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, October 2015
[1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]
Special aggregate indexes Relative
importance
Sep.
2015		 Unadjusted indexes Unadjusted percent change Seasonally adjusted percent change
Oct.
2014		 Sep.
2015		 Oct.
2015		 Oct.
2014-
Oct.
2015		 Sep.
2015-
Oct.
2015		 Jul.
2015-
Aug.
2015		 Aug.
2015-
Sep.
2015		 Sep.
2015-
Oct.
2015

All items less food

 85.779 236.240 236.287 236.097 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1 -0.2 0.2

All items less shelter

 66.868 226.273 223.824 223.404 -1.3 -0.2 -0.2 -0.4 0.2

All items less food and shelter

 52.647 221.243 217.403 216.785 -2.0 -0.3 -0.3 -0.6 0.2

All items less food, shelter, and energy

 45.030 221.016 222.600 223.194 1.0 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.2

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

 43.388 225.411 227.051 227.837 1.1 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.2

All items less medical care

 92.255 227.756 227.849 227.620 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1 -0.2 0.2

All items less energy

 92.383 239.603 243.466 244.059 1.9 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2

Commodities

 37.369 187.760 181.868 181.306 -3.4 -0.3 -0.4 -0.8 0.0

Commodities less food, energy, and used cars and trucks

 17.691 148.212 147.011 147.264 -0.6 0.2 0.0 0.0 -0.1

Commodities less food

 23.148 161.160 151.914 150.998 -6.3 -0.6 -0.8 -1.5 0.0

Commodities less food and beverages

 22.145 158.356 148.851 147.873 -6.6 -0.7 -0.9 -1.6 -0.1

Services

 62.631 286.672 293.351 293.683 2.4 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3

Services less rent of shelter(1)

 29.873 311.888 317.052 316.949 1.6 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.4

Services less medical care services

 56.664 273.006 279.393 279.509 2.4 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.3

Durables

 8.869 109.811 108.948 108.500 -1.2 -0.4 -0.3 0.1 -0.2

Nondurables

 28.501 226.710 217.988 217.382 -4.1 -0.3 -0.5 -1.3 0.3

Nondurables less food

 14.280 209.901 191.911 190.523 -9.2 -0.7 -1.2 -2.7 0.3

Nondurables less food and beverages

 13.276 208.087 188.960 187.410 -9.9 -0.8 -1.3 -2.9 0.3

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel

 9.854 260.241 230.889 227.771 -12.5 -1.4 -1.9 -3.8 0.4

Nondurables less food and apparel

 10.858 256.988 230.504 227.800 -11.4 -1.2 -1.7 -3.5 0.5

Housing

 42.504 234.434 239.651 239.395 2.1 -0.1 0.2 0.3 0.2

Education and communication(2)

 7.055 138.008 139.092 139.344 1.0 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.3

Education(2)

 3.396 235.920 244.351 244.700 3.7 0.1 -0.1 0.3 0.4

Communication(2)

 3.658 81.389 80.028 80.202 -1.5 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2

Information and information processing(2)

 3.516 77.544 76.195 76.373 -1.5 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2

Information technology, hardware and services(3)

 1.082 8.299 7.929 7.959 -4.1 0.4 -0.8 0.4 0.4

Recreation(2)

 5.731 115.394 116.024 116.100 0.6 0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.2

Video and audio(2)

 1.833 99.557 99.289 99.495 -0.1 0.2 -0.2 0.1 0.5

Pets, pet products and services(2)

 1.050 166.403 167.930 168.000 1.0 0.0 0.2 0.5 0.1

Photography(2)

 0.118 77.776 75.550 75.728 -2.6 0.2 -0.8 0.5 1.0

Food and beverages

 15.225 244.775 248.090 248.575 1.6 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.2

Domestically produced farm food

 7.031 250.810 252.470 252.858 0.8 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.2

Other services

 12.017 335.636 341.386 342.079 1.9 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.3

Apparel less footwear

 2.692 125.154 121.444 122.436 -2.2 0.8 0.3 -0.1 -0.9

Fuels and utilities

 5.232 232.192 232.417 226.784 -2.3 -2.4 0.3 -0.2 0.2

Household energy

 3.987 198.754 196.580 190.269 -4.3 -3.2 0.2 -0.5 0.2

Medical care

 7.745 437.027 447.289 450.065 3.0 0.6 0.0 0.2 0.7

Transportation

 14.923 212.626 197.593 195.858 -7.9 -0.9 -1.3 -2.3 0.1

Private transportation

 13.841 207.737 192.689 190.464 -8.3 -1.2 -1.2 -2.5 0.0

New and used motor vehicles(2)

 5.710 100.574 100.702 100.134 -0.4 -0.6 -0.2 -0.2 -0.2

Utilities and public transportation

 10.030 215.130 215.521 213.590 -0.7 -0.9 0.2 0.0 0.3

Household furnishings and operations

 4.140 123.194 122.406 122.422 -0.6 0.0 -0.3 0.3 -0.1

Other goods and services

 3.396 410.325 416.340 417.968 1.9 0.4 0.1 0.2 0.5

Personal care

 2.670 219.074 221.315 222.252 1.5 0.4 0.0 0.3 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.

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

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