US Data: CPI-U - Percent Change Summary>

Release for:      April 2018

Source: U.S. Labor Department

Data seasonally adjusted unless otherwise noted

                              NSA y/y unadj  Pct chg from prev month:

                               Apr-18 Apr-18   Jan-18   Feb-18   Mar-18   Apr-18

All items                         2.5    0.4      0.5      0.2     -0.1      0.2

 Food, beverage                   1.4    0.3      0.2      0.0      0.1      0.3

 Housing                          3.0    0.2      0.2      0.3      0.3      0.3

 Apparel                          0.8    0.6      1.7      1.5     -0.6      0.3

 Transportation                   4.1    1.4      1.8      0.0     -1.2      0.2

 Medical care                     2.2    0.0      0.4     -0.1      0.4      0.1

 Recreation                       0.3   -0.3      0.0      0.0      0.0     -0.4

 Edu/communction                  0.1   -0.1      0.1     -0.2     -0.2      0.0

 Other                            2.4    0.7      0.4      0.2      0.2      0.8

Energy                            7.9    3.0      3.0      0.1     -2.8      1.4

 Gasoline                        13.4    6.2      5.7     -0.9     -4.9      3.0

Food                              1.4    0.3      0.2      0.0      0.1      0.3

Excl food, energy                 2.1    0.2      0.3      0.2      0.2      0.1

Indexes:

CPI (Adjusted)                                249.245  249.619  249.462  250.013

  unrounded pct change*                                0.15005 -0.06290  0.22088

Core CPI (Adjusted)                           255.287  255.751  256.200  256.450

  unrounded pct change*                                0.18176  0.17556  0.09758

*Changes calculated by MNI

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

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