For Current And Historical Until 8:30 A.M. (Edt) — 1994-10-14

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) rose 0.3 percent before seasonal adjustment in September to a level of 149.4 (1982-84=100), the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. For the 12-month period ended in September, the CPI-U increased 3.0 percent. The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) also increased 0.3 percent in September, prior to seasonal adjustment. The September 1994 CPI-W level of 146.9 was 3.0 percent higher than the index in September 1993. On a seasonally adjusted basis, the CPI-U rose 0.2 percent in September, following increases of 0.3 percent in each of the 3 preceding months. A downturn in the energy index was largely responsible for the smaller advance in the overall CPI-U. The food index rose slightly less than in August, largely as a result of the stabilization of coffee prices.