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                     CONSUMER PRICE INDEX:  JUNE 2006
 
      The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased
 0.2 percent in June, before seasonal adjustment, the Bureau of Labor
 Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today.  The June level
 of 202.9 (1982-84=100) was 4.3 percent higher than in June 2005.
      
      The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers
 (CPI-W) also increased 0.2 percent in June, prior to seasonal adjustment.
 The June level of 198.6 (1982-84=100) was 4.5 percent higher than in June
 2005.
      
      The Chained Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (C-CPI-U)
 increased 0.3 percent in June on a not seasonally adjusted basis.  The
 June level of 117.5 (December 1999=100) was 3.7 percent higher than in
 June 2005.  Please note that the indexes for the post-2004 period are
 subject to revision.
 
 CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U)
      
      On a seasonally adjusted basis, the CPI-U advanced 0.2 percent in
 June, following a 0.4 percent rise in May.  Energy costs declined 0.9
 percent in June, following substantial increases in each of the preceding
 three months.  Within energy, the index for petroleum based energy
 decreased 0.9 percent and the index for energy services fell 1.1 percent.
 The food index increased 0.3 percent in June.  The index for all items
 less food and energy rose 0.3 percent in June, the same as in each of the
 preceding three months; the index for shelter again accounted for over
 half of the monthly advance.
     
 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       2005              2006             3-mos. ended  ended
                     Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr.  May June   June '06    June '06
 All Items           -.1    .7   .1   .4   .6   .4   .2    5.1       4.3
  Food and beverages  .1    .5   .2   .1   .0   .2   .3    1.9       2.2
  Housing             .2    .5   .1   .2   .1   .3   .2    3.0       4.2
  Apparel            -.3    .3 -1.0  1.0   .6   .2   .0    3.1        .5
  Transportation     -.7   1.8  -.2   .9  2.4  1.5  -.2   15.9       9.0
  Medical care        .2    .1   .5   .4   .4   .3   .3    3.9       4.1
  Recreation          .1    .0   .1   .4   .3   .2   .1    2.2       1.9
  Education and                                                         
    communication     .2    .4   .2   .2   .3   .0   .3    2.4       2.7
  Other goods and                                                     
    services          .4    .3   .1   .2   .0   .1   .6    2.5       2.9
  Special Indexes                                                       
   Energy           -2.1   5.0 -1.2  1.3  3.9  2.4  -.9   23.8      23.3
   Food               .1    .5   .1   .1   .0   .1   .3    1.7       2.2
   All Items less                                                       
     food and energy  .1    .2   .1   .3   .3   .3   .3    3.6       2.6
     
   
      Consumer prices increased at a seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR)
 of 5.1 percent in the second quarter after advancing at a 4.3 percent rate
 in the first three months of 2006.  This brings the year-to-date annual
 rate to 4.7 percent and compares with an increase of 3.4 percent in all of
 2005.  The index for energy, which rose 17.1 percent in 2005, advanced at
 a 22.8 percent SAAR in the first half of 2006 and accounted for over two-
 fifths of the advance in the overall CPI-U during that period.  Petroleum-
 based energy costs increased at a 48.7 percent annual rate while charges
 for energy services declined at a 3.1 percent annual rate.  The food index
 rose at a 2.1 percent SAAR in the first half of 2006;  grocery store food
 prices increased at a 1.2 percent annual rate.  Annual rates during the
 first six months for the six major grocery store food groups ranged
 between a negative 1.4 percent for the index for dairy products and a
 positive 2.4 percent for the index for other food at home.
      
       The CPI-U excluding food and energy advanced at a 3.6 percent SAAR
 in the second quarter, following an increase at a 2.8 percent rate in the
 first three months of 2006.  The advance at a 3.2 percent SAAR for the
 first half of 2006 compares with a 2.2 percent rise in all of 2005.  About
 70 percent of the overall acceleration was accounted for by the larger
 increase in the index for shelter.  Shelter costs, which rose 2.6 percent
 in all of 2005, have risen at a 4.3 percent annual rate in the first half
 of 2006.  An upturn in the index for apparel accounted for about 16
 percent of the acceleration thus far in 2006.  The annual rates for
 selected groups for the last seven and one-half years are shown below.
     


                        Percentage change 12 months		       SAAR 6	                       
                        ended in December                              mos. ended
                                                                       in June   
                     1999   2000    2001   2002   2003   2004   2005   2006
               
 All items            2.7    3.4     1.6    2.4    1.9    3.3    3.4    4.7
  Food and beverages  2.0    2.8     2.8    1.5    3.5    2.6    2.3    2.3
  Housing             2.2    4.3     2.9    2.4    2.2    3.0    4.0    3.1
  Apparel             -.5   -1.8    -3.2   -1.8   -2.1    -.2   -1.1    2.2
  Transportation      5.4    4.1    -3.8    3.8     .3    6.5    4.8   13.2 
  Medical care        3.7    4.2     4.7    5.0    3.7    4.2    4.3    4.0
  Recreation           .8    1.7     1.5    1.1    1.1     .7    1.1    2.0
  Education and
    communication     1.6    1.3     3.2    2.2    1.6    1.5    2.4    2.8
  Other goods
    and services      5.1    4.2     4.5    3.3    1.5    2.5    3.1    2.4

 Special indexes
  Energy             13.4   14.2   -13.0   10.7    6.9   16.6   17.1   22.8
   Energy 
     commodities     29.5   15.7   -24.5   23.7    6.9   26.7   16.7   48.7
   Energy
     services         1.2   12.7    -1.5     .4    6.9    6.8   17.6   -3.1
  All items less
     energy           2.0    2.6     2.8    1.8    1.5    2.2    2.2    3.0
   Food               1.9    2.8     2.8    1.5    3.6    2.7    2.3    2.1
  All items less
     food and energy  1.9    2.6     2.7    1.9    1.1    2.2    2.2    3.2
   
     
      The food and beverages index increased 0.3 percent in June.  The
 index for food at home, which had declined in each of the four preceding
 months, rose 0.4 percent in June.  The index for fruits and vegetables,
 which declined 0.9 percent in May, increased 1.3 percent in June and
 accounted for almost half of the advance in the index for food at home.
 Increases in the indexes for fresh fruits and for processed fruits and
 vegetables--up 3.7 and 0.3 percent, respectively--more than offset a 0.6
 percent drop in the index for fresh vegetables.  The index for meats,
 poultry, fish, and eggs also turned up in June, advancing 0.4 percent.
 Declines in the indexes for beef and pork were more than offset by
 substantial price increases for poultry, for fish and seafood, and for
 eggs.   The index for cereal and bakery products rose 0.3 percent in June.
 The indexes for the other three major grocery store food groups--dairy
 products, nonalcoholic beverages, and other food at home--each increased
 0.1 percent in June.  The other two components of the food and beverages
 index--food away from home and alcoholic beverages--increased 0.3 and 0.4
 percent, respectively.
      
      The index for housing, which rose 0.3 percent in May, increased 0.2
 percent in June.  The index for shelter rose 0.4 percent in June.  Within
 shelter, the indexes for rent and owners' equivalent rent each increased
 0.4 percent and the index for lodging away from home rose 0.3 percent.
 The index for fuels and utilities declined for the fifth consecutive month-
 -down 0.7 percent in June.  A decline in the index for natural gas more
 than offset increases in the indexes for electricity and for fuel oil.
 The index for natural gas declined 5.7 percent in June and has fallen 19.0
 percent in the last five months after increasing 34.5 percent in the 12
 months ended in January.  The index for electricity increased 1.0 percent.
 (Prior to seasonal adjustment, charges for electricity rose 7.5 percent,
 reflecting the shift to seasonal rates in some areas.)  The index for fuel
 oil rose for the third consecutive month--up 1.5 percent in June.  During
 the last 12 months, charges for fuel oil and for electricity have
 increased 25.2 and 12.8 percent, respectively.  The index for household
 furnishings and operations, which increased 0.5 percent in May, was
 unchanged in June.
      
      The transportation index declined 0.2 percent in June, reflecting a
 decrease in the index for motor fuel.  Despite a 1.0 percent decline in
 June, gasoline prices were 34.0 percent higher than a year earlier.  The
 index for new vehicles declined 0.1 percent in June and was 0.7 percent
 lower than a year ago.  The index for used cars and trucks increased 0.4
 percent in June and was 1.1 percent higher than in June 2005.  The index
 for public transportation increased 1.2 percent in June.  (Prior to
 seasonal adjustment, the index for public transportation rose 2.2 percent,
 reflecting another increase in airline fares.)  Airline fares increased
 3.1 percent in June and have advanced at a 23.7 percent annual rate in the
 first six months of the year.
      
      The index for apparel was unchanged in June, following increases in
 each of the preceding three months.  (Prior to seasonal adjustment,
 apparel prices declined 2.9 percent, reflecting seasonal discounting of
 spring-summer clothing.)
      
      Medical care costs rose 0.3 percent in June and were 4.1 percent
 higher than a year ago.  The index for medical care commodities--
 prescription drugs, nonprescription drugs, and medical supplies--decreased
 0.1 percent, reflecting a 0.8 percent decline in prices for
 nonprescription drugs.   The index for medical care services rose 0.4
 percent in June.  The indexes for professional services and for hospital
 and related services increased 0.2 and 0.3 percent, respectively.
      
      The index for recreation rose 0.1 percent in June.  The index for
 admissions to movies, theaters, concerts and sporting events rose 0.7
 percent.  (Prior to seasonal adjustment, the index for admissions to
 movies, theaters, and concerts rose 1.0 percent and the index for
 admissions to sporting events increased 2.5 percent.)  Partially
 offsetting this increase were declines in the indexes for sporting goods
 and for photography.
      
      The index for education and communication increased 0.3 percent in
 June.  Educational costs increased 0.5 percent and the index for
 communication rose 0.1 percent.  Within the latter group, the index for
 telephone services rose 0.2 percent, reflecting increased charges for both
 local and long distance land-line telephone services and for wireless
 telephone services.  Partially offsetting these increases were declines in
 the indexes for personal computers and peripheral equipment and for
 computer software and accessories--down 0.9 and 1.1 percent, respectively.
      
      The index for other goods and services rose 0.6 percent in June.  The
 index for tobacco and smoking products increased 0.8 percent, its largest
 advance since a 1.1 percent rise last July.
 
 
 CPI for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W)
 
      On a seasonally adjusted basis, the CPI for Urban Wage Earners and
 Clerical Workers rose 0.2 percent in June.
 


 Table B.  Percent changes in CPI for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical
 Workers (CPI-W)
                                  Seasonally adjusted                 Un-                                                        Compound   adjusted
                                                                   adjusted
    Expenditure        Changes from preceding month    annual rate    12-
                                                                     mos.
     Category       2005             2006                3-mos.      ended
                                                          ended
                    Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May  June   June '06  June '06
 All Items          -.1    .7   .0   .5   .6   .5   .2     5.0       4.5
  Food and beverages .2    .4   .1   .1  -.1   .2   .3     1.5       2.0
  Housing            .1    .5   .1   .2   .1   .3   .3     2.7       4.2
  Apparel           -.3    .0  -.7  1.1   .7   .1  -.2     2.4        .4
  Transportation    -.7   1.8  -.3  1.1  2.6  1.5  -.2    17.2       9.7
  Medical care       .2    .1   .3   .5   .4   .3   .2     3.5       4.0
  Recreation         .0    .0   .1   .4   .3   .2   .2     2.6       1.9
  Education and                                                         
    communication    .1    .4   .1   .2   .3   .0   .2     1.8       2.3
  Other goods and                                                     
    services         .4    .3   .1   .3  -.1   .0   .6     2.0       3.1
  Special Indexes                                                       
   Energy          -2.1   5.0 -1.3  1.4  4.2  2.5  -.9    25.3      23.5
   Food              .2    .4   .1   .1  -.1   .1   .3     1.5       2.1
   All Items less                                                       
     food and energy .2    .2   .2   .4   .2   .3   .3     3.1       2.5

 
     Consumer Price Index data for July are scheduled for release on
 Wednesday, August 16, 2006, at 8:30 A.M. (EDT).
     
 CPI (Old Weights)
 
      For the first six months of 2006, BLS also will calculate Old Weights
 CPI-U and Old Weights CPI-W based on the 2001-02 expenditure pattern used
 in the CPI from 2004 through 2005.  These Old Weight data are contained in
 tables 1(OW)-4(OW).  From May to June, the Old Weight CPI-U rose 0.3
 percent and the Old Weight CPI-W rose 0.2 percent.  Note these series are
 not seasonally adjusted.
 

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 Brief Explanation of the CPI

      The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a measure of the average change in
 prices over time of goods and services purchased by households.  The
 Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes CPIs for two population groups:  (1)
 the CPI for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W), which covers
 households of wage earners and clerical workers that comprise
 approximately 32 percent of the total population and (2) the CPI for All
 Urban Consumers (CPI-U) and the Chained CPI for All Urban Consumers (C-CPI-
 U), which cover approximately 87 percent of the total population and
 include in addition to wage earners and clerical worker households, groups
 such as professional, managerial, and technical workers, the self-
 employed, short-term workers, the unemployed, and retirees and others not
 in the labor force.
 
      The CPIs are based on prices of food, clothing, shelter, and fuels,
 transportation fares, charges for doctors' and dentists' services, drugs,
 and other goods and services that people buy for day-to-day living.
 Prices are collected in 87 urban areas across the country from about
 50,000 housing units and approximately 23,000 retail establishments-
 department stores, supermarkets, hospitals, filling stations, and other
 types of stores and service establishments.  All taxes directly associated
 with the purchase and use of items are included in the index.  Prices of
 fuels and a few other items are obtained every month in all 87 locations.
 Prices of most other commodities and services are collected every month in
 the three largest geographic areas and every other month in other areas.
 Prices of most goods and services are obtained by personal visits or
 telephone calls of the Bureau's trained representatives.
 
      In calculating the index, price changes for the various items in each
 location are averaged together with weights, which represent their
 importance in the spending of the appropriate population group.  Local
 data are then combined to obtain a U.S. city average.  For the CPI-U and
 CPI-W separate indexes are also published by size of city, by region of
 the country, for cross-classifications of regions and population-size
 classes, and for 27 local areas.  Area indexes do not measure differences
 in the level of prices among cities; they only measure the average change
 in prices for each area since the base period.  For the C-CPI-U data are
 issued only at the national level.  It is important to note that the CPI-U
 and CPI-W are considered final when released, but the C-CPI-U is issued in
 preliminary form and subject to two annual revisions.
 
      The index measures price change from a designed reference date.  For
 the CPI-U and the CPI-W the reference base is 1982-84 equals 100.0. The
 reference base for the C-CPI-U is December 1999 equals 100.
 An increase of 16.5 percent from the reference base, for example, is shown
 as 116.5.  This change can also be expressed in dollars as follows:  the
 price of a base period market basket of goods and services in the CPI has
 risen from $10 in 1982-84 to $11.65.
 
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       Calculating Index Changes
 
            Movements of the indexes from one month to another are
       usually expressed as percent changes rather than changes in index 
       points, because index point changes are affected by the level of 
       the index in relation to its base period while percent changes are 
       not.  The example below illustrates the computation of index point 
       and percent changes.
       
            Percent changes for 3-month and 6-month periods are expressed 
       as annual rates and are computed according to the standard formula 
       for compound growth rates.  These data indicate what the percent 
       change would be if the current rate were maintained for a 12-month 
       period.
       
         
                    Index Point Change
       
       CPI   					115.7
       Less previous index    			111.2
       Equals index point change  		4.5
       
       
                    Percent Change
       
       Index point difference			4.5
       Divided by the previous index		111.2
       Equals					0.040
       Results multiplied by one hundred	0.040 x 100
       Equals percent change			4.0


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 Regions Defined
 
 The states in the four regions shown in Tables 3 and 6 are listed below.
 
 The Northeast--Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York,
 New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

 The Midwest--Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota,
 Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.

 The South--Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky,
 Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South
 Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of
 Columbia.

 The West--Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana,
 Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.


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 A Note on Seasonally Adjusted and Unadjusted Data
   
   Because price data are used for different purposes by different groups,
 the Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes seasonally adjusted as well as
 unadjusted changes each month.
   
   For analyzing general price trends in the economy, seasonally adjusted
 changes are usually preferred since they eliminate the effect of changes
 that normally occur at the same time and in about the same magnitude every
 year--such as price movements resulting from changing climatic conditions,
 production cycles, model changeovers, holidays, and sales.
   
   The unadjusted data are of primary interest to consumers concerned about
 the prices they actually pay.  Unadjusted data also are used extensively
 for escalation purposes.  Many collective bargaining contract agreements
 and pension plans, for example, tie compensation changes to the Consumer
 Price Index unadjusted for seasonal variation.
   
   Seasonal factors used in computing the seasonally adjusted indexes are
 derived by the X-12-ARIMA Seasonal Adjustment Method.  Seasonally adjusted
 indexes and seasonal factors are computed annually.  Each year, the last 5
 years of seasonally adjusted data are revised.  Data from January 2001
 through December 2005 were replaced in January 2006.  Exceptions to the
 usual revision schedule were: the updated seasonal data at the end of 1977
 replaced data from 1967 through 1977; and, in January 2002, dependently
 seasonally adjusted series were revised for January 1987-December 2001 as
 a result of a change in the aggregation weights for dependently adjusted
 series. For further information, please see "Aggregation of Dependently
 Adjusted Seasonally Adjusted Series," in the October 2001 issue of the CPI
 Detailed Report.
   
   The seasonal movement of All items and 54 other aggregations is derived
 by combining the seasonal movement of 73 selected components.  Each year
 the seasonal status of every series is reevaluated based upon certain
 statistical criteria.  If any of the 73 components change their seasonal
 adjustment status from seasonally adjusted to not seasonally adjusted, not
 seasonally adjusted data will be used for the last 5 years, but the
 seasonally adjusted indexes will be used before that period.  Note: 43 of
 the 73 components are seasonally adjusted for 2006.
   
   Seasonally adjusted data, including the All items index levels, are
 subject to revision for up to five years after their original release.
 For this reason, BLS advises against the use of these data in escalation
 agreements.
   
        Effective with the calculation of the seasonal factors for 1990,
 the Bureau of Labor Statistics has used an enhanced seasonal adjustment
 procedure called Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment for some CPI
 series.  Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment allows for better
 estimates of seasonally adjusted data.  Extreme values and/or sharp
 movements which might distort the seasonal pattern are estimated and
 removed from the data prior to calculation of seasonal factors.  Beginning
 with the calculation of seasonal factors for 1996, X-12-ARIMA software was
 used for Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment.
   
        For the Fuel oil, Utility (piped) gas, Motor fuels, and Educational
 books and supplies indexes, this procedure was used to offset the effects
 that extreme price volatility would otherwise have had on the estimates of
 seasonally adjusted data for those series.   For the Nonalcoholic
 beverages index, the procedure was used to offset the effects of  sharp
 rises in the price of coffee futures.  The procedure was used to account
 for unusual butter fat supply reductions, changes in milk supply, and
 large swings in soybean oil inventories affecting the Fats and oils
 series.  For Dairy products, it mitigated the effects of significant
 changes in milk, butter and cheese production levels.  For Fresh vegetable
 series, the method was used to account for the effects of hurricane-
 related disruptions.  For Electricity, it was used to offset an increase
 in demand due to warmer than expected weather, increased rates to conserve
 supplies, and declining natural gas inventories.  For New vehicle series,
 the procedure was used to offset the effects of a model changeover
 combined with financing incentives.
   
        For additional information on seasonal adjustment in the CPI,
 please write to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Division of Consumer
 Prices and Price Indexes, Washington, DC 20212 or contact Daniel Chow on
 (202) 691-6968 by e-mail at Chow.Daniel@bls.gov.  If you have general
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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,                      June 2006 from-    percent change from- 
                     CPI-U                       December                                                               
                                                   2005       May       June                                            
                                                              2006      2006     June      May   Mar. to Apr. to  May to
                                                                                 2005     2006     Apr.    May     June 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                        
             Expenditure category                                                                                       
                                                                                                                        
 All items....................................    100.000     202.5     202.9      4.3      0.2     0.6     0.4     0.2 
 All items (1967=100).........................          -     606.5     607.8        -        -       -       -       - 
                                                                                                                        
  Food and beverages..........................     15.051     194.7     195.1      2.2      0.2     0.0     0.2     0.3 
   Food.......................................     13.942     194.2     194.5      2.2      0.2     0.0     0.1     0.3 
    Food at home..............................      7.988     191.9     192.2      1.5      0.2    -0.2    -0.1     0.4 
     Cereals and bakery products..............      1.098     211.9     212.8      1.6      0.4    -0.2     0.4     0.3 
     Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs...........      2.133     184.7     186.0      0.4      0.7     0.2    -0.5     0.4 
     Dairy and related products...............       .852     181.0     179.6     -0.8     -0.8    -0.7    -0.5     0.1 
     Fruits and vegetables....................      1.219     248.0     248.0      4.0      0.0    -0.1    -0.9     1.3 
     Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage                                                                                
         materials............................       .910     146.6     146.6      1.8      0.0    -0.7     0.5     0.1 
     Other food at home.......................      1.777     170.0     170.0      1.9      0.0    -0.2     0.7     0.1 
      Sugar and sweets........................       .302     171.3     171.9      3.7      0.4     0.9     0.0     0.2 
      Fats and oils...........................       .231     168.6     167.3      1.7     -0.8    -1.7     2.4    -0.2 
      Other foods (1).........................      1.244     185.4     185.6      1.5      0.1    -0.1     0.6     0.1 
       Other miscellaneous foods (1) (2)......       .328     114.3     114.4      3.8      0.1     0.2     1.0     0.1 
    Food away from home (1)...................      5.953     198.7     199.2      3.1      0.3     0.2     0.4     0.3 
     Other food away from home (2)............       .277     136.0     136.3      3.6      0.2     0.5     0.2     0.1 
   Alcoholic beverages (1)....................      1.109     200.8     201.6      2.9      0.4     0.0     0.3     0.4 
                                                                                                                        
  Housing.....................................     42.380     202.2     203.7      4.2      0.7     0.1     0.3     0.2 
   Shelter....................................     32.260     231.2     232.2      3.4      0.4     0.3     0.4     0.4 
    Rent of primary residence (3).............      5.832     223.6     224.4      3.5      0.4     0.3     0.3     0.4 
    Lodging away from home (2)................      2.611     137.9     139.1      4.7      0.9     0.0     0.1     0.3 
    Owners' equivalent rent of primary                                                                                  
        residence (3) (4).....................     23.442     236.9     237.9      3.6      0.4     0.4     0.6     0.4 
    Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2)..       .375     116.3     116.4     -1.4      0.1     0.0     0.1     0.1 
   Fuels and utilities........................      5.371     192.0     197.6     11.4      2.9    -0.9    -0.3    -0.7 
    Fuels.....................................      4.494     174.4     180.4     12.8      3.4    -1.1    -0.3    -0.9 
     Fuel oil and other fuels.................       .339     239.8     239.1     22.6     -0.3     4.0     3.0     1.4 
     Gas (piped) and electricity (3)..........      4.155     178.8     185.6     12.1      3.8    -1.5    -0.6    -1.1 
    Water and sewer and trash collection                                                                                
        services (2)..........................       .877     135.7     136.2      4.8      0.4     0.4     0.3     0.5 
   Household furnishings and operations.......      4.749     127.2     127.3      1.0      0.1     0.0     0.5     0.0 
    Household operations (1) (2)..............       .779     135.7     136.3      4.8      0.4     0.2     0.4     0.4 
                                                                                                                        
  Apparel.....................................      3.786     122.4     118.9      0.5     -2.9     0.6     0.2     0.0 
   Men's and boys' apparel....................       .915     116.5     113.0     -2.0     -3.0     0.9    -1.0    -0.4 
   Women's and girls' apparel.................      1.612     114.4     110.3      1.1     -3.6     0.5     0.2     0.4 
   Infants' and toddlers' apparel.............       .183     118.3     115.0     -1.2     -2.8    -0.6     0.8    -0.5 
   Footwear...................................       .759     125.8     123.0      1.1     -2.2    -0.1     0.4    -0.8 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation..............................     17.415     187.6     187.3      9.0     -0.2     2.4     1.5    -0.2 
   Private transportation.....................     16.329     183.9     183.2      9.2     -0.4     2.6     1.5    -0.3 
    New and used motor vehicles (2)...........      7.858      95.8      95.7      0.1     -0.1     0.1     0.0     0.1 
     New vehicles.............................      5.155     137.7     137.2     -0.7     -0.4    -0.1    -0.3    -0.1 
     Used cars and trucks (1).................      1.799     140.9     141.5      1.1      0.4     0.3     0.4     0.4 
    Motor fuel................................      4.191     250.9     248.4     33.9     -1.0     8.8     5.0    -1.0 
     Gasoline (all types).....................      4.148     249.8     247.3     34.0     -1.0     8.8     4.9    -1.0 
    Motor vehicle parts and equipment (1).....       .362     117.0     117.0      5.2      0.0     0.3     1.0     0.0 
    Motor vehicle maintenance and repair......      1.131     214.9     215.5      4.6      0.3     0.3     0.5     0.2 
   Public transportation......................      1.087     229.2     234.3      5.4      2.2     0.2     1.0     1.2 
                                                                                                                        
  Medical care................................      6.220     335.6     336.0      4.1      0.1     0.4     0.3     0.3 
   Medical care commodities...................      1.457     286.3     286.3      3.9      0.0     0.4     0.4    -0.1 
   Medical care services......................      4.764     349.7     350.3      4.2      0.2     0.3     0.3     0.4 
    Professional services.....................      2.815     289.0     289.2      2.6      0.1     0.1     0.3     0.2 
    Hospital and related services (3).........      1.576     466.1     467.6      6.8      0.3     0.8     0.6     0.3 
                                                                                                                        
  Recreation (2)..............................      5.637     111.2     111.2      1.9      0.0     0.3     0.2     0.1 
   Video and audio (2)........................      1.783     105.5     105.2      2.0     -0.3     0.4    -0.2     0.1 
                                                                                                                        
  Education and communication (2).............      6.047     115.7     115.9      2.7      0.2     0.3     0.0     0.3 
   Education (2)..............................      2.967     158.9     159.5      6.0      0.4     0.5     0.5     0.5 
    Educational books and supplies............       .196     384.7     386.7      6.4      0.5     0.3     0.7     0.5 
    Tuition, other school fees, and childcare.      2.771     458.6     460.2      5.9      0.3     0.5     0.5     0.5 
   Communication (2)..........................      3.080      84.2      84.3     -0.4      0.1     0.1    -0.4     0.1 
    Information and information processing (1)                                                                          
        (2)...................................      2.895      81.7      81.8     -0.7      0.1     0.2    -0.5     0.1 
     Telephone services (1) (2)...............      2.245      95.2      95.4      0.8      0.2     0.4    -0.2     0.2 
     Information technology, hardware and                                                                               
         services (1) (5).....................       .650      12.8      12.7     -6.6     -0.8    -0.8    -0.8    -0.8 
      Personal computers and peripheral                                                                                 
          equipment (1) (2)...................       .236      10.8      10.7    -17.7     -0.9    -2.6    -2.7    -0.9 
                                                                                                                        
  Other goods and services....................      3.463     320.2     321.5      2.9      0.4     0.0     0.1     0.6 
   Tobacco and smoking products (1)...........       .710     517.5     521.5      4.8      0.8    -0.2    -0.1     0.8 
   Personal care..............................      2.752     189.4     189.9      2.4      0.3     0.0     0.2     0.5 
    Personal care products (1)................       .710     154.6     155.2      0.6      0.4    -0.1    -0.3     0.4 
    Personal care services (1)................       .675     208.7     209.1      3.0      0.2     0.0     0.1     0.2 
    Miscellaneous personal services...........      1.172     312.4     313.3      3.4      0.3     0.2     0.3     0.4 
                                                                                                                        
          Commodity and service group                                                                                   
                                                                                                                        
 Commodities..................................     40.790     166.9     166.3      4.7     -0.4     1.1     0.7     0.0 
  Food and beverages..........................     15.051     194.7     195.1      2.2      0.2     0.0     0.2     0.3 
  Commodities less food and beverages.........     25.739     150.3     149.3      6.0     -0.7     1.7     1.0    -0.1 
   Nondurables less food and beverages........     14.163     185.6     183.8     11.6     -1.0     3.7     2.7     0.1 
    Apparel...................................      3.786     122.4     118.9      0.5     -2.9     0.6     0.2     0.0 
    Nondurables less food, beverages, and                                                                               
        apparel...............................     10.377     229.2     228.4     15.6     -0.3     4.1     2.3     0.0 
   Durables...................................     11.576     114.9     114.6     -0.7     -0.3    -0.1     0.0    -0.1 
 Services.....................................     59.210     237.7     239.2      4.1      0.6     0.2     0.3     0.3 
  Rent of shelter (4).........................     31.884     241.0     242.0      3.5      0.4     0.5     0.4     0.3 
  Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2)....       .375     116.3     116.4     -1.4      0.1     0.0     0.1     0.1 
  Gas (piped) and electricity (3).............      4.155     178.8     185.6     12.1      3.8    -1.5    -0.6    -1.1 
  Water and sewer and trash collection                                                                                  
      services (2)............................       .877     135.7     136.2      4.8      0.4     0.4     0.3     0.5 
  Household operations (1) (2)................       .779     135.7     136.3      4.8      0.4     0.2     0.4     0.4 
  Transportation services.....................      5.707     230.7     231.8      2.6      0.5     0.2     0.4     0.3 
  Medical care services.......................      4.764     349.7     350.3      4.2      0.2     0.3     0.3     0.4 
  Other services..............................     10.669     275.8     276.6      3.7      0.3     0.4     0.3     0.3 
                                                                                                                        
                Special indexes                                                                                         
                                                                                                                        
 All items less food..........................     86.058     203.9     204.3      4.7      0.2     0.6     0.5     0.1 
 All items less shelter.......................     67.740     193.5     193.7      4.8      0.1     0.7     0.5     0.1 
 All items less medical care..................     93.780     195.6     196.1      4.4      0.3     0.6     0.5     0.2 
 Commodities less food........................     26.848     152.3     151.3      6.0     -0.7     1.6     1.0    -0.1 
 Nondurables less food........................     15.272     186.5     184.9     11.0     -0.9     3.4     2.6     0.1 
 Nondurables less food and apparel............     11.486     225.5     224.8     14.4     -0.3     3.7     2.2     0.0 
 Nondurables..................................     29.214     191.0     190.2      6.7     -0.4     1.9     1.2     0.2 
 Services less rent of shelter (4)............     27.325     251.8     253.9      4.7      0.8     0.2     0.3     0.4 
 Services less medical care services..........     54.446     228.4     229.9      4.1      0.7     0.3     0.4     0.4 
 Energy.......................................      8.685     209.3     211.3     23.3      1.0     3.9     2.4    -0.9 
 All items less energy........................     91.315     203.3     203.6      2.6      0.1     0.2     0.3     0.3 
  All items less food and energy..............     77.373     205.7     205.9      2.6      0.1     0.3     0.3     0.3 
   Commodities less food and energy                                                                                     
       commodities............................     22.319     141.5     140.7      0.5     -0.6     0.1     0.1     0.1 
    Energy commodities........................      4.530     251.4     249.0     33.2     -1.0     8.5     4.8    -0.9 
   Services less energy services..............     55.055     243.7     244.7      3.5      0.4     0.3     0.4     0.4 
 Purchasing power of the consumer dollar                                                                                
     (1982-84=$1.00)..........................          -    $ .494    $ .493        -        -       -       -       - 
 Purchasing power of the consumer dollar                                                                                
     (1967=$1.00).............................          -    $ .165    $ .165        -        -       -       -       - 

   1 Not seasonally adjusted.
   2 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base.
   3 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator.  All other item stratum index series were calculated
 using a geometric means estimator.
   4 Indexes on a December 1982=100 base.
   5 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base.
   - Data not available.
 NOTE:  Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

 Table 2. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Seasonally adjusted U.S. city average, by expenditure
 category and commodity and service group

 (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                                 Seasonally adjusted indexes    Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent 
                                                                                               change for               
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                     CPI-U                                                           3 months ended--         6 months  
                                                                                                              ended--   
                                                 Mar.    Apr.    May     June                                           
                                                 2006    2006    2006    2006                                           
                                                                                Sep.   Dec.   Mar.   June   Dec.   June 
                                                                                2005   2005   2006   2006   2005   2006 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                        
             Expenditure category                                                                                       
                                                                                                                        
 All items....................................  199.8   201.0   201.9   202.3   10.1   -1.8    4.3    5.1    4.0    4.7 
                                                                                                                        
  Food and beverages..........................  194.4   194.4   194.7   195.3    2.1    2.3    2.7    1.9    2.2    2.3 
   Food.......................................  193.9   193.9   194.1   194.7    1.9    2.5    2.5    1.7    2.2    2.1 
    Food at home..............................  192.2   191.9   191.8   192.5    1.3    2.3    1.7    0.6    1.8    1.2 
     Cereals and bakery products..............  210.9   210.4   211.3   211.9    0.2    2.3    1.9    1.9    1.3    1.9 
     Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs...........  185.9   186.2   185.3   186.0   -0.9    2.0    0.4    0.2    0.5    0.3 
     Dairy and related products...............  183.2   182.0   181.0   181.2   -2.4    2.0    1.5   -4.3   -0.2   -1.4 
     Fruits and vegetables....................  248.8   248.6   246.4   249.5    7.0    5.5    2.6    1.1    6.3    1.9 
     Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage                                                                                
         materials............................  147.2   146.1   146.9   147.1    3.4    1.4    3.0   -0.3    2.4    1.4 
     Other food at home.......................  169.0   168.7   169.9   170.1    1.7    1.2    2.2    2.6    1.4    2.4 
      Sugar and sweets........................  169.7   171.2   171.2   171.5    1.2    7.9    1.7    4.3    4.5    3.0 
      Fats and oils...........................  167.5   164.7   168.6   168.2    8.2   -3.5    1.0    1.7    2.2    1.3 
      Other foods (1).........................  184.5   184.3   185.4   185.6    0.4    0.4    2.6    2.4    0.4    2.5 
       Other miscellaneous foods (1) (2)......  113.0   113.2   114.3   114.4    4.8    3.3    2.2    5.0    4.0    3.6 
    Food away from home (1)...................  197.6   198.0   198.7   199.2    2.9    2.9    3.3    3.3    2.9    3.3 
     Other food away from home (2)............  135.2   135.9   136.2   136.3    4.3    2.7    3.9    3.3    3.5    3.6 
   Alcoholic beverages (1)....................  200.1   200.1   200.8   201.6    1.4   -0.4    7.8    3.0    0.5    5.4 
                                                                                                                        
  Housing.....................................  201.3   201.6   202.3   202.8    4.4    6.0    3.2    3.0    5.2    3.1 
   Shelter....................................  229.2   230.0   231.0   232.0    1.1    4.5    3.6    5.0    2.8    4.3 
    Rent of primary residence (3).............  222.3   222.9   223.6   224.6    3.0    3.3    3.5    4.2    3.2    3.8 
    Lodging away from home (2)................  135.3   135.3   135.4   135.8   -9.5   21.5    7.7    1.5    4.8    4.6 
    Owners' equivalent rent of primary                                                                                  
        residence (3) (4).....................  234.9   235.8   237.1   238.1    2.3    2.6    3.8    5.6    2.5    4.7 
    Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2)..  116.2   116.2   116.3   116.4   -4.7   -1.7    0.3    0.7   -3.2    0.5 
   Fuels and utilities........................  196.1   194.4   193.9   192.6   31.0   18.9    5.5   -7.0   24.8   -0.9 
    Fuels.....................................  179.1   177.1   176.5   174.9   38.0   22.1    5.3   -9.1   29.8   -2.1 
     Fuel oil and other fuels.................  222.4   231.3   238.2   241.5  119.2  -14.2  -13.6   39.0   37.1    9.6 
     Gas (piped) and electricity (3)..........  185.2   182.4   181.3   179.3   32.6   25.9    7.0  -12.1   29.2   -3.1 
    Water and sewer and trash collection                                                                                
        services (2)..........................  134.8   135.3   135.7   136.4    4.1    5.3    5.2    4.8    4.7    5.0 
   Household furnishings and operations.......  126.5   126.5   127.1   127.1    0.3    2.6   -0.9    1.9    1.4    0.5 
    Household operations (1) (2)..............  134.9   135.2   135.7   136.3    2.8    7.2    4.9    4.2    5.0    4.6 
                                                                                                                        
  Apparel.....................................  119.1   119.8   120.0   120.0    0.0   -2.0    1.4    3.1   -1.0    2.2 
   Men's and boys' apparel....................  114.2   115.2   114.1   113.7   -3.4   -1.4   -1.4   -1.7   -2.4   -1.6 
   Women's and girls' apparel.................  110.5   111.1   111.3   111.8   -2.2    0.7    1.1    4.8   -0.7    2.9 
   Infants' and toddlers' apparel.............  116.8   116.1   117.0   116.4   -9.8    0.0    7.2   -1.4   -5.0    2.8 
   Footwear...................................  124.4   124.3   124.8   123.8    5.7   -6.0    7.4   -1.9   -0.3    2.6 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation..............................  178.5   182.8   185.5   185.2   44.8  -24.2   10.5   15.9    4.8   13.2 
   Private transportation.....................  174.6   179.1   181.8   181.3   47.6  -25.5   10.7   16.3    4.9   13.5 
    New and used motor vehicles (2)...........   95.7    95.8    95.8    95.9    0.4   -2.1    1.3    0.8   -0.8    1.1 
     New vehicles.............................  138.2   138.1   137.7   137.6   -4.3    1.2    2.3   -1.7   -1.6    0.3 
     Used cars and trucks (1).................  140.0   140.4   140.9   141.5    4.7   -6.3    2.3    4.4   -1.0    3.3 
    Motor fuel................................  211.7   230.3   241.7   239.3  267.4  -62.1   41.5   63.3   18.0   52.0 
     Gasoline (all types).....................  210.6   229.1   240.4   238.0  269.7  -62.4   41.8   63.1   18.0   52.1 
    Motor vehicle parts and equipment (1).....  115.4   115.8   117.0   117.0    5.5    4.7    5.0    5.7    5.1    5.3 
    Motor vehicle maintenance and repair......  213.4   214.1   215.2   215.7    4.7    3.1    5.8    4.4    3.9    5.1 
   Public transportation......................  223.9   224.4   226.7   229.5    5.6    2.7    2.9   10.4    4.2    6.6 
                                                                                                                        
  Medical care................................  332.8   334.0   335.1   336.0    3.3    5.3    4.2    3.9    4.3    4.0 
   Medical care commodities...................  284.3   285.3   286.3   286.0    3.4    5.1    4.6    2.4    4.3    3.5 
   Medical care services......................  346.6   347.8   349.0   350.3    3.3    5.3    4.0    4.3    4.3    4.2 
    Professional services.....................  287.0   287.3   288.1   288.6    3.2    4.0    1.0    2.2    3.6    1.6 
    Hospital and related services (3).........  460.5   464.2   467.0   468.5    2.9    7.2   10.0    7.1    5.0    8.5 
                                                                                                                        
  Recreation (2)..............................  110.5   110.8   111.0   111.1    3.0    0.7    1.8    2.2    1.8    2.0 
   Video and audio (2)........................  104.9   105.3   105.1   105.2    6.4   -1.1    1.9    1.1    2.5    1.5 
                                                                                                                        
  Education and communication (2).............  115.9   116.3   116.3   116.6    2.8    2.5    3.2    2.4    2.7    2.8 
   Education (2)..............................  159.1   159.9   160.7   161.5    5.9    5.8    6.0    6.2    5.9    6.1 
    Educational books and supplies............  381.2   382.4   385.1   387.1    7.8    6.7    4.6    6.3    7.3    5.5 
    Tuition, other school fees, and childcare.  459.5   461.8   464.2   466.3    5.9    5.8    6.1    6.1    5.8    6.1 
   Communication (2)..........................   84.4    84.5    84.2    84.3    0.0   -1.4    0.5   -0.5   -0.7    0.0 
    Information and information processing (1)                                                                          
        (2)...................................   81.9    82.1    81.7    81.8    0.0   -1.0   -1.5   -0.5   -0.5   -1.0 
     Telephone services (1) (2)...............   95.0    95.4    95.2    95.4    2.1    0.4   -0.8    1.7    1.3    0.4 
     Information technology, hardware and                                                                               
         services (1) (5).....................   13.0    12.9    12.8    12.7   -8.5   -5.9   -3.0   -8.9   -7.2   -6.0 
      Personal computers and peripheral                                                                                 
          equipment (1) (2)...................   11.4    11.1    10.8    10.7  -19.9  -18.1   -9.9  -22.4  -19.0  -16.4 
                                                                                                                        
  Other goods and services....................  319.5   319.5   319.7   321.5    3.8    3.2    2.3    2.5    3.5    2.4 
   Tobacco and smoking products (1)...........  519.0   518.1   517.5   521.5   10.3    2.4    4.7    1.9    6.2    3.3 
   Personal care..............................  188.7   188.7   189.0   189.9    2.0    3.5    1.7    2.6    2.7    2.1 
    Personal care products (1)................  155.2   155.0   154.6   155.2    1.3    1.6   -0.5    0.0    1.4   -0.3 
    Personal care services (1)................  208.5   208.5   208.7   209.1    3.2    4.0    3.7    1.2    3.6    2.4 
    Miscellaneous personal services...........  310.3   310.9   311.8   313.0    2.9    3.6    3.6    3.5    3.3    3.5 
                                                                                                                        
          Commodity and service group                                                                                   
                                                                                                                        
 Commodities..................................  162.8   164.6   165.7   165.7   18.9  -11.1    5.3    7.3    2.8    6.3 
  Food and beverages..........................  194.4   194.4   194.7   195.3    2.1    2.3    2.7    1.9    2.2    2.3 
  Commodities less food and beverages.........  144.7   147.2   148.7   148.5   30.4  -18.4    6.9   10.9    3.2    8.9 
   Nondurables less food and beverages........  172.1   178.4   183.3   183.5   46.3  -21.8    5.0   29.2    6.9   16.5 
    Apparel...................................  119.1   119.8   120.0   120.0    0.0   -2.0    1.4    3.1   -1.0    2.2 
    Nondurables less food, beverages, and                                                                               
        apparel...............................  211.6   220.3   225.4   225.3   84.4  -35.4   17.1   28.5    9.1   22.7 
   Durables...................................  114.8   114.7   114.7   114.6   -0.7   -1.4    0.0   -0.7   -1.0   -0.3 
 Services.....................................  236.5   237.0   237.8   238.5    4.1    5.3    3.6    3.4    4.7    3.5 
  Rent of shelter (4).........................  238.6   239.7   240.7   241.5    1.2    4.3    3.4    5.0    2.8    4.2 
  Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2)....  116.2   116.2   116.3   116.4   -4.7   -1.7    0.3    0.7   -3.2    0.5 
  Gas (piped) and electricity (3).............  185.2   182.4   181.3   179.3   32.6   25.9    7.0  -12.1   29.2   -3.1 
  Water and sewer and trash collection                                                                                  
      services (2)............................  134.8   135.3   135.7   136.4    4.1    5.3    5.2    4.8    4.7    5.0 
  Household operations (1) (2)................  134.9   135.2   135.7   136.3    2.8    7.2    4.9    4.2    5.0    4.6 
  Transportation services.....................  228.8   229.3   230.2   231.0    4.3    0.9    0.9    3.9    2.6    2.4 
  Medical care services.......................  346.6   347.8   349.0   350.3    3.3    5.3    4.0    4.3    4.3    4.2 
  Other services..............................  274.7   275.8   276.5   277.4    4.1    3.3    3.4    4.0    3.7    3.7 
                                                                                                                        
                Special indexes                                                                                         
                                                                                                                        
 All items less food..........................  200.8   202.1   203.2   203.5   11.4   -2.4    4.5    5.5    4.3    5.0 
 All items less shelter.......................  190.6   191.9   192.8   192.9   14.4   -4.5    4.8    4.9    4.5    4.8 
 All items less medical care..................  193.0   194.2   195.1   195.4   10.2   -2.1    4.3    5.1    3.9    4.7 
 Commodities less food........................  146.8   149.2   150.7   150.5   29.2  -17.7    6.8   10.5    3.1    8.6 
 Nondurables less food........................  173.8   179.7   184.3   184.5   43.1  -20.8    5.2   27.0    6.5   15.6 
 Nondurables less food and apparel............  209.6   217.3   222.0   222.0   75.9  -33.0   15.9   25.8    8.5   20.8 
 Nondurables..................................  183.9   187.4   189.7   190.0   22.3  -11.2    4.7   13.9    4.2    9.2 
 Services less rent of shelter (4)............  251.4   251.8   252.5   253.4    6.8    6.2    3.1    3.2    6.5    3.2 
 Services less medical care services..........  227.1   227.8   228.6   229.5    3.9    5.3    3.1    4.3    4.6    3.7 
 Energy.......................................  193.6   201.2   206.1   204.2  134.3  -34.7   21.8   23.8   23.7   22.8 
 All items less energy........................  202.0   202.5   203.1   203.7    1.6    2.8    2.6    3.4    2.2    3.0 
  All items less food and energy..............  204.2   204.8   205.4   206.0    1.8    2.6    2.8    3.6    2.2    3.2 
   Commodities less food and energy                                                                                     
       commodities............................  140.7   140.8   140.9   141.0    0.0   -0.3    1.4    0.9   -0.1    1.1 
    Energy commodities........................  213.4   231.5   242.7   240.6  255.4  -60.0   36.9   61.6   19.2   48.7 
   Services less energy services..............  241.8   242.6   243.6   244.5    2.2    3.9    3.4    4.5    3.1    4.0 

   1 Not seasonally adjusted.
   2 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base.
   3 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator.  All other item stratum index series were calculated
 using a geometric means estimator.
   4 Indexes on a December 1982=100 base.
   5 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base.
 NOTE:  Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

 Table 3. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Selected areas, all items index 

 (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                All items                                  
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
                                               Prici-           Indexes             Percent change to    Percent change to 
                     CPI-U                       ng                                  June 2006 from--      May 2006 from--   
                                               sched-                                                                      
                                                 ule   Mar.   Apr.    May   June                                           
                                                 (1)   2006   2006   2006   2006   June   Apr.    May    May   Mar.   Apr. 
                                                                                   2005   2006   2006   2005   2006   2006 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                           
 U.S. city average............................   M    199.8  201.5  202.5  202.9    4.3    0.7    0.2    4.2    1.4    0.5 
                                                                                                                           
            Region and area size(2)                                                                                        
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
 Northeast urban..............................   M    212.8  214.7  215.7  216.7    5.1    0.9    0.5    4.6    1.4    0.5 
   Size A - More than 1,500,000...............   M    215.0  216.8  218.1  219.3    5.2    1.2    0.6    4.6    1.4    0.6 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3).........   M    126.0  127.3  127.4  127.7    4.8    0.3    0.2    4.8    1.1    0.1 
                                                                                                                           
 Midwest urban................................   M    192.0  193.0  193.6  194.1    3.4    0.6    0.3    3.3    0.8    0.3 
   Size A - More than 1,500,000...............   M    193.8  194.5  195.1  195.6    3.1    0.6    0.3    3.0    0.7    0.3 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3).........   M    122.3  123.3  123.7  124.0    3.7    0.6    0.2    3.7    1.1    0.3 
   Size D -  Nonmetropolitan  (less than                                                                                   
       50,000)................................   M    186.7  187.8  188.1  189.3    3.8    0.8    0.6    3.6    0.7    0.2 
                                                                                                                           
 South urban..................................   M    192.8  194.7  195.5  196.3    4.5    0.8    0.4    4.4    1.4    0.4 
   Size A - More than 1,500,000...............   M    194.6  196.5  197.4  198.2    4.5    0.9    0.4    4.3    1.4    0.5 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3).........   M    123.0  124.1  124.6  125.0    4.4    0.7    0.3    4.4    1.3    0.4 
   Size D -  Nonmetropolitan  (less than                                                                                   
       50,000)................................   M    192.3  195.1  195.9  196.7    5.2    0.8    0.4    5.0    1.9    0.4 
                                                                                                                           
 West urban...................................   M    203.8  205.3  206.9  206.4    4.2    0.5   -0.2    4.1    1.5    0.8 
   Size A - More than 1,500,000...............   M    206.8  208.6  210.3  209.5    4.5    0.4   -0.4    4.4    1.7    0.8 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3).........   M    124.2  124.9  125.7  125.6    3.7    0.6   -0.1    3.6    1.2    0.6 
                                                                                                                           
                 Size classes                                                                                              
                                                                                                                           
   A (4)......................................   M    182.8  184.3  185.3  185.6    4.3    0.7    0.2    4.1    1.4    0.5 
   B/C (3)....................................   M    123.5  124.5  125.0  125.3    4.2    0.6    0.2    4.2    1.2    0.4 
   D..........................................   M    191.6  193.5  194.4  195.3    4.5    0.9    0.5    4.0    1.5    0.5 
                                                                                                                           
            Selected local areas(5)                                                                                        
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI...............   M    197.6  197.7  198.4  199.0    2.6    0.7    0.3    2.6    0.4    0.4 
 Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA......   M    208.5  210.5  212.4  211.1    5.2    0.3   -0.6    5.4    1.9    0.9 
 New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island,                                                                                       
     NY-NJ-CT-PA..............................   M    218.2  220.2  221.6  222.6    5.6    1.1    0.5    4.8    1.6    0.6 
                                                                                                                           
 Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT..........   1    221.3      -  222.9      -      -      -      -    3.9    0.7      - 
 Cleveland-Akron, OH..........................   1    190.7      -  192.4      -      -      -      -    3.0    0.9      - 
 Dallas-Fort Worth, TX........................   1    188.4      -  191.2      -      -      -      -    4.2    1.5      - 
 Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV (6)........   1    126.8      -  128.8      -      -      -      -    4.2    1.6      - 
                                                                                                                           
 Atlanta, GA..................................   2        -  193.9      -  196.0    3.4    1.1      -      -      -      - 
 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI..................   2        -  197.2      -  196.8    3.8   -0.2      -      -      -      - 
 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX...............   2        -  181.2      -  182.4    4.7    0.7      -      -      -      - 
 Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL....................   2        -  203.8      -  203.8    5.8    0.0      -      -      -      - 
 Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,                                                                                    
     PA-NJ-DE-MD..............................   2        -  211.6      -  213.9    4.4    1.1      -      -      -      - 
 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA...........   2        -  208.9      -  209.1    3.9    0.1      -      -      -      - 
 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA.................   2        -  207.4      -  208.2    4.2    0.4      -      -      -      - 

   1 Areas on pricing schedule 2 (see Table 10) will appear next month. 
   2 Regions defined as the four Census regions.  See technical notes.
   3 Indexes on a December 1996=100 base.
   4 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base.
   5 In addition, the following metropolitan areas are published semiannually and appear in Tables 34 and 39 of the 
 January and July issues of the CPI Detailed Report: Anchorage, AK; Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN; Denver-Boulder-Greeley,
 CO; Honolulu, HI; Kansas City, MO-KS; Milwaukee-Racine, WI; Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI; Phoenix-Mesa, AZ; Pittsburgh, PA;
 Portland-Salem, OR-WA; St. Louis, MO-IL; San Diego, CA; Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL.
   6 Indexes on a November 1996=100 base.
   - Data not available.
 NOTE:  Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

 Table 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,                      June 2006 from-    percent change from- 
                     CPI-W                       December                                                               
                                                   2005       May       June                                            
                                                              2006      2006     June      May   Mar. to Apr. to  May to
                                                                                 2005     2006     Apr.    May     June 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                        
             Expenditure category                                                                                       
                                                                                                                        
 All items....................................    100.000     198.2     198.6      4.5      0.2     0.6     0.5     0.2 
 All items (1967=100).........................          -     590.5     591.7        -        -       -       -       - 
                                                                                                                        
  Food and beverages..........................     16.537     193.9     194.2      2.0      0.2    -0.1     0.2     0.3 
   Food.......................................     15.519     193.3     193.7      2.1      0.2    -0.1     0.1     0.3 
    Food at home..............................      9.347     190.9     191.2      1.4      0.2    -0.2     0.0     0.3 
     Cereals and bakery products..............      1.275     212.2     213.1      1.7      0.4     0.0     0.3     0.3 
     Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs...........      2.653     184.4     185.4      0.1      0.5    -0.1    -0.3     0.2 
     Dairy and related products...............       .965     180.5     179.1     -1.0     -0.8    -0.7    -0.5     0.1 
     Fruits and vegetables....................      1.338     246.0     245.7      4.2     -0.1     0.0    -0.6     1.0 
     Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage                                                                                
         materials............................      1.087     145.9     146.1      1.9      0.1    -0.7     0.4     0.2 
     Other food at home.......................      2.030     169.4     169.5      1.9      0.1    -0.2     0.7     0.1 
      Sugar and sweets........................       .337     170.5     170.9      3.7      0.2     0.9     0.0     0.2 
      Fats and oils...........................       .287     169.1     167.9      2.1     -0.7    -1.7     2.1    -0.2 
      Other foods (1).........................      1.406     185.5     185.9      1.5      0.2    -0.2     0.5     0.2 
       Other miscellaneous foods (1) (2)......       .370     114.4     115.0      4.1      0.5     0.0     0.9     0.5 
    Food away from home (1)...................      6.172     198.4     198.9      3.1      0.3     0.2     0.3     0.3 
     Other food away from home (2)............       .275     135.8     136.0      3.4      0.1     0.5     0.3    -0.1 
   Alcoholic beverages (1)....................      1.018     200.6     201.0      2.7      0.2    -0.1     0.1     0.2 
                                                                                                                        
  Housing.....................................     40.161     197.4     198.9      4.2      0.8     0.1     0.3     0.3 
   Shelter....................................     30.069     223.7     224.7      3.4      0.4     0.3     0.4     0.4 
    Rent of primary residence (3).............      7.880     222.7     223.5      3.5      0.4     0.3     0.3     0.4 
    Lodging away from home (2)................      1.412     136.6     138.7      4.4      1.5    -0.6    -0.4     0.7 
    Owners' equivalent rent of primary                                                                                  
        residence (3) (4).....................     20.429     214.8     215.7      3.5      0.4     0.4     0.5     0.4 
    Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2)..       .348     116.6     116.7     -1.4      0.1     0.0     0.1     0.1 
   Fuels and utilities........................      5.900     190.4     196.0     10.9      2.9    -0.9    -0.4    -0.7 
    Fuels.....................................      4.984     171.8     177.8     12.2      3.5    -1.1    -0.5    -1.0 
     Fuel oil and other fuels.................       .347     238.9     238.3     22.3     -0.3     4.1     3.0     1.3 
     Gas (piped) and electricity (3)..........      4.637     177.1     183.7     11.5      3.7    -1.5    -0.7    -1.2 
    Water and sewer and trash collection                                                                                
        services (2)..........................       .916     136.0     136.6      4.9      0.4     0.4     0.2     0.6 
   Household furnishings and operations.......      4.193     122.8     122.9      0.8      0.1     0.0     0.3     0.1 
    Household operations (1) (2)..............       .363     138.3     139.0      4.7      0.5     0.3     0.4     0.5 
                                                                                                                        
  Apparel.....................................      4.090     121.9     118.4      0.4     -2.9     0.7     0.1    -0.2 
   Men's and boys' apparel....................       .982     116.5     113.0     -1.7     -3.0     1.0    -0.5    -0.5 
   Women's and girls' apparel.................      1.689     114.0     109.8      1.0     -3.7     1.1     0.2     0.1 
   Infants' and toddlers' apparel.............       .242     120.2     116.8     -1.8     -2.8    -1.2     0.8    -0.7 
   Footwear...................................       .964     125.1     122.6      1.1     -2.0    -0.3     0.2    -0.6 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation..............................     19.669     187.7     187.1      9.7     -0.3     2.6     1.5    -0.2 
   Private transportation.....................     18.931     184.9     184.2      9.8     -0.4     2.7     1.6    -0.2 
    New and used motor vehicles (2)...........      8.944      95.0      94.9      0.1     -0.1     0.1     0.0     0.1 
     New vehicles.............................      5.380     138.8     138.3     -0.5     -0.4    -0.1    -0.3    -0.1 
     Used cars and trucks (1).................      2.801     141.8     142.4      1.2      0.4     0.4     0.4     0.4 
    Motor fuel................................      5.244     251.3     248.8     33.7     -1.0     8.7     4.8    -0.9 
     Gasoline (all types).....................      5.193     250.3     247.8     33.7     -1.0     8.8     4.8    -0.9 
    Motor vehicle parts and equipment (1).....       .434     116.5     116.6      5.2      0.1     0.3     1.0     0.1 
    Motor vehicle maintenance and repair......      1.130     217.4     218.0      4.6      0.3     0.3     0.5     0.4 
   Public transportation......................       .738     227.5     232.0      5.6      2.0     0.3     0.8     1.2 
                                                                                                                        
  Medical care................................      5.171     335.0     335.5      4.0      0.1     0.4     0.3     0.2 
   Medical care commodities...................      1.140     279.4     279.4      3.9      0.0     0.4     0.3     0.0 
   Medical care services......................      4.030     350.0     350.6      4.0      0.2     0.3     0.3     0.3 
    Professional services.....................      2.336     291.3     291.5      2.4      0.1     0.2     0.2     0.1 
    Hospital and related services (3).........      1.332     461.2     462.8      6.6      0.3     0.8     0.6     0.3 
                                                                                                                        
  Recreation (2)..............................      5.097     108.5     108.6      1.9      0.1     0.3     0.2     0.2 
   Video and audio (2)........................      1.928     104.7     104.5      2.0     -0.2     0.4    -0.2     0.2 
                                                                                                                        
  Education and communication (2).............      5.635     113.0     113.3      2.3      0.3     0.3     0.0     0.2 
   Education (2)..............................      2.243     157.2     157.8      5.8      0.4     0.4     0.5     0.4 
    Educational books and supplies............       .199     386.2     388.1      6.3      0.5     0.3     0.7     0.5 
    Tuition, other school fees, and childcare.      2.044     444.4     446.1      5.8      0.4     0.5     0.5     0.4 
   Communication (2)..........................      3.392      86.0      86.1     -0.2      0.1     0.1    -0.3     0.1 
    Information and information processing (1)                                                                          
        (2)...................................      3.244      84.3      84.4     -0.5      0.1     0.1    -0.4     0.1 
     Telephone services (1) (2)...............      2.653      95.3      95.5      0.7      0.2     0.4    -0.3     0.2 
     Information technology, hardware and                                                                               
         services (1) (5).....................       .590      13.3      13.3     -6.3      0.0    -0.7    -1.5     0.0 
      Personal computers and peripheral                                                                                 
          equipment (1) (2)...................       .208      10.7      10.5    -17.3     -1.9    -2.7    -2.7    -1.9 
                                                                                                                        
  Other goods and services....................      3.640     329.3     330.8      3.1      0.5    -0.1     0.0     0.6 
   Tobacco and smoking products (1)...........      1.137     519.4     523.5      4.9      0.8    -0.2    -0.1     0.8 
   Personal care..............................      2.504     187.3     187.9      2.2      0.3    -0.1     0.1     0.5 
    Personal care products (1)................       .774     154.7     155.1      0.4      0.3    -0.1    -0.2     0.3 
    Personal care services (1)................       .616     208.6     209.2      2.9      0.3     0.0     0.0     0.3 
    Miscellaneous personal services...........       .949     312.7     313.8      3.5      0.4     0.2     0.3     0.4 
                                                                                                                        
          Commodity and service group                                                                                   
                                                                                                                        
 Commodities..................................     44.601     168.9     168.2      5.1     -0.4     1.2     0.8     0.0 
  Food and beverages..........................     16.537     193.9     194.2      2.0      0.2    -0.1     0.2     0.3 
  Commodities less food and beverages.........     28.064     153.7     152.7      6.9     -0.7     2.0     1.1    -0.1 
   Nondurables less food and beverages........     15.599     192.8     190.8     12.8     -1.0     4.2     2.8     0.2 
    Apparel...................................      4.090     121.9     118.4      0.4     -2.9     0.7     0.1    -0.2 
    Nondurables less food, beverages, and                                                                               
        apparel...............................     11.509     241.1     240.1     17.3     -0.4     4.5     2.7    -0.5 
   Durables...................................     12.465     115.0     114.8     -0.4     -0.2    -0.1    -0.2     0.1 
 Services.....................................     55.399     232.8     234.3      4.0      0.6     0.2     0.3     0.3 
  Rent of shelter (4).........................     29.721     215.6     216.5      3.4      0.4     0.3     0.5     0.3 
  Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2)....       .348     116.6     116.7     -1.4      0.1     0.0     0.1     0.1 
  Gas (piped) and electricity (3).............      4.637     177.1     183.7     11.5      3.7    -1.5    -0.7    -1.2 
  Water and sewer and trash collection                                                                                  
      services (2)............................       .916     136.0     136.6      4.9      0.4     0.4     0.2     0.6 
  Household operations (1) (2)................       .363     138.3     139.0      4.7      0.5     0.3     0.4     0.5 
  Transportation services.....................      5.659     230.3     231.0      2.2      0.3     0.1     0.3     0.3 
  Medical care services.......................      4.030     350.0     350.6      4.0      0.2     0.3     0.3     0.3 
  Other services..............................      9.726     266.8     267.6      3.5      0.3     0.3     0.3     0.3 
                                                                                                                        
                Special indexes                                                                                         
                                                                                                                        
 All items less food..........................     84.481     199.0     199.4      4.9      0.2     0.8     0.6     0.1 
 All items less shelter.......................     69.931     191.1     191.3      5.0      0.1     0.7     0.5     0.0 
 All items less medical care..................     94.829     192.4     192.8      4.5      0.2     0.6     0.5     0.2 
 Commodities less food........................     29.082     155.5     154.5      6.8     -0.6     1.9     1.1    -0.1 
 Nondurables less food........................     16.617     193.4     191.6     12.2     -0.9     3.9     2.6     0.1 
 Nondurables less food and apparel............     12.527     236.6     235.7     16.1     -0.4     4.2     2.5    -0.2 
 Nondurables..................................     32.136     194.2     193.4      7.3     -0.4     2.2     1.3     0.2 
 Services less rent of shelter (4)............     25.679     223.3     225.3      4.6      0.9     0.0     0.2     0.3 
 Services less medical care services..........     51.369     224.0     225.5      4.0      0.7     0.3     0.3     0.4 
 Energy.......................................     10.228     210.0     211.8     23.5      0.9     4.2     2.5    -0.9 
 All items less energy........................     89.772     197.7     197.9      2.4      0.1     0.2     0.2     0.3 
  All items less food and energy..............     74.253     198.9     199.1      2.5      0.1     0.2     0.3     0.3 
   Commodities less food and energy                                                                                     
       commodities............................     23.491     141.9     141.2      0.6     -0.5     0.1     0.0     0.1 
    Energy commodities........................      5.591     251.4     249.1     33.0     -0.9     8.5     4.7    -0.8 
   Services less energy services..............     50.762     238.8     239.7      3.4      0.4     0.3     0.4     0.4 
 Purchasing power of the consumer dollar                                                                                
     (1982-84=$1.00)..........................          -    $ .504    $ .503        -        -       -       -       - 
 Purchasing power of the consumer dollar                                                                                
     (1967=$1.00).............................          -    $ .169    $ .169        -        -       -       -       - 

   1 Not seasonally adjusted.
   2 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base.
   3 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator.  All other item stratum index series were calculated
 using a geometric means estimator.
   4 Indexes on a December 1984=100 base
   5 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base.
   - Data not available.
 NOTE:  Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

 Table 5. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Seasonally adjusted U.S. city
 average, by expenditure category and commodity and service group

 (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                                 Seasonally adjusted indexes    Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent 
                                                                                               change for               
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                     CPI-W                                                           3 months ended--         6 months  
                                                                                                              ended--   
                                                 Mar.    Apr.    May     June                                           
                                                 2006    2006    2006    2006                                           
                                                                                Sep.   Dec.   Mar.   June   Dec.   June 
                                                                                2005   2005   2006   2006   2005   2006 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                        
             Expenditure category                                                                                       
                                                                                                                        
 All items....................................  195.5   196.7   197.6   197.9   11.7   -3.0    4.6    5.0    4.1    4.8 
                                                                                                                        
  Food and beverages..........................  193.7   193.6   193.9   194.4    1.7    2.7    2.5    1.5    2.2    2.0 
   Food.......................................  193.2   193.1   193.3   193.9    1.7    2.8    2.3    1.5    2.2    1.9 
    Food at home..............................  191.3   190.9   190.9   191.5    1.1    2.6    1.5    0.4    1.8    0.9 
     Cereals and bakery products..............  211.1   211.0   211.6   212.3   -0.4    2.7    2.3    2.3    1.2    2.3 
     Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs...........  185.8   185.6   185.0   185.4   -0.9    1.7    0.4   -0.9    0.4   -0.2 
     Dairy and related products...............  182.8   181.6   180.7   180.9   -2.6    1.8    1.1   -4.1   -0.4   -1.5 
     Fruits and vegetables....................  246.2   246.2   244.7   247.1    6.9    6.8    1.5    1.5    6.9    1.5 
     Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage                                                                                
         materials............................  146.6   145.6   146.2   146.5    3.1    1.7    3.1   -0.3    2.4    1.4 
     Other food at home.......................  168.5   168.2   169.3   169.5    1.7    1.4    2.2    2.4    1.6    2.3 
      Sugar and sweets........................  168.7   170.2   170.2   170.6    1.5    7.7    1.4    4.6    4.6    3.0 
      Fats and oils...........................  168.4   165.5   168.9   168.5    9.0   -3.3    2.4    0.2    2.7    1.3 
      Other foods (1).........................  184.8   184.5   185.5   185.9    0.2    1.1    2.4    2.4    0.7    2.4 
       Other miscellaneous foods (1) (2)......  113.4   113.4   114.4   115.0    5.2    3.6    1.8    5.8    4.4    3.8 
    Food away from home (1)...................  197.4   197.8   198.4   198.9    2.9    2.9    3.3    3.1    2.9    3.2 
     Other food away from home (2)............  135.0   135.7   136.1   136.0    4.3    2.7    3.9    3.0    3.5    3.5 
   Alcoholic beverages (1)....................  200.5   200.3   200.6   201.0    0.6    0.6    8.8    1.0    0.6    4.8 
                                                                                                                        
  Housing.....................................  196.8   197.0   197.6   198.1    4.9    5.7    3.3    2.7    5.3    3.0 
   Shelter....................................  222.0   222.7   223.7   224.6    1.5    3.9    3.5    4.8    2.7    4.1 
    Rent of primary residence (3).............  221.4   222.0   222.7   223.7    3.0    3.5    3.3    4.2    3.3    3.8 
    Lodging away from home (2)................  135.8   135.0   134.4   135.4  -12.0   22.7   10.3   -1.2    3.9    4.4 
    Owners' equivalent rent of primary                                                                                  
        residence (3) (4).....................  213.0   213.9   215.0   215.9    2.1    2.5    3.8    5.6    2.3    4.7 
    Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2)..  116.5   116.5   116.6   116.7   -4.7   -1.7    0.3    0.7   -3.2    0.5 
   Fuels and utilities........................  194.7   193.0   192.3   190.9   29.8   19.1    5.3   -7.6   24.3   -1.3 
    Fuels.....................................  176.6   174.7   173.9   172.2   36.1   22.1    4.9   -9.6   28.9   -2.6 
     Fuel oil and other fuels.................  221.4   230.5   237.5   240.7  120.4  -14.8  -14.7   39.7   37.1    9.1 
     Gas (piped) and electricity (3)..........  183.4   180.7   179.5   177.4   30.9   25.6    6.6  -12.5   28.2   -3.4 
    Water and sewer and trash collection                                                                                
        services (2)..........................  135.1   135.7   136.0   136.8    4.0    5.3    5.2    5.1    4.7    5.2 
   Household furnishings and operations.......  122.2   122.2   122.6   122.7    0.0    1.3    0.0    1.6    0.7    0.8 
    Household operations (1) (2)..............  137.3   137.7   138.3   139.0    2.1    7.7    3.9    5.0    4.9    4.5 
                                                                                                                        
  Apparel.....................................  118.7   119.5   119.6   119.4   -0.7   -1.7    1.7    2.4   -1.2    2.0 
   Men's and boys' apparel....................  113.5   114.6   114.0   113.4   -3.1   -1.0   -2.4   -0.4   -2.1   -1.4 
   Women's and girls' apparel.................  109.6   110.8   111.0   111.1   -2.9    1.5    0.0    5.6   -0.7    2.8 
   Infants' and toddlers' apparel.............  119.4   118.0   118.9   118.1  -10.2    1.0    7.4   -4.3   -4.8    1.4 
   Footwear...................................  124.1   123.7   124.0   123.3    4.3   -5.7    8.8   -2.6   -0.8    3.0 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation..............................  177.8   182.5   185.3   185.0   48.7  -25.6   11.1   17.2    5.2   14.1 
   Private transportation.....................  175.0   179.7   182.6   182.2   50.6  -26.6   11.5   17.5    5.1   14.5 
    New and used motor vehicles (2)...........   94.9    95.0    95.0    95.1    1.3   -2.9    1.7    0.8   -0.8    1.3 
     New vehicles.............................  139.3   139.2   138.8   138.7   -3.7    0.9    2.6   -1.7   -1.4    0.4 
     Used cars and trucks (1).................  140.8   141.3   141.8   142.4    4.9   -6.6    2.3    4.6   -1.0    3.5 
    Motor fuel................................  212.3   230.8   241.8   239.7  267.8  -61.9   40.2   62.5   18.4   50.9 
     Gasoline (all types).....................  211.3   229.9   240.9   238.7  267.8  -62.0   40.4   62.9   18.2   51.2 
    Motor vehicle parts and equipment (1).....  114.9   115.3   116.5   116.6    5.5    4.7    4.7    6.1    5.1    5.4 
    Motor vehicle maintenance and repair......  215.8   216.5   217.6   218.4    4.9    3.3    5.6    4.9    4.1    5.2 
   Public transportation......................  222.7   223.3   225.0   227.7    6.3    3.3    3.5    9.3    4.8    6.3 
                                                                                                                        
  Medical care................................  332.2   333.4   334.4   335.1    3.0    5.7    3.7    3.5    4.3    3.6 
   Medical care commodities...................  277.3   278.4   279.2   279.1    2.7    6.1    4.6    2.6    4.4    3.6 
   Medical care services......................  346.9   348.1   349.3   350.2    3.1    5.5    3.4    3.9    4.3    3.6 
    Professional services.....................  289.3   290.0   290.5   290.9    2.8    3.7    0.8    2.2    3.3    1.5 
    Hospital and related services (3).........  455.6   459.4   462.1   463.7    2.3    7.9    8.7    7.3    5.1    8.0 
                                                                                                                        
  Recreation (2)..............................  107.8   108.1   108.3   108.5    2.7    0.4    1.9    2.6    1.5    2.2 
   Video and audio (2)........................  104.1   104.5   104.3   104.5    6.0   -1.5    1.9    1.5    2.2    1.7 
                                                                                                                        
  Education and communication (2).............  113.2   113.5   113.5   113.7    2.5    1.8    2.9    1.8    2.2    2.3 
   Education (2)..............................  157.3   158.0   158.8   159.5    5.7    5.9    6.1    5.7    5.8    5.9 
    Educational books and supplies............  382.9   384.0   386.6   388.5    7.4    6.3    5.4    6.0    6.8    5.7 
    Tuition, other school fees, and childcare.  444.9   447.1   449.4   451.1    5.6    5.8    6.2    5.7    5.7    5.9 
   Communication (2)..........................   86.2    86.3    86.0    86.1    0.5   -0.9    0.0   -0.5   -0.2   -0.2 
    Information and information processing (1)                                                                          
        (2)...................................   84.5    84.6    84.3    84.4    0.0   -0.9   -0.5   -0.5   -0.5   -0.5 
     Telephone services (1) (2)...............   95.2    95.6    95.3    95.5    2.1    0.0   -0.4    1.3    1.1    0.4 
     Information technology, hardware and                                                                               
         services (1) (5).....................   13.6    13.5    13.3    13.3   -8.2   -8.4    0.0   -8.5   -8.3   -4.4 
      Personal computers and peripheral                                                                                 
          equipment (1) (2)...................   11.3    11.0    10.7    10.5  -17.6  -15.5  -10.0  -25.5  -16.6  -18.1 
                                                                                                                        
  Other goods and services....................  329.2   328.8   328.8   330.8    4.7    2.7    3.0    2.0    3.7    2.5 
   Tobacco and smoking products (1)...........  520.9   519.9   519.4   523.5   11.1    2.2    4.7    2.0    6.6    3.3 
   Personal care..............................  187.0   186.8   187.0   187.9    1.8    3.1    2.2    1.9    2.4    2.1 
    Personal care products (1)................  155.2   155.0   154.7   155.1    1.3    1.0   -0.5   -0.3    1.2   -0.4 
    Personal care services (1)................  208.5   208.6   208.6   209.2    3.0    4.2    3.1    1.3    3.6    2.2 
    Miscellaneous personal services...........  310.8   311.5   312.4   313.5    2.9    3.7    3.7    3.5    3.3    3.6 
                                                                                                                        
          Commodity and service group                                                                                   
                                                                                                                        
 Commodities..................................  164.3   166.3   167.6   167.6   20.7  -12.3    6.1    8.3    2.9    7.2 
  Food and beverages..........................  193.7   193.6   193.9   194.4    1.7    2.7    2.5    1.5    2.2    2.0 
  Commodities less food and beverages.........  147.3   150.2   151.8   151.6   34.1  -20.0    8.0   12.2    3.6   10.1 
   Nondurables less food and beverages........  177.4   184.9   190.1   190.5   50.6  -23.5    5.8   33.0    7.4   18.6 
    Apparel...................................  118.7   119.5   119.6   119.4   -0.7   -1.7    1.7    2.4   -1.2    2.0 
    Nondurables less food, beverages, and                                                                               
        apparel...............................  220.7   230.7   237.0   235.9   95.5  -37.4   18.6   30.5   10.6   24.4 
   Durables...................................  115.0   114.9   114.7   114.8   -0.3   -1.4    0.7   -0.7   -0.9    0.0 
 Services.....................................  232.0   232.4   233.0   233.6    4.3    5.2    3.5    2.8    4.8    3.2 
  Rent of shelter (4).........................  213.9   214.6   215.6   216.3    1.7    3.9    3.4    4.6    2.8    4.0 
  Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2)....  116.5   116.5   116.6   116.7   -4.7   -1.7    0.3    0.7   -3.2    0.5 
  Gas (piped) and electricity (3).............  183.4   180.7   179.5   177.4   30.9   25.6    6.6  -12.5   28.2   -3.4 
  Water and sewer and trash collection                                                                                  
      services (2)............................  135.1   135.7   136.0   136.8    4.0    5.3    5.2    5.1    4.7    5.2 
  Household operations (1) (2)................  137.3   137.7   138.3   139.0    2.1    7.7    3.9    5.0    4.9    4.5 
  Transportation services.....................  228.9   229.2   229.9   230.5    3.8    1.4    0.7    2.8    2.6    1.8 
  Medical care services.......................  346.9   348.1   349.3   350.2    3.1    5.5    3.4    3.9    4.3    3.6 
  Other services..............................  265.7   266.6   267.3   268.1    3.9    3.1    3.2    3.7    3.5    3.4 
                                                                                                                        
                Special indexes                                                                                         
                                                                                                                        
 All items less food..........................  195.7   197.2   198.3   198.5   13.5   -4.2    5.1    5.8    4.3    5.5 
 All items less shelter.......................  187.9   189.3   190.3   190.3   16.1   -5.8    5.0    5.2    4.6    5.1 
 All items less medical care..................  189.7   190.9   191.8   192.1   12.0   -3.5    4.8    5.2    4.0    5.0 
 Commodities less food........................  149.3   152.1   153.7   153.5   32.2  -19.2    8.2   11.7    3.4    9.9 
 Nondurables less food........................  179.0   186.0   190.9   191.1   47.2  -22.2    6.3   29.9    7.0   17.5 
 Nondurables less food and apparel............  217.8   226.9   232.6   232.2   85.5  -35.5   17.5   29.2    9.4   23.2 
 Nondurables..................................  186.3   190.4   192.9   193.2   23.9  -11.9    4.9   15.7    4.5   10.1 
 Services less rent of shelter (4)............  223.3   223.4   223.9   224.6    7.1    6.4    2.9    2.3    6.7    2.6 
 Services less medical care services..........  223.0   223.6   224.2   225.1    4.3    5.0    2.9    3.8    4.7    3.4 
 Energy.......................................  193.3   201.4   206.4   204.5  140.3  -36.9   22.1   25.3   23.2   23.7 
 All items less energy........................  196.6   197.0   197.4   198.0    1.9    2.3    2.7    2.9    2.1    2.8 
  All items less food and energy..............  197.7   198.1   198.7   199.2    1.7    2.3    2.9    3.1    2.0    3.0 
   Commodities less food and energy                                                                                     
       commodities............................  141.1   141.3   141.3   141.4    0.6   -0.8    1.7    0.9   -0.1    1.3 
    Energy commodities........................  213.4   231.5   242.4   240.5  257.8  -60.2   36.0   61.3   19.3   48.1 
   Services less energy services..............  237.2   237.9   238.8   239.7    2.3    3.7    3.3    4.3    3.0    3.8 

   1 Not seasonally adjusted.
   2 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base.
   3 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator.  All other item stratum index series were calculated
 using a geometric means estimator.
   4 Indexes on a December 1984=100 base
   5 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base.
 NOTE:  Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

 Table 6. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Selected areas, all items index 

 (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                All items                                  
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
                                               Prici-           Indexes             Percent change to    Percent change to 
                     CPI-W                       ng                                  June 2006 from--      May 2006 from--   
                                               sched-                                                                      
                                                 ule   Mar.   Apr.    May   June                                           
                                                 (1)   2006   2006   2006   2006   June   Apr.    May    May   Mar.   Apr. 
                                                                                   2005   2006   2006   2005   2006   2006 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                           
 U.S. city average............................   M    195.3  197.2  198.2  198.6    4.5    0.7    0.2    4.3    1.5    0.5 
                                                                                                                           
            Region and area size(2)                                                                                        
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
 Northeast urban..............................   M    209.0  211.0  212.1  213.0    5.2    0.9    0.4    4.7    1.5    0.5 
   Size A - More than 1,500,000...............   M    209.7  211.5  212.8  214.0    5.2    1.2    0.6    4.6    1.5    0.6 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3).........   M    126.1  127.6  128.0  128.1    5.2    0.4    0.1    5.3    1.5    0.3 
                                                                                                                           
 Midwest urban................................   M    187.0  188.3  189.0  189.5    3.6    0.6    0.3    3.6    1.1    0.4 
   Size A - More than 1,500,000...............   M    188.0  189.0  189.7  190.1    3.3    0.6    0.2    3.2    0.9    0.4 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3).........   M    121.7  122.8  123.3  123.6    3.9    0.7    0.2    4.1    1.3    0.4 
   Size D -  Nonmetropolitan  (less than                                                                                   
       50,000)................................   M    184.7  186.0  186.4  187.6    4.5    0.9    0.6    4.3    0.9    0.2 
                                                                                                                           
 South urban..................................   M    189.9  192.1  192.9  193.5    4.8    0.7    0.3    4.7    1.6    0.4 
   Size A - More than 1,500,000...............   M    192.4  194.7  195.7  196.3    4.8    0.8    0.3    4.8    1.7    0.5 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3).........   M    121.6  122.9  123.3  123.7    4.7    0.7    0.3    4.6    1.4    0.3 
   Size D -  Nonmetropolitan  (less than                                                                                   
       50,000)................................   M    192.4  195.3  196.3  196.9    5.5    0.8    0.3    5.4    2.0    0.5 
                                                                                                                           
 West urban...................................   M    198.3  200.0  201.9  201.5    4.4    0.8   -0.2    4.1    1.8    1.0 
   Size A - More than 1,500,000...............   M    199.7  201.7  203.6  203.0    4.6    0.6   -0.3    4.3    2.0    0.9 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3).........   M    123.6  124.4  125.6  125.4    4.0    0.8   -0.2    4.0    1.6    1.0 
                                                                                                                           
                 Size classes                                                                                              
                                                                                                                           
   A (4)......................................   M    181.0  182.6  183.7  184.0    4.4    0.8    0.2    4.2    1.5    0.6 
   B/C (3)....................................   M    122.6  123.8  124.4  124.6    4.4    0.6    0.2    4.5    1.5    0.5 
   D..........................................   M    190.2  192.2  193.3  194.1    4.9    1.0    0.4    4.5    1.6    0.6 
                                                                                                                           
            Selected local areas(5)                                                                                        
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI...............   M    190.9  191.4  192.0  192.4    2.8    0.5    0.2    2.8    0.6    0.3 
 Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA......   M    200.8  202.9  205.0  204.2    5.4    0.6   -0.4    5.3    2.1    1.0 
 New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island,                                                                                       
     NY-NJ-CT-PA..............................   M    212.0  214.0  215.5  216.7    5.7    1.3    0.6    4.8    1.7    0.7 
                                                                                                                           
 Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT..........   1    220.5      -  222.9      -      -      -      -    4.2    1.1      - 
 Cleveland-Akron, OH..........................   1    181.6      -  183.8      -      -      -      -    3.3    1.2      - 
 Dallas-Fort Worth, TX........................   1    189.7      -  192.9      -      -      -      -    4.8    1.7      - 
 Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV (6)........   1    126.4      -  128.2      -      -      -      -    4.1    1.4      - 
                                                                                                                           
 Atlanta, GA..................................   2        -  192.0      -  194.4    3.7    1.3      -      -      -      - 
 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI..................   2        -  192.2      -  192.0    4.0   -0.1      -      -      -      - 
 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX...............   2        -  180.0      -  181.4    5.0    0.8      -      -      -      - 
 Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL....................   2        -  202.3      -  202.5    6.2    0.1      -      -      -      - 
 Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,                                                                                    
     PA-NJ-DE-MD..............................   2        -  211.1      -  213.2    4.5    1.0      -      -      -      - 
 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA...........   2        -  204.9      -  205.2    3.9    0.1      -      -      -      - 
 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA.................   2        -  202.5      -  203.8    4.6    0.6      -      -      -      - 

   1 Areas on pricing schedule 2 (see Table 10) will appear next month. 
   2 Regions defined as the four Census regions.  See technical notes.
   3 Indexes on a December 1996=100 base.
   4 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base.
   5 In addition, the following metropolitan areas are published semiannually and appear in Tables 34 and 39 of the 
 January and July issues of the CPI Detailed Report: Anchorage, AK; Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN; Denver-Boulder-Greeley,
 CO; Honolulu, HI; Kansas City, MO-KS; Milwaukee-Racine, WI; Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI; Phoenix-Mesa, AZ; Pittsburgh, PA;
 Portland-Salem, OR-WA; St. Louis, MO-IL; San Diego, CA; Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL.
   6 Indexes on a November 1996=100 base.
   - Data not available.
 NOTE:  Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

 Table 7. Chained Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (C-CPI-U): U.S. city average, by
 expenditure category and commodity and service group

 (December 1999=100, unless otherwise noted)
                                                                                                  
                                                                                                  
                                                                                    Unadjusted    
                                                 Relative       Unadjusted      percent change to 
                                               importance,       indexes         June 2006 from-  
                    C-CPI-U                     December                                          
                                                2003-2004                                         
                                                              May       June      June      May   
                                                              2006      2006      2005      2006  
                                                                                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                  
             Expenditure category                                                                 
                                                                                                  
 All items....................................    100.000     117.2     117.5       3.7       0.3 
                                                                                                  
  Food and beverages..........................     15.072     115.0     115.3       2.2       0.3 
   Food.......................................     13.943     115.0     115.2       2.1       0.2 
    Food at home..............................      8.029     112.0     112.2       1.4       0.2 
    Food away from home.......................      5.914     119.1     119.4       3.1       0.3 
   Alcoholic beverages........................      1.130     115.6     116.0       2.8       0.3 
                                                                                                  
  Housing.....................................     42.173     121.5     122.3       3.9       0.7 
   Shelter....................................     32.495     122.3     122.8       3.5       0.4 
   Fuels and utilities........................      4.702     147.5     152.1      10.1       3.1 
   Household furnishings and operations.......      4.977      97.1      97.1       0.4       0.0 
                                                                                                  
  Apparel.....................................      4.076      91.9      89.1       0.1      -3.0 
                                                                                                  
  Transportation..............................     17.095     122.4     122.3       7.0      -0.1 
   Private transportation.....................     15.988     123.2     122.9       7.1      -0.2 
   Public transportation......................      1.107     112.7     115.2       4.8       2.2 
                                                                                                  
  Medical care................................      6.055     131.1     131.3       4.0       0.2 
   Medical care commodities...................      1.458     121.2     121.2       3.9       0.0 
   Medical care services......................      4.597     134.5     134.7       4.0       0.1 
                                                                                                  
  Recreation..................................      5.863     106.1     106.0       1.9      -0.1 
                                                                                                  
  Education and communication.................      6.190     102.6     102.8       1.9       0.2 
   Education..................................      2.751     147.6     148.1       6.0       0.3 
   Communication..............................      3.439      76.0      76.0      -1.4       0.0 
                                                                                                  
  Other goods and services....................      3.475     119.2     119.6       2.7       0.3 
                                                                                                  
          Commodity and service group                                                             
                                                                                                  
 Services.....................................     58.763     124.0     124.7       3.9       0.6 
 Commodities..................................     41.237     108.8     108.4       3.4      -0.4 
  Durables....................................     12.340      87.7      87.4      -1.0      -0.3 
 Nondurables..................................     28.897     119.2     118.8       5.4      -0.3 
  All items less food and energy..............     78.707     112.9     113.0       2.4       0.1 
 Energy.......................................      7.351     179.6     182.2      21.5       1.4 

 Indexes for 2006 are initial estimates.  Indexes for 2005 are interim adjustments.
 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       June 2006 from- 
                Item and group                   December                                      
                                                   2005                                        
                                                               May     June     June      May  
                                                              2006     2006     2005     2006  
                                                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                               
             Expenditure category                                                              
                                                                                               
 All items....................................     100.000    202.7    203.3      4.5      0.3 
 All items (1967=100).........................           -    607.3    608.9        -        - 
                                                                                               
  Food and beverages..........................      15.127    194.8    195.2      2.3      0.2 
   Food.......................................      14.151    194.2    194.7      2.3      0.3 
    Food at home..............................       8.049    192.0    192.4      1.6      0.2 
     Cereals and bakery products..............       1.157    212.0    213.0      1.7      0.5 
     Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs...........       2.229    184.7    185.9      0.4      0.6 
     Dairy and related products...............        .836    180.8    179.3     -0.9     -0.8 
     Fruits and vegetables....................       1.242    248.8    249.1      4.5      0.1 
     Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage                                                       
         materials............................        .885    146.9    147.1      2.2      0.1 
     Other food at home.......................       1.700    170.0    170.2      2.0      0.1 
      Sugar and sweets........................        .297    171.3    171.9      3.7      0.4 
      Fats and oils...........................        .246    168.6    167.5      1.8     -0.7 
      Other foods.............................       1.157    185.5    185.8      1.6      0.2 
       Other miscellaneous foods (1)..........        .295    114.1    114.5      3.9      0.4 
    Food away from home.......................       6.102    198.7    199.2      3.1      0.3 
     Other food away from home (1)............        .338    136.1    136.3      3.6      0.1 
   Alcoholic beverages........................        .976    200.7    201.7      3.0      0.5 
                                                                                               
  Housing.....................................      42.224    202.4    203.9      4.3      0.7 
   Shelter....................................      32.442    231.6    232.8      3.7      0.5 
    Rent of primary residence (2).............       6.116    223.6    224.4      3.5      0.4 
    Lodging away from home (1)................       3.009    138.1    140.8      6.0      2.0 
    Owners' equivalent rent of primary                                                         
        residence (2) (3).....................      22.951    236.9    237.9      3.6      0.4 
    Tenants' and household insurance (1)......        .366    116.3    116.4     -1.4      0.1 
   Fuels and utilities........................       5.538    191.0    196.0     10.5      2.6 
    Fuels.....................................       4.592    173.2    178.6     11.7      3.1 
     Fuel oil and other fuels.................        .360    240.1    239.2     22.7     -0.4 
     Gas (piped) and electricity (2)..........       4.233    177.4    183.6     10.9      3.5 
    Water and sewer and trash collection                                                       
        services (1)..........................        .946    135.8    136.2      4.8      0.3 
   Household furnishings and operations.......       4.243    127.5    127.5      1.2      0.0 
    Household operations (1)..................        .717    135.6    136.1      4.6      0.4 
                                                                                               
  Apparel.....................................       3.677    122.2    118.5      0.2     -3.0 
   Men's and boys' apparel....................        .927    116.1    112.6     -2.3     -3.0 
   Women's and girls' apparel.................       1.568    114.2    109.9      0.7     -3.8 
   Infants' and toddlers' apparel.............        .177    118.9    115.3     -0.9     -3.0 
   Footwear...................................        .747    126.2    123.4      1.4     -2.2 
                                                                                               
  Transportation..............................      17.650    188.4    188.1      9.5     -0.2 
   Private transportation.....................      16.595    184.7    184.1      9.8     -0.3 
    New and used motor vehicles (1)...........       7.519     95.8     95.8      0.2      0.0 
     New vehicles.............................       4.521    137.8    137.3     -0.6     -0.4 
     Used cars and trucks.....................       1.998    140.9    141.5      1.1      0.4 
    Motor fuel................................       4.460    251.0    248.6     34.0     -1.0 
     Gasoline (all types).....................       4.418    249.9    247.5     34.1     -1.0 
    Motor vehicle parts and equipment.........        .366    117.0    117.0      5.2      0.0 
    Motor vehicle maintenance and repair......       1.344    215.1    215.6      4.6      0.2 
   Public transportation......................       1.055    228.9    233.6      5.0      2.1 
                                                                                               
  Medical care................................       6.186    335.6    336.1      4.1      0.1 
   Medical care commodities...................       1.488    286.6    286.7      4.0      0.0 
   Medical care services......................       4.698    349.6    350.2      4.1      0.2 
    Professional services.....................       2.776    289.0    289.2      2.6      0.1 
    Hospital and related services (2).........       1.540    465.9    467.4      6.7      0.3 
                                                                                               
  Recreation (1)..............................       5.605    111.4    111.5      2.2      0.1 
   Video and audio (1)........................       1.637    105.5    105.3      2.1     -0.2 
                                                                                               
  Education and communication (1).............       5.791    115.9    116.2      3.0      0.3 
   Education (1)..............................       3.008    159.1    159.7      6.1      0.4 
    Educational books and supplies............        .223    384.8    386.9      6.5      0.5 
    Tuition, other school fees, and childcare.       2.784    459.0    460.6      6.0      0.3 
   Communication (1)..........................       2.784     84.4     84.5     -0.1      0.1 
    Information and information processing (1)       2.612     81.9     82.0     -0.5      0.1 
     Telephone services (1)...................       2.123     95.3     95.5      1.0      0.2 
     Information technology, hardware and                                                      
         services (4).........................        .489     12.8     12.7     -6.6     -0.8 
      Personal computers and peripheral                                                        
          equipment (1).......................        .156     10.8     10.7    -17.7     -0.9 
                                                                                               
  Other goods and services....................       3.739    320.3    321.6      2.9      0.4 
   Tobacco and smoking products...............        .824    517.3    521.2      4.7      0.8 
   Personal care..............................       2.916    189.4    190.0      2.4      0.3 
    Personal care products....................        .645    154.6    155.1      0.5      0.3 
    Personal care services....................        .647    208.7    209.0      3.0      0.1 
    Miscellaneous personal services...........       1.449    311.8    313.1      3.4      0.4 
                                                                                               
          Commodity and service group                                                          
                                                                                               
 Commodities..................................      39.974    167.5    166.9      5.0     -0.4 
  Food and beverages..........................      15.127    194.8    195.2      2.3      0.2 
  Commodities less food and beverages.........      24.847    151.3    150.3      6.7     -0.7 
   Nondurables less food and beverages........      14.289    186.5    184.7     12.1     -1.0 
    Apparel...................................       3.677    122.2    118.5      0.2     -3.0 
    Nondurables less food, beverages, and                                                      
        apparel...............................      10.612    230.5    229.7     16.3     -0.3 
   Durables...................................      10.558    115.2    114.9     -0.4     -0.3 
 Services.....................................      60.026    237.8    239.3      4.1      0.6 
  Rent of shelter (3).........................      32.076    241.3    242.6      3.8      0.5 
  Tenants' and household insurance (1)........        .366    116.3    116.4     -1.4      0.1 
  Gas (piped) and electricity (2).............       4.233    177.4    183.6     10.9      3.5 
  Water and sewer and trash collection                                                         
      services (1)............................        .946    135.8    136.2      4.8      0.3 
  Household operations (1)....................        .717    135.6    136.1      4.6      0.4 
  Transportation services.....................       6.194    230.4    231.5      2.4      0.5 
  Medical care services.......................       4.698    349.6    350.2      4.1      0.2 
  Other services..............................      10.795    276.0    276.9      3.8      0.3 
                                                                                               
                Special indexes                                                                
                                                                                               
 All items less food..........................      85.849    204.2    204.7      4.9      0.2 
 All items less shelter.......................      67.558    193.7    194.0      4.9      0.2 
 All items less medical care..................      93.814    195.9    196.4      4.5      0.3 
 Commodities less food........................      25.823    153.2    152.3      6.7     -0.6 
 Nondurables less food........................      15.265    187.5    185.8     11.5     -0.9 
 Nondurables less food and apparel............      11.588    227.0    226.3     15.2     -0.3 
 Nondurables..................................      29.416    191.5    190.7      7.0     -0.4 
 Services less rent of shelter (3)............      27.950    251.5    253.5      4.6      0.8 
 Services less medical care services..........      55.328    228.5    230.1      4.2      0.7 
 Energy.......................................       9.052    209.3    211.1     23.2      0.9 
 All items less energy........................      90.948    203.5    203.9      2.7      0.2 
  All items less food and energy..............      76.797    205.9    206.3      2.8      0.2 
   Commodities less food and energy                                                            
       commodities............................      21.004    141.7    140.9      0.6     -0.6 
    Energy commodities........................       4.819    251.6    249.2     33.3     -1.0 
   Services less energy services..............      55.793    243.9    245.0      3.6      0.5 
 Purchasing power of the consumer dollar                                                       
     (1982-84=$1.00)..........................           -   $ .493   $ .492        -        - 
 Purchasing power of the consumer dollar                                                       
     (1967=$1.00).............................           -   $ .165   $ .164        -        - 

   1 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base.
   2 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator.  All other item stratum
 index series were calculated using a geometric means estimator.
   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       June 2006 from- 
                Item and group                   December                                      
                                                   2005                                        
                                                               May     June     June      May  
                                                              2006     2006     2005     2006  
                                                                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                               
             Expenditure category                                                              
                                                                                               
 All items....................................     100.000    198.5    198.9      4.6      0.2 
 All items (1967=100).........................           -    591.2    592.5        -        - 
                                                                                               
  Food and beverages..........................      16.817    193.9    194.3      2.1      0.2 
   Food.......................................      15.758    193.4    193.8      2.1      0.2 
    Food at home..............................       9.374    190.9    191.4      1.5      0.3 
     Cereals and bakery products..............       1.310    212.0    212.9      1.6      0.4 
     Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs...........       2.787    184.4    185.6      0.2      0.7 
     Dairy and related products...............        .946    180.5    178.9     -1.1     -0.9 
     Fruits and vegetables....................       1.365    246.3    246.4      4.5      0.0 
     Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage                                                       
         materials............................       1.051    146.2    146.4      2.1      0.1 
     Other food at home.......................       1.914    169.6    169.8      2.1      0.1 
      Sugar and sweets........................        .312    170.9    171.4      4.0      0.3 
      Fats and oils...........................        .298    168.7    167.8      2.0     -0.5 
      Other foods.............................       1.304    185.8    186.2      1.7      0.2 
       Other miscellaneous foods (1)..........        .335    114.6    114.9      4.0      0.3 
    Food away from home.......................       6.385    198.4    198.9      3.1      0.3 
     Other food away from home (1)............        .255    135.8    136.0      3.4      0.1 
   Alcoholic beverages........................       1.059    200.6    200.9      2.7      0.1 
                                                                                               
  Housing.....................................      39.247    197.5    199.1      4.3      0.8 
   Shelter....................................      29.666    224.0    225.0      3.5      0.4 
    Rent of primary residence (2).............       8.000    222.8    223.5      3.5      0.3 
    Lodging away from home (1)................       1.739    137.0    139.5      5.0      1.8 
    Owners' equivalent rent of primary                                                         
        residence (2) (3).....................      19.607    214.8    215.6      3.5      0.4 
    Tenants' and household insurance (1)......        .321    116.4    116.4     -1.6      0.0 
   Fuels and utilities........................       5.903    189.7    195.0     10.4      2.8 
    Fuels.....................................       4.935    171.0    176.7     11.5      3.3 
     Fuel oil and other fuels.................        .337    239.4    238.7     22.5     -0.3 
     Gas (piped) and electricity (2)..........       4.598    176.2    182.4     10.7      3.5 
    Water and sewer and trash collection                                                       
        services (1)..........................        .968    136.1    136.7      5.0      0.4 
   Household furnishings and operations.......       3.677    123.1    123.1      1.0      0.0 
    Household operations (1)..................        .326    138.3    138.9      4.6      0.4 
                                                                                               
  Apparel.....................................       4.020    121.6    118.1      0.2     -2.9 
   Men's and boys' apparel....................       1.009    115.5    112.1     -2.4     -2.9 
   Women's and girls' apparel.................       1.582    113.6    109.3      0.6     -3.8 
   Infants' and toddlers' apparel.............        .226    121.8    118.0     -0.8     -3.1 
   Footwear...................................        .970    125.1    122.8      1.2     -1.8 
                                                                                               
  Transportation..............................      20.141    188.1    187.7     10.0     -0.2 
   Private transportation.....................      19.348    185.4    184.9     10.3     -0.3 
    New and used motor vehicles (1)...........       8.889     95.1     95.1      0.3      0.0 
     New vehicles.............................       4.550    138.8    138.4     -0.4     -0.3 
     Used cars and trucks.....................       3.465    141.7    142.3      1.1      0.4 
    Motor fuel................................       5.443    251.7    249.3     34.0     -1.0 
     Gasoline (all types).....................       5.396    250.7    248.3     34.0     -1.0 
    Motor vehicle parts and equipment.........        .451    116.7    116.8      5.4      0.1 
    Motor vehicle maintenance and repair......       1.362    217.6    218.1      4.7      0.2 
   Public transportation......................        .793    226.6    230.7      5.0      1.8 
                                                                                               
  Medical care................................       5.059    335.2    335.6      4.1      0.1 
   Medical care commodities...................       1.127    279.4    279.2      3.9     -0.1 
   Medical care services......................       3.931    350.2    350.8      4.1      0.2 
    Professional services.....................       2.275    291.5    291.7      2.5      0.1 
    Hospital and related services (2).........       1.297    461.3    463.1      6.6      0.4 
                                                                                               
  Recreation (1)..............................       5.408    108.7    108.8      2.1      0.1 
   Video and audio (1)........................       1.816    104.8    104.7      2.1     -0.1 
                                                                                               
  Education and communication (1).............       5.419    113.2    113.5      2.5      0.3 
   Education (1)..............................       2.416    157.3    157.9      5.9      0.4 
    Educational books and supplies............        .220    385.9    387.9      6.2      0.5 
    Tuition, other school fees, and childcare.       2.196    444.6    446.2      5.8      0.4 
   Communication (1)..........................       3.003     86.2     86.3      0.0      0.1 
    Information and information processing (1)       2.861     84.5     84.6     -0.2      0.1 
     Telephone services (1)...................       2.399     95.5     95.7      0.9      0.2 
     Information technology, hardware and                                                      
         services (4).........................        .462     13.4     13.4     -5.6      0.0 
      Personal computers and peripheral                                                        
          equipment (1).......................        .140     10.7     10.6    -16.5     -0.9 
                                                                                               
  Other goods and services....................       3.889    329.4    330.9      3.1      0.5 
   Tobacco and smoking products...............       1.275    519.1    523.0      4.8      0.8 
   Personal care..............................       2.614    187.5    188.1      2.3      0.3 
    Personal care products....................        .696    154.6    155.1      0.4      0.3 
    Personal care services....................        .605    208.8    209.2      2.9      0.2 
    Miscellaneous personal services...........       1.154    312.7    313.8      3.5      0.4 
                                                                                               
          Commodity and service group                                                          
                                                                                               
 Commodities..................................      44.564    169.2    168.7      5.4     -0.3 
  Food and beverages..........................      16.817    193.9    194.3      2.1      0.2 
  Commodities less food and beverages.........      27.747    154.3    153.3      7.4     -0.6 
   Nondurables less food and beverages........      15.719    193.3    191.4     13.1     -1.0 
    Apparel...................................       4.020    121.6    118.1      0.2     -2.9 
    Nondurables less food, beverages, and                                                      
        apparel...............................      11.700    241.9    241.0     17.7     -0.4 
   Durables...................................      12.027    115.3    115.2     -0.1     -0.1 
 Services.....................................      55.436    232.9    234.4      4.0      0.6 
  Rent of shelter (3).........................      29.345    215.8    216.9      3.6      0.5 
  Tenants' and household insurance (1)........        .321    116.4    116.4     -1.6      0.0 
  Gas (piped) and electricity (2).............       4.598    176.2    182.4     10.7      3.5 
  Water and sewer and trash collection                                                         
      services (1)............................        .968    136.1    136.7      5.0      0.4 
  Household operations (1)....................        .326    138.3    138.9      4.6      0.4 
  Transportation services.....................       6.109    230.3    231.1      2.3      0.3 
  Medical care services.......................       3.931    350.2    350.8      4.1      0.2 
  Other services..............................       9.837    267.1    267.8      3.6      0.3 
                                                                                               
                Special indexes                                                                
                                                                                               
 All items less food..........................      84.242    199.2    199.7      5.1      0.3 
 All items less shelter.......................      70.334    191.3    191.5      5.1      0.1 
 All items less medical care..................      94.941    192.7    193.1      4.7      0.2 
 Commodities less food........................      28.806    156.0    155.1      7.2     -0.6 
 Nondurables less food........................      16.778    193.9    192.1     12.5     -0.9 
 Nondurables less food and apparel............      12.759    237.3    236.5     16.5     -0.3 
 Nondurables..................................      32.537    194.5    193.7      7.4     -0.4 
 Services less rent of shelter (3)............      26.091    223.2    225.1      4.6      0.9 
 Services less medical care services..........      51.504    224.0    225.6      4.1      0.7 
 Energy.......................................      10.378    210.5    212.1     23.7      0.8 
 All items less energy........................      89.622    197.8    198.1      2.5      0.2 
  All items less food and energy..............      73.864    199.1    199.4      2.6      0.2 
   Commodities less food and energy                                                            
       commodities............................      23.026    142.0    141.4      0.7     -0.4 
    Energy commodities........................       5.780    252.1    249.8     33.4     -0.9 
   Services less energy services..............      50.838    239.0    239.9      3.4      0.4 
 Purchasing power of the consumer dollar                                                       
     (1982-84=$1.00)..........................           -   $ .504   $ .503        -        - 
 Purchasing power of the consumer dollar                                                       
     (1967=$1.00).............................           -   $ .169   $ .169        -        - 

   1 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base.
   2 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator.  All other item stratum
 index series were calculated using a geometric means estimator.
   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                                  June 2006 from-        May 2006 from-   
                                               sched-                                                                      
                                                 ule                                                                       
                                                 (1)   Mar.   Apr.    May   June   June   Apr.    May    May   Mar.   Apr. 
                                                       2006   2006   2006   2006   2005   2006   2006   2005   2006   2006 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                           
 U.S. city average............................   M    200.0  201.7  202.7  203.3    4.5    0.8    0.3    4.3    1.4    0.5 
                                                                                                                           
            Region and area size(2)                                                                                        
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
 Northeast urban..............................   M    213.3  215.3  216.4  217.6    5.5    1.1    0.6    4.9    1.5    0.5 
   Size A - More than 1,500,000...............   M    215.4  217.5  218.9  220.4    5.7    1.3    0.7    4.9    1.6    0.6 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3).........   M    126.3  127.5  127.6  127.9    5.0    0.3    0.2    4.9    1.0    0.1 
                                                                                                                           
 Midwest urban................................   M    192.0  193.2  193.9  194.4    3.5    0.6    0.3    3.5    1.0    0.4 
   Size A - More than 1,500,000...............   M    193.8  194.7  195.3  195.8    3.2    0.6    0.3    3.1    0.8    0.3 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3).........   M    122.3  123.5  124.0  124.2    3.8    0.6    0.2    3.9    1.4    0.4 
   Size D -  Nonmetropolitan  (less than                                                                                   
       50,000)................................   M    187.0  188.2  188.5  189.7    4.1    0.8    0.6    3.8    0.8    0.2 
                                                                                                                           
 South urban..................................   M    192.9  194.9  195.7  196.5    4.6    0.8    0.4    4.5    1.5    0.4 
   Size A - More than 1,500,000...............   M    194.7  196.7  197.6  198.4    4.6    0.9    0.4    4.4    1.5    0.5 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3).........   M    123.0  124.2  124.7  125.2    4.6    0.8    0.4    4.4    1.4    0.4 
   Size D -  Nonmetropolitan  (less than                                                                                   
       50,000)................................   M    192.3  195.4  196.3  197.3    5.6    1.0    0.5    5.2    2.1    0.5 
                                                                                                                           
 West urban...................................   M    203.7  205.4  207.1  206.6    4.3    0.6   -0.2    4.2    1.7    0.8 
   Size A - More than 1,500,000...............   M    206.8  208.6  210.4  209.7    4.6    0.5   -0.3    4.4    1.7    0.9 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3).........   M    124.2  125.0  125.9  125.7    3.8    0.6   -0.2    3.8    1.4    0.7 
                                                                                                                           
                 Size classes                                                                                              
                                                                                                                           
   A (4)......................................   M    182.9  184.5  185.6  186.0    4.6    0.8    0.2    4.3    1.5    0.6 
   B/C (3)....................................   M    123.6  124.7  125.2  125.5    4.4    0.6    0.2    4.3    1.3    0.4 
   D..........................................   M    191.8  193.8  194.8  195.7    4.7    1.0    0.5    4.2    1.6    0.5 
                                                                                                                           
            Selected local areas(5)                                                                                        
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI...............   M    197.6  197.7  198.5  199.0    2.6    0.7    0.3    2.7    0.5    0.4 
 Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA......   M    208.5  210.4  212.4  211.5    5.4    0.5   -0.4    5.4    1.9    1.0 
 New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island,                                                                                       
     NY-NJ-CT-PA..............................   M    218.6  221.2  222.8  224.0    6.3    1.3    0.5    5.4    1.9    0.7 
                                                                                                                           
 Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT..........   1    221.6      -  222.3      -      -      -      -    3.6    0.3      - 
 Cleveland-Akron, OH..........................   1    191.0      -  192.9      -      -      -      -    3.3    1.0      - 
 Dallas-Fort Worth, TX........................   1    188.5      -  191.2      -      -      -      -    4.2    1.4      - 
 Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV (6)........   1    127.2      -  129.1      -      -      -      -    4.4    1.5      - 
                                                                                                                           
 Atlanta, GA..................................   2        -  193.8      -  195.7    3.2    1.0      -      -      -      - 
 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI..................   2        -  197.6      -  197.0    3.9   -0.3      -      -      -      - 
 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX...............   2        -  181.5      -  182.6    4.8    0.6      -      -      -      - 
 Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL....................   2        -  203.3      -  203.8    5.8    0.2      -      -      -      - 
 Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,                                                                                    
     PA-NJ-DE-MD..............................   2        -  212.7      -  215.2    5.1    1.2      -      -      -      - 
 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA...........   2        -  208.8      -  208.9    3.8    0.0      -      -      -      - 
 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA.................   2        -  207.8      -  208.6    4.4    0.4      -      -      -      - 

   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 technical notes.
   3 Indexes on a December 1996=100 base.
   4 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base.
   5 In addition, the following metropolitan areas are published semiannually and appear in Tables 34 and 39 of the 
 January and July issues of the CPI Detailed Report: Anchorage, AK; Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN; Denver-Boulder-Greeley,
 CO; Honolulu, HI; Kansas City, MO-KS; Milwaukee-Racine, WI; Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI; Phoenix-Mesa, AZ; Pittsburgh, PA;
 Portland-Salem, OR-WA; St. Louis, MO-IL; San Diego, CA; Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL.
   6 Indexes on a November 1996=100 base.
   - Data not available.
   
 NOTE: 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                                  June 2006 from-        May 2006 from-   
                                               sched-                                                                      
                                                 ule                                                                       
                                                 (1)   Mar.   Apr.    May   June   June   Apr.    May    May   Mar.   Apr. 
                                                       2006   2006   2006   2006   2005   2006   2006   2005   2006   2006 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                           
 U.S. city average............................   M    195.4  197.3  198.5  198.9    4.6    0.8    0.2    4.5    1.6    0.6 
                                                                                                                           
            Region and area size(2)                                                                                        
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
 Northeast urban..............................   M    209.2  211.2  212.2  213.2    5.3    0.9    0.5    4.8    1.4    0.5 
   Size A - More than 1,500,000...............   M    209.9  211.8  213.1  214.4    5.4    1.2    0.6    4.7    1.5    0.6 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3).........   M    126.2  127.5  127.7  127.9    5.0    0.3    0.2    5.0    1.2    0.2 
                                                                                                                           
 Midwest urban................................   M    187.2  188.6  189.2  189.7    3.7    0.6    0.3    3.7    1.1    0.3 
   Size A - More than 1,500,000...............   M    188.2  189.3  189.9  190.2    3.4    0.5    0.2    3.3    0.9    0.3 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3).........   M    121.8  123.0  123.5  123.9    4.1    0.7    0.3    4.2    1.4    0.4 
   Size D -  Nonmetropolitan  (less than                                                                                   
       50,000)................................   M    184.7  186.0  186.4  187.6    4.5    0.9    0.6    4.3    0.9    0.2 
                                                                                                                           
 South urban..................................   M    189.9  192.3  193.2  193.9    5.0    0.8    0.4    4.9    1.7    0.5 
   Size A - More than 1,500,000...............   M    192.6  195.1  196.3  197.0    5.2    1.0    0.4    5.1    1.9    0.6 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3).........   M    121.5  122.9  123.3  123.7    4.7    0.7    0.3    4.6    1.5    0.3 
   Size D -  Nonmetropolitan  (less than                                                                                   
       50,000)................................   M    192.3  195.7  196.8  197.6    5.8    1.0    0.4    5.7    2.3    0.6 
                                                                                                                           
 West urban...................................   M    198.4  200.2  202.2  201.8    4.5    0.8   -0.2    4.3    1.9    1.0 
   Size A - More than 1,500,000...............   M    199.9  201.9  204.0  203.4    4.8    0.7   -0.3    4.5    2.1    1.0 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3).........   M    123.6  124.4  125.5  125.3    3.9    0.7   -0.2    3.9    1.5    0.9 
                                                                                                                           
                 Size classes                                                                                              
                                                                                                                           
   A (4)......................................   M    181.1  182.8  184.1  184.4    4.7    0.9    0.2    4.4    1.7    0.7 
   B/C (3)....................................   M    122.6  123.8  124.4  124.6    4.4    0.6    0.2    4.5    1.5    0.5 
   D..........................................   M    190.3  192.5  193.6  194.5    5.1    1.0    0.5    4.6    1.7    0.6 
                                                                                                                           
            Selected local areas(5)                                                                                        
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI...............   M    190.9  191.3  192.0  192.3    2.8    0.5    0.2    2.8    0.6    0.4 
 Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA......   M    200.9  203.1  205.4  204.6    5.6    0.7   -0.4    5.5    2.2    1.1 
 New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island,                                                                                       
     NY-NJ-CT-PA..............................   M    212.3  214.4  215.9  217.0    5.8    1.2    0.5    5.0    1.7    0.7 
                                                                                                                           
 Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT..........   1    220.4      -  221.8      -      -      -      -    3.6    0.6      - 
 Cleveland-Akron, OH..........................   1    181.9      -  184.2      -      -      -      -    3.5    1.3      - 
 Dallas-Fort Worth, TX........................   1    189.8      -  193.5      -      -      -      -    5.1    1.9      - 
 Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV (6)........   1    126.8      -  129.1      -      -      -      -    4.8    1.8      - 
                                                                                                                           
 Atlanta, GA..................................   2        -  192.2      -  194.9    3.9    1.4      -      -      -      - 
 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI..................   2        -  193.0      -  192.6    4.3   -0.2      -      -      -      - 
 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX...............   2        -  180.4      -  181.9    5.3    0.8      -      -      -      - 
 Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL....................   2        -  201.8      -  202.3    6.1    0.2      -      -      -      - 
 Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,                                                                                    
     PA-NJ-DE-MD..............................   2        -  212.3      -  215.0    5.4    1.3      -      -      -      - 
 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA...........   2        -  204.9      -  205.3    3.9    0.2      -      -      -      - 
 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA.................   2        -  202.9      -  204.1    4.8    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 technical notes.
   3 Indexes on a December 1996=100 base.
   4 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base.
   5 In addition, the following metropolitan areas are published semiannually and appear in Tables 34 and 39 of the 
 January and July issues of the CPI Detailed Report: Anchorage, AK; Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN; Denver-Boulder-Greeley,
 CO; Honolulu, HI; Kansas City, MO-KS; Milwaukee-Racine, WI; Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI; Phoenix-Mesa, AZ; Pittsburgh, PA;
 Portland-Salem, OR-WA; St. Louis, MO-IL; San Diego, CA; Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL.
   6 Indexes on a November 1996=100 base.
   - Data not available.
   
 NOTE: 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.