May 12 (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'26/25
All items 0.6 0.9 3.8
Excluding Food/Energy 0.4 0.2 2.8
Energy 3.8 10.9 17.9
Food and Beverages 0.5 0.0 3.1
Food 0.5 0.0 3.2
CPI-Urban Consumers-X 333.020
X-Data unadjusted

Percent changes: Seasonally Adj. Unadjusted
Apr Mar Apr'26/25
Housing 0.7 0.3 3.6
Shelter 0.6 0.3 3.3
Rent of Primary Residence 0.5 0.2 2.8
Owners' Equivalent Rent-Y 0.5 0.3 3.3
Housing Fuels/Utilities 1.4 1.0 6.0
Household Furnishings/Operations 0.7 0.2 3.9
Apparel 0.6 1.0 4.2
Transportation 1.3 4.3 7.1
New/Used Motor Vehicles-V -0.2 -0.1 -1.0
New Vehicles -0.2 0.1 0.2
Gasoline 5.4 21.2 28.4
Medical Care -0.1 -0.2 2.5
Prescription Drugs 0.0 -1.5 -0.5
Recreation 0.1 0.0 2.3
Education/Communication 0.0 0.2 0.2
Tobacco 0.5 0.1 7.6
Commodities 0.8 2.0 4.6
Services 0.6 0.2 3.4
Airline Fares 2.8 2.7 20.7
CPI-W 0.7 1.1 3.9

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'26/25
-0.2 -0.9 -0.9 -0.2
FORECASTS:
Reuters survey of economists forecasts for April:
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 332.686
U.S. CPI +0.6 pct
U.S. CPI year-over-year +3.7 pct

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