April 2011 Consumer Price Index — 2011-05-13

(NOTE: This release was reissued on Thursday, August 18, 2011, to correct errors in the April 2011 data. Corrections have been made to Table 7 for the following iindexes: All items, energy, housing, fuels and utilities, and services. There were no changes made to the text of the release.) The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.4 percent 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 3.2 percent before seasonal adjustment. The energy index posted another increase in April as the gasoline index continued to rise, the latter accounting for almost half of the seasonally adjusted all items increase. The household energy index also rose, with all of its major components posting increases. The food index increased as well in April, though the 0.5 percent rise in the food at home index was the smallest increase this year.