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 Mar. 2009 from-
C-CPI-U December
2005-2006
Feb. Mar. Mar. Feb.
2009 2009 2008 2009
Expenditure category
All items.................................... 100.000 121.901 122.182 -0.8 0.2
Food and beverages.......................... 14.726 128.622 128.292 4.2 -0.3
Food....................................... 13.648 128.747 128.378 4.3 -0.3
Food at home.............................. 7.557 125.539 124.782 4.1 -0.6
Food away from home....................... 6.091 132.849 132.990 4.5 0.1
Alcoholic beverages........................ 1.077 127.399 127.568 3.5 0.1
Housing..................................... 42.421 128.765 128.865 1.2 0.1
Shelter.................................... 32.409 131.107 131.493 1.4 0.3
Fuels and utilities........................ 5.004 157.776 155.178 0.2 -1.6
Household furnishings and operations....... 5.008 95.917 96.311 1.1 0.4
Apparel..................................... 3.988 87.673 90.588 0.9 3.3
Transportation.............................. 17.393 113.341 113.432 -13.1 0.1
Private transportation..................... 16.285 113.448 113.571 -13.6 0.1
Public transportation...................... 1.108 113.167 112.767 -5.3 -0.4
Medical care................................ 6.085 144.662 144.929 2.6 0.2
Medical care commodities................... 1.615 127.740 127.992 1.7 0.2
Medical care services...................... 4.470 150.904 151.174 2.9 0.2
Recreation.................................. 5.935 105.707 105.740 0.5 0.0
Education and communication................. 6.196 109.693 109.639 3.0 0.0
Education.................................. 2.771 173.166 173.200 5.5 0.0
Communication.............................. 3.425 74.219 74.141 1.0 -0.1
Other goods and services.................... 3.257 127.284 130.478 2.8 2.5
Commodity and service group
Services..................................... 58.427 133.617 133.731 2.0 0.1
Commodities.................................. 41.573 107.718 108.187 -4.6 0.4
Durables.................................... 11.817 80.865 80.852 -3.2 0.0
Nondurables.................................. 29.756 121.408 122.155 -5.2 0.6
All items less food and energy.............. 77.561 117.964 118.459 1.3 0.4
Energy....................................... 8.790 150.780 149.828 -23.8 -0.6
Indexes for 2009 are initial estimates. Indexes for 2008 are interim adjustments.
NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.
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Last Modified Date: April 15, 2009
