For Current And Historical Material In This — 2002-07-19

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.1 percent in June, before seasonal adjustment, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The June level of 179.9 (1982-84=100) was 1.1 percent higher than its level in June 2001. The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) also rose 0.1 percent in June, prior to seasonal adjustment. The June level of 175.9 was 0.7 percent higher than the index in June 2001. On a seasonally adjusted basis, the CPI-U increased 0.1 percent in June after registering no change in May. The indexes for food and for energy, each of which declined in May, were both unchanged in June. An increase of 0.3 percent in the index for petroleum-based energy was offset by a 0.2 percent decline in the index for energy services.