[Economic Indicators October, 2008]
[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]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                    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
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                             Change, December to December, NSA
 
                                                          ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1998.....................................................       1.6      2.3       2.3        3.3        3.4        3.2      -2.6     -0.7      -1.7     -0.1    -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
2001.....................................................       1.6      2.8       2.9        4.2        4.7        4.5      -2.1     -3.2      -3.8      0      -24.8      4.7    -13.0  2.7     ...........  .......  .......      2.8
2002.....................................................       2.4      1.5       2.4        3.1        3.1        3.3       1.4     -1.8       3.8     -2.0     24.6      5.0     10.7  1.9     ...........  .......  .......      1.6
2003.....................................................       1.9      3.6       2.2        2.2        2.7        2.0       6.5     -2.1        .3     -2.1      6.8      3.7      6.9  1.1     ...........  .......  .......      2.3
2004.....................................................       3.3      2.7       3.0        2.7        2.9        2.3       7.9      -.2       6.5       .5     26.1      4.2     16.6  2.2     ...........  .......  .......      2.7
2005.....................................................       3.4      2.3       4.0        2.6        3.1        2.5      15.6     -1.1       4.8       .8     16.2      4.3     17.1  2.2     ...........  .......  .......      3.4
2006.....................................................       2.5      2.1       3.3        4.2        4.3        4.3        .5       .9       1.6       .2      6.4      3.6      2.9  2.6     ...........  .......  .......      3.2
2007.....................................................       4.1      4.9       3.0        3.1        4.0        2.8       5.4      -.3       8.3      -.4     29.5      5.2     17.4  2.4     ...........  .......  .......      2.8
                                                          ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                                   Change, month to month
 
                                                          ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2007:Sept ...............................................       0.4      0.5       0.3        0.3        0.3        0.3       0.3      0.2       0.7     -0.2      2.3      0.4      1.4  0.2           2.7        2.5      3.4      2.8
      Oct ...............................................        .3       .2        .2         .2         .4         .2       1.0       .1        .3      -.1      1.0       .5      1.0   .2     ...........      2.6      3.2      3.5
      Nov ...............................................        .9       .4        .4         .3         .4         .3       1.1       .6       3.5       .0     11.8       .4      6.9   .2     ...........      6.3      4.1      4.3
      Dec ...............................................        .4       .1        .3         .3         .4         .3        .3       .1       1.0       .0      2.8       .3      1.7   .2           5.1        6.2      4.3      4.1
 
2008:Jan ................................................        .4       .7        .2         .3         .3         .3        .0       .4        .5      -.3      1.1       .5       .7   .3     ...........      6.8      4.7      4.3
      Feb ...............................................        .0       .4        .2         .0         .2         .1       1.3      -.3       -.7      -.1     -2.0       .1      -.5   .0     ...........      3.1      4.7      4.0
      Mar ...............................................        .3       .2        .4         .1         .2         .2       2.0     -1.3        .7       .0      1.6       .1      1.9   .2           4.2        3.1      4.6      4.0
      Apr ...............................................        .2       .9        .3         .1         .3         .2       2.2       .5       -.7       .0     -1.9       .2       .0   .1     ...........      2.3      4.5      3.9
      May ...............................................        .6       .3        .5         .2         .2         .1       2.4      -.3       2.0       .1      5.7       .2      4.4   .2     ...........      4.9      4.0      4.2
      June ..............................................       1.1       .8        .5         .3         .4         .3       1.8       .1       3.8       .4     10.1       .2      6.6   .3           5.0        7.9      5.5      5.0
      July ..............................................        .8       .9        .6         .2         .3         .1       3.3      1.2       1.7       .7      4.1       .1      4.0   .3     ...........     10.6      6.4      5.6
      Aug ...............................................       -.1       .6       -.1         .1         .3         .1      -1.1       .5      -1.5       .0     -4.2       .2     -3.1   .2     ...........      7.2      6.0      5.4
      Sept ..............................................        .0       .6       -.1         .3         .3         .2      -2.8      -.1       -.6      -.4      -.8       .3     -1.9   .1           6.9        2.6      5.2      4.9
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

    \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.