United States (US) CPI Consumer Price Index May 2014

United States (US) CPI Consumer Price Index

CPI United States May of 2014

United States: CPI goes up in May of 2014

The annual variation rate of the CPI in United States in May of 2014 was 2.1%, 1 tenth higher than the month before.The monthly variation rate of the CPI (Consumer Price Index) has been 0.3%, and thus the accumulated inflation in 2014 is 2.1%

We must highlight the increase of 0.7% in the prices of Restaurants and hotels, until its interannual rate reached 2.6%, which is in contrast to the decrease in the prices of Clothing and footwear of -0.5%, and an interannual variation of 0.8%.

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CPI (overall index) [+]

CPI United States May 2014

	Interannual	Accum. since January	Monthly variation
CPI (overall index) [+]	2.1%	2.1%	0.3%
Food and non-alcoholic beverages [+]	2.4%		0.4%
Alcoholic beverages and tobacco [+]	2.1%		0.2%
Clothing and footwear [+]	0.8%		-0.5%
Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels [+]	2.6%		0.5%
Furniture, household equipment and maintenance [+]	-1.6%		-0.1%
Health [+]	2.8%		0.2%
Transport [+]	1.8%		0.6%
Communication [+]	-0.2%		-0.2%
Recreation and culture [+]	0.4%		0%
Education [+]	3.4%		0.2%
Restaurants and hotels [+]	2.6%		0.7%
Miscellaneous goods and services [+]	1.8%		0%
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United States: CPI annual

	2013	2012
CPI (overall index) [+]	1.5%	1.7%
Food and non-alcoholic beverages [+]	1.1%	1.8%
Alcoholic beverages and tobacco [+]	2.5%	1.6%
Clothing and footwear [+]	0.6%	1.8%
Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels [+]	2.2%	1.7%
Furniture, household equipment and maintenance [+]	-1.4%	0.0%
Health [+]	2.0%	3.2%
Transport [+]	0.5%	1.6%
Communication [+]	-0.2%	-0.6%
Recreation and culture [+]	0.4%	0.8%
Education [+]	3.5%	3.8%
Restaurants and hotels [+]	2.0%	2.4%
Miscellaneous goods and services [+]	1.8%	1.5%