Consumer Price Index - August 2011 (english version)

Iincreased 0.4 percent in August after increasing 0.5 percent in July

The latest Consumer Price Index news release has been posted on the BLS website at

• http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/cpi.pdf
•  and also archived at http://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/cpi_09152011.pdf.

 Highlights are below

CPI increases 0.4% in August as gas, food, shelter and apparel indexes all rise 

On a seasonally adjusted basis, the CPI-U increased 0.4 percent in August after increasing 0.5 percent in July.

The index for all items less food and energy rose 0.2 percent in August, the same increase as in July.

Inflation calculator for US - http://www.bls.gov/data/inflation_calculator.htm