Consumer Price Index - August 2007
ALL URBAN CONSUMERS
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The United States City Average Consumer Price Index (CPI) for August 2007 was 207.917 — representing an increase of 2.0 percent over the index for August 2006.
The Northeast Area Consumer Price Index for August 2007 was 221.559 — representing an increase of 1.6 percent over the index for August 2006.
The New York-Northern New Jersey Area Consumer Price Index for August 2007 was 228.326 — representing an increase of 1.9 percent over the index for August 2006.
The September CPI will be available October 17, 2007.
Future projections of the CPI by businesses and economic organizations are found on page 3. CPI increases are projected at 2.7 percent for 2007 and 2.5 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.
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No. 200704
Released September 19, 2007
Released September 19, 2007
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