For Current And Historical Until 8:30 A.M. (Est) — 1994-02-17

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) rose 0.3 percent before seasonal adjustment in January to a level of 146.2 (1982-84=100), the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. For the 12-month period ended in January, the CPI-U increased 2.5 percent. The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) increased 0.2 percent in January, prior to seasonal adjustment. The January 1994 CPI-W level of 143.6 was 2.4 percent higher than the index in January 1993. On a seasonally adjusted basis, the CPI-U was unchanged in January after increasing 0.2 percent in December. The index for food fell 0.1 percent in January, primarily as a result of smaller than seasonally anticipated price increases for fruits and vegetables.