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Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in the U.S., Midwest, and West, not seasonally adjusted
(1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
Item	U.S. City Average			Midwest region			West region
	Feb 2012	Percent change from		Feb 2012	Percent change from		Feb 2012	Percent change from
	Feb 2012	1 month ago	1 year ago	Feb 2012	1 month ago	1 year ago	Feb 2012	1 month ago	1 year ago
All Items	227.663	0.4	2.9	216.855	0.2	2.7	229.995	0.4	2.5
Food and Beverages	232.453	0.0	3.8	226.156	-0.3	4.1	234.052	0.0	3.2
Housing	221.117	0.1	1.8	200.370	0.1	1.3	231.045	0.3	1.8
Apparel	123.312	1.0	4.2	116.578	0.4	6.5	116.575	0.7	4.3
Transportation	214.429	1.7	5.6	213.087	1.0	4.8	213.387	1.7	4.3
Medical Care	410.466	0.6	3.4	410.589	0.7	3.4	417.828	0.6	2.8
Recreation (1)	114.333	0.1	1.0	116.054	0.1	0.6	108.919	-0.1	0.6
Education and Communication (1)	133.199	0.1	1.9	134.879	0.1	1.9	133.901	0.1	2.1
Other Goods and Services	391.236	0.0	1.5	375.873	-0.3	1.4	383.570	-0.2	0.8
All Items (1967 = 100)	681.977
Footnotes (1) December 1997=100.

Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) in the U.S., Midwest, and West, not seasonally adjusted
(1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
Item	U.S. City Average			Midwest region			West region
	Feb 2012	Percent change from		Feb 2012	Percent change from		Feb 2012	Percent change from
	Feb 2012	1 month ago	1 year ago	Feb 2012	1 month ago	1 year ago	Feb 2012	1 month ago	1 year ago
All Items	224.317	0.5	3.1	213.248	0.2	3.0	224.956	0.5	2.5
Food and Beverages	231.971	0.0	3.9	226.580	-0.3	4.2	234.084	0.0	3.4
Housing	217.717	0.1	1.8	195.536	0.0	1.4	228.414	0.2	1.7
Apparel	123.044	0.9	4.7	115.483	0.3	7.5	116.610	1.1	4.2
Transportation	215.665	1.9	6.3	214.669	1.0	5.4	212.864	2.0	4.8
Medical Care	413.022	0.6	3.5	414.431	0.7	3.6	418.779	0.6	2.9
Recreation (1)	110.881	0.3	1.1	112.439	0.4	1.1	102.486	-0.2	-0.2
Education and Communication (1)	126.853	0.1	1.4	129.219	0.1	1.5	129.347	0.0	1.6
Other Goods and Services	421.412	0.0	1.5	410.435	-0.4	1.5	391.936	-0.2	0.5
All Items (1967 = 100)	668.171
Footnotes (1) December 1997=100.

Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), selected metropolitan areas, not seasonally adjusted
(1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
Item	St. Louis, MO-IL			Kansas City, MO-KS			Denver, CO
	2nd half 2011	Percent change from		2nd half 2011	Percent change from		2nd half 2011	Percent change from
	2nd half 2011	1st half 2011	2nd half 2010	2nd half 2011	1st half 2011	2nd half 2010	2nd half 2011	1st half 2011	2nd half 2010
All Items	210.966	1.1	3.1	215.140	1.5	4.3	221.521	1.1	3.6
Food and Beverages	223.076	2.5	3.5	237.259	3.0	6.6	210.675	1.7	4.6
Housing	196.781	1.7	2.2	198.753	1.6	2.5	199.036	1.1	2.4
Apparel	145.500	-0.4	5.2	115.429	1.9	-0.5	101.474	0.0	2.7
Transportation	198.548	-0.8	7.1	208.535	0.8	9.8	261.757	1.1	9.8
Medical Care	377.000	1.7	2.7	320.928	0.2	3.4	456.780	2.0	2.1
Recreation (1)	115.271	0.4	-1.6	128.141	1.2	4.4	144.258	0.4	1.7
Education and Communication (1)	139.803	1.6	2.5	127.434	0.9	0.7	119.449	1.3	1.3
Other Goods and Services	302.680	0.5	1.6	366.710	2.2	2.7	335.797	1.3	-0.7
Footnotes (1) December 1997=100.

Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W), selected metropolitan areas, not seasonally adjusted
(1982-84=100 unless otherwise noted)
Item	St. Louis, MO-IL			Kansas City, MO-KS			Denver, CO
	2nd half 2011	Percent change from		2nd half 2011	Percent change from		2nd half 2011	Percent change from
	2nd half 2011	1st half 2011	2nd half 2010	2nd half 2011	1st half 2011	2nd half 2010	2nd half 2011	1st half 2011	2nd half 2010
All Items	211.537	1.1	3.6	207.756	1.7	4.9	211.960	1.4	4.1
Food and Beverages	223.794	2.6	3.7	239.477	3.3	7.2	212.685	1.7	4.9
Housing	199.647	1.9	2.3	189.892	1.8	2.7	192.176	1.2	2.6
Apparel	149.119	-1.9	5.0	106.887	1.2	1.3	96.055	1.9	3.4
Transportation	204.817	-0.7	8.2	197.988	0.8	10.5	258.381	1.7	10.9
Medical Care	378.017	2.1	2.9	325.567	0.1	3.5	457.242	2.3	2.4
Recreation (1)	118.237	0.6	0.3	127.652	1.1	3.3	124.049	0.5	1.7
Education and Communication (1)	134.971	0.6	1.4	119.041	0.5	0.2	115.039	0.5	0.0
Other Goods and Services	313.593	0.7	1.6	391.668	2.3	2.9	339.059	1.3	-0.2
Footnotes (1) December 1997=100.

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Last Modified Date: April 13, 2012