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

Table 3. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, special aggregate indexes, August 2026 [1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]
Special aggregate indexes Relative
importance
Jul.
2026		 Unadjusted indexes Unadjusted percent change Seasonally adjusted percent change
Aug.
2025		 Jul.
2026		 Aug.
2026		 Aug.
2025-
Aug.
2026		 Jul.
2026-
Aug.
2026		 May
2026-
Jun.
2026		 Jun.
2026-
Jul.
2026		 Jul.
2026-
Aug.
2026

All items less food

 86.460 321.287 331.383 332.564 3.5 0.4 -0.5 0.1 0.4

All items less shelter

 64.657 290.784 300.178 301.226 3.6 0.3 -0.7 0.0 0.5

All items less food and shelter

 51.117 278.458 287.920 289.136 3.8 0.4 -1.0 0.0 0.6

All items less food, shelter, and energy

 43.771 281.241 285.996 286.786 2.0 0.3 -0.1 0.3 0.3

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

 41.073 286.324 291.855 292.722 2.2 0.3 -0.1 0.3 0.3

All items less medical care

 91.733 311.423 321.373 322.524 3.6 0.4 -0.4 0.0 0.5

All items less energy

 92.653 330.737 338.124 338.938 2.5 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.3

Commodities

 36.425 226.364 234.227 235.375 4.0 0.5 -1.1 -0.2 0.6

Commodities less food, energy, and used cars and trucks

 16.144 165.051 166.364 166.928 1.1 0.3 -0.1 0.2 0.1

Commodities less food

 22.885 178.830 185.960 187.331 4.8 0.7 -1.9 -0.3 0.8

Commodities less food and beverages

 22.061 174.891 182.031 183.415 4.9 0.8 -1.9 -0.4 0.8

Services

 63.575 420.424 432.343 433.290 3.1 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.3

Services less rent of shelter(1)

 28.520 433.800 446.532 447.267 3.1 0.2 -0.2 0.2 0.3

Services less medical care services

 56.711 403.730 415.297 416.372 3.1 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.3

Durables

 10.582 124.570 124.046 124.154 -0.3 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.0

Nondurables

 25.844 281.139 295.642 297.579 5.8 0.7 -1.5 -0.3 0.7

Nondurables less food

 12.304 231.424 250.155 253.398 9.5 1.3 -3.2 -0.8 1.4

Nondurables less food and beverages

 11.479 227.428 246.986 250.397 10.1 1.4 -3.4 -0.9 1.5

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel

 9.073 291.660 322.607 326.605 12.0 1.2 -4.2 -1.2 1.8

Nondurables less food and apparel

 9.897 290.581 319.040 322.696 11.1 1.1 -3.9 -1.1 1.7

Housing

 44.198 349.277 359.556 360.225 3.1 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.2

Education and communication(2)

 5.716 147.152 147.498 150.304 2.1 1.9 -0.8 0.6 1.6

Education(2)

 2.552 311.752 317.815 322.160 3.3 1.4 0.1 0.5 0.8

Communication(2)

 3.164 72.991 72.134 73.818 1.1 2.3 -1.5 0.6 2.3

Information and information processing(2)

 3.097 68.577 67.598 69.208 0.9 2.4 -1.5 0.6 2.3

Information technology, hardware and services(3)

 1.676 101.480 100.538 100.383 -1.1 -0.2 -0.3 0.7 -0.3

Recreation(2)

 5.081 141.394 145.242 145.186 2.7 0.0 0.5 0.2 0.0

Video and audio(2)

 1.045 119.661 124.278 124.345 3.9 0.1 0.5 0.9 0.1

Pets, pet products and services(2)

 1.147 229.313 236.640 236.756 3.2 0.0 0.4 0.3 0.2

Photography(2)

 0.061 85.366 85.938 87.374 2.4 1.7 -2.9 -0.6 1.7

Food and beverages

 14.364 338.366 346.945 347.206 2.6 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1

Domestically produced farm food

 6.868 324.773 331.066 330.792 1.9 -0.1 0.4 -0.1 -0.1

Other services

 9.688 427.731 436.379 440.982 3.1 1.1 -0.2 0.2 0.9

Apparel less footwear

 1.816 123.770 125.492 128.281 3.6 2.2 -0.6 0.0 0.1

Fuels and utilities

 4.610 336.541 353.712 353.268 5.0 -0.1 -0.7 0.3 0.1

Household energy

 3.465 282.839 298.097 297.115 5.0 -0.3 -1.0 0.2 -0.1

Medical care

 8.267 583.875 593.781 593.003 1.6 -0.1 -0.1 0.4 -0.2

Transportation

 17.060 273.910 289.420 290.778 6.2 0.5 -2.5 -0.5 1.2

Private transportation

 15.420 274.710 287.661 289.246 5.3 0.6 -2.8 -0.7 1.1

New and used motor vehicles(2)

 7.075 126.820 126.403 126.298 -0.4 -0.1 0.0 0.2 0.3

Utilities and public transportation

 8.107 267.873 282.010 283.954 6.0 0.7 -0.7 0.3 1.2

Household furnishings and operations

 4.245 153.039 156.223 156.072 2.0 -0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1

Other goods and services

 2.907 583.313 607.421 607.972 4.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2

Personal care

 2.459 292.584 303.827 303.801 3.8 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.1

Footnotes
(1) Indexes on a December 1982=100 base.
(2) Indexes on a December 1997=100 base.
(3) Indexes on a December 2024=100 base.
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Last Modified Date: September 11, 2026