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         Sep. 2008 from-  
                    C-CPI-U                     December                                          
                                                2005-2006                                         
                                                              Aug.      Sep.      Sep.      Aug.  
                                                              2008      2008      2007      2008  
                                                                                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                  
             Expenditure category                                                                 
                                                                                                  
 All items....................................    100.000   125.843   125.774       4.3      -0.1 
                                                                                                  
  Food and beverages..........................     14.726   127.106   127.824       5.9       0.6 
   Food.......................................     13.648   127.307   128.041       6.0       0.6 
    Food at home..............................      7.557   125.255   126.023       7.3       0.6 
    Food away from home.......................      6.091   130.051   130.741       4.5       0.5 
   Alcoholic beverages........................      1.077   124.950   125.484       3.7       0.4 
                                                                                                  
  Housing.....................................     42.421   130.003   129.521       3.3      -0.4 
   Shelter....................................     32.409   130.741   130.655       2.4      -0.1 
   Fuels and utilities........................      5.004   173.245   168.047      11.3      -3.0 
   Household furnishings and operations.......      5.008    96.144    96.455       1.3       0.3 
                                                                                                  
  Apparel.....................................      3.988    86.236    89.952       1.0       4.3 
                                                                                                  
  Transportation..............................     17.393   135.388   133.713       8.8      -1.2 
   Private transportation.....................     16.285   135.808   134.260       8.5      -1.1 
   Public transportation......................      1.108   131.800   128.320      13.1      -2.6 
                                                                                                  
  Medical care................................      6.085   141.848   142.011       2.9       0.1 
   Medical care commodities...................      1.615   124.943   125.116       1.4       0.1 
   Medical care services......................      4.470   148.191   148.349       3.5       0.1 
                                                                                                  
  Recreation..................................      5.935   106.026   106.174       1.4       0.1 
                                                                                                  
  Education and communication.................      6.196   108.467   109.058       2.7       0.5 
   Education..................................      2.771   169.625   172.330       5.9       1.6 
   Communication..............................      3.425    74.293    74.072       0.2      -0.3 
                                                                                                  
  Other goods and services....................      3.257   128.634   129.384       3.8       0.6 
                                                                                                  
          Commodity and service group                                                             
                                                                                                  
 Services.....................................     58.427   133.970   133.734       3.6      -0.2 
 Commodities..................................     41.573   115.695   115.828       5.4       0.1 
  Durables....................................     11.817    82.845    82.250      -2.1      -0.7 
 Nondurables..................................     29.756   133.199   133.796       8.5       0.4 
  All items less food and energy..............     77.561   117.757   117.985       2.2       0.2 
 Energy.......................................      8.790   225.983   218.818      22.5      -3.2 

 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: October 16, 2008