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                    CONSUMER PRICE INDEX:  OCTOBER 2006
 
      The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) decreased
 0.5 percent in October, before seasonal adjustment, the Bureau of Labor
 Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today.  The October
 level of 201.8 (1982-84=100) was 1.3 percent higher than in October 2005.
      
      The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers
 (CPI-W) decreased 0.7 percent in October, prior to seasonal adjustment.
 The October level of 197.0 (1982-84=100) was 0.9 percent higher than in
 October 2005.
      
      The Chained Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (C-CPI-U)
 decreased 0.3 percent in October on a not seasonally adjusted basis.  The
 October level of 117.2 (December 1999=100) was 1.6 percent higher than in
 October 2005.  Please note that the indexes for the post-2004 period are
 subject to revision.
 
 CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U)
      
      On a seasonally adjusted basis, the CPI-U declined 0.5 percent in
 October, the same as in September.  Energy prices, which declined 7.2
 percent in September, fell 7.0 percent in October.  Within energy, the
 index for petroleum-based energy decreased 10.7 percent and the index for
 energy services declined 2.5 percent.  The food index increased 0.3
 percent in October.  The index for all items less food and energy rose
 0.1 percent in October, following increases of 0.2 percent in each of the
 three preceding months.  Declines in the indexes for apparel and for
 lodging while away from home were largely responsible for the smaller
 advance in October.
 
     
 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                      2006                3-mos. ended   ended
                     Apr.  May June July Aug. Sep. Oct.   Oct.'06    Oct.'06
 All Items            .6    .4   .2   .4   .2  -.5  -.5    -2.9       1.3
  Food and beverages  .0    .2   .3   .2   .3   .4   .3     3.5       2.6
  Housing             .1    .3   .2   .3   .2   .3   .0     2.2       3.0
  Apparel             .6    .2   .0 -1.2   .9   .6  -.7     3.4        .5      
  Transportation     2.4   1.5  -.2  1.6   .2 -4.1 -3.1   -24.9      -5.0
  Medical care        .4    .3   .3   .2   .4   .3   .3     4.2       4.0
  Recreation          .3    .2   .1   .3  -.1   .0   .0     -.4       1.2
  Education and                                                         
    communication     .3    .0   .3   .3   .3   .1   .2     2.4       3.0
  Other goods and                                                     
    services          .0    .1   .6  -.2   .3   .5   .3     4.4       2.9
 Special Indexes                                                       
   Energy            3.9   2.4  -.9  2.9   .3 -7.2 -7.0   -43.8     -11.3
   Food               .0    .1   .3   .2   .4   .3   .3     4.0       2.6
   All Items less                                                       
     food and energy  .3    .3   .3   .2   .2   .2   .1     2.3       2.7
       
 Effective with release of the January 2007 CPI, BLS will publish index 
 levels to three decimal places.  Percent changes based on these indexes
 will continue to be published to one decimal place.  See the announcement
 below for more details.      

      During the first ten months of 2006, the CPI-U rose at a 2.4 percent
 seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR).  This compares with an increase of
 3.4 percent for all of 2005.   The index for energy, which increased 17.1
 percent in 2005, decreased at a 1.5 percent SAAR in the first ten months
 of 2006.  Petroleum-based energy costs were unchanged on average, while
 charges for energy services fell at a 3.1 percent annual rate.  The food
 index has increased at a 2.7 percent rate thus far in 2006, following a
 2.3 percent rise for all of 2005.  Excluding food and energy, the CPI-U
 advanced at a 2.8 percent SAAR in the first ten months of 2006 after
 increasing 2.2 percent in 2005.
 
      The food and beverages index increased 0.3 percent in October.  The
 index for food at home rose 0.3 percent in October, following a 0.5
 percent increase in September.  The index for fruits and vegetables, which
 increased 3.0 percent in September, was virtually unchanged in October.  A
 0.8 percent increase in the index for fresh vegetables was offset by
 declines in the indexes for fresh fruits and for processed fruits and
 vegetables--down 0.7, and 0.2 percent, respectively.  The index for meats,
 poultry, fish, and eggs increased 0.2 percent in October.  Beef prices
 increased 0.6 percent and the index for pork rose 0.3 percent.  These
 increases were partially offset by declines in the indexes for poultry and
 for eggs.  The index for dairy products rose 0.7 percent, reflecting a 1.3
 percent increase in the index for milk.  Despite the advance in October,
 milk prices are 1.0 percent lower than in October 2005.  The indexes for
 cereal and bakery products and for nonalcoholic beverages each rose 0.3
 percent, and the index for other food at home increased 0.2 percent.  The
 other two components of the food and beverages index--food away from home
 and alcoholic beverages--increased 0.3 and 0.2 percent, respectively.
      
      The index for housing was virtually unchanged in October.  A decline
 in the index for fuels and utilities offset an increase in shelter costs;
 the index for household furnishings and operations was unchanged.  The
 index for fuels and utilities registered its first decline in four months-
 -down 2.2 percent.  Each of the three major household fuels contributed to
 the decline.  The index for natural gas decreased 7.7 percent in October
 and is 24.0 percent lower than a year ago.  The index for fuel oil
 declined 6.1 percent in October and is 7.6 percent lower than in October
 2005.  The index for electricity decreased 0.2 percent, but charges for
 electricity are 10.4 percent higher than a year earlier.  The index for
 shelter rose 0.3 percent, the same as in September.  Within shelter, the
 indexes for rent and owners' equivalent rent each increased 0.4 percent,
 while the index for lodging away from home declined 0.5 percent.  (Prior
 to seasonal adjustment, the index for lodging away from home increased 0.5
 percent.)
      
      The transportation index declined 3.1 percent in October, reflecting
 price decreases for gasoline, for new and used motor vehicles, and for
 airline fares.  The index for gasoline declined 11.1 percent, accounting
 for about 95 percent of the decline in the overall transportation group.
 The index for new vehicles declined 0.1 percent in October.  (As of
 October, about 42 percent of the new vehicle sample consisted of 2007
 models.  The 2007 models will continue to be phased in, with appropriate
 adjustments for quality change, over the next several months as they
 replace old models at dealerships. For a report on quality changes for the
 2007 vehicles represented in the Producer Price Index sample, see news
 release USDL-06-1973, dated November 14, 2006.)  New vehicle prices are
 0.2 percent lower than in October 2005.  The index for used cars and
 trucks decreased 1.2 percent in October and was 0.9 percent lower than in
 October 2005.  The index for public transportation declined 1.0 percent,
 reflecting a 1.4 percent drop in airline fares.  Airline fares have
 declined 5.5 percent in the last three months after advancing 12.6 percent
 in the first seven months of the year.
      
      The index for apparel, which rose 0.6 percent in September, decreased
 0.7 percent in October.   (Prior to seasonal adjustment, apparel prices
 rose 1.3 percent, reflecting the continued introduction of fall-winter
 wear.)  During the last 12 months, the index for apparel has increased 0.5
 percent, with increases in prices for women's and girls' clothing more
 than offsetting declines in prices for men's and boys' clothing and for
 footwear.
      
      Medical care costs rose 0.3 percent in October and were 4.0 percent
 higher than a year ago.  The index for medical care commodities--
 prescription drugs, nonprescription drugs, and medical supplies--was
 unchanged.  The index for medical care services rose 0.4 percent in
 October.  The indexes for professional services and for hospital and
 related services increased 0.3 and 0.4 percent, respectively.
      
      The index for recreation was unchanged in October.  A 0.6 percent
 decline in the index for video and audio products and services was largely
 offset by increases in the indexes for admissions, for sporting goods, and
 for recreational reading materials.
      
      The index for education and communication increased 0.2 percent in
 October.  Educational costs rose 0.6 percent, while the index for
 communication declined 0.2 percent.  Within the former group, the index
 for college textbooks rose 1.0 percent.  Within the communication group,
 the index for telephone services rose 0.7 percent, largely reflecting a
 2.2 percent increase in charges for long distance land-line telephone
 services.  This advance was more than offset by a 3.3 percent decline in
 the index for information technology, hardware, and services.  The index
 for internet services and electronic information providers declined 6.6
 percent.
      
      The index for other goods and services rose 0.3 percent in October.
 The index for miscellaneous personal services rose 0.5 percent, reflecting
 increases in the indexes for legal services and for financial services
 --each up 0.8 percent.
 
 CPI for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W)
 
      On a seasonally adjusted basis, the CPI for Urban Wage Earners and
 Clerical Workers declined 0.7 percent in October.
 

  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                      2006                3-mos. ended   ended
                     Apr.  May June July Aug. Sep. Oct.   Oct.'06    Oct.'06
 All Items            .6    .5   .2   .5   .4  -.7  -.7    -4.0        .9
  Food and beverages -.1    .2   .3   .2   .4   .3   .3     4.0       2.6
  Housing             .1    .3   .3   .3   .4   .3  -.1     2.2       2.8
  Apparel             .7    .1  -.2 -1.2  1.2   .8  -.7     5.2       1.0
  Transportation     2.6   1.5  -.2  1.8   .2 -4.4 -3.5   -27.1      -5.4
  Medical care        .4    .3   .2   .3   .4   .3   .3     4.2       4.0
  Recreation          .3    .2   .2   .2  -.2   .0   .1     -.4       1.0
  Education and                                                          
    communication     .3    .0   .2   .3   .4   .1   .2     2.8       2.7
  Other goods and                                                     
    services         -.1    .0   .6  -.1   .2   .3   .3     3.4       2.7
 Special Indexes                                                       
   Energy            4.2   2.5  -.9  3.1   .3 -7.5 -7.3   -45.3     -11.8
   Food              -.1    .1   .3   .2   .4   .4   .3     4.2       2.5
   All Items less                                                       
     food and energy  .2    .3   .3   .2   .3   .1   .1     2.4       2.6


     Consumer Price Index data for November are scheduled for release on
 Friday, December 15, 2006, at 8:30 A.M. (EST).
     
     
       
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 Consumer Price Index Levels to be Published to Three Decimal Places
      
      Effective with the release of the January 2007 Consumer Price Index
 (CPI), the Bureau of Labor Statistics will display CPI index values to
 three decimal places in all paper and electronic publications.  This
 change will apply to the All Items Consumer Price Index and all component
 indexes for the CPI-U, CPI-W, and C-CPI-U, for the U.S. City Average and
 for all other published areas.  In addition, percent changes will be
 computed based upon the three decimal place indexes rather than the
 current one decimal place indexes.  Percent changes will continue to be
 rounded to one decimal place.
      
      This change in procedure addresses a rounding issue that has resulted
 in published percent changes that are 0.1 percentage point higher or lower
 than the same percent changes based on unrounded index values (i.e.,
 indexes to three or more decimal places).  These differences can be
 particularly important when percent changes are very small.  Publishing
 the index values to three decimal places, and using these values to
 compute percent changes, will essentially eliminate the rounding
 differences.  This change will only affect the presentation of the index
 data. The index values will continue to be calculated from underlying
 price data in the same manner as in the past, and no systematic upward or
 downward effect on the data will be introduced.  The levels of future
 indexes will be affected only in that they will be published to three
 decimal places rather than one.  Official CPI data previously published
 will not be revised.
      
 For more information contact Patrick Jackman or Ken Stewart either by
 telephone at (202) 691-6952 and (202) 691-6966, respectively, or by
 electronic mail at Jackman.Patrick@bls.gov or Stewart.Ken@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.  Seasonally adjusted
 indexes and seasonal factors are computed annually.  Each year, the last 5
 years of seasonally adjusted data are revised.  Data from January 2001
 through December 2005 were replaced in January 2006.  Exceptions to the
 usual revision schedule were: the updated seasonal data at the end of 1977
 replaced data from 1967 through 1977; and, in January 2002, dependently
 seasonally adjusted series were revised for January 1987-December 2001 as
 a result of a change in the aggregation weights for dependently adjusted
 series. For further information, please see "Aggregation of Dependently
 Adjusted Seasonally Adjusted Series," in the October 2001 issue of the CPI
 Detailed Report.
   
   The seasonal movement of All items and 54 other aggregations is derived
 by combining the seasonal movement of 73 selected components.  Each year
 the seasonal status of every series is reevaluated based upon certain
 statistical criteria.  If any of the 73 components change their seasonal
 adjustment status from seasonally adjusted to not seasonally adjusted, not
 seasonally adjusted data will be used for the last 5 years, but the
 seasonally adjusted indexes will be used before that period.  Note: 43 of
 the 73 components are seasonally adjusted for 2006.
   
   Seasonally adjusted data, including the All items index levels, are
 subject to revision for up to five years after their original release.
 For this reason, BLS advises against the use of these data in escalation
 agreements.
   
        Effective with the calculation of the seasonal factors for 1990,
 the Bureau of Labor Statistics has used an enhanced seasonal adjustment
 procedure called Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment for some CPI
 series.  Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment allows for better
 estimates of seasonally adjusted data.  Extreme values and/or sharp
 movements which might distort the seasonal pattern are estimated and
 removed from the data prior to calculation of seasonal factors.  Beginning
 with the calculation of seasonal factors for 1996, X-12-ARIMA software was
 used for Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment.
   
        For the Fuel oil, Utility (piped) gas, Motor fuels, and Educational
 books and supplies indexes, this procedure was used to offset the effects
 that extreme price volatility would otherwise have had on the estimates of
 seasonally adjusted data for those series.   For the Nonalcoholic
 beverages index, the procedure was used to offset the effects of  sharp
 rises in the price of coffee futures.  The procedure was used to account
 for unusual butter fat supply reductions, changes in milk supply, and
 large swings in soybean oil inventories affecting the Fats and oils
 series.  For Dairy products, it mitigated the effects of significant
 changes in milk, butter and cheese production levels.  For Fresh vegetable
 series, the method was used to account for the effects of hurricane-
 related disruptions.  For Electricity, it was used to offset an increase
 in demand due to warmer than expected weather, increased rates to conserve
 supplies, and declining natural gas inventories.  For New vehicle series,
 the procedure was used to offset the effects of a model changeover
 combined with financing incentives.
   
        For additional information on seasonal adjustment in the CPI,
 please write to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Division of Consumer
 Prices and Price Indexes, Washington, DC 20212 or contact Daniel Chow on
 (202) 691-6968 by e-mail at Chow.Daniel@bls.gov.  If you have general
 questions about the CPI, please call our information staff at (202) 691-
 7000.

 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,                      Oct. 2006 from-    percent change from- 
                     CPI-U                       December                                                               
                                                   2005       Sep.      Oct.                                            
                                                              2006      2006     Oct.     Sep.   July to Aug. to Sep. to
                                                                                 2005     2006     Aug.    Sep.    Oct. 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                        
             Expenditure category                                                                                       
                                                                                                                        
 All items....................................    100.000     202.9     201.8      1.3     -0.5     0.2    -0.5    -0.5 
 All items (1967=100).........................          -     607.9     604.6        -        -       -       -       - 
                                                                                                                        
  Food and beverages..........................     15.051     196.7     197.5      2.6      0.4     0.3     0.4     0.3 
   Food.......................................     13.942     196.2     197.1      2.6      0.5     0.4     0.3     0.3 
    Food at home..............................      7.988     194.1     195.1      2.3      0.5     0.4     0.5     0.3 
     Cereals and bakery products..............      1.098     213.6     214.6      2.5      0.5     0.0     0.1     0.3 
     Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs...........      2.133     188.0     188.1      1.9      0.1     1.0     0.5     0.2 
     Dairy and related products...............       .852     179.9     182.0     -0.3      1.2    -0.8     0.0     0.7 
     Fruits and vegetables....................      1.219     258.2     261.6      6.5      1.3     1.0     3.0     0.0 
     Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage                                                                                
         materials............................       .910     147.5     148.3      1.9      0.5     0.8     0.2     0.3 
     Other food at home.......................      1.777     169.8     170.1      1.1      0.2    -0.2    -0.5     0.2 
      Sugar and sweets........................       .302     172.1     172.5      3.7      0.2     0.2    -0.6     0.5 
      Fats and oils...........................       .231     167.9     169.1      0.3      0.7     0.1    -0.2     0.5 
      Other foods (1).........................      1.244     185.0     185.2      0.7      0.1    -0.4    -0.6     0.1 
       Other miscellaneous foods (1) (2)......       .328     114.2     113.7      1.4     -0.4    -1.0     0.4    -0.4 
    Food away from home (1)...................      5.953     200.5     201.1      3.0      0.3     0.3     0.1     0.3 
     Other food away from home (2)............       .277     137.6     138.0      3.4      0.3     0.4     0.1     0.1 
   Alcoholic beverages (1)....................      1.109     201.4     201.9      2.6      0.2     0.0     0.1     0.2 
                                                                                                                        
  Housing.....................................     42.380     205.0     204.4      3.0     -0.3     0.2     0.3     0.0 
   Shelter....................................     32.260     233.9     234.8      4.0      0.4     0.2     0.3     0.3 
    Rent of primary residence (3).............      5.832     227.1     228.0      4.0      0.4     0.4     0.4     0.4 
    Lodging away from home (2)................      2.611     135.0     135.7      4.6      0.5    -0.4     0.7    -0.5 
    Owners' equivalent rent of primary                                                                                  
        residence (3) (4).....................     23.442     240.4     241.3      4.1      0.4     0.3     0.3     0.4 
    Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2)..       .375     116.4     116.2      0.3     -0.2    -0.2     0.2    -0.2 
   Fuels and utilities........................      5.371     199.6     190.1     -1.4     -4.8     0.3     0.7    -2.2 
    Fuels.....................................      4.494     182.0     171.5     -2.7     -5.8     0.3     0.7    -2.7 
     Fuel oil and other fuels.................       .339     237.1     227.9     -5.5     -3.9     1.7    -4.9    -5.0 
     Gas (piped) and electricity (3)..........      4.155     187.4     176.4     -2.4     -5.9     0.2     1.2    -2.5 
    Water and sewer and trash collection                                                                                
        services (2)..........................       .877     138.2     138.6      5.1      0.3     0.2     0.4     0.4 
   Household furnishings and operations.......      4.749     127.1     127.4      1.2      0.2     0.2     0.1     0.0 
    Household operations (1) (2)..............       .779     137.4     138.6      5.3      0.9     0.3     0.3     0.9 
                                                                                                                        
  Apparel.....................................      3.786     121.7     123.3      0.5      1.3     0.9     0.6    -0.7 
   Men's and boys' apparel....................       .915     114.4     116.4     -0.7      1.7     0.9     1.0    -1.0 
   Women's and girls' apparel.................      1.612     114.6     116.4      1.1      1.6     1.6     1.0    -1.2 
   Infants' and toddlers' apparel.............       .183     116.5     119.4      2.7      2.5    -0.2    -1.9     1.4 
   Footwear...................................       .759     124.2     125.6     -0.9      1.1    -0.1     0.0     0.5 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation..............................     17.415     180.6     174.8     -5.0     -3.2     0.2    -4.1    -3.1 
   Private transportation.....................     16.329     176.5     170.7     -5.4     -3.3     0.2    -4.3    -3.3 
    New and used motor vehicles (2)...........      7.858      95.3      95.2     -0.5     -0.1     0.0    -0.3    -0.3 
     New vehicles.............................      5.155     136.3     136.8     -0.2      0.4    -0.1    -0.1    -0.1 
     Used cars and trucks (1).................      1.799     141.0     139.3     -0.9     -1.2     0.2    -1.0    -1.2 
    Motor fuel................................      4.191     220.1     193.8    -18.3    -11.9     0.3   -13.4   -11.1 
     Gasoline (all types).....................      4.148     219.0     192.7    -18.3    -12.0     0.2   -13.5   -11.1 
    Motor vehicle parts and equipment (1).....       .362     118.7     118.9      5.2      0.2     0.3     0.4     0.2 
    Motor vehicle maintenance and repair......      1.131     217.0     218.5      4.1      0.7    -0.1     0.2     0.6 
   Public transportation......................      1.087     229.5     226.9      1.9     -1.1     0.3    -0.7    -1.0 
                                                                                                                        
  Medical care................................      6.220     338.3     339.3      4.0      0.3     0.4     0.3     0.3 
   Medical care commodities...................      1.457     288.1     288.1      3.3      0.0     0.3     0.2     0.0 
   Medical care services......................      4.764     352.7     354.0      4.2      0.4     0.4     0.4     0.4 
    Professional services.....................      2.815     290.6     291.4      2.6      0.3     0.3     0.3     0.3 
    Hospital and related services (3).........      1.576     472.0     474.2      6.9      0.5     0.8     0.3     0.4 
                                                                                                                        
  Recreation (2)..............................      5.637     111.1     111.2      1.2      0.1    -0.1     0.0     0.0 
   Video and audio (2)........................      1.783     104.5     104.1     -0.3     -0.4    -0.2    -0.1    -0.6 
                                                                                                                        
  Education and communication (2).............      6.047     118.4     118.5      3.0      0.1     0.3     0.1     0.2 
   Education (2)..............................      2.967     166.6     167.1      6.2      0.3     0.7     0.2     0.6 
    Educational books and supplies............       .196     393.9     398.4      6.6      1.1     1.2    -0.1     1.1 
    Tuition, other school fees, and childcare.      2.771     481.7     482.9      6.2      0.2     0.7     0.2     0.5 
   Communication (2)..........................      3.080      84.2      84.0     -0.2     -0.2     0.0    -0.1    -0.2 
    Information and information processing (1)                                                                          
        (2)...................................      2.895      81.7      81.5     -0.6     -0.2    -0.1    -0.1    -0.2 
     Telephone services (1) (2)...............      2.245      96.1      96.8      2.3      0.7     0.3     0.2     0.7 
     Information technology, hardware and                                                                               
         services (1) (5).....................       .650      12.3      11.9    -10.5     -3.3    -1.6    -1.6    -3.3 
      Personal computers and peripheral                                                                                 
          equipment (1) (2)...................       .236      10.5      10.4    -14.8     -1.0     0.0    -0.9    -1.0 
                                                                                                                        
  Other goods and services....................      3.463     323.3     324.3      2.9      0.3     0.3     0.5     0.3 
   Tobacco and smoking products (1)...........       .710     520.8     521.1      2.3      0.1    -0.1    -0.1     0.1 
   Personal care..............................      2.752     191.3     192.0      3.0      0.4     0.4     0.6     0.4 
    Personal care products (1)................       .710     156.4     156.6      1.0      0.1    -0.1     1.0     0.1 
    Personal care services (1)................       .675     210.7     211.7      3.4      0.5     0.3     0.3     0.5 
    Miscellaneous personal services...........      1.172     316.4     317.6      4.1      0.4     0.6     0.7     0.5 
                                                                                                                        
          Commodity and service group                                                                                   
                                                                                                                        
 Commodities..................................     40.790     164.4     162.5     -1.6     -1.2     0.2    -1.7    -1.4 
  Food and beverages..........................     15.051     196.7     197.5      2.6      0.4     0.3     0.4     0.3 
  Commodities less food and beverages.........     25.739     146.0     143.0     -4.0     -2.1     0.2    -2.9    -2.3 
   Nondurables less food and beverages........     14.163     177.7     171.2     -5.9     -3.7    -0.4    -5.8    -3.4 
    Apparel...................................      3.786     121.7     123.3      0.5      1.3     0.9     0.6    -0.7 
    Nondurables less food, beverages, and                                                                               
        apparel...............................     10.377     216.6     205.0     -8.0     -5.4     0.4    -6.9    -4.8 
   Durables...................................     11.576     113.8     113.8     -1.0      0.0     0.0    -0.5    -0.2 
 Services.....................................     59.210     241.1     240.9      3.4     -0.1     0.3     0.4     0.1 
  Rent of shelter (4).........................     31.884     243.8     244.7      4.1      0.4     0.2     0.3     0.3 
  Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2)....       .375     116.4     116.2      0.3     -0.2    -0.2     0.2    -0.2 
  Gas (piped) and electricity (3).............      4.155     187.4     176.4     -2.4     -5.9     0.2     1.2    -2.5 
  Water and sewer and trash collection                                                                                  
      services (2)............................       .877     138.2     138.6      5.1      0.3     0.2     0.4     0.4 
  Household operations (1) (2)................       .779     137.4     138.6      5.3      0.9     0.3     0.3     0.9 
  Transportation services.....................      5.707     231.7     232.3      2.1      0.3     0.3     0.1     0.0 
  Medical care services.......................      4.764     352.7     354.0      4.2      0.4     0.4     0.4     0.4 
  Other services..............................     10.669     280.8     281.2      3.6      0.1     0.3     0.2     0.2 
                                                                                                                        
                Special indexes                                                                                         
                                                                                                                        
 All items less food..........................     86.058     204.1     202.6      1.1     -0.7     0.2    -0.6    -0.6 
 All items less shelter.......................     67.740     193.1     191.2      0.1     -1.0     0.3    -0.9    -0.9 
 All items less medical care..................     93.780     196.0     194.9      1.2     -0.6     0.3    -0.6    -0.6 
 Commodities less food........................     26.848     148.0     145.1     -3.8     -2.0     0.3    -2.8    -2.2 
 Nondurables less food........................     15.272     179.1     173.1     -5.4     -3.4    -0.3    -5.4    -3.3 
 Nondurables less food and apparel............     11.486     214.2     203.8     -7.2     -4.9     0.4    -6.2    -4.4 
 Nondurables..................................     29.214     187.8     184.8     -1.7     -1.6     0.0    -2.7    -1.7 
 Services less rent of shelter (4)............     27.325     256.2     254.4      2.5     -0.7     0.2     0.3    -0.4 
 Services less medical care services..........     54.446     231.8     231.5      3.3     -0.1     0.3     0.3     0.0 
 Energy.......................................      8.685     199.1     181.3    -11.3     -8.9     0.3    -7.2    -7.0 
 All items less energy........................     91.315     204.9     205.6      2.7      0.3     0.2     0.2     0.1 
  All items less food and energy..............     77.373     207.2     207.8      2.7      0.3     0.2     0.2     0.1 
   Commodities less food and energy                                                                                     
       commodities............................     22.319     140.9     141.2      0.1      0.2     0.2    -0.1    -0.3 
    Energy commodities........................      4.530     222.3     196.9    -17.5    -11.4     0.4   -12.9   -10.7 
   Services less energy services..............     55.055     246.6     247.5      3.8      0.4     0.2     0.3     0.3 
 Purchasing power of the consumer dollar                                                                                
     (1982-84=$1.00)..........................          -    $ .493    $ .495        -        -       -       -       - 
 Purchasing power of the consumer dollar                                                                                
     (1967=$1.00).............................          -    $ .165    $ .165        -        -       -       -       - 

   1 Not seasonally adjusted.
   2 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base.
   3 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator.  All other item stratum index series were calculated
 using a geometric means estimator.
   4 Indexes on a December 1982=100 base.
   5 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base.
   - Data not available.
 NOTE:  Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

 Table 2. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Seasonally adjusted U.S. city average, by expenditure
 category and commodity and service group

 (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                                 Seasonally adjusted indexes    Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent 
                                                                                               change for               
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                     CPI-U                                                           3 months ended--         6 months  
                                                                                                              ended--   
                                                 July    Aug.    Sep.    Oct.                                           
                                                 2006    2006    2006    2006                                           
                                                                                Jan.   Apr.   July   Oct.   Apr.   Oct. 
                                                                                2006   2006   2006   2006   2006   2006 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                        
             Expenditure category                                                                                       
                                                                                                                        
 All items....................................  203.2   203.7   202.7   201.7   -0.2    4.1    4.5   -2.9    1.9    0.7 
                                                                                                                        
  Food and beverages..........................  195.7   196.2   196.9   197.4    3.4    0.8    2.7    3.5    2.1    3.1 
   Food.......................................  195.1   195.8   196.4   197.0    3.4    0.6    2.5    4.0    2.0    3.2 
    Food at home..............................  192.8   193.5   194.5   195.0    3.6   -1.0    1.9    4.6    1.3    3.3 
     Cereals and bakery products..............  213.8   213.8   214.1   214.8    2.5   -1.1    6.6    1.9    0.7    4.2 
     Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs...........  184.9   186.8   187.7   188.0    2.8    0.9   -2.8    6.9    1.9    1.9 
     Dairy and related products...............  181.3   179.8   179.8   181.1    3.8   -3.0   -1.5   -0.4    0.3   -1.0 
     Fruits and vegetables....................  251.7   254.1   261.7   261.6   10.0   -4.5    5.1   16.7    2.5   10.7 
     Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage                                                                                
         materials............................  146.3   147.5   147.8   148.3    2.5   -1.1    0.5    5.6    0.7    3.0 
     Other food at home.......................  171.0   170.6   169.7   170.0    1.9   -0.7    5.6   -2.3    0.6    1.5 
      Sugar and sweets........................  172.7   173.1   172.1   172.9    6.4    4.6    3.6    0.5    5.5    2.0 
      Fats and oils...........................  167.4   167.5   167.1   168.0    4.6  -10.6    6.7    1.4   -3.3    4.0 
      Other foods (1).........................  186.9   186.1   185.0   185.2    0.7    0.0    5.8   -3.6    0.3    1.0 
       Other miscellaneous foods (1) (2)......  115.0   113.8   114.2   113.7    1.8    2.1    6.5   -4.4    2.0    0.9 
    Food away from home (1)...................  199.7   200.2   200.5   201.1    2.9    2.9    3.5    2.8    2.9    3.2 
     Other food away from home (2)............  136.8   137.3   137.5   137.7    3.0    5.2    2.7    2.7    4.1    2.7 
   Alcoholic beverages (1)....................  201.3   201.2   201.4   201.9    2.5    4.3    2.4    1.2    3.4    1.8 
                                                                                                                        
  Housing.....................................  203.5   204.0   204.7   204.6    4.1    2.0    3.8    2.2    3.0    3.0 
   Shelter....................................  232.9   233.4   234.2   234.9    2.9    4.7    5.1    3.5    3.8    4.3 
    Rent of primary residence (3).............  225.4   226.2   227.1   228.0    2.4    4.0    4.6    4.7    3.2    4.6 
    Lodging away from home (2)................  136.6   136.1   137.1   136.4    9.5    5.8    3.9   -0.6    7.7    1.6 
    Owners' equivalent rent of primary                                                                                  
        residence (3) (4).....................  239.0   239.7   240.4   241.3    2.8    4.5    5.5    3.9    3.7    4.7 
    Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2)..  116.4   116.2   116.4   116.2    0.3    1.0    0.7   -0.7    0.7    0.0 
   Fuels and utilities........................  193.3   193.9   195.2   191.0   13.7  -10.7   -2.2   -4.7    0.7   -3.5 
    Fuels.....................................  175.4   176.0   177.2   172.5   15.2  -13.4   -3.8   -6.5   -0.1   -5.1 
     Fuel oil and other fuels.................  248.9   253.2   240.9   228.9  -21.5    6.1   34.1  -28.5   -8.7   -2.1 
     Gas (piped) and electricity (3)..........  179.4   179.7   181.9   177.4   18.8  -14.7   -6.4   -4.4    0.7   -5.4 
    Water and sewer and trash collection                                                                                
        services (2)..........................  137.2   137.5   138.1   138.7    6.5    3.9    5.7    4.4    5.2    5.1 
   Household furnishings and operations.......  127.1   127.4   127.5   127.5    1.0    0.3    1.9    1.3    0.6    1.6 
    Household operations (1) (2)..............  136.6   137.0   137.4   138.6    7.8    3.3    4.2    6.0    5.5    5.1 
                                                                                                                        
  Apparel.....................................  118.6   119.7   120.4   119.6    0.7    2.4   -3.9    3.4    1.5   -0.3 
   Men's and boys' apparel....................  113.3   114.3   115.4   114.3   -1.0    1.4   -6.4    3.6    0.2   -1.6 
   Women's and girls' apparel.................  109.4   111.1   112.2   110.8    0.0    6.0   -6.0    5.2    2.9   -0.5 
   Infants' and toddlers' apparel.............  118.2   118.0   115.8   117.4    2.5    3.9    7.4   -2.7    3.2    2.3 
   Footwear...................................  122.4   122.3   122.3   122.9    2.9   -1.6   -6.0    1.6    0.6   -2.2 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation..............................  188.2   188.5   180.8   175.2  -14.7   13.3   12.4  -24.9   -1.7   -8.1 
   Private transportation.....................  184.4   184.7   176.8   171.0  -15.6   14.1   12.4  -26.0   -1.9   -8.8 
    New and used motor vehicles (2)...........   96.1    96.1    95.8    95.5   -0.8    0.4    1.3   -2.5   -0.2   -0.6 
     New vehicles.............................  137.8   137.7   137.5   137.3    1.5   -0.3   -0.9   -1.4    0.6   -1.2 
     Used cars and trucks (1).................  142.1   142.4   141.0   139.3   -3.6    3.2    4.9   -7.7   -0.3   -1.6 
    Motor fuel................................  251.6   252.3   218.4   194.2  -43.2   55.6   42.5  -64.5   -6.0  -28.9 
     Gasoline (all types).....................  250.6   251.2   217.3   193.1  -43.0   54.8   43.2  -64.7   -6.1  -29.0 
    Motor vehicle parts and equipment (1).....  117.9   118.2   118.7   118.9    5.0    5.0    7.5    3.4    5.0    5.4 
    Motor vehicle maintenance and repair......  216.9   216.6   217.0   218.2    2.3    6.4    5.3    2.4    4.3    3.9 
   Public transportation......................  230.5   231.1   229.5   227.3    3.6   -1.2   11.3   -5.4    1.2    2.6 
                                                                                                                        
  Medical care................................  336.6   338.0   339.1   340.1    3.5    5.2    3.2    4.2    4.3    3.7 
   Medical care commodities...................  286.8   287.6   288.1   288.1    5.0    4.3    2.1    1.8    4.6    2.0 
   Medical care services......................  350.9   352.4   353.8   355.1    3.1    5.3    3.6    4.9    4.2    4.2 
    Professional services.....................  289.3   290.2   291.2   292.0    1.0    2.8    2.8    3.8    1.9    3.3 
    Hospital and related services (3).........  469.3   473.0   474.4   476.1    6.7   10.6    4.5    5.9    8.6    5.2 
                                                                                                                        
  Recreation (2)..............................  111.4   111.3   111.3   111.3    0.0    2.9    2.2   -0.4    1.5    0.9 
   Video and audio (2)........................  105.1   104.9   104.8   104.2   -1.5    4.3   -0.8   -3.4    1.3   -2.1 
                                                                                                                        
  Education and communication (2).............  117.0   117.4   117.5   117.7    4.3    2.8    2.4    2.4    3.5    2.4 
   Education (2)..............................  162.4   163.6   164.0   165.0    6.9    5.2    6.4    6.6    6.0    6.5 
    Educational books and supplies............  388.2   392.9   392.4   396.9    7.2    3.7    6.2    9.3    5.4    7.7 
    Tuition, other school fees, and childcare.  469.0   472.5   473.6   476.2    6.9    5.4    6.4    6.3    6.1    6.3 
   Communication (2)..........................   84.3    84.3    84.2    84.0    1.4    0.0   -0.9   -1.4    0.7   -1.2 
    Information and information processing (1)                                                                          
        (2)...................................   81.9    81.8    81.7    81.5    0.5    0.0   -1.0   -1.9    0.2   -1.5 
     Telephone services (1) (2)...............   95.6    95.9    96.1    96.8    2.6    0.8    0.8    5.1    1.7    3.0 
     Information technology, hardware and                                                                               
         services (1) (5).....................   12.7    12.5    12.3    11.9   -8.7   -3.0   -6.1  -22.9   -5.9  -14.9 
      Personal computers and peripheral                                                                                 
          equipment (1) (2)...................   10.6    10.6    10.5    10.4  -18.3  -16.2  -16.8   -7.3  -17.2  -12.2 
                                                                                                                        
  Other goods and services....................  321.0   322.0   323.6   324.5    4.0    1.3    1.9    4.4    2.6    3.2 
   Tobacco and smoking products (1)...........  521.5   521.1   520.8   521.1    4.6    2.4    2.7   -0.3    3.4    1.2 
   Personal care..............................  189.5   190.3   191.5   192.2    3.9    0.9    1.7    5.8    2.4    3.7 
    Personal care products (1)................  155.0   154.9   156.4   156.6    2.1   -2.0    0.0    4.2    0.0    2.1 
    Personal care services (1)................  209.5   210.1   210.7   211.7    3.2    4.1    1.9    4.3    3.6    3.1 
    Miscellaneous personal services...........  312.6   314.4   316.7   318.3    3.9    3.1    2.2    7.5    3.5    4.8 
                                                                                                                        
          Commodity and service group                                                                                   
                                                                                                                        
 Commodities..................................  166.9   167.3   164.4   162.1   -6.4    6.3    5.7  -11.0   -0.2   -3.0 
  Food and beverages..........................  195.7   196.2   196.9   197.4    3.4    0.8    2.7    3.5    2.1    3.1 
  Commodities less food and beverages.........  149.9   150.2   145.9   142.5  -11.6    9.5    7.5  -18.3   -1.6   -6.3 
   Nondurables less food and beverages........  185.7   185.0   174.2   168.2  -10.5   10.8   17.4  -32.7   -0.4  -11.1 
    Apparel...................................  118.6   119.7   120.4   119.6    0.7    2.4   -3.9    3.4    1.5   -0.3 
    Nondurables less food, beverages, and                                                                               
        apparel...............................  230.4   231.4   215.5   205.2  -23.6   24.6   19.6  -37.1   -2.4  -13.2 
   Durables...................................  114.9   114.9   114.3   114.1   -1.0   -0.7    0.7   -2.8   -0.9   -1.0 
 Services.....................................  239.2   239.9   240.8   241.0    4.2    2.6    3.8    3.0    3.4    3.4 
  Rent of shelter (4).........................  242.7   243.3   244.0   244.7    2.9    4.8    5.1    3.3    3.9    4.2 
  Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2)....  116.4   116.2   116.4   116.2    0.3    1.0    0.7   -0.7    0.7    0.0 
  Gas (piped) and electricity (3).............  179.4   179.7   181.9   177.4   18.8  -14.7   -6.4   -4.4    0.7   -5.4 
  Water and sewer and trash collection                                                                                  
      services (2)............................  137.2   137.5   138.1   138.7    6.5    3.9    5.7    4.4    5.2    5.1 
  Household operations (1) (2)................  136.6   137.0   137.4   138.6    7.8    3.3    4.2    6.0    5.5    5.1 
  Transportation services.....................  231.5   232.2   232.5   232.6    2.5    0.3    3.9    1.9    1.4    2.9 
  Medical care services.......................  350.9   352.4   353.8   355.1    3.1    5.3    3.6    4.9    4.2    4.2 
  Other services..............................  278.2   279.1   279.7   280.3    3.7    4.0    3.5    3.1    3.9    3.3 
                                                                                                                        
                Special indexes                                                                                         
                                                                                                                        
 All items less food..........................  204.6   205.1   203.8   202.5   -0.8    4.5    5.0   -4.0    1.8    0.4 
 All items less shelter.......................  193.9   194.4   192.7   191.0   -1.7    3.8    4.2   -5.8    1.1   -0.9 
 All items less medical care..................  196.4   196.9   195.8   194.7   -0.4    4.0    4.6   -3.4    1.8    0.5 
 Commodities less food........................  151.8   152.2   147.9   144.7  -11.0    9.1    7.2  -17.4   -1.5   -5.9 
 Nondurables less food........................  186.6   186.0   176.0   170.2   -9.8   10.2   16.3  -30.8   -0.3  -10.3 
 Nondurables less food and apparel............  226.7   227.5   213.4   204.0  -21.9   22.4   18.5  -34.4   -2.3  -11.9 
 Nondurables..................................  191.4   191.4   186.3   183.1   -3.6    6.2    8.8  -16.2    1.2   -4.5 
 Services less rent of shelter (4)............  253.8   254.4   255.2   254.2    6.1    0.2    3.2    0.6    3.1    1.9 
 Services less medical care services..........  230.1   230.7   231.4   231.5    4.4    2.1    4.1    2.5    3.2    3.3 
 Energy.......................................  210.2   210.8   195.7   182.0  -20.6   16.9   19.1  -43.8   -3.7  -18.2 
 All items less energy........................  204.1   204.6   205.1   205.4    2.4    2.8    3.2    2.6    2.6    2.9 
  All items less food and energy..............  206.4   206.9   207.4   207.6    2.4    3.2    3.2    2.3    2.8    2.8 
   Commodities less food and energy                                                                                     
       commodities............................  140.8   141.1   141.0   140.6    0.6    0.9    0.0   -0.6    0.7   -0.3 
    Energy commodities........................  252.7   253.6   220.9   197.3  -42.0   51.7   42.0  -62.8   -6.2  -27.4 
   Services less energy services..............  245.4   246.0   246.8   247.5    3.1    4.1    4.7    3.5    3.6    4.1 

   1 Not seasonally adjusted.
   2 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base.
   3 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator.  All other item stratum index series were calculated
 using a geometric means estimator.
   4 Indexes on a December 1982=100 base.
   5 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base.
 NOTE:  Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

 Table 3. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Selected areas, all items index 

 (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                All items                                  
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
                                               Prici-           Indexes             Percent change to    Percent change to 
                     CPI-U                       ng                                  Oct. 2006 from--      Sep. 2006 from--  
                                               sched-                                                                      
                                                 ule   July   Aug.   Sep.   Oct.                                           
                                                 (1)   2006   2006   2006   2006   Oct.   Aug.   Sep.   Sep.   July   Aug. 
                                                                                   2005   2006   2006   2005   2006   2006 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                           
 U.S. city average............................   M    203.5  203.9  202.9  201.8    1.3   -1.0   -0.5    2.1   -0.3   -0.5 
                                                                                                                           
            Region and area size(2)                                                                                        
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
 Northeast urban..............................   M    217.5  218.1  216.3  215.2    1.7   -1.3   -0.5    2.6   -0.6   -0.8 
   Size A - More than 1,500,000...............   M    220.1  220.7  219.1  217.7    1.8   -1.4   -0.6    2.8   -0.5   -0.7 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3).........   M    128.2  128.5  127.2  126.9    1.4   -1.2   -0.2    2.2   -0.8   -1.0 
                                                                                                                           
 Midwest urban................................   M    194.6  195.1  193.7  192.3    0.1   -1.4   -0.7    0.6   -0.5   -0.7 
   Size A - More than 1,500,000...............   M    196.3  196.9  195.7  194.1    0.2   -1.4   -0.8    1.0   -0.3   -0.6 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3).........   M    124.1  124.1  123.2  122.6    0.0   -1.2   -0.5    0.1   -0.7   -0.7 
   Size D -  Nonmetropolitan  (less than                                                                                   
       50,000)................................   M    190.1  190.9  189.1  187.1    0.2   -2.0   -1.1    1.0   -0.5   -0.9 
                                                                                                                           
 South urban..................................   M    197.0  197.1  195.8  194.7    1.1   -1.2   -0.6    2.0   -0.6   -0.7 
   Size A - More than 1,500,000...............   M    198.9  199.2  198.3  197.2    1.4   -1.0   -0.6    2.3   -0.3   -0.5 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3).........   M    125.5  125.4  124.4  123.7    1.0   -1.4   -0.6    1.7   -0.9   -0.8 
   Size D -  Nonmetropolitan  (less than                                                                                   
       50,000)................................   M    198.0  198.3  197.1  195.7    1.1   -1.3   -0.7    2.7   -0.5   -0.6 
                                                                                                                           
 West urban...................................   M    206.7  207.5  207.8  207.1    2.2   -0.2   -0.3    3.0    0.5    0.1 
   Size A - More than 1,500,000...............   M    210.0  210.7  211.3  210.5    2.5   -0.1   -0.4    3.3    0.6    0.3 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3).........   M    125.6  126.2  125.9  125.5    1.5   -0.6   -0.3    2.3    0.2   -0.2 
                                                                                                                           
                 Size classes                                                                                              
                                                                                                                           
   A (4)......................................   M    186.2  186.7  186.1  185.0    1.6   -0.9   -0.6    2.4   -0.1   -0.3 
   B/C (3)....................................   M    125.6  125.7  124.8  124.2    0.9   -1.2   -0.5    1.5   -0.6   -0.7 
   D..........................................   M    196.0  196.6  195.6  194.3    1.1   -1.2   -0.7    2.1   -0.2   -0.5 
                                                                                                                           
            Selected local areas(5)                                                                                        
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI...............   M    199.3  200.4  199.6  197.5   -0.2   -1.4   -1.1    0.7    0.2   -0.4 
 Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA......   M    211.4  211.9  212.9  211.4    2.2   -0.2   -0.7    3.4    0.7    0.5 
 New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island,                                                                                       
     NY-NJ-CT-PA..............................   M    223.1  224.1  222.9  221.7    2.4   -1.1   -0.5    3.3   -0.1   -0.5 
                                                                                                                           
 Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT..........   1    225.1      -  224.5      -      -      -      -    2.0   -0.3      - 
 Cleveland-Akron, OH..........................   1    193.1      -  190.7      -      -      -      -   -0.5   -1.2      - 
 Dallas-Fort Worth, TX........................   1    191.7      -  192.0      -      -      -      -    1.6    0.2      - 
 Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV (6)........   1    130.7      -  130.2      -      -      -      -    2.8   -0.4      - 
                                                                                                                           
 Atlanta, GA..................................   2        -  197.3      -  192.7   -0.6   -2.3      -      -      -      - 
 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI..................   2        -  198.6      -  196.6    0.8   -1.0      -      -      -      - 
 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX...............   2        -  182.5      -  180.4    0.7   -1.2      -      -      -      - 
 Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL....................   2        -  205.6      -  204.8    3.0   -0.4      -      -      -      - 
 Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,                                                                                    
     PA-NJ-DE-MD..............................   2        -  216.4      -  211.6    2.0   -2.2      -      -      -      - 
 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA...........   2        -  210.7      -  211.0    2.5    0.1      -      -      -      - 
 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA.................   2        -  209.6      -  209.8    3.2    0.1      -      -      -      - 

   1 Areas on pricing schedule 2 (see Table 10) will appear next month. 
   2 Regions defined as the four Census regions.  See technical notes.
   3 Indexes on a December 1996=100 base.
   4 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base.
   5 In addition, the following metropolitan areas are published semiannually and appear in Tables 34 and 39 of the 
 January and July issues of the CPI Detailed Report: Anchorage, AK; Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN; Denver-Boulder-Greeley,
 CO; Honolulu, HI; Kansas City, MO-KS; Milwaukee-Racine, WI; Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI; Phoenix-Mesa, AZ; Pittsburgh, PA;
 Portland-Salem, OR-WA; St. Louis, MO-IL; San Diego, CA; Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL.
   6 Indexes on a November 1996=100 base.
   - Data not available.
 NOTE:  Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

 Table 4. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): U.S. city average, by expenditure
 category and commodity and service group

 (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                   Unadjusted                           
                                                 Relative   Unadjusted indexes percent change to   Seasonally adjusted  
                                               importance,                      Oct. 2006 from-    percent change from- 
                     CPI-W                       December                                                               
                                                   2005       Sep.      Oct.                                            
                                                              2006      2006     Oct.     Sep.   July to Aug. to Sep. to
                                                                                 2005     2006     Aug.    Sep.    Oct. 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                        
             Expenditure category                                                                                       
                                                                                                                        
 All items....................................    100.000     198.4     197.0      0.9     -0.7     0.4    -0.7    -0.7 
 All items (1967=100).........................          -     591.0     586.7        -        -       -       -       - 
                                                                                                                        
  Food and beverages..........................     16.537     195.9     196.7      2.6      0.4     0.4     0.3     0.3 
   Food.......................................     15.519     195.5     196.2      2.5      0.4     0.4     0.4     0.3 
    Food at home..............................      9.347     193.3     194.2      2.3      0.5     0.5     0.5     0.3 
     Cereals and bakery products..............      1.275     214.1     214.9      2.7      0.4     0.1     0.2     0.4 
     Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs...........      2.653     187.5     187.5      1.6      0.0     1.1     0.4     0.2 
     Dairy and related products...............       .965     179.4     181.4     -0.5      1.1    -0.9     0.0     0.7 
     Fruits and vegetables....................      1.338     257.3     260.8      7.1      1.4     1.4     3.0     0.2 
     Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage                                                                                
         materials............................      1.087     146.8     147.7      1.9      0.6     0.9     0.1     0.4 
     Other food at home.......................      2.030     169.3     169.5      1.1      0.1    -0.2    -0.5     0.2 
      Sugar and sweets........................       .337     171.3     171.4      3.5      0.1     0.2    -0.7     0.3 
      Fats and oils...........................       .287     168.6     169.8      0.7      0.7    -0.1    -0.1     0.5 
      Other foods (1).........................      1.406     185.3     185.3      0.7      0.0    -0.4    -0.5     0.0 
       Other miscellaneous foods (1) (2)......       .370     114.5     113.8      1.2     -0.6    -0.9     0.3    -0.6 
    Food away from home (1)...................      6.172     200.2     200.8      2.9      0.3     0.3     0.2     0.3 
     Other food away from home (2)............       .275     137.1     137.5      3.2      0.3     0.3     0.1     0.2 
   Alcoholic beverages (1)....................      1.018     200.9     201.8      2.7      0.4     0.0     0.1     0.4 
                                                                                                                        
  Housing.....................................     40.161     200.4     199.6      2.8     -0.4     0.4     0.3    -0.1 
   Shelter....................................     30.069     226.6     227.5      4.0      0.4     0.4     0.2     0.3 
    Rent of primary residence (3).............      7.880     226.2     227.1      4.0      0.4     0.4     0.4     0.4 
    Lodging away from home (2)................      1.412     134.0     134.7      4.3      0.5     0.1    -0.3    -0.1 
    Owners' equivalent rent of primary                                                                                  
        residence (3) (4).....................     20.429     218.0     218.8      4.1      0.4     0.4     0.2     0.4 
    Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2)..       .348     116.8     116.6      0.5     -0.2    -0.1     0.2    -0.2 
   Fuels and utilities........................      5.900     197.7     188.1     -1.5     -4.9     0.3     0.7    -2.2 
    Fuels.....................................      4.984     179.0     168.7     -2.8     -5.8     0.2     0.8    -2.6 
     Fuel oil and other fuels.................       .347     235.8     226.6     -6.1     -3.9     1.6    -4.9    -5.3 
     Gas (piped) and electricity (3)..........      4.637     185.3     174.3     -2.5     -5.9     0.2     1.2    -2.4 
    Water and sewer and trash collection                                                                                
        services (2)..........................       .916     138.5     139.0      5.1      0.4     0.2     0.5     0.4 
   Household furnishings and operations.......      4.193     122.7     122.8      0.8      0.1     0.1     0.2    -0.2 
    Household operations (1) (2)..............       .363     139.8     140.6      4.5      0.6     0.3     0.1     0.6 
                                                                                                                        
  Apparel.....................................      4.090     121.4     123.1      1.0      1.4     1.2     0.8    -0.7 
   Men's and boys' apparel....................       .982     114.5     116.4     -0.2      1.7     0.9     1.3    -1.1 
   Women's and girls' apparel.................      1.689     114.3     115.9      1.4      1.4     2.5     1.2    -1.6 
   Infants' and toddlers' apparel.............       .242     118.5     121.8      2.6      2.8     0.4    -1.8     1.7 
   Footwear...................................       .964     123.9     125.2     -0.2      1.0    -0.2     0.4     0.3 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation..............................     19.669     180.1     173.7     -5.4     -3.6     0.2    -4.4    -3.5 
   Private transportation.....................     18.931     177.1     170.7     -5.7     -3.6     0.2    -4.6    -3.6 
    New and used motor vehicles (2)...........      8.944      94.5      94.3     -0.6     -0.2     0.0    -0.3    -0.5 
     New vehicles.............................      5.380     137.4     137.8     -0.3      0.3    -0.1    -0.1    -0.2 
     Used cars and trucks (1).................      2.801     141.9     140.1     -0.9     -1.3     0.1    -0.9    -1.3 
    Motor fuel................................      5.244     220.8     194.4    -18.3    -12.0     0.2   -13.4   -11.1 
     Gasoline (all types).....................      5.193     219.7     193.4    -18.3    -12.0     0.2   -13.4   -11.1 
    Motor vehicle parts and equipment (1).....       .434     118.4     118.6      5.3      0.2     0.3     0.5     0.2 
    Motor vehicle maintenance and repair......      1.130     219.4     221.1      4.1      0.8    -0.1     0.1     0.7 
   Public transportation......................       .738     227.8     225.6      2.1     -1.0     0.2    -0.2    -0.7 
                                                                                                                        
  Medical care................................      5.171     337.8     338.9      4.0      0.3     0.4     0.3     0.3 
   Medical care commodities...................      1.140     281.1     281.0      3.4      0.0     0.2     0.2     0.0 
   Medical care services......................      4.030     353.1     354.6      4.2      0.4     0.5     0.4     0.4 
    Professional services.....................      2.336     292.8     293.6      2.4      0.3     0.2     0.3     0.3 
    Hospital and related services (3).........      1.332     467.5     469.9      6.8      0.5     0.7     0.3     0.4 
                                                                                                                        
  Recreation (2)..............................      5.097     108.3     108.4      1.0      0.1    -0.2     0.0     0.1 
   Video and audio (2)........................      1.928     103.9     103.5     -0.2     -0.4    -0.2     0.0    -0.6 
                                                                                                                        
  Education and communication (2).............      5.635     115.3     115.4      2.7      0.1     0.4     0.1     0.2 
   Education (2)..............................      2.243     164.7     165.2      6.4      0.3     0.9     0.4     0.6 
    Educational books and supplies............       .199     395.4     400.9      6.9      1.4     1.3    -0.2     1.5 
    Tuition, other school fees, and childcare.      2.044     466.6     467.4      6.3      0.2     0.8     0.4     0.5 
   Communication (2)..........................      3.392      86.2      86.1      0.2     -0.1     0.0     0.0    -0.1 
    Information and information processing (1)                                                                          
        (2)...................................      3.244      84.4      84.4      0.0      0.0     0.0    -0.1     0.0 
     Telephone services (1) (2)...............      2.653      96.2      96.9      2.2      0.7     0.3     0.2     0.7 
     Information technology, hardware and                                                                               
         services (1) (5).....................       .590      12.9      12.4    -10.1     -3.9    -1.5    -1.5    -3.9 
      Personal computers and peripheral                                                                                 
          equipment (1) (2)...................       .208      10.3      10.2    -15.0     -1.0     1.0    -1.9    -1.0 
                                                                                                                        
  Other goods and services....................      3.640     332.2     333.1      2.7      0.3     0.2     0.3     0.3 
   Tobacco and smoking products (1)...........      1.137     522.4     522.7      2.2      0.1    -0.1    -0.1     0.1 
   Personal care..............................      2.504     189.2     189.9      2.8      0.4     0.4     0.5     0.4 
    Personal care products (1)................       .774     156.3     156.5      1.0      0.1     0.0     0.8     0.1 
    Personal care services (1)................       .616     210.8     211.9      3.4      0.5     0.2     0.3     0.5 
    Miscellaneous personal services...........       .949     316.8     317.9      4.1      0.3     0.5     0.5     0.5 
                                                                                                                        
          Commodity and service group                                                                                   
                                                                                                                        
 Commodities..................................     44.601     166.1     163.8     -1.8     -1.4     0.2    -1.9    -1.6 
  Food and beverages..........................     16.537     195.9     196.7      2.6      0.4     0.4     0.3     0.3 
  Commodities less food and beverages.........     28.064     148.9     145.3     -4.3     -2.4     0.3    -3.2    -2.7 
   Nondurables less food and beverages........     15.599     183.6     176.0     -6.5     -4.1    -0.3    -6.5    -3.9 
    Apparel...................................      4.090     121.4     123.1      1.0      1.4     1.2     0.8    -0.7 
    Nondurables less food, beverages, and                                                                               
        apparel...............................     11.509     226.2     212.7     -8.9     -6.0     0.3    -7.7    -5.1 
   Durables...................................     12.465     114.0     113.9     -1.0     -0.1     0.0    -0.5    -0.3 
 Services.....................................     55.399     236.3     235.8      3.1     -0.2     0.3     0.3     0.1 
  Rent of shelter (4).........................     29.721     218.4     219.3      4.0      0.4     0.3     0.3     0.3 
  Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2)....       .348     116.8     116.6      0.5     -0.2    -0.1     0.2    -0.2 
  Gas (piped) and electricity (3).............      4.637     185.3     174.3     -2.5     -5.9     0.2     1.2    -2.4 
  Water and sewer and trash collection                                                                                  
      services (2)............................       .916     138.5     139.0      5.1      0.4     0.2     0.5     0.4 
  Household operations (1) (2)................       .363     139.8     140.6      4.5      0.6     0.3     0.1     0.6 
  Transportation services.....................      5.659     231.3     232.2      2.1      0.4     0.3     0.3     0.1 
  Medical care services.......................      4.030     353.1     354.6      4.2      0.4     0.5     0.4     0.4 
  Other services..............................      9.726     271.0     271.4      3.4      0.1     0.3     0.2     0.2 
                                                                                                                        
                Special indexes                                                                                         
                                                                                                                        
 All items less food..........................     84.481     198.8     196.9      0.6     -1.0     0.3    -0.8    -0.9 
 All items less shelter.......................     69.931     190.3     188.0     -0.4     -1.2     0.3    -1.1    -1.1 
 All items less medical care..................     94.829     192.5     191.0      0.7     -0.8     0.3    -0.7    -0.7 
 Commodities less food........................     29.082     150.8     147.3     -4.0     -2.3     0.3    -3.1    -2.6 
 Nondurables less food........................     16.617     184.7     177.6     -6.0     -3.8    -0.4    -6.1    -3.5 
 Nondurables less food and apparel............     12.527     223.1     210.9     -8.0     -5.5     0.4    -7.1    -4.9 
 Nondurables..................................     32.136     190.5     186.9     -2.1     -1.9     0.1    -3.2    -1.7 
 Services less rent of shelter (4)............     25.679     227.2     225.2      2.2     -0.9     0.2     0.4    -0.5 
 Services less medical care services..........     51.369     227.4     226.9      3.1     -0.2     0.3     0.3     0.0 
 Energy.......................................     10.228     198.7     180.6    -11.8     -9.1     0.3    -7.5    -7.3 
 All items less energy........................     89.772     199.2     199.9      2.6      0.4     0.4     0.2     0.2 
  All items less food and energy..............     74.253     200.4     201.0      2.6      0.3     0.3     0.1     0.1 
   Commodities less food and energy                                                                                     
       commodities............................     23.491     141.4     141.7      0.3      0.2     0.2     0.0    -0.4 
    Energy commodities........................      5.591     222.3     196.7    -17.7    -11.5     0.3   -12.9   -10.7 
   Services less energy services..............     50.762     241.7     242.6      3.7      0.4     0.4     0.2     0.3 
 Purchasing power of the consumer dollar                                                                                
     (1982-84=$1.00)..........................          -    $ .504    $ .508        -        -       -       -       - 
 Purchasing power of the consumer dollar                                                                                
     (1967=$1.00).............................          -    $ .169    $ .170        -        -       -       -       - 

   1 Not seasonally adjusted.
   2 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base.
   3 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator.  All other item stratum index series were calculated
 using a geometric means estimator.
   4 Indexes on a December 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--   
                                                 July    Aug.    Sep.    Oct.                                           
                                                 2006    2006    2006    2006                                           
                                                                                Jan.   Apr.   July   Oct.   Apr.   Oct. 
                                                                                2006   2006   2006   2006   2006   2006 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                        
             Expenditure category                                                                                       
                                                                                                                        
 All items....................................  198.9   199.6   198.2   196.9   -1.0    4.4    4.5   -4.0    1.6    0.2 
                                                                                                                        
  Food and beverages..........................  194.7   195.4   196.0   196.6    3.4    0.6    2.3    4.0    2.0    3.1 
   Food.......................................  194.2   194.9   195.6   196.2    3.4    0.4    2.3    4.2    1.9    3.2 
    Food at home..............................  191.7   192.6   193.5   194.0    3.8   -1.2    1.7    4.9    1.3    3.3 
     Cereals and bakery products..............  213.8   214.0   214.5   215.3    3.5   -0.6    5.4    2.8    1.4    4.1 
     Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs...........  184.4   186.4   187.1   187.4    2.2    0.4   -2.6    6.7    1.3    1.9 
     Dairy and related products...............  180.8   179.2   179.2   180.5    3.1   -2.8   -1.8   -0.7    0.1   -1.2 
     Fruits and vegetables....................  249.2   252.6   260.1   260.6   10.1   -4.4    5.0   19.6    2.6   12.0 
     Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage                                                                                
         materials............................  145.6   146.9   147.1   147.7    3.1   -1.1    0.0    5.9    1.0    2.9 
     Other food at home.......................  170.4   170.0   169.1   169.4    2.2   -0.5    5.3   -2.3    0.8    1.4 
      Sugar and sweets........................  172.0   172.3   171.1   171.6    6.2    4.6    4.3   -0.9    5.4    1.7 
      Fats and oils...........................  168.2   168.0   167.9   168.8    5.6  -10.0    6.7    1.4   -2.5    4.0 
      Other foods (1).........................  187.0   186.2   185.3   185.3    0.7    0.2    5.5   -3.6    0.4    0.9 
       Other miscellaneous foods (1) (2)......  115.2   114.2   114.5   113.8    1.8    1.4    6.5   -4.8    1.6    0.7 
    Food away from home (1)...................  199.4   199.9   200.2   200.8    2.7    2.9    3.3    2.8    2.8    3.1 
     Other food away from home (2)............  136.3   136.7   136.9   137.2    2.7    5.5    1.8    2.7    4.1    2.2 
   Alcoholic beverages (1)....................  200.8   200.7   200.9   201.8    3.1    4.7    1.0    2.0    3.9    1.5 
                                                                                                                        
  Housing.....................................  198.7   199.4   199.9   199.8    4.0    1.6    3.5    2.2    2.8    2.9 
   Shelter....................................  225.5   226.3   226.8   227.5    2.6    4.6    5.1    3.6    3.6    4.4 
    Rent of primary residence (3).............  224.5   225.3   226.2   227.1    2.8    3.9    4.6    4.7    3.3    4.6 
    Lodging away from home (2)................  135.9   136.1   135.7   135.5    6.6    9.7    2.7   -1.2    8.2    0.7 
    Owners' equivalent rent of primary                                                                                  
        residence (3) (4).....................  216.7   217.6   218.0   218.8    2.7    4.6    5.3    3.9    3.7    4.6 
    Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2)..  116.7   116.6   116.8   116.6    0.7    1.0    0.7   -0.3    0.9    0.2 
   Fuels and utilities........................  191.5   192.0   193.3   189.1   14.2  -10.8   -3.1   -4.9    0.9   -4.0 
    Fuels.....................................  172.7   173.1   174.4   169.8   15.7  -13.4   -4.5   -6.5    0.1   -5.5 
     Fuel oil and other fuels.................  248.7   252.6   240.2   227.5  -23.0    6.7   35.5  -30.0   -9.4   -2.6 
     Gas (piped) and electricity (3)..........  177.4   177.7   179.8   175.4   19.5  -14.8   -7.1   -4.4    0.9   -5.8 
    Water and sewer and trash collection                                                                                
        services (2)..........................  137.5   137.8   138.5   139.1    6.5    4.2    5.4    4.7    5.4    5.1 
   Household furnishings and operations.......  122.8   122.9   123.1   122.9    0.0    1.0    2.0    0.3    0.5    1.1 
    Household operations (1) (2)..............  139.3   139.7   139.8   140.6    6.7    3.0    4.7    3.8    4.8    4.3 
                                                                                                                        
  Apparel.....................................  118.0   119.4   120.4   119.5   -1.0    4.5   -4.9    5.2    1.7    0.0 
   Men's and boys' apparel....................  113.4   114.4   115.9   114.6   -1.7    1.1   -4.1    4.3   -0.3    0.0 
   Women's and girls' apparel.................  108.3   111.0   112.3   110.5   -2.5    9.2   -8.7    8.4    3.1   -0.5 
   Infants' and toddlers' apparel.............  119.6   120.1   117.9   119.9    2.8    1.4    5.5    1.0    2.1    3.2 
   Footwear...................................  122.2   121.9   122.4   122.8    2.3    0.0   -4.8    2.0    1.1   -1.4 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation..............................  188.3   188.6   180.3   174.0  -15.5   14.6   13.3  -27.1   -1.6   -9.1 
   Private transportation.....................  185.5   185.8   177.3   171.0  -16.3   15.1   13.5  -27.8   -1.9   -9.4 
    New and used motor vehicles (2)...........   95.3    95.3    95.0    94.5   -1.3    0.8    1.3   -3.3   -0.2   -1.0 
     New vehicles.............................  138.9   138.8   138.7   138.4    1.4    0.0   -0.9   -1.4    0.7   -1.1 
     Used cars and trucks (1).................  143.0   143.2   141.9   140.1   -3.6    3.5    4.9   -7.9   -0.1   -1.7 
    Motor fuel................................  252.2   252.8   219.0   194.8  -43.1   54.2   42.6  -64.4   -6.4  -28.8 
     Gasoline (all types).....................  251.2   251.8   218.0   193.8  -43.1   54.8   42.5  -64.6   -6.1  -28.9 
    Motor vehicle parts and equipment (1).....  117.5   117.8   118.4   118.6    4.7    5.0    7.9    3.8    4.9    5.8 
    Motor vehicle maintenance and repair......  219.3   219.1   219.4   220.9    2.5    5.9    5.3    3.0    4.2    4.1 
   Public transportation......................  228.0   228.5   228.0   226.3    3.7   -0.5    8.7   -2.9    1.5    2.7 
                                                                                                                        
  Medical care................................  336.2   337.5   338.6   339.7    3.5    4.8    3.4    4.2    4.1    3.8 
   Medical care commodities...................  280.0   280.6   281.1   281.0    5.3    4.6    2.3    1.4    4.9    1.9 
   Medical care services......................  351.3   352.9   354.2   355.7    3.0    4.9    3.7    5.1    3.9    4.4 
    Professional services.....................  291.8   292.5   293.4   294.2    0.7    3.2    2.5    3.3    2.0    2.9 
    Hospital and related services (3).........  465.3   468.6   469.9   471.8    6.4    9.9    5.2    5.7    8.1    5.5 
                                                                                                                        
  Recreation (2)..............................  108.7   108.5   108.5   108.6   -0.7    3.0    2.2   -0.4    1.1    0.9 
   Video and audio (2)........................  104.4   104.2   104.2   103.6   -1.5    4.3   -0.4   -3.0    1.4   -1.7 
                                                                                                                        
  Education and communication (2).............  114.0   114.5   114.6   114.8    4.0    2.1    1.8    2.8    3.1    2.3 
   Education (2)..............................  160.3   161.7   162.3   163.2    7.5    4.7    6.0    7.4    6.1    6.7 
    Educational books and supplies............  389.5   394.5   393.9   399.7    6.9    4.1    5.9   10.9    5.5    8.3 
    Tuition, other school fees, and childcare.  453.5   457.2   459.2   461.4    7.6    4.7    5.8    7.2    6.1    6.5 
   Communication (2)..........................   86.2    86.2    86.2    86.1    1.9    0.0   -0.5   -0.5    0.9   -0.5 
    Information and information processing (1)                                                                          
        (2)...................................   84.5    84.5    84.4    84.4    1.0    0.0   -0.5   -0.5    0.5   -0.5 
     Telephone services (1) (2)...............   95.7    96.0    96.2    96.9    2.1    1.3    0.4    5.1    1.7    2.7 
     Information technology, hardware and                                                                               
         services (1) (5).....................   13.3    13.1    12.9    12.4   -5.7   -2.9   -5.8  -24.4   -4.3  -15.6 
      Personal computers and peripheral                                                                                 
          equipment (1) (2)...................   10.4    10.5    10.3    10.2  -18.5  -13.3  -20.1   -7.5  -16.0  -14.0 
                                                                                                                        
  Other goods and services....................  330.5   331.3   332.4   333.3    4.0    1.2    2.1    3.4    2.6    2.8 
   Tobacco and smoking products (1)...........  523.3   522.9   522.4   522.7    4.6    2.2    2.6   -0.5    3.4    1.1 
   Personal care..............................  187.7   188.4   189.4   190.1    3.7    0.6    1.9    5.2    2.2    3.6 
    Personal care products (1)................  155.0   155.0   156.3   156.5    2.1   -2.0    0.0    3.9    0.0    1.9 
    Personal care services (1)................  209.7   210.2   210.8   211.9    3.2    3.9    2.1    4.3    3.5    3.2 
    Miscellaneous personal services...........  313.6   315.1   316.8   318.5    4.0    3.4    2.7    6.4    3.7    4.5 
                                                                                                                        
          Commodity and service group                                                                                   
                                                                                                                        
 Commodities..................................  168.9   169.3   166.0   163.4   -7.0    7.0    6.4  -12.4   -0.2   -3.5 
  Food and beverages..........................  194.7   195.4   196.0   196.6    3.4    0.6    2.3    4.0    2.0    3.1 
  Commodities less food and beverages.........  153.3   153.7   148.8   144.8  -12.6   11.1    8.5  -20.4   -1.4   -7.1 
   Nondurables less food and beverages........  192.8   192.2   179.8   172.7  -11.4   13.1   18.2  -35.6    0.1  -12.8 
    Apparel...................................  118.0   119.4   120.4   119.5   -1.0    4.5   -4.9    5.2    1.7    0.0 
    Nondurables less food, beverages, and                                                                               
        apparel...............................  242.6   243.4   224.7   213.2  -25.6   27.3   22.3  -40.4   -2.7  -14.6 
   Durables...................................  115.0   115.0   114.4   114.1   -0.7   -0.3    0.3   -3.1   -0.5   -1.4 
 Services.....................................  234.3   235.1   235.8   236.0    4.1    2.3    3.3    2.9    3.2    3.1 
  Rent of shelter (4).........................  217.2   217.9   218.6   219.3    2.5    4.8    4.9    3.9    3.6    4.4 
  Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2)....  116.7   116.6   116.8   116.6    0.7    1.0    0.7   -0.3    0.9    0.2 
  Gas (piped) and electricity (3).............  177.4   177.7   179.8   175.4   19.5  -14.8   -7.1   -4.4    0.9   -5.8 
  Water and sewer and trash collection                                                                                  
      services (2)............................  137.5   137.8   138.5   139.1    6.5    4.2    5.4    4.7    5.4    5.1 
  Household operations (1) (2)................  139.3   139.7   139.8   140.6    6.7    3.0    4.7    3.8    4.8    4.3 
  Transportation services.....................  230.8   231.5   232.2   232.5    2.3    0.3    2.8    3.0    1.3    2.9 
  Medical care services.......................  351.3   352.9   354.2   355.7    3.0    4.9    3.7    5.1    3.9    4.4 
  Other services..............................  268.8   269.6   270.2   270.8    3.6    3.5    3.3    3.0    3.5    3.2 
                                                                                                                        
                Special indexes                                                                                         
                                                                                                                        
 All items less food..........................  199.6   200.2   198.5   196.8   -1.6    5.0    5.0   -5.5    1.6   -0.4 
 All items less shelter.......................  191.4   192.0   189.9   187.8   -2.3    4.1    4.5   -7.3    0.9   -1.6 
 All items less medical care..................  193.1   193.7   192.3   190.9   -1.3    4.3    4.7   -4.5    1.5    0.0 
 Commodities less food........................  155.1   155.5   150.7   146.8  -12.0   10.9    8.1  -19.7   -1.2   -6.8 
 Nondurables less food........................  193.6   192.9   181.1   174.7  -10.7   12.8   17.4  -33.7    0.3  -11.8 
 Nondurables less food and apparel............  238.1   239.0   222.0   211.1  -23.7   25.0   21.3  -38.2   -2.3  -13.4 
 Nondurables..................................  194.7   194.8   188.6   185.3   -4.8    7.7    9.3  -18.0    1.3   -5.3 
 Services less rent of shelter (4)............  224.9   225.4   226.2   225.0    6.9   -0.9    2.7    0.2    2.9    1.4 
 Services less medical care services..........  225.7   226.4   227.0   226.9    4.8    1.8    3.8    2.1    3.3    3.0 
 Energy.......................................  210.8   211.4   195.5   181.3  -22.3   18.3   20.0  -45.3   -4.1  -19.0 
 All items less energy........................  198.3   199.0   199.4   199.7    2.3    2.7    2.7    2.9    2.5    2.8 
  All items less food and energy..............  199.6   200.2   200.5   200.8    1.9    3.1    3.1    2.4    2.5    2.7 
   Commodities less food and energy                                                                                     
       commodities............................  141.3   141.6   141.6   141.1    0.0    1.7    0.0   -0.6    0.9   -0.3 
    Energy commodities........................  252.8   253.6   220.8   197.1  -42.3   51.1   42.2  -63.0   -6.6  -27.5 
   Services less energy services..............  240.4   241.3   241.9   242.6    2.8    4.0    4.3    3.7    3.4    4.0 

   1 Not seasonally adjusted.
   2 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base.
   3 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator.  All other item stratum index series were calculated
 using a geometric means estimator.
   4 Indexes on a December 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                                  Oct. 2006 from--      Sep. 2006 from--  
                                               sched-                                                                      
                                                 ule   July   Aug.   Sep.   Oct.                                           
                                                 (1)   2006   2006   2006   2006   Oct.   Aug.   Sep.   Sep.   July   Aug. 
                                                                                   2005   2006   2006   2005   2006   2006 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                           
 U.S. city average............................   M    199.2  199.6  198.4  197.0    0.9   -1.3   -0.7    1.7   -0.4   -0.6 
                                                                                                                           
            Region and area size(2)                                                                                        
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
 Northeast urban..............................   M    213.5  214.2  212.7  211.1    1.4   -1.4   -0.8    2.3   -0.4   -0.7 
   Size A - More than 1,500,000...............   M    214.3  215.1  214.0  212.1    1.5   -1.4   -0.9    2.4   -0.1   -0.5 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3).........   M    128.6  128.9  127.5  127.0    1.3   -1.5   -0.4    2.2   -0.9   -1.1 
                                                                                                                           
 Midwest urban................................   M    190.0  190.4  188.7  187.0   -0.3   -1.8   -0.9    0.3   -0.7   -0.9 
   Size A - More than 1,500,000...............   M    190.7  191.3  189.8  187.9   -0.3   -1.8   -1.0    0.6   -0.5   -0.8 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3).........   M    123.8  123.8  122.5  121.7   -0.4   -1.7   -0.7   -0.3   -1.1   -1.1 
   Size D -  Nonmetropolitan  (less than                                                                                   
       50,000)................................   M    188.6  189.3  187.3  185.1    0.1   -2.2   -1.2    0.9   -0.7   -1.1 
                                                                                                                           
 South urban..................................   M    194.3  194.5  192.9  191.5    0.7   -1.5   -0.7    1.6   -0.7   -0.8 
   Size A - More than 1,500,000...............   M    197.1  197.5  196.4  195.0    0.9   -1.3   -0.7    2.0   -0.4   -0.6 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3).........   M    124.2  124.2  122.9  122.1    0.6   -1.7   -0.7    1.3   -1.0   -1.0 
   Size D -  Nonmetropolitan  (less than                                                                                   
       50,000)................................   M    198.1  198.5  196.9  195.2    0.4   -1.7   -0.9    2.2   -0.6   -0.8 
                                                                                                                           
 West urban...................................   M    201.7  202.5  202.4  201.3    1.8   -0.6   -0.5    2.7    0.3    0.0 
   Size A - More than 1,500,000...............   M    203.3  204.0  204.3  203.0    2.0   -0.5   -0.6    3.0    0.5    0.1 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3).........   M    125.5  126.0  125.6  125.0    1.5   -0.8   -0.5    2.3    0.1   -0.3 
                                                                                                                           
                 Size classes                                                                                              
                                                                                                                           
   A (4)......................................   M    184.5  185.1  184.3  182.8    1.1   -1.2   -0.8    2.0   -0.1   -0.4 
   B/C (3)....................................   M    125.0  125.1  124.0  123.3    0.7   -1.4   -0.6    1.3   -0.8   -0.9 
   D..........................................   M    194.8  195.4  194.1  192.5    0.6   -1.5   -0.8    1.8   -0.4   -0.7 
                                                                                                                           
            Selected local areas(5)                                                                                        
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI...............   M    192.8  193.8  192.8  190.3   -0.8   -1.8   -1.3    0.3    0.0   -0.5 
 Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA......   M    204.5  205.0  205.3  203.5    1.8   -0.7   -0.9    3.2    0.4    0.1 
 New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island,                                                                                       
     NY-NJ-CT-PA..............................   M    216.8  217.8  216.9  215.3    2.0   -1.1   -0.7    2.8    0.0   -0.4 
                                                                                                                           
 Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT..........   1    223.9      -  224.3      -      -      -      -    1.9    0.2      - 
 Cleveland-Akron, OH..........................   1    184.3      -  181.7      -      -      -      -   -0.8   -1.4      - 
 Dallas-Fort Worth, TX........................   1    193.9      -  193.7      -      -      -      -    1.5   -0.1      - 
 Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV (6)........   1    129.8      -  129.9      -      -      -      -    2.1    0.1      - 
                                                                                                                           
 Atlanta, GA..................................   2        -  195.8      -  190.9   -1.1   -2.5      -      -      -      - 
 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI..................   2        -  194.0      -  191.2    0.4   -1.4      -      -      -      - 
 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX...............   2        -  182.0      -  178.9    0.3   -1.7      -      -      -      - 
 Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL....................   2        -  204.6      -  203.1    2.9   -0.7      -      -      -      - 
 Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,                                                                                    
     PA-NJ-DE-MD..............................   2        -  215.8      -  211.1    1.7   -2.2      -      -      -      - 
 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA...........   2        -  206.7      -  206.2    1.8   -0.2      -      -      -      - 
 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA.................   2        -  205.1      -  203.9    2.7   -0.6      -      -      -      - 

   1 Areas on pricing schedule 2 (see Table 10) will appear next month. 
   2 Regions defined as the four Census regions.  See technical notes.
   3 Indexes on a December 1996=100 base.
   4 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base.
   5 In addition, the following metropolitan areas are published semiannually and appear in Tables 34 and 39 of the 
 January and July issues of the CPI Detailed Report: Anchorage, AK; Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN; Denver-Boulder-Greeley,
 CO; Honolulu, HI; Kansas City, MO-KS; Milwaukee-Racine, WI; Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI; Phoenix-Mesa, AZ; Pittsburgh, PA;
 Portland-Salem, OR-WA; St. Louis, MO-IL; San Diego, CA; Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL.
   6 Indexes on a November 1996=100 base.
   - Data not available.
 NOTE:  Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

 Table 7. Chained Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (C-CPI-U): U.S. city average, by
 expenditure category and commodity and service group

 (December 1999=100, unless otherwise noted)
                                                                                                  
                                                                                                  
                                                                                    Unadjusted    
                                                 Relative       Unadjusted      percent change to 
                                               importance,       indexes         Oct. 2006 from-  
                    C-CPI-U                     December                                          
                                                2003-2004                                         
                                                              Sep.      Oct.      Oct.      Sep.  
                                                              2006      2006      2005      2006  
                                                                                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                  
             Expenditure category                                                                 
                                                                                                  
 All items....................................    100.000     117.6     117.2       1.6      -0.3 
                                                                                                  
  Food and beverages..........................     15.072     116.1     116.6       2.6       0.4 
   Food.......................................     13.943     116.1     116.6       2.5       0.4 
    Food at home..............................      8.029     113.2     113.7       2.1       0.4 
    Food away from home.......................      5.914     120.2     120.6       3.1       0.3 
   Alcoholic beverages........................      1.130     115.9     116.2       2.6       0.3 
                                                                                                  
  Housing.....................................     42.173     123.1     122.8       3.2      -0.2 
   Shelter....................................     32.495     123.7     124.2       4.1       0.4 
   Fuels and utilities........................      4.702     153.7     146.1      -0.6      -4.9 
   Household furnishings and operations.......      4.977      96.8      97.0       0.5       0.2 
                                                                                                  
  Apparel.....................................      4.076      90.8      92.2       0.0       1.5 
                                                                                                  
  Transportation..............................     17.095     119.0     116.0      -3.4      -2.5 
   Private transportation.....................     15.988     119.5     116.4      -3.8      -2.6 
   Public transportation......................      1.107     112.8     111.6       1.7      -1.1 
                                                                                                  
  Medical care................................      6.055     132.1     132.5       3.8       0.3 
   Medical care commodities...................      1.458     121.8     121.9       3.2       0.1 
   Medical care services......................      4.597     135.6     136.1       4.1       0.4 
                                                                                                  
  Recreation..................................      5.863     105.7     105.7       0.5       0.0 
                                                                                                  
  Education and communication.................      6.190     104.6     104.5       2.0      -0.1 
   Education..................................      2.751     154.7     155.1       6.2       0.3 
   Communication..............................      3.439      75.7      75.4      -1.3      -0.4 
                                                                                                  
  Other goods and services....................      3.475     120.2     120.6       2.7       0.3 
                                                                                                  
          Commodity and service group                                                             
                                                                                                  
 Services.....................................     58.763     125.7     125.6       3.4      -0.1 
 Commodities..................................     41.237     107.5     106.7      -0.9      -0.7 
  Durables....................................     12.340      86.6      86.6      -1.5       0.0 
 Nondurables..................................     28.897     117.9     116.5      -0.9      -1.2 
  All items less food and energy..............     78.707     113.6     113.9       2.5       0.3 
 Energy.......................................      7.351     172.9     157.5      -9.9      -8.9 

 Indexes for 2006 are initial estimates.  Indexes for 2005 are interim adjustments.
 NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.