Table 7. Chained Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (C-CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category and commodity and service group


 Table 7. Chained Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (C-CPI-U): U.S. city average, by
 expenditure category and commodity and service group

 (December 1999=100, unless otherwise noted)
                                                                                                  
                                                                                                  
                                                                                    Unadjusted    
                                                 Relative       Unadjusted      percent change to 
                                               importance,       indexes         Aug. 2008 from-  
                    C-CPI-U                     December                                          
                                                2005-2006                                         
                                                              July      Aug.      Aug.      July  
                                                              2008      2008      2007      2008  
                                                                                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                  
             Expenditure category                                                                 
                                                                                                  
 All items....................................    100.000   126.116   125.843       4.7      -0.2 
                                                                                                  
  Food and beverages..........................     14.726   126.459   127.106       5.7       0.5 
   Food.......................................     13.648   126.641   127.307       5.9       0.5 
    Food at home..............................      7.557   124.391   125.255       7.1       0.7 
    Food away from home.......................      6.091   129.640   130.051       4.4       0.3 
   Alcoholic beverages........................      1.077   124.546   124.950       3.4       0.3 
                                                                                                  
  Housing.....................................     42.421   130.200   130.003       3.5      -0.2 
   Shelter....................................     32.409   130.773   130.741       2.4       0.0 
   Fuels and utilities........................      5.004   175.270   173.245      14.6      -1.2 
   Household furnishings and operations.......      5.008    96.105    96.144       0.5       0.0 
                                                                                                  
  Apparel.....................................      3.988    84.768    86.236       1.1       1.7 
                                                                                                  
  Transportation..............................     17.393   138.367   135.388      10.2      -2.2 
   Private transportation.....................     16.285   138.954   135.808       9.9      -2.3 
   Public transportation......................      1.108   132.480   131.800      15.0      -0.5 
                                                                                                  
  Medical care................................      6.085   141.656   141.848       3.0       0.1 
   Medical care commodities...................      1.615   124.847   124.943       1.3       0.1 
   Medical care services......................      4.470   147.959   148.191       3.6       0.2 
                                                                                                  
  Recreation..................................      5.935   105.634   106.026       1.4       0.4 
                                                                                                  
  Education and communication.................      6.196   107.565   108.467       2.9       0.8 
   Education..................................      2.771   166.019   169.625       5.9       2.2 
   Communication..............................      3.425    74.463    74.293       0.5      -0.2 
                                                                                                  
  Other goods and services....................      3.257   128.601   128.634       4.0       0.0 
                                                                                                  
          Commodity and service group                                                             
                                                                                                  
 Services.....................................     58.427   133.831   133.970       3.9       0.1 
 Commodities..................................     41.573   116.468   115.695       5.8      -0.7 
  Durables....................................     11.817    83.257    82.845      -1.7      -0.5 
 Nondurables..................................     29.756   134.179   133.199       9.0      -0.7 
  All items less food and energy..............     77.561   117.543   117.757       2.2       0.2 
 Energy.......................................      8.790   237.294   225.983      26.7      -4.8 

 Indexes for 2008 are initial estimates.  Indexes for 2007 are interim adjustments.
 NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

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Last Modified Date: September 16, 2008