Consumer Price Index - December 2007
ALL URBAN CONSUMERS
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The United States City Average Consumer Price Index (CPI) for December 2007 was 210.036 — representing an increase of 4.1 percent over the index for December 2006.
The Northeast Area Consumer Price Index for December 2007 was 223.425 – representing an increase of 3.8 percent over the index for December 2006.
The New York-Northern New Jersey Area Consumer Price Index for
December 2007 was 229.395 — representing an increase of 3.7 percent over the index for December 2006.
The January CPI will be available February 20, 2008.
Future projections of the CPI by businesses and economic organizations are found on page 3.
CPI increases are projected at 2.8 percent for 2007 and 2.7 percent in 2008.
Contingency Budget Cap set at 3.36% for 2008-09. Read full report.
Effective with the January 2007 release, the Bureau of Labor Statistics has begun to publish all 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 January 16, 2008
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