Table 7. Chained Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (C-CPI-U): U.S. city average, by
 expenditure category and commodity and service group

 (December 1999=100, unless otherwise noted)
                                                                                                  
                                                                                                  
                                                                                    Unadjusted    
                                                 Relative       Unadjusted      percent change to 
                                               importance,       indexes         Mar. 2008 from-  
                    C-CPI-U                     December                                          
                                                2005-2006                                         
                                                              Feb.      Mar.      Mar.      Feb.  
                                                              2008      2008      2007      2008  
                                                                                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                  
             Expenditure category                                                                 
                                                                                                  
 All items....................................    100.000   122.251   123.204       3.6       0.8 
                                                                                                  
  Food and beverages..........................     14.726   123.139   123.256       4.2       0.1 
   Food.......................................     13.648   123.160   123.270       4.3       0.1 
    Food at home..............................      7.557   120.290   120.183       4.4      -0.1 
    Food away from home.......................      6.091   126.964   127.358       4.1       0.3 
   Alcoholic beverages........................      1.077   123.233   123.446       3.7       0.2 
                                                                                                  
  Housing.....................................     42.421   126.688   127.457       2.8       0.6 
   Shelter....................................     32.409   129.138   129.764       2.9       0.5 
   Fuels and utilities........................      5.004   151.681   154.075       5.8       1.6 
   Household furnishings and operations.......      5.008    95.553    95.972      -0.6       0.4 
                                                                                                  
  Apparel.....................................      3.988    87.846    90.179      -1.7       2.7 
                                                                                                  
  Transportation..............................     17.393   126.754   129.370       7.6       2.1 
   Private transportation.....................     16.285   127.677   130.233       7.6       2.0 
   Public transportation......................      1.108   116.081   119.552       7.9       3.0 
                                                                                                  
  Medical care................................      6.085   141.042   141.366       4.3       0.2 
   Medical care commodities...................      1.615   125.545   126.044       3.6       0.4 
   Medical care services......................      4.470   146.791   147.039       4.6       0.2 
                                                                                                  
  Recreation..................................      5.935   105.181   105.420       0.3       0.2 
                                                                                                  
  Education and communication.................      6.196   106.297   106.344       2.1       0.0 
   Education..................................      2.771   164.408   164.357       5.4       0.0 
   Communication..............................      3.425    73.460    73.537      -0.5       0.1 
                                                                                                  
  Other goods and services....................      3.257   126.540   127.144       3.0       0.5 
                                                                                                  
          Commodity and service group                                                             
                                                                                                  
 Services.....................................     58.427   130.502   131.158       3.2       0.5 
 Commodities..................................     41.573   111.962   113.271       4.1       1.2 
  Durables....................................     11.817    84.059    83.997      -1.6      -0.1 
 Nondurables..................................     29.756   126.500   128.610       6.4       1.7 
  All items less food and energy..............     77.561   116.594   117.121       2.1       0.5 
 Energy.......................................      8.790   186.798   195.823      16.5       4.8 

 Indexes for 2008 are initial estimates.  Indexes for 2007 are interim adjustments.
 NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.