May 13 (Reuters) - U.S. Labor Department monthly Consumer Price Index (CPI-U), 1982-84 equals 100 (except where noted):


Percent changes: Seasonally Adj. Unadjusted
Apr Mar Apr'25/24
All items 0.2 -0.1 2.3
Excluding Food/Energy 0.2 0.1 2.8
Energy 0.7 -2.4 -3.7
Food and Beverages -0.1 0.4 2.7
Food -0.1 0.4 2.8
CPI-Urban Consumers-X 320.795
X-Data unadjusted

Percent changes: Seasonally Adj. Unadjusted
Apr Mar Apr'25/24
Housing 0.5 0.3 4.0
Shelter 0.3 0.2 4.0
Rent of Primary Residence 0.3 0.3 4.0
Owners' Equivalent Rent-Y 0.4 0.4 4.3
Housing Fuels/Utilities 1.1 1.1 5.4
Household Furnishings/Operations 1.0 0.0 2.3
Apparel -0.2 0.4 -0.7
Transportation 0.0 -1.8 -1.5
New/Used Motor Vehicles-V 0.0 -0.3 0.4
New Vehicles 0.0 0.1 0.3
Gasoline -0.1 -6.3 -11.8
Medical Care 0.5 0.2 2.7
Prescription Drugs 0.4 -2.0 2.3
Recreation 0.0 -0.1 1.6
Education/Communication -0.1 0.3 0.2
Tobacco 0.3 0.6 7.1
Commodities 0.0 -0.4 -0.2
Services 0.4 0.2 3.7
Airline Fares -2.8 -5.3 -7.9
CPI-W 0.2 0.0 2.1

Y-Dec 1982=100 base. V-Dec 1997=100 base. CPI-W--Index for urban wage earners and clerical workers.

The department also released data on U.S. real average weekly earnings for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls, seasonally adjusted:


Percent changes: Apr Mar Prev Apr'25/24
-0.1 0.6 0.3 1.7



FORECASTS:
Reuters survey of economists forecast:
U.S. April CPI ex-food/energy +0.3 pct
U.S. April CPI ex-food/energy year-over-year +2.8 pct
U.S. April CPI unadjusted index level 320.883
U.S. April CPI +0.3 pct
U.S. April CPI year-over-year +2.4 pct


NOTES:
N/A-not available

((Washington newsroom))