US Data: CPI-U - Percent Change Summary>

Release for:      February 2018

Source: U.S. Labor Department

Data seasonally adjusted unless otherwise noted

                              NSA y/y unadj  Pct chg from prev month:

                               Feb-18 Feb-18   Nov-17   Dec-17   Jan-18   Feb-18

All items                         2.2    0.5      0.3      0.2      0.5      0.2

 Food, beverage                   1.4    0.0      0.0      0.2      0.2      0.0

 Housing                          2.8    0.3      0.2      0.3      0.2      0.3

 Apparel                          0.4    3.5     -0.9     -0.3      1.7      1.5

 Transportation                   4.1    1.0      1.5      0.2      1.8      0.0

 Medical care                     1.8    0.4      0.0      0.3      0.4     -0.1

 Recreation                       0.6    0.4     -0.1      0.1      0.0      0.0

 Edu/communction                 -1.8   -0.2      0.2      0.1      0.1     -0.2

 Other                            2.4    0.1      0.1     -0.2      0.4      0.2

Energy                            7.7    1.4      3.2     -0.2      3.0      0.1

 Gasoline                        12.6    1.6      6.0     -0.8      5.7     -0.9

Food                              1.4    0.0      0.0      0.2      0.2      0.0

Excl food, energy                 1.8    0.4      0.1      0.2      0.3      0.2

Indexes:

CPI (Adjusted)                                247.411  247.910  249.245  249.619

  unrounded pct change*                                0.20169  0.53850  0.15005

Core CPI (Adjusted)                           253.791  254.398  255.287  255.751

  unrounded pct change*                                0.23917  0.34945  0.18176

*Changes calculated by MNI

  ** MNI Washington Bureau (202) 371-2121 **

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