NU Online News Service, March 18, 3:41 p.m.EDT
|The cost of motor vehicle insurance climbed up 4.9 percentcompared with a year ago, according to U.S. Department of Laborconsumer price index figures for February from InsuranceInformation Institute.
|From a year ago, the overall CPI increased 2.1 percent forFebruary before seasonal adjustment.
|Department figures also show February price increases in relatedvehicle insurance costs from a year ago. The price of bodywork wasup 2.3 percent and total medical care prices rose 3.6 percent.
|Physicians' services were up 3.5 percent, hospital servicesprices increased 8.1 percent and legal services were up 3.5percent.
|The CPI for new vehicles was 3.5 percent. The new cars' pricesegment increased 2.4 percent and new trucks 4.9 percent.
|Used cars and trucks showed the highest increase, going upalmost 5 percent from 9.2 in January 2009 to 14.1 percent
|Tenants' and household insurance CPI for February increased 3.1percent and the repair of household items increased from a year agoto 4.3 percent
|Prices for construction materials and existing family homesmedian sales prices were not available for the February period.
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