Table 1. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U. S. city average, by expenditure category

Table 1. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category, February 2023 [1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]
Expenditure category	Relative importance Jan. 2023	Unadjusted indexes			Unadjusted percent change		Seasonally adjusted percent change
Expenditure category	Relative importance Jan. 2023	Feb. 2022	Jan. 2023	Feb. 2023	Feb. 2022- Feb. 2023	Jan. 2023- Feb. 2023	Nov. 2022- Dec. 2022	Dec. 2022- Jan. 2023	Jan. 2023- Feb. 2023
All items	100.000	283.716	299.170	300.840	6.0	0.6	0.1	0.5	0.4
Food	13.521	292.794	319.136	320.569	9.5	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.4
Food at home	8.727	274.568	301.435	302.483	10.2	0.3	0.5	0.4	0.3
Cereals and bakery products	1.169	306.193	349.294	350.772	14.6	0.4	0.6	1.0	0.3
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs	1.846	301.240	322.737	321.803	6.8	-0.3	0.8	0.7	-0.1
Dairy and related products	0.813	242.386	272.040	272.271	12.3	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.1
Fruits and vegetables	1.508	333.675	351.029	351.249	5.3	0.1	-0.1	-0.5	0.2
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials	1.046	192.210	213.359	215.925	12.3	1.2	0.5	0.4	1.0
Other food at home	2.344	237.143	264.746	266.612	12.4	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.3
Food away from home(1)	4.795	320.880	345.677	347.869	8.4	0.6	0.4	0.6	0.6

Energy	7.076	267.771	283.330	281.673	5.2	-0.6	-3.1	2.0	-0.6
Energy commodities	3.556	313.522	305.643	309.280	-1.4	1.2	-7.2	1.9	0.5
Fuel oil(1)	0.147	384.179	455.595	419.629	9.2	-7.9	-16.6	-1.2	-7.9
Motor fuel	3.344	307.422	297.413	302.153	-1.7	1.6	-6.9	2.3	0.9
Gasoline (all types)	3.246	305.959	294.759	299.774	-2.0	1.7	-7.0	2.4	1.0
Energy services	3.520	235.017	272.840	266.353	13.3	-2.4	1.9	2.1	-1.7
Electricity	2.579	236.453	266.528	266.887	12.9	0.1	1.3	0.5	0.5
Utility (piped) gas service	0.941	226.491	285.407	258.976	14.3	-9.3	3.5	6.7	-8.0

All items less food and energy	79.403	288.059	301.962	304.011	5.5	0.7	0.4	0.4	0.5
Commodities less food and energy commodities	21.325	164.559	165.340	166.246	1.0	0.5	-0.1	0.1	0.0
Apparel	2.525	127.868	127.875	132.039	3.3	3.3	0.2	0.8	0.8
New vehicles	4.299	168.027	177.276	177.817	5.8	0.3	0.6	0.2	0.2
Used cars and trucks	2.605	212.040	185.857	183.241	-13.6	-1.4	-2.0	-1.9	-2.8
Medical care commodities(1)	1.459	384.304	395.981	396.560	3.2	0.1	0.1	1.1	0.1
Alcoholic beverages	0.843	269.128	282.286	282.377	4.9	0.0	0.7	0.4	-0.3
Tobacco and smoking products(1)	0.493	1,314.838	1,388.790	1,402.834	6.7	1.0	-0.1	0.7	1.0
Services less energy services	58.078	363.672	387.258	390.070	7.3	0.7	0.6	0.5	0.6
Shelter	34.393	344.607	369.585	372.510	8.1	0.8	0.8	0.7	0.8
Rent of primary residence	7.521	359.627	388.372	391.141	8.8	0.7	0.8	0.7	0.8
Owners' equivalent rent of residences(2)	25.385	353.512	379.328	381.844	8.0	0.7	0.8	0.7	0.7
Medical care services	6.591	586.177	601.551	598.778	2.1	-0.5	0.3	-0.7	-0.7
Physicians' services(1)	1.838	407.984	415.197	413.034	1.2	-0.5	0.1	-0.1	-0.5
Hospital services(1)(3)	1.934	371.745	385.064	384.996	3.6	0.0	1.3	0.5	0.0
Transportation services	5.752	333.919	376.743	382.801	14.6	1.6	0.6	0.9	1.1
Motor vehicle maintenance and repair(1)	1.110	331.130	371.780	372.572	12.5	0.2	1.0	1.3	0.2
Motor vehicle insurance	2.528	584.317	658.513	668.806	14.5	1.6	0.7	1.4	0.9
Airline fares	0.574	222.227	264.629	281.216	26.5	6.3	-2.1	-2.1	6.4
Footnotes (1) Not seasonally adjusted. (2) Indexes on a December 1982=100 base. (3) Indexes on a December 1996=100 base.

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