Price movements: August 1996

Article Abstract:

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) experienced a 2.9% increase over the 12 months between Aug 1995 and 1996, while it increased .2% before seasonal adjustment since Jul 1996, attaining a level of 157.3. The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) experienced a 2.9% 12-month increase and rose .1% over Jul 1996, attaining a level of 154.5. Greatest increases were in energy, with 3.9% for the CPI-U and 4.0% for the CPI-W while the greatest drops were in apparel and upkeep with a 1.5% loss for the CPI-U and a 1.2% loss for the CPI-W.

Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (Index), Consumer Price Index for Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (Index)

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Experimental consumer price index for Americans 62 years of age and older

Article Abstract:

The Older Americans Act of 1987 mandated that the Bureau of Labor Statistics develop an experimental index for Americans 62 years old or older. (CPI-E) This experimental index studies the same categories as the CPI-U and CPI-W. During a 5-year period from December 1990 to 1995, the CPI-E went up 15.9%, as compared to 14.7% in the CPI-U and 14.1% in the CPI-W. The medical care component showed the largest increase in the CPI-E, while this population allocated a smaller part of their expenses for personal and educational needs.

Aged, Elderly

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Price movements: April 1998

Article Abstract:

Both consumer price indexes rose in April 1998, with a 0.2% increase in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) and a 0.3% increase in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W). For the CPI-U, a drop of 0.9% occurred in the petroleum-based energy index. Nonalcoholic beverages declined by 0.4%; housing and medical care increased by 0.4%

Education, Recreation

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