    125.005     0.4     0.3    -0.4     0.4     1.2 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation..............................     17.249    184.952    190.677     9.6     3.1     0.1     0.4     2.9 
   Private transportation.....................     16.188    180.919    186.839     9.9     3.3     0.1     0.4     2.9 
    New and used motor vehicles (2)...........      7.581     94.201     94.562    -0.4     0.4    -0.2    -0.1     0.0 
     New vehicles.............................      4.982    135.344    136.250    -0.4     0.7    -0.3    -0.2     0.1 
     Used cars and trucks (1).................      1.716    136.950    136.616    -0.5    -0.2     0.0    -0.1    -0.2 
    Motor fuel................................      4.347    239.048    262.282    37.0     9.7     0.4     1.5     9.3 
     Gasoline (all types).....................      4.303    237.819    260.943    37.1     9.7     0.4     1.4     9.3 
    Motor vehicle parts and equipment (1).....       .370    123.017    123.487     3.3     0.4     0.5     0.6     0.4 
    Motor vehicle maintenance and repair......      1.145    224.939    225.672     3.3     0.3     0.0     0.1     0.3 
   Public transportation......................      1.060    232.725    233.758     6.1     0.4     0.5     1.2     1.8 
                                                                                                                        
  Medical care................................      6.281    355.653    357.041     5.0     0.4     0.3     0.6     0.4 
   Medical care commodities...................      1.446    292.161    293.201     2.3     0.4     0.0     0.3     0.6 
   Medical care services......................      4.834    374.750    376.250     5.8     0.4     0.4     0.6     0.3 
    Professional services.....................      2.817    303.532    303.780     4.1     0.1     0.2     0.4     0.2 
    Hospital and related services (3).........      1.630    510.006    515.359     7.9     1.0     0.8     1.1     0.6 
                                                                                                                        
  Recreation (2)..............................      5.552    111.753    111.842     0.6     0.1     0.3     0.3     0.1 
   Video and audio (2)........................      1.719    103.157    102.719    -0.9    -0.4     0.5     0.3    -0.3 
                                                                                                                        
  Education and communication (2).............      6.034    121.557    121.409     2.8    -0.1     0.1     0.4     0.1 
   Education (2)..............................      3.076    176.339    176.717     5.6     0.2     0.2     0.7     0.6 
    Educational books and supplies............       .204    431.432    431.606     8.3     0.0     0.3    -0.1     0.6 
    Tuition, other school fees, and childcare       2.872    508.449    509.605     5.4     0.2     0.1     0.8     0.6 
   Communication (2)..........................      2.958     83.659     83.250    -0.1    -0.5     0.0     0.0    -0.5 
    Information and information processing (1)                                                                          
        (2)...................................      2.769     80.946     80.519    -0.3    -0.5     0.0     0.0    -0.5 
     Telephone services (1) (2)...............      2.225     99.031     98.775     2.4    -0.3     0.1     0.2    -0.3 
     Information technology, hardware and                                                                               
         services (1) (5).....................       .543     10.385     10.204   -10.5    -1.7    -0.1    -0.9    -1.7 
      Personal computers and peripheral                                                                                 
          equipment (1) (2)...................       .203      9.324      8.946   -13.1    -4.1    -0.7    -1.4    -4.1 
                                                                                                                        
  Other goods and services....................      3.476    335.680    336.379     3.7     0.2     0.4     0.2     0.3 
   Tobacco and smoking products (1)...........       .712    560.626    561.967     8.2     0.2     0.8     0.2     0.2 
   Personal care..............................      2.764    196.763    197.156     2.6     0.2     0.3     0.2     0.3 
    Personal care products (1)................       .708    158.381    158.561     1.6     0.1    -0.1     0.5     0.1 
    Personal care services (1)................       .677    217.887    218.604     3.0     0.3     0.3     0.1     0.3 
    Miscellaneous personal services...........      1.188    328.056    328.610     3.3     0.2     0.7     0.2     0.2 
                                                                                                                        
          Commodity and service group                                                                                   
                                                                                                                        
 Commodities..................................     40.305    168.664    171.043     5.7     1.4     0.2     0.3     1.5 
  Food and beverages..........................     14.992    206.124    206.563     4.7     0.2     0.5     0.3     0.3 
  Commodities less food and beverages.........     25.313    147.924    151.067     6.3     2.1     0.1     0.3     2.2 
   Nondurables less food and beverages........     14.191    184.091    190.560    12.3     3.5     0.1     0.4     6.7 
    Apparel...................................      3.726    121.846    121.204    -0.4    -0.5     0.3     0.0     0.8 
    Nondurables less food, beverages, and                                                                               
        apparel...............................     10.465    227.026    238.067    17.0     4.9     0.2     1.1     4.4 
   Durables...................................     11.122    111.889    112.103    -1.2     0.2    -0.2    -0.1     0.1 
 Services.....................................     59.695    248.878    248.974     3.4     0.0     0.3     0.3     0.3 
  Rent of shelter (4).........................     32.407    252.713    252.495     3.2    -0.1     0.3     0.1     0.3 
  Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2)....       .369    116.640    116.997    -1.1     0.3    -0.1    -0.1     0.3 
  Gas (piped) and electricity (3).............      4.029    185.337    184.753     4.4    -0.3     0.1     1.3     0.7 
  Water and sewer and trash collection                                                                                  
      services (2)............................       .897    145.488    146.376     5.3     0.6     0.2     0.2     0.6 
  Household operations (1) (2)................       .792    141.013    141.610     2.0     0.4    -0.2     0.2     0.4 
  Transportation services.....................      5.638    235.458    236.449     2.1     0.4     0.2     0.3     0.5 
  Medical care services.......................      4.834    374.750    376.250     5.8     0.4     0.4     0.6     0.3 
  Other services..............................     10.730    289.307    289.592     3.0     0.1     0.3     0.4     0.2 
                                                                                                                        
                Special indexes                                                                                         
                                                                                                                        
 All items less food..........................     86.115    209.478    210.846     4.2     0.7     0.2     0.3     0.9 
 All items less shelter.......................     67.224    198.171    199.998     4.9     0.9     0.2     0.4     1.0 
 All items less medical care..................     93.719    201.544    202.770     4.3     0.6     0.3     0.3     0.8 
 Commodities less food........................     26.420    150.180    153.234     6.2     2.0     0.1     0.3     2.1 
 Nondurables less food........................     15.299    185.610    191.668    11.6     3.3     0.2     0.4     6.2 
 Nondurables less food and apparel............     11.572    224.338    234.241    15.7     4.4     0.2     1.0     4.0 
 Nondurables..................................     29.183    195.646    199.253     8.4     1.8     0.3     0.4     3.4 
 Services less rent of shelter (4)............     27.288    263.109    263.599     3.5     0.2     0.2     0.3     0.2 
 Services less medical care services..........     54.861    238.657    238.671     3.1     0.0     0.2     0.3     0.2 
 Energy.......................................      8.715    207.588    219.009    21.4     5.5     0.3     1.4     5.7 
 All items less energy........................     91.285    210.714    210.888     2.7     0.1     0.3     0.2     0.3 
  All items less food and energy..............     77.401    212.318    212.435     2.3     0.1     0.2     0.2     0.3 
   Commodities less food and energy                                                                                     
       commodities............................     21.735    140.501    140.547     0.0     0.0     0.0     0.0     0.2 
    Energy commodities........................      4.685    241.642    265.420    36.4     9.8     0.4     1.5     9.5 
   Services less energy services..............     55.666    255.385    255.549     3.3     0.1     0.3     0.2     0.3 
 Purchasing power of the consumer dollar                                                                                
     (1982-84=$1.00)..........................          -     $ .479     $ .476       -       -       -       -       - 
 Purchasing power of the consumer dollar                                                                                
     (1967=$1.00).............................          -     $ .160     $ .159       -       -       -       -       - 

   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--    
                                               Aug.      Sep.      Oct.      Nov.                                                  
                                               2007      2007      2007      2007                                                  
                                                                                      Feb.    May     Aug.    Nov.    May     Nov. 
                                                                                      2007    2007    2007    2007    2007    2007 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                   
            Expenditure category                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                   
 All items.................................  207.738   208.292   208.903   210.565     4.0     7.0     0.7     5.6     5.5     3.1 
                                                                                                                                   
  Food and beverages.......................  204.528   205.513   206.085   206.605     5.9     4.2     4.6     4.1     5.1     4.4 
   Food....................................  204.143   205.193   205.753   206.322     6.1     4.2     4.7     4.3     5.1     4.5 
    Food at home...........................  202.573   203.629   204.259   204.823     7.0     5.4     4.5     4.5     6.2     4.5 
     Cereals and bakery products...........  223.047   223.974   224.826   226.499     7.2     2.4     4.9     6.3     4.8     5.6 
     Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs........  197.030   198.081   198.477   198.235     5.2    13.7     0.9     2.5     9.4     1.7 
     Dairy and related products............  201.964   203.900   204.363   205.570     6.5     9.5    35.0     7.3     8.0    20.4 
     Fruits and vegetables.................  257.280   261.869   263.812   268.164    18.0    -6.0    -8.9    18.0     5.3     3.7 
     Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage                                                                                           
         materials.........................  155.469   155.413   155.523   154.715     3.3     7.3     6.1    -1.9     5.3     2.0 
     Other food at home....................  174.576   174.222   174.691   174.307     4.2     3.1     4.8    -0.6     3.6     2.0 
      Sugar and sweets.....................  177.514   178.518   177.835   179.461     0.6     3.4     5.3     4.5     2.0     4.9 
      Fats and oils........................  174.376   173.822   175.245   176.824     2.4     1.2     8.0     5.7     1.8     6.9 
      Other foods (1)......................  189.781   189.076   189.695   188.340     5.2     3.4     4.0    -3.0     4.3     0.4 
       Other miscellaneous foods (1) (2)...  116.072   114.628   114.850   115.396     4.1    -0.9     4.9    -2.3     1.6     1.2 
    Food away from home (1)................  207.756   208.805   209.275   209.854     4.7     2.6     5.0     4.1     3.6     4.6 
     Other food away from home (2).........  145.278   146.610   145.918   146.634     9.0     4.7     5.9     3.8     6.8     4.8 
   Alcoholic beverages (1).................  208.264   208.408   209.126   209.018     5.6     4.4     3.3     1.5     5.0     2.4 
                                                                                                                                   
  Housing..................................  209.933   210.470   210.926   211.817     4.2     2.5     2.0     3.6     3.3     2.8 
   Shelter.................................  241.475   242.293   242.559   243.291     3.7     2.6     3.3     3.0     3.1     3.1 
    Rent of primary residence (3)..........  235.349   236.058   237.127   238.081     5.1     3.5     2.9     4.7     4.3     3.8 
    Lodging away from home (2).............  145.314   146.722   144.570   144.286     6.0     4.9    11.0    -2.8     5.4     3.9 
    Owners' equivalent rent of primary                                                                                             
        residence (3) (4)..................  246.761   247.445   248.001   248.838     3.2     2.1     2.4     3.4     2.6     2.9 
    Tenants' and household insurance (1)                                                                                           
        (2)................................  116.926   116.783   116.640   116.997    -3.3    -3.1     1.9     0.2    -3.2     1.1 
   Fuels and utilities.....................  199.053   199.338   201.661   204.624    11.5     4.9    -3.1    11.7     8.1     4.1 
    Household energy.......................  179.698   179.939   182.407   185.408    12.2     5.2    -5.0    13.3     8.7     3.8 
     Fuel oil and other fuels..............  253.876   256.322   262.976   294.246    -9.7    33.9    24.7    80.4    10.0    50.0 
     Gas (piped) and electricity (3).......  183.827   183.937   186.259   187.587    14.3     3.2    -7.2     8.4     8.6     0.3 
    Water and sewer and trash collection                                                                                           
        services (2).......................  144.972   145.246   145.488   146.376     6.9     3.4     7.0     3.9     5.2     5.4 
   Household furnishings and operations....  126.735   126.464   126.312   126.383    -0.2    -0.4    -1.1    -1.1    -0.3    -1.1 
    Household operations (1) (2)...........  140.971   140.698   141.013   141.610     2.4     2.1     1.4     1.8     2.3     1.6 
                                                                                                                                   
  Apparel..................................  117.936   118.232   118.247   119.134     4.1    -6.6    -2.8     4.1    -1.4     0.6 
   Men's and boys' apparel.................  112.309   113.158   112.779   112.587    -3.8    -1.8     1.8     1.0    -2.8     1.4 
   Women's and girls' apparel..............  108.533   108.461   108.078   109.399     9.4    -9.1    -8.4     3.2    -0.3    -2.8 
   Infants' and toddlers' apparel..........  112.203   113.091   115.027   116.202    -3.0   -11.4     0.1    15.0    -7.3     7.3 
   Footwear................................  122.326   121.792   122.241   123.685    -0.7    -4.3     2.2     4.5    -2.5     3.4 
                                                                                                                                   
  Transportation...........................  184.702   184.899   185.713   191.035     3.8    30.6    -6.6    14.4    16.5     3.4 
   Private transportation..................  180.862   181.008   181.709   187.048     3.5    33.2    -7.3    14.4    17.4     3.0 
    New and used motor vehicles (2)........   94.626    94.422    94.330    94.363    -2.3    -0.5     2.6    -1.1    -1.4     0.7 
     New vehicles..........................  136.457   136.113   135.823   135.968    -0.9     0.3     0.5    -1.4    -0.3    -0.5 
     Used cars and trucks (1)..............  137.138   137.142   136.950   136.616    -7.6    -0.3     8.1    -1.5    -4.1     3.2 
    Motor fuel.............................  237.534   238.498   241.971   264.462    17.5   166.8   -26.8    53.7    77.0     6.1 
     Gasoline (all types)..................  236.522   237.409   240.824   263.212    17.4   168.2   -26.8    53.4    77.4     5.9 
    Motor vehicle parts and equipment (1)..  121.730   122.292   123.017   123.487     2.4     2.7     2.5     5.9     2.5     4.2 
    Motor vehicle maintenance and repair...  224.432   224.473   224.748   225.370     3.7     3.5     4.3     1.7     3.6     3.0 
   Public transportation...................  228.803   229.945   232.798   236.940     8.4    -3.3     5.0    15.0     2.4     9.9 
                                                                                                                                   
  Medical care.............................  353.209   354.396   356.360   357.740     6.0     3.3     5.6     5.2     4.6     5.4 
   Medical care commodities................  290.911   290.962   291.886   293.709     1.0     0.6     3.7     3.9     0.8     3.8 
   Medical care services...................  371.893   373.489   375.814   377.012     7.5     4.0     6.1     5.6     5.8     5.9 
    Professional services..................  302.356   302.950   304.067   304.639     7.4     1.3     4.7     3.1     4.3     3.9 
    Hospital and related services (3)......  502.604   506.744   512.322   515.266     6.3     7.6     7.2    10.5     7.0     8.8 
                                                                                                                                   
  Recreation (2)...........................  111.186   111.495   111.853   112.002    -0.9     0.9    -0.8     3.0     0.0     1.1 
   Video and audio (2).....................  102.381   102.924   103.281   103.020    -3.5     0.1    -2.7     2.5    -1.7    -0.1 
                                                                                                                                   
  Education and communication (2)..........  120.182   120.304   120.731   120.823     1.5     5.3     2.3     2.2     3.4     2.2 
   Education (2)...........................  172.510   172.780   174.034   175.082     4.9     6.0     5.1     6.1     5.5     5.6 
    Educational books and supplies.........  428.565   429.676   429.396   432.043     6.6    10.5    13.2     3.3     8.5     8.1 
    Tuition, other school fees, and                                                                                                
        childcare..........................  496.848   497.589   501.493   504.509     4.8     5.7     4.6     6.3     5.3     5.4 
   Communication (2).......................   83.658    83.693    83.661    83.251    -2.2     4.6    -0.5    -1.9     1.1    -1.2 
    Information and information processing                                                                                         
        (1) (2)............................   80.944    80.976    80.946    80.519    -2.4     4.2    -1.0    -2.1     0.9    -1.6 
     Telephone services (1) (2)............   98.813    98.882    99.031    98.775     2.5     5.9     1.3    -0.2     4.2     0.6 
     Information technology, hardware and                                                                                          
         services (1) (5)..................   10.487    10.477    10.385    10.204   -17.9    -2.4   -10.7   -10.4   -10.5   -10.5 
      Personal computers and peripheral                                                                                            
          equipment (1) (2)................    9.524     9.455     9.324     8.946    -4.8    -7.7   -16.8   -22.2    -6.3   -19.5 
                                                                                                                                   
  Other goods and services.................  333.712   335.133   335.868   336.778     6.8     3.0     1.5     3.7     4.9     2.6 
   Tobacco and smoking products (1)........  555.217   559.636   560.626   561.967    24.7     0.6     4.1     5.0    12.0     4.5 
   Personal care...........................  195.809   196.450   196.903   197.452     2.5     3.6     0.8     3.4     3.1     2.1 
    Personal care products (1).............  157.788   157.643   158.381   158.561     5.1     1.4    -2.0     2.0     3.2     0.0 
    Personal care services (1).............  217.028   217.589   217.887   218.604     4.4     3.0     1.5     2.9     3.7     2.2 
    Miscellaneous personal services........  325.752   327.885   328.555   329.103     2.1     4.7     2.1     4.2     3.4     3.2 
                                                                                                                                   
        Commodity and service group                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                   
 Commodities...............................  167.657   168.022   168.531   170.990     4.0    13.6    -2.2     8.2     8.7     2.9 
  Food and beverages.......................  204.528   205.513   206.085   206.605     5.9     4.2     4.6     4.1     5.1     4.4 
  Commodities less food and beverages......  147.198   147.288   147.755   150.975     3.0    19.5    -5.9    10.7    11.0     2.0 
   Nondurables less food and beverages.....  180.059   180.329   181.133   193.273     3.2    31.2   -11.4    32.7    16.3     8.4 
    Apparel................................  117.936   118.232   118.247   119.134     4.1    -6.6    -2.8     4.1    -1.4     0.6 
    Nondurables less food, beverages, and                                                                                          
        apparel............................  225.615   226.029   228.406   238.559     8.5    60.7   -14.0    25.0    32.0     3.7 
   Durables................................  112.528   112.252   112.102   112.174    -2.8    -1.3     0.3    -1.3    -2.0    -0.5 
 Services..................................  247.469   248.199   248.934   249.783     4.3     2.7     2.6     3.8     3.5     3.2 
  Rent of shelter (4)......................  251.709   252.550   252.860   253.629     3.8     2.6     3.2     3.1     3.2     3.2 
  Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2)   116.926   116.783   116.640   116.997    -3.3    -3.1     1.9     0.2    -3.2     1.1 
  Gas (piped) and electricity (3)..........  183.827   183.937   186.259   187.587    14.3     3.2    -7.2     8.4     8.6     0.3 
  Water and sewer and trash collection                                                                                             
      services (2).........................  144.972   145.246   145.488   146.376     6.9     3.4     7.0     3.9     5.2     5.4 
  Household operations (1) (2).............  140.971   140.698   141.013   141.610     2.4     2.1     1.4     1.8     2.3     1.6 
  Transportation services..................  234.183   234.578   235.197   236.361     2.2    -2.1     4.9     3.8     0.0     4.3 
  Medical care services....................  371.893   373.489   375.814   377.012     7.5     4.0     6.1     5.6     5.8     5.9 
  Other services...........................  286.386   287.243   288.355   288.990     1.8     5.0     1.7     3.7     3.4     2.7 
                                                                                                                                   
              Special indexes                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                   
 All items less food.......................  208.356   208.827   209.447   211.290     3.8     7.5     0.0     5.8     5.6     2.9 
 All items less shelter....................  196.853   197.308   198.063   200.114     4.3     9.2    -0.5     6.8     6.7     3.1 
 All items less medical care...............  200.405   200.929   201.483   203.142     4.1     7.3     0.4     5.6     5.6     2.9 
 Commodities less food.....................  149.448   149.540   150.016   153.145     3.1    18.8    -5.6    10.3    10.7     2.0 
 Nondurables less food.....................  181.786   182.096   182.825   194.224     3.0    29.2   -10.5    30.3    15.3     8.0 
 Nondurables less food and apparel.........  222.999   223.358   225.628   234.687     8.0    54.6   -12.6    22.7    29.2     3.6 
 Nondurables...............................  192.718   193.390   194.118   200.660     4.7    16.6    -3.8    17.5    10.5     6.4 
 Services less rent of shelter (4).........  261.644   262.272   263.159   263.649     4.4     4.2     2.5     3.1     4.3     2.8 
 Services less medical care services.......  237.685   238.208   238.805   239.235     3.9     3.2     2.8     2.6     3.5     2.7 
 Energy....................................  205.920   206.496   209.422   221.450    14.9    71.0   -17.5    33.8    40.2     5.0 
 All items less energy.....................  209.556   210.112   210.483   211.062     3.1     2.0     2.8     2.9     2.5     2.9 
  All items less food and energy...........  211.250   211.714   212.050   212.633     2.6     1.6     2.5     2.6     2.1     2.6 
   Commodities less food and energy                                                                                                
       commodities.........................  139.963   139.929   139.903   140.144     0.7    -1.3     0.2     0.5    -0.3     0.4 
    Energy commodities.....................  239.722   240.784   244.473   267.624    15.3   155.3   -24.3    55.3    71.6     8.4 
   Services less energy services...........  253.985   254.778   255.354   256.155     3.5     2.7     3.4     3.5     3.1     3.4 

   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                                      
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                       Indexes                 Percent change to Percent change to
                    CPI-U                      Pricing                                          Nov. 2007 from--   Oct. 2007 from-- 
                                              schedule                                                                            
                                                 (1)      Aug.      Sep.      Oct.      Nov.                                      
                                                          2007      2007      2007      2007    Nov.  Sep.  Oct.  Oct.  Aug.  Sep.
                                                                                                2006  2007  2007  2006  2007  2007
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                  
 U.S. city average...........................    M      207.917   208.490   208.936   210.177   4.3   0.8   0.6   3.5   0.5   0.2 
                                                                                                                                  
           Region and area size(2)                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
 Northeast urban.............................    M      221.559   221.436   221.951   223.356   4.0   0.9   0.6   3.1   0.2   0.2 
   Size A - More than 1,500,000..............    M      224.246   224.274   224.636   225.766   3.8   0.7   0.5   3.2   0.2   0.2 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........    M      130.519   130.206   130.761   132.049   4.5   1.4   1.0   3.0   0.2   0.4 
                                                                                                                                  
 Midwest urban...............................    M      198.551   199.714   199.455   200.762   4.1   0.5   0.7   3.7   0.5  -0.1 
   Size A - More than 1,500,000..............    M      199.823   201.171   200.927   202.012   3.9   0.4   0.5   3.5   0.6  -0.1 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........    M      126.886   127.504   127.349   128.392   4.3   0.7   0.8   3.9   0.4  -0.1 
   Size D -  Nonmetropolitan  (less than                                                                                          
       50,000)...............................    M      194.716   195.483   195.054   196.569   5.1   0.6   0.8   4.3   0.2  -0.2 
                                                                                                                                  
 South urban.................................    M      201.041   201.697   202.155   203.437   4.7   0.9   0.6   3.8   0.6   0.2 
   Size A - More than 1,500,000..............    M      203.579   204.302   204.779   205.698   4.6   0.7   0.4   3.8   0.6   0.2 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........    M      127.833   128.263   128.600   129.556   5.0   1.0   0.7   4.0   0.6   0.3 
   Size D -  Nonmetropolitan  (less than                                                                                          
       50,000)...............................    M      200.771   200.898   200.712   202.550   3.7   0.8   0.9   2.6   0.0  -0.1 
                                                                                                                                  
 West urban..................................    M      212.406   212.920   213.917   214.904   4.2   0.9   0.5   3.3   0.7   0.5 
   Size A - More than 1,500,000..............    M      215.825   216.429   217.314   218.196   4.1   0.8   0.4   3.2   0.7   0.4 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........    M      128.939   129.064   129.866   130.581   4.4   1.2   0.6   3.5   0.7   0.6 
                                                                                                                                  
                 Size classes                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                  
   A (4).....................................    M      190.382   190.962   191.324   192.224   4.1   0.7   0.5   3.4   0.5   0.2 
   B/C (3)...................................    M      128.216   128.506   128.869   129.848   4.6   1.0   0.8   3.8   0.5   0.3 
   D.........................................    M      200.311   200.903   200.941   202.525   4.3   0.8   0.8   3.4   0.3   0.0 
                                                                                                                                  
           Selected local areas(5)                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI..............    M      205.813   206.454   206.696   207.821   5.0   0.7   0.5   4.7   0.4   0.1 
 Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA.....    M      217.330   217.697   218.696   219.943   4.2   1.0   0.6   3.5   0.6   0.5 
 New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island,                                                                                              
     NY-NJ-CT-PA.............................    M      228.326   228.308   228.552   229.504   3.9   0.5   0.4   3.1   0.1   0.1 
                                                                                                                                  
 Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT.........    1            -   227.850         -   230.689   3.4   1.2     -     -     -     - 
 Cleveland-Akron, OH.........................    1            -   197.000         -   197.726   4.4   0.4     -     -     -     - 
 Dallas-Fort Worth, TX.......................    1            -   194.847         -   196.465   4.3   0.8     -     -     -     - 
 Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV (6).......    1            -   134.678         -   135.151   4.5   0.4     -     -     -     - 
                                                                                                                                  
 Atlanta, GA.................................    2      201.258         -   201.938         -     -     -     -   4.8   0.3     - 
 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI.................    2      199.679         -   201.786         -     -     -     -   2.6   1.1     - 
 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX..............    2      183.740         -   184.922         -     -     -     -   2.5   0.6     - 
 Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL...................    2      213.127         -   215.159         -     -     -     -   5.1   1.0     - 
 Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,                                                                                           
     PA-NJ-DE-MD.............................    2      218.692         -   218.929         -     -     -     -   3.5   0.1     - 
 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA..........    2      216.240         -   217.949         -     -     -     -   3.3   0.8     - 
 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA................    2      215.978         -   218.427         -     -     -     -   4.1   1.1     - 

   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                          
                                                             Unadjusted indexes   percent change   Seasonally adjusted  
                                                 Relative                          to Nov. 2007    percent change from- 
                     CPI-W                     importance,                            from-                             
                                                 December                                                               
                                                   2006       Oct.       Nov.                      Aug.    Sep.    Oct. 
                                                              2007       2007      Nov.    Oct.     to      to      to  
                                                                                   2006    2007    Sep.    Oct.    Nov. 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                        
             Expenditure category                                                                                       
                                                                                                                        
 All items....................................    100.000    204.338    205.891     4.6     0.8     0.3     0.3     0.9 
 All items (1967=100).........................          -    608.662    613.287       -       -       -       -       - 
                                                                                                                        
  Food and beverages..........................     16.475    205.428    205.763     4.7     0.2     0.5     0.3     0.2 
   Food.......................................     15.457    205.082    205.451     4.8     0.2     0.5     0.3     0.2 
    Food at home..............................      9.244    203.442    203.741     5.3     0.1     0.5     0.3     0.3 
     Cereals and bakery products..............      1.285    224.897    225.941     5.1     0.5     0.5     0.3     0.8 
     Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs...........      2.623    198.146    198.325     5.5     0.1     0.5     0.2    -0.1 
     Dairy and related products...............       .928    205.100    205.850    14.4     0.4     1.0     0.2     0.6 
     Fruits and vegetables....................      1.332    261.774    265.736     4.2     1.5     1.6     0.8     1.6 
     Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage                                                                                
         materials............................      1.082    154.873    153.610     3.6    -0.8     0.0     0.0    -0.5 
     Other food at home.......................      1.993    174.215    173.393     2.8    -0.5    -0.3     0.4    -0.2 
      Sugar and sweets........................       .337    176.248    176.845     3.2     0.3     0.4     0.1     0.7 
      Fats and oils...........................       .283    176.683    176.101     4.3    -0.3    -0.1     0.6     0.9 
      Other foods (1).........................      1.373    189.987    188.657     2.4    -0.7    -0.4     0.5    -0.7 
       Other miscellaneous foods (1) (2)......       .368    115.378    115.803     1.5     0.4    -1.5     0.7     0.4 
    Food away from home (1)...................      6.213    209.037    209.518     4.0     0.2     0.5     0.2     0.2 
     Other food away from home (2)............       .279    144.764    145.233     5.0     0.3     0.5    -0.7     0.4 
   Alcoholic beverages (1)....................      1.018    209.176    208.958     3.5    -0.1     0.0     0.4    -0.1 
                                                                                                                        
  Housing.....................................     40.463    205.916    206.288     3.2     0.2     0.2     0.3     0.5 
   Shelter....................................     30.570    234.812    235.069     3.2     0.1     0.3     0.2     0.3 
    Rent of primary residence (3).............      8.021    236.259    237.288     4.1     0.4     0.3     0.4     0.4 
    Lodging away from home (2)................      1.430    142.666    136.244     5.4    -4.5     0.9    -1.2     0.1 
    Owners' equivalent rent of primary                                                                                  
        residence (3) (4).....................     20.776    224.811    225.548     2.8     0.3     0.3     0.2     0.3 
    Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2)..       .342    116.982    117.370    -1.0     0.3    -0.1    -0.1     0.3 
   Fuels and utilities........................      5.779    198.796    200.151     6.0     0.7     0.1     1.2     1.4 
    Household energy..........................      4.842    178.539    179.777     6.1     0.7     0.1     1.4     1.6 
     Fuel oil and other fuels.................       .346    261.972    292.098    29.1    11.5     1.0     2.5    11.8 
     Gas (piped) and electricity (3)..........      4.496    183.172    182.781     4.4    -0.2     0.0     1.3     0.7 
    Water and sewer and trash collection                                                                                
        services (2)..........................       .937    145.749    146.651     5.3     0.6     0.2     0.2     0.6 
   Household furnishings and operations.......      4.114    122.039    122.031    -0.6     0.0    -0.2     0.0     0.0 
    Household operations (1) (2)..............       .368    143.886    144.275     2.4     0.3    -0.2     0.4     0.3 
                                                                                                                        
  Apparel.....................................      4.041    121.536    120.920    -0.7    -0.5     0.1     0.1     0.5 
   Men's and boys' apparel....................       .954    114.710    114.784    -0.9     0.1     1.0    -0.3    -0.1 
   Women's and girls' apparel.................      1.680    113.623    112.165    -1.8    -1.3    -0.7    -0.3     0.6 
   Infants' and toddlers' apparel.............       .235    119.670    119.897    -0.5     0.2     0.6     1.7     0.8 
   Footwear...................................       .954    124.372    124.649     0.4     0.2    -0.1     0.5     0.9 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation..............................     19.515    184.639    190.761    10.5     3.3     0.1     0.4     3.0 
   Private transportation.....................     18.793    181.717    187.951    10.6     3.4     0.1     0.4     3.1 
    New and used motor vehicles (2)...........      8.626     93.268     93.529    -0.4     0.3    -0.2    -0.1     0.0 
     New vehicles.............................      5.210    136.509    137.372    -0.4     0.6    -0.3    -0.2     0.1 
     Used cars and trucks (1).................      2.675    137.798    137.457    -0.5    -0.2     0.0    -0.1    -0.2 
    Motor fuel................................      5.441    240.040    263.248    37.1     9.7     0.5     1.4     9.3 
     Gasoline (all types).....................      5.388    238.906    262.013    37.2     9.7     0.5     1.4     9.3 
    Motor vehicle parts and equipment (1).....       .444    122.830    123.302     3.4     0.4     0.5     0.6     0.4 
    Motor vehicle maintenance and repair......      1.145    227.472    228.267     3.2     0.3     0.0     0.1     0.3 
   Public transportation......................       .723    231.182    231.999     5.6     0.4     0.5     1.3     1.5 
                                                                                                                        
  Medical care................................      5.228    355.719    357.165     5.1     0.4     0.4     0.6     0.4 
   Medical care commodities...................      1.135    284.517    285.475     2.1     0.3     0.0     0.4     0.6 
   Medical care services......................      4.094    375.899    377.498     5.9     0.4     0.5     0.7     0.3 
    Professional services.....................      2.338    306.072    306.300     4.1     0.1     0.2     0.4     0.2 
    Hospital and related services (3).........      1.378    505.077    510.836     7.8     1.1     0.9     1.2     0.6 
                                                                                                                        
  Recreation (2)..............................      5.022    108.793    108.805     0.3     0.0     0.4     0.3     0.0 
   Video and audio (2)........................      1.867    102.833    102.465    -0.8    -0.4     0.6     0.4    -0.3 
                                                                                                                        
  Education and communication (2).............      5.605    117.891    117.686     2.4    -0.2     0.0     0.3     0.0 
   Education (2)..............................      2.329    173.700    174.016     5.2     0.2     0.0     0.6     0.6 
    Educational books and supplies............       .208    434.800    434.979     8.5     0.0     0.2    -0.1     0.6 
    Tuition, other school fees, and childcare       2.121    490.061    491.022     4.9     0.2     0.0     0.7     0.6 
   Communication (2)..........................      3.276     86.182     85.807     0.5    -0.4     0.0     0.0    -0.4 
    Information and information processing (1)                                                                          
        (2)...................................      3.124     84.282     83.894     0.2    -0.5     0.0     0.0    -0.5 
     Telephone services (1) (2)...............      2.633     99.149     98.874     2.2    -0.3     0.1     0.1    -0.3 
     Information technology, hardware and                                                                               
         services (1) (5).....................       .492     10.877     10.710   -10.0    -1.5    -0.1    -0.7    -1.5 
      Personal computers and peripheral                                                                                 
          equipment (1) (2)...................       .178      9.229      8.866   -13.1    -3.9    -0.8    -1.3    -3.9 
                                                                                                                        
  Other goods and services....................      3.652    346.742    347.427     4.4     0.2     0.4     0.2     0.2 
   Tobacco and smoking products (1)...........      1.139    562.134    563.435     8.1     0.2     0.8     0.2     0.2 
   Personal care..............................      2.513    194.769    195.122     2.7     0.2     0.2     0.3     0.2 
    Personal care products (1)................       .771    158.408    158.579     1.7     0.1    -0.1     0.5     0.1 
    Personal care services (1)................       .618    218.149    218.897     3.0     0.3     0.2     0.2     0.3 
    Miscellaneous personal services...........       .962    329.706    330.258     3.7     0.2     0.6     0.2     0.2 
                                                                                                                        
          Commodity and service group                                                                                   
                                                                                                                        
 Commodities..................................     44.175    170.865    173.489     6.4     1.5     0.2     0.3     1.6 
  Food and beverages..........................     16.475    205.428    205.763     4.7     0.2     0.5     0.3     0.2 
  Commodities less food and beverages.........     27.700    151.448    155.011     7.3     2.4     0.1     0.4     2.3 
   Nondurables less food and beverages........     15.699    191.230    198.661    13.8     3.9     0.1     0.6     7.2 
    Apparel...................................      4.041    121.536    120.920    -0.7    -0.5     0.1     0.1     0.5 
    Nondurables less food, beverages, and                                                                               
        apparel...............................     11.658    238.798    251.442    19.1     5.3     0.2     1.2     4.8 
   Durables...................................     12.001    112.241    112.413    -1.0     0.2    -0.3    -0.1     0.1 
 Services.....................................     55.825    243.572    243.906     3.3     0.1     0.3     0.3     0.3 
  Rent of shelter (4).........................     30.227    226.393    226.636     3.3     0.1     0.3     0.2     0.4 
  Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2)....       .342    116.982    117.370    -1.0     0.3    -0.1    -0.1     0.3 
  Gas (piped) and electricity (3).............      4.496    183.172    182.781     4.4    -0.2     0.0     1.3     0.7 
  Water and sewer and trash collection                                                                                  
      services (2)............................       .937    145.749    146.651     5.3     0.6     0.2     0.2     0.6 
  Household operations (1) (2)................       .368    143.886    144.275     2.4     0.3    -0.2     0.4     0.3 
  Transportation services.....................      5.600    234.848    235.874     1.7     0.4     0.1     0.1     0.4 
  Medical care services.......................      4.094    375.899    377.498     5.9     0.4     0.5     0.7     0.3 
  Other services..............................      9.761    278.404    278.513     2.7     0.0     0.3     0.3     0.1 
                                                                                                                        
                Special indexes                                                                                         
                                                                                                                        
 All items less food..........................     84.543    204.015    205.783     4.6     0.9     0.2     0.3     1.0 
 All items less shelter.......................     69.430    195.440    197.479     5.3     1.0     0.2     0.4     1.1 
 All items less medical care..................     94.772    198.022    199.565     4.6     0.8     0.2     0.3     0.9 
 Commodities less food........................     28.718    153.499    156.977     7.2     2.3     0.1     0.4     2.3 
 Nondurables less food........................     16.717    192.442    199.471    13.1     3.7     0.2     0.5     6.8 
 Nondurables less food and apparel............     12.676    235.233    246.726    17.8     4.9     0.2     1.1     4.4 
 Nondurables..................................     32.174    199.075    203.087     9.1     2.0     0.3     0.5     3.6 
 Services less rent of shelter (4)............     25.598    232.628    233.029     3.3     0.2     0.2     0.3     0.1 
 Services less medical care services..........     51.732    233.850    234.115     3.1     0.1     0.2     0.2     0.2 
 Energy.......................................     10.282    207.885    219.861    22.3     5.8     0.3     1.4     5.9 
 All items less energy........................     89.718    204.797    205.066     2.7     0.1     0.2     0.2     0.2 
  All items less food and energy..............     74.261    205.107    205.355     2.2     0.1     0.2     0.2     0.2 
   Commodities less food and energy                                                                                     
       commodities............................     22.932    141.236    141.254     0.1     0.0     0.0     0.0     0.1 
    Energy commodities........................      5.786    241.955    265.598    36.6     9.8     0.5     1.5     9.4 
   Services less energy services..............     51.329    250.127    250.546     3.2     0.2     0.3     0.2     0.3 
 Purchasing power of the consumer dollar                                                                                
     (1982-84=$1.00)..........................          -     $ .489     $ .486       -       -       -       -       - 
 Purchasing power of the consumer dollar                                                                                
     (1967=$1.00).............................          -     $ .164     $ .163       -       -       -       -       - 

   1 Not seasonally adjusted.
   2 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base.
   3 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator.  All other item stratum index series were calculated
 using a geometric means estimator.
   4 Indexes on a December 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--    
                                               Aug.      Sep.      Oct.      Nov.                                                  
                                               2007      2007      2007      2007                                                  
                                                                                      Feb.    May     Aug.    Nov.    May     Nov. 
                                                                                      2007    2007    2007    2007    2007    2007 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                   
            Expenditure category                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                   
 All items.................................  203.153   203.665   204.338   206.142     4.1     8.5     0.2     6.0     6.3     3.0 
                                                                                                                                   
  Food and beverages.......................  203.829   204.778   205.386   205.850     5.7     4.6     4.7     4.0     5.2     4.3 
   Food....................................  203.440   204.447   205.037   205.544     5.6     4.7     4.8     4.2     5.2     4.5 
    Food at home...........................  201.705   202.691   203.368   203.894     6.2     6.0     4.6     4.4     6.1     4.5 
     Cereals and bakery products...........  223.401   224.454   225.152   226.878     6.2     3.0     5.0     6.4     4.6     5.7 
     Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs........  196.683   197.743   198.217   197.996     4.7    13.8     1.2     2.7     9.2     1.9 
     Dairy and related products............  201.842   203.765   204.131   205.427     6.9    10.5    35.4     7.3     8.7    20.5 
     Fruits and vegetables.................  255.386   259.432   261.596   265.787    16.2    -5.0    -9.1    17.3     5.1     3.2 
     Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage                                                                                           
         materials.........................  154.886   154.914   154.861   154.074     2.9     7.6     6.4    -2.1     5.2     2.1 
     Other food at home....................  173.908   173.473   174.214   173.799     3.5     3.2     4.8    -0.3     3.3     2.2 
      Sugar and sweets.....................  175.909   176.589   176.757   177.909     0.4     3.0     5.1     4.6     1.7     4.9 
      Fats and oils........................  175.126   174.955   176.081   177.705     1.5     2.1     7.7     6.0     1.8     6.8 
      Other foods (1)......................  189.941   189.110   189.987   188.657     4.8     3.4     4.1    -2.7     4.1     0.6 
       Other miscellaneous foods (1) (2)...  116.348   114.584   115.378   115.803     3.7    -0.4     4.6    -1.9     1.6     1.3 
    Food away from home (1)................  207.533   208.578   209.037   209.518     4.6     2.7     4.9     3.9     3.7     4.4 
     Other food away from home (2).........  144.899   145.613   144.534   145.072     9.7     5.1     5.1     0.5     7.4     2.7 
   Alcoholic beverages (1).................  208.253   208.286   209.176   208.958     5.5     4.0     3.2     1.4     4.7     2.3 
                                                                                                                                   
  Housing..................................  205.005   205.466   206.110   207.064     4.5     2.8     1.5     4.1     3.7     2.8 
   Shelter.................................  233.721   234.435   234.866   235.658     3.7     2.8     2.8     3.4     3.3     3.1 
    Rent of primary residence (3)..........  234.536   235.196   236.254   237.210     5.0     3.7     3.0     4.6     4.4     3.8 
    Lodging away from home (2).............  144.594   145.861   144.080   144.197     5.2     9.4     8.2    -1.1     7.3     3.4 
    Owners' equivalent rent of primary                                                                                             
        residence (3) (4)..................  223.664   224.285   224.721   225.464     3.3     2.1     2.4     3.3     2.7     2.8 
    Tenants' and household insurance (1)                                                                                           
        (2)................................  117.287   117.142   116.982   117.370    -3.3    -2.7     1.6     0.3    -3.0     0.9 
   Fuels and utilities.....................  197.133   197.372   199.757   202.598    12.0     5.0    -3.9    11.6     8.4     3.6 
    Household energy.......................  176.872   177.067   179.569   182.402    13.1     5.3    -5.8    13.1     9.1     3.2 
     Fuel oil and other fuels..............  253.970   256.475   262.852   293.893    -7.4    33.1    25.6    79.3    11.0    50.1 
     Gas (piped) and electricity (3).......  181.788   181.858   184.267   185.595    14.7     3.5    -8.0     8.6     9.0     0.0 
    Water and sewer and trash collection                                                                                           
        services (2).......................  145.259   145.513   145.749   146.651     6.9     3.3     7.1     3.9     5.1     5.5 
   Household furnishings and operations....  122.415   122.125   122.126   122.140    -0.6    -0.6    -0.4    -0.9    -0.6    -0.7 
    Household operations (1) (2)...........  143.526   143.250   143.886   144.275     2.8     2.5     2.1     2.1     2.7     2.1 
                                                                                                                                   
  Apparel..................................  117.843   117.914   117.996   118.593     2.2    -5.9    -1.4     2.6    -1.9     0.6 
   Men's and boys' apparel.................  111.897   113.057   112.713   112.558    -5.9    -1.8     1.8     2.4    -3.9     2.1 
   Women's and girls' apparel..............  109.399   108.672   108.321   108.996     8.4    -8.3    -4.7    -1.5    -0.3    -3.1 
   Infants' and toddlers' apparel..........  114.924   115.628   117.566   118.562    -2.9   -13.2     2.5    13.3    -8.2     7.8 
   Footwear................................  121.695   121.591   122.187   123.286     0.1    -3.9     0.2     5.3    -1.9     2.8 
                                                                                                                                   
  Transportation...........................  184.468   184.715   185.489   191.143     3.7    34.7    -7.3    15.3    18.2     3.4 
   Private transportation..................  181.660   181.876   182.579   188.256     3.5    36.5    -7.7    15.3    18.9     3.2 
    New and used motor vehicles (2)........   93.724    93.522    93.408    93.367    -2.8    -0.1     3.1    -1.5    -1.5     0.8 
     New vehicles..........................  137.732   137.339   137.011   137.106    -0.9     0.6     0.7    -1.8    -0.1    -0.6 
     Used cars and trucks (1)..............  137.999   137.996   137.798   137.457    -7.6    -0.3     8.2    -1.6    -4.0     3.2 
    Motor fuel.............................  238.460   239.667   243.032   265.558    16.9   167.8   -26.6    53.8    76.9     6.2 
     Gasoline (all types)..................  237.435   238.626   241.933   264.381    17.0   169.4   -26.9    53.7    77.6     6.0 
    Motor vehicle parts and equipment (1)..  121.584   122.144   122.830   123.302     2.4     2.7     2.9     5.8     2.5     4.3 
    Motor vehicle maintenance and repair...  227.106   227.084   227.206   227.910     3.5     3.7     4.3     1.4     3.6     2.9 
   Public transportation...................  227.314   228.531   231.423   234.805     7.9    -3.0     4.3    13.8     2.3     9.0 
                                                                                                                                   
  Medical care.............................  353.036   354.323   356.448   357.772     6.0     3.3     5.7     5.5     4.6     5.6 
   Medical care commodities................  283.195   283.310   284.392   286.018     0.7     0.5     3.1     4.0     0.6     3.5 
   Medical care services...................  372.772   374.455   376.920   378.118     7.5     4.0     6.4     5.9     5.8     6.1 
    Professional services..................  304.885   305.437   306.642   307.129     7.3     1.2     5.0     3.0     4.2     4.0 
    Hospital and related services (3)......  496.677   501.200   507.309   510.254     5.9     7.1     6.8    11.4     6.5     9.1 
                                                                                                                                   
  Recreation (2)...........................  108.201   108.602   108.916   108.962    -0.8     0.5    -1.6     2.8    -0.1     0.6 
   Video and audio (2).....................  101.959   102.576   102.942   102.684    -3.2     0.1    -2.8     2.9    -1.6     0.0 
                                                                                                                                   
  Education and communication (2)..........  116.935   116.988   117.294   117.281     1.1     5.3     2.1     1.2     3.2     1.6 
   Education (2)...........................  170.468   170.551   171.623   172.604     5.0     5.9     5.0     5.1     5.4     5.1 
    Educational books and supplies.........  432.277   433.081   432.774   435.532     7.3    10.2    13.7     3.0     8.7     8.2 
    Tuition, other school fees, and                                                                                                
        childcare..........................  480.306   480.473   483.839   486.570     4.7     5.5     4.2     5.3     5.1     4.7 
   Communication (2).......................   86.151    86.188    86.184    85.808    -1.4     4.9     0.1    -1.6     1.7    -0.8 
    Information and information processing                                                                                         
        (1) (2)............................   84.248    84.283    84.282    83.894    -1.7     4.7    -0.3    -1.7     1.4    -1.0 
     Telephone services (1) (2)............   98.964    99.024    99.149    98.874     2.2     5.8     1.4    -0.4     4.0     0.5 
     Information technology, hardware and                                                                                          
         services (1) (5)..................   10.965    10.958    10.877    10.710   -19.5    -1.0    -9.5    -9.0   -10.7    -9.3 
      Personal computers and peripheral                                                                                            
          equipment (1) (2)................    9.421     9.348     9.229     8.866    -7.7    -6.0   -16.1   -21.6    -6.9   -18.9 
                                                                                                                                   
  Other goods and services.................  344.608   346.082   346.886   347.720     9.3     2.8     2.0     3.7     6.0     2.8 
   Tobacco and smoking products (1)........  556.517   561.092   562.134   563.435    24.2     0.6     4.2     5.1    11.8     4.6 
   Personal care...........................  193.923   194.393   194.888   195.364     3.0     3.8     1.0     3.0     3.4     2.0 
    Personal care products (1).............  157.813   157.654   158.408   158.579     5.2     1.5    -1.9     2.0     3.3     0.0 
    Personal care services (1).............  217.354   217.822   218.149   218.897     4.3     3.2     1.6     2.9     3.8     2.2 
    Miscellaneous personal services........  327.281   329.372   330.029   330.698     2.7     5.3     2.5     4.2     4.0     3.4 
                                                                                                                                   
        Commodity and service group                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                   
 Commodities...............................  169.834   170.221   170.800   173.457     4.1    15.9    -2.3     8.8     9.8     3.1 
  Food and beverages.......................  203.829   204.778   205.386   205.850     5.7     4.6     4.7     4.0     5.2     4.3 
  Commodities less food and beverages......  150.691   150.823   151.373   154.928     3.3    23.1    -6.2    11.7    12.7     2.4 
   Nondurables less food and beverages.....  186.841   187.085   188.242   201.881     2.8    36.9   -12.6    36.3    18.6     9.2 
    Apparel................................  117.843   117.914   117.996   118.593     2.2    -5.9    -1.4     2.6    -1.9     0.6 
    Nondurables less food, beverages, and                                                                                          
        apparel............................  237.400   237.881   240.709   252.143    10.2    68.7   -15.1    27.3    36.4     3.9 
   Durables................................  112.718   112.432   112.359   112.479    -2.7    -1.6     0.9    -0.8    -2.2     0.0 
 Services..................................  242.178   242.833   243.646   244.474     4.3     2.9     2.1     3.8     3.6     3.0 
  Rent of shelter (4)......................  225.280   226.032   226.420   227.249     3.7     2.9     2.8     3.5     3.3     3.2 
  Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2)   117.287   117.142   116.982   117.370    -3.3    -2.7     1.6     0.3    -3.0     0.9 
  Gas (piped) and electricity (3)..........  181.788   181.858   184.267   185.595    14.7     3.5    -8.0     8.6     9.0     0.0 
  Water and sewer and trash collection                                                                                             
      services (2).........................  145.259   145.513   145.749   146.651     6.9     3.3     7.1     3.9     5.1     5.5 
  Household operations (1) (2).............  143.526   143.250   143.886   144.275     2.8     2.5     2.1     2.1     2.7     2.1 
  Transportation services..................  233.978   234.298   234.633   235.455     1.7    -2.0     4.7     2.5    -0.2     3.6 
  Medical care services....................  372.772   374.455   376.920   378.118     7.5     4.0     6.4     5.9     5.8     6.1 
  Other services...........................  275.999   276.810   277.734   278.150     1.4     5.1     1.3     3.2     3.2     2.2 
                                                                                                                                   
              Special indexes                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                   
 All items less food.......................  202.914   203.334   204.022   206.063     4.0     9.2    -0.7     6.4     6.6     2.8 
 All items less shelter....................  194.208   194.652   195.420   197.610     4.5    11.0    -1.0     7.2     7.7     3.0 
 All items less medical care...............  196.892   197.376   197.998   199.803     4.2     8.8    -0.1     6.0     6.4     2.9 
 Commodities less food.....................  152.735   152.865   153.426   156.896     3.1    22.3    -5.8    11.4    12.3     2.4 
 Nondurables less food.....................  188.244   188.582   189.585   202.433     3.2    34.6   -11.7    33.7    17.9     8.6 
 Nondurables less food and apparel.........  233.632   234.206   236.858   247.381     9.1    63.5   -14.3    25.7    33.6     3.8 
 Nondurables...............................  196.000   196.651   197.625   204.692     4.4    19.7    -4.6    19.0    11.8     6.5 
 Services less rent of shelter (4).........  231.619   232.142   232.728   233.045     4.5     4.3     2.1     2.5     4.4     2.3 
 Services less medical care services.......  232.933   233.393   233.960   234.540     3.7     3.4     2.4     2.8     3.6     2.6 
 Energy....................................  206.267   206.957   209.870   222.321    15.0    76.2   -18.4    35.0    42.3     4.9 
 All items less energy.....................  203.660   204.152   204.551   205.044     3.0     2.1     2.8     2.7     2.6     2.8 
  All items less food and energy...........  204.075   204.459   204.817   205.309     2.5     1.6     2.4     2.4     2.0     2.4 
   Commodities less food and energy                                                                                                
       commodities.........................  140.697   140.630   140.642   140.766     0.4    -1.1     1.0     0.2    -0.4     0.6 
    Energy commodities.....................  240.036   241.314   244.847   267.889    15.3   158.1   -24.6    55.1    72.5     8.2 
   Services less energy services...........  248.736   249.459   250.078   250.844     3.4     2.8     3.1     3.4     3.1     3.3 

   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                                      
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                       Indexes                 Percent change to Percent change to
                    CPI-W                      Pricing                                          Nov. 2007 from--   Oct. 2007 from-- 
                                              schedule                                                                            
                                                 (1)      Aug.      Sep.      Oct.      Nov.                                      
                                                          2007      2007      2007      2007    Nov.  Sep.  Oct.  Oct.  Aug.  Sep.
                                                                                                2006  2007  2007  2006  2007  2007
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                  
 U.S. city average...........................    M      203.199   203.889   204.338   205.891   4.6   1.0   0.8   3.7   0.6   0.2 
                                                                                                                                  
           Region and area size(2)                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
 Northeast urban.............................    M      217.379   217.486   218.151   219.871   4.3   1.1   0.8   3.3   0.4   0.3 
   Size A - More than 1,500,000..............    M      218.445   218.791   219.275   220.710   4.0   0.9   0.7   3.4   0.4   0.2 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........    M      130.684   130.447   131.080   132.485   4.7   1.6   1.1   3.2   0.3   0.5 
                                                                                                                                  
 Midwest urban...............................    M      193.663   194.828   194.384   196.056   4.6   0.6   0.9   3.9   0.4  -0.2 
   Size A - More than 1,500,000..............    M      194.084   195.306   194.843   196.343   4.3   0.5   0.8   3.7   0.4  -0.2 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........    M      126.435   127.139   126.879   128.129   4.9   0.8   1.0   4.3   0.4  -0.2 
   Size D -  Nonmetropolitan  (less than                                                                                          
       50,000)...............................    M      192.437   193.586   193.074   194.907   5.2   0.7   0.9   4.3   0.3  -0.3 
                                                                                                                                  
 South urban.................................    M      198.063   198.873   199.319   200.849   5.1   1.0   0.8   4.1   0.6   0.2 
   Size A - More than 1,500,000..............    M      201.384   202.354   202.906   203.991   4.9   0.8   0.5   4.1   0.8   0.3 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........    M      126.445   126.953   127.265   128.407   5.4   1.1   0.9   4.2   0.6   0.2 
   Size D -  Nonmetropolitan  (less than                                                                                          
       50,000)...............................    M      201.006   201.250   200.942   202.913   4.0   0.8   1.0   2.9   0.0  -0.2 
                                                                                                                                  
 West urban..................................    M      206.624   207.164   208.304   209.629   4.5   1.2   0.6   3.5   0.8   0.6 
   Size A - More than 1,500,000..............    M      208.225   208.921   210.025   211.268   4.5   1.1   0.6   3.5   0.9   0.5 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........    M      128.546   128.642   129.419   130.356   4.7   1.3   0.7   3.5   0.7   0.6 
                                                                                                                                  
                 Size classes                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                  
   A (4).....................................    M      188.338   189.072   189.471   190.680   4.4   0.9   0.6   3.6   0.6   0.2 
   B/C (3)...................................    M      127.419   127.759   128.103   129.268   5.0   1.2   0.9   3.9   0.5   0.3 
   D.........................................    M      198.559   199.289   199.275   201.016   4.4   0.9   0.9   3.5   0.4   0.0 
                                                                                                                                  
           Selected local areas(5)                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI..............    M      198.630   199.419   199.558   200.887   5.3   0.7   0.7   4.9   0.5   0.1 
 Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA.....    M      209.240   209.849   211.259   212.844   4.7   1.4   0.8   3.8   1.0   0.7 
 New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island,                                                                                              
     NY-NJ-CT-PA.............................    M      221.905   222.174   222.624   223.716   4.2   0.7   0.5   3.4   0.3   0.2 
                                                                                                                                  
 Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT.........    1            -   227.429         -   230.440   3.2   1.3     -     -     -     - 
 Cleveland-Akron, OH.........................    1            -   187.784         -   188.488   5.0   0.4     -     -     -     - 
 Dallas-Fort Worth, TX.......................    1            -   197.027         -   198.521   4.7   0.8     -     -     -     - 
 Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV (6).......    1            -   134.277         -   134.844   4.8   0.4     -     -     -     - 
                                                                                                                                  
 Atlanta, GA.................................    2      200.162         -   200.714         -     -     -     -   5.1   0.3     - 
 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI.................    2      194.798         -   196.237         -     -     -     -   2.6   0.7     - 
 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX..............    2      182.425         -   183.426         -     -     -     -   2.5   0.5     - 
 Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL...................    2      211.041         -   213.454         -     -     -     -   5.1   1.1     - 
 Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,                                                                                           
     PA-NJ-DE-MD.............................    2      217.331         -   218.061         -     -     -     -   3.3   0.3     - 
 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA..........    2      211.620         -   213.133         -     -     -     -   3.4   0.7     - 
 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA................    2      210.220         -   213.107         -     -     -     -   4.5   1.4     - 

   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         Nov. 2007 from-  
                    C-CPI-U                     December                                          
                                                2003-2004                                         
                                                              Oct.      Nov.      Nov.      Oct.  
                                                              2007      2007      2006      2007  
                                                                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                  
             Expenditure category                                                                 
                                                                                                  
 All items....................................    100.000  R120.699   121.178       3.6       0.4 
                                                                                                  
  Food and beverages..........................     15.072   121.361   121.602       4.6       0.2 
   Food.......................................     13.943   121.440   121.709       4.7       0.2 
    Food at home..............................      8.029   118.495   118.711       5.1       0.2 
    Food away from home.......................      5.914   125.407   125.752       4.1       0.3 
   Alcoholic beverages........................      1.130   120.656   120.551       3.6      -0.1 
                                                                                                  
  Housing.....................................     42.173  R125.883   125.860       2.8       0.0 
   Shelter....................................     32.495   128.100   127.989       3.1      -0.1 
   Fuels and utilities........................      4.702  R150.880   151.640       5.7       0.5 
   Household furnishings and operations.......      4.977    95.274    95.217      -1.2      -0.1 
                                                                                                  
  Apparel.....................................      4.076    91.416    90.971      -0.9      -0.5 
                                                                                                  
  Transportation..............................     17.095   120.756   123.476       7.2       2.3 
   Private transportation.....................     15.988   121.371   124.257       7.3       2.4 
   Public transportation......................      1.107   114.404   114.935       6.0       0.5 
                                                                                                  
  Medical care................................      6.055   138.435   138.963       4.7       0.4 
   Medical care commodities...................      1.458   123.448   123.913       2.1       0.4 
   Medical care services......................      4.597   143.683   144.235       5.6       0.4 
                                                                                                  
  Recreation..................................      5.863   105.150   105.156      -0.4       0.0 
                                                                                                  
  Education and communication.................      6.190   106.709   106.416       1.8      -0.3 
   Education..................................      2.751   163.793   164.117       5.5       0.2 
   Communication..............................      3.439    74.561    74.075      -1.1      -0.7 
                                                                                                  
  Other goods and services....................      3.475   124.777   125.033       3.5       0.2 
                                                                                                  
          Commodity and service group                                                             
                                                                                                  
 Services.....................................     58.763  R129.430   129.479       3.2       0.0 
 Commodities..................................     41.237   109.912   110.914       4.1       0.9 
  Durables....................................     12.340    84.371    84.449      -1.7       0.1 
 Nondurables..................................     28.897   123.326   124.884       6.7       1.3 
  All items less food and energy..............     78.707   115.953   115.989       2.0       0.0 
 Energy.......................................      7.351  R177.648   186.102      19.6       4.8 

   R Revised.
 Indexes for 2007 are initial estimates.  Indexes for 2006 are interim adjustments.
 NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.