For Current And Historical Until 8:30 A.M. (Edt) — 1994-07-13

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) rose 0.3 percent before seasonal adjustment in June to a level of 148.0 (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 2.5 percent. The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) also increased 0.3 percent in June, prior to seasonal adjustment. The June 1994 CPI-W level of 145.4 was 2.4 percent higher than the index in June 1993. On a seasonally adjusted basis, the CPI-U rose 0.3 percent in June after increasing 0.2 percent in May. An upturn in the index for energy was primarily responsible for the slightly larger advance in the overall CPI-U. After declining 1.0 percent in May, the energy index increased 0.1 percent in June, largely as a result of a turnaround in the gasoline index.