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 2023 [1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]
Expenditure category	Relative importance Sep. 2023	Unadjusted indexes			Unadjusted percent change		Seasonally adjusted percent change
Expenditure category	Relative importance Sep. 2023	Oct. 2022	Sep. 2023	Oct. 2023	Oct. 2022- Oct. 2023	Sep. 2023- Oct. 2023	Jul. 2023- Aug. 2023	Aug. 2023- Sep. 2023	Sep. 2023- Oct. 2023
All items	100.000	298.012	307.789	307.671	3.2	0.0	0.6	0.4	0.0
Food	13.372	315.323	324.704	325.731	3.3	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.3
Food at home	8.552	298.401	303.925	304.788	2.1	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.3
Cereals and bakery products	1.157	341.492	355.576	355.752	4.2	0.0	0.5	-0.4	0.2
Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs	1.780	321.271	320.140	322.536	0.4	0.7	0.8	0.5	0.7
Dairy and related products	0.780	269.355	268.377	268.326	-0.4	0.0	-0.4	0.1	0.3
Fruits and vegetables	1.466	348.021	351.020	351.952	1.1	0.3	-0.2	0.0	0.0
Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials	1.033	210.121	216.736	216.952	3.3	0.1	-0.2	0.0	-0.1
Other food at home	2.337	262.814	271.561	272.215	3.6	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3
Food away from home(1)	4.820	340.532	357.488	358.824	5.4	0.4	0.3	0.4	0.4

Energy	7.185	300.359	296.004	286.754	-4.5	-3.1	5.6	1.5	-2.5
Energy commodities	3.915	351.065	346.212	329.191	-6.2	-4.9	10.5	2.3	-4.9
Fuel oil(1)	0.136	543.915	431.201	427.572	-21.4	-0.8	9.1	8.5	-0.8
Motor fuel	3.722	341.954	340.600	322.975	-5.6	-5.2	10.7	2.2	-4.9
Gasoline (all types)	3.628	339.017	338.893	320.999	-5.3	-5.3	10.6	2.1	-5.0
Energy services	3.270	264.188	260.791	258.236	-2.3	-1.0	0.2	0.6	0.5
Electricity	2.562	262.100	272.401	268.342	2.4	-1.5	0.2	1.3	0.3
Utility (piped) gas service	0.709	264.774	221.045	222.955	-15.8	0.9	0.1	-1.9	1.2

All items less food and energy	79.443	299.315	310.817	311.380	4.0	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.2
Commodities less food and energy commodities	20.954	166.601	167.141	166.759	0.1	-0.2	-0.1	-0.4	-0.1
Apparel	2.555	129.414	133.157	132.786	2.6	-0.3	0.2	-0.8	0.1
New vehicles	4.237	176.157	179.750	179.446	1.9	-0.2	0.3	0.3	-0.1
Used cars and trucks	2.556	199.176	187.587	184.961	-7.1	-1.4	-1.2	-2.5	-0.8
Medical care commodities(1)	1.458	390.614	407.250	408.965	4.7	0.4	0.6	-0.3	0.4
Alcoholic beverages	0.834	278.009	287.496	288.303	3.7	0.3	0.0	0.8	0.2
Tobacco and smoking products(1)	0.498	1,371.864	1,443.712	1,471.019	7.2	1.9	0.6	0.2	1.9
Services less energy services	58.489	381.580	401.234	402.549	5.5	0.3	0.4	0.6	0.3
Shelter	34.863	362.093	385.433	386.435	6.7	0.3	0.3	0.6	0.3
Rent of primary residence	7.614	379.436	404.487	406.683	7.2	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5
Owners' equivalent rent of residences(2)	25.696	371.450	395.039	396.881	6.8	0.5	0.4	0.6	0.4
Medical care services	6.324	606.839	593.777	594.974	-2.0	0.2	0.1	0.3	0.3
Physicians' services(1)	1.782	414.897	413.966	409.755	-1.2	-1.0	0.1	0.0	-1.0
Hospital services(1)(3)	1.941		397.531	401.752		1.1	0.7	1.5	1.1
Transportation services	5.966	373.098	402.021	407.526	9.2	1.4	2.0	0.7	0.8
Motor vehicle maintenance and repair(1)	1.138	358.597	392.222	392.861	9.6	0.2	1.1	0.2	0.2
Motor vehicle insurance	2.770	637.103	742.292	759.704	19.2	2.3	2.4	1.3	1.9
Airline fares	0.519	294.340	246.151	255.480	-13.2	3.8	4.9	0.3	-0.9
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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