[Economic Indicators August, 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
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                                                                                                      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      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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2000:July ................................................       0.3      0.5       0.4        0.2        0.4         .2       1.6     -0.7      -0.3      0.1     -1.4      0.3     0.3  0.2     ...........      3.8      3.9      3.7
      Aug ................................................        .1       .2        .2         .3         .3         .3       0         .1       -.8      -.1     -5.1       .4    -2.5   .2     ...........      3.5      3.1      3.4
      Sept ...............................................        .5       .2        .5         .3         .4         .3       2.0      1.2       1.2      -.1      6.2       .4     4.1   .3           3.5        3.3      2.8      3.5
      Oct ................................................        .2       .1        .4         .4         .4         .3       1.3       .2       -.3      -.2      -.7       .3      .5   .1     ...........      2.8      3.3      3.4
      Nov ................................................        .2      -.1        .3         .3         .3         .3        .4      -.5        .3       .1      0         .3      .2   .3     ...........      3.5      3.5      3.4
      Dec ................................................        .2       .5        .3         .2         .4         .3       1.7      -.3       -.1       .1     -1.8       .3      .3   .1           3.0        2.3      2.8      3.4
 
2001:Jan .................................................        .6       .3       1.0         .3         .4         .3       5.9      -.2        .3      -.1      0         .6     3.9   .3     ...........      4.2      3.5      3.7
      Feb ................................................        .3       .5        .2         .4         .3         .3      -1.0       .8        .4      -.3      1.1       .5     -.2   .3     ...........      4.4      4.0      3.5
      Mar ................................................        .1       .2        .2         .5         .5         .3       -.6       .4       -.9      -.3     -3.7       .4    -2.1   .2           4.2        4.0      3.1      2.9
      Apr.................................................        .3       .1        .1         .3         .3         .4       -.5     -1.3        .9       .2      4.8       .4     1.8   .2     ...........      2.5      3.4      3.3
      May.................................................        .4       .3        .4         .5         .5         .3        .5      -.9       1.2      -.1      6.1       .3     3.1   .1     ...........      3.0      3.7      3.6
      June................................................        .2       .4        .4         .5         .4         .4        .4      -.3       -.2      -.3     -2.5       .4     -.9   .3           3.0        3.7      3.8      3.2
      July................................................       -.3       .3       0           .1         .4         .3       -.9      -.6      -2.3      0      -10.9       .1    -5.6   .2     ...........      1.4      1.9      2.7
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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.