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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
	Mar 2012	Percent change from		Mar 2012	Percent change from		Mar 2012	Percent change from
	Mar 2012	1 month ago	1 year ago	Mar 2012	1 month ago	1 year ago	Mar 2012	1 month ago	1 year ago
All Items	229.392	0.8	2.7	218.975	1.0	2.8	232.039	0.9	2.4
Food and Beverages	232.708	0.1	3.2	226.730	0.3	3.6	234.467	0.2	2.6
Housing	221.487	0.2	1.7	200.795	0.2	1.4	231.487	0.2	1.9
Apparel	127.258	3.2	4.9	119.385	2.4	7.6	119.935	2.9	4.0
Transportation	220.842	3.0	4.7	221.721	4.1	5.3	221.749	3.9	4.4
Medical Care	411.498	0.3	3.5	411.318	0.2	3.5	418.910	0.3	3.1
Recreation (1)	114.675	0.3	1.2	116.593	0.5	1.5	109.057	0.1	0.7
Education and Communication (1)	133.235	0.0	2.0	134.873	0.0	2.0	134.127	0.2	2.2
Other Goods and Services	392.364	0.3	1.7	377.040	0.3	1.6	383.518	0.0	0.6
All Items (1967 = 100)	687.157
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
	Mar 2012	Percent change from		Mar 2012	Percent change from		Mar 2012	Percent change from
	Mar 2012	1 month ago	1 year ago	Mar 2012	1 month ago	1 year ago	Mar 2012	1 month ago	1 year ago
All Items	226.304	0.9	2.9	215.788	1.2	3.2	227.271	1.0	2.5
Food and Beverages	232.240	0.1	3.3	227.164	0.3	3.7	234.522	0.2	2.7
Housing	218.024	0.1	1.7	195.889	0.2	1.4	228.838	0.2	1.8
Apparel	126.940	3.2	5.7	118.759	2.8	9.3	119.686	2.6	3.7
Transportation	222.947	3.4	5.3	224.726	4.7	6.2	222.150	4.4	4.7
Medical Care	414.116	0.3	3.7	415.267	0.2	3.7	420.090	0.3	3.3
Recreation (1)	111.200	0.3	1.2	112.886	0.4	1.8	102.515	0.0	-0.1
Education and Communication (1)	126.905	0.0	1.5	129.247	0.0	1.6	129.604	0.2	1.8
Other Goods and Services	422.358	0.2	1.7	411.438	0.2	1.8	391.609	-0.1	0.3
All Items (1967 = 100)	674.090
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: May 15, 2012