FOR TECHNICAL INFORMATION: Patrick C. Jackman (202) 691-7000 USDL-01-100 CPI QUICKLINE: (202) 691-6994 TRANSMISSION OF FOR CURRENT AND HISTORICAL MATERIAL IN THIS INFORMATION: (202) 691-5200 RELEASE IS EMBARGOED MEDIA CONTACT: (202) 691-5902 UNTIL 8:30 A.M. (EDT) INTERNET ADDRESS: Tuesday, April 17, 2001 http://stats.bls.gov/cpihome.htm CONSUMER PRICE INDEX: MARCH 2001 The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.2 percent in March, before seasonal adjustment, to a level of 176.2 (1982-84=100), the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. For the 12-month period ended in March, the CPI-U increased 2.9 percent. The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) rose 0.1 percent in March, prior to seasonal adjustment. The March level of 172.6 was 2.8 percent higher than the index in March 2000. CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) On a seasonally adjusted basis, the CPI-U rose 0.1 percent in March, following increases of 0.6 and 0.3 percent in the first two months of the year. The energy index declined for the second consecutive month, down 2.1 percent in March. The index for energy services fell 0.6 percent, as a 2.1 percent decline in the index for natural gas more than offset a 0.5 percent rise in the index for electricity. The index for petroleum-based energy declined 3.7 percent. The food index, which increased 0.5 percent in February, rose 0.2 percent in March. The index for fruits and vegetables, which rose 2.6 percent in February, was virtually unchanged in March. Excluding food and energy, the CPI-U rose 0.2 percent in March, following increases of 0.3 percent in January and February. Smaller increases in the indexes for medical care and for apparel, coupled with downturns in the indexes for tobacco, for recreation, and for household furnishings and operations, accounted 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 2000 2001 3-mos. ended ended Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Mar. '01 Mar. '01 All Items .5 .2 .2 .2 .6 .3 .1 4.0 2.9 Food and beverages .2 .2 -.1 .5 .2 .5 .2 3.8 3.1 Housing .5 .4 .3 .3 1.0 .2 .2 5.7 4.5 Apparel 1.2 .2 -.5 -.3 -.2 .8 .4 3.8 -.2 Transportation 1.2 -.3 .3 -.1 .3 .4 -.9 -.8 .3 Medical care .4 .3 .3 .3 .6 .5 .4 6.2 4.6 Recreation -.1 .1 .0 .0 .3 .1 -.1 1.2 1.4 Education and communication -.7 .9 -.2 .5 .4 .1 .5 3.9 2.3 Other goods and services 1.1 -.6 1.2 -.8 .7 .5 .1 5.5 3.6 Special Indexes Energy 4.1 .5 .2 .3 3.9 -.2 -2.1 6.0 6.0 Food .2 .1 -.1 .5 .3 .5 .2 4.1 3.1 All Items less food and energy .3 .1 .3 .1 .3 .3 .2 3.5 2.7 See page 5 for a note on planned changes in the CPI in 2002. For the first three months of 2001, the CPI-U advanced at a 4.0 percent seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR). This compares with an increase of 3.4 percent in all of 2000. The energy index decelerated in the first three months of 2001, but continued to advance at a faster rate than the overall CPI. The index for energy services increased at a 26.4 percent SAAR, while petroleum-based energy costs declined at a 11.6 percent SAAR. The food index, which rose 2.8 percent in all of 2000, has increased at a 4.1 percent SAAR thus far in 2001. Grocery store food prices also have risen at a 4.1 percent SAAR in the first three months; the index for meats, poultry, fish, and eggs advanced at a 9.8 percent SAAR, while the index for fruits and vegetables declined at a SAAR of 0.9 percent. The CPI-U excluding food and energy advanced at a 3.5 percent SAAR in the first 3 months of 2001, following a 2.6 percent rise for all of 2000. The acceleration in the first quarter reflects the rising cost of both services and commodities. The index for services less energy services rose at a 4.2 percent SAAR after advancing 3.4 percent in all of 2000. In particular, the rising costs for shelter and for medical care services contributed to the acceleration. The index for commodities less food and energy commodities rose at a 1.4 percent SAAR in the first three months of 2001 after increasing 0.6 percent in all of 2000, reflecting an upturn in the index for apparel and a larger increase in tobacco prices. The rates for selected groups for the last seven and one-quarter years are shown below. Percentage change 12 months SAAR 3 ended in December mos. ended in Mar. 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 All items 2.7 2.5 3.3 1.7 1.6 2.7 3.4 4.0 Food and beverages 2.7 2.1 4.2 1.6 2.3 2.0 2.8 3.8 Housing 2.2 3.0 2.9 2.4 2.3 2.2 4.3 5.7 Apparel -1.6 0.1 -0.2 1.0 -0.7 -.5 -1.8 3.8 Transportation 3.8 1.5 4.4 -1.4 -1.7 5.4 4.1 -.8 Medical care 4.9 3.9 3.0 2.8 3.4 3.7 4.2 6.2 Recreation 1.4 2.8 3.0 1.5 1.2 .8 1.7 1.2 Education and communication 3.3 4.0 3.4 3.0 0.7 1.6 1.3 3.9 Other goods and services 4.2 4.3 3.6 5.2 8.8 5.1 4.2 5.5 Special indexes Energy 2.2 -1.3 8.6 -3.4 -8.8 13.4 14.2 6.0 Energy commodities 5.2 -3.3 13.8 -6.9 -15.1 29.5 15.7 -11.6 Energy services -.6 0.8 3.8 0.2 -3.3 1.2 12.7 26.4 All items less energy 2.6 2.9 2.9 2.1 2.4 2.0 2.6 3.4 Food 2.9 2.1 4.3 1.5 2.3 1.9 2.8 4.1 All items less food and energy 2.6 3.0 2.6 2.2 2.4 1.9 2.6 3.5 The food and beverages index rose 0.2 percent in March. The index for food at home also rose 0.2 percent in March, following a 0.6 percent rise in February. The index for fruits and vegetables, which increased 2.6 percent in February, was virtually unchanged in March. Within the fruits and vegetables group, a 2.5 percent increase in the index for fresh fruits was offset by declines in the indexes for fresh vegetables and for processed fruits and vegetables, down 2.2 and 0.6 percent, respectively. The indexes for dairy products and for nonalcoholic beverages each declined 0.2 percent. The index for meats, poultry, fish, and eggs increased 0.5 percent in March. Beef and pork prices each rose 0.9 percent and poultry prices increased 0.5 percent. Among the other major grocery store food groups, the index for cereal and bakery products rose 0.2 percent and the index for other food at home increased 0.4 percent. The other two components of the food and beverages index--food away from home and alcoholic beverages--increased 0.3 and 0.1 percent, respectively. The housing index rose 0.2 percent in March, the same as in February. The index for fuels and utilities, which rose sharply in January, declined for the second consecutive month--down 0.6 percent in March. Fuel oil prices declined for the third month in a row, down 3.0 percent in March. The index for natural gas declined 2.1 percent, while charges for electricity rose 0.5 percent. Shelter costs advanced 0.5 percent in March. Within shelter, the index for rent rose 0.5 percent, owners' equivalent rent 0.3 percent, and the index for lodging away from home rose 1.1 percent. (Prior to seasonal adjustment, charges for lodging away from home rose 4.3 percent.) The index for household furnishings and operations, which increased 0.1 percent in February, turned back down in March, declining 0.2 percent. The transportation component turned down in March. The index for gasoline fell 3.8 percent and accounted for over four-fifths of the 0.9 percent decrease in the March transportation index. As of March, gasoline prices were 10.8 percent lower than their peak level of last June. The index for new vehicles declined 0.3 percent in March, the same as in February. The index for used cars and trucks increased for the seventh consecutive month--up 0.3 percent. Among motor vehicle accessories, the index for motor oil, coolant, and fluids rose 2.4 percent. The index for public transportation declined in March, reflecting a 1.4 percent decrease in airline fares. The index for apparel increased for the second consecutive month--up 0.4 percent in March--following declines in each of the preceding three months. (Prior to seasonal adjustment, apparel prices rose 3.0 percent, reflecting the introduction of higher-priced spring-summer wear.) Medical care costs rose 0.4 percent in March to a level 4.6 percent higher than a year ago. In March, the index for medical care commodities- -prescription drugs, nonprescription drugs, and medical supplies-- increased 0.3 percent. The index for medical care services rose 0.4 percent in March. Charges for professional services and for hospital and related services increased 0.2 and 0.8 percent, respectively. The index for hospital and related services advanced at 7.6 percent annual rate in the first three months of 2001 and increased 6.8 percent in the 12 months ended in March. The index for recreation costs, which rose 0.1 percent in February, declined 0.1 percent in March, reflecting, in part, a 1.4 percent decline in the index for toys. The index for education and communication increased 0.5 percent in March. Educational costs rose 0.3 percent, and the index for communication increased 0.5 percent. Within the latter category, the index for telephone services increased 0.7 percent, reflecting a 1.3 percent increase in long distance toll charges, more than offsetting a 4.4 percent decline in the index for personal computers and peripheral equipment. The index for other goods and services advanced 0.1 percent in March, following a 0.5 percent rise in February. The index for tobacco and smoking products, which rose 1.0 percent in February, declined 0.2 percent in March. CPI for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) On a seasonally adjusted basis, the CPI for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers was unchanged in March. 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 3-mos. ended 2000 2001 ended Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Mar. '01 Mar.'01 All Items .5 .2 .2 .2 .6 .3 .0 3.6 2.8 Food and beverages .2 .1 .0 .5 .3 .5 .2 4.1 3.1 Housing .5 .4 .3 .4 1.1 .1 .2 5.8 4.7 Apparel 1.0 .4 -.5 -.3 -.5 .9 .5 3.8 -.3 Transportation 1.3 -.3 .4 -.1 .4 .4 -.9 -.5 .3 Medical care .4 .3 .3 .3 .7 .5 .4 6.3 4.6 Recreation .0 .0 -.1 .1 .2 -.1 .0 .4 1.0 Education and communication -.8 .9 -.3 .6 .3 .1 .5 3.5 2.2 Other goods and services 1.5 -1.0 1.5 -1.1 .9 .6 .1 6.3 3.7 Special Indexes Energy 4.6 .4 .2 .1 3.6 -.2 -2.3 4.1 4.6 Food .2 .1 .0 .5 .2 .5 .2 4.1 3.1 All Items less food and energy .2 .1 .3 .1 .3 .3 .2 3.6 2.6 Consumer Price Index data for April are scheduled for release on Wednesday, May 16, 2001, at 8:30 A.M. (EDT). ___________________________________________________________________________ Planned Changes in the Consumer Price Index in 2002 Expenditure Weight Update As announced in December 1998, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) will update the consumption expenditure weights in the Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers (CPI-U) and in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) to the 1999-2000 period, effective with release of data for January 2002. The newer weights will replace the 1993-95 weights, which were first used in the index effective with January 1998 data. Additionally, CPI expenditure weights will be updated at two-year intervals subsequent to the 2002 updating. Thus, for example, CPI expenditure weights will be updated to the 2001-02 period effective with release of CPI data for January 2004. Historically, the introduction of a comprehensive new set of expenditure weights attached to the categories of goods and services in the CPI "market basket" has taken place in the context of the periodic major revisions of the index. Such major revisions have taken place approximately once each decade-in 1940, 1953, 1964, 1978, 1987 and, most recently, in 1998. The goal in employing more current expenditure weights is to have the CPI reflect, as much as possible, the inflation currently experienced by consumers. More specifically, the use of more current weights will help to ensure that the relative importance of CPI item categories, such as food away from home, college tuition, or medical care services, more accurately reflects how consumers are allocating their spending. Publication of Overlap CPIs For the first six months of 2002, BLS will continue to calculate and publish selected CPI-U and CPI-W "overlap" indexes on a not seasonally adjusted basis. These indexes will be compiled using the 1993-95 expenditure pattern that was introduced into the CPI in 1998. Comparison of these index series to the corresponding updated series will enable users of the CPI to observe the effects of the expenditure weight change. The subsequent expenditure updates scheduled in 2004 and every two years thereafter also will be accompanied by the publication of overlap indexes for a six-month period using the previous expenditure pattern. Publication of CPI for the Phoenix Area Effective with release of the July 2002 Consumer Price Index (CPI), BLS will initiate publication of consumer price data specific to the Phoenix-Mesa, Arizona, Metropolitan Statistical Area. As with the national CPI and other local area CPIs, data will be published for each of two population groups, that for all urban consumers (CPI-U) and that for urban wage earners and clerical workers (CPI-W). The Phoenix-Mesa CPI will be published on a semi-annual basis with a reference base of December 2001 = 100. The same amount of item detail will be available for Phoenix- Mesa as is presently available for all other areas published on a semi- annual basis. Change to Published Item Structure Effective with release of the January 2002 CPI, BLS will begin publishing an item index for leased cars and trucks. This index series will be available monthly at the U.S. City Average area level for both the CPI-U and CPI-W with a December 2001 = 100 reference base. ___________________________________________________________________________ Facilities for Sensory Impaired Information from this release will be made available to sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: 202-691- 5200, Federal Relay Services: 1-800-877-8339. For a recorded message of Summary CPI data, call (202) 691-5200. ___________________________________________________________________________ Brief Explanation of the CPI The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a measure of the average change in prices over time in a market basket of goods and services. The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes CPIs for two population groups: (1) a CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) which covers approximately 87 percent of the total population and (2) a CPI for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) which covers 32 percent of the total population. The CPI-U includes, in addition to wage earners and clerical workers, groups such as professional, managerial, and technical workers, the self- employed, short-term workers, the unemployed, and retirees and others not in the labor force. The CPI is based on prices of food, clothing, shelter, and fuels, transportation fares, charges for doctors' and dentists' services, drugs, and other goods and services that people buy for day-to-day living. Prices are collected in 87 urban areas across the country from about 50,000 housing units and approximately 23,000 retail establishments-department stores, supermarkets, hospitals, filling stations, and other types of stores and service establishments. All taxes directly associated with the purchase and use of items are included in the index. Prices of fuels and a few other items are obtained every month in all 87 locations. Prices of most other commodities and services are collected every month in the three largest geographic areas and every other month in other areas. Prices of most goods and services are obtained by personal visits or telephone calls of the Bureau's trained representatives. In calculating the index, price changes for the various items in each location are averaged together with weights, which represent their importance in the spending of the appropriate population group. Local data are then combined to obtain a U.S. city average. Separate indexes are also published by size of city, by region of the country, for cross-classifications of regions and population-size classes, and for 26 local areas. Area indexes do not measure differences in the level of prices among cities, they only measure the average change in prices for each area since the base period. The index measures price change from a designed reference date-1982-84 which equals 100.0. An increase of 16.5 percent, for example, is shown as 116.5. This change can also be expressed in dollars as follows: the price of a base period market basket of goods and services in the CPI has risen from $10 in 1982-84 to $11.65. For further details visit the CPI home page on the Internet at http://stats.bls.gov/cpihome.htm or contact our CPI Information and Analysis Section on (202) 691-7000. ___________________________________________________________________________ Calculating Index Changes Movements of the indexes from one month to another are usually expressed as percent changes rather than changes in index points, because index point changes are affected by the level of the index in relation to its base period while percent changes are not. The example below illustrates the computation of index point and percent changes. Percent changes for 3-month and 6-month periods are expressed as annual rates and are computed according to the standard formula for compound growth rates. These data indicate what the percent change would be if the current rate were maintained for a 12-month period. Index Point Change CPI 115.7 Less previous index 111.2 Equals index point change 4.5 Percent Change Index point difference 4.5 Divided by the previous index 111.2 Equals 0.040 Results multiplied by one hundred 0.040 x 100 Equals percent change 4.0 ___________________________________________________________________________ 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 1996 through 2000 were replaced at the end of 2000. 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. Note: 38 of the 73 components are seasonally adjusted for 2001. 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, natural gas, motor fuels, and educational books and supplies 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 the Nonalcoholic beverages index, the procedure was used to offset the effects of a large increase in coffee prices due to adverse weather. The procedure was used to account for unusual butter fat supply reductions affecting the Fats and oils series. 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 Daniel Chow on (202) 691-6968 or sending e-mail to Chow_Dan@BLS.GOV. If you have general questions about the CPI, please call our information staff at (202) 691-7000. 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, Mar. 2001 from- percent change from- CPI-U December 2000 Feb. Mar. 2001 2001 Mar. Feb. Dec. to Jan. to Feb. to 2000 2001 Jan. Feb. Mar. Expenditure category All items ................................... 100.000 175.8 176.2 2.9 0.2 0.6 0.3 0.1 All items (1967=100) ........................ - 526.7 528.0 - - - - - Food and beverages ......................... 16.198 171.8 172.2 3.1 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.2 Food ...................................... 15.217 171.3 171.7 3.1 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.2 Food at home ............................. 9.560 171.8 172.0 3.4 0.1 0.2 0.6 0.2 Cereals and bakery products ............. 1.522 191.9 191.9 3.1 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.2 Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs .......... 2.573 159.5 160.1 5.1 0.4 1.0 0.9 0.5 Dairy and related products (1)........... 1.050 163.6 163.2 2.6 -0.2 1.3 0.0 -0.2 Fruits and vegetables ................... 1.454 211.5 211.5 4.9 0.0 -2.7 2.6 0.0 Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials ........................... 1.026 139.9 139.5 0.7 -0.3 0.7 -0.3 -0.2 Other food at home ...................... 1.935 157.9 158.6 2.3 0.4 0.5 0.0 0.4 Sugar and sweets ....................... .363 155.8 155.7 0.7 -0.1 0.2 0.5 -0.2 Fats and oils .......................... .288 152.6 153.1 4.9 0.3 1.0 -0.2 0.6 Other foods ............................ 1.283 174.0 175.1 2.0 0.6 0.5 -0.1 0.6 Other miscellaneous foods (1) (2)...... .312 108.7 108.4 1.3 -0.3 0.1 -0.3 -0.3 Food away from home (1)................... 5.658 171.8 172.3 2.6 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.3 Other food away from home (1) (2)........ .177 111.4 111.6 3.4 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 Alcoholic beverages ....................... .981 177.7 177.8 2.5 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.1 Housing .................................... 39.980 174.7 175.4 4.5 0.4 1.0 0.2 0.2 Shelter ................................... 30.251 197.6 198.9 3.5 0.7 0.3 0.4 0.5 Rent of primary residence (3)............. 7.079 188.9 189.6 4.2 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.5 Lodging away from home (2) (3)............ 2.346 119.1 124.2 2.7 4.3 0.3 0.8 1.1 Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence (3) (4)..................... 20.460 202.9 203.6 3.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2).. .366 105.1 105.4 2.7 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.3 Fuels and utilities ....................... 5.123 152.3 150.8 14.4 -1.0 5.9 -1.0 -0.6 Fuels .................................... 4.199 138.0 136.3 17.2 -1.2 7.1 -1.3 -0.7 Fuel oil and other fuels ................ .361 144.6 138.1 6.1 -4.5 0.2 -3.4 -4.0 Gas (piped) and electricity (3).......... 3.838 144.0 142.6 18.1 -1.0 7.7 -1.0 -0.6 Water and sewer and trash collection services (2).......................... .924 108.4 108.7 2.7 0.3 0.0 0.4 0.3 Household furnishings and operations ...... 4.605 129.1 129.1 0.9 0.0 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 Household operations (1) (2).............. .935 114.2 115.2 6.1 0.9 1.0 0.5 0.9 Apparel .................................... 4.453 128.4 132.2 -0.2 3.0 -0.2 0.8 0.4 Men's and boys' apparel ................... 1.257 126.6 127.5 -3.0 0.7 -0.5 0.0 -0.6 Women's and girls' apparel ................ 1.787 121.0 127.8 1.5 5.6 -0.6 2.0 0.8 Infants' and toddlers' apparel (1)......... .254 129.3 131.6 -1.7 1.8 -0.6 1.5 1.8 Footwear .................................. .801 122.6 125.2 0.4 2.1 -0.8 0.9 0.8 Transportation ............................. 17.567 154.9 153.9 0.3 -0.6 0.3 0.4 -0.9 Private transportation .................... 16.157 150.7 149.7 0.3 -0.7 0.3 0.4 -0.7 New and used motor vehicles (2)........... 7.477 102.2 101.9 1.5 -0.3 0.5 -0.1 0.0 New vehicles ............................ 4.677 143.3 142.8 -0.3 -0.3 0.1 -0.3 -0.3 Used cars and trucks .................... 1.887 160.4 159.9 4.5 -0.3 0.9 0.5 0.3 Motor fuel ............................... 3.482 127.5 124.1 -5.8 -2.7 0.0 1.1 -3.7 Gasoline (all types) .................... 3.458 126.8 123.3 -5.8 -2.8 -0.1 1.2 -3.8 Motor vehicle parts and equipment ........ .527 104.0 104.7 3.3 0.7 0.4 0.5 0.8 Motor vehicle maintenance and repair ..... 1.623 181.5 181.7 3.4 0.1 0.4 0.4 0.2 Public transportation ..................... 1.410 212.1 210.0 0.1 -1.0 0.4 -0.7 -2.5 Medical care ............................... 5.813 268.9 270.0 4.6 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.4 Medical care commodities .................. 1.261 243.8 244.9 3.6 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.3 Medical care services ..................... 4.552 274.9 275.9 4.8 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.4 Professional services (3)................. 2.876 244.1 244.8 3.7 0.3 0.6 0.5 0.2 Hospital and related services (3)......... 1.424 331.0 332.8 6.8 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.8 Recreation (2).............................. 5.908 104.3 104.3 1.4 0.0 0.3 0.1 -0.1 Video and audio (2)........................ 1.646 101.6 101.6 0.7 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 Education and communication (2)............. 5.311 104.0 104.3 2.3 0.3 0.4 0.1 0.5 Education (2).............................. 2.801 116.0 116.1 5.0 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.3 Educational books and supplies ........... .212 290.4 290.8 5.0 0.1 0.7 0.0 0.6 Tuition, other school fees, and childcare 2.589 333.7 334.0 4.9 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.4 Communication (1) (2)...................... 2.510 93.2 93.7 -0.6 0.5 0.3 -0.1 0.5 Information and information processing (1) (2)................................... 2.312 92.2 92.7 -1.0 0.5 0.2 -0.2 0.5 Telephone services (1) (2)............... 2.150 98.7 99.4 0.5 0.7 0.4 -0.1 0.7 Information and information processing other than telephone services (1) (5) .163 22.9 22.5 -17.3 -1.7 -2.5 -1.3 -1.7 Personal computers and peripheral equipment (1) (2)................... .079 33.9 32.4 -26.7 -4.4 -4.1 -3.1 -4.4 Other goods and services ................... 4.769 277.2 277.7 3.6 0.2 0.7 0.5 0.1 Tobacco and smoking products (1)........... 1.308 408.5 407.7 5.3 -0.2 1.9 1.0 -0.2 Personal care (1).......................... 3.461 168.6 169.1 2.9 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 Personal care products (1)................ .731 155.3 155.7 1.4 0.3 -0.1 0.0 0.3 Personal care services (1)................ .987 181.9 182.2 3.4 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 Miscellaneous personal services .......... 1.510 258.6 259.5 4.0 0.3 0.5 0.1 0.3 Commodity and service group Commodities ................................. 41.828 150.6 150.7 1.0 0.1 0.1 0.4 -0.3 Food and beverages ......................... 16.198 171.8 172.2 3.1 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.2 Commodities less food and beverages ........ 25.629 138.1 138.0 -0.3 -0.1 0.1 0.3 -0.6 Nondurables less food and beverages ....... 15.056 147.7 147.9 -0.4 0.1 -0.3 0.5 -0.8 Apparel .................................. 4.453 128.4 132.2 -0.2 3.0 -0.2 0.8 0.4 Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel .............................. 10.603 163.7 161.9 -0.5 -1.1 -0.2 0.4 -1.3 Durables .................................. 10.573 125.9 125.5 -0.1 -0.3 0.0 0.2 -0.2 Services .................................... 58.172 201.0 201.8 4.4 0.4 0.9 0.2 0.3 Rent of shelter (4)......................... 29.885 205.7 207.2 3.5 0.7 0.2 0.4 0.5 Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2).... .366 105.1 105.4 2.7 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.3 Gas (piped) and electricity (3)............. 3.838 144.0 142.6 18.1 -1.0 7.7 -1.0 -0.6 Water and sewer and trash collection services (2)............................ .924 108.4 108.7 2.7 0.3 0.0 0.4 0.3 Household operations (1) (2)................ .935 114.2 115.2 6.1 0.9 1.0 0.5 0.9 Transportation services .................... 6.903 200.3 200.2 2.7 0.0 0.5 0.3 -0.3 Medical care services ...................... 4.552 274.9 275.9 4.8 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.4 Other services ............................. 10.768 234.8 235.4 3.3 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.3 Special indexes All items less food ......................... 84.783 176.6 177.1 3.0 0.3 0.6 0.3 0.0 All items less shelter ...................... 69.749 169.1 169.2 2.7 0.1 0.7 0.2 -0.1 All items less medical care ................. 94.187 170.8 171.2 2.9 0.2 0.6 0.3 0.0 Commodities less food ....................... 26.610 139.7 139.6 -0.2 -0.1 0.1 0.3 -0.6 Nondurables less food ....................... 16.037 149.6 149.8 -0.2 0.1 -0.2 0.4 -0.9 Nondurables less food and apparel ........... 11.584 164.3 162.7 -0.2 -1.0 -0.2 0.5 -1.3 Nondurables ................................. 31.255 160.0 160.3 1.4 0.2 -0.1 0.6 -0.2 Services less rent of shelter (4)............ 28.287 210.5 210.6 5.4 0.0 1.4 0.2 0.0 Services less medical care services ......... 53.620 194.3 195.1 4.4 0.4 0.9 0.3 0.2 Energy ...................................... 7.681 132.0 129.5 6.0 -1.9 3.9 -0.2 -2.1 All items less energy ....................... 92.319 181.8 182.6 2.7 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.2 All items less food and energy ............. 77.102 184.4 185.3 2.7 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.2 Commodities less food and energy commodities ........................... 22.768 145.5 146.2 0.6 0.5 0.1 0.3 -0.1 Energy commodities ....................... 3.843 129.1 125.4 -4.8 -2.9 0.0 0.7 -3.7 Services less energy services ............. 54.334 206.8 207.7 3.5 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 Purchasing power of the consumer dollar (1982-84=$1.00) ......................... - $ .569 $ .567 - - - - - Purchasing power of the consumer dollar (1967=$1.00) ............................ - $ .190 $ .189 - - - - - 1 Not seasonally adjusted. 2 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. 3 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series converted to a geometric means estimator in January, 1999. 4 Indexes on a December 1982=100 base. 5 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-- Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. 2000 2001 2001 2001 June Sep. Dec. Mar. Sep. Mar. 2000 2000 2000 2001 2000 2001 Expenditure category All items ................................... 174.6 175.7 176.2 176.3 2.4 3.3 2.3 4.0 2.8 3.1 Food and beverages ......................... 170.5 170.9 171.7 172.1 2.2 3.9 2.4 3.8 3.0 3.1 Food ...................................... 170.1 170.6 171.4 171.8 1.9 4.1 2.1 4.1 3.0 3.1 Food at home ............................. 170.2 170.5 171.6 171.9 2.4 4.4 2.6 4.1 3.4 3.3 Cereals and bakery products ............. 191.1 191.3 192.1 192.5 0.9 3.9 5.0 3.0 2.4 4.0 Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs .......... 156.4 157.9 159.3 160.1 6.7 3.7 0.3 9.8 5.2 4.9 Dairy and related products (1)........... 161.5 163.6 163.6 163.2 1.0 5.4 -0.2 4.3 3.2 2.0 Fruits and vegetables ................... 212.9 207.2 212.5 212.4 -1.4 12.0 10.2 -0.9 5.1 4.5 Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials ........................... 138.2 139.1 138.7 138.4 0.6 2.3 -0.6 0.6 1.5 0.0 Other food at home ...................... 157.2 158.0 158.0 158.7 2.1 1.8 1.0 3.9 1.9 2.4 Sugar and sweets ....................... 154.5 154.8 155.5 155.2 -1.0 1.0 0.8 1.8 0.0 1.3 Fats and oils .......................... 151.0 152.5 152.2 153.1 3.3 4.7 6.0 5.7 4.0 5.9 Other foods ............................ 173.4 174.2 174.0 175.1 2.8 1.4 0.0 4.0 2.1 2.0 Other miscellaneous foods (1) (2)...... 108.9 109.0 108.7 108.4 5.3 -2.6 4.5 -1.8 1.3 1.3 Food away from home (1)................... 170.8 171.4 171.8 172.3 1.7 3.4 1.9 3.6 2.5 2.7 Other food away from home (1) (2)........ 111.1 111.3 111.4 111.6 0.7 7.2 4.1 1.8 3.9 2.9 Alcoholic beverages ....................... 176.7 177.2 177.3 177.4 2.8 2.8 2.5 1.6 2.8 2.1 Housing .................................... 172.6 174.3 174.6 175.0 3.9 4.3 4.3 5.7 4.1 5.0 Shelter ................................... 195.7 196.3 197.1 198.0 3.4 2.9 3.1 4.8 3.2 4.0 Rent of primary residence (3)............. 187.4 188.1 188.7 189.6 3.3 4.4 4.4 4.8 3.9 4.6 Lodging away from home (2) (3)............ 109.1 109.4 110.3 111.5 6.0 -1.4 -2.5 9.1 2.2 3.1 Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence (3) (4)..................... 201.6 202.2 202.9 203.6 3.1 3.1 3.4 4.0 3.1 3.7 Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2).. 104.7 105.0 105.1 105.4 5.2 1.2 1.9 2.7 3.1 2.3 Fuels and utilities ....................... 145.8 154.4 152.8 151.9 9.3 15.2 14.7 17.8 12.2 16.2 Fuels .................................... 130.4 139.7 137.9 136.9 11.4 18.1 17.3 21.5 14.7 19.4 Fuel oil and other fuels ................ 143.9 144.2 139.3 133.7 -8.0 51.1 22.8 -25.5 17.9 -4.3 Gas (piped) and electricity (3).......... 135.8 146.3 144.8 144.0 13.4 15.4 16.9 26.4 14.4 21.6 Water and sewer and trash collection services (2).......................... 107.9 107.9 108.3 108.6 2.3 3.0 3.4 2.6 2.7 3.0 Household furnishings and operations ...... 129.1 129.0 129.1 128.9 0.6 2.5 0.9 -0.6 1.6 0.2 Household operations (1) (2).............. 112.5 113.6 114.2 115.2 7.6 4.8 2.2 10.0 6.2 6.0 Apparel .................................... 129.0 128.7 129.7 130.2 -5.1 2.5 -2.1 3.8 -1.4 0.8 Men's and boys' apparel ................... 128.4 127.7 127.7 126.9 -3.0 -1.8 -2.8 -4.6 -2.4 -3.7 Women's and girls' apparel ................ 121.3 120.6 123.0 124.0 -6.7 7.9 -3.5 9.2 0.3 2.6 Infants' and toddlers' apparel (1)......... 128.2 127.4 129.3 131.6 -9.8 -9.2 2.5 11.0 -9.5 6.7 Footwear .................................. 124.2 123.2 124.3 125.3 -2.5 2.9 -2.2 3.6 0.2 0.6 Transportation ............................. 155.0 155.5 156.1 154.7 2.1 0.3 -0.3 -0.8 1.2 -0.5 Private transportation .................... 150.8 151.3 151.9 150.8 1.3 0.3 -0.3 0.0 0.8 -0.1 New and used motor vehicles (2)........... 102.0 102.5 102.4 102.4 1.6 0.0 2.8 1.6 0.8 2.2 New vehicles ............................ 142.8 143.0 142.6 142.2 0.8 -0.8 0.3 -1.7 0.0 -0.7 Used cars and trucks .................... 159.1 160.6 161.4 161.9 2.1 -0.3 9.3 7.2 0.9 8.3 Motor fuel ............................... 130.7 130.7 132.2 127.3 0.0 -2.6 -9.8 -10.0 -1.3 -9.9 Gasoline (all types) .................... 130.0 129.9 131.5 126.5 0.3 -3.5 -9.0 -10.3 -1.6 -9.7 Motor vehicle parts and equipment ........ 102.9 103.3 103.8 104.6 0.4 1.2 4.8 6.8 0.8 5.8 Motor vehicle maintenance and repair ..... 179.9 180.6 181.3 181.7 3.2 3.7 2.9 4.1 3.4 3.5 Public transportation ..................... 213.0 213.9 212.5 207.1 10.9 2.3 -0.9 -10.6 6.5 -5.9 Medical care ............................... 265.8 267.4 268.8 269.8 4.1 4.5 3.5 6.2 4.3 4.8 Medical care commodities .................. 241.3 242.5 244.1 244.9 2.4 2.9 3.2 6.1 2.6 4.6 Medical care services ..................... 271.3 273.0 274.4 275.4 4.6 4.9 3.8 6.2 4.8 5.0 Professional services (3)................. 241.3 242.8 243.9 244.3 3.1 3.4 3.0 5.1 3.3 4.0 Hospital and related services (3)......... 326.1 327.9 329.6 332.1 7.5 7.5 4.7 7.6 7.5 6.1 Recreation (2).............................. 103.7 104.0 104.1 104.0 2.8 1.2 0.4 1.2 2.0 0.8 Video and audio (1) (2).................... 101.2 101.3 101.3 101.3 2.8 1.2 -1.6 0.4 2.0 -0.6 Education and communication (2)............. 103.6 104.0 104.1 104.6 0.0 0.4 4.8 3.9 0.2 4.3 Education (2).............................. 115.6 115.9 116.3 116.7 6.6 2.9 6.1 3.9 4.7 5.0 Educational books and supplies ........... 285.9 288.0 288.1 289.7 4.7 7.7 2.4 5.4 6.2 3.9 Tuition, other school fees, and childcare 331.4 332.3 333.3 334.6 6.8 2.6 6.1 3.9 4.7 5.0 Communication (1) (2)...................... 93.0 93.3 93.2 93.7 -7.0 -2.1 4.0 3.0 -4.6 3.5 Information and information processing (1) (2)................................... 92.2 92.4 92.2 92.7 -7.5 -2.2 4.0 2.2 -4.9 3.1 Telephone services (1) (2)............... 98.4 98.8 98.7 99.4 -6.7 -0.8 5.9 4.1 -3.8 5.0 Information and information processing other than telephone services (1) (5) 23.8 23.2 22.9 22.5 -16.5 -14.5 -17.9 -20.1 -15.5 -19.0 Personal computers and peripheral equipment (1) (2)................... 36.5 35.0 33.9 32.4 -24.5 -20.5 -22.5 -37.9 -22.5 -30.6 Other goods and services ................... 274.6 276.5 277.9 278.3 2.3 7.8 -1.0 5.5 5.0 2.2 Tobacco and smoking products (1)........... 396.6 404.3 408.5 407.7 1.2 21.6 -10.7 11.7 11.0 -0.1 Personal care (1).......................... 167.8 168.2 168.6 169.1 2.7 2.9 2.9 3.1 2.8 3.0 Personal care products (1)................ 155.5 155.3 155.3 155.7 0.3 1.8 3.1 0.5 1.0 1.8 Personal care services (1)................ 181.3 181.6 181.9 182.2 3.9 4.6 3.1 2.0 4.2 2.6 Miscellaneous personal services .......... 256.5 257.8 258.1 259.0 4.6 3.9 3.7 4.0 4.2 3.8 Commodity and service group Commodities ................................. 150.4 150.6 151.2 150.8 0.5 2.4 0.0 1.1 1.5 0.5 Food and beverages ......................... 170.5 170.9 171.7 172.1 2.2 3.9 2.4 3.8 3.0 3.1 Commodities less food and beverages ........ 138.4 138.6 139.0 138.2 -0.6 1.5 -1.4 -0.6 0.4 -1.0 Nondurables less food and beverages ....... 148.8 148.4 149.1 147.9 0.3 0.8 -0.3 -2.4 0.5 -1.3 Apparel .................................. 129.0 128.7 129.7 130.2 -5.1 2.5 -2.1 3.8 -1.4 0.8 Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel .............................. 165.0 164.6 165.3 163.1 1.0 1.2 0.7 -4.5 1.1 -1.9 Durables .................................. 125.5 125.5 125.7 125.4 0.0 -1.0 1.0 -0.3 -0.5 0.3 Services .................................... 198.8 200.5 201.0 201.6 4.0 4.0 3.9 5.8 4.0 4.8 Rent of shelter (4)......................... 204.2 204.7 205.5 206.5 3.2 3.0 3.2 4.6 3.1 3.9 Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2).... 104.7 105.0 105.1 105.4 5.2 1.2 1.9 2.7 3.1 2.3 Gas (piped) and electricity (3)............. 135.8 146.3 144.8 144.0 13.4 15.4 16.9 26.4 14.4 21.6 Water and sewer and trash collection services (2)............................ 107.9 107.9 108.3 108.6 2.3 3.0 3.4 2.6 2.7 3.0 Household operations (1) (2)................ 112.5 113.6 114.2 115.2 7.6 4.8 2.2 10.0 6.2 6.0 Transportation services .................... 198.7 199.6 200.2 199.6 4.2 3.1 1.6 1.8 3.6 1.7 Medical care services ...................... 271.3 273.0 274.4 275.4 4.6 4.9 3.8 6.2 4.8 5.0 Other services ............................. 233.4 234.4 234.9 235.7 2.5 2.8 3.9 4.0 2.6 3.9 Special indexes All items less food ......................... 175.3 176.4 176.9 176.9 2.6 3.0 2.3 3.7 2.8 3.0 All items less shelter ...................... 168.0 169.2 169.6 169.4 2.2 3.4 1.9 3.4 2.8 2.6 All items less medical care ................. 169.4 170.4 170.9 170.9 2.4 3.1 2.2 3.6 2.8 2.9 Commodities less food ....................... 140.1 140.3 140.7 139.9 -0.6 1.4 -1.1 -0.6 0.4 -0.9 Nondurables less food ....................... 150.6 150.3 150.9 149.6 0.5 1.1 0.0 -2.6 0.8 -1.3 Nondurables less food and apparel ........... 165.3 165.0 165.8 163.7 1.2 1.5 0.5 -3.8 1.3 -1.7 Nondurables ................................. 159.9 159.8 160.7 160.3 2.3 1.8 0.8 1.0 2.0 0.9 Services less rent of shelter (4)............ 207.3 210.2 210.7 210.8 5.1 5.0 4.4 6.9 5.1 5.6 Services less medical care services ......... 192.2 194.0 194.5 194.9 4.1 3.7 3.8 5.7 3.9 4.8 Energy ...................................... 129.4 134.4 134.1 131.3 5.6 7.9 3.8 6.0 6.7 4.9 All items less energy ....................... 180.9 181.4 182.0 182.4 2.3 2.9 2.2 3.4 2.6 2.8 All items less food and energy ............. 183.5 184.1 184.7 185.1 2.2 2.9 2.0 3.5 2.6 2.8 Commodities less food and energy commodities ........................... 145.3 145.5 145.9 145.8 -0.6 1.7 0.0 1.4 0.6 0.7 Energy commodities ....................... 131.7 131.7 132.6 127.7 -0.6 0.9 -7.2 -11.6 0.1 -9.5 Services less energy services ............. 205.2 206.0 206.7 207.3 3.4 3.2 3.2 4.2 3.3 3.7 1 Not seasonally adjusted. 2 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. 3 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series converted to a geometric means estimator in January, 1999. 4 Indexes on a December 1982=100 base. 5 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base. 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 Mar.2001 from-- Feb.2001 from-- sched- ule Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. (1) 2000 2001 2001 2001 Mar. Jan. Feb. Feb. Dec. Jan. 2000 2001 2001 2000 2000 2001 U.S. city average ........................... M 174.0 175.1 175.8 176.2 2.9 0.6 0.2 3.5 1.0 0.4 Region and area size(2) Northeast urban ............................. M 181.3 182.2 182.8 183.7 2.9 0.8 0.5 2.9 0.8 0.3 Size A - More than 1,500,000 ............. M 182.3 183.0 183.7 184.6 3.0 0.9 0.5 3.0 0.8 0.4 Size B/C 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3).......... M 108.8 109.6 109.8 110.4 2.9 0.7 0.5 2.8 0.9 0.2 Midwest urban ............................... M 170.2 171.9 172.1 171.7 2.8 -0.1 -0.2 3.7 1.1 0.1 Size A - More than 1,500,000 ............ M 171.6 173.5 173.8 173.3 2.8 -0.1 -0.3 3.9 1.3 0.2 Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)......... M 108.7 109.6 109.8 109.7 2.6 0.1 -0.1 3.5 1.0 0.2 Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than 50,000) ............................... M 164.9 167.2 166.3 165.9 2.7 -0.8 -0.2 4.0 0.8 -0.5 South urban ................................. M 168.4 169.3 170.2 170.6 2.5 0.8 0.2 3.3 1.1 0.5 Size A - More than 1,500,000 ............. M 168.4 169.3 170.4 170.9 3.0 0.9 0.3 3.8 1.2 0.6 Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........ M 108.1 108.6 109.2 109.4 2.2 0.7 0.2 3.0 1.0 0.6 Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than 50,000) ............................... M 167.1 168.2 169.1 169.5 1.6 0.8 0.2 2.4 1.2 0.5 West urban .................................. M 177.1 178.3 179.3 180.1 3.8 1.0 0.4 4.2 1.2 0.6 Size A - More than 1,500,000 ............ M 179.0 180.1 181.3 182.0 4.1 1.1 0.4 4.6 1.3 0.7 Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)......... M 108.9 109.8 110.1 110.7 3.4 0.8 0.5 3.7 1.1 0.3 Size classes A (4)...................................... M 158.1 159.2 159.9 160.3 3.3 0.7 0.3 3.8 1.1 0.4 B/C (3).................................... M 108.5 109.2 109.6 109.8 2.6 0.5 0.2 3.2 1.0 0.4 D ......................................... M 168.5 169.8 170.1 170.3 2.2 0.3 0.1 3.1 0.9 0.2 Selected local areas(5) Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI .............. M 175.8 178.1 178.5 177.1 2.8 -0.6 -0.8 4.1 1.5 0.2 Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA ..... M 173.5 174.2 175.4 176.2 3.2 1.1 0.5 3.6 1.1 0.7 New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA ............................. M 184.2 184.9 185.3 186.4 2.7 0.8 0.6 2.7 0.6 0.2 Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT ......... 1 - 189.0 - 190.9 4.4 1.0 - - - - Cleveland-Akron, OH ......................... 1 - 171.3 - 172.3 3.2 0.6 - - - - Dallas-Fort Worth, TX ....................... 1 - 167.3 - 168.9 3.6 1.0 - - - - Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV (6)........ 1 - 108.9 - 109.7 2.4 0.7 - - - - Atlanta, GA ................................. 2 171.9 - 175.3 - - - - 4.7 2.0 - Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI ................. 2 171.7 - 173.2 - - - - 3.5 0.9 - Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX .............. 2 156.2 - 158.6 - - - - 4.3 1.5 - Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL ................... 2 169.5 - 171.9 - - - - 3.6 1.4 - Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD ............................. 2 177.5 - 179.0 - - - - 2.4 0.8 - San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA .......... 2 184.1 - 187.9 - - - - 6.5 2.1 - Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA ................ 2 181.5 - 184.0 - - - - 4.5 1.4 - 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 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base. 5 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. 6 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, Mar. 2001 from- percent change from- CPI-W December 2000 Feb. Mar. 2001 2001 Mar. Feb. Dec. to Jan. to Feb. to 2000 2001 Jan. Feb. Mar. Expenditure category All items ................................... 100.000 172.4 172.6 2.8 0.1 0.6 0.3 0.0 All items (1967=100) ........................ - 513.4 514.2 - - - - - Food and beverages ......................... 17.777 171.2 171.6 3.1 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.2 Food ...................................... 16.736 170.8 171.1 3.1 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.2 Food at home ............................. 10.686 170.8 171.1 3.5 0.2 0.2 0.6 0.2 Cereals and bakery products ............. 1.663 191.7 191.7 3.1 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.2 Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs .......... 3.059 159.2 160.0 5.3 0.5 1.0 0.9 0.6 Dairy and related products (1)........... 1.152 163.5 163.1 2.8 -0.2 1.4 -0.2 -0.2 Fruits and vegetables ................... 1.505 210.1 209.8 4.6 -0.1 -2.8 2.8 -0.2 Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials ........................... 1.161 139.3 138.8 0.7 -0.4 0.8 -0.4 -0.3 Other food at home ...................... 2.146 157.3 158.2 2.4 0.6 0.4 0.0 0.6 Sugar and sweets ....................... .404 155.6 155.6 0.7 0.0 0.1 0.5 0.1 Fats and oils .......................... .330 152.4 153.0 5.0 0.4 1.1 -0.4 0.7 Other foods ............................ 1.411 174.1 175.4 2.2 0.7 0.2 0.0 0.7 Other miscellaneous foods (1) (2)...... .346 108.5 108.5 1.7 0.0 -0.1 0.0 0.0 Food away from home (1)................... 6.050 171.8 172.3 2.6 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.3 Other food away from home (1) (2)........ .219 111.6 111.8 3.7 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 Alcoholic beverages ....................... 1.041 177.0 177.2 2.5 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.1 Housing .................................... 36.775 170.5 171.0 4.7 0.3 1.1 0.1 0.2 Shelter ................................... 27.442 191.5 192.6 3.5 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.4 Rent of primary residence (3)............. 8.571 188.3 189.0 4.1 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.5 Lodging away from home (2) (3)............ 1.356 118.5 123.8 3.3 4.5 0.5 0.9 1.3 Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence (3) (4)..................... 17.199 184.5 185.2 3.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4 Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2).. .315 105.3 105.6 2.7 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.3 Fuels and utilities ....................... 5.222 151.5 149.9 14.3 -1.1 5.9 -1.1 -0.7 Fuels .................................... 4.311 136.6 134.8 16.8 -1.3 7.2 -1.4 -0.8 Fuel oil and other fuels ................ .315 145.0 138.0 6.5 -4.8 1.5 -3.8 -4.4 Gas (piped) and electricity (3).......... 3.996 143.0 141.5 17.7 -1.0 7.6 -1.2 -0.6 Water and sewer and trash collection services (2).......................... .911 108.5 108.8 2.7 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.3 Household furnishings and operations ...... 4.111 125.9 125.9 0.5 0.0 -0.2 0.1 -0.2 Household operations (1) (2).............. .414 114.3 115.7 6.0 1.2 0.7 0.3 1.2 Apparel .................................... 4.773 127.0 130.6 -0.3 2.8 -0.5 0.9 0.5 Men's and boys' apparel ................... 1.364 126.9 127.6 -3.0 0.6 -0.6 0.2 -0.9 Women's and girls' apparel ................ 1.780 118.4 125.2 1.4 5.7 -0.8 1.9 1.2 Infants' and toddlers' apparel (1)......... .321 131.0 133.3 -1.8 1.8 -0.8 1.6 1.8 Footwear .................................. .963 122.4 125.2 0.4 2.3 -0.8 0.7 1.0 Transportation ............................. 19.881 154.5 153.3 0.3 -0.8 0.4 0.4 -0.9 Private transportation .................... 18.788 151.7 150.5 0.3 -0.8 0.4 0.5 -0.9 New and used motor vehicles (2)........... 8.845 102.8 102.5 1.7 -0.3 0.4 0.2 -0.2 New vehicles ............................ 4.893 144.5 143.8 -0.5 -0.5 0.1 -0.1 -0.4 Used cars and trucks .................... 3.168 161.7 161.1 4.3 -0.4 0.8 0.6 0.3 Motor fuel ............................... 4.283 127.8 124.1 -6.0 -2.9 0.2 0.9 -3.8 Gasoline (all types) .................... 4.254 127.1 123.4 -5.9 -2.9 0.2 1.0 -3.9 Motor vehicle parts and equipment ........ .653 103.4 104.0 3.1 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.7 Motor vehicle maintenance and repair ..... 1.689 183.1 183.3 3.4 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.1 Public transportation ..................... 1.094 205.8 204.2 0.4 -0.8 0.3 -0.5 -2.3 Medical care ............................... 4.746 268.1 269.1 4.6 0.4 0.7 0.5 0.4 Medical care commodities .................. .928 239.1 240.2 3.6 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.3 Medical care services ..................... 3.818 274.7 275.7 4.8 0.4 0.7 0.5 0.4 Professional services (3)................. 2.435 246.4 247.0 3.8 0.2 0.8 0.3 0.2 Hospital and related services (3)......... 1.170 326.6 328.3 6.8 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.7 Recreation (2).............................. 5.679 103.1 103.0 1.0 -0.1 0.2 -0.1 0.0 Video and audio (2)........................ 1.830 101.2 101.0 0.4 -0.2 0.1 0.0 -0.2 Education and communication (2)............. 5.186 104.1 104.4 2.2 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.5 Education (2).............................. 2.576 116.2 116.3 4.8 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.5 Educational books and supplies ........... .209 294.1 294.7 5.3 0.2 0.8 -0.1 0.7 Tuition, other school fees, and childcare 2.367 327.4 327.9 4.8 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.6 Communication (1) (2)...................... 2.610 94.4 94.8 -0.5 0.4 0.3 0.0 0.4 Information and information processing (1) (2)................................... 2.464 93.7 94.1 -0.7 0.4 0.2 -0.1 0.4 Telephone services (1) (2)............... 2.327 98.9 99.5 0.4 0.6 0.4 -0.1 0.6 Information and information processing other than telephone services (1) (5) .137 23.8 23.3 -17.4 -2.1 -2.4 -0.8 -2.1 Personal computers and peripheral equipment (1) (2)................... .064 33.4 31.8 -27.1 -4.8 -4.5 -2.6 -4.8 Other goods and services ................... 5.182 283.2 283.5 3.7 0.1 0.9 0.6 0.1 Tobacco and smoking products (1)........... 1.906 409.2 408.5 5.3 -0.2 1.9 1.1 -0.2 Personal care (1).......................... 3.276 168.5 169.0 2.9 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 Personal care products (1)................ .822 155.7 155.9 1.2 0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.1 Personal care services (1)................ .989 182.4 182.8 3.5 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 Miscellaneous personal services .......... 1.268 258.4 259.3 4.0 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.4 Commodity and service group Commodities ................................. 46.594 151.4 151.4 1.1 0.0 0.2 0.4 -0.3 Food and beverages ......................... 17.777 171.2 171.6 3.1 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.2 Commodities less food and beverages ........ 28.817 139.5 139.3 -0.2 -0.1 0.2 0.4 -0.6 Nondurables less food and beverages ....... 16.480 149.4 149.3 -0.6 -0.1 0.0 0.5 -1.1 Apparel .................................. 4.773 127.0 130.6 -0.3 2.8 -0.5 0.9 0.5 Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel .............................. 11.707 166.5 164.4 -0.8 -1.3 0.3 0.2 -1.5 Durables .................................. 12.337 126.6 126.2 0.3 -0.3 0.2 0.2 -0.2 Services .................................... 53.406 197.2 197.8 4.4 0.3 0.9 0.3 0.3 Rent of shelter (4)......................... 27.126 184.4 185.5 3.6 0.6 0.3 0.2 0.5 Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2).... .315 105.3 105.6 2.7 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.3 Gas (piped) and electricity (3)............. 3.996 143.0 141.5 17.7 -1.0 7.6 -1.2 -0.6 Water and sewer and trash collection services (2)............................ .911 108.5 108.8 2.7 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.3 Household operations (1) (2)................ .414 114.3 115.7 6.0 1.2 0.7 0.3 1.2 Transportation services .................... 6.714 197.2 197.2 2.8 0.0 0.4 0.5 -0.2 Medical care services ...................... 3.818 274.7 275.7 4.8 0.4 0.7 0.5 0.4 Other services ............................. 10.112 230.6 231.2 3.2 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.4 Special indexes All items less food ......................... 83.264 172.5 172.8 2.8 0.2 0.6 0.3 -0.1 All items less shelter ...................... 72.558 167.0 167.0 2.6 0.0 0.7 0.3 -0.2 All items less medical care ................. 95.254 168.0 168.2 2.7 0.1 0.6 0.3 0.0 Commodities less food ....................... 29.858 141.0 140.8 -0.1 -0.1 0.2 0.4 -0.6 Nondurables less food ....................... 17.521 151.1 151.1 -0.4 0.0 -0.1 0.5 -1.0 Nondurables less food and apparel ........... 12.748 166.8 164.9 -0.5 -1.1 -0.1 0.6 -1.5 Nondurables ................................. 34.257 160.8 160.9 1.3 0.1 -0.1 0.7 -0.2 Services less rent of shelter (4)............ 26.280 186.9 187.0 5.4 0.1 1.6 0.1 0.2 Services less medical care services ......... 49.589 190.8 191.4 4.4 0.3 0.9 0.2 0.3 Energy ...................................... 8.595 131.3 128.6 4.6 -2.1 3.6 -0.2 -2.3 All items less energy ....................... 91.405 178.2 178.8 2.6 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.2 All items less food and energy ............. 74.669 180.1 180.9 2.6 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.2 Commodities less food and energy commodities ........................... 25.259 146.2 146.8 0.8 0.4 0.1 0.3 -0.1 Energy commodities ....................... 4.598 129.1 125.1 -5.2 -3.1 0.3 0.6 -3.8 Services less energy services ............. 49.410 203.1 204.0 3.5 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 Purchasing power of the consumer dollar (1982-84=$1.00) ......................... - $ .580 $ .579 - - - - - Purchasing power of the consumer dollar (1967=$1.00) ............................ - $ .195 $ .194 - - - - - 1 Not seasonally adjusted. 2 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. 3 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series converted to a geometric means estimator in January, 1999. 4 Indexes on a December 1984=100 base 5 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-- Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. 2000 2001 2001 2001 June Sep. Dec. Mar. Sep. Mar. 2000 2000 2000 2001 2000 2001 Expenditure category All items ................................... 171.2 172.2 172.7 172.7 2.4 3.1 2.4 3.6 2.8 3.0 Food and beverages ......................... 170.0 170.5 171.3 171.7 2.2 4.1 2.1 4.1 3.1 3.1 Food ...................................... 169.5 169.9 170.8 171.2 2.2 4.1 2.2 4.1 3.2 3.1 Food at home ............................. 169.2 169.6 170.7 171.1 2.7 4.4 2.4 4.6 3.5 3.5 Cereals and bakery products ............. 190.7 191.1 191.9 192.2 0.4 4.8 4.1 3.2 2.6 3.6 Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs .......... 156.1 157.7 159.1 160.0 7.3 3.4 0.3 10.4 5.3 5.2 Dairy and related products (1)........... 161.5 163.8 163.5 163.1 1.8 5.6 -0.2 4.0 3.7 1.9 Fruits and vegetables ................... 212.3 206.3 212.1 211.6 -1.4 11.6 10.2 -1.3 4.9 4.3 Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials ........................... 137.4 138.5 138.0 137.6 0.6 2.7 -0.6 0.6 1.6 0.0 Other food at home ...................... 156.7 157.3 157.3 158.2 2.3 1.6 1.5 3.9 1.9 2.7 Sugar and sweets ....................... 154.3 154.4 155.1 155.3 -0.8 0.8 0.5 2.6 0.0 1.6 Fats and oils .......................... 150.9 152.5 151.9 153.0 3.1 5.0 6.3 5.7 4.0 6.0 Other foods ............................ 173.7 174.1 174.1 175.4 3.1 1.2 0.7 4.0 2.1 2.3 Other miscellaneous foods (1) (2)...... 108.6 108.5 108.5 108.5 5.0 -1.8 4.2 -0.4 1.5 1.9 Food away from home (1)................... 170.8 171.4 171.8 172.3 1.7 3.4 1.9 3.6 2.5 2.7 Other food away from home (1) (2)........ 111.4 111.5 111.6 111.8 2.2 7.6 3.7 1.4 4.9 2.6 Alcoholic beverages ....................... 176.0 176.5 176.6 176.8 2.6 2.1 3.5 1.8 2.3 2.7 Housing .................................... 168.4 170.3 170.4 170.8 4.0 4.7 4.1 5.8 4.3 5.0 Shelter ................................... 190.0 190.7 191.4 192.2 3.5 3.2 3.0 4.7 3.4 3.9 Rent of primary residence (3)............. 186.7 187.5 188.1 189.0 3.3 4.4 4.0 5.0 3.9 4.5 Lodging away from home (2) (3)............ 109.0 109.5 110.5 111.9 8.0 -0.7 -4.3 11.1 3.5 3.1 Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence (3) (4)..................... 183.3 183.9 184.5 185.2 2.9 3.1 3.1 4.2 3.0 3.7 Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2).. 104.9 105.2 105.3 105.6 5.2 1.2 1.9 2.7 3.1 2.3 Fuels and utilities ....................... 145.0 153.6 151.9 150.9 10.4 14.3 14.7 17.3 12.3 16.0 Fuels .................................... 129.0 138.3 136.3 135.2 12.3 17.1 17.1 20.7 14.7 18.9 Fuel oil and other fuels ................ 143.1 145.2 139.7 133.6 -8.9 52.8 21.9 -24.0 18.0 -3.8 Gas (piped) and electricity (3).......... 135.0 145.2 143.4 142.6 13.8 14.8 17.0 24.5 14.3 20.7 Water and sewer and trash collection services (2).......................... 107.9 108.0 108.3 108.6 2.3 3.0 3.4 2.6 2.7 3.0 Household furnishings and operations ...... 126.1 125.9 126.0 125.8 0.3 2.3 0.6 -0.9 1.3 -0.2 Household operations (1) (2).............. 113.2 114.0 114.3 115.7 7.9 4.8 2.1 9.1 6.3 5.6 Apparel .................................... 127.6 127.0 128.2 128.8 -4.6 1.3 -1.6 3.8 -1.7 1.1 Men's and boys' apparel ................... 128.5 127.7 127.9 126.8 -2.4 -1.8 -2.1 -5.2 -2.1 -3.7 Women's and girls' apparel ................ 119.1 118.1 120.4 121.8 -6.2 5.9 -3.0 9.4 -0.3 3.0 Infants' and toddlers' apparel (1)......... 130.0 129.0 131.0 133.3 -10.5 -8.8 3.1 10.5 -9.6 6.8 Footwear .................................. 124.3 123.3 124.2 125.5 -1.3 0.6 -1.6 3.9 -0.3 1.1 Transportation ............................. 154.4 155.0 155.6 154.2 2.1 -0.5 0.0 -0.5 0.8 -0.3 Private transportation .................... 151.6 152.2 152.9 151.6 1.6 -0.8 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 New and used motor vehicles (2)........... 102.7 103.1 103.3 103.1 1.6 -0.8 4.0 1.6 0.4 2.8 New vehicles ............................ 143.9 144.1 143.9 143.3 1.1 -1.7 0.6 -1.7 -0.3 -0.6 Used cars and trucks .................... 160.4 161.7 162.6 163.1 2.1 -0.5 9.2 6.9 0.8 8.1 Motor fuel ............................... 130.8 131.1 132.3 127.3 1.8 -5.2 -9.8 -10.3 -1.8 -10.0 Gasoline (all types) .................... 130.0 130.3 131.6 126.5 2.1 -5.2 -10.1 -10.3 -1.6 -10.2 Motor vehicle parts and equipment ........ 102.1 102.6 103.1 103.8 0.0 1.2 4.4 6.8 0.6 5.6 Motor vehicle maintenance and repair ..... 181.6 182.1 182.9 183.1 3.0 3.9 3.4 3.3 3.4 3.4 Public transportation ..................... 206.5 207.2 206.2 201.5 9.1 3.4 -0.8 -9.3 6.2 -5.2 Medical care ............................... 264.7 266.5 267.8 268.8 4.1 4.5 3.4 6.3 4.3 4.9 Medical care commodities .................. 236.7 238.0 239.4 240.2 2.4 3.1 2.9 6.0 2.8 4.5 Medical care services ..................... 271.0 272.8 274.2 275.2 4.5 4.8 3.6 6.3 4.6 5.0 Professional services (3)................. 243.3 245.3 246.1 246.6 3.1 3.6 3.0 5.5 3.3 4.3 Hospital and related services (3)......... 321.6 323.3 325.3 327.7 7.9 7.1 4.5 7.8 7.5 6.1 Recreation (2).............................. 102.7 102.9 102.8 102.8 2.8 1.2 0.0 0.4 2.0 0.2 Video and audio (1) (2).................... 100.8 100.9 100.9 100.7 2.8 0.8 -1.6 -0.4 1.8 -1.0 Education and communication (2)............. 103.7 104.0 104.1 104.6 -0.8 0.8 4.8 3.5 0.0 4.1 Education (2).............................. 115.8 116.1 116.3 116.9 6.6 3.2 5.7 3.9 4.9 4.8 Educational books and supplies ........... 289.7 292.1 291.7 293.6 5.1 8.0 2.5 5.5 6.6 4.0 Tuition, other school fees, and childcare 325.5 326.1 326.8 328.6 6.7 3.0 5.9 3.9 4.8 4.9 Communication (1) (2)...................... 94.1 94.4 94.4 94.8 -6.9 -2.1 4.4 3.0 -4.6 3.7 Information and information processing (1) (2)................................... 93.6 93.8 93.7 94.1 -7.4 -1.7 4.4 2.2 -4.6 3.3 Telephone services (1) (2)............... 98.6 99.0 98.9 99.5 -6.7 -1.2 6.3 3.7 -4.0 5.0 Information and information processing other than telephone services (1) (5) 24.6 24.0 23.8 23.3 -16.0 -15.3 -18.6 -19.5 -15.6 -19.1 Personal computers and peripheral equipment (1) (2)................... 35.9 34.3 33.4 31.8 -24.1 -19.9 -24.4 -38.4 -22.0 -31.8 Other goods and services ................... 279.5 281.9 283.5 283.8 1.8 9.6 -2.4 6.3 5.6 1.9 Tobacco and smoking products (1)........... 396.9 404.6 409.2 408.5 0.9 21.6 -10.6 12.2 10.8 0.1 Personal care (1).......................... 167.7 168.1 168.5 169.0 2.5 2.9 2.9 3.1 2.7 3.0 Personal care products (1)................ 155.8 155.7 155.7 155.9 -0.3 2.9 1.8 0.3 1.3 1.0 Personal care services (1)................ 181.7 182.1 182.4 182.8 3.9 4.6 3.1 2.4 4.2 2.8 Miscellaneous personal services .......... 256.1 257.2 257.7 258.8 4.1 3.5 4.0 4.3 3.8 4.1 Commodity and service group Commodities ................................. 151.1 151.4 152.0 151.6 0.5 2.1 0.0 1.3 1.3 0.7 Food and beverages ......................... 170.0 170.5 171.3 171.7 2.2 4.1 2.1 4.1 3.1 3.1 Commodities less food and beverages ........ 139.6 139.9 140.4 139.5 -0.3 0.9 -1.4 -0.3 0.3 -0.9 Nondurables less food and beverages ....... 150.3 150.3 151.0 149.3 1.1 -0.3 -0.8 -2.6 0.4 -1.7 Apparel .................................. 127.6 127.0 128.2 128.8 -4.6 1.3 -1.6 3.8 -1.7 1.1 Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel .............................. 167.5 168.0 168.3 165.7 1.9 0.0 -0.7 -4.2 1.0 -2.5 Durables .................................. 126.1 126.4 126.6 126.3 0.3 -1.3 1.6 0.6 -0.5 1.1 Services .................................... 195.0 196.8 197.3 197.8 4.1 4.0 4.0 5.9 4.1 4.9 Rent of shelter (4)......................... 183.2 183.8 184.2 185.1 3.4 3.1 3.3 4.2 3.3 3.8 Tenants' and household insurance (1) (2).... 104.9 105.2 105.3 105.6 5.2 1.2 1.9 2.7 3.1 2.3 Gas (piped) and electricity (3)............. 135.0 145.2 143.4 142.6 13.8 14.8 17.0 24.5 14.3 20.7 Water and sewer and trash collection services (2)............................ 107.9 108.0 108.3 108.6 2.3 3.0 3.4 2.6 2.7 3.0 Household operations (1) (2)................ 113.2 114.0 114.3 115.7 7.9 4.8 2.1 9.1 6.3 5.6 Transportation services .................... 195.3 196.1 197.0 196.6 3.4 3.4 1.9 2.7 3.4 2.3 Medical care services ...................... 271.0 272.8 274.2 275.2 4.5 4.8 3.6 6.3 4.6 5.0 Other services ............................. 229.3 230.1 230.5 231.5 2.2 2.7 4.1 3.9 2.4 4.0 Special indexes All items less food ......................... 171.2 172.3 172.8 172.7 2.4 2.9 2.4 3.6 2.6 3.0 All items less shelter ...................... 165.9 167.0 167.5 167.2 2.0 3.0 2.0 3.2 2.5 2.6 All items less medical care ................. 166.8 167.8 168.3 168.3 2.5 2.9 2.2 3.6 2.7 2.9 Commodities less food ....................... 141.3 141.6 142.1 141.2 -0.3 0.9 -1.1 -0.3 0.3 -0.7 Nondurables less food ....................... 152.0 151.8 152.6 151.1 1.6 0.0 -0.8 -2.3 0.8 -1.6 Nondurables less food and apparel ........... 167.8 167.6 168.6 166.1 2.2 0.5 -0.2 -4.0 1.3 -2.1 Nondurables ................................. 160.3 160.2 161.4 161.1 2.5 1.0 -0.2 2.0 1.8 0.9 Services less rent of shelter (4)............ 184.0 187.0 187.1 187.4 4.8 4.8 4.7 7.6 4.8 6.1 Services less medical care services ......... 188.8 190.5 190.8 191.4 4.0 3.9 4.1 5.6 4.0 4.9 Energy ...................................... 129.3 134.0 133.7 130.6 6.6 4.8 2.5 4.1 5.7 3.3 All items less energy ....................... 177.2 177.7 178.4 178.8 2.1 2.8 2.3 3.7 2.4 3.0 All items less food and energy ............. 179.3 179.9 180.5 180.9 2.1 2.7 2.0 3.6 2.4 2.8 Commodities less food and energy commodities ........................... 146.0 146.2 146.7 146.6 -0.3 1.4 0.5 1.7 0.6 1.1 Energy commodities ....................... 131.6 132.0 132.8 127.7 1.2 -2.6 -7.8 -11.3 -0.7 -9.6 Services less energy services ............. 201.8 202.6 203.3 204.0 3.3 3.3 3.0 4.4 3.3 3.7 1 Not seasonally adjusted. 2 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. 3 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series converted to a geometric means estimator in January, 1999. 4 Indexes on a December 1984=100 base 5 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base. 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 Mar.2001 from-- Feb.2001 from-- sched- ule Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. (1) 2000 2001 2001 2001 Mar. Jan. Feb. Feb. Dec. Jan. 2000 2001 2001 2000 2000 2001 U.S. city average ........................... M 170.7 171.7 172.4 172.6 2.8 0.5 0.1 3.5 1.0 0.4 Region and area size(2) Northeast urban ............................. M 178.3 179.0 179.5 180.3 2.9 0.7 0.4 2.9 0.7 0.3 Size A - More than 1,500,000 ............. M 178.2 178.8 179.4 180.2 3.0 0.8 0.4 3.0 0.7 0.3 Size B/C 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3).......... M 108.6 109.2 109.4 109.8 2.6 0.5 0.4 2.8 0.7 0.2 Midwest urban ............................... M 166.5 168.2 168.4 167.8 2.6 -0.2 -0.4 3.8 1.1 0.1 Size A - More than 1,500,000 ............ M 167.0 168.8 169.1 168.5 2.7 -0.2 -0.4 3.9 1.3 0.2 Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)......... M 108.8 109.7 109.9 109.6 2.4 -0.1 -0.3 3.5 1.0 0.2 Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than 50,000) ............................... M 163.5 165.8 165.0 164.3 2.6 -0.9 -0.4 4.2 0.9 -0.5 South urban ................................. M 166.7 167.5 168.3 168.7 2.4 0.7 0.2 3.2 1.0 0.5 Size A - More than 1,500,000 ............. M 166.2 166.9 167.9 168.4 3.0 0.9 0.3 3.8 1.0 0.6 Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)........ M 108.0 108.4 109.0 109.1 2.2 0.6 0.1 3.0 0.9 0.6 Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than 50,000) ............................... M 168.4 169.4 170.0 170.4 1.6 0.6 0.2 2.5 1.0 0.4 West urban .................................. M 172.8 173.7 174.6 175.3 3.7 0.9 0.4 4.2 1.0 0.5 Size A - More than 1,500,000 ............ M 172.9 173.8 174.8 175.4 3.9 0.9 0.3 4.6 1.1 0.6 Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 (3)......... M 108.7 109.5 109.8 110.4 3.3 0.8 0.5 3.7 1.0 0.3 Size classes A (4)...................................... M 156.8 157.7 158.3 158.6 3.2 0.6 0.2 3.8 1.0 0.4 B/C (3).................................... M 108.4 109.0 109.4 109.5 2.4 0.5 0.1 3.2 0.9 0.4 D ......................................... M 167.9 169.2 169.4 169.5 2.1 0.2 0.1 3.2 0.9 0.1 Selected local areas(5) Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI .............. M 170.3 172.6 172.9 171.4 2.9 -0.7 -0.9 4.3 1.5 0.2 Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA ..... M 166.7 167.3 168.3 169.1 3.2 1.1 0.5 3.6 1.0 0.6 New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA ............................. M 180.0 180.6 180.8 181.8 2.9 0.7 0.6 2.7 0.4 0.1 Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT ......... 1 - 187.4 - 189.3 4.5 1.0 - - - - Cleveland-Akron, OH ......................... 1 - 163.3 - 163.9 2.9 0.4 - - - - Dallas-Fort Worth, TX ....................... 1 - 166.8 - 168.5 3.4 1.0 - - - - Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV (6)........ 1 - 108.6 - 109.4 2.3 0.7 - - - - Atlanta, GA ................................. 2 169.7 - 172.7 - - - - 4.7 1.8 - Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI ................. 2 166.2 - 167.7 - - - - 3.5 0.9 - Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX .............. 2 154.9 - 156.7 - - - - 4.1 1.2 - Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL ................... 2 167.2 - 169.3 - - - - 3.5 1.3 - Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD ............................. 2 177.0 - 178.2 - - - - 2.1 0.7 - San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA .......... 2 180.2 - 183.5 - - - - 6.3 1.8 - Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA ................ 2 177.0 - 179.2 - - - - 4.4 1.2 - 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 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base. 5 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. 6 Indexes on a November 1996=100 base. - Data not available. NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.