[Economic Indicators November, 2009]
[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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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
2008.....................................................        .1      5.9       2.4        1.9        3.4        2.1       6.0     -1.0     -13.3     -1.1    -42.2      2.6    -21.3  1.8     ...........  .......  .......      3.8
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                                                                                                                   Change, month to month
 
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2008:Oct ................................................      -0.8      0.4       0.0        0.1        0.3        0.1      -0.5     -0.7      -4.8     -0.6    -12.7      0.2     -7.8  0.0     ...........     -3.1      2.7      3.7
      Nov ...............................................      -1.7       .2       -.1         .2         .3         .2      -1.5       .1      -9.7      -.4    -28.9       .2    -16.9   .1     ...........     -9.4     -1.6      1.1
      Dec ...............................................       -.8       .0        .0         .0         .2         .1       -.4      -.6      -5.0      -.4    -18.8       .3     -9.3   .0          -8.3      -12.4     -5.0       .1
 
2009:Jan ................................................        .3       .1        .0         .2         .3         .3       -.7       .3       1.3       .2      5.3       .4      1.7   .2     ...........     -8.4     -5.8       .0
      Feb ...............................................        .4      -.1        .0         .0         .1         .1       -.1      1.3       1.9       .5      7.6       .3      3.3   .2     ...........      -.5     -5.0       .2
      Mar ...............................................       -.1      -.1       -.1         .0         .2         .2      -1.4      -.2      -1.1       .3     -4.4       .2     -3.0   .2          -2.4        2.2     -5.4      -.4
      Apr ...............................................        .0      -.2       -.1         .2         .2         .1      -1.7      -.2       -.4       .3     -2.6       .4     -2.4   .3     ...........       .9     -3.9      -.7
      May ...............................................        .1      -.2       -.1         .1         .1         .1      -1.3      -.2        .8       .3      2.7       .3       .2   .1     ...........      -.2      -.4     -1.3
      June ..............................................        .7       .0        .0         .1         .1         .1       -.8       .7       4.2       .5     17.2       .2      7.4   .2           1.3        3.3      2.7     -1.4
      July ..............................................        .0      -.3       -.2        -.2         .0         .0       -.1       .6        .2       .6      -.4       .2      -.4   .1     ...........      3.4      2.2     -2.1
      Aug ...............................................        .4       .1        .1         .1         .0         .1        .4      -.1       2.3     -1.2      8.8       .3      4.6   .1     ...........      4.9      2.3     -1.5
      Sept ..............................................        .2      -.1        .0         .0        -.1        -.1        .2       .1        .8       .1      1.1       .4       .6   .2           3.6        2.5      2.9     -1.3
      Oct ...............................................        .3       .1        .1         .0        -.1         .0       1.2      -.4       1.4      1.6      1.6       .2      1.5   .2     ...........      3.6      3.5      -.2
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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.