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 2024 [1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]
Expenditure category	Relative importance Sep. 2024	Unadjusted indexes			Unadjusted percent change		Seasonally adjusted percent change
Expenditure category	Relative importance Sep. 2024	Oct. 2023	Sep. 2024	Oct. 2024	Oct. 2023- Oct. 2024	Sep. 2024- Oct. 2024	Jul. 2024- Aug. 2024	Aug. 2024- Sep. 2024	Sep. 2024- Oct. 2024
All items	100.000	307.671	315.301	315.664	2.6	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2
Food	13.458	325.731	332.083	332.678	2.1	0.2	0.1	0.4	0.2
Food at home	8.070	304.788	307.767	308.200	1.1	0.1	0.0	0.4	0.1
Cereals and bakery products	1.044	355.752	356.088	359.007	0.9	0.8	-0.1	0.3	1.0
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs	1.741	322.536	332.525	328.743	1.9	-1.1	0.8	0.8	-1.2
Dairy and related products	0.732	268.326	269.643	271.695	1.3	0.8	0.5	0.1	1.0
Fruits and vegetables	1.385	351.952	353.508	355.292	0.9	0.5	-0.2	0.9	0.4
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials	1.016	216.952	219.488	220.672	1.7	0.5	-0.7	0.0	0.4
Other food at home	2.153	272.215	272.658	273.232	0.4	0.2	-0.3	0.2	0.1
Food away from home(1)	5.388	358.824	371.604	372.486	3.8	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.2

Energy	6.627	286.754	275.740	272.807	-4.9	-1.1	-0.8	-1.9	0.0
Energy commodities	3.494	329.191	293.273	288.357	-12.4	-1.7	-0.6	-4.0	-1.0
Fuel oil	0.070	427.572	334.792	338.453	-20.8	1.1	-1.9	-6.0	-4.6
Motor fuel	3.346	322.975	287.876	282.635	-12.5	-1.8	-0.6	-4.0	-0.9
Gasoline (all types)	3.250	320.999	287.102	281.741	-12.2	-1.9	-0.6	-4.1	-0.9
Energy services	3.132	258.236	269.593	268.564	4.0	-0.4	-0.9	0.7	1.0
Electricity	2.479	268.342	282.522	280.470	4.5	-0.7	-0.7	0.7	1.2
Utility (piped) gas service	0.653	222.955	225.366	227.463	2.0	0.9	-1.9	0.7	0.3

All items less food and energy	79.915	311.380	321.109	321.758	3.3	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3
Commodities less food and energy commodities	18.484	166.759	165.534	165.088	-1.0	-0.3	-0.2	0.2	0.0
Apparel	2.633	132.786	135.537	133.179	0.3	-1.7	0.3	1.1	-1.5
New vehicles	3.568	179.446	177.435	177.162	-1.3	-0.2	0.0	0.2	0.0
Used cars and trucks	1.870	184.961	178.072	178.744	-3.4	0.4	-1.0	0.3	2.7
Medical care commodities(1)	1.460	408.965	413.708	412.914	1.0	-0.2	-0.2	-0.7	-0.2
Alcoholic beverages	0.841	288.303	291.683	292.871	1.6	0.4	0.0	0.1	0.4
Tobacco and smoking products(1)	0.554	1,471.019	1,562.356	1,571.120	6.8	0.6	1.2	0.0	0.6
Services less energy services	61.431	402.549	420.286	421.731	4.8	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.3
Shelter	36.538	386.435	404.133	405.287	4.9	0.3	0.5	0.2	0.4
Rent of primary residence	7.703	406.683	423.821	425.381	4.6	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.3
Owners' equivalent rent of residences(2)	27.002	396.881	415.601	417.477	5.2	0.5	0.5	0.3	0.4
Medical care services	6.507	594.974	615.354	617.753	3.8	0.4	-0.1	0.7	0.4
Physicians' services(1)	1.809	409.755	420.170	422.425	3.1	0.5	0.0	0.9	0.5
Hospital services(1)(3)	1.985	401.752	415.293	417.499	3.9	0.5			0.5
Transportation services	6.521	407.526	436.331	440.755	8.2	1.0	0.9	1.4	0.4
Motor vehicle maintenance and repair(1)	1.256	392.861	411.276	415.598	5.8	1.1	0.6	1.0	1.1
Motor vehicle insurance	3.007	759.704	863.292	865.985	14.0	0.3	0.6	1.2	-0.1
Airline fares	0.751	255.480	250.030	265.939	4.1	6.4	3.9	3.2	3.2
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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