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, March 2022 [1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]
Expenditure category	Relative importance Feb. 2022	Unadjusted indexes			Unadjusted percent change		Seasonally adjusted percent change
Expenditure category	Relative importance Feb. 2022	Mar. 2021	Feb. 2022	Mar. 2022	Mar. 2021- Mar. 2022	Feb. 2022- Mar. 2022	Dec. 2021- Jan. 2022	Jan. 2022- Feb. 2022	Feb. 2022- Mar. 2022
All items	100.000	264.877	283.716	287.504	8.5	1.3	0.6	0.8	1.2
Food	13.405	271.812	292.794	295.728	8.8	1.0	0.9	1.0	1.0
Food at home	8.234	253.231	274.568	278.612	10.0	1.5	1.0	1.4	1.5
Cereals and bakery products	1.043	284.746	306.193	311.606	9.4	1.8	1.8	1.1	1.5
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs	1.878	268.457	301.240	305.116	13.7	1.3	0.3	1.2	1.0
Dairy and related products	0.761	229.249	242.386	245.258	7.0	1.2	1.1	1.9	1.2
Fruits and vegetables	1.434	311.168	333.675	337.503	8.5	1.1	0.9	2.3	1.5
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials	0.944	180.018	192.210	194.342	8.0	1.1	0.0	1.6	1.2
Other food at home	2.174	219.263	237.143	241.804	10.3	2.0	1.6	0.8	2.0
Food away from home(1)	5.171	300.897	320.880	321.689	6.9	0.3	0.7	0.4	0.3

Energy	7.547	225.861	267.771	298.246	32.0	11.4	0.9	3.5	11.0
Energy commodities	4.173	252.840	313.522	375.027	48.3	19.6	-0.6	6.7	18.1
Fuel oil(1)	0.134	276.100	384.179	469.743	70.1	22.3	9.5	7.7	22.3
Motor fuel	3.961	248.681	307.422	368.440	48.2	19.8	-0.8	6.7	18.3
Gasoline (all types)	3.883	247.652	305.959	366.499	48.0	19.8	-0.8	6.6	18.3
Energy services	3.374	209.623	235.017	237.825	13.5	1.2	2.9	-0.4	1.8
Electricity	2.502	216.528	236.453	240.558	11.1	1.7	4.2	-1.1	2.2
Utility (piped) gas service	0.872	185.624	226.491	225.679	21.6	-0.4	-0.5	1.5	0.6

All items less food and energy	79.048	271.713	288.059	289.305	6.5	0.4	0.6	0.5	0.3
Commodities less food and energy commodities	21.815	147.160	164.559	164.449	11.7	-0.1	1.0	0.4	-0.4
Apparel	2.551	120.746	127.868	128.919	6.8	0.8	1.1	0.7	0.6
New vehicles	4.067	149.321	168.027	168.056	12.5	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.2
Used cars and trucks	4.167	153.873	212.040	208.216	35.3	-1.8	1.5	-0.2	-3.8
Medical care commodities(1)	1.517	375.111	384.304	385.084	2.7	0.2	0.9	0.3	0.2
Alcoholic beverages	0.886	260.652	269.128	270.352	3.7	0.5	0.4	0.8	0.5
Tobacco and smoking products(1)	0.520	1,236.352	1,314.838	1,321.917	6.9	0.5	-0.1	0.6	0.5
Services less energy services	57.233	349.607	363.672	365.938	4.7	0.6	0.4	0.5	0.6
Shelter	32.695	330.122	344.607	346.618	5.0	0.6	0.3	0.5	0.5
Rent of primary residence	7.345	345.717	359.627	361.083	4.4	0.4	0.5	0.6	0.4
Owners' equivalent rent of residences(2)	24.035	339.565	353.512	354.968	4.5	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4
Medical care services	6.932	573.009	586.177	589.652	2.9	0.6	0.6	0.1	0.6
Physicians' services(1)	1.864	407.048	407.984	409.998	0.7	0.5	-0.1	-0.1	0.5
Hospital services(3)	2.190	361.468	371.745	373.307	3.3	0.4	0.5	-0.1	0.4
Transportation services	5.635	316.345	333.919	340.671	7.7	2.0	1.0	1.4	2.0
Motor vehicle maintenance and repair(1)	1.040	314.660	331.130	329.992	4.9	-0.3	0.2	1.7	-0.3
Motor vehicle insurance	2.409	565.166	584.317	589.143	4.2	0.8	0.9	1.2	0.7
Airline fares	0.502	197.134	222.227	243.689	23.6	9.7	2.3	5.2	10.7
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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