US Data: CPI-U - Percent Change Summary>

Release for:      August 2018

Source: U.S. Labor Department

Data seasonally adjusted unless otherwise noted

                        NSA y/y unadj  Pct chg from prev month:

                         Aug-18 Aug-18   May-18   Jun-18   Jul-18   Aug-18

All items                   2.7    0.1      0.2      0.1      0.2      0.2

 Food, beverage             1.4    0.1      0.0      0.2      0.1      0.1

 Housing                    2.9    0.2      0.2      0.0      0.2      0.3

 Apparel                   -1.4   -0.3      0.0     -0.9     -0.3     -1.6

 Transportation             6.4   -0.3      0.4      0.4      0.3      0.9

 Medical care               1.5   -0.2      0.2      0.4     -0.2     -0.2

 Recreation                 0.1   -0.3      0.0      0.2      0.2     -0.1

 Edu/communction            1.2    0.4      0.4      0.2      0.2      0.2

 Other                      2.2   -0.1      0.1     -0.1      0.0      0.0

Energy                     10.2   -0.1      0.9     -0.3     -0.5      1.9

 Gasoline                  20.3   -0.3      1.7      0.5     -0.6      3.0

Food                        1.4    0.1      0.0      0.2      0.1      0.1

Excl food, energy           2.2    0.1      0.2      0.2      0.2      0.1

Indexes:

CPI (Adjusted)                          250.535  250.857  251.286  251.846

  unrounded pct change*                          0.12852  0.17101  0.22285

Core CPI (Adjusted)                     256.889  257.305  257.930  258.141

  unrounded pct change*                          0.16194  0.24290  0.08181

*Changes calculated by MNI

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

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