For Current And Historical This Release Is Embargoed — 1997-07-16

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) rose 0.1 percent before seasonal adjustment in June to a level of 160.3 (1982- 84=100), the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. For the 12-month period ended in June, the CPI-U increased 2.3 percent. The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) also rose 0.1 percent in June, prior to seasonal adjustment. The June 1997 CPI-W level of 157.4 was 2.1 percent higher than the index in June 1996. On a seasonally adjusted basis, the CPI-U rose 0.1 percent in June, the same as in each of the preceding three months. The food index increased 0.2 percent in June.