Retail/wholesale inflation index.

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The following dates are the scheduled releases of the U.S. Labor Department's Producer Price Index and Consumer Price Index. The PPI measures changes in wholesale prices, or net revenues, collected by producers of goods and services. The CPI, or general inflation rate, measures changes in retail prices paid by consumers for goods and services, or gross revenues.

Last year, the CPI, or general inflation, was 3.3%, up from 2.5% in 1995. However, medical inflation dipped to 3.0% last year from 3.9% in 1995. Retail price inflation for hospital services also dropped slightly to 4.1% last year from 4.6% in 1995.

The PPI, meanwhile, rose 2.8% last year, compared with a 2.3% increase in 1998. The acute-care hospital component of the PPI inched up just 1.4% last year, compared with a 3.7% increase in 1995.

Reference month        Index         Release date

 January                PPI           Feb. 14
                        CPI           Feb. 19
 February               PPI           March 14
                        CPI           March 19
 March                  PPI           April 11
                        CPI           April 15
 April                  PPI           May 14
                        CPI           May 15
 May                    PPI           June 13
                        CPI           June 17
 June                   PPI           July 11
                        CPI           July 16
 July                   PPI           Aug. 13
                        CPI           Aug. 14
 August                 PPI           Sept. 12
                        CPI           Sept. 16
 September              PPI           Oct. 10
                        CPI           Oct. 16
 October                PPI           Nov. 14
                        CPI           Nov. 18
 November               PPI           Dec. 12
                        CPI           Dec. 16
 December               PPI           Jan. 8, 1998
                        CPI           Jan. 13, 1998

For more information about the Consumer Price Index and the Producer Price Index, contact the Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics at 202-606-7828.