Table 3. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U. S. city average, special aggregate indexes

Table 3. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, special aggregate indexes, August 2012
[1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]
Special aggregate indexes Relative
importance
Jul.
2012		 Unadjusted indexes Unadjusted percent change Seasonally adjusted percent change
Aug.
2011		 Jul.
2012		 Aug.
2012		 Aug.
2011-
Aug.
2012		 Jul.
2012-
Aug.
2012		 May
2012-
Jun.
2012		 Jun.
2012-
Jul.
2012		 Jul.
2012-
Aug.
2012

All items less food

 85.765 226.092 228.417 229.813 1.6 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.7

All items less shelter

 68.481 218.952 220.629 222.251 1.5 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.8

All items less food and shelter

 54.246 215.906 217.019 218.904 1.4 0.9 0.0 0.0 0.9

All items less food, shelter, and energy

 44.397 211.352 214.896 215.124 1.8 0.1 0.3 0.1 -0.1

All items less food, shelter, energy, and used cars and trucks

 42.415 214.589 218.400 218.705 1.9 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.0

All items less medical care

 92.854 217.955 219.972 221.275 1.5 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.6

All items less energy

 90.151 225.797 229.811 230.148 1.9 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1

Commodities

 39.910 185.566 185.872 187.952 1.3 1.1 -0.2 0.1 1.2

Commodities less food, energy, and used cars and trucks

 17.734 145.828 146.949 147.046 0.8 0.1 0.2 0.1 -0.1

Commodities less food

 25.674 164.059 162.997 165.628 1.0 1.6 -0.4 0.0 1.8

Commodities less food and beverages

 24.725 161.621 160.419 163.121 0.9 1.7 -0.4 0.1 1.9

Services

 60.090 267.271 272.062 272.560 2.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.2

Services less rent of shelter(1)

 28.921 292.871 297.722 298.312 1.9 0.2 0.2 -0.1 0.1

Services less medical care services

 54.675 255.085 259.084 259.599 1.8 0.2 0.1 -0.1 0.2

Durables

 8.950 113.799 113.751 113.250 -0.5 -0.4 0.0 -0.1 0.0

Nondurables

 30.960 220.958 221.463 224.939 1.8 1.6 -0.4 0.1 1.7

Nondurables less food

 16.724 211.642 209.533 215.220 1.7 2.7 -0.7 0.1 3.0

Nondurables less food and beverages

 15.775 210.546 208.076 214.091 1.7 2.9 -0.8 0.2 3.1

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel

 12.299 270.809 266.207 275.298 1.7 3.4 -1.1 0.1 4.2

Nondurables less food and apparel

 13.248 265.656 261.851 270.110 1.7 3.2 -1.1 0.1 3.9

Housing

 40.979 220.506 223.316 223.699 1.4 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.3

Education and communication(2)

 6.736 132.028 133.546 134.039 1.5 0.4 0.1 0.0 -0.4

Education(2)

 3.203 210.266 215.156 218.286 3.8 1.5 0.3 0.5 -0.1

Communication(2)

 3.533 83.077 83.117 82.605 -0.6 -0.6 0.0 -0.5 -0.6

Information and information processing(2)

 3.384 79.687 79.598 79.090 -0.7 -0.6 0.0 -0.6 -0.6

Information technology, hardware and services(3)

 0.987 8.960 8.778 8.656 -3.4 -1.4 -0.2 -0.7 -1.3

Recreation(2)

 6.030 113.592 114.944 114.929 1.2 0.0 0.3 -0.1 0.1

Video and audio(2)

 1.922 98.222 99.630 99.747 1.6 0.1 -0.2 0.0 0.4

Pets, pet products and services(2)

 1.098 160.158 162.426 162.481 1.5 0.0 0.4 -0.3 0.0

Photography(2)

 0.113 80.062 79.751 79.447 -0.8 -0.4 -0.1 0.1 -0.3

Food and beverages

 15.185 229.490 233.557 234.017 2.0 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2

Domestically produced farm food(4)

 7.229 234.747 238.300 238.853 1.7 0.2 0.0 -0.1 0.2

Other services

 11.581 315.791 322.397 323.412 2.4 0.3 0.3 0.1 -0.1

Apparel less footwear

 2.800 115.780 116.158 117.408 1.4 1.1 0.4 0.2 -0.6

Fuels and utilities

 5.383 226.493 221.449 222.769 -1.6 0.6 -0.3 -0.8 0.9

Household energy

 4.201 200.144 191.913 192.759 -3.7 0.4 -0.6 -1.1 0.9

Medical care

 7.146 400.874 416.759 417.123 4.1 0.1 0.6 0.4 0.2

Transportation

 17.077 216.057 214.294 219.110 1.4 2.2 -0.7 -0.1 2.9

Private transportation

 15.887 211.315 209.458 214.763 1.6 2.5 -0.6 0.1 3.1

New and used motor vehicles(2)

 5.679 101.524 101.811 101.458 -0.1 -0.3 0.1 -0.3 -0.3

Utilities and public transportation

 10.064 209.928 209.479 209.491 -0.2 0.0 -0.1 -0.7 0.2

Household furnishings and operations

 4.077 125.138 126.077 125.610 0.4 -0.4 0.2 0.2 -0.3

Other goods and services

 3.372 387.053 395.418 396.161 2.4 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.3

Personal care

 2.569 208.199 212.440 213.041 2.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.5

Footnotes
 (1) Indexes on a December 1982=100 base.
(2) Indexes on a December 1997=100 base.
(3) Indexes on a December 1988=100 base.
(4) Not seasonally adjusted.

NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

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Last Modified Date: September 14, 2012