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Consumer Price Index News Release




 Transmission of material in this release is embargoed until
 8:30 a.m. (EDT) Tuesday, September 17, 2013 USDL-13-1884
 
 Technical information: (202) 691-7000 Reed.Steve@bls.gov www.bls.gov/cpi
 Media Contact:         (202) 691-5902 PressOffice@bls.gov
 
                  Consumer Price Index - August 2013

 The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.1
 percent in August on a seasonally adjusted basis, the U.S. Bureau of
 Labor Statistics reported today. Over the last 12 months, the all
 items index increased 1.5 percent before seasonal adjustment.

 Increases in the indexes for shelter and medical care contributed to
 the increase in the seasonally adjusted all items index; they also
 accounted for most of the 0.1 percent increase in the index for all
 items less food and energy. Within all items less food and energy, the
 indexes for personal care, tobacco, and apparel rose as well, while
 the indexes for airline fares, household furnishings and operations,
 and used cars and trucks declined.

 The food index rose slightly in August, with the fruits and vegetable
 index rising 1.2 percent and four of the six major grocery store group
 indexes increasing. The energy index declined 0.3 percent, due mostly
 to a sharp decline in the index for natural gas. The gasoline and
 electricity indexes also declined slightly, while the index for fuel
 oil rose.

 The all items index increased 1.5 percent over the last 12 months. The
 index for all items less food and energy has risen 1.8 percent over
 the last year; the 12-month change has remained in the range of 1.6
 percent to 2.3 percent since June of 2011. The food index rose 1.4
 percent over the last 12 months, a figure that has held steady since
 May. The energy index declined 0.1 percent over the last 12 months.



 Table A. Percent changes in CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city
 average
                                                                               
                                                                               
                                  Seasonally adjusted changes from             
                                          preceding month                      
                                                                          Un-  
                                                                       adjusted
                                                                        12-mos.
                              Feb.  Mar.  Apr.  May   June  July  Aug.   ended 
                              2013  2013  2013  2013  2013  2013  2013   Aug.  
                                                                         2013  
                                                                               
                                                                               
 All items..................    .7   -.2   -.4    .1    .5    .2    .1      1.5
  Food......................    .1    .0    .2   -.1    .2    .1    .1      1.4
   Food at home.............    .1   -.1    .1   -.3    .2    .1    .1      1.0
   Food away from home (1)..    .1    .2    .3    .2    .2    .2    .2      2.0
  Energy....................   5.4  -2.6  -4.3    .4   3.4    .2   -.3      -.1
   Energy commodities.......   8.6  -4.1  -7.9   -.1   5.7   1.0    .0     -2.2
    Gasoline (all types)....   9.1  -4.4  -8.1    .0   6.3   1.0   -.1     -2.4
    Fuel oil (1)............   3.1  -2.1  -4.4  -2.9   -.5   1.1   1.2       .0
   Energy services..........    .5   -.2   1.4   1.2    .1  -1.0   -.7      3.2
    Electricity.............    .3   -.6    .5    .8    .2   -.3   -.1      2.8
    Utility (piped) gas                                                        
       service..............   1.2   1.0   4.4   2.4   -.4  -2.8  -2.3      4.8
  All items less food and                                                      
     energy.................    .2    .1    .1    .2    .2    .2    .1      1.8
   Commodities less food and                                                   
      energy commodities....    .0   -.1    .0    .0    .2    .0    .0       .0
    New vehicles............   -.3    .1    .3    .0    .3    .1    .0      1.1
    Used cars and trucks....    .8   1.2    .6   -.1   -.4   -.4   -.1     -1.0
    Apparel.................   -.1  -1.0   -.3    .2    .9    .6    .1      1.8
    Medical care commodities   -.4    .1    .1   -.5    .5    .4    .4       .0
   Services less energy                                                        
      services..............    .2    .2    .1    .2    .2    .2    .2      2.4
    Shelter.................    .2    .2    .2    .3    .2    .2    .2      2.4
    Transportation services     .1    .2   -.2    .4   -.1    .4   -.5      2.5
    Medical care services...    .3    .3   -.1    .0    .4    .1    .7      3.1

   1 Not seasonally adjusted.










 Consumer Price Index Data for August 2013

 Food
 The food index increased 0.1 percent in August, the same increase as
 in July. The food at home index also rose 0.1 percent for the second
 straight month. The index for fruits and vegetables continued to rise,
 increasing 1.2 percent after a 1.5 percent advance in July. The index
 for meats, poultry, fish, and eggs rose for the third month in a row,
 increasing 0.6 percent. The index for dairy and related products
 turned up in August, increasing 0.4 percent after declining in each of
 the three previous months, and the index for cereals and bakery
 products rose 0.3 percent in August after declining 0.3 percent in
 July. In contrast to these increases, the index for other food at home
 fell 1.0 percent in August, its largest decline since 2002. The index
 for nonalcoholic beverages also declined in August, falling 0.1
 percent. The food at home index has risen 1.0 percent over the last 12
 months. Four of the six major grocery store food group indexes rose
 over the span, with the fruits and vegetables index posting the
 largest increase at 3.6 percent. The index for food away from home
 rose 0.2 percent in August and has increased 2.0 percent over the past
 year.

 Energy

 The energy index declined 0.3 percent in August after rising 0.2
 percent in July. The gasoline index, which increased in June and July,
 declined 0.1 percent in August. (Before seasonal adjustment, gasoline
 prices fell 0.5 percent in August.) The electricity index also
 decreased 0.1 percent in August, its second decline in a row. The
 index for natural gas fell as well, declining 2.3 percent after a 2.8
 percent decrease in July. Fuel oil was the only major energy component
 index to increase in August; it rose 1.2 percent after a 1.1 percent
 increase in July. Major energy components are mixed over the last 12
 months. Despite the recent declines, the index for natural gas has
 increased 4.8 percent over the past year, while the electricity index
 has increased 2.8 percent. However, the gasoline index has declined
 2.4 percent over the span, while the index for fuel oil is unchanged.

 All items less food and energy

 The index for all items less food and energy increased 0.1 percent in
 August after increasing 0.2 percent in each of the three previous
 months. The shelter index increased 0.2 percent, the same increase as
 in June and July, with the rent index increasing 0.4 percent and the
 index for owners' equivalent rent rising 0.2 percent, but the index
 for lodging away from home falling 0.7 percent. The index for medical
 care increased 0.6 percent in August. The medical care services index
 rose 0.7 percent with the index for hospital services increasing 1.9
 percent. The medical care commodities index rose 0.4 percent. Also
 rising in August were the indexes for personal care, which rose 0.3
 percent, tobacco, which advanced 0.4 percent, and apparel, which
 increased 0.1 percent. The new vehicles index, which rose in June and
 July, was unchanged in August, while the recreation index was
 unchanged for the second straight month. The index for airline fares
 declined sharply in August, falling 3.1 percent. This was the third
 consecutive decline for the index, but it has still risen 1.5 percent
 over the past 12 months. The indexes for used cars and trucks and
 household furnishings and operations both declined slightly in August,
 falling 0.1 percent.

 The index for all items less food and energy increased 1.8 percent for
 the 12 months ending August. The medical care index rose 2.3 percent
 over that span, with the index for medical care services up 3.1
 percent and the medical care commodities index unchanged. The shelter
 index increased 2.4 percent, and the index for new vehicles rose 1.1
 percent.

 Not seasonally adjusted CPI measures

 The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 1.5
 percent over the last 12 months to an index level of 233.877 (1982-
 84=100). For the month, the index increased 0.1 percent prior to
 seasonal adjustment.

 The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers
 (CPI-W) increased 1.5 percent over the last 12 months to an index
 level of 230.359  (1982-84=100). For the month, the index increased
 0.1 percent prior to seasonal adjustment.

 The Chained Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (C-CPI-U)
 increased 1.4 percent over the last 12 months. For the month, the
 index increased 0.1 percent on a not seasonally adjusted basis. Please
 note that the indexes for the post-2011 period are subject to
 revision.


 The Consumer Price Index for September 2013 is scheduled to be
 released on Wednesday, October 16, 2013, at 8:30 a.m. (EDT).











 Discontinuation of Department Store Inventory Indexes

 The Bureau of Labor Statistics will discontinue publication of its
 Department Store Inventory indexes after the release of the December
 2013 CPI in mid-January 2014, and these values will no longer be
 uploaded to the Labstat database. For further information please
 contact Sharon Gibson at 202-691-6968 or gibson.sharon@bls.gov.

 Chained Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (C-CPI-U) Annual
 Average Indexes Discontinued

 The final revisions of the C-CPI-U indexes for 2012 will be available
 in February 2014.  Annual average indexes for C-CPI-U series will not
 be published for time periods after 2012. (Monthly C-CPI-U indexes
 will continue to be published.)   In February 2014, the annual average
 indexes for the final estimates for 2012 C-CPI-U series will be
 published in the public CPI database.  Table 1CA will not be
 published.

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 Information from this release will be made available to sensory
 impaired individuals upon request.  Voice phone:  202-691-5200,
 Federal Relay Services:  1-800-877-8339.

 Brief Explanation of the CPI
     
 The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a measure of the average change in
 prices over time of goods and services purchased by households.  The
 Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes CPIs for two population groups:
 (1) the CPI for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W), which
 covers households of wage earners and clerical workers that comprise
 approximately 29 percent of the total population and (2) the CPI for
 All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) and the Chained CPI for All Urban
 Consumers (C-CPI-U), which cover approximately 88 percent of the total
 population and include in addition to wage earners and clerical worker
 households, groups such as professional, managerial, and technical
 workers, the self-employed, short-term workers, the unemployed, and
 retirees and others not in the labor force.
     
 The CPIs are based on prices of food, clothing, shelter, and fuels,
 transportation fares, charges for doctors' and dentists' services,
 drugs, and other goods and services that people buy for day-to-day
 living.  Prices are collected each month in 87 urban areas across the
 country from about 4,000 housing units and approximately 26,000 retail
 establishments-department stores, supermarkets, hospitals, filling
 stations, and other types of stores and service establishments.  All
 taxes directly associated with the purchase and use of items are
 included in the index.  Prices of fuels and a few other items are
 obtained every month in all 87 locations.  Prices of most other
 commodities and services are collected every month in the three
 largest geographic areas and every other month in other areas.  Prices
 of most goods and services are obtained by personal visits or
 telephone calls of the Bureau's trained representatives.
     
 In calculating the index, price changes for the various items in each
 location are averaged together with weights, which represent their
 importance in the spending of the appropriate population group.  Local
 data are then combined to obtain a U.S. city average.  For the CPI-U
 and CPI-W separate indexes are also published by size of city, by
 region of the country, for cross-classifications of regions and
 population-size classes, and for 27 local areas.  Area indexes do not
 measure differences in the level of prices among cities; they only
 measure the average change in prices for each area since the base
 period.  For the C-CPI-U data are issued only at the national level.
 It is important to note that the CPI-U and CPI-W are considered final
 when released, but the C-CPI-U is issued in preliminary form and
 subject to two annual revisions.
     
 The index measures price change from a designed reference date.  For
 the CPI-U and the CPI-W the reference base is 1982-84 equals 100.  The
 reference base for the C-CPI-U is December 1999 equals 100.  An
 increase of 16.5 percent from the reference base, for example, is
 shown as 116.500.  This change can also be expressed in dollars as
 follows:  the price of a base period market basket of goods and
 services in the CPI has risen from $10 in 1982-84 to $11.65.
     
 For further details visit the CPI home page on the Internet at
 http://www.bls.gov/cpi/ or contact our CPI Information and Analysis
 Section on (202) 691-7000.


 Note on Sampling Error in the Consumer Price Index

 The CPI is a statistical estimate that is subject to sampling error
 because it is based upon a sample of retail prices and not the
 complete universe of all prices. BLS calculates and publishes
 estimates of the 1-month, 2-month, 6-month and 12-month percent change
 standard errors annually, for the CPI-U.  These standard error
 estimates can be used to construct confidence intervals for hypothesis
 testing. For example, the estimated standard error of the 1 month
 percent change is 0.04 percent for the U.S. All Items Consumer Price
 Index.  This means that if we repeatedly sample from the universe of
 all retail prices using the same methodology, and estimate a
 percentage change for each sample, then 95% of these estimates would
 be within 0.08 percent of the 1 month percentage change based on all
 retail prices.  For example, for a 1-month change of 0.2 percent in
 the All Items CPI for All Urban Consumers, we are 95 percent confident
 that the actual percent change based on all retail prices would fall
 between 0.12 and 0.28 percent. For the latest data, including
 information on how to use the estimates of standard error, see
 "Variance Estimates for Price Changes in the Consumer Price Index,
 January-December 2012".  These data are available on the CPI home page
 (http://www.bls.gov/cpi), or by using the following link:
 http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpivar2012.pdf


 Calculating Index Changes

 Movements of the indexes from one month to another are usually
 expressed as percent changes rather than changes in index points,
 because index point changes are affected by the level of the index in
 relation to its base period while percent changes are not.  The
 example below illustrates the computation of index point and percent
 changes.
     
 Percent changes for 3-month and 6-month periods are expressed as
 annual rates and are computed according to the standard formula for
 compound growth rates.  These data indicate what the percent change
 would be if the current rate were maintained for a 12-month period.

 Index Point Change

 CPI
 202.416
 Less previous index
 201.800
 Equals index point change
 .616



 Percent Change

 Index point difference
 .616
 Divided by the previous index
 201.800
 Equals
 0.003
 Results multiplied by one hundred
 Equals percent change
 0.3



 A Note on Seasonally Adjusted and Unadjusted Data
  
 Because price data are used for different purposes by different
 groups, the Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes seasonally adjusted
 as well as unadjusted changes each month.
 
 For analyzing general price trends in the economy, seasonally adjusted
 changes are usually preferred since they eliminate the effect of
 changes that normally occur at the same time and in about the same
 magnitude every year--such as price movements resulting from changing
 climatic conditions, production cycles, model changeovers, holidays,
 and sales.

 The unadjusted data are of primary interest to consumers concerned
 about the prices they actually pay.  Unadjusted data also are used
 extensively for escalation purposes.  Many collective bargaining
 contract agreements and pension plans, for example, tie compensation
 changes to the Consumer Price Index before adjustment for seasonal
 variation.

 Seasonal factors used in computing the seasonally adjusted indexes are
 derived by the X-12-ARIMA Seasonal Adjustment Method.  Seasonally
 adjusted indexes and seasonal factors are computed annually.  Each
 year, the last 5 years of seasonally adjusted data are revised.  Data
 from January 2008 through December 2012 were replaced in January 2013.
 Exceptions to the usual revision schedule were: the updated seasonal
 data at the end of 1977 replaced data from 1967 through 1977; and, in
 January 2002, dependently seasonally adjusted series were revised for
 January 1987-December 2001 as a result of a change in the aggregation
 weights for dependently adjusted series. For further information,
 please see "Aggregation of Dependently Adjusted Seasonally Adjusted
 Series," in the October 2001 issue of the CPI Detailed Report.

 Effective with the publication of data from January 2006 through
 December 2010 in January 2011, the Video and audio series and the
 Information technology, hardware and services series were changed from
 independently adjusted to dependently adjusted.  This resulted in an
 increase in the number of seasonal components used in deriving
 seasonal movement of the All items and 54 other lower level
 aggregations, from 73 for the publication of January 1998 through
 December 2005 data to 82 for the publication of seasonally adjusted
 data for January 2006 and later.  Each year the seasonal status of
 every series is reevaluated based upon certain statistical criteria.
 If any of the 82 components change their seasonal adjustment status
 from seasonally adjusted to not seasonally adjusted, not seasonally
 adjusted data will be used in the aggregation of the dependent series
 for the last 5 years, but the seasonally adjusted indexes before that
 period will not be changed.  Note: 37 of the 82 components are not
 seasonally adjusted for 2013.

 Seasonally adjusted data, including the all items index levels, are
 subject to revision for up to five years after their original release.
 For this reason, BLS advises against the use of these data in
 escalation agreements.

 Effective with the calculation of the seasonal factors for 1990, the
 Bureau of Labor Statistics has used an enhanced seasonal adjustment
 procedure called Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment for some
 CPI series.  Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment allows for
 better estimates of seasonally adjusted data.  Extreme values and/or
 sharp movements which might distort the seasonal pattern are estimated
 and removed from the data prior to calculation of seasonal factors.
 Beginning with the calculation of seasonal factors for 1996, X-12-
 ARIMA software was used for Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment.

 For the seasonal factors introduced in January 2013, BLS adjusted 31
 series using Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment, including
 selected food and beverage items, motor fuels, electricity and
 vehicles.  For example, this procedure was used for the Motor fuel
 series to offset the effects of events such as damage to oil
 refineries from Hurricane Katrina.

 For a complete list of Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment
 series and explanations, please refer to the article "Intervention
 Analysis Seasonal Adjustment", located on our website at
 http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpisapage.htm.

 For additional information on seasonal adjustment in the CPI, please
 write to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Division of Consumer Prices
 and Price Indexes, Washington, DC 20212 or contact Chris Graci at
 (202) 691-5826, or by e-mail at graci.christopher@bls.gov or contact
 Carlyle Jackson at (202) 691-6984, or by e-mail at
 jackson.carlyle@bls.gov .  If you have general questions about the
 CPI, please call our information staff at (202) 691-7000.









Table 1. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category, August 2013
[1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]
Expenditure category Relative
importance
Jul.
2013
Unadjusted indexes Unadjusted percent change Seasonally adjusted percent change
Aug.
2012
Jul.
2013
Aug.
2013
Aug.
2012-
Aug.
2013
Jul.
2013-
Aug.
2013
May
2013-
Jun.
2013
Jun.
2013-
Jul.
2013
Jul.
2013-
Aug.
2013

All items

100.000 230.379 233.596 233.877 1.5 0.1 0.5 0.2 0.1

Food

14.163 234.156 237.001 237.406 1.4 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1

Food at home

8.476 231.708 233.591 233.999 1.0 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1

Cereals and bakery products

1.224 267.794 271.279 271.285 1.3 0.0 0.4 -0.3 0.3

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

1.951 232.475 235.859 237.494 2.2 0.7 0.4 0.2 0.6

Dairy and related products(1)

0.875 214.549 215.920 216.791 1.0 0.4 -0.1 -0.1 0.4

Fruits and vegetables

1.261 280.672 287.773 290.779 3.6 1.0 -0.1 1.5 1.2

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials

0.912 167.622 165.412 165.884 -1.0 0.3 0.2 -0.6 -0.1

Other food at home

2.253 205.864 205.872 204.223 -0.8 -0.8 0.2 0.0 -1.0

Food away from home(1)

5.687 239.057 243.409 243.811 2.0 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

Energy

10.118 250.306 251.370 250.011 -0.1 -0.5 3.4 0.2 -0.3

Energy commodities

6.136 320.214 314.380 313.275 -2.2 -0.4 5.7 1.0 0.0

Fuel oil(1)

0.216 364.165 359.780 364.124 0.0 1.2 -0.5 1.1 1.2

Motor fuel

5.824 317.798 311.757 310.351 -2.3 -0.5 6.1 1.0 -0.1

Gasoline (all types)

5.642 316.859 310.886 309.355 -2.4 -0.5 6.3 1.0 -0.1

Energy services(2)

3.982 194.136 202.087 200.406 3.2 -0.8 0.1 -1.0 -0.7

Electricity(2)

3.059 202.870 209.538 208.514 2.8 -0.5 0.2 -0.3 -0.1

Utility (piped) gas service(2)

0.923 165.953 177.356 173.861 4.8 -2.0 -0.4 -2.8 -2.3

All items less food and energy

75.719 230.196 233.792 234.258 1.8 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1

Commodities less food and energy commodities

19.303 147.133 146.872 147.088 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0

Apparel

3.462 123.568 124.215 125.767 1.8 1.2 0.9 0.6 0.1

New vehicles

3.146 143.749 145.726 145.316 1.1 -0.3 0.3 0.1 0.0

Used cars and trucks

1.903 154.851 152.554 153.252 -1.0 0.5 -0.4 -0.4 -0.1

Medical care commodities

1.695 336.004 334.673 335.985 0.0 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4

Alcoholic beverages

0.947 230.674 235.022 235.199 2.0 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.3

Tobacco and smoking products(1)

0.809 857.727 881.770 885.588 3.2 0.4 0.1 1.4 0.4

Services less energy services

56.416 280.526 286.617 287.239 2.4 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

Shelter

31.638 257.843 263.451 264.024 2.4 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

Rent of primary residence(2)

6.515 260.677 267.482 268.505 3.0 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.4

Owners' equivalent rent of residences(2)(3)

23.900 265.422 270.537 271.352 2.2 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.2

Medical care services

5.449 442.410 453.773 456.062 3.1 0.5 0.4 0.1 0.7

Physicians' services(2)

1.611 349.608 354.775 354.712 1.5 0.0 0.4 -0.2 0.0

Hospital services(2)(4)

1.562 253.380 263.698 267.741 5.7 1.5 0.7 0.3 1.9

Transportation services

5.833 272.651 281.080 279.523 2.5 -0.6 -0.1 0.4 -0.5

Motor vehicle maintenance and repair(1)

1.145 257.641 262.229 262.497 1.9 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.1

Motor vehicle insurance

2.485 403.246 420.073 420.226 4.2 0.0 0.2 1.3 -0.1

Airline fare

0.783 299.284 315.789 303.848 1.5 -3.8 -1.7 -1.3 -3.1

Footnotes
(1) Not seasonally adjusted.
(2) This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series were calculated using a geometric means estimator.
(3) Indexes on a December 1982=100 base.
(4) Indexes on a December 1996=100 base.

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


Table 2. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by detailed expenditure category, August 2013
[1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]
Expenditure category Relative
importance
Jul.
2013
Unadjusted percent change Seasonally adjusted percent change
Aug.
2012-
Aug.
2013
Jul.
2013-
Aug.
2013
May
2013-
Jun.
2013
Jun.
2013-
Jul.
2013
Jul.
2013-
Aug.
2013

All items

100.000 1.5 0.1 0.5 0.2 0.1

Food

14.163 1.4 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1

Food at home

8.476 1.0 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1

Cereals and bakery products

1.224 1.3 0.0 0.4 -0.3 0.3

Cereals and cereal products

0.468 -0.2 -0.7 0.6 -0.5 -0.6

Flour and prepared flour mixes

0.053 0.2 -0.4 -0.8 -0.3 0.1

Breakfast cereal(1)

0.287 -0.4 -0.9 0.7 -0.1 -0.9

Rice, pasta, cornmeal(1)

0.129 0.1 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 -0.4

Rice(1)(2)(3)

  4.0 0.6 0.7 0.4 0.6

Bakery products

0.756 2.3 0.4 0.4 -0.2 0.6

Bread(2)

0.223 2.8 -0.2 0.1 -0.7 1.1

White bread(1)(3)

  1.5 -0.7 0.9 -0.6 -0.7

Bread other than white(1)(3)

  4.5 0.8 -1.2 0.0 0.8

Fresh biscuits, rolls, muffins(1)(2)

0.113 3.2 0.5 1.1 -0.5 0.7

Cakes, cupcakes, and cookies

0.183 1.7 -0.8 0.6 0.8 -0.6

Cookies(1)(3)

  1.6 -1.2 1.1 0.6 -0.5

Fresh cakes and cupcakes(1)(3)

  2.4 -0.3 0.4 0.9 -0.3

Other bakery products

0.236 1.7 1.9 0.7 -1.0 1.3

Fresh sweetrolls, coffeecakes, doughnuts(1)(3)

  4.4 -0.1 1.0 -0.5 -0.1

Crackers, bread, and cracker products(3)

  0.5 4.3 0.3 -1.7 3.6

Frozen and refrigerated bakery products, pies, tarts, turnovers(3)

  0.9 0.3 -0.1 -0.8 0.0

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

1.951 2.2 0.7 0.4 0.2 0.6

Meats, poultry, and fish

1.844 2.3 0.7 0.4 0.2 0.8

Meats

1.186 1.3 0.6 0.3 0.4 0.4

Beef and veal(1)

0.560 1.6 -0.1 0.4 0.5 -0.1

Uncooked ground beef(1)

0.217 1.2 1.0 -0.5 0.3 1.0

Uncooked beef roasts(1)(2)

0.083 3.1 -0.5 1.0 1.1 -0.5

Uncooked beef steaks(1)(2)

0.209 1.3 -1.3 0.9 0.9 -1.3

Uncooked other beef and veal(1)(2)

0.052 2.6 0.6 0.6 -1.2 0.6

Pork

0.370 1.7 1.4 0.2 1.2 1.2

Bacon, breakfast sausage, and related products(2)

0.144 4.7 1.8 1.4 1.7 1.5

Bacon and related products(3)

  8.2 3.1 2.1 2.6 2.4

Breakfast sausage and related products(2)(3)

  -0.3 0.6 0.8 -0.4 1.1

Ham

0.080 1.1 1.5 1.8 -0.6 0.3

Ham, excluding canned(3)

  1.1 1.7 2.0 -1.2 0.5

Pork chops

0.059 -1.8 1.1 -3.5 2.4 0.9

Other pork including roasts and picnics(2)

0.087 0.0 0.7 -0.4 1.1 1.6

Other meats

0.256 -0.1 0.9 0.5 -1.0 0.2

Frankfurters(3)

  -2.4 0.8 -0.4 -0.8 -0.9

Lunchmeats(1)(2)(3)

  1.2 1.2 0.3 -0.4 1.2

Lamb and organ meats(1)(3)

  -2.8 -0.9 5.2 -3.9 -0.9

Lamb and mutton(1)(2)(3)

  -3.3 -1.3 9.1 -5.6 -1.3

Poultry

0.351 5.5 1.4 1.0 -0.9 1.9

Chicken(2)

0.274 6.5 1.6 1.4 -1.1 2.1

Fresh whole chicken(1)(3)

  7.6 -0.7 2.1 -0.4 -0.7

Fresh and frozen chicken parts(1)(3)

  6.0 2.6 2.0 -1.3 2.6

Other poultry including turkey(2)

0.076 2.2 0.7 -0.8 -0.1 1.2

Fish and seafood(1)

0.307 3.0 0.5 -0.1 0.4 1.3

Fresh fish and seafood(1)(2)

0.158 3.8 0.9 0.6 0.1 0.9

Processed fish and seafood(2)

0.149 2.2 0.1 -0.4 0.3 1.2

Shelf stable fish and seafood(1)(3)

  1.6 -0.3 0.1 -0.1 -0.3

Frozen fish and seafood(1)(3)

  3.5 0.8 0.0 1.2 0.8

Eggs

0.108 -1.0 0.3 1.2 0.2 -3.6

Dairy and related products(1)

0.875 1.0 0.4 -0.1 -0.1 0.4

Milk(1)(2)

0.289 1.7 -0.1 1.3 -0.3 -0.1

Fresh whole milk(1)(3)

  1.8 -0.3 1.5 0.0 -0.3

Fresh milk other than whole(1)(2)(3)

  1.6 0.2 1.0 -0.6 0.2

Cheese and related products(1)

0.278 1.3 0.7 -0.7 0.2 1.1

Ice cream and related products

0.129 0.2 0.2 1.1 -1.2 0.3

Other dairy and related products(2)

0.180 0.2 0.8 -0.7 0.4 0.6

Fruits and vegetables

1.261 3.6 1.0 -0.1 1.5 1.2

Fresh fruits and vegetables

0.958 4.5 1.5 -0.1 1.8 1.6

Fresh fruits

0.495 1.4 0.6 -1.0 1.3 0.2

Apples

0.097 1.0 1.9 -1.8 -0.9 -0.5

Bananas

0.079 0.0 -0.8 0.8 0.0 0.2

Citrus fruits(2)

0.120 3.3 4.8 1.2 3.2 -0.5

Oranges, including tangerines(3)

  6.5 5.3 0.4 4.0 -2.5

Other fresh fruits(2)

0.199 0.9 -2.0 -1.8 1.2 0.0

Fresh vegetables

0.463 8.1 2.4 1.0 2.4 3.2

Potatoes

0.084 11.9 6.5 0.9 5.7 3.0

Lettuce

0.062 5.8 1.1 2.3 3.2 -0.1

Tomatoes(1)

0.078 8.8 2.4 0.2 -1.5 2.4

Other fresh vegetables

0.240 7.1 1.3 -0.3 1.5 3.2

Processed fruits and vegetables(2)

0.303 0.7 -0.3 -0.1 0.3 -0.4

Canned fruits and vegetables(2)

0.152 2.4 -0.1 0.3 0.1 -0.1

Canned fruits(2)(3)

  3.3 -0.7 0.4 0.9 -0.7

Canned vegetables(2)(3)

  1.5 0.4 0.3 -0.5 0.3

Frozen fruits and vegetables(2)

0.095 -1.0 -0.8 0.5 -0.3 -0.7

Frozen vegetables(3)

  -1.6 -0.5 0.9 -0.5 -0.1

Other processed fruits and vegetables including dried(2)

0.056 -0.9 -0.2 -1.7 1.3 -0.1

Dried beans, peas, and lentils(1)(2)(3)

  -3.4 0.9 -0.5 1.2 0.9

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials

0.912 -1.0 0.3 0.2 -0.6 -0.1

Juices and nonalcoholic drinks(2)

0.685 -0.1 0.7 0.6 -1.1 0.9

Carbonated drinks

0.279 -1.4 0.0 -0.6 -0.3 -0.2

Frozen noncarbonated juices and drinks(1)(2)

0.014 2.9 0.7 0.9 0.5 0.7

Nonfrozen noncarbonated juices and drinks(1)(2)

0.392 0.8 1.1 0.8 -1.1 1.1

Beverage materials including coffee and tea(2)

0.227 -3.8 -0.9 -0.7 0.1 -1.4

Coffee

0.135 -6.7 -1.5 -1.1 -0.2 -1.4

Roasted coffee(3)

  -7.4 -1.6 -1.3 -0.3 -2.1

Instant and freeze dried coffee(1)(3)

  -6.1 -1.0 -0.5 0.8 -1.0

Other beverage materials including tea(2)

0.092 0.6 0.1 -0.3 0.1 -0.6

Other food at home

2.253 -0.8 -0.8 0.2 0.0 -1.0

Sugar and sweets(1)

0.297 -2.7 -1.1 0.5 -0.4 -1.1

Sugar and artificial sweeteners

0.056 -5.4 0.0 -1.2 0.3 -0.1

Candy and chewing gum(1)(2)

0.179 -2.5 -1.6 1.3 -0.6 -1.6

Other sweets(2)

0.062 -0.9 -0.6 0.0 -0.5 -0.5

Fats and oils

0.255 -1.1 0.3 -0.4 -0.3 0.3

Butter and margarine(2)

0.074 0.7 0.3 0.3 -2.0 -0.2

Butter(3)

  3.9 0.5 -0.6 -2.4 -0.1

Margarine(3)

  -1.7 1.1 0.7 -1.8 0.1

Salad dressing(1)(2)

0.063 -1.2 0.9 0.0 0.1 0.9

Other fats and oils including peanut butter(2)

0.118 -2.0 -0.1 -1.4 0.9 0.5

Peanut butter(1)(2)(3)

  -5.7 0.5 -1.0 -1.0 0.5

Other foods

1.701 -0.4 -0.9 0.2 0.1 -1.2

Soups

0.101 0.6 -1.4 0.3 -2.0 -0.1

Frozen and freeze dried prepared foods(1)

0.295 -1.3 -1.4 0.0 0.0 -1.4

Snacks(1)

0.330 0.8 -1.6 -0.6 2.1 -1.6

Spices, seasonings, condiments, sauces

0.283 -0.1 0.9 -0.1 0.2 -0.1

Salt and other seasonings and spices(2)(3)

  -2.0 -0.7 -0.4 0.5 -0.9

Olives, pickles, relishes(1)(2)(3)

  -0.5 5.9 -0.9 -1.5 5.9

Sauces and gravies(2)(3)

  0.1 0.9 -0.9 1.0 0.3

Other condiments(1)(3)

  6.5 4.1 0.4 -0.2 4.1

Baby food(1)(2)

0.072 1.5 -0.5 -0.3 0.9 -0.5

Other miscellaneous foods(1)(2)

0.620 -1.1 -1.1 1.1 -0.9 -1.1

Prepared salads(1)(3)(4)

  0.5 1.0 2.4 -1.3 1.0

Food away from home(1)

5.687 2.0 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

Full service meals and snacks(1)(2)

2.700 2.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1

Limited service meals and snacks(1)(2)

2.283 1.7 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

Food at employee sites and schools(2)

0.262 3.5 0.3 1.6 0.7 -1.9

Food at elementary and secondary schools(1)(3)(5)

  3.7 0.3 0.0 0.6 0.3

Food from vending machines and mobile vendors(1)(2)

0.082 2.6 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2

Other food away from home(1)(2)

0.360 1.7 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.2

Energy

10.118 -0.1 -0.5 3.4 0.2 -0.3

Energy commodities

6.136 -2.2 -0.4 5.7 1.0 0.0

Fuel oil and other fuels(1)

0.312 1.2 1.5 -0.9 0.6 1.5

Fuel oil(1)

0.216 0.0 1.2 -0.5 1.1 1.2

Propane, kerosene, and firewood(1)(6)

0.096 3.9 2.2 0.9 0.7 2.2

Motor fuel

5.824 -2.3 -0.5 6.1 1.0 -0.1

Gasoline (all types)

5.642 -2.4 -0.5 6.3 1.0 -0.1

Gasoline, unleaded regular(3)

  -2.6 -0.5 6.3 1.1 -0.1

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade(3)(7)

  -2.3 -0.5 6.0 0.2 -0.3

Gasoline, unleaded premium(3)

  -1.4 -0.6 6.0 1.3 -0.3

Other motor fuels(2)

0.182 -1.6 0.8 2.0 0.2 2.1

Energy services(8)

3.982 3.2 -0.8 0.1 -1.0 -0.7

Electricity(8)

3.059 2.8 -0.5 0.2 -0.3 -0.1

Utility (piped) gas service(8)

0.923 4.8 -2.0 -0.4 -2.8 -2.3

All items less food and energy

75.719 1.8 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1

Commodities less food and energy commodities

19.303 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0

Household furnishings and supplies(1)(9)

3.233 -1.4 -0.4 -0.1 -0.6 -0.4

Window and floor coverings and other linens(1)(2)

0.257 -2.8 -0.6 -0.1 -0.9 -0.6

Floor coverings(1)(2)

0.036 -4.8 -0.1 -0.1 0.2 -0.1

Window coverings(1)(2)

0.074 0.0 0.2 -0.6 0.2 0.2

Other linens(1)(2)

0.146 -3.8 -1.1 0.2 -1.8 -1.1

Furniture and bedding(1)

0.698 -1.2 -0.2 0.2 -0.6 -0.2

Bedroom furniture(1)

0.230 0.6 0.1 1.0 1.2 0.1

Living room, kitchen, and dining room furniture(1)(2)

0.332 -1.7 0.0 0.0 -1.8 0.0

Other furniture(2)

0.129 -3.3 -1.2 0.0 0.3 0.4

Infants' furniture(1)(3)(5)

           

Appliances(2)

0.275 -2.5 -0.4 0.2 -1.3 -0.6

Major appliances(2)

0.158 -3.1 -0.9 0.4 -1.7 -0.8

Laundry equipment(3)

  -4.5 -1.0 0.6 -1.5 -0.9

Other appliances(1)(2)

0.114 -1.7 0.3 -0.2 -0.2 0.3

Other household equipment and furnishings(2)

0.465 -4.7 -1.3 -0.5 -1.2 -0.9

Clocks, lamps, and decorator items(1)

0.240 -8.0 -2.3 -0.7 -0.5 -2.3

Indoor plants and flowers(10)

0.099 1.2 0.3 -0.4 -0.4 1.3

Dishes and flatware(1)(2)

0.044 -5.1 -1.3 -0.9 -4.5 -1.3

Nonelectric cookware and tableware(2)

0.082 -0.9 -0.4 -0.2 -1.0 0.4

Tools, hardware, outdoor equipment and supplies(2)

0.669 0.5 -0.1 0.0 0.2 0.3

Tools, hardware and supplies(1)(2)

0.171 1.4 0.2 -0.3 -0.1 0.2

Outdoor equipment and supplies(2)

0.354 0.1 -0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2

Housekeeping supplies(1)

0.869 -0.5 -0.2 0.1 -0.6 -0.2

Household cleaning products(1)(2)

0.349 -1.4 -0.3 0.0 -0.5 -0.3

Household paper products(1)(2)

0.241 0.8 -0.7 0.8 -1.1 -0.7

Miscellaneous household products(1)(2)

0.280 -0.6 0.3 -0.2 -0.4 0.3

Apparel

3.462 1.8 1.2 0.9 0.6 0.1

Men's and boys' apparel

0.856 0.9 0.0 1.1 -1.2 -0.5

Men's apparel

0.681 1.1 0.2 0.7 -1.5 -0.2

Men's suits, sport coats, and outerwear

0.121 -2.5 -1.0 1.6 -6.1 -2.6

Men's furnishings

0.187 6.2 0.6 1.4 0.4 2.1

Men's shirts and sweaters(2)

0.207 -0.3 2.6 -0.7 -0.1 1.1

Men's pants and shorts

0.159 0.0 -2.4 1.5 -0.6 -1.7

Boys' apparel

0.175 0.3 -1.0 1.6 1.5 -0.1

Women's and girls' apparel

1.412 2.9 3.0 0.6 2.1 1.0

Women's apparel

1.185 3.1 3.4 0.0 1.8 1.6

Women's outerwear

0.077 14.2 10.3 -1.0 -2.0 -2.1

Women's dresses

0.150 2.2 7.6 -2.6 0.9 1.2

Women's suits and separates(2)

0.552 1.8 4.0 -0.9 2.7 2.0

Women's underwear, nightwear, sportswear and accessories(2)

0.391 3.4 -0.4 1.9 1.3 0.5

Girls' apparel

0.228 1.9 0.9 3.7 3.9 -2.5

Footwear

0.682 2.5 0.5 1.0 -0.3 0.0

Men's footwear(1)

0.212 3.8 1.3 0.0 0.5 1.3

Boys' and girls' footwear

0.147 -0.2 -0.3 0.4 0.1 -2.3

Women's footwear

0.323 3.0 0.4 1.3 -0.7 -0.1

Infants' and toddlers' apparel

0.187 -4.3 0.2 -0.3 -0.5 -1.0

Jewelry and watches(6)

0.325 1.1 -0.8 2.0 1.0 -1.4

Watches(1)(6)

0.092 -2.6 -5.8 1.9 0.4 -5.8

Jewelry(6)

0.233 2.5 1.2 1.9 1.2 0.7

Transportation commodities less motor fuel(9)

5.537 0.1 0.0 0.0 -0.1 0.0

New vehicles

3.146 1.1 -0.3 0.3 0.1 0.0

New cars and trucks(2)(3)

  1.1 -0.3 0.3 0.0 0.1

New cars(3)

  0.4 -0.2 -0.1 0.0 0.0

New trucks(3)(11)

  1.7 -0.3 0.5 0.1 0.0

Used cars and trucks

1.903 -1.0 0.5 -0.4 -0.4 -0.1

Motor vehicle parts and equipment(1)

0.419 -2.1 -0.3 -0.3 -0.2 -0.3

Tires(1)

0.280 -4.1 -0.5 -0.5 -0.4 -0.5

Vehicle accessories other than tires(1)(2)

0.140 2.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.1

Vehicle parts and equipment other than tires(1)(3)

  2.6 0.1 0.0 0.4 0.1

Motor oil, coolant, and fluids(1)(3)

  1.0 0.9 -0.8 -0.5 0.9

Medical care commodities

1.695 0.0 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4

Medicinal drugs(1)(9)

1.618 0.0 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.4

Prescription drugs

1.310 0.2 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.8

Nonprescription drugs(1)(9)

0.308 -0.8 -0.8 0.3 -0.1 -0.8

Medical equipment and supplies(1)(9)

0.077 0.1 -0.3 0.1 -0.8 -0.3

Recreation commodities(9)

2.222 -1.6 -0.3 -0.6 -0.2 -0.3

Video and audio products(9)

0.373 -7.0 -0.5 -0.8 -0.7 -0.3

Televisions

0.129 -15.5 -1.4 -1.2 -2.6 -0.9

Other video equipment(1)(2)

0.024 -8.1 -0.2 -1.9 -1.7 -0.2

Audio equipment(1)

0.067 -5.3 -0.3 -1.1 1.3 -0.3

Audio discs, tapes and other media(1)(2)

0.043 3.0 0.6 0.3 1.0 0.6

Pets and pet products(1)

0.680 0.8 0.0 -0.7 0.0 0.0

Pet food(1)(2)(3)

  2.8 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 -0.2

Purchase of pets, pet supplies, accessories(1)(2)(3)

  -2.1 0.3 -1.3 0.1 0.3

Sporting goods(1)

0.453 -0.6 -0.8 -0.5 0.4 -0.8

Sports vehicles including bicycles(1)

0.243 1.2 -1.0 -0.3 0.9 -1.0

Sports equipment

0.200 -2.8 -0.6 -0.6 0.0 -0.4

Photographic equipment and supplies

0.049 -6.3 1.6 -1.5 -3.0 1.7

Film and photographic supplies(1)(2)(3)

           

Photographic equipment(2)(3)

  -7.8 0.6 -0.6 -3.2 0.6

Recreational reading materials(1)

0.228 3.9 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.2

Newspapers and magazines(1)(2)

0.128 7.3 0.7 0.4 -0.1 0.7

Recreational books(1)(2)

0.096 -0.3 -0.5 0.0 0.1 -0.5

Other recreational goods(2)

0.440 -3.5 -0.6 -0.4 -0.5 -0.6

Toys(1)

0.320 -4.6 -0.8 -0.9 -0.3 -0.8

Toys, games, hobbies and playground equipment(2)(3)

  -1.7 0.0 -1.2 0.3 0.5

Sewing machines, fabric and supplies(1)(2)

0.061 -1.3 -0.1 1.0 -1.3 -0.1

Music instruments and accessories(2)

0.040 2.7 -0.3 1.1 -0.2 -0.3

Education and communication commodities(9)

0.563 -4.0 -0.7 0.0 -0.6 -0.8

Educational books and supplies

0.213 3.6 -0.4 0.2 0.6 -1.5

College textbooks(1)(3)(12)

  4.0 -0.4 0.2 0.5 -0.4

Information technology commodities(9)

0.350 -8.1 -0.9 -0.2 -1.4 -0.4

Personal computers and peripheral equipment(4)

0.228 -10.0 -1.2 -0.1 -1.6 -0.5

Computer software and accessories(1)(2)

0.043 -4.7 -1.0 0.0 -0.5 -1.0

Telephone hardware, calculators, and other consumer information items(1)(2)

0.080 -4.3 0.0 -0.6 -1.1 0.0

Alcoholic beverages

0.947 2.0 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.3

Alcoholic beverages at home

0.567 1.6 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.2

Beer, ale, and other malt beverages at home

0.270 1.7 -0.4 0.4 0.1 -0.3

Distilled spirits at home(1)

0.071 1.1 0.2 0.2 0.3 -0.2

Whiskey at home(3)

  2.9 1.1 0.9 -0.2 0.8

Distilled spirits, excluding whiskey, at home(1)(3)

  -0.6 -0.6 0.2 -0.4 -0.6

Wine at home

0.226 1.8 0.4 -0.6 0.5 0.7

Alcoholic beverages away from home(1)

0.380 2.5 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.2

Beer, ale, and other malt beverages away from home(1)(2)(3)

  2.4 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.2

Wine away from home(1)(2)(3)

  2.5 0.2 0.0 0.3 0.2

Distilled spirits away from home(1)(2)(3)

  2.6 0.2 -0.1 0.3 0.2

Other goods(9)

1.643 1.0 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.3

Tobacco and smoking products(1)

0.809 3.2 0.4 0.1 1.4 0.4

Cigarettes(1)(2)

0.748 3.3 0.5 0.0 1.4 0.5

Tobacco products other than cigarettes(1)(2)

0.054 2.7 -0.2 0.7 0.4 -0.2

Personal care products(1)

0.635 -0.4 0.7 0.4 -0.3 0.7

Hair, dental, shaving, and miscellaneous personal care products(1)(2)

0.331 -0.4 0.7 0.9 -0.5 0.7

Cosmetics, perfume, bath, nail preparations and implements(1)

0.298 -0.5 0.6 -0.1 -0.1 0.6

Miscellaneous personal goods(2)

0.199 -3.4 -2.3 -0.2 -0.2 -1.4

Stationery, stationery supplies, gift wrap(3)

  -3.1 -2.6 -0.2 -0.1 -1.7

Infants' equipment(1)(3)(5)

  -0.9 -1.7 0.5 0.4 -1.7

Services less energy services

56.416 2.4 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

Shelter

31.638 2.4 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

Rent of shelter(13)

31.285 2.4 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.3

Rent of primary residence(8)

6.515 3.0 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.4

Lodging away from home(2)

0.870 2.3 -3.0 -0.8 0.2 -0.7

Housing at school, excluding board(8)(13)

0.157 3.4 1.3 0.3 0.3 -0.5

Other lodging away from home including hotels and motels

0.712 2.0 -4.0 -1.1 0.2 -0.8

Owners' equivalent rent of residences(8)(13)

23.900 2.2 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.2

Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence(8)(13)

22.489 2.2 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.3

Tenants' and household insurance(1)(2)

0.353 2.6 -0.4 0.3 0.6 -0.4

Water and sewer and trash collection services(2)

1.211 3.5 0.3 0.4 0.3 -0.2

Water and sewerage maintenance(8)

0.918 3.8 0.3 0.5 0.3 -0.3

Garbage and trash collection(1)(11)

0.292 2.7 0.3 0.1 0.4 0.3

Household operations(1)(2)

0.724 1.6 0.4 0.5 0.1 0.4

Domestic services(1)(2)

0.249 1.7 0.3 0.5 -0.2 0.3

Gardening and lawncare services(1)(2)

0.233 0.9 0.7 0.0 0.2 0.7

Moving, storage, freight expense(1)(2)

0.091 2.6 0.4 1.3 0.6 0.4

Repair of household items(1)(2)

0.079 2.8 -0.1 1.2 0.2 -0.1

Medical care services

5.449 3.1 0.5 0.4 0.1 0.7

Professional services

3.009 1.9 0.0 0.3 0.1 0.0

Physicians' services(8)

1.611 1.5 0.0 0.4 -0.2 0.0

Dental services(8)

0.775 3.4 0.0 0.3 0.4 0.0

Eyeglasses and eye care(1)(6)

0.248 0.6 -0.1 0.0 0.5 -0.1

Services by other medical professionals(8)(6)

0.375 1.5 0.1 0.4 0.1 0.1

Hospital and related services

1.784 5.2 1.4 0.6 0.4 1.7

Hospital services(8)(14)

1.562 5.7 1.5 0.7 0.3 1.9

Inpatient hospital services(8)(14)(3)

  5.2 1.5 0.6 0.4 1.9

Outpatient hospital services(8)(3)(6)

  6.0 1.5 0.7 0.2 1.9

Nursing homes and adult day services(8)(14)

0.139 2.9 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.3

Care of invalids and elderly at home(1)(5)

0.084 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1

Health insurance(1)(5)

0.656 2.9 0.6 0.4 0.1 0.6

Transportation services

5.833 2.5 -0.6 -0.1 0.4 -0.5

Leased cars and trucks(12)

0.366 -2.9 -0.9 -0.2 0.4 -0.5

Car and truck rental(2)

0.072 -0.9 0.9 -2.0 -0.6 -0.9

Motor vehicle maintenance and repair(1)

1.145 1.9 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.1

Motor vehicle body work(1)

0.057 2.2 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.1

Motor vehicle maintenance and servicing(1)

0.457 2.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.2

Motor vehicle repair(1)(2)

0.595 1.8 0.0 0.2 0.5 0.0

Motor vehicle insurance

2.485 4.2 0.0 0.2 1.3 -0.1

Motor vehicle fees(1)(2)

0.562 1.9 0.1 0.2 0.7 0.1

State motor vehicle registration and license fees(1)(8)(2)

0.323 1.2 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.0

Parking and other fees(1)(2)

0.216 3.0 0.2 0.4 0.7 0.2

Parking fees and tolls(1)(2)(3)

  3.3 0.2 0.4 0.9 0.2

Automobile service clubs(1)(2)(3)

  0.8 0.1 0.8 -0.5 0.1

Public transportation

1.203 1.9 -2.7 -0.9 -1.3 -2.0

Airline fare

0.783 1.5 -3.8 -1.7 -1.3 -3.1

Other intercity transportation

0.150 -0.2 -1.9 0.1 -1.4 -1.0

Intercity bus fare(1)(3)(4)

           

Intercity train fare(3)(4)

  -1.5 -5.4 0.2 3.5 -3.3

Ship fare(1)(2)(3)

  -1.2 -1.1 1.1 -2.0 -1.1

Intracity transportation(1)

0.267 4.3 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.2

Intracity mass transit(1)(3)(9)

  4.2 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.2

Recreation services(9)

3.714 1.6 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2

Video and audio services(9)

1.515 1.8 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.1

Cable and satellite television and radio service(11)

1.409 2.0 -0.1 0.0 0.2 0.0

Video discs and other media, including rental of video and audio(1)(2)

0.106 -1.6 0.5 0.3 0.0 0.5

Video discs and other media(1)(2)(3)

  -3.7 0.9 -1.2 -0.1 0.9

Rental of video or audio discs and other media(1)(2)(3)

  -0.3 0.1 1.1 0.2 0.1

Pet services including veterinary(2)

0.411 2.1 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0

Pet services(1)(2)(3)

  1.1 -0.1 0.2 0.1 -0.1

Veterinarian services(2)(3)

  2.4 0.0 0.2 0.3 -0.1

Photographers and film processing(1)(2)

0.057 1.0 -0.4 0.6 0.3 -0.4

Photographer fees(1)(2)(3)

  0.4 -0.3 0.6 0.4 -0.3

Film processing(1)(2)(3)

  1.3 0.0 -0.1 0.2 0.0

Other recreation services(2)

1.729 1.3 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.3

Club dues and fees for participant sports and group exercises(2)

0.561 1.2 0.4 -0.2 -0.5 0.4

Admissions(1)

0.633 1.2 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4

Admission to movies, theaters, and concerts(1)(2)(3)

  1.0 0.3 0.6 0.6 0.3

Admission to sporting events(1)(2)(3)

  2.6 1.1 0.0 0.2 1.1

Fees for lessons or instructions(1)(6)

0.230 1.7 0.1 0.4 0.0 0.1

Education and communication services(9)

6.132 2.1 0.7 0.1 0.1 0.0

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare

3.048 3.6 1.4 0.3 0.3 0.0

College tuition and fees

1.721 4.2 1.9 0.5 0.3 -0.2

Elementary and high school tuition and fees

0.387 3.9 1.5 0.4 0.6 0.3

Child care and nursery school(10)

0.776 2.4 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.1

Technical and business school tuition and fees(2)

0.059 2.8 0.6 -0.5 0.0 -0.1

Postage and delivery services(2)

0.155 6.3 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.3

Postage(1)

0.144 6.4 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.3

Delivery services(1)(2)

0.010 4.2 0.2 -0.9 -1.2 0.2

Telephone services(1)(2)

2.346 0.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.1 -0.1

Wireless telephone services(1)(2)

1.398 -1.3 -0.1 0.0 -0.2 -0.1

Land-line telephone services(1)(9)

0.949 2.1 0.0 -0.1 0.6 0.0

Internet services and electronic information providers(1)(2)

0.569 1.4 0.3 -0.4 -0.7 0.3

Other personal services(1)(9)

1.714 2.1 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.3

Personal care services(1)

0.630 2.1 0.3 0.0 0.4 0.3

Haircuts and other personal care services(1)(2)

0.630 2.1 0.3 0.0 0.4 0.3

Miscellaneous personal services

1.085 2.2 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.2

Legal services(6)

0.298 3.3 0.7 0.5 0.1 0.7

Funeral expenses(6)

0.160 2.9 0.2 0.4 0.0 0.3

Laundry and dry cleaning services(1)(2)

0.238 1.2 0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.1

Apparel services other than laundry and dry cleaning(1)(2)

0.030 3.5 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.1

Financial services(1)(6)

0.216 1.1 0.0 -0.6 -0.4 0.0

Checking account and other bank services(1)(2)(3)

  4.4 0.0 4.6 -0.1 0.0

Tax return preparation and other accounting fees(2)(3)

  1.0 0.1 -0.2 -0.3 0.1

Footnotes
(1) Not seasonally adjusted.
(2) Indexes on a December 1997=100 base.
(3) Special index based on a substantially smaller sample.
(4) Indexes on a December 2007=100 base.
(5) Indexes on a December 2005=100 base.
(6) Indexes on a December 1986=100 base.
(7) Indexes on a December 1993=100 base.
(8) This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series were calculated using a geometric means estimator.
(9) Indexes on a December 2009=100 base.
(10) Indexes on a December 1990=100 base.
(11) Indexes on a December 1983=100 base.
(12) Indexes on a December 2001=100 base.
(13) Indexes on a December 1982=100 base.
(14) Indexes on a December 1996=100 base.

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


Table 3. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, special aggregate indexes, August 2013
[1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]
Special aggregate indexes Relative
importance
Jul.
2013
Unadjusted indexes Unadjusted percent change Seasonally adjusted percent change
Aug.
2012
Jul.
2013
Aug.
2013
Aug.
2012-
Aug.
2013
Jul.
2013-
Aug.
2013
May
2013-
Jun.
2013
Jun.
2013-
Jul.
2013
Jul.
2013-
Aug.
2013

All items less food

85.837 229.813 233.092 233.353 1.5 0.1 0.5 0.2 0.1

All items less shelter

68.362 222.251 224.563 224.732 1.1 0.1 0.6 0.2 0.0

All items less food and shelter

54.199 218.904 221.082 221.193 1.0 0.1 0.7 0.2 0.0

All items less food, shelter, and energy

44.081 215.124 217.548 217.953 1.3 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.0

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

42.177 218.705 221.434 221.819 1.4 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1

All items less medical care

92.856 221.275 224.289 224.497 1.5 0.1 0.5 0.2 0.0

All items less energy

89.882 230.148 233.616 234.071 1.7 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1

Commodities

39.602 187.952 188.055 188.202 0.1 0.1 1.0 0.2 0.0

Commodities less food, energy, and used cars and trucks

17.399 147.046 146.998 147.164 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.0

Commodities less food

25.439 165.628 164.669 164.712 -0.6 0.0 1.4 0.3 0.0

Commodities less food and beverages

24.492 163.121 162.025 162.065 -0.6 0.0 1.5 0.3 0.0

Services

60.398 272.560 278.818 279.230 2.4 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1

Services less rent of shelter(1)

29.113 298.312 305.581 305.781 2.5 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0

Services less medical care services

54.949 259.599 265.489 265.788 2.4 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1

Durables

8.666 113.250 112.304 112.047 -1.1 -0.2 -0.3 -0.3 0.0

Nondurables

30.936 224.939 225.630 226.000 0.5 0.2 1.3 0.4 0.0

Nondurables less food

16.773 215.220 214.259 214.599 -0.3 0.2 1.9 0.8 0.1

Nondurables less food and beverages

15.826 214.091 212.844 213.192 -0.4 0.2 2.0 0.9 0.1

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel

12.364 275.298 272.853 272.469 -1.0 -0.1 2.4 0.8 0.1

Nondurables less food and apparel

13.310 270.110 268.231 267.895 -0.8 -0.1 2.2 0.8 0.1

Housing

41.101 223.699 228.374 228.564 2.2 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.1

Education and communication(2)

6.695 134.039 135.334 136.119 1.6 0.6 0.1 0.1 -0.1

Education(2)

3.261 218.286 223.340 226.224 3.6 1.3 0.3 0.3 -0.1

Communication(2)

3.434 82.605 82.372 82.293 -0.4 -0.1 -0.1 -0.2 0.0

Information and information processing(2)

3.279 79.090 78.638 78.558 -0.7 -0.1 -0.1 -0.2 -0.1

Information technology, hardware and services(3)

0.933 8.656 8.459 8.445 -2.4 -0.2 -0.4 -1.0 0.0

Recreation(2)

5.936 114.929 115.384 115.336 0.4 0.0 -0.1 0.0 0.0

Video and audio(2)

1.888 99.747 99.769 99.652 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.0

Pets, pet products and services(2)

1.091 162.481 164.564 164.598 1.3 0.0 -0.4 0.0 0.0

Photography(2)

0.108 79.447 77.075 77.471 -2.5 0.5 -0.4 -1.2 0.6

Food and beverages

15.110 234.017 236.957 237.348 1.4 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1

Domestically produced farm food

7.179 238.853 241.291 241.667 1.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.0

Other services

11.561 323.412 328.160 329.637 1.9 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.1

Apparel less footwear

2.781 117.408 117.613 119.285 1.6 1.4 0.9 0.8 0.1

Fuels and utilities

5.505 222.769 230.899 229.850 3.2 -0.5 0.1 -0.6 -0.4

Household energy

4.295 192.759 200.010 198.685 3.1 -0.7 0.0 -0.8 -0.5

Medical care

7.144 417.123 424.836 426.866 2.3 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.6

Transportation

17.194 219.110 219.992 219.217 0.0 -0.4 1.9 0.5 -0.2

Private transportation

15.991 214.763 214.964 214.581 -0.1 -0.2 2.2 0.6 -0.1

New and used motor vehicles(2)

5.556 101.458 101.568 101.505 0.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.1

Utilities and public transportation

10.151 209.491 215.447 214.079 2.2 -0.6 -0.1 -0.4 -0.4

Household furnishings and operations

3.958 125.610 124.793 124.493 -0.9 -0.2 0.2 -0.4 -0.1

Other goods and services

3.357 396.161 401.454 402.403 1.6 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.3

Personal care

2.549 213.041 214.915 215.289 1.1 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.3

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.

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


Table 4. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Selected areas, all items index, August 2013
[1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]
Area Pricing
Schedule(1)
Percent change to Aug. 2013 from: Percent change to Jul. 2013 from:
Aug.
2012
Jun.
2013
Jul.
2013
Jul.
2012
May
2013
Jun.
2013

U.S. city average

M

1.5 0.2 0.1 2.0 0.3 0.0

Region and area size(2)

Northeast urban

M

1.5 0.4 0.2 1.8 0.3 0.2

Size A - More than 1,500,000

M

1.5 0.3 0.1 2.0 0.4 0.2

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000(3)

M

1.3 0.6 0.4 1.2 0.2 0.2

Midwest urban

M

1.2 -0.3 0.1 1.8 -0.1 -0.4

Size A - More than 1,500,000

M

1.4 -0.3 0.1 1.9 0.0 -0.4

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000(3)

M

0.7 -0.4 0.1 1.5 -0.2 -0.5

Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than 50,000)

M

1.6 0.1 0.0 2.2 0.0 0.0

South urban

M

1.7 0.3 0.1 2.2 0.6 0.2

Size A - More than 1,500,000

M

1.7 0.4 0.2 2.2 0.5 0.2

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000(3)

M

1.8 0.3 0.1 2.2 0.5 0.2

Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than 50,000)

M

1.4 -0.2 -0.2 2.3 0.9 0.0

West urban

M

1.5 0.2 0.1 1.9 0.2 0.0

Size A - More than 1,500,000

M

1.5 0.0 0.0 2.0 0.1 0.0

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000(3)

M

1.6 0.3 0.2 1.6 0.1 0.1

Size classes

A(4)

M

1.5 0.1 0.1 2.0 0.3 0.0

B/C(3)

M

1.5 0.2 0.2 1.8 0.3 0.0

D

M

1.6 0.2 0.0 2.3 0.5 0.1

Selected local areas(5)

Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI

M

1.1 -0.2 0.1 1.7 -0.1 -0.2

Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA

M

0.8 0.0 0.1 1.3 -0.2 -0.1

New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA

M

1.7 0.3 0.1 2.1 0.4 0.2

Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT

1

      1.9 0.4  

Cleveland-Akron, OH

1

      2.2 0.7  

Dallas-Fort Worth, TX

1

      2.7 0.6  

Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV(6)

1

      1.9 0.5  

Atlanta, GA

2

1.5 0.7        

Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI

2

1.3 -0.7        

Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX

2

2.3 0.3        

Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL

2

0.6 -0.2        

Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-DE-MD

2

1.1 0.5        

San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA

2

2.0 0.1        

Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA

2

1.1 0.0        

Footnotes
(1) Foods, fuels, and several other items are priced every month in all areas. Most other goods and services are priced as indicated: M - Every month. 1 - January, March, May, July, September, and November. 2 - February, April, June, August, October, and December.
(2) Regions defined as the four Census regions.
(3) Indexes on a December 1996=100 base.
(4) Indexes on a December 1986=100 base.
(5) In addition, the following metropolitan areas are published semiannually and appear in Tables 34 and 39 of the January and July issues of the CPI Detailed Report: Anchorage, AK; Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN; Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO; Honolulu, HI; Kansas City, MO-KS; Milwaukee-Racine, WI; Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI; Phoenix-Mesa, AZ; Pittsburgh, PA; Portland-Salem, OR-WA; St. Louis, MO-IL; San Diego, CA; Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL.
(6) Indexes on a November 1996=100 base.

NOTE: Local area indexes are byproducts of the national CPI program. Each local index has a smaller sample size than the national index and is, therefore, subject to substantially more sampling and other measurement error. As a result, local area indexes show greater volatility than the national index, although their long-term trends are similar. Therefore, the Bureau of Labor Statistics strongly urges users to consider adopting the national average CPI for use in their escalator clauses.
NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.


Table 5. Chained Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (C-CPI-U) and the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, all items index, August 2013
[Percent changes]
Month Year Unadjusted 1-month percent change Unadjusted 12-month percent change
C-CPI-U(1) CPI-U C-CPI-U(1) CPI-U

December 2000

    2.6 3.4

December 2001

    1.3 1.6

December 2002

    2.0 2.4

December 2003

    1.7 1.9

December 2004

    3.2 3.3

December 2005

    2.9 3.4

December 2006

    2.3 2.5

December 2007

    3.7 4.1

December 2008

    0.2 0.1

December 2009

    2.5 2.7

December 2010

    1.3 1.5

January 2011

0.5 0.5 1.4 1.6

February 2011

0.5 0.5 1.9 2.1

March 2011

1.0 1.0 2.5 2.7

April 2011

0.7 0.6 3.1 3.2

May 2011

0.4 0.5 3.4 3.6

June 2011

-0.1 -0.1 3.4 3.6

July 2011

0.1 0.1 3.5 3.6

August 2011

0.3 0.3 3.7 3.8

September 2011

0.2 0.2 3.8 3.9

October 2011

-0.2 -0.2 3.5 3.5

November 2011

-0.1 -0.1 3.4 3.4

December 2011

-0.3 -0.2 2.9 3.0

January 2012

0.4 0.4 2.8 2.9

February 2012

0.4 0.4 2.7 2.9

March 2012

0.6 0.8 2.4 2.7

April 2012

0.3 0.3 1.9 2.3

May 2012

-0.1 -0.1 1.5 1.7

June 2012

-0.1 -0.1 1.5 1.7

July 2012

-0.2 -0.2 1.3 1.4

August 2012

0.4 0.6 1.4 1.7

September 2012

0.4 0.4 1.6 2.0

October 2012

0.0 0.0 1.8 2.2

November 2012

-0.4 -0.5 1.5 1.8

December 2012

-0.2 -0.3 1.6 1.7

January 2013

0.3 0.3 1.5 1.6

February 2013

0.7 0.8 1.8 2.0

March 2013

0.2 0.3 1.4 1.5

April 2013

-0.1 -0.1 1.1 1.1

May 2013

0.2 0.2 1.3 1.4

June 2013

0.2 0.2 1.6 1.8

July 2013

0.0 0.0 1.8 2.0

August 2013

0.1 0.1 1.4 1.5

Footnotes
(1) The C-CPI-U is designed to be a closer approximation to a cost-of-living index in that it, in its final form, accounts for any substitution that consumers make across item categories in response to changes in relative prices. Since the expenditure data required for the calculation of the C-CPI-U are available only with a time lag, the C-CPI-U is being issued first in preliminary form using the latest available expenditure data at that time and is subject to two revisions.

NOTE: Indexes for 2013 are intial estimates. Indexes for 2012 are interim adjustments. Data prior to 2012 are final.
NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.


Table 6. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category, August 2013, 1-month analysis table
[1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]
Expenditure category Relative
importance
Jul.
2013
One Month
Seasonally adjusted percent change
Jul. 2013-
Aug. 2013
Seasonally adjusted effect on All Items
Jul. 2013-
Aug. 2013(1)
Standard error, median price change(2) Largest (L) or Smallest (S) seasonally adjusted change since:(3)
Date Percent change

All items

100.000 0.1   0.04 S-May 2013 0.1

Food

14.163 0.1 0.018 0.08 - -

Food at home

8.476 0.1 0.009 0.12 - -

Cereals and bakery products

1.224 0.3 0.003 0.30 L-Jun. 2013 0.4

Cereals and cereal products

0.468 -0.6 -0.003 0.45 S-Sep. 2012 -0.9

Flour and prepared flour mixes

0.053 0.1 0.000 0.73 L-Apr. 2013 2.7

Breakfast cereal(4)

0.287 -0.9 -0.003 0.65 S-Jan. 2013 -1.0

Rice, pasta, cornmeal(4)

0.129 -0.4 -0.001 0.60 S-Jun. 2013 -0.4

Rice(4)(5)(6)

  0.6   0.65 L-Jun. 2013 0.7

Bakery products

0.756 0.6 0.005 0.40 L-Apr. 2013 0.9

Bread(5)

0.223 1.1 0.003 0.78 L-Jul. 2012 1.1

White bread(4)(6)

  -0.7   1.36 S-May 2013 -0.7

Bread other than white(4)(6)

  0.8   1.25 L-Apr. 2013 1.0

Fresh biscuits, rolls, muffins(4)(5)

0.113 0.7 0.001 0.76 L-Jun. 2013 1.1

Cakes, cupcakes, and cookies

0.183 -0.6 -0.001 0.76 S-Feb. 2013 -1.1

Cookies(4)(6)

  -0.5   1.09 S-May 2013 -2.2

Fresh cakes and cupcakes(4)(6)

  -0.3   0.99 S-Apr. 2013 -0.8

Other bakery products

0.236 1.3 0.003 0.76 L-Apr. 2013 1.7

Fresh sweetrolls, coffeecakes, doughnuts(4)(6)

  -0.1   1.27 L-Jun. 2013 1.0

Crackers, bread, and cracker products(6)

  3.6   1.47 L-Apr. 2008 3.7

Frozen and refrigerated bakery products, pies, tarts, turnovers(6)

  0.0   0.98 L-Apr. 2013 1.3

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

1.951 0.6 0.011 0.23 L-Oct. 2012 0.6

Meats, poultry, and fish

1.844 0.8 0.015 0.24 L-Dec. 2011 0.8

Meats

1.186 0.4 0.004 0.29 - -

Beef and veal(4)

0.560 -0.1 -0.001 0.39 S-Apr. 2013 -0.5

Uncooked ground beef(4)

0.217 1.0 0.002 0.54 L-Jun. 2012 1.1

Uncooked beef roasts(4)(5)

0.083 -0.5 0.000 0.96 S-Apr. 2013 -1.7

Uncooked beef steaks(4)(5)

0.209 -1.3 -0.003 0.66 S-Jun. 2011 -2.0

Uncooked other beef and veal(4)(5)

0.052 0.6 0.000 1.06 L-Jun. 2013 0.6

Pork

0.370 1.2 0.004 0.50 - -

Bacon, breakfast sausage, and related products(5)

0.144 1.5 0.002 0.70 S-Jun. 2013 1.4

Bacon and related products(6)

  2.4   1.16 S-Jun. 2013 2.1

Breakfast sausage and related products(5)(6)

  1.1   1.15 L-Aug. 2012 1.4

Ham

0.080 0.3 0.000 1.02 L-Jun. 2013 1.8

Ham, excluding canned(6)

  0.5   1.19 L-Jun. 2013 2.0

Pork chops

0.059 0.9 0.001 0.98 S-Jun. 2013 -3.5

Other pork including roasts and picnics(5)

0.087 1.6 0.001 1.11 L-Oct. 2012 3.7

Other meats

0.256 0.2 0.001 0.62 L-Jun. 2013 0.5

Frankfurters(6)

  -0.9   1.74 S-Mar. 2013 -0.9

Lunchmeats(4)(5)(6)

  1.2   0.57 L-Jun. 2011 1.2

Lamb and organ meats(4)(6)

  -0.9   0.95 L-Jun. 2013 5.2

Lamb and mutton(4)(5)(6)

  -1.3   1.30 L-Jun. 2013 9.1

Poultry

0.351 1.9 0.007 0.67 L-Jan. 2008 2.0

Chicken(5)

0.274 2.1 0.006 0.81 L-May 2004 2.2

Fresh whole chicken(4)(6)

  -0.7   1.36 S-Feb. 2013 -1.8

Fresh and frozen chicken parts(4)(6)

  2.6   0.90 L-Jun. 2012 2.6

Other poultry including turkey(5)

0.076 1.2 0.001 0.86 L-Feb. 2013 2.4

Fish and seafood(4)

0.307 1.3 0.004 0.53 L-Apr. 2013 2.0

Fresh fish and seafood(4)(5)

0.158 0.9 0.001 0.82 L-Apr. 2013 2.6

Processed fish and seafood(5)

0.149 1.2 0.002 0.64 L-Apr. 2013 2.0

Shelf stable fish and seafood(4)(6)

  -0.3   1.02 S-Mar. 2013 -2.3

Frozen fish and seafood(4)(6)

  0.8   0.92 S-Jun. 2013 0.0

Eggs

0.108 -3.6 -0.004 0.81 S-Sep. 2012 -4.4

Dairy and related products(4)

0.875 0.4 0.004 0.29 L-Jan. 2013 0.4

Milk(4)(5)

0.289 -0.1 0.000 0.36 L-Jun. 2013 1.3

Fresh whole milk(4)(6)

  -0.3   0.59 S-May 2013 -1.7

Fresh milk other than whole(4)(5)(6)

  0.2   0.45 L-Jun. 2013 1.0

Cheese and related products(4)

0.278 1.1 0.003 0.59 L-Sep. 2011 1.8

Ice cream and related products

0.129 0.3 0.000 0.89 L-Jun. 2013 1.1

Other dairy and related products(5)

0.180 0.6 0.001 0.62 L-Apr. 2013 1.6

Fruits and vegetables

1.261 1.2 0.015 0.33 S-Jun. 2013 -0.1

Fresh fruits and vegetables

0.958 1.6 0.016 0.40 S-Jun. 2013 -0.1

Fresh fruits

0.495 0.2 0.001 0.63 S-Jun. 2013 -1.0

Apples

0.097 -0.5 -0.001 1.15 L-May 2013 2.1

Bananas

0.079 0.2 0.000 0.71 L-Jun. 2013 0.8

Citrus fruits(5)

0.120 -0.5 -0.001 1.30 S-Feb. 2013 -0.5

Oranges, including tangerines(6)

  -2.5   1.92 S-Dec. 2011 -3.2

Other fresh fruits(5)

0.199 0.0 0.000 1.12 S-Jun. 2013 -1.8

Fresh vegetables

0.463 3.2 0.015 0.60 L-Mar. 2011 4.2

Potatoes

0.084 3.0 0.002 1.25 S-Jun. 2013 0.9

Lettuce

0.062 -0.1 0.000 1.57 S-May 2013 -7.4

Tomatoes(4)

0.078 2.4 0.002 1.57 L-Mar. 2013 2.6

Other fresh vegetables

0.240 3.2 0.008 0.88 L-May 2008 3.3

Processed fruits and vegetables(5)

0.303 -0.4 -0.001 0.47 S-Dec. 2012 -0.9

Canned fruits and vegetables(5)

0.152 -0.1 0.000 0.67 S-Mar. 2013 -0.4

Canned fruits(5)(6)

  -0.7   0.99 S-Dec. 2012 -2.8

Canned vegetables(5)(6)

  0.3   0.97 L-Jun. 2013 0.3

Frozen fruits and vegetables(5)

0.095 -0.7 -0.001 0.92 S-Jul. 2012 -1.4

Frozen vegetables(6)

  -0.1   0.90 L-Jun. 2013 0.9

Other processed fruits and vegetables including dried(5)

0.056 -0.1 0.000 0.60 S-Jun. 2013 -1.7

Dried beans, peas, and lentils(4)(5)(6)

  0.9   0.70 S-Jun. 2013 -0.5

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials

0.912 -0.1 0.000 0.37 L-Jun. 2013 0.2

Juices and nonalcoholic drinks(5)

0.685 0.9 0.006 0.45 L-Sep. 2012 0.9

Carbonated drinks

0.279 -0.2 -0.001 0.70 L-Apr. 2013 1.0

Frozen noncarbonated juices and drinks(4)(5)

0.014 0.7 0.000 0.54 L-Jun. 2013 0.9

Nonfrozen noncarbonated juices and drinks(4)(5)

0.392 1.1 0.004 0.65 L-Nov. 2012 1.1

Beverage materials including coffee and tea(5)

0.227 -1.4 -0.003 0.46 S-Apr. 2009 -1.4

Coffee

0.135 -1.4 -0.002 0.64 S-Apr. 2013 -2.1

Roasted coffee(6)

  -2.1   0.79 S-Apr. 2013 -2.3

Instant and freeze dried coffee(4)(6)

  -1.0   0.68 S-Apr. 2013 -3.3

Other beverage materials including tea(5)

0.092 -0.6 -0.001 0.59 S-Feb. 2013 -0.6

Other food at home

2.253 -1.0 -0.023 0.24 S-May 2002 -1.0

Sugar and sweets(4)

0.297 -1.1 -0.003 0.55 S-Feb. 2013 -1.3

Sugar and artificial sweeteners

0.056 -0.1 0.000 0.51 S-Jun. 2013 -1.2

Candy and chewing gum(4)(5)

0.179 -1.6 -0.003 0.83 S-Feb. 2013 -1.6

Other sweets(5)

0.062 -0.5 0.000 0.61 - -

Fats and oils

0.255 0.3 0.001 0.46 L-Apr. 2013 0.5

Butter and margarine(5)

0.074 -0.2 0.000 0.77 L-Jun. 2013 0.3

Butter(6)

  -0.1   1.32 L-May 2013 1.1

Margarine(6)

  0.1   1.11 L-Jun. 2013 0.7

Salad dressing(4)(5)

0.063 0.9 0.001 0.78 L-Jul. 2012 0.9

Other fats and oils including peanut butter(5)

0.118 0.5 0.001 0.78 S-Jun. 2013 -1.4

Peanut butter(4)(5)(6)

  0.5   0.85 L-Dec. 2012 0.8

Other foods

1.701 -1.2 -0.021 0.30 S-EVER -

Soups

0.101 -0.1 0.000 1.13 L-Jun. 2013 0.3

Frozen and freeze dried prepared foods(4)

0.295 -1.4 -0.004 0.67 S-Sep. 2010 -2.6

Snacks(4)

0.330 -1.6 -0.005 0.71 S-May 2009 -2.5

Spices, seasonings, condiments, sauces

0.283 -0.1 0.000 0.71 S-Jun. 2013 -0.1

Salt and other seasonings and spices(5)(6)

  -0.9   0.92 S-Feb. 2013 -1.1

Olives, pickles, relishes(4)(5)(6)

  5.9   0.57 L-Jan. 2012 8.9

Sauces and gravies(5)(6)

  0.3   1.21 S-Jun. 2013 -0.9

Other condiments(4)(6)

  4.1   0.62 L-Jan. 2013 4.1

Baby food(4)(5)

0.072 -0.5 0.000 0.47 S-May 2013 -0.7

Other miscellaneous foods(4)(5)

0.620 -1.1 -0.007 0.48 S-Jan. 2011 -1.2

Prepared salads(4)(7)(6)

  1.0   0.73 L-Jun. 2013 2.4

Food away from home(4)

5.687 0.2 0.009 0.05 - -

Full service meals and snacks(4)(5)

2.700 0.1 0.003 0.07 - -

Limited service meals and snacks(4)(5)

2.283 0.2 0.005 0.07 - -

Food at employee sites and schools(5)

0.262 -1.9 -0.005 0.14 S-Jul. 2010 -2.6

Food at elementary and secondary schools(4)(8)(6)

  0.3   0.07 S-Jun. 2013 0.0

Food from vending machines and mobile vendors(4)(5)

0.082 0.2 0.000 0.26 L-Mar. 2013 0.3

Other food away from home(4)(5)

0.360 0.2 0.001 0.12 L-Apr. 2013 0.4

Energy

10.118 -0.3 -0.026 0.12 S-Apr. 2013 -4.3

Energy commodities

6.136 0.0 -0.001 0.14 S-May 2013 -0.1

Fuel oil and other fuels(4)

0.312 1.5 0.005 0.34 L-Feb. 2013 2.4

Fuel oil(4)

0.216 1.2 0.003 0.44 L-Feb. 2013 3.1

Propane, kerosene, and firewood(4)(9)

0.096 2.2 0.002 0.46 L-Jan. 2010 6.0

Motor fuel

5.824 -0.1 -0.005 0.14 S-Apr. 2013 -8.1

Gasoline (all types)

5.642 -0.1 -0.008 0.15 S-Apr. 2013 -8.1

Gasoline, unleaded regular(6)

  -0.1   0.53 S-May 2013 -0.1

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade(10)(6)

  -0.3   0.51 S-Apr. 2013 -7.8

Gasoline, unleaded premium(6)

  -0.3   0.55 S-Apr. 2013 -7.5

Other motor fuels(5)

0.182 2.1 0.004 0.16 L-Feb. 2013 3.7

Energy services(11)

3.982 -0.7 -0.025 0.18 L-Jun. 2013 0.1

Electricity(11)

3.059 -0.1 -0.004 0.21 L-Jun. 2013 0.2

Utility (piped) gas service(11)

0.923 -2.3 -0.021 0.26 L-Jun. 2013 -0.4

All items less food and energy

75.719 0.1 0.097 0.04 S-Apr. 2013 0.1

Commodities less food and energy commodities

19.303 0.0 -0.001 0.10 - -

Household furnishings and supplies(4)(12)

3.233 -0.4 -0.013 0.14 L-Jun. 2013 -0.1

Window and floor coverings and other linens(4)(5)

0.257 -0.6 -0.001 0.42 L-Jun. 2013 -0.1

Floor coverings(4)(5)

0.036 -0.1 0.000 0.41 S-Jun. 2013 -0.1

Window coverings(4)(5)

0.074 0.2 0.000 0.64 - -

Other linens(4)(5)

0.146 -1.1 -0.002 0.70 L-Jun. 2013 0.2

Furniture and bedding(4)

0.698 -0.2 -0.001 0.34 L-Jun. 2013 0.2

Bedroom furniture(4)

0.230 0.1 0.000 0.43 S-May 2013 -0.4

Living room, kitchen, and dining room furniture(4)(5)

0.332 0.0 0.000 0.48 L-Jun. 2013 0.0

Other furniture(5)

0.129 0.4 0.000 0.82 L-Apr. 2013 1.6

Infants' furniture(4)(8)(6)

           

Appliances(5)

0.275 -0.6 -0.002 0.36 L-Jun. 2013 0.2

Major appliances(5)

0.158 -0.8 -0.001 0.49 L-Jun. 2013 0.4

Laundry equipment(6)

  -0.9   0.68 L-Jun. 2013 0.6

Other appliances(4)(5)

0.114 0.3 0.000 0.47 L-Jan. 2013 1.6

Other household equipment and furnishings(5)

0.465 -0.9 -0.004 0.53 L-Jun. 2013 -0.5

Clocks, lamps, and decorator items(4)

0.240 -2.3 -0.005 0.84 S-Mar. 2013 -2.3

Indoor plants and flowers(13)

0.099 1.3 0.001 0.69 L-Mar. 2011 1.3

Dishes and flatware(4)(5)

0.044 -1.3 -0.001 1.15 L-Jun. 2013 -0.9

Nonelectric cookware and tableware(5)

0.082 0.4 0.000 0.64 L-Apr. 2013 0.4

Tools, hardware, outdoor equipment and supplies(5)

0.669 0.3 0.002 0.26 L-Apr. 2013 0.3

Tools, hardware and supplies(4)(5)

0.171 0.2 0.000 0.45 L-Apr. 2013 0.7

Outdoor equipment and supplies(5)

0.354 0.2 0.001 0.33 L-Apr. 2013 0.5

Housekeeping supplies(4)

0.869 -0.2 -0.002 0.22 L-Jun. 2013 0.1

Household cleaning products(4)(5)

0.349 -0.3 -0.001 0.38 L-Jun. 2013 0.0

Household paper products(4)(5)

0.241 -0.7 -0.002 0.41 L-Jun. 2013 0.8

Miscellaneous household products(4)(5)

0.280 0.3 0.001 0.41 L-May 2013 0.4

Apparel

3.462 0.1 0.004 0.50 S-Apr. 2013 -0.3

Men's and boys' apparel

0.856 -0.5 -0.004 0.75 L-Jun. 2013 1.1

Men's apparel

0.681 -0.2 -0.001 0.91 L-Jun. 2013 0.7

Men's suits, sport coats, and outerwear

0.121 -2.6 -0.003 1.84 L-Jun. 2013 1.6

Men's furnishings

0.187 2.1 0.004 0.96 L-Apr. 2013 3.3

Men's shirts and sweaters(5)

0.207 1.1 0.002 1.76 L-May 2013 1.3

Men's pants and shorts

0.159 -1.7 -0.003 1.62 S-Feb. 2013 -4.4

Boys' apparel

0.175 -0.1 0.000 1.53 S-May 2013 -0.3

Women's and girls' apparel

1.412 1.0 0.014 0.84 S-Jun. 2013 0.6

Women's apparel

1.185 1.6 0.020 0.93 S-Jun. 2013 0.0

Women's outerwear

0.077 -2.1 -0.002 3.65 S-Dec. 2012 -2.8

Women's dresses

0.150 1.2 0.002 3.44 L-Jan. 2013 2.5

Women's suits and separates(5)

0.552 2.0 0.012 1.04 S-Jun. 2013 -0.9

Women's underwear, nightwear, sportswear and accessories(5)

0.391 0.5 0.002 1.07 S-May 2013 -0.2

Girls' apparel

0.228 -2.5 -0.006 1.95 S-Mar. 2013 -4.1

Footwear

0.682 0.0 0.000 0.76 L-Jun. 2013 1.0

Men's footwear(4)

0.212 1.3 0.003 1.10 L-Feb. 2013 1.4

Boys' and girls' footwear

0.147 -2.3 -0.004 1.28 S-Nov. 2010 -3.0

Women's footwear

0.323 -0.1 0.000 1.01 L-Jun. 2013 1.3

Infants' and toddlers' apparel

0.187 -1.0 -0.002 0.86 S-Apr. 2013 -1.3

Jewelry and watches(9)

0.325 -1.4 -0.005 0.94 S-Oct. 2012 -1.4

Watches(4)(9)

0.092 -5.8 -0.005 1.17 S-EVER -

Jewelry(9)

0.233 0.7 0.002 1.03 S-May 2013 0.2

Transportation commodities less motor fuel(12)

5.537 0.0 -0.002 0.06 L-Jun. 2013 0.0

New vehicles

3.146 0.0 0.002 0.10 S-May 2013 0.0

New cars and trucks(5)(6)

  0.1   0.11 L-Jun. 2013 0.3

New cars(6)

  0.0   0.10 - -

New trucks(14)(6)

  0.0   0.13 S-Feb. 2013 -0.2

Used cars and trucks

1.903 -0.1 -0.001 0.01 L-May 2013 -0.1

Motor vehicle parts and equipment(4)

0.419 -0.3 -0.001 0.20 S-Jun. 2013 -0.3

Tires(4)

0.280 -0.5 -0.001 0.23 S-Jun. 2013 -0.5

Vehicle accessories other than tires(4)(5)

0.140 0.1 0.000 0.31 S-May 2013 0.0

Vehicle parts and equipment other than tires(4)(6)

  0.1   0.31 S-Jun. 2013 0.0

Motor oil, coolant, and fluids(4)(6)

  0.9   0.58 L-Apr. 2013 1.4

Medical care commodities

1.695 0.4 0.007 0.17 - -

Medicinal drugs(4)(12)

1.618 0.4 0.007 0.18 L-Jan. 2013 0.4

Prescription drugs

1.310 0.8 0.010 0.18 L-Jul. 2007 0.8

Nonprescription drugs(4)(12)

0.308 -0.8 -0.002 0.47 S-Aug. 2010 -0.8

Medical equipment and supplies(4)(12)

0.077 -0.3 0.000 0.43 L-Jun. 2013 0.1

Recreation commodities(12)

2.222 -0.3 -0.006 0.17 S-Jun. 2013 -0.6

Video and audio products(12)

0.373 -0.3 -0.001 0.30 L-May 2013 0.6

Televisions

0.129 -0.9 -0.001 0.61 L-May 2013 1.7

Other video equipment(4)(5)

0.024 -0.2 0.000 0.80 L-Apr. 2013 0.8

Audio equipment(4)

0.067 -0.3 0.000 0.49 S-Jun. 2013 -1.1

Audio discs, tapes and other media(4)(5)

0.043 0.6 0.000 0.41 S-Jun. 2013 0.3

Pets and pet products(4)

0.680 0.0 0.000 0.39 - -

Pet food(4)(5)(6)

  -0.2   0.44 S-Jun. 2013 -0.2

Purchase of pets, pet supplies, accessories(4)(5)(6)

  0.3   0.64 L-Apr. 2013 0.4

Sporting goods(4)

0.453 -0.8 -0.004 0.30 S-Dec. 2010 -1.1

Sports vehicles including bicycles(4)

0.243 -1.0 -0.002 0.30 S-Jan. 2009 -1.0

Sports equipment

0.200 -0.4 -0.001 0.46 S-Jun. 2013 -0.6

Photographic equipment and supplies

0.049 1.7 0.001 0.62 L-Mar. 2013 2.1

Film and photographic supplies(4)(5)(6)

           

Photographic equipment(5)(6)

  0.6   0.80 L-Mar. 2013 2.1

Recreational reading materials(4)

0.228 0.2 0.000 0.35 L-Jun. 2013 0.2

Newspapers and magazines(4)(5)

0.128 0.7 0.001 0.52 L-Jan. 2013 2.7

Recreational books(4)(5)

0.096 -0.5 -0.001 0.39 S-May 2013 -0.5

Other recreational goods(5)

0.440 -0.6 -0.003 0.44 S-Dec. 2012 -1.1

Toys(4)

0.320 -0.8 -0.002 0.53 S-Jun. 2013 -0.9

Toys, games, hobbies and playground equipment(5)(6)

  0.5   0.63 L-Apr. 2013 1.0

Sewing machines, fabric and supplies(4)(5)

0.061 -0.1 0.000 0.91 L-Jun. 2013 1.0

Music instruments and accessories(5)

0.040 -0.3 0.000 0.40 S-Dec. 2012 -0.7

Education and communication commodities(12)

0.563 -0.8 -0.005 0.30 S-Aug. 2011 -1.1

Educational books and supplies

0.213 -1.5 -0.003 0.33 S-Dec. 2001 -3.0

College textbooks(4)(15)(6)

  -0.4   0.40 S-EVER -

Information technology commodities(12)

0.350 -0.4 -0.002 0.36 L-Jun. 2013 -0.2

Personal computers and peripheral equipment(7)

0.228 -0.5 -0.001 0.48 L-Jun. 2013 -0.1

Computer software and accessories(4)(5)

0.043 -1.0 0.000 0.75 S-Apr. 2013 -1.4

Telephone hardware, calculators, and other consumer information items(4)(5)

0.080 0.0 0.000 0.50 L-Feb. 2013 0.7

Alcoholic beverages

0.947 0.3 0.002 0.17 - -

Alcoholic beverages at home

0.567 0.2 0.001 0.24 S-Jun. 2013 0.0

Beer, ale, and other malt beverages at home

0.270 -0.3 -0.001 0.25 S-Apr. 2012 -0.3

Distilled spirits at home(4)

0.071 -0.2 0.000 0.35 S-Apr. 2013 -0.6

Whiskey at home(6)

  0.8   0.56 L-Jun. 2013 0.9

Distilled spirits, excluding whiskey, at home(4)(6)

  -0.6   0.41 S-Apr. 2013 -0.6

Wine at home

0.226 0.7 0.002 0.40 L-Apr. 2008 1.0

Alcoholic beverages away from home(4)

0.380 0.2 0.001 0.27 S-Jun. 2013 0.1

Beer, ale, and other malt beverages away from home(4)(5)(6)

  0.2   0.17 - -

Wine away from home(4)(5)(6)

  0.2   0.33 S-Jun. 2013 0.0

Distilled spirits away from home(4)(5)(6)

  0.2   0.31 S-Jun. 2013 -0.1

Other goods(12)

1.643 0.3 0.005 0.16 S-Jun. 2013 0.2

Tobacco and smoking products(4)

0.809 0.4 0.004 0.15 S-Jun. 2013 0.1

Cigarettes(4)(5)

0.748 0.5 0.004 0.16 S-Jun. 2013 0.0

Tobacco products other than cigarettes(4)(5)

0.054 -0.2 0.000 0.32 S-Dec. 2012 -0.4

Personal care products(4)

0.635 0.7 0.004 0.33 L-Mar. 2013 1.2

Hair, dental, shaving, and miscellaneous personal care products(4)(5)

0.331 0.7 0.002 0.52 L-Jun. 2013 0.9

Cosmetics, perfume, bath, nail preparations and implements(4)

0.298 0.6 0.002 0.43 L-Mar. 2013 1.2

Miscellaneous personal goods(5)

0.199 -1.4 -0.003 0.41 S-Jan. 2005 -1.4

Stationery, stationery supplies, gift wrap(6)

  -1.7   0.40 S-EVER -

Infants' equipment(4)(8)(6)

  -1.7   0.56 S-Aug. 2011 -2.3

Services less energy services

56.416 0.2 0.098 0.04 - -

Shelter

31.638 0.2 0.076 0.05 - -

Rent of shelter(16)

31.285 0.3 0.090 0.05 L-May 2013 0.3

Rent of primary residence(11)

6.515 0.4 0.024 0.05 L-Oct. 2012 0.4

Lodging away from home(5)

0.870 -0.7 -0.006 1.00 S-Jun. 2013 -0.8

Housing at school, excluding board(11)(16)

0.157 -0.5 -0.001 0.05 S-Feb. 1993 -1.4

Other lodging away from home including hotels and motels

0.712 -0.8 -0.005 1.24 S-Jun. 2013 -1.1

Owners' equivalent rent of residences(11)(16)

23.900 0.2 0.059 0.04 L-Jun. 2013 0.2

Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence(11)(16)

22.489 0.3 0.056 0.04 L-Nov. 2008 0.3

Tenants' and household insurance(4)(5)

0.353 -0.4 -0.002 0.26 S-Apr. 2013 -1.0

Water and sewer and trash collection services(5)

1.211 -0.2 -0.002 0.16 S-EVER -

Water and sewerage maintenance(11)

0.918 -0.3 -0.003 0.18 S-Jul. 1996 -2.0

Garbage and trash collection(4)(14)

0.292 0.3 0.001 0.21 S-Jun. 2013 0.1

Household operations(4)(5)

0.724 0.4 0.003 0.14 L-Jun. 2013 0.5

Domestic services(4)(5)

0.249 0.3 0.001 0.13 L-Jun. 2013 0.5

Gardening and lawncare services(4)(5)

0.233 0.7 0.002 0.08 L-Jan. 2012 1.0

Moving, storage, freight expense(4)(5)

0.091 0.4 0.000 0.78 S-Apr. 2013 0.1

Repair of household items(4)(5)

0.079 -0.1 0.000 0.25 S-Apr. 2013 -0.3

Medical care services

5.449 0.7 0.037 0.07 L-Sep. 2010 0.7

Professional services

3.009 0.0 0.001 0.08 S-May 2013 0.0

Physicians' services(11)

1.611 0.0 0.000 0.13 L-Jun. 2013 0.4

Dental services(11)

0.775 0.0 0.000 0.09 S-May 2013 0.0

Eyeglasses and eye care(4)(9)

0.248 -0.1 0.000 0.21 S-May 2013 -0.2

Services by other medical professionals(11)(9)

0.375 0.1 0.000 0.08 - -

Hospital and related services

1.784 1.7 0.031 0.14 L-Feb. 1983 1.7

Hospital services(11)(17)

1.562 1.9 0.031 0.16 L-EVER -

Inpatient hospital services(11)(17)(6)

  1.9   0.21 L-Sep. 2010 1.9

Outpatient hospital services(11)(9)(6)

  1.9   0.33 L-Oct. 2002 1.9

Nursing homes and adult day services(11)(17)

0.139 0.3 0.000 0.08 - -

Care of invalids and elderly at home(4)(8)

0.084 0.1 0.000 0.08 L-Jun. 2013 0.1

Health insurance(4)(8)

0.656 0.6 0.004 0.08 L-Feb. 2013 0.8

Transportation services

5.833 -0.5 -0.026 0.11 S-Jan. 1997 -0.5

Leased cars and trucks(15)

0.366 -0.5 -0.002 0.51 S-May 2013 -0.9

Car and truck rental(5)

0.072 -0.9 -0.001 1.28 S-Jun. 2013 -2.0

Motor vehicle maintenance and repair(4)

1.145 0.1 0.001 0.11 S-Jun. 2013 0.1

Motor vehicle body work(4)

0.057 0.1 0.000 0.14 S-Jun. 2013 0.0

Motor vehicle maintenance and servicing(4)

0.457 0.2 0.001 0.14 - -

Motor vehicle repair(4)(5)

0.595 0.0 0.000 0.16 S-Mar. 2013 0.0

Motor vehicle insurance

2.485 -0.1 -0.001 0.18 S-Feb. 2012 -0.1

Motor vehicle fees(4)(5)

0.562 0.1 0.001 0.06 S-May 2013 0.1

State motor vehicle registration and license fees(4)(11)(5)

0.323 0.0 0.000 0.01 S-Jun. 2013 0.0

Parking and other fees(4)(5)

0.216 0.2 0.000 0.10 S-May 2013 0.1

Parking fees and tolls(4)(5)(6)

  0.2   0.15 S-May 2013 0.2

Automobile service clubs(4)(5)(6)

  0.1   0.20 L-Jun. 2013 0.8

Public transportation

1.203 -2.0 -0.024 0.32 S-Nov. 2008 -2.9

Airline fare

0.783 -3.1 -0.024 0.45 S-Nov. 2008 -4.4

Other intercity transportation

0.150 -1.0 -0.002 0.80 L-Jun. 2013 0.1

Intercity bus fare(4)(7)(6)

           

Intercity train fare(7)(6)

  -3.3   1.49 S-May 2013 -7.6

Ship fare(4)(5)(6)

  -1.1   0.59 L-Jun. 2013 1.1

Intracity transportation(4)

0.267 0.2 0.001 0.11 L-Mar. 2013 2.8

Intracity mass transit(4)(12)(6)

  0.2   0.06 L-Mar. 2013 3.2

Recreation services(12)

3.714 0.2 0.006 0.22 L-May 2013 0.3

Video and audio services(12)

1.515 0.1 0.001 0.17 S-Jun. 2013 0.0

Cable and satellite television and radio service(14)

1.409 0.0 0.001 0.17 S-Jun. 2013 0.0

Video discs and other media, including rental of video and audio(4)(5)

0.106 0.5 0.001 0.75 L-Feb. 2013 1.5

Video discs and other media(4)(5)(6)

  0.9   0.85 L-Feb. 2013 1.8

Rental of video or audio discs and other media(4)(5)(6)

  0.1   0.33 S-May 2013 -0.4

Pet services including veterinary(5)

0.411 0.0 0.000 0.13 - -

Pet services(4)(5)(6)

  -0.1   0.19 S-May 2013 -0.6

Veterinarian services(5)(6)

  -0.1   0.15 S-Feb. 2013 -0.1

Photographers and film processing(4)(5)

0.057 -0.4 0.000 0.32 S-May 2013 -0.4

Photographer fees(4)(5)(6)

  -0.3   0.13 S-Feb. 2012 -0.5

Film processing(4)(5)(6)

  0.0   0.40 S-Jun. 2013 -0.1

Other recreation services(5)

1.729 0.3 0.005 0.43 L-May 2013 0.4

Club dues and fees for participant sports and group exercises(5)

0.561 0.4 0.002 0.46 L-Feb. 2013 1.1

Admissions(4)

0.633 0.4 0.003 0.76 S-Jun. 2013 0.4

Admission to movies, theaters, and concerts(4)(5)(6)

  0.3   0.59 S-Apr. 2013 -0.8

Admission to sporting events(4)(5)(6)

  1.1   0.77 L-May 2013 1.4

Fees for lessons or instructions(4)(9)

0.230 0.1 0.000 0.26 L-Jun. 2013 0.4

Education and communication services(12)

6.132 0.0 0.000 0.06 S-Apr. 2013 -0.1

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare

3.048 0.0 -0.001 0.08 S-Aug. 2012 0.0

College tuition and fees

1.721 -0.2 -0.003 0.13 S-Aug. 2012 -0.2

Elementary and high school tuition and fees

0.387 0.3 0.001 0.06 S-May 2013 0.2

Child care and nursery school(13)

0.776 0.1 0.000 0.11 S-Jun. 2013 0.0

Technical and business school tuition and fees(5)

0.059 -0.1 0.000 0.16 S-Jun. 2013 -0.5

Postage and delivery services(5)

0.155 0.3 0.000 0.02 L-Feb. 2013 4.5

Postage(4)

0.144 0.3 0.000 0.00 - -

Delivery services(4)(5)

0.010 0.2 0.000 0.24 L-Apr. 2013 1.5

Telephone services(4)(5)

2.346 -0.1 -0.002 0.05 S-Jun. 2013 -0.1

Wireless telephone services(4)(5)

1.398 -0.1 -0.002 0.04 L-Jun. 2013 0.0

Land-line telephone services(4)(12)

0.949 0.0 0.000 0.09 S-Jun. 2013 -0.1

Internet services and electronic information providers(4)(5)

0.569 0.3 0.002 0.26 L-Mar. 2013 1.3

Other personal services(4)(12)

1.714 0.3 0.005 0.13 L-Apr. 2013 0.3

Personal care services(4)

0.630 0.3 0.002 0.09 S-Jun. 2013 0.0

Haircuts and other personal care services(4)(5)

0.630 0.3 0.002 0.09 S-Jun. 2013 0.0

Miscellaneous personal services

1.085 0.2 0.002 0.18 L-Feb. 2013 0.6

Legal services(9)

0.298 0.7 0.002 0.11 L-Feb. 2013 1.2

Funeral expenses(9)

0.160 0.3 0.000 0.14 L-Jun. 2013 0.4

Laundry and dry cleaning services(4)(5)

0.238 0.1 0.000 0.10 L-Apr. 2013 0.1

Apparel services other than laundry and dry cleaning(4)(5)

0.030 0.1 0.000 0.11 S-May 2013 -0.1

Financial services(4)(9)

0.216 0.0 0.000 0.69 L-May 2013 0.5

Checking account and other bank services(4)(5)(6)

  0.0   0.69 L-Jun. 2013 4.6

Tax return preparation and other accounting fees(5)(6)

  0.1   0.57 L-May 2013 0.9

Special aggregate indexes

All items less food

85.837 0.1 0.071 0.04 S-Apr. 2013 -0.5

All items less shelter

68.362 0.0 0.012 0.05 S-Apr. 2013 -0.6

All items less food and shelter

54.199 0.0 -0.006 0.05 S-Apr. 2013 -0.8

All items less food, shelter, and energy

44.081 0.0 0.020 0.06 S-Apr. 2013 0.0

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

42.177 0.1 0.022 0.06 S-May 2013 0.1

All items less medical care

92.856 0.0 0.045 0.04 S-Apr. 2013 -0.4

All items less energy

89.882 0.1 0.115 0.04 S-May 2013 0.1

Commodities

39.602 0.0 0.014 0.06 S-May 2013 -0.1

Commodities less food, energy, and used cars and trucks

17.399 0.0 0.000 0.11 S-May 2013 0.0

Commodities less food

25.439 0.0 -0.004 0.08 S-May 2013 0.0

Commodities less food and beverages

24.492 0.0 -0.006 0.09 S-May 2013 0.0

Services

60.398 0.1 0.073 0.04 - -

Services less rent of shelter(16)

29.113 0.0 0.002 0.06 S-Jul. 2012 0.0

Services less medical care services

54.949 0.1 0.051 0.05 - -

Durables

8.666 0.0 -0.003 0.07 L-Apr. 2013 0.0

Nondurables

30.936 0.0 -0.006 0.08 S-May 2013 0.0

Nondurables less food

16.773 0.1 0.010 0.12 S-May 2013 0.0

Nondurables less food and beverages

15.826 0.1 0.008 0.13 S-May 2013 0.0

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel

12.364 0.1 0.009 0.08 S-May 2013 0.1

Nondurables less food and apparel

13.310 0.1 0.009 0.08 S-May 2013 0.1

Housing

41.101 0.1 0.048 0.05 L-Jun. 2013 0.2

Education and communication(5)

6.695 -0.1 -0.005 0.06 S-Apr. 2013 -0.2

Education(5)

3.261 -0.1 -0.004 0.08 S-Aug. 2000 -0.1

Communication(5)

3.434 0.0 -0.001 0.08 L-Mar. 2013 0.1

Information and information processing(5)

3.279 -0.1 -0.002 0.08 L-Jun. 2013 -0.1

Information technology, hardware and services(18)

0.933 0.0 0.000 0.22 L-Mar. 2013 0.5

Recreation(5)

5.936 0.0 0.000 0.15 - -

Video and audio(5)

1.888 0.0 0.000 0.16 - -

Pets, pet products and services(5)

1.091 0.0 0.000 0.24 - -

Photography(5)

0.108 0.6 0.001 0.35 L-Mar. 2013 1.0

Food and beverages

15.110 0.1 0.021 0.07 S-May 2013 -0.1

Domestically produced farm food

7.179 0.0 0.003 0.14 S-May 2013 -0.1

Other services

11.561 0.1 0.009 0.09 - -

Apparel less footwear

2.781 0.1 0.004 0.59 S-Apr. 2013 -0.4

Fuels and utilities

5.505 -0.4 -0.022 0.18 L-Jun. 2013 0.1

Household energy

4.295 -0.5 -0.021 0.16 L-Jun. 2013 0.0

Medical care

7.144 0.6 0.044 0.08 L-Sep. 2010 0.6

Transportation

17.194 -0.2 -0.033 0.07 S-Apr. 2013 -2.7

Private transportation

15.991 -0.1 -0.009 0.06 S-Apr. 2013 -2.9

New and used motor vehicles(5)

5.556 -0.1 -0.003 0.08 - -

Utilities and public transportation

10.151 -0.4 -0.038 0.12 - -

Household furnishings and operations

3.958 -0.1 -0.006 0.12 L-Jun. 2013 0.2

Other goods and services

3.357 0.3 0.011 0.11 - -

Personal care

2.549 0.3 0.007 0.13 L-Feb. 2013 0.3

Footnotes
(1) The 'effect' of an item category is a measure of that item's contribution to the All items price change. For example, if the Food index had an effect of 0.40, and the All items index rose 1.2 percent, then the increase in food prices contributed 0.40 / 1.2, or 33.3 percent, to that All items increase. Said another way, had food prices been unchanged for that month the change in the All items index would have been 1.2 percent minus 0.40, or 0.8 percent. Effects can be negative as well. For example, if the effect of food was a negative 0.1, and the All items index rose 0.5 percent, the All items index actually would have been 0.1 percent higher (or 0.6 percent) had food prices been unchanged. Since food prices fell while prices overall were rising, the contribution of food to the All items price change was negative (in this case, -0.1 / 0.5, or minus 20 percent).
(2) A statistic's margin of error is often expressed as its point estimate plus or minus two standard errors. For example, if a CPI category rose 0.6 percent, and its standard error was 0.15 percent, the margin of error on this item's 1-month percent change would be 0.6 percent, plus or minus 0.3 percent.
(3) If the current seasonally adjusted 1-month percent change is greater than the previous published 1-month percent change, then this column identifies the closest prior month with a 1-month percent change as (L)arge as or (L)arger than the current 1-month change. If the current 1-month percent change is smaller than the previous published 1-month percent change, the most recent month with a change as (S)mall or (S)maller than the current month change is identified. If the current and previous published 1-month percent changes are equal, a dash will appear. Standard numerical comparisons are used. For example, 0.8% is greater than 0.6%, -0.4% is less than -0.2%, and -0.2% is less than 0.0%. Note that a (L)arger change can be a smaller decline, for example, a -0.2% change is larger than a -0.4% change, but still represents a decline in the price index. Likewise, (S)maller changes can be increases, for example, a 0.6% change is smaller than 0.8%, but still represents an increase in the price index. In this context, a -0.2% change is considered to be smaller than a 0.0% change.
(4) Not seasonally adjusted.
(5) Indexes on a December 1997=100 base.
(6) Special indexes based on a substantially smaller sample. These series do not contribute to the all items index aggregation and therefore do not have a relative importance or effect.
(7) Indexes on a December 2007=100 base.
(8) Indexes on a December 2005=100 base.
(9) Indexes on a December 1986=100 base.
(10) Indexes on a December 1993=100 base.
(11) This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series were calculated using a geometric means estimator.
(12) Indexes on a December 2009=100 base.
(13) Indexes on a December 1990=100 base.
(14) Indexes on a December 1983=100 base.
(15) Indexes on a December 2001=100 base.
(16) Indexes on a December 1982=100 base.
(17) Indexes on a December 1996=100 base.
(18) Indexes on a December 1988=100 base.

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


Table 7. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category, August 2013, 12-month analysis table
[1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]
Expenditure category Relative
importance
Jul.
2013
Twelve Month
Unadjusted percent change
Aug. 2012-
Aug. 2013
Unadjusted effect on All Items
Aug. 2012-
Aug. 2013(1)
Standard error, median price change(2) Largest (L) or Smallest (S) unadjusted change since:(3)
Date Percent change

All items

100.000 1.5   0.08 S-May 2013 1.4

Food

14.163 1.4 0.197 0.14 - -

Food at home

8.476 1.0 0.084 0.18 - -

Cereals and bakery products

1.224 1.3 0.016 0.42 L-Jun. 2013 1.6

Cereals and cereal products

0.468 -0.2 -0.001 0.60 S-May 2013 -0.4

Flour and prepared flour mixes

0.053 0.2 0.000 1.21 L-May 2013 1.8

Breakfast cereal

0.287 -0.4 -0.001 0.83 S-May 2013 -1.0

Rice, pasta, cornmeal

0.129 0.1 0.000 1.09 L-Jun. 2013 0.5

Rice(4)(5)

  4.0   1.31 L-Apr. 2012 5.6

Bakery products

0.756 2.3 0.017 0.56 L-Jun. 2013 2.5

Bread(4)

0.223 2.8 0.006 1.06 L-Jun. 2013 3.2

White bread(5)

  1.5   1.51 L-Jun. 2013 4.4

Bread other than white(5)

  4.5   1.42 L-Jan. 2013 4.5

Fresh biscuits, rolls, muffins(4)

0.113 3.2 0.004 1.04 L-Jun. 2013 3.2

Cakes, cupcakes, and cookies

0.183 1.7 0.003 1.40 S-May 2013 1.0

Cookies(5)

  1.6   1.33 L-Apr. 2013 2.1

Fresh cakes and cupcakes(5)

  2.4   2.04 S-May 2013 2.4

Other bakery products

0.236 1.7 0.004 0.99 L-Jun. 2013 1.8

Fresh sweetrolls, coffeecakes, doughnuts(5)

  4.4   1.52 S-Feb. 2013 4.0

Crackers, bread, and cracker products(5)

  0.5   1.68 L-Dec. 2012 1.4

Frozen and refrigerated bakery products, pies, tarts, turnovers(5)

  0.9   1.47 S-Mar. 2013 0.2

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs

1.951 2.2 0.042 0.32 L-Oct. 2012 2.2

Meats, poultry, and fish

1.844 2.3 0.043 0.34 L-Oct. 2012 2.4

Meats

1.186 1.3 0.015 0.42 L-Nov. 2012 1.3

Beef and veal

0.560 1.6 0.009 0.66 L-May 2013 1.7

Uncooked ground beef

0.217 1.2 0.003 0.97 L-Apr. 2013 2.7

Uncooked beef roasts(4)

0.083 3.1 0.003 1.43 S-Feb. 2013 2.7

Uncooked beef steaks(4)

0.209 1.3 0.003 1.04 S-May 2013 1.3

Uncooked other beef and veal(4)

0.052 2.6 0.001 1.39 L-Jun. 2013 4.3

Pork

0.370 1.7 0.006 0.75 S-Jun. 2013 0.6

Bacon, breakfast sausage, and related products(4)

0.144 4.7 0.007 1.21 S-Jun. 2013 4.0

Bacon and related products(5)

  8.2   2.88 S-May 2013 4.7

Breakfast sausage and related products(4)(5)

  -0.3   1.86 S-Jun. 2013 -1.4

Ham

0.080 1.1 0.001 1.67 S-May 2013 -0.1

Ham, excluding canned(5)

  1.1   2.00 S-May 2013 0.0

Pork chops

0.059 -1.8 -0.001 1.30 L-May 2013 -1.2

Other pork including roasts and picnics(4)

0.087 0.0 0.000 1.68 L-Apr. 2012 2.9

Other meats

0.256 -0.1 0.000 0.91 L-Jun. 2013 -0.1

Frankfurters(5)

  -2.4   2.71 S-Mar. 2010 -5.9

Lunchmeats(4)(5)

  1.2   0.73 L-May 2012 2.2

Lamb and organ meats(5)

  -2.8   2.47 S-May 2013 -3.5

Lamb and mutton(4)(5)

  -3.3   4.15 S-May 2013 -9.7

Poultry

0.351 5.5 0.019 0.92 L-Jun. 2013 5.5

Chicken(4)

0.274 6.5 0.017 1.10 L-Jun. 2013 6.7

Fresh whole chicken(5)

  7.6   2.04 L-Jun. 2013 10.2

Fresh and frozen chicken parts(5)

  6.0   1.09 L-Feb. 2013 6.0

Other poultry including turkey(4)

0.076 2.2 0.002 1.32 L-May 2013 2.3

Fish and seafood

0.307 3.0 0.009 0.89 L-Apr. 2012 4.5

Fresh fish and seafood(4)

0.158 3.8 0.006 1.25 L-Jan. 2012 5.0

Processed fish and seafood(4)

0.149 2.2 0.003 1.06 L-Nov. 2012 2.4

Shelf stable fish and seafood(5)

  1.6   1.58 L-Jun. 2013 3.1

Frozen fish and seafood(5)

  3.5   2.02 L-May 2012 3.7

Eggs

0.108 -1.0 -0.001 1.05 S-Jan. 2013 -2.2

Dairy and related products

0.875 1.0 0.009 0.49 L-Jun. 2012 1.5

Milk(4)

0.289 1.7 0.005 0.61 S-May 2013 0.5

Fresh whole milk(5)

  1.8   0.73 S-May 2013 0.6

Fresh milk other than whole(4)(5)

  1.6   0.74 L-Jun. 2013 2.1

Cheese and related products

0.278 1.3 0.004 0.88 L-Jun. 2012 2.0

Ice cream and related products

0.129 0.2 0.000 1.33 L-Jun. 2013 0.3

Other dairy and related products(4)

0.180 0.2 0.000 1.07 L-Jan. 2013 0.3

Fruits and vegetables

1.261 3.6 0.045 0.52 L-Mar. 2013 4.4

Fresh fruits and vegetables

0.958 4.5 0.043 0.63 L-Mar. 2013 5.8

Fresh fruits

0.495 1.4 0.007 0.97 S-Jun. 2013 0.8

Apples

0.097 1.0 0.001 2.09 S-Jun. 2011 -0.3

Bananas

0.079 0.0 0.000 1.06 L-Dec. 2012 0.0

Citrus fruits(4)

0.120 3.3 0.004 2.07 S-Jun. 2013 1.7

Oranges, including tangerines(5)

  6.5   2.20 S-Jun. 2013 5.7

Other fresh fruits(4)

0.199 0.9 0.002 1.62 S-Jun. 2013 -1.7

Fresh vegetables

0.463 8.1 0.036 0.82 L-Mar. 2011 9.8

Potatoes

0.084 11.9 0.010 1.65 L-Nov. 2011 12.0

Lettuce

0.062 5.8 0.003 1.83 S-Jun. 2013 5.1

Tomatoes

0.078 8.8 0.007 1.96 L-May 2013 11.4

Other fresh vegetables

0.240 7.1 0.016 1.23 L-Mar. 2013 9.3

Processed fruits and vegetables(4)

0.303 0.7 0.002 0.66 S-Jun. 2013 0.4

Canned fruits and vegetables(4)

0.152 2.4 0.004 0.92 S-Jun. 2013 2.0

Canned fruits(4)(5)

  3.3   1.28 S-Apr. 2013 2.6

Canned vegetables(4)(5)

  1.5   1.36 S-Jun. 2013 0.2

Frozen fruits and vegetables(4)

0.095 -1.0 -0.001 1.31 S-Dec. 2012 -1.4

Frozen vegetables(5)

  -1.6   1.60 - -

Other processed fruits and vegetables including dried(4)

0.056 -0.9 -0.001 1.61 S-Jun. 2013 -1.8

Dried beans, peas, and lentils(4)(5)

  -3.4   2.36 - -

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials

0.912 -1.0 -0.010 0.53 L-Jun. 2013 -0.9

Juices and nonalcoholic drinks(4)

0.685 -0.1 -0.001 0.65 L-Jun. 2013 -0.1

Carbonated drinks

0.279 -1.4 -0.004 0.90 S-Dec. 2010 -1.5

Frozen noncarbonated juices and drinks(4)

0.014 2.9 0.000 1.80 L-Jul. 2012 4.3

Nonfrozen noncarbonated juices and drinks(4)

0.392 0.8 0.003 0.86 L-Apr. 2013 0.8

Beverage materials including coffee and tea(4)

0.227 -3.8 -0.009 0.89 S-Apr. 1999 -3.9

Coffee

0.135 -6.7 -0.010 1.08 S-Apr. 1999 -8.1

Roasted coffee(5)

  -7.4   1.14 S-Mar. 2002 -7.5

Instant and freeze dried coffee(5)

  -6.1   1.50 S-Jan. 1996 -7.0

Other beverage materials including tea(4)

0.092 0.6 0.001 1.37 S-Jun. 2013 0.1

Other food at home

2.253 -0.8 -0.018 0.42 S-Jan. 2010 -0.8

Sugar and sweets

0.297 -2.7 -0.008 0.91 S-Apr. 1982 -2.8

Sugar and artificial sweeteners

0.056 -5.4 -0.003 0.99 L-May 2013 -5.0

Candy and chewing gum(4)

0.179 -2.5 -0.005 1.49 S-EVER -

Other sweets(4)

0.062 -0.9 -0.001 1.13 L-Jun. 2013 0.2

Fats and oils

0.255 -1.1 -0.003 1.02 L-Apr. 2013 -0.8

Butter and margarine(4)

0.074 0.7 0.001 1.12 S-Mar. 2013 0.4

Butter(5)

  3.9   1.95 L-Jun. 2013 4.7

Margarine(5)

  -1.7   1.55 L-Jun. 2013 -1.5

Salad dressing(4)

0.063 -1.2 -0.001 1.14 L-Dec. 2012 0.2

Other fats and oils including peanut butter(4)

0.118 -2.0 -0.002 1.99 L-May 2013 -2.0

Peanut butter(4)(5)

  -5.7   2.58 L-Jun. 2013 -5.2

Other foods

1.701 -0.4 -0.007 0.50 S-Jan. 2011 -0.5

Soups

0.101 0.6 0.001 1.37 S-Mar. 2013 0.1

Frozen and freeze dried prepared foods

0.295 -1.3 -0.004 1.12 S-Apr. 2013 -1.4

Snacks

0.330 0.8 0.003 1.03 S-Jun. 2013 0.5

Spices, seasonings, condiments, sauces

0.283 -0.1 0.000 0.90 S-Mar. 2013 -0.7

Salt and other seasonings and spices(4)(5)

  -2.0   1.65 S-Apr. 2013 -2.4

Olives, pickles, relishes(4)(5)

  -0.5   1.61 L-Apr. 2013 0.6

Sauces and gravies(4)(5)

  0.1   1.39 L-May 2013 1.0

Other condiments(5)

  6.5   1.75 L-Dec. 2011 10.2

Baby food(4)

0.072 1.5 0.001 0.86 S-Jun. 2013 1.0

Other miscellaneous foods(4)

0.620 -1.1 -0.007 1.04 S-May 2010 -1.8

Prepared salads(6)(5)

  0.5   1.41 S-May 2013 0.4

Food away from home

5.687 2.0 0.113 0.18 S-Mar. 2011 1.9

Full service meals and snacks(4)

2.700 2.1 0.057 0.23 S-Mar. 2011 2.1

Limited service meals and snacks(4)

2.283 1.7 0.038 0.25 - -

Food at employee sites and schools(4)

0.262 3.5 0.009 0.60 S-May 2013 3.4

Food at elementary and secondary schools(7)(5)

  3.7   0.76 S-May 2013 3.7

Food from vending machines and mobile vendors(4)

0.082 2.6 0.002 0.84 S-Jun. 2013 2.5

Other food away from home(4)

0.360 1.7 0.006 0.61 - -

Energy

10.118 -0.1 -0.012 0.17 S-May 2013 -1.0

Energy commodities

6.136 -2.2 -0.137 0.15 S-May 2013 -4.2

Fuel oil and other fuels

0.312 1.2 0.004 0.64 S-Jun. 2013 0.6

Fuel oil

0.216 0.0 0.000 0.61 S-May 2013 -5.8

Propane, kerosene, and firewood(8)

0.096 3.9 0.004 1.17 L-Jan. 2012 4.8

Motor fuel

5.824 -2.3 -0.141 0.16 S-May 2013 -4.1

Gasoline (all types)

5.642 -2.4 -0.138 0.16 S-May 2013 -4.1

Gasoline, unleaded regular(5)

  -2.6   0.72 S-May 2013 -4.4

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade(9)(5)

  -2.3   0.64 S-May 2013 -2.7

Gasoline, unleaded premium(5)

  -1.4   0.63 S-May 2013 -3.3

Other motor fuels(4)

0.182 -1.6 -0.003 0.23 S-May 2013 -3.8

Energy services(10)

3.982 3.2 0.125 0.31 S-Apr. 2013 2.6

Electricity(10)

3.059 2.8 0.084 0.41 S-Jun. 2013 1.9

Utility (piped) gas service(10)

0.923 4.8 0.042 0.49 S-Mar. 2013 1.8

All items less food and energy

75.719 1.8 1.334 0.11 L-Mar. 2013 1.9

Commodities less food and energy commodities

19.303 0.0 -0.006 0.24 L-Mar. 2013 0.0

Household furnishings and supplies(11)

3.233 -1.4 -0.048 0.36 L-Jun. 2013 -0.9

Window and floor coverings and other linens(4)

0.257 -2.8 -0.008 1.19 L-Jun. 2013 -2.7

Floor coverings(4)

0.036 -4.8 -0.002 1.34 L-Apr. 2013 -4.4

Window coverings(4)

0.074 0.0 0.000 2.26 L-May 2013 0.1

Other linens(4)

0.146 -3.8 -0.006 1.60 L-Jun. 2013 -3.2

Furniture and bedding

0.698 -1.2 -0.009 0.96 L-Jun. 2013 -0.5

Bedroom furniture

0.230 0.6 0.001 1.45 L-Sep. 2012 0.9

Living room, kitchen, and dining room furniture(4)

0.332 -1.7 -0.006 1.09 L-Jun. 2013 -0.9

Other furniture(4)

0.129 -3.3 -0.004 3.19 L-Jun. 2013 0.5

Infants' furniture(7)(5)

           

Appliances(4)

0.275 -2.5 -0.007 0.80 L-Jun. 2013 -1.9

Major appliances(4)

0.158 -3.1 -0.005 1.11 L-Jun. 2013 -1.8

Laundry equipment(5)

  -4.5   1.59 S-Mar. 2011 -6.1

Other appliances(4)

0.114 -1.7 -0.002 1.03 L-May 2013 -1.7

Other household equipment and furnishings(4)

0.465 -4.7 -0.023 1.01 S-May 2012 -5.0

Clocks, lamps, and decorator items

0.240 -8.0 -0.021 1.85 S-Jul. 2010 -8.3

Indoor plants and flowers(12)

0.099 1.2 0.001 1.43 L-Apr. 2013 1.2

Dishes and flatware(4)

0.044 -5.1 -0.002 2.69 S-Oct. 2012 -8.3

Nonelectric cookware and tableware(4)

0.082 -0.9 -0.001 1.38 L-Jun. 2013 -0.2

Tools, hardware, outdoor equipment and supplies(4)

0.669 0.5 0.003 0.56 L-Jul. 2012 1.1

Tools, hardware and supplies(4)

0.171 1.4 0.002 0.79 L-Apr. 2013 1.4

Outdoor equipment and supplies(4)

0.354 0.1 0.001 0.86 L-Nov. 2012 0.1

Housekeeping supplies

0.869 -0.5 -0.005 0.49 S-May 2010 -0.7

Household cleaning products(4)

0.349 -1.4 -0.005 0.83 S-Dec. 2010 -1.6

Household paper products(4)

0.241 0.8 0.002 0.90 S-Jun. 2010 -0.2

Miscellaneous household products(4)

0.280 -0.6 -0.002 0.93 L-Jun. 2013 -0.5

Apparel

3.462 1.8 0.062 1.24 L-Feb. 2013 2.4

Men's and boys' apparel

0.856 0.9 0.008 1.51 S-Mar. 2013 0.9

Men's apparel

0.681 1.1 0.007 1.80 S-Jun. 2011 0.7

Men's suits, sport coats, and outerwear

0.121 -2.5 -0.003 3.64 S-Jun. 2011 -4.1

Men's furnishings

0.187 6.2 0.011 2.22 L-Apr. 2013 6.3

Men's shirts and sweaters(4)

0.207 -0.3 -0.001 3.78 S-Feb. 2013 -0.3

Men's pants and shorts

0.159 0.0 0.000 5.37 S-Mar. 2013 -1.4

Boys' apparel

0.175 0.3 0.000 3.27 S-May 2013 -2.0

Women's and girls' apparel

1.412 2.9 0.042 2.35 L-Oct. 2012 3.4

Women's apparel

1.185 3.1 0.038 2.33 L-Jun. 2012 4.1

Women's outerwear

0.077 14.2 0.011 9.60 L-Mar. 1979 16.5

Women's dresses

0.150 2.2 0.003 9.85 L-Jan. 2013 9.7

Women's suits and separates(4)

0.552 1.8 0.010 2.68 L-Mar. 2013 4.7

Women's underwear, nightwear, sportswear and accessories(4)

0.391 3.4 0.013 2.45 L-Jun. 2012 3.8

Girls' apparel

0.228 1.9 0.004 5.90 L-Jan. 2013 2.9

Footwear

0.682 2.5 0.017 1.50 S-May 2012 2.2

Men's footwear

0.212 3.8 0.008 2.16 L-Mar. 2013 4.8

Boys' and girls' footwear

0.147 -0.2 0.000 3.03 S-Sep. 2012 -0.7

Women's footwear

0.323 3.0 0.010 2.49 S-May 2012 1.4

Infants' and toddlers' apparel

0.187 -4.3 -0.008 1.97 S-Aug. 2007 -4.7

Jewelry and watches(8)

0.325 1.1 0.004 2.79 S-Apr. 2013 0.0

Watches(8)

0.092 -2.6 -0.002 2.80 S-May 2010 -2.7

Jewelry(8)

0.233 2.5 0.006 3.25 S-Jun. 2013 1.0

Transportation commodities less motor fuel(11)

5.537 0.1 0.005 0.19 L-Apr. 2013 0.4

New vehicles

3.146 1.1 0.034 0.29 S-May 2013 1.1

New cars and trucks(4)(5)

  1.1   0.25 S-May 2013 1.1

New cars(5)

  0.4   0.27 S-Oct. 2012 0.3

New trucks(13)(5)

  1.7   0.34 S-May 2013 1.7

Used cars and trucks

1.903 -1.0 -0.020 0.22 L-Apr. 2013 -0.6

Motor vehicle parts and equipment

0.419 -2.1 -0.009 0.43 S-Nov. 1993 -2.1

Tires

0.280 -4.1 -0.012 0.57 S-Dec. 1984 -6.2

Vehicle accessories other than tires(4)

0.140 2.0 0.003 0.61 L-Jun. 2013 2.0

Vehicle parts and equipment other than tires(5)

  2.6   0.61 L-Jun. 2013 2.8

Motor oil, coolant, and fluids(5)

  1.0   1.00 L-Feb. 2013 2.7

Medical care commodities

1.695 0.0 0.000 0.45 L-Jun. 2013 0.1

Medicinal drugs(11)

1.618 0.0 0.000 0.47 L-Jun. 2013 0.1

Prescription drugs

1.310 0.2 0.002 0.57 L-Apr. 2013 0.6

Nonprescription drugs(11)

0.308 -0.8 -0.002 0.88 S-Oct. 2011 -0.9

Medical equipment and supplies(11)

0.077 0.1 0.000 0.91 L-Jun. 2013 0.4

Recreation commodities(11)

2.222 -1.6 -0.036 0.46 - -

Video and audio products(11)

0.373 -7.0 -0.028 0.74 S-May 2013 -7.4

Televisions

0.129 -15.5 -0.024 1.38 S-May 2013 -15.8

Other video equipment(4)

0.024 -8.1 -0.002 1.68 L-Jun. 2013 -6.5

Audio equipment

0.067 -5.3 -0.004 1.40 S-Jun. 2013 -5.6

Audio discs, tapes and other media(4)

0.043 3.0 0.001 1.25 L-Jan. 2005 3.3

Pets and pet products

0.680 0.8 0.005 0.81 - -

Pet food(4)(5)

  2.8   0.82 S-Jun. 2013 2.4

Purchase of pets, pet supplies, accessories(4)(5)

  -2.1   1.73 L-May 2013 -1.9

Sporting goods

0.453 -0.6 -0.003 0.94 S-Nov. 2011 -0.9

Sports vehicles including bicycles

0.243 1.2 0.003 0.72 S-Feb. 2013 1.2

Sports equipment

0.200 -2.8 -0.006 1.82 S-Apr. 2013 -3.9

Photographic equipment and supplies

0.049 -6.3 -0.003 1.70 L-Jun. 2013 -5.5

Film and photographic supplies(4)(5)

           

Photographic equipment(4)(5)

  -7.8   1.97 L-Jun. 2013 -5.7

Recreational reading materials

0.228 3.9 0.009 1.08 L-Apr. 2013 3.9

Newspapers and magazines(4)

0.128 7.3 0.009 1.21 L-Feb. 2013 8.1

Recreational books(4)

0.096 -0.3 0.000 1.85 S-May 2013 -0.6

Other recreational goods(4)

0.440 -3.5 -0.016 1.15 - -

Toys

0.320 -4.6 -0.015 1.40 L-Apr. 2013 -4.1

Toys, games, hobbies and playground equipment(4)(5)

  -1.7   1.67 L-Apr. 2013 -1.0

Sewing machines, fabric and supplies(4)

0.061 -1.3 -0.001 1.95 S-Jun. 2008 -1.8

Music instruments and accessories(4)

0.040 2.7 0.001 1.65 S-Apr. 2013 2.4

Education and communication commodities(11)

0.563 -4.0 -0.024 0.75 S-Apr. 2012 -4.1

Educational books and supplies

0.213 3.6 0.008 1.00 S-Feb. 2011 3.6

College textbooks(14)(5)

  4.0   0.94 S-Feb. 2011 3.8

Information technology commodities(11)

0.350 -8.1 -0.031 1.11 L-Apr. 2013 -7.4

Personal computers and peripheral equipment(6)

0.228 -10.0 -0.025 1.47 L-May 2013 -9.3

Computer software and accessories(4)

0.043 -4.7 -0.002 1.80 L-Jun. 2012 -4.3

Telephone hardware, calculators, and other consumer information items(4)

0.080 -4.3 -0.004 1.82 L-Oct. 2011 -4.2

Alcoholic beverages

0.947 2.0 0.018 0.32 L-Mar. 2012 2.0

Alcoholic beverages at home

0.567 1.6 0.009 0.40 L-Nov. 2009 2.3

Beer, ale, and other malt beverages at home

0.270 1.7 0.004 0.55 S-May 2013 1.3

Distilled spirits at home

0.071 1.1 0.001 0.69 S-Jun. 2013 1.0

Whiskey at home(5)

  2.9   1.29 L-Jan. 2012 3.7

Distilled spirits, excluding whiskey, at home(5)

  -0.6   0.97 S-Jul. 2012 -0.6

Wine at home

0.226 1.8 0.004 0.70 L-Jun. 2009 2.3

Alcoholic beverages away from home

0.380 2.5 0.009 0.56 L-Apr. 2013 2.6

Beer, ale, and other malt beverages away from home(4)(5)

  2.4   0.44 S-Mar. 2013 2.4

Wine away from home(4)(5)

  2.5   1.03 L-May 2013 2.6

Distilled spirits away from home(4)(5)

  2.6   1.04 S-Jun. 2013 1.9

Other goods(11)

1.643 1.0 0.016 0.38 L-Jun. 2013 1.0

Tobacco and smoking products

0.809 3.2 0.026 0.49 L-May 2011 3.4

Cigarettes(4)

0.748 3.3 0.024 0.54 L-May 2011 3.4

Tobacco products other than cigarettes(4)

0.054 2.7 0.001 0.96 S-May 2013 1.8

Personal care products

0.635 -0.4 -0.003 0.66 L-Jun. 2013 -0.2

Hair, dental, shaving, and miscellaneous personal care products(4)

0.331 -0.4 -0.001 0.95 L-Jun. 2013 0.1

Cosmetics, perfume, bath, nail preparations and implements

0.298 -0.5 -0.002 0.89 S-Jan. 2013 -0.6

Miscellaneous personal goods(4)

0.199 -3.4 -0.007 1.24 S-Jan. 2005 -3.7

Stationery, stationery supplies, gift wrap(5)

  -3.1   1.46 S-Jul. 2004 -4.5

Infants' equipment(7)(5)

  -0.9   1.31 S-Jun. 2013 -1.7

Services less energy services

56.416 2.4 1.340 0.10 - -

Shelter

31.638 2.4 0.753 0.14 L-Sep. 2008 2.4

Rent of shelter(15)

31.285 2.4 0.744 0.14 L-Sep. 2008 2.4

Rent of primary residence(10)

6.515 3.0 0.193 0.18 L-May 2009 3.0

Lodging away from home(4)

0.870 2.3 0.019 1.35 S-Jun. 2013 0.7

Housing at school, excluding board(10)(15)

0.157 3.4 0.005 0.27 S-Jan. 1994 2.6

Other lodging away from home including hotels and motels

0.712 2.0 0.014 1.67 S-Jun. 2013 0.0

Owners' equivalent rent of residences(10)(15)

23.900 2.2 0.531 0.15 - -

Owners' equivalent rent of primary residence(10)(15)

22.489 2.2 0.500 0.15 - -

Tenants' and household insurance(4)

0.353 2.6 0.009 0.78 S-May 2013 2.6

Water and sewer and trash collection services(4)

1.211 3.5 0.042 0.73 S-Jul. 2003 3.5

Water and sewerage maintenance(10)

0.918 3.8 0.034 0.92 S-Jul. 2003 3.7

Garbage and trash collection(13)

0.292 2.7 0.008 0.71 L-Jun. 2013 3.0

Household operations(4)

0.724 1.6 0.012 0.40 L-Mar. 2013 1.7

Domestic services(4)

0.249 1.7 0.004 0.56 L-May 2013 1.7

Gardening and lawncare services(4)

0.233 0.9 0.002 0.46 L-Dec. 2012 1.9

Moving, storage, freight expense(4)

0.091 2.6 0.002 1.94 L-Dec. 2012 2.9

Repair of household items(4)

0.079 2.8 0.002 0.78 S-Mar. 2011 0.4

Medical care services

5.449 3.1 0.166 0.27 L-Apr. 2013 3.4

Professional services

3.009 1.9 0.057 0.31 S-Dec. 2012 1.9

Physicians' services(10)

1.611 1.5 0.023 0.56 S-Apr. 2012 1.4

Dental services(10)

0.775 3.4 0.026 0.30 S-Feb. 2013 3.2

Eyeglasses and eye care(8)

0.248 0.6 0.002 0.60 - -

Services by other medical professionals(10)(8)

0.375 1.5 0.006 0.37 S-May 2013 1.3

Hospital and related services

1.784 5.2 0.091 0.39 L-Mar. 2013 5.2

Hospital services(10)(16)

1.562 5.7 0.086 0.45 L-Jul. 2012 5.7

Inpatient hospital services(10)(16)(5)

  5.2   0.63 L-Mar. 2013 5.4

Outpatient hospital services(10)(8)(5)

  6.0   0.88 L-Aug. 2011 6.1

Nursing homes and adult day services(10)(16)

0.139 2.9 0.004 0.40 - -

Care of invalids and elderly at home(7)

0.084 0.3 0.000 0.54 - -

Health insurance(7)

0.656 2.9 0.019 0.33 L-Jun. 2013 3.6

Transportation services

5.833 2.5 0.145 0.31 S-Jun. 2013 2.5

Leased cars and trucks(14)

0.366 -2.9 -0.011 1.13 S-Jun. 2013 -4.1

Car and truck rental(4)

0.072 -0.9 -0.001 2.28 L-Jun. 2013 -0.7

Motor vehicle maintenance and repair

1.145 1.9 0.021 0.31 - -

Motor vehicle body work

0.057 2.2 0.001 0.37 - -

Motor vehicle maintenance and servicing

0.457 2.0 0.009 0.44 L-Jan. 2013 2.0

Motor vehicle repair(4)

0.595 1.8 0.010 0.48 - -

Motor vehicle insurance

2.485 4.2 0.102 0.50 S-Jun. 2013 3.9

Motor vehicle fees(4)

0.562 1.9 0.011 0.59 - -

State motor vehicle registration and license fees(10)(4)

0.323 1.2 0.004 0.69 - -

Parking and other fees(4)

0.216 3.0 0.006 0.96 S-May 2013 3.0

Parking fees and tolls(4)(5)

  3.3   2.88 S-Oct. 2011 3.2

Automobile service clubs(4)(5)

  0.8   0.78 L-Jun. 2013 1.1

Public transportation

1.203 1.9 0.022 0.79 S-Nov. 2012 1.4

Airline fare

0.783 1.5 0.011 1.12 S-Nov. 2012 0.9

Other intercity transportation

0.150 -0.2 0.000 1.87 S-Aug. 2012 -1.7

Intercity bus fare(6)(5)

           

Intercity train fare(6)(5)

  -1.5   2.26 S-May 2013 -2.0

Ship fare(4)(5)

  -1.2   1.86 L-Jun. 2013 -0.7

Intracity transportation

0.267 4.3 0.011 0.70 L-Jun. 2013 5.4

Intracity mass transit(11)(5)

  4.2   1.18 L-Jun. 2013 5.8

Recreation services(11)

3.714 1.6 0.058 0.58 - -

Video and audio services(11)

1.515 1.8 0.027 0.81 S-Jun. 2011 1.0

Cable and satellite television and radio service(13)

1.409 2.0 0.028 0.80 S-Aug. 2011 1.7

Video discs and other media, including rental of video and audio(4)

0.106 -1.6 -0.002 2.59 L-Mar. 2013 -1.4

Video discs and other media(4)(5)

  -3.7   2.84 L-Mar. 2013 -3.1

Rental of video or audio discs and other media(4)(5)

  -0.3   3.24 L-Sep. 2012 2.3

Pet services including veterinary(4)

0.411 2.1 0.009 0.54 S-Mar. 2010 2.0

Pet services(4)(5)

  1.1   0.59 S-Oct. 2010 1.1

Veterinarian services(4)(5)

  2.4   0.84 - -

Photographers and film processing(4)

0.057 1.0 0.001 1.12 S-Jun. 2013 0.9

Photographer fees(4)(5)

  0.4   0.95 S-Jun. 2013 0.4

Film processing(4)(5)

  1.3   0.88 L-Oct. 2012 2.1

Other recreation services(4)

1.729 1.3 0.022 1.05 L-May 2013 1.8

Club dues and fees for participant sports and group exercises(4)

0.561 1.2 0.007 1.53 L-Jun. 2013 1.5

Admissions

0.633 1.2 0.008 1.57 L-May 2013 1.6

Admission to movies, theaters, and concerts(4)(5)

  1.0   1.28 L-May 2013 1.5

Admission to sporting events(4)(5)

  2.6   1.38 L-May 2013 2.7

Fees for lessons or instructions(8)

0.230 1.7 0.004 0.99 S-Aug. 2012 0.5

Education and communication services(11)

6.132 2.1 0.128 0.21 L-Mar. 2013 2.2

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare

3.048 3.6 0.110 0.36 - -

College tuition and fees

1.721 4.2 0.071 0.57 - -

Elementary and high school tuition and fees

0.387 3.9 0.015 0.38 L-Jul. 2011 3.9

Child care and nursery school(12)

0.776 2.4 0.019 0.39 - -

Technical and business school tuition and fees(4)

0.059 2.8 0.002 0.94 - -

Postage and delivery services(4)

0.155 6.3 0.009 0.10 L-May 2013 6.3

Postage

0.144 6.4 0.009 0.10 - -

Delivery services(4)

0.010 4.2 0.000 0.52 L-Apr. 2013 4.6

Telephone services(4)

2.346 0.0 0.001 0.20 L-Mar. 2013 0.1

Wireless telephone services(4)

1.398 -1.3 -0.019 0.29 L-Mar. 2013 -1.3

Land-line telephone services(11)

0.949 2.1 0.020 0.28 S-Jun. 2013 1.6

Internet services and electronic information providers(4)

0.569 1.4 0.008 0.78 L-Mar. 2013 1.7

Other personal services(11)

1.714 2.1 0.037 0.36 - -

Personal care services

0.630 2.1 0.013 0.44 - -

Haircuts and other personal care services(4)

0.630 2.1 0.013 0.44 - -

Miscellaneous personal services

1.085 2.2 0.024 0.48 - -

Legal services(8)

0.298 3.3 0.010 1.19 L-Aug. 2011 3.3

Funeral expenses(8)

0.160 2.9 0.005 0.52 L-Jun. 2013 3.1

Laundry and dry cleaning services(4)

0.238 1.2 0.003 0.36 S-Jul. 2011 1.2

Apparel services other than laundry and dry cleaning(4)

0.030 3.5 0.001 0.72 S-Jun. 2013 3.5

Financial services(8)

0.216 1.1 0.002 1.67 - -

Checking account and other bank services(4)(5)

  4.4   2.38 S-May 2013 2.4

Tax return preparation and other accounting fees(4)(5)

  1.0   1.66 L-Jun. 2013 1.7

Special aggregate indexes

All items less food

85.837 1.5 1.322 0.10 S-May 2013 1.4

All items less shelter

68.362 1.1 0.766 0.10 S-May 2013 0.9

All items less food and shelter

54.199 1.0 0.569 0.12 S-May 2013 0.8

All items less food, shelter, and energy

44.081 1.3 0.581 0.14 L-May 2013 1.3

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

42.177 1.4 0.601 0.15 - -

All items less medical care

92.856 1.5 1.352 0.09 S-May 2013 1.3

All items less energy

89.882 1.7 1.531 0.09 - -

Commodities

39.602 0.1 0.053 0.13 S-May 2013 -0.3

Commodities less food, energy, and used cars and trucks

17.399 0.1 0.014 0.26 L-Feb. 2013 0.4

Commodities less food

25.439 -0.6 -0.143 0.19 S-May 2013 -1.2

Commodities less food and beverages

24.492 -0.6 -0.162 0.19 S-May 2013 -1.3

Services

60.398 2.4 1.465 0.11 S-Jun. 2013 2.4

Services less rent of shelter(15)

29.113 2.5 0.721 0.14 S-Jun. 2013 2.5

Services less medical care services

54.949 2.4 1.299 0.12 S-Jun. 2013 2.4

Durables

8.666 -1.1 -0.094 0.17 L-Jun. 2013 -1.1

Nondurables

30.936 0.5 0.148 0.16 S-May 2013 -0.1

Nondurables less food

16.773 -0.3 -0.049 0.27 S-May 2013 -1.3

Nondurables less food and beverages

15.826 -0.4 -0.068 0.29 S-May 2013 -1.4

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel

12.364 -1.0 -0.130 0.15 S-May 2013 -1.9

Nondurables less food and apparel

13.310 -0.8 -0.111 0.14 S-May 2013 -1.7

Housing

41.101 2.2 0.888 0.13 S-Jun. 2013 2.2

Education and communication(4)

6.695 1.6 0.104 0.20 L-Mar. 2013 1.8

Education(4)

3.261 3.6 0.118 0.34 S-EVER -

Communication(4)

3.434 -0.4 -0.013 0.22 L-Mar. 2013 -0.3

Information and information processing(4)

3.279 -0.7 -0.022 0.24 L-Mar. 2013 -0.6

Information technology, hardware and services(17)

0.933 -2.4 -0.024 0.68 L-Mar. 2013 -2.1

Recreation(4)

5.936 0.4 0.021 0.43 - -

Video and audio(4)

1.888 -0.1 -0.002 0.68 S-Sep. 2011 -0.1

Pets, pet products and services(4)

1.091 1.3 0.014 0.51 - -

Photography(4)

0.108 -2.5 -0.003 1.06 L-Jun. 2013 -2.2

Food and beverages

15.110 1.4 0.215 0.13 S-Jun. 2013 1.4

Domestically produced farm food

7.179 1.2 0.085 0.21 S-Jun. 2013 1.1

Other services

11.561 1.9 0.222 0.23 L-May 2013 1.9

Apparel less footwear

2.781 1.6 0.045 1.47 L-Feb. 2013 1.8

Fuels and utilities

5.505 3.2 0.171 0.35 S-Apr. 2013 2.5

Household energy

4.295 3.1 0.129 0.30 S-Apr. 2013 1.9

Medical care

7.144 2.3 0.166 0.24 L-Apr. 2013 2.7

Transportation

17.194 0.0 0.009 0.13 S-May 2013 -0.6

Private transportation

15.991 -0.1 -0.014 0.12 S-May 2013 -0.9

New and used motor vehicles(4)

5.556 0.0 0.003 0.21 L-Apr. 2013 0.2

Utilities and public transportation

10.151 2.2 0.219 0.22 S-Apr. 2013 2.1

Household furnishings and operations

3.958 -0.9 -0.036 0.29 L-Jun. 2013 -0.5

Other goods and services

3.357 1.6 0.053 0.27 L-Jun. 2013 1.6

Personal care

2.549 1.1 0.027 0.33 S-Sep. 2011 0.9

Footnotes
(1) The 'effect' of an item category is a measure of that item's contribution to the All items price change. For example, if the Food index had an effect of 0.40, and the All items index rose 1.2 percent, then the increase in food prices contributed 0.40 / 1.2, or 33.3 percent, to that All items increase. Said another way, had food prices been unchanged for that year the change in the All items index would have been 1.2 percent minus 0.40, or 0.8 percent. Effects can be negative as well. For example, if the effect of food was a negative 0.1, and the All items index rose 0.5 percent, the All items index actually would have been 0.1 percent higher (or 0.6 percent) had food prices been unchanged. Since food prices fell while prices overall were rising, the contribution of food to the All items price change was negative (in this case, -0.1 / 0.5, or minus 20 percent).
(2) A statistic's margin of error is often expressed as its point estimate plus or minus two standard errors. For example, if a CPI category rose 2.6 percent, and its standard error was 0.25 percent, the margin of error on this item's 12-month percent change would be 2.6 percent, plus or minus 0.5 percent.
(3) If the current 12-month percent change is greater than the previous published 12-month percent change, then this column identifies the closest prior month with a 12-month percent change as (L)arge as or (L)arger than the current 12-month change. If the current 12-month percent change is smaller than the previous published 12-month percent change, the most recent month with a change as (S)mall or (S)maller than the current month change is identified. If the current and previous published 12-month percent changes are equal, a dash will appear. Standard numerical comparison is used. For example, 2.0% is greater than 0.6%, -4.4% is less than -2.0%, and -2.0% is less than 0.0%. Note that a (L)arger change can be a smaller decline, for example, a -0.2% change is larger than a -0.4% change, but still represents a decline in the price index. Likewise, (S)maller changes can be increases, for example, a 0.6% change is smaller than 0.8%, but still represents an increase in the price index. In this context, a -0.2% change is considered to be smaller than a 0.0% change.
(4) Indexes on a December 1997=100 base.
(5) Special indexes based on a substantially smaller sample. These series do not contribute to the all items index aggregation and therefore do not have a relative importance or effect.
(6) Indexes on a December 2007=100 base.
(7) Indexes on a December 2005=100 base.
(8) Indexes on a December 1986=100 base.
(9) Indexes on a December 1993=100 base.
(10) This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other item stratum index series were calculated using a geometric means estimator.
(11) Indexes on a December 2009=100 base.
(12) Indexes on a December 1990=100 base.
(13) Indexes on a December 1983=100 base.
(14) Indexes on a December 2001=100 base.
(15) Indexes on a December 1982=100 base.
(16) Indexes on a December 1996=100 base.
(17) Indexes on a December 1988=100 base.

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


Last Modified Date: September 17, 2013