US Bureau of Labor Statistics released the Consumer Price Index of January 2006.
It stated that the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.8 percent in January, before seasonal adjustment, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the US Department of Labor reported today. The January level of 198.3 (1982-84=100) was 4.0 percent higher than in January 2005.
The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) also increased 0.8 percent in January, prior to seasonal adjustment. The January level of 194.0 (1982-84=100) was 4.1 percent higher than in January 2005.
The Chained Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (C-CPI-U) increased 0.7 percent in January on a not seasonally adjusted basis. The January level of 115.2 (December 1999=100) was 3.4 percent higher than in January 2005.
On a seasonally adjusted basis, the CPI-U advanced 0.7 percent in January, following declines in each of the previous two months. Energy costs increased 5.0 percent in January, its first advance since September and accounted for about 70 percent of the advance in the overall CPI-U.
Within energy, the index for petroleum-based energy increased 5.7 percent and the index for energy services rose 4.2 percent. The index for all items less food and energy increased 0.2 percent in January, following a 0.1 percent increase in December, reflecting upturns in the indexes for new vehicles and for apparel.
The transportation index rose 1.8 percent in January.
The index for apparel rose 0.3 percent in January, following a 0.3 percent decline in December. (Prior to seasonal adjustment, apparel prices fell 2.2 percent, reflecting post-holiday discounting.)
Bureau of Labor Statistics
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