US Data: CPI-U - Percent Change Summary>

Release for:      March 2019

Source: U.S. Labor Department

Data seasonally adjusted unless otherwise noted

                              NSA y/y unadj  Pct chg from prev month:

                               Mar-19 Mar-19   Dec-18   Jan-19   Feb-19   Mar-19

All items                         1.9    0.6      0.0      0.0      0.2      0.4

 Food, beverage                   2.1    0.2      0.3      0.2      0.4      0.2

 Housing                          2.9    0.3      0.3      0.2      0.2      0.3

 Apparel                         -2.2    0.1      0.0      1.1      0.3     -1.9

 Transportation                   0.5    2.3     -1.5     -1.3      0.1      1.5

 Medical care                     1.7    0.2      0.3      0.2     -0.2      0.3

 Recreation                       1.2    0.4      0.5      0.3     -0.4      0.3

 Edu/communction                  0.8   -0.1      0.1      0.2      0.2      0.1

 Other                            2.1    0.1      0.0      0.2      0.5      0.1

Energy                           -0.4    4.4     -2.6     -3.1      0.4      3.5

 Gasoline                        -0.7    9.0     -5.8     -5.5      1.5      6.5

Food                              2.1    0.2      0.3      0.2      0.4      0.3

Excl food, energy                 2.0    0.3      0.2      0.2      0.1      0.1

Indexes:

CPI (Adjusted)                                252.723  252.673  253.113  254.148

  unrounded pct change*                               -0.01978  0.17414  0.40891

Core CPI (Adjusted)                           260.078  260.701  260.989  261.374

  unrounded pct change*                                0.23954  0.11047  0.14752

*Changes calculated by MNI

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

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