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, August 2026 [1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]
Expenditure category	Relative importance Jul. 2026	Unadjusted indexes			Unadjusted percent change		Seasonally adjusted percent change
Expenditure category	Relative importance Jul. 2026	Aug. 2025	Jul. 2026	Aug. 2026	Aug. 2025- Aug. 2026	Jul. 2026- Aug. 2026	May 2026- Jun. 2026	Jun. 2026- Jul. 2026	Jul. 2026- Aug. 2026
All items	100.000	323.976	333.918	334.980	3.4	0.3	-0.4	0.1	0.4
Food	13.540	341.295	350.164	350.418	2.7	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.1
Food at home	8.232	314.608	321.643	321.500	2.2	0.0	0.2	-0.1	0.0
Cereals and bakery products	1.026	359.740	369.882	369.171	2.6	-0.2	0.3	0.2	0.0
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs	1.958	347.509	350.612	351.501	1.1	0.3	0.6	-0.7	0.1
Dairy and related products(1)	0.742	272.840	271.337	272.068	-0.3	0.3	1.2	-0.1	0.3
Fruits and vegetables	1.282	356.104	369.550	367.507	3.2	-0.6	-0.2	-0.1	-0.4
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials	0.988	229.406	237.393	237.834	3.7	0.2	-1.5	0.9	0.2
Other food at home	2.237	276.649	283.803	283.370	2.4	-0.2	0.5	0.0	0.1
Food away from home(1)	5.307	384.909	396.859	397.868	3.4	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.3

Energy	7.347	283.247	325.150	329.351	16.3	1.3	-5.7	-1.5	2.1
Energy commodities	4.044	289.117	359.754	370.006	28.0	2.8	-9.5	-2.9	4.2
Fuel oil	0.107	347.565	490.083	528.436	52.0	7.8	-9.2	-1.7	10.1
Motor fuel	3.882	283.504	352.826	362.487	27.9	2.7	-9.6	-3.0	4.1
Gasoline (all types)	3.770	282.358	350.846	359.738	27.4	2.5	-9.7	-2.9	3.9
Energy services	3.303	289.154	302.594	300.729	4.0	-0.6	-0.7	0.3	-0.4
Electricity	2.551	298.738	311.672	310.057	3.8	-0.5	-1.0	0.1	-0.2
Utility (piped) gas service	0.752	255.253	268.999	266.448	4.4	-0.9	0.5	0.7	-1.1

All items less food and energy	79.114	329.970	337.133	338.041	2.4	0.3	0.0	0.2	0.3
Commodities less food and energy commodities	18.842	167.448	168.112	168.589	0.7	0.3	-0.1	0.2	0.1
Apparel	2.406	131.989	134.182	136.752	3.6	1.9	-0.6	0.1	0.0
New vehicles	3.756	178.698	179.541	179.715	0.6	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.3
Used cars and trucks	2.698	188.960	184.661	184.580	-2.3	0.0	-0.2	0.4	0.4
Medical care commodities(1)	1.403	416.721	406.462	405.528	-2.7	-0.2	-0.2	-0.6	-0.2
Alcoholic beverages(1)	0.825	296.908	301.367	301.724	1.6	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.1
Tobacco and smoking products(1)(2)	0.448	104.707	110.593	111.297	6.3	0.6	-0.7	0.5	0.6
Services less energy services	60.272	433.930	445.809	446.989	3.0	0.3	0.0	0.2	0.3
Shelter	35.343	417.902	429.491	430.611	3.0	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.3
Rent of primary residence	7.735	436.981	447.963	448.997	2.7	0.2	0.1	0.3	0.2
Owners' equivalent rent of residences(3)	25.918	430.387	442.503	443.642	3.1	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.2
Medical care services	6.864	637.817	654.347	653.623	2.5	-0.1	-0.1	0.6	-0.2
Physicians' services(1)	1.663	430.753	439.443	439.389	2.0	0.0	-0.2	0.2	0.0
Hospital services(1)(4)	2.168	436.917	459.820	459.659	5.2	0.0	0.1	0.5	0.0
Transportation services	6.310	446.688	459.354	457.262	2.4	-0.5	-0.3	0.3	0.5
Motor vehicle maintenance and repair(1)	1.055	441.987	460.185	465.136	5.2	1.1	1.1	0.6	1.1
Motor vehicle insurance	2.563	894.075	856.080	848.231	-5.1	-0.9	-2.0	-0.3	-0.8
Airline fares	1.049	250.982	311.176	309.736	23.4	-0.5	0.2	2.2	2.7
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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