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, February 2019 [1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]
Special aggregate indexes Relative
importance
Jan.
2019		 Unadjusted indexes Unadjusted percent change Seasonally adjusted percent change
Feb.
2018		 Jan.
2019		 Feb.
2019		 Feb.
2018-
Feb.
2019		 Jan.
2019-
Feb.
2019		 Nov.
2018-
Dec.
2018		 Dec.
2018-
Jan.
2019		 Jan.
2019-
Feb.
2019

All items less food

 86.621 248.469 250.974 252.077 1.5 0.4 -0.1 -0.1 0.1

All items less shelter

 66.693 230.358 230.765 231.792 0.6 0.4 -0.1 -0.2 0.1

All items less food and shelter

 53.314 224.545 224.129 225.199 0.3 0.5 -0.3 -0.3 0.0

All items less food, shelter, and energy

 46.171 229.090 230.902 231.788 1.2 0.4 0.1 0.2 -0.1

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

 43.772 234.707 236.570 237.480 1.2 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.0

All items less medical care

 91.285 237.767 240.270 241.335 1.5 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.2

All items less energy

 92.857 254.555 258.855 259.817 2.1 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.2

Commodities

 36.733 183.385 181.815 183.001 -0.2 0.7 -0.5 -0.3 0.2

Commodities less food, energy, and used cars and trucks

 17.210 145.851 145.104 145.854 0.0 0.5 0.1 0.4 -0.1

Commodities less food

 23.354 152.487 149.079 150.341 -1.4 0.8 -1.0 -0.6 0.1

Commodities less food and beverages

 22.381 149.182 145.620 146.883 -1.5 0.9 -1.1 -0.6 0.1

Services

 63.267 313.608 320.695 321.623 2.6 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.1

Services less rent of shelter(1)

 30.335 334.488 339.422 340.062 1.7 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.0

Services less medical care services

 56.263 298.306 305.131 305.981 2.6 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.2

Durables

 9.995 104.626 104.808 105.042 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.2 -0.1

Nondurables

 26.738 223.624 220.860 222.655 -0.4 0.8 -0.8 -0.8 0.6

Nondurables less food

 13.359 199.039 191.151 193.659 -2.7 1.3 -1.8 -1.4 0.5

Nondurables less food and beverages

 12.386 195.966 187.418 190.018 -3.0 1.4 -1.9 -1.5 0.6

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel

 9.386 243.516 232.074 234.377 -3.8 1.0 -2.5 -2.3 0.6

Nondurables less food and apparel

 10.359 242.772 232.683 234.854 -3.3 0.9 -2.3 -2.1 0.5

Housing

 42.271 255.713 262.284 263.057 2.9 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2

Education and communication(2)

 6.588 136.327 137.055 137.168 0.6 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2

Education(2)

 3.048 256.291 263.125 263.620 2.9 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3

Communication(2)

 3.540 74.015 73.103 73.097 -1.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Information and information processing(2)

 3.430 70.117 69.184 69.100 -1.5 -0.1 0.0 0.0 -0.1

Information technology, hardware and services(3)

 1.200 7.474 7.457 7.436 -0.5 -0.3 0.3 0.0 -0.1

Recreation(2)

 5.710 119.093 120.265 120.306 1.0 0.0 0.5 0.3 -0.4

Video and audio(2)

 1.826 104.650 104.478 105.000 0.3 0.5 0.1 0.5 -0.3

Pets, pet products and services(2)

 1.025 170.706 174.918 176.081 3.1 0.7 0.3 0.5 0.6

Photography(2)

 0.073 74.383 73.672 73.073 -1.8 -0.8 -0.4 -0.3 -1.1

Food and beverages

 14.352 252.076 256.185 256.997 2.0 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.4

Domestically produced farm food

 6.099 247.369 248.889 249.510 0.9 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.3

Other services

 11.605 350.392 356.039 356.916 1.9 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1

Apparel less footwear

 2.331 120.049 114.946 118.417 -1.4 3.0 0.0 0.7 0.4

Fuels and utilities

 4.678 240.938 242.374 241.549 0.3 -0.3 0.9 -0.6 -0.5

Household energy

 3.582 200.993 200.575 199.581 -0.7 -0.5 1.0 -0.6 -0.6

Medical care

 8.715 482.897 490.204 491.227 1.7 0.2 0.3 0.2 -0.2

Transportation

 16.160 207.359 202.570 204.236 -1.5 0.8 -1.5 -1.3 0.1

Private transportation

 15.051 202.935 198.551 199.920 -1.5 0.7 -1.6 -1.3 0.1

New and used motor vehicles(2)

 7.020 99.010 99.548 99.491 0.5 -0.1 -0.1 0.1 -0.6

Utilities and public transportation

 9.345 217.061 216.114 216.505 -0.3 0.2 0.3 -0.3 0.0

Household furnishings and operations

 4.286 121.376 123.334 123.750 2.0 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.1

Other goods and services

 3.205 438.306 446.000 448.150 2.2 0.5 0.0 0.2 0.5

Personal care

 2.543 229.218 232.227 233.515 1.9 0.6 -0.1 0.2 0.6

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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