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, August 2023 [1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]
Special aggregate indexes	Relative importance Jul. 2023	Unadjusted indexes			Unadjusted percent change		Seasonally adjusted percent change
Special aggregate indexes	Relative importance Jul. 2023	Aug. 2022	Jul. 2023	Aug. 2023	Aug. 2022- Aug. 2023	Jul. 2023- Aug. 2023	May 2023- Jun. 2023	Jun. 2023- Jul. 2023	Jul. 2023- Aug. 2023

All items less food	86.585	293.893	302.932	304.376	3.6	0.5	0.2	0.2	0.7
All items less shelter	65.190	275.409	279.181	280.663	1.9	0.5	0.1	0.0	0.8
All items less food and shelter	51.775	266.417	268.245	269.913	1.3	0.6	0.1	0.0	1.0
All items less food, shelter, and energy	44.813	263.732	269.102	269.642	2.2	0.2	0.0	-0.1	0.3
All items less food, shelter, energy, and used cars and trucks	42.048	264.767	272.288	273.124	3.2	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.4
All items less medical care	92.189	283.794	294.037	295.367	4.1	0.5	0.2	0.2	0.7
All items less energy	93.039	298.346	310.611	311.293	4.3	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.3
Commodities	38.304	223.891	224.698	226.161	1.0	0.7	0.1	-0.1	1.0
Commodities less food, energy, and used cars and trucks	18.442	161.371	164.254	164.620	2.0	0.2	0.0	-0.2	0.1
Commodities less food	24.889	185.295	182.317	183.968	-0.7	0.9	0.1	-0.2	1.4
Commodities less food and beverages	24.055	181.945	178.686	180.354	-0.9	0.9	0.1	-0.3	1.5
Services	61.696	366.622	385.231	386.400	5.4	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.4
Services less rent of shelter(1)	27.255	387.748	398.407	399.835	3.1	0.4	0.2	0.2	0.5
Services less medical care services	55.349	348.484	369.411	370.583	6.3	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.4
Durables	12.513	130.123	128.029	127.556	-2.0	-0.4	-0.3	-0.3	-0.3
Nondurables	25.791	271.395	274.970	278.122	2.5	1.1	-0.1	0.2	1.8
Nondurables less food	12.376	238.068	234.370	239.516	0.6	2.2	0.5	-0.2	3.4
Nondurables less food and beverages	11.542	235.747	231.206	236.633	0.4	2.3	0.5	-0.2	3.7
Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel	9.046	308.244	299.782	307.421	-0.3	2.5	0.5	-0.3	4.6
Nondurables less food and apparel	9.880	303.708	296.954	303.906	0.1	2.3	0.4	-0.2	4.2
Housing	44.530	304.506	321.087	321.894	5.7	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.3
Education and communication(2)	5.675	143.687	144.919	145.174	1.0	0.2	-0.2	0.0	0.0
Education(2)	2.230	283.882	290.069	292.014	2.9	0.7	0.1	0.3	0.1
Communication(2)	3.445	74.977	74.966	74.858	-0.2	-0.1	-0.5	-0.1	-0.1
Information and information processing(2)	3.373	70.703	70.609	70.510	-0.3	-0.1	-0.5	-0.1	-0.1
Information technology, hardware and services(3)	1.765	7.183	7.112	7.104	-1.1	-0.1	0.2	-0.3	-0.1
Recreation(2)	5.355	131.437	136.401	136.102	3.5	-0.2	0.1	0.1	-0.2
Video and audio(2)	1.271	112.544	116.390	116.650	3.6	0.2	-0.1	0.1	0.2
Pets, pet products and services(2)	1.229	204.246	219.611	217.646	6.6	-0.9	0.0	0.1	-0.8
Photography(2)	0.060	82.424	83.885	83.933	1.8	0.1	0.3	-1.2	-0.3
Food and beverages	14.249	308.550	321.020	321.578	4.2	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.2
Domestically produced farm food	7.190	305.505	314.057	314.167	2.8	0.0	-0.1	0.5	0.0
Other services	9.377	388.767	404.540	405.504	4.3	0.2	0.0	0.4	0.1
Apparel less footwear	2.000	118.305	121.207	123.008	4.0	1.5	0.4	0.2	0.0
Fuels and utilities	4.517	309.739	304.077	305.887	-1.2	0.6	0.3	0.2	0.6
Household energy	3.452	265.453	255.436	256.889	-3.2	0.6	0.3	0.1	0.6
Medical care	7.811	553.429	546.698	548.082	-1.0	0.3	0.0	-0.2	0.2
Transportation	17.185	270.334	270.602	274.220	1.4	1.3	0.2	-0.1	2.6
Private transportation	16.453	269.389	270.609	274.660	2.0	1.5	0.5	0.2	2.6
New and used motor vehicles(2)	8.148	131.226	130.469	129.864	-1.0	-0.5	-0.1	-0.5	-0.2
Utilities and public transportation	7.568	254.797	253.149	253.166	-0.6	0.0	-0.6	0.0	0.6
Household furnishings and operations	5.203	145.110	148.453	148.295	2.2	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	0.2
Other goods and services	2.699	510.892	537.926	540.270	5.8	0.4	0.2	0.1	0.4
Personal care	2.201	259.954	273.964	275.026	5.8	0.4	0.2	0.0	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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