For Current And Historical Material In This — 2000-08-16

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.2 percent in July, before seasonal adjustment, to a level of 172.6 (1982- 84=100), the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. For the 12-month period ended in July, the CPI-U increased 3.5 percent. The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) rose 0.1 percent in July, prior to seasonal adjustment. The July level of 169.3 was 3.7 percent higher than the index in July 1999. On a seasonally adjusted basis, the CPI-U rose 0.2 percent in July after increasing 0.6 percent in June. The energy index, which advanced 5.6 percent in June, rose 0.1 percent in July. A 2.0 percent increase in the index for energy services was largely offset by 1.6 percent decline in the index for petroleum-based energy. The food index advanced 0.5 percent in July, following a 0.1 percent increase in June.