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. 2011 from-
C-CPI-U December
2007-2008
Nov. Dec. Dec. Nov.
2011 2011 2010 2011
Expenditure category
All items.................................... 100.000 130.066 129.719 2.8 -0.3
Food and beverages.......................... 14.519 134.171 134.423 4.4 0.2
Food....................................... 13.493 134.494 134.772 4.6 0.2
Food at home.............................. 7.780 130.468 130.777 5.8 0.2
Food away from home....................... 5.712 139.972 140.202 2.9 0.2
Alcoholic beverages........................ 1.027 130.692 130.624 1.1 -0.1
Housing..................................... 42.074 130.194 130.301 1.8 0.1
Shelter.................................... 32.119 133.712 133.914 1.9 0.2
Fuels and utilities........................ 5.231 159.730 159.240 1.9 -0.3
Household furnishings and operations....... 4.724 92.441 92.475 0.7 0.0
Apparel..................................... 3.772 95.243 92.266 4.0 -3.1
Transportation.............................. 17.199 142.352 140.488 5.2 -1.3
Private transportation..................... 16.013 143.221 141.264 5.3 -1.4
Public transportation...................... 1.186 131.272 130.566 3.7 -0.5
Medical care................................ 6.294 156.542 156.863 3.4 0.2
Medical care commodities................... 1.570 137.526 137.778 3.1 0.2
Medical care services...................... 4.723 163.537 163.884 3.5 0.2
Recreation.................................. 6.625 101.658 101.796 0.0 0.1
Education and communication................. 6.288 113.913 113.836 1.0 -0.1
Education.................................. 2.804 195.884 195.882 4.4 0.0
Communication.............................. 3.484 70.896 70.810 -1.7 -0.1
Other goods and services.................... 3.229 143.798 143.811 2.7 0.0
Commodity and service group
Services..................................... 59.383 138.534 138.684 2.1 0.1
Commodities.................................. 40.617 119.922 118.947 3.8 -0.8
Durables.................................... 10.376 80.807 80.673 0.7 -0.2
Nondurables.................................. 30.241 140.452 139.001 4.8 -1.0
All items less food and energy.............. 76.901 122.630 122.530 2.0 -0.1
Energy....................................... 9.606 202.191 197.356 6.3 -2.4
Indexes for 2011 are initial estimates. Indexes for 2010 are interim adjustments.
NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.
