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Consumer Price Index: July 2010

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.3 percent in July on a seasonally adjusted basis, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (Before seasonal adjustment, the all items index was unchanged for the month.) Over the last 12 months, the index increased 1.2 percent before seasonal adjustment.

Table A. Percent changes in CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average

Expenditure Category	Seasonally adjusted Changes from preceding month 2010							Un-adjusted 12-mos. ended
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	June	July	July 2010
All Items	.2	.0	.1	-.1	-.2	-.1	.3	1.2
Food	.2	.1	.2	.2	.0	.0	-.1	.9
Food at home	.4	.1	.5	.2	.0	-.1	-.1	.7
Food away from home (1)	.1	.1	.0	.1	.1	.1	.0	1.1
Energy	2.8	-.5	.0	-1.4	-2.9	-2.9	2.6	5.2
Energy commodities	4.9	-1.3	-1.0	-2.1	-4.8	-4.1	4.0	8.0
Gasoline (all types)	4.4	-1.4	-.8	-2.4	-5.2	-4.5	4.6	7.4
Fuel oil	6.1	-2.4	.7	2.3	-1.4	-3.2	-1.6	15.1
Energy Services	.0	.5	1.4	-.5	-.5	-1.6	.8	1.7
Electricity	-1.1	-.5	2.1	.7	-.4	-2.2	.5	1.3
Utility (piped) gas service	3.5	3.9	-.7	-4.4	-1.0	.6	1.7	3.1
All items less food and energy	-.1	.1	.0	.0	.1	.2	.1	.9
Commodities less food and energy commodities	.1	-.1	-.1	-.3	.1	.2	.2	1.0
New Vehicles	-.5	.1	.1	.0	.1	.1	.1	.9
Used car and trucks	1.5	.7	.5	.2	.6	.9	.8	17.0
Apparel	-.1	-.7	-.4	-.7	.2	.8	.6	-.3
Medical care commodities	.7	.8	.4	.2	.1	.0	-.2	3.2
Service less energy services	-.2	.1	.1	.2	.1	.1	.1	.8
Shelter	-.5	.0	-.1	.0	.1	.1	.1	-.7
Transportation services	-.3	.4	.4	.4	.4	.0	.0	3.9
Medical care services	.5	.4	.3	.3	.0	.4	.0	3.2

(1) Not seasonally adjusted

Source: www.bls.org, August 13, 2010

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