Table 3. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U. S. city average, special aggregate indexes

Table 3. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, special aggregate indexes, December 2021 [1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]
Special aggregate indexes	Relative importance Nov. 2021	Unadjusted indexes			Unadjusted percent change		Seasonally adjusted percent change
Special aggregate indexes	Relative importance Nov. 2021	Dec. 2020	Nov. 2021	Dec. 2021	Dec. 2020- Dec. 2021	Nov. 2021- Dec. 2021	Sep. 2021- Oct. 2021	Oct. 2021- Nov. 2021	Nov. 2021- Dec. 2021

All items less food	86.010	258.959	276.747	277.506	7.2	0.3	0.9	0.8	0.5
All items less shelter	67.607	237.289	256.714	257.431	8.5	0.3	1.2	0.9	0.5
All items less food and shelter	53.617	229.010	249.264	249.810	9.1	0.2	1.2	1.0	0.5
All items less food, shelter, and energy	46.075	236.831	250.894	251.992	6.4	0.4	0.7	0.6	0.6
All items less food, shelter, energy, and used cars and trucks	42.656	241.759	252.043	252.533	4.5	0.2	0.6	0.4	0.4
All items less medical care	91.526	248.096	265.889	266.729	7.5	0.3	1.0	0.8	0.5
All items less energy	92.458	268.613	282.397	283.593	5.6	0.4	0.6	0.6	0.5
Commodities	39.062	186.063	207.708	208.602	12.1	0.4	1.5	1.4	0.8
Commodities less food, energy, and used cars and trucks	17.349	144.915	153.738	154.329	6.5	0.4	0.8	0.6	0.8
Commodities less food	25.072	149.989	172.817	173.484	15.7	0.4	1.9	1.8	0.9
Commodities less food and beverages	24.079	146.342	169.510	170.179	16.3	0.4	2.0	1.8	0.9
Services	60.938	334.030	346.637	347.429	4.0	0.2	0.6	0.4	0.3
Services less rent of shelter(1)	28.885	350.968	364.091	364.361	3.8	0.1	0.6	0.2	0.1
Services less medical care services	53.951	316.606	329.178	329.918	4.2	0.2	0.5	0.3	0.3
Durables	11.776	107.691	123.678	125.747	16.8	1.7	1.4	1.6	1.8
Nondurables	27.286	225.432	248.656	248.393	10.2	-0.1	1.3	1.1	0.9
Nondurables less food	13.296	188.305	217.593	215.952	14.7	-0.8	1.9	1.6	0.6
Nondurables less food and beverages	12.303	183.826	214.693	212.913	15.8	-0.8	2.1	1.8	0.6
Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel	9.634	231.006	276.857	274.750	18.9	-0.8	2.6	1.7	0.5
Nondurables less food and apparel	10.627	232.599	274.322	272.474	17.1	-0.7	2.3	1.6	0.6
Housing	41.552	273.684	286.308	287.511	5.1	0.4	0.7	0.5	0.4
Education and communication(2)	6.487	141.549	143.884	143.844	1.6	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
Education(2)	2.901	272.437	278.097	277.904	2.0	-0.1	0.2	0.2	0.1
Communication(2)	3.586	75.311	76.294	76.298	1.3	0.0	0.1	-0.2	0.0
Information and information processing(2)	3.474	71.171	71.974	71.986	1.1	0.0	0.0	-0.3	0.0
Information technology, hardware and services(3)	1.237	7.288	7.420	7.427	1.9	0.1	-0.2	-0.7	0.0
Recreation(2)	5.621	122.692	126.952	126.695	3.3	-0.2	0.7	-0.2	-0.2
Video and audio(2)	1.483	108.207	111.366	110.531	2.1	-0.7	-0.1	-0.2	-0.8
Pets, pet products and services(2)	1.152	181.066	186.695	188.497	4.1	1.0	0.2	0.2	1.0
Photography(2)	0.070	74.997	78.763	77.661	3.6	-1.4	0.1	1.2	-0.4
Food and beverages	14.983	269.383	284.168	285.556	6.0	0.5	0.8	0.7	0.5
Domestically produced farm food	6.459	259.404	275.508	276.523	6.6	0.4	1.1	0.4	0.4
Other services	11.308	371.076	380.326	380.714	2.6	0.1	0.5	-0.1	0.1
Apparel less footwear	2.027	106.018	113.600	112.104	5.7	-1.3	0.1	1.5	1.8
Fuels and utilities	4.497	247.236	270.444	270.831	9.5	0.1	2.6	0.3	-0.1
Household energy	3.427	202.017	225.221	225.435	11.6	0.1	3.3	0.4	-0.3
Medical care	8.474	518.766	528.877	530.026	2.2	0.2	0.5	0.2	0.3
Transportation	17.137	203.560	245.532	246.499	21.1	0.4	2.4	2.5	0.8
Private transportation	16.061	201.523	245.735	246.999	22.6	0.5	2.6	2.4	0.7
New and used motor vehicles(2)	8.363	103.242	122.436	124.853	20.9	2.0	1.8	1.8	1.8
Utilities and public transportation	8.775	220.601	231.880	231.516	4.9	-0.2	1.2	0.4	0.2
Household furnishings and operations	4.662	127.367	135.345	136.787	7.4	1.1	0.8	0.8	1.1
Other goods and services	3.077	466.332	484.683	487.131	4.5	0.5	0.8	0.2	0.5
Personal care	2.460	239.497	246.445	247.561	3.4	0.5	0.6	0.1	0.5
Footnotes (1) Indexes on a December 1982=100 base. (2) Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. (3) Indexes on a December 1988=100 base.

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