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

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

All items less food

 85.782 229.290 231.880 232.411 1.4 0.2 -0.2 -0.5 0.2

All items less shelter

 68.434 222.010 223.774 224.105 0.9 0.1 -0.3 -0.6 0.1

All items less food and shelter

 54.215 218.805 220.141 220.629 0.8 0.2 -0.5 -0.8 0.2

All items less food, shelter, and energy

 44.318 215.004 217.723 217.708 1.3 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1

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

 42.436 218.662 221.777 221.700 1.4 0.0 0.0 -0.1 0.1

All items less medical care

 92.840 220.833 223.229 223.696 1.3 0.2 -0.2 -0.4 0.2

All items less energy

 90.103 229.520 233.123 233.264 1.6 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1

Commodities

 39.880 188.963 188.513 188.441 -0.3 0.0 -0.7 -1.2 -0.1

Commodities less food, energy, and used cars and trucks

 17.657 148.166 148.494 148.139 0.0 -0.2 -0.3 0.0 0.0

Commodities less food

 25.662 167.323 165.355 165.379 -1.2 0.0 -1.1 -1.9 0.0

Commodities less food and beverages

 24.714 164.851 162.746 162.767 -1.3 0.0 -1.1 -2.0 0.0

Services

 60.120 270.462 276.268 277.154 2.5 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.3

Services less rent of shelter(1)

 28.904 295.291 301.999 303.231 2.7 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.3

Services less medical care services

 54.666 257.615 262.919 263.872 2.4 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.3

Durables

 8.718 113.622 112.460 112.529 -1.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 -0.2

Nondurables

 31.162 226.283 226.246 226.096 -0.1 -0.1 -1.0 -1.4 0.0

Nondurables less food

 16.944 218.198 215.460 215.439 -1.3 0.0 -1.6 -2.9 0.0

Nondurables less food and beverages

 15.996 217.222 214.148 214.119 -1.4 0.0 -1.8 -3.1 0.0

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel

 12.387 277.900 272.136 272.646 -1.9 0.2 -1.9 -4.0 0.1

Nondurables less food and apparel

 13.335 272.494 267.516 267.994 -1.7 0.2 -1.7 -3.7 0.1

Housing

 40.858 221.971 225.986 226.896 2.2 0.4 0.1 0.2 0.3

Education and communication(2)

 6.721 133.470 135.230 135.204 1.3 0.0 0.2 -0.2 0.1

Education(2)

 3.255 213.499 221.882 222.058 4.0 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.3

Communication(2)

 3.466 83.606 82.759 82.666 -1.1 -0.1 0.1 -0.6 -0.1

Information and information processing(2)

 3.310 80.086 79.019 78.927 -1.4 -0.1 0.1 -0.6 -0.1

Information technology, hardware and services(3)

 0.956 8.879 8.630 8.581 -3.4 -0.6 0.5 -0.7 -0.4

Recreation(2)

 5.962 114.689 115.359 115.570 0.8 0.2 -0.1 -0.1 0.2

Video and audio(2)

 1.902 99.934 100.054 100.100 0.2 0.0 0.1 -0.3 0.2

Pets, pet products and services(2)

 1.098 162.107 164.911 165.123 1.9 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.2

Photography(2)

 0.109 79.324 77.880 77.830 -1.9 -0.1 1.0 -1.1 -0.1

Food and beverages

 15.166 233.257 236.761 236.474 1.4 -0.1 0.1 0.2 -0.1

Domestically produced farm food

 7.211 238.542 241.277 240.887 1.0 -0.2 0.0 0.0 -0.1

Other services

 11.580 321.309 327.216 327.535 1.9 0.1 0.1 -0.1 0.2

Apparel less footwear

 2.910 121.957 122.544 121.408 -0.5 -0.9 -1.1 -0.4 0.2

Fuels and utilities

 5.302 216.388 221.382 224.847 3.9 1.6 -0.1 0.9 0.7

Household energy

 4.098 186.852 189.969 193.701 3.7 2.0 -0.3 1.0 0.9

Medical care

 7.160 413.655 423.815 422.834 2.2 -0.2 0.3 0.0 -0.1

Transportation

 17.163 220.768 218.592 219.438 -0.6 0.4 -1.3 -2.7 0.1

Private transportation

 15.950 215.978 213.438 214.066 -0.9 0.3 -1.5 -2.9 0.0

New and used motor vehicles(2)

 5.559 101.399 101.162 101.199 -0.2 0.0 0.3 0.3 -0.1

Utilities and public transportation

 9.960 206.866 210.427 212.835 2.9 1.1 0.1 0.4 0.8

Household furnishings and operations

 3.989 125.905 125.198 125.355 -0.4 0.1 -0.3 -0.1 0.0

Other goods and services

 3.363 392.859 400.239 399.966 1.8 -0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1

Personal care

 2.562 211.649 215.041 214.854 1.5 -0.1 0.2 0.0 0.2

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.

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