June 10 (Reuters) - U.S. Labor Department monthly Consumer Price Index (CPI-U), 1982-84 equals 100 (except where noted):
Percent changes: Seasonally Adj. Unadjusted
May Apr May'26/25
All items 0.5 0.6 4.2
Excluding Food/Energy 0.2 0.4 2.9
Energy 3.9 3.8 23.5
Food and Beverages 0.2 0.5 3.0
Food 0.2 0.5 3.1
CPI-Urban Consumers-X 335.123
X-Data unadjusted

Percent changes: Seasonally Adj. Unadjusted
May Apr May'26/25
Housing 0.2 0.7 3.6
Shelter 0.3 0.6 3.4
Rent of Primary Residence 0.4 0.5 2.9
Owners' Equivalent Rent-Y 0.3 0.5 3.3
Housing Fuels/Utilities 0.4 1.4 6.0
Household Furnishings/Operations -0.6 0.7 3.0
Apparel 0.3 0.6 4.8
Transportation 1.3 1.3 9.3
New/Used Motor Vehicles-V -0.2 -0.2 -0.8
New Vehicles -0.3 -0.2 0.2
Gasoline 7.0 5.4 40.5
Medical Care 0.3 -0.1 2.6
Prescription Drugs -0.9 0.0 -2.0
Recreation 0.3 0.1 2.6
Education/Communication 0.8 0.0 0.8
Tobacco 1.0 0.5 7.8
Commodities 0.8 0.8 5.5
Services 0.3 0.6 3.5
Airline Fares 2.7 2.8 26.7
CPI-W 0.6 0.7 4.4

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: May Apr Prev May'26/25
-0.2 -0.2 -0.2 -0.4

FORECASTS:
Reuters survey of economists forecasts for May:
U.S. CPI ex-food/energy +0.3 pct
U.S. CPI ex-food/energy year-over-year +2.9 pct
U.S. CPI unadjusted index level 335.114
U.S. CPI +0.5 pct
U.S. CPI year-over-year +4.2 pct

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