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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach

School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies

Cornell University

16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky

New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau

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Consumer Price Index - April 2012 [15 May 2012]

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm

or

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/cpi.pdf

[full-text, 40 pages]

and

Supplemental Files Table of Contents

http://www.bls.gov/web/cpi.supp.toc.htm

 

 

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) was

unchanged in April on a seasonally adjusted basis, the U.S. Bureau of

Labor Statistics reported today. Over the last 12 months, the all

items index increased 2.3 percent before seasonal adjustment.

 The energy index, which had risen in each of the three previous

months, declined in April on a seasonally adjusted basis and offset

increases in the other major indexes. The gasoline index fell 2.6

percent in April and accounted for most of the decline in energy,

though the indexes for natural gas and fuel oil decreased as well.

The food index rose in April as five of the six major grocery store

food group indexes increased.

 The index for all items less food and energy rose 0.2 percent in

April, the same increase as in March. Increases in the indexes for

shelter, used cars and trucks, medical care, airline fares, new

vehicles, and apparel all contributed significantly to the April

increase.

 The 12-month change in the index for all items was 2.3 percent in

April, the lowest figure since February 2011. The index for all items

less food and energy also increased 2.3 percent over the last 12

months. This is the first time since October 2009 that the 12-month

all items change has not exceeded the 12-month change for all items

less food and energy. The food index has risen 3.1 percent over the

last 12 months, and the energy index has risen 0.9 percent.

 

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