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 July 2009 from-
C-CPI-U December
2005-2006
June July July June
2009 2009 2008 2009
Expenditure category
All items.................................... 100.000 123.967 123.711 -1.9 -0.2
Food and beverages.......................... 14.726 127.803 127.541 1.0 -0.2
Food....................................... 13.648 127.830 127.532 0.8 -0.2
Food at home.............................. 7.557 123.446 122.844 -1.0 -0.5
Food away from home....................... 6.091 133.493 133.605 3.1 0.1
Alcoholic beverages........................ 1.077 127.814 128.009 2.9 0.2
Housing..................................... 42.421 129.093 129.087 -0.7 0.0
Shelter.................................... 32.409 131.803 131.820 0.9 0.0
Fuels and utilities........................ 5.004 155.357 155.640 -11.6 0.2
Household furnishings and operations....... 5.008 96.175 95.877 0.5 -0.3
Apparel..................................... 3.988 87.711 85.167 0.9 -2.9
Transportation.............................. 17.393 123.434 122.843 -12.0 -0.5
Private transportation..................... 16.285 124.228 123.365 -12.0 -0.7
Public transportation...................... 1.108 113.708 116.845 -11.5 2.8
Medical care................................ 6.085 145.640 145.844 3.0 0.1
Medical care commodities................... 1.615 128.716 128.494 3.1 -0.2
Medical care services...................... 4.470 151.876 152.260 3.0 0.3
Recreation.................................. 5.935 105.407 105.259 -0.1 -0.1
Education and communication................. 6.196 109.806 110.001 2.1 0.2
Education.................................. 2.771 173.982 174.898 5.5 0.5
Communication.............................. 3.425 74.074 73.998 -0.5 -0.1
Other goods and services.................... 3.257 133.342 133.960 4.3 0.5
Commodity and service group
Services..................................... 58.427 134.080 134.299 0.4 0.2
Commodities.................................. 41.573 111.619 110.811 -5.0 -0.7
Durables.................................... 11.817 81.254 81.143 -2.0 -0.1
Nondurables.................................. 29.756 127.352 126.133 -6.2 -1.0
All items less food and energy.............. 77.561 118.710 118.668 1.1 0.0
Energy....................................... 8.790 174.606 171.687 -27.9 -1.7
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: August 14, 2009
