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, July 2026 [1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]
Expenditure category	Relative importance Jun. 2026	Unadjusted indexes			Unadjusted percent change		Seasonally adjusted percent change
Expenditure category	Relative importance Jun. 2026	Jul. 2025	Jun. 2026	Jul. 2026	Jul. 2025- Jul. 2026	Jun. 2026- Jul. 2026	Apr. 2026- May 2026	May 2026- Jun. 2026	Jun. 2026- Jul. 2026
All items	100.000	323.048	333.952	333.918	3.4	0.0	0.5	-0.4	0.1
Food	13.522	340.036	349.731	350.164	3.0	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.1
Food at home	8.231	313.263	321.631	321.643	2.7	0.0	0.1	0.2	-0.1
Cereals and bakery products	1.023	360.048	368.800	369.882	2.7	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.2
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs	1.959	344.155	350.974	350.612	1.9	-0.1	-0.2	0.6	-0.7
Dairy and related products(1)	0.743	272.586	271.683	271.337	-0.5	-0.1	-0.6	1.2	-0.1
Fruits and vegetables	1.283	351.764	370.090	369.550	5.1	-0.1	0.2	-0.2	-0.1
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials	0.981	228.011	235.793	237.393	4.1	0.7	0.6	-1.5	0.9
Other food at home	2.242	277.002	284.373	283.803	2.5	-0.2	0.0	0.5	0.0
Food away from home(1)	5.290	383.808	395.633	396.859	3.4	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.3

Energy	7.432	283.395	328.950	325.150	14.7	-1.2	3.9	-5.7	-1.5
Energy commodities	4.132	288.425	367.630	359.754	24.7	-2.1	6.7	-9.5	-2.9
Fuel oil	0.106	352.435	485.387	490.083	39.1	1.0	3.8	-9.2	-1.7
Motor fuel	3.971	282.696	360.912	352.826	24.8	-2.2	6.8	-9.6	-3.0
Gasoline (all types)	3.852	281.490	358.518	350.846	24.6	-2.1	7.0	-9.7	-2.9
Energy services	3.300	290.131	302.347	302.594	4.3	0.1	0.4	-0.7	0.3
Electricity	2.552	299.107	311.818	311.672	4.2	0.0	0.6	-1.0	0.1
Utility (piped) gas service	0.748	257.867	267.609	268.999	4.3	0.5	-0.5	0.5	0.7

All items less food and energy	79.047	328.980	336.882	337.133	2.5	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.2
Commodities less food and energy commodities	18.829	166.766	168.019	168.112	0.8	0.1	-0.1	-0.1	0.2
Apparel	2.437	129.190	135.917	134.182	3.9	-1.3	0.3	-0.6	0.1
New vehicles	3.751	178.569	179.338	179.541	0.5	0.1	-0.3	0.0	0.1
Used cars and trucks	2.679	188.183	183.360	184.661	-1.9	0.7	0.1	-0.2	0.4
Medical care commodities(1)	1.412	417.800	408.974	406.462	-2.7	-0.6	-0.7	-0.2	-0.6
Alcoholic beverages(1)	0.823	295.176	300.824	301.367	2.1	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.2
Tobacco and smoking products(1)(2)	0.445	103.643	110.045	110.593	6.7	0.5	1.0	-0.7	0.5
Services less energy services	60.217	432.778	445.448	445.809	3.0	0.1	0.3	0.0	0.2
Shelter	35.304	416.271	429.062	429.491	3.2	0.1	0.3	0.1	0.1
Rent of primary residence	7.716	435.489	446.945	447.963	2.9	0.2	0.4	0.1	0.3
Owners' equivalent rent of residences(3)	25.849	428.640	441.365	442.503	3.2	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.3
Medical care services	6.840	637.425	652.152	654.347	2.7	0.3	0.5	-0.1	0.6
Physicians' services(1)	1.660	429.279	438.626	439.443	2.4	0.2	0.0	-0.2	0.2
Hospital services(1)(4)	2.156	437.053	457.320	459.820	5.2	0.5	0.7	0.1	0.5
Transportation services	6.352	446.417	462.494	459.354	2.9	-0.7	-0.6	-0.3	0.3
Motor vehicle maintenance and repair(1)	1.048	431.604	457.313	460.185	6.6	0.6	0.8	1.1	0.6
Motor vehicle insurance	2.570	896.018	858.481	856.080	-4.5	-0.3	-1.7	-2.0	-0.3
Airline fares	1.091	247.859	323.758	311.176	25.5	-3.9	2.7	0.2	2.2
Footnotes (1) Not seasonally adjusted. (2) Indexes on a December 2024=100 base. (3) Indexes on a December 1982=100 base. (4) Indexes on a December 1996=100 base.

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