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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
	Nov 2012	Percent change from		Nov 2012	Percent change from		Nov 2012	Percent change from
	Nov 2012	1 month ago	1 year ago	Nov 2012	1 month ago	1 year ago	Nov 2012	1 month ago	1 year ago
All Items	230.221	-0.5	1.8	219.483	-0.4	1.8	233.206	-0.7	1.9
Food and Beverages	234.742	0.0	1.8	228.654	0.1	1.8	236.169	0.0	1.6
Housing	223.814	0.0	1.7	202.614	0.1	1.5	234.321	-0.1	2.2
Apparel	129.573	-1.4	1.8	123.150	-1.1	1.9	122.837	-1.3	3.8
Transportation	214.525	-2.6	1.5	213.637	-2.5	1.4	215.543	-3.7	1.3
Medical Care	418.653	0.1	3.4	420.542	0.1	4.1	426.189	-0.1	3.5
Recreation (1)	114.763	0.0	1.4	116.716	0.1	2.5	109.462	-0.3	0.7
Education and Communication (1)	134.736	0.0	1.5	136.403	0.1	1.4	135.882	0.0	1.8
Other Goods and Services	396.702	0.1	1.5	384.087	0.2	2.6	387.870	0.0	1.1
All Items (1967 = 100)	689.639
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
	Nov 2012	Percent change from		Nov 2012	Percent change from		Nov 2012	Percent change from
	Nov 2012	1 month ago	1 year ago	Nov 2012	1 month ago	1 year ago	Nov 2012	1 month ago	1 year ago
All Items	226.595	-0.6	1.7	215.699	-0.5	1.8	227.767	-0.9	1.8
Food and Beverages	234.157	0.0	1.7	228.962	0.1	1.8	236.060	0.0	1.5
Housing	220.454	0.1	1.7	197.943	0.1	1.6	231.597	-0.1	2.2
Apparel	129.099	-1.3	1.8	120.861	-1.3	1.8	121.754	-1.5	2.9
Transportation	215.199	-3.0	1.5	214.781	-2.9	1.3	214.636	-4.3	1.2
Medical Care	421.639	0.0	3.6	425.230	0.1	4.4	428.001	-0.1	3.8
Recreation (1)	111.092	0.0	1.2	113.117	0.0	2.3	102.374	-0.3	0.0
Education and Communication (1)	127.920	0.0	1.2	130.188	0.1	1.0	131.159	0.0	1.7
Other Goods and Services	427.254	0.1	1.6	421.589	0.1	3.2	395.510	0.0	1.0
All Items (1967 = 100)	674.958
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
	1st half 2012	Percent change from		1st half 2012	Percent change from		1st half 2012	Percent change from
	1st half 2012	2nd half 2011	1st half 2011	1st half 2012	2nd half 2011	1st half 2011	1st half 2012	2nd half 2011	1st half 2011
All Items	213.921	1.4	2.6	217.392	1.0	2.6	222.960	0.6	1.8
Food and Beverages	228.571	2.5	5.0	240.082	1.2	4.2	214.698	1.9	3.6
Housing	197.935	0.6	2.3	199.294	0.3	1.9	199.174	0.1	1.1
Apparel	155.952	7.2	6.7	119.032	3.1	5.1	97.037	-4.4	-4.4
Transportation	203.881	2.7	1.8	211.753	1.5	2.4	263.306	0.6	1.7
Medical Care	379.807	0.7	2.5	326.787	1.8	2.0	469.672	2.8	4.9
Recreation (1)	116.462	1.0	1.4	129.800	1.3	2.5	146.260	1.4	1.8
Education and Communication (1)	139.986	0.1	1.7	129.547	1.7	2.5	120.414	0.8	2.2
Other Goods and Services	302.801	0.0	0.6	373.848	1.9	4.1	341.039	1.6	2.8
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
	1st half 2012	Percent change from		1st half 2012	Percent change from		1st half 2012	Percent change from
	1st half 2012	2nd half 2011	1st half 2011	1st half 2012	2nd half 2011	1st half 2011	1st half 2012	2nd half 2011	1st half 2011
All Items	214.712	1.5	2.7	209.747	1.0	2.6	213.588	0.8	2.1
Food and Beverages	229.391	2.5	5.2	242.417	1.2	4.5	216.713	1.9	3.6
Housing	200.731	0.5	2.5	189.786	-0.1	1.8	192.286	0.1	1.2
Apparel	158.805	6.5	4.5	109.527	2.5	3.7	94.971	-1.1	0.7
Transportation	210.272	2.7	1.9	200.871	1.5	2.3	260.075	0.7	2.3
Medical Care	381.343	0.9	3.0	332.318	2.1	2.2	471.267	3.1	5.4
Recreation (1)	119.533	1.1	1.7	129.273	1.3	2.4	126.627	2.1	2.6
Education and Communication (1)	135.152	0.1	0.8	120.829	1.5	2.0	115.266	0.2	0.7
Other Goods and Services	314.027	0.1	0.9	398.469	1.7	4.1	342.933	1.1	2.5
Footnotes (1) December 1997=100.

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