Consumer Price Index - February 2000

The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) measures changes in the cost of a typical "market basket" of goods and services purchased by a typical urban worker. The index compares the current cost of that market basket with the cost in a base year. Monthly figures are not seasonally adjusted.

Value of the CPI-W

 

Base

 

1967=100

1982-84=100

April 2000

500.1

167.9

March 2000

499.7

167.8

February 2000

495.6

166.4


Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics

 

Period

 1967=100 1957-59=100 1982-84=100
3-Month Average 493.4 573.9 165.7
February 2000 495.6 576.4 166.4
January 2000 492.9 573.3 165.5
December 1999 491.8 571.9 165.1

NOTE: As of January 1988, the 1957-59 CPI-W is no longer being published. Our calculation was made by converting the 1982-84 CPI-W to the 1957-59 base. We continue to urge local unions to avoid use of the 1982-84 base in COLA clauses. This position was spelled out in Administrative Letters dated June 16, 1987 (Vol. 37, Letter No. 4) and October 30, 1989 (Vol. 39, Letter No. 3).

 

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