Consumer Price Index

February 2010

On a seasonally adjusted basis the CPI-U rose 0.2 percent from December. The January CPI-U increased 2.6 percent from January 2009. The index for energy rose 2.8 percent in January after rising 0.2 percent in December. The food index rose 0.2 percent in January after rising 0.2 percent in December. The index for all items less food and energy declined 0.1 percent from December to January. This is the first decrease in the “core” CPI (all items less food and energy) since 1982. The Minneapolis-St. Paul CPI for the last half of 2009 was little changed from the last half of 2008. The annual average CPI for 2009 was down 0.9 percent from the 2008 annual average.