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Table 2. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by detailed expenditure
<br />category, August 2018 — Continued
<br />[1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]
<br />Expenditure category
<br />Relative
<br />importance
<br />Jul.
<br />2018
<br />Unadjusted percent
<br />change Seasonally adjusted percent change
<br />Aug.
<br />2017-
<br />Aug.
<br />2018
<br />Jul.
<br />2018-
<br />Aug.
<br />2018
<br />May
<br />2018-
<br />Jun.
<br />2018
<br />Jun.
<br />2018-
<br />Jul.
<br />2018
<br />Jul.
<br />2018-
<br />Aug.
<br />2018
<br />Pet food
<br />1, 2, 3..............................................-0.7 -0.3 0.1 -0.1 -0.3
<br />Purchase of pets, pet supplies, accessories
<br />1, 2, 3.... 1.8 0.3 0.2 -0.1 0.3
<br />Sporting goods..............................................0.497 0.7 -0.9 0.5 0.5 -0.5
<br />Sports vehicles including bicycles
<br />1.....................0.287 3.8 -1.8 0.7 2.2 -1.8
<br />Sports equipment.........................................0.203 -3.1 0.4 0.5 -1.3 0.6
<br />Photographic equipment and supplies...................0.032 -5.5 2.2 -5.7 -0.6 1.0
<br />Film and photographic supplies
<br />1, 2, 3...................
<br />Photographic equipment
<br />2, 3.............................-4.9 1.4 -4.8 -0.4 -0.1
<br />Recreational reading materials
<br />1...........................0.115 4.0 0.2 -0.2 1.7 0.2
<br />Newspapers and magazines
<br />1, 2........................0.070 5.2 0.3 0.2 2.6 0.3
<br />Recreational books
<br />1, 2...................................0.045 2.1 0.0 -0.8 0.3 0.0
<br />Other recreational goods
<br />2..................................0.334 -7.6 -1.2 -0.7 0.1 -1.1
<br />Toys........................................................0.263 -9.3 -1.5 -1.1 0.0 -1.4
<br />Toys, games, hobbies and playground
<br />equipment2,3.........................................-9.4 -1.8 -1.0 0.7 -1.8
<br />Sewing machines, fabric and supplies
<br />1, 2.............0.024 2.5 -1.8 1.8 -0.1 -1.8
<br />Music instruments and accessories
<br />1, 2................0.036 -0.1 1.6 0.1 1.0 1.6
<br />Education and communication commodities
<br />8..............0.545 -3.1 0.0 -0.9 -0.9 0.1
<br />Educational books and supplies..........................0.133 1.0 -1.1 -1.6 0.3 -2.1
<br />College textbooks
<br />1, 3, 11.................................. 0.5 -1.2 -1.3 0.5 -1.2
<br />Information technology commodities
<br />8....................0.413 -4.5 0.3 -0.6 -1.2 0.8
<br />Personal computers and peripheral equipment
<br />4. . . .. 0.309 -4.4 0.9 -0.7 -2.0 1.4
<br />Computer software and accessories
<br />1, 2...............0.024 -3.7 0.1 0.3 1.2 0.1
<br />Telephone hardware, calculators, and other
<br />consumer information items
<br />1, 2.......................0.079 -4.9 -1.6 -0.6 1.0 -1.6
<br />Alcoholic beverages...........................................0.959 1.4 0.0 0.5 -0.1 0.0
<br />Alcoholic beverages at home..............................0.596 1.1 -0.1 0.7 -0.3 -0.1
<br />Beer, ale, and other malt beverages at home........0.264 1.2 -0.1 0.8 -0.3 0.0
<br />Distilled spirits at home..................................0.080 0.4 0.5 -0.1 0.4 0.3
<br />Whiskey at home
<br />1, 3................................... 0.1 0.4 0.8 1.1 0.4
<br />Distilled spirits, excluding whiskey, at home
<br />1, 3.... 0.2 0.5 -0.9 0.4 0.5
<br />Wine at home.............................................0.252 1.1 -0.2 0.7 -0.4 -0.4
<br />Alcoholic beverages away from home
<br />1..................0.364 1.9 0.1 0.4 0.0 0.1
<br />Beer, ale, and other malt beverages away from
<br />home1,2,3............................................... 1.5 -0.1 0.3 0.1 -0.1
<br />Wine away from home
<br />1, 2, 3............................. 3.1 0.8 0.6 0.2 0.8
<br />Distilled spirits away from home
<br />1, 2, 3.................. 1.4 -0.4 0.1 -0.2 -0.4
<br />Other goods
<br />8...................................................1.549 1.1 -0.2 -0.4 0.0 0.0
<br />Tobacco and smoking products...........................0.647 3.3 0.1 -0.4 0.1 0.1
<br />Cigarettes2................................................0.573 3.3 0.0 -0.5 0.1 0.1
<br />Tobacco products other than cigarettes
<br />1, 2...........0.059 4.2 1.0 0.7 0.2 1.0
<br />Personal care products
<br />1....................................0.689 0.4 0.0 -0.4 0.1 0.0
<br />Hair, dental, shaving, and miscellaneous personal
<br />care products
<br />1, 2.......................................0.378 1.3 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.5
<br />Cosmetics, perfume, bath, nail preparations and
<br />implements1............................................0.304 -0.7 -0.5 -0.9 0.1 -0.5
<br />Miscellaneous personal goods
<br />2...........................0.214 -3.3 -1.8 -0.6 -0.4 -0.7
<br />Stationery, stationery supplies, gift wrap
<br />3............. 0.6 -2.6 0.4 0.2 -1.8
<br />Infants’ equipment
<br />1, 3, 5..................................-6.0 0.0 -3.3 -1.2 0.0
<br />Services less energy services..................................59.115 3.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.2
<br />Shelter...........................................................32.811 3.4 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.3
<br />Rent of shelter
<br />12.............................................32.436 3.4 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.3
<br />Rent of primary residence...............................7.786 3.6 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4
<br />Lodging away from home
<br />2..............................1.019 2.4 -1.2 -3.7 0.4 0.6
<br />See footnotes at end of table.
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