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Consumer Price Index - August 2009
Usa historical inflation data
CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U)
Consumer Price Index - August 2009
On a seasonally adjusted basis, the Consumer Price Index for all
Urban Consumers (CPI-U) rose 0.4 percent in August, the Bureau of
Labor Statistics reported today. The index has decreased 1.5 percent
over the last 12 months on a not seasonally adjusted basis.
The 0.4 percent seasonally adjusted increase in the CPI-U was driven
by a 9.1 percent rise in the gasoline index. This increase accounted
for almost the entire advance in the energy index and over 80 percent
of the overall increase. Despite the August increase, the gasoline
index has fallen 30.0 percent over the last 12 months.
The indexes for food and for all items less food and energy both
posted slight increases in August. The food index rose 0.1 percent
following a 0.3 percent decline in July. The food at home index,
which fell 0.5 percent in July, was unchanged in August. Of the six
major grocery store food group indexes, three rose in August and
three declined. The index for all items less food and energy also
rose 0.1 percent in August, the second consecutive such increase.
Increases in the indexes for used cars and trucks, medical care,
public transportation and lodging away from home offset a decline in
the new vehicle index. The index for all items less food and energy
increased 1.4 percent over the last 12 months, the smallest 12-month
increase in the index since February 2004.
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