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                     CONSUMER PRICE INDEX:  AUGUST 2002
 
      The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased
 0.3 percent in August, before seasonal adjustment, the Bureau of Labor
 Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today.  The August
 level of 180.7 (1982-84=100) was 1.8 percent higher than its level in
 August 2001.
      
      The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers
 (CPI-W) also rose 0.3 percent in August, prior to seasonal adjustment.
 The August level of 176.6 was 1.6 percent higher than the index in August
 2001.
      
 CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U)
      
      On a seasonally adjusted basis, the CPI-U rose 0.3 percent in August,
 following increases of 0.1 percent in each of the preceding two months.
 Larger increases in the indexes for energy and all items less food and
 energy more than offset a downturn in the food index.  The index for food,
 which rose 0.2 percent in July, declined 0.1 percent in August.  The index
 for food at home declined 0.3 percent as five of the six grocery store
 food groups registered declines.  Energy costs advanced for the second
 consecutive month--up 0.6 percent in August.  Within energy, the index for
 petroleum-based energy rose 0.8 percent and the index for energy services
 increased 0.4 percent.  Excluding food and energy, the CPI-U rose 0.3
 percent after increasing 0.2 percent in July.  A sharp turnaround in the
 index for apparel, an upturn in the index for tobacco and smoking
 products, and a larger increase in shelter costs were responsible for the
 larger advance in August.

 Table A.  Percent changes in CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U)
                                        Seasonally adjusted            Un-
                                                          Compound  adjusted
     Expenditure        Changes from preceding month    annual rate  12-mos.
      Category                      2002                3-mos. ended  ended
                    Feb.  Mar. Apr.  May June July Aug.   Aug.'02   Aug.'02
 All Items            .2    .3   .5   .0   .1   .1   .3    2.2       1.8
  Food and beverages  .2    .2   .1  -.2   .1   .2  -.1     .7       1.3
  Housing             .3    .1   .3   .3   .1   .1   .3    2.0       2.1
  Apparel             .5   1.2  -.6  -.6  -.9 -1.0  1.1   -3.2      -1.7
  Transportation     -.2   1.2  1.7  -.4   .1   .3   .4    3.2        .4
  Medical care        .3    .4   .5   .5   .2   .7   .2    4.4       4.7
  Recreation          .1    .2   .3  -.1  -.3   .1   .1    -.4       1.1
  Education and                                                         
     communication    .2   -.5  -.2   .6   .3   .7   .7    7.3       2.9
  Other goods and                                                     
     services        1.0   -.6  1.5  -.5  1.0   .0   .5    6.2       4.4
  Special Indexes                                                       
   Energy            -.8   3.8  4.5  -.7   .0   .4   .6    4.0      -2.8
   Food               .2    .2   .1  -.2   .0   .2  -.1     .5       1.2
   All Items less                                                       
     food and energy  .3    .1   .3   .2   .1   .2   .3    2.1       2.4


 See pages 3-7 and Table 7 for the release of the Chained Consumer Price
 Index for All Consumers (C-CPI-U), a new supplemental index of consumer
 price change.
      
      During the first eight months of 2002, the CPI-U rose at a 2.7
 percent seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR).  This compares with an
 increase of 1.6 percent for all of 2001.  The index for energy, which
 declined 13.0 percent in 2001, increased at a 13.5 percent SAAR in the
 first eight months of 2002.  Petroleum-based energy costs increased at a
 32.6 percent annual rate, while charges for energy services declined at a
 0.9 percent annual rate.  The food index has increased at a 1.0 percent
 SAAR thus far this year, following a 2.8 percent rise for all of 2001.
 Excluding food and energy, the CPI-U advanced at a 2.2 percent SAAR in the
 first eight months, following a 2.7 percent rise in all of 2001.
      
      The food and beverages index declined 0.1 percent in August.  The
 index for food at home declined 0.3 percent, following a 0.1 percent rise
 in July.  Five of the six major grocery store food groups registered
 declines in August; the index for fruits and vegetables rose 0.2 percent.
 Within the fruits and vegetables group, the indexes for fresh fruits and
 for processed fruits and vegetables increased 0.2 and 0.3 percent,
 respectively, and the index for fresh vegetables was virtually unchanged.
 The index for meats, poultry, fish, and eggs declined 0.4 percent in
 August.  Declines in the indexes for poultry, for fish and seafood, and
 for eggs more than offset price increases for beef and for pork.  The
 index for dairy products declined for the third consecutive month, down
 0.2 percent in August, largely as a result of a 0.5 percent drop in milk
 prices.  The index for cereal and bakery products registered its second
 successive drop, declining 0.1 percent in August.  The other two major
 grocery store food groups, nonalcoholic beverages and other food at home
 declined 0.6 and 0.4 percent, respectively.  The other two components of
 the food and beverages index, food away from home and alcoholic beverages,
 increased 0.2 and 0.3 percent, respectively,
      
      The index for housing rose 0.3 percent in August.  Shelter costs,
 which increased 0.2 percent in July, rose 0.4 percent in August.  Within
 shelter, the index for rent rose 0.2 percent; owners' equivalent rent
 increased 0.3 percent; and lodging away from home advanced 1.8 percent.
 The index for fuels and utilities rose 0.3 percent in August.  The indexes
 for fuel oil and for electricity increased 2.1 and 0.6 percent,
 respectively, while the index for natural gas declined 0.3 percent.
 (Prior to seasonal adjustment, fuel oil prices rose 0.7 percent, charges
 for electricity were unchanged, and charges for natural gas fell 0.2
 percent.)  The index for household furnishings and operations declined 0.3
 percent in August.
      
      The transportation index rose 0.4 percent in August.  The index for
 gasoline increased for the third consecutive month--up 0.5 percent in
 August.  The index for new vehicles declined 0.1 percent in August.  New
 vehicle prices have declined every month thus far in 2002 and are 1.6
 percent lower than in August 2001.  The index for used cars and trucks
 rose 0.5 percent in August.  During the last 12 months, the index for used
 cars and trucks has declined 2.9 percent.  Airline fares were virtually
 unchanged in August and have decreased 3.8 percent in the last 12 months.
      
      The index for apparel increased 1.1 percent in August, following a
 1.0 percent decrease in July.  (Prior to seasonal adjustment, apparel
 prices rose 1.5 percent, as price increases associated with the
 introduction of fall-winter wear more than offset seasonal price
 discounting on spring-summer apparel.)
      
      The medical care index rose 0.2 percent in August to a level 4.7
 percent above its level a year ago.  The index for medical care
 commodities--prescription drugs, nonprescription drugs, and medical
 supplies--increased 0.2 percent.  The index for medical care services also
 rose 0.2 percent in August.  Charges for professional services were
 virtually unchanged, while those for hospital and related services
 increased 0.7 percent.
      
      The index for recreation increased 0.1 percent in August, the same as
 in July.  Increases in the indexes for recreational services, for sporting
 goods, and for pets, pet products and services more than offset declines
 in the indexes for video and audio products and services, for photography,
 and for toys.  Within the recreational services category, the indexes for
 admissions to movies, theaters, concerts and sporting events rose for the
 third consecutive month--up 0.8 percent in August.
      
      The index for education and communication increased 0.7 percent in
 August.  The index for college tuition and fees rose 1.3 percent.  (Prior
 to seasonal adjustment, this index rose 2.8 percent.)  The index for
 communication costs rose 0.6 percent, as a 1.1 percent increase in the
 index for telephone services was partially offset by a decline in the
 index for information and information processing other than telephone
 services.  Within telephone services, local charges rose 1.2 percent and
 long-distance charges increased 0.8 percent.  Prices for personal
 computers and peripheral equipment declined 1.3 percent.
      
      The index for other goods and services, which was virtually unchanged
 in July, increased 0.5 percent in August.  Prices for cigarettes, which
 declined 0.1 percent in July, rose 2.5 percent in August, reflecting
 excise tax increases in some areas and decreased discounting of some major
 brands.
      
 CPI for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W)
 
      On a seasonally adjusted basis, the CPI for Urban Wage Earners and
 Clerical Workers increased 0.3 percent in August.

 Table B.  Percent changes in CPI for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical
           Workers (CPI-W)
                                      Seasonally adjusted             Un-
                                                          Compound  adjusted
     Expenditure        Changes from preceding month    annual rate  12-mos.
      Category                      2002                3-mos. ended  ended
                    Feb.  Mar. Apr.  May June July Aug.   Aug.'02   Aug.'02                                
 All Items            .2    .3   .6  -.1   .1   .2   .3    2.3       1.6
  Food and beverages  .2    .2   .0  -.2   .1   .1  -.1     .5       1.2
  Housing             .2    .2   .2   .3   .1   .2   .2    1.8       2.0
  Apparel             .5   1.3  -.2  -.8  -.9 -1.0  1.1   -3.2      -1.6
  Transportation     -.3   1.4  1.9  -.6   .2   .4   .5    4.3        .3
  Medical care        .2    .4   .4   .5   .1   .8   .2    4.5       4.7
  Recreation          .1    .2   .3  -.2  -.3   .1   .0    -.8        .8
  Education and                                                         
     communication    .1   -.5  -.4   .7   .3   .7   .7    6.9       2.6
  Other goods and                                                     
     services        1.5  -1.0  2.2  -.9  1.5   .0   .8    9.6       5.5
  Special Indexes                                                       
   Energy            -.8   4.1  5.0 -1.3   .2   .4   .7    5.4      -2.8
   Food               .2    .2  -.1  -.2   .1   .2  -.1     .5       1.1
   All Items less                                                       
     food and energy  .2    .1   .3   .1   .1   .2   .3    2.4       2.3


 Chained Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (C-CPI-U)
 
      The C-CPI-U rose 0.3 percent in August on a not seasonally adjusted
 basis.  The August level of 105.8 (December 1999=100) was 1.3 percent
 higher than the index in August 2001.  Table 7 contains the most recent
 indexes for all items and the component series that are published.   Data
 will be published monthly in the CPI Detailed Report and are available on
 the CPI home page:  http://www.bls.gov/cpi/.  For an overview of the
 behavior of the C-CPI-U from December 1999 through June 2002, see the note
 that follows on page 4.  Please note that the indexes for the post  2000
 period are subject to revision.
      
     Consumer Price Index data for September are scheduled for release on
 Friday, October 18, 2002, at 8:30 A.M. (EDT).

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                     DISCUSSION OF THE BEHAVIOR OF THE
      CHAINED CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR ALL URBAN CONSUMERS (C-CPI-U)
                                     
      The differences between the C-CPI-U and CPI-U measures of inflation
 for 2000 and 2001 are notably larger than had been expected based on prior
 analysis.  (A table comparing these published series is available on the
 BLS web site at http://stats.bls.gov/cpi/superchart1.htm.)  In particular,
 data for the C-CPI-U for the year 2000, which are no longer subject to
 revision, show that it increased 0.8 percentage point less than the CPI-U.
 In its announcement of February 2002, the BLS estimated that the C-CPI-U
 would likely increase at an average annual rate of 0.1 to 0.2 percentage
 point less than the CPI-U.
      
      There are several factors that may help to explain the large
 divergence in 2000.  First, the simulations used by BLS to anticipate the
 extent of the difference between the two measures reflected economic
 conditions in the early 1990s and those conditions may have changed since
 then. Second, there may be special circumstances for the year 2000.
      
      Changes since 1990.  Since the February announcement of the C-CPI-U,
 the BLS has extended the simulations it presented for 1990-95, in the
 process correcting minor errors and including the years 1996 through 1999.
 These updated simulations (available on the BLS web site at
 http://stats.bls.gov/cpi/superchart2.htm) illustrate two important points.
 First, the average difference between the simulated CPI-U and C-CPI-U in
 the 1990-95 period--i.e., more than 0.2 percentage point--was somewhat
 larger than it had been as earlier estimated.  Second, the differences
 between the two simulated indexes expanded consistently during the 1996-99
 period, reaching 0.5 percentage point in 1999.
      
      In 2000, the CPI-U's underlying expenditure weights were about six
 years old.   Under current practice, the BLS will update CPI-U expenditure
 weights every two years, and with such biennial updating the weights will
 be, on average, only three years old. To examine the importance of
 expenditure weight age in 2000, a CPI-U using 1997-98 weights was
 simulated.  That index increased by 3.3 percent during 2000, 0.1 less than
 the official CPI-U.  This suggests that, even if the CPI-U had employed
 biennial updating in 2000, the difference between it and the C-CPI-U would
 have been 0.7 percentage point, still well above earlier expectations.
      
      Relative price changes in 2000.  Another more likely contributor to
 the growing gap is increased dispersion in relative component index
 changes during 2000.  In general, the CPI-U and the superlative C-CPI-U
 will diverge to the extent that (a) component indexes have rates of
 inflation that differ from each other and (b) expenditure shares reflect a
 shift in consumer purchases toward those item categories that have fallen
 in relative price.  Therefore, when there is more variation in price
 movements across component indexes, there is more room for the Laspeyres
 and superlative indexes to diverge.
      
      Inflation in CPI component indexes varied more widely during 2000
 than during the preceding several years.  The variability of December-to-
 December component index changes was computed for each year in the
 historical simulation data base, weighted by component expenditure shares
 in that year.  Calculated in this way, the variability rose in each year
 from 1998 through 2000, and was higher in each of those years than in any
 year from 1992-1997.
      
      Two examples of indexes with unusual index movements in 2000 were
 computers and natural gas.  The indexes in the expenditure class
 consisting of personal computers and other information-processing goods
 and services fell sharply in 2000.  The series for personal computers and
 peripheral equipment dropped by 22.7 percent, and for the expenditure
 class as a whole the December-to-December decline was 15.6 percent.  By
 contrast, the CPI-U index for utility natural gas rose 36.7 percent in
 2000.

      The significance of the component series can be seen by excluding
 them from the CPI-U and C-CPI-U calculations.  When we do this, the
 divergence between the two aggregate indexes drops to 0.4 percentage
 point, a gap more nearly consistent with the historical range.  In the
 C-CPI-U, the upward price movement for natural gas and the downward
 movement for the information processing category effectively cancel each
 other out, and with these components deleted the overall index change for
 2000 remains at 2.6 percent.  By contrast, the estimate for 2000 in a 1997-
 98 weighted CPI-U is lowered from 3.3 to 3.0 percent.
      
      Comparison with other series.  The 2000 results for the C-CPI-U, and
 the gap between that index and the CPI-U, can also be compared to the
 Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) price indexes published by the
 Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) of the Department of Commerce.   Between
 December 1999 and December 2000, the published PCE index, which uses a
 chain superlative formula, rose 2.5 percent, only 0.1 percentage point
 less than the C-CPI-U increase.  The BEA also produces a quarterly PCE
 series using fixed 1996 weights for comparison purposes.  As is the case
 with the CPI data series, the difference between the fixed weight and
 superlative PCE measures widened consistently in the 1996-2000 period.
 Between the fourth quarters of 1999 and 2000, the chain PCE index rose by
 2.5 percent and the fixed-weight index by 3.0 percent.
      
      More recent data.  The gap between the superlative and fixed-weight
 PCE measures narrowed after 2000, and the same is true in CPI data.  For
 the 12-month period ending December 2001, the gap between the C-CPI-U
 increase and the CPI-U increase previously reported is smaller than for
 the corresponding period in 2000 (0.6 percentage point compared to 0.8
 percentage point).  For the 12 months ending July 2002, the C-CPI-U
 increased by 1.1 percent, compared to the CPI-U increase of 1.5 percent.
 It must be emphasized, however, that the 2001 and 2002 C-CPI-U data are
 subject to revision, and the revised data could lead to either higher or
 lower inflation estimates for those years.
      
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                     NOTE ON A NEW, SUPPLEMENTAL INDEX
                          OF CONSUMER PRICE CHANGE
                                     
       The Bureau of Labor Statistics began publishing a consumer price
 index (CPI) called the Chained Consumer Price Index for All Urban
 Consumers, effective with release of July data on August 16, 2002.
 Designated the C-CPI-U, the index supplements the existing indexes already
 produced by the BLS: the CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) and the CPI
 for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W).
 
     The C-CPI-U employs a Tornqvist formula and utilizes expenditure data
 in adjacent time periods in order to reflect the effect of any
 substitution that consumers make across item categories in response to
 changes in relative prices.  The new measure, said to be a "superlative"
 index, is designed to be a closer approximation to a "cost-of-living"
 index than the CPI-U and CPI-W.  The use of expenditure data for both a
 base period and the current period in order to average price change across
 item categories distinguishes the C-CPI-U from the other CPI measures,
 which use only a single expenditure base period to compute the price
 change over time.  In 1999, the BLS introduced a geometric mean estimator
 for averaging prices within most of the index's item categories in order
 to approximate the effect of consumers' responses to changes in relative
 prices within these item categories.  The geometric mean estimator is used
 in the C-CPI-U in the same item categories in which it is now used in the
 CPI-U and CPI-W.  (See Monthly Labor Review, October 1998, pp. 3-7.)

      Expenditure data required for the calculation of the C-CPI-U are
 available only with a time lag.  Thus, the C-CPI-U is being issued first
 in preliminary form using the latest available expenditure data at this
 time and will be subject to two subsequent revisions.  Accordingly, with
 release of the July data, "final" values of the C-CPI-U have been issued
 for the 12 months of 2000, "interim" values have been issued for the 12
 months of 2001, and "initial" values have been issued for January-July 2of
 2002.  In February 2003, with release of the January 2003 index, revised
 interim indexes for the 12 months of 2002 will be published, and the index
 values for 2001 will be revised and will become final.  Then, in February
 2004, when the monthly expenditure data from calendar year 2002 become
 available, C-CPI-U indexes for the 12 months of 2002 will be issued in
 final form and values for the 12 months of 2003 will be revised and issued
 as interim. The C-CPI-U index revisions are expected to be small, but in
 principle each monthly index could be revised from its previously
 published level.

      BLS previously has calculated superlative indexes on an experimental
 basis, although these are not comparable to the C-CPI-U in all computational
 details.  (See, for example, Monthly Labor Review, December 1993, 
 pp. 25-33.)

      The C-CPI-U is issued for national averages only and will not be
 seasonally adjusted.  It employs a December 1999=100 reference base.  Data
 for periods prior to December 1999 have not been calculated.  The
 component series that are published are listed below:

   All items                          Medical care
     Food and beverages                 Medical care commodities
       Food                             Medical care services
         Food at home                 Recreation
         Food away from home          Education and communication
       Alcoholic beverages              Education
     Housing                            Communication
       Shelter                        Other goods and services
       Fuels and utilities          Services
       Household furnishings        Commodities
         and operations               Durables
     Apparel                          Nondurables 
     Transportation                 All items less food and energy  
       Private transportation       Energy
       Public transportation         


      These indexes are published monthly in the CPI news release and the
 CPI Detailed Report, and the series is available electronically at the
 same site as other CPI data: http://www.bls.gov/cpi/.
      
 For more information on the C-CPI-U, write to:
 Bureau of Labor Statistics
 Division of Consumer Prices and Price Indexes
 2 Massachusetts Ave. NE, Room 3130
 Washington, DC 20212
 
 Or contact Patrick Jackman or Rob Cage either by telephone at (202) 691-
 6952 or by electronic mail at Jackman_P@bls.gov or Cage_R@bls.gov .
 
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 Brief Explanation of the CPI
 
     The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a measure of the average change in
 prices over time 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.
 
      For further details visit the CPI home page on the Internet at
 http://www.bls.gov/cpi/ or contact our CPI Information and Analysis
 Section on (202) 691-7000.
  
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       Calculating Index Changes
       
            Movements of the indexes from one month to another are
       usually expressed as percent changes rather than changes in index 
       points, because index point changes are affected by the level of 
       the index in relation to its base period while percent changes are 
       not.  The example below illustrates the computation of index point 
       and percent changes.
       
            Percent changes for 3-month and 6-month periods are expressed 
       as annual rates and are computed according to the standard formula 
       for compound growth rates.  These data indicate what the percent 
       change would be if the current rate were maintained for a 12-month 
       period.
       
         
                    Index Point Change
       
       CPI   					115.7
       Less previous index    			111.2
       Equals index point change  		4.5
       
       
                    Percent Change
       
       Index point difference			4.5
       Divided by the previous index		111.2
       Equals					0.040
       Results multiplied by one hundred	0.040 x 100
       Equals percent change			4.0


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 Regions Defined
 
 The states in the four regions shown in Tables 3 and 6 are listed below.
 
 The Northeast--Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York,
 New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

 The Midwest--Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota,
 Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.

 The South--Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky,
 Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South
 Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of
 Columbia.

 The West--Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana,
 Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.


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 A Note on Seasonally Adjusted and Unadjusted Data
 
      Because price data are used for different purposes by different groups,
 the Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes seasonally adjusted as well as
 unadjusted changes each month.
 
      For analyzing general price trends in the economy, seasonally adjusted
 changes are usually preferred since they eliminate the effect of changes
 that normally occur at the same time and in about the same magnitude every
 year--such as price movements resulting from changing climatic conditions,
 production cycles, model changeovers, holidays, and sales.
 
      The unadjusted data are of primary interest to consumers concerned about
 the prices they actually pay.  Unadjusted data also are used extensively
 for escalation purposes.  Many collective bargaining contract agreements
 and pension plans, for example, tie compensation changes to the Consumer
 Price Index unadjusted for seasonal variation.
 
      Seasonal factors used in computing the seasonally adjusted indexes are
 derived by the X-12-ARIMA Seasonal Adjustment Method.  The updated
 seasonal data at the end of 1977 replaced data from 1967 through 1977.
 Subsequent annual updates have replaced 5 years of seasonal data, e.g.,
 data from 1997 through 2001 were replaced at the end of 2001.  In January
 2002, dependently seasonally adjusted series were revised for January 1987-
 December 2001 as a result of a change in the aggregation weights for
 dependently adjusted series. For further information, please see
 "Aggregation of Dependently Adjusted Seasonally Adjusted Series," in the
 October 2001 issue of the CPI Detailed Report.
 
      The seasonal movement of all items and 54 other aggregations is derived by
 combining the seasonal movement of 73 selected components.  Each year the
 seasonal status of every series is reevaluated based upon certain
 statistical criteria.  If any of the 73 components change their seasonal
 adjustment status from seasonally adjusted to not seasonally adjusted, not
 seasonally adjusted data will be used for the last 5 years, but the
 seasonally adjusted indexes will be used before that period.  Note: 39 of
 the 73 components are seasonally adjusted for 2002.
 
      Seasonally adjusted data, including the All items index levels, are
 subject to revision for up to five years after their original release.
 For this reason, BLS advises against the use of these data in escalation
 agreements.
 
      Effective with the calculation of the seasonal factors for 1990, the
 Bureau of Labor Statistics has used an enhanced seasonal adjustment
 procedure called Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment for some CPI
 series.  Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment allows for better
 estimates of seasonally adjusted data.  Extreme values and/or sharp
 movements which might distort the seasonal pattern are estimated and
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 with the calculation of seasonal factors for 1996, X-12-ARIMA software was
 used for Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment.
 
      For the fuel oil, natural gas, motor fuels, and educational books and
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 extreme price volatility would otherwise have had on the estimates of
 seasonally adjusted data for those series.   For the Nonalcoholic
 beverages index, the procedure was used to offset the effects of a large
 increase in coffee prices due to adverse weather.  The procedure was used
 to account for unusual butter fat supply reductions and decreases in milk
 supply affecting the Fats and oils series.  For the Water and sewerage
 maintenance index, the procedure was used to account for a data collection
 anomaly.  It was used to offset an increase in summer demand in the
 Midwest and South for Electricity.  For New vehicles, New cars, and New
 trucks, the procedure was used to offset the effects of a model changeover
 combined with financing incentives.
 
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 Table 1. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category and commodity
 and service group

 (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                   Unadjusted                           
                                                 Relative   Unadjusted indexes percent change to   Seasonally adjusted  
                                               importance,                      Aug. 2002 from-    percent change from- 
                     CPI-U                       December                                                               
                                                   2001       July      Aug.                                            
                                                              2002      2002     Aug.     July    May to June to July to
                                                                                 2001     2002     June    July    Aug. 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                        
             Expenditure category                                                                                       
                                                                                                                        
 All items ...................................    100.000     180.1     180.7      1.8      0.3     0.1     0.1     0.3 
 All items (1967=100) ........................          -     539.5     541.2        -        -       -       -       - 
                                                                                                                        
  Food and beverages .........................     15.719     176.6     176.6      1.3      0.0     0.1     0.2    -0.1 
   Food ......................................     14.688     176.0     176.0      1.2      0.0     0.0     0.2    -0.1 
    Food at home .............................      8.468     175.2     174.9      0.4     -0.2    -0.2     0.1    -0.3 
     Cereals and bakery products .............      1.298     198.7     198.6      1.4     -0.1     0.1    -0.2    -0.1 
     Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ..........      2.271     162.3     162.2     -0.1     -0.1    -0.4     0.1    -0.4 
     Dairy and related products (1)...........       .916     167.6     167.2     -1.0     -0.2    -0.6    -0.2    -0.2 
     Fruits and vegetables ...................      1.204     217.4     217.0      3.9     -0.2    -0.2     0.6     0.2 
     Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage                                                                                
         materials ...........................       .967     138.3     137.6     -1.7     -0.5    -0.4     0.6    -0.6 
     Other food at home ......................      1.811     161.0     160.6     -0.2     -0.2     0.5    -0.1    -0.4 
      Sugar and sweets .......................       .315     160.2     159.9      2.4     -0.2     0.5     1.1    -0.3 
      Fats and oils ..........................       .265     154.9     154.1     -2.8     -0.5    -0.5    -0.3    -0.6 
      Other foods ............................      1.232     177.3     176.9     -0.4     -0.2     0.7    -0.4    -0.3 
       Other miscellaneous foods (1) (2)......       .289     110.1     109.3     -0.2     -0.7     0.1     1.0    -0.7 
    Food away from home (1)...................      6.220     178.5     178.8      2.3      0.2     0.3     0.2     0.2 
     Other food away from home (1) (2)........       .383     117.7     118.1      3.3      0.3     0.4     0.1     0.3 
   Alcoholic beverages .......................      1.031     183.8     184.2      2.3      0.2     0.1     0.1     0.3 
                                                                                                                        
  Housing ....................................     40.873     181.2     181.7      2.1      0.3     0.1     0.1     0.3 
   Shelter ...................................     31.522     208.8     209.6      3.6      0.4     0.1     0.2     0.4 
    Rent of primary residence (3).............      6.421     199.8     200.2      3.7      0.2     0.3     0.3     0.2 
    Lodging away from home (2) (3)............      2.702     121.7     123.8     -1.1      1.7    -1.1    -1.1     1.8 
    Owners' equivalent rent of primary                                                                                  
        residence (3) (4).....................     22.046     214.9     215.4      3.9      0.2     0.3     0.3     0.3 
    Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2)..       .353     108.6     109.6      2.8      0.9     0.2     0.7     0.9 
   Fuels and utilities .......................      4.511     146.8     146.8     -3.9      0.0    -0.1    -0.2     0.3 
    Fuels ....................................      3.654     130.8     130.7     -5.3     -0.1    -0.2    -0.3     0.5 
     Fuel oil and other fuels ................       .188     111.6     112.1     -8.2      0.4     0.6     0.7     1.8 
     Gas (piped) and electricity (3)..........      3.466     138.6     138.5     -5.1     -0.1    -0.2    -0.4     0.4 
    Water and sewer and trash collection                                                                                
        services (2)..........................       .857     113.0     113.5      3.0      0.4     0.1     0.2     0.3 
   Household furnishings and operations ......      4.840     128.6     128.1     -0.8     -0.4    -0.3     0.0    -0.3 
    Household operations (1) (2)..............       .820     119.0     119.2      2.5      0.2     0.3     0.2     0.2 
                                                                                                                        
  Apparel ....................................      4.399     118.7     120.5     -1.7      1.5    -0.9    -1.0     1.1 
   Men's and boys' apparel ...................      1.122     118.4     118.3     -2.6     -0.1    -0.7     0.0    -0.4 
   Women's and girls' apparel ................      1.807     107.6     111.0     -1.0      3.2    -0.9    -1.0     2.0 
   Infants' and toddlers' apparel (1).........       .203     122.9     124.3     -1.6      1.1    -2.0    -1.6     1.1 
   Footwear ..................................       .874     118.5     119.7     -1.8      1.0    -1.2    -1.5     0.9 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation .............................     17.055     153.7     153.9      0.4      0.1     0.1     0.3     0.4 
   Private transportation ....................     15.845     149.5     149.7      0.6      0.1     0.1     0.5     0.3 
    New and used motor vehicles (2)...........      8.614      98.8      98.7     -1.8     -0.1    -0.1     0.1     0.2 
     New vehicles ............................      5.083     138.7     138.1     -1.6     -0.4    -0.1     0.0    -0.1 
     Used cars and trucks ....................      2.195     152.7     153.4     -2.9      0.5     0.1     0.5     0.5 
    Motor fuel ...............................      2.564     120.8     121.5     -0.3      0.6     0.3     1.2     0.8 
     Gasoline (all types) ....................      2.536     120.3     120.9     -0.2      0.5     0.4     1.5     0.5 
    Motor vehicle parts and equipment (1).....       .421     107.4     107.7      2.7      0.3    -0.1     0.7     0.3 
    Motor vehicle maintenance and repair .....      1.400     189.8     191.0      3.8      0.6     0.1    -0.1     0.6 
   Public transportation .....................      1.211     209.7     209.4     -2.0     -0.1    -0.2    -2.1     0.8 
                                                                                                                        
  Medical care ...............................      5.810     286.6     287.3      4.7      0.2     0.2     0.7     0.2 
   Medical care commodities ..................      1.377     257.5     257.7      3.5      0.1     0.3     0.4     0.2 
   Medical care services .....................      4.434     293.8     294.7      5.1      0.3     0.2     0.7     0.2 
    Professional services (3).................      2.784     255.0     254.9      2.9      0.0     0.1     0.8     0.0 
    Hospital and related services (3).........      1.353     367.6     371.3      8.8      1.0     0.3     0.4     0.7 
                                                                                                                        
  Recreation (2)..............................      6.019     106.2     106.3      1.1      0.1    -0.3     0.1     0.1 
   Video and audio (2)........................      1.645     102.6     102.4      0.7     -0.2     0.1    -0.4    -0.3 
                                                                                                                        
  Education and communication (2).............      5.813     107.6     108.9      2.9      1.2     0.3     0.7     0.7 
   Education (2)..............................      2.726     124.8     127.1      6.4      1.8     0.8     0.6     0.6 
    Educational books and supplies ...........       .220     318.3     319.6      7.2      0.4     0.6     0.5     0.1 
    Tuition, other school fees, and childcare       2.506     358.3     365.6      6.3      2.0     0.8     0.6     0.7 
   Communication (1) (2)......................      3.087      92.6      93.2     -0.3      0.6    -0.1     0.9     0.6 
    Information and information processing (1)                                                                          
        (2)...................................      2.903      90.8      91.5     -1.0      0.8    -0.1     0.2     0.8 
     Telephone services (1) (2)...............      2.324      99.5     100.6      1.0      1.1    -0.1     0.3     1.1 
     Information and information processing                                                                             
         other than telephone services (1) (5)       .580      18.4      18.3    -11.6     -0.5    -0.5     0.0    -0.5 
      Personal computers and peripheral                                                                                 
          equipment (1) (2)...................       .275      22.3      22.0    -20.9     -1.3    -1.7    -1.3    -1.3 
                                                                                                                        
  Other goods and services ...................      4.312     294.5     295.9      4.4      0.5     1.0     0.0     0.5 
   Tobacco and smoking products (1)...........       .928     467.2     478.2     12.6      2.4     4.1     0.0     2.4 
   Personal care (1)..........................      3.384     175.0     174.9      2.2     -0.1     0.1     0.1    -0.1 
    Personal care products (1)................       .706     154.6     154.3     -0.3     -0.2     0.4    -0.5    -0.2 
    Personal care services (1)................       .901     188.7     189.1      2.1      0.2     0.0     0.2     0.2 
    Miscellaneous personal services ..........      1.562     275.1     275.4      3.7      0.1     0.3     0.3     0.0 
                                                                                                                        
          Commodity and service group                                                                                   
                                                                                                                        
 Commodities .................................     41.300     149.3     149.6     -0.1      0.2     0.0     0.0     0.2 
  Food and beverages .........................     15.719     176.6     176.6      1.3      0.0     0.1     0.2    -0.1 
  Commodities less food and beverages ........     25.582     133.6     134.0     -1.0      0.3    -0.1     0.0     0.3 
   Nondurables less food and beverages .......     13.493     144.4     145.4      0.4      0.7    -0.4     0.3     1.2 
    Apparel ..................................      4.399     118.7     120.5     -1.7      1.5    -0.9    -1.0     1.1 
    Nondurables less food, beverages, and                                                                               
        apparel ..............................      9.094     164.3     164.8      1.7      0.3    -0.6     1.2     1.3 
   Durables ..................................     12.089     121.1     120.7     -2.3     -0.3    -0.1    -0.1     0.0 
 Services ....................................     58.700     210.7     211.5      3.1      0.4     0.1     0.2     0.4 
  Rent of shelter (4).........................     31.169     217.4     218.3      3.6      0.4     0.2     0.1     0.4 
  Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2)....       .353     108.6     109.6      2.8      0.9     0.2     0.7     0.9 
  Gas (piped) and electricity (3).............      3.466     138.6     138.5     -5.1     -0.1    -0.2    -0.4     0.4 
  Water and sewer and trash collection                                                                                  
      services (2)............................       .857     113.0     113.5      3.0      0.4     0.1     0.2     0.3 
  Household operations (1) (2)................       .820     119.0     119.2      2.5      0.2     0.3     0.2     0.2 
  Transportation services ....................      6.638     209.6     210.1      3.7      0.2     0.1     0.1     0.5 
  Medical care services ......................      4.434     293.8     294.7      5.1      0.3     0.2     0.7     0.2 
  Other services .............................     10.963     246.4     248.2      3.7      0.7     0.3     0.6     0.4 
                                                                                                                        
                Special indexes                                                                                         
                                                                                                                        
 All items less food .........................     85.312     180.8     181.5      1.9      0.4     0.1     0.2     0.4 
 All items less shelter ......................     68.478     170.9     171.3      0.9      0.2     0.0     0.2     0.2 
 All items less medical care .................     94.190     174.5     175.0      1.6      0.3     0.1     0.1     0.3 
 Commodities less food .......................     26.612     135.5     135.9     -0.9      0.3    -0.1     0.0     0.3 
 Nondurables less food .......................     14.524     146.7     147.7      0.5      0.7    -0.3     0.4     1.1 
 Nondurables less food and apparel ...........     10.125     165.2     165.8      1.7      0.4    -0.5     1.2     1.2 
 Nondurables .................................     29.212     160.6     161.2      0.9      0.4    -0.1     0.2     0.6 
 Services less rent of shelter (4)............     27.531     218.6     219.5      2.6      0.4     0.3     0.3     0.5 
 Services less medical care services .........     54.266     203.3     204.2      2.9      0.4     0.1     0.1     0.4 
 Energy ......................................      6.218     125.5     125.8     -2.8      0.2     0.0     0.4     0.6 
 All items less energy .......................     93.782     187.5     188.1      2.2      0.3     0.1     0.1     0.3 
  All items less food and energy .............     79.094     190.3     191.0      2.4      0.4     0.1     0.2     0.3 
   Commodities less food and energy                                                                                     
       commodities ...........................     23.860     142.5     142.8     -0.7      0.2    -0.1    -0.1     0.2 
    Energy commodities .......................      2.752     120.9     121.5     -0.4      0.5     0.3     1.2     0.8 
   Services less energy services .............     55.234     218.0     219.0      3.7      0.5     0.1     0.3     0.4 
 Purchasing power of the consumer dollar                                                                                
     (1982-84=$1.00) .........................          -    $ .555    $ .554        -        -       -       -       - 
 Purchasing power of the consumer dollar                                                                                
     (1967=$1.00) ............................          -    $ .185    $ .185        -        -       -       -       - 

   1 Not seasonally adjusted.
   2 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base.
   3 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator.  All other item stratum index series converted to a
 geometric means estimator in January, 1999.
   4 Indexes on a December 1982=100 base.
   5 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base.
   - Data not available.
 NOTE:  Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

 Table 2. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Seasonally adjusted U.S. city average, by expenditure
 category and commodity and service group

 (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                                 Seasonally adjusted indexes    Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent 
                                                                                               change for               
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                     CPI-U                                                           3 months ended--         6 months  
                                                                                                              ended--   
                                                 May     June    July    Aug.                                           
                                                 2002    2002    2002    2002                                           
                                                                                Nov.   Feb.    May   Aug.   Feb.   Aug. 
                                                                                2001   2002   2002   2002   2002   2002 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                        
             Expenditure category                                                                                       
                                                                                                                        
 All items ...................................  179.5   179.7   179.9   180.5    0.2    1.1    3.4    2.2    0.7    2.8 
                                                                                                                        
  Food and beverages .........................  176.3   176.4   176.7   176.6    2.1    2.3    0.0    0.7    2.2    0.3 
   Food ......................................  175.8   175.8   176.1   176.0    2.1    2.3    0.0    0.5    2.2    0.2 
    Food at home .............................  175.4   175.1   175.3   174.8    1.8    2.1   -1.1   -1.4    2.0   -1.2 
     Cereals and bakery products .............  198.0   198.1   197.7   197.6    2.1    3.9    0.4   -0.8    3.0   -0.2 
     Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ..........  162.9   162.2   162.4   161.7    0.7   -1.0    2.5   -2.9   -0.1   -0.2 
     Dairy and related products (1)...........  169.0   168.0   167.6   167.2    5.6   -2.5   -2.6   -4.2    1.4   -3.4 
     Fruits and vegetables ...................  219.0   218.5   219.9   220.3    3.4   21.2   -8.8    2.4   12.0   -3.4 
     Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage                                                                                
         materials ...........................  138.3   137.7   138.5   137.6    0.0   -3.9   -0.9   -2.0   -2.0   -1.4 
     Other food at home ......................  159.9   160.7   160.5   159.9    1.3   -1.2   -1.2    0.0    0.0   -0.6 
      Sugar and sweets .......................  157.7   158.5   160.2   159.7    1.0    3.9   -0.5    5.2    2.5    2.3 
      Fats and oils ..........................  155.8   155.0   154.6   153.6   -5.0    2.3   -3.0   -5.5   -1.4   -4.3 
      Other foods ............................  176.0   177.3   176.6   176.0    3.0   -3.3   -1.1    0.0   -0.2   -0.6 
       Other miscellaneous foods (1) (2)......  108.9   109.0   110.1   109.3    4.1   -9.1    3.4    1.5   -2.7    2.4 
    Food away from home (1)...................  177.6   178.2   178.5   178.8    2.5    2.8    1.4    2.7    2.7    2.0 
     Other food away from home (1) (2)........  117.1   117.6   117.7   118.1    3.9    1.4    4.6    3.5    2.6    4.0 
   Alcoholic beverages .......................  183.3   183.5   183.7   184.2    2.7    2.7    2.0    2.0    2.7    2.0 
                                                                                                                        
  Housing ....................................  180.0   180.1   180.3   180.9    0.7    2.7    2.9    2.0    1.7    2.5 
   Shelter ...................................  207.6   207.8   208.2   209.0    3.4    5.0    3.1    2.7    4.2    2.9 
    Rent of primary residence (3).............  199.0   199.5   200.0   200.4    4.6    4.4    3.1    2.8    4.5    3.0 
    Lodging away from home (2) (3)............  119.4   118.1   116.8   118.9   -9.9    6.6    1.0   -1.7   -2.0   -0.3 
    Owners' equivalent rent of primary                                                                                  
        residence (3) (4).....................  213.9   214.5   215.1   215.7    4.9    4.5    3.2    3.4    4.7    3.3 
    Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2)..  107.6   107.8   108.6   109.6    1.1   -0.4    3.0    7.6    0.4    5.3 
   Fuels and utilities .......................  143.6   143.5   143.2   143.7  -13.9   -7.8    5.8    0.3  -10.9    3.0 
    Fuels ....................................  127.4   127.2   126.8   127.4  -17.1  -10.4    6.5    0.0  -13.8    3.2 
     Fuel oil and other fuels ................  114.0   114.7   115.5   117.6  -26.8  -31.3   24.6   13.2  -29.1   18.8 
     Gas (piped) and electricity (3)..........  134.7   134.4   133.9   134.4  -16.6   -8.5    5.5   -0.9  -12.7    2.3 
    Water and sewer and trash collection                                                                                
        services (2)..........................  112.7   112.8   113.0   113.3    2.9    3.7    3.3    2.1    3.3    2.7 
   Household furnishings and operations ......  128.9   128.5   128.5   128.1    0.6   -2.1    0.9   -2.5   -0.8   -0.8 
    Household operations (1) (2)..............  118.4   118.8   119.0   119.2    2.1    3.5    1.7    2.7    2.8    2.2 
                                                                                                                        
  Apparel ....................................  124.7   123.6   122.4   123.7   -0.3   -3.5    0.3   -3.2   -1.9   -1.4 
   Men's and boys' apparel ...................  122.0   121.1   121.1   120.6    3.6   -5.9   -3.2   -4.5   -1.3   -3.9 
   Women's and girls' apparel ................  116.1   115.1   114.0   116.3   -3.7    1.7   -2.7    0.7   -1.0   -1.0 
   Infants' and toddlers' apparel (1).........  127.4   124.9   122.9   124.3   20.8  -14.8    0.6   -9.4    1.4   -4.5 
   Footwear ..................................  123.1   121.6   119.8   120.9   -3.5   -3.6    7.1   -7.0   -3.5   -0.2 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation .............................  152.7   152.8   153.3   153.9   -7.9   -3.2   10.6    3.2   -5.5    6.8 
   Private transportation ....................  148.4   148.5   149.3   149.8   -8.1   -3.3   10.9    3.8   -5.7    7.3 
    New and used motor vehicles (2)...........   99.0    98.9    99.0    99.2    0.0   -4.3   -3.6    0.8   -2.2   -1.4 
     New vehicles ............................  139.5   139.3   139.3   139.2    2.6   -5.2   -2.8   -0.9   -1.4   -1.8 
     Used cars and trucks ....................  152.0   152.2   152.9   153.7   -4.7   -4.5   -6.3    4.5   -4.6   -1.0 
    Motor fuel ...............................  117.0   117.4   118.8   119.7  -42.2  -13.4   80.1    9.6  -29.3   40.5 
     Gasoline (all types) ....................  116.2   116.7   118.4   119.0  -41.8  -13.5   78.7   10.0  -29.0   40.2 
    Motor vehicle parts and equipment (1).....  106.8   106.7   107.4   107.7    3.5    1.1    2.7    3.4    2.3    3.0 
    Motor vehicle maintenance and repair .....  190.1   190.2   190.0   191.2    4.0    3.7    5.0    2.3    3.8    3.7 
   Public transportation .....................  211.5   211.1   206.6   208.2   -8.4   -0.2    7.5   -6.1   -4.4    0.5 
                                                                                                                        
  Medical care ...............................  284.0   284.6   286.5   287.1    5.1    4.2    5.2    4.4    4.6    4.8 
   Medical care commodities ..................  255.2   255.9   257.0   257.5    4.2    4.2    2.1    3.7    4.2    2.9 
   Medical care services .....................  291.2   291.7   293.8   294.4    5.2    4.3    6.3    4.5    4.8    5.4 
    Professional services (3).................  252.4   252.7   254.8   254.9    3.3    2.1    2.4    4.0    2.7    3.2 
    Hospital and related services (3).........  365.2   366.4   368.0   370.6    8.4    9.0   12.0    6.0    8.7    9.0 
                                                                                                                        
  Recreation (2)..............................  106.3   106.0   106.1   106.2    2.7    0.8    1.5   -0.4    1.7    0.6 
   Video and audio (1) (2)....................  102.8   102.9   102.5   102.2    1.6    3.2    0.8   -2.3    2.4   -0.8 
                                                                                                                        
  Education and communication (2).............  107.1   107.4   108.2   109.0    2.7    2.7   -0.4    7.3    2.7    3.4 
   Education (2)..............................  124.6   125.6   126.4   127.2    6.2    6.4    4.6    8.6    6.3    6.6 
    Educational books and supplies ...........  317.5   319.3   320.9   321.2    7.1   10.2    7.0    4.7    8.7    5.8 
    Tuition, other school fees, and childcare   357.8   360.8   363.1   365.6    6.1    5.9    4.5    9.0    6.0    6.7 
   Communication (1) (2)......................   91.9    91.8    92.6    93.2   -0.9   -0.9   -5.1    5.8   -0.9    0.2 
    Information and information processing (1)                                                                          
        (2)...................................   90.7    90.6    90.8    91.5   -0.9   -0.9   -5.5    3.6   -0.9   -1.1 
     Telephone services (1) (2)...............   99.3    99.2    99.5   100.6    0.0    2.8   -3.9    5.3    1.4    0.6 
     Information and information processing                                                                             
         other than telephone services (1) (5)   18.5    18.4    18.4    18.3  -12.9  -18.5  -10.1   -4.3  -15.8   -7.2 
      Personal computers and peripheral                                                                                 
          equipment (1) (2)...................   23.0    22.6    22.3    22.0  -25.8  -27.6  -12.8  -16.3  -26.7  -14.6 
                                                                                                                        
  Other goods and services ...................  291.5   294.4   294.5   295.9    8.6    1.4    1.8    6.2    4.9    4.0 
   Tobacco and smoking products (1)...........  449.0   467.4   467.2   478.2   22.5    2.3   -0.3   28.7   12.0   13.3 
   Personal care (1)..........................  174.7   174.9   175.0   174.9    3.3    2.6    2.3    0.5    2.9    1.4 
    Personal care products (1)................  154.8   155.4   154.6   154.3    1.8    0.3   -1.8   -1.3    1.0   -1.5 
    Personal care services (1)................  188.3   188.3   188.7   189.1    3.5   -0.9    4.1    1.7    1.3    2.9 
    Miscellaneous personal services ..........  273.9   274.6   275.4   275.4    4.4    4.4    4.0    2.2    4.4    3.1 
                                                                                                                        
          Commodity and service group                                                                                   
                                                                                                                        
 Commodities .................................  149.7   149.7   149.7   150.0   -2.6   -2.1    3.6    0.8   -2.4    2.2 
  Food and beverages .........................  176.3   176.4   176.7   176.6    2.1    2.3    0.0    0.7    2.2    0.3 
  Commodities less food and beverages ........  134.3   134.2   134.2   134.6   -5.7   -4.7    5.5    0.9   -5.2    3.2 
   Nondurables less food and beverages .......  145.2   144.6   145.1   146.8   -9.5   -4.7   12.8    4.5   -7.1    8.6 
    Apparel ..................................  124.7   123.6   122.4   123.7   -0.3   -3.5    0.3   -3.2   -1.9   -1.4 
    Nondurables less food, beverages, and                                                                               
        apparel ..............................  162.1   161.1   163.1   165.2  -12.2   -5.7   19.6    7.9   -9.0   13.6 
   Durables ..................................  121.5   121.4   121.3   121.3   -0.6   -5.1   -2.9   -0.7   -2.9   -1.8 
 Services ....................................  209.2   209.5   210.0   210.8    2.2    3.5    3.5    3.1    2.9    3.3 
  Rent of shelter (4).........................  216.1   216.5   216.8   217.6    3.5    4.8    3.0    2.8    4.1    2.9 
  Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2)....  107.6   107.8   108.6   109.6    1.1   -0.4    3.0    7.6    0.4    5.3 
  Gas (piped) and electricity (3).............  134.7   134.4   133.9   134.4  -16.6   -8.5    5.5   -0.9  -12.7    2.3 
  Water and sewer and trash collection                                                                                  
      services (2)............................  112.7   112.8   113.0   113.3    2.9    3.7    3.3    2.1    3.3    2.7 
  Household operations (1) (2)................  118.4   118.8   119.0   119.2    2.1    3.5    1.7    2.7    2.8    2.2 
  Transportation services ....................  208.9   209.1   209.3   210.3    2.6    4.0    5.1    2.7    3.3    3.9 
  Medical care services ......................  291.2   291.7   293.8   294.4    5.2    4.3    6.3    4.5    4.8    5.4 
  Other services .............................  244.9   245.6   247.0   248.1    4.1    3.0    2.5    5.3    3.5    3.9 
                                                                                                                        
                Special indexes                                                                                         
                                                                                                                        
 All items less food .........................  180.2   180.3   180.6   181.3    0.0    0.9    4.1    2.5    0.4    3.3 
 All items less shelter ......................  170.6   170.6   170.9   171.3   -1.2   -0.5    3.8    1.7   -0.8    2.7 
 All items less medical care .................  174.0   174.1   174.3   174.9   -0.2    1.2    3.3    2.1    0.5    2.7 
 Commodities less food .......................  136.2   136.1   136.1   136.5   -5.4   -4.3    5.5    0.9   -4.9    3.1 
 Nondurables less food .......................  147.4   146.9   147.5   149.1   -8.6   -4.6   11.9    4.7   -6.6    8.3 
 Nondurables less food and apparel ...........  163.1   162.3   164.2   166.1  -11.0   -4.9   17.4    7.6   -8.0   12.4 
 Nondurables .................................  160.9   160.7   161.1   162.0   -3.4   -1.5    6.2    2.8   -2.5    4.5 
 Services less rent of shelter (4)............  216.5   217.1   217.7   218.7    0.8    1.1    4.2    4.1    0.9    4.1 
 Services less medical care services .........  202.0   202.2   202.5   203.4    2.0    3.1    3.6    2.8    2.5    3.2 
 Energy ......................................  122.0   122.0   122.5   123.2  -28.7  -11.2   34.4    4.0  -20.4   18.2 
 All items less energy .......................  187.2   187.4   187.6   188.2    3.1    2.2    1.5    2.2    2.6    1.8 
  All items less food and energy .............  190.1   190.2   190.5   191.1    3.0    2.1    2.1    2.1    2.6    2.1 
   Commodities less food and energy                                                                                     
       commodities ...........................  143.8   143.6   143.4   143.7    1.7   -3.0   -1.4   -0.3   -0.7   -0.8 
    Energy commodities .......................  117.4   117.8   119.2   120.2  -40.9  -14.3   75.5    9.9  -28.8   38.9 
   Services less energy services .............  216.8   217.1   217.7   218.6    3.7    4.4    3.4    3.4    4.0    3.4 

   1 Not seasonally adjusted.
   2 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base.
   3 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator.  All other item stratum index series converted to a
 geometric means estimator in January, 1999.
   4 Indexes on a December 1982=100 base.
   5 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base.
 NOTE:  Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

 Table 3. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Selected areas, all items index 

 (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                All items                                  
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
                                               Prici-           Indexes             Percent change to    Percent change to 
                     CPI-U                       ng                                  Aug.2002 from--      July2002 from--  
                                               sched-                                                                      
                                                 ule    May   June   July   Aug.                                           
                                                 (1)   2002   2002   2002   2002   Aug.   June   July   July    May   June 
                                                                                   2001   2002   2002   2001   2002   2002 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                           
 U.S. city average ...........................   M    179.8  179.9  180.1  180.7    1.8    0.4    0.3    1.5    0.2    0.1 
                                                                                                                           
            Region and area size(2)                                                                                        
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
 Northeast urban .............................   M    187.7  187.8  188.3  189.3    2.3    0.8    0.5    1.8    0.3    0.3 
   Size A -  More than 1,500,000 .............   M    189.2  189.5  190.1  191.3    2.6    0.9    0.6    2.1    0.5    0.3 
   Size B/C  50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)..........   M    112.0  111.6  111.8  112.0    1.4    0.4    0.2    1.0   -0.2    0.2 
                                                                                                                           
 Midwest urban ...............................   M    174.8  175.3  175.3  175.8    1.6    0.3    0.3    1.6    0.3    0.0 
   Size A   - More than 1,500,000 ............   M    177.2  177.7  177.5  178.2    1.9    0.3    0.4    1.8    0.2   -0.1 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3).........   M    110.8  111.2  111.3  111.4    1.0    0.2    0.1    1.2    0.5    0.1 
   Size D -  Nonmetropolitan  (less than                                                                                   
       50,000) ...............................   M    168.2  168.9  169.4  169.7    1.7    0.5    0.2    2.0    0.7    0.3 
                                                                                                                           
 South urban .................................   M    173.2  173.5  173.6  173.8    1.3    0.2    0.1    1.2    0.2    0.1 
   Size A -  More than 1,500,000 .............   M    174.6  174.9  174.8  175.4    1.8    0.3    0.3    1.3    0.1   -0.1 
   Size B/C -  50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........   M    110.7  110.9  111.0  110.9    1.0    0.0   -0.1    1.1    0.3    0.1 
   Size D -  Nonmetropolitan  (less than                                                                                   
       50,000) ...............................   M    170.6  171.6  172.2  172.7    1.5    0.6    0.3    1.2    0.9    0.3 
                                                                                                                           
 West urban ..................................   M    184.8  184.5  184.7  185.3    1.9    0.4    0.3    1.5   -0.1    0.1 
   Size A   - More than 1,500,000 ............   M    187.5  187.2  187.4  187.9    2.1    0.4    0.3    1.7   -0.1    0.1 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3).........   M    112.5  112.2  112.5  113.0    1.6    0.7    0.4    1.0    0.0    0.3 
                                                                                                                           
                 Size classes                                                                                              
                                                                                                                           
   A (4)......................................   M    164.3  164.5  164.6  165.3    2.1    0.5    0.4    1.7    0.2    0.1 
   B/C (3)....................................   M    111.2  111.3  111.4  111.5    1.2    0.2    0.1    1.0    0.2    0.1 
   D .........................................   M    172.4  173.0  173.3  173.9    1.6    0.5    0.3    1.3    0.5    0.2 
                                                                                                                           
            Selected local areas(5)                                                                                        
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI ..............   M    181.4  182.1  181.2  181.6    2.0   -0.3    0.2    2.0   -0.1   -0.5 
 Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA .....   M    182.6  181.9  182.2  183.0    2.6    0.6    0.4    2.2   -0.2    0.2 
 New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island,                                                                                       
     NY-NJ-CT-PA .............................   M    191.4  191.5  192.0  193.1    2.7    0.8    0.6    2.2    0.3    0.3 
                                                                                                                           
 Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT .........   1    194.8      -  195.7      -      -      -      -    1.9    0.5      - 
 Cleveland-Akron, OH .........................   1    173.0      -  173.4      -      -      -      -    0.0    0.2      - 
 Dallas-Fort Worth, TX .......................   1    172.9      -  172.9      -      -      -      -    0.8    0.0      - 
 Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV (6)........   1    112.8      -  113.4      -      -      -      -    2.3    0.5      - 
                                                                                                                           
 Atlanta, GA .................................   2        -  179.1      -  179.7    1.6    0.3      -      -      -      - 
 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI .................   2        -  179.0      -  180.9    3.3    1.1      -      -      -      - 
 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX ..............   2        -  158.3      -  160.1    0.9    1.1      -      -      -      - 
 Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL ...................   2        -  174.4      -  175.2    1.0    0.5      -      -      -      - 
 Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,                                                                                    
     PA-NJ-DE-MD .............................   2        -  186.3      -  188.3    3.0    1.1      -      -      -      - 
 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA ..........   2        -  193.2      -  193.5    1.3    0.2      -      -      -      - 
 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA ................   2        -  189.4      -  190.3    1.9    0.5      -      -      -      - 

   1 Areas on pricing schedule 2 (see Table 10) will appear next month. 
   2 Regions defined as the four Census regions.  See technical notes.
   3 Indexes on a December 1996=100 base.
   4 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base.
   5 In addition, the following metropolitan areas are published semiannually and appear in Tables 34 and 39 of the 
 January and July issues of the CPI Detailed Report: Anchorage, AK; Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN; Denver-Boulder-Greeley,
 CO; Honolulu, HI; Kansas City, MO-KS; Milwaukee-Racine, WI; Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI; Phoenix-Mesa, AZ; Pittsburgh, PA;
 Portland-Salem, OR-WA; St. Louis, MO-IL; San Diego, CA; Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL.
   6 Indexes on a November 1996=100 base.
   - Data not available.
 NOTE:  Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

 Table 4. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): U.S. city average, by expenditure
 category and commodity and service group

 (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                   Unadjusted                           
                                                 Relative   Unadjusted indexes percent change to   Seasonally adjusted  
                                               importance,                      Aug. 2002 from-    percent change from- 
                     CPI-W                       December                                                               
                                                   2001       July      Aug.                                            
                                                              2002      2002     Aug.     July    May to June to July to
                                                                                 2001     2002     June    July    Aug. 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                        
             Expenditure category                                                                                       
                                                                                                                        
 All items ...................................    100.000     176.1     176.6      1.6      0.3     0.1     0.2     0.3 
 All items (1967=100) ........................          -     524.5     526.0        -        -       -       -       - 
                                                                                                                        
  Food and beverages .........................     17.229     176.0     175.9      1.2     -0.1     0.1     0.1    -0.1 
   Food ......................................     16.228     175.4     175.3      1.1     -0.1     0.1     0.2    -0.1 
    Food at home .............................      9.798     174.3     174.0      0.4     -0.2    -0.1     0.1    -0.2 
     Cereals and bakery products .............      1.468     198.7     198.5      1.5     -0.1    -0.1     0.1    -0.3 
     Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ..........      2.831     162.2     162.0      0.0     -0.1    -0.4     0.2    -0.4 
     Dairy and related products (1)...........      1.021     167.4     167.0     -1.1     -0.2    -0.5    -0.2    -0.2 
     Fruits and vegetables ...................      1.307     216.4     216.2      3.9     -0.1     0.1     0.5     0.3 
     Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage                                                                                
         materials ...........................      1.132     137.6     136.9     -1.7     -0.5    -0.4     0.7    -0.7 
     Other food at home ......................      2.038     160.5     160.1     -0.2     -0.2     0.6    -0.2    -0.3 
      Sugar and sweets .......................       .339     159.9     159.6      2.2     -0.2     1.0     0.6    -0.2 
      Fats and oils ..........................       .316     154.7     154.0     -2.5     -0.5    -0.5    -0.3    -0.5 
      Other foods ............................      1.383     177.6     177.3     -0.3     -0.2     0.7    -0.5    -0.3 
       Other miscellaneous foods (1) (2)......       .310     110.8     109.9      0.2     -0.8     0.1     1.1    -0.8 
    Food away from home (1)...................      6.430     178.4     178.7      2.3      0.2     0.3     0.2     0.2 
     Other food away from home (1) (2)........       .275     118.2     118.5      3.6      0.3     0.3     0.1     0.3 
   Alcoholic beverages .......................      1.001     183.6     183.8      2.3      0.1     0.1     0.1     0.2 
                                                                                                                        
  Housing ....................................     38.141     176.5     176.9      2.0      0.2     0.1     0.2     0.2 
   Shelter ...................................     29.212     202.3     202.9      3.6      0.3     0.1     0.2     0.2 
    Rent of primary residence (3).............      8.395     199.2     199.6      3.7      0.2     0.3     0.3     0.2 
    Lodging away from home (2) (3)............      1.523     121.3     122.9     -1.2      1.3    -2.3    -0.6     1.6 
    Owners' equivalent rent of primary                                                                                  
        residence (3) (4).....................     18.980     195.2     195.7      3.8      0.3     0.3     0.3     0.2 
    Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2)..       .314     108.7     109.7      2.7      0.9     0.3     0.7     0.9 
   Fuels and utilities .......................      4.829     146.1     146.2     -3.9      0.1     0.1    -0.3     0.4 
    Fuels ....................................      3.955     129.6     129.6     -5.4      0.0     0.1    -0.4     0.5 
     Fuel oil and other fuels ................       .177     110.9     111.3     -8.4      0.4     0.4     0.7     1.6 
     Gas (piped) and electricity (3)..........      3.778     137.5     137.4     -5.4     -0.1     0.1    -0.4     0.4 
    Water and sewer and trash collection                                                                                
        services (2)..........................       .873     113.1     113.5      3.0      0.4     0.2     0.2     0.3 
   Household furnishings and operations ......      4.101     124.7     124.2     -1.2     -0.4    -0.2     0.0    -0.3 
    Household operations (1) (2)..............       .357     119.7     120.0      2.4      0.3     0.4     0.1     0.3 
                                                                                                                        
  Apparel ....................................      4.831     118.0     119.6     -1.6      1.4    -0.9    -1.0     1.1 
   Men's and boys' apparel ...................      1.243     118.6     118.2     -2.8     -0.3    -0.9     0.2    -0.5 
   Women's and girls' apparel ................      1.864     106.5     109.6     -0.5      2.9    -0.9    -1.4     2.3 
   Infants' and toddlers' apparel (1).........       .256     125.3     126.8     -1.2      1.2    -1.8    -1.7     1.2 
   Footwear ..................................      1.165     118.2     119.6     -2.0      1.2    -1.3    -1.3     0.9 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation .............................     19.393     152.7     153.0      0.3      0.2     0.2     0.4     0.5 
   Private transportation ....................     18.452     149.9     150.2      0.5      0.2     0.2     0.5     0.4 
    New and used motor vehicles (2)...........     10.145      99.1      99.1     -1.9      0.0    -0.1     0.3     0.2 
     New vehicles ............................      4.897     139.8     139.1     -1.6     -0.5    -0.1     0.0     0.0 
     Used cars and trucks ....................      4.099     153.6     154.2     -3.0      0.4     0.1     0.6     0.4 
    Motor fuel ...............................      3.153     121.2     121.8     -0.2      0.5     0.5     1.2     0.8 
     Gasoline (all types) ....................      3.120     120.6     121.3      0.0      0.6     0.5     1.1     0.8 
    Motor vehicle parts and equipment (1).....       .530     106.7     107.0      2.8      0.3    -0.1     0.8     0.3 
    Motor vehicle maintenance and repair .....      1.438     191.4     192.5      3.7      0.6     0.1    -0.1     0.7 
   Public transportation .....................       .941     204.7     204.5     -1.5     -0.1    -0.1    -1.8     0.7 
                                                                                                                        
  Medical care ...............................      4.620     285.6     286.3      4.7      0.2     0.1     0.8     0.2 
   Medical care commodities ..................      1.006     252.3     252.3      3.4      0.0     0.1     0.5     0.1 
   Medical care services .....................      3.614     293.5     294.5      5.1      0.3     0.1     0.9     0.2 
    Professional services (3).................      2.245     257.2     256.9      2.8     -0.1     0.1     0.8     0.0 
    Hospital and related services (3).........      1.092     363.2     367.1      8.9      1.1     0.4     0.5     0.8 
                                                                                                                        
  Recreation (2)..............................      5.649     104.6     104.7      0.8      0.1    -0.3     0.1     0.0 
   Video and audio (2)........................      1.803     101.8     101.6      0.6     -0.2     0.1    -0.5    -0.3 
                                                                                                                        
  Education and communication (2).............      5.637     107.4     108.6      2.6      1.1     0.3     0.7     0.7 
   Education (2)..............................      2.382     124.8     126.9      6.1      1.7     0.9     0.5     0.7 
    Educational books and supplies ...........       .203     319.1     320.4      6.0      0.4     0.6     0.7     0.3 
    Tuition, other school fees, and childcare       2.178     351.4     357.7      6.0      1.8     0.9     0.4     0.8 
   Communication (1) (2)......................      3.255      93.9      94.6     -0.1      0.7    -0.2     0.9     0.7 
    Information and information processing (1)                                                                          
        (2)...................................      3.107      92.7      93.4     -0.6      0.8    -0.1     0.3     0.8 
     Telephone services (1) (2)...............      2.591      99.7     100.8      1.0      1.1    -0.1     0.4     1.1 
     Information and information processing                                                                             
         other than telephone services (1) (5)       .516      19.1      18.9    -12.1     -1.0    -0.5     0.0    -1.0 
      Personal computers and peripheral                                                                                 
          equipment (1) (2)...................       .253      22.1      21.7    -20.8     -1.8    -1.8    -0.9    -1.8 
                                                                                                                        
  Other goods and services ...................      4.499     303.5     306.0      5.5      0.8     1.5     0.0     0.8 
   Tobacco and smoking products (1)...........      1.441     468.8     480.7     12.9      2.5     4.1     0.0     2.5 
   Personal care (1)..........................      3.059     174.4     174.3      2.0     -0.1     0.2     0.0    -0.1 
    Personal care products (1)................       .815     155.3     155.1     -0.3     -0.1     0.5    -0.6    -0.1 
    Personal care services (1)................       .900     189.4     189.8      2.1      0.2    -0.1     0.2     0.2 
    Miscellaneous personal services ..........      1.161     274.7     275.2      3.9      0.2     0.4     0.2     0.1 
                                                                                                                        
          Commodity and service group                                                                                   
                                                                                                                        
 Commodities .................................     45.559     150.1     150.4     -0.1      0.2     0.1     0.1     0.2 
  Food and beverages .........................     17.229     176.0     175.9      1.2     -0.1     0.1     0.1    -0.1 
  Commodities less food and beverages ........     28.330     135.2     135.6     -0.9      0.3     0.0     0.1     0.4 
   Nondurables less food and beverages .......     14.685     146.5     147.7      0.8      0.8    -0.7     0.7     1.6 
    Apparel ..................................      4.831     118.0     119.6     -1.6      1.4    -0.9    -1.0     1.1 
    Nondurables less food, beverages, and                                                                               
        apparel ..............................      9.854     167.6     168.5      2.2      0.5    -0.7     1.5     1.6 
   Durables ..................................     13.645     121.5     121.3     -2.4     -0.2    -0.2     0.0     0.0 
 Services ....................................     54.441     206.6     207.3      3.0      0.3     0.2     0.2     0.3 
  Rent of shelter (4).........................     28.898     194.8     195.5      3.6      0.4     0.1     0.3     0.2 
  Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2)....       .314     108.7     109.7      2.7      0.9     0.3     0.7     0.9 
  Gas (piped) and electricity (3).............      3.778     137.5     137.4     -5.4     -0.1     0.1    -0.4     0.4 
  Water and sewer and trash collection                                                                                  
      services (2)............................       .873     113.1     113.5      3.0      0.4     0.2     0.2     0.3 
  Household operations (1) (2)................       .357     119.7     120.0      2.4      0.3     0.4     0.1     0.3 
  Transportation services ....................      6.573     208.0     208.6      4.4      0.3     0.1     0.3     0.5 
  Medical care services ......................      3.614     293.5     294.5      5.1      0.3     0.1     0.9     0.2 
  Other services .............................     10.033     241.6     243.4      3.5      0.7     0.3     0.5     0.5 
                                                                                                                        
                Special indexes                                                                                         
                                                                                                                        
 All items less food .........................     83.772     176.1     176.7      1.7      0.3     0.1     0.2     0.4 
 All items less shelter ......................     70.788     168.4     168.9      0.8      0.3     0.1     0.2     0.4 
 All items less medical care .................     95.380     171.3     171.8      1.5      0.3     0.1     0.2     0.3 
 Commodities less food .......................     29.331     136.9     137.4     -0.8      0.4     0.1     0.0     0.4 
 Nondurables less food .......................     15.687     148.7     149.8      0.9      0.7    -0.7     0.7     1.3 
 Nondurables less food and apparel ...........     10.855     168.3     169.2      2.3      0.5    -0.7     1.4     1.6 
 Nondurables .................................     31.915     161.6     162.2      1.1      0.4    -0.2     0.2     0.7 
 Services less rent of shelter (4)............     25.543     194.1     194.9      2.5      0.4     0.3     0.4     0.5 
 Services less medical care services .........     50.827     199.6     200.3      2.9      0.4     0.1     0.3     0.4 
 Energy ......................................      7.109     124.7     125.0     -2.8      0.2     0.2     0.4     0.7 
 All items less energy .......................     92.891     183.3     183.8      2.1      0.3     0.1     0.2     0.3 
  All items less food and energy .............     76.663     185.4     186.0      2.3      0.3     0.1     0.2     0.3 
   Commodities less food and energy                                                                                     
       commodities ...........................     26.001     143.2     143.7     -0.6      0.3    -0.1    -0.1     0.3 
    Energy commodities .......................      3.330     121.2     121.8     -0.2      0.5     0.5     1.2     0.8 
   Services less energy services .............     50.663     214.3     215.1      3.8      0.4     0.2     0.3     0.3 
 Purchasing power of the consumer dollar                                                                                
     (1982-84=$1.00) .........................          -    $ .568    $ .566        -        -       -       -       - 
 Purchasing power of the consumer dollar                                                                                
     (1967=$1.00) ............................          -    $ .191    $ .190        -        -       -       -       - 

   1 Not seasonally adjusted.
   2 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base.
   3 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator.  All other item stratum index series converted to a
 geometric means estimator in January, 1999.
   4 Indexes on a December 1984=100 base
   5 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base.
   - Data not available.
 NOTE:  Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

 Table 5. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Seasonally adjusted U.S. city
 average, by expenditure category and commodity and service group

 (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                                 Seasonally adjusted indexes    Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent 
                                                                                               change for               
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                     CPI-W                                                           3 months ended--         6 months  
                                                                                                              ended--   
                                                 May     June    July    Aug.                                           
                                                 2002    2002    2002    2002                                           
                                                                                Nov.   Feb.    May   Aug.   Feb.   Aug. 
                                                                                2001   2002   2002   2002   2002   2002 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                        
             Expenditure category                                                                                       
                                                                                                                        
 All items ...................................  175.5   175.7   176.0   176.5    0.0    0.7    3.5    2.3    0.3    2.9 
                                                                                                                        
  Food and beverages .........................  175.7   175.8   176.0   175.9    2.1    2.3    0.0    0.5    2.2    0.2 
   Food ......................................  175.1   175.2   175.5   175.3    2.1    2.1   -0.2    0.5    2.1    0.1 
    Food at home .............................  174.4   174.2   174.4   174.0    1.9    2.1   -1.4   -0.9    2.0   -1.1 
     Cereals and bakery products .............  198.0   197.8   198.0   197.5    2.3    3.7    1.0   -1.0    3.0    0.0 
     Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ..........  162.6   162.0   162.3   161.7    1.0   -0.7    2.0   -2.2    0.1   -0.1 
     Dairy and related products (1)...........  168.7   167.8   167.4   167.0    5.6   -2.8   -3.0   -4.0    1.3   -3.5 
     Fruits and vegetables ...................  217.3   217.5   218.6   219.2    2.9   21.7   -9.8    3.5   11.9   -3.4 
     Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage                                                                                
         materials ...........................  137.5   137.0   137.9   137.0   -0.3   -4.0   -1.2   -1.4   -2.1   -1.3 
     Other food at home ......................  159.5   160.4   160.0   159.5    1.3   -1.0   -1.5    0.0    0.1   -0.7 
      Sugar and sweets .......................  157.3   158.8   159.7   159.4    1.0    4.2   -1.5    5.4    2.6    1.9 
      Fats and oils ..........................  155.5   154.8   154.4   153.6   -4.7    2.6   -3.0   -4.8   -1.1   -3.9 
      Other foods ............................  176.5   177.7   176.9   176.4    2.7   -2.9   -1.1   -0.2   -0.1   -0.7 
       Other miscellaneous foods (1) (2)......  109.5   109.6   110.8   109.9    4.1   -8.0    3.7    1.5   -2.2    2.6 
    Food away from home (1)...................  177.5   178.0   178.4   178.7    2.5    2.5    1.4    2.7    2.5    2.0 
     Other food away from home (1) (2)........  117.7   118.1   118.2   118.5    5.0    0.7    6.0    2.7    2.8    4.4 
   Alcoholic beverages .......................  183.1   183.2   183.4   183.8    2.5    2.5    2.7    1.5    2.5    2.1 
                                                                                                                        
  Housing ....................................  175.4   175.5   175.8   176.2    0.9    2.3    2.8    1.8    1.6    2.3 
   Shelter ...................................  201.3   201.6   202.0   202.5    3.9    4.7    3.0    2.4    4.3    2.7 
    Rent of primary residence (3).............  198.3   198.9   199.4   199.8    4.6    4.2    3.1    3.1    4.4    3.1 
    Lodging away from home (2) (3)............  119.9   117.2   116.5   118.4   -8.7    9.5    0.3   -4.9    0.0   -2.3 
    Owners' equivalent rent of primary                                                                                  
        residence (3) (4).....................  194.4   194.9   195.4   195.7    4.7    4.5    3.1    2.7    4.6    2.9 
    Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2)..  107.6   107.9   108.7   109.7    1.1   -1.1    3.0    8.0    0.0    5.5 
   Fuels and utilities .......................  142.6   142.8   142.4   143.0  -13.5   -7.8    4.3    1.1  -10.7    2.7 
    Fuels ....................................  126.0   126.1   125.6   126.2  -16.8  -10.2    4.9    0.6  -13.5    2.7 
     Fuel oil and other fuels ................  113.4   113.8   114.6   116.4  -21.9  -32.8   21.1   11.0  -27.5   15.9 
     Gas (piped) and electricity (3)..........  133.3   133.4   132.9   133.4  -16.4   -8.6    4.0    0.3  -12.6    2.1 
    Water and sewer and trash collection                                                                                
        services (2)..........................  112.7   112.9   113.1   113.4    2.9    3.7    2.9    2.5    3.3    2.7 
   Household furnishings and operations ......  124.9   124.6   124.6   124.2    0.3   -2.5   -0.3   -2.2   -1.1   -1.3 
    Household operations (1) (2)..............  119.1   119.6   119.7   120.0    2.1    3.8    0.7    3.1    2.9    1.9 
                                                                                                                        
  Apparel ....................................  123.8   122.7   121.5   122.8    0.6   -4.7    1.0   -3.2   -2.1   -1.1 
   Men's and boys' apparel ...................  122.2   121.1   121.3   120.7    2.3   -5.3   -2.9   -4.8   -1.6   -3.9 
   Women's and girls' apparel ................  115.0   114.0   112.4   115.0   -1.4    0.3   -0.7    0.0   -0.5   -0.3 
   Infants' and toddlers' apparel (1).........  129.9   127.5   125.3   126.8   20.1  -16.4    4.8   -9.2    0.2   -2.5 
   Footwear ..................................  122.9   121.3   119.7   120.8   -2.6   -4.8    6.8   -6.7   -3.7   -0.2 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation .............................  151.5   151.8   152.4   153.1   -8.9   -3.7   11.0    4.3   -6.3    7.6 
   Private transportation ....................  148.6   148.9   149.7   150.3   -9.0   -3.8   11.2    4.7   -6.4    7.9 
    New and used motor vehicles (2)...........   99.2    99.1    99.4    99.6   -0.4   -4.7   -3.9    1.6   -2.5   -1.2 
     New vehicles ............................  140.6   140.4   140.4   140.4    3.1   -5.7   -2.8   -0.6   -1.4   -1.7 
     Used cars and trucks ....................  152.8   153.0   153.9   154.5   -4.9   -5.0   -6.3    4.5   -5.0   -1.0 
    Motor fuel ...............................  117.1   117.7   119.1   120.1  -42.8  -12.7   80.0   10.6  -29.4   41.1 
     Gasoline (all types) ....................  116.6   117.2   118.5   119.5  -42.4  -12.8   80.5   10.3  -29.1   41.1 
    Motor vehicle parts and equipment (1).....  106.0   105.9   106.7   107.0    3.5    1.1    2.7    3.8    2.3    3.3 
    Motor vehicle maintenance and repair .....  191.6   191.7   191.6   192.9    3.5    3.9    4.9    2.7    3.7    3.8 
   Public transportation .....................  205.9   205.7   202.0   203.5   -7.5    0.6    6.0   -4.6   -3.5    0.6 
                                                                                                                        
  Medical care ...............................  282.9   283.2   285.4   286.0    4.9    4.1    5.4    4.5    4.5    4.9 
   Medical care commodities ..................  250.3   250.5   251.8   252.1    4.2    4.1    2.4    2.9    4.1    2.7 
   Medical care services .....................  290.6   291.0   293.5   294.2    5.1    4.2    6.1    5.0    4.6    5.6 
    Professional services (3).................  254.5   254.8   256.9   256.9    3.2    1.9    2.4    3.8    2.6    3.1 
    Hospital and related services (3).........  360.1   361.7   363.5   366.4    8.3    8.4   12.1    7.2    8.4    9.6 
                                                                                                                        
  Recreation (2)..............................  104.7   104.4   104.5   104.5    1.6    1.2    1.2   -0.8    1.4    0.2 
   Video and audio (1) (2)....................  102.1   102.2   101.7   101.4    0.8    3.6    0.8   -2.7    2.2   -1.0 
                                                                                                                        
  Education and communication (2).............  106.9   107.2   107.9   108.7    2.3    2.3   -0.7    6.9    2.3    3.0 
   Education (2)..............................  124.5   125.6   126.2   127.1    5.8    5.0    5.0    8.6    5.4    6.8 
    Educational books and supplies ...........  317.5   319.5   321.7   322.6    8.8    1.2    7.5    6.6    4.9    7.0 
    Tuition, other school fees, and childcare   350.5   353.8   355.3   358.0    5.4    5.5    4.5    8.8    5.5    6.6 
   Communication (1) (2)......................   93.3    93.1    93.9    94.6   -0.8    0.0   -5.0    5.7   -0.4    0.2 
    Information and information processing (1)                                                                          
        (2)...................................   92.5    92.4    92.7    93.4   -0.8   -0.4   -5.0    3.9   -0.6   -0.6 
     Telephone services (1) (2)...............   99.4    99.3    99.7   100.8   -0.4    3.2   -4.3    5.8    1.4    0.6 
     Information and information processing                                                                             
         other than telephone services (1) (5)   19.2    19.1    19.1    18.9  -12.4  -19.5   -9.8   -6.1  -16.0   -8.0 
      Personal computers and peripheral                                                                                 
          equipment (1) (2)...................   22.7    22.3    22.1    21.7  -25.0  -27.9  -12.9  -16.5  -26.4  -14.7 
                                                                                                                        
  Other goods and services ...................  299.1   303.5   303.5   306.0   10.5    1.4    1.1    9.6    5.8    5.2 
   Tobacco and smoking products (1)...........  450.1   468.7   468.8   480.7   23.1    2.2   -0.5   30.1   12.1   13.8 
   Personal care (1)..........................  174.0   174.4   174.4   174.3    3.3    2.1    1.9    0.7    2.7    1.3 
    Personal care products (1)................  155.4   156.2   155.3   155.1    1.6    0.5   -2.3   -0.8    1.0   -1.5 
    Personal care services (1)................  189.1   189.0   189.4   189.8    3.3   -0.6    4.3    1.5    1.3    2.9 
    Miscellaneous personal services ..........  273.3   274.4   275.0   275.2    4.5    4.7    3.6    2.8    4.6    3.2 
                                                                                                                        
          Commodity and service group                                                                                   
                                                                                                                        
 Commodities .................................  150.3   150.4   150.5   150.8   -2.6   -2.6    3.8    1.3   -2.6    2.6 
  Food and beverages .........................  175.7   175.8   176.0   175.9    2.1    2.3    0.0    0.5    2.2    0.2 
  Commodities less food and beverages ........  135.6   135.6   135.7   136.3   -6.0   -5.2    6.1    2.1   -5.6    4.1 
   Nondurables less food and beverages .......  147.0   145.9   146.9   149.2   -9.6   -5.7   14.5    6.1   -7.7   10.2 
    Apparel ..................................  123.8   122.7   121.5   122.8    0.6   -4.7    1.0   -3.2   -2.1   -1.1 
    Nondurables less food, beverages, and                                                                               
        apparel ..............................  165.1   163.9   166.3   169.0  -13.5   -5.9   22.3    9.8   -9.8   15.9 
   Durables ..................................  122.0   121.8   121.8   121.8   -1.0   -5.4   -2.6   -0.7   -3.2   -1.6 
 Services ....................................  205.1   205.5   206.0   206.7    2.4    3.2    3.4    3.2    2.8    3.3 
  Rent of shelter (4).........................  193.9   194.1   194.7   195.1    3.9    4.9    2.9    2.5    4.4    2.7 
  Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2)....  107.6   107.9   108.7   109.7    1.1   -1.1    3.0    8.0    0.0    5.5 
  Gas (piped) and electricity (3).............  133.3   133.4   132.9   133.4  -16.4   -8.6    4.0    0.3  -12.6    2.1 
  Water and sewer and trash collection                                                                                  
      services (2)............................  112.7   112.9   113.1   113.4    2.9    3.7    2.9    2.5    3.3    2.7 
  Household operations (1) (2)................  119.1   119.6   119.7   120.0    2.1    3.8    0.7    3.1    2.9    1.9 
  Transportation services ....................  207.1   207.4   208.0   209.0    3.9    4.6    5.4    3.7    4.2    4.6 
  Medical care services ......................  290.6   291.0   293.5   294.2    5.1    4.2    6.1    5.0    4.6    5.6 
  Other services .............................  240.0   240.8   242.0   243.3    3.3    3.2    2.0    5.6    3.3    3.8 
                                                                                                                        
                Special indexes                                                                                         
                                                                                                                        
 All items less food .........................  175.4   175.6   175.9   176.6   -0.5    0.5    4.2    2.8    0.0    3.5 
 All items less shelter ......................  168.0   168.1   168.4   169.0   -1.7   -1.0    3.9    2.4   -1.3    3.1 
 All items less medical care .................  170.7   170.9   171.2   171.7   -0.2    0.5    3.3    2.4    0.1    2.9 
 Commodities less food .......................  137.3   137.4   137.4   138.0   -5.6   -5.1    6.0    2.1   -5.4    4.0 
 Nondurables less food .......................  149.2   148.2   149.3   151.2   -9.3   -5.1   14.0    5.5   -7.2    9.6 
 Nondurables less food and apparel ...........  165.8   164.7   167.0   169.7  -12.2   -5.6   20.0    9.7   -8.9   14.8 
 Nondurables .................................  161.8   161.5   161.9   163.0   -3.7   -1.7    7.0    3.0   -2.7    5.0 
 Services less rent of shelter (4)............  192.0   192.6   193.4   194.4    0.6    0.8    4.1    5.1    0.7    4.6 
 Services less medical care services .........  198.3   198.5   199.0   199.7    2.1    2.7    3.7    2.9    2.4    3.3 
 Energy ......................................  120.9   121.2   121.7   122.5  -30.1  -11.0   35.3    5.4  -21.1   19.4 
 All items less energy .......................  183.1   183.3   183.6   184.1    2.9    1.8    1.3    2.2    2.3    1.8 
  All items less food and energy .............  185.2   185.4   185.7   186.3    3.3    1.5    1.7    2.4    2.4    2.1 
   Commodities less food and energy                                                                                     
       commodities ...........................  144.4   144.3   144.1   144.6    2.2   -3.5   -1.6    0.6   -0.7   -0.6 
    Energy commodities .......................  117.4   118.0   119.4   120.4  -41.6  -13.6   76.2   10.6  -29.0   39.6 
   Services less energy services .............  213.1   213.5   214.2   214.9    3.9    4.3    3.3    3.4    4.1    3.3 

   1 Not seasonally adjusted.
   2 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base.
   3 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator.  All other item stratum index series converted to a
 geometric means estimator in January, 1999.
   4 Indexes on a December 1984=100 base
   5 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base.
 NOTE:  Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

 Table 6. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Selected areas, all items index 

 (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                All items                                  
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
                                               Prici-           Indexes             Percent change to    Percent change to 
                     CPI-W                       ng                                  Aug.2002 from--      July2002 from--  
                                               sched-                                                                      
                                                 ule    May   June   July   Aug.                                           
                                                 (1)   2002   2002   2002   2002   Aug.   June   July   July    May   June 
                                                                                   2001   2002   2002   2001   2002   2002 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                           
 U.S. city average ...........................   M    175.8  175.9  176.1  176.6    1.6    0.4    0.3    1.3    0.2    0.1 
                                                                                                                           
            Region and area size(2)                                                                                        
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
 Northeast urban .............................   M    184.1  184.2  184.7  185.7    2.2    0.8    0.5    1.6    0.3    0.3 
   Size A -  More than 1,500,000 .............   M    184.3  184.6  185.2  186.4    2.3    1.0    0.6    1.7    0.5    0.3 
   Size B/C  50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)..........   M    111.7  111.4  111.7  112.0    2.0    0.5    0.3    1.5    0.0    0.3 
                                                                                                                           
 Midwest urban ...............................   M    170.3  170.7  170.8  171.3    1.4    0.4    0.3    1.4    0.3    0.1 
   Size A   - More than 1,500,000 ............   M    172.0  172.3  172.1  172.8    1.8    0.3    0.4    1.7    0.1   -0.1 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3).........   M    110.3  110.7  110.9  111.0    0.8    0.3    0.1    1.0    0.5    0.2 
   Size D -  Nonmetropolitan  (less than                                                                                   
       50,000) ...............................   M    166.1  166.7  167.3  167.6    1.6    0.5    0.2    1.9    0.7    0.4 
                                                                                                                           
 South urban .................................   M    170.8  171.1  171.1  171.3    1.1    0.1    0.1    0.8    0.2    0.0 
   Size A -  More than 1,500,000 .............   M    171.9  172.3  172.2  172.7    1.7    0.2    0.3    1.1    0.2   -0.1 
   Size B/C -  50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........   M    110.1  110.2  110.2  110.2    0.8    0.0    0.0    0.6    0.1    0.0 
   Size D -  Nonmetropolitan  (less than                                                                                   
       50,000) ...............................   M    171.1  171.8  172.1  172.8    1.2    0.6    0.4    0.8    0.6    0.2 
                                                                                                                           
 West urban ..................................   M    180.0  179.7  179.8  180.3    1.9    0.3    0.3    1.5   -0.1    0.1 
   Size A   - More than 1,500,000 ............   M    181.0  180.7  180.8  181.3    2.2    0.3    0.3    1.7   -0.1    0.1 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3).........   M    112.3  112.0  112.2  112.5    1.5    0.4    0.3    1.1   -0.1    0.2 
                                                                                                                           
                 Size classes                                                                                              
                                                                                                                           
   A (4)......................................   M    162.5  162.6  162.7  163.4    2.1    0.5    0.4    1.6    0.1    0.1 
   B/C (3)....................................   M    110.7  110.7  110.9  111.0    1.1    0.3    0.1    0.9    0.2    0.2 
   D .........................................   M    171.1  171.7  172.0  172.5    1.5    0.5    0.3    1.3    0.5    0.2 
                                                                                                                           
            Selected local areas(5)                                                                                        
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI ..............   M    175.3  175.9  175.1  175.5    2.0   -0.2    0.2    2.0   -0.1   -0.5 
 Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA .....   M    175.4  174.7  175.0  175.6    2.6    0.5    0.3    2.2   -0.2    0.2 
 New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island,                                                                                       
     NY-NJ-CT-PA .............................   M    186.4  186.5  187.1  188.1    2.5    0.9    0.5    2.0    0.4    0.3 
                                                                                                                           
 Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT .........   1    193.3      -  194.1      -      -      -      -    1.5    0.4      - 
 Cleveland-Akron, OH .........................   1    164.0      -  164.5      -      -      -      -   -0.2    0.3      - 
 Dallas-Fort Worth, TX .......................   1    172.5      -  172.6      -      -      -      -    0.6    0.1      - 
 Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV (6)........   1    112.4      -  113.1      -      -      -      -    2.3    0.6      - 
                                                                                                                           
 Atlanta, GA .................................   2        -  176.5      -  176.8    1.5    0.2      -      -      -      - 
 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI .................   2        -  173.2      -  175.0    3.3    1.0      -      -      -      - 
 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX ..............   2        -  156.7      -  158.0    0.6    0.8      -      -      -      - 
 Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL ...................   2        -  172.0      -  172.8    1.1    0.5      -      -      -      - 
 Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,                                                                                    
     PA-NJ-DE-MD .............................   2        -  184.7      -  186.7    2.5    1.1      -      -      -      - 
 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA ..........   2        -  189.1      -  189.3    1.4    0.1      -      -      -      - 
 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA ................   2        -  184.1      -  184.8    1.8    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 7. Chained Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (C-CPI-U): U.S. city average, by
 expenditure category and commodity and service group

 (December 1999=100, unless otherwise noted)
                                                                                                  
                                                                                                  
                                                                                    Unadjusted    
                                                 Relative       Unadjusted      percent change to 
                                               importance,       indexes         Aug. 2002 from-  
                    C-CPI-U                     December                                          
                                                1999-2000                                         
                                                              July      Aug.      Aug.      July  
                                                              2002      2002      2001      2002  
                                                                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                  
             Expenditure category                                                                 
                                                                                                  
 All items ...................................    100.000     105.5     105.8       1.3       0.3 
  Food and beverages .........................     15.451     106.1     106.0       1.3      -0.1 
   Food ......................................     14.432     106.0     106.0       1.3       0.0 
    Food at home .............................      8.335     105.2     105.0       0.5      -0.2 
    Food away from home ......................      6.096     107.1     107.3       2.4       0.2 
   Alcoholic beverages .......................      1.019     106.3     106.5       2.2       0.2 
  Housing ....................................     40.040     109.2     109.5       2.0       0.3 
   Shelter ...................................     30.643     110.5     111.0       3.4       0.5 
   Fuels and utilities .......................      4.376     113.5     113.5      -3.8       0.0 
   Household furnishings and operations ......      5.020      98.7      98.2      -1.3      -0.5 
  Apparel ....................................      4.819      90.4      91.7      -2.2       1.4 
  Transportation .............................     17.770     102.8     102.9       0.3       0.1 
   Private transportation ....................     16.520     102.7     102.9       0.5       0.2 
   Public transportation .....................      1.250     103.9     103.8      -1.9      -0.1 
  Medical care ...............................      5.563     112.3     112.6       4.5       0.3 
   Medical care commodities ..................      1.330     109.5     109.6       3.4       0.1 
   Medical care services .....................      4.233     113.2     113.5       4.9       0.3 
  Recreation .................................      6.124     102.2     102.2       0.2       0.0 
  Education and communication ................      6.068      96.4      97.4       0.2       1.0 
   Education .................................      2.546     114.0     116.1       6.3       1.8 
   Communication .............................      3.522      85.2      85.6      -3.8       0.5 
  Other goods and services ...................      4.164     110.5     110.9       3.7       0.4 
                                                                                                  
          Commodity and service group                                                             
                                                                                                  
 Services ....................................     57.098     110.0     110.4       2.8       0.4 
 Commodities .................................     42.902      99.9     100.1      -0.6       0.2 
  Durables ...................................     12.953      92.3      92.0      -3.4      -0.3 
 Nondurables .................................     29.949     103.4     103.8       0.6       0.4 
  All items less food and energy .............     78.851     105.0     105.3       1.7       0.3 
 Energy ......................................      6.717     111.1     111.4      -3.0       0.3 

 NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.
 Indexes for 2002 are initial estimates.  Indexes for 2001 are interim adjustments.