U.S. Aug CPI rose 0.3 pct

Biz.Yahoo/Reuters ^ | September 16, 2003

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U.S. Aug CPI rose 0.3 pct
Tuesday September 16, 8:28 am ET

   WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 (Reuters) - U.S. Labor Department
monthly Consumer Price Index (CPI-U), 1982-84 equals 100 (except
where noted):
.   Percent Changes:           Seasonally Adj.  Unadjusted
.                                  Aug   July   Aug03/02
All Items                          0.3    0.2      2.2
 Excluding Food/Energy             0.1    0.2      1.3
Energy                             2.7    0.4     11.8
Food and Beverages                 0.3    0.1      2.4
Food                               0.3    0.1      2.5
CPI-Urban Consumers-X            184.6  183.9      N/A
 X-Data unadjusted. N/A-Not Available.
.    Percent Changes:           Seasonally Adj.  Unadjusted
.                                  Aug  July   Aug03/02
Housing                            0.1   0.2      2.4
Shelter                            0.2   0.3      2.2
Rent of Primary Residence          0.2   0.2      2.9
Owners' Equivalent Rent-Y          0.2   0.3      2.2
Housing Fuels/Utilities            0.1  -0.2      8.4
Household Furnishings/Operations  -0.3  -0.2     -2.0
Y-Dec 1982=100 base.
.   Percent Changes:           Seasonally Adj.  Unadjusted
.                                  Aug   July   Aug03/02
Apparel                            0.1   unch     -2.7
Transportation                     1.1    0.2      2.9
New/Used Motor Vehicles-V         -0.2   -0.4     -2.7
New Vehicles                       0.5   -0.1     -0.9
Gasoline                           6.2    1.2     14.5
.   Percent Changes:           Seasonally Adj.  Unadjusted
.                                  Aug   July   Aug03/02
Medical Care                       0.2    0.5      3.9
Prescription drugs                 0.5    0.6      3.0
Recreation-V                      unch   unch      1.3
Education/Communication-V          0.5    0.5      1.1
Tobacco                            0.6    1.2     -1.3
Commodities                        0.5    0.1      0.9
Services                           0.2    0.2      3.1
Airline Fares (Unadjusted)        -1.6    1.6      1.2
CPI-W                              0.4    0.1      2.1
V-Dec 1997=100 base. CPI-W--Index for urban wage earners and
clerical workers.
 FORECAST:
 Reuters survey of economists forecast:
 U.S. Aug CPI +0.4 pct
 U.S. Aug CPI ex-food/energy +0.2 pct
 Historical:
 The U.S. Labor Department said CPI excluding food and energy
rose 1.3 percent from Aug. 2002, the smallest annual increase
since a 1.2 percent increase Feb. 1966.

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

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