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, March 2024 [1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]
Special aggregate indexes	Relative importance Feb. 2024	Unadjusted indexes			Unadjusted percent change		Seasonally adjusted percent change
Special aggregate indexes	Relative importance Feb. 2024	Mar. 2023	Feb. 2024	Mar. 2024	Mar. 2023- Mar. 2024	Feb. 2024- Mar. 2024	Dec. 2023- Jan. 2024	Jan. 2024- Feb. 2024	Feb. 2024- Mar. 2024

All items less food	86.505	298.906	307.628	309.882	3.7	0.7	0.3	0.5	0.4
All items less shelter	63.816	276.610	281.119	283.050	2.3	0.7	0.1	0.5	0.4
All items less food and shelter	50.321	265.706	269.695	271.975	2.4	0.8	0.1	0.6	0.4
All items less food, shelter, and energy	43.573	267.003	272.011	273.345	2.4	0.5	0.2	0.3	0.3
All items less food, shelter, energy, and used cars and trucks	41.653	271.501	277.195	278.554	2.6	0.5	0.4	0.3	0.4
All items less medical care	92.034	289.965	298.395	300.366	3.6	0.7	0.3	0.5	0.4
All items less energy	93.252	306.869	316.361	317.836	3.6	0.5	0.4	0.3	0.3
Commodities	35.887	222.457	222.289	223.766	0.6	0.7	-0.3	0.4	0.1
Commodities less food, energy, and used cars and trucks	16.884	165.102	164.210	164.254	-0.5	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.0
Commodities less food	22.393	180.326	178.043	179.838	-0.3	1.0	-0.7	0.7	0.1
Commodities less food and beverages	21.545	176.732	174.276	176.099	-0.4	1.0	-0.7	0.7	0.1
Services	64.113	379.743	397.225	399.752	5.3	0.6	0.7	0.5	0.5
Services less rent of shelter(1)	28.339	395.158	411.089	414.016	4.8	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.8
Services less medical care services	57.611	363.264	381.276	383.736	5.6	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.6
Durables	10.164	126.227	123.847	123.613	-2.1	-0.2	-0.5	-0.1	-0.2
Nondurables	25.723	272.775	274.730	277.483	1.7	1.0	-0.4	0.5	0.1
Nondurables less food	12.228	232.561	230.623	235.242	1.2	2.0	-1.4	1.0	0.0
Nondurables less food and beverages	11.381	229.467	227.029	231.906	1.1	2.1	-1.5	1.1	0.0
Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel	8.775	294.383	291.019	298.044	1.2	2.4	-1.6	1.1	0.0
Nondurables less food and apparel	9.623	291.794	289.326	295.707	1.3	2.2	-1.5	1.0	-0.1
Housing	45.101	316.514	329.704	331.247	4.7	0.5	0.6	0.4	0.4
Education and communication(2)	5.885	145.481	145.966	145.822	0.2	-0.1	0.4	0.4	0.0
Education(2)	2.472	288.260	295.488	295.297	2.4	-0.1	0.3	0.4	0.2
Communication(2)	3.412	75.748	74.967	74.874	-1.2	-0.1	0.5	0.5	-0.1
Information and information processing(2)	3.345	71.336	70.539	70.450	-1.2	-0.1	0.5	0.4	-0.1
Information technology, hardware and services(3)	1.786	7.147	7.100	7.093	-0.8	-0.1	1.0	0.8	-0.1
Recreation(2)	5.303	135.693	138.322	138.183	1.8	-0.1	0.5	0.2	-0.1
Video and audio(2)	1.202	116.021	118.019	118.983	2.6	0.8	0.6	0.6	0.6
Pets, pet products and services(2)	1.051	215.341	221.316	223.518	3.8	1.0	0.4	0.3	1.0
Photography(2)	0.076	84.322	87.048	87.117	3.3	0.1	1.1	-1.8	0.1
Food and beverages	14.342	318.338	325.190	325.491	2.2	0.1	0.4	0.0	0.1
Domestically produced farm food	6.765	312.069	315.828	315.615	1.1	-0.1	0.5	0.1	-0.1
Other services	9.797	401.293	412.674	413.562	3.1	0.2	0.5	0.3	0.2
Apparel less footwear	2.065	125.205	123.686	125.399	0.2	1.4	-0.6	0.3	0.7
Fuels and utilities	4.423	304.032	314.229	314.168	3.3	0.0	1.2	0.7	0.5
Household energy	3.329	256.705	263.961	263.767	2.8	-0.1	1.2	0.8	0.6
Medical care	7.966	547.805	557.236	559.935	2.2	0.5	0.5	0.0	0.5
Transportation	15.910	261.969	266.638	272.485	4.0	2.2	-0.6	1.4	0.8
Private transportation	14.798	260.495	265.965	272.008	4.4	2.3	-0.8	1.3	0.9
New and used motor vehicles(2)	6.285	126.280	124.762	125.250	-0.8	0.4	-1.4	0.6	-0.2
Utilities and public transportation	7.710	255.430	259.117	259.761	1.7	0.2	1.0	0.7	0.4
Household furnishings and operations	4.494	149.230	147.915	148.038	-0.8	0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.1
Other goods and services	2.888	528.811	551.150	553.666	4.7	0.5	0.5	-0.3	0.4
Personal care	2.347	269.047	279.122	280.425	4.2	0.5	0.6	-0.5	0.4
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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