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                     CONSUMER PRICE INDEX:  MARCH 2002
 
      The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) rose 0.6
 percent in March, before seasonal adjustment, to a level of 178.8 (1982-
 84=100), the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor
 reported today.  For the 12-month period ended in March, the CPI-U
 increased 1.5 percent.
      
      The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers
 (CPI-W) also increased 0.6 percent in March, prior to seasonal adjustment.
 The March level of 174.7 was 1.2 percent higher than the index in March
 2001.
      
 CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U)
      
      On a seasonally adjusted basis, the CPI-U increased 0.3 percent in
 March, following increases of 0.2 percent in each of the first two months
 of 2002.  The energy index, which declined 0.8 percent in February,
 advanced 3.8 percent in March.  The index for petroleum-based energy
 increased 8.0 percent, and the index for energy services rose 0.2 percent.
 The food index rose 0.2 percent in March, the same as in February,
 reflecting another large increase in the index for fruits and vegetables.
 Excluding food and energy, the CPI-U rose 0.1 percent in March after
 increasing 0.3 percent in February.  A smaller increase in the index for
 shelter and a decline in the index for tobacco and smoking products
 accounted for the deceleration in March.
      

 Table A.  Percent changes in CPI for Urban Consumers (CPI-U)
                                   Seasonally adjusted                Un-
                                                          Compound  adjusted
     Expenditure        Changes from preceding month    annual rate  12-mos.
      Category               2001             2002      3-mos. ended  ended
                     Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar.   Mar. '02  Mar. '02
 All Items            .4   -.3  -.1  -.1   .2   .2   .3    3.0       1.5
  Food and beverages  .2    .4  -.1   .0   .3   .2   .2    3.0       2.6
  Housing            -.1    .0   .3   .2   .2   .3   .1    2.3       2.1
  Apparel             .2    .4  -.6  -.6  -.7   .5  1.2    3.9      -3.0
  Transportation     1.7  -2.1 -1.6  -.9   .3  -.2  1.2    5.2      -2.2
  Medical care        .4    .4   .4   .3   .5   .3   .4    4.4       4.4
  Recreation          .2    .2   .3  -.1   .2   .1   .2    1.9       1.7
  Education and                                                         
    communication     .1    .6   .0   .2   .3   .2  -.5     .0       2.2
  Other goods and                                                     
    services         1.6   -.8  1.3 -1.0   .3  1.0  -.6    3.0       3.9
  Special Indexes                                                       
   Energy            2.8  -6.0 -4.9 -3.0   .9  -.8  3.8   16.5     -10.7
   Food               .2    .4  -.1   .0   .3   .2   .2    3.0       2.6
   All Items less                                                       
     food and energy  .2    .2   .4   .1   .2   .3   .1    2.1       2.4


 See pages 5 through 7 for notes on changes introduced into the CPI in 2002
 and for a note on a new supplemental index of consumer price change.
     
      For the first three months of 2002, consumer prices increased at a
 seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR) of 3.0 percent.  This compares with
 an increase of 1.6 percent in all of 2001.  The index for energy, which
 had declined sharply in the second half of 2001, turned up the first
 quarter of 2002, advancing at a 16.5 percent SAAR.  Petroleum-based energy
 costs increased at a 49.9 percent annual rate, while charges for energy
 services declined at a 5.8 percent annual rate.  The food index rose at a
 3.0 percent SAAR in the first quarter of 2002.  The index for grocery
 store food prices increased at a 3.2 percent annual rate, as price
 increases for fruits and vegetables--up at a 30.3 percent annual rate--
 were only partially offset by declines in the indexes for dairy products,
 nonalcoholic beverages, and other food at home.
      
       Excluding food and energy, the CPI-U advanced at a 2.1 percent SAAR
 in the first quarter, following a 2.7 percent rise in all of 2001.  A
 larger decrease in the index for commodities less food and energy
 commodities--down at a 1.9 percent SAAR in the first quarter of 2002 after
 declining 0.3 percent in all of 2001--accounted for the deceleration.  
 The index for services less energy services rose at a 3.8 percent SAAR, 
 about the same as in all of 2001.  The annual rates for selected groups
 for the last seven and 1/4 years are shown below.
     
                                                                       SAAR 
                                  Percentage change 12 months          3 mos.
                                  ended in December                    ended 
                        					       in 
                                                                       March
                         1995   1996   1997   1998   1999   2000  2001 2002
 All items                2.5    3.3    1.7    1.6    2.7    3.4   1.6  3.0
  Food and beverages      2.1    4.2    1.6    2.3    2.0    2.8   2.8  3.0
  Housing                 3.0    2.9    2.4    2.3    2.2    4.3   2.9  2.3
  Apparel                 0.1   -0.2    1.0   -0.7    -.5   -1.8  -3.2  3.9
  Transportation    	  1.5    4.4   -1.4   -1.7    5.4    4.1  -3.8  5.2
  Medical care            3.9    3.0    2.8    3.4    3.7    4.2   4.7  4.4
  Recreation              2.8    3.0    1.5    1.2     .8    1.7   1.5  1.9
  Education and
   communication          4.0    3.4    3.0    0.7    1.6    1.3   3.2   .0
  Other goods and
   services               4.3    3.6    5.2    8.8    5.1    4.2   4.5  3.0                                                         

 Special indexes                                                        
  Energy                 -1.3    8.6   -3.4   -8.8   13.4   14.2 -13.0  16.5
   Energy commodities    -3.3   13.8   -6.9  -15.1   29.5   15.7 -24.5  49.9
   Energy services        0.8    3.8    0.2   -3.3    1.2   12.7  -1.5  -5.8
  All items less energy   2.9    2.9    2.1    2.4    2.0    2.6   2.8   2.0
   Food                   2.1    4.3    1.5    2.3    1.9    2.8   2.8   3.0
  All items less food                        
   and energy		  3.0    2.6    2.2    2.4    1.9    2.6   2.7   2.1


      The food and beverages index increased 0.2 percent in March.  The
 index for food at home also increased 0.2 percent in March, the same as in
 February.  For the third consecutive month, the index for fruits and
 vegetables rose sharply--up 1.0 percent in March and at a 30.3 percent
 annual rate in the first three months of 2002.  In March, within the
 fruits and vegetables group, the indexes for fresh fruits and for fresh
 vegetables rose 0.7 and 2.6 percent, respectively.   Prices for processed
 fruits and vegetables declined 1.3 percent.   Upturns in the indexes for
 meats, poultry, fish, and eggs and for nonalcoholic beverages also
 contributed to the March advance, increasing 0.7 and 0.3 percent,
 respectively, after declining 0.2 and 0.4 percent in February.  Within the
 former category, beef and poultry prices rose 0.7 and 0.1 percent,
 respectively, while pork prices fell 0.4 percent.  On the other hand, the
 indexes for dairy products and for other food at home each declined 0.4
 percent, and the index for cereal and bakery products fell 0.1 percent in
 March.  The other two components of the food and beverages index--food
 away from home and alcoholic beverages--each increased 0.1 percent.
      
      The index for housing rose 0.1 percent in March.  Shelter costs,
 which advanced 0.5 percent in February, rose 0.1 percent in March.  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 fell 1.6 percent.  The index for fuels and utilities increased 0.4
 percent in March after declining 1.0 percent in February.  The index for
 fuel oil rose 2.2 percent in March, following declines in each of the
 preceding five months.  The indexes for natural gas and for electricity,
 each of which had declined in February, increased 0.8 percent and were
 unchanged, respectively.  The index for household furnishings and
 operations was unchanged in March.
      
      The transportation index, which declined 0.2 percent in February,
 rose 1.2 percent in March, reflecting an 8.0 percent increase in the index
 for gasoline.  (Prior to seasonal adjustment, gasoline prices rose 9.7
 percent in March.)   In March, the indexes for new vehicles and for used
 cars and trucks each declined for the third consecutive month, down 0.3
 and 0.8 percent, respectively.  During the last 12 months, the index for
 new vehicles has declined 1.5 percent and the index for used cars and
 trucks has fallen 4.9 percent.  Airline fares increased for the third
 consecutive month--up.0.5 percent in March--following declines in each of
 the last six months of 2001.
      
      The index for apparel increased for the second consecutive month, up
 1.2 percent in March after registering a 0.5 percent rise in February.
 (Prior to seasonal adjustment, apparel prices rose 3.8 percent, reflecting
 the continued introduction of spring-summer wear.)
      
      Medical care costs rose 0.4 percent in March.  The index for medical
 care commodities--prescription drugs, nonprescription drugs, and medical
 supplies--increased 0.1 percent.  The index for medical care services rose
 0.4 percent in March.  Charges for professional services rose 0.1 percent
 and those for hospital and related services increased 1.0 percent.  The
 latter index has increased at an 11.1 percent SAAR in the first three
 months of 2002 and is 8.0 percent higher than its level in March 2001.
      
      The index for recreation rose 0.2 percent in March.  A 0.9 percent
 increase in the index for admissions to movies, theaters, concerts, and
 sporting events accounted for about two-thirds of the March advance.
      
      The index for education and communication declined 0.5 percent in
 March.  Education costs rose 0.3 percent, while the index for
 communication costs declined 1.2 percent.  The index for telephone
 services declined 1.2 percent, reflecting decreases in both local and long
 distance charges.  Prices for personal computers and peripheral equipment
 continued to decline, down 2.9  percent in March and 28.7 percent during
 the last 12 months.
      
      The index for other goods and services, which rose 1.0 percent in
 February, declined 0.6 percent in March.  Prices for cigarettes, which
 increased 4.0 percent in February, declined 3.8 percent in March.
      
 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 0.3 percent in March.

 
 Table B.  Percent changes in CPI for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical
           Workers (CPI-W)
                                 Seasonally adjusted                  Un-
                                                          Compound  adjusted
     Expenditure        Changes from preceding month    annual rate  12-mos.
      Category               2001             2002      3-mos. ended  ended
                     Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar.   Mar. '02  Mar. '02                              
 All Items           .5   -.4  -.1  -.2   .2   .2   .3     3.0       1.2
  Food and beverages .2    .4  -.1   .0   .3   .2   .2     3.0       2.6
  Housing            .0   -.1   .3   .2   .2   .2   .2     2.3       2.0
  Apparel            .2    .3  -.4  -.7 -1.0   .5  1.3     3.3      -2.8
  Transportation    1.9  -2.4 -1.8  -.9   .2  -.3  1.4     5.2      -2.7
  Medical care       .4    .4   .4   .3   .5   .2   .4     4.2       4.4
  Recreation         .2    .1   .1  -.1   .3   .1   .2     2.3       1.6
  Education and                                                         
    communication    .0    .6   .0   .1   .4   .1  -.5      .0       2.0
  Other goods and                                                     
    services        1.9  -1.0  1.7 -1.3   .2  1.5 -1.0     2.6       4.1
  Special Indexes                                                       
   Energy           3.6  -6.8 -5.3 -3.0  1.0  -.8  4.1    18.3     -10.8
   Food              .1    .4   .0  -.1   .3   .2   .2     3.3       2.6
   All Items less                                                       
     food and energy .3    .2   .4   .1   .1   .2   .1     1.5       2.2
 

     Consumer Price Index data for April are scheduled for release on
 Wednesday, May 15, 2002, at 8:30 A.M. (EDT).
     
     CPI (Old Weights)
     
     For the first six months of 2002, BLS also will calculate Old Weights
 CPI-U and Old Weights CPI-W based on the 1993-95 expenditure pattern used
 in the CPI from 1998 through 2001.  These Old Weight data are contained in
 tables 1(OW)-4(OW).  From February to March 2002, the Old Weights CPI-U
 rose 0.5 percent and the Old Weights CPI-W rose 0.5 percent.  Note these
 series are not seasonally adjusted.

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               Changes in the Consumer Price Index in 2002
                                     
 Expenditure Weight Update
 
      As announced in December 1998, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
 has updated the consumption expenditure weights in the Consumer Price
 Index for all Urban Consumers (CPI-U) and in the Consumer Price Index for
 Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) to the 1999-2000 period,
 effective with release of data for January 2002.  The newer weights
 replace the 1993-95 weights, which were first used in the index effective
 with January 1998 data.  Additionally, CPI expenditure weights will be
 updated at two-year intervals subsequent to the 2002 updating.  Thus, for
 example, CPI expenditure weights will be updated to the 2001-02 period
 effective with release of CPI data for January 2004.
      
      Historically, the introduction of a comprehensive new set of
 expenditure weights attached to the categories of goods and services in
 the CPI "market basket" has taken place in the context of the periodic
 major revisions of the index.  Such major revisions have taken place
 approximately once each decade-in 1940, 1953, 1964, 1978, 1987 and, most
 recently, in 1998.
      
      The goal in employing more current expenditure weights is to have the
 CPI reflect, as much as possible, the inflation currently experienced by
 consumers.  More specifically, the use of more current weights will help
 to ensure that the relative importance of CPI item categories, such as
 food away from home, college tuition, or medical care services, more
 accurately reflects how consumers are allocating their spending.
      
 Publication of Overlap CPIs
      
      For the first six months of 2002, BLS will continue to calculate and
 publish selected CPI-U and CPI-W "overlap" indexes on a not seasonally
 adjusted basis.  These indexes will be compiled using the 1993-95
 expenditure pattern that was introduced into the CPI in 1998.  Comparison
 of these index series to the corresponding updated series will enable
 users of the CPI to observe the effects of the expenditure weight change.
 The subsequent expenditure updates scheduled in 2004 and every two years
 thereafter also will be accompanied by the publication of overlap indexes
 for a six-month period using the previous expenditure pattern.
      
 Publication of CPI for the Phoenix Area
      
      Effective with release of the July 2002 Consumer Price Index (CPI),
 BLS will initiate publication of consumer price data specific to the
 Phoenix-Mesa, Arizona, Metropolitan Statistical Area.  As with the
 national CPI and other local area CPIs, data will be published for each of
 two population groups, that for all urban consumers (CPI-U) and that for
 urban wage earners and clerical workers (CPI-W).  The Phoenix-Mesa CPI
 will be published on a semi-annual basis with a reference base of December
 2001 = 100.  The same amount of item detail will be available for Phoenix-
 Mesa as is presently available for all other areas published on a semi-
 annual basis.
      
 Change to Published Item Structure
      
      Effective with release of the January 2002 CPI, BLS began publishing
 an item index for leased cars and trucks.  This index series is available
 monthly at the U.S. City Average area level for both the CPI-U and CPI-W
 with a December 2001 = 100 reference base.

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                     NOTE ON A NEW, SUPPLEMENTAL INDEX
                          OF CONSUMER PRICE CHANGE
 
       The Bureau of Labor Statistics will begin publishing a 1consumer
 price index (CPI) called the Chained Consumer Price Index for All Urban
 Consumers, effective with release of July data in August 2002.  Designated
 the C-CPI-U, the index will supplement the existing indexes already
 produced by the BLS: the CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) and the CPI
 for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W).

      The C-CPI-U will employ a Tornqvist formula and utilize expenditure
 data in adjacent time periods in order to reflect the effect of any
 substitution that consumers make across item categories in response to
 changes in relative prices.  The new measure, said to be a "superlative"
 index, is designed to be a closer approximation to a "cost-of-living"
 index than the present measures.  The use of expenditure data for both a
 base period and the current period in order to average price change across
 item categories distinguishes the C-CPI-U from the existing CPI measures,
 which use only a single expenditure base period to compute the price
 change over time.  In 1999, the BLS introduced a geometric mean estimator
 for averaging prices within most of the index's item categories in order
 to approximate the effect of consumers' responses to changes in relative
 prices within these item categories.  The geometric mean estimator will be
 used in the C-CPI-U in the same item categories in which it is now used in
 the CPI-U and CPI-W.  (See Monthly Labor Review, October 1998, pp. 3-7.)

      Expenditure data required for the calculation of the C-CPI-U are
 available only with a time lag.  Thus, the C-CPI-U will be issued first in
 preliminary form using the latest available expenditure data at that time
 and will be subject to two subsequent revisions.  Accordingly, at the time
 of its introduction in August, "final" values of the C-CPI-U will be
 issued for the 12 months of 2000, "interim" values will be issued for the
 12 months of 2001, and "initial" values will be issued for January-July
 2of 2002.  In February 2003, with release of the January 2003 index,
 revised interim indexes for the 12 months of 2002 will be published, and
 the index values for 2001 will be revised and will become final.  Then, in
 February 2004, when the monthly expenditure data from calendar year 2002
 become available, C-CPI-U indexes for the 12 months of 2002 will be issued
 in final form and values for the 12 months of 2003 will be revised and
 issued as interim. The C-CPI-U index revisions are expected to be small,
 but in principle each monthly index could be revised from its previously
 published level.

      BLS previously has calculated superlative indexes on an experimental
 basis, although these are not comparable to the C-CPI-U in all
 computational details.  (See, for example, Monthly Labor Review, December
 1993, pp. 25-33.)  Based on BLS research, the C-CPI-U is estimated to
 increase at an average annual rate of 0.1 to 0.2 percentage point less
 than the CPI-U.

      The C-CPI-U will be issued for national averages only and will not be
 seasonally adjusted.  It will employ a December 1999=100 reference base.
 Data for periods prior to December 1999 will not be calculated.  The
 component series that will be published are listed below:


     All items                        Medical care
      Food and beverages               Medical care commodities
       Food                            Medical care services
        Food at home                  Recreation
        Food away from home           Education and communication
       Alcoholic beverages             Education
      Housing                          Communication
       Shelter                        Other goods and services
       Fuels and utilities          Services
       Household furnishings        Commodities
         and operations              Durables
      Apparel                        Nondurables 
      Transportation                All items less food and energy  
       Private transportation       Energy
       Public transportation         


      These indexes will be published monthly in the CPI news release and
 the CPI Detailed Report, and the series will be available electronically
 at the same site as other CPI data: http://www.bls.gov/cpi/.
       
 For more information on the C-CPI-U, write to:
 Bureau of Labor Statistics
 Division of Consumer Prices and Price Indexes
 2 Massachusetts Ave. NE, Room 3130
 Washington, DC 20212
 
 Or contact Patrick Jackman or Rob Cage either by telephone at (202) 691-
 6952 or by electronic mail at Jackman_P@bls.gov or Cage_R@bls.gov .
      
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 Brief Explanation of the CPI

      The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a measure of the average change in
 prices over time in a market basket of goods and services.  The Bureau of
 Labor Statistics publishes CPIs for two population groups:  (1) a CPI for
 All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) which covers approximately 87 percent of the
 total population and (2) a CPI for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers
 (CPI-W) which covers 32 percent of the total population.  The CPI-U
 includes, in addition to wage earners and clerical workers, groups such as
 professional, managerial, and technical workers, the self-employed, short-
 term workers, the unemployed, and retirees and others not in the labor
 force.
 
      The CPI is based on prices of food, clothing, shelter, and fuels,
 transportation fares, charges for doctors' and dentists' services, drugs,
 and other goods and services that people buy for day-to-day living.
 Prices are collected in 87 urban areas across the country from about
 50,000 housing units and approximately 23,000 retail establishments-
 department stores, supermarkets, hospitals, filling stations, and other
 types of stores and service establishments.  All taxes directly associated
 with the purchase and use of items are included in the index.  Prices of
 fuels and a few other items are obtained every month in all 87 locations.
 Prices of most other commodities and services are collected every month in
 the three largest geographic areas and every other month in other areas.
 Prices of most goods and services are obtained by personal visits or
 telephone calls of the Bureau's trained representatives.
 
      In calculating the index, price changes for the various items in each
 location are averaged together with weights, which represent their
 importance in the spending of the appropriate population group.  Local
 data are then combined to obtain a U.S. city average.  Separate indexes
 are also published by size of city, by region of the country, for cross-
 classifications of regions and population-size classes, and for 26 local
 areas.  Area indexes do not measure differences in the level of prices
 among cities, they only measure the average change in prices for each area
 since the base period.
 
      The index measures price change from a designed reference date-1982-
 84 which equals 100.0.  An increase of 16.5 percent, for example, is shown
 as 116.5.  This change can also be expressed in dollars as follows:  the
 price of a base period market basket of goods and services in the CPI has
 risen from $10 in 1982-84 to $11.65.
 
      For further details visit the CPI home page on the Internet at
 http://www.bls.gov/cpi/ or contact our CPI Information and Analysis
 Section on (202) 691-7000.
 
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       Calculating Index Changes
       
            Movements of the indexes from one month to another are
       usually expressed as percent changes rather than changes in index 
       points, because index point changes are affected by the level of 
       the index in relation to its base period while percent changes are 
       not.  The example below illustrates the computation of index point 
       and percent changes.
       
            Percent changes for 3-month and 6-month periods are expressed 
       as annual rates and are computed according to the standard formula 
       for compound growth rates.  These data indicate what the percent 
       change would be if the current rate were maintained for a 12-month 
       period.
       
         
                    Index Point Change
       
       CPI   					115.7
       Less previous index    			111.2
       Equals index point change  		4.5
       
       
                    Percent Change
       
       Index point difference			4.5
       Divided by the previous index		111.2
       Equals					0.040
       Results multiplied by one hundred	0.040 x 100
       Equals percent change			4.0


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 Regions Defined
 
 The states in the four regions shown in Tables 3 and 6 are listed below.
 
 The Northeast--Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York,
 New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

 The Midwest--Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota,
 Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.

 The South--Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky,
 Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South
 Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of
 Columbia.

 The West--Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana,
 Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.

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 A Note on Seasonally Adjusted and Unadjusted Data
 
      Because price data are used for different purposes by different groups,
 the Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes seasonally adjusted as well as
 unadjusted changes each month.
 
      For analyzing general price trends in the economy, seasonally adjusted
 changes are usually preferred since they eliminate the effect of changes
 that normally occur at the same time and in about the same magnitude every
 year--such as price movements resulting from changing climatic conditions,
 production cycles, model changeovers, holidays, and sales.
 
      The unadjusted data are of primary interest to consumers concerned about
 the prices they actually pay.  Unadjusted data also are used extensively
 for escalation purposes.  Many collective bargaining contract agreements
 and pension plans, for example, tie compensation changes to the Consumer
 Price Index unadjusted for seasonal variation.
 
      Seasonal factors used in computing the seasonally adjusted indexes are
 derived by the X-12-ARIMA Seasonal Adjustment Method.  The updated
 seasonal data at the end of 1977 replaced data from 1967 through 1977.
 Subsequent annual updates have replaced 5 years of seasonal data, e.g.,
 data from 1997 through 2001 were replaced at the end of 2001.  In January
 2002, dependently seasonally adjusted series were revised for January 1987-
 December 2001 as a result of a change in the aggregation weights for
 dependently adjusted series. For further information, please see
 "Aggregation of Dependently Adjusted Seasonally Adjusted Series," in the
 October 2001 issue of the CPI Detailed Report.
 
      The seasonal movement of all items and 54 other aggregations is derived by
 combining the seasonal movement of 73 selected components.  Each year the
 seasonal status of every series is reevaluated based upon certain
 statistical criteria.  If any of the 73 components change their seasonal
 adjustment status from seasonally adjusted to not seasonally adjusted, not
 seasonally adjusted data will be used for the last 5 years, but the
 seasonally adjusted indexes will be used before that period.  Note: 39 of
 the 73 components are seasonally adjusted for 2002.
 
      Seasonally adjusted data, including the All items index levels, are
 subject to revision for up to five years after their original release.
 For this reason, BLS advises against the use of these data in escalation
 agreements.
 
      Effective with the calculation of the seasonal factors for 1990, the
 Bureau of Labor Statistics has used an enhanced seasonal adjustment
 procedure called Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment for some CPI
 series.  Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment allows for better
 estimates of seasonally adjusted data.  Extreme values and/or sharp
 movements which might distort the seasonal pattern are estimated and
 removed from the data prior to calculation of seasonal factors.  Beginning
 with the calculation of seasonal factors for 1996, X-12-ARIMA software was
 used for Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment.
 
      For the fuel oil, natural gas, motor fuels, and educational books and
 supplies indexes, this procedure was used to offset the effects that
 extreme price volatility would otherwise have had on the estimates of
 seasonally adjusted data for those series.   For the Nonalcoholic
 beverages index, the procedure was used to offset the effects of a large
 increase in coffee prices due to adverse weather.  The procedure was used
 to account for unusual butter fat supply reductions and decreases in milk
 supply affecting the Fats and oils series.  For the Water and sewerage
 maintenance index, the procedure was used to account for a data collection
 anomaly.  It was used to offset an increase in summer demand in the
 Midwest and South for Electricity.  For New vehicles, New cars, and New
 trucks, the procedure was used to offset the effects of a model changeover
 combined with financing incentives.
 
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 Table 1. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category and commodity
 and service group

 (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                   Unadjusted                           
                                                 Relative   Unadjusted indexes percent change to   Seasonally adjusted  
                                               importance,                      Mar. 2002 from-    percent change from- 
                     CPI-U                       December                                                               
                                                   2001       Feb.      Mar.                                            
                                                              2002      2002     Mar.     Feb.   Dec. to Jan. to Feb. to
                                                                                 2001     2002     Jan.    Feb.    Mar. 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                        
             Expenditure category                                                                                       
                                                                                                                        
 All items ...................................    100.000     177.8     178.8      1.5      0.6     0.2     0.2     0.3 
 All items (1967=100) ........................          -     532.7     535.5        -        -       -       -       - 
                                                                                                                        
  Food and beverages .........................     15.719     176.4     176.6      2.6      0.1     0.3     0.2     0.2 
   Food ......................................     14.688     175.9     176.1      2.6      0.1     0.3     0.2     0.2 
    Food at home .............................      8.468     176.0     176.3      2.5      0.2     0.3     0.2     0.2 
     Cereals and bakery products .............      1.298     197.6     197.0      2.7     -0.3     0.6     0.4    -0.1 
     Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ..........      2.271     161.8     162.8      1.7      0.6     0.0    -0.2     0.7 
     Dairy and related products (1)...........       .916     170.1     169.4      3.8     -0.4    -0.5     0.1    -0.4 
     Fruits and vegetables ...................      1.204     223.3     225.8      6.8      1.1     3.3     2.5     1.0 
     Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage                                                                                
         materials ...........................       .967     140.0     140.1      0.4      0.1    -0.6    -0.4     0.3 
     Other food at home ......................      1.811     160.4     159.9      0.8     -0.3    -0.3    -0.5    -0.4 
      Sugar and sweets .......................       .315     158.5     157.2      1.0     -0.8     0.3     0.3    -0.8 
      Fats and oils ..........................       .265     157.2     156.4      2.2     -0.5    -0.3    -0.4    -0.3 
      Other foods ............................      1.232     176.3     175.9      0.5     -0.2    -0.4    -0.7    -0.4 
       Other miscellaneous foods (1) (2)......       .289     108.0     107.8     -0.6     -0.2     0.4    -0.8    -0.2 
    Food away from home (1)...................      6.220     177.0     177.1      2.8      0.1     0.2     0.3     0.1 
     Other food away from home (1) (2)........       .383     115.8     116.3      4.2      0.4     0.0     0.3     0.4 
   Alcoholic beverages .......................      1.031     182.6     182.5      2.6     -0.1     0.3     0.3     0.1 
                                                                                                                        
  Housing ....................................     40.873     178.5     179.1      2.1      0.3     0.2     0.3     0.1 
   Shelter ...................................     31.522     206.1     207.0      4.1      0.4     0.3     0.5     0.1 
    Rent of primary residence (3).............      6.421     197.7     198.2      4.5      0.3     0.3     0.4     0.4 
    Lodging away from home (2) (3)............      2.702     119.3     121.9     -1.9      2.2    -0.7     1.7    -1.6 
    Owners' equivalent rent of primary                                                                                  
        residence (3) (4).....................     22.046     212.2     212.8      4.5      0.3     0.3     0.4     0.3 
    Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2)..       .353     106.8     106.8      1.3      0.0     0.1     0.4     0.0 
   Fuels and utilities .......................      4.511     140.0     140.2     -7.0      0.1    -0.2    -1.0     0.4 
    Fuels ....................................      3.654     123.7     123.8     -9.2      0.1    -0.4    -1.3     0.3 
     Fuel oil and other fuels ................       .188     112.3     112.8    -18.3      0.4    -0.9    -1.3     1.7 
     Gas (piped) and electricity (3)..........      3.466     130.6     130.7     -8.3      0.1    -0.4    -1.3     0.2 
    Water and sewer and trash collection                                                                                
        services (2)..........................       .857     111.8     112.3      3.3      0.4     0.5     0.1     0.4 
   Household furnishings and operations ......      4.840     128.6     128.7     -0.3      0.1    -0.4    -0.2     0.0 
    Household operations (1) (2)..............       .820     117.9     118.9      3.2      0.8     0.5     0.1     0.8 
                                                                                                                        
  Apparel ....................................      4.399     123.5     128.2     -3.0      3.8    -0.7     0.5     1.2 
   Men's and boys' apparel ...................      1.122     122.0     125.2     -1.8      2.6     0.1    -0.1     1.4 
   Women's and girls' apparel ................      1.807     115.3     121.3     -5.1      5.2    -0.9     1.4     0.5 
   Infants' and toddlers' apparel (1).........       .203     127.2     129.9     -1.3      2.1    -2.7     1.8     2.1 
   Footwear ..................................       .874     119.5     123.5     -1.4      3.3    -1.6     1.4     2.0 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation .............................     17.055     148.4     150.5     -2.2      1.4     0.3    -0.2     1.2 
   Private transportation ....................     15.845     144.1     146.3     -2.3      1.5     0.3    -0.2     1.4 
    New and used motor vehicles (2)...........      8.614     100.1      99.6     -2.3     -0.5    -0.5    -0.7    -0.4 
     New vehicles ............................      5.083     141.2     140.7     -1.5     -0.4    -0.6    -0.9    -0.3 
     Used cars and trucks ....................      2.195     153.9     152.1     -4.9     -1.2    -0.4    -0.7    -0.8 
    Motor fuel ...............................      2.564      98.2     107.7    -13.2      9.7     2.6    -0.1     8.5 
     Gasoline (all types) ....................      2.536      97.6     107.1    -13.1      9.7     2.7    -0.4     8.0 
    Motor vehicle parts and equipment ........       .421     106.1     106.5      1.7      0.4     0.4    -0.1     0.4 
    Motor vehicle maintenance and repair .....      1.400     188.0     188.5      3.7      0.3     0.3     0.4     0.3 
   Public transportation .....................      1.211     207.3     207.9     -1.0      0.3     0.2    -0.6    -0.8 
                                                                                                                        
  Medical care ...............................      5.810     281.0     282.0      4.4      0.4     0.5     0.3     0.4 
   Medical care commodities ..................      1.377     253.7     254.1      3.8      0.2     0.3     0.4     0.1 
   Medical care services .....................      4.434     287.7     288.9      4.7      0.4     0.5     0.2     0.4 
    Professional services (3).................      2.784     251.4     251.9      2.9      0.2     0.3     0.0     0.1 
    Hospital and related services (3).........      1.353     356.4     359.4      8.0      0.8     0.9     0.7     1.0 
                                                                                                                        
  Recreation (2)..............................      6.019     105.9     106.1      1.7      0.2     0.2     0.1     0.2 
   Video and audio (2)........................      1.645     102.9     102.9      1.3      0.0     0.5     0.4     0.0 
                                                                                                                        
  Education and communication (2).............      5.813     107.3     106.6      2.2     -0.7     0.3     0.2    -0.5 
   Education (2)..............................      2.726     123.2     123.3      6.2      0.1     0.6     0.8     0.3 
    Educational books and supplies ...........       .220     314.4     314.2      8.0     -0.1     2.0     3.7     0.3 
    Tuition, other school fees, and childcare       2.506     353.9     354.1      6.0      0.1     0.5     0.5     0.3 
   Communication (1) (2)......................      3.087      93.1      92.0     -1.8     -1.2     0.0    -0.3    -1.2 
    Information and information processing (1)                                                                          
        (2)...................................      2.903      92.0      90.8     -2.0     -1.3    -0.1    -0.2    -1.3 
     Telephone services (1) (2)...............      2.324     100.3      99.1     -0.3     -1.2     0.6     0.0    -1.2 
     Information and information processing                                                                             
         other than telephone services (1) (5)       .580      19.0      18.8    -16.4     -1.1    -2.0    -2.1    -1.1 
      Personal computers and peripheral                                                                                 
          equipment (1) (2)...................       .275      23.8      23.1    -28.7     -2.9    -2.8    -3.3    -2.9 
                                                                                                                        
  Other goods and services ...................      4.312     290.2     288.5      3.9     -0.6     0.3     1.0    -0.6 
   Tobacco and smoking products (1)...........       .928     449.3     433.4      6.3     -3.5     0.3     3.8    -3.5 
   Personal care (1)..........................      3.384     173.7     174.1      3.0      0.2     0.3     0.3     0.2 
    Personal care products (1)................       .706     155.5     155.1     -0.4     -0.3    -0.1     0.2    -0.3 
    Personal care services (1)................       .901     186.4     187.3      2.8      0.5    -0.1     0.1     0.5 
    Miscellaneous personal services ..........      1.562     271.8     272.9      5.2      0.4     0.6     0.2     0.4 
                                                                                                                        
          Commodity and service group                                                                                   
                                                                                                                        
 Commodities .................................     41.300     148.1     149.4     -0.9      0.9     0.1     0.1     0.6 
  Food and beverages .........................     15.719     176.4     176.6      2.6      0.1     0.3     0.2     0.2 
  Commodities less food and beverages ........     25.582     132.1     133.7     -3.1      1.2    -0.1     0.0     0.8 
   Nondurables less food and beverages .......     13.493     139.6     143.6     -2.9      2.9     0.1     0.6     2.4 
    Apparel ..................................      4.399     123.5     128.2     -3.0      3.8    -0.7     0.5     1.2 
    Nondurables less food, beverages, and                                                                               
        apparel ..............................      9.094     153.6     157.3     -2.8      2.4     0.5     0.5     3.1 
   Durables ..................................     12.089     122.7     122.1     -2.7     -0.5    -0.6    -0.6    -0.5 
 Services ....................................     58.700     207.3     208.0      3.1      0.3     0.3     0.3     0.1 
  Rent of shelter (4).........................     31.169     214.7     215.6      4.1      0.4     0.3     0.5     0.2 
  Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2)....       .353     106.8     106.8      1.3      0.0     0.1     0.4     0.0 
  Gas (piped) and electricity (3).............      3.466     130.6     130.7     -8.3      0.1    -0.4    -1.3     0.2 
  Water and sewer and trash collection                                                                                  
      services (2)............................       .857     111.8     112.3      3.3      0.4     0.5     0.1     0.4 
  Household operations (1) (2)................       .820     117.9     118.9      3.2      0.8     0.5     0.1     0.8 
  Transportation services ....................      6.638     206.5     207.3      3.5      0.4     0.3     0.3     0.2 
  Medical care services ......................      4.434     287.7     288.9      4.7      0.4     0.5     0.2     0.4 
  Other services .............................     10.963     243.5     243.6      3.5      0.0     0.4     0.2     0.1 
                                                                                                                        
                Special indexes                                                                                         
                                                                                                                        
 All items less food .........................     85.312     178.2     179.2      1.2      0.6     0.2     0.2     0.3 
 All items less shelter ......................     68.478     168.7     169.7      0.3      0.6     0.2     0.1     0.4 
 All items less medical care .................     94.190     172.4     173.3      1.2      0.5     0.2     0.2     0.3 
 Commodities less food .......................     26.612     133.9     135.6     -2.9      1.3    -0.1     0.0     0.7 
 Nondurables less food .......................     14.524     142.2     145.9     -2.6      2.6     0.1     0.6     2.3 
 Nondurables less food and apparel ...........     10.125     155.4     158.7     -2.5      2.1     0.5     0.5     2.7 
 Nondurables .................................     29.212     158.0     160.2     -0.1      1.4     0.1     0.4     1.3 
 Services less rent of shelter (4)............     27.531     214.3     214.8      2.0      0.2     0.1     0.1     0.3 
 Services less medical care services .........     54.266     200.2     200.8      2.9      0.3     0.1     0.4     0.2 
 Energy ......................................      6.218     111.0     115.6    -10.7      4.1     0.9    -0.8     3.8 
 All items less energy .......................     93.782     186.5     187.1      2.5      0.3     0.2     0.3     0.1 
  All items less food and energy .............     79.094     189.2     189.8      2.4      0.3     0.2     0.3     0.1 
   Commodities less food and energy                                                                                     
       commodities ...........................     23.860     144.2     144.6     -1.1      0.3    -0.3     0.0    -0.1 
    Energy commodities .......................      2.752      99.5     108.6    -13.4      9.1     2.5    -0.1     8.0 
   Services less energy services .............     55.234     215.1     215.9      3.9      0.4     0.4     0.4     0.1 
 Purchasing power of the consumer dollar                                                                                
     (1982-84=$1.00) .........................          -    $ .562    $ .559        -        -       -       -       - 
 Purchasing power of the consumer dollar                                                                                
     (1967=$1.00) ............................          -    $ .188    $ .187        -        -       -       -       - 

   1 Not seasonally adjusted.
   2 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base.
   3 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator.  All other item stratum index series converted to a
 geometric means estimator in January, 1999.
   4 Indexes on a December 1982=100 base.
   5 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base.
   - Data not available.
 NOTE:  Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

 Table 2. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Seasonally adjusted U.S. city average, by expenditure
 category and commodity and service group

 (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                                 Seasonally adjusted indexes    Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent 
                                                                                               change for               
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                     CPI-U                                                           3 months ended--         6 months  
                                                                                                              ended--   
                                                 Dec.    Jan.    Feb.    Mar.                                           
                                                 2001    2002    2002    2002                                           
                                                                                June   Sep.   Dec.   Mar.   Sep.   Mar. 
                                                                                2001   2001   2001   2002   2001   2002 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                        
             Expenditure category                                                                                       
                                                                                                                        
 All items ...................................  177.3   177.6   178.0   178.6    3.9    0.7   -1.8    3.0    2.3    0.6 
                                                                                                                        
  Food and beverages .........................  175.3   175.9   176.3   176.6    3.1    2.8    1.4    3.0    2.9    2.2 
   Food ......................................  174.8   175.4   175.8   176.1    3.1    2.8    1.4    3.0    2.9    2.2 
    Food at home .............................  174.9   175.5   175.9   176.3    3.3    2.1    1.2    3.2    2.7    2.2 
     Cereals and bakery products .............  195.8   197.0   197.8   197.6    2.3    3.3    1.2    3.7    2.8    2.5 
     Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ..........  162.2   162.2   161.9   163.1    3.8    0.0    0.7    2.2    1.9    1.5 
     Dairy and related products (1)...........  170.8   169.9   170.1   169.4    9.4    6.1    3.3   -3.2    7.7    0.0 
     Fruits and vegetables ...................  211.8   218.7   224.1   226.3    1.3    2.1   -3.9   30.3    1.7   11.9 
     Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage                                                                                
         materials ...........................  140.0   139.1   138.6   139.0    1.2    2.3    1.2   -2.8    1.7   -0.9 
     Other food at home ......................  161.7   161.2   160.4   159.7    2.5    2.0    3.8   -4.9    2.3   -0.6 
      Sugar and sweets .......................  157.1   157.5   157.9   156.6    1.3    1.6    2.3   -1.3    1.4    0.5 
      Fats and oils ..........................  158.2   157.7   157.0   156.6   10.9    3.3   -0.8   -4.0    7.0   -2.4 
      Other foods ............................  178.6   177.8   176.5   175.8    1.1    1.8    5.6   -6.1    1.5   -0.5 
       Other miscellaneous foods (1) (2)......  108.5   108.9   108.0   107.8   -2.6    4.5   -1.5   -2.6    0.9   -2.0 
    Food away from home (1)...................  176.0   176.4   177.0   177.1    3.1    3.5    2.1    2.5    3.3    2.3 
     Other food away from home (1) (2)........  115.5   115.5   115.8   116.3    3.6    9.9    0.7    2.8    6.7    1.7 
   Alcoholic beverages .......................  181.2   181.8   182.4   182.5    3.2    2.9    1.8    2.9    3.1    2.3 
                                                                                                                        
  Housing ....................................  177.9   178.2   178.7   178.9    3.9    0.5    2.0    2.3    2.2    2.2 
   Shelter ...................................  204.3   205.0   206.0   206.2    4.7    3.0    4.6    3.8    3.9    4.2 
    Rent of primary residence (3).............  196.2   196.8   197.5   198.2    4.9    4.7    4.6    4.1    4.8    4.4 
    Lodging away from home (2) (3)............  117.9   117.1   119.1   117.2    5.1  -11.1    1.7   -2.4   -3.3   -0.3 
    Owners' equivalent rent of primary                                                                                  
        residence (3) (4).....................  210.7   211.4   212.2   212.8    4.4    4.5    5.1    4.0    4.5    4.6 
    Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2)..  106.3   106.4   106.8   106.8    6.2   -1.1   -1.5    1.9    2.5    0.2 
   Fuels and utilities .......................  143.4   143.1   141.6   142.1    2.4  -13.1  -11.9   -3.6   -5.7   -7.8 
    Fuels ....................................  127.6   127.1   125.4   125.8    2.3  -16.4  -14.8   -5.5   -7.5  -10.3 
     Fuel oil and other fuels ................  110.3   109.3   107.9   109.7   -7.2   -7.4  -47.2   -2.2   -7.3  -28.1 
     Gas (piped) and electricity (3)..........  135.2   134.7   132.9   133.2    3.4  -17.1  -11.8   -5.8   -7.4   -8.8 
    Water and sewer and trash collection                                                                                
        services (2)..........................  111.1   111.7   111.8   112.2    2.2    4.1    2.9    4.0    3.2    3.5 
   Household furnishings and operations ......  129.3   128.8   128.6   128.6    0.3    0.3    0.3   -2.1    0.3   -0.9 
    Household operations (1) (2)..............  117.2   117.8   117.9   118.9    1.0    3.5    2.4    5.9    2.3    4.2 
                                                                                                                        
  Apparel ....................................  124.9   124.0   124.6   126.1   -8.9   -3.4   -3.4    3.9   -6.2    0.2 
   Men's and boys' apparel ...................  123.0   123.1   123.0   124.7   -3.1   -5.3   -4.1    5.6   -4.2    0.6 
   Women's and girls' apparel ................  116.3   115.3   116.9   117.5  -14.6   -3.6   -5.3    4.2   -9.3   -0.7 
   Infants' and toddlers' apparel (1).........  128.5   125.0   127.2   129.9  -12.4    6.4   -2.5    4.4   -3.5    0.9 
   Footwear ..................................  121.2   119.3   121.0   123.4   -8.1    1.6   -5.4    7.5   -3.3    0.8 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation .............................  148.8   149.2   148.9   150.7    9.4   -4.7  -16.8    5.2    2.1   -6.4 
   Private transportation ....................  144.5   144.9   144.6   146.6    8.8   -4.6  -17.2    5.9    1.9   -6.4 
    New and used motor vehicles (2)...........  101.1   100.6    99.9    99.5   -2.3   -1.6    1.2   -6.2   -2.0   -2.6 
     New vehicles ............................  142.6   141.8   140.5   140.1   -0.8   -1.1    3.1   -6.8   -1.0   -2.0 
     Used cars and trucks ....................  156.3   155.6   154.5   153.2   -5.1   -3.7   -2.8   -7.7   -4.4   -5.3 
    Motor fuel ...............................   98.5   101.1   101.0   109.6   46.3  -21.9  -67.5   53.3    6.9  -29.5 
     Gasoline (all types) ....................   98.2   100.9   100.5   108.5   48.6  -22.0  -67.1   49.0    7.7  -30.0 
    Motor vehicle parts and equipment ........  105.8   106.2   106.1   106.5   -1.1    3.1    2.3    2.7    1.0    2.5 
    Motor vehicle maintenance and repair .....  186.5   187.1   187.8   188.3    3.1    4.2    3.5    3.9    3.7    3.7 
   Public transportation .....................  208.4   208.9   207.7   206.1   16.3   -6.5   -7.3   -4.3    4.3   -5.8 
                                                                                                                        
  Medical care ...............................  278.4   279.7   280.4   281.4    4.4    4.3    4.7    4.4    4.4    4.6 
   Medical care commodities ..................  252.0   252.8   253.9   254.1    4.5    3.4    3.9    3.4    4.0    3.6 
   Medical care services .....................  284.7   286.2   286.8   288.0    4.4    4.5    4.9    4.7    4.5    4.8 
    Professional services (3).................  250.2   250.9   250.9   251.1    3.0    3.6    3.3    1.4    3.3    2.4 
    Hospital and related services (3).........  349.3   352.4   355.0   358.6    6.8    6.1    8.2   11.1    6.4    9.6 
                                                                                                                        
  Recreation (2)..............................  105.6   105.8   105.9   106.1    1.5    2.3    1.5    1.9    1.9    1.7 
   Video and audio (1) (2)....................  101.7   102.2   102.6   102.6   -0.4    1.2    0.8    3.6    0.4    2.2 
                                                                                                                        
  Education and communication (2).............  106.7   107.0   107.2   106.7    1.9    3.9    3.1    0.0    2.9    1.5 
   Education (2)..............................  121.5   122.2   123.2   123.6    6.0    6.9    4.7    7.1    6.5    5.9 
    Educational books and supplies ...........  295.4   301.2   312.2   313.2    8.0   10.5   -9.8   26.4    9.2    6.8 
    Tuition, other school fees, and childcare   350.4   352.1   353.9   355.1    5.9    6.9    5.8    5.5    6.4    5.6 
   Communication (1) (2)......................   93.4    93.4    93.1    92.0   -2.5    0.0    1.3   -5.9   -1.3   -2.3 
    Information and information processing (1)                                                                          
        (2)...................................   92.3    92.2    92.0    90.8   -2.6   -0.4    1.3   -6.3   -1.5   -2.6 
     Telephone services (1) (2)...............   99.7   100.3   100.3    99.1   -1.6    0.8    2.0   -2.4   -0.4   -0.2 
     Information and information processing                                                                             
         other than telephone services (1) (5)   19.8    19.4    19.0    18.8  -18.2  -19.0   -9.5  -18.7  -18.6  -14.2 
      Personal computers and peripheral                                                                                 
          equipment (1) (2)...................   25.3    24.6    23.8    23.1  -28.4  -35.6  -19.4  -30.5  -32.1  -25.1 
                                                                                                                        
  Other goods and services ...................  286.4   287.2   290.2   288.5    5.1    9.7   -1.9    3.0    7.4    0.5 
   Tobacco and smoking products (1)...........  431.7   432.8   449.3   433.4   13.7   23.7  -10.6    1.6   18.6   -4.7 
   Personal care (1)..........................  172.6   173.2   173.7   174.1    2.1    4.5    1.6    3.5    3.3    2.6 
    Personal care products (1)................  155.4   155.2   155.5   155.1   -2.8    2.3   -0.3   -0.8   -0.3   -0.5 
    Personal care services (1)................  186.4   186.3   186.4   187.3    4.2    3.1    2.0    1.9    3.7    2.0 
    Miscellaneous personal services ..........  269.2   270.7   271.2   272.4    4.4    7.1    4.3    4.8    5.7    4.6 
                                                                                                                        
          Commodity and service group                                                                                   
                                                                                                                        
 Commodities .................................  148.2   148.3   148.4   149.3    3.5   -0.8   -8.7    3.0    1.3   -3.0 
  Food and beverages .........................  175.3   175.9   176.3   176.6    3.1    2.8    1.4    3.0    2.9    2.2 
  Commodities less food and beverages ........  132.6   132.5   132.5   133.6    4.1   -3.4  -14.8    3.1    0.3   -6.3 
   Nondurables less food and beverages .......  139.9   140.0   140.9   144.3    3.8   -4.7  -20.8   13.2   -0.5   -5.3 
    Apparel ..................................  124.9   124.0   124.6   126.1   -8.9   -3.4   -3.4    3.9   -6.2    0.2 
    Nondurables less food, beverages, and                                                                               
        apparel ..............................  153.4   154.2   155.0   159.8    7.2   -3.5  -26.9   17.8    1.7   -7.2 
   Durables ..................................  123.9   123.2   122.4   121.8   -2.2   -2.2    0.0   -6.6   -2.2   -3.4 
 Services ....................................  206.1   206.8   207.4   207.7    4.2    2.0    3.0    3.1    3.1    3.1 
  Rent of shelter (4).........................  212.9   213.5   214.5   215.0    4.3    3.3    4.8    4.0    3.8    4.4 
  Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2)....  106.3   106.4   106.8   106.8    6.2   -1.1   -1.5    1.9    2.5    0.2 
  Gas (piped) and electricity (3).............  135.2   134.7   132.9   133.2    3.4  -17.1  -11.8   -5.8   -7.4   -8.8 
  Water and sewer and trash collection                                                                                  
      services (2)............................  111.1   111.7   111.8   112.2    2.2    4.1    2.9    4.0    3.2    3.5 
  Household operations (1) (2)................  117.2   117.8   117.9   118.9    1.0    3.5    2.4    5.9    2.3    4.2 
  Transportation services ....................  204.9   205.6   206.3   206.7    5.3    2.2    3.2    3.6    3.7    3.4 
  Medical care services ......................  284.7   286.2   286.8   288.0    4.4    4.5    4.9    4.7    4.5    4.8 
  Other services .............................  242.0   242.9   243.4   243.6    2.9    4.5    3.7    2.7    3.7    3.2 
                                                                                                                        
                Special indexes                                                                                         
                                                                                                                        
 All items less food .........................  177.7   178.0   178.4   179.0    3.9    0.4   -2.4    3.0    2.2    0.2 
 All items less shelter ......................  168.6   168.9   169.0   169.7    3.6   -0.5   -4.6    2.6    1.5   -1.1 
 All items less medical care .................  171.9   172.2   172.6   173.1    4.0    0.2   -2.1    2.8    2.1    0.3 
 Commodities less food .......................  134.5   134.4   134.4   135.4    4.1   -3.1  -14.1    2.7    0.4   -6.1 
 Nondurables less food .......................  142.3   142.5   143.3   146.6    4.0   -4.4  -19.7   12.6   -0.3   -4.9 
 Nondurables less food and apparel ...........  155.1   155.9   156.7   161.0    7.0   -3.1  -24.9   16.1    1.8   -6.6 
 Nondurables .................................  157.7   157.8   158.5   160.5    3.8   -1.2   -9.5    7.3    1.2   -1.5 
 Services less rent of shelter (4)............  213.9   214.1   214.3   215.0    3.8    1.1    0.9    2.1    2.5    1.5 
 Services less medical care services .........  199.3   199.4   200.2   200.6    4.0    2.3    2.9    2.6    3.1    2.7 
 Energy ......................................  113.2   114.2   113.3   117.6   20.3  -19.1  -43.4   16.5   -1.4  -18.8 
 All items less energy .......................  185.7   186.0   186.5   186.6    2.7    2.4    2.6    2.0    2.5    2.3 
  All items less food and energy .............  188.3   188.6   189.1   189.3    2.4    2.6    2.6    2.1    2.5    2.4 
   Commodities less food and energy                                                                                     
       commodities ...........................  144.8   144.3   144.3   144.1   -1.6    0.6   -1.4   -1.9   -0.5   -1.6 
    Energy commodities .......................   99.6   102.1   102.0   110.2   41.0  -21.0  -66.1   49.9    5.6  -28.7 
   Services less energy services .............  213.3   214.1   215.0   215.3    4.3    3.5    4.0    3.8    3.9    3.9 

   1 Not seasonally adjusted.
   2 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base.
   3 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator.  All other item stratum index series converted to a
 geometric means estimator in January, 1999.
   4 Indexes on a December 1982=100 base.
   5 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base.
 NOTE:  Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

 Table 3. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Selected areas, all items index 

 (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                All items                                  
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
                                               Prici-           Indexes             Percent change to    Percent change to 
                     CPI-U                       ng                                  Mar.2002 from--      Feb.2002 from--  
                                               sched-                                                                      
                                                 ule   Dec.   Jan.   Feb.   Mar.                                           
                                                 (1)   2001   2002   2002   2002   Mar.   Jan.   Feb.   Feb.   Dec.   Jan. 
                                                                                   2001   2002   2002   2001   2001   2002 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                           
 U.S. city average ...........................   M    176.7  177.1  177.8  178.8    1.5    1.0    0.6    1.1    0.6    0.4 
                                                                                                                           
            Region and area size(2)                                                                                        
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
 Northeast urban .............................   M    184.2  184.9  186.1  187.0    1.8    1.1    0.5    1.8    1.0    0.6 
   Size A -  More than 1,500,000 .............   M    185.4  186.2  187.8  188.6    2.2    1.3    0.4    2.2    1.3    0.9 
   Size B/C  50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)..........   M    110.3  110.5  110.5  111.2    0.7    0.6    0.6    0.6    0.2    0.0 
                                                                                                                           
 Midwest urban ...............................   M    171.9  172.1  172.5  173.6    1.1    0.9    0.6    0.2    0.3    0.2 
   Size A   - More than 1,500,000 ............   M    173.8  174.1  174.7  176.0    1.6    1.1    0.7    0.5    0.5    0.3 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3).........   M    109.6  109.5  109.6  110.2    0.5    0.6    0.5   -0.2    0.0    0.1 
   Size D -  Nonmetropolitan  (less than                                                                                   
       50,000) ...............................   M    165.5  166.2  166.6  167.1    0.7    0.5    0.3    0.2    0.7    0.2 
                                                                                                                           
 South urban .................................   M    170.3  170.6  171.0  172.1    0.9    0.9    0.6    0.5    0.4    0.2 
   Size A -  More than 1,500,000 .............   M    171.7  171.7  172.4  173.3    1.4    0.9    0.5    1.2    0.4    0.4 
   Size B/C -  50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........   M    108.9  109.2  109.3  110.0    0.5    0.7    0.6    0.1    0.4    0.1 
   Size D -  Nonmetropolitan  (less than                                                                                   
       50,000) ...............................   M    167.6  168.6  168.6  169.9    0.2    0.8    0.8   -0.3    0.6    0.0 
                                                                                                                           
 West urban ..................................   M    181.6  182.4  183.2  184.0    2.2    0.9    0.4    2.2    0.9    0.4 
   Size A   - More than 1,500,000 ............   M    183.5  184.4  185.4  186.2    2.3    1.0    0.4    2.3    1.0    0.5 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3).........   M    111.6  111.9  112.4  112.8    1.9    0.8    0.4    2.1    0.7    0.4 
                                                                                                                           
                 Size classes                                                                                              
                                                                                                                           
   A (4)......................................   M    161.1  161.6  162.5  163.4    1.9    1.1    0.6    1.6    0.9    0.6 
   B/C (3)....................................   M    109.7  109.9  110.1  110.7    0.8    0.7    0.5    0.5    0.4    0.2 
   D .........................................   M    169.8  170.5  170.7  171.5    0.7    0.6    0.5    0.4    0.5    0.1 
                                                                                                                           
            Selected local areas(5)                                                                                        
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI ..............   M    177.9  177.9  178.7  179.8    1.5    1.1    0.6    0.1    0.4    0.4 
 Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA .....   M    177.1  178.9  180.1  181.1    2.8    1.2    0.6    2.7    1.7    0.7 
 New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island,                                                                                       
     NY-NJ-CT-PA .............................   M    187.3  188.5  189.9  191.1    2.5    1.4    0.6    2.5    1.4    0.7 
                                                                                                                           
 Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT .........   1        -  192.9      -  194.7    2.0    0.9      -      -      -      - 
 Cleveland-Akron, OH .........................   1        -  171.4      -  173.7    0.8    1.3      -      -      -      - 
 Dallas-Fort Worth, TX .......................   1        -  170.6      -  172.1    1.9    0.9      -      -      -      - 
 Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV (6)........   1        -  110.9      -  111.9    2.0    0.9      -      -      -      - 
                                                                                                                           
 Atlanta, GA .................................   2    174.8      -  176.1      -      -      -      -    0.5    0.7      - 
 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI .................   2    173.5      -  176.2      -      -      -      -    1.7    1.6      - 
 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX ..............   2    157.1      -  156.6      -      -      -      -   -1.3   -0.3      - 
 Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL ...................   2    173.1      -  175.0      -      -      -      -    1.8    1.1      - 
 Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,                                                                                    
     PA-NJ-DE-MD .............................   2    179.9      -  182.0      -      -      -      -    1.7    1.2      - 
 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA ..........   2    190.6      -  191.3      -      -      -      -    1.8    0.4      - 
 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA ................   2    186.1      -  187.6      -      -      -      -    2.0    0.8      - 

   1 Areas on pricing schedule 2 (see Table 10) will appear next month. 
   2 Regions defined as the four Census regions.  See technical notes.
   3 Indexes on a December 1996=100 base.
   4 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base.
   5 In addition, the following metropolitan areas are published semiannually and appear in Tables 34 and 39 of the 
 January and July issues of the CPI Detailed Report: Anchorage, AK; Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN; Denver-Boulder-Greeley,
 CO; Honolulu, HI; Kansas City, MO-KS; Milwaukee-Racine, WI; Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI; Pittsburgh, PA; Portland-Salem,
 OR-WA; St. Louis, MO-IL; San Diego, CA; Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL.
   6 Indexes on a November 1996=100 base.
   - Data not available.
 NOTE:  Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

 Table 4. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): U.S. city average, by expenditure
 category and commodity and service group

 (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                   Unadjusted                           
                                                 Relative   Unadjusted indexes percent change to   Seasonally adjusted  
                                               importance,                      Mar. 2002 from-    percent change from- 
                     CPI-W                       December                                                               
                                                   2001       Feb.      Mar.                                            
                                                              2002      2002     Mar.     Feb.   Dec. to Jan. to Feb. to
                                                                                 2001     2002     Jan.    Feb.    Mar. 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                        
             Expenditure category                                                                                       
                                                                                                                        
 All items ...................................    100.000     173.7     174.7      1.2      0.6     0.2     0.2     0.3 
 All items (1967=100) ........................          -     517.5     520.2        -        -       -       -       - 
                                                                                                                        
  Food and beverages .........................     17.229     175.8     176.1      2.6      0.2     0.3     0.2     0.2 
   Food ......................................     16.228     175.3     175.6      2.6      0.2     0.3     0.2     0.2 
    Food at home .............................      9.798     175.1     175.5      2.6      0.2     0.3     0.3     0.2 
     Cereals and bakery products .............      1.468     197.5     197.0      2.8     -0.3     0.8     0.3     0.1 
     Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ..........      2.831     161.6     162.7      1.7      0.7     0.0    -0.1     0.7 
     Dairy and related products (1)...........      1.021     170.0     169.2      3.7     -0.5    -0.5     0.2    -0.5 
     Fruits and vegetables ...................      1.307     222.2     224.9      7.2      1.2     3.2     2.6     1.0 
     Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage                                                                                
         materials ...........................      1.132     139.5     139.7      0.6      0.1    -0.7    -0.3     0.4 
     Other food at home ......................      2.038     160.1     159.6      0.9     -0.3    -0.3    -0.4    -0.5 
      Sugar and sweets .......................       .339     158.5     157.1      1.0     -0.9     0.4     0.2    -0.9 
      Fats and oils ..........................       .316     157.0     156.3      2.2     -0.4    -0.4    -0.3    -0.3 
      Other foods ............................      1.383     176.8     176.5      0.6     -0.2    -0.5    -0.6    -0.5 
       Other miscellaneous foods (1) (2)......       .310     108.5     108.3     -0.2     -0.2     0.3    -0.7    -0.2 
    Food away from home (1)...................      6.430     176.9     177.0      2.7      0.1     0.2     0.3     0.1 
     Other food away from home (1) (2)........       .275     116.0     116.8      4.5      0.7     0.0     0.2     0.7 
   Alcoholic beverages .......................      1.001     182.1     182.2      2.8      0.1     0.4     0.3     0.1 
                                                                                                                        
  Housing ....................................     38.141     173.9     174.4      2.0      0.3     0.2     0.2     0.2 
   Shelter ...................................     29.212     199.8     200.6      4.2      0.4     0.4     0.5     0.2 
    Rent of primary residence (3).............      8.395     197.0     197.5      4.5      0.3     0.3     0.4     0.4 
    Lodging away from home (2) (3)............      1.523     119.4     122.2     -1.3      2.3     0.0     2.0    -1.4 
    Owners' equivalent rent of primary                                                                                  
        residence (3) (4).....................     18.980     192.9     193.3      4.4      0.2     0.3     0.4     0.2 
    Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2)..       .314     106.8     106.9      1.2      0.1     0.1     0.4     0.1 
   Fuels and utilities .......................      4.829     139.4     139.6     -6.9      0.1    -0.2    -1.1     0.4 
    Fuels ....................................      3.955     122.7     122.8     -8.9      0.1    -0.3    -1.3     0.3 
     Fuel oil and other fuels ................       .177     112.4     112.7    -18.3      0.3    -1.1    -1.2     1.3 
     Gas (piped) and electricity (3)..........      3.778     129.7     129.8     -8.3      0.1    -0.4    -1.3     0.3 
    Water and sewer and trash collection                                                                                
        services (2)..........................       .873     111.9     112.3      3.2      0.4     0.5     0.2     0.4 
   Household furnishings and operations ......      4.101     124.9     124.9     -0.8      0.0    -0.5    -0.2    -0.2 
    Household operations (1) (2)..............       .357     118.9     119.5      3.3      0.5     0.4     0.3     0.5 
                                                                                                                        
  Apparel ....................................      4.831     122.4     126.9     -2.8      3.7    -1.0     0.5     1.3 
   Men's and boys' apparel ...................      1.243     122.2     125.2     -1.9      2.5    -0.1     0.0     1.2 
   Women's and girls' apparel ................      1.864     113.8     119.7     -4.4      5.2    -1.0     1.3     0.8 
   Infants' and toddlers' apparel (1).........       .256     128.4     131.7     -1.2      2.6    -2.8     1.3     2.6 
   Footwear ..................................      1.165     119.3     122.8     -1.9      2.9    -1.3     0.8     1.7 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation .............................     19.393     147.1     149.2     -2.7      1.4     0.2    -0.3     1.4 
   Private transportation ....................     18.452     144.2     146.4     -2.7      1.5     0.3    -0.3     1.5 
    New and used motor vehicles (2)...........     10.145     100.3      99.7     -2.7     -0.6    -0.5    -0.8    -0.5 
     New vehicles ............................      4.897     142.3     141.8     -1.4     -0.4    -0.8    -0.8    -0.3 
     Used cars and trucks ....................      4.099     154.8     153.0     -5.0     -1.2    -0.4    -0.8    -0.9 
    Motor fuel ...............................      3.153      98.5     108.0    -13.0      9.6     2.5    -0.2     8.6 
     Gasoline (all types) ....................      3.120      97.9     107.5    -12.9      9.8     2.5    -0.1     8.6 
    Motor vehicle parts and equipment ........       .530     105.3     105.7      1.6      0.4     0.4     0.0     0.4 
    Motor vehicle maintenance and repair .....      1.438     189.5     189.9      3.6      0.2     0.3     0.4     0.2 
   Public transportation .....................       .941     202.5     203.0     -0.6      0.2     0.2    -0.3    -0.7 
                                                                                                                        
  Medical care ...............................      4.620     279.8     280.9      4.4      0.4     0.5     0.2     0.4 
   Medical care commodities ..................      1.006     248.5     249.0      3.7      0.2     0.3     0.4     0.1 
   Medical care services .....................      3.614     287.2     288.4      4.6      0.4     0.5     0.2     0.4 
    Professional services (3).................      2.245     253.6     254.0      2.8      0.2     0.3     0.0     0.2 
    Hospital and related services (3).........      1.092     351.4     354.3      7.9      0.8     0.9     0.6     0.9 
                                                                                                                        
  Recreation (2)..............................      5.649     104.5     104.6      1.6      0.1     0.3     0.1     0.2 
   Video and audio (2)........................      1.803     102.2     102.1      1.1     -0.1     0.5     0.4     0.0 
                                                                                                                        
  Education and communication (2).............      5.637     107.2     106.5      2.0     -0.7     0.4     0.1    -0.5 
   Education (2)..............................      2.382     123.3     123.3      6.0      0.0     0.5     0.7     0.5 
    Educational books and supplies ...........       .203     315.2     315.1      6.9      0.0     0.7     3.2     0.3 
    Tuition, other school fees, and childcare       2.178     347.0     347.2      5.9      0.1     0.5     0.4     0.4 
   Communication (1) (2)......................      3.255      94.5      93.3     -1.6     -1.3     0.1    -0.2    -1.3 
    Information and information processing (1)                                                                          
        (2)...................................      3.107      93.7      92.6     -1.6     -1.2     0.1    -0.3    -1.2 
     Telephone services (1) (2)...............      2.591     100.5      99.3     -0.2     -1.2     0.5     0.1    -1.2 
     Information and information processing                                                                             
         other than telephone services (1) (5)       .516      19.7      19.5    -16.3     -1.0    -2.4    -2.0    -1.0 
      Personal computers and peripheral                                                                                 
          equipment (1) (2)...................       .253      23.5      22.8    -28.3     -3.0    -2.8    -3.3    -3.0 
                                                                                                                        
  Other goods and services ...................      4.499     298.3     295.2      4.1     -1.0     0.2     1.5    -1.0 
   Tobacco and smoking products (1)...........      1.441     450.7     434.1      6.3     -3.7     0.1     4.0    -3.7 
   Personal care (1)..........................      3.059     173.2     173.7      2.8      0.3     0.2     0.3     0.3 
    Personal care products (1)................       .815     156.3     156.0      0.1     -0.2    -0.1     0.3    -0.2 
    Personal care services (1)................       .900     187.1     188.0      2.8      0.5    -0.1     0.1     0.5 
    Miscellaneous personal services ..........      1.161     271.4     272.5      5.1      0.4     0.4     0.4     0.4 
                                                                                                                        
          Commodity and service group                                                                                   
                                                                                                                        
 Commodities .................................     45.559     148.6     149.8     -1.1      0.8     0.0     0.1     0.6 
  Food and beverages .........................     17.229     175.8     176.1      2.6      0.2     0.3     0.2     0.2 
  Commodities less food and beverages ........     28.330     133.1     134.7     -3.3      1.2    -0.1     0.0     0.8 
   Nondurables less food and beverages .......     14.685     140.7     144.8     -3.0      2.9    -0.1     0.7     2.7 
    Apparel ..................................      4.831     122.4     126.9     -2.8      3.7    -1.0     0.5     1.3 
    Nondurables less food, beverages, and                                                                               
        apparel ..............................      9.854     155.4     159.4     -3.0      2.6     0.5     0.7     3.5 
   Durables ..................................     13.645     123.1     122.3     -3.1     -0.6    -0.6    -0.7    -0.5 
 Services ....................................     54.441     203.3     203.9      3.1      0.3     0.3     0.2     0.2 
  Rent of shelter (4).........................     28.898     192.5     193.2      4.2      0.4     0.3     0.5     0.2 
  Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2)....       .314     106.8     106.9      1.2      0.1     0.1     0.4     0.1 
  Gas (piped) and electricity (3).............      3.778     129.7     129.8     -8.3      0.1    -0.4    -1.3     0.3 
  Water and sewer and trash collection                                                                                  
      services (2)............................       .873     111.9     112.3      3.2      0.4     0.5     0.2     0.4 
  Household operations (1) (2)................       .357     118.9     119.5      3.3      0.5     0.4     0.3     0.5 
  Transportation services ....................      6.573     204.7     205.6      4.3      0.4     0.3     0.4     0.3 
  Medical care services ......................      3.614     287.2     288.4      4.6      0.4     0.5     0.2     0.4 
  Other services .............................     10.033     239.0     238.8      3.3     -0.1     0.3     0.3     0.0 
                                                                                                                        
                Special indexes                                                                                         
                                                                                                                        
 All items less food .........................     83.772     173.3     174.3      0.9      0.6     0.2     0.2     0.4 
 All items less shelter ......................     70.788     166.1     167.1      0.1      0.6     0.1     0.1     0.5 
 All items less medical care .................     95.380     169.0     170.0      1.1      0.6     0.2     0.2     0.4 
 Commodities less food .......................     29.331     134.8     136.5     -3.1      1.3    -0.1    -0.1     0.8 
 Nondurables less food .......................     15.687     143.1     147.0     -2.7      2.7     0.1     0.6     2.6 
 Nondurables less food and apparel ...........     10.855     157.0     160.7     -2.5      2.4     0.4     0.6     3.2 
 Nondurables .................................     31.915     158.5     160.8     -0.1      1.5     0.0     0.5     1.3 
 Services less rent of shelter (4)............     25.543     190.1     190.5      1.9      0.2     0.1     0.1     0.3 
 Services less medical care services .........     50.827     196.5     197.0      2.9      0.3     0.1     0.3     0.3 
 Energy ......................................      7.109     109.8     114.7    -10.8      4.5     1.0    -0.8     4.1 
 All items less energy .......................     92.891     182.5     182.9      2.3      0.2     0.1     0.3     0.1 
  All items less food and energy .............     76.663     184.4     184.9      2.2      0.3     0.1     0.2     0.1 
   Commodities less food and energy                                                                                     
       commodities ...........................     26.001     144.8     145.0     -1.2      0.1    -0.4     0.0    -0.2 
    Energy commodities .......................      3.330      99.5     108.7    -13.1      9.2     2.4    -0.2     8.1 
   Services less energy services .............     50.663     211.5     212.1      4.0      0.3     0.4     0.4     0.2 
 Purchasing power of the consumer dollar                                                                                
     (1982-84=$1.00) .........................          -    $ .576    $ .573        -        -       -       -       - 
 Purchasing power of the consumer dollar                                                                                
     (1967=$1.00) ............................          -    $ .193    $ .192        -        -       -       -       - 

   1 Not seasonally adjusted.
   2 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base.
   3 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator.  All other item stratum index series converted to a
 geometric means estimator in January, 1999.
   4 Indexes on a December 1984=100 base
   5 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base.
   - Data not available.
 NOTE:  Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

 Table 5. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Seasonally adjusted U.S. city
 average, by expenditure category and commodity and service group

 (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                                 Seasonally adjusted indexes    Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent 
                                                                                               change for               
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                     CPI-W                                                           3 months ended--         6 months  
                                                                                                              ended--   
                                                 Dec.    Jan.    Feb.    Mar.                                           
                                                 2001    2002    2002    2002                                           
                                                                                June   Sep.   Dec.   Mar.   Sep.   Mar. 
                                                                                2001   2001   2001   2002   2001   2002 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                        
             Expenditure category                                                                                       
                                                                                                                        
 All items ...................................  173.3   173.7   174.0   174.6    4.0    0.7   -2.9    3.0    2.3    0.0 
                                                                                                                        
  Food and beverages .........................  174.7   175.3   175.7   176.0    3.1    2.8    1.4    3.0    2.9    2.2 
   Food ......................................  174.2   174.8   175.2   175.6    3.1    2.8    1.4    3.3    2.9    2.3 
    Food at home .............................  173.9   174.5   175.0   175.4    3.3    2.3    0.9    3.5    2.8    2.2 
     Cereals and bakery products .............  195.4   196.9   197.5   197.6    2.1    4.0    0.6    4.6    3.0    2.6 
     Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ..........  162.0   162.0   161.8   163.0    3.5    0.5    0.5    2.5    2.0    1.5 
     Dairy and related products (1)...........  170.6   169.7   170.0   169.2    9.7    6.1    2.9   -3.2    7.9   -0.2 
     Fruits and vegetables ...................  210.5   217.3   223.0   225.3    1.7    2.1   -3.7   31.2    1.9   12.4 
     Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage                                                                                
         materials ...........................  139.3   138.3   137.9   138.4    1.2    2.6    1.2   -2.6    1.9   -0.7 
     Other food at home ......................  161.3   160.8   160.1   159.3    2.8    1.8    4.1   -4.9    2.3   -0.5 
      Sugar and sweets .......................  156.9   157.6   157.9   156.5    1.6    1.3    2.3   -1.0    1.4    0.6 
      Fats and oils ..........................  157.8   157.2   156.7   156.3   10.3    3.1   -0.8   -3.7    6.6   -2.3 
      Other foods ............................  179.0   178.1   177.0   176.1    1.6    1.4    6.0   -6.3    1.5   -0.3 
       Other miscellaneous foods (1) (2)......  109.0   109.3   108.5   108.3   -1.8    4.5   -0.7   -2.5    1.3   -1.6 
    Food away from home (1)...................  176.0   176.4   176.9   177.0    2.8    3.5    2.3    2.3    3.2    2.3 
     Other food away from home (1) (2)........  115.8   115.8   116.0   116.8    3.6   10.3    0.7    3.5    6.9    2.1 
   Alcoholic beverages .......................  180.7   181.4   181.9   182.0    3.2    3.9    1.1    2.9    3.5    2.0 
                                                                                                                        
  Housing ....................................  173.5   173.8   174.2   174.5    3.6    0.7    1.6    2.3    2.1    2.0 
   Shelter ...................................  198.2   198.9   199.8   200.2    4.2    4.0    4.4    4.1    4.1    4.2 
    Rent of primary residence (3).............  195.5   196.1   196.8   197.5    5.0    4.7    4.4    4.2    4.8    4.3 
    Lodging away from home (2) (3)............  117.4   117.4   119.8   118.1    1.0   -8.7    0.7    2.4   -4.0    1.5 
    Owners' equivalent rent of primary                                                                                  
        residence (3) (4).....................  191.5   192.1   192.9   193.3    4.2    4.6    5.0    3.8    4.4    4.4 
    Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2)..  106.3   106.4   106.8   106.9    6.2   -1.5   -1.9    2.3    2.3    0.2 
   Fuels and utilities .......................  142.9   142.6   141.1   141.6    2.7  -13.4  -11.4   -3.6   -5.7   -7.6 
    Fuels ....................................  126.6   126.2   124.5   124.9    3.0  -16.6  -14.4   -5.3   -7.3   -9.9 
     Fuel oil and other fuels ................  110.6   109.4   108.1   109.5   -8.9   -4.8  -46.6   -3.9   -6.9  -28.4 
     Gas (piped) and electricity (3)..........  134.3   133.8   132.0   132.4    3.7  -17.5  -11.3   -5.5   -7.5   -8.5 
    Water and sewer and trash collection                                                                                
        services (2)..........................  111.1   111.7   111.9   112.3    2.2    3.7    2.9    4.4    3.0    3.7 
   Household furnishings and operations ......  125.8   125.2   125.0   124.8    0.0    0.0    0.0   -3.1    0.0   -1.6 
    Household operations (1) (2)..............  118.0   118.5   118.9   119.5    2.4    3.5    2.1    5.2    3.0    3.6 
                                                                                                                        
  Apparel ....................................  124.1   122.9   123.5   125.1   -8.4   -2.8   -3.2    3.3   -5.7    0.0 
   Men's and boys' apparel ...................  123.2   123.1   123.1   124.6   -1.9   -6.2   -3.8    4.6   -4.1    0.3 
   Women's and girls' apparel ................  114.9   113.7   115.2   116.1  -13.7   -2.7   -4.4    4.2   -8.4   -0.2 
   Infants' and toddlers' apparel (1).........  130.3   126.7   128.4   131.7  -13.4    8.0   -2.4    4.4   -3.3    0.9 
   Footwear ..................................  121.5   119.9   120.9   122.9   -8.9    1.3   -4.2    4.7   -4.0    0.2 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation .............................  147.7   148.0   147.6   149.6    9.4   -4.5  -18.4    5.2    2.2   -7.3 
   Private transportation ....................  144.7   145.1   144.7   146.8    9.0   -4.3  -19.2    5.9    2.1   -7.5 
    New and used motor vehicles (2)...........  101.5   101.0   100.2    99.7   -2.7   -1.6    0.8   -6.9   -2.1   -3.1 
     New vehicles ............................  143.9   142.8   141.6   141.2   -0.8   -0.8    3.7   -7.3   -0.8   -2.0 
     Used cars and trucks ....................  157.2   156.5   155.3   153.9   -5.1   -4.2   -2.8   -8.1   -4.6   -5.5 
    Motor fuel ...............................   98.8   101.3   101.1   109.8   46.3  -18.9  -68.3   52.5    8.9  -30.5 
     Gasoline (all types) ....................   98.2   100.7   100.6   109.3   47.0  -19.3  -68.4   53.5    9.0  -30.4 
    Motor vehicle parts and equipment ........  104.9   105.3   105.3   105.7   -1.5    3.1    1.9    3.1    0.8    2.5 
    Motor vehicle maintenance and repair .....  188.0   188.6   189.3   189.7    3.1    4.2    3.3    3.7    3.6    3.5 
   Public transportation .....................  203.1   203.6   202.9   201.4   14.1   -4.7   -7.0   -3.3    4.3   -5.2 
                                                                                                                        
  Medical care ...............................  277.3   278.6   279.2   280.2    4.1    4.3    4.8    4.2    4.2    4.5 
   Medical care commodities ..................  247.1   247.9   248.8   249.0    4.1    3.2    4.3    3.1    3.6    3.7 
   Medical care services .....................  284.3   285.7   286.3   287.5    4.1    4.7    4.8    4.6    4.4    4.7 
    Professional services (3).................  252.3   253.1   253.0   253.5    2.8    3.8    3.1    1.9    3.3    2.5 
    Hospital and related services (3).........  344.7   347.9   350.0   353.2    6.8    6.4    8.0   10.2    6.6    9.1 
                                                                                                                        
  Recreation (2)..............................  104.0   104.3   104.4   104.6    1.6    1.9    0.4    2.3    1.8    1.4 
   Video and audio (1) (2)....................  101.0   101.5   101.9   101.9   -0.4    0.0    1.2    3.6   -0.2    2.4 
                                                                                                                        
  Education and communication (2).............  106.6   107.0   107.1   106.6    1.9    3.5    2.7    0.0    2.7    1.3 
   Education (2)..............................  121.6   122.2   123.0   123.6    6.3    7.3    4.0    6.7    6.8    5.4 
    Educational books and supplies ...........  300.1   302.1   311.8   312.6   10.4   12.9  -10.7   17.7   11.6    2.5 
    Tuition, other school fees, and childcare   343.5   345.2   346.7   348.2    6.0    6.5    5.5    5.6    6.2    5.6 
   Communication (1) (2)......................   94.6    94.7    94.5    93.3   -2.1    0.0    1.3   -5.4   -1.1   -2.1 
    Information and information processing (1)                                                                          
        (2)...................................   93.9    94.0    93.7    92.6   -2.1    0.0    1.3   -5.4   -1.1   -2.1 
     Telephone services (1) (2)...............   99.9   100.4   100.5    99.3   -1.2    0.8    2.0   -2.4   -0.2   -0.2 
     Information and information processing                                                                             
         other than telephone services (1) (5)   20.6    20.1    19.7    19.5  -17.6  -16.8  -10.8  -19.7  -17.2  -15.4 
      Personal computers and peripheral                                                                                 
          equipment (1) (2)...................   25.0    24.3    23.5    22.8  -26.9  -33.0  -22.0  -30.8  -30.0  -26.5 
                                                                                                                        
  Other goods and services ...................  293.3   294.0   298.3   295.2    6.4   11.0   -2.9    2.6    8.6   -0.2 
   Tobacco and smoking products (1)...........  432.9   433.5   450.7   434.1   13.5   23.8  -10.2    1.1   18.5   -4.7 
   Personal care (1)..........................  172.3   172.7   173.2   173.7    2.1    3.6    2.1    3.3    2.9    2.7 
    Personal care products (1)................  156.0   155.9   156.3   156.0   -1.3    1.8   -0.3    0.0    0.3   -0.1 
    Personal care services (1)................  187.1   187.0   187.1   188.0    4.4    2.8    2.2    1.9    3.6    2.1 
    Miscellaneous personal services ..........  268.7   269.8   270.9   271.9    4.6    6.1    4.6    4.8    5.3    4.7 
                                                                                                                        
          Commodity and service group                                                                                   
                                                                                                                        
 Commodities .................................  148.8   148.8   148.9   149.8    4.0   -0.5   -9.6    2.7    1.7   -3.6 
  Food and beverages .........................  174.7   175.3   175.7   176.0    3.1    2.8    1.4    3.0    2.9    2.2 
  Commodities less food and beverages ........  133.8   133.6   133.6   134.7    4.7   -2.8  -16.1    2.7    0.9   -7.2 
   Nondurables less food and beverages .......  141.2   141.1   142.1   146.0    3.0   -2.9  -22.5   14.3    0.0   -5.9 
    Apparel ..................................  124.1   122.9   123.5   125.1   -8.4   -2.8   -3.2    3.3   -5.7    0.0 
    Nondurables less food, beverages, and                                                                               
        apparel ..............................  155.2   155.9   157.0   162.5    7.4   -2.3  -29.7   20.2    2.4   -8.1 
   Durables ..................................  124.5   123.7   122.8   122.2   -2.5   -2.2   -0.3   -7.2   -2.4   -3.8 
 Services ....................................  202.2   202.9   203.4   203.8    3.9    2.2    2.8    3.2    3.1    3.0 
  Rent of shelter (4).........................  191.0   191.6   192.5   192.8    4.4    3.7    4.7    3.8    4.0    4.3 
  Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2)....  106.3   106.4   106.8   106.9    6.2   -1.5   -1.9    2.3    2.3    0.2 
  Gas (piped) and electricity (3).............  134.3   133.8   132.0   132.4    3.7  -17.5  -11.3   -5.5   -7.5   -8.5 
  Water and sewer and trash collection                                                                                  
      services (2)............................  111.1   111.7   111.9   112.3    2.2    3.7    2.9    4.4    3.0    3.7 
  Household operations (1) (2)................  118.0   118.5   118.9   119.5    2.4    3.5    2.1    5.2    3.0    3.6 
  Transportation services ....................  202.8   203.5   204.4   205.1    4.5    3.3    4.5    4.6    3.9    4.5 
  Medical care services ......................  284.3   285.7   286.3   287.5    4.1    4.7    4.8    4.6    4.4    4.7 
  Other services .............................  237.4   238.2   238.8   238.9    3.0    4.2    3.4    2.6    3.6    3.0 
                                                                                                                        
                Special indexes                                                                                         
                                                                                                                        
 All items less food .........................  173.0   173.3   173.6   174.3    4.0    0.5   -3.8    3.0    2.2   -0.5 
 All items less shelter ......................  166.1   166.3   166.4   167.2    3.9   -0.2   -5.8    2.7    1.8   -1.7 
 All items less medical care .................  168.7   169.0   169.3   169.9    4.1    0.5   -3.3    2.9    2.3   -0.2 
 Commodities less food .......................  135.5   135.4   135.3   136.4    4.6   -2.5  -15.7    2.7    1.0   -6.9 
 Nondurables less food .......................  143.4   143.5   144.4   148.2    3.5   -2.6  -21.8   14.1    0.4   -5.6 
 Nondurables less food and apparel ...........  156.7   157.4   158.4   163.5    6.6   -1.4  -27.5   18.5    2.5   -7.3 
 Nondurables .................................  158.3   158.3   159.1   161.2    4.5   -1.0  -10.6    7.5    1.7   -2.0 
 Services less rent of shelter (4)............  189.8   190.0   190.1   190.7    3.9    0.8    0.8    1.9    2.4    1.4 
 Services less medical care services .........  195.7   195.9   196.5   197.0    4.0    2.5    2.7    2.7    3.3    2.7 
 Energy ......................................  111.9   113.0   112.1   116.7   22.2  -17.6  -46.4   18.3    0.3  -20.4 
 All items less energy .......................  181.8   182.0   182.5   182.7    2.5    2.7    2.2    2.0    2.6    2.1 
  All items less food and energy .............  183.8   184.0   184.4   184.5    2.0    2.9    2.4    1.5    2.5    2.0 
   Commodities less food and energy                                                                                     
       commodities ...........................  145.6   145.0   145.0   144.7   -1.4    0.8   -1.4   -2.4   -0.3   -1.9 
    Energy commodities .......................   99.7   102.1   101.9   110.2   41.9  -18.0  -67.3   49.3    7.9  -30.1 
   Services less energy services .............  209.8   210.6   211.4   211.8    4.0    3.7    4.3    3.9    3.9    4.1 

   1 Not seasonally adjusted.
   2 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base.
   3 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator.  All other item stratum index series converted to a
 geometric means estimator in January, 1999.
   4 Indexes on a December 1984=100 base
   5 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base.
 NOTE:  Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

 Table 6. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Selected areas, all items index 

 (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                All items                                  
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
                                               Prici-           Indexes             Percent change to    Percent change to 
                     CPI-W                       ng                                  Mar.2002 from--      Feb.2002 from--  
                                               sched-                                                                      
                                                 ule   Dec.   Jan.   Feb.   Mar.                                           
                                                 (1)   2001   2002   2002   2002   Mar.   Jan.   Feb.   Feb.   Dec.   Jan. 
                                                                                   2001   2002   2002   2001   2001   2002 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                           
 U.S. city average ...........................   M    172.9  173.2  173.7  174.7    1.2    0.9    0.6    0.8    0.5    0.3 
                                                                                                                           
            Region and area size(2)                                                                                        
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
 Northeast urban .............................   M    181.0  181.4  182.3  183.1    1.6    0.9    0.4    1.6    0.7    0.5 
   Size A -  More than 1,500,000 .............   M    181.1  181.6  182.8  183.6    1.9    1.1    0.4    1.9    0.9    0.7 
   Size B/C  50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)..........   M    109.9  110.1  110.1  110.8    0.9    0.6    0.6    0.6    0.2    0.0 
                                                                                                                           
 Midwest urban ...............................   M    167.6  167.7  168.1  169.1    0.8    0.8    0.6   -0.2    0.3    0.2 
   Size A   - More than 1,500,000 ............   M    168.7  168.8  169.4  170.6    1.2    1.1    0.7    0.2    0.4    0.4 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3).........   M    109.2  109.2  109.2  109.7    0.1    0.5    0.5   -0.6    0.0    0.0 
   Size D -  Nonmetropolitan  (less than                                                                                   
       50,000) ...............................   M    163.3  163.9  164.3  164.8    0.3    0.5    0.3   -0.4    0.6    0.2 
                                                                                                                           
 South urban .................................   M    168.1  168.3  168.6  169.6    0.5    0.8    0.6    0.2    0.3    0.2 
   Size A -  More than 1,500,000 .............   M    169.0  169.0  169.5  170.5    1.2    0.9    0.6    1.0    0.3    0.3 
   Size B/C -  50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........   M    108.5  108.6  108.7  109.3    0.2    0.6    0.6   -0.3    0.2    0.1 
   Size D -  Nonmetropolitan  (less than                                                                                   
       50,000) ...............................   M    168.3  169.2  168.9  170.2   -0.1    0.6    0.8   -0.6    0.4   -0.2 
                                                                                                                           
 West urban ..................................   M    176.8  177.4  178.1  179.0    2.1    0.9    0.5    2.0    0.7    0.4 
   Size A   - More than 1,500,000 ............   M    176.9  177.7  178.6  179.5    2.3    1.0    0.5    2.2    1.0    0.5 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3).........   M    111.2  111.4  111.8  112.2    1.6    0.7    0.4    1.8    0.5    0.4 
                                                                                                                           
                 Size classes                                                                                              
                                                                                                                           
   A (4)......................................   M    159.4  159.7  160.5  161.3    1.7    1.0    0.5    1.4    0.7    0.5 
   B/C (3)....................................   M    109.3  109.4  109.5  110.1    0.5    0.6    0.5    0.1    0.2    0.1 
   D .........................................   M    168.5  169.2  169.3  170.2    0.4    0.6    0.5   -0.1    0.5    0.1 
                                                                                                                           
            Selected local areas(5)                                                                                        
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI ..............   M    171.7  171.6  172.4  173.5    1.2    1.1    0.6   -0.3    0.4    0.5 
 Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA .....   M    169.7  171.5  172.8  173.8    2.8    1.3    0.6    2.7    1.8    0.8 
 New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island,                                                                                       
     NY-NJ-CT-PA .............................   M    182.8  183.5  184.7  185.6    2.1    1.1    0.5    2.2    1.0    0.7 
                                                                                                                           
 Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT .........   1        -  191.8      -  193.2    2.1    0.7      -      -      -      - 
 Cleveland-Akron, OH .........................   1        -  162.8      -  164.1    0.1    0.8      -      -      -      - 
 Dallas-Fort Worth, TX .......................   1        -  170.0      -  171.4    1.7    0.8      -      -      -      - 
 Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV (6)........   1        -  110.5      -  111.4    1.8    0.8      -      -      -      - 
                                                                                                                           
 Atlanta, GA .................................   2    172.0      -  173.2      -      -      -      -    0.3    0.7      - 
 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI .................   2    167.9      -  170.5      -      -      -      -    1.7    1.5      - 
 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX ..............   2    155.2      -  154.3      -      -      -      -   -1.5   -0.6      - 
 Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL ...................   2    170.5      -  172.3      -      -      -      -    1.8    1.1      - 
 Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,                                                                                    
     PA-NJ-DE-MD .............................   2    179.2      -  181.4      -      -      -      -    1.8    1.2      - 
 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA ..........   2    186.5      -  186.8      -      -      -      -    1.8    0.2      - 
 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA ................   2    181.1      -  182.5      -      -      -      -    1.8    0.8      - 

   1 Areas on pricing schedule 2 (see Table 10) will appear next month. 
   2 Regions defined as the four Census regions.  See technical notes.
   3 Indexes on a December 1996=100 base.
   4 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base.
   5 In addition, the following metropolitan areas are published semiannually and appear in Tables 34 and 39 of the 
 January and July issues of the CPI Detailed Report: Anchorage, AK; Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN; Denver-Boulder-Greeley,
 CO; Honolulu, HI; Kansas City, MO-KS; Milwaukee-Racine, WI; Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI; Pittsburgh, PA; Portland-Salem,
 OR-WA; St. Louis, MO-IL; San Diego, CA; Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL.
   6 Indexes on a November 1996=100 base.
   - Data not available.
 NOTE:  Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

 Table 1 (OW). Old Weight Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U):  U.S. city
 average, by expenditure category and commodity and service group 

 (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)
                                                                                               
                                                                                               
                                                                                  Unadjusted   
                                                 Relative       Unadjusted    percent change to
                                                importance,      indexes       Mar. 2002 from- 
                Item and group                   December                                      
                                                   2001                                        
                                                              Feb.     Mar.     Mar.     Feb.  
                                                              2002     2002     2001     2002  
                                                                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                               
             Expenditure category                                                              
                                                                                               
 All items ...................................     100.000    177.9    178.8      1.5      0.5 
 All items (1967=100) ........................           -    532.8    535.7        -        - 
                                                                                               
  Food and beverages .........................      16.393    176.5    176.7      2.6      0.1 
   Food ......................................      15.403    176.0    176.2      2.6      0.1 
    Food at home .............................       9.661    176.2    176.4      2.6      0.1 
     Cereals and bakery products .............       1.535    197.6    197.1      2.7     -0.3 
     Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ..........       2.620    162.1    162.9      1.7      0.5 
     Dairy and related products ..............       1.093    169.9    169.1      3.6     -0.5 
     Fruits and vegetables ...................       1.427    223.1    225.2      6.5      0.9 
     Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage                                                       
         materials ...........................       1.023    140.4    140.3      0.6     -0.1 
     Other food at home ......................       1.961    160.8    160.1      0.9     -0.4 
      Sugar and sweets .......................        .364    158.6    157.2      1.0     -0.9 
      Fats and oils ..........................        .297    157.3    156.2      2.0     -0.7 
      Other foods ............................       1.301    176.7    176.4      0.7     -0.2 
       Other miscellaneous foods (1)..........        .307    108.3    108.3     -0.1      0.0 
    Food away from home ......................       5.743    176.8    177.1      2.8      0.2 
     Other food away from home (1)............        .182    115.8    116.2      4.1      0.3 
   Alcoholic beverages .......................        .990    182.7    182.7      2.8      0.0 
                                                                                               
  Housing ....................................      40.516    178.3    179.0      2.1      0.4 
   Shelter ...................................      31.037    205.8    206.7      3.9      0.4 
    Rent of primary residence (2).............       7.300    197.7    198.2      4.5      0.3 
    Lodging away from home (1) (2)............       2.306    118.6    121.7     -2.0      2.6 
    Owners' equivalent rent of primary                                                         
        residence (2) (3).....................      21.064    212.2    212.8      4.5      0.3 
    Tenants' and household insurance (1)......        .366    106.8    106.9      1.4      0.1 
   Fuels and utilities .......................       4.934    140.1    140.3     -7.0      0.1 
    Fuels ....................................       3.998    123.8    123.9     -9.1      0.1 
     Fuel oil and other fuels ................        .276    112.2    112.9    -18.2      0.6 
     Gas (piped) and electricity (2)..........       3.722    130.7    130.8     -8.3      0.1 
    Water and sewer and trash collection                                                       
        services (1)..........................        .936    111.8    112.3      3.3      0.4 
   Household furnishings and operations ......       4.545    128.8    129.0     -0.1      0.2 
    Household operations (1)..................        .959    117.8    118.7      3.0      0.8 
                                                                                               
  Apparel ....................................       4.242    123.1    127.6     -3.5      3.7 
   Men's and boys' apparel ...................       1.187    122.0    125.2     -1.8      2.6 
   Women's and girls' apparel ................       1.687    114.5    120.5     -5.7      5.2 
   Infants' and toddlers' apparel ............        .250    125.9    129.0     -2.0      2.5 
   Footwear ..................................        .769    119.7    123.4     -1.4      3.1 
                                                                                               
  Transportation .............................      16.639    148.7    151.0     -1.9      1.5 
   Private transportation ....................      15.281    144.4    146.8     -1.9      1.7 
    New and used motor vehicles (1)...........       7.328    100.0     99.5     -2.4     -0.5 
     New vehicles ............................       4.604    141.1    140.6     -1.5     -0.4 
     Used cars and trucks ....................       1.824    153.9    152.0     -4.9     -1.2 
    Motor fuel ...............................       2.578     98.2    107.9    -13.1      9.9 
     Gasoline (all types) ....................       2.559     97.6    107.2    -13.1      9.8 
    Motor vehicle parts and equipment ........        .533    106.2    106.6      1.8      0.4 
    Motor vehicle maintenance and repair .....       1.656    187.9    188.4      3.7      0.3 
   Public transportation .....................       1.357    207.3    207.8     -1.0      0.2 
                                                                                               
  Medical care ...............................       5.995    281.3    282.3      4.6      0.4 
   Medical care commodities ..................       1.295    253.9    254.4      3.9      0.2 
   Medical care services .....................       4.700    287.9    289.1      4.8      0.4 
    Professional services (2).................       2.933    251.5    252.0      2.9      0.2 
    Hospital and related services (2).........       1.502    356.9    359.6      8.1      0.8 
                                                                                               
  Recreation (1)..............................       5.909    106.0    106.2      1.8      0.2 
   Video and audio (1)........................       1.629    102.8    102.8      1.2      0.0 
                                                                                               
  Education and communication (1).............       5.397    107.7    107.1      2.7     -0.6 
   Education (1)..............................       2.914    123.2    123.3      6.2      0.1 
    Educational books and supplies ...........        .215    314.3    314.4      8.1      0.0 
    Tuition, other school fees, and childcare        2.699    354.0    354.2      6.0      0.1 
   Communication (1)..........................       2.483     93.7     92.6     -1.2     -1.2 
    Information and information processing (1)       2.279     92.6     91.4     -1.4     -1.3 
     Telephone services (1)...................       2.146    100.4     99.0     -0.4     -1.4 
     Information and information processing                                                    
         other than telephone services (4)....        .133     19.2     18.9    -16.0     -1.6 
      Personal computers and peripheral                                                        
          equipment (1).......................        .054     24.0     23.2    -28.4     -3.3 
                                                                                               
  Other goods and services ...................       4.909    290.8    288.2      3.8     -0.9 
   Tobacco and smoking products ..............       1.402    448.8    433.0      6.2     -3.5 
   Personal care .............................       3.507    173.6    174.0      2.9      0.2 
    Personal care products ...................        .719    155.5    155.0     -0.4     -0.3 
    Personal care services ...................       1.000    186.4    187.2      2.7      0.4 
    Miscellaneous personal services ..........       1.562    271.8    272.8      5.1      0.4 
                                                                                               
          Commodity and service group                                                          
                                                                                               
 Commodities .................................      40.624    148.3    149.6     -0.7      0.9 
  Food and beverages .........................      16.393    176.5    176.7      2.6      0.1 
  Commodities less food and beverages ........      24.231    132.3    134.0     -2.9      1.3 
   Nondurables less food and beverages .......      13.948    139.6    143.2     -3.2      2.6 
    Apparel ..................................       4.242    123.1    127.6     -3.5      3.7 
    Nondurables less food, beverages, and                                                      
        apparel ..............................       9.706    153.8    157.0     -3.0      2.1 
   Durables ..................................      10.283    122.8    122.3     -2.5     -0.4 
 Services ....................................      59.376    207.2    207.9      3.0      0.3 
  Rent of shelter (3).........................      30.671    214.4    215.3      3.9      0.4 
  Tenants' and household insurance (1)........        .366    106.8    106.9      1.4      0.1 
  Gas (piped) and electricity (2).............       3.722    130.7    130.8     -8.3      0.1 
  Water and sewer and trash collection                                                         
      services (1)............................        .936    111.8    112.3      3.3      0.4 
  Household operations (1)....................        .959    117.8    118.7      3.0      0.8 
  Transportation services ....................       7.010    206.8    207.7      3.7      0.4 
  Medical care services ......................       4.700    287.9    289.1      4.8      0.4 
  Other services .............................      11.012    243.6    243.7      3.5      0.0 
                                                                                               
                Special indexes                                                                
                                                                                               
 All items less food .........................      84.597    178.2    179.3      1.2      0.6 
 All items less shelter ......................      68.963    168.9    169.9      0.4      0.6 
 All items less medical care .................      94.005    172.4    173.3      1.2      0.5 
 Commodities less food .......................      25.221    134.1    135.8     -2.7      1.3 
 Nondurables less food .......................      14.938    142.2    145.6     -2.8      2.4 
 Nondurables less food and apparel ...........      10.696    155.6    158.6     -2.5      1.9 
 Nondurables .................................      30.341    158.1    160.0     -0.2      1.2 
 Services less rent of shelter (3)............      28.705    214.4    214.9      2.0      0.2 
 Services less medical care services .........      54.676    200.0    200.7      2.9      0.4 
 Energy ......................................       6.576    111.0    115.5    -10.8      4.1 
 All items less energy .......................      93.424    186.6    187.1      2.5      0.3 
  All items less food and energy .............      78.020    189.2    189.8      2.4      0.3 
   Commodities less food and energy                                                            
       commodities ...........................      22.366    144.4    144.8     -1.0      0.3 
    Energy commodities .......................       2.855     99.5    108.4    -13.6      8.9 
   Services less energy services .............      55.654    215.0    215.8      3.9      0.4 
 Purchasing power of the consumer dollar                                                       
     (1982-84=$1.00) .........................           -   $ .562   $ .559        -        - 
 Purchasing power of the consumer dollar                                                       
     (1967=$1.00) ............................           -   $ .188   $ .187        -        - 

   1 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base.
   2 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator.  All other item stratum
 index series converted to a geometric means estimator in January, 1999.
   3 Indexes on a December 1982=100 base.
   4 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base.
   - Data not available.
 NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

 Table 2 (OW).  Old Weight Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers
 (CPI-W):  U.S. city average, by expenditure category and commodity and service group 

 (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)
                                                                                               
                                                                                               
                                                                                  Unadjusted   
                                                 Relative       Unadjusted    percent change to
                                                importance,      indexes       Mar. 2002 from- 
                Item and group                   December                                      
                                                   2001                                        
                                                              Feb.     Mar.     Mar.     Feb.  
                                                              2002     2002     2001     2002  
                                                                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                               
             Expenditure category                                                              
                                                                                               
 All items ...................................     100.000    173.8    174.7      1.2      0.5 
 All items (1967=100) ........................           -    517.8    520.5        -        - 
                                                                                               
  Food and beverages .........................      18.048    175.8    176.0      2.6      0.1 
   Food ......................................      16.993    175.3    175.5      2.6      0.1 
    Food at home .............................      10.838    175.2    175.4      2.5      0.1 
     Cereals and bakery products .............       1.682    197.2    196.7      2.6     -0.3 
     Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ..........       3.127    161.9    162.8      1.8      0.6 
     Dairy and related products ..............       1.202    169.7    168.8      3.5     -0.5 
     Fruits and vegetables ...................       1.483    221.7    223.9      6.7      1.0 
     Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage                                                       
         materials ...........................       1.162    139.8    139.9      0.8      0.1 
     Other food at home ......................       2.183    160.4    159.7      0.9     -0.4 
      Sugar and sweets .......................        .406    158.4    156.9      0.8     -0.9 
      Fats and oils ..........................        .340    157.0    155.8      1.8     -0.8 
      Other foods ............................       1.437    177.1    176.7      0.7     -0.2 
       Other miscellaneous foods (1)..........        .343    108.6    108.5      0.0     -0.1 
    Food away from home ......................       6.155    176.8    177.0      2.7      0.1 
     Other food away from home (1)............        .224    116.2    116.5      4.2      0.3 
   Alcoholic beverages .......................       1.055    182.6    182.6      3.0      0.0 
                                                                                               
  Housing ....................................      37.348    173.8    174.3      1.9      0.3 
   Shelter ...................................      28.251    199.7    200.4      4.0      0.4 
    Rent of primary residence (2).............       8.858    197.0    197.5      4.5      0.3 
    Lodging away from home (1) (2)............       1.340    118.3    121.6     -1.8      2.8 
    Owners' equivalent rent of primary                                                         
        residence (2) (3).....................      17.737    192.8    193.3      4.4      0.3 
    Tenants' and household insurance (1)......        .316    106.8    106.9      1.2      0.1 
   Fuels and utilities .......................       5.046    139.5    139.7     -6.8      0.1 
    Fuels ....................................       4.121    122.8    122.9     -8.8      0.1 
     Fuel oil and other fuels ................        .243    112.5    113.1    -18.0      0.5 
     Gas (piped) and electricity (2)..........       3.877    129.8    129.9     -8.2      0.1 
    Water and sewer and trash collection                                                       
        services (1)..........................        .925    111.9    112.3      3.2      0.4 
   Household furnishings and operations ......       4.051    125.2    125.2     -0.6      0.0 
    Household operations (1)..................        .426    118.4    119.0      2.9      0.5 
                                                                                               
  Apparel ....................................       4.577    121.8    126.3     -3.3      3.7 
   Men's and boys' apparel ...................       1.291    122.1    125.5     -1.6      2.8 
   Women's and girls' apparel ................       1.698    111.9    117.8     -5.9      5.3 
   Infants' and toddlers' apparel ............        .318    127.8    131.3     -1.5      2.7 
   Footwear ..................................        .928    119.7    123.8     -1.1      3.4 
                                                                                               
  Transportation .............................      18.798    147.4    149.8     -2.3      1.6 
   Private transportation ....................      17.737    144.5    146.9     -2.4      1.7 
    New and used motor vehicles (1)...........       8.672    100.3     99.7     -2.7     -0.6 
     New vehicles ............................       4.836    142.2    141.7     -1.5     -0.4 
     Used cars and trucks ....................       3.061    154.8    152.9     -5.1     -1.2 
    Motor fuel ...............................       3.192     98.4    108.2    -12.8     10.0 
     Gasoline (all types) ....................       3.168     97.8    107.6    -12.8     10.0 
    Motor vehicle parts and equipment ........        .661    105.2    105.6      1.5      0.4 
    Motor vehicle maintenance and repair .....       1.727    189.4    189.9      3.6      0.3 
   Public transportation .....................       1.061    202.3    202.8     -0.7      0.2 
                                                                                               
  Medical care ...............................       4.906    280.1    281.1      4.5      0.4 
   Medical care commodities ..................        .956    248.6    249.1      3.7      0.2 
   Medical care services .....................       3.950    287.4    288.6      4.7      0.4 
    Professional services (2).................       2.490    253.7    254.1      2.9      0.2 
    Hospital and related services (2).........       1.238    352.0    354.8      8.1      0.8 
                                                                                               
  Recreation (1)..............................       5.670    104.4    104.6      1.6      0.2 
   Video and audio (1)........................       1.810    102.2    102.1      1.1     -0.1 
                                                                                               
  Education and communication (1).............       5.277    107.7    107.1      2.6     -0.6 
   Education (1)..............................       2.684    123.5    123.5      6.2      0.0 
    Educational books and supplies ...........        .213    318.7    318.6      8.1      0.0 
    Tuition, other school fees, and childcare        2.471    347.4    347.6      6.0      0.1 
   Communication (1)..........................       2.593     95.0     93.9     -0.9     -1.2 
    Information and information processing (1)       2.442     94.3     93.1     -1.1     -1.3 
     Telephone services (1)...................       2.329    100.5     99.2     -0.3     -1.3 
     Information and information processing                                                    
         other than telephone services (4)....        .113     20.0     19.6    -15.9     -2.0 
      Personal computers and peripheral                                                        
          equipment (1).......................        .044     23.7     22.7    -28.6     -4.2 
                                                                                               
  Other goods and services ...................       5.376    298.9    294.9      4.0     -1.3 
   Tobacco and smoking products ..............       2.053    450.4    433.8      6.2     -3.7 
   Personal care .............................       3.323    173.3    173.6      2.7      0.2 
    Personal care products ...................        .813    156.1    155.6     -0.2     -0.3 
    Personal care services ...................       1.006    187.2    187.9      2.8      0.4 
    Miscellaneous personal services ..........       1.314    271.6    272.5      5.1      0.3 
                                                                                               
          Commodity and service group                                                          
                                                                                               
 Commodities .................................      45.337    148.8    150.0     -0.9      0.8 
  Food and beverages .........................      18.048    175.8    176.0      2.6      0.1 
  Commodities less food and beverages ........      27.289    133.3    135.0     -3.1      1.3 
   Nondurables less food and beverages .......      15.269    140.7    144.4     -3.3      2.6 
    Apparel ..................................       4.577    121.8    126.3     -3.3      3.7 
    Nondurables less food, beverages, and                                                      
        apparel ..............................      10.692    155.6    159.1     -3.2      2.2 
   Durables ..................................      12.020    123.3    122.7     -2.8     -0.5 
 Services ....................................      54.663    203.3    203.9      3.1      0.3 
  Rent of shelter (3).........................      27.936    192.3    193.1      4.1      0.4 
  Tenants' and household insurance (1)........        .316    106.8    106.9      1.2      0.1 
  Gas (piped) and electricity (2).............       3.877    129.8    129.9     -8.2      0.1 
  Water and sewer and trash collection                                                         
      services (1)............................        .925    111.9    112.3      3.2      0.4 
  Household operations (1)....................        .426    118.4    119.0      2.9      0.5 
  Transportation services ....................       6.882    205.1    206.1      4.5      0.5 
  Medical care services ......................       3.950    287.4    288.6      4.7      0.4 
  Other services .............................      10.351    239.0    238.9      3.3      0.0 
                                                                                               
                Special indexes                                                                
                                                                                               
 All items less food .........................      83.007    173.4    174.5      1.0      0.6 
 All items less shelter ......................      71.749    166.3    167.3      0.2      0.6 
 All items less medical care .................      95.094    169.1    170.0      1.1      0.5 
 Commodities less food .......................      28.344    135.1    136.8     -2.8      1.3 
 Nondurables less food .......................      16.324    143.1    146.7     -2.9      2.5 
 Nondurables less food and apparel ...........      11.747    157.2    160.4     -2.7      2.0 
 Nondurables .................................      33.317    158.5    160.5     -0.2      1.3 
 Services less rent of shelter (3)............      26.728    190.3    190.7      2.0      0.2 
 Services less medical care services .........      50.713    196.4    197.0      2.9      0.3 
 Energy ......................................       7.312    109.8    114.8    -10.7      4.6 
 All items less energy .......................      92.688    182.6    183.0      2.3      0.2 
  All items less food and energy .............      75.695    184.6    185.0      2.3      0.2 
   Commodities less food and energy                                                            
       commodities ...........................      24.909    145.1    145.3     -1.0      0.1 
    Energy commodities .......................       3.435     99.4    108.7    -13.1      9.4 
   Services less energy services .............      50.786    211.5    212.1      4.0      0.3 
 Purchasing power of the consumer dollar                                                       
     (1982-84=$1.00) .........................           -   $ .575   $ .572        -        - 
 Purchasing power of the consumer dollar                                                       
     (1967=$1.00) ............................           -   $ .193   $ .192        -        - 

   1 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base.
   2 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator.  All other item stratum
 index series converted to a geometric means estimator in January, 1999.
   3 Indexes on a December 1984=100 base
   4 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base.
   - Data not available.
 NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

 Table 3 (OW). Old Weight Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Selected areas, all items index 

 (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                All items                                  
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
                                               Prici-           Indexes             Percent change to    Percent change to 
                     Area                        ng                                  Mar.2002 from-       Feb.2002 from-   
                                               sched-                                                                      
                                                 ule                                                                       
                                                 (1)   Dec.   Jan.   Feb.   Mar.   Mar.   Jan.   Feb.   Feb.   Dec.   Jan. 
                                                       2001   2002   2002   2002   2001   2002   2002   2001   2001   2002 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                           
 U.S. city average ...........................   M    176.7  177.2  177.9  178.8    1.5    0.9    0.5    1.2    0.7    0.4 
                                                                                                                           
            Region and area size(2)                                                                                        
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
 Northeast urban .............................   M    184.2  185.0  186.1  187.0    1.8    1.1    0.5    1.8    1.0    0.6 
   Size A -  More than 1,500,000 .............   M    185.4  186.3  187.8  188.5    2.1    1.2    0.4    2.2    1.3    0.8 
   Size B/C  50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)..........   M    110.3  110.5  110.6  111.4    0.9    0.8    0.7    0.7    0.3    0.1 
                                                                                                                           
 Midwest urban ...............................   M    171.9  172.2  172.7  173.7    1.2    0.9    0.6    0.3    0.5    0.3 
   Size A   - More than 1,500,000 ............   M    173.8  174.2  174.9  176.0    1.6    1.0    0.6    0.6    0.6    0.4 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3).........   M    109.6  109.5  109.7  110.3    0.5    0.7    0.5   -0.1    0.1    0.2 
   Size D -  Nonmetropolitan  (less than                                                                                   
       50,000) ...............................   M    165.5  165.9  166.5  167.0    0.7    0.7    0.3    0.1    0.6    0.4 
                                                                                                                           
 South urban .................................   M    170.3  170.7  171.1  172.2    0.9    0.9    0.6    0.5    0.5    0.2 
   Size A -  More than 1,500,000 .............   M    171.7  171.6  172.2  173.3    1.4    1.0    0.6    1.1    0.3    0.3 
   Size B/C -  50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........   M    108.9  109.2  109.4  110.2    0.7    0.9    0.7    0.2    0.5    0.2 
   Size D -  Nonmetropolitan  (less than                                                                                   
       50,000) ...............................   M    167.6  168.6  168.6  169.8    0.2    0.7    0.7   -0.3    0.6    0.0 
                                                                                                                           
 West urban ..................................   M    181.6  182.4  183.3  184.0    2.2    0.9    0.4    2.2    0.9    0.5 
   Size A   - More than 1,500,000 ............   M    183.5  184.4  185.3  186.1    2.3    0.9    0.4    2.2    1.0    0.5 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3).........   M    111.6  112.0  112.6  112.9    2.0    0.8    0.3    2.3    0.9    0.5 
                                                                                                                           
                 Size classes                                                                                              
                                                                                                                           
   A (4)......................................   M    161.1  161.6  162.5  163.3    1.9    1.1    0.5    1.6    0.9    0.6 
   B/C (3)....................................   M    109.7  110.0  110.2  110.8    0.9    0.7    0.5    0.5    0.5    0.2 
   D .........................................   M    169.8  170.4  170.7  171.5    0.7    0.6    0.5    0.4    0.5    0.2 
                                                                                                                           
            Selected local areas(5)                                                                                        
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI ..............   M    177.9  178.1  178.6  179.7    1.5    0.9    0.6    0.1    0.4    0.3 
 Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA .....   M    177.1  178.6  179.9  180.8    2.6    1.2    0.5    2.6    1.6    0.7 
 New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island,                                                                                       
     NY-NJ-CT-PA .............................   M    187.3  188.5  189.9  190.9    2.4    1.3    0.5    2.5    1.4    0.7 
                                                                                                                           
 Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT .........   1        -  193.0      -  194.6    1.9    0.8      -      -      -      - 
 Cleveland-Akron, OH .........................   1        -  171.7      -  173.4    0.6    1.0      -      -      -      - 
 Dallas-Fort Worth, TX .......................   1        -  170.7      -  172.2    2.0    0.9      -      -      -      - 
 Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV (6)........   1        -  110.7      -  111.7    1.8    0.9      -      -      -      - 
                                                                                                                           
 Atlanta, GA .................................   2    174.8      -  175.4      -      -      -      -    0.1    0.3      - 
 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI .................   2    173.5      -  176.6      -      -      -      -    2.0    1.8      - 
 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX ..............   2    157.1      -  156.5      -      -      -      -   -1.3   -0.4      - 
 Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL ...................   2    173.1      -  175.1      -      -      -      -    1.9    1.2      - 
 Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,                                                                                    
     PA-NJ-DE-MD .............................   2    179.9      -  182.1      -      -      -      -    1.7    1.2      - 
 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA ..........   2    190.6      -  191.0      -      -      -      -    1.6    0.2      - 
 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA ................   2    186.1      -  187.2      -      -      -      -    1.7    0.6      - 

   1 Foods, fuels, and several other items priced every month in all areas;  
   most other goods and services priced as indicated:                      
        M - Every month.                                                   
         1 - January, March, May, July, September, and November.            
         2 - February, April, June, August, October, and December.          
   2 Regions defined as the four Census regions.  See map in technical notes.
   3 Indexes on a December 1996=100 base.
   4 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base.
   5 In addition, the following metropolitan areas are published semiannually and appear in Tables 34 and 39 of the 
 January and July issues of the CPI Detailed Report: Anchorage, AK; Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN; Denver-Boulder-Greeley,
 CO; Honolulu, HI; Kansas City, MO-KS; Milwaukee-Racine, WI; Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI; Pittsburgh, PA; Portland-Salem,
 OR-WA; St. Louis, MO-IL; San Diego, CA; Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL.
   6 Indexes on a November 1996=100 base.
   - Data not available.
   
 NOTE: Local area indexes are byproducts of the national CPI program.  Each local index has a smaller sample size than the
 national index and is, therefore, subject to substantially more sampling and other measurement error. As a result, local
 area indexes show greater volatility than the national index, although their long-term trends are similar.  Therefore, the
 Bureau of Labor Statistics strongly urges users to consider adopting the national average CPI for use in their escalator
 clauses. 
 
 NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

 Table 4 (OW). Old Weight Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Selected areas, all
 items index 

 (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                All items                                  
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
                                               Prici-           Indexes             Percent change to    Percent change to 
                     Area                        ng                                  Mar.2002 from-       Feb.2002 from-   
                                               sched-                                                                      
                                                 ule                                                                       
                                                 (1)   Dec.   Jan.   Feb.   Mar.   Mar.   Jan.   Feb.   Feb.   Dec.   Jan. 
                                                       2001   2002   2002   2002   2001   2002   2002   2001   2001   2002 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                           
 U.S. city average ...........................   M    172.9  173.2  173.8  174.7    1.2    0.9    0.5    0.8    0.5    0.3 
                                                                                                                           
            Region and area size(2)                                                                                        
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
 Northeast urban .............................   M    181.0  181.4  182.4  183.2    1.6    1.0    0.4    1.6    0.8    0.6 
   Size A -  More than 1,500,000 .............   M    181.1  181.7  183.0  183.7    1.9    1.1    0.4    2.0    1.0    0.7 
   Size B/C  50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)..........   M    109.9  110.0  110.1  110.8    0.9    0.7    0.6    0.6    0.2    0.1 
                                                                                                                           
 Midwest urban ...............................   M    167.6  167.7  168.2  169.3    0.9    1.0    0.7   -0.1    0.4    0.3 
   Size A   - More than 1,500,000 ............   M    168.7  169.0  169.6  170.7    1.3    1.0    0.6    0.3    0.5    0.4 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3).........   M    109.2  109.1  109.3  109.9    0.3    0.7    0.5   -0.5    0.1    0.2 
   Size D -  Nonmetropolitan  (less than                                                                                   
       50,000) ...............................   M    163.3  163.6  164.1  164.5    0.1    0.6    0.2   -0.5    0.5    0.3 
                                                                                                                           
 South urban .................................   M    168.1  168.4  168.7  169.8    0.7    0.8    0.7    0.2    0.4    0.2 
   Size A -  More than 1,500,000 .............   M    169.0  168.9  169.2  170.2    1.1    0.8    0.6    0.8    0.1    0.2 
   Size B/C -  50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........   M    108.5  108.7  108.9  109.6    0.5    0.8    0.6   -0.1    0.4    0.2 
   Size D -  Nonmetropolitan  (less than                                                                                   
       50,000) ...............................   M    168.3  169.4  169.4  170.7    0.2    0.8    0.8   -0.4    0.7    0.0 
                                                                                                                           
 West urban ..................................   M    176.8  177.4  178.2  178.8    2.0    0.8    0.3    2.1    0.8    0.5 
   Size A   - More than 1,500,000 ............   M    176.9  177.7  178.4  179.2    2.2    0.8    0.4    2.1    0.8    0.4 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3).........   M    111.2  111.6  112.1  112.4    1.8    0.7    0.3    2.1    0.8    0.4 
                                                                                                                           
                 Size classes                                                                                              
                                                                                                                           
   A (4)......................................   M    159.4  159.7  160.5  161.3    1.7    1.0    0.5    1.4    0.7    0.5 
   B/C (3)....................................   M    109.3  109.5  109.7  110.3    0.7    0.7    0.5    0.3    0.4    0.2 
   D .........................................   M    168.5  169.2  169.5  170.3    0.5    0.7    0.5    0.1    0.6    0.2 
                                                                                                                           
            Selected local areas(5)                                                                                        
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI ..............   M    171.7  171.7  172.2  173.2    1.1    0.9    0.6   -0.4    0.3    0.3 
 Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA .....   M    169.7  171.1  172.3  173.2    2.4    1.2    0.5    2.4    1.5    0.7 
 New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island,                                                                                       
     NY-NJ-CT-PA .............................   M    182.8  183.5  184.7  185.6    2.1    1.1    0.5    2.2    1.0    0.7 
                                                                                                                           
 Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT .........   1        -  191.8      -  193.2    2.1    0.7      -      -      -      - 
 Cleveland-Akron, OH .........................   1        -  163.3      -  164.8    0.5    0.9      -      -      -      - 
 Dallas-Fort Worth, TX .......................   1        -  170.3      -  171.6    1.8    0.8      -      -      -      - 
 Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV (6)........   1        -  110.3      -  111.1    1.6    0.7      -      -      -      - 
                                                                                                                           
 Atlanta, GA .................................   2    172.0      -  172.7      -      -      -      -    0.0    0.4      - 
 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI .................   2    167.9      -  171.1      -      -      -      -    2.0    1.9      - 
 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX ..............   2    155.2      -  153.8      -      -      -      -   -1.9   -0.9      - 
 Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL ...................   2    170.5      -  172.0      -      -      -      -    1.6    0.9      - 
 Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,                                                                                    
     PA-NJ-DE-MD .............................   2    179.2      -  181.4      -      -      -      -    1.8    1.2      - 
 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA ..........   2    186.5      -  186.8      -      -      -      -    1.8    0.2      - 
 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA ................   2    181.1      -  182.2      -      -      -      -    1.7    0.6      - 

   1 Foods, fuels, and several other items priced every month in all areas;  
   most other goods and services priced as indicated:                      
        M - Every month.                                                   
         1 - January, March, May, July, September, and November.            
         2 - February, April, June, August, October, and December.          
   2 Regions defined as the four Census regions.  See map in technical notes.
   3 Indexes on a December 1996=100 base.
   4 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base.
   5 In addition, the following metropolitan areas are published semiannually and appear in Tables 34 and 39 of the 
 January and July issues of the CPI Detailed Report: Anchorage, AK; Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN; Denver-Boulder-Greeley,
 CO; Honolulu, HI; Kansas City, MO-KS; Milwaukee-Racine, WI; Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI; Pittsburgh, PA; Portland-Salem,
 OR-WA; St. Louis, MO-IL; San Diego, CA; Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL.
   6 Indexes on a November 1996=100 base.
   - Data not available.
   
 NOTE: Local area indexes are byproducts of the national CPI program.  Each local index has a smaller sample size than the
 national index and is, therefore, subject to substantially more sampling and other measurement error. As a result, local
 area indexes show greater volatility than the national index, although their long-term trends are similar.  Therefore, the
 Bureau of Labor Statistics strongly urges users to consider adopting the national average CPI for use in their escalator
 clauses. 
 
 NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.