For Current And Historical Material In This — 2000-06-14

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.1 percent in May, before seasonal adjustment, to a level of 171.3 (1982- 84=100), the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. For the 12-month period ended in May, the CPI-U increased 3.1 percent. The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) also rose 0.1 percent in May, prior to seasonal adjustment. The May level of 168.1 was 3.3 percent higher than the index in May 1999. On a seasonally adjusted basis, the CPI-U rose 0.1 percent in May after registering no change in April. The energy index declined 1.9 percent in May, the same as in April. In May, the index for petroleum- based energy fell 3.4 percent, and the index for energy services declined 0.1 percent.