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 Oct. 2009 from-
C-CPI-U December
2005-2006
Sep. Oct. Oct. Sep.
2009 2009 2008 2009
Expenditure category
All items.................................... 100.000 124.021 124.179 -0.5 0.1
Food and beverages.......................... 14.726 127.542 127.775 -0.4 0.2
Food....................................... 13.648 127.505 127.722 -0.6 0.2
Food at home.............................. 7.557 122.477 122.743 -2.9 0.2
Food away from home....................... 6.091 134.038 134.188 2.2 0.1
Alcoholic beverages........................ 1.077 128.371 128.803 2.4 0.3
Housing..................................... 42.421 128.505 128.235 -0.5 -0.2
Shelter.................................... 32.409 131.413 131.398 0.6 0.0
Fuels and utilities........................ 5.004 154.183 152.195 -7.0 -1.3
Household furnishings and operations....... 5.008 95.039 94.643 -1.2 -0.4
Apparel..................................... 3.988 90.302 91.496 1.1 1.3
Transportation.............................. 17.393 123.573 124.609 -3.3 0.8
Private transportation..................... 16.285 124.115 125.186 -3.2 0.9
Public transportation...................... 1.108 117.307 117.852 -4.6 0.5
Medical care................................ 6.085 146.587 146.888 3.3 0.2
Medical care commodities................... 1.615 129.938 130.234 4.1 0.2
Medical care services...................... 4.470 152.700 153.001 3.0 0.2
Recreation.................................. 5.935 104.955 104.321 -1.5 -0.6
Education and communication................. 6.196 111.486 111.581 2.1 0.1
Education.................................. 2.771 180.639 180.851 4.8 0.1
Communication.............................. 3.425 73.860 73.904 -0.1 0.1
Other goods and services.................... 3.257 134.310 134.750 4.0 0.3
Commodity and service group
Services..................................... 58.427 134.306 134.196 0.5 -0.1
Commodities.................................. 41.573 111.473 111.944 -1.9 0.4
Durables.................................... 11.817 80.658 81.540 0.2 1.1
Nondurables.................................. 29.756 127.490 127.691 -2.7 0.2
All items less food and energy.............. 77.561 119.059 119.380 1.3 0.3
Energy....................................... 8.790 171.660 169.637 -14.4 -1.2
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: November 18, 2009