Table 7. Chained Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (C-CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category and commodity and service group
Table 7. Chained Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (C-CPI-U): U.S. city average, by
expenditure category and commodity and service group
(December 1999=100, unless otherwise noted)
Unadjusted
Relative Unadjusted percent change to
importance, indexes Dec. 2009 from-
C-CPI-U December
2005-2006
Nov. Dec. Dec. Nov.
2009 2009 2008 2009
Expenditure category
All items.................................... 100.000 124.231 123.965 2.8 -0.2
Food and beverages.......................... 14.726 127.616 127.781 -0.5 0.1
Food....................................... 13.648 127.538 127.738 -0.6 0.2
Food at home.............................. 7.557 122.249 122.526 -2.6 0.2
Food away from home....................... 6.091 134.427 134.522 1.8 0.1
Alcoholic beverages........................ 1.077 128.961 128.685 1.8 -0.2
Housing..................................... 42.421 127.729 127.519 -0.5 -0.2
Shelter.................................... 32.409 130.640 130.413 0.2 -0.2
Fuels and utilities........................ 5.004 153.587 153.402 -3.7 -0.1
Household furnishings and operations....... 5.008 94.161 94.020 -1.6 -0.1
Apparel..................................... 3.988 90.350 88.004 1.5 -2.6
Transportation.............................. 17.393 126.788 126.638 15.7 -0.1
Private transportation..................... 16.285 127.413 127.216 16.7 -0.2
Public transportation...................... 1.108 119.391 119.889 3.0 0.4
Medical care................................ 6.085 147.213 147.164 3.1 0.0
Medical care commodities................... 1.615 130.309 130.145 3.2 -0.1
Medical care services...................... 4.470 153.430 153.430 3.1 0.0
Recreation.................................. 5.935 103.789 103.062 -2.0 -0.7
Education and communication................. 6.196 111.299 111.307 1.7 0.0
Education.................................. 2.771 180.676 180.697 4.6 0.0
Communication.............................. 3.425 73.623 73.626 -0.6 0.0
Other goods and services.................... 3.257 135.123 135.340 6.9 0.2
Commodity and service group
Services..................................... 58.427 133.887 133.707 0.7 -0.1
Commodities.................................. 41.573 112.420 112.053 5.8 -0.3
Durables.................................... 11.817 81.824 81.993 1.6 0.2
Nondurables.................................. 29.756 128.273 127.584 7.5 -0.5
All items less food and energy.............. 77.561 119.113 118.867 1.5 -0.2
Energy....................................... 8.790 174.226 172.737 21.2 -0.9
Indexes for 2009 are initial estimates. Indexes for 2008 are interim adjustments.
NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.
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Last Modified Date: January 15, 2010
