June 2011 Consumer Price Index — 2011-07-15

(NOTE: This release was reissued on Thursday, August 18, 2011, to correct errors in the April-June 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) decreased 0.2 percent in June on a seasonally adjusted basis, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Over the last 12 months, the all items index increased 3.6 percent before seasonal adjustment. The gasoline index declined sharply in June, falling 6.8 percent. While this decrease was the major factor in the seasonally adjusted decline in the all items index, the index for household energy declined as well. In contrast, the index for all items less food and energy increased 0.3 percent for the second consecutive month.