April 10 (Reuters) - U.S. Labor Department monthly Consumer Price Index (CPI-U), 1982-84 equals 100 (except where noted):

Percent changes: Seasonally Adj. Unadjusted
Mar Feb Mar'26/25
All items 0.9 0.3 3.3
Excluding Food/Energy 0.2 0.2 2.6
Energy 10.9 0.6 12.5
Food and Beverages 0.0 0.4 2.6
Food 0.0 0.4 2.7
CPI-Urban Consumers-X 330.213
X-Data unadjusted

Percent changes: Seasonally Adj. Unadjusted
Mar Feb Mar'26/25
Housing 0.3 0.3 3.4
Shelter 0.3 0.2 3.0
Rent of Primary Residence 0.2 0.1 2.6
Owners' Equivalent Rent-Y 0.3 0.2 3.1
Housing Fuels/Utilities 1.0 0.5 5.6
Household Furnishings/Operations 0.2 0.3 4.0
Apparel 1.0 1.3 3.4
Transportation 4.3 0.2 5.0
New/Used Motor Vehicles-V -0.1 -0.1 -0.9
New Vehicles 0.1 0.0 0.5
Gasoline 21.2 0.8 18.9
Medical Care -0.2 0.5 3.1
Prescription Drugs -1.5 -0.2 -0.2
Recreation 0.0 0.0 2.2
Education/Communication 0.2 -0.2 0.0
Tobacco 0.1 0.1 7.4
Commodities 2.0 0.3 3.4
Services 0.2 0.3 3.1
Airline Fares 2.7 1.4 14.9
CPI-W 1.1 0.3 3.3

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: Mar Feb Prev Mar'26/25
-0.9 0.1 0.1 0.2
FORECASTS:
Reuters survey of economists forecasts for March:
U.S. CPI ex-food/energy +0.3 pct
U.S. CPI ex-food/energy year-over-year +2.7 pct
U.S. CPI unadjusted index level 330.412
U.S. CPI +0.9 pct
U.S. CPI year-over-year +3.3 pct

NOTES:
N/A-not available
((Washington newsroom))