Consumer Price Index - September 2009

 

The all items less food and energy index increased 0.2 percent in September after increasing 0.1 percent in each of the previous two months.
Courtesy Department of Labor Statistics

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On a seasonally adjusted basis, the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) rose 0.2 percent in September. The increase was less than the 0.4 percent rise in August. The index has decreased 1.3 percent over the last 12 months on a not seasonally adjusted basis. This means that landscape services, equipment and amenities would be more affordable today than it was a year ago.

The seasonally adjusted increase in the all items index was broad based, although tempered by a decline in the food index. Contributing to this increase were advances in the indexes for  lodging away from home, medical care, new vehicles, used cars and trucks, and public transportation.

The increase occurred despite declines in the indexes for rent and owners' equivalent rent, the first decreases in those indexes since 1992. The energy index also increased in September, as increases in the indexes for gasoline, fuel oil and electricity more than offset a decline in the index for natural gas.

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics