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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