July 19, 2011 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)

Consumer Price Index increases 3.6 percent in 12 months (again)

12-month percent change in CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), not seasonally adjusted, June 2010–June 2011
Month	All items	Energy	Food	All items less food and energy
Jun 2010	1.1	3.0	0.7	0.9
Jul 2010	1.2	5.2	0.9	0.9
Aug 2010	1.1	3.8	1.0	0.9
Sep 2010	1.1	3.8	1.4	0.8
Oct 2010	1.2	5.9	1.4	0.6
Nov 2010	1.1	3.9	1.5	0.8
Dec 2010	1.5	7.7	1.5	0.8
Jan 2011	1.6	7.3	1.8	1.0
Feb 2011	2.1	11.0	2.3	1.1
Mar 2011	2.7	15.5	2.9	1.2
Apr 2011	3.2	19.0	3.2	1.3
May 2011	3.6	21.5	3.5	1.5
Jun 2011	3.6	20.1	3.7	1.6

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