FOR TECHNICAL INFORMATION: Patrick C. Jackman (202) 606-7000 USDL-98-292 CPI QUICKLINE: (202) 606-6994 TRANSMISSION OF FOR CURRENT AND HISTORICAL MATERIAL IN THIS INFORMATION: (202) 606-7828 RELEASE IS EMBARGOED MEDIA CONTACT: (202) 606-5902 UNTIL 8:30 A.M. (EDT) INTERNET ADDRESS: Tuesday, July 14, 1998 http://stats.bls.gov/cpihome.htm CONSUMER PRICE INDEX: JUNE 1998 The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) rose 0.1 percent in June, before seasonal adjustment, to a level of 163.0 (1982- 84=100), the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. For the 12-month period ended in June, the CPI-U has increased 1.7 percent. The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) rose 0.1 percent in June, prior to seasonal adjustment. The June 1998 CPI-W level of 159.7 was 1.5 percent higher than the index in June 1997. CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) On a seasonally adjusted basis, the CPI-U rose 0.1 percent in June after increasing 0.3 percent in May. Food, energy, and all items less food and energy all contributed to the moderation. The food index, which rose 0.6 percent in May, increased 0.1 percent in June. Grocery store food prices decelerated--advancing 0.1 percent in June after increasing 0.8 percent in May--largely as a result of a sharp downturn in prices for fruits and vegetables. The energy index, which rose 0.3 percent in May, its first increase since last September, turned back down in June. The index for petroleum-based energy decreased 1.0 percent, and the index for energy services fell 0.4 percent. Excluding food and energy, the CPI-U increased 0.1 percent in June, following a 0.2 percent rise in May. A smaller increase in shelter costs and a decline in cigarette prices largely were responsible for the moderation. Table A. Percent changes in CPI for Urban Consumers (CPI-U) Seasonally adjusted Un- Compound adjusted Expenditure Changes from preceding month annual rate 12-mos. Category 1997 1998 3-mos. ended ended Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June June `98 June `98 All Items .1 .0 .1 .0 .2 .3 .1 2.5 1.7 Food and beverages .1 .3 .0 .0 .1 .5 .1 2.8 2.2 Housing .1 .1 .1 .2 .4 .3 .1 3.1 2.4 Apparel .2 -.5 .2 -.2 -.1 .4 .2 2.1 .1 Transportation -.3 -.3 -.4 -.5 -.1 .1 -.3 -1.1 -1.6 Medical care .3 .1 .3 .3 .4 .3 .4 4.6 3.2 Recreation - .3 .3 .4 .0 .0 .1 .4 1.4 Education and communication - .0 -.1 .3 .3 .3 .1 2.8 2.5 Other goods and services .4 .4 .8 -.3 1.0 .7 .0 6.9 6.0 Special Indexes Energy -1.8 -2.4 -2.2 -1.2 -.1 .3 -.7 -1.9 -5.9 Food .0 .3 .0 .0 .1 .6 .1 3.0 2.2 All Items less food and energy .2 .2 .3 .1 .3 .2 .1 2.6 2.2 Beginning with release of the data for January 1999, the BLS will introduce a new formula for calculating the basic components of the CPI. See page 5 for more details. Consumer prices rose at a seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR) of 2.5 percent in the second quarter after increasing at a 0.2 percent rate in the first three months of 1998. This brings the year-to-date annual rate to 1.4 percent and compares with an increase of 1.7 percent for all of 1997. Energy prices, which fell at a 21.1 percent SAAR in the first quarter of 1998, continued to decline in the second quarter, albeit much less rapidly--down at a 1.9 percent rate. In the first half of 1998, petroleum-based energy costs fell at a 20.1 percent SAAR, and charges for energy services decreased at a 4.8 percent annual rate. The food index rose at a 3.0 percent SAAR in the second quarter, after advancing at a 1.3 percent rate in the first three months of 1998. Grocery store food prices increased at a 1.9 percent SAAR in the first six months, largely as a result of a sharp increase in the index for fruits and vegetables--up at a 11.3 percent rate. The CPI-U excluding food and energy advanced at a 2.6 percent rate in the second quarter of 1998, following an increase at a 2.4 percent rate in the first three months of 1998. The advance at a 2.5 percent SAAR for the first half of 1998 compares with a 2.2 percent increase for all of 1997. The rates for selected groups for the last four and one-half years are shown below. Percent change SAAR 6 months 12 months ended in December ended in June ended in June 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 All Items 2.7 2.5 3.3 1.7 1.4 Food and beverages 2.7 2.1 4.2 1.6 1.9 Housing 2.2 3.0 2.9 2.4 2.3 Apparel -1.6 .1 -.2 1.0 .0 Transportation 3.8 1.5 4.4 -1.4 -3.0 Medical care 4.9 3.9 3.0 2.8 3.7 Recreation 1.4 2.8 3.0 1.5 2.2 Education and communication 3.3 4.0 3.4 3.0 1.8 Other goods and services 4.2 4.3 3.6 5.2 5.4 Special indexes Energy 2.2 -1.3 8.6 -3.4 -12.1 commodities 5.2 -3.3 13.8 -6.9 -20.1 services -.6 .8 3.8 .2 -4.8 All Items less energy 2.6 2.9 2.9 2.1 2.4 Food 2.9 2.1 4.3 1.5 2.2 All Items less food & energy 2.6 3.0 2.6 2.2 2.5 Shelter 3.0 3.5 2.9 3.4 3.3 The food and beverages index rose 0.1 percent in June. The index for grocery store food prices, which rose 0.8 percent in May, increased 0.1 percent in June. A sharp downturn in the index for fruits and vegetables- -down 1.0 percent in June after increasing 5.3 percent in May--primarily was responsible for the deceleration. In June, the index for fresh vegetables decreased 5.5 percent, more than offsetting a 3.0 percent rise in the index for fresh fruits. (Prior to seasonal adjustment, prices for fresh fruits fell 0.7 percent.) The index for processed fruits and vegetables declined 0.1 percent. The index for meats, poultry, fish, and eggs, which rose 0.3 percent in May, was unchanged in June. The index for beef increased 0.7 percent, while the indexes for pork and for poultry declined 0.8 and 0.1 percent, respectively. The index for cereal and bakery products increased 0.3 percent, following an increase of 0.4 percent in May. Each of the three other major grocery store food groups accelerated in June. The index for nonalcoholic beverages, which had declined in each of the preceding three months, rose 0.4 percent in June, reflecting an upturn in prices for carbonated drinks. The index for dairy products was unchanged, following a 0.3 percent drop in May, and the index for other food at home increased 0.8 percent after declining 0.1 percent in May. The other two components of the food and beverage index--food away from home and alcoholic beverages--rose 0.1 percent and 0.4 percent, respectively. The housing component rose 0.1 percent in June. Shelter costs rose 0.2 percent, following an increase of 0.4 percent in May. Within shelter, the index for rent rose 0.3 percent, owners' equivalent rent increased 0.2 percent, and the cost of lodging away from home declined 0.7 percent. (Prior to seasonal adjustment, the latter index increased 0.8 percent.) The index for fuels and utilities decreased 0.4 percent in June. The index for household fuels declined 0.5 percent; the indexes for natural gas and for fuel oil each declined 1.8 percent, while the index for electricity rose 0.1 percent. (Prior to seasonal adjustment, charges for electricity rose 5.8 percent, reflecting the shift to seasonal rates in some areas.) The index for household furnishings and operations, which decreased 0.2 percent in May, increased 0.2 percent in June. The transportation component, which rose 0.1 percent in May after declining in each of the preceding six months, turned back down in June. The 0.3 percent decline in June largely was due to the downturn in the index for gasoline, which fell 0.9 percent after increasing 0.8 percent in May. (Prior to seasonal adjustment, gasoline prices rose 0.1 percent in June.) The index for new and used vehicle prices declined 0.1 percent in June; the index for new vehicles declined 0.3 percent, while the index for used cars and trucks advanced 0.6 percent. Public transportation costs declined 1.1 percent in June. The index for airline fares, which increased 8.2 percent during the first three months of 1998, declined for the third consecutive month. The 2.0 percent decline in June brought the decrease over the last three months to 4.7 percent. The index for apparel increased 0.2 percent in June. (Prior to seasonal adjustment, apparel prices fell 2.1 percent, reflecting seasonal price declines.) Medical care costs rose 0.4 percent in June to a level 3.2 percent above a year ago. The index for medical care commodities--prescription drugs, nonprescription drugs, and medical supplies--increased 0.2 percent. The index for medical care services rose 0.4 percent. Charges for professional services and for hospital and related services increased 0.5 and 0.3 percent, respectively. The index for recreation costs increased 0.1 percent in June after being unchanged in the previous two months. The index for recreation services, which was unchanged in May, increased 0.5 percent in June, reflecting increased charges for admissions to sporting events and for club membership dues and fees for participant sports. The index for education and communication rose 0.1 percent in June, following increases of 0.3 percent in both April and May. Increases in local telephone charges and long distance telephone charges--up 0.2 and 0.4 percent, respectively--partially were offset by declines in the indexes for personal computers and peripheral equipment and for cellular telephone services--down 3.3 and 1.9 percent, respectively. The index for other goods and services, which rose 0.7 percent in May, was virtually unchanged in June. The deceleration largely was attributable to a downturn in the index for tobacco and smoking products, which fell 0.6 percent in June after increasing 1.7 percent in May. CPI for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) On a seasonally adjusted basis, the CPI for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers increased 0.1 percent in June. 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 1997 1998 3-mos. ended ended Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June June `98 June `98 All Items .1 .0 .0 -.1 .3 .3 .1 2.5 1.5 Food and beverages .0 .3 .0 .0 .0 .6 .1 2.5 2.1 Housing .0 .0 .1 .3 .3 .3 .1 2.9 2.2 Apparel .0 -.5 -.2 -.5 .2 .3 .3 3.1 -.6 Transportation -.3 -.5 -.4 -.6 .0 .1 -.1 .0 -1.7 Medical care .4 .2 .2 .3 .4 .3 .5 4.8 3.3 Recreation - .3 .3 .3 .1 -.2 .1 .0 1.2 Education and communication - -.1 .0 .4 .2 .4 .1 2.8 2.5 Other goods and services .4 .5 1.1 -.6 1.4 .8 -.1 8.4 6.4 Special Indexes Energy -1.9 -2.5 -2.1 -1.3 -.2 .3 -.6 -1.9 -6.1 Food -.1 .4 -.1 .0 .1 .6 .1 2.8 2.2 All Items less food and energy .2 .2 .2 .1 .4 .2 .1 2.9 2.1 Consumer Price Index data for July are scheduled for release on Tuesday, August 18, 1998, at 8:30 A.M. (EDT). CPI (Old Series) For each of the first six months of 1998, BLS has calculated the Old Series CPI-U and Old Series CPI-W based on the 1982-84 expenditure pattern used in the CPI from 1987 through 1997. These Old Series data are contained in tables 1(OS)-4(OS). From May to June, the Old Series CPI-U and the Old Series CPI-W rose 0.1 percent and were unchanged, respectively. Over the period from December 1997 through June 1998, the Old Series CPI-U and the Old Series CPI-W rose 1.1 and 0.9 percent, respectively. Over the same period, the CPI-U and CPI-W based on the updated 1993-95 expenditure pattern also increased 1.1 and 0.9 percent, respectively. Note these percentage changes are based on not seasonally adjusted indexes. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Planned change in the Consumer Price Index Formula On April 16, the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced its decision to use a new formula for calculating the basic components of the Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers (CPI-U) and the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W). This change will become effective with data for January 1999. The new formula, the geometric mean estimator, will be used in index categories that comprise approximately 61 percent of total consumer spending represented by the CPI-U. The remaining index categories, which are shown in the table below, will continue to be calculated as they are currently. Based upon BLS research, it is expected that planned use of the new formula will reduce the annual rate of increase in the CPI by approximately 0.2 percentage point per year. The geometric mean estimator will be introduced in both the CPI-U and the CPI-W effective with data for January 1999, in accord with the past practice of introducing methodological changes at the beginning of a calendar year. BLS will continue to publish "overlap" CPI-U and CPI-W series using the current calculation method for the first six months of 1999. These indexes will not be published regularly for months subsequent to June 1999, but will be available upon request. Additional information on this change will be published in the April 1998 CPI Detailed Report and is available on the Internet (http://stats.bls.gov/cpihome.htm). This information may also be obtained by writing to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Division of Consumer Prices and Price Indexes, 2 Massachusetts Ave. N.E., Room 3615 Washington, D.C. 20212 or by calling (202) 606-7000. Arithmetic Mean (Laspeyres) Formula 1. Selected shelter services: A) Rent of primary B) Owners' equivalent C) Housing at school, residence rent of primary excluding board residence 2. Selected utilities and government charges: A) Electricity C) Residential water and E) Telephone services, sewerage maintenance local charges B) Utility natural gas D) State and local F) Cable television service registration, license, and motor vehicle property tax 3. Selected medical care services: A) Physicians' services C) Eyeglasses and eye E) Hospital services care B) Dental services D) Services by other F) Nursing homes and medical professionals adult daycare ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Using a hedonic model to adjust television prices in the Consumer Price Index for changes in quality Effective with the release of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for January 1999, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) will introduce an improvement in the way in which it calculates the Television stratum of the CPI. As of December 1997, Televisions constituted 0.215 percent in the Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers (the CPI-U) and 0.256 percent in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (the CPI-W). Bureau of Labor Statistics researchers developed a regression procedure, called a hedonic model, that decomposes the price of television sets into implicit prices for each important feature and component1. This model uses Television observations collected for the CPI and provides an estimate of the value of each of the significant features and components of the sets for which prices are collected. This yields a mechanism for replacing obsolete televisions in the CPI sample with current ones, allowing the CPI to capture the price change that may occur as new models replace old ones in the market place without counting the value of quality improvements as price increases. The CPI has used similar hedonic methods to adjust apparel prices for many years. In January 1998, the CPI began using a similar approach for Personal Computers. In the coming years, BLS plans to extend the method to additional CPI items. Starting with the CPI for January 1999, when a television model in the CPI sample improves in some way, the value of that change, as derived from the regression estimates, will be deducted from the observed price change for that product. (Conversely, if a model deteriorates, the value of the difference will be added to the price.) For additional information on these changes, write to Bureau of Labor Statistics Division of Consumer Prices and Price Indexes 2 Massachusetts Ave. NE, Room 3260 Washington, DC 20212 or telephone Tim LaFleur at (202) 606-6982 ext. 253, or send e-mail to LaFleur_T@bls.gov _______________________________ 1 Brent R. Moulton, Timothy J. LaFleur, and Karin E. Moses, "Research on Improved Quality Adjustment in the CPI: The Case of Televisions," presented to the Conference of the Ottawa Group, April 1998. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Overview of Publication Changes Beginning in 1998, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) introduced a new geographic area sample, a revised item structure and updated expenditure weights into the Consumer Price Index (CPI). Approximately every ten years the CPI undertakes this type of revision in order to keep the index up-to-date. Since World War II, revisions of the CPI have been introduced in 1953, 1964, 1978, and 1987. Because the changes the CPI undergoes during each revision can have a major impact on our users, special steps were taken in order to ameliorate the effects of these changes. Beginning with the release of the January 1997 index, data series that were to be changed or dropped from publication have been footnoted in all BLS published tables. This provided an early warning for users to reconsider their use of those indexes and provided time for them to make changes in their use. The 1998 CPI Revision contains substantial changes in both the items being presented and the frequency of local area index publication. Changes to the Item Structure Effective in 1998, there are considerable changes to both the items being priced and the manner in which they are being aggregated in the CPI. The most notable change in presentation is a reconstruction of several major groups with a resulting change from the formerly available seven major groups to the new total of eight. Formerly the major groups were: Food and Beverages, Housing, Apparel and Upkeep, Transportation, Medical Care, Entertainment and Other Goods and Services. Three of these groups-- Food and Beverages, Transportation, and Medical care remained the same. The Apparel group was modified to exclude apparel upkeep products and services. The Entertainment group has been slightly redefined into a major group called Recreation and a new major group, Education and Communication, has been formed from past subelements of the Housing, Entertainment and Other Goods and Services groups Other important changes in our item structure at lower levels are an expansion of our Food Away from Home index, a reorientation of our car and truck indexes to a vehicle index, and the expansion of our information processing equipment index. For a complete listing of the new CPI Publication Structure see Table X. Changes to the Geographic Structure In each revision, the CPI geographic sample is selected to be representative of the current demographics of the United States. The 1998 revision utilizes the 1990 Census of population. The CPI developed an updated area sample design, decided on new local area indexes and changed the frequency of publication for local area indexes in order to better reflect these new demographics. In addition to the national index, the BLS formerly published indexes for 29 metropolitan areas. In 1998, it continues to publish indexes for all but two of these areas--Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY, and New Orleans, LA. Due to the revised Metropolitan Area (MA) definitions issued by the Office of Management and Budget(OMB), two other areas, Washington, DC, and Baltimore, MD, which the BLS formerly published separately, constitute a new Consolidated Metropolitan Statistical Area. A single index is now published for this consolidated area. The new publication plan for local area indexes, that began with the index for January 1998, is summarized below: * Monthly indexes are now published for the three largest metropolitan areas. Because of sample design considerations, indexes for the Philadelphia and San Francisco areas, both formerly published monthly, are now published every other month following the release of the December, 1997 index. * Bimonthly indexes are published for the next 11 largest areas, including Atlanta and Seattle, which used to have semiannual average indexes. * Semiannual average indexes are now published for 12 additional areas, including Pittsburgh and St. Louis, which formerly had bimonthly indexes. * The BLS continues to publish separate indexes for the four Census regions of the United States. However, beginning in 1998, there are only two area size classes for metropolitan areas, instead of the former three: Size A - areas with a population greater than 1.5 million; and Size B/C - areas with less than 1.5 million population. This cutoff of 1.5 million in population reflects a rise from the former cutoff of 1.2 million and is important since cities in size class A are those for which the Bureau publishes city level indexes. The B/C size class is a combination of the old Size B and Size C metropolitan areas. In addition to the two metropolitan area size indexes for each region, separate Size D indexes for urban non-metropolitan areas continue to be published for both the Midwest and the South. Separate indexes for Northeast and West urban nonmetropolitan areas were discontinued in 1987. The following is the full list of areas for which indexes are currently published, beginning in January, 1998: 1. Metropolitan Areas for which a local index is published monthly: New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA 2. Metropolitan Areas for which a local index is published bimonthly: In Odd Months (i.e. January, In Even Months (i.e. March, etc.) February, April, etc.) ---------------------------- ---------------------- Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH- Philadelphia-Wilmington- ME-CT Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD- San Francisco-Oakland-San VA-WV Jose, CA Cleveland-Akron, OH Atlanta, GA Dallas-Fort Worth, TX Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA 3. Metropolitan Areas for which a local index is published semiannually (In January and July) Pittsburgh, PA Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN Kansas City, MO-KS Milwaukee-Racine, WI Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI St. Louis, MO-IL Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL Anchorage, AK Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO Honolulu, HI Portland-Salem, OR-WA San Diego, CA --------------------------------------------------------------------- BLS to Maintain Current Reference Base of 1982-84-100 for most CPI index series The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) previously indicated its intention to change the numerical reference base for both the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) and the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) from their present 1982-84=100 base to a 1993-95=100 base, effective with release of the January 1999 index in February 1999. BLS also indicated that the alternate, or 1967=100 base, would be discontinued in 1999 as well. This plan was initially described in the December 1996 Monthly Labor Review, a publication which contained several articles that dealt with the 1998 CPI Revision. The BLS has now decided not to implement this rebasing plan. Instead, the BLS will maintain the reference base of 1982-84=100 used for most items. In addition, the 1967=100 reference base will continue to be the alternate base for the All Items indexes. This decision is based in part on the fact that historical data have less precision after rebasing. Rebasing is simply an arithmetic transformation that does not substantially impact the index. Because the rebased index values are smaller, however, the loss of precision due to rounding is more serious. In addition, retaining the old index reference bases would spare users the inconvenience associated with conversion. Changes in the numerical reference base should not be confused with the plans by BLS to update the market basket of the CPI. With release of the January CPI in February 1998, the expenditure weights applied to CPI categories will be based on consumer spending patterns for 1993-95. ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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. The updated seasonal data at the end of 1977 replaced data from 1967 through 1977. Subsequent annual updates have replaced 5 years of seasonal data, e.g., data from 1993 through 1997 were replaced at the end of 1997. 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. 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 and the motor fuels 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 some women's apparel indexes and the girls' apparel index, the procedure was used to offset the effects of changes in pricing methodology. For the tobacco and smoking products index, this procedure was used to offset the effects of increases in excise taxes and wholesale tobacco prices. For some alcoholic beverage series, Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment was used to offset the effects of excise tax increases. For the Nonalcoholic beverages index, the procedure was used to offset the effects of a large increase in coffee prices due to adverse weather. For the Water and sewerage maintenance index, the procedure was used to account for a data collection anomaly. A description of Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment, as well as a list of unusual events modeled and seasonal factors for these items may be obtained by writing the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Division of Consumer Prices and Price Indexes, Washington, DC 20212 or by calling Claire McAnaw Gallagher on (202) 606-6968. 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, June 1998 from- percent change from- CPI-U December 1997 May June 1998 1998 June May Mar. to Apr. to May to 1997 1998 Apr. May June Expenditure category All items ................................... 100.000 162.8 163.0 1.7 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.1 All items (1967=100) ........................ - 487.7 488.2 - - - - - Food and beverages ......................... 16.310 160.7 160.6 2.2 -0.1 0.1 0.5 0.1 Food ...................................... 15.326 160.3 160.1 2.2 -0.1 0.1 0.6 0.1 Food at home ............................. 9.646 160.7 160.5 2.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.8 0.1 Cereals and bakery products ............. 1.536 180.5 181.6 1.9 0.6 -0.2 0.4 0.3 Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs .......... 2.629 146.2 146.3 -1.1 0.1 -0.1 0.3 0.0 Dairy and related products (1)........... 1.037 148.1 148.1 2.8 0.0 0.1 -0.3 0.0 Fruits and vegetables ................... 1.394 203.9 198.1 7.8 -2.8 0.2 5.3 -1.0 Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials ........................... 1.077 132.9 132.8 -1.5 -0.1 -0.4 -0.5 0.4 Other food at home ...................... 1.972 149.3 150.4 1.8 0.7 0.0 -0.1 0.8 Sugar and sweets ....................... .377 149.5 150.5 1.6 0.7 -0.7 -0.4 0.9 Fats and oils .......................... .291 141.2 143.3 1.2 1.5 -1.1 0.6 1.6 Other foods ............................ 1.305 164.7 165.6 2.7 0.5 0.4 -0.1 0.6 Other miscellaneous foods (1) (2)...... .309 101.4 102.5 - 1.1 0.2 -0.3 1.1 Food away from home (1)................... 5.680 160.6 160.7 2.6 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 Other food away from home (1) (2)........ .172 100.6 101.0 - 0.4 0.3 0.0 0.4 Alcoholic beverages ....................... .983 165.2 165.5 1.7 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.4 Housing .................................... 39.560 159.7 160.6 2.4 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.1 Shelter ................................... 29.788 181.2 181.8 3.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.2 Rent of primary residence ................ 6.885 171.1 171.7 3.2 0.4 0.2 0.4 0.3 Lodging away from home (2)................ 2.327 108.7 109.6 - 0.8 1.2 1.0 -0.7 Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence (3)......................... 20.199 186.8 187.4 3.3 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.2 Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2).. .377 99.6 99.1 - -0.5 0.1 -0.8 -0.5 Fuels and utilities ....................... 4.942 127.9 131.2 -0.5 2.6 0.3 0.1 -0.4 Fuels .................................... 4.018 113.2 116.8 -2.5 3.2 0.4 0.0 -0.5 Fuel oil and other fuels ................ .261 91.8 89.5 -8.7 -2.5 -0.7 0.0 -1.2 Gas (piped) and electricity ............. 3.757 120.5 124.7 -2.2 3.5 0.4 0.0 -0.4 Household furnishings and operations ...... 4.831 126.6 126.7 0.8 0.1 0.4 -0.2 0.2 Apparel .................................... 4.944 135.3 132.5 0.1 -2.1 -0.1 0.4 0.2 Men's and boys' apparel ................... 1.390 133.5 131.0 1.6 -1.9 -0.6 -0.4 0.2 Women's and girls' apparel ................ 1.990 129.7 125.8 0.2 -3.0 -0.1 1.0 0.6 Infants' and toddlers' apparel (1)......... .268 126.9 124.7 -6.2 -1.7 1.8 0.2 -1.7 Footwear .................................. .895 128.3 128.2 1.5 -0.1 -0.2 0.6 1.5 Transportation ............................. 17.578 142.0 141.7 -1.6 -0.2 -0.1 0.1 -0.3 Private transportation .................... 16.240 138.4 138.2 -1.8 -0.1 -0.1 0.1 -0.1 New and used motor vehicles (2)........... 7.899 99.9 99.7 -0.9 -0.2 0.1 0.0 -0.1 New vehicles ............................ 5.063 143.3 142.6 -1.1 -0.5 0.0 -0.3 -0.3 Used cars and trucks (1)................. 1.880 150.0 150.9 -0.6 0.6 0.6 1.2 0.6 Motor fuel ............................... 2.995 94.7 94.8 -10.5 0.1 -0.9 0.9 -1.0 Gasoline (all types) .................... 2.976 94.2 94.3 -10.5 0.1 -1.0 0.8 -0.9 Motor vehicle parts and equipment ........ .560 100.6 101.0 -0.7 0.4 -0.5 0.1 0.5 Motor vehicle maintenance and repair ..... 1.603 165.9 166.5 2.4 0.4 0.0 0.1 0.4 Public transportation ..................... 1.338 190.4 188.2 0.9 -1.2 -0.2 -0.8 -1.1 Medical care ............................... 5.614 241.4 242.0 3.2 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.4 Medical care commodities .................. 1.222 221.5 222.1 2.8 0.3 0.7 0.7 0.2 Medical care services ..................... 4.392 245.9 246.5 3.3 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.4 Professional services .................... 2.808 221.7 222.5 3.2 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.5 Hospital and related services ............ 1.334 285.6 285.8 3.0 0.1 0.4 0.1 0.3 Recreation (2).............................. 6.145 101.0 101.2 1.4 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.1 Video and audio (1) (2).................... 1.763 101.2 101.2 1.6 0.0 0.0 -0.2 0.0 Education and communication (2)............. 5.528 100.1 100.1 2.5 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.1 Education (2).............................. 2.615 100.9 100.8 5.1 -0.1 0.6 0.5 0.3 Educational books and supplies ........... .194 248.9 248.6 4.8 -0.1 0.8 0.6 0.0 Tuition, other school fees, and childcare 2.421 290.5 290.4 5.2 0.0 0.6 0.5 0.3 Communication (1) (2)...................... 2.913 99.4 99.4 -1.3 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 Information and information processing (1) (2)................................... 2.706 99.3 99.3 -1.5 0.0 -0.1 0.1 0.0 Telephone services (1) (2)............... 2.357 101.1 101.4 - 0.3 0.1 0.6 0.3 Information and information processing other than telephone services (1) (4) .350 41.5 40.6 -18.6 -2.2 -1.4 -3.0 -2.2 Personal computers and peripheral equipment (1) (2)................... .234 82.7 80.0 - -3.3 -2.4 -4.5 -3.3 Other goods and services ................... 4.321 236.7 236.4 6.0 -0.1 1.0 0.7 0.0 Tobacco and smoking products .............. .894 270.0 266.9 10.6 -1.1 3.8 1.7 -0.6 Personal care (1).......................... 3.427 156.6 156.8 2.6 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.1 Personal care products (1)................ .737 149.3 149.2 3.5 -0.1 0.0 1.4 -0.1 Personal care services (1)................ .963 165.4 165.3 1.7 -0.1 0.3 0.1 -0.1 Miscellaneous personal services .......... 1.465 234.0 234.7 3.6 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.4 Commodity and service group Commodities ................................. 42.635 142.3 141.8 0.2 -0.4 0.1 0.4 -0.1 Food and beverages ......................... 16.310 160.7 160.6 2.2 -0.1 0.1 0.5 0.1 Commodities less food and beverages ........ 26.326 131.3 130.6 -1.1 -0.5 0.2 0.2 -0.1 Nondurables less food and beverages ....... 14.729 134.0 133.0 -0.9 -0.7 0.1 0.7 -0.1 Apparel .................................. 4.944 135.3 132.5 0.1 -2.1 -0.1 0.4 0.2 Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel .............................. 9.785 138.4 138.2 -1.4 -0.1 0.0 0.9 0.0 Durables .................................. 11.596 127.6 127.4 -1.2 -0.2 -0.1 -0.2 0.0 Services .................................... 57.365 183.4 184.2 2.7 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.1 Rent of shelter (3)......................... 29.410 188.6 189.3 3.4 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.2 Transportation services .................... 6.984 187.8 187.1 1.4 -0.4 -0.1 -0.2 -0.2 Other services ............................. 10.625 216.1 216.6 3.7 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.3 Special indexes All items less food ......................... 84.674 163.3 163.5 1.6 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 All items less shelter ...................... 70.212 157.3 157.3 1.0 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.1 All items less medical care ................. 94.386 158.4 158.6 1.6 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.0 Commodities less food ....................... 27.309 132.7 132.1 -0.9 -0.5 0.1 0.2 -0.1 Nondurables less food ....................... 15.712 135.9 134.9 -0.7 -0.7 0.0 0.7 -0.1 Nondurables less food and apparel ........... 10.768 140.1 139.9 -1.1 -0.1 0.1 0.7 0.1 Nondurables ................................. 31.039 147.5 146.9 0.8 -0.4 0.0 0.6 -0.1 Services less rent of shelter (3)............ 27.955 191.1 192.1 2.1 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.1 Services less medical care services ......... 52.973 177.6 178.4 2.6 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.2 Energy ...................................... 7.013 103.8 105.7 -5.9 1.8 -0.1 0.3 -0.7 All items less energy ....................... 92.987 170.5 170.5 2.3 0.0 0.2 0.3 0.1 All items less food and energy ............. 77.661 173.1 173.0 2.2 -0.1 0.3 0.2 0.1 Commodities less food and energy commodities ........................... 24.053 143.6 142.8 0.4 -0.6 0.1 0.1 0.0 Energy commodities ....................... 3.256 94.6 94.5 -10.2 -0.1 -0.9 0.8 -1.0 Services less energy services ............. 53.608 189.8 190.3 3.1 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.2 Purchasing power of the consumer dollar ..... - $ .614 $ .614 - - - - - Purchasing power of the consumer dollar - old base .................................... - $ .205 $ .205 - - - - - 1 Not seasonally adjusted. 2 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. 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. 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-- Mar. Apr. May June 1998 1998 1998 1998 Sep. Dec. Mar. June Dec. June 1997 1997 1998 1998 1997 1998 Expenditure category All items ................................... 162.0 162.4 162.9 163.0 2.3 1.5 0.2 2.5 1.9 1.4 Food and beverages ......................... 159.7 159.8 160.6 160.8 2.8 1.8 1.0 2.8 2.3 1.9 Food ...................................... 159.4 159.5 160.4 160.6 2.8 1.5 1.3 3.0 2.2 2.2 Food at home ............................. 159.5 159.4 160.7 160.8 2.6 1.0 0.5 3.3 1.8 1.9 Cereals and bakery products ............. 180.1 179.7 180.5 181.0 1.4 1.8 2.3 2.0 1.6 2.1 Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs .......... 146.6 146.5 146.9 146.9 0.3 -3.2 -2.9 0.8 -1.5 -1.1 Dairy and related products (1)........... 148.4 148.5 148.1 148.1 -1.7 12.5 1.6 -0.8 5.2 0.4 Fruits and vegetables ................... 193.0 193.3 203.5 201.4 9.1 1.9 4.5 18.6 5.5 11.3 Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials ........................... 133.7 133.1 132.5 133.0 5.1 -6.6 -1.8 -2.1 -0.9 -1.9 Other food at home ...................... 149.3 149.3 149.2 150.4 3.3 -0.5 1.6 3.0 1.4 2.3 Sugar and sweets ....................... 150.7 149.6 149.0 150.3 1.4 2.4 3.8 -1.1 1.9 1.3 Fats and oils .......................... 141.8 140.3 141.1 143.3 1.7 -2.0 0.9 4.3 -0.1 2.6 Other foods ............................ 164.0 164.7 164.5 165.5 2.8 3.2 1.5 3.7 3.0 2.6 Other miscellaneous foods (1) (2)...... 101.5 101.7 101.4 102.5 - - 6.1 4.0 - 5.1 Food away from home (1)................... 159.9 160.2 160.6 160.7 3.1 3.1 2.3 2.0 3.1 2.1 Other food away from home (1) (2)........ 100.3 100.6 100.6 101.0 - - 1.2 2.8 - 2.0 Alcoholic beverages ....................... 164.7 164.7 164.7 165.3 2.7 2.2 0.5 1.5 2.5 1.0 Housing .................................... 158.9 159.5 159.9 160.1 2.1 2.6 1.5 3.1 2.3 2.3 Shelter ................................... 179.9 180.6 181.3 181.6 2.8 3.9 2.7 3.8 3.3 3.3 Rent of primary residence ................ 170.3 170.7 171.3 171.8 3.2 3.1 2.9 3.6 3.1 3.2 Lodging away from home (2)................ 99.9 101.1 102.1 101.4 - - -0.4 6.1 - 2.8 Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence (3)......................... 185.9 186.6 187.2 187.6 2.9 3.3 3.1 3.7 3.1 3.4 Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2).. 100.3 100.4 99.6 99.1 - - 1.2 -4.7 - -1.8 Fuels and utilities ....................... 128.3 128.7 128.8 128.3 0.9 0.0 -7.1 0.0 0.5 -3.6 Fuels .................................... 113.1 113.5 113.5 112.9 0.0 -1.7 -9.6 -0.7 -0.9 -5.3 Fuel oil and other fuels ................ 92.3 91.7 91.7 90.6 -11.6 -0.4 -14.9 -7.2 -6.2 -11.1 Gas (piped) and electricity ............. 120.6 121.1 121.1 120.6 1.3 -1.9 -9.4 0.0 -0.3 -4.8 Household furnishings and operations ...... 126.2 126.7 126.4 126.6 -1.3 0.6 2.6 1.3 -0.3 1.9 Apparel .................................... 132.5 132.4 132.9 133.2 -0.9 1.2 -2.1 2.1 0.2 0.0 Men's and boys' apparel ................... 132.8 132.0 131.5 131.7 4.1 2.5 3.4 -3.3 3.3 0.0 Women's and girls' apparel ................ 125.4 125.3 126.5 127.2 -3.1 -0.9 -0.6 5.9 -2.0 2.6 Infants' and toddlers' apparel (1)......... 124.4 126.6 126.9 124.7 -17.4 -2.8 -4.4 1.0 -10.4 -1.7 Footwear .................................. 126.1 125.8 126.5 128.4 3.8 5.8 -10.1 7.5 4.8 -1.7 Transportation ............................. 141.7 141.5 141.7 141.3 3.1 -3.3 -4.9 -1.1 -0.1 -3.0 Private transportation .................... 138.0 137.9 138.1 137.9 3.2 -3.3 -6.4 -0.3 -0.1 -3.4 New and used motor vehicles (2)........... 100.1 100.2 100.2 100.1 - - 0.4 0.0 - 0.2 New vehicles ............................ 143.7 143.7 143.2 142.7 -0.6 -1.9 0.8 -2.8 -1.2 -1.0 Used cars and trucks (1)................. 147.3 148.2 150.0 150.9 -9.2 -0.8 -1.6 10.1 -5.1 4.1 Motor fuel ............................... 93.0 92.2 93.0 92.1 20.0 -14.7 -34.8 -3.8 1.2 -20.8 Gasoline (all types) .................... 92.5 91.6 92.3 91.5 21.9 -15.7 -35.0 -4.3 1.4 -21.1 Motor vehicle parts and equipment ........ 101.1 100.6 100.7 101.2 -0.4 -2.0 -0.8 0.4 -1.2 -0.2 Motor vehicle maintenance and repair ..... 165.7 165.7 165.9 166.6 1.2 3.5 2.5 2.2 2.3 2.3 Public transportation ..................... 192.1 191.7 190.2 188.2 0.2 -1.9 14.3 -7.9 -0.9 2.6 Medical care ............................... 239.6 240.6 241.4 242.3 2.1 3.4 2.9 4.6 2.7 3.7 Medical care commodities .................. 218.1 219.7 221.2 221.6 0.4 3.0 1.3 6.6 1.7 3.9 Medical care services ..................... 244.3 245.2 245.7 246.8 2.4 3.5 3.2 4.2 3.0 3.7 Professional services .................... 220.0 220.8 221.3 222.3 2.4 2.6 3.5 4.2 2.5 3.9 Hospital and related services ............ 284.6 285.6 285.9 286.7 2.3 4.4 2.6 3.0 3.3 2.8 Recreation (2).............................. 101.0 101.0 101.0 101.1 - - 4.1 0.4 - 2.2 Video and audio (1) (2).................... 101.4 101.4 101.2 101.2 1.2 0.4 5.7 -0.8 0.8 2.4 Education and communication (2)............. 100.2 100.5 100.8 100.9 - - 0.8 2.8 - 1.8 Education (2).............................. 101.2 101.8 102.3 102.6 - - 4.9 5.6 - 5.3 Educational books and supplies ........... 246.3 248.3 249.9 249.8 4.4 4.7 4.2 5.8 4.6 5.0 Tuition, other school fees, and childcare 290.3 292.0 293.5 294.3 4.8 5.3 5.0 5.6 5.1 5.3 Communication (1) (2)...................... 99.3 99.3 99.4 99.4 -3.5 0.8 -2.8 0.4 -1.4 -1.2 Information and information processing (1) (2)................................... 99.3 99.2 99.3 99.3 -3.9 0.8 -2.8 0.0 -1.6 -1.4 Telephone services (1) (2)............... 100.4 100.5 101.1 101.4 - - 1.6 4.0 - 2.8 Information and information processing other than telephone services (1) (4) 43.4 42.8 41.5 40.6 -10.8 -8.8 -29.7 -23.4 -9.8 -26.6 Personal computers and peripheral equipment (1) (2)................... 88.7 86.6 82.7 80.0 - - -38.1 -33.8 - -36.0 Other goods and services ................... 233.0 235.4 237.0 236.9 4.7 5.9 3.9 6.9 5.3 5.4 Tobacco and smoking products .............. 254.3 264.0 268.4 266.9 8.5 9.8 3.5 21.3 9.2 12.1 Personal care (1).......................... 155.5 155.9 156.6 156.8 -0.3 3.4 4.0 3.4 1.6 3.7 Personal care products (1)................ 147.3 147.3 149.3 149.2 -1.4 4.5 5.6 5.3 1.5 5.4 Personal care services (1)................ 164.7 165.2 165.4 165.3 0.5 2.7 2.0 1.5 1.6 1.7 Miscellaneous personal services .......... 232.4 232.8 233.3 234.2 4.7 4.6 2.1 3.1 4.7 2.6 Commodity and service group Commodities ................................. 141.3 141.4 141.9 141.8 2.0 -0.3 -2.2 1.4 0.8 -0.4 Food and beverages ......................... 159.7 159.8 160.6 160.8 2.8 1.8 1.0 2.8 2.3 1.9 Commodities less food and beverages ........ 130.3 130.5 130.7 130.6 1.5 -1.5 -4.5 0.9 0.0 -1.8 Nondurables less food and beverages ....... 131.7 131.8 132.7 132.6 3.9 -1.5 -8.3 2.8 1.2 -2.9 Apparel .................................. 132.5 132.4 132.9 133.2 -0.9 1.2 -2.1 2.1 0.2 0.0 Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel .............................. 136.3 136.3 137.5 137.5 6.8 -3.9 -10.7 3.6 1.3 -3.8 Durables .................................. 127.8 127.7 127.4 127.4 -2.2 -1.6 0.3 -1.2 -1.9 -0.5 Services .................................... 182.7 183.4 183.9 184.1 2.5 2.9 2.2 3.1 2.7 2.7 Rent of shelter (3)......................... 187.6 188.2 189.0 189.3 2.9 4.0 2.8 3.7 3.4 3.2 Transportation services .................... 188.2 188.1 187.8 187.5 1.3 0.6 5.0 -1.5 1.0 1.7 Other services ............................. 215.2 216.1 216.8 217.5 2.5 3.6 3.2 4.3 3.1 3.8 Special indexes All items less food ......................... 162.4 162.8 163.2 163.3 2.3 1.5 0.2 2.2 1.9 1.2 All items less shelter ...................... 156.5 156.8 157.1 157.2 2.1 0.8 -0.8 1.8 1.4 0.5 All items less medical care ................. 157.5 157.8 158.3 158.3 2.3 1.5 0.3 2.0 1.9 1.1 Commodities less food ....................... 131.9 132.0 132.2 132.1 1.5 -1.2 -4.1 0.6 0.2 -1.8 Nondurables less food ....................... 133.8 133.8 134.7 134.5 3.3 -1.2 -7.1 2.1 1.0 -2.6 Nondurables less food and apparel ........... 138.0 138.1 139.1 139.2 6.1 -3.0 -10.0 3.5 1.4 -3.5 Nondurables ................................. 145.9 145.9 146.8 146.7 3.3 0.5 -3.2 2.2 1.9 -0.5 Services less rent of shelter (3)............ 190.6 191.2 191.7 191.9 2.4 2.1 1.3 2.8 2.2 2.0 Services less medical care services ......... 177.0 177.6 178.0 178.3 2.6 3.0 2.1 3.0 2.8 2.5 Energy ...................................... 103.0 102.9 103.2 102.5 8.3 -7.7 -21.1 -1.9 0.0 -12.1 All items less energy ....................... 169.8 170.2 170.7 170.9 1.9 2.2 2.1 2.6 2.0 2.4 All items less food and energy ............. 172.4 172.9 173.3 173.5 1.7 2.4 2.4 2.6 2.0 2.5 Commodities less food and energy commodities ........................... 142.8 143.0 143.2 143.2 -0.3 0.6 0.8 1.1 0.1 1.0 Energy commodities ....................... 92.9 92.1 92.8 91.9 16.1 -13.2 -33.3 -4.2 0.4 -20.1 Services less energy services ............. 189.0 189.7 190.2 190.5 2.6 3.3 3.0 3.2 2.9 3.1 1 Not seasonally adjusted. 2 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. 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 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 June1998 from-- May1998 from-- sched- ule Mar. Apr. May June (1) 1998 1998 1998 1998 June Apr. May May Mar. Apr. 1997 1998 1998 1997 1998 1998 U.S. city average ........................... M 162.2 162.5 162.8 163.0 1.7 0.3 0.1 1.7 0.4 0.2 Region and area size(2) Northeast urban ............................. M 169.3 169.5 169.4 169.6 1.6 0.1 0.1 1.6 0.1 -0.1 Size A - More than 1,500,000 ............. M 170.2 170.2 170.2 170.4 1.6 0.1 0.1 1.6 0.0 0.0 Size B/C 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3).......... M 101.7 102.1 101.8 101.9 1.3 -0.2 0.1 1.5 0.1 -0.3 Midwest urban (4)............................ M 158.4 159.0 159.4 159.5 1.8 0.3 0.1 2.0 0.6 0.3 Size A - More than 1,500,000 ............ M 159.5 160.1 160.5 160.8 2.2 0.4 0.2 2.2 0.6 0.2 Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)......... M 101.6 101.9 102.3 102.2 1.5 0.3 -0.1 1.8 0.7 0.4 Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than 50,000) ............................... M 152.9 153.2 153.4 153.3 0.5 0.1 -0.1 0.8 0.3 0.1 South urban ................................. M 158.2 158.5 158.8 159.1 1.3 0.4 0.2 1.4 0.4 0.2 Size A - More than 1,500,000 ............. M 157.2 157.6 157.7 158.4 1.7 0.5 0.4 1.4 0.3 0.1 Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........ M 101.8 102.0 102.2 102.3 1.0 0.3 0.1 1.2 0.4 0.2 Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than 50,000) ............................... M 158.4 159.1 159.3 160.0 2.4 0.6 0.4 2.1 0.6 0.1 West urban .................................. M 163.3 163.6 164.3 164.2 2.0 0.4 -0.1 2.0 0.6 0.4 Size A - More than 1,500,000 ............ M 163.8 164.2 165.0 165.0 2.4 0.5 0.0 2.4 0.7 0.5 Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)......... M 102.3 102.2 102.4 102.3 1.0 0.1 -0.1 0.9 0.1 0.2 Size classes A (5)...................................... M 146.6 147.0 147.3 147.5 2.0 0.3 0.1 1.9 0.5 0.2 B/C (3).................................... M 101.8 102.0 102.2 102.2 1.2 0.2 0.0 1.3 0.4 0.2 D ......................................... M 158.1 158.5 158.8 159.2 1.7 0.4 0.3 1.5 0.4 0.2 Selected local areas(6) Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI .............. M 164.1 164.8 165.6 166.0 2.7 0.7 0.2 2.8 0.9 0.5 Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA ..... M 161.4 161.8 162.3 162.2 1.8 0.2 -0.1 1.8 0.6 0.3 New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA ............................. M 173.0 173.0 173.0 173.1 1.6 0.1 0.1 1.8 0.0 0.0 Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT ......... 1 171.3 - 170.9 - - - - 2.5 -0.2 - Cleveland-Akron, OH ......................... 1 158.6 - 159.2 - - - - 2.3 0.4 - Dallas-Fort Worth, TX ....................... 1 153.0 - 153.0 - - - - - 0.0 - Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV (7)........ 1 101.6 - 101.5 - - - - 1.0 -0.1 - Atlanta, GA ................................. 2 - 160.8 - 162.0 - 0.7 - - - - Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI ................. 2 - 159.1 - 159.4 2.8 0.2 - - - - Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX .............. 2 - 146.3 - 146.4 1.1 0.1 - - - - Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL ................... 2 - 160.2 - 160.2 - 0.0 - - - - Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD ............................. 2 - 167.1 - 168.0 1.1 0.5 - - - - San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA .......... 2 - 164.6 - 165.5 3.4 0.5 - - - - Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA ................ 2 - 166.4 - 167.5 - 0.7 - - - - 1 Areas on pricing schedule 2 (see Table 10) will appear next month. 2 Regions defined as the four Census regions. See map in technical notes. 3 Indexes on a December 1996=100 base. 4 The 'North Central' region has been renamed the 'Midwest' region by the Census Bureau. It is composed of the same geographic entities. 5 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base. 6 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; Pittsburgh, PA; Portland-Salem, OR-WA; St. Louis, MO-IL; San Diego, CA; Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL. 7 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, June 1998 from- percent change from- CPI-W December 1997 May June 1998 1998 June May Mar. to Apr. to May to 1997 1998 Apr. May June Expenditure category All items ................................... 100.000 159.5 159.7 1.5 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.1 All items (1967=100) ........................ - 475.2 475.6 - - - - - Food and beverages ......................... 17.903 159.9 159.9 2.1 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.1 Food ...................................... 16.861 159.6 159.5 2.2 -0.1 0.1 0.6 0.1 Food at home ............................. 10.785 159.6 159.4 1.9 -0.1 -0.1 0.8 0.1 Cereals and bakery products ............. 1.678 180.3 181.4 2.0 0.6 -0.2 0.5 0.3 Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs .......... 3.125 145.8 145.9 -1.1 0.1 -0.1 0.3 0.1 Dairy and related products (1)........... 1.135 147.8 147.7 2.7 -0.1 0.1 -0.3 -0.1 Fruits and vegetables ................... 1.447 202.8 197.1 7.6 -2.8 0.2 5.2 -1.2 Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials ........................... 1.215 131.6 131.6 -1.5 0.0 -0.4 -0.5 0.4 Other food at home ...................... 2.185 148.7 149.8 1.8 0.7 -0.1 0.0 0.7 Sugar and sweets ....................... .420 149.4 150.5 1.6 0.7 -0.7 -0.5 0.9 Fats and oils .......................... .332 141.1 143.1 1.3 1.4 -1.0 0.8 1.4 Other foods ............................ 1.432 164.6 165.5 2.9 0.5 0.4 0.0 0.5 Other miscellaneous foods (1) (2)...... .344 101.5 102.5 - 1.0 -0.1 -0.2 1.0 Food away from home (1)................... 6.076 160.6 160.8 2.7 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 Other food away from home (1) (2)........ .212 100.6 101.0 - 0.4 0.3 0.0 0.4 Alcoholic beverages ....................... 1.042 164.1 164.3 1.4 0.1 0.1 -0.1 0.3 Housing .................................... 36.450 156.1 157.0 2.2 0.6 0.3 0.3 0.1 Shelter ................................... 27.033 175.7 176.4 3.2 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.2 Rent of primary residence ................ 8.347 170.8 171.3 3.2 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.3 Lodging away from home (2)................ 1.346 108.6 110.0 - 1.3 1.5 0.5 -0.2 Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence (3)......................... 17.016 170.2 170.8 3.3 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.2 Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2).. .324 99.7 99.3 - -0.4 0.0 -0.8 -0.4 Fuels and utilities ....................... 5.053 127.9 131.3 -0.3 2.7 0.4 -0.1 -0.3 Fuels .................................... 4.143 112.9 116.5 -2.3 3.2 0.4 -0.1 -0.4 Fuel oil and other fuels ................ .229 92.0 90.0 -7.8 -2.2 -0.5 0.0 -1.0 Gas (piped) and electricity ............. 3.914 120.2 124.5 -2.0 3.6 0.5 -0.1 -0.4 Household furnishings and operations ...... 4.365 125.2 125.2 0.8 0.0 0.4 -0.2 0.0 Apparel .................................... 5.300 133.7 131.0 -0.6 -2.0 0.2 0.3 0.3 Men's and boys' apparel ................... 1.503 133.1 130.7 1.5 -1.8 -0.2 -0.5 0.2 Women's and girls' apparel ................ 1.985 127.4 123.4 -1.1 -3.1 -0.1 0.9 0.5 Infants' and toddlers' apparel (1)......... .337 127.4 125.4 -6.3 -1.6 1.9 0.4 -1.6 Footwear .................................. 1.082 129.0 128.8 1.3 -0.2 -0.1 0.5 1.5 Transportation ............................. 19.847 141.1 140.9 -1.7 -0.1 0.0 0.1 -0.1 Private transportation .................... 18.790 138.6 138.5 -1.8 -0.1 -0.1 0.2 -0.1 New and used motor vehicles (2)........... 9.285 100.1 100.0 -0.9 -0.1 0.2 0.1 0.0 New vehicles ............................ 5.304 144.5 143.8 -1.1 -0.5 0.1 -0.4 -0.3 Used cars and trucks (1)................. 3.162 151.3 152.3 -0.7 0.7 0.5 1.2 0.7 Motor fuel ............................... 3.682 95.0 95.0 -10.3 0.0 -1.0 0.9 -0.9 Gasoline (all types) .................... 3.658 94.5 94.5 -10.4 0.0 -0.9 0.7 -0.9 Motor vehicle parts and equipment ........ .694 99.9 100.3 -0.5 0.4 -0.5 0.0 0.6 Motor vehicle maintenance and repair ..... 1.664 167.0 167.6 2.4 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.4 Public transportation ..................... 1.057 187.4 185.5 0.8 -1.0 -0.2 -0.7 -0.8 Medical care ............................... 4.591 240.6 241.4 3.3 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.5 Medical care commodities .................. .906 218.3 218.9 2.6 0.3 0.7 0.7 0.2 Medical care services ..................... 3.684 245.6 246.4 3.4 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.5 Professional services .................... 2.372 223.2 224.1 3.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.5 Hospital and related services ............ 1.097 281.7 282.0 3.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.3 Recreation (2).............................. 5.969 100.9 101.0 1.2 0.1 0.1 -0.2 0.1 Video and audio (1) (2).................... 1.968 101.1 101.1 1.6 0.0 0.0 -0.3 0.0 Education and communication (2)............. 5.396 100.3 100.3 2.5 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.1 Education (2).............................. 2.402 100.9 100.9 5.2 0.0 0.6 0.5 0.3 Educational books and supplies ........... .192 251.3 250.9 4.7 -0.2 0.8 0.8 -0.1 Tuition, other school fees, and childcare 2.211 284.9 284.7 5.2 -0.1 0.6 0.4 0.3 Communication (1) (2)...................... 2.994 99.7 99.8 -0.9 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.1 Information and information processing (1) (2)................................... 2.841 99.7 99.8 -0.9 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.1 Telephone services (1) (2)............... 2.547 101.2 101.4 - 0.2 0.1 0.7 0.2 Information and information processing other than telephone services (1) (4) .294 42.6 41.8 -17.9 -1.9 -1.6 -3.4 -1.9 Personal computers and peripheral equipment (1) (2)................... .191 81.9 79.5 - -2.9 -2.6 -4.8 -2.9 Other goods and services ................... 4.544 234.8 234.0 6.4 -0.3 1.4 0.8 -0.1 Tobacco and smoking products .............. 1.300 270.1 266.6 10.7 -1.3 4.1 1.5 -0.6 Personal care (1).......................... 3.244 156.7 156.8 2.7 0.1 0.3 0.5 0.1 Personal care products (1)................ .832 150.5 150.3 3.7 -0.1 0.1 1.4 -0.1 Personal care services (1)................ .964 165.7 165.6 1.8 -0.1 0.4 0.1 -0.1 Miscellaneous personal services .......... 1.226 233.0 233.6 3.6 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 Commodity and service group Commodities ................................. 47.234 142.1 141.7 0.1 -0.3 0.2 0.3 0.0 Food and beverages ......................... 17.903 159.9 159.9 2.1 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.1 Commodities less food and beverages ........ 29.331 131.4 130.7 -1.2 -0.5 0.2 0.2 -0.1 Nondurables less food and beverages ....... 15.928 133.6 132.5 -1.2 -0.8 0.2 0.7 -0.2 Apparel .................................. 5.300 133.7 131.0 -0.6 -2.0 0.2 0.3 0.3 Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel .............................. 10.628 138.2 137.8 -1.5 -0.3 0.1 1.0 -0.2 Durables .................................. 13.403 127.3 127.2 -1.1 -0.1 0.1 -0.3 0.0 Services .................................... 52.766 180.3 181.1 2.7 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.2 Rent of shelter (3)......................... 26.708 169.2 169.8 3.2 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.3 Transportation services .................... 6.824 185.4 184.9 1.6 -0.3 0.1 -0.1 -0.1 Other services ............................. 10.006 213.0 213.4 3.7 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.3 Special indexes All items less food ......................... 83.139 159.4 159.6 1.3 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.1 All items less shelter ...................... 72.967 155.1 155.1 0.8 0.0 0.2 0.3 0.0 All items less medical care ................. 95.409 155.7 155.9 1.4 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.1 Commodities less food ....................... 30.373 132.7 132.1 -1.0 -0.5 0.2 0.2 -0.1 Nondurables less food ....................... 16.970 135.5 134.4 -1.0 -0.8 0.2 0.6 -0.1 Nondurables less food and apparel ........... 11.670 139.7 139.4 -1.2 -0.2 0.2 0.7 -0.3 Nondurables ................................. 33.831 147.1 146.5 0.5 -0.4 0.0 0.6 -0.1 Services less rent of shelter (3)............ 26.057 170.2 171.2 2.1 0.6 0.2 0.4 0.1 Services less medical care services ......... 49.082 174.7 175.5 2.6 0.5 0.2 0.3 0.2 Energy ...................................... 7.825 103.2 105.0 -6.1 1.7 -0.2 0.3 -0.6 All items less energy ....................... 92.175 167.3 167.2 2.1 -0.1 0.3 0.3 0.1 All items less food and energy ............. 75.315 169.3 169.2 2.1 -0.1 0.4 0.2 0.1 Commodities less food and energy commodities ........................... 26.463 143.1 142.3 0.4 -0.6 0.4 0.1 0.0 Energy commodities ....................... 3.910 95.0 94.8 -10.1 -0.2 -1.0 0.8 -0.8 Services less energy services ............. 48.852 186.9 187.3 3.0 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.2 Purchasing power of the consumer dollar ..... - $ .627 $ .626 - - - - - Purchasing power of the consumer dollar - old base .................................... - $ .210 $ .210 - - - - - 1 Not seasonally adjusted. 2 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. 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 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-- Mar. Apr. May June 1998 1998 1998 1998 Sep. Dec. Mar. June Dec. June 1997 1997 1998 1998 1997 1998 Expenditure category All items ................................... 158.6 159.0 159.5 159.6 2.3 1.3 -0.3 2.5 1.8 1.1 Food and beverages ......................... 159.2 159.2 160.1 160.2 2.6 1.5 1.3 2.5 2.0 1.9 Food ...................................... 158.7 158.8 159.7 159.8 2.8 1.3 1.3 2.8 2.1 2.0 Food at home ............................. 158.6 158.4 159.7 159.8 2.3 0.8 0.8 3.1 1.5 1.9 Cereals and bakery products ............. 179.8 179.4 180.3 180.8 1.1 2.3 2.0 2.2 1.7 2.1 Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs .......... 146.3 146.1 146.5 146.6 0.3 -2.9 -3.0 0.8 -1.3 -1.1 Dairy and related products (1)........... 148.1 148.2 147.8 147.7 -1.7 12.6 1.6 -1.1 5.2 0.3 Fruits and vegetables ................... 192.6 193.0 203.0 200.5 8.9 0.4 6.3 17.4 4.6 11.7 Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials ........................... 132.4 131.9 131.2 131.7 4.3 -6.4 -1.5 -2.1 -1.2 -1.8 Other food at home ...................... 148.7 148.6 148.6 149.7 3.0 -0.8 2.2 2.7 1.1 2.4 Sugar and sweets ....................... 150.7 149.6 148.9 150.2 1.1 2.4 4.1 -1.3 1.8 1.3 Fats and oils .......................... 141.4 140.0 141.1 143.1 1.4 -1.7 0.3 4.9 -0.1 2.6 Other foods ............................ 163.9 164.5 164.5 165.3 3.0 2.7 2.0 3.5 2.9 2.7 Other miscellaneous foods (1) (2)...... 101.8 101.7 101.5 102.5 - - 7.4 2.8 - 5.1 Food away from home (1)................... 159.9 160.2 160.6 160.8 3.1 3.1 2.3 2.3 3.1 2.3 Other food away from home (1) (2)........ 100.3 100.6 100.6 101.0 - - 1.2 2.8 - 2.0 Alcoholic beverages ....................... 163.6 163.7 163.6 164.1 2.2 2.0 0.0 1.2 2.1 0.6 Housing .................................... 155.4 155.9 156.3 156.5 2.1 2.4 1.6 2.9 2.2 2.2 Shelter ................................... 174.8 175.4 176.0 176.4 3.1 3.3 3.0 3.7 3.2 3.4 Rent of primary residence ................ 170.0 170.3 171.0 171.5 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.6 3.2 3.3 Lodging away from home (2)................ 100.1 101.6 102.1 101.9 - - 0.4 7.4 - 3.8 Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence (3)......................... 169.5 170.0 170.6 170.9 3.2 2.9 3.4 3.3 3.0 3.4 Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2).. 100.5 100.5 99.7 99.3 - - 2.0 -4.7 - -1.4 Fuels and utilities ....................... 128.0 128.5 128.4 128.0 0.9 0.3 -7.2 0.0 0.6 -3.6 Fuels .................................... 112.5 112.9 112.8 112.4 0.0 -1.7 -9.4 -0.4 -0.9 -5.0 Fuel oil and other fuels ................ 92.5 92.0 92.0 91.1 -11.6 0.4 -13.4 -5.9 -5.8 -9.8 Gas (piped) and electricity ............. 120.0 120.6 120.5 120.0 1.3 -1.9 -9.4 0.0 -0.3 -4.8 Household furnishings and operations ...... 124.8 125.3 125.0 125.0 -1.3 0.6 2.9 0.6 -0.3 1.8 Apparel .................................... 130.5 130.7 131.1 131.5 -0.9 0.0 -4.5 3.1 -0.5 -0.8 Men's and boys' apparel ................... 131.9 131.7 131.1 131.4 4.1 1.5 2.2 -1.5 2.8 0.3 Women's and girls' apparel ................ 123.0 122.9 124.0 124.6 -3.4 -2.8 -3.5 5.3 -3.1 0.8 Infants' and toddlers' apparel (1)......... 124.5 126.9 127.4 125.4 -15.5 -5.5 -6.2 2.9 -10.6 -1.7 Footwear .................................. 126.6 126.5 127.1 129.0 3.5 6.4 -11.4 7.8 4.9 -2.3 Transportation ............................. 140.4 140.4 140.6 140.4 3.1 -3.6 -6.0 0.0 -0.3 -3.1 Private transportation .................... 137.9 137.8 138.1 138.0 3.2 -3.9 -6.7 0.3 -0.4 -3.3 New and used motor vehicles (2)........... 100.0 100.2 100.3 100.3 - - 0.0 1.2 - 0.6 New vehicles ............................ 144.9 145.0 144.4 144.0 -0.5 -2.2 0.8 -2.5 -1.4 -0.8 Used cars and trucks (1)................. 148.8 149.5 151.3 152.3 -9.1 -0.5 -1.9 9.7 -4.9 3.8 Motor fuel ............................... 93.3 92.4 93.2 92.4 19.1 -15.4 -33.2 -3.8 0.4 -19.8 Gasoline (all types) .................... 92.7 91.9 92.5 91.7 21.5 -16.0 -34.1 -4.2 1.0 -20.6 Motor vehicle parts and equipment ........ 100.5 100.0 100.0 100.6 -0.8 -1.2 -0.4 0.4 -1.0 0.0 Motor vehicle maintenance and repair ..... 166.7 166.8 167.0 167.7 1.5 3.5 2.2 2.4 2.5 2.3 Public transportation ..................... 188.7 188.4 187.0 185.5 0.9 -0.6 10.4 -6.6 0.1 1.5 Medical care ............................... 238.8 239.8 240.5 241.6 2.1 3.4 2.7 4.8 2.8 3.7 Medical care commodities .................. 215.1 216.6 218.1 218.5 0.2 2.8 0.9 6.5 1.5 3.7 Medical care services ..................... 244.0 244.9 245.4 246.6 2.4 3.7 3.0 4.3 3.0 3.7 Professional services .................... 221.3 222.0 222.7 223.9 2.6 3.0 3.1 4.8 2.8 4.0 Hospital and related services ............ 280.8 281.4 282.0 282.8 2.5 4.3 2.8 2.9 3.4 2.8 Recreation (2).............................. 100.9 101.0 100.8 100.9 - - 3.6 0.0 - 1.8 Video and audio (1) (2).................... 101.4 101.4 101.1 101.1 1.6 0.4 5.7 -1.2 1.0 2.2 Education and communication (2)............. 100.3 100.5 100.9 101.0 - - 1.2 2.8 - 2.0 Education (2).............................. 101.2 101.8 102.3 102.6 - - 4.9 5.6 - 5.3 Educational books and supplies ........... 248.7 250.7 252.6 252.4 4.2 4.5 4.3 6.1 4.4 5.2 Tuition, other school fees, and childcare 284.7 286.4 287.5 288.5 4.9 5.6 5.1 5.4 5.2 5.3 Communication (1) (2)...................... 99.5 99.5 99.7 99.8 -3.5 0.8 -2.0 1.2 -1.4 -0.4 Information and information processing (1) (2)................................... 99.5 99.5 99.7 99.8 -3.5 0.8 -2.0 1.2 -1.4 -0.4 Telephone services (1) (2)............... 100.4 100.5 101.2 101.4 - - 1.6 4.0 - 2.8 Information and information processing other than telephone services (1) (4) 44.8 44.1 42.6 41.8 -10.6 -4.8 -29.6 -24.2 -7.7 -26.9 Personal computers and peripheral equipment (1) (2)................... 88.3 86.0 81.9 79.5 - - -39.2 -34.3 - -36.8 Other goods and services ................... 229.6 232.8 234.6 234.3 5.2 6.2 3.9 8.4 5.7 6.2 Tobacco and smoking products .............. 253.9 264.4 268.3 266.6 8.7 9.4 3.7 21.6 9.1 12.3 Personal care (1).......................... 155.5 155.9 156.7 156.8 -0.3 3.5 4.2 3.4 1.6 3.8 Personal care products (1)................ 148.2 148.4 150.5 150.3 -0.8 3.9 5.9 5.8 1.5 5.8 Personal care services (1)................ 164.9 165.5 165.7 165.6 0.7 2.7 2.0 1.7 1.7 1.8 Miscellaneous personal services .......... 231.3 231.8 232.3 233.1 4.5 4.5 2.3 3.1 4.5 2.7 Commodity and service group Commodities ................................. 140.9 141.2 141.6 141.6 2.0 -0.3 -3.1 2.0 0.9 -0.6 Food and beverages ......................... 159.2 159.2 160.1 160.2 2.6 1.5 1.3 2.5 2.0 1.9 Commodities less food and beverages ........ 130.0 130.3 130.6 130.5 1.8 -2.1 -5.1 1.5 -0.2 -1.8 Nondurables less food and beverages ....... 131.1 131.3 132.2 131.9 4.3 -2.3 -8.9 2.5 0.9 -3.4 Apparel .................................. 130.5 130.7 131.1 131.5 -0.9 0.0 -4.5 3.1 -0.5 -0.8 Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel .............................. 135.8 135.9 137.2 136.9 7.1 -3.6 -11.7 3.3 1.6 -4.5 Durables .................................. 127.3 127.4 127.0 127.0 -2.5 -1.2 0.0 -0.9 -1.9 -0.5 Services .................................... 179.6 180.2 180.6 180.9 2.5 2.7 2.3 2.9 2.6 2.6 Rent of shelter (3)......................... 168.3 169.0 169.3 169.8 2.9 3.4 2.7 3.6 3.2 3.1 Transportation services .................... 185.5 185.6 185.5 185.3 1.8 0.9 3.8 -0.4 1.3 1.6 Other services ............................. 212.0 212.9 213.6 214.2 2.5 3.5 3.5 4.2 3.0 3.8 Special indexes All items less food ......................... 158.2 158.7 159.1 159.2 2.3 1.0 -0.5 2.6 1.7 1.0 All items less shelter ...................... 154.1 154.4 154.9 154.9 2.1 0.3 -1.3 2.1 1.2 0.4 All items less medical care ................. 154.7 155.1 155.6 155.7 2.4 1.0 -0.5 2.6 1.7 1.0 Commodities less food ....................... 131.5 131.8 132.1 132.0 1.5 -1.5 -5.3 1.5 0.0 -1.9 Nondurables less food ....................... 133.1 133.3 134.1 134.0 3.6 -1.7 -8.3 2.7 0.9 -2.9 Nondurables less food and apparel ........... 137.3 137.6 138.6 138.2 7.3 -1.7 -12.1 2.6 2.7 -5.0 Nondurables ................................. 145.5 145.5 146.4 146.3 3.6 -0.5 -3.2 2.2 1.5 -0.5 Services less rent of shelter (3)............ 169.7 170.1 170.7 170.8 2.2 2.4 0.9 2.6 2.3 1.8 Services less medical care services ......... 174.1 174.5 175.0 175.4 2.6 2.6 2.1 3.0 2.6 2.6 Energy ...................................... 102.4 102.2 102.5 101.9 9.1 -8.7 -21.2 -1.9 -0.2 -12.1 All items less energy ....................... 166.4 166.9 167.4 167.6 1.7 2.2 1.7 2.9 2.0 2.3 All items less food and energy ............. 168.5 169.1 169.5 169.7 1.5 2.2 1.9 2.9 1.8 2.4 Commodities less food and energy commodities ........................... 142.0 142.5 142.7 142.7 -0.6 0.6 0.0 2.0 0.0 1.0 Energy commodities ....................... 93.3 92.4 93.1 92.4 16.0 -14.2 -32.1 -3.8 -0.2 -19.2 Services less energy services ............. 186.4 187.0 187.5 187.9 2.7 2.9 3.3 3.3 2.8 3.3 1 Not seasonally adjusted. 2 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. 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 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 June1998 from-- May1998 from-- sched- ule Mar. Apr. May June (1) 1998 1998 1998 1998 June Apr. May May Mar. Apr. 1997 1998 1998 1997 1998 1998 U.S. city average ........................... M 158.7 159.1 159.5 159.7 1.5 0.4 0.1 1.5 0.5 0.3 Region and area size(2) Northeast urban ............................. M 166.0 166.3 166.4 166.5 1.3 0.1 0.1 1.4 0.2 0.1 Size A - More than 1,500,000 ............. M 165.8 166.0 166.1 166.3 1.4 0.2 0.1 1.4 0.2 0.1 Size B/C 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3).......... M 101.3 101.5 101.5 101.5 1.0 0.0 0.0 1.2 0.2 0.0 Midwest urban (4)............................ M 154.4 155.0 155.6 155.7 1.7 0.5 0.1 1.8 0.8 0.4 Size A - More than 1,500,000 ............ M 154.7 155.4 155.9 156.2 2.2 0.5 0.2 2.1 0.8 0.3 Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)......... M 101.3 101.7 102.1 101.9 1.3 0.2 -0.2 1.7 0.8 0.4 Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than 50,000) ............................... M 150.7 150.9 151.3 151.3 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.7 0.4 0.3 South urban ................................. M 156.0 156.4 156.7 157.1 1.1 0.4 0.3 1.0 0.4 0.2 Size A - More than 1,500,000 ............. M 154.7 155.1 155.3 155.9 1.3 0.5 0.4 1.1 0.4 0.1 Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........ M 101.3 101.5 101.8 101.8 0.7 0.3 0.0 0.9 0.5 0.3 Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than 50,000) ............................... M 158.2 159.1 159.6 160.4 2.5 0.8 0.5 2.1 0.9 0.3 West urban .................................. M 159.4 159.6 160.3 160.3 1.8 0.4 0.0 1.6 0.6 0.4 Size A - More than 1,500,000 ............ M 158.1 158.5 159.4 159.3 2.1 0.5 -0.1 2.1 0.8 0.6 Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)......... M 102.1 102.0 102.2 102.1 0.8 0.1 -0.1 0.7 0.1 0.2 Size classes A (5)...................................... M 145.0 145.4 145.8 146.0 1.7 0.4 0.1 1.7 0.6 0.3 B/C (3).................................... M 101.4 101.6 101.9 101.8 0.9 0.2 -0.1 1.2 0.5 0.3 D ......................................... M 156.8 157.3 157.8 158.1 1.5 0.5 0.2 1.4 0.6 0.3 Selected local areas(6) Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI .............. M 158.3 159.0 159.9 160.2 2.7 0.8 0.2 2.8 1.0 0.6 Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA ..... M 155.1 155.6 156.2 156.1 1.5 0.3 -0.1 1.4 0.7 0.4 New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA ............................. M 168.2 168.5 168.6 168.8 1.6 0.2 0.1 1.6 0.2 0.1 Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT ......... 1 169.3 - 168.9 - - - - 2.0 -0.2 - Cleveland-Akron, OH ......................... 1 150.1 - 151.2 - - - - 2.3 0.7 - Dallas-Fort Worth, TX ....................... 1 152.8 - 152.8 - - - - - 0.0 - Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV (7)........ 1 101.3 - 101.3 - - - - 0.8 0.0 - Atlanta, GA ................................. 2 - 157.7 - 159.3 - 1.0 - - - - Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI ................. 2 - 153.5 - 154.0 2.8 0.3 - - - - Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX .............. 2 - 144.8 - 145.1 0.7 0.2 - - - - Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL ................... 2 - 157.4 - 157.6 - 0.1 - - - - Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD ............................. 2 - 166.5 - 167.4 1.3 0.5 - - - - San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA .......... 2 - 160.8 - 161.7 3.0 0.6 - - - - Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA ................ 2 - 161.9 - 162.8 - 0.6 - - - - 1 Areas on pricing schedule 2 (see Table 10) will appear next month. 2 Regions defined as the four Census regions. See map in technical notes. 3 Indexes on a December 1996=100 base. 4 The 'North Central' region has been renamed the 'Midwest' region by the Census Bureau. It is composed of the same geographic entities. 5 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base. 6 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; Pittsburgh, PA; Portland-Salem, OR-WA; St. Louis, MO-IL; San Diego, CA; Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL. 7 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 1(OS). Old Series 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 importan- indexes to Item and group ce, June 1998 from- December 1997 May June 1998 1998 June May 1997 1998 Expenditure category All items ................................... 100.000 162.9 163.0 1.7 0.1 All items (1967=100) ........................ - 488.1 488.2 - - Food and beverages ........................ 17.465 160.6 160.1 1.9 -.3 Food .................................... 15.886 160.2 159.7 2.0 -.3 Food at home .......................... 9.964 160.7 159.8 1.6 -.6 Cereals and bakery products ......... 1.476 180.6 181.6 1.9 .6 Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ...... 2.921 146.1 146.2 -1.1 .1 Dairy products ...................... 1.218 148.4 148.0 2.7 -.3 Fruits and vegetables ............... 1.982 200.1 193.5 5.3 -3.3 Other food at home .................. 2.366 148.9 149.4 1.1 .3 Sugar and sweets .................. .332 149.5 150.4 1.6 .6 Fats and oils ..................... .241 141.2 143.3 1.2 1.5 Nonalcoholic beverages ............ .747 133.0 132.3 -1.9 -.5 Other prepared food ............... 1.046 165.0 165.9 2.9 .5 Food away from home ................... 5.923 160.6 160.7 2.6 .1 Alcoholic beverages ..................... 1.578 164.9 165.3 1.6 .2 Housing ................................... 41.469 159.6 160.3 2.2 .4 Shelter ................................. 28.640 181.1 181.7 3.2 .3 Renters' costs (1)..................... 8.169 192.3 193.2 3.5 .5 Rent, residential ................... 5.810 171.1 171.6 3.1 .3 Other renters' costs ................ 2.359 234.6 236.5 4.3 .8 Homeowners' costs (1).................. 20.269 186.3 186.8 3.1 .3 Owners' equivalent rent (1).......... 19.881 186.7 187.3 3.3 .3 Household insurance (1).............. .388 166.3 165.4 .1 -.5 Maintenance and repairs ............... .202 146.4 146.3 2.1 -.1 Maintenance and repair services ..... .126 156.1 156.1 4.1 .0 Maintenance and repair commodities .. .076 133.1 132.8 -1.0 -.2 Fuel and other utilities ................ 7.015 129.2 131.0 -.7 1.4 Fuels ................................. 3.769 112.8 115.6 -3.5 2.5 Fuel oil and other household fuel commodities ............................. .368 92.1 89.9 -8.3 -2.4 Gas (piped) and electricity (energy services)................................ 3.401 120.2 123.7 -3.0 2.9 Other utilities and public services ... 3.246 165.6 166.1 2.7 .3 Household furnishings and operation ..... 5.814 126.3 126.1 .3 -.2 Housefurnishings ...................... 3.232 110.4 109.9 -1.2 -.5 Housekeeping supplies ................. 1.090 145.5 145.9 2.1 .3 Housekeeping services ................. 1.492 155.3 155.7 2.6 .3 Apparel and upkeep ........................ 5.291 134.9 132.4 .0 -1.9 Apparel commodities ..................... 4.748 131.1 128.3 -.2 -2.1 Men's and boys' apparel ............... 1.292 133.4 130.8 1.4 -1.9 Women's and girls' apparel............. 2.072 128.4 124.6 -.8 -3.0 Infants' and toddlers' apparel ........ .182 127.2 124.8 -6.1 -1.9 Footwear .............................. .719 128.6 128.4 1.7 -.2 Other apparel commodities ............. .484 145.6 142.7 -2.5 -2.0 Apparel services ........................ .543 166.0 166.4 2.0 .2 Transportation ............................ 16.620 142.0 141.7 -1.6 -.2 Private transportation .................. 15.054 138.2 138.1 -1.8 -.1 New vehicles .......................... 4.829 143.3 142.5 -1.2 -.6 New cars ............................ 3.842 140.6 139.9 -1.3 -.5 Used cars ............................. 1.195 149.8 150.7 -.7 .6 Motor fuel ............................ 2.925 94.9 95.0 -10.3 .1 Gasoline ............................ - 94.3 94.4 -10.4 .1 Maintenance and repairs ............... 1.546 166.0 166.5 2.4 .3 Other private transportation .......... 4.560 179.3 179.1 1.4 -.1 Other private transportation commodities ............................. .574 103.3 103.7 -1.0 .4 Other private transportation services ......................................... 3.986 197.3 197.1 1.7 -.1 Public transportation ................... 1.566 189.8 187.9 .7 -1.0 Medical care .............................. 7.426 241.2 241.9 3.2 .3 Medical care commodities ................ 1.280 221.6 222.2 2.9 .3 Medical care services ................... 6.145 245.8 246.5 3.3 .3 Professional medical services ......... 3.518 221.7 222.5 3.2 .4 Entertainment ............................. 4.339 164.6 165.1 1.5 0.3 Entertainment commodities ............... 1.924 144.1 144.1 .1 .0 Entertainment services .................. 2.415 188.2 189.2 2.5 .5 Other goods and services .................. 7.390 236.3 235.8 5.7 -.2 Tobacco and smoking products ............ 1.688 270.2 267.0 10.7 -1.2 Personal care ........................... 1.152 156.9 156.9 2.7 .0 Toilet goods and personal care appliances .............................. .589 149.5 149.6 3.7 .1 Personal care services ................ .564 165.1 165.2 1.6 .1 Personal and educational expenses ....... 4.550 269.0 269.3 4.7 .1 School books and supplies ............. .273 248.3 248.2 4.6 .0 Personal and educational services ..... 4.277 270.8 271.1 4.6 .1 Commodity and service group All items ................................... 100.000 162.9 163.0 1.7 .1 Commodities ............................... 42.255 142.6 141.9 .3 -.5 Food and beverages ...................... 17.465 160.6 160.1 1.9 -.3 Commodities less food and beverages ..... 24.791 131.8 131.0 -.8 -.6 Nondurables less food and beverages ... 14.865 134.6 133.3 -.7 -1.0 Apparel commodities ................. 4.748 131.1 128.3 -.2 -2.1 Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel ................................. 10.117 139.4 139.0 -.8 -.3 Durables .............................. 9.926 127.9 127.6 -1.1 -.2 Services .................................. 57.745 183.4 184.1 2.7 .4 Rent of shelter (1)...................... 28.016 188.6 189.2 3.3 .3 Household services less rent of shelter (1)...................................... 8.687 145.5 147.4 .3 1.3 Transportation services ................. 7.097 187.9 187.5 1.6 -.2 Medical care services ................... 6.145 245.8 246.5 3.3 .3 Other services .......................... 7.799 215.7 216.2 3.5 .2 Special indexes All items less food ......................... 84.114 163.4 163.6 1.6 .1 All items less shelter ...................... 71.360 157.5 157.4 1.1 -.1 All items less homeowners' costs (1)......... 79.731 163.4 163.3 1.3 -.1 All items less medical care ................. 92.574 158.5 158.6 1.6 .1 Commodities less food ....................... 26.369 133.2 132.4 -.7 -.6 Nondurables less food ....................... 16.443 136.4 135.3 -.4 -.8 Nondurables less food and apparel ........... 11.695 141.1 140.7 -.5 -.3 Nondurables ................................. 32.329 147.7 146.9 .8 -.5 Services less rent of shelter (1)............ 29.728 191.2 192.0 2.1 .4 Services less medical care services ......... 51.599 177.6 178.3 2.6 .4 Energy ...................................... 6.695 103.6 105.1 -6.4 1.4 All items less energy ....................... 93.305 170.7 170.6 2.3 -.1 All items less food and energy ............ 77.419 173.2 173.2 2.4 .0 Commodities less food and energy commodities ............................. 23.076 144.2 143.3 .8 -.6 Energy commodities .................... 3.293 94.8 94.6 -10.1 -.2 Services less energy services ........... 54.343 189.8 190.2 3.0 .2 Purchasing power of the consumer dollar: 1982-84=$1.00 ........................... - $ .614 $ .614 - - 1967=$1.00 .............................. - $ .205 $ .205 - - 1 Indexes on a December 1982=100 base. - Data not available. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. Table 2(OS). Old Series 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 importan- indexes to Item and group ce, June 1998 from- December 1997 May June 1998 1998 June May 1997 1998 Expenditure category All items ................................... 100.000 159.7 159.7 1.5 0.0 All items (1967=100) ........................ - 475.6 475.6 - - Food and beverages ........................ 19.434 159.8 159.4 1.8 -.3 Food .................................... 17.739 159.5 159.0 1.9 -.3 Food at home .......................... 11.309 159.5 158.7 1.4 -.5 Cereals and bakery products ......... 1.689 180.2 181.2 1.9 .6 Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ...... 3.441 145.8 145.9 -1.1 .1 Dairy products ...................... 1.358 148.1 147.6 2.6 -.3 Fruits and vegetables ............... 2.100 198.7 192.4 5.1 -3.2 Other food at home .................. 2.722 148.3 148.7 1.0 .3 Sugar and sweets .................. .376 149.3 150.3 1.5 .7 Fats and oils ..................... .277 140.7 142.8 1.1 1.5 Nonalcoholic beverages ............ .863 131.7 131.0 -1.9 -.5 Other prepared food ............... 1.206 165.0 165.9 3.1 .5 Food away from home ................... 6.430 160.6 160.7 2.6 .1 Alcoholic beverages ..................... 1.695 163.9 164.2 1.3 .2 Housing ................................... 39.037 156.1 156.8 2.1 .4 Shelter ................................. 26.305 175.8 176.4 3.2 .3 Renters' costs (1)..................... 8.250 167.4 168.0 3.3 .4 Rent, residential ................... 6.686 170.8 171.3 3.2 .3 Other renters' costs ................ 1.564 234.8 236.7 4.1 .8 Homeowners' costs (1).................. 17.864 169.8 170.3 3.1 .3 Owners' equivalent rent (1).......... 17.538 170.2 170.7 3.2 .3 Household insurance (1).............. .327 151.0 150.5 .5 -.3 Maintenance and repairs ............... .191 143.9 143.8 1.5 -.1 Maintenance and repair services ..... .107 157.0 157.1 3.4 .1 Maintenance and repair commodities .. .084 127.7 127.5 -.9 -.2 Fuel and other utilities ................ 7.274 129.1 131.0 -.5 1.5 Fuels ................................. 3.875 112.3 115.2 -3.4 2.6 Fuel oil and other household fuel commodities ............................. .338 92.1 90.0 -7.8 -2.3 Gas (piped) and electricity (energy services)................................ 3.537 119.7 123.2 -3.0 2.9 Other utilities and public services ... 3.399 166.6 167.1 2.8 .3 Household furnishings and operation ..... 5.458 124.7 124.5 .2 -.2 Housefurnishings ...................... 3.171 109.0 108.5 -1.4 -.5 Housekeeping supplies ................. 1.130 146.4 146.7 2.3 .2 Housekeeping services ................. 1.157 158.2 158.4 2.6 .1 Apparel and upkeep ........................ 5.311 133.3 130.6 -.9 -2.0 Apparel commodities ..................... 4.801 129.7 126.8 -1.2 -2.2 Men's and boys' apparel ............... 1.298 132.5 130.0 .9 -1.9 Women's and girls' apparel............. 2.019 126.3 122.1 -2.2 -3.3 Infants' and toddlers' apparel ........ .233 128.3 125.9 -5.9 -1.9 Footwear .............................. .800 129.4 129.5 1.8 .1 Other apparel commodities ............. .450 142.3 139.0 -5.0 -2.3 Apparel services ........................ .510 165.0 165.4 2.0 .2 Transportation ............................ 18.597 141.0 140.8 -1.8 -.1 Private transportation .................. 17.389 138.4 138.3 -2.0 -.1 New vehicles .......................... 4.781 144.5 143.7 -1.2 -.6 New cars ............................ 3.439 140.1 139.3 -1.4 -.6 Used cars ............................. 2.179 151.4 152.3 -.7 .6 Motor fuel ............................ 3.608 95.0 95.1 -10.2 .1 Gasoline ............................ - 94.5 94.6 -10.3 .1 Maintenance and repairs ............... 1.634 167.0 167.5 2.3 .3 Other private transportation .......... 5.188 174.5 174.4 1.3 -.1 Other private transportation commodities ............................. .727 102.7 103.0 -.8 .3 Other private transportation services ......................................... 4.460 192.8 192.6 1.7 -.1 Public transportation ................... 1.208 186.8 185.3 .7 -.8 Medical care .............................. 6.331 240.6 241.2 3.2 .2 Medical care commodities ................ 1.054 218.9 219.5 2.9 .3 Medical care services ................... 5.276 245.5 246.1 3.2 .2 Professional medical services ......... 3.020 223.1 224.0 3.3 .4 Entertainment ............................. 4.006 161.8 162.3 1.4 0.3 Entertainment commodities ............... 2.005 142.7 142.7 .0 .0 Entertainment services .................. 2.001 188.9 190.0 2.7 .6 Other goods and services .................. 7.285 234.4 233.5 6.2 -.4 Tobacco and smoking products ............ 2.237 270.4 266.7 10.7 -1.4 Personal care ........................... 1.116 156.8 156.9 2.8 .1 Toilet goods and personal care appliances .............................. .612 150.2 150.3 3.7 .1 Personal care services ................ .504 165.4 165.4 1.7 .0 Personal and educational expenses ....... 3.932 264.7 264.9 4.7 .1 School books and supplies ............. .241 250.5 250.4 4.5 .0 Personal and educational services ..... 3.692 266.2 266.4 4.7 .1 Commodity and service group All items ................................... 100.000 159.7 159.7 1.5 .0 Commodities ............................... 46.401 142.4 141.7 .1 -.5 Food and beverages ...................... 19.434 159.8 159.4 1.8 -.3 Commodities less food and beverages ..... 26.967 131.8 131.0 -1.0 -.6 Nondurables less food and beverages ... 15.915 134.1 132.8 -1.0 -1.0 Apparel commodities ................. 4.801 129.7 126.8 -1.2 -2.2 Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel ................................. 11.114 139.2 138.6 -.9 -.4 Durables .............................. 11.052 127.5 127.4 -.9 -.1 Services .................................. 53.599 180.3 181.0 2.6 .4 Rent of shelter (1)...................... 25.761 169.3 169.9 3.3 .4 Household services less rent of shelter (1)...................................... 8.554 133.6 135.4 .2 1.3 Transportation services ................. 7.302 185.3 185.0 1.6 -.2 Medical care services ................... 5.276 245.5 246.1 3.2 .2 Other services .......................... 6.706 212.7 213.2 3.6 .2 Special indexes All items less food ......................... 82.261 159.6 159.7 1.4 .1 All items less shelter ...................... 73.695 155.3 155.1 .8 -.1 All items less homeowners' costs (1)......... 82.136 149.4 149.3 1.1 -.1 All items less medical care ................. 93.669 155.8 155.8 1.3 .0 Commodities less food ....................... 28.662 133.1 132.3 -.9 -.6 Nondurables less food ....................... 17.610 135.9 134.7 -.8 -.9 Nondurables less food and apparel ........... 12.809 140.7 140.2 -.6 -.4 Nondurables ................................. 35.349 147.3 146.4 .5 -.6 Services less rent of shelter (1)............ 27.838 170.2 171.0 2.0 .5 Services less medical care services ......... 48.322 174.7 175.4 2.5 0.4 Energy ...................................... 7.483 102.9 104.3 -6.7 1.4 All items less energy ....................... 92.517 167.4 167.3 2.1 -.1 All items less food and energy ............ 74.778 169.5 169.4 2.2 -.1 Commodities less food and energy commodities ............................. 24.717 143.6 142.7 .6 -.6 Energy commodities .................... 3.946 95.0 94.9 -10.0 -.1 Services less energy services ........... 50.062 186.9 187.4 3.0 .3 Purchasing power of the consumer dollar: 1982-84=$1.00 ........................... - $ .626 $ .626 - - 1967=$1.00 .............................. - $ .210 $ .210 - - 1 Indexes on a December 1984=100 base. - Data not available. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. Table 3(OS) Old Series Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Selected areas, all items index (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) Prici- Indexes Percent change to ng June1998 from-- Area sched- ule (1) Mar. Apr. May June Mar. Apr. May 1998 1998 1998 1998 1998 1998 1998 U.S. city average ........................... M 162.2 162.6 162.9 163.0 0.5 0.2 0.1 Selected local areas Chicago-Gary-Lake County, IL-IN-WI .......... M 163.8 164.7 165.4 165.5 1.0 .5 .1 Los Angeles-Anaheim-Riverside, CA ........... M 161.3 161.7 162.0 162.0 .4 .2 .0 New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT M 173.1 173.1 173.1 173.2 .1 .1 .1 Boston-Lawrence-Salem, MA-NH................. 1 171.2 - 170.9 - - - - Cleveland-Akron-Lorain, OH .................. 1 157.9 - 158.7 - - - - Dallas-Fort Worth, TX ....................... 1 153.3 - 153.4 - - - - Detroit-Ann Arbor, MI ....................... 2 - 159.3 - 159.5 - .1 - Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX .............. 2 - 146.4 - 146.0 - -.3 - Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL ................... 2 - 160.1 - 160.0 - -.1 - Philadelphia-Wilmington-Trenton, PA-NJ-DE-MD 2 - 167.1 - 167.9 - .5 - San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA .......... 2 - 164.8 - 165.8 - .6 - Region and area size Northeast urban ............................. M 169.3 169.5 169.4 169.5 .1 .0 .1 Midwest urban (2)............................ M 158.4 159.1 159.5 159.4 .6 .2 -.1 South urban ................................. M 158.5 158.9 159.1 159.4 .6 .3 .2 West urban .................................. M 163.3 163.6 164.3 164.2 .6 .4 -.1 Population size classes A (3)........................................ M 146.6 147.0 147.2 147.3 .5 .2 .1 D ........................................... M 158.2 158.7 159.0 159.3 .7 .4 .2 Region/Population size class cross classifications Northeast Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..... M 170.2 170.2 170.2 170.3 .1 .1 .1 Midwest Size A - More than 1,500,000 ...... M 159.3 160.0 160.4 160.5 .8 .3 .1 South Size A - More than 1,500,000 ......... M 157.6 157.8 157.8 158.3 .4 .3 .3 West Size A - More than 1,500,000 ......... M 163.7 164.2 164.9 164.9 .7 .4 .0 Midwest Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than 50,000) ................................. M 153.3 153.5 153.7 153.6 .2 .1 -.1 South Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than 50,000) ................................. M 158.4 159.1 159.5 160.2 1.1 .7 .4 1 The 'All items' index size B/C is on a December 1996=100 base. 2 The 'North Central' region has been renamed the 'Midwest' region by the Census Bureau. It is composed of the same geographic entities. 3 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base. - Data not available. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. Table 4(OS) Old Series Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Selected areas, all items index (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) Prici- Indexes Percent change to ng June1998 from-- Area sched- ule (1) Mar. Apr. May June Mar. Apr. May 1998 1998 1998 1998 1998 1998 1998 U.S. city average ........................... M 158.8 159.2 159.7 159.7 0.6 0.3 0.0 Selected local areas Chicago-Gary-Lake County, IL-IN-WI .......... M 157.9 158.7 159.6 159.5 1.0 .5 -.1 Los Angeles-Anaheim-Riverside, CA ........... M 155.1 155.6 156.0 155.9 .5 .2 -.1 New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT M 168.5 168.6 168.7 168.6 .1 .0 -.1 Boston-Lawrence-Salem, MA-NH................. 1 169.5 - 169.0 - - - - Cleveland-Akron-Lorain, OH .................. 1 149.7 - 151.1 - - - - Dallas-Fort Worth, TX ....................... 1 152.5 - 152.7 - - - - Detroit-Ann Arbor, MI ....................... 2 - 153.8 - 153.8 - .0 - Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX .............. 2 - 145.0 - 144.8 - -.1 - Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL ................... 2 - 157.3 - 157.5 - .1 - Philadelphia-Wilmington-Trenton, PA-NJ-DE-MD 2 - 166.0 - 167.1 - .7 - San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA .......... 2 - 161.2 - 162.2 - .6 - Region and area size Northeast urban ............................. M 166.1 166.3 166.4 166.4 .2 .1 .0 Midwest urban (2)............................ M 154.5 155.2 155.8 155.6 .7 .3 -.1 South urban ................................. M 156.2 156.6 157.0 157.2 .6 .4 .1 West urban .................................. M 159.3 159.7 160.3 160.3 .6 .4 .0 Population size classes A (3)........................................ M 145.0 145.4 145.8 145.8 .6 .3 .0 D ........................................... M 156.9 157.4 157.9 158.2 .8 .5 .2 Region/Population size class cross classifications Northeast Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..... M 165.8 166.0 166.1 166.2 .2 .1 .1 Midwest Size A - More than 1,500,000 ...... M 154.5 155.3 155.9 155.8 .8 .3 -.1 South Size A - More than 1,500,000 ......... M 154.8 155.1 155.3 155.7 .6 .4 .3 West Size A - More than 1,500,000 ......... M 158.0 158.5 159.3 159.3 .8 .5 .0 Midwest Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than 50,000) ................................. M 151.0 151.1 151.6 151.4 .3 .2 -.1 South Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than 50,000) ................................. M 158.3 159.2 159.8 160.5 1.4 .8 .4 1 The 'All items' index size B/C is on a December 1996=100 base. 2 The 'North Central' region has been renamed the 'Midwest' region by the Census Bureau. It is composed of the same geographic entities. 3 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base. - Data not available. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.