For Current And Historical Until 8:30 A.M. (Est) — 1994-12-14

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) rose 0.1 percent before seasonal adjustment in November to a level of 149.7 (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 2.7 percent. The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) increased 0.2 percent in November, prior to seasonal adjustment. The November 1994 CPI-W level of 147.3 was 2.7 percent higher than the index in November 1993. On a seasonally adjusted basis, the CPI-U rose 0.3 percent in November, following an increase of 0.1 percent in October. The larger advance in November was primarily the result of an upturn in the energy index, which rose 0.7 percent after declining 0.7 percent in each of the 2 preceding months.