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, October 2022 [1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]
Expenditure category	Relative importance Sep. 2022	Unadjusted indexes			Unadjusted percent change		Seasonally adjusted percent change
Expenditure category	Relative importance Sep. 2022	Oct. 2021	Sep. 2022	Oct. 2022	Oct. 2021- Oct. 2022	Sep. 2022- Oct. 2022	Jul. 2022- Aug. 2022	Aug. 2022- Sep. 2022	Sep. 2022- Oct. 2022
All items	100.000	276.589	296.808	298.012	7.7	0.4	0.1	0.4	0.4
Food	13.705	284.205	313.142	315.323	10.9	0.7	0.8	0.8	0.6
Food at home	8.507	265.478	296.771	298.401	12.4	0.5	0.7	0.7	0.4
Cereals and bakery products	1.105	294.625	339.336	341.492	15.9	0.6	1.2	0.9	0.8
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs	1.904	297.377	319.486	321.271	8.0	0.6	0.5	0.4	0.6
Dairy and related products	0.806	233.168	268.793	269.355	15.5	0.2	0.3	0.3	-0.1
Fruits and vegetables	1.431	318.316	348.173	348.021	9.3	0.0	0.5	1.6	-0.9
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials	0.978	186.387	208.332	210.121	12.7	0.9	0.5	0.6	0.5
Other food at home	2.284	227.701	260.580	262.814	15.4	0.9	1.1	0.5	0.9
Food away from home(1)	5.197	313.592	337.369	340.532	8.6	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9

Energy	8.010	255.338	297.343	300.359	17.6	1.0	-5.0	-2.1	1.8
Energy commodities	4.310	294.326	338.768	351.065	19.3	3.6	-10.1	-4.7	4.4
Fuel oil(1)	0.151	322.736	454.177	543.915	68.5	19.8	-5.9	-2.7	19.8
Motor fuel	4.086	289.665	331.772	341.954	18.1	3.1	-10.5	-4.8	4.0
Gasoline (all types)	3.990	288.501	328.918	339.017	17.5	3.1	-10.6	-4.9	4.0
Energy services	3.700	228.484	269.667	264.188	15.6	-2.0	2.1	1.1	-1.2
Electricity	2.685	229.641	265.487	262.100	14.1	-1.3	1.5	0.4	0.1
Utility (piped) gas service	1.016	220.668	275.894	264.774	20.0	-4.0	3.5	2.9	-4.6

All items less food and energy	78.285	281.617	298.442	299.315	6.3	0.3	0.6	0.6	0.3
Commodities less food and energy commodities	21.175	158.550	167.104	166.601	5.1	-0.3	0.5	0.0	-0.4
Apparel	2.482	124.323	130.143	129.414	4.1	-0.6	0.2	-0.3	-0.7
New vehicles	4.056	162.527	175.312	176.157	8.4	0.5	0.8	0.7	0.4
Used cars and trucks	3.830	195.213	203.867	199.176	2.0	-2.3	-0.1	-1.1	-2.4
Medical care commodities(1)	1.474	379.003	390.677	390.614	3.1	0.0	0.2	-0.1	0.0
Alcoholic beverages	0.868	264.748	275.810	278.009	5.0	0.8	0.4	0.0	0.8
Tobacco and smoking products(1)	0.517	1,287.067	1,367.458	1,371.864	6.6	0.3	1.1	0.2	0.3
Services less energy services	57.110	357.469	379.634	381.580	6.7	0.5	0.6	0.8	0.5
Shelter	32.622	338.671	359.704	362.093	6.9	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.8
Rent of primary residence	7.352	352.892	376.569	379.436	7.5	0.8	0.7	0.8	0.7
Owners' equivalent rent of residences(2)	23.977	347.522	368.932	371.450	6.9	0.7	0.7	0.8	0.6
Medical care services	6.894	575.493	609.852	606.839	5.4	-0.5	0.8	1.0	-0.6
Physicians' services(1)	1.811	407.391	414.767	414.897	1.8	0.0	0.2	0.5	0.0
Hospital services(3)		368.593	380.465				0.7	0.1
Transportation services	5.946	323.903	368.643	373.098	15.2	1.2	0.5	1.9	0.8
Motor vehicle maintenance and repair(1)	1.069	325.095	356.076	358.597	10.3	0.7	1.7	1.9	0.7
Motor vehicle insurance	2.461	564.507	624.558	637.103	12.9	2.0	1.3	1.6	1.7
Airline fares	0.614	205.994	284.313	294.340	42.9	3.5	-4.6	0.8	-1.1
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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