November 23, 2010

Consumer prices increase 1.2 percent in 12 months

12-month percent change in CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), not seasonally adjusted, October 2009�October 2010
Month	All items	All items less food and energy
Oct 2009	-0.2	1.7
Nov 2009	1.8	1.7
Dec 2009	2.7	1.8
Jan 2010	2.6	1.6
Feb 2010	2.1	1.3
Mar 2010	2.3	1.1
Apr 2010	2.2	0.9
May 2010	2.0	0.9
Jun 2010	1.1	0.9
Jul 2010	1.2	0.9
Aug 2010	1.1	0.9
Sep 2010	1.1	0.8
Oct 2010	1.2	0.6

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