For Current And Historical This Release Is Embargoed — 1995-12-14

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) declined 0.1 percent before seasonal adjustment in November to a level of 153.6 (1982-84=100), the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. For the 12-month period ended in November, the CPI-U increased 2.6 percent. The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) also declined 0.1 percent in November, prior to seasonal adjustment. The November 1995 CPI-W level of 150.9 was 2.4 percent higher than the index in November 1994. On a seasonally adjusted basis, the CPI-U, which rose 0.3 percent in October, was unchanged in November. The energy index, which rose 0.4 percent in October after declining in each of the 3 preceding months, turned down in November, decreasing 0.9 percent. The index for motor fuels fell 2.2 percent, more than offsetting a slight increase in the index for household fuels.