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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 2024 [1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]
Special aggregate indexes Relative
importance
Jul.
2024		 Unadjusted indexes Unadjusted percent change Seasonally adjusted percent change
Aug.
2023		 Jul.
2024		 Aug.
2024		 Aug.
2023-
Aug.
2024		 Jul.
2024-
Aug.
2024		 May
2024-
Jun.
2024		 Jun.
2024-
Jul.
2024		 Jul.
2024-
Aug.
2024

All items less food

 86.571 304.376 312.042 312.308 2.6 0.1 -0.1 0.2 0.2

All items less shelter

 63.608 280.663 284.010 283.681 1.1 -0.1 -0.2 0.0 0.0

All items less food and shelter

 50.180 269.913 272.587 272.145 0.8 -0.2 -0.3 0.0 0.0

All items less food, shelter, and energy

 43.244 269.642 273.621 273.907 1.6 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1

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

 41.354 273.124 278.941 279.345 2.3 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1

All items less medical care

 92.045 295.367 302.482 302.733 2.5 0.1 -0.1 0.2 0.2

All items less energy

 93.065 311.293 320.012 320.728 3.0 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.3

Commodities

 35.663 226.161 223.899 223.363 -1.2 -0.2 -0.4 -0.1 -0.1

Commodities less food, energy, and used cars and trucks

 16.560 164.620 163.244 163.472 -0.7 0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.1

Commodities less food

 22.234 183.968 179.184 178.434 -3.0 -0.4 -0.7 -0.2 -0.2

Commodities less food and beverages

 21.393 180.354 175.392 174.621 -3.2 -0.4 -0.8 -0.3 -0.3

Services

 64.337 386.400 404.026 405.074 4.8 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.3

Services less rent of shelter(1)

 28.351 399.835 416.850 417.066 4.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1

Services less medical care services

 57.859 370.583 388.116 389.178 5.0 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.4

Durables

 9.938 127.556 122.734 122.201 -4.2 -0.4 -0.5 -0.3 -0.4

Nondurables

 25.725 278.122 278.482 278.025 0.0 -0.2 -0.5 0.1 0.1

Nondurables less food

 12.296 239.516 235.051 234.098 -2.3 -0.4 -1.1 -0.1 -0.3

Nondurables less food and beverages

 11.455 236.633 231.604 230.575 -2.6 -0.4 -1.2 -0.1 -0.4

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel

 8.933 307.421 300.274 297.113 -3.4 -1.1 -1.6 0.0 -0.6

Nondurables less food and apparel

 9.775 303.906 297.881 295.045 -2.9 -1.0 -1.5 0.1 -0.5

Housing

 45.219 321.894 335.056 335.931 4.4 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.3

Education and communication(2)

 5.815 145.174 146.189 146.643 1.0 0.3 -0.1 0.2 0.1

Education(2)

 2.462 292.014 298.288 301.065 3.1 0.9 0.2 0.3 0.4

Communication(2)

 3.352 74.858 74.649 74.541 -0.4 -0.1 -0.2 0.1 -0.1

Information and information processing(2)

 3.286 70.510 70.235 70.131 -0.5 -0.1 -0.2 0.1 -0.1

Information technology, hardware and services(3)

 1.748 7.104 7.045 7.014 -1.3 -0.4 -0.4 0.3 -0.4

Recreation(2)

 5.231 136.102 138.277 138.214 1.6 0.0 0.1 0.1 -0.1

Video and audio(2)

 1.186 116.650 117.987 117.849 1.0 -0.1 -0.4 0.5 -0.1

Pets, pet products and services(2)

 1.049 217.646 223.864 223.816 2.8 0.0 0.3 -0.1 0.0

Photography(2)

 0.074 83.933 86.415 86.378 2.9 0.0 0.9 -0.2 -0.4

Food and beverages

 14.271 321.578 327.956 328.156 2.0 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1

Domestically produced farm food

 6.707 314.167 317.373 317.240 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0

Other services

 9.754 405.504 416.412 417.480 3.0 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.1

Apparel less footwear

 1.997 123.008 121.268 123.808 0.7 2.1 0.2 -0.5 0.6

Fuels and utilities

 4.398 305.887 316.671 314.948 3.0 -0.5 -0.1 0.1 -0.7

Household energy

 3.306 256.889 265.712 263.440 2.6 -0.9 -0.2 0.0 -1.0

Medical care

 7.955 548.082 564.039 564.407 3.0 0.1 0.2 -0.2 -0.1

Transportation

 16.090 274.220 273.326 271.391 -1.0 -0.7 -1.3 -0.1 0.1

Private transportation

 15.037 274.660 273.937 272.087 -0.9 -0.7 -1.1 -0.1 0.0

New and used motor vehicles(2)

 6.196 129.864 124.666 124.224 -4.3 -0.4 -1.0 -0.7 -0.2

Utilities and public transportation

 7.604 253.166 259.002 258.017 1.9 -0.4 -0.6 -0.3 0.1

Household furnishings and operations

 4.430 148.295 147.788 147.348 -0.6 -0.3 0.5 0.3 -0.3

Other goods and services

 2.898 540.270 560.655 561.561 3.9 0.2 0.6 0.2 0.2

Personal care

 2.350 275.026 283.296 283.080 2.9 -0.1 0.6 0.3 -0.1

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.
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Last Modified Date: September 11, 2024