INFLATION HERE

Here's how the over-all Consumer Price Index for the Chicago areachanged over the past year. Each bar represents the percent changefrom the previous month. Data are not seasonally adjusted. And here, for a variety of goods and services, is the percent changein November, 1993, compared with a year ago and with the previousmonth. Category % change from

Nov. '92 Oct. '93

All food/beverages +3.0 +0.1 Alcoholic beverages +2.0 -0.4 Dairy products +1.4 -2.2 Fruits, vegetables +3.8 +5.2 Food away from home +2.2 -0.2 Meat/fish/eggs +6.1 -1.2 All housing +2.1 -1.5 Renters' costs +4.0 -0.6 Homeowners' costs +3.5 +0.5 Natural gas -2.3 -4.6 Electricity -8.3 -29.2 All apparel/upkeep +5.4 -1.5 Men's/boys' apparel +18.3 -0.4 Women's/girls' apparel 0.0 -2.0 Footwear +5.9 -1.7 All transportation +1.1 +0.6 Private transportation +0.4 +0.2 Public transportation +6.7 +2.6 Gasoline -7.5 -1.4 All medical care +6.0 +0.1 All entertainment +2.7 +0.1