U.S. Oct CPI unchanged

Biz.Yahoo/Reuters ^ | November 18, 2003

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U.S. Oct CPI unchanged
Tuesday November 18, 8:31 am ET

 WASHINGTON, Nov 18 (Reuters) - U.S. Labor Department monthly
Consumer Price Index (CPI-U), 1982-84 equals 100 (except where
noted):
  Percent Changes:           Seasonally Adj.  Unadjusted
.                                  Oct   Sept   Oct03/02
All Items                         UNCH    0.3      2.0
 Excluding Food/Energy             0.2    0.1      1.3
Energy                            -3.9    3.0      8.8
Food and Beverages                 0.6    0.2      2.9
Food                               0.6    0.2      2.9
CPI-Urban Consumers-X            185.0  185.2      N/A
 X-Data unadjusted. N/A-Not Available.
.  Percent Changes:           Seasonally Adj.  Unadjusted
.                                  Oct  Sept   Oct03/02
Housing                            0.3   0.1      2.4
Shelter                            0.4   0.1      2.4
Rent of Primary Residence         UNCH   0.2      2.8
Owners' Equivalent Rent-Y          0.3   0.1      2.1
Housing Fuels/Utilities           -0.8   0.2      7.3
Household Furnishings/Operations   0.2  -0.4     -2.3
Y-Dec 1982=100 base.
.  Percent Changes:           Seasonally Adj.  Unadjusted
.                                  Oct   Sept   Oct03/02
Apparel                            0.2    0.5     -1.6
Transportation                    -1.6    0.9      1.4
New/Used Motor Vehicles-V         -0.7   -1.0     -4.3
New Vehicles                      -0.3   -0.4     -2.2
Gasoline                          -6.8    6.3      9.8
.  Percent Changes:           Seasonally Adj.  Unadjusted
.                                  Oct   Sept   Oct03/02
Medical Care                       0.3    0.5      3.7
Prescription drugs                 0.2    0.5      2.8
Recreation-V                      UNCH    0.2      1.1
Education/Communication-V         UNCH    0.1      1.4
Tobacco                            0.2   -0.7     -0.2
Commodities                       -0.6    0.4      0.5
Services                           0.3    0.2      3.2
Airline Fares (Unadjusted)        UNCH   -1.8      4.1
CPI-W                             -0.2    0.3      1.9
V-Dec 1997=100 base. CPI-W--Index for urban wage earners and
clerical workers.
 FORECAST:
 Reuters survey of economists forecast:
 U.S. Oct CPI +0.1 pct
 U.S. Oct CPI ex-food/energy +0.1 pct

[Starwind]

The full BLS report is at CONSUMER PRICE INDEX: OCTOBER 2003

[Starwind]

Fyi...

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I read on FNC that beef prices were up around 4%. 4% my BUTT! A slab of beef that used to cost me $6 now costs me $9!

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Puppy. The other white meat.