For Current And Historical Material In This — 2000-05-16

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.1 percent in April, before seasonal adjustment, to a level of 171.2 (1982-84=100), the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. For the 12-month period ended in April, the CPI-U increased 3.0 percent. The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) also rose 0.1 percent in April, prior to seasonal adjustment. The April level of 167.9 was 3.2 percent higher than the index in April 1999. On a seasonally adjusted basis, the CPI-U was unchanged in April, following an increase of 0.7 percent in March. The energy index, which rose 4.9 percent in March, declined 1.9 percent in April, registering its first decrease since last June. The index for petroleum-based energy fell 4.1 percent, while the index for energy services rose 0.5 percent. The food index rose 0.1 percent in April, the same as in March.