For Current And Historical Material In This — 2002-08-16

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.1 percent in July, before seasonal adjustment, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The July level of 180.1 (1982-84=100) was 1.5 percent higher than its level in July 2001. The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) also rose 0.1 percent in July, prior to seasonal adjustment. The July level of 176.1 was 1.3 percent higher than the index in July 2001. On a seasonally adjusted basis, the CPI-U rose 0.1 percent in July, the same as in June. The indexes for food and for energy each turned up in July, increasing 0.2 and 0.4 percent, respectively. The index for food at home--up 0.1 percent--recorded its first advance since March. Within energy, an increase of 1.2 percent in the index for petroleum-based energy was partially offset by a 0.4 percent decline in the index for energy services.