Consumer Price Index - August 2009
"On a seasonally adjusted basis, the Consumer Price Index for all
Urban Consumers (CPI-U) rose 0.4 percent in August, the Bureau of
Labor Statistics reported today. The index has decreased 1.5 percent
over the last 12 months on a not seasonally adjusted basis.

The 0.4 percent seasonally adjusted increase in the CPI-U was driven
by a 9.1 percent rise in the gasoline index. This increase accounted
for almost the entire advance in the energy index and over 80 percent
of the overall increase. Despite the August increase, the gasoline
index has fallen 30.0 percent over the last 12 months..."