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, May 2017 [1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]
Special aggregate indexes Relative
importance
Apr.
2017		 Unadjusted indexes Unadjusted percent change Seasonally adjusted percent change
May
2016		 Apr.
2017		 May
2017		 May
2016-
May
2017		 Apr.
2017-
May
2017		 Feb.
2017-
Mar.
2017		 Mar.
2017-
Apr.
2017		 Apr.
2017-
May
2017

All items less food

 86.343 239.040 243.708 243.906 2.0 0.1 -0.4 0.2 -0.2

All items less shelter

 66.422 224.625 227.223 227.205 1.1 0.0 -0.5 0.1 -0.3

All items less food and shelter

 52.765 218.546 221.301 221.215 1.2 0.0 -0.7 0.1 -0.4

All items less food, shelter, and energy

 45.472 225.684 227.133 226.984 0.6 -0.1 -0.3 -0.1 -0.1

All items less food, shelter, energy, and used cars and trucks

 43.465 230.343 232.396 232.219 0.8 -0.1 -0.3 -0.1 -0.1

All items less medical care

 91.495 229.614 233.531 233.752 1.8 0.1 -0.3 0.2 -0.1

All items less energy

 92.706 246.903 250.662 250.866 1.6 0.1 -0.1 0.1 0.1

Commodities

 36.456 180.590 182.041 181.489 0.5 -0.3 -0.7 0.1 -0.7

Commodities less food, energy, and used cars and trucks

 17.116 146.741 146.909 146.267 -0.3 -0.4 -0.3 -0.1 -0.3

Commodities less food

 22.799 150.438 151.688 150.852 0.3 -0.6 -1.3 0.1 -1.2

Commodities less food and beverages

 21.852 147.244 148.439 147.605 0.2 -0.6 -1.3 0.1 -1.3

Services

 63.544 299.078 306.142 307.084 2.7 0.3 -0.1 0.2 0.2

Services less rent of shelter(1)

 30.308 322.414 327.518 328.654 1.9 0.3 -0.3 0.1 0.1

Services less medical care services

 56.875 284.365 291.018 292.035 2.7 0.3 -0.1 0.2 0.2

Durables

 9.227 108.345 106.397 106.257 -1.9 -0.1 -0.3 -0.4 -0.1

Nondurables

 27.229 216.417 220.132 219.337 1.3 -0.4 -1.0 0.1 -0.8

Nondurables less food

 13.572 189.817 194.939 193.311 1.8 -0.8 -2.1 0.5 -2.0

Nondurables less food and beverages

 12.625 186.549 191.787 190.106 1.9 -0.9 -2.2 0.5 -2.1

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel

 9.489 227.413 235.616 233.953 2.9 -0.7 -2.2 0.8 -2.6

Nondurables less food and apparel

 10.437 227.647 235.364 233.791 2.7 -0.7 -2.0 0.7 -2.4

Housing

 42.559 242.811 249.514 250.376 3.1 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.2

Education and communication(2)

 6.733 138.971 135.781 135.563 -2.5 -0.2 -1.8 -0.3 0.0

Education(2)

 3.163 245.419 251.001 250.959 2.3 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1

Communication(2)

 3.570 79.624 74.834 74.618 -6.3 -0.3 -3.5 -0.6 -0.2

Information and information processing(2)

 3.431 75.789 70.974 70.760 -6.6 -0.3 -3.6 -0.7 -0.2

Information technology, hardware and services(3)

 1.159 7.855 7.698 7.665 -2.4 -0.4 -0.8 0.2 -0.1

Recreation(2)

 5.691 117.512 118.639 118.577 0.9 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.0

Video and audio(2)

 1.889 101.719 104.350 104.603 2.8 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.4

Pets, pet products and services(2)

 0.946 169.985 170.475 170.356 0.2 -0.1 0.0 0.1 -0.1

Photography(2)

 0.087 73.860 75.901 75.394 2.1 -0.7 -0.4 -0.4 -0.7

Food and beverages

 14.605 247.580 249.538 249.749 0.9 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.1

Domestically produced farm food

 6.582 247.735 246.842 246.836 -0.4 0.0 0.7 0.3 0.1

Other services

 11.689 345.756 346.244 346.118 0.1 0.0 -0.9 -0.1 0.1

Apparel less footwear

 2.438 120.703 121.069 119.215 -1.2 -1.5 -1.0 -0.6 -0.9

Fuels and utilities

 4.983 226.197 233.827 236.615 4.6 1.2 -0.3 0.9 0.5

Household energy

 3.809 188.232 194.763 197.732 5.0 1.5 -0.5 1.1 0.5

Medical care

 8.505 461.230 473.582 473.512 2.7 0.0 0.1 -0.2 0.0

Transportation

 15.597 198.613 202.389 202.212 1.8 -0.1 -1.4 0.1 -1.4

Private transportation

 14.456 192.537 196.926 196.549 2.1 -0.2 -1.6 0.1 -1.4

New and used motor vehicles(2)

 6.402 101.239 99.901 99.851 -1.4 -0.1 -0.6 -0.2 -0.1

Utilities and public transportation

 9.778 215.761 215.176 216.927 0.5 0.8 -1.2 0.1 0.1

Household furnishings and operations

 3.998 121.820 121.322 121.234 -0.5 -0.1 0.0 -0.2 -0.1

Other goods and services

 3.175 421.881 432.175 431.911 2.4 -0.1 0.0 1.0 0.0

Personal care

 2.490 224.060 226.557 226.370 1.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.1 0.0

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.

NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

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