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                CONSUMER PRICE INDEX:  APRIL 2006
 
      The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased
 0.9 percent in April, before seasonal adjustment, the Bureau of Labor
 Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today.  The April
 level of 201.5 (1982-84=100) was 3.5 percent higher than in April 2005.
      
      The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers
 (CPI-W) increased 1.0 percent in April, prior to seasonal adjustment.  The
 April level of 197.2 (1982-84=100) was 3.7 percent higher than in April
 2005.
      
      The Chained Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (C-CPI-U)
 increased 0.6 percent in April on a not seasonally adjusted basis.  The
 April level of 116.8 (December 1999=100) was 3.1 percent higher than in
 April 2005.  Please note that the indexes for the post-2004 period are
 subject to revision.
 
 CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U)
      
      On a seasonally adjusted basis, the CPI-U advanced 0.6 percent in
 April, following a 0.4 percent rise in March.  Energy costs, which
 increased 1.3 percent in March, advanced 3.9 percent in April.  Within
 energy, the index for petroleum based energy increased 8.5 percent, while
 the index for energy services fell 1.5 percent.  The food index was
 unchanged in April, as a 0.2 percent decline in the index for food at home
 was offset by a 0.2 percent increase in the index for food away from home.
 The index for all items less food and energy rose 0.3 percent in April,
 the same as in March; the index for shelter accounted for about one-half
 of the April increase with the indexes for apparel, for medical care, and
 for education and communication each accounting for about 10 percent of
 the April 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            2005              2006        3-mos. ended  ended
                     Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr.   Apr. '06  Apr. '06
 All Items            .3   -.7  -.1   .7   .1   .4   .6    4.1       3.5
  Food and beverages  .2    .3   .1   .5   .2   .1   .0     .8       1.8
  Housing             .9    .4   .2   .5   .1   .2   .1    2.0       3.8
  Apparel            -.3    .1  -.3   .3 -1.0  1.0   .6    2.4       -.2
  Transportation    -1.2  -4.9  -.7  1.8  -.2   .9  2.4   13.3       6.3
  Medical care        .6    .5   .2   .1   .5   .4   .4    5.2       4.1
  Recreation          .2   -.1   .1   .0   .1   .4   .3    2.9       1.7
  Education and                                                         
    communication     .0    .4   .2   .4   .2   .2   .3    2.8       2.6
  Other goods and                                                     
    services          .1    .3   .4   .3   .1   .2   .0    1.3       2.7
  Special Indexes                                                       
   Energy             .0  -8.1 -2.1  5.0 -1.2  1.3  3.9   16.9      17.8
   Food               .3    .3   .1   .5   .1   .1   .0     .6       1.8
   All Items less                                                       
     food and energy  .2    .2   .1   .2   .1   .3   .3    3.2       2.3
    
     
      During the first four months of 2006, the CPI-U rose at a 5.1 percent
 seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR).  This compares with an increase of
 3.4 percent for all of 2005.  The index for energy, which rose 17.1
 percent in 2005, advanced at a 30.1 percent SAAR in the first four months
 of 2006.  Petroleum-based energy costs increased at a 61.5 percent annual
 rate and charges for energy services rose at a 0.5 percent annual rate.
 The food index has increased at a 1.9 percent SAAR thus far this year,
 following a 2.3 percent rise for all of 2005.  Excluding food and energy,
 the CPI-U advanced at a 3.0 percent SAAR in the first four months,
 following a 2.2 percent rise for all of 2005.
      
      The food and beverages index was unchanged in April.  The index for
 food at home declined for the third consecutive month--down 0.2 percent in
 April.  Declines in five of the six major grocery store food groups were
 partially offset by a 0.2 percent increase in the index for meats,
 poultry, fish, and eggs.  Within this group, increases in the indexes for
 pork, for other meats, and for fish and seafood were partially offset by
 declines in the prices for beef and for poultry.  The indexes for dairy
 products and for nonalcoholic beverages registered the largest decreases--
 down 0.7 percent.  Within the index for dairy products, prices for milk
 and cheese each declined.  A 1.9 percent drop in prices for carbonated
 drinks accounted for most of the decline in the index for nonalcoholic
 beverages.  The indexes for cereal and bakery products and other food at
 home each declined 0.2 percent.  The index for fruits and vegetables
 declined 0.1 percent.  The indexes for fresh fruits and for processed
 fruits and vegetables decreased 1.7 and 0.2 percent, respectively, more
 than offsetting a 1.7 percent increase in the index for fresh vegetables.
 (Prior to seasonal adjustment, fresh vegetable prices declined 1.0
 percent.)  The other two components of the food and beverages index--food
 away from home and alcoholic beverages--increased 0.2 percent and were
 unchanged, respectively.
      
      The index for housing, which rose 0.2 percent in March, increased 0.1
 percent in April.  The index for shelter increased 0.3 percent in April,
 following increases of 0.4 percent in both February and March.  Within
 shelter, the indexes for rent and owners' equivalent rent increased 0.3
 and 0.4 percent, respectively, while the index for lodging away from home
 was unchanged.  The index for fuels and utilities declined for the third
 consecutive month--down 0.9 percent in April.  A sharp decline in the
 index for natural gas more than offset increases in prices for fuel oil
 and for electricity.  The index for natural gas declined 5.2 percent in
 April and has fallen 13.4 percent in the last three months.  The index for
 fuel oil, which had declined in each of the six preceding months, rose 5.2
 percent in April. The index for electricity rose 0.3 percent.  During the
 last 12 months, charges for electricity and for natural gas have increased
 14.8 and 11.0 percent, respectively, and fuel oil prices have risen 20.2
 percent.  The index for household furnishings and operations, which
 increased 0.1 percent in March, was unchanged in April.
      
      The transportation index advanced 2.4 percent in April, reflecting an
 8.8 percent increase in the index for motor fuel.  (Prior to seasonal
 adjustment, gasoline prices rose 14.5 percent in April.)  The index for
 new vehicles declined 0.1 percent in April and was 0.3 percent lower than
 a year ago.  The index for used cars and trucks increased 0.3 percent in
 April and was 1.7 percent higher than in April 2005.  The index for public
 transportation increased 0.2 percent in April.  (Prior to seasonal
 adjustment, the index for public transportation rose 1.2 percent,
 reflecting another increase in airline fares.)  Airline fares increased
 1.6 percent in April and have advanced 5.1 percent in the first four
 months of the year.
      
      The index for apparel rose 0.6 percent in April, following a 1.0
 percent increase in March.  (Prior to seasonal adjustment, apparel prices
 rose 1.1 percent.)
      
      Medical care costs rose 0.4 percent in April and are 4.1 percent
 higher than a year ago.  The index for medical care commodities--
 prescription drugs, nonprescription drugs, and medical supplies--increased
 0.4 percent.   The index for medical care services rose 0.3 percent in
 April.  The indexes for professional services and for hospital and related
 services increased 0.1 and 0.8 percent, respectively.
      .
      The index for recreation rose 0.3 percent in April, following a 0.4
 percent increase in March.  The index for cable and satellite television
 and radio service, which rose 1.3 percent in March, increased 0.8 percent
 in April and accounted for over one-half of the April recreation advance.
 The indexes for sporting goods and for pets, pet products and services
 increased 1.3 and 1.0 percent, respectively.
      
      The index for education and communication rose 0.3 percent in April.
 Educational costs increased 0.5 percent and the index for communication
 rose 0.1 percent.  Within the latter group, the index for telephone
 services rose 0.4 percent, reflecting increases in both local and long
 distance land-line telephone charges.  Partially offsetting this increase,
 the index for personal computers and peripheral equipment declined 2.6
 percent.
      
      The index for other goods and services was unchanged in April.  A 0.2
 percent decline in the index for tobacco and smoking products was offset
 by a small increase in the index for miscellaneous personal services.
 
 
 CPI for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W)
 
      On a seasonally adjusted basis, the CPI for Urban Wage Earners and
 Clerical Workers rose 0.6 percent in April.
 

 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            2005              2006       3-mos. ended   ended
                     Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr.  Apr. '06   Apr.'06
 All Items            .2   -.8  -.1   .7   .0   .5   .6    4.4       3.7
  Food and beverages  .3    .3   .2   .4   .1   .1  -.1     .6       1.7
  Housing             .9    .4   .1   .5   .1   .2   .1    1.6       3.9
  Apparel            -.2    .0  -.3   .0  -.7  1.1   .7    4.5       -.1
  Transportation    -1.3  -5.2  -.7  1.8  -.3  1.1  2.6   14.6       6.8
  Medical care        .6    .6   .2   .1   .3   .5   .4    4.8       4.1
  Recreation          .3   -.2   .0   .0   .1   .4   .3    3.0       1.5
  Education and                                                         
    communication    -.1    .4   .1   .4   .1   .2   .3    2.1       2.2
  Other goods and                                                     
    services          .0    .3   .4   .3   .1   .3  -.1    1.2       2.9
 Special Indexes                                                        
  Energy             -.3  -8.7 -2.1  5.0 -1.3  1.4  4.2   18.3      17.9
  Food                .3    .3   .2   .4   .1   .1  -.1     .4       1.7
  All Items less                                                        
    food and energy   .3    .2   .2   .2   .2   .4   .2    3.1       2.2
 

     Consumer Price Index data for May are scheduled for release on
 Wednesday, June 14, 2006, at 8:30 A.M. (EDT).
     

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 CPI (Old Weights)
 
      For the first six months of 2006, BLS also will calculate Old Weights
 CPI-U and Old Weights CPI-W based on the 2001-02 expenditure pattern used
 in the CPI from 2004 through 2005.  These Old Weight data are contained in
 tables 1(OW)-4(OW).  From March to April, the Old Weight CPI-U rose 0.9
 percent and the Old Weight CPI-W rose 1.0 percent.  Note these series are
 not seasonally adjusted.
 

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 Brief Explanation of the CPI

      The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a measure of the average change in
 prices over time of goods and services purchased by households.  The
 Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes CPIs for two population groups:  (1)
 the CPI for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W), which covers
 households of wage earners and clerical workers that comprise
 approximately 32 percent of the total population and (2) the CPI for All
 Urban Consumers (CPI-U) and the Chained CPI for All Urban Consumers (C-CPI-
 U), which cover approximately 87 percent of the total population and
 include in addition to wage earners and clerical worker households, groups
 such as professional, managerial, and technical workers, the self-
 employed, short-term workers, the unemployed, and retirees and others not
 in the labor force.
 
      The CPIs are based on prices of food, clothing, shelter, and fuels,
 transportation fares, charges for doctors' and dentists' services, drugs,
 and other goods and services that people buy for day-to-day living.
 Prices are collected in 87 urban areas across the country from about
 50,000 housing units and approximately 23,000 retail establishments-
 department stores, supermarkets, hospitals, filling stations, and other
 types of stores and service establishments.  All taxes directly associated
 with the purchase and use of items are included in the index.  Prices of
 fuels and a few other items are obtained every month in all 87 locations.
 Prices of most other commodities and services are collected every month in
 the three largest geographic areas and every other month in other areas.
 Prices of most goods and services are obtained by personal visits or
 telephone calls of the Bureau's trained representatives.
 
      In calculating the index, price changes for the various items in each
 location are averaged together with weights, which represent their
 importance in the spending of the appropriate population group.  Local
 data are then combined to obtain a U.S. city average.  For the CPI-U and
 CPI-W separate indexes are also published by size of city, by region of
 the country, for cross-classifications of regions and population-size
 classes, and for 27 local areas.  Area indexes do not measure differences
 in the level of prices among cities; they only measure the average change
 in prices for each area since the base period.  For the C-CPI-U data are
 issued only at the national level.  It is important to note that the CPI-U
 and CPI-W are considered final when released, but the C-CPI-U is issued in
 preliminary form and subject to two annual revisions.
 
      The index measures price change from a designed reference date.  For
 the CPI-U and the CPI-W the reference base is 1982-84 equals 100.0. The
 reference base for the C-CPI-U is December 1999 equals 100.
 An increase of 16.5 percent from the reference base, for example, is shown
 as 116.5.  This change can also be expressed in dollars as follows:  the
 price of a base period market basket of goods and services in the CPI has
 risen from $10 in 1982-84 to $11.65.
 
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 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
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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,                      Apr. 2006 from-    percent change from- 
                     CPI-U                       December                                                               
                                                   2005       Mar.      Apr.                                            
                                                              2006      2006     Apr.     Mar.   Jan. to Feb. to Mar. to
                                                                                 2005     2006     Feb.    Mar.    Apr. 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                        
             Expenditure category                                                                                       
                                                                                                                        
 All items....................................    100.000     199.8     201.5      3.5      0.9     0.1     0.4     0.6 
 All items (1967=100).........................          -     598.6     603.5        -        -       -       -       - 
                                                                                                                        
  Food and beverages..........................     15.051     194.5     194.2      1.8     -0.2     0.2     0.1     0.0 
   Food.......................................     13.942     194.0     193.7      1.8     -0.2     0.1     0.1     0.0 
    Food at home..............................      7.988     192.3     191.5      0.9     -0.4    -0.1    -0.1    -0.2 
     Cereals and bakery products..............      1.098     210.9     210.9      0.9      0.0    -0.3     0.3    -0.2 
     Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs...........      2.133     185.9     185.5      0.4     -0.2    -0.3     0.3     0.2 
     Dairy and related products...............       .852     183.0     181.3     -0.5     -0.9    -0.2     0.1    -0.7 
     Fruits and vegetables....................      1.219     248.5     246.6      2.7     -0.8     0.7    -1.7    -0.1 
     Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage                                                                                
         materials............................       .910     148.0     146.3      1.0     -1.1    -0.2     0.7    -0.7 
     Other food at home.......................      1.777     169.2     168.8      0.8     -0.2    -0.1     0.1    -0.2 
      Sugar and sweets........................       .302     170.1     171.0      3.7      0.5    -1.7     1.9     0.9 
      Fats and oils...........................       .231     168.5     165.0     -2.6     -2.1     0.2    -1.4    -1.7 
      Other foods (1).........................      1.244     184.5     184.3      0.7     -0.1     0.2    -0.1    -0.1 
       Other miscellaneous foods (1) (2)......       .328     113.0     113.2      2.2      0.2     0.7    -0.4     0.2 
    Food away from home (1)...................      5.953     197.6     198.0      3.1      0.2     0.3     0.2     0.2 
     Other food away from home (2)............       .277     135.2     135.8      4.8      0.4     0.3     0.4     0.5 
   Alcoholic beverages (1)....................      1.109     200.1     200.1      2.1      0.0     0.8     0.3     0.0 
                                                                                                                        
  Housing.....................................     42.380     201.3     201.7      3.8      0.2     0.1     0.2     0.1 
   Shelter....................................     32.260     229.9     230.7      2.8      0.3     0.4     0.4     0.3 
    Rent of primary residence (3).............      5.832     222.3     222.9      3.2      0.3     0.3     0.4     0.3 
    Lodging away from home (2)................      2.611     140.4     140.4      3.1      0.0     0.6     0.8     0.0 
    Owners' equivalent rent of primary                                                                                  
        residence (3) (4).....................     23.442     234.9     235.8      3.0      0.4     0.3     0.4     0.4 
    Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2)..       .375     116.2     116.2     -1.7      0.0     0.3     0.0     0.0 
   Fuels and utilities........................      5.371     192.3     190.8     12.5     -0.8    -1.1    -0.9    -0.9 
    Fuels.....................................      4.494     174.8     173.2     14.3     -0.9    -1.4    -1.0    -1.1 
     Fuel oil and other fuels.................       .339     230.4     236.4     18.5      2.6    -2.8     0.4     4.0 
     Gas (piped) and electricity (3)..........      4.155     179.9     177.7     14.0     -1.2    -1.3    -1.1    -1.5 
    Water and sewer and trash collection                                                                                
        services (2)..........................       .877     135.1     135.4      4.9      0.2     0.8    -0.2     0.4 
   Household furnishings and operations.......      4.749     126.7     126.9      0.5      0.2     0.0     0.1     0.0 
    Household operations (1) (2)..............       .779     134.9     135.2      4.7      0.2     0.7    -0.1     0.2 
                                                                                                                        
  Apparel.....................................      3.786     122.0     123.4     -0.2      1.1    -1.0     1.0     0.6 
   Men's and boys' apparel....................       .915     116.2     118.0     -2.0      1.5    -1.0     0.5     0.9 
   Women's and girls' apparel.................      1.612     115.0     116.3     -0.3      1.1    -1.3     2.2     0.5 
   Infants' and toddlers' apparel.............       .183     118.7     118.2     -2.6     -0.4     1.7    -0.2    -0.6 
   Footwear...................................       .759     125.4     126.1      1.9      0.6    -0.7     0.4    -0.1 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation..............................     17.415     177.4     184.1      6.3      3.8    -0.2     0.9     2.4 
   Private transportation.....................     16.329     173.5     180.4      6.4      4.0    -0.2     1.0     2.6 
    New and used motor vehicles (2)...........      7.858      96.0      96.0      0.4      0.0     0.1    -0.1     0.1 
     New vehicles.............................      5.155     138.8     138.4     -0.3     -0.3     0.1    -0.1    -0.1 
     Used cars and trucks (1).................      1.799     140.0     140.4      1.7      0.3     0.1     0.4     0.3 
    Motor fuel................................      4.191     205.8     235.4     21.4     14.4    -0.9     3.6     8.8 
     Gasoline (all types).....................      4.148     204.7     234.4     21.5     14.5    -1.0     3.6     8.8 
    Motor vehicle parts and equipment (1).....       .362     115.4     115.8      4.5      0.3     0.4     0.4     0.3 
    Motor vehicle maintenance and repair......      1.131     213.4     213.9      4.3      0.2     0.9     0.3     0.3 
   Public transportation......................      1.087     222.6     225.3      4.8      1.2    -0.2    -0.3     0.2 
                                                                                                                        
  Medical care................................      6.220     333.8     334.7      4.1      0.3     0.5     0.4     0.4 
   Medical care commodities...................      1.457     284.3     285.3      4.3      0.4     0.3     0.4     0.4 
   Medical care services......................      4.764     348.0     348.8      4.1      0.2     0.5     0.4     0.3 
    Professional services.....................      2.815     287.8     288.5      2.7      0.2     0.2     0.4     0.1 
    Hospital and related services (3).........      1.576     463.3     464.6      6.3      0.3     1.1     0.6     0.8 
                                                                                                                        
  Recreation (2)..............................      5.637     110.6     111.1      1.7      0.5     0.1     0.4     0.3 
   Video and audio (2)........................      1.783     105.2     105.8      1.0      0.6    -0.2     0.9     0.4 
                                                                                                                        
  Education and communication (2).............      6.047     115.6     115.8      2.6      0.2     0.2     0.2     0.3 
   Education (2)..............................      2.967     158.4     158.6      6.1      0.1     0.3     0.5     0.5 
    Educational books and supplies............       .196     383.1     383.1      6.0      0.0     0.1     0.5     0.3 
    Tuition, other school fees, and childcare.      2.771     457.2     457.7      6.1      0.1     0.3     0.5     0.5 
   Communication (2)..........................      3.080      84.4      84.5     -1.1      0.1     0.0    -0.1     0.1 
    Information and information processing (1)                                                                          
        (2)...................................      2.895      81.9      82.1     -1.3      0.2    -0.1    -0.1     0.2 
     Telephone services (1) (2)...............      2.245      95.0      95.4      0.1      0.4     0.0    -0.2     0.4 
     Information technology, hardware and                                                                               
         services (1) (5).....................       .650      13.0      12.9     -7.2     -0.8     0.0     0.0    -0.8 
      Personal computers and peripheral                                                                                 
          equipment (1) (2)...................       .236      11.4      11.1    -17.2     -2.6    -0.9    -0.9    -2.6 
                                                                                                                        
  Other goods and services....................      3.463     320.0     320.0      2.7      0.0     0.1     0.2     0.0 
   Tobacco and smoking products (1)...........       .710     519.0     518.1      4.2     -0.2     0.2     0.6    -0.2 
   Personal care..............................      2.752     189.1     189.1      2.3      0.0     0.1     0.1     0.0 
    Personal care products (1)................       .710     155.2     155.0      1.0     -0.1    -0.1    -0.3    -0.1 
    Personal care services (1)................       .675     208.5     208.5      2.6      0.0     0.7     0.3     0.0 
    Miscellaneous personal services...........      1.172     310.9     311.3      3.3      0.1     0.1     0.5     0.2 
                                                                                                                        
          Commodity and service group                                                                                   
                                                                                                                        
 Commodities..................................     40.790     162.8     165.5      3.2      1.7    -0.1     0.6     1.1 
  Food and beverages..........................     15.051     194.5     194.2      1.8     -0.2     0.2     0.1     0.0 
  Commodities less food and beverages.........     25.739     144.7     148.6      4.0      2.7    -0.3     0.8     1.7 
   Nondurables less food and beverages........     14.163     173.3     181.8      7.6      4.9    -1.8     0.8     3.7 
    Apparel...................................      3.786     122.0     123.4     -0.2      1.1    -1.0     1.0     0.6 
    Nondurables less food, beverages, and                                                                               
        apparel...............................     10.377     209.3     222.3     10.6      6.2    -0.3     1.8     4.1 
   Durables...................................     11.576     115.1     115.1     -0.4      0.0    -0.1     0.0    -0.1 
 Services.....................................     59.210     236.6     237.1      3.7      0.2     0.2     0.2     0.2 
  Rent of shelter (4).........................     31.884     239.6     240.4      2.9      0.3     0.4     0.3     0.5 
  Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2)....       .375     116.2     116.2     -1.7      0.0     0.3     0.0     0.0 
  Gas (piped) and electricity (3).............      4.155     179.9     177.7     14.0     -1.2    -1.3    -1.1    -1.5 
  Water and sewer and trash collection                                                                                  
      services (2)............................       .877     135.1     135.4      4.9      0.2     0.8    -0.2     0.4 
  Household operations (1) (2)................       .779     134.9     135.2      4.7      0.2     0.7    -0.1     0.2 
  Transportation services.....................      5.707     228.8     229.6      2.3      0.3     0.0    -0.1     0.2 
  Medical care services.......................      4.764     348.0     348.8      4.1      0.2     0.5     0.4     0.3 
  Other services..............................     10.669     274.6     275.5      3.3      0.3     0.2     0.4     0.4 
                                                                                                                        
                Special indexes                                                                                         
                                                                                                                        
 All items less food..........................     86.058     200.8     202.8      3.8      1.0     0.1     0.4     0.6 
 All items less shelter.......................     67.740     190.3     192.3      3.9      1.1    -0.1     0.4     0.7 
 All items less medical care..................     93.780     193.0     194.7      3.5      0.9     0.0     0.4     0.6 
 Commodities less food........................     26.848     146.8     150.6      3.9      2.6    -0.3     0.8     1.6 
 Nondurables less food........................     15.272     175.0     182.9      7.2      4.5    -1.7     0.8     3.4 
 Nondurables less food and apparel............     11.486     207.5     219.2      9.8      5.6    -0.1     1.6     3.7 
 Nondurables..................................     29.214     184.4     188.7      4.7      2.3    -0.9     0.5     1.9 
 Services less rent of shelter (4)............     27.325     250.9     251.0      4.7      0.0    -0.1     0.0     0.2 
 Services less medical care services..........     54.446     227.3     227.8      3.7      0.2     0.0     0.2     0.3 
 Energy.......................................      8.685     188.6     201.4     17.8      6.8    -1.2     1.3     3.9 
 All items less energy........................     91.315     202.6     203.0      2.2      0.2     0.2     0.2     0.2 
  All items less food and energy..............     77.373     204.9     205.5      2.3      0.3     0.1     0.3     0.3 
   Commodities less food and energy                                                                                     
       commodities............................     22.319     141.5     141.7      0.4      0.1    -0.1     0.3     0.1 
    Energy commodities........................      4.530     208.3     236.6     21.2     13.6    -1.0     3.3     8.5 
   Services less energy services..............     55.055     242.4     243.2      3.1      0.3     0.3     0.3     0.3 
 Purchasing power of the consumer dollar                                                                                
     (1982-84=$1.00)..........................          -    $ .500    $ .496        -        -       -       -       - 
 Purchasing power of the consumer dollar                                                                                
     (1967=$1.00).............................          -    $ .167    $ .166        -        -       -       -       - 

   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--   
                                                 Jan.    Feb.    Mar.    Apr.                                           
                                                 2006    2006    2006    2006                                           
                                                                                July   Oct.   Jan.   Apr.   Oct.   Apr. 
                                                                                2005   2005   2006   2006   2005   2006 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                        
             Expenditure category                                                                                       
                                                                                                                        
 All items....................................  199.0   199.1   199.8   201.0    2.1    8.5   -0.2    4.1    5.2    1.9 
                                                                                                                        
  Food and beverages..........................  194.0   194.3   194.4   194.4    1.1    2.1    3.4    0.8    1.6    2.1 
   Food.......................................  193.6   193.8   193.9   193.9    1.1    2.3    3.4    0.6    1.7    2.0 
    Food at home..............................  192.4   192.3   192.2   191.9   -0.4    1.5    3.6   -1.0    0.5    1.3 
     Cereals and bakery products..............  211.0   210.3   210.9   210.4   -0.4    2.3    2.5   -1.1    1.0    0.7 
     Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs...........  185.8   185.3   185.9   186.2   -1.7    0.0    2.8    0.9   -0.9    1.9 
     Dairy and related products...............  183.4   183.1   183.2   182.0   -1.5   -1.1    3.8   -3.0   -1.3    0.3 
     Fruits and vegetables....................  251.5   253.2   248.8   248.6    0.8    4.9   10.0   -4.5    2.8    2.5 
     Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage                                                                                
         materials............................  146.5   146.2   147.2   146.1    0.8    2.2    2.5   -1.1    1.5    0.7 
     Other food at home.......................  169.0   168.8   169.0   168.7    0.0    1.7    1.9   -0.7    0.8    0.6 
      Sugar and sweets........................  169.3   166.5   169.7   171.2    3.2    0.7    6.4    4.6    1.9    5.5 
      Fats and oils...........................  169.4   169.8   167.5   164.7   -3.0   -0.7    4.6  -10.6   -1.9   -3.3 
      Other foods (1).........................  184.3   184.7   184.5   184.3    0.0    2.2    0.7    0.0    1.1    0.3 
       Other miscellaneous foods (1) (2)......  112.6   113.4   113.0   113.2    2.6    2.2    1.8    2.1    2.4    2.0 
    Food away from home (1)...................  196.6   197.2   197.6   198.0    3.2    3.3    2.9    2.9    3.3    2.9 
     Other food away from home (2)............  134.2   134.6   135.2   135.9    7.3    3.7    3.0    5.2    5.5    4.1 
   Alcoholic beverages (1)....................  198.0   199.5   200.1   200.1   -0.2    2.1    2.5    4.3    0.9    3.4 
                                                                                                                        
  Housing.....................................  200.6   200.8   201.3   201.6    2.5    6.5    4.1    2.0    4.5    3.0 
   Shelter....................................  227.4   228.2   229.2   230.0    2.0    2.0    2.9    4.7    2.0    3.8 
    Rent of primary residence (3).............  220.7   221.4   222.3   222.9    3.0    3.4    2.4    4.0    3.2    3.2 
    Lodging away from home (2)................  133.4   134.2   135.3   135.3   -2.4   -0.6    9.5    5.8   -1.5    7.7 
    Owners' equivalent rent of primary                                                                                  
        residence (3) (4).....................  233.2   233.9   234.9   235.8    2.3    2.1    2.8    4.5    2.2    3.7 
    Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2)..  115.9   116.2   116.2   116.2   -0.3   -7.6    0.3    1.0   -4.0    0.7 
   Fuels and utilities........................  200.0   197.9   196.1   194.4    7.6   47.7   13.7  -10.7   26.1    0.7 
    Fuels.....................................  183.6   181.0   179.1   177.1    8.0   59.0   15.2  -13.4   31.0   -0.1 
     Fuel oil and other fuels.................  227.9   221.6   222.4   231.3   31.2   80.7  -21.5    6.1   54.0   -8.7 
     Gas (piped) and electricity (3)..........  189.8   187.3   185.2   182.4    6.1   57.4   18.8  -14.7   29.3    0.7 
    Water and sewer and trash collection                                                                                
        services (2)..........................  134.0   135.1   134.8   135.3    6.0    3.1    6.5    3.9    4.5    5.2 
   Household furnishings and operations.......  126.4   126.4   126.5   126.5    0.3    0.3    1.0    0.3    0.3    0.6 
    Household operations (1) (2)..............  134.1   135.0   134.9   135.2    3.8    4.1    7.8    3.3    3.9    5.5 
                                                                                                                        
  Apparel.....................................  119.1   117.9   119.1   119.8   -4.9    1.0    0.7    2.4   -2.0    1.5 
   Men's and boys' apparel....................  114.8   113.6   114.2   115.2   -9.5    1.8   -1.0    1.4   -4.0    0.2 
   Women's and girls' apparel.................  109.5   108.1   110.5   111.1   -5.3   -1.4    0.0    6.0   -3.4    2.9 
   Infants' and toddlers' apparel.............  115.0   117.0   116.8   116.1   -8.4   -7.7    2.5    3.9   -8.1    3.2 
   Footwear...................................  124.8   123.9   124.4   124.3    2.3    4.3    2.9   -1.6    3.3    0.6 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation..............................  177.2   176.9   178.5   182.8    3.8   27.0  -14.7   13.3   14.8   -1.7 
   Private transportation.....................  173.3   172.9   174.6   179.1    3.4   28.2  -15.6   14.1   15.1   -1.9 
    New and used motor vehicles (2)...........   95.7    95.8    95.7    95.8    0.4    1.3   -0.8    0.4    0.8   -0.2 
     New vehicles.............................  138.2   138.3   138.2   138.1   -3.4    1.2    1.5   -0.3   -1.2    0.6 
     Used cars and trucks (1).................  139.3   139.5   140.0   140.4    8.7   -1.1   -3.6    3.2    3.7   -0.3 
    Motor fuel................................  206.2   204.4   211.7   230.3   10.1  123.2  -43.2   55.6   56.7   -6.0 
     Gasoline (all types).....................  205.4   203.3   210.6   229.1   10.3  123.7  -43.0   54.8   57.1   -6.1 
    Motor vehicle parts and equipment (1).....  114.4   114.9   115.4   115.8    4.0    4.0    5.0    5.0    4.0    5.0 
    Motor vehicle maintenance and repair......  210.8   212.7   213.4   214.1    3.6    5.1    2.3    6.4    4.3    4.3 
   Public transportation......................  225.1   224.6   223.9   224.4   10.3    6.7    3.6   -1.2    8.5    1.2 
                                                                                                                        
  Medical care................................  329.8   331.4   332.8   334.0    3.9    4.0    3.5    5.2    4.0    4.3 
   Medical care commodities...................  282.3   283.1   284.3   285.3    3.7    4.3    5.0    4.3    4.0    4.6 
   Medical care services......................  343.3   345.1   346.6   347.8    4.0    3.8    3.1    5.3    3.9    4.2 
    Professional services.....................  285.3   285.9   287.0   287.3    3.0    3.6    1.0    2.8    3.3    1.9 
    Hospital and related services (3).........  452.7   457.7   460.5   464.2    4.1    4.1    6.7   10.6    4.1    8.6 
                                                                                                                        
  Recreation (2)..............................  110.0   110.1   110.5   110.8    0.4    3.3    0.0    2.9    1.8    1.5 
   Video and audio (2)........................  104.2   104.0   104.9   105.3   -4.5    5.5   -1.5    4.3    0.4    1.3 
                                                                                                                        
  Education and communication (2).............  115.5   115.7   115.9   116.3    0.7    2.5    4.3    2.8    1.6    3.5 
   Education (2)..............................  157.9   158.3   159.1   159.9    6.5    5.6    6.9    5.2    6.1    6.0 
    Educational books and supplies............  378.9   379.4   381.2   382.4    5.7    7.5    7.2    3.7    6.6    5.4 
    Tuition, other school fees, and childcare.  455.8   457.2   459.5   461.8    6.6    5.4    6.9    5.4    6.0    6.1 
   Communication (2)..........................   84.5    84.5    84.4    84.5   -4.2   -0.9    1.4    0.0   -2.6    0.7 
    Information and information processing (1)                                                                          
        (2)...................................   82.1    82.0    81.9    82.1   -4.7   -1.0    0.5    0.0   -2.9    0.2 
     Telephone services (1) (2)...............   95.2    95.2    95.0    95.4   -3.7    0.9    2.6    0.8   -1.5    1.7 
     Information technology, hardware and                                                                               
         services (1) (5).....................   13.0    13.0    13.0    12.9   -8.4   -8.5   -8.7   -3.0   -8.4   -5.9 
      Personal computers and peripheral                                                                                 
          equipment (1) (2)...................   11.6    11.5    11.4    11.1  -16.7  -17.5  -18.3  -16.2  -17.1  -17.2 
                                                                                                                        
  Other goods and services....................  318.5   318.8   319.5   319.5    3.5    1.9    4.0    1.3    2.7    2.6 
   Tobacco and smoking products (1)...........  515.1   515.9   519.0   518.1    5.3    4.9    4.6    2.4    5.1    3.4 
   Personal care..............................  188.3   188.5   188.7   188.7    3.1    1.1    3.9    0.9    2.1    2.4 
    Personal care products (1)................  155.8   155.6   155.2   155.0    4.2    0.0    2.1   -2.0    2.1    0.0 
    Personal care services (1)................  206.4   207.9   208.5   208.5    1.2    1.8    3.2    4.1    1.5    3.6 
    Miscellaneous personal services...........  308.5   308.9   310.3   310.9    3.5    2.7    3.9    3.1    3.1    3.5 
                                                                                                                        
          Commodity and service group                                                                                   
                                                                                                                        
 Commodities..................................  162.1   161.9   162.8   164.6    1.5   12.6   -6.4    6.3    6.9   -0.2 
  Food and beverages..........................  194.0   194.3   194.4   194.4    1.1    2.1    3.4    0.8    1.6    2.1 
  Commodities less food and beverages.........  143.9   143.5   144.7   147.2    1.4   18.9  -11.6    9.5    9.8   -1.6 
   Nondurables less food and beverages........  173.9   170.8   172.1   178.4    6.4   27.1  -10.5   10.8   16.3   -0.4 
    Apparel...................................  119.1   117.9   119.1   119.8   -4.9    1.0    0.7    2.4   -2.0    1.5 
    Nondurables less food, beverages, and                                                                               
        apparel...............................  208.5   207.9   211.6   220.3    6.8   47.4  -23.6   24.6   25.4   -2.4 
   Durables...................................  114.9   114.8   114.8   114.7   -0.3    0.0   -1.0   -0.7   -0.2   -0.9 
 Services.....................................  235.5   236.0   236.5   237.0    2.5    5.7    4.2    2.6    4.1    3.4 
  Rent of shelter (4).........................  236.9   237.8   238.6   239.7    2.1    1.7    2.9    4.8    1.9    3.9 
  Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2)....  115.9   116.2   116.2   116.2   -0.3   -7.6    0.3    1.0   -4.0    0.7 
  Gas (piped) and electricity (3).............  189.8   187.3   185.2   182.4    6.1   57.4   18.8  -14.7   29.3    0.7 
  Water and sewer and trash collection                                                                                  
      services (2)............................  134.0   135.1   134.8   135.3    6.0    3.1    6.5    3.9    4.5    5.2 
  Household operations (1) (2)................  134.1   135.0   134.9   135.2    3.8    4.1    7.8    3.3    3.9    5.5 
  Transportation services.....................  229.1   229.0   228.8   229.3    3.6    2.9    2.5    0.3    3.2    1.4 
  Medical care services.......................  343.3   345.1   346.6   347.8    4.0    3.8    3.1    5.3    3.9    4.2 
  Other services..............................  273.1   273.7   274.7   275.8    1.8    3.8    3.7    4.0    2.8    3.9 
                                                                                                                        
                Special indexes                                                                                         
                                                                                                                        
 All items less food..........................  199.9   200.0   200.8   202.1    2.3    9.5   -0.8    4.5    5.8    1.8 
 All items less shelter.......................  190.1   189.9   190.6   191.9    2.2   11.7   -1.7    3.8    6.8    1.1 
 All items less medical care..................  192.3   192.3   193.0   194.2    1.9    8.8   -0.4    4.0    5.3    1.8 
 Commodities less food........................  146.0   145.6   146.8   149.2    1.4   18.4  -11.0    9.1    9.5   -1.5 
 Nondurables less food........................  175.4   172.5   173.8   179.7    6.1   25.4   -9.8   10.2   15.3   -0.3 
 Nondurables less food and apparel............  206.6   206.3   209.6   217.3    6.4   43.0  -21.9   22.4   23.4   -2.3 
 Nondurables..................................  184.6   182.9   183.9   187.4    2.7   14.0   -3.6    6.2    8.2    1.2 
 Services less rent of shelter (4)............  251.7   251.5   251.4   251.8    4.1    8.8    6.1    0.2    6.4    3.1 
 Services less medical care services..........  226.6   226.7   227.1   227.8    2.8    5.5    4.4    2.1    4.1    3.2 
 Energy.......................................  193.5   191.2   193.6   201.2    9.0   90.9  -20.6   16.9   44.2   -3.7 
 All items less energy........................  201.1   201.5   202.0   202.5    1.4    2.2    2.4    2.8    1.8    2.6 
  All items less food and energy..............  203.2   203.5   204.2   204.8    1.6    2.0    2.4    3.2    1.8    2.8 
   Commodities less food and energy                                                                                     
       commodities............................  140.5   140.3   140.7   140.8   -0.6    0.6    0.6    0.9    0.0    0.7 
    Energy commodities........................  208.6   206.5   213.4   231.5   11.3  120.2  -42.0   51.7   56.6   -6.2 
   Services less energy services..............  240.2   241.0   241.8   242.6    2.2    2.7    3.1    4.1    2.5    3.6 

   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                                  Apr. 2006 from--      Mar. 2006 from--  
                                               sched-                                                                      
                                                 ule   Jan.   Feb.   Mar.   Apr.                                           
                                                 (1)   2006   2006   2006   2006   Apr.   Feb.   Mar.   Mar.   Jan.   Feb. 
                                                                                   2005   2006   2006   2005   2006   2006 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                           
 U.S. city average............................   M    198.3  198.7  199.8  201.5    3.5    1.4    0.9    3.4    0.8    0.6 
                                                                                                                           
            Region and area size(2)                                                                                        
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
 Northeast urban..............................   M    211.0  211.6  212.8  214.7    3.8    1.5    0.9    3.3    0.9    0.6 
   Size A - More than 1,500,000...............   M    213.2  213.8  215.0  216.8    3.6    1.4    0.8    3.1    0.8    0.6 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3).........   M    124.8  125.2  126.0  127.3    4.3    1.7    1.0    3.9    1.0    0.6 
                                                                                                                           
 Midwest urban................................   M    190.8  190.7  192.0  193.0    2.8    1.2    0.5    3.1    0.6    0.7 
   Size A - More than 1,500,000...............   M    192.7  192.5  193.8  194.5    2.6    1.0    0.4    2.9    0.6    0.7 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3).........   M    121.6  121.6  122.3  123.3    3.1    1.4    0.8    3.0    0.6    0.6 
   Size D -  Nonmetropolitan  (less than                                                                                   
       50,000)................................   M    185.3  185.2  186.7  187.8    3.4    1.4    0.6    3.8    0.8    0.8 
                                                                                                                           
 South urban..................................   M    191.5  191.8  192.8  194.7    4.0    1.5    1.0    3.7    0.7    0.5 
   Size A - More than 1,500,000...............   M    193.6  193.9  194.6  196.5    3.9    1.3    1.0    3.6    0.5    0.4 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3).........   M    122.0  122.1  123.0  124.1    4.0    1.6    0.9    3.9    0.8    0.7 
   Size D -  Nonmetropolitan  (less than                                                                                   
       50,000)................................   M    191.0  191.1  192.3  195.1    4.2    2.1    1.5    4.2    0.7    0.6 
                                                                                                                           
 West urban...................................   M    201.7  202.7  203.8  205.3    3.4    1.3    0.7    3.4    1.0    0.5 
   Size A - More than 1,500,000...............   M    204.7  205.7  206.8  208.6    3.6    1.4    0.9    3.5    1.0    0.5 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3).........   M    122.9  123.7  124.2  124.9    2.9    1.0    0.6    3.2    1.1    0.4 
                                                                                                                           
                 Size classes                                                                                              
                                                                                                                           
   A (4)......................................   M    181.4  181.9  182.8  184.3    3.5    1.3    0.8    3.3    0.8    0.5 
   B/C (3)....................................   M    122.5  122.7  123.5  124.5    3.7    1.5    0.8    3.6    0.8    0.7 
   D..........................................   M    190.1  190.2  191.6  193.5    3.5    1.7    1.0    3.7    0.8    0.7 
                                                                                                                           
            Selected local areas(5)                                                                                        
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI...............   M    197.5  197.2  197.6  197.7    2.3    0.3    0.1    3.3    0.1    0.2 
 Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA......   M    206.0  207.5  208.5  210.5    4.7    1.4    1.0    4.7    1.2    0.5 
 New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island,                                                                                       
     NY-NJ-CT-PA..............................   M    215.9  216.4  218.2  220.2    3.6    1.8    0.9    2.7    1.1    0.8 
                                                                                                                           
 Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT..........   1    220.5      -  221.3      -      -      -      -    3.3    0.4      - 
 Cleveland-Akron, OH..........................   1    190.3      -  190.7      -      -      -      -    2.4    0.2      - 
 Dallas-Fort Worth, TX........................   1    188.6      -  188.4      -      -      -      -    3.9   -0.1      - 
 Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV (6)........   1    126.3      -  126.8      -      -      -      -    3.3    0.4      - 
                                                                                                                           
 Atlanta, GA..................................   2        -  189.8      -  193.9    3.1    2.2      -      -      -      - 
 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI..................   2        -  194.8      -  197.2    3.9    1.2      -      -      -      - 
 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX...............   2        -  178.6      -  181.2    3.5    1.5      -      -      -      - 
 Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL....................   2        -  202.2      -  203.8    5.5    0.8      -      -      -      - 
 Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,                                                                                    
     PA-NJ-DE-MD..............................   2        -  209.0      -  211.6    4.1    1.2      -      -      -      - 
 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA...........   2        -  207.1      -  208.9    3.2    0.9      -      -      -      - 
 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA.................   2        -  203.6      -  207.4    3.0    1.9      -      -      -      - 

   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,                      Apr. 2006 from-    percent change from- 
                     CPI-W                       December                                                               
                                                   2005       Mar.      Apr.                                            
                                                              2006      2006     Apr.     Mar.   Jan. to Feb. to Mar. to
                                                                                 2005     2006     Feb.    Mar.    Apr. 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                        
             Expenditure category                                                                                       
                                                                                                                        
 All items....................................    100.000     195.3     197.2      3.7      1.0     0.0     0.5     0.6 
 All items (1967=100).........................          -     581.8     587.3        -        -       -       -       - 
                                                                                                                        
  Food and beverages..........................     16.537     193.8     193.4      1.7     -0.2     0.1     0.1    -0.1 
   Food.......................................     15.519     193.2     192.8      1.7     -0.2     0.1     0.1    -0.1 
    Food at home..............................      9.347     191.4     190.5      0.8     -0.5    -0.1    -0.1    -0.2 
     Cereals and bakery products..............      1.275     211.1     211.2      1.1      0.0    -0.5     0.4     0.0 
     Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs...........      2.653     185.8     185.1      0.3     -0.4    -0.2     0.4    -0.1 
     Dairy and related products...............       .965     182.7     180.8     -0.7     -1.0     0.1    -0.1    -0.7 
     Fruits and vegetables....................      1.338     245.9     244.0      2.7     -0.8     0.9    -2.0     0.0 
     Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage                                                                                
         materials............................      1.087     147.3     145.7      1.1     -1.1    -0.3     0.8    -0.7 
     Other food at home.......................      2.030     168.7     168.2      0.7     -0.3     0.0     0.1    -0.2 
      Sugar and sweets........................       .337     169.0     169.9      3.7      0.5    -1.5     1.8     0.9 
      Fats and oils...........................       .287     169.4     165.7     -2.2     -2.2     0.4    -1.3    -1.7 
      Other foods (1).........................      1.406     184.8     184.5      0.6     -0.2     0.3    -0.1    -0.2 
       Other miscellaneous foods (1) (2)......       .370     113.4     113.4      2.1      0.0     0.7    -0.4     0.0 
    Food away from home (1)...................      6.172     197.4     197.8      3.0      0.2     0.3     0.2     0.2 
     Other food away from home (2)............       .275     134.8     135.6      5.0      0.6     0.4     0.4     0.5 
   Alcoholic beverages (1)....................      1.018     200.5     200.3      2.1     -0.1     0.7     0.6    -0.1 
                                                                                                                        
  Housing.....................................     40.161     196.6     196.8      3.9      0.1     0.1     0.2     0.1 
   Shelter....................................     30.069     222.4     223.1      2.9      0.3     0.4     0.5     0.3 
    Rent of primary residence (3).............      7.880     221.4     222.0      3.2      0.3     0.3     0.4     0.3 
    Lodging away from home (2)................      1.412     140.4     139.8      3.4     -0.4     1.3     1.6    -0.6 
    Owners' equivalent rent of primary                                                                                  
        residence (3) (4).....................     20.429     213.0     213.9      3.0      0.4     0.3     0.4     0.4 
    Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2)..       .348     116.5     116.5     -1.7      0.0     0.3     0.0     0.0 
   Fuels and utilities........................      5.900     190.8     189.4     12.3     -0.7    -1.1    -0.9    -0.9 
    Fuels.....................................      4.984     172.4     170.8     14.0     -0.9    -1.4    -1.1    -1.1 
     Fuel oil and other fuels.................       .347     229.8     235.8     18.4      2.6    -2.8     0.5     4.1 
     Gas (piped) and electricity (3)..........      4.637     178.3     176.1     13.6     -1.2    -1.4    -1.1    -1.5 
    Water and sewer and trash collection                                                                                
        services (2)..........................       .916     135.4     135.8      4.9      0.3     0.7    -0.1     0.4 
   Household furnishings and operations.......      4.193     122.5     122.5      0.3      0.0     0.2     0.0     0.0 
    Household operations (1) (2)..............       .363     137.3     137.7      4.9      0.3     0.6    -0.1     0.3 
                                                                                                                        
  Apparel.....................................      4.090     121.6     123.1     -0.1      1.2    -0.7     1.1     0.7 
   Men's and boys' apparel....................       .982     115.7     117.5     -2.0      1.6    -0.7     0.0     1.0 
   Women's and girls' apparel.................      1.689     114.3     115.9     -0.2      1.4    -1.0     2.1     1.1 
   Infants' and toddlers' apparel.............       .242     120.8     120.3     -3.1     -0.4     0.8     0.8    -1.2 
   Footwear...................................       .964     124.7     125.4      2.2      0.6    -0.6     0.9    -0.3 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation..............................     19.669     176.6     183.9      6.8      4.1    -0.3     1.1     2.6 
   Private transportation.....................     18.931     173.8     181.2      6.9      4.3    -0.3     1.2     2.7 
    New and used motor vehicles (2)...........      8.944      95.1      95.1      0.6      0.0     0.0     0.1     0.1 
     New vehicles.............................      5.380     139.9     139.5     -0.1     -0.3     0.0     0.1    -0.1 
     Used cars and trucks (1).................      2.801     140.8     141.3      1.7      0.4     0.1     0.4     0.4 
    Motor fuel................................      5.244     206.5     236.1     21.4     14.3    -1.1     3.7     8.7 
     Gasoline (all types).....................      5.193     205.6     235.2     21.4     14.4    -1.1     3.7     8.8 
    Motor vehicle parts and equipment (1).....       .434     114.9     115.3      4.4      0.3     0.4     0.5     0.3 
    Motor vehicle maintenance and repair......      1.130     215.8     216.3      4.4      0.2     0.8     0.3     0.3 
   Public transportation......................       .738     221.6     224.0      5.0      1.1    -0.1    -0.3     0.3 
                                                                                                                        
  Medical care................................      5.171     333.2     334.2      4.1      0.3     0.3     0.5     0.4 
   Medical care commodities...................      1.140     277.3     278.4      4.3      0.4     0.4     0.4     0.4 
   Medical care services......................      4.030     348.3     349.2      4.0      0.3     0.3     0.6     0.3 
    Professional services.....................      2.336     290.2     290.8      2.5      0.2     0.2     0.3     0.2 
    Hospital and related services (3).........      1.332     458.4     459.9      6.1      0.3     0.9     0.6     0.8 
                                                                                                                        
  Recreation (2)..............................      5.097     107.9     108.4      1.5      0.5     0.1     0.4     0.3 
   Video and audio (2)........................      1.928     104.4     104.9      0.9      0.5     0.0     0.7     0.4 
                                                                                                                        
  Education and communication (2).............      5.635     113.0     113.2      2.2      0.2     0.1     0.2     0.3 
   Education (2)..............................      2.243     156.8     156.9      6.0      0.1     0.3     0.4     0.4 
    Educational books and supplies............       .199     384.9     384.7      5.9     -0.1     0.3     0.4     0.3 
    Tuition, other school fees, and childcare.      2.044     443.1     443.5      6.0      0.1     0.3     0.4     0.5 
   Communication (2)..........................      3.392      86.2      86.3     -0.8      0.1     0.0    -0.1     0.1 
    Information and information processing (1)                                                                          
        (2)...................................      3.244      84.5      84.6     -1.1      0.1     0.0    -0.1     0.1 
     Telephone services (1) (2)...............      2.653      95.2      95.6      0.2      0.4     0.1    -0.2     0.4 
     Information technology, hardware and                                                                               
         services (1) (5).....................       .590      13.6      13.5     -6.9     -0.7    -0.7     0.7    -0.7 
      Personal computers and peripheral                                                                                 
          equipment (1) (2)...................       .208      11.3      11.0    -16.7     -2.7    -0.9     0.0    -2.7 
                                                                                                                        
  Other goods and services....................      3.640     329.4     329.3      2.9      0.0     0.1     0.3    -0.1 
   Tobacco and smoking products (1)...........      1.137     520.9     519.9      4.4     -0.2     0.2     0.6    -0.2 
   Personal care..............................      2.504     187.2     187.2      2.2      0.0     0.1     0.2    -0.1 
    Personal care products (1)................       .774     155.2     155.0      0.9     -0.1    -0.1    -0.3    -0.1 
    Personal care services (1)................       .616     208.5     208.6      2.5      0.0     0.7     0.2     0.0 
    Miscellaneous personal services...........       .949     311.4     311.8      3.4      0.1     0.2     0.5     0.2 
                                                                                                                        
          Commodity and service group                                                                                   
                                                                                                                        
 Commodities..................................     44.601     164.3     167.3      3.6      1.8    -0.2     0.7     1.2 
  Food and beverages..........................     16.537     193.8     193.4      1.7     -0.2     0.1     0.1    -0.1 
  Commodities less food and beverages.........     28.064     147.2     151.8      4.7      3.1    -0.3     1.0     2.0 
   Nondurables less food and beverages........     15.599     178.7     188.4      8.5      5.4    -1.8     0.8     4.2 
    Apparel...................................      4.090     121.6     123.1     -0.1      1.2    -0.7     1.1     0.7 
    Nondurables less food, beverages, and                                                                               
        apparel...............................     11.509     218.1     233.2     11.6      6.9    -0.3     1.9     4.5 
   Durables...................................     12.465     115.2     115.2     -0.1      0.0     0.0     0.0    -0.1 
 Services.....................................     55.399     231.8     232.2      3.8      0.2     0.1     0.3     0.2 
  Rent of shelter (4).........................     29.721     214.3     215.0      2.9      0.3     0.4     0.5     0.3 
  Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2)....       .348     116.5     116.5     -1.7      0.0     0.3     0.0     0.0 
  Gas (piped) and electricity (3).............      4.637     178.3     176.1     13.6     -1.2    -1.4    -1.1    -1.5 
  Water and sewer and trash collection                                                                                  
      services (2)............................       .916     135.4     135.8      4.9      0.3     0.7    -0.1     0.4 
  Household operations (1) (2)................       .363     137.3     137.7      4.9      0.3     0.6    -0.1     0.3 
  Transportation services.....................      5.659     229.0     229.5      2.1      0.2     0.0     0.0     0.1 
  Medical care services.......................      4.030     348.3     349.2      4.0      0.3     0.3     0.6     0.3 
  Other services..............................      9.726     265.7     266.6      3.1      0.3     0.2     0.3     0.3 
                                                                                                                        
                Special indexes                                                                                         
                                                                                                                        
 All items less food..........................     84.481     195.5     197.8      4.1      1.2    -0.1     0.5     0.8 
 All items less shelter.......................     69.931     187.6     189.8      4.1      1.2    -0.2     0.4     0.7 
 All items less medical care..................     94.829     189.5     191.3      3.6      0.9     0.0     0.4     0.6 
 Commodities less food........................     29.082     149.1     153.6      4.6      3.0    -0.3     1.0     1.9 
 Nondurables less food........................     16.617     180.1     189.3      8.1      5.1    -1.7     0.9     3.9 
 Nondurables less food and apparel............     12.527     215.6     229.4     10.9      6.4    -0.3     1.8     4.2 
 Nondurables..................................     32.136     186.9     191.8      5.1      2.6    -0.8     0.5     2.2 
 Services less rent of shelter (4)............     25.679     222.7     222.7      4.7      0.0    -0.2     0.0     0.0 
 Services less medical care services..........     51.369     223.0     223.4      3.7      0.2     0.0     0.1     0.3 
 Energy.......................................     10.228     188.4     202.0     17.9      7.2    -1.3     1.4     4.2 
 All items less energy........................     89.772     197.0     197.4      2.1      0.2     0.2     0.3     0.2 
  All items less food and energy..............     74.253     198.2     198.7      2.2      0.3     0.2     0.4     0.2 
   Commodities less food and energy                                                                                     
       commodities............................     23.491     141.9     142.2      0.6      0.2     0.0     0.3     0.1 
    Energy commodities........................      5.591     208.4     236.9     21.2     13.7    -1.2     3.4     8.5 
   Services less energy services..............     50.762     237.5     238.2      2.9      0.3     0.3     0.4     0.3 
 Purchasing power of the consumer dollar                                                                                
     (1982-84=$1.00)..........................          -    $ .512    $ .507        -        -       -       -       - 
 Purchasing power of the consumer dollar                                                                                
     (1967=$1.00).............................          -    $ .172    $ .170        -        -       -       -       - 

   1 Not seasonally adjusted.
   2 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base.
   3 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator.  All other item stratum index series were calculated
 using a geometric means estimator.
   4 Indexes on a December 1984=100 base
   5 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base.
   - Data not available.
 NOTE:  Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

 Table 5. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Seasonally adjusted U.S. city
 average, by expenditure category and commodity and service group

 (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                                 Seasonally adjusted indexes    Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent 
                                                                                               change for               
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                     CPI-W                                                           3 months ended--         6 months  
                                                                                                              ended--   
                                                 Jan.    Feb.    Mar.    Apr.                                           
                                                 2006    2006    2006    2006                                           
                                                                                July   Oct.   Jan.   Apr.   Oct.   Apr. 
                                                                                2005   2005   2006   2006   2005   2006 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                        
             Expenditure category                                                                                       
                                                                                                                        
 All items....................................  194.6   194.6   195.5   196.7    2.3    9.3   -1.0    4.4    5.8    1.6 
                                                                                                                        
  Food and beverages..........................  193.3   193.5   193.7   193.6    0.8    2.1    3.4    0.6    1.5    2.0 
   Food.......................................  192.9   193.1   193.2   193.1    0.8    2.3    3.4    0.4    1.6    1.9 
    Food at home..............................  191.5   191.4   191.3   190.9   -0.6    1.5    3.8   -1.2    0.4    1.3 
     Cereals and bakery products..............  211.3   210.3   211.1   211.0   -1.0    2.5    3.5   -0.6    0.8    1.4 
     Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs...........  185.4   185.0   185.8   185.6   -1.3   -0.2    2.2    0.4   -0.8    1.3 
     Dairy and related products...............  182.9   183.0   182.8   181.6   -1.7   -1.1    3.1   -2.8   -1.4    0.1 
     Fruits and vegetables....................  249.0   251.2   246.2   246.2    1.0    5.1   10.1   -4.4    3.0    2.6 
     Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage                                                                                
         materials............................  146.0   145.5   146.6   145.6    0.3    2.2    3.1   -1.1    1.3    1.0 
     Other food at home.......................  168.4   168.4   168.5   168.2    0.0    1.2    2.2   -0.5    0.6    0.8 
      Sugar and sweets........................  168.3   165.7   168.7   170.2    3.7    0.2    6.2    4.6    2.0    5.4 
      Fats and oils...........................  169.9   170.6   168.4   165.5   -3.3   -0.5    5.6  -10.0   -1.9   -2.5 
      Other foods (1).........................  184.4   185.0   184.8   184.5   -0.2    1.8    0.7    0.2    0.8    0.4 
       Other miscellaneous foods (1) (2)......  113.0   113.8   113.4   113.4    2.9    2.2    1.8    1.4    2.5    1.6 
    Food away from home (1)...................  196.4   197.0   197.4   197.8    2.9    3.6    2.7    2.9    3.3    2.8 
     Other food away from home (2)............  133.9   134.4   135.0   135.7    8.0    3.7    2.7    5.5    5.8    4.1 
   Alcoholic beverages (1)....................  198.0   199.4   200.5   200.3   -1.2    1.9    3.1    4.7    0.3    3.9 
                                                                                                                        
  Housing.....................................  196.2   196.4   196.8   197.0    2.8    7.3    4.0    1.6    5.0    2.8 
   Shelter....................................  220.2   221.0   222.0   222.7    2.2    1.8    2.6    4.6    2.0    3.6 
    Rent of primary residence (3).............  219.9   220.5   221.4   222.0    3.0    3.0    2.8    3.9    3.0    3.3 
    Lodging away from home (2)................  131.9   133.6   135.8   135.0    0.0   -3.0    6.6    9.7   -1.5    8.2 
    Owners' equivalent rent of primary                                                                                  
        residence (3) (4).....................  211.5   212.2   213.0   213.9    2.3    2.1    2.7    4.6    2.2    3.7 
    Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2)..  116.2   116.5   116.5   116.5   -0.3   -7.9    0.7    1.0   -4.2    0.9 
   Fuels and utilities........................  198.6   196.4   194.7   193.0    7.4   45.9   14.2  -10.8   25.2    0.9 
    Fuels.....................................  181.1   178.5   176.6   174.7    7.5   56.5   15.7  -13.4   29.7    0.1 
     Fuel oil and other fuels.................  226.8   220.4   221.4   230.5   30.5   83.2  -23.0    6.7   54.6   -9.4 
     Gas (piped) and electricity (3)..........  188.1   185.5   183.4   180.7    6.2   54.4   19.5  -14.8   28.0    0.9 
    Water and sewer and trash collection                                                                                
        services (2)..........................  134.3   135.3   135.1   135.7    6.0    3.1    6.5    4.2    4.5    5.4 
   Household furnishings and operations.......  121.9   122.2   122.2   122.2   -0.3    1.0    0.0    1.0    0.3    0.5 
    Household operations (1) (2)..............  136.7   137.5   137.3   137.7    5.3    4.6    6.7    3.0    4.9    4.8 
                                                                                                                        
  Apparel.....................................  118.2   117.4   118.7   119.5   -3.6    0.0   -1.0    4.5   -1.8    1.7 
   Men's and boys' apparel....................  114.3   113.5   113.5   114.6   -8.9    2.1   -1.7    1.1   -3.6   -0.3 
   Women's and girls' apparel.................  108.4   107.3   109.6   110.8   -3.9   -2.9   -2.5    9.2   -3.4    3.1 
   Infants' and toddlers' apparel.............  117.6   118.5   119.4   118.0   -8.9   -6.9    2.8    1.4   -7.9    2.1 
   Footwear...................................  123.7   123.0   124.1   123.7    3.3    3.3    2.3    0.0    3.3    1.1 
                                                                                                                        
  Transportation..............................  176.4   175.9   177.8   182.5    4.3   28.6  -15.5   14.6   15.8   -1.6 
   Private transportation.....................  173.5   173.0   175.0   179.7    4.3   29.3  -16.3   15.1   16.2   -1.9 
    New and used motor vehicles (2)...........   94.8    94.8    94.9    95.0    1.7    1.3   -1.3    0.8    1.5   -0.2 
     New vehicles.............................  139.2   139.2   139.3   139.2   -3.7    1.7    1.4    0.0   -1.0    0.7 
     Used cars and trucks (1).................  140.1   140.3   140.8   141.3    8.9   -1.4   -3.6    3.5    3.6   -0.1 
    Motor fuel................................  207.1   204.8   212.3   230.8   10.7  123.8  -43.1   54.2   57.4   -6.4 
     Gasoline (all types).....................  206.1   203.8   211.3   229.9   10.3  123.9  -43.1   54.8   57.1   -6.1 
    Motor vehicle parts and equipment (1).....  113.9   114.3   114.9   115.3    3.7    4.4    4.7    5.0    4.0    4.9 
    Motor vehicle maintenance and repair......  213.4   215.2   215.8   216.5    3.9    5.3    2.5    5.9    4.6    4.2 
   Public transportation......................  223.6   223.3   222.7   223.3    9.3    8.0    3.7   -0.5    8.6    1.5 
                                                                                                                        
  Medical care................................  329.5   330.5   332.2   333.4    3.8    4.1    3.5    4.8    4.0    4.1 
   Medical care commodities...................  275.3   276.3   277.3   278.4    3.3    4.1    5.3    4.6    3.7    4.9 
   Medical care services......................  344.0   345.0   346.9   348.1    4.0    4.1    3.0    4.9    4.0    3.9 
    Professional services.....................  287.7   288.3   289.3   290.0    3.3    3.3    0.7    3.2    3.3    2.0 
    Hospital and related services (3).........  448.7   452.7   455.6   459.4    3.9    4.4    6.4    9.9    4.2    8.1 
                                                                                                                        
  Recreation (2)..............................  107.3   107.4   107.8   108.1    0.0    3.8   -0.7    3.0    1.9    1.1 
   Video and audio (2)........................  103.4   103.4   104.1   104.5   -4.2    5.2   -1.5    4.3    0.4    1.4 
                                                                                                                        
  Education and communication (2).............  112.9   113.0   113.2   113.5    0.0    2.2    4.0    2.1    1.1    3.1 
   Education (2)..............................  156.2   156.6   157.3   158.0    6.3    5.4    7.5    4.7    5.9    6.1 
    Educational books and supplies............  380.2   381.2   382.9   384.0    5.4    7.4    6.9    4.1    6.4    5.5 
    Tuition, other school fees, and childcare.  442.0   443.2   444.9   447.1    6.5    5.1    7.6    4.7    5.8    6.1 
   Communication (2)..........................   86.3    86.3    86.2    86.3   -4.1   -0.9    1.9    0.0   -2.5    0.9 
    Information and information processing (1)                                                                          
        (2)...................................   84.6    84.6    84.5    84.6   -4.6   -0.5    1.0    0.0   -2.6    0.5 
     Telephone services (1) (2)...............   95.3    95.4    95.2    95.6   -3.3    0.8    2.1    1.3   -1.3    1.7 
     Information technology, hardware and                                                                               
         services (1) (5).....................   13.6    13.5    13.6    13.5  -10.6   -8.2   -5.7   -2.9   -9.4   -4.3 
      Personal computers and peripheral                                                                                 
          equipment (1) (2)...................   11.4    11.3    11.3    11.0  -19.6  -15.1  -18.5  -13.3  -17.4  -16.0 
                                                                                                                        
  Other goods and services....................  327.8   328.1   329.2   328.8    4.2    2.1    4.0    1.2    3.2    2.6 
   Tobacco and smoking products (1)...........  517.1   517.9   520.9   519.9    6.1    4.9    4.6    2.2    5.5    3.4 
   Personal care..............................  186.5   186.6   187.0   186.8    3.3    0.9    3.7    0.6    2.1    2.2 
    Personal care products (1)................  155.8   155.6   155.2   155.0    4.8   -1.0    2.1   -2.0    1.8    0.0 
    Personal care services (1)................  206.6   208.0   208.5   208.6    1.0    1.8    3.2    3.9    1.4    3.5 
    Miscellaneous personal services...........  308.9   309.4   310.8   311.5    3.8    2.5    4.0    3.4    3.1    3.7 
                                                                                                                        
          Commodity and service group                                                                                   
                                                                                                                        
 Commodities..................................  163.5   163.2   164.3   166.3    1.8   13.5   -7.0    7.0    7.5   -0.2 
  Food and beverages..........................  193.3   193.5   193.7   193.6    0.8    2.1    3.4    0.6    1.5    2.0 
  Commodities less food and beverages.........  146.3   145.9   147.3   150.2    2.2   20.5  -12.6   11.1   11.0   -1.4 
   Nondurables less food and beverages........  179.3   176.0   177.4   184.9    7.0   29.3  -11.4   13.1   17.6    0.1 
    Apparel...................................  118.2   117.4   118.7   119.5   -3.6    0.0   -1.0    4.5   -1.8    1.7 
    Nondurables less food, beverages, and                                                                               
        apparel...............................  217.2   216.5   220.7   230.7    7.4   53.0  -25.6   27.3   28.2   -2.7 
   Durables...................................  115.0   115.0   115.0   114.9    0.0    0.3   -0.7   -0.3    0.2   -0.5 
 Services.....................................  231.1   231.4   232.0   232.4    2.7    6.0    4.1    2.3    4.3    3.2 
  Rent of shelter (4).........................  212.1   212.9   213.9   214.6    2.7    1.7    2.5    4.8    2.2    3.6 
  Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2)....  116.2   116.5   116.5   116.5   -0.3   -7.9    0.7    1.0   -4.2    0.9 
  Gas (piped) and electricity (3).............  188.1   185.5   183.4   180.7    6.2   54.4   19.5  -14.8   28.0    0.9 
  Water and sewer and trash collection                                                                                  
      services (2)............................  134.3   135.3   135.1   135.7    6.0    3.1    6.5    4.2    4.5    5.4 
  Household operations (1) (2)................  136.7   137.5   137.3   137.7    5.3    4.6    6.7    3.0    4.9    4.8 
  Transportation services.....................  229.0   228.9   228.9   229.2    3.1    2.7    2.3    0.3    2.9    1.3 
  Medical care services.......................  344.0   345.0   346.9   348.1    4.0    4.1    3.0    4.9    4.0    3.9 
  Other services..............................  264.3   264.8   265.7   266.6    1.2    3.7    3.6    3.5    2.5    3.5 
                                                                                                                        
                Special indexes                                                                                         
                                                                                                                        
 All items less food..........................  194.8   194.7   195.7   197.2    2.6   10.7   -1.6    5.0    6.5    1.6 
 All items less shelter.......................  187.4   187.1   187.9   189.3    2.2   12.6   -2.3    4.1    7.3    0.9 
 All items less medical care..................  188.9   188.9   189.7   190.9    2.2    9.6   -1.3    4.3    5.8    1.5 
 Commodities less food........................  148.2   147.8   149.3   152.1    2.2   19.9  -12.0   10.9   10.7   -1.2 
 Nondurables less food........................  180.5   177.4   179.0   186.0    6.4   27.4  -10.7   12.8   16.4    0.3 
 Nondurables less food and apparel............  214.6   214.0   217.8   226.9    6.8   48.2  -23.7   25.0   25.8   -2.3 
 Nondurables..................................  186.9   185.4   186.3   190.4    3.1   15.3   -4.8    7.7    9.0    1.3 
 Services less rent of shelter (4)............  223.9   223.4   223.3   223.4    4.0    9.0    6.9   -0.9    6.5    2.9 
 Services less medical care services..........  222.6   222.7   223.0   223.6    2.8    5.5    4.8    1.8    4.1    3.3 
 Energy.......................................  193.1   190.6   193.3   201.4    9.4   91.8  -22.3   18.3   44.9   -4.1 
 All items less energy........................  195.7   196.0   196.6   197.0    1.5    2.1    2.3    2.7    1.8    2.5 
  All items less food and energy..............  196.6   197.0   197.7   198.1    1.7    2.1    1.9    3.1    1.9    2.5 
   Commodities less food and energy                                                                                     
       commodities............................  140.7   140.7   141.1   141.3    0.0    0.6    0.0    1.7    0.3    0.9 
    Energy commodities........................  208.8   206.3   213.4   231.5   11.6  121.5  -42.3   51.1   57.2   -6.6 
   Services less energy services..............  235.6   236.3   237.2   237.9    2.4    2.6    2.8    4.0    2.5    3.4 

   1 Not seasonally adjusted.
   2 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base.
   3 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator.  All other item stratum index series 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                                  Apr. 2006 from--      Mar. 2006 from--  
                                               sched-                                                                      
                                                 ule   Jan.   Feb.   Mar.   Apr.                                           
                                                 (1)   2006   2006   2006   2006   Apr.   Feb.   Mar.   Mar.   Jan.   Feb. 
                                                                                   2005   2006   2006   2005   2006   2006 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                           
 U.S. city average............................   M    194.0  194.2  195.3  197.2    3.7    1.5    1.0    3.6    0.7    0.6 
                                                                                                                           
            Region and area size(2)                                                                                        
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
 Northeast urban..............................   M    207.5  207.9  209.0  211.0    4.0    1.5    1.0    3.6    0.7    0.5 
   Size A - More than 1,500,000...............   M    208.2  208.6  209.7  211.5    3.8    1.4    0.9    3.4    0.7    0.5 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3).........   M    125.2  125.5  126.1  127.6    4.5    1.7    1.2    4.0    0.7    0.5 
                                                                                                                           
 Midwest urban................................   M    186.2  185.9  187.0  188.3    3.0    1.3    0.7    3.2    0.4    0.6 
   Size A - More than 1,500,000...............   M    187.3  186.9  188.0  189.0    2.7    1.1    0.5    3.0    0.4    0.6 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3).........   M    121.1  121.0  121.7  122.8    3.4    1.5    0.9    3.3    0.5    0.6 
   Size D -  Nonmetropolitan  (less than                                                                                   
       50,000)................................   M    183.5  183.2  184.7  186.0    3.9    1.5    0.7    4.2    0.7    0.8 
                                                                                                                           
 South urban..................................   M    188.8  188.9  189.9  192.1    4.2    1.7    1.2    3.9    0.6    0.5 
   Size A - More than 1,500,000...............   M    191.6  191.8  192.4  194.7    4.3    1.5    1.2    3.8    0.4    0.3 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3).........   M    120.7  120.7  121.6  122.9    4.2    1.8    1.1    3.9    0.7    0.7 
   Size D -  Nonmetropolitan  (less than                                                                                   
       50,000)................................   M    191.0  191.1  192.4  195.3    4.6    2.2    1.5    4.5    0.7    0.7 
                                                                                                                           
 West urban...................................   M    196.3  197.2  198.3  200.0    3.3    1.4    0.9    3.3    1.0    0.6 
   Size A - More than 1,500,000...............   M    197.6  198.6  199.7  201.7    3.5    1.6    1.0    3.4    1.1    0.6 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3).........   M    122.3  123.1  123.6  124.4    3.0    1.1    0.6    3.2    1.1    0.4 
                                                                                                                           
                 Size classes                                                                                              
                                                                                                                           
   A (4)......................................   M    179.8  180.0  181.0  182.6    3.6    1.4    0.9    3.4    0.7    0.6 
   B/C (3)....................................   M    121.7  121.9  122.6  123.8    3.9    1.6    1.0    3.6    0.7    0.6 
   D..........................................   M    188.7  188.7  190.2  192.2    3.8    1.9    1.1    4.0    0.8    0.8 
                                                                                                                           
            Selected local areas(5)                                                                                        
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI...............   M    191.2  190.6  190.9  191.4    2.4    0.4    0.3    3.3   -0.2    0.2 
 Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA......   M    198.3  199.9  200.8  202.9    4.5    1.5    1.0    4.5    1.3    0.5 
 New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island,                                                                                       
     NY-NJ-CT-PA..............................   M    210.2  210.6  212.0  214.0    3.9    1.6    0.9    3.2    0.9    0.7 
                                                                                                                           
 Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT..........   1    219.5      -  220.5      -      -      -      -    3.5    0.5      - 
 Cleveland-Akron, OH..........................   1    181.4      -  181.6      -      -      -      -    2.5    0.1      - 
 Dallas-Fort Worth, TX........................   1    189.9      -  189.7      -      -      -      -    4.5   -0.1      - 
 Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV (6)........   1    126.1      -  126.4      -      -      -      -    3.4    0.2      - 
                                                                                                                           
 Atlanta, GA..................................   2        -  188.5      -  192.0    3.2    1.9      -      -      -      - 
 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI..................   2        -  189.6      -  192.2    3.8    1.4      -      -      -      - 
 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX...............   2        -  176.7      -  180.0    4.2    1.9      -      -      -      - 
 Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL....................   2        -  199.9      -  202.3    5.8    1.2      -      -      -      - 
 Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,                                                                                    
     PA-NJ-DE-MD..............................   2        -  209.1      -  211.1    4.0    1.0      -      -      -      - 
 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA...........   2        -  202.5      -  204.9    2.8    1.2      -      -      -      - 
 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA.................   2        -  198.0      -  202.5    3.2    2.3      -      -      -      - 

   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         Apr. 2006 from-  
                    C-CPI-U                     December                                          
                                                2003-2004                                         
                                                              Mar.      Apr.      Apr.      Mar.  
                                                              2006      2006      2005      2006  
                                                                                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                  
             Expenditure category                                                                 
                                                                                                  
 All items....................................    100.000     116.1     116.8       3.1       0.6 
                                                                                                  
  Food and beverages..........................     15.072     114.9     114.7       1.7      -0.2 
   Food.......................................     13.943     114.9     114.7       1.7      -0.2 
    Food at home..............................      8.029     112.4     111.8       0.8      -0.5 
    Food away from home.......................      5.914     118.4     118.7       3.0       0.3 
   Alcoholic beverages........................      1.130     115.2     115.2       2.0       0.0 
                                                                                                  
  Housing.....................................     42.173     120.9     121.2       3.5       0.2 
   Shelter....................................     32.495     121.6     122.0       3.0       0.3 
   Fuels and utilities........................      4.702     147.8     146.6      11.7      -0.8 
   Household furnishings and operations.......      4.977      96.8      96.9      -0.1       0.1 
                                                                                                  
  Apparel.....................................      4.076      91.7      92.8      -0.1       1.2 
                                                                                                  
  Transportation..............................     17.095     117.4     120.7       5.0       2.8 
   Private transportation.....................     15.988     118.1     121.5       4.9       2.9 
   Public transportation......................      1.107     109.5     110.8       4.4       1.2 
                                                                                                  
  Medical care................................      6.055     130.4     130.8       4.0       0.3 
   Medical care commodities...................      1.458     120.3     120.7       4.1       0.3 
   Medical care services......................      4.597     133.9     134.2       4.0       0.2 
                                                                                                  
  Recreation..................................      5.863     105.7     106.1       1.3       0.4 
                                                                                                  
  Education and communication.................      6.190     102.7     102.8       1.6       0.1 
   Education..................................      2.751     147.1     147.2       6.1       0.1 
   Communication..............................      3.439      76.3      76.4      -1.9       0.1 
                                                                                                  
  Other goods and services....................      3.475     119.1     119.1       2.5       0.0 
                                                                                                  
          Commodity and service group                                                             
                                                                                                  
 Services.....................................     58.763     123.4     123.7       3.6       0.2 
 Commodities..................................     41.237     107.0     108.2       2.3       1.1 
  Durables....................................     12.340      87.9      87.8      -1.0      -0.1 
 Nondurables..................................     28.897     116.3     118.3       3.8       1.7 
  All items less food and energy..............     78.707     112.5     112.8       2.1       0.3 
 Energy.......................................      7.351     163.7     173.6      17.0       6.0 

 Indexes for 2006 are initial estimates.  Indexes for 2005 are interim adjustments.
 NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

 Table 1 (OW). Old Weight Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U):  U.S. city
 average, by expenditure category and commodity and service group 

 (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)
                                                                                               
                                                                                               
                                                                                  Unadjusted   
                                                 Relative       Unadjusted    percent change to
                                                importance,      indexes       Apr. 2006 from- 
                Item and group                   December                                      
                                                   2005                                        
                                                              Mar.     Apr.     Apr.     Mar.  
                                                              2006     2006     2005     2006  
                                                                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                               
             Expenditure category                                                              
                                                                                               
 All items....................................     100.000    200.0    201.7      3.6      0.9 
 All items (1967=100).........................           -    599.0    604.2        -        - 
                                                                                               
  Food and beverages..........................      15.127    194.5    194.2      1.8     -0.2 
   Food.......................................      14.151    194.0    193.7      1.8     -0.2 
    Food at home..............................       8.049    192.5    191.6      0.9     -0.5 
     Cereals and bakery products..............       1.157    210.9    210.9      0.9      0.0 
     Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs...........       2.229    186.0    185.5      0.4     -0.3 
     Dairy and related products...............        .836    182.9    181.3     -0.5     -0.9 
     Fruits and vegetables....................       1.242    248.8    247.0      2.9     -0.7 
     Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage                                                       
         materials............................        .885    148.2    146.7      1.3     -1.0 
     Other food at home.......................       1.700    169.4    168.8      0.8     -0.4 
      Sugar and sweets........................        .297    170.2    171.0      3.7      0.5 
      Fats and oils...........................        .246    168.6    164.9     -2.7     -2.2 
      Other foods.............................       1.157    184.7    184.4      0.8     -0.2 
       Other miscellaneous foods (1)..........        .295    113.0    113.2      2.2      0.2 
    Food away from home.......................       6.102    197.5    198.0      3.1      0.3 
     Other food away from home (1)............        .338    135.0    135.7      4.7      0.5 
   Alcoholic beverages........................        .976    200.3    200.3      2.2      0.0 
                                                                                               
  Housing.....................................      42.224    201.4    201.9      3.9      0.2 
   Shelter....................................      32.442    230.2    231.1      3.0      0.4 
    Rent of primary residence (2).............       6.116    222.3    222.9      3.2      0.3 
    Lodging away from home (1)................       3.009    139.8    140.2      2.9      0.3 
    Owners' equivalent rent of primary                                                         
        residence (2) (3).....................      22.951    234.9    235.9      3.0      0.4 
    Tenants' and household insurance (1)......        .366    116.2    116.2     -1.7      0.0 
   Fuels and utilities........................       5.538    191.4    189.9     12.0     -0.8 
    Fuels.....................................       4.592    173.9    172.2     13.7     -1.0 
     Fuel oil and other fuels.................        .360    230.3    236.6     18.6      2.7 
     Gas (piped) and electricity (2)..........       4.233    178.8    176.5     13.2     -1.3 
    Water and sewer and trash collection                                                       
        services (1)..........................        .946    135.1    135.5      5.0      0.3 
   Household furnishings and operations.......       4.243    126.8    127.2      0.7      0.3 
    Household operations (1)..................        .717    134.8    135.2      4.7      0.3 
                                                                                               
  Apparel.....................................       3.677    121.9    123.4     -0.2      1.2 
   Men's and boys' apparel....................        .927    115.8    117.4     -2.5      1.4 
   Women's and girls' apparel.................       1.568    114.9    116.5     -0.1      1.4 
   Infants' and toddlers' apparel.............        .177    119.2    119.1     -1.8     -0.1 
   Footwear...................................        .747    125.6    126.4      2.1      0.6 
                                                                                               
  Transportation..............................      17.650    177.6    184.6      6.6      3.9 
   Private transportation.....................      16.595    173.7    180.9      6.7      4.1 
    New and used motor vehicles (1)...........       7.519     96.0     96.0      0.4      0.0 
     New vehicles.............................       4.521    138.8    138.4     -0.3     -0.3 
     Used cars and trucks.....................       1.998    139.9    140.4      1.7      0.4 
    Motor fuel................................       4.460    205.8    235.5     21.5     14.4 
     Gasoline (all types).....................       4.418    204.8    234.4     21.5     14.5 
    Motor vehicle parts and equipment.........        .366    115.4    115.8      4.5      0.3 
    Motor vehicle maintenance and repair......       1.344    213.5    214.0      4.4      0.2 
   Public transportation......................       1.055    222.5    225.2      4.7      1.2 
                                                                                               
  Medical care................................       6.186    333.8    334.8      4.1      0.3 
   Medical care commodities...................       1.488    284.5    285.6      4.4      0.4 
   Medical care services......................       4.698    347.9    348.8      4.1      0.3 
    Professional services.....................       2.776    287.7    288.5      2.7      0.3 
    Hospital and related services (2).........       1.540    463.1    464.5      6.3      0.3 
                                                                                               
  Recreation (1)..............................       5.605    110.8    111.2      1.8      0.4 
   Video and audio (1)........................       1.637    105.1    105.6      0.8      0.5 
                                                                                               
  Education and communication (1).............       5.791    115.7    116.0      2.7      0.3 
   Education (1)..............................       3.008    158.5    158.7      6.2      0.1 
    Educational books and supplies............        .223    383.1    383.3      6.1      0.1 
    Tuition, other school fees, and childcare.       2.784    457.4    458.0      6.2      0.1 
   Communication (1)..........................       2.784     84.5     84.7     -0.8      0.2 
    Information and information processing (1)       2.612     82.0     82.2     -1.2      0.2 
     Telephone services (1)...................       2.123     95.1     95.5      0.2      0.4 
     Information technology, hardware and                                                      
         services (4).........................        .489     13.0     12.9     -7.2     -0.8 
      Personal computers and peripheral                                                        
          equipment (1).......................        .156     11.4     11.1    -17.2     -2.6 
                                                                                               
  Other goods and services....................       3.739    320.1    320.0      2.7      0.0 
   Tobacco and smoking products...............        .824    518.9    518.1      4.2     -0.2 
   Personal care..............................       2.916    189.1    189.1      2.3      0.0 
    Personal care products....................        .645    155.1    154.8      0.9     -0.2 
    Personal care services....................        .647    208.4    208.5      2.6      0.0 
    Miscellaneous personal services...........       1.449    310.7    310.9      3.2      0.1 
                                                                                               
          Commodity and service group                                                          
                                                                                               
 Commodities..................................      39.974    163.0    166.0      3.6      1.8 
  Food and beverages..........................      15.127    194.5    194.2      1.8     -0.2 
  Commodities less food and beverages.........      24.847    145.0    149.4      4.5      3.0 
   Nondurables less food and beverages........      14.289    173.6    182.5      8.1      5.1 
    Apparel...................................       3.677    121.9    123.4     -0.2      1.2 
    Nondurables less food, beverages, and                                                      
        apparel...............................      10.612    209.7    223.3     11.1      6.5 
   Durables...................................      10.558    115.2    115.2     -0.3      0.0 
 Services.....................................      60.026    236.6    237.1      3.7      0.2 
  Rent of shelter (3).........................      32.076    239.9    240.8      3.0      0.4 
  Tenants' and household insurance (1)........        .366    116.2    116.2     -1.7      0.0 
  Gas (piped) and electricity (2).............       4.233    178.8    176.5     13.2     -1.3 
  Water and sewer and trash collection                                                         
      services (1)............................        .946    135.1    135.5      5.0      0.3 
  Household operations (1)....................        .717    134.8    135.2      4.7      0.3 
  Transportation services.....................       6.194    228.7    229.5      2.3      0.3 
  Medical care services.......................       4.698    347.9    348.8      4.1      0.3 
  Other services..............................      10.795    274.8    275.6      3.3      0.3 
                                                                                               
                Special indexes                                                                
                                                                                               
 All items less food..........................      85.849    201.0    203.1      4.0      1.0 
 All items less shelter.......................      67.558    190.4    192.5      4.0      1.1 
 All items less medical care..................      93.814    193.1    194.9      3.6      0.9 
 Commodities less food........................      25.823    147.1    151.4      4.5      2.9 
 Nondurables less food........................      15.265    175.3    183.7      7.7      4.8 
 Nondurables less food and apparel............      11.588    208.0    220.4     10.4      6.0 
 Nondurables..................................      29.416    184.6    189.1      4.9      2.4 
 Services less rent of shelter (3)............      27.950    250.6    250.8      4.6      0.1 
 Services less medical care services..........      55.328    227.4    227.9      3.7      0.2 
 Energy.......................................       9.052    188.3    201.4     17.8      7.0 
 All items less energy........................      90.948    202.7    203.2      2.3      0.2 
  All items less food and energy..............      76.797    205.0    205.7      2.4      0.3 
   Commodities less food and energy                                                            
       commodities............................      21.004    141.6    141.9      0.5      0.2 
    Energy commodities........................       4.819    208.4    236.7     21.3     13.6 
   Services less energy services..............      55.793    242.5    243.4      3.1      0.4 
 Purchasing power of the consumer dollar                                                       
     (1982-84=$1.00)..........................           -   $ .500   $ .496        -        - 
 Purchasing power of the consumer dollar                                                       
     (1967=$1.00).............................           -   $ .167   $ .166        -        - 

   1 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base.
   2 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator.  All other item stratum
 index series were calculated using a geometric means estimator.
   3 Indexes on a December 1982=100 base.
   4 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base.
   - Data not available.
 NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

 Table 2 (OW).  Old Weight Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers
 (CPI-W):  U.S. city average, by expenditure category and commodity and service group 

 (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)
                                                                                               
                                                                                               
                                                                                  Unadjusted   
                                                 Relative       Unadjusted    percent change to
                                                importance,      indexes       Apr. 2006 from- 
                Item and group                   December                                      
                                                   2005                                        
                                                              Mar.     Apr.     Apr.     Mar.  
                                                              2006     2006     2005     2006  
                                                                                                                                                                                             
                                                                                               
             Expenditure category                                                              
                                                                                               
 All items....................................     100.000    195.4    197.3      3.7      1.0 
 All items (1967=100).........................           -    582.1    587.8        -        - 
                                                                                               
  Food and beverages..........................      16.817    193.8    193.4      1.7     -0.2 
   Food.......................................      15.758    193.3    192.8      1.7     -0.3 
    Food at home..............................       9.374    191.5    190.5      0.8     -0.5 
     Cereals and bakery products..............       1.310    210.9    210.8      0.9      0.0 
     Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs...........       2.787    185.8    185.2      0.4     -0.3 
     Dairy and related products...............        .946    182.7    180.9     -0.7     -1.0 
     Fruits and vegetables....................       1.365    246.1    244.1      2.8     -0.8 
     Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage                                                       
         materials............................       1.051    147.5    146.0      1.3     -1.0 
     Other food at home.......................       1.914    168.9    168.3      0.8     -0.4 
      Sugar and sweets........................        .312    169.7    170.3      3.9      0.4 
      Fats and oils...........................        .298    168.6    165.1     -2.5     -2.1 
      Other foods.............................       1.304    185.1    184.8      0.8     -0.2 
       Other miscellaneous foods (1)..........        .335    113.5    113.7      2.3      0.2 
    Food away from home.......................       6.385    197.3    197.7      3.0      0.2 
     Other food away from home (1)............        .255    134.9    135.5      4.9      0.4 
   Alcoholic beverages........................       1.059    200.2    200.2      2.0      0.0 
                                                                                               
  Housing.....................................      39.247    196.7    197.0      4.0      0.2 
   Shelter....................................      29.666    222.7    223.5      3.0      0.4 
    Rent of primary residence (2).............       8.000    221.4    222.0      3.2      0.3 
    Lodging away from home (1)................       1.739    140.3    140.1      3.6     -0.1 
    Owners' equivalent rent of primary                                                         
        residence (2) (3).....................      19.607    213.0    213.8      2.9      0.4 
    Tenants' and household insurance (1)......        .321    116.3    116.2     -1.9     -0.1 
   Fuels and utilities........................       5.903    190.2    188.7     11.9     -0.8 
    Fuels.....................................       4.935    171.8    170.0     13.5     -1.0 
     Fuel oil and other fuels.................        .337    230.1    236.2     18.6      2.7 
     Gas (piped) and electricity (2)..........       4.598    177.5    175.2     13.0     -1.3 
    Water and sewer and trash collection                                                       
        services (1)..........................        .968    135.5    135.8      4.9      0.2 
   Household furnishings and operations.......       3.677    122.5    122.8      0.6      0.2 
    Household operations (1)..................        .326    137.5    137.8      5.0      0.2 
                                                                                               
  Apparel.....................................       4.020    121.5    122.7     -0.4      1.0 
   Men's and boys' apparel....................       1.009    115.1    116.7     -2.7      1.4 
   Women's and girls' apparel.................       1.582    114.5    116.0     -0.1      1.3 
   Infants' and toddlers' apparel.............        .226    122.0    121.8     -1.9     -0.2 
   Footwear...................................        .970    124.7    124.9      1.8      0.2 
                                                                                               
  Transportation..............................      20.141    176.7    184.2      7.0      4.2 
   Private transportation.....................      19.348    173.9    181.5      7.1      4.4 
    New and used motor vehicles (1)...........       8.889     95.1     95.1      0.6      0.0 
     New vehicles.............................       4.550    139.9    139.4     -0.2     -0.4 
     Used cars and trucks.....................       3.465    140.8    141.2      1.7      0.3 
    Motor fuel................................       5.443    206.6    236.3     21.5     14.4 
     Gasoline (all types).....................       5.396    205.7    235.3     21.5     14.4 
    Motor vehicle parts and equipment.........        .451    115.0    115.5      4.6      0.4 
    Motor vehicle maintenance and repair......       1.362    216.1    216.6      4.5      0.2 
   Public transportation......................        .793    220.9    223.4      4.7      1.1 
                                                                                               
  Medical care................................       5.059    333.3    334.3      4.1      0.3 
   Medical care commodities...................       1.127    277.3    278.4      4.3      0.4 
   Medical care services......................       3.931    348.4    349.4      4.1      0.3 
    Professional services.....................       2.275    290.2    291.0      2.6      0.3 
    Hospital and related services (2).........       1.297    458.7    460.0      6.1      0.3 
                                                                                               
  Recreation (1)..............................       5.408    108.0    108.5      1.6      0.5 
   Video and audio (1)........................       1.816    104.4    104.9      0.9      0.5 
                                                                                               
  Education and communication (1).............       5.419    113.1    113.3      2.3      0.2 
   Education (1)..............................       2.416    156.7    156.9      6.0      0.1 
    Educational books and supplies............        .220    384.2    384.3      5.8      0.0 
    Tuition, other school fees, and childcare.       2.196    443.1    443.7      6.0      0.1 
   Communication (1)..........................       3.003     86.2     86.5     -0.6      0.3 
    Information and information processing (1)       2.861     84.5     84.8     -0.8      0.4 
     Telephone services (1)...................       2.399     95.3     95.7      0.3      0.4 
     Information technology, hardware and                                                      
         services (4).........................        .462     13.6     13.5     -6.9     -0.7 
      Personal computers and peripheral                                                        
          equipment (1).......................        .140     11.3     11.0    -16.7     -2.7 
                                                                                               
  Other goods and services....................       3.889    329.4    329.3      2.9      0.0 
   Tobacco and smoking products...............       1.275    520.8    519.9      4.4     -0.2 
   Personal care..............................       2.614    187.2    187.2      2.2      0.0 
    Personal care products....................        .696    155.1    154.7      0.7     -0.3 
    Personal care services....................        .605    208.6    208.7      2.5      0.0 
    Miscellaneous personal services...........       1.154    311.3    311.8      3.4      0.2 
                                                                                               
          Commodity and service group                                                          
                                                                                               
 Commodities..................................      44.564    164.3    167.6      3.8      2.0 
  Food and beverages..........................      16.817    193.8    193.4      1.7     -0.2 
  Commodities less food and beverages.........      27.747    147.4    152.2      5.0      3.3 
   Nondurables less food and beverages........      15.719    178.8    188.7      8.7      5.5 
    Apparel...................................       4.020    121.5    122.7     -0.4      1.0 
    Nondurables less food, beverages, and                                                      
        apparel...............................      11.700    218.3    233.8     11.9      7.1 
   Durables...................................      12.027    115.2    115.3      0.0      0.1 
 Services.....................................      55.436    231.9    232.3      3.8      0.2 
  Rent of shelter (3).........................      29.345    214.6    215.3      3.1      0.3 
  Tenants' and household insurance (1)........        .321    116.3    116.2     -1.9     -0.1 
  Gas (piped) and electricity (2).............       4.598    177.5    175.2     13.0     -1.3 
  Water and sewer and trash collection                                                         
      services (1)............................        .968    135.5    135.8      4.9      0.2 
  Household operations (1)....................        .326    137.5    137.8      5.0      0.2 
  Transportation services.....................       6.109    229.0    229.6      2.1      0.3 
  Medical care services.......................       3.931    348.4    349.4      4.1      0.3 
  Other services..............................       9.837    265.8    266.7      3.1      0.3 
                                                                                               
                Special indexes                                                                
                                                                                               
 All items less food..........................      84.242    195.6    198.0      4.2      1.2 
 All items less shelter.......................      70.334    187.6    189.9      4.1      1.2 
 All items less medical care..................      94.941    189.6    191.5      3.7      1.0 
 Commodities less food........................      28.806    149.3    153.9      4.8      3.1 
 Nondurables less food........................      16.778    180.2    189.6      8.3      5.2 
 Nondurables less food and apparel............      12.759    215.8    229.8     11.1      6.5 
 Nondurables..................................      32.537    186.9    191.9      5.2      2.7 
 Services less rent of shelter (3)............      26.091    222.5    222.6      4.7      0.0 
 Services less medical care services..........      51.504    223.1    223.5      3.8      0.2 
 Energy.......................................      10.378    188.3    202.3     18.0      7.4 
 All items less energy........................      89.622    197.1    197.5      2.2      0.2 
  All items less food and energy..............      73.864    198.3    198.9      2.3      0.3 
   Commodities less food and energy                                                            
       commodities............................      23.026    141.9    142.3      0.6      0.3 
    Energy commodities........................       5.780    208.6    237.2     21.3     13.7 
   Services less energy services..............      50.838    237.7    238.5      3.1      0.3 
 Purchasing power of the consumer dollar                                                       
     (1982-84=$1.00)..........................           -   $ .512   $ .507        -        - 
 Purchasing power of the consumer dollar                                                       
     (1967=$1.00).............................           -   $ .172   $ .170        -        - 

   1 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base.
   2 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator.  All other item stratum
 index series were calculated using a geometric means estimator.
   3 Indexes on a December 1984=100 base
   4 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base.
   - Data not available.
 NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

 Table 3 (OW). Old Weight Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Selected areas, all items index 

 (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                All items                                  
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
                                               Prici-           Indexes             Percent change to    Percent change to 
                     Area                        ng                                  Apr. 2006 from-       Mar. 2006 from-   
                                               sched-                                                                      
                                                 ule                                                                       
                                                 (1)   Jan.   Feb.   Mar.   Apr.   Apr.   Feb.   Mar.   Mar.   Jan.   Feb. 
                                                       2006   2006   2006   2006   2005   2006   2006   2005   2006   2006 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                           
 U.S. city average............................   M    198.3  198.7  200.0  201.7    3.6    1.5    0.9    3.5    0.9    0.7 
                                                                                                                           
            Region and area size(2)                                                                                        
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
 Northeast urban..............................   M    211.1  211.8  213.3  215.3    4.1    1.7    0.9    3.5    1.0    0.7 
   Size A - More than 1,500,000...............   M    213.3  214.1  215.4  217.5    3.9    1.6    1.0    3.3    1.0    0.6 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3).........   M    124.9  125.3  126.3  127.5    4.5    1.8    1.0    4.1    1.1    0.8 
                                                                                                                           
 Midwest urban................................   M    190.8  190.7  192.0  193.2    2.9    1.3    0.6    3.1    0.6    0.7 
   Size A - More than 1,500,000...............   M    192.7  192.5  193.8  194.7    2.7    1.1    0.5    2.9    0.6    0.7 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3).........   M    121.6  121.6  122.3  123.5    3.3    1.6    1.0    3.0    0.6    0.6 
   Size D -  Nonmetropolitan  (less than                                                                                   
       50,000)................................   M    185.4  185.3  187.0  188.2    3.6    1.6    0.6    3.9    0.9    0.9 
                                                                                                                           
 South urban..................................   M    191.6  191.8  192.9  194.9    4.1    1.6    1.0    3.8    0.7    0.6 
   Size A - More than 1,500,000...............   M    193.7  193.8  194.7  196.7    4.0    1.5    1.0    3.6    0.5    0.5 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3).........   M    122.0  122.1  123.0  124.2    4.1    1.7    1.0    3.9    0.8    0.7 
   Size D -  Nonmetropolitan  (less than                                                                                   
       50,000)................................   M    191.1  191.3  192.3  195.4    4.4    2.1    1.6    4.2    0.6    0.5 
                                                                                                                           
 West urban...................................   M    201.6  202.7  203.7  205.4    3.4    1.3    0.8    3.3    1.0    0.5 
   Size A - More than 1,500,000...............   M    204.6  205.7  206.8  208.6    3.6    1.4    0.9    3.5    1.1    0.5 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3).........   M    122.9  123.7  124.2  125.0    3.0    1.1    0.6    3.2    1.1    0.4 
                                                                                                                           
                 Size classes                                                                                              
                                                                                                                           
   A (4)......................................   M    181.5  181.9  182.9  184.5    3.6    1.4    0.9    3.3    0.8    0.5 
   B/C (3)....................................   M    122.5  122.8  123.6  124.7    3.8    1.5    0.9    3.7    0.9    0.7 
   D..........................................   M    190.2  190.2  191.8  193.8    3.7    1.9    1.0    3.8    0.8    0.8 
                                                                                                                           
            Selected local areas(5)                                                                                        
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI...............   M    197.6  197.2  197.6  197.7    2.3    0.3    0.1    3.3    0.0    0.2 
 Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA......   M    205.9  207.6  208.5  210.4    4.6    1.3    0.9    4.7    1.3    0.4 
 New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island,                                                                                       
     NY-NJ-CT-PA..............................   M    215.9  216.6  218.6  221.2    4.1    2.1    1.2    2.9    1.3    0.9 
                                                                                                                           
 Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT..........   1    221.0      -  221.6      -      -      -      -    3.5    0.3      - 
 Cleveland-Akron, OH..........................   1    190.3      -  191.0      -      -      -      -    2.5    0.4      - 
 Dallas-Fort Worth, TX........................   1    188.7      -  188.5      -      -      -      -    4.0   -0.1      - 
 Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV (6)........   1    126.3      -  127.2      -      -      -      -    3.7    0.7      - 
                                                                                                                           
 Atlanta, GA..................................   2        -  189.8      -  193.8    3.1    2.1      -      -      -      - 
 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI..................   2        -  194.8      -  197.6    4.1    1.4      -      -      -      - 
 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX...............   2        -  178.9      -  181.5    3.7    1.5      -      -      -      - 
 Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL....................   2        -  201.2      -  203.3    5.2    1.0      -      -      -      - 
 Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,                                                                                    
     PA-NJ-DE-MD..............................   2        -  209.5      -  212.7    4.6    1.5      -      -      -      - 
 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA...........   2        -  206.8      -  208.8    3.1    1.0      -      -      -      - 
 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA.................   2        -  203.6      -  207.8    3.2    2.1      -      -      -      - 

   1 Foods, fuels, and several other items priced every month in all areas;  
   most other goods and services priced as indicated:                      
        M - Every month.                                                   
         1 - January, March, May, July, September, and November.            
         2 - February, April, June, August, October, and December.          
   2 Regions defined as the four Census regions.  See technical notes.
   3 Indexes on a December 1996=100 base.
   4 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base.
   5 In addition, the following metropolitan areas are published semiannually and appear in Tables 34 and 39 of the 
 January and July issues of the CPI Detailed Report: Anchorage, AK; Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN; Denver-Boulder-Greeley,
 CO; Honolulu, HI; Kansas City, MO-KS; Milwaukee-Racine, WI; Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI; Phoenix-Mesa, AZ; Pittsburgh, PA;
 Portland-Salem, OR-WA; St. Louis, MO-IL; San Diego, CA; Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL.
   6 Indexes on a November 1996=100 base.
   - Data not available.
   
 NOTE: Local area indexes are byproducts of the national CPI program.  Each local index has a smaller sample size than the
 national index and is, therefore, subject to substantially more sampling and other measurement error. As a result, local
 area indexes show greater volatility than the national index, although their long-term trends are similar.  Therefore, the
 Bureau of Labor Statistics strongly urges users to consider adopting the national average CPI for use in their escalator
 clauses. 
 
 NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

 Table 4 (OW). Old Weight Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Selected areas, all
 items index 

 (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                All items                                  
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
                                               Prici-           Indexes             Percent change to    Percent change to 
                     Area                        ng                                  Apr. 2006 from-       Mar. 2006 from-   
                                               sched-                                                                      
                                                 ule                                                                       
                                                 (1)   Jan.   Feb.   Mar.   Apr.   Apr.   Feb.   Mar.   Mar.   Jan.   Feb. 
                                                       2006   2006   2006   2006   2005   2006   2006   2005   2006   2006 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                           
 U.S. city average............................   M    194.0  194.3  195.4  197.3    3.7    1.5    1.0    3.6    0.7    0.6 
                                                                                                                           
            Region and area size(2)                                                                                        
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
 Northeast urban..............................   M    207.6  208.1  209.2  211.2    4.1    1.5    1.0    3.7    0.8    0.5 
   Size A - More than 1,500,000...............   M    208.4  208.9  209.9  211.8    3.9    1.4    0.9    3.5    0.7    0.5 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3).........   M    125.1  125.4  126.2  127.5    4.4    1.7    1.0    4.1    0.9    0.6 
                                                                                                                           
 Midwest urban................................   M    186.2  185.9  187.2  188.6    3.2    1.5    0.7    3.3    0.5    0.7 
   Size A - More than 1,500,000...............   M    187.4  187.0  188.2  189.3    2.8    1.2    0.6    3.1    0.4    0.6 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3).........   M    121.0  121.0  121.8  123.0    3.5    1.7    1.0    3.4    0.7    0.7 
   Size D -  Nonmetropolitan  (less than                                                                                   
       50,000)................................   M    183.5  183.2  184.7  186.0    3.9    1.5    0.7    4.2    0.7    0.8 
                                                                                                                           
 South urban..................................   M    188.9  188.9  189.9  192.3    4.3    1.8    1.3    3.9    0.5    0.5 
   Size A - More than 1,500,000...............   M    191.8  191.9  192.6  195.1    4.5    1.7    1.3    3.9    0.4    0.4 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3).........   M    120.7  120.7  121.5  122.9    4.2    1.8    1.2    3.8    0.7    0.7 
   Size D -  Nonmetropolitan  (less than                                                                                   
       50,000)................................   M    191.3  191.3  192.3  195.7    4.8    2.3    1.8    4.5    0.5    0.5 
                                                                                                                           
 West urban...................................   M    196.4  197.4  198.4  200.2    3.4    1.4    0.9    3.3    1.0    0.5 
   Size A - More than 1,500,000...............   M    197.8  198.7  199.9  201.9    3.6    1.6    1.0    3.5    1.1    0.6 
   Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3).........   M    122.4  123.1  123.6  124.4    3.0    1.1    0.6    3.2    1.0    0.4 
                                                                                                                           
                 Size classes                                                                                              
                                                                                                                           
   A (4)......................................   M    179.9  180.2  181.1  182.8    3.7    1.4    0.9    3.5    0.7    0.5 
   B/C (3)....................................   M    121.7  121.9  122.6  123.8    3.9    1.6    1.0    3.6    0.7    0.6 
   D..........................................   M    188.9  188.8  190.3  192.5    4.0    2.0    1.2    4.0    0.7    0.8 
                                                                                                                           
            Selected local areas(5)                                                                                        
                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                           
 Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI...............   M    191.4  190.7  190.9  191.3    2.4    0.3    0.2    3.3   -0.3    0.1 
 Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA......   M    198.4  200.1  200.9  203.1    4.6    1.5    1.1    4.6    1.3    0.4 
 New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island,                                                                                       
     NY-NJ-CT-PA..............................   M    210.2  210.8  212.3  214.4    4.1    1.7    1.0    3.3    1.0    0.7 
                                                                                                                           
 Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT..........   1    219.9      -  220.4      -      -      -      -    3.4    0.2      - 
 Cleveland-Akron, OH..........................   1    181.5      -  181.9      -      -      -      -    2.7    0.2      - 
 Dallas-Fort Worth, TX........................   1    190.1      -  189.8      -      -      -      -    4.5   -0.2      - 
 Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV (6)........   1    126.2      -  126.8      -      -      -      -    3.7    0.5      - 
                                                                                                                           
 Atlanta, GA..................................   2        -  188.6      -  192.2    3.3    1.9      -      -      -      - 
 Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI..................   2        -  190.0      -  193.0    4.2    1.6      -      -      -      - 
 Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX...............   2        -  176.8      -  180.4    4.4    2.0      -      -      -      - 
 Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL....................   2        -  199.3      -  201.8    5.5    1.3      -      -      -      - 
 Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,                                                                                    
     PA-NJ-DE-MD..............................   2        -  209.2      -  212.3    4.6    1.5      -      -      -      - 
 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA...........   2        -  202.6      -  204.9    2.8    1.1      -      -      -      - 
 Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA.................   2        -  198.5      -  202.9    3.4    2.2      -      -      -      - 

   1 Foods, fuels, and several other items priced every month in all areas;  
   most other goods and services priced as indicated:                      
        M - Every month.                                                   
         1 - January, March, May, July, September, and November.            
         2 - February, April, June, August, October, and December.          
   2 Regions defined as the four Census regions.  See technical notes.
   3 Indexes on a December 1996=100 base.
   4 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base.
   5 In addition, the following metropolitan areas are published semiannually and appear in Tables 34 and 39 of the 
 January and July issues of the CPI Detailed Report: Anchorage, AK; Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN; Denver-Boulder-Greeley,
 CO; Honolulu, HI; Kansas City, MO-KS; Milwaukee-Racine, WI; Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI; Phoenix-Mesa, AZ; Pittsburgh, PA;
 Portland-Salem, OR-WA; St. Louis, MO-IL; San Diego, CA; Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL.
   6 Indexes on a November 1996=100 base.
   - Data not available.
   
 NOTE: Local area indexes are byproducts of the national CPI program.  Each local index has a smaller sample size than the
 national index and is, therefore, subject to substantially more sampling and other measurement error. As a result, local
 area indexes show greater volatility than the national index, although their long-term trends are similar.  Therefore, the
 Bureau of Labor Statistics strongly urges users to consider adopting the national average CPI for use in their escalator
 clauses. 
 
 NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.