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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 2013	Percent change from		Mar 2013	Percent change from		Mar 2013	Percent change from
	Mar 2013	1 month ago	1 year ago	Mar 2013	1 month ago	1 year ago	Mar 2013	1 month ago	1 year ago
All Items	232.773	0.3	1.5	222.121	0.2	1.4	235.511	0.4	1.5
Food and Beverages	236.267	0.0	1.5	230.215	0.2	1.5	237.973	0.1	1.5
Housing	225.643	0.1	1.9	204.251	0.1	1.7	236.863	0.2	2.3
Apparel	128.279	1.6	0.8	120.920	1.0	1.3	121.587	1.9	1.4
Transportation	221.080	0.7	0.1	221.538	0.6	-0.1	219.818	1.1	-0.9
Medical Care	424.154	0.2	3.1	426.499	0.4	3.7	429.228	0.0	2.5
Recreation (1)	115.386	0.0	0.6	117.248	-0.1	0.6	109.928	0.3	0.8
Education and Communication (1)	135.625	0.1	1.8	137.148	0.0	1.7	137.037	0.2	2.2
Other Goods and Services	399.265	0.2	1.8	385.651	0.6	2.3	388.224	-0.1	1.2
All Items (1967 = 100)	697.284
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 2013	Percent change from		Mar 2013	Percent change from		Mar 2013	Percent change from
	Mar 2013	1 month ago	1 year ago	Mar 2013	1 month ago	1 year ago	Mar 2013	1 month ago	1 year ago
All Items	229.323	0.3	1.3	218.491	0.2	1.3	230.226	0.4	1.3
Food and Beverages	235.611	0.0	1.5	230.287	0.2	1.4	237.731	0.1	1.4
Housing	222.168	0.1	1.9	199.376	0.0	1.8	234.095	0.2	2.3
Apparel	127.787	1.6	0.7	118.914	0.8	0.1	121.138	1.9	1.2
Transportation	222.492	0.8	-0.2	223.509	0.6	-0.5	219.497	1.2	-1.2
Medical Care	427.366	0.2	3.2	431.325	0.4	3.9	431.156	0.0	2.6
Recreation (1)	111.922	0.1	0.6	113.812	0.0	0.8	103.030	0.4	0.5
Education and Communication (1)	128.708	0.1	1.4	130.609	-0.1	1.1	132.376	0.3	2.1
Other Goods and Services	430.024	0.2	1.8	425.074	0.7	3.3	395.122	-0.4	0.9
All Items (1967 = 100)	683.084
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 2012	Percent change from		2nd half 2012	Percent change from		2nd half 2012	Percent change from
	2nd half 2012	1st half 2012	2nd half 2011	2nd half 2012	1st half 2012	2nd half 2011	2nd half 2012	1st half 2012	2nd half 2011
All Items	215.614	0.8	2.2	219.611	1.0	2.1	226.177	1.4	2.1
Food and Beverages	229.958	0.6	3.1	243.047	1.2	2.4	215.874	0.5	2.5
Housing	201.789	1.9	2.5	201.373	1.0	1.3	202.318	1.6	1.6
Apparel	156.711	0.5	7.7	126.920	6.6	10.0	108.096	11.4	6.5
Transportation	202.326	-0.8	1.9	211.748	0.0	1.5	263.448	0.1	0.6
Medical Care	378.276	-0.4	0.3	339.059	3.8	5.6	480.813	2.4	5.3
Recreation (1)	117.855	1.2	2.2	128.558	-1.0	0.3	145.800	-0.3	1.1
Education and Communication (1)	139.471	-0.4	-0.2	129.559	0.0	1.7	121.875	1.2	2.0
Other Goods and Services	305.960	1.0	1.1	376.621	0.7	2.7	347.953	2.0	3.6
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 2012	Percent change from		2nd half 2012	Percent change from		2nd half 2012	Percent change from
	2nd half 2012	1st half 2012	2nd half 2011	2nd half 2012	1st half 2012	2nd half 2011	2nd half 2012	1st half 2012	2nd half 2011
All Items	215.904	0.6	2.1	211.963	1.1	2.0	216.767	1.5	2.3
Food and Beverages	230.805	0.6	3.1	245.285	1.2	2.4	217.632	0.4	2.3
Housing	204.830	2.0	2.6	192.329	1.3	1.3	195.493	1.7	1.7
Apparel	154.879	-2.5	3.9	116.904	6.7	9.4	106.363	12.0	10.7
Transportation	208.517	-0.8	1.8	200.994	0.1	1.5	260.572	0.2	0.8
Medical Care	379.788	-0.4	0.5	346.429	4.2	6.4	483.964	2.7	5.8
Recreation (1)	120.229	0.6	1.7	127.490	-1.4	-0.1	126.184	-0.3	1.7
Education and Communication (1)	133.492	-1.2	-1.1	120.752	-0.1	1.4	117.447	1.9	2.1
Other Goods and Services	317.345	1.1	1.2	401.492	0.8	2.5	349.122	1.8	3.0
Footnotes (1) December 1997=100.

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Last Modified Date: May 16, 2013