[Economic Indicators January, 2001]
[Page Number 24]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


CHANGES IN CONSUMER PRICES--ALL URBAN CONSUMERS

                                                                    [Percent change from preceding period; monthly data seasonally adjusted, except as noted by NSA]
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                                                                                                      Housing                                       Transportation                                 Addendum: All items,  percent change
                                                                               -----------------------------------------------------         ---------------------------                    All                (annual rate)
                                                                                                       Shelter                                                                             items ---------------------------------------
                           Period                            All items   Food             ----------------------------------  Fuels  Apparel                             Medical   Ener-   less                                    From
                                                                \1\             Total \1\              Rent of     Owners'     and            Total \1\    New    Motor    care   gy \2\   food       From      From 3   From 6    year
                                                                                           Total \1\   primary   equivalent  utili-                       cars    fuel                      and     previous    months   months  earlier
                                                                                                      residence     rent       ties                                                       energy  quarter \3\  earlier  earlier     NSA
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                                                                                                              Change, December to December, NSA
 
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1991.......................................................       3.1      1.9       3.4        3.9        2.9        3.6       2.9      3.4      -1.5      3.3   -16.0      7.9    -7.4  4.4     ...........  .......  .......      4.2
1992.......................................................       2.9      1.5       2.6        2.9        2.3        3.0       2.3      1.4       3.0      2.3     1.8      6.6     2.0  3.3     ...........  .......  .......      3.0
1993.......................................................       2.7      2.9       2.7        3.0        2.2        3.2       2.5       .9       2.4      2.8    -5.4      5.4    -1.4  3.2     ...........  .......  .......      3.0
1994.......................................................       2.7      2.9       2.2        3.0        2.5        3.3        .2     -1.6       3.8      3.2     5.9      4.9     2.2  2.6     ...........  .......  .......      2.6
1995.......................................................       2.5      2.1       3.0        3.5        2.5        3.6       1.4       .1       1.5      1.6    -4.0      3.9    -1.3  3.0     ...........  .......  .......      2.8
1996.......................................................       3.3      4.3       2.9        2.9        2.8        2.8       4.6      -.2       4.4      1.6    12.7      3.0     8.6  2.6     ...........  .......  .......      3.0
1997.......................................................       1.7      1.5       2.4        3.4        3.1        3.1        .5      1.0      -1.4     -1.0    -6.2      2.8    -3.4  2.2     ...........  .......  .......      2.3
1998.......................................................       1.6      2.3       2.3        3.3        3.4        3.2      -2.6      -.7      -1.7      -.1   -15.4      3.4    -8.8  2.4     ...........  .......  .......      1.6
1999.......................................................       2.7      1.9       2.2        2.5        3.1        2.4       2.4      -.5       5.4      -.8    30.2    c 3.7    13.4  1.9     ...........  .......  .......      2.2
2000.......................................................       3.4      2.8       4.3        3.4        4.0        3.4      12.1     -1.8       4.1       .3    13.9      4.2    14.2  2.6     ...........  .......  .......      3.4
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                                                                                                                    Change, month to month
 
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1999:Dec...................................................       0.2      0.1       0.1        0.1        0.3        0.2      -0.5      0         0.8     -0.1     5.0      0.4     1.8  0.1           2.9        2.4      3.2      2.7
 
2000:Jan...................................................        .2      -.1        .5         .5         .5         .5        .5     -1.1        .1      -.2     1.5       .3     1.0   .2     ...........      2.6      3.0      2.7
      Feb..................................................        .5       .4        .5         .3         .3         .3       2.6       .2       1.3      0       6.2       .4     4.6   .2     ...........      4.1      3.5      3.2
      Mar..................................................        .7       .1        .4         .5         .3         .3       -.4       .3       2.5       .2    11.3       .5     4.9   .4           4.3        6.1      4.2      3.8
      Apr..................................................       0         .1        .1         .2         .2         .2        .2      -.5       -.7       .3    -4.1       .3    -1.9   .2     ...........      5.1      3.8      3.1
      May..................................................        .1       .5        .2         .3         .3         .2       -.1      -.2       -.5       .1    -3.6       .3    -1.9   .2     ...........      3.3      3.7      3.2
      June.................................................        .5       .1        .5         .3         .2         .3       2.2      -.6       1.8      0       8.8       .4     5.6   .2           3.6        2.6      4.3      3.7
      July.................................................        .2       .5        .3         .2         .4         .1       1.6     -1.0       -.3       .1    -1.9       .3      .1   .2     ...........      3.5      4.3      3.7
      Aug..................................................       -.1       .2        .2         .3         .3         .3       -.1       .2      -1.1      -.1    -5.9       .4    -2.9   .2     ...........      2.8      3.1      3.4
      Sept.................................................        .5       .2        .4         .2         .4         .3       2.0      1.6       1.0      -.2     5.4       .4     3.8   .3           3.1        2.8      2.7      3.5
      Oct..................................................        .2       .1        .5         .4         .4         .3       1.3       .3       -.4      -.2    -1.4       .3      .2   .2     ...........      2.6      3.1      3.4
      Nov..................................................        .2      0          .2         .3         .3         .3        .1      -.4        .3       .1      .3       .2      .1   .3     ...........      3.5      3.2      3.4
      Dec..................................................        .2       .5        .2         .1         .4         .3       1.5      -.4       -.1       .1    -1.7       .3      .2   .1           2.8        2.1      2.5      3.4
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    \1\ Includes items not shown 
separately.
    \2\ Household fuels--gas 
(piped), electricity, fuel oil, 
etc.--and motor fuel. Motor oil, 
coolant, etc., excluded beginning 
1983.
    \3\ Quarterly changes are shown 
in the last month of the quarter.

    Source: Department of Labor, 
Bureau of Labor Statistics.