Consumer Price Index - March 2007
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Overview
The United States City Average Consumer Price Index (CPI) for March 2007 was 205.352 — representing an increase of 2.8 percent over the index for March 2006.
The New York-Northern New Jersey Area Consumer Price Index for March 2007 was 224.551 — representing an increase of 2.9 percent over the index for March 2006.
The April CPI will be available May 15, 2007.
Future projections of the CPI by businesses and economic organizations are found on page 3. CPI increases are projected at 2.1 percent for 2007 and 2.4 percent in 2008.
Effective with the January 2007 release, the Bureau of Labor Statistics has begun to publish all CPI index levels to three decimal places and will calculate percent changes based on these three decimal places. As in the past, percent changes in the CPI will be rounded to one decimal place.
No. 200704
Released April 17, 2007
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