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 2024 [1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]
Expenditure category	Relative importance Jul. 2024	Unadjusted indexes			Unadjusted percent change		Seasonally adjusted percent change
Expenditure category	Relative importance Jul. 2024	Aug. 2023	Jul. 2024	Aug. 2024	Aug. 2023- Aug. 2024	Jul. 2024- Aug. 2024	May 2024- Jun. 2024	Jun. 2024- Jul. 2024	Jul. 2024- Aug. 2024
All items	100.000	307.026	314.540	314.796	2.5	0.1	-0.1	0.2	0.2
Food	13.429	324.100	330.561	330.750	2.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.1
Food at home	8.060	303.716	306.643	306.402	0.9	-0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0
Cereals and bakery products	1.047	356.563	356.525	355.652	-0.3	-0.2	-0.1	-0.5	-0.1
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs	1.716	318.944	327.013	329.108	3.2	0.6	0.2	0.7	0.8
Dairy and related products	0.731	268.281	268.653	269.468	0.4	0.3	0.6	-0.2	0.5
Fruits and vegetables	1.378	350.428	350.962	349.599	-0.2	-0.4	-0.5	0.8	-0.2
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials	1.022	216.642	220.129	219.381	1.3	-0.3	0.1	0.5	-0.7
Other food at home	2.166	271.648	273.643	272.612	0.4	-0.4	0.5	-0.5	-0.3
Food away from home(1)	5.369	356.083	369.383	370.348	4.0	0.3	0.4	0.2	0.3

Energy	6.935	294.328	287.868	282.614	-4.0	-1.8	-2.0	0.0	-0.8
Energy commodities	3.784	342.996	316.799	308.297	-10.1	-2.7	-3.7	0.1	-0.6
Fuel oil	0.076	397.444	363.140	349.383	-12.1	-3.8	-2.4	0.9	-1.9
Motor fuel	3.630	338.207	311.534	303.089	-10.4	-2.7	-3.7	0.0	-0.6
Gasoline (all types)	3.528	336.979	310.915	302.419	-10.3	-2.7	-3.8	0.0	-0.6
Energy services	3.151	260.448	270.573	268.419	3.1	-0.8	-0.1	-0.1	-0.9
Electricity	2.493	270.752	283.415	281.333	3.9	-0.7	-0.7	0.1	-0.7
Utility (piped) gas service	0.658	224.539	226.593	224.259	-0.1	-1.0	2.4	-0.7	-1.9

All items less food and energy	79.636	310.103	319.214	320.017	3.2	0.3	0.1	0.2	0.3
Commodities less food and energy commodities	18.450	168.029	164.836	164.912	-1.9	0.0	-0.1	-0.3	-0.2
Apparel	2.521	131.262	129.466	131.683	0.3	1.7	0.1	-0.4	0.3
New vehicles	3.584	179.691	177.840	177.534	-1.2	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2	0.0
Used cars and trucks	1.890	198.768	179.579	178.192	-10.4	-0.8	-1.5	-2.3	-1.0
Medical care commodities(1)	1.477	408.437	417.465	416.538	2.0	-0.2	0.2	0.2	-0.2
Alcoholic beverages	0.842	285.859	291.088	291.432	1.9	0.1	0.2	0.3	0.0
Tobacco and smoking products(1)	0.549	1,440.574	1,543.823	1,562.042	8.4	1.2	0.5	0.2	1.2
Services less energy services	61.185	399.219	417.592	418.903	4.9	0.3	0.1	0.3	0.4
Shelter	36.392	383.221	401.545	403.257	5.2	0.4	0.2	0.4	0.5
Rent of primary residence	7.662	402.247	420.577	422.223	5.0	0.4	0.3	0.5	0.4
Owners' equivalent rent of residences(2)	26.825	392.794	411.880	413.924	5.4	0.5	0.3	0.4	0.5
Medical care services	6.478	592.913	611.137	611.935	3.2	0.1	0.2	-0.3	-0.1
Physicians' services(1)	1.797	413.877	416.312	416.370	0.6	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.0
Hospital services(1)(3)		391.678	412.926				0.1	-1.1
Transportation services	6.459	400.016	431.196	431.564	7.9	0.1	-0.5	0.4	0.9
Motor vehicle maintenance and repair(1)	1.240	391.395	405.109	407.374	4.1	0.6	0.2	-0.3	0.6
Motor vehicle insurance	2.972	733.141	851.007	854.307	16.5	0.4	0.9	1.2	0.6
Airline fares	0.741	246.185	246.222	243.011	-1.3	-1.3	-5.0	-1.6	3.9
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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