Daily Document Update: HR Compliance Library, 46,288, CPI for all items　rises 0.3% in July as gasoline, shelter indexes increase, BLS reports -　CONSUMER PRICE INDEX, (Aug. 14, 2019)

摘要

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.3 percent in July on a seasonallyadjusted basis after rising 0.1 percent in June, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported August 13. Over thelast 12 months, the all items index increased 1.8 percent before seasonal adjustment.Increases in the indexes for gasoline and shelter were the major factors in the seasonally adjusted all itemsmonthly increase. The energy index rose in July as the gasoline and electricity indexes increased, though thenatural gas index declined. The index for food was unchanged for the second month in a row, as a decline in thefood at home index was offset by an increase in the food away from home index.