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Ideal for users requiring large volumes of data that cannot be extracted using the applications provided on the Web site." class="tooltip-label" href="#">Text Files</a></th> </tr>  <tr> <td class="col-a-head"> <strong>All Urban Consumers (Current Series)</strong><br> (Consumer Price Index - CPI) </td> <td class="col-a"> </td> <td class="col-a"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110710231359/http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/surveymost?cu"><img src="/web/20110710231359im_/http://www.bls.gov/images/icons/icon_large_quick_search.gif" alt="Top Picks" border="0" height="56" width="64"></a></td> <td class="col-a"><a href="javascript:;" onclick="window.open('https://web.archive.org/web/20110710231359/http://data.bls.gov/pdq/querytool.jsp?survey=cu','blswindow','toolbar=yes,location=yes,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,width=800,height=480,top=80,left=80')"><img src="/web/20110710231359im_/http://www.bls.gov/images/icons/icon_large_one_screen.gif" alt="One Screen Data Search" border="0" height="56" width="64"></a></td> <td class="col-a"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110710231359/http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/dsrv?cu"><img src="/web/20110710231359im_/http://www.bls.gov/images/icons/icon_large_multi_screen.gif" alt="Multi Screen Data Search" border="0" height="56" width="64"></a></td> <td class="col-a"><a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/#tables"><img src="/web/20110710231359im_/http://www.bls.gov/images/icons/icon_large_table.gif" alt="Tables" border="0" height="56" width="64"></a></td> <td class="col-a"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110710231359/ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/time.series/cu/"><img src="/web/20110710231359im_/http://www.bls.gov/images/icons/icon_large_ftp.gif" alt="Text Files" border="0" height="56" width="64"></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="col-b-head"> <strong>Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (Current Series)</strong><br> (Consumer Price Index - CPI) </td> <td class="col-b"> </td> <td class="col-b"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110710231359/http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/surveymost?cw"><img src="/web/20110710231359im_/http://www.bls.gov/images/icons/icon_large_quick_search.gif" alt="Top Picks" border="0" height="56" width="64"></a></td> <td class="col-b"><a href="javascript:;" onclick="window.open('https://web.archive.org/web/20110710231359/http://data.bls.gov/pdq/querytool.jsp?survey=cw','blswindow','toolbar=yes,location=yes,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,width=800,height=480,top=80,left=80')"><img src="/web/20110710231359im_/http://www.bls.gov/images/icons/icon_large_one_screen.gif" alt="One Screen Data Search" border="0" height="56" width="64"></a></td> <td class="col-b"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110710231359/http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/dsrv?cw"><img src="/web/20110710231359im_/http://www.bls.gov/images/icons/icon_large_multi_screen.gif" alt="Multi Screen Data Search" border="0" height="56" width="64"></a></td> <td class="col-b"><a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/#tables"><img src="/web/20110710231359im_/http://www.bls.gov/images/icons/icon_large_table.gif" alt="Tables" border="0" height="56" width="64"></a></td> <td class="col-b"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110710231359/ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/time.series/cw/"><img src="/web/20110710231359im_/http://www.bls.gov/images/icons/icon_large_ftp.gif" alt="Text Files" border="0" height="56" width="64"></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="col-b-head"> <strong>All Urban Consumers (Chained CPI)</strong><br> (Consumer Price Index - CPI) </td> <td class="col-b"> </td> <td class="col-b"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110710231359/http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/surveymost?su"><img src="/web/20110710231359im_/http://www.bls.gov/images/icons/icon_large_quick_search.gif" alt="Top Picks" border="0" height="56" width="64"></a></td> <td class="col-b"><a href="javascript:;" onclick="window.open('https://web.archive.org/web/20110710231359/http://data.bls.gov/pdq/querytool.jsp?survey=su','blswindow','toolbar=yes,location=yes,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,width=800,height=480,top=80,left=80')"><img src="/web/20110710231359im_/http://www.bls.gov/images/icons/icon_large_one_screen.gif" alt="One Screen Data Search" border="0" height="56" width="64"></a></td> <td class="col-b"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110710231359/http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/dsrv?su"><img src="/web/20110710231359im_/http://www.bls.gov/images/icons/icon_large_multi_screen.gif" alt="Multi Screen Data Search" border="0" height="56" width="64"></a></td> <td class="col-b"><a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/#tables"><img src="/web/20110710231359im_/http://www.bls.gov/images/icons/icon_large_table.gif" alt="Tables" border="0" height="56" width="64"></a></td> <td class="col-b"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110710231359/ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/time.series/su/"><img src="/web/20110710231359im_/http://www.bls.gov/images/icons/icon_large_ftp.gif" alt="Text Files" border="0" height="56" width="64"></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="col-b-head"> <strong>Average Price Data</strong><br> (Consumer Price Index - CPI) </td> <td class="col-b"> </td> <td class="col-b"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110710231359/http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/surveymost?ap"><img src="/web/20110710231359im_/http://www.bls.gov/images/icons/icon_large_quick_search.gif" alt="Top Picks" border="0" height="56" width="64"></a></td> <td class="col-b"><a href="javascript:;" onclick="window.open('https://web.archive.org/web/20110710231359/http://data.bls.gov/pdq/querytool.jsp?survey=ap','blswindow','toolbar=yes,location=yes,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,width=800,height=480,top=80,left=80')"><img src="/web/20110710231359im_/http://www.bls.gov/images/icons/icon_large_one_screen.gif" alt="One Screen Data Search" border="0" height="56" width="64"></a></td> <td class="col-b"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110710231359/http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/dsrv?ap"><img src="/web/20110710231359im_/http://www.bls.gov/images/icons/icon_large_multi_screen.gif" alt="Multi Screen Data Search" border="0" height="56" width="64"></a></td> <td class="col-b"><a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/#tables"><img src="/web/20110710231359im_/http://www.bls.gov/images/icons/icon_large_table.gif" alt="Tables" border="0" height="56" width="64"></a></td> <td class="col-b"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110710231359/ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/time.series/ap/"><img src="/web/20110710231359im_/http://www.bls.gov/images/icons/icon_large_ftp.gif" alt="Text Files" border="0" height="56" width="64"></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="col-a-head"> <strong>Department Store Inventory Price Index</strong><br> (Consumer Price Index - CPI) </td> <td class="col-a"> </td> <td class="col-a"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110710231359/http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/surveymost?li"><img src="/web/20110710231359im_/http://www.bls.gov/images/icons/icon_large_quick_search.gif" alt="Top Picks" border="0" height="56" width="64"></a></td> <td class="col-a"><a href="javascript:;" onclick="window.open('https://web.archive.org/web/20110710231359/http://data.bls.gov/pdq/querytool.jsp?survey=li','blswindow','toolbar=yes,location=yes,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,width=800,height=480,top=80,left=80')"><img src="/web/20110710231359im_/http://www.bls.gov/images/icons/icon_large_one_screen.gif" alt="One Screen Data Search" border="0" height="56" width="64"></a></td> <td class="col-a"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110710231359/http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/dsrv?li"><img src="/web/20110710231359im_/http://www.bls.gov/images/icons/icon_large_multi_screen.gif" alt="Multi Screen Data Search" border="0" height="56" width="64"></a></td> <td class="col-a"><a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/#tables"><img src="/web/20110710231359im_/http://www.bls.gov/images/icons/icon_large_table.gif" alt="Tables" border="0" height="56" width="64"></a></td> <td class="col-a"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110710231359/ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/time.series/li/"><img src="/web/20110710231359im_/http://www.bls.gov/images/icons/icon_large_ftp.gif" alt="Text Files" border="0" height="56" width="64"></a></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p> </p> <h3>Calculators</h3>  <table class="matrix-table"> <tbody> <tr> <th>Calculator Name</th> <th>Calculator</th>  </tr> <tr> <td class="col-b-head"><strong>Inflation</strong><br> Easily find out how the buying power of the dollar has changed over the years using the inflation calculator.</td> <td class="col-b"><a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/data/inflation_calculator.htm"><img src="/web/20110710231359im_/http://www.bls.gov/images/icons/icon_large_calculator.gif" alt="Calculator" width="40" height="40" style="vertical-align: middle;"></a><a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/data/inflation_calculator.htm" target="_blank"></a></td>  </tr> </tbody> </table>  <h4>More Tools</h4> <ul> <li> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110710231359/http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/srgate">Series Report</a>—Already know the series identifier for the statistic you want? Use this shortcut to retrieve your data.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Text files (FTP) - For those who want it all. Download a flat file of the entire database or large subset of the database. <ul> <li> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110710231359/ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/time.series/cu/">All Urban Consumers (Current Series)</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110710231359/ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/time.series/cw/">Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (Current Series)</a></li> <li> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110710231359/ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/time.series/su/">All Urban Consumers (Chained CPI)</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110710231359/ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/time.series/ap/">Average Price Data</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110710231359/ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/time.series/li/">Department Store Inventory Price Index</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110710231359/ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/cpi/">Special Requests</a> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><a class="green-anchor-button" href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/data.htm">All CPI Databases »</a></p> </div> <p> </p> <h2 class="content-tab" id="tables"><a><strong>CPI Tables</strong></a></h2> <div class="content-tab-body"> <h4>Consumer Price Index History Table:</h4> <ul> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110710231359/ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/cpi/cpiai.txt">Table Containing History of CPI-U U.S. All Items Indexes and Annual Percent Changes From 1913 to Present</a></li> </ul> <h4>CPI Detailed Report Tables:</h4> <ul> <li> Consumer Price Index Detailed Report, complete text and tables, May 2011 (<a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpid1105.pdf">PDF</a>)</li> <li>Consumer Price Index Detailed Report, complete text and tables, April 2011 (<a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpid1104.pdf">PDF</a>)</li> <li>Consumer Price Index Detailed Report, complete text and tables, March 2011 (<a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpid1103.pdf">PDF</a>)</li> <li>Consumer Price Index Detailed Report, complete text and tables, February 2011 (<a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpid1102.pdf">PDF</a>)</li> <li>Consumer Price Index Detailed Report, complete text and tables, January 2011 (<a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpid1101.pdf">PDF</a>)</li> <li>Consumer Price Index Detailed Report, Tables Annual Averages 2010 (<a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpid10av.pdf">PDF</a>)</li> <li>Consumer Price Index Detailed Report, Tables 30-39 Second Half 2010 Semiannual Averages (<a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpid10sv.pdf">PDF</a>)</li> <li>Consumer Price Index Detailed Report, (complete text and tables) , December 2010 (<a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpid1012.pdf">PDF</a>)</li> <li>Consumer Price Index Detailed Report, (complete text and tables) , November 2010 (<a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpid1011.pdf">PDF</a>)</li> <li>Consumer Price Index Detailed Report, (complete text and tables) , October 2010 (<a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpid1010.pdf">PDF</a>)</li> <li>Consumer Price Index Detailed Report, (complete text and tables), September 2010 (<a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpid1009.pdf">PDF</a>)</li> <li>Consumer Price Index Detailed Report, (complete text and tables), August 2010 (<a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpid1008.pdf">PDF</a>)</li> <li>Consumer Price Index Detailed Report, (complete text and tables), July 2010 (<a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpid1007.pdf">PDF</a>)</li> <li>Consumer Price Index Detailed Report, Tables 30-39 First Half 2010 Semiannual Averages (<a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpid10fv.pdf">PDF</a>)</li> <li>Consumer Price Index Detailed Report, (complete text and tables), June 2010 (<a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpid1006.pdf">PDF</a>)</li> <li>Consumer Price Index Detailed Report, (complete text and tables), May 2010 (<a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpid1005.pdf">PDF</a>)</li> <li>Consumer Price Index Detailed Report, (complete text and tables), April 2010 (<a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpid1004.pdf">PDF</a>)</li> <li>Consumer Price Index Detailed Report, (complete text and tables), March 2010 (<a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpid1003.pdf">PDF</a>)</li> <li>Consumer Price Index Detailed Report, (complete text and tables), February 2010 (<a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpid1002.pdf">PDF</a>)</li> <li>Consumer Price Index Detailed Report, (complete text and tables), January 2010 (<a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpid1001.pdf">PDF</a>)</li> <li>Consumer Price Index Detailed Report, Tables Annual Averages 2009 (<a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpid09av.pdf">PDF</a>)</li> <li>Consumer Price Index Detailed Report, Tables 30-39 Second Half 2009 Semiannual Averages (<a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpid09sv.pdf">PDF</a>)</li> <li>Consumer Price Index Detailed Report, (complete text and tables), December 2009 (<a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpid0912.pdf">PDF</a>)</li> <li>Consumer Price Index Detailed Report, (complete text and tables), November 2009 (<a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpid0911.pdf">PDF</a>)</li> <li>Consumer Price Index Detailed Report, (complete text and tables), October 2009(<a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpid0910.pdf">PDF</a>)</li> <li>Consumer Price Index Detailed Report, (complete text and tables), September 2009 (<a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpid0909.pdf">PDF</a>)</li> <li>Consumer Price Index Detailed Report, (complete text and tables), August 2009 (<a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpid0908.pdf">PDF</a>)</li> <li>Consumer Price Index Detailed Report, (complete text and tables), July 2009 (<a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpid0907.pdf">PDF</a>)</li> <li>Consumer Price Index Detailed Report, Tables 30-39, First Half Semiannual Averages (<a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpid09fv.pdf">PDF</a>)</li> <li>Consumer Price Index Detailed Report, (complete text and tables), June 2009 (<a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpid0906.pdf">PDF</a>) </li> <li>Consumer Price Index Detailed Report, (complete text and tables), May 2009 (<a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpid0905.pdf">PDF</a>) </li> <li>Consumer Price Index Detailed Report, (complete text and tables), April 2009 (<a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpid0904.pdf">PDF</a>)</li> <li>Consumer Price Index Detailed Report, (complete text and tables), March 2009 (<a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpid0903.pdf">PDF</a>)</li> <li>Consumer Price Index Detailed Report, (complete text and tables), February 2009 (<a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpid0902.pdf">PDF</a>)</li> <li>Consumer Price Index Detailed Report, (complete text and tables), January 2009 (<a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpid0901.pdf">PDF</a>)</li> <li>Consumer Price Index Detailed Report, Tables, Second half 2008, (Tables 30-39) (<a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpid08sv.pdf">PDF</a>)</li> <li>Consumer Price Index Detailed Report, (complete text and tables), December 2008 (<a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpid0812.pdf">PDF</a>)</li> <li>Consumer Price Index Detailed Report, Tables Annual Average 2008 (<a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpid08av.pdf">PDF</a>)</li> <li>Consumer Price Index Detailed Report, (complete text and tables), November 2008 (<a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpid0811.pdf">PDF</a>)</li> <li><a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpi_dr.htm">Archived CPI Detailed Report Tables</a> October 2000-current</li> </ul> <h4>Relative Importance of Items in the Consumer Price Index</h4> <p>December 2010:</p> <ul> <li>2007-2008 weights:</li> <li>US City Average (<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110710231359/ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/cpi/cpiri2010.txt">TXT</a>)</li> <li>Relative Importance of Components in the Consumer Price Index, all areas (<a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpiri2010.pdf">PDF</a>)</li>  </ul> <p>December 2009:</p> <ul> <li>2007-2008 weights:</li> <li>US City Average (<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110710231359/ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/cpi/cpiri2009.txt">TXT</a>)</li> <li>Relative Importance of Components in the Consumer Price Index, all areas (<a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpiri2009.pdf">PDF</a>)</li> <li>2005-2006 weights:</li> <li>US City Average (<a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpiri05-06_2009.pdf">PDF</a>)</li> </ul> <p>December 2008:</p> <ul> <li>US City Average (<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110710231359/ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/cpi/cpiri2008.txt">TXT</a>)</li> <li>Relative Importance of Components in the Consumer Price Index, all areas (<a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpiri2008.pdf">PDF</a>)</li> </ul> <p>December 2007:</p> <ul> <li>2005-2006 weights:</li> <li>US City Average (<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110710231359/ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/cpi/cpiri05-06_2007.txt ">TXT</a>)</li> <li>Relative Importance of Components in the Consumer Price Index, all areas (<a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpiri2007.pdf">PDF</a>)</li> </ul> <ul> <li>2003-2004 weights:</li> <li>US City Average (<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110710231359/ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/cpi/cpiri03-04_2007.txt">TXT</a>)</li> </ul> <p>December 2006:</p> <ul> <li>US City Average (<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110710231359/ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/special.requests/cpi/cpiri2006.txt">TXT</a>) </li> <li>Relative Importance of Components in the Consumer Price Index, all areas (<a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpiri2006.pdf">PDF</a>)</li> </ul> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpi_riar.htm">Relative Importance files for earlier years may be found on our Archived Relative Importance's page</a>.</li> </ul> <h4>Department Store Inventory Price Indexes</h4> <ul> <li>May 2011 (<a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpilifo1105.pdf">PDF</a>)</li> <li>April 2011 (<a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpilifo1104.pdf">PDF</a>)</li> <li>March 2011 (<a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpilifo1103.pdf">PDF</a>)</li> <li>February 2011 (<a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpilifo0211.pdf">PDF</a>)</li> <li>January 2011 (<a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpilifo1101.pdf">PDF</a>)</li> <li>December 2010 (<a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpilifo1012.pdf">PDF</a>)</li> <li>November 2010 (<a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpilifo1011.pdf">PDF</a>)</li> <li>October 2010 (<a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpilifo1010.pdf">PDF</a>)</li> <li>September 2010 (<a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpilifo1009.pdf">PDF</a>)</li> <li>August 2010 (<a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpilifo1008.pdf">PDF</a>)</li> <li>July 2010 (<a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpilifo1007.pdf">PDF</a>)</li> <li>June 2010 (<a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpilifo1006.pdf">PDF</a>)</li> <li>May 2010 (<a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpilifo1005.pdf">PDF</a>)</li> <li>April 2010 (<a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpilifo1004.pdf">PDF</a>)</li> <li>March 2010 (<a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpilifo1003.pdf">PDF</a>)</li> <li>February 2010 (<a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpilifo1002.pdf">PDF</a>)</li> <li>January 2010 (<a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpilifo1001.pdf">PDF</a>)</li> <li>December 2009 (<a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpilifo0912.pdf">PDF</a>)</li> <li>November 2009 (<a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpilifo0911.pdf">PDF</a>)</li> <li>October 2009 (<a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpilifo0910.pdf">PDF</a>)</li> <li>September 2009 (<a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpilifo0909.pdf">PDF</a>)</li> <li>August 2009 (<a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpilifo0908.pdf">PDF</a>)</li> <li>July 2009 (<a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpilifo0907.pdf">PDF</a>)</li> <li>June 2009 (<a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpilifo0906.pdf">PDF</a>)</li> <li>May 2009 (<a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpilifo0905.pdf">PDF</a>)</li> <li>April 2009 (<a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpilifo0904.pdf">PDF</a>)</li> <li>March 2009 (<a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpilifo0903.pdf">PDF</a>)</li> <li>February 2009 (<a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpilifo0902.pdf">PDF</a>)</li> <li>January 2009 (<a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpilifo0901.pdf">PDF</a>)</li> <li>December 2008 (<a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpilifo0812.pdf">PDF</a>)</li> <li>November 2008 (<a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpilifo0811.pdf">PDF</a>)</li> <li>October 2008 (<a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpilifo0810.pdf">PDF</a>)</li> <li>September 2008 (<a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpilifo0809.pdf">PDF</a>)</li> <li>August 2008 (<a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpilifo0808.pdf">PDF</a>)</li> <li>July 2008 (<a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpilifo0807.pdf">PDF</a>)</li> <li>June 2008 (<a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpilifo0806.pdf">PDF</a>)</li> <li>May 2008 (<a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpilifo0805.pdf">PDF</a>)</li> </ul> </div> <h2 class="content-tab" id="publications"><a><strong>CPI Publications</strong></a></h2> <div class="content-tab-body"> <h3>Publications</h3> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpi_dr.htm">CPI Detailed Reports</a></li> <li>BLS Handbook of Methods, Chapter 17, The Consumer Price Index (<a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/opub/hom/homch17_a.htm">HTML</a>) (<a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/opub/hom/pdf/homch17.pdf">PDF</a>)</li> <li><a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/superlink.htm">Note on Chained Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers</a></li> </ul> <h3>Reports</h3> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpiurs.htm">CPI research series using current methods</a></li> <li>Reconciliation Between the CPI and PCE Price Index. The Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) undertook a joint project to detail and quantify the differences between the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) and the Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) Chain-type Price Index. A paper summarizing these differences can be found on the BEA website at <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110710231359/http://www.bea.gov/papers/pdf/cpi_pce.pdf" target="new">http://www.bea.gov/papers/pdf/cpi_pce.pdf</a>. The latest reconciliation tables can be found at <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110710231359/http://www.bea.gov/national/nipaweb/nipa_underlying/pce-cpi.asp">http://www.bea.gov/national/nipaweb/nipa_underlying/pce-cpi.asp</a>.</li> <li>Treatment of Owner-Occupied Housing in the CPI - Paper presented to the Federal Economic Statistics Advisory Committee (FESAC) on December 9, 2005 (<a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/bls/fesacp1120905.pdf">PDF</a>)</li> <li>Updating the Housing Age-Bias Regression model in the Consumer Price Index (<a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpiagebias.pdf">PDF</a>)</li> <li>Guidelines for Quality Adjustment of New Vehicle Prices (<a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpiautoqaguide.pdf ">PDF</a>)</li> <li>Experimental Consumer Price Index for Americans 62 years of Age and Older, 1982-2007 (Monthly Labor Review April 2008) (<a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2008/04/art2full.pdf">PDF</a>)</li> <li><span class="new">NEW</span> Experimental Consumer Price Index for Americans 62 years of Age and Older, 1982-2009 (<a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpieart2009.pdf">PDF</a>)</li> <li>Response Rates for the Consumer Price Indexes, 2003 (<a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpirr2003.pdf">PDF</a>)</li> <li>Response Rates for the Consumer Price Indexes, 2004 (<a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpirr2004.pdf">PDF</a>)</li> <li>Response Rates for the Consumer Price Indexes, 2005 (<a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpirr2005.pdf">PDF</a>)</li> <li>Response Rates for the Consumer Price Indexes, 2006 (<a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpirr2006.pdf">PDF</a>)</li> <li>Response Rates for the Consumer Price Indexes, 2007 (<a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpirr2007.pdf">PDF</a>)</li> <li>Response Rates for the Consumer Price Indexes, 2008 (<a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpirr2008.pdf">PDF</a>)</li> <li>Response Rates for the Consumer Price Indexes, 2009 (<a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpirr2009.pdf">PDF</a>)</li> <li><span class="new">NEW</span> Response Rates for the Consumer Price Indexes, 2010 (<a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpirr2010.pdf">PDF</a>)</li> <li>Variance Estimates for Changes in the Consumer Price Index, January 2003 - December 2003 (<a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpivar2003.pdf">PDF</a>)</li> <li>Variance Estimates for Changes in the Consumer Price Index, January 2004 - December 2004 (<a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpivar2004.pdf">PDF</a>)</li> <li>Variance Estimates for Changes in the Consumer Price Index, January 2005 - December 2005 (<a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpivar2005.pdf">PDF</a>)</li> <li>Variance Estimates for Changes in the Consumer Price Index, January 2006 - December 2006 (<a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpivar2006.pdf">PDF</a>)</li> <li>Variance Estimates for Changes in the Consumer Price Index, January 2007 - December 2007 (<a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpivar2007.pdf">PDF</a>)</li> <li>Variance Estimates for Changes in the Consumer Price Index, January 2008 - December 2008 (<a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpivar2008.pdf">PDF</a>)</li> <li>Variance Estimates for Changes in the Consumer Price Index, January 2009 - December 2009 (<a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpivar2009.pdf">PDF</a>)</li> <li><span class="new">NEW</span> Variance Estimates for Changes in the Consumer Price Index, January 2010 - December 2010 (<a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpivar2010.pdf">PDF</a>)</li> <li>Consumer Price Index Users Survey (<a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpiusers.pdf">PDF</a> 262K)</li> <li><a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpihqaitem.htm">Hedonic Quality Adjustment in the U.S. CPI</a></li> </ul>  <h4>Recent Monthly Labor Review articles related to the Consumer Price Index</h4> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2010/07/art2exc.htm ">PPI and CPI seasonal adjustment</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2010/02/art2full.pdf">Producing Diseased-Based Price Indexes</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2008/08/art1abs.htm">Addressing misconceptions about the Consumer Price Index</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2008/07/art2abs.htm">Price measures of new vehicles: a comparison</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2008/07/art3abs.htm ">A hedonic model for Internet access service in the Consumer Price Index</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2006/05/art2abs.htm">Price measurement in the United States: A decade after the Boskin Report</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2006/05/art3abs.htm">Comparing U.S. and European inflation: the CPI and the HICP</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2006/09/art3abs.htm">The CE and the PCE: a comparison</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2006/09/art4abs.htm">Interarea price levels: an experimental methodology</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2006/10/art5abs.htm">The effects of rounding on the Consumer Price Index</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2006/12/art3abs.htm">Item replacement and quality change in apparel price indexes</a></li> </ul> <h4>CPI Fact Sheets</h4> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpifaq.htm">Understanding the Consumer Price Index: Answers to Some Questions</a>  </li> <li><a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpifact2.htm">How BLS Measures Changes in Consumer Prices</a> </li> <li><a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpifact8.htm">Guide to Available CPI Data</a> (<a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpifact8.pdf">PDF</a> 15K)</li> <li><a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpi1998d.htm">How to Use the Consumer Price Index for Escalation</a> (<a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpi1998d.pdf">PDF</a> 12K)</li> <li><a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpifact5.htm">The Consumer Price Index--Why the Published Averages Don't Always Match An Individual's Inflation Experience</a> (<a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpifact5.pdf">PDF</a> 136KB)</li> <li><a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpimathfs.pdf">Math Calculations to Better Utilize CPI Data</a> (PDF 39K)</li> </ul> <h4>How BLS Measures Price Change in the Consumer Price Index for:</h4> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpifacaf.htm">Airline Fares</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpifact9.htm">Cable Television</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpifachf.htm">Household Fuels</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpifaclv.htm">Leased Cars</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpifaclo.htm">Lodging Away from Home</a></li> <li><span class="updated">UPDATED</span> <a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpifact4.htm">Medical Care</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpigasfac.htm">Motor Fuels</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpifacmvi.htm">Motor Vehicle Insurance </a></li> <li><a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpifacnv.htm">New Vehicles</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpifaccomp.htm">Personal Computers and Peripheral Equipment</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpifacnewrent.pdf">Rent and Rental Equivalence</a> <li><a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpifactc.htm">Telephone Services, Cellular</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpifacct.htm">Tuition and Fees, College</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpifacet.htm">Tuition and Fees, Elementary and High School</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpifacuv.htm">Used Cars and Trucks</a></li> </ul> </div> <h2 class="content-tab" id="faq"><a><strong>CPI Frequently Asked Questions</strong></a></h2> <div class="content-tab-body"> <h3>Frequently Asked Questions</h3> <ol> <li><a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpifaq.htm#Question_1">What is the CPI?</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpifaq.htm#Question_2">How is the CPI used?</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpifaq.htm#Question_3">Whose buying habits does the CPI reflect?</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpifaq.htm#Question_4">Is the CPI a cost-of-living index?</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpifaq.htm#Question_5">Does the CPI measure my experience with price changes?</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpifaq.htm#Question_6">How is the CPI market basket determined?</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpifaq.htm#Question_7">What goods and services does the CPI cover?</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpifaq.htm#Question_8">How are CPI prices collected and reviewed?</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpifaq.htm#Question_9">How is the CPI calculated?</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpifaq.htm#Question_10">How are taxes treated in the CPI?</a></li> </ol> <p><a class="green-anchor-button" href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpifaq.htm">All CPI FAQs »</a></p> </div> <h2 class="content-tab" id="notice"><a><strong>CPI Special Notices</strong></a></h2> <div class="content-tab-body"> <h3>Notices</h3> <p class="sub4"><strong>Revised Seasonal Indexes<p class="sub4"></strong> <span class="updated">UPDATED</span> 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 made available recalculated seasonally adjusted indexes, as well as recalculated seasonal adjustment factors, for the period January 2006 through December 2010, on Tuesday, February 15, 2011.</p> <p class="sub4">For information on seasonal adjustment in the CPI, including revised indexes, seasonal factors, methodology, and actions taken in 2010, <a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpisapage.htm">see our page on seasonal adjustment</a>. </p> <p class="sub4"><strong>Social Security COLA</strong><p class="sub4"> Soon after the publication of September CPI data on October 15, 2010, the Social Security Administration (SSA) announced the annual change in its benefit payments for the coming year for Social Security's Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) programs. Specific information on how the Social Security Administration uses the CPI to determine cost-of-living adjustments can be found at <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110710231359/http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/COLA/latestCOLA.html">http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/COLA/latestCOLA.html</a>.</p> <p class="sub4"><strong>Expenditure Weight Update</strong><br> Effective with the January 2010 release the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has updated the consumption expenditure weights in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) and Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) to the 2007-08 period. The updated expenditure weights for these indexes replace the 2005-2006 weights that were introduced effective with the January 2008 CPI release. As originally announced by BLS in December 1998, CPI expenditure weights will continue to be updated at two year intervals subsequent to the 2010 updating.</p> <p class="sub4"><strong>CPI Published Numbers</strong><br> Effective with the release in February 2007 of the January 2007 Consumer Price Index (CPI), the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) began to publish its consumer price indexes rounded to three decimal places. Percent changes will be calculated from the three decimal place indexes. Those percent changes will continue to be published to one decimal place. For additional information, please see "<a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpithreedec.htm">Publishing Consumer Price Indexes to Three Decimal Places: Questions and Answers</a>".</p> </div> <h2 class="content-tab" id="contact"><a><strong>Contact Us</strong></a></h2> <div class="content-tab-body"> <h3>Contacts</h3> <ul> <p><strong>For hard copies of Consumer Price Index publications or historical data and help with general index questions, including escalator clauses in contracts:</strong></p> <ul> <li> Information and Analysis: (202) 691-7000 </ul></li> <p><strong>For more information about how we treat and price commodity and service items in the Consumer Price Index:</strong></p> <ul> <li> Food: (202) 691-6988 </ul></li> <ul> <li> Housing (rent and owners' equivalent rent): (202) 691-6991 </ul></li> <ul> <li> Transportation and Household Commodities (including gasoline, new cars, furniture and appliances): (202) 691-6982 </ul></li> <ul> <li> Apparel and Sundry (Nondurable) Commodities: (202) 691-6979 </ul></li> <ul> <li> Services (including medical care, utilities, insurance): (202) 691-6985 </ul></li> <p><strong>For help finding Consumer Price Index data in LABSTAT and for information on seasonal adjustment and other technical issues:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Production and Control: (202) 691-6968 </ul> </ul> </div>      </div> </td> <td id="secondary-content-td"> <div class="secondary-content">   <div id="latest-numbers"> <h3>Latest Numbers</h3><a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/feed/cpi_latest.rss" id="sidebar-rss-button"><img src="/web/20110710231359im_/http://www.bls.gov/images/layout/rss.gif" alt="RSS" height="16" width="44"/></a><br> <div class="clearfloat"></div> <h4>CPI-U, US City Average, All Items:</h4> <p> NSA<br> <span title="1-month percent change, not seasonally adjusted" class="data">+0.5% in May 2011</span> <a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/pdq/SurveyOutputServlet?data_tool=latest_numbers&series_id=CUUR0000SA0&output_view=pct_1mth"><img src="/web/20110710231359im_/http://www.bls.gov/images/layout/historical_icon.gif" alt="Historical Data" title="10-years of historical data"/></a></p> <p> SA<br> <span title="1-month percent change, seasonally adjusted" class="data">+0.2% in May 2011</span> <a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/pdq/SurveyOutputServlet?data_tool=latest_numbers&series_id=CUSR0000SA0&output_view=pct_1mth"><img src="/web/20110710231359im_/http://www.bls.gov/images/layout/historical_icon.gif" alt="Historical Data" title="10-years of historical data"/></a></p> <p> NSA<br> <span title="12-month percent change, not seasonally adjusted" class="data">+3.6% since May 2010</span> <a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/pdq/SurveyOutputServlet?data_tool=latest_numbers&series_id=CUUR0000SA0&output_view=pct_12mths"><img src="/web/20110710231359im_/http://www.bls.gov/images/layout/historical_icon.gif" alt="Historical Data" title="10-years of historical data"/></a></p> <h4>CPI-U, US City Average, All Items Less Food and Energy:</h4> <p> NSA<br> <span title="1-month percent change, not seasonally adjusted" class="data">+0.2% in May 2011</span> <a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/pdq/SurveyOutputServlet?data_tool=latest_numbers&series_id=CUUR0000SA0L1E&output_view=pct_1mth"><img src="/web/20110710231359im_/http://www.bls.gov/images/layout/historical_icon.gif" alt="Historical Data" title="10-years of historical data"/></a></p> <p> SA<br> <span title="1-month percent change, seasonally adjusted" class="data">+0.3% in May 2011</span> <a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/pdq/SurveyOutputServlet?data_tool=latest_numbers&series_id=CUSR0000SA0L1E&output_view=pct_1mth"><img src="/web/20110710231359im_/http://www.bls.gov/images/layout/historical_icon.gif" alt="Historical Data" title="10-years of historical data"/></a></p> <p> NSA<br> <span title="12-month percent change, not seasonally adjusted" class="data">+1.5% since May 2010</span> <a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/pdq/SurveyOutputServlet?data_tool=latest_numbers&series_id=CUUR0000SA0L1E&output_view=pct_12mths"><img src="/web/20110710231359im_/http://www.bls.gov/images/layout/historical_icon.gif" alt="Historical Data" title="10-years of historical data"/></a></p> <h4>CPI-U, US City Average, Medical Care:</h4> <p> NSA<br> <span title="1-month percent change, not seasonally adjusted" class="data">+0.1% in May 2011</span> <a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/pdq/SurveyOutputServlet?data_tool=latest_numbers&series_id=CUUR0000SAM&output_view=pct_1mth"><img src="/web/20110710231359im_/http://www.bls.gov/images/layout/historical_icon.gif" alt="Historical Data" title="10-years of historical data"/></a></p> <p> SA<br> <span title="1-month percent change, seasonally adjusted" class="data">+0.2% in May 2011</span> <a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/pdq/SurveyOutputServlet?data_tool=latest_numbers&series_id=CUSR0000SAM&output_view=pct_1mth"><img src="/web/20110710231359im_/http://www.bls.gov/images/layout/historical_icon.gif" alt="Historical Data" title="10-years of historical data"/></a></p> <p> NSA<br> <span title="12-month percent change, not seasonally adjusted" class="data">+3.0% since May 2010</span> <a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/pdq/SurveyOutputServlet?data_tool=latest_numbers&series_id=CUUR0000SAM&output_view=pct_12mths"><img src="/web/20110710231359im_/http://www.bls.gov/images/layout/historical_icon.gif" alt="Historical Data" title="10-years of historical data"/></a></p> <h4>CPI-W, US City Average, All Items:</h4> <p> NSA<br> <span title="1-month percent change, not seasonally adjusted" class="data">+0.5% in May 2011</span> <a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/pdq/SurveyOutputServlet?data_tool=latest_numbers&series_id=CWUR0000SA0&output_view=pct_1mth"><img src="/web/20110710231359im_/http://www.bls.gov/images/layout/historical_icon.gif" alt="Historical Data" title="10-years of historical data"/></a></p> <p> SA<br> <span title="1-month percent change, seasonally adjusted" class="data">+0.1% in May 2011</span> <a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/pdq/SurveyOutputServlet?data_tool=latest_numbers&series_id=CWSR0000SA0&output_view=pct_1mth"><img src="/web/20110710231359im_/http://www.bls.gov/images/layout/historical_icon.gif" alt="Historical Data" title="10-years of historical data"/></a></p> <p> NSA<br> <span title="12-month percent change, not seasonally adjusted" class="data">+4.1% since May 2010</span> <a href="/web/20110710231359/http://www.bls.gov/pdq/SurveyOutputServlet?data_tool=latest_numbers&series_id=CWUR0000SA0&output_view=pct_12mths"><img 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