Focus on Prices and Spending | Consumer Price Index

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Focus on Prices and Spending, Consumer Price Index, Volume 2, Number 15

Chart 1. CPI-U quarterly percent changes, 2011
Category	First quarter change, 2011	Second quarter change, 2011	Third quarter change, 2011	Fourth quarter change, 2011
All items	6.1	1.5	4.8	-0.4
Food	7.5	4.1	5.7	1.6
Energy	42.4	-12.5	26.6	-18.0
All items less food and energy	2.0	2.9	2.1	1.8