FOR TECHNICAL INFORMATION: Patrick C. Jackman (202) 606-7000 USDL-96-508 CPI QUICKLINE: (202) 606-6994 TRANSMISSION OF MATERIAL IN FOR CURRENT AND HISTORICAL THIS RELEASE IS EMBARGOED INFORMATION: (202) 606-7828 UNTIL 8:30 A.M. (EST) MEDIA CONTACT: (202) 606-5902 Thursday, December 12, 1996 INTERNET ADDRESS: http://stats.bls.gov/cpihome.htm CONSUMER PRICE INDEX: NOVEMBER 1996 The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.2 percent before seasonal adjustment in November to a level of 158.6 (1982-84=100), the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. For the 12-month period ended in November, the CPI-U increased 3.3 percent. The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) rose 0.3 percent in November, prior to seasonal adjustment. The November 1996 CPI-W level of 155.9 was 3.3 percent higher than the index in November 1995. CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) On a seasonally adjusted basis, the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) rose 0.3 percent in November, the same as in each of the two preceding months. The food index increased 0.3 percent in November after advancing 0.6 percent in October. Substantially smaller increases in the indexes for dairy products and for fruits and vegetables were responsible for the moderation. The energy index increased for the second consecutive month, advancing 1.2 percent in November. The index for petroleum-based energy increased 1.7 percent, and the index for energy services rose 0.7 percent. Excluding food and energy, the CPI-U rose 0.2 percent, the same as in October. 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 1996 3-mos. ended ended May June July Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Nov.'96 Nov.'96 All Items .3 .1 .3 .1 .3 .3 .3 3.3 3.3 Food and beverages .1 .7 .5 .3 .5 .6 .3 5.5 4.3 Housing .2 .1 .4 .2 .2 .3 .2 2.9 3.0 Apparel and upkeep .1 -.4 -.1 -1.4 .5 .5 .5 5.7 -.2 Transportation .7 -.4 -.2 -.2 .5 .1 .2 3.4 3.9 Medical care .3 .3 .3 .2 .2 .2 .3 2.6 3.1 Entertainment .4 .3 .1 .2 .1 .3 .1 2.0 3.0 Other goods and services .4 .2 .4 .3 .0 .4 .4 3.4 3.8 Special Indexes: Energy 1.1 -2.2 -.4 -.6 .0 .7 1.2 7.9 8.1 Food .1 .7 .5 .4 .5 .6 .3 5.6 4.4 All items less food and energy .2 .2 .3 .1 .3 .2 .2 2.9 2.6 During the first 11 months of 1996, the CPI-U rose at a 3.3 percent seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR). This compares with an increase of 2.5 percent for all of 1995. Increases in the food and energy components, which acted as moderating influences throughout most of the past five years, have been responsible for the acceleration thus far in 1996. Energy costs, which declined last year, have increased at a 7.5 percent rate, with petroleum-based energy advancing at an 11.6 percent SAAR. The food index has risen at a 4.6 percent annual rate in the first 11 months after increasing 2.1 percent in all of 1995. Excluding food and energy, the CPI-U advanced at a 2.7 percent rate in the first 11 months of 1996. This compares with a 3.0 percent increase for all of 1995. The food and beverage index rose 0.3 percent in November. The index for grocery store food prices, which increased 3.4 percent over the preceding five months, rose 0.3 percent in November. Substantially smaller increases in the indexes for dairy products and for fruits and vegetables--up 0.1 and 0.2 percent, following increases of 1.7 and 1.5 percent, respectively, in October--were responsible for the moderation in November. Prior to November, the index for dairy products had risen 8.6 percent in the preceding five-month period. Among the other major grocery store food groups, the index for meats, poultry, fish, and eggs increased 0.3 percent in November. The index for pork, which had risen 9.6 percent in the five-month period ended in September, slowed substantially in October and November. (Prior to seasonal adjustment, pork prices declined 0.2 percent in October and were unchanged in November.) The indexes for beef and for poultry increased 0.7 and 0.1 percent, respectively. The index for cereal and bakery products rose 0.6 percent, reflecting a 1.9 percent increase in the price of white bread. The index for other food at home increased 0.1 percent, the same as in October. The other two components of the food and beverage index--restaurant meals and alcoholic beverages--increased 0.3 and declined 0.1 percent, respectively, in November. The housing component rose 0.2 percent in November. Shelter costs increased 0.2 percent in November, following a rise of 0.3 percent in October. Within shelter, renters' costs rose 0.2 percent; homeowners' costs, 0.3 percent; and maintenance and repair costs, 0.6 percent. The index for fuel and other utilities rose 0.5 percent. Household fuels increased 0.9 percent, reflecting increases of 3.4 percent in the index for natural gas and 1.9 percent in the index for fuel oil. The index for electricity declined 0.5 percent. (Prior to seasonal adjustment, charges for electricity fell 2.7 percent.) The index for other utilities and public services rose 0.2 percent, the same as in each of the preceding two months. The index for household furnishings and operation declined 0.1 percent in November, the same as in October. The transportation index increased 0.2 percent in November, following a rise of 0.1 percent in October. A sharp increase in the index for motor fuel was partially offset by another drop in automobile purchase costs and a downturn in the index for airline fares. The index for gasoline, which in October registered its first increase since May, advanced 1.8 percent in November. (Prior to seasonal adjustment, gasoline prices registered their first increase since May--up 1.8 percent, following a 0.5 percent decline in October.) As of November, the gasoline index was 9.8 percent below its peak level of December 1990. Automobile purchase costs declined for the second consecutive month in November. The index for new vehicles, which declined 0.2 percent in October, fell 0.1 percent in November. (Prior to seasonal adjustment, new vehicle prices rose 0.7 percent.) As of November, nearly 50 percent of the new vehicle sample was represented by 1997 models. The 1997 models will continue to be phased in over the next several months as they replace old models at dealerships. The index for automobile finance charges declined 1.2 percent in November, following a 0.3 percent drop in October. The index for used cars also declined for the second consecutive month--down 0.4 percent in November. The index for airline fares, which increased 2.9 and 1.9 percent in September and October, respectively, declined 0.7 percent in November. (Prior to seasonal adjustment, airline fares were unchanged in November.) The index for apparel and upkeep rose 0.5 percent in November, the same as in each of the two preceding months. (Prior to seasonal adjustment, clothing prices fell 0.1 percent in November.) Medical care costs rose 0.3 percent in November to a level 3.1 percent above a year ago. The index for medical care commodities-- prescription drugs, nonprescription drugs, and medical supplies-- declined 0.2 percent in November. The index for medical care services rose 0.4 percent. Charges for professional services and hospital and related services increased 0.5 and 0.3 percent, respectively. Entertainment costs rose 0.1 percent in November, following an increase of 0.3 percent in October. In November the index for entertainment commodities was unchanged, while the index for entertainment services rose 0.3 percent. The index for other goods and services increased 0.4 percent in November, the same as in October. The index for tobacco products increased 0.4 percent in November and has risen 1.8 percent in the past three months. CPI for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) On a seasonally adjusted basis, the CPI for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers rose 0.3 percent in November. 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 1996 3-mos. ended ended May June July Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Nov. '96 Nov. '96 All Items .3 .1 .2 .1 .3 .3 .3 3.7 3.3 Food and beverages .1 .7 .4 .4 .5 .5 .3 5.6 4.3 Housing .2 .1 .4 .2 .1 .2 .3 2.7 2.9 Apparel and upkeep .2 -.6 .0 -1.5 .5 .4 .5 5.4 -.1 Transportation .6 -.6 -.4 -.1 .4 .2 .3 3.7 4.0 Medical care .3 .3 .3 .1 .2 .2 .3 2.8 3.2 Entertainment .4 .3 .0 .3 .1 .3 .3 2.3 3.1 Other goods and services .4 .1 .4 .2 .2 .5 .3 4.0 3.6 Special Indexes: Energy 1.1 -2.0 -.9 -.5 .0 .8 1.4 9.1 8.5 Food .1 .8 .5 .3 .5 .6 .3 5.8 4.4 All items less food and energy .2 .1 .2 .1 .3 .2 .2 2.7 2.5 Consumer Price Index data for December are scheduled for release on Tuesday, January 14, 1997, at 8:30 A.M. (EST). Releases for the remainder of 1997: Feb. 19 Aug. 14 Mar. 19 Sep. 16 Apr. 15 Oct. 16 May 15 Nov. 18 June 17 Dec. 16 July 16 Jan. 13, 1998 New Seasonal Adjustment Method to be Implemented Effective with the release of revised seasonally adjusted data for 1992- 1996 on February 14, 1997, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) will begin using X-12-ARIMA seasonal adjustment software (developed by the Bureau of the Census) for performing Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment (IASA) for selected CPI series. The X-12 ARIMA methodology incorporates a number of technical enhancements that improve the estimation of seasonal factors. This change will affect 20 CPI series. In addition, all remaining Consumer Price Index series requiring seasonal adjustment will be processed using X-12-ARIMA software beginning in February 1998. Seasonal adjustment methods in the Producer Price Index will change in similar fashion. For more information, please contact Claire Gallagher on (202) 606-6968. Recalculated Seasonally Adjusted Indexes to be Available on February 14, 1997 Each year with the release of the January CPI, seasonal adjustment factors are recalculated to reflect price movements from the just- completed calendar year. This routine annual recalculation may result in revisions to seasonally adjusted indexes for the previous 5 years. BLS will make available recalculated seasonally adjusted indexes, as well as recalculated seasonal adjustment factors, for the period January 1992 through December 1996, at 8:30 a.m. on Friday, February 14, 1997. Seasonal factors for 1997 for directly adjusted series will also be available. This date is two working days before the scheduled release of the January 1997 CPI on Wednesday, February 19, 1997. The revised indexes and seasonal factors will be available on the internet at gopher://stats.bls.gov. Choose the "special requests" directory, and then the "cpi" directory. The revised seasonal data will be in the file revseas.cpi. For further information please contact Claire McAnaw Gallagher or Richard Kerr 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) + Relative Unadjusted indexes Unadjusted Seasonally adjusted importance, percent change to percent change from- December Oct. Nov. Nov. 1996 from- Aug. to Sept. to Oct. to 1995 1996 1996 Nov. 1995 Oct. 1996 Sept. Oct. Nov. Expenditure category All items .................................. 100.000 158.3 158.6 3.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 All items (1967=100) ....................... - 474.1 475.0 - - - - - Food and beverages ....................... 17.332 155.8 156.2 4.3 .3 .5 .6 .3 Food ................................... 15.766 155.4 155.9 4.4 .3 .5 .6 .3 Food at home ......................... 9.880 156.8 157.2 5.2 .3 .6 .7 .3 Cereals and bakery products ........ 1.473 175.1 175.4 3.8 .2 .2 .2 .6 Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ..... 2.936 147.9 148.9 5.1 .7 1.1 .5 .3 Dairy products ..................... 1.169 149.3 149.3 11.7 .0 1.7 1.7 .1 Fruits and vegetables .............. 1.936 185.1 186.3 6.3 .6 -.1 1.5 .2 Other food at home ................. 2.365 143.9 143.4 2.1 -.3 .5 .1 .1 Sugar and sweets ................. .327 145.7 144.2 4.2 -1.0 1.0 -.1 -.3 Fats and oils .................... .248 141.6 140.8 2.2 -.6 .6 -.2 .2 Nonalcoholic beverages ........... .763 127.6 127.2 -2.5 -.3 -.6 -.5 .0 Other prepared food .............. 1.027 158.5 158.3 4.8 -.1 1.0 .6 .4 Food away from home .................. 5.886 154.2 154.7 3.0 .3 .3 .5 .3 Alcoholic beverages .................... 1.566 160.1 160.2 3.2 .1 .5 .4 -.1 Housing .................................. 41.346 154.0 153.9 3.0 -.1 .2 .3 .2 Shelter ................................ 28.289 172.5 172.4 3.0 -.1 .2 .3 .2 Renters' costs 1/ .................... 7.988 181.3 179.9 3.5 -.8 .1 .3 .2 + _ Rent, residential .................. 5.762 163.3 163.7 2.8 .2 .2 .2 .2 Other renters' costs ............... 2.227 214.9 207.9 5.3 -3.3 -.1 .7 .1 Homeowners' costs 1/ ................. 20.102 178.1 178.6 2.9 .3 .2 .3 .3 + _ Owners' equivalent rent 1/ ......... 19.716 178.4 178.9 2.9 .3 .2 .3 .3 + _ Household insurance 1/ ............. .386 163.4 164.6 4.4 .7 .3 .8 .9 + _ Maintenance and repairs 2/ ........... .199 140.2 141.1 3.6 .6 .1 .2 .6 + _ Maintenance and repair services 2/ . .122 147.3 147.6 4.1 .2 .2 -.1 .2 + _ Maintenance and repair commodities 2/ ................. .077 130.5 132.3 2.8 1.4 -.1 .8 1.4 + _ Fuel and other utilities ............... 7.014 128.7 128.4 4.3 -.2 .2 .5 .5 Fuels ................................ 3.792 116.2 115.7 5.1 -.4 .2 .7 .9 Fuel oil and other household fuel commodities .................... .356 102.9 105.9 20.8 2.9 3.6 6.3 2.0 Gas (piped) and electricity (energy services)....................... 3.436 122.7 121.7 3.5 -.8 -.1 .0 .7 Other utilities and public services 2/ ...................... 3.222 158.6 158.9 3.5 .2 .2 .2 .2 + _ Household furnishings and operation .... 6.043 125.0 124.8 1.0 -.2 .2 -.1 -.1 Housefurnishings ..................... 3.445 111.1 110.8 -.2 -.3 .2 -.3 -.2 Housekeeping supplies ................ 1.116 141.6 141.8 1.4 .1 .1 .0 .1 Housekeeping services ................ 1.482 149.9 149.6 3.2 -.2 .5 .5 -.1 Apparel and upkeep ....................... 5.516 133.4 133.4 -.2 .0 .5 .5 .5 Apparel commodities .................... 4.967 130.0 129.9 -.5 -.1 .5 .5 .5 Men's and boys' apparel .............. 1.303 129.2 131.2 2.2 1.5 -.8 .3 1.3 Women's and girls' apparel............ 2.195 127.1 126.7 -2.2 -.3 1.0 .9 .6 Infants' and toddlers' apparel 2/ .... .195 128.5 126.7 -2.3 -1.4 5.0 -2.2 -1.4 + _ Footwear ............................. .732 128.0 127.7 .8 -.2 -.2 .6 .2 Other apparel commodities ............ .542 152.0 149.0 -1.5 -2.0 1.5 .1 -.8 Apparel services 2/ .................... .550 160.6 160.9 2.4 .2 .1 .1 .2 + _ Transportation ........................... 16.953 143.9 144.8 3.9 .6 .5 .1 .2 Private transportation ................. 15.430 140.5 141.5 3.7 .7 .3 .1 .3 New vehicles ......................... 5.027 143.8 144.8 1.8 .7 .6 -.2 -.1 New cars ........................... 4.015 141.5 142.3 1.6 .6 .5 -.2 -.4 Used cars ............................ 1.342 157.0 156.5 -.8 -.3 .3 -.3 -.4 Motor fuel ........................... 2.908 105.9 107.8 11.8 1.8 -.3 .8 1.7 Gasoline ........................... - 105.2 107.1 11.6 1.8 -.4 .7 1.8 Maintenance and repairs .............. 1.535 160.5 160.5 3.1 .0 .8 .4 .1 Other private transportation ......... 4.618 175.4 176.2 2.0 .5 .3 -.1 .1 Other private transportation commodities .................... .608 105.0 105.1 .0 .1 .2 .0 -.2 Other private transportation services ....................... 4.010 192.0 193.0 2.3 .5 .4 -.2 .1 Public transportation .................. 1.523 187.2 187.3 5.5 .1 2.0 1.2 -.9 Medical care ............................. 7.362 230.1 230.5 3.1 .2 .2 .2 .3 Medical care commodities ............... 1.282 212.4 211.9 2.7 -.2 .1 .5 -.2 Medical care services .................. 6.081 234.2 234.9 3.3 .3 .2 .2 .4 Professional medical services ........ 3.465 210.2 210.9 3.7 .3 .3 .3 .5 Entertainment ............................ 4.367 R/160.1 160.7 3.0 .4 .1 .3 .1 + _ Entertainment commodities .............. 1.975 143.6 144.0 2.4 .3 .0 .3 .0 Entertainment services ................. 2.392 R/179.5 180.3 3.4 .4 .1 .3 .3 + _ Other goods and services ................. 7.123 218.8 219.2 3.8 .2 .0 .4 .4 Tobacco and smoking products ........... 1.610 235.3 236.2 3.2 .4 .7 .7 .4 Personal care 2/ ....................... 1.170 150.9 151.2 1.5 .2 .2 .1 .2 + _ Toilet goods and personal care appliances 2/ .................... .613 144.6 144.7 -.1 .1 .1 -.3 .1 + _ Personal care services 2/ ............ .557 157.9 158.6 3.3 .4 .4 .4 .4 + _ Personal and educational expenses ...... 4.342 252.5 252.8 4.6 .1 -.2 .4 .4 School books and supplies ............ .258 230.5 230.7 5.5 .1 .0 .7 .3 Personal and educational services .... 4.084 254.3 254.7 4.6 .2 -.3 .4 .4 Commodity and service group All items .................................. 100.000 158.3 158.6 3.3 .2 .3 .3 .3 Commodities .............................. 42.916 141.0 141.5 3.1 .4 .4 .4 .3 Food and beverages ..................... 17.332 155.8 156.2 4.3 .3 .5 .6 .3 Commodities less food and beverages .... 25.584 132.1 132.6 2.5 .4 .3 .2 .3 Nondurables less food and beverages .. 15.075 134.0 134.7 3.6 .5 .2 .5 .9 Apparel commodities ................ 4.967 130.0 129.9 -.5 -.1 .5 .5 .5 Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel .................... 10.108 139.2 140.3 5.8 .8 -.1 .7 .7 Durables ............................. 10.509 129.3 129.6 .7 .2 .3 -.1 -.2 Services ................................. 57.084 175.8 175.9 3.3 .1 .2 .3 .2 Rent of shelter 1/ ..................... 27.671 179.4 179.4 3.0 .0 .1 .2 .3 + _ Household services less rent of shelter 1/ ......................... 8.681 143.2 142.9 3.5 -.2 .3 .1 .4 + _ Transportation services ................ 7.068 183.2 183.7 3.2 .3 .8 .3 -.1 Medical care services .................. 6.081 234.2 234.9 3.3 .3 .2 .2 .4 Other services ......................... 7.583 R/204.3 204.8 4.0 .2 .0 .3 .3 + _ Special indexes All items less food ........................ 84.234 158.8 159.0 3.0 .1 .2 .3 .3 All items less shelter ..................... 71.711 154.2 154.6 3.3 .3 .4 .3 .3 All items less homeowners' costs 1/ ........ 79.898 159.4 159.6 3.3 .1 .3 .4 .3 + _ All items less medical care ................ 92.638 154.2 154.5 3.2 .2 .3 .3 .3 Commodities less food ...................... 27.150 133.2 133.7 2.5 .4 .4 .2 .3 Nondurables less food ...................... 16.641 135.5 136.1 3.6 .4 .2 .6 .6 Nondurables less food and apparel .......... 11.674 140.3 141.2 5.4 .6 .2 .6 .8 Nondurables ................................ 32.407 145.1 145.6 3.9 .3 .3 .5 .6 Services less rent of shelter 1/ ........... 29.414 184.6 184.8 3.5 .1 .4 .1 .3 + _ Services less medical care services ........ 51.004 170.4 170.4 3.3 .0 .4 .2 .2 Energy ..................................... 6.700 110.5 111.1 8.1 .5 .0 .7 1.2 All items less energy ...................... 93.300 164.7 164.9 2.9 .1 .3 .3 .2 All items less food and energy ........... 77.534 167.0 167.2 2.6 .1 .3 .2 .2 Commodities less food and energy commodities ................. 23.885 142.0 142.2 1.1 .1 .4 .1 .1 Energy commodities ................... 3.264 105.8 107.9 12.9 2.0 .1 1.4 1.7 Services less energy services .......... 53.648 181.2 181.4 3.2 .1 .2 .3 .2 Purchasing power of the consumer dollar: 1982-84=$1.00 2/ ......................... - $.632 $.631 -3.1 -.2 -.3 -.3 -.2 + _ 1967=$1.00 2/ ............................ - .211 .211 - - - - - + _ + 1/ Indexes on a December 1982=100 base. + _ 2/ Not seasonally adjusted. + _ - Data not available. R/ Revised. + _ 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 3 months ended- 6 months ended- Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Feb. May Aug. Nov. May Nov. 1996 1996 1996 1996 1996 1996 1996 1996 1996 1996 Expenditure category All items .................................... - - - - 3.2 4.5 1.8 3.3 3.8 2.6 Food and beverages ......................... 154.6 155.3 156.3 156.7 1.6 4.0 5.9 5.5 2.8 5.7 Food ..................................... 154.4 155.1 156.1 156.5 1.3 4.0 6.5 5.6 2.7 6.0 Food at home ........................... 155.5 156.5 157.6 158.0 .5 5.1 8.4 6.6 2.8 7.5 Cereals and bakery products .......... 174.3 174.7 175.1 176.2 4.3 5.0 1.2 4.4 4.6 2.8 Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ....... 145.8 147.4 148.1 148.6 1.7 -1.4 12.4 7.9 .1 10.1 Dairy products ....................... 144.8 147.2 149.7 149.8 8.3 3.0 21.9 14.5 5.6 18.2 Fruits and vegetables ................ 186.3 186.1 188.9 189.2 -6.8 17.8 9.3 6.4 4.8 7.8 Other food at home ................... 143.0 143.7 143.8 144.0 .3 4.0 1.1 2.8 2.1 2.0 Sugar and sweets ................... 144.2 145.6 145.4 144.9 7.1 4.6 3.1 2.0 5.8 2.5 Fats and oils ...................... 141.0 141.9 141.6 141.9 .6 2.3 3.5 2.6 1.4 3.0 Nonalcoholic beverages ............. 129.0 128.2 127.5 127.5 -6.3 1.9 -.6 -4.6 -2.3 -2.6 Other prepared food ................ 156.0 157.6 158.5 159.2 2.9 5.9 1.8 8.5 4.4 5.1 Food away from home .................... 153.1 153.5 154.2 154.7 2.4 2.4 2.9 4.2 2.4 3.6 Alcoholic beverages ...................... 158.9 159.7 160.3 160.2 3.7 3.4 2.3 3.3 3.5 2.8 Housing .................................... 153.2 153.5 154.0 154.3 3.2 2.9 2.7 2.9 3.1 2.8 Shelter .................................. 171.4 171.7 172.3 172.7 3.4 2.9 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.1 Renters' costs 1/ ...................... 180.3 180.5 181.1 181.4 4.2 3.0 4.3 2.5 3.6 3.4 + _ Rent, residential .................... 162.5 162.9 163.3 163.6 3.0 2.5 2.8 2.7 2.8 2.7 Other renters' costs ................. 216.8 216.5 218.0 218.2 6.9 3.9 7.9 2.6 5.4 5.2 Homeowners' costs 1/ ................... 177.0 177.4 177.9 178.4 2.8 3.0 2.5 3.2 2.9 2.9 + _ Owners' equivalent rent 1/ ........... 177.3 177.7 178.2 178.7 3.0 3.0 2.3 3.2 3.0 2.7 + _ Household insurance 1/ ............... 161.6 162.1 163.4 164.8 2.8 2.5 4.6 8.2 2.7 6.4 + _ Maintenance and repairs 2/ ............. 139.7 139.9 140.2 141.1 2.4 5.4 2.6 4.1 3.9 3.3 + _ Maintenance and repair services 2/ ... 147.1 147.4 147.3 147.6 3.4 4.8 6.8 1.4 4.1 4.0 + _ Maintenance and repair commodities 2/ 129.6 129.5 130.5 132.3 .3 6.7 -3.9 8.6 3.4 2.2 + _ Fuel and other utilities ................. 128.0 128.3 128.9 129.6 4.9 4.9 2.5 5.1 4.9 3.8 Fuels .................................. 114.8 115.0 115.8 116.8 5.9 5.1 2.1 7.2 5.5 4.6 Fuel oil and other household fuel commodities ...................... 94.3 97.7 103.9 106.0 41.1 16.4 -19.0 59.7 28.2 13.7 Gas (piped) and electricity (energy services)......................... 122.4 122.3 122.3 123.2 2.7 3.7 4.7 2.6 3.2 3.7 Other utilities and public services 2/ . 158.0 158.3 158.6 158.9 3.4 5.3 2.8 2.3 4.3 2.6 + _ Household furnishings and operation ...... 124.7 125.0 124.9 124.8 1.3 .6 1.3 .3 1.0 .8 Housefurnishings ....................... 111.2 111.4 111.1 110.9 1.1 -1.1 .4 -1.1 .0 -.4 Housekeeping supplies .................. 141.3 141.4 141.4 141.6 1.4 1.7 1.4 .9 1.6 1.1 Housekeeping services .................. 148.6 149.3 150.1 150.0 1.9 3.6 3.6 3.8 2.8 3.7 Apparel and upkeep ......................... 129.9 130.5 131.1 131.7 -.6 1.2 -7.1 5.7 .3 -.9 Apparel commodities ...................... 126.1 126.7 127.3 128.0 -.9 .9 -7.8 6.2 .0 -1.1 Men's and boys' apparel ................ 127.6 126.6 127.0 128.7 5.2 1.9 -1.9 3.5 3.5 .8 Women's and girls' apparel ............. 121.1 122.3 123.4 124.2 -4.9 .6 -13.3 10.6 -2.2 -2.1 Infants' and toddlers' apparel 2/ ...... 125.1 131.4 128.5 126.7 15.3 -11.4 -15.3 5.2 1.1 -5.6 + _ Footwear ............................... 126.4 126.1 126.8 127.0 1.6 1.0 -.9 1.9 1.3 .5 Other apparel commodities .............. 148.3 150.5 150.6 149.4 -5.2 4.1 -7.7 3.0 -.7 -2.5 Apparel services 2/....................... 160.3 160.4 160.6 160.9 3.3 2.3 2.3 1.5 2.8 1.9 + _ Transportation ............................. 143.1 143.8 144.0 144.3 5.3 10.6 -3.3 3.4 7.9 .0 Private transportation ................... 140.1 140.5 140.7 141.1 6.3 10.5 -4.2 2.9 8.4 -.7 New vehicles ........................... 144.2 145.0 144.7 144.5 1.7 2.0 2.8 .8 1.8 1.8 New cars ............................. 142.1 142.8 142.5 142.0 1.7 1.1 3.7 -.3 1.4 1.7 Used cars .............................. 155.7 156.2 155.8 155.1 9.0 -5.4 -4.7 -1.5 1.5 -3.1 Motor fuel ............................. 104.5 104.2 105.0 106.8 25.6 55.6 -26.3 9.1 39.8 -10.4 Gasoline ............................. 103.9 103.5 104.2 106.1 24.7 56.4 -27.2 8.7 39.6 -11.1 Maintenance and repairs ................ 158.6 159.8 160.4 160.5 2.6 2.3 2.8 4.9 2.5 3.8 Other private transportation ........... 174.9 175.5 175.3 175.4 .7 1.4 4.7 1.1 1.0 2.9 Other private transportation commodities ...................... 105.0 105.2 105.2 105.0 .4 -.8 .4 .0 -.2 .2 Other private transportation services ......................... 191.5 192.3 192.0 192.2 .9 1.7 5.2 1.5 1.3 3.3 Public transportation .................... 183.4 187.1 189.3 187.6 -5.7 13.4 5.9 9.5 3.4 7.7 Medical care ............................... 229.4 229.8 230.3 230.9 3.6 3.4 3.0 2.6 3.5 2.8 Medical care commodities ................. 211.1 211.4 212.4 211.9 3.5 3.5 2.3 1.5 3.5 1.9 Medical care services .................... 233.4 233.8 234.2 235.1 3.7 3.3 3.1 2.9 3.5 3.0 Professional medical services .......... 209.2 209.8 210.4 211.4 3.6 3.7 3.3 4.3 3.7 3.8 Entertainment .............................. 159.6 159.7 R/160.2 160.4 5.8 1.8 2.0 2.0 3.8 2.0 + _ Entertainment commodities ................ 143.3 143.3 143.7 143.7 6.1 .8 1.4 1.1 3.4 1.3 Entertainment services ................... 178.7 178.9 R/179.5 180.1 5.6 2.3 2.5 3.2 3.9 2.8 + _ Other goods and services ................... 217.5 217.6 218.5 219.3 3.6 4.6 3.8 3.4 4.1 3.6 Tobacco and smoking products ............. 233.0 234.6 236.2 237.2 -.5 4.4 1.9 7.4 1.9 4.6 Personal care 2/ ......................... 150.5 150.8 150.9 151.2 1.1 2.7 .5 1.9 1.9 1.2 + _ Toilet goods and personal care appliances 2/ ...................... 145.0 145.1 144.6 144.7 -1.9 3.4 -.8 -.8 .7 -.8 + _ Personal care services 2/ .............. 156.5 157.2 157.9 158.6 4.5 1.6 1.8 5.5 3.0 3.6 + _ Personal and educational expenses ........ 250.1 249.5 250.4 251.5 6.0 5.2 5.5 2.3 5.6 3.8 School books and supplies .............. 229.0 229.0 230.5 231.1 7.3 4.6 6.5 3.7 5.9 5.1 Personal and educational services ...... 251.6 250.9 251.8 252.9 5.7 5.3 5.4 2.1 5.5 3.7 Commodity and service group All items .................................... - - - - 3.2 4.5 1.8 3.3 3.8 2.6 Commodities ................................ 139.8 140.4 140.9 141.3 3.3 5.6 -.6 4.4 4.4 1.9 Food and beverages ....................... 154.6 155.3 156.3 156.7 1.6 4.0 5.9 5.5 2.8 5.7 Commodities less food and beverages ...... 130.9 131.3 131.6 132.0 4.4 6.9 -4.7 3.4 5.7 -.8 Nondurables less food and beverages .... 131.8 132.0 132.7 133.9 7.3 10.1 -8.3 6.5 8.7 -1.2 Apparel commodities .................. 126.1 126.7 127.3 128.0 -.9 .9 -7.8 6.2 .0 -1.1 Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel ...................... 137.8 137.7 138.7 139.7 12.0 16.2 -8.8 5.6 14.1 -1.8 Durables ............................... 129.3 129.7 129.6 129.3 2.2 .0 .3 .0 1.1 .2 Services ................................... 175.0 175.4 175.9 176.3 3.3 3.3 3.5 3.0 3.3 3.3 Rent of shelter 1/ ....................... 178.8 179.0 179.4 179.9 3.2 3.0 3.4 2.5 3.1 3.0 + _ Household services less rent of shelter 1/ ........................ 142.8 143.2 143.4 144.0 2.3 5.2 2.9 3.4 3.8 3.1 + _ Transportation services .................. 181.6 183.0 183.5 183.3 -.2 4.4 5.0 3.8 2.0 4.4 Medical care services .................... 233.4 233.8 234.2 235.1 3.7 3.3 3.1 2.9 3.5 3.0 Other services ........................... 203.2 203.1 R/203.8 204.5 5.6 3.7 4.0 2.6 4.6 3.3 + _ Special indexes All items less food .......................... 157.8 158.1 158.6 159.0 3.7 4.4 1.0 3.1 4.1 2.0 All items less shelter ....................... 153.1 153.7 154.2 154.6 3.0 5.1 1.1 4.0 4.0 2.5 All items less homeowners' costs 1/ .......... 158.3 158.8 159.4 159.8 3.1 4.7 1.5 3.8 3.9 2.7 + _ All items less medical care .................. 153.1 153.5 154.0 154.5 3.2 4.6 1.6 3.7 3.9 2.6 Commodities less food ........................ 132.1 132.6 132.9 133.3 4.4 6.5 -4.4 3.7 5.5 -.4 Nondurables less food ........................ 133.4 133.7 134.5 135.3 7.2 9.7 -7.4 5.8 8.4 -1.0 Nondurables less food and apparel ............ 138.8 139.1 140.0 141.1 8.9 13.8 -6.9 6.8 11.4 -.3 Nondurables .................................. 143.4 143.8 144.5 145.3 4.4 6.7 -.8 5.4 5.5 2.2 Services less rent of shelter 1/ ............. 183.5 184.2 184.4 185.0 3.2 3.6 3.8 3.3 3.4 3.6 + _ Services less medical care services .......... 169.4 170.0 170.4 170.8 3.2 3.4 3.4 3.3 3.3 3.4 Energy ....................................... 109.1 109.1 109.9 111.2 14.3 25.4 -12.2 7.9 19.7 -2.6 All items less energy ........................ 163.8 164.3 164.8 165.2 2.5 3.0 2.7 3.5 2.8 3.1 All items less food and energy ............. 166.2 166.7 167.1 167.4 2.7 2.7 2.2 2.9 2.7 2.6 Commodities less food and energy commodities .......................... 141.0 141.5 141.6 141.7 1.7 1.1 -.6 2.0 1.4 .7 Energy commodities ..................... 103.5 103.6 105.0 106.8 26.8 51.0 -25.5 13.4 38.4 -8.1 Services less energy services ............ 180.4 180.8 181.3 181.7 3.0 3.4 3.6 2.9 3.2 3.3 + 1/ Indexes on a December 1982=100 base. + _ 2/ Not seasonally adjusted. + _ - Data not available. R/ Revised. + _ NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date. Table 3. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Selected areas, all items index (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) + Indexes Percent change to Percent change to Area Pricing Nov. 1996 from- Oct. 1996 from- schedule Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Nov. Sept. Oct. Oct. Aug. Sept. 1/ 1996 1996 1996 1996 1995 1996 1996 1995 1996 1996 + _ U.S. city average ...................... M 157.3 157.8 158.3 158.6 3.3 0.5 0.2 3.0 0.6 0.3 Region and area size 2/ + _ Northeast urban......................... M 164.0 164.6 165.1 165.4 3.1 .5 .2 3.0 .7 .3 Size A - More than 1,200,000 ........ M 164.7 165.4 165.7 166.0 2.9 .4 .2 2.9 .6 .2 Size B - 500,000 to 1,200,000 ....... M 162.2 162.2 162.4 163.1 3.0 .6 .4 2.5 .1 .1 Size C - 50,000 to 500,000 .......... M 161.8 162.2 163.8 164.3 3.7 1.3 .3 3.5 1.2 1.0 North Central urban .................... M 153.4 154.0 154.4 155.0 3.7 .6 .4 3.2 .7 .3 Size A - More than 1,200,000 ........ M 154.0 154.5 154.8 155.3 3.4 .5 .3 3.0 .5 .2 Size B - 360,000 to 1,200,000 ....... M 152.8 153.3 154.0 154.5 4.3 .8 .3 3.8 .8 .5 Size C - 50,000 to 360,000 .......... M 154.7 155.4 156.5 157.1 3.7 1.1 .4 3.3 1.2 .7 Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than 50,000) ......... M 150.4 151.0 151.1 151.9 4.0 .6 .5 3.5 .5 .1 South urban ............................ M 154.1 154.5 154.9 155.1 3.1 .4 .1 2.9 .5 .3 Size A - More than 1,200,000 ........ M 153.1 153.5 153.7 153.8 2.7 .2 .1 2.5 .4 .1 Size B - 450,000 to 1,200,000 ....... M 156.9 157.3 157.7 158.2 3.7 .6 .3 3.3 .5 .3 Size C - 50,000 to 450,000 .......... M 154.0 154.4 154.8 154.7 2.9 .2 -.1 2.9 .5 .3 Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than 50,000) ......... M 152.6 153.2 154.3 154.6 3.8 .9 .2 3.6 1.1 .7 West urban ............................. M 158.0 158.6 159.1 159.2 3.1 .4 .1 2.9 .7 .3 Size A - More than 1,250,000 ........ M 158.1 158.7 159.2 159.1 3.0 .3 -.1 2.8 .7 .3 Size C - 50,000 to 330,000 .......... M 162.6 163.0 163.2 163.9 3.5 .6 .4 3.4 .4 .1 Size classes A 3/ ................................. M 141.9 142.4 142.7 142.9 3.0 .4 .1 2.8 .6 .2 + _ B .................................... M 157.6 157.9 158.4 158.9 3.5 .6 .3 3.2 .5 .3 C .................................... M 157.0 157.4 158.2 158.5 3.3 .7 .2 3.2 .8 .5 D .................................... M 154.0 154.7 155.5 155.8 3.9 .7 .2 3.7 1.0 .5 Selected local areas Chicago-Gary-Lake County, IL-IN-WI...... M 158.1 158.3 158.8 159.4 3.5 .7 .4 2.9 .4 .3 Los Angeles-Anaheim-Riverside, CA ...... M 157.3 158.2 158.8 158.4 2.6 .1 -.3 2.3 1.0 .4 N.Y.-Northern N.J.-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT M 167.2 168.2 168.2 168.4 2.8 .1 .1 2.8 .6 .0 Phil.-Wilmington-Trenton, PA-NJ-DE-MD .. M 163.6 164.5 164.9 164.3 2.9 -.1 -.4 2.8 .8 .2 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA ..... M 155.6 156.3 R/156.9 156.9 3.0 .4 .0 2.8 .8 .4 + _ Baltimore, MD .......................... 1 - 155.4 - 154.8 2.4 -.4 - - - - Boston-Lawrence-Salem, MA-NH ........... 1 - 163.5 - 166.3 3.7 1.7 - - - - Cleveland-Akron-Lorain, OH ............. 1 - 153.5 - 153.8 3.8 .2 - - - - Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL .............. 1 - 154.6 - 156.4 4.1 1.2 - - - - St. Louis-East St. Louis, MO-IL ........ 1 - 151.0 - 151.4 3.9 .3 - - - - Washington, DC-MD-VA ................... 1 - 160.8 - 161.2 3.9 .2 - - - - Dallas-Fort Worth, TX .................. 2 149.5 - 150.7 - - - - 2.7 .8 - Detroit-Ann Arbor, MI .................. 2 152.7 - 153.8 - - - - 2.7 .7 - Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX ......... 2 142.8 - 143.2 - - - - 1.1 .3 - Pittsburgh-Beaver Valley, PA ........... 2 153.6 - 154.5 - - - - 2.7 .6 - + 1/ Foods, fuels, and several other items priced every month in all areas; most other goods and services priced as + _ indicated: M - Every month. 1 - January, March, May, July, September, and November. 2 - February, April, June, August, October, and December. 2/ Regions defined as the four Census regions. See map in technical notes. + _ 3/ Indexes on a December 1986=100 base. + _ - Data not available. R/ Revised. + _ NOTE: Local area CPI indexes are byproducts of the national CPI program. Each local index has a smaller sample size than the national index and is, therefore, subject to substantially more sampling and other measurement error. As a result, local area indexes show greater volatility than the national index, although their long-term trends are similar. Therefore, the Bureau of Labor Statistics strongly urges users to consider adopting the national average CPI for use in their escalator clauses. 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) + Relative Unadjusted indexes Unadjusted Seasonally adjusted importance, percent change to percent change from- December Oct. Nov. Nov. 1996 from- Aug. to Sept. to Oct. to 1995 1996 1996 Nov. 1995 Oct. 1996 Sept. Oct. Nov. Expenditure category All items .................................. 100.000 155.5 155.9 3.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 All items (1967=100) ....................... - 463.2 464.2 - - - - - Food and beverages ....................... 19.262 155.2 155.7 4.3 .3 .5 .5 .3 Food ................................... 17.581 154.9 155.4 4.4 .3 .5 .6 .3 Food at home ......................... 11.206 155.9 156.4 5.2 .3 .6 .6 .4 Cereals and bakery products ........ 1.682 174.7 175.1 3.7 .2 .1 .2 .7 Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ..... 3.453 147.5 148.6 5.2 .7 1.0 .5 .4 Dairy products ..................... 1.300 148.9 149.2 11.8 .2 1.9 1.6 .2 Fruits and vegetables .............. 2.052 184.1 185.2 6.2 .6 -.2 1.3 .3 Other food at home ................. 2.719 143.5 143.0 2.1 -.3 .5 -.1 .2 Sugar and sweets ................. .369 145.6 144.0 4.0 -1.1 .9 -.1 -.4 Fats and oils .................... .285 141.3 140.5 2.0 -.6 .6 -.1 .2 Nonalcoholic beverages ........... .885 127.1 126.7 -2.4 -.3 -.5 -.6 .2 Other prepared food .............. 1.180 158.2 158.2 4.9 .0 1.0 .4 .5 Food away from home .................. 6.374 154.2 154.7 3.1 .3 .2 .5 .3 Alcoholic beverages .................... 1.681 159.5 159.6 3.2 .1 .6 .4 .1 Housing .................................. 38.888 150.7 150.7 2.9 .0 .1 .2 .3 Shelter ................................ 25.976 167.6 167.7 3.0 .1 .2 .2 .4 Renters' costs 1/ .................... 8.091 158.3 157.6 3.2 -.4 .1 .2 .2 + _ Rent, residential .................. 6.616 162.9 163.4 2.8 .3 .2 .1 .2 Other renters' costs ............... 1.475 214.6 207.4 5.0 -3.4 -.2 .4 .0 Homeowners' costs 1/ ................. 17.695 162.4 162.8 2.8 .2 .2 .2 .4 + _ Owners' equivalent rent 1/ ......... 17.366 162.7 163.1 2.8 .2 .2 .2 .4 + _ Household insurance 1/ ............. .329 148.7 150.0 3.5 .9 .3 .5 .9 + _ Maintenance and repairs 2/ ........... .189 138.5 139.9 3.2 1.0 .0 .4 1.0 + _ Maintenance and repair services 2/ . .105 149.5 149.9 3.7 .3 .3 .1 .3 + _ Maintenance and repair commodities 2/ ................. .085 124.8 127.1 2.6 1.8 -.4 1.0 1.8 + _ Fuel and other utilities ............... 7.247 128.3 128.1 4.4 -.2 .2 .5 .5 Fuels ................................ 3.887 115.6 115.1 5.1 -.4 .2 .7 .9 Fuel oil and other household fuel commodities .................... .327 102.6 105.7 20.7 3.0 3.5 6.5 2.0 Gas (piped) and electricity (energy services)....................... 3.560 122.2 121.2 3.7 -.8 -.2 .2 .7 Other utilities and public services 2/ ...................... 3.360 159.2 159.5 3.6 .2 .2 .3 .2 + _ Household furnishings and operation .... 5.666 123.4 123.3 .8 -.1 .2 -.2 .1 Housefurnishings ..................... 3.367 109.7 109.5 -.2 -.2 .2 -.5 .0 Housekeeping supplies ................ 1.149 142.1 142.4 1.8 .2 .1 -.1 .3 Housekeeping services ................ 1.150 152.5 152.4 2.8 -.1 .4 .3 .1 Apparel and upkeep ....................... 5.533 132.4 132.4 -.1 .0 .5 .4 .5 Apparel commodities .................... 5.017 129.2 129.1 -.3 -.1 .4 .5 .6 Men's and boys' apparel .............. 1.310 129.0 130.9 2.3 1.5 -.8 .6 1.4 Women's and girls' apparel............ 2.148 125.4 125.0 -2.1 -.3 .7 .5 .7 Infants' and toddlers' apparel 2/ .... .251 128.9 127.7 -2.4 -.9 4.5 -2.6 -.9 + _ Footwear ............................. .812 129.2 128.9 1.0 -.2 -.5 .5 .2 Other apparel commodities ............ .495 151.9 148.7 -.3 -2.1 2.3 1.4 -.9 Apparel services 2/ .................... .516 159.7 160.0 2.2 .2 .1 .0 .2 + _ Transportation ........................... 19.020 143.5 144.5 4.0 .7 .4 .2 .3 Private transportation ................. 17.847 141.2 142.2 3.9 .7 .3 .2 .3 New vehicles ......................... 4.958 145.0 146.0 2.1 .7 .4 -.1 -.1 New cars ........................... 3.591 141.1 141.9 1.6 .6 .5 -.2 -.3 Used cars ............................ 2.432 158.3 157.7 -.7 -.4 .4 -.3 -.5 Motor fuel ........................... 3.584 106.0 108.1 12.3 2.0 -.1 1.0 1.9 Gasoline ........................... - 105.3 107.4 12.0 2.0 -.3 .9 2.0 Maintenance and repairs .............. 1.619 161.4 161.4 3.1 .0 .6 .3 .1 Other private transportation ......... 5.255 171.2 171.9 2.0 .4 .4 -.1 -.1 Other private transportation commodities .................... .767 104.1 104.2 -.1 .1 .2 -.1 -.1 Other private transportation services ....................... 4.488 188.2 189.1 2.4 .5 .4 .0 -.1 Public transportation .................. 1.173 184.3 184.5 6.0 .1 1.6 1.0 -.2 Medical care ............................. 6.262 229.4 229.9 3.2 .2 .2 .2 .3 Medical care commodities ............... 1.055 209.8 209.1 2.6 -.3 .3 .5 -.4 Medical care services .................. 5.208 233.9 234.6 3.3 .3 .2 .1 .4 Professional medical services ........ 2.965 211.4 212.1 3.7 .3 .4 .3 .5 Entertainment ............................ 4.029 R/157.8 158.3 3.1 .3 .1 .3 .3 + _ Entertainment commodities .............. 2.053 142.5 142.8 2.4 .2 .1 .1 .2 Entertainment services ................. 1.976 R/179.7 180.4 3.6 .4 .1 .3 .3 + _ Other goods and services ................. 7.006 215.3 215.8 3.6 .2 .2 .5 .3 Tobacco and smoking products ........... 2.135 234.8 235.8 2.9 .4 .7 .7 .3 Personal care 2/ ....................... 1.132 150.9 151.3 1.5 .3 .3 .1 .3 + _ Toilet goods and personal care appliances 2/ .................... .635 145.4 145.4 .0 .0 .1 -.2 .0 + _ Personal care services 2/ ............ .497 158.0 158.7 3.4 .4 .4 .5 .4 + _ Personal and educational expenses ...... 3.739 247.7 248.1 4.6 .2 -.1 .4 .4 School books and supplies ............ .227 232.4 232.6 5.8 .1 .2 .7 .3 Personal and educational services .... 3.512 249.2 249.7 4.6 .2 -.1 .4 .4 Commodity and service group All items .................................. 100.000 155.5 155.9 3.3 .3 .3 .3 .3 Commodities .............................. 47.052 141.0 141.6 3.4 .4 .4 .4 .4 Food and beverages ..................... 19.262 155.2 155.7 4.3 .3 .5 .5 .3 Commodities less food and beverages .... 27.790 132.3 132.9 2.6 .5 .3 .3 .3 Nondurables less food and beverages .. 16.074 133.8 134.6 4.2 .6 .1 .5 .9 Apparel commodities ................ 5.017 129.2 129.1 -.3 -.1 .4 .5 .6 Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel .................... 11.057 139.0 140.2 6.1 .9 -.1 .8 .9 Durables ............................. 11.716 129.2 129.5 .7 .2 .5 -.2 -.2 Services ................................. 52.948 173.0 173.2 3.3 .1 .2 .2 .3 Rent of shelter 1/ ..................... 25.430 161.3 161.3 2.9 .0 .1 .2 .2 + _ Household services less rent of shelter 1/ ......................... 8.531 131.5 131.2 3.5 -.2 .1 .3 .4 + _ Transportation services ................ 7.279 180.8 181.3 3.1 .3 .7 .2 .0 Medical care services .................. 5.208 233.9 234.6 3.3 .3 .2 .1 .4 Other services ......................... 6.501 R/200.9 201.5 4.0 .3 .0 .3 .3 + _ Special indexes All items less food ........................ 82.419 155.5 155.8 3.0 .2 .3 .2 .3 All items less shelter ..................... 74.024 152.4 152.8 3.4 .3 .3 .3 .3 All items less homeowners' costs 1/ ........ 82.305 146.1 146.4 3.4 .2 .3 .3 .3 + _ All items less medical care ................ 93.738 152.0 152.3 3.3 .2 .3 .3 .3 Commodities less food ...................... 29.471 133.4 134.0 2.8 .4 .4 .3 .3 Nondurables less food ...................... 17.756 135.3 136.0 4.1 .5 .1 .6 .7 Nondurables less food and apparel .......... 12.739 140.0 141.1 5.8 .8 .1 .7 .9 Nondurables ................................ 35.336 144.8 145.4 4.2 .4 .2 .6 .6 Services less rent of shelter 1/ ........... 27.518 164.4 164.7 3.5 .2 .4 .1 .4 + _ Services less medical care services ........ 47.740 167.8 167.9 3.3 .1 .2 .3 .2 Energy ..................................... 7.470 110.1 110.9 8.5 .7 .0 .8 1.4 All items less energy ...................... 92.530 161.9 162.2 2.9 .2 .4 .2 .2 All items less food and energy ........... 74.949 163.7 163.9 2.5 .1 .3 .2 .2 Commodities less food and energy commodities ................. 25.560 141.6 141.8 1.1 .1 .4 .1 .1 Energy commodities ................... 3.911 106.0 108.2 12.9 2.1 .2 1.4 1.9 Services less energy services .......... 49.388 178.6 178.9 3.2 .2 .2 .2 .3 Purchasing power of the consumer dollar: 1982-84=$1.00 2/ ......................... - $.643 $.642 -3.2 -.2 -.3 -.3 -.2 + _ 1967=$1.00 2/ ............................ - .216 .215 - - - - - + _ + 1/ Indexes on a December 1984=100 base. + _ 2/ Not seasonally adjusted. + _ - Data not available. R/ Revised. + _ 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): 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 3 months ended- 6 months ended- Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Feb. May Aug. Nov. May Nov. 1996 1996 1996 1996 1996 1996 1996 1996 1996 1996 Expenditure category All items .................................... - - - - 3.2 4.8 1.3 3.7 4.0 2.5 Food and beverages ......................... 154.2 155.0 155.8 156.3 1.6 3.8 6.2 5.6 2.7 5.9 Food ..................................... 153.8 154.6 155.5 156.0 1.6 3.8 6.5 5.8 2.7 6.2 Food at home ........................... 154.7 155.7 156.6 157.2 .8 4.9 8.4 6.6 2.8 7.5 Cereals and bakery products .......... 174.1 174.3 174.7 175.9 4.3 5.0 1.4 4.2 4.7 2.8 Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ....... 145.5 147.0 147.7 148.3 1.7 -1.4 12.7 7.9 .1 10.3 Dairy products ....................... 144.3 147.0 149.4 149.7 8.0 3.6 20.6 15.8 5.8 18.2 Fruits and vegetables ................ 186.0 185.7 188.1 188.6 -7.4 18.6 9.6 5.7 4.8 7.6 Other food at home ................... 142.7 143.4 143.3 143.6 .3 3.7 1.7 2.5 2.0 2.1 Sugar and sweets ................... 144.2 145.5 145.3 144.7 6.8 5.2 3.1 1.4 6.0 2.2 Fats and oils ...................... 140.7 141.5 141.4 141.7 .6 1.4 3.8 2.9 1.0 3.3 Nonalcoholic beverages ............. 128.5 127.8 127.0 127.2 -6.9 2.2 -.6 -4.0 -2.4 -2.3 Other prepared food ................ 155.9 157.5 158.2 159.0 3.7 5.1 2.6 8.2 4.4 5.4 Food away from home .................... 153.1 153.4 154.2 154.7 2.4 2.7 2.9 4.2 2.5 3.6 Alcoholic beverages ...................... 158.2 159.1 159.7 159.9 3.1 3.1 2.3 4.4 3.1 3.3 Housing .................................... 150.0 150.2 150.5 151.0 3.0 3.3 2.7 2.7 3.2 2.7 Shelter .................................. 166.7 167.0 167.3 167.9 3.0 3.2 2.9 2.9 3.1 2.9 Renters' costs 1/ ...................... 157.7 157.9 158.2 158.5 4.0 2.9 3.9 2.0 3.4 3.0 + _ Rent, residential .................... 162.2 162.6 162.8 163.2 3.3 2.5 2.8 2.5 2.9 2.6 Other renters' costs ................. 217.0 216.6 217.4 217.4 7.3 4.0 7.9 .7 5.7 4.3 Homeowners' costs 1/ ................... 161.4 161.7 162.1 162.7 2.6 3.3 2.5 3.3 2.9 2.9 + _ Owners' equivalent rent 1/ ........... 161.7 162.0 162.3 162.9 2.5 3.3 2.5 3.0 2.9 2.8 + _ Household insurance 1/ ............... 147.4 147.9 148.7 150.0 2.5 1.4 2.8 7.2 1.9 5.0 + _ Maintenance and repairs 2/ ............. 138.0 138.0 138.5 139.9 .3 5.4 1.5 5.6 2.8 3.5 + _ Maintenance and repair services 2/ ... 149.0 149.4 149.5 149.9 1.4 5.1 6.1 2.4 3.2 4.3 + _ Maintenance and repair commodities 2/ 124.1 123.6 124.8 127.1 -.3 5.6 -4.4 10.0 2.6 2.6 + _ Fuel and other utilities ................. 127.6 127.8 128.5 129.1 4.3 5.5 2.5 4.8 4.9 3.7 Fuels .................................. 114.1 114.3 115.1 116.1 5.5 5.1 2.5 7.2 5.3 4.8 Fuel oil and other household fuel commodities ...................... 94.1 97.4 103.7 105.8 41.2 14.5 -18.0 59.8 27.2 14.4 Gas (piped) and electricity (energy services)......................... 121.8 121.6 121.8 122.7 2.4 4.4 4.7 3.0 3.4 3.9 Other utilities and public services 2/ . 158.5 158.8 159.2 159.5 3.7 5.5 2.6 2.5 4.6 2.6 + _ Household furnishings and operation ...... 123.3 123.6 123.3 123.4 1.0 .3 1.6 .3 .7 1.0 Housefurnishings ....................... 109.9 110.1 109.6 109.6 .7 -1.1 .7 -1.1 -.2 -.2 Housekeeping supplies .................. 141.9 142.0 141.8 142.2 2.6 1.4 2.0 .8 2.0 1.4 Housekeeping services .................. 151.5 152.1 152.6 152.7 1.1 3.0 3.8 3.2 2.0 3.5 Apparel and upkeep ......................... 129.0 129.6 130.1 130.7 .6 2.5 -8.2 5.4 1.5 -1.7 Apparel commodities ...................... 125.7 126.2 126.8 127.5 .3 2.5 -9.0 5.9 1.4 -1.9 Men's and boys' apparel ................ 127.1 126.1 126.8 128.6 5.5 2.2 -2.8 4.8 3.9 .9 Women's and girls' apparel ............. 120.5 121.3 121.9 122.7 -2.5 2.3 -14.5 7.5 -.2 -4.1 Infants' and toddlers' apparel 2/ ...... 126.7 132.4 128.9 127.7 14.1 -10.8 -13.8 3.2 .9 -5.7 + _ Footwear ............................... 127.9 127.3 127.9 128.1 .0 1.9 1.3 .6 .9 .9 Other apparel commodities .............. 145.9 149.2 151.3 149.9 -7.2 10.7 -13.8 11.4 1.3 -2.0 Apparel services 2/....................... 159.6 159.7 159.7 160.0 3.4 2.3 2.0 1.0 2.8 1.5 + _ Transportation ............................. 142.5 143.1 143.4 143.8 6.2 10.6 -4.4 3.7 8.4 -.4 Private transportation ................... 140.5 140.9 141.2 141.6 6.6 10.8 -4.7 3.2 8.7 -.8 New vehicles ........................... 145.3 145.9 145.8 145.7 2.0 2.0 3.1 1.1 2.0 2.1 New cars ............................. 141.7 142.4 142.1 141.7 2.0 .9 3.8 .0 1.4 1.9 Used cars .............................. 156.7 157.4 157.0 156.2 9.7 -5.1 -5.4 -1.3 2.0 -3.4 Motor fuel ............................. 104.3 104.2 105.2 107.2 23.6 56.3 -26.4 11.6 39.0 -9.4 Gasoline ............................. 103.9 103.6 104.5 106.6 25.2 54.7 -26.5 10.8 39.2 -9.7 Maintenance and repairs ................ 159.7 160.7 161.2 161.4 2.8 1.8 3.6 4.3 2.3 4.0 Other private transportation ........... 170.8 171.5 171.4 171.3 .0 1.9 5.1 1.2 1.0 3.1 Other private transportation commodities ...................... 104.2 104.4 104.3 104.2 .4 -1.5 .8 .0 -.6 .4 Other private transportation services ......................... 187.6 188.4 188.4 188.3 .0 2.6 5.5 1.5 1.3 3.5 Public transportation .................... 180.0 182.9 184.8 184.5 -.9 12.3 2.7 10.4 5.5 6.5 Medical care ............................... 228.6 229.1 229.6 230.2 3.6 3.4 2.8 2.8 3.5 2.8 Medical care commodities ................. 208.3 208.9 210.0 209.1 3.4 2.8 2.3 1.5 3.1 1.9 Medical care services .................... 233.1 233.6 233.9 234.8 3.7 3.4 3.1 2.9 3.6 3.0 Professional medical services .......... 210.1 211.0 211.6 212.6 4.2 3.1 2.9 4.8 3.6 3.9 Entertainment .............................. 157.3 157.4 R/157.8 158.2 6.1 1.3 2.3 2.3 3.7 2.3 + _ Entertainment commodities ................ 142.2 142.4 142.5 142.8 6.5 .3 1.4 1.7 3.3 1.6 Entertainment services ................... 179.0 179.1 R/179.7 180.3 5.9 2.7 3.0 2.9 4.3 2.9 + _ Other goods and services ................... 213.6 214.0 215.0 215.7 2.9 4.3 3.2 4.0 3.6 3.6 Tobacco and smoking products ............. 232.5 234.2 235.8 236.5 -.7 4.4 1.0 7.1 1.8 4.0 Personal care 2/ ......................... 150.4 150.8 150.9 151.3 .5 3.0 .3 2.4 1.8 1.3 + _ Toilet goods and personal care appliances 2/ ...................... 145.6 145.7 145.4 145.4 -2.2 3.9 -1.1 -.5 .8 -.8 + _ Personal care services 2/ .............. 156.5 157.2 158.0 158.7 4.2 1.8 1.8 5.7 3.0 3.8 + _ Personal and educational expenses ........ 245.0 244.8 245.7 246.6 5.9 4.6 5.4 2.6 5.2 4.0 School books and supplies .............. 230.2 230.6 232.2 233.0 7.3 3.6 7.3 5.0 5.4 6.1 Personal and educational services ...... 246.4 246.1 247.0 247.9 5.7 4.7 5.4 2.5 5.2 3.9 Commodity and service group All items .................................... - - - - 3.2 4.8 1.3 3.7 4.0 2.5 Commodities ................................ 139.8 140.4 140.9 141.4 3.6 5.9 -.9 4.7 4.7 1.9 Food and beverages ....................... 154.2 155.0 155.8 156.3 1.6 3.8 6.2 5.6 2.7 5.9 Commodities less food and beverages ...... 131.0 131.4 131.8 132.2 5.4 7.2 -5.3 3.7 6.3 -.9 Nondurables less food and beverages .... 131.7 131.8 132.4 133.6 9.0 11.8 -8.9 5.9 10.4 -1.8 Apparel commodities .................. 125.7 126.2 126.8 127.5 .3 2.5 -9.0 5.9 1.4 -1.9 Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel ...................... 137.4 137.3 138.4 139.7 12.7 16.6 -9.3 6.9 14.6 -1.6 Durables ............................... 129.1 129.7 129.4 129.2 3.5 -.9 .0 .3 1.3 .2 Services ................................... 172.2 172.5 172.9 173.4 2.9 3.6 3.6 2.8 3.2 3.2 Rent of shelter 1/ ....................... 160.7 160.9 161.3 161.7 3.4 3.1 3.3 2.5 3.2 2.9 + _ Household services less rent of shelter 1/ ........................ 131.3 131.4 131.8 132.3 2.5 5.1 3.1 3.1 3.8 3.1 + _ Transportation services .................. 179.3 180.5 180.9 180.9 .5 4.2 4.6 3.6 2.3 4.1 Medical care services .................... 233.1 233.6 233.9 234.8 3.7 3.4 3.1 2.9 3.6 3.0 Other services ........................... 199.8 199.8 R/200.4 201.1 5.5 3.7 4.1 2.6 4.6 3.4 + _ Special indexes All items less food .......................... 154.3 154.7 155.0 155.5 3.8 4.8 .3 3.1 4.3 1.7 All items less shelter ....................... 151.3 151.8 152.3 152.8 3.3 5.2 1.1 4.0 4.2 2.5 All items less homeowners' costs 1/ .......... 145.1 145.5 146.0 146.4 3.4 5.1 1.1 3.6 4.3 2.4 + _ All items less medical care .................. 150.9 151.3 151.8 152.3 3.3 4.7 1.3 3.8 4.0 2.5 Commodities less food ........................ 132.2 132.7 133.1 133.5 5.0 7.2 -5.3 4.0 6.1 -.7 Nondurables less food ........................ 133.3 133.4 134.2 135.2 8.2 10.7 -7.4 5.8 9.5 -1.0 Nondurables less food and apparel ............ 138.5 138.6 139.6 140.8 10.3 15.2 -7.7 6.8 12.7 -.7 Nondurables .................................. 143.2 143.5 144.4 145.3 5.0 6.7 -.6 6.0 5.8 2.7 Services less rent of shelter 1/ ............. 163.5 164.2 164.4 165.0 2.8 3.8 3.8 3.7 3.3 3.7 + _ Services less medical care services .......... 167.0 167.3 167.8 168.2 2.7 3.7 3.7 2.9 3.2 3.3 Energy ....................................... 108.7 108.7 109.6 111.1 13.9 27.8 -13.2 9.1 20.7 -2.6 All items less energy ........................ 160.9 161.5 161.9 162.3 2.6 3.1 2.5 3.5 2.8 3.0 All items less food and energy ............. 162.9 163.4 163.7 164.0 2.8 2.8 1.7 2.7 2.8 2.2 Commodities less food and energy commodities .......................... 140.6 141.1 141.3 141.4 2.3 1.1 -1.1 2.3 1.7 .6 Energy commodities ..................... 103.6 103.8 105.3 107.3 25.2 52.1 -25.7 15.1 38.0 -7.6 Services less energy services ............ 177.9 178.3 178.7 179.2 3.0 3.7 3.2 3.0 3.4 3.1 + 1/ Indexes on a December 1984=100 base. + _ 2/ Not seasonally adjusted. + _ - Data not available. R/ Revised. + _ 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: Selected areas, all items index (1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted) + Indexes Percent change to Percent change to Area Pricing Nov. 1996 from- Oct. 1996 from- schedule Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Nov. Sept. Oct. Oct. Aug. Sept. 1/ 1996 1996 1996 1996 1995 1996 1996 1995 1996 1996 + _ U.S. city average ...................... M 154.5 155.1 155.5 155.9 3.3 0.5 0.3 3.0 0.6 0.3 Region and area size 2/ + _ Northeast urban......................... M 161.4 162.0 162.4 163.0 3.2 .6 .4 2.9 .6 .2 Size A - More than 1,200,000 ........ M 161.0 161.8 162.1 162.6 3.1 .5 .3 2.9 .7 .2 Size B - 500,000 to 1,200,000 ....... M 160.0 159.8 160.1 160.7 2.9 .6 .4 2.4 .1 .2 Size C - 50,000 to 500,000 .......... M 163.2 163.7 165.3 166.0 3.7 1.4 .4 3.3 1.3 1.0 North Central urban .................... M 149.9 150.6 151.0 151.7 3.8 .7 .5 3.2 .7 .3 Size A - More than 1,200,000 ........ M 149.9 150.4 150.7 151.3 3.5 .6 .4 3.0 .5 .2 Size B - 360,000 to 1,200,000 ....... M 148.7 149.5 150.2 150.8 4.4 .9 .4 3.9 1.0 .5 Size C - 50,000 to 360,000 .......... M 151.9 152.6 153.7 154.5 3.8 1.2 .5 3.3 1.2 .7 Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than 50,000) ......... M 148.5 149.1 149.2 150.1 4.2 .7 .6 3.5 .5 .1 South urban ............................ M 152.7 153.1 153.5 153.7 3.2 .4 .1 3.0 .5 .3 Size A - More than 1,200,000 ........ M 151.4 151.7 151.9 152.0 2.8 .2 .1 2.6 .3 .1 Size B - 450,000 to 1,200,000 ....... M 153.1 153.6 153.9 154.5 3.7 .6 .4 3.3 .5 .2 Size C - 50,000 to 450,000 .......... M 153.9 154.4 154.8 154.7 2.9 .2 -.1 2.9 .6 .3 Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than 50,000) ......... M 153.1 153.9 154.8 155.1 4.0 .8 .2 3.7 1.1 .6 West urban ............................. M 154.9 155.5 155.9 155.9 3.0 .3 .0 2.8 .6 .3 Size A - More than 1,250,000 ........ M 153.4 154.0 154.4 154.3 2.9 .2 -.1 2.7 .7 .3 Size C - 50,000 to 330,000 .......... M 159.5 159.9 160.2 160.8 3.5 .6 .4 3.5 .4 .2 Size classes A 3/ ................................. M 140.9 141.4 141.7 142.0 3.1 .4 .2 2.8 .6 .2 + _ B .................................... M 154.6 155.0 155.4 156.0 3.5 .6 .4 3.1 .5 .3 C .................................... M 156.0 156.6 157.4 157.7 3.3 .7 .2 3.2 .9 .5 D .................................... M 153.3 154.0 154.7 155.1 3.9 .7 .3 3.7 .9 .5 Selected local areas Chicago-Gary-Lake County, IL-IN-WI...... M 152.9 153.2 153.7 154.4 3.6 .8 .5 3.0 .5 .3 Los Angeles-Anaheim-Riverside, CA ...... M 151.9 152.7 153.2 152.9 2.5 .1 -.2 2.2 .9 .3 N.Y.-Northern N.J.-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT M 163.3 164.4 164.4 164.7 3.0 .2 .2 2.9 .7 .0 Phil.-Wilmington-Trenton, PA-NJ-DE-MD .. M 163.0 163.7 164.2 164.0 3.0 .2 -.1 2.8 .7 .3 San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA ..... M 153.0 153.8 R/154.3 154.2 2.9 .3 -.1 2.7 .8 .3 + _ Baltimore, MD .......................... 1 - 154.4 - 153.6 2.5 -.5 - - - - Boston-Lawrence-Salem, MA-NH ........... 1 - 162.1 - 165.4 3.8 2.0 - - - - Cleveland-Akron-Lorain, OH ............. 1 - 145.8 - 146.2 4.0 .3 - - - - Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL .............. 1 - 152.6 - 154.6 4.3 1.3 - - - - St. Louis-East St. Louis, MO-IL ........ 1 - 150.1 - 150.5 3.8 .3 - - - - Washington, DC-MD-VA ................... 1 - 158.2 - 158.7 4.1 .3 - - - - Dallas-Fort Worth, TX .................. 2 149.5 - 150.7 - - - - 2.9 .8 - Detroit-Ann Arbor, MI .................. 2 148.0 - 148.8 - - - - 2.6 .5 - Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX ......... 2 142.2 - 142.5 - - - - 1.1 .2 - Pittsburgh-Beaver Valley, PA ........... 2 147.2 - 148.0 - - - - 2.6 .5 - + 1/ Foods, fuels, and several other items priced every month in all areas; most other goods and services priced as + _ indicated: M - Every month. 1 - January, March, May, July, September, and November. 2 - February, April, June, August, October, and December. 2/ Regions defined as the four Census regions. See map in technical notes. + _ 3/ Indexes on a December 1986=100 base. + _ - Data not available. R/ Revised. + _ NOTE: Local area CPI indexes are byproducts of the national CPI program. Each local index has a smaller sample size than the national index and is, therefore, subject to substantially more sampling and other measurement error. As a result, local area indexes show greater volatility than the national index, although their long-term trends are similar. Therefore, the Bureau of Labor Statistics strongly urges users to consider adopting the national average CPI for use in their escalator clauses.