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                   CONSUMER PRICE INDEX:  SEPTEMBER 2006
 
      The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) decreased
 0.5 percent in September, before seasonal adjustment, the Bureau of Labor
 Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today.  The September
 level of 202.9 (1982-84=100) was 2.1 percent higher than in September
 2005.
      
      The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers
 (CPI-W) decreased 0.6 percent in September, prior to seasonal adjustment.
 The September level of 198.4 (1982-84=100) was 1.7 percent higher than in
 September 2005.
      
      The Chained Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (C-CPI-U)
 decreased 0.3 percent in September on a not seasonally adjusted basis.
 The September level of 117.6 (December 1999=100) was 2.2 percent higher
 than in September 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
 September, following an increase of 0.2 percent in August.  Energy prices,
 which rose 0.3 percent in August, declined 7.2 percent in September.
 Within energy, the index for petroleum based energy decreased 12.9
 percent, while the index for energy services rose 1.2 percent.  The food
 index increased 0.3 percent in September.  The index for all items less
 food and energy rose 0.2 percent in September, the same as in August.
 Increases in the shelter and apparel components accounted for over 80
 percent of the September advance.
     

 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
                    Mar. Apr.  May June July Aug.  Sep.   Sep.'06    Sep.'06
 All Items            .4    .6   .4   .2   .4   .2  -.5     0.8       2.1
  Food and beverages  .1    .0   .2   .3   .2   .3   .4     3.3       2.6
  Housing             .2    .1   .3   .2   .3   .2   .3     3.8       4.1
  Apparel            1.0    .6   .2   .0 -1.2   .9   .6     1.3       1.0     
  Transportation      .9   2.4  1.5  -.2  1.6   .2 -4.1    -9.2      -3.2
  Medical care        .4    .4   .3   .3   .2   .4   .3     3.7       4.2
  Recreation          .4    .3   .2   .1   .3  -.1   .0      .7       1.3
  Education and                                                         
    communication     .2    .3   .0   .3   .3   .3   .1     3.1       2.7
    Other goods and                                                     
      services        .2    .0   .1   .6  -.2   .3   .5     2.6       2.6
  Special Indexes                                                       
   Energy            1.3   3.9  2.4  -.9  2.9   .3 -7.2   -15.6      -4.3
   Food               .1    .0   .1   .3   .2   .4   .3     3.5       2.5
   All Items less                                                       
     food and energy  .3    .3   .3   .3   .2   .2   .2     2.7       2.9
     
      
       Consumer prices increased at a seasonally adjusted annual rate
 (SAAR) of 0.8 percent in the third quarter of 2006, following increases in
 the first and second quarters at annual rates of 4.3 and 5.1 percent,
 respectively.  This brings the year-to-date annual rate to 3.4 percent,
 the same as for all of 2005.  The index for energy, which advanced at
 annual rates of 21.8 and 23.8 percent in the first two quarters, declined
 at a 15.6 percent rate in the third quarter of 2006.  Thus far this year,
 energy costs have risen at an 8.3 percent SAAR after increasing 17.1
 percent in all of 2005.  In the first nine months of 2006, petroleum-based
 energy costs increased at a 16.3 percent rate while charges for energy
 services decreased at a 0.1 percent rate.  The food index rose at a 2.6
 percent SAAR in the first nine months of 2006.  The index for grocery
 store food prices increased at a 2.2 percent rate.  Among the six major
 grocery store food groups, the index for fruits and vegetables registered
 the largest increase during this span--up at a 7.9 percent rate.  The
 index for dairy products recorded the largest decline--down at a 2.0
 percent annual rate.
      
       The CPI-U excluding food and energy advanced at a 2.7 percent SAAR
 in the third quarter, following increases at rates of 2.8 and 3.6 percent
 in the first two quarters of 2006.  The advance at a 3.0 percent SAAR for
 the first nine months of 2006 compares with a 2.2 percent rise in all of
 2005.  Almost 80 percent of the overall acceleration was accounted for by
 the larger increase in the index for shelter.  Shelter costs, which rose
 2.6 percent in all of 2005, have risen at a 4.1 percent annual rate in the
 first nine months of 2006.  An upturn in the index for apparel accounted
 for about 18 percent of the acceleration thus far in 2006.  The annual
 rates for selected groups for the last seven and three-quarter years are
 shown below.
      

                        Percentage change 12 months		       SAAR 9	                       
                        ended in December                              mos. ended
                                                                       in June   
                     1999   2000    2001   2002   2003   2004   2005   2006
               
 All items            2.7    3.4     1.6    2.4    1.9    3.3    3.4    3.4
  Food and beverages  2.0    2.8     2.8    1.5    3.5    2.6    2.3    2.6
  Housing             2.2    4.3     2.9    2.4    2.2    3.0    4.0    3.4
  Apparel             -.5   -1.8    -3.2   -1.8   -2.1    -.2   -1.1    1.9
  Transportation      5.4    4.1    -3.8    3.8     .3    6.5    4.8    5.2 
  Medical care        3.7    4.2     4.7    5.0    3.7    4.2    4.3    3.9
  Recreation           .8    1.7     1.5    1.1    1.1     .7    1.1    1.6
  Education and
    communication     1.6    1.3     3.2    2.2    1.6    1.5    2.4    2.9
  Other goods
    and services      5.1    4.2     4.5    3.3    1.5    2.5    3.1    2.5

 Special indexes
  Energy             13.4   14.2   -13.0   10.7    6.9   16.6   17.1    8.3
   Energy 
     commodities     29.5   15.7   -24.5   23.7    6.9   26.7   16.7   16.3
   Energy
     services         1.2   12.7    -1.5     .4    6.9    6.8   17.6    -.1
  All items less
     energy           2.0    2.6     2.8    1.8    1.5    2.2    2.2    2.9
   Food               1.9    2.8     2.8    1.5    3.6    2.7    2.3    2.6
  All items less
     food and energy  1.9    2.6     2.7    1.9    1.1    2.2    2.2    3.0


      The food and beverages index increased 0.4 percent in September.  The
 index for food at home rose 0.5 percent in September, following a 0.4
 percent increase in August.  A 3.0 percent increase in the index for
 fruits and vegetables accounted for about 90 percent of the September
 advance in grocery store food prices.  The indexes for fresh vegetables,
 for fresh fruits and for processed fruits and vegetables increased 6.6,
 0.8, and 0.2 percent, respectively.  The index for meats, poultry, fish,
 and eggs increased 0.5 percent in September.  Beef prices, which increased
 1.4 percent in August, fell 0.2 percent in September.  This decline was
 more than offset by increases in the prices for pork, other meats,
 poultry, fish and seafood, and eggs.  The index for nonalcoholic beverages
 rose 0.2 percent in September after increasing 0.8 percent in August,
 reflecting declines in the indexes  for carbonated drinks and for coffee.
 The index for cereal and bakery products increased 0.1 percent in
 September, while the indexes for dairy products and other food at home
 were unchanged and declined 0.5 percent, respectively.  The other two
 components of the food and beverages index--food away from home and
 alcoholic beverages--each increased 0.1 percent.
      
      The index for housing increased 0.3 percent in September.  The index
 for shelter rose 0.3 percent, following a 0.2 percent rise in August.
 Within shelter, the indexes for rent and owners' equivalent rent increased
 0.4 and 0.3 percent, respectively, the same as in August.  The index for
 lodging away from home, which fell 0.4 percent in August, rose 0.7 percent
 in September.  (Prior to seasonal adjustment, the index for lodging away
 from home declined 4.3 percent.)  The index for fuels and utilities--up
 0.7 percent in September--increased for the third consecutive month after
 registering declines in each of the preceding five months.  The index for
 natural gas increased for the second consecutive month--up 2.9 percent in
 September.  The index for electricity increased 0.5 percent.  The index
 for fuel oil registered its first decline in six months--down 6.1 percent
 in September. During the last 12 months, the index for electricity
 increased 11.8 percent while the indexes for natural gas and for fuel oil
 have decreased 6.1 and 1.9 percent, respectively.  The index for household
 furnishings and operations, which rose 0.2 percent in August, increased
 0.1 percent in September.
      
      The transportation index declined 4.1 percent in September,
 reflecting price decreases for gasoline, for new and used motor vehicles,
 and for airline fares.  The index for gasoline declined 13.5 percent,
 accounting for about 98 percent of the decline in the overall
 transportation group.  The index for new vehicles declined 0.1 percent in
 September.  (About 25 percent of the new car sample in September was
 represented by 2007 models.)  New vehicle prices are 0.4 percent higher
 than in September 2005.  The index for used cars and trucks decreased 1.0
 percent in September and was 0.4 percent lower than in September 2005.
 The index for public transportation declined 0.7 percent, reflecting a 2.3
 percent drop in airline fares.  Airline fares have declined 4.1 percent in
 the last two months after advancing 12.6 percent in the first seven months
 of the year,
      
      The index for apparel, which increased 0.9 percent in August, rose
 0.6 percent in September to a level 1.0 percent higher than in September
 2005.   (Reflecting price increases associated with the introduction of
 fall-winter wear, apparel prices advanced 4.8 percent in September, prior
 to seasonal adjustment; prices for women's and girls' clothing increased
 8.4 percent.)
      
      Medical care costs rose 0.3 percent in September and were 4.2 percent
 higher than a year ago.  The index for medical care commodities--
 prescription drugs, nonprescription drugs, and medical supplies--increased
 0.2 percent.  The index for medical care services rose 0.4 percent in
 August.  The indexes for professional services and for hospital and
 related services each increased 0.3 percent.
      
      The index for recreation was unchanged in September.  A 1.6 percent
 decline in the index for sporting goods was largely offset by increases of
 1.0 percent in the index for toys, and 0.5 percent in the indexes for
 admissions, and for pets, pet products and services.
      
      The index for education and communication increased 0.1 percent in
 September.  Educational costs rose 0.2 percent, while the index for
 communication declined 0.1 percent.  Within the former group, the index
 for college textbooks rose 0.8 percent while the index for college tuition
 was virtually unchanged.  (Prior to seasonal adjustment, charges for
 college tuition and fees rose 1.9 percent in September and were 6.5
 percent higher than a year ago.)  Within the communication group, the
 index for telephone services rose 0.2 percent, reflecting increases in
 charges for local and long distance land-line telephone services and for
 wireless telephone services--up 0.5, 0.1, and 0.2 percent--respectively.
 This advance was more than offset by a 1.6 percent decline in the index
 for information technology, hardware, and services.  The index for
 personal computers and peripheral equipment declined 0.9 percent.
      
      The index for other goods and services rose 0.5 percent in September.
 Increases in the indexes for personal care products and for financial
 services--up 1.0 and 2.7 percent, respectively--more than offset a 0.1
 percent decline in the index for tobacco and smoking products.
 
 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 September.
 

 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
                   Mar.  Apr.  May June July Aug.  Sep.   Sep.'06    Sep.'06                       
 All Items           .5    .6   .5   .2   .5   .4  -.7      0.6       1.7
  Food and beverages .1   -.1   .2   .3   .2   .4   .3      3.3       2.5
  Housing            .2    .1   .3   .3   .3   .4   .3      3.7       3.9
  Apparel           1.1    .7   .1  -.2 -1.2  1.2   .8      3.4       1.5
  Transportation    1.1   2.6  1.5  -.2  1.8   .2 -4.4     -9.8      -3.4
  Medical care       .5    .4   .3   .2   .3   .4   .3      4.2       4.3
  Recreation         .4    .3   .2   .2   .2  -.2   .0       .0       1.2
  Education and                                                         
    communication    .2    .3   .0   .2   .3   .4   .1      3.2       2.4
  Other goods and                                                     
    services         .3   -.1   .0   .6  -.1   .2   .3      1.9       2.4
  Special Indexes                                                       
   Energy           1.4   4.2  2.5  -.9  3.1   .3 -7.5    -16.5      -5.1
   Food              .1   -.1   .1   .3   .2   .4   .4      3.6       2.5
   All Items less                                                       
     food and energy .4    .2   .3   .3   .2   .3   .1      2.6       2.7
 

     Consumer Price Index data for October are scheduled for release on
 Thursday, November 16, 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
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 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
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 data. The index values will continue to be calculated from underlying
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 downward effect on the data will be introduced.  The levels of future
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 Brief Explanation of the CPI

      The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a measure of the average change in
 prices over time of goods and services purchased by households.  The
 Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes CPIs for two population groups:  (1)
 the CPI for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W), which covers
 households of wage earners and clerical workers that comprise
 approximately 32 percent of the total population and (2) the CPI for All
 Urban Consumers (CPI-U) and the Chained CPI for All Urban Consumers (C-CPI-
 U), which cover approximately 87 percent of the total population and
 include in addition to wage earners and clerical worker households, groups
 such as professional, managerial, and technical workers, the self-
 employed, short-term workers, the unemployed, and retirees and others not
 in the labor force.
 
      The CPIs are based on prices of food, clothing, shelter, and fuels,
 transportation fares, charges for doctors' and dentists' services, drugs,
 and other goods and services that people buy for day-to-day living.
 Prices are collected in 87 urban areas across the country from about
 50,000 housing units and approximately 23,000 retail establishments-
 department stores, supermarkets, hospitals, filling stations, and other
 types of stores and service establishments.  All taxes directly associated
 with the purchase and use of items are included in the index.  Prices of
 fuels and a few other items are obtained every month in all 87 locations.
 Prices of most other commodities and services are collected every month in
 the three largest geographic areas and every other month in other areas.
 Prices of most goods and services are obtained by personal visits or
 telephone calls of the Bureau's trained representatives.
 
      In calculating the index, price changes for the various items in each
 location are averaged together with weights, which represent their
 importance in the spending of the appropriate population group.  Local
 data are then combined to obtain a U.S. city average.  For the CPI-U and
 CPI-W separate indexes are also published by size of city, by region of
 the country, for cross-classifications of regions and population-size
 classes, and for 27 local areas.  Area indexes do not measure differences
 in the level of prices among cities; they only measure the average change
 in prices for each area since the base period.  For the C-CPI-U data are
 issued only at the national level.  It is important to note that the CPI-U
 and CPI-W are considered final when released, but the C-CPI-U is issued in
 preliminary form and subject to two annual revisions.
 
      The index measures price change from a designed reference date.  For
 the CPI-U and the CPI-W the reference base is 1982-84 equals 100.0. The
 reference base for the C-CPI-U is December 1999 equals 100.
 An increase of 16.5 percent from the reference base, for example, is shown
 as 116.5.  This change can also be expressed in dollars as follows:  the
 price of a base period market basket of goods and services in the CPI has
 risen from $10 in 1982-84 to $11.65.
 
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 http://www.bls.gov/cpi/ or contact our CPI Information and Analysis
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       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-
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 Table 1. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category and commodity
 and service group

 (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                   Unadjusted                           
                                                 Relative   Unadjusted indexes percent change to   Seasonally adjusted  
                                               importance,                      Sep. 2006 from-    percent change from- 
                     CPI-U                       December                                                               
                                                   2005       Aug.      Sep.                                            
                                                              2006      2006     Sep.     Aug.   June to July to Aug. to
                                                                                 2005     2006     July    Aug.    Sep. 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                        
             Expenditure category                                                                                       
                                                                                                                        
 All items....................................    100.000     203.9     202.9      2.1     -0.5     0.4     0.2    -0.5 
 All items (1967=100).........................          -     610.9     607.9        -        -       -       -       - 
                                                                                                                        
  Food and beverages..........................     15.051     196.0     196.7      2.6      0.4     0.2     0.3     0.4 
   Food.......................................     13.942     195.5     196.2      2.5      0.4     0.2     0.4     0.3 
    Food at home..............................      7.988     193.1     194.1      2.2      0.5     0.2     0.4     0.5 
     Cereals and bakery products..............      1.098     214.6     213.6      2.5     -0.5     0.9     0.0     0.1 
     Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs...........      2.133     187.1     188.0      1.5      0.5    -0.6     1.0     0.5 
     Dairy and related products...............       .852     180.0     179.9     -1.0     -0.1     0.1    -0.8     0.0 
     Fruits and vegetables....................      1.219     249.2     258.2      7.2      3.6     0.9     1.0     3.0 
     Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage                                                                                
         materials............................       .910     146.9     147.5      1.6      0.4    -0.5     0.8     0.2 
     Other food at home.......................      1.777     170.6     169.8      1.3     -0.5     0.5    -0.2    -0.5 
      Sugar and sweets........................       .302     173.5     172.1      3.8     -0.8     0.7     0.2    -0.6 
      Fats and oils...........................       .231     167.5     167.9     -0.9      0.2    -0.5     0.1    -0.2 
      Other foods (1).........................      1.244     186.1     185.0      1.0     -0.6     0.7    -0.4    -0.6 
       Other miscellaneous foods (1) (2)......       .328     113.8     114.2      2.4      0.4     0.5    -1.0     0.4 
    Food away from home (1)...................      5.953     200.2     200.5      3.0      0.1     0.3     0.3     0.1 
     Other food away from home (2)............       .277     137.3     137.6      3.3      0.2     0.4     0.4     0.1 
   Alcoholic beverages (1)....................      1.109     201.2     201.4      2.4      0.1    -0.1     0.0     0.1 
                                                                                                                        
  Housing.....................................     42.380     205.1     205.0      4.1      0.0     0.3     0.2     0.3 
   Shelter....................................     32.260     234.2     233.9      4.2     -0.1     0.4     0.2     0.3 
    Rent of primary residence (3).............      5.832     226.2     227.1      3.9      0.4     0.4     0.4     0.4 
    Lodging away from home (2)................      2.611     141.1     135.0      8.3     -4.3     0.6    -0.4     0.7 
    Owners' equivalent rent of primary                                                                                  
        residence (3) (4).....................     23.442     239.7     240.4      4.0      0.3     0.4     0.3     0.3 
    Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2)..       .375     116.2     116.4     -0.2      0.2     0.0    -0.2     0.2 
   Fuels and utilities........................      5.371     199.0     199.6      5.7      0.3     0.4     0.3     0.7 
    Fuels.....................................      4.494     181.5     182.0      5.8      0.3     0.3     0.3     0.7 
     Fuel oil and other fuels.................       .339     245.3     237.1      0.5     -3.3     3.1     1.7    -4.9 
     Gas (piped) and electricity (3)..........      4.155     186.4     187.4      6.2      0.5     0.1     0.2     1.2 
    Water and sewer and trash collection                                                                                
        services (2)..........................       .877     137.8     138.2      5.2      0.3     0.6     0.2     0.4 
   Household furnishings and operations.......      4.749     127.1     127.1      1.1      0.0     0.0     0.2     0.1 
    Household operations (1) (2)..............       .779     137.0     137.4      4.9      0.3     0.2     0.3     0.3 
                                                                                                                        
  Apparel.....................................      3.786     116.1     121.7      1.0      4.8    -1.2     0.9     0.6 
   Men's and boys' apparel....................       .915     110.8     114.4      0.4      3.2    -0.4     0.9     1.0 
   Women's and girls' apparel.................      1.612     105.7     114.6      2.0      8.4    -2.1     1.6     1.0 
   Infants' and toddlers' apparel.............       .183     115.6     116.5      0.9      0.8     1.5    -0.2    -1.9 
   Footwear...................................       .759     120.6     124.2     -1.4      3.0    -1.1    -0.1     0.0 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation..............................     17.415     188.5     180.6     -3.2     -4.2     1.6     0.2    -4.1 
   Private transportation.....................     16.329     184.5     176.5     -3.6     -4.3     1.7     0.2    -4.3 
    New and used motor vehicles (2)...........      7.858      95.5      95.3     -0.1     -0.2     0.2     0.0    -0.3 
     New vehicles.............................      5.155     136.4     136.3      0.4     -0.1     0.1    -0.1    -0.1 
     Used cars and trucks (1).................      1.799     142.4     141.0     -0.4     -1.0     0.4     0.2    -1.0 
    Motor fuel................................      4.191     254.4     220.1    -11.8    -13.5     5.1     0.3   -13.4 
     Gasoline (all types).....................      4.148     253.2     219.0    -11.9    -13.5     5.3     0.2   -13.5 
    Motor vehicle parts and equipment (1).....       .362     118.2     118.7      5.3      0.4     0.8     0.3     0.4 
    Motor vehicle maintenance and repair......      1.131     216.2     217.0      4.0      0.4     0.6    -0.1     0.2 
   Public transportation......................      1.087     234.3     229.5      4.0     -2.0     0.4     0.3    -0.7 
                                                                                                                        
  Medical care................................      6.220     337.7     338.3      4.2      0.2     0.2     0.4     0.3 
   Medical care commodities...................      1.457     287.6     288.1      3.7      0.2     0.3     0.3     0.2 
   Medical care services......................      4.764     352.1     352.7      4.4      0.2     0.2     0.4     0.4 
    Professional services.....................      2.815     290.2     290.6      2.7      0.1     0.2     0.3     0.3 
    Hospital and related services (3).........      1.576     471.1     472.0      7.3      0.2     0.2     0.8     0.3 
                                                                                                                        
  Recreation (2)..............................      5.637     111.3     111.1      1.3     -0.2     0.3    -0.1     0.0 
   Video and audio (2)........................      1.783     104.7     104.5      0.1     -0.2    -0.1    -0.2    -0.1 
                                                                                                                        
  Education and communication (2).............      6.047     117.5     118.4      2.7      0.8     0.3     0.3     0.1 
   Education (2)..............................      2.967     163.9     166.6      6.0      1.6     0.6     0.7     0.2 
    Educational books and supplies............       .196     391.3     393.9      5.8      0.7     0.3     1.2    -0.1 
    Tuition, other school fees, and childcare.      2.771     473.4     481.7      6.1      1.8     0.6     0.7     0.2 
   Communication (2)..........................      3.080      84.3      84.2     -0.5     -0.1     0.0     0.0    -0.1 
    Information and information processing (1)                                                                          
        (2)...................................      2.895      81.8      81.7     -0.8     -0.1     0.1    -0.1    -0.1 
     Telephone services (1) (2)...............      2.245      95.9      96.1      1.1      0.2     0.2     0.3     0.2 
     Information technology, hardware and                                                                               
         services (1) (5).....................       .650      12.5      12.3     -7.5     -1.6     0.0    -1.6    -1.6 
      Personal computers and peripheral                                                                                 
          equipment (1) (2)...................       .236      10.6      10.5    -14.6     -0.9    -0.9     0.0    -0.9 
                                                                                                                        
  Other goods and services....................      3.463     321.7     323.3      2.6      0.5    -0.2     0.3     0.5 
   Tobacco and smoking products (1)...........       .710     521.1     520.8      2.1     -0.1     0.0    -0.1    -0.1 
   Personal care..............................      2.752     190.1     191.3      2.8      0.6    -0.2     0.4     0.6 
    Personal care products (1)................       .710     154.9     156.4      1.0      1.0    -0.1    -0.1     1.0 
    Personal care services (1)................       .675     210.1     210.7      3.0      0.3     0.2     0.3     0.3 
    Miscellaneous personal services...........      1.172     314.4     316.4      3.8      0.6    -0.1     0.6     0.7 
                                                                                                                        
          Commodity and service group                                                                                   
                                                                                                                        
 Commodities..................................     40.790     166.6     164.4     -0.7     -1.3     0.7     0.2    -1.7 
  Food and beverages..........................     15.051     196.0     196.7      2.6      0.4     0.2     0.3     0.4 
  Commodities less food and beverages.........     25.739     149.4     146.0     -2.6     -2.3     0.9     0.2    -2.9 
   Nondurables less food and beverages........     14.163     184.5     177.7     -3.6     -3.7     1.2    -0.4    -5.8 
    Apparel...................................      3.786     116.1     121.7      1.0      4.8    -1.2     0.9     0.6 
    Nondurables less food, beverages, and                                                                               
        apparel...............................     10.377     231.2     216.6     -5.0     -6.3     2.3     0.4    -6.9 
   Durables...................................     11.576     114.3     113.8     -0.7     -0.4     0.3     0.0    -0.5 
 Services.....................................     59.210     240.9     241.1      4.1      0.1     0.3     0.3     0.4 
  Rent of shelter (4).........................     31.884     244.1     243.8      4.3     -0.1     0.5     0.2     0.3 
  Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2)....       .375     116.2     116.4     -0.2      0.2     0.0    -0.2     0.2 
  Gas (piped) and electricity (3).............      4.155     186.4     187.4      6.2      0.5     0.1     0.2     1.2 
  Water and sewer and trash collection                                                                                  
      services (2)............................       .877     137.8     138.2      5.2      0.3     0.6     0.2     0.4 
  Household operations (1) (2)................       .779     137.0     137.4      4.9      0.3     0.2     0.3     0.3 
  Transportation services.....................      5.707     232.2     231.7      2.1     -0.2     0.2     0.3     0.1 
  Medical care services.......................      4.764     352.1     352.7      4.4      0.2     0.2     0.4     0.4 
  Other services..............................     10.669     279.1     280.8      3.5      0.6     0.3     0.3     0.2 
                                                                                                                        
                Special indexes                                                                                         
                                                                                                                        
 All items less food..........................     86.058     205.4     204.1      2.1     -0.6     0.5     0.2    -0.6 
 All items less shelter.......................     67.740     194.4     193.1      1.1     -0.7     0.5     0.3    -0.9 
 All items less medical care..................     93.780     197.1     196.0      1.9     -0.6     0.5     0.3    -0.6 
 Commodities less food........................     26.848     151.4     148.0     -2.5     -2.2     0.9     0.3    -2.8 
 Nondurables less food........................     15.272     185.5     179.1     -3.3     -3.5     1.1    -0.3    -5.4 
 Nondurables less food and apparel............     11.486     227.3     214.2     -4.5     -5.8     2.1     0.4    -6.2 
 Nondurables..................................     29.214     191.0     187.8     -0.6     -1.7     0.7     0.0    -2.7 
 Services less rent of shelter (4)............     27.325     255.4     256.2      3.8      0.3     0.2     0.2     0.3 
 Services less medical care services..........     54.446     231.6     231.8      4.0      0.1     0.3     0.3     0.3 
 Energy.......................................      8.685     214.7     199.1     -4.3     -7.3     2.9     0.3    -7.2 
 All items less energy........................     91.315     204.4     204.9      2.9      0.2     0.2     0.2     0.2 
  All items less food and energy..............     77.373     206.7     207.2      2.9      0.2     0.2     0.2     0.2 
   Commodities less food and energy                                                                                     
       commodities............................     22.319     139.9     140.9      0.5      0.7    -0.1     0.2    -0.1 
    Energy commodities........................      4.530     255.0     222.3    -11.0    -12.8     5.0     0.4   -12.9 
   Services less energy services..............     55.055     246.5     246.6      3.9      0.0     0.4     0.2     0.3 
 Purchasing power of the consumer dollar                                                                                
     (1982-84=$1.00)..........................          -    $ .490    $ .493        -        -       -       -       - 
 Purchasing power of the consumer dollar                                                                                
     (1967=$1.00).............................          -    $ .164    $ .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--   
                                                 June    July    Aug.    Sep.                                           
                                                 2006    2006    2006    2006                                           
                                                                                Dec.   Mar.   June   Sep.   Mar.   Sep. 
                                                                                2005   2006   2006   2006   2006   2006 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                        
             Expenditure category                                                                                       
                                                                                                                        
 All items....................................  202.3   203.2   203.7   202.7   -1.8    4.3    5.1    0.8    1.2    2.9 
                                                                                                                        
  Food and beverages..........................  195.3   195.7   196.2   196.9    2.3    2.7    1.9    3.3    2.5    2.6 
   Food.......................................  194.7   195.1   195.8   196.4    2.5    2.5    1.7    3.5    2.5    2.6 
    Food at home..............................  192.5   192.8   193.5   194.5    2.3    1.7    0.6    4.2    2.0    2.4 
     Cereals and bakery products..............  211.9   213.8   213.8   214.1    2.3    1.9    1.9    4.2    2.1    3.1 
     Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs...........  186.0   184.9   186.8   187.7    2.0    0.4    0.2    3.7    1.2    1.9 
     Dairy and related products...............  181.2   181.3   179.8   179.8    2.0    1.5   -4.3   -3.1    1.8   -3.7 
     Fruits and vegetables....................  249.5   251.7   254.1   261.7    5.5    2.6    1.1   21.0    4.1   10.6 
     Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage                                                                                
         materials............................  147.1   146.3   147.5   147.8    1.4    3.0   -0.3    1.9    2.2    0.8 
     Other food at home.......................  170.1   171.0   170.6   169.7    1.2    2.2    2.6   -0.9    1.7    0.8 
      Sugar and sweets........................  171.5   172.7   173.1   172.1    7.9    1.7    4.3    1.4    4.8    2.8 
      Fats and oils...........................  168.2   167.4   167.5   167.1   -3.5    1.0    1.7   -2.6   -1.3   -0.5 
      Other foods (1).........................  185.6   186.9   186.1   185.0    0.4    2.6    2.4   -1.3    1.5    0.5 
       Other miscellaneous foods (1) (2)......  114.4   115.0   113.8   114.2    3.3    2.2    5.0   -0.7    2.7    2.1 
    Food away from home (1)...................  199.2   199.7   200.2   200.5    2.9    3.3    3.3    2.6    3.1    3.0 
     Other food away from home (2)............  136.3   136.8   137.3   137.5    2.7    3.9    3.3    3.6    3.3    3.4 
   Alcoholic beverages (1)....................  201.6   201.3   201.2   201.4   -0.4    7.8    3.0   -0.4    3.6    1.3 
                                                                                                                        
  Housing.....................................  202.8   203.5   204.0   204.7    6.0    3.2    3.0    3.8    4.6    3.4 
   Shelter....................................  232.0   232.9   233.4   234.2    4.5    3.6    5.0    3.8    4.0    4.4 
    Rent of primary residence (3).............  224.6   225.4   226.2   227.1    3.3    3.5    4.2    4.5    3.4    4.4 
    Lodging away from home (2)................  135.8   136.6   136.1   137.1   21.5    7.7    1.5    3.9   14.4    2.7 
    Owners' equivalent rent of primary                                                                                  
        residence (3) (4).....................  238.1   239.0   239.7   240.4    2.6    3.8    5.6    3.9    3.2    4.7 
    Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2)..  116.4   116.4   116.2   116.4   -1.7    0.3    0.7    0.0   -0.7    0.3 
   Fuels and utilities........................  192.6   193.3   193.9   195.2   18.9    5.5   -7.0    5.5   12.0   -0.9 
    Fuels.....................................  174.9   175.4   176.0   177.2   22.1    5.3   -9.1    5.4   13.4   -2.1 
     Fuel oil and other fuels.................  241.5   248.9   253.2   240.9  -14.2  -13.6   39.0   -1.0  -13.9   17.3 
     Gas (piped) and electricity (3)..........  179.3   179.4   179.7   181.9   25.9    7.0  -12.1    5.9   16.1   -3.5 
    Water and sewer and trash collection                                                                                
        services (2)..........................  136.4   137.2   137.5   138.1    5.3    5.2    4.8    5.1    5.2    5.0 
   Household furnishings and operations.......  127.1   127.1   127.4   127.5    2.6   -0.9    1.9    1.3    0.8    1.6 
    Household operations (1) (2)..............  136.3   136.6   137.0   137.4    7.2    4.9    4.2    3.3    6.0    3.7 
                                                                                                                        
  Apparel.....................................  120.0   118.6   119.7   120.4   -2.0    1.4    3.1    1.3   -0.3    2.2 
   Men's and boys' apparel....................  113.7   113.3   114.3   115.4   -1.4   -1.4   -1.7    6.1   -1.4    2.1 
   Women's and girls' apparel.................  111.8   109.4   111.1   112.2    0.7    1.1    4.8    1.4    0.9    3.1 
   Infants' and toddlers' apparel.............  116.4   118.2   118.0   115.8    0.0    7.2   -1.4   -2.0    3.5   -1.7 
   Footwear...................................  123.8   122.4   122.3   122.3   -6.0    7.4   -1.9   -4.8    0.5   -3.3 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation..............................  185.2   188.2   188.5   180.8  -24.2   10.5   15.9   -9.2   -8.5    2.6 
   Private transportation.....................  181.3   184.4   184.7   176.8  -25.5   10.7   16.3   -9.6   -9.2    2.5 
    New and used motor vehicles (2)...........   95.9    96.1    96.1    95.8   -2.1    1.3    0.8   -0.4   -0.4    0.2 
     New vehicles.............................  137.6   137.8   137.7   137.5    1.2    2.3   -1.7   -0.3    1.8   -1.0 
     Used cars and trucks (1).................  141.5   142.1   142.4   141.0   -6.3    2.3    4.4   -1.4   -2.1    1.4 
    Motor fuel................................  239.3   251.6   252.3   218.4  -62.1   41.5   63.3  -30.6  -26.8    6.4 
     Gasoline (all types).....................  238.0   250.6   251.2   217.3  -62.4   41.8   63.1  -30.5  -26.9    6.5 
    Motor vehicle parts and equipment (1).....  117.0   117.9   118.2   118.7    4.7    5.0    5.7    5.9    4.8    5.8 
    Motor vehicle maintenance and repair......  215.7   216.9   216.6   217.0    3.1    5.8    4.4    2.4    4.5    3.4 
   Public transportation......................  229.5   230.5   231.1   229.5    2.7    2.9   10.4    0.0    2.8    5.1 
                                                                                                                        
  Medical care................................  336.0   336.6   338.0   339.1    5.3    4.2    3.9    3.7    4.7    3.8 
   Medical care commodities...................  286.0   286.8   287.6   288.1    5.1    4.6    2.4    3.0    4.9    2.7 
   Medical care services......................  350.3   350.9   352.4   353.8    5.3    4.0    4.3    4.1    4.7    4.2 
    Professional services.....................  288.6   289.3   290.2   291.2    4.0    1.0    2.2    3.7    2.5    2.9 
    Hospital and related services (3).........  468.5   469.3   473.0   474.4    7.2   10.0    7.1    5.1    8.5    6.1 
                                                                                                                        
  Recreation (2)..............................  111.1   111.4   111.3   111.3    0.7    1.8    2.2    0.7    1.3    1.5 
   Video and audio (2)........................  105.2   105.1   104.9   104.8   -1.1    1.9    1.1   -1.5    0.4   -0.2 
                                                                                                                        
  Education and communication (2).............  116.6   117.0   117.4   117.5    2.5    3.2    2.4    3.1    2.8    2.8 
   Education (2)..............................  161.5   162.4   163.6   164.0    5.8    6.0    6.2    6.3    5.9    6.3 
    Educational books and supplies............  387.1   388.2   392.9   392.4    6.7    4.6    6.3    5.6    5.7    6.0 
    Tuition, other school fees, and childcare.  466.3   469.0   472.5   473.6    5.8    6.1    6.1    6.4    6.0    6.2 
   Communication (2)..........................   84.3    84.3    84.3    84.2   -1.4    0.5   -0.5   -0.5   -0.5   -0.5 
    Information and information processing (1)                                                                          
        (2)...................................   81.8    81.9    81.8    81.7   -1.0   -1.5   -0.5   -0.5   -1.2   -0.5 
     Telephone services (1) (2)...............   95.4    95.6    95.9    96.1    0.4   -0.8    1.7    3.0   -0.2    2.3 
     Information technology, hardware and                                                                               
         services (1) (5).....................   12.7    12.7    12.5    12.3   -5.9   -3.0   -8.9  -12.0   -4.5  -10.5 
      Personal computers and peripheral                                                                                 
          equipment (1) (2)...................   10.7    10.6    10.6    10.5  -18.1   -9.9  -22.4   -7.3  -14.1  -15.2 
                                                                                                                        
  Other goods and services....................  321.5   321.0   322.0   323.6    3.2    2.3    2.5    2.6    2.7    2.6 
   Tobacco and smoking products (1)...........  521.5   521.5   521.1   520.8    2.4    4.7    1.9   -0.5    3.5    0.7 
   Personal care..............................  189.9   189.5   190.3   191.5    3.5    1.7    2.6    3.4    2.6    3.0 
    Personal care products (1)................  155.2   155.0   154.9   156.4    1.6   -0.5    0.0    3.1    0.5    1.6 
    Personal care services (1)................  209.1   209.5   210.1   210.7    4.0    3.7    1.2    3.1    3.8    2.1 
    Miscellaneous personal services...........  313.0   312.6   314.4   316.7    3.6    3.6    3.5    4.8    3.6    4.2 
                                                                                                                        
          Commodity and service group                                                                                   
                                                                                                                        
 Commodities..................................  165.7   166.9   167.3   164.4  -11.1    5.3    7.3   -3.1   -3.2    2.0 
  Food and beverages..........................  195.3   195.7   196.2   196.9    2.3    2.7    1.9    3.3    2.5    2.6 
  Commodities less food and beverages.........  148.5   149.9   150.2   145.9  -18.4    6.9   10.9   -6.8   -6.6    1.7 
   Nondurables less food and beverages........  183.5   185.7   185.0   174.2  -21.8    5.0   29.2  -18.8   -9.4    2.5 
    Apparel...................................  120.0   118.6   119.7   120.4   -2.0    1.4    3.1    1.3   -0.3    2.2 
    Nondurables less food, beverages, and                                                                               
        apparel...............................  225.3   230.4   231.4   215.5  -35.4   17.1   28.5  -16.3  -13.0    3.7 
   Durables...................................  114.6   114.9   114.9   114.3   -1.4    0.0   -0.7   -1.0   -0.7   -0.9 
 Services.....................................  238.5   239.2   239.9   240.8    5.3    3.6    3.4    3.9    4.5    3.7 
  Rent of shelter (4).........................  241.5   242.7   243.3   244.0    4.3    3.4    5.0    4.2    3.9    4.6 
  Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2)....  116.4   116.4   116.2   116.4   -1.7    0.3    0.7    0.0   -0.7    0.3 
  Gas (piped) and electricity (3).............  179.3   179.4   179.7   181.9   25.9    7.0  -12.1    5.9   16.1   -3.5 
  Water and sewer and trash collection                                                                                  
      services (2)............................  136.4   137.2   137.5   138.1    5.3    5.2    4.8    5.1    5.2    5.0 
  Household operations (1) (2)................  136.3   136.6   137.0   137.4    7.2    4.9    4.2    3.3    6.0    3.7 
  Transportation services.....................  231.0   231.5   232.2   232.5    0.9    0.9    3.9    2.6    0.9    3.3 
  Medical care services.......................  350.3   350.9   352.4   353.8    5.3    4.0    4.3    4.1    4.7    4.2 
  Other services..............................  277.4   278.2   279.1   279.7    3.3    3.4    4.0    3.4    3.4    3.7 
                                                                                                                        
                Special indexes                                                                                         
                                                                                                                        
 All items less food..........................  203.5   204.6   205.1   203.8   -2.4    4.5    5.5    0.6    1.0    3.0 
 All items less shelter.......................  192.9   193.9   194.4   192.7   -4.5    4.8    4.9   -0.4    0.0    2.2 
 All items less medical care..................  195.4   196.4   196.9   195.8   -2.1    4.3    5.1    0.8    1.0    2.9 
 Commodities less food........................  150.5   151.8   152.2   147.9  -17.7    6.8   10.5   -6.7   -6.2    1.5 
 Nondurables less food........................  184.5   186.6   186.0   176.0  -20.8    5.2   27.0  -17.2   -8.7    2.5 
 Nondurables less food and apparel............  222.0   226.7   227.5   213.4  -33.0   15.9   25.8  -14.6  -11.9    3.7 
 Nondurables..................................  190.0   191.4   191.4   186.3  -11.2    4.7   13.9   -7.6   -3.6    2.6 
 Services less rent of shelter (4)............  253.4   253.8   254.4   255.2    6.2    3.1    3.2    2.9    4.6    3.0 
 Services less medical care services..........  229.5   230.1   230.7   231.4    5.3    3.1    4.3    3.4    4.2    3.8 
 Energy.......................................  204.2   210.2   210.8   195.7  -34.7   21.8   23.8  -15.6  -10.8    2.2 
 All items less energy........................  203.7   204.1   204.6   205.1    2.8    2.6    3.4    2.8    2.7    3.1 
  All items less food and energy..............  206.0   206.4   206.9   207.4    2.6    2.8    3.6    2.7    2.7    3.2 
   Commodities less food and energy                                                                                     
       commodities............................  141.0   140.8   141.1   141.0   -0.3    1.4    0.9    0.0    0.6    0.4 
    Energy commodities........................  240.6   252.7   253.6   220.9  -60.0   36.9   61.6  -28.9  -26.0    7.2 
   Services less energy services..............  244.5   245.4   246.0   246.8    3.9    3.4    4.5    3.8    3.7    4.2 

   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                                  Sep. 2006 from--      Aug. 2006 from--  
                                               sched-                                                                      
                                                 ule   June   July   Aug.   Sep.                                           
                                                 (1)   2006   2006   2006   2006   Sep.   July   Aug.   Aug.   June   July 
                                                                                   2005   2006   2006   2005   2006   2006 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                           
 U.S. city average............................   M    202.9  203.5  203.9  202.9    2.1   -0.3   -0.5    3.8    0.5    0.2 
                                                                                                                           
            Region and area size(2)                                                                                        
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
 Northeast urban..............................   M    216.7  217.5  218.1  216.3    2.6   -0.6   -0.8    4.5    0.6    0.3 
   Size A - More than 1,500,000...............   M    219.3  220.1  220.7  219.1    2.8   -0.5   -0.7    4.5    0.6    0.3 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3).........   M    127.7  128.2  128.5  127.2    2.2   -0.8   -1.0    4.5    0.6    0.2 
                                                                                                                           
 Midwest urban................................   M    194.1  194.6  195.1  193.7    0.6   -0.5   -0.7    2.8    0.5    0.3 
   Size A - More than 1,500,000...............   M    195.6  196.3  196.9  195.7    1.0   -0.3   -0.6    2.8    0.7    0.3 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3).........   M    124.0  124.1  124.1  123.2    0.1   -0.7   -0.7    2.6    0.1    0.0 
   Size D -  Nonmetropolitan  (less than                                                                                   
       50,000)................................   M    189.3  190.1  190.9  189.1    1.0   -0.5   -0.9    3.4    0.8    0.4 
                                                                                                                           
 South urban..................................   M    196.3  197.0  197.1  195.8    2.0   -0.6   -0.7    4.1    0.4    0.1 
   Size A - More than 1,500,000...............   M    198.2  198.9  199.2  198.3    2.3   -0.3   -0.5    4.3    0.5    0.2 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3).........   M    125.0  125.5  125.4  124.4    1.7   -0.9   -0.8    3.7    0.3   -0.1 
   Size D -  Nonmetropolitan  (less than                                                                                   
       50,000)................................   M    196.7  198.0  198.3  197.1    2.7   -0.5   -0.6    5.1    0.8    0.2 
                                                                                                                           
 West urban...................................   M    206.4  206.7  207.5  207.8    3.0    0.5    0.1    4.0    0.5    0.4 
   Size A - More than 1,500,000...............   M    209.5  210.0  210.7  211.3    3.3    0.6    0.3    4.1    0.6    0.3 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3).........   M    125.6  125.6  126.2  125.9    2.3    0.2   -0.2    3.4    0.5    0.5 
                                                                                                                           
                 Size classes                                                                                              
                                                                                                                           
   A (4)......................................   M    185.6  186.2  186.7  186.1    2.4   -0.1   -0.3    4.0    0.6    0.3 
   B/C (3)....................................   M    125.3  125.6  125.7  124.8    1.5   -0.6   -0.7    3.6    0.3    0.1 
   D..........................................   M    195.3  196.0  196.6  195.6    2.1   -0.2   -0.5    4.2    0.7    0.3 
                                                                                                                           
            Selected local areas(5)                                                                                        
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI...............   M    199.0  199.3  200.4  199.6    0.7    0.2   -0.4    2.3    0.7    0.6 
 Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA......   M    211.1  211.4  211.9  212.9    3.4    0.7    0.5    4.3    0.4    0.2 
 New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island,                                                                                       
     NY-NJ-CT-PA..............................   M    222.6  223.1  224.1  222.9    3.3   -0.1   -0.5    4.7    0.7    0.4 
                                                                                                                           
 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    196.0      -  197.3      -      -      -      -    4.1    0.7      - 
 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI..................   2    196.8      -  198.6      -      -      -      -    3.3    0.9      - 
 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX...............   2    182.4      -  182.5      -      -      -      -    4.0    0.1      - 
 Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL....................   2    203.8      -  205.6      -      -      -      -    5.1    0.9      - 
 Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,                                                                                    
     PA-NJ-DE-MD..............................   2    213.9      -  216.4      -      -      -      -    4.7    1.2      - 
 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA...........   2    209.1      -  210.7      -      -      -      -    3.8    0.8      - 
 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA.................   2    208.2      -  209.6      -      -      -      -    4.9    0.7      - 

   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,                      Sep. 2006 from-    percent change from- 
                     CPI-W                       December                                                               
                                                   2005       Aug.      Sep.                                            
                                                              2006      2006     Sep.     Aug.   June to July to Aug. to
                                                                                 2005     2006     July    Aug.    Sep. 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                        
             Expenditure category                                                                                       
                                                                                                                        
 All items....................................    100.000     199.6     198.4      1.7     -0.6     0.5     0.4    -0.7 
 All items (1967=100).........................          -     594.6     591.0        -        -       -       -       - 
                                                                                                                        
  Food and beverages..........................     16.537     195.2     195.9      2.5      0.4     0.2     0.4     0.3 
   Food.......................................     15.519     194.7     195.5      2.5      0.4     0.2     0.4     0.4 
    Food at home..............................      9.347     192.2     193.3      2.2      0.6     0.1     0.5     0.5 
     Cereals and bakery products..............      1.275     214.8     214.1      2.9     -0.3     0.7     0.1     0.2 
     Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs...........      2.653     186.7     187.5      1.3      0.4    -0.5     1.1     0.4 
     Dairy and related products...............       .965     179.4     179.4     -1.3      0.0    -0.1    -0.9     0.0 
     Fruits and vegetables....................      1.338     247.9     257.3      7.7      3.8     0.8     1.4     3.0 
     Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage                                                                                
         materials............................      1.087     146.3     146.8      1.5      0.3    -0.6     0.9     0.1 
     Other food at home.......................      2.030     170.0     169.3      1.3     -0.4     0.5    -0.2    -0.5 
      Sugar and sweets........................       .337     172.5     171.3      3.8     -0.7     0.8     0.2    -0.7 
      Fats and oils...........................       .287     168.2     168.6     -0.5      0.2    -0.2    -0.1    -0.1 
      Other foods (1).........................      1.406     186.2     185.3      1.1     -0.5     0.6    -0.4    -0.5 
       Other miscellaneous foods (1) (2)......       .370     114.2     114.5      2.3      0.3     0.2    -0.9     0.3 
    Food away from home (1)...................      6.172     199.9     200.2      3.0      0.2     0.3     0.3     0.2 
     Other food away from home (2)............       .275     136.7     137.1      3.1      0.3     0.2     0.3     0.1 
   Alcoholic beverages (1)....................      1.018     200.7     200.9      2.5      0.1    -0.1     0.0     0.1 
                                                                                                                        
  Housing.....................................     40.161     200.3     200.4      3.9      0.0     0.3     0.4     0.3 
   Shelter....................................     30.069     226.5     226.6      4.0      0.0     0.4     0.4     0.2 
    Rent of primary residence (3).............      7.880     225.3     226.2      3.9      0.4     0.4     0.4     0.4 
    Lodging away from home (2)................      1.412     141.1     134.0      7.6     -5.0     0.4     0.1    -0.3 
    Owners' equivalent rent of primary                                                                                  
        residence (3) (4).....................     20.429     217.3     218.0      4.0      0.3     0.4     0.4     0.2 
    Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2)..       .348     116.6     116.8     -0.1      0.2     0.0    -0.1     0.2 
   Fuels and utilities........................      5.900     197.2     197.7      5.3      0.3     0.3     0.3     0.7 
    Fuels.....................................      4.984     178.6     179.0      5.4      0.2     0.3     0.2     0.8 
     Fuel oil and other fuels.................       .347     244.6     235.8      0.2     -3.6     3.3     1.6    -4.9 
     Gas (piped) and electricity (3)..........      4.637     184.3     185.3      5.8      0.5     0.0     0.2     1.2 
    Water and sewer and trash collection                                                                                
        services (2)..........................       .916     138.2     138.5      5.2      0.2     0.5     0.2     0.5 
   Household furnishings and operations.......      4.193     122.7     122.7      1.1      0.0     0.1     0.1     0.2 
    Household operations (1) (2)..............       .363     139.7     139.8      4.7      0.1     0.2     0.3     0.1 
                                                                                                                        
  Apparel.....................................      4.090     115.7     121.4      1.5      4.9    -1.2     1.2     0.8 
   Men's and boys' apparel....................       .982     110.9     114.5      1.1      3.2     0.0     0.9     1.3 
   Women's and girls' apparel.................      1.689     105.4     114.3      2.9      8.4    -2.5     2.5     1.2 
   Infants' and toddlers' apparel.............       .242     117.7     118.5      0.8      0.7     1.3     0.4    -1.8 
   Footwear...................................       .964     120.3     123.9     -0.8      3.0    -0.9    -0.2     0.4 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation..............................     19.669     188.6     180.1     -3.4     -4.5     1.8     0.2    -4.4 
   Private transportation.....................     18.931     185.8     177.1     -3.7     -4.7     1.8     0.2    -4.6 
    New and used motor vehicles (2)...........      8.944      94.8      94.5     -0.2     -0.3     0.2     0.0    -0.3 
     New vehicles.............................      5.380     137.4     137.4      0.4      0.0     0.1    -0.1    -0.1 
     Used cars and trucks (1).................      2.801     143.2     141.9     -0.4     -0.9     0.4     0.1    -0.9 
    Motor fuel................................      5.244     255.1     220.8    -11.8    -13.4     5.2     0.2   -13.4 
     Gasoline (all types).....................      5.193     254.1     219.7    -11.9    -13.5     5.2     0.2   -13.4 
    Motor vehicle parts and equipment (1).....       .434     117.8     118.4      5.4      0.5     0.8     0.3     0.5 
    Motor vehicle maintenance and repair......      1.130     218.6     219.4      3.9      0.4     0.4    -0.1     0.1 
   Public transportation......................       .738     231.4     227.8      4.1     -1.6     0.1     0.2    -0.2 
                                                                                                                        
  Medical care................................      5.171     337.3     337.8      4.3      0.1     0.3     0.4     0.3 
   Medical care commodities...................      1.140     280.6     281.1      4.0      0.2     0.3     0.2     0.2 
   Medical care services......................      4.030     352.5     353.1      4.3      0.2     0.3     0.5     0.4 
    Professional services.....................      2.336     292.5     292.8      2.5      0.1     0.3     0.2     0.3 
    Hospital and related services (3).........      1.332     466.7     467.5      7.3      0.2     0.3     0.7     0.3 
                                                                                                                        
  Recreation (2)..............................      5.097     108.5     108.3      1.2     -0.2     0.2    -0.2     0.0 
   Video and audio (2)........................      1.928     104.1     103.9      0.2     -0.2    -0.1    -0.2     0.0 
                                                                                                                        
  Education and communication (2).............      5.635     114.5     115.3      2.4      0.7     0.3     0.4     0.1 
   Education (2)..............................      2.243     161.7     164.7      6.2      1.9     0.5     0.9     0.4 
    Educational books and supplies............       .199     393.0     395.4      5.8      0.6     0.3     1.3    -0.2 
    Tuition, other school fees, and childcare.      2.044     457.7     466.6      6.3      1.9     0.5     0.8     0.4 
   Communication (2)..........................      3.392      86.2      86.2     -0.1      0.0     0.1     0.0     0.0 
    Information and information processing (1)                                                                          
        (2)...................................      3.244      84.5      84.4     -0.5     -0.1     0.1     0.0    -0.1 
     Telephone services (1) (2)...............      2.653      96.0      96.2      0.9      0.2     0.2     0.3     0.2 
     Information technology, hardware and                                                                               
         services (1) (5).....................       .590      13.1      12.9     -7.2     -1.5     0.0    -1.5    -1.5 
      Personal computers and peripheral                                                                                 
          equipment (1) (2)...................       .208      10.5      10.3    -14.9     -1.9    -1.0     1.0    -1.9 
                                                                                                                        
  Other goods and services....................      3.640     331.0     332.2      2.4      0.4    -0.1     0.2     0.3 
   Tobacco and smoking products (1)...........      1.137     522.9     522.4      2.0     -0.1     0.0    -0.1    -0.1 
   Personal care..............................      2.504     188.2     189.2      2.6      0.5    -0.1     0.4     0.5 
    Personal care products (1)................       .774     155.0     156.3      0.8      0.8    -0.1     0.0     0.8 
    Personal care services (1)................       .616     210.2     210.8      2.9      0.3     0.2     0.2     0.3 
    Miscellaneous personal services...........       .949     315.1     316.8      3.8      0.5     0.0     0.5     0.5 
                                                                                                                        
          Commodity and service group                                                                                   
                                                                                                                        
 Commodities..................................     44.601     168.8     166.1     -0.8     -1.6     0.8     0.2    -1.9 
  Food and beverages..........................     16.537     195.2     195.9      2.5      0.4     0.2     0.4     0.3 
  Commodities less food and beverages.........     28.064     153.0     148.9     -2.7     -2.7     1.1     0.3    -3.2 
   Nondurables less food and beverages........     15.599     191.8     183.6     -3.9     -4.3     1.2    -0.3    -6.5 
    Apparel...................................      4.090     115.7     121.4      1.5      4.9    -1.2     1.2     0.8 
    Nondurables less food, beverages, and                                                                               
        apparel...............................     11.509     243.4     226.2     -5.5     -7.1     2.8     0.3    -7.7 
   Durables...................................     12.465     114.5     114.0     -0.7     -0.4     0.2     0.0    -0.5 
 Services.....................................     55.399     235.9     236.3      3.9      0.2     0.3     0.3     0.3 
  Rent of shelter (4).........................     29.721     218.3     218.4      4.0      0.0     0.4     0.3     0.3 
  Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2)....       .348     116.6     116.8     -0.1      0.2     0.0    -0.1     0.2 
  Gas (piped) and electricity (3).............      4.637     184.3     185.3      5.8      0.5     0.0     0.2     1.2 
  Water and sewer and trash collection                                                                                  
      services (2)............................       .916     138.2     138.5      5.2      0.2     0.5     0.2     0.5 
  Household operations (1) (2)................       .363     139.7     139.8      4.7      0.1     0.2     0.3     0.1 
  Transportation services.....................      5.659     231.1     231.3      1.9      0.1     0.1     0.3     0.3 
  Medical care services.......................      4.030     352.5     353.1      4.3      0.2     0.3     0.5     0.4 
  Other services..............................      9.726     269.6     271.0      3.3      0.5     0.3     0.3     0.2 
                                                                                                                        
                Special indexes                                                                                         
                                                                                                                        
 All items less food..........................     84.481     200.4     198.8      1.6     -0.8     0.6     0.3    -0.8 
 All items less shelter.......................     69.931     192.0     190.3      0.8     -0.9     0.6     0.3    -1.1 
 All items less medical care..................     94.829     193.8     192.5      1.6     -0.7     0.5     0.3    -0.7 
 Commodities less food........................     29.082     154.8     150.8     -2.5     -2.6     1.0     0.3    -3.1 
 Nondurables less food........................     16.617     192.5     184.7     -3.6     -4.1     1.3    -0.4    -6.1 
 Nondurables less food and apparel............     12.527     238.7     223.1     -4.9     -6.5     2.5     0.4    -7.1 
 Nondurables..................................     32.136     194.4     190.5     -0.7     -2.0     0.8     0.1    -3.2 
 Services less rent of shelter (4)............     25.679     226.3     227.2      3.6      0.4     0.1     0.2     0.4 
 Services less medical care services..........     51.369     227.0     227.4      3.8      0.2     0.3     0.3     0.3 
 Energy.......................................     10.228     215.3     198.7     -5.1     -7.7     3.1     0.3    -7.5 
 All items less energy........................     89.772     198.6     199.2      2.6      0.3     0.2     0.4     0.2 
  All items less food and energy..............     74.253     199.8     200.4      2.7      0.3     0.2     0.3     0.1 
   Commodities less food and energy                                                                                     
       commodities............................     23.491     140.4     141.4      0.6      0.7    -0.1     0.2     0.0 
    Energy commodities........................      5.591     255.4     222.3    -11.3    -13.0     5.1     0.3   -12.9 
   Services less energy services..............     50.762     241.4     241.7      3.7      0.1     0.3     0.4     0.2 
 Purchasing power of the consumer dollar                                                                                
     (1982-84=$1.00)..........................          -    $ .501    $ .504        -        -       -       -       - 
 Purchasing power of the consumer dollar                                                                                
     (1967=$1.00).............................          -    $ .168    $ .169        -        -       -       -       - 

   1 Not seasonally adjusted.
   2 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base.
   3 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator.  All other item stratum index series were calculated
 using a geometric means estimator.
   4 Indexes on a December 1984=100 base
   5 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base.
   - Data not available.
 NOTE:  Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

 Table 5. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Seasonally adjusted U.S. city
 average, by expenditure category and commodity and service group

 (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                                 Seasonally adjusted indexes    Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent 
                                                                                               change for               
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                     CPI-W                                                           3 months ended--         6 months  
                                                                                                              ended--   
                                                 June    July    Aug.    Sep.                                           
                                                 2006    2006    2006    2006                                           
                                                                                Dec.   Mar.   June   Sep.   Mar.   Sep. 
                                                                                2005   2006   2006   2006   2006   2006 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                        
             Expenditure category                                                                                       
                                                                                                                        
 All items....................................  197.9   198.9   199.6   198.2   -3.0    4.6    5.0    0.6    0.7    2.8 
                                                                                                                        
  Food and beverages..........................  194.4   194.7   195.4   196.0    2.7    2.5    1.5    3.3    2.6    2.4 
   Food.......................................  193.9   194.2   194.9   195.6    2.8    2.3    1.5    3.6    2.5    2.5 
    Food at home..............................  191.5   191.7   192.6   193.5    2.6    1.5    0.4    4.2    2.0    2.3 
     Cereals and bakery products..............  212.3   213.8   214.0   214.5    2.7    2.3    2.3    4.2    2.5    3.2 
     Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs...........  185.4   184.4   186.4   187.1    1.7    0.4   -0.9    3.7    1.1    1.4 
     Dairy and related products...............  180.9   180.8   179.2   179.2    1.8    1.1   -4.1   -3.7    1.4   -3.9 
     Fruits and vegetables....................  247.1   249.2   252.6   260.1    6.8    1.5    1.5   22.8    4.1   11.6 
     Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage                                                                                
         materials............................  146.5   145.6   146.9   147.1    1.7    3.1   -0.3    1.6    2.4    0.7 
     Other food at home.......................  169.5   170.4   170.0   169.1    1.4    2.2    2.4   -0.9    1.8    0.7 
      Sugar and sweets........................  170.6   172.0   172.3   171.1    7.7    1.4    4.6    1.2    4.5    2.9 
      Fats and oils...........................  168.5   168.2   168.0   167.9   -3.3    2.4    0.2   -1.4   -0.5   -0.6 
      Other foods (1).........................  185.9   187.0   186.2   185.3    1.1    2.4    2.4   -1.3    1.8    0.5 
       Other miscellaneous foods (1) (2)......  115.0   115.2   114.2   114.5    3.6    1.8    5.8   -1.7    2.7    1.9 
    Food away from home (1)...................  198.9   199.4   199.9   200.2    2.9    3.3    3.1    2.6    3.1    2.9 
     Other food away from home (2)............  136.0   136.3   136.7   136.9    2.7    3.9    3.0    2.7    3.3    2.8 
   Alcoholic beverages (1)....................  201.0   200.8   200.7   200.9    0.6    8.8    1.0   -0.2    4.6    0.4 
                                                                                                                        
  Housing.....................................  198.1   198.7   199.4   199.9    5.7    3.3    2.7    3.7    4.5    3.2 
   Shelter....................................  224.6   225.5   226.3   226.8    3.9    3.5    4.8    4.0    3.7    4.4 
    Rent of primary residence (3).............  223.7   224.5   225.3   226.2    3.5    3.3    4.2    4.5    3.4    4.4 
    Lodging away from home (2)................  135.4   135.9   136.1   135.7   22.7   10.3   -1.2    0.9   16.3   -0.1 
    Owners' equivalent rent of primary                                                                                  
        residence (3) (4).....................  215.9   216.7   217.6   218.0    2.5    3.8    5.6    3.9    3.2    4.7 
    Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2)..  116.7   116.7   116.6   116.8   -1.7    0.3    0.7    0.3   -0.7    0.5 
   Fuels and utilities........................  190.9   191.5   192.0   193.3   19.1    5.3   -7.6    5.1   12.0   -1.4 
    Fuels.....................................  172.2   172.7   173.1   174.4   22.1    4.9   -9.6    5.2   13.2   -2.5 
     Fuel oil and other fuels.................  240.7   248.7   252.6   240.2  -14.8  -14.7   39.7   -0.8  -14.8   17.7 
     Gas (piped) and electricity (3)..........  177.4   177.4   177.7   179.8   25.6    6.6  -12.5    5.5   15.7   -3.9 
    Water and sewer and trash collection                                                                                
        services (2)..........................  136.8   137.5   137.8   138.5    5.3    5.2    5.1    5.1    5.2    5.1 
   Household furnishings and operations.......  122.7   122.8   122.9   123.1    1.3    0.0    1.6    1.3    0.7    1.5 
    Household operations (1) (2)..............  139.0   139.3   139.7   139.8    7.7    3.9    5.0    2.3    5.8    3.7 
                                                                                                                        
  Apparel.....................................  119.4   118.0   119.4   120.4   -1.7    1.7    2.4    3.4    0.0    2.9 
   Men's and boys' apparel....................  113.4   113.4   114.4   115.9   -1.0   -2.4   -0.4    9.1   -1.7    4.3 
   Women's and girls' apparel.................  111.1   108.3   111.0   112.3    1.5    0.0    5.6    4.4    0.7    5.0 
   Infants' and toddlers' apparel.............  118.1   119.6   120.1   117.9    1.0    7.4   -4.3   -0.7    4.1   -2.5 
   Footwear...................................  123.3   122.2   121.9   122.4   -5.7    8.8   -2.6   -2.9    1.3   -2.7 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation..............................  185.0   188.3   188.6   180.3  -25.6   11.1   17.2   -9.8   -9.1    2.8 
   Private transportation.....................  182.2   185.5   185.8   177.3  -26.6   11.5   17.5  -10.3   -9.5    2.6 
    New and used motor vehicles (2)...........   95.1    95.3    95.3    95.0   -2.9    1.7    0.8   -0.4   -0.6    0.2 
     New vehicles.............................  138.7   138.9   138.8   138.7    0.9    2.6   -1.7    0.0    1.7   -0.9 
     Used cars and trucks (1).................  142.4   143.0   143.2   141.9   -6.6    2.3    4.6   -1.4   -2.2    1.6 
    Motor fuel................................  239.7   252.2   252.8   219.0  -61.9   40.2   62.5  -30.3  -26.9    6.4 
     Gasoline (all types).....................  238.7   251.2   251.8   218.0  -62.0   40.4   62.9  -30.4  -26.9    6.4 
    Motor vehicle parts and equipment (1).....  116.6   117.5   117.8   118.4    4.7    4.7    6.1    6.3    4.7    6.2 
    Motor vehicle maintenance and repair......  218.4   219.3   219.1   219.4    3.3    5.6    4.9    1.8    4.4    3.4 
   Public transportation......................  227.7   228.0   228.5   228.0    3.3    3.5    9.3    0.5    3.4    4.8 
                                                                                                                        
  Medical care................................  335.1   336.2   337.5   338.6    5.7    3.7    3.5    4.2    4.7    3.9 
   Medical care commodities...................  279.1   280.0   280.6   281.1    6.1    4.6    2.6    2.9    5.3    2.8 
   Medical care services......................  350.2   351.3   352.9   354.2    5.5    3.4    3.9    4.6    4.5    4.3 
    Professional services.....................  290.9   291.8   292.5   293.4    3.7    0.8    2.2    3.5    2.2    2.9 
    Hospital and related services (3).........  463.7   465.3   468.6   469.9    7.9    8.7    7.3    5.5    8.3    6.4 
                                                                                                                        
  Recreation (2)..............................  108.5   108.7   108.5   108.5    0.4    1.9    2.6    0.0    1.1    1.3 
   Video and audio (2)........................  104.5   104.4   104.2   104.2   -1.5    1.9    1.5   -1.1    0.2    0.2 
                                                                                                                        
  Education and communication (2).............  113.7   114.0   114.5   114.6    1.8    2.9    1.8    3.2    2.3    2.5 
   Education (2)..............................  159.5   160.3   161.7   162.3    5.9    6.1    5.7    7.2    6.0    6.5 
    Educational books and supplies............  388.5   389.5   394.5   393.9    6.3    5.4    6.0    5.7    5.8    5.8 
    Tuition, other school fees, and childcare.  451.1   453.5   457.2   459.2    5.8    6.2    5.7    7.4    6.0    6.5 
   Communication (2)..........................   86.1    86.2    86.2    86.2   -0.9    0.0   -0.5    0.5   -0.5    0.0 
    Information and information processing (1)                                                                          
        (2)...................................   84.4    84.5    84.5    84.4   -0.9   -0.5   -0.5    0.0   -0.7   -0.2 
     Telephone services (1) (2)...............   95.5    95.7    96.0    96.2    0.0   -0.4    1.3    3.0   -0.2    2.1 
     Information technology, hardware and                                                                               
         services (1) (5).....................   13.3    13.3    13.1    12.9   -8.4    0.0   -8.5  -11.5   -4.3  -10.0 
      Personal computers and peripheral                                                                                 
          equipment (1) (2)...................   10.5    10.4    10.5    10.3  -15.5  -10.0  -25.5   -7.4  -12.8  -16.9 
                                                                                                                        
  Other goods and services....................  330.8   330.5   331.3   332.4    2.7    3.0    2.0    1.9    2.9    2.0 
   Tobacco and smoking products (1)...........  523.5   523.3   522.9   522.4    2.2    4.7    2.0   -0.8    3.4    0.6 
   Personal care..............................  187.9   187.7   188.4   189.4    3.1    2.2    1.9    3.2    2.6    2.6 
    Personal care products (1)................  155.1   155.0   155.0   156.3    1.0   -0.5   -0.3    3.1    0.3    1.4 
    Personal care services (1)................  209.2   209.7   210.2   210.8    4.2    3.1    1.3    3.1    3.6    2.2 
    Miscellaneous personal services...........  313.5   313.6   315.1   316.8    3.7    3.7    3.5    4.3    3.7    3.9 
                                                                                                                        
          Commodity and service group                                                                                   
                                                                                                                        
 Commodities..................................  167.6   168.9   169.3   166.0  -12.3    6.1    8.3   -3.8   -3.6    2.1 
  Food and beverages..........................  194.4   194.7   195.4   196.0    2.7    2.5    1.5    3.3    2.6    2.4 
  Commodities less food and beverages.........  151.6   153.3   153.7   148.8  -20.0    8.0   12.2   -7.2   -7.1    2.0 
   Nondurables less food and beverages........  190.5   192.8   192.2   179.8  -23.5    5.8   33.0  -20.6  -10.0    2.7 
    Apparel...................................  119.4   118.0   119.4   120.4   -1.7    1.7    2.4    3.4    0.0    2.9 
    Nondurables less food, beverages, and                                                                               
        apparel...............................  235.9   242.6   243.4   224.7  -37.4   18.6   30.5  -17.7  -13.9    3.7 
   Durables...................................  114.8   115.0   115.0   114.4   -1.4    0.7   -0.7   -1.4   -0.3   -1.0 
 Services.....................................  233.6   234.3   235.1   235.8    5.2    3.5    2.8    3.8    4.4    3.3 
  Rent of shelter (4).........................  216.3   217.2   217.9   218.6    3.9    3.4    4.6    4.3    3.7    4.4 
  Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2)....  116.7   116.7   116.6   116.8   -1.7    0.3    0.7    0.3   -0.7    0.5 
  Gas (piped) and electricity (3).............  177.4   177.4   177.7   179.8   25.6    6.6  -12.5    5.5   15.7   -3.9 
  Water and sewer and trash collection                                                                                  
      services (2)............................  136.8   137.5   137.8   138.5    5.3    5.2    5.1    5.1    5.2    5.1 
  Household operations (1) (2)................  139.0   139.3   139.7   139.8    7.7    3.9    5.0    2.3    5.8    3.7 
  Transportation services.....................  230.5   230.8   231.5   232.2    1.4    0.7    2.8    3.0    1.1    2.9 
  Medical care services.......................  350.2   351.3   352.9   354.2    5.5    3.4    3.9    4.6    4.5    4.3 
  Other services..............................  268.1   268.8   269.6   270.2    3.1    3.2    3.7    3.2    3.2    3.4 
                                                                                                                        
                Special indexes                                                                                         
                                                                                                                        
 All items less food..........................  198.5   199.6   200.2   198.5   -4.2    5.1    5.8    0.0    0.3    2.9 
 All items less shelter.......................  190.3   191.4   192.0   189.9   -5.8    5.0    5.2   -0.8   -0.5    2.1 
 All items less medical care..................  192.1   193.1   193.7   192.3   -3.5    4.8    5.2    0.4    0.5    2.8 
 Commodities less food........................  153.5   155.1   155.5   150.7  -19.2    8.2   11.7   -7.1   -6.5    1.9 
 Nondurables less food........................  191.1   193.6   192.9   181.1  -22.2    6.3   29.9  -19.3   -9.1    2.4 
 Nondurables less food and apparel............  232.2   238.1   239.0   222.0  -35.5   17.5   29.2  -16.4  -12.9    3.9 
 Nondurables..................................  193.2   194.7   194.8   188.6  -11.9    4.9   15.7   -9.2   -3.9    2.5 
 Services less rent of shelter (4)............  224.6   224.9   225.4   226.2    6.4    2.9    2.3    2.9    4.6    2.6 
 Services less medical care services..........  225.1   225.7   226.4   227.0    5.0    2.9    3.8    3.4    4.0    3.6 
 Energy.......................................  204.5   210.8   211.4   195.5  -36.9   22.1   25.3  -16.5  -12.2    2.3 
 All items less energy........................  198.0   198.3   199.0   199.4    2.3    2.7    2.9    2.9    2.5    2.9 
  All items less food and energy..............  199.2   199.6   200.2   200.5    2.3    2.9    3.1    2.6    2.6    2.9 
   Commodities less food and energy                                                                                     
       commodities............................  141.4   141.3   141.6   141.6   -0.8    1.7    0.9    0.6    0.4    0.7 
    Energy commodities........................  240.5   252.8   253.6   220.8  -60.2   36.0   61.3  -29.0  -26.4    7.1 
   Services less energy services..............  239.7   240.4   241.3   241.9    3.7    3.3    4.3    3.7    3.5    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                                  Sep. 2006 from--      Aug. 2006 from--  
                                               sched-                                                                      
                                                 ule   June   July   Aug.   Sep.                                           
                                                 (1)   2006   2006   2006   2006   Sep.   July   Aug.   Aug.   June   July 
                                                                                   2005   2006   2006   2005   2006   2006 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                           
 U.S. city average............................   M    198.6  199.2  199.6  198.4    1.7   -0.4   -0.6    3.9    0.5    0.2 
                                                                                                                           
            Region and area size(2)                                                                                        
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
 Northeast urban..............................   M    213.0  213.5  214.2  212.7    2.3   -0.4   -0.7    4.6    0.6    0.3 
   Size A - More than 1,500,000...............   M    214.0  214.3  215.1  214.0    2.4   -0.1   -0.5    4.4    0.5    0.4 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3).........   M    128.1  128.6  128.9  127.5    2.2   -0.9   -1.1    4.9    0.6    0.2 
                                                                                                                           
 Midwest urban................................   M    189.5  190.0  190.4  188.7    0.3   -0.7   -0.9    2.9    0.5    0.2 
   Size A - More than 1,500,000...............   M    190.1  190.7  191.3  189.8    0.6   -0.5   -0.8    2.8    0.6    0.3 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3).........   M    123.6  123.8  123.8  122.5   -0.3   -1.1   -1.1    2.7    0.2    0.0 
   Size D -  Nonmetropolitan  (less than                                                                                   
       50,000)................................   M    187.6  188.6  189.3  187.3    0.9   -0.7   -1.1    3.7    0.9    0.4 
                                                                                                                           
 South urban..................................   M    193.5  194.3  194.5  192.9    1.6   -0.7   -0.8    4.2    0.5    0.1 
   Size A - More than 1,500,000...............   M    196.3  197.1  197.5  196.4    2.0   -0.4   -0.6    4.4    0.6    0.2 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3).........   M    123.7  124.2  124.2  122.9    1.3   -1.0   -1.0    3.9    0.4    0.0 
   Size D -  Nonmetropolitan  (less than                                                                                   
       50,000)................................   M    196.9  198.1  198.5  196.9    2.2   -0.6   -0.8    5.1    0.8    0.2 
                                                                                                                           
 West urban...................................   M    201.5  201.7  202.5  202.4    2.7    0.3    0.0    3.9    0.5    0.4 
   Size A - More than 1,500,000...............   M    203.0  203.3  204.0  204.3    3.0    0.5    0.1    4.0    0.5    0.3 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3).........   M    125.4  125.5  126.0  125.6    2.3    0.1   -0.3    3.6    0.5    0.4 
                                                                                                                           
                 Size classes                                                                                              
                                                                                                                           
   A (4)......................................   M    184.0  184.5  185.1  184.3    2.0   -0.1   -0.4    3.9    0.6    0.3 
   B/C (3)....................................   M    124.6  125.0  125.1  124.0    1.3   -0.8   -0.9    3.8    0.4    0.1 
   D..........................................   M    194.1  194.8  195.4  194.1    1.8   -0.4   -0.7    4.3    0.7    0.3 
                                                                                                                           
            Selected local areas(5)                                                                                        
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI...............   M    192.4  192.8  193.8  192.8    0.3    0.0   -0.5    2.4    0.7    0.5 
 Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA......   M    204.2  204.5  205.0  205.3    3.2    0.4    0.1    4.4    0.4    0.2 
 New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island,                                                                                       
     NY-NJ-CT-PA..............................   M    216.7  216.8  217.8  216.9    2.8    0.0   -0.4    4.6    0.5    0.5 
                                                                                                                           
 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    194.4      -  195.8      -      -      -      -    4.0    0.7      - 
 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI..................   2    192.0      -  194.0      -      -      -      -    3.4    1.0      - 
 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX...............   2    181.4      -  182.0      -      -      -      -    4.4    0.3      - 
 Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL....................   2    202.5      -  204.6      -      -      -      -    5.6    1.0      - 
 Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,                                                                                    
     PA-NJ-DE-MD..............................   2    213.2      -  215.8      -      -      -      -    4.8    1.2      - 
 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA...........   2    205.2      -  206.7      -      -      -      -    3.6    0.7      - 
 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA.................   2    203.8      -  205.1      -      -      -      -    5.0    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         Sep. 2006 from-  
                    C-CPI-U                     December                                          
                                                2003-2004                                         
                                                              Aug.      Sep.      Sep.      Aug.  
                                                              2006      2006      2005      2006  
                                                                                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                  
             Expenditure category                                                                 
                                                                                                  
 All items....................................    100.000     117.9     117.6       2.2      -0.3 
                                                                                                  
  Food and beverages..........................     15.072     115.7     116.1       2.5       0.3 
   Food.......................................     13.943     115.7     116.1       2.5       0.3 
    Food at home..............................      8.029     112.6     113.2       2.1       0.5 
    Food away from home.......................      5.914     120.0     120.2       3.0       0.2 
   Alcoholic beverages........................      1.130     115.8     115.9       2.4       0.1 
                                                                                                  
  Housing.....................................     42.173     123.1     123.1       3.9       0.0 
   Shelter....................................     32.495     123.8     123.7       4.2      -0.1 
   Fuels and utilities........................      4.702     153.2     153.7       5.3       0.3 
   Household furnishings and operations.......      4.977      96.9      96.8       0.5      -0.1 
                                                                                                  
  Apparel.....................................      4.076      86.8      90.8       0.2       4.6 
                                                                                                  
  Transportation..............................     17.095     122.8     119.0      -1.7      -3.1 
   Private transportation.....................     15.988     123.4     119.5      -2.0      -3.2 
   Public transportation......................      1.107     115.3     112.8       3.8      -2.2 
                                                                                                  
  Medical care................................      6.055     131.9     132.1       4.0       0.2 
   Medical care commodities...................      1.458     121.7     121.8       3.6       0.1 
   Medical care services......................      4.597     135.4     135.6       4.1       0.1 
                                                                                                  
  Recreation..................................      5.863     105.9     105.7       0.8      -0.2 
                                                                                                  
  Education and communication.................      6.190     103.9     104.6       1.9       0.7 
   Education..................................      2.751     152.1     154.7       6.1       1.7 
   Communication..............................      3.439      75.9      75.7      -1.4      -0.3 
                                                                                                  
  Other goods and services....................      3.475     119.1     120.2       2.5       0.9 
                                                                                                  
          Commodity and service group                                                             
                                                                                                  
 Services.....................................     58.763     125.6     125.7       3.9       0.1 
 Commodities..................................     41.237     108.4     107.5      -0.2      -0.8 
  Durables....................................     12.340      87.1      86.6      -1.0      -0.6 
 Nondurables..................................     28.897     118.9     117.9       0.3      -0.8 
  All items less food and energy..............     78.707     113.3     113.6       2.7       0.3 
 Energy.......................................      7.351     184.8     172.9      -3.0      -6.4 

 Indexes for 2006 are initial estimates.  Indexes for 2005 are interim adjustments.
 NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.