For Current And Historical Material In This — 2000-07-18

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.6 percent in June, before seasonal adjustment, to a level of 172.3 (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 3.7 percent. The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) also rose 0.6 percent in June, prior to seasonal adjustment. The June level of 169.1 was 3.9 percent higher than the index in June 1999. On a seasonally adjusted basis, the CPI-U rose 0.6 percent in June after increasing 0.1 percent in May. The energy index, which declined 1.9 percent in May, increased 5.6 percent in June, accounting for three- fourths of the overall CPI-U advance. The index for petroleum-based energy rose 8.1 percent, and the index for energy services increased 2.9 percent. The food index, which advanced 0.5 percent in May, increased 0.1 percent in June.