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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