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Table 2. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by detailed expenditure category, August 2018 — Continued [1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted] Expenditure category Relative importance Jul. 2018 Unadjusted percent change Seasonally adjusted percent change Aug. 2017- Aug. 2018 Jul. 2018- Aug. 2018 May 2018- Jun. 2018 Jun. 2018- Jul. 2018 Jul. 2018- Aug. 2018 Video discs and other media 1, 2, 3................-3.9 -3.9 -2.5 -0.9 -3.9 Rental of video discs and other media 1, 2, 3..... 3.4 0.1 -0.2 0.4 0.1 Pet services including veterinary 2......................0.411 2.1 -0.2 0.3 0.1 -0.1 Pet services 1, 2, 3....................................... 1.2 -0.7 0.1 -1.2 -0.7 Veterinarian services 2, 3............................... 2.2 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.1 Photographers and photo processing 1, 2..............0.038 -1.1 0.7 0.2 -0.1 0.7 Photographer fees 1, 2, 3............................... 0.8 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 Photo processing 1, 2, 3.................................-6.1 1.6 0.5 -0.1 1.6 Other recreation services 2...............................1.813 1.7 -0.4 0.8 0.2 -0.3 Club membership for shopping clubs, fraternal, or other organizations, or participant sports fees1, 2................................................0.664 2.3 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.5 Admissions.............................................0.664 1.2 -1.5 1.8 0.3 -1.4 Admission to movies, theaters, and concerts1,2,3...................................... 1.3 -0.7 1.0 0.3 -0.7 Admission to sporting events 1, 2, 3................ 3.1 -1.1 2.9 -0.3 -1.1 Fees for lessons or instructions 1, 6..................0.214 1.7 -0.2 -0.1 -0.3 -0.2 Education and communication services 8.................6.021 1.6 0.5 0.3 0.4 0.2 Tuition, other school fees, and childcare..............2.847 2.8 1.3 0.3 0.3 0.7 College tuition and fees...............................1.576 2.7 1.4 0.3 0.5 0.5 Elementary and high school tuition and fees...... 0.327 4.8 2.0 0.4 0.6 1.1 Child care and nursery school 9......................0.794 2.0 0.9 0.4 -0.2 0.7 Technical and business school tuition and fees 2... 0.032 2.3 0.4 0.2 0.7 0.0 Postage and delivery services 2.........................0.108 2.5 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.2 Postage.................................................0.094 2.0 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.2 Delivery services 2......................................0.014 7.2 0.1 0.4 0.8 0.2 Telephone services 1, 2...................................2.277 0.4 -0.4 0.0 0.1 -0.4 Wireless telephone services 1, 2......................1.704 0.2 -0.4 0.0 0.0 -0.4 Land-line telephone services 1, 8.....................0.573 1.1 -0.2 0.3 0.6 -0.2 Internet services and electronic information providers2...............................................0.781 0.7 -0.2 1.3 1.3 0.0 Other personal services 1, 8.................................1.632 3.3 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.1 Personal care services 1.................................0.624 2.4 -0.1 0.8 0.1 -0.1 Haircuts and other personal care services 1, 2...... 0.624 2.4 -0.1 0.8 0.1 -0.1 Miscellaneous personal services.......................1.007 3.8 0.2 -0.1 0.2 0.2 Legal services 1, 6......................................0.304 4.3 0.0 0.0 -0.1 0.0 Funeral expenses 1, 6..................................0.127 1.9 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 Laundry and dry cleaning services 1, 2...............0.237 2.6 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.3 Apparel services other than laundry and dry cleaning1,2...........................................0.028 2.1 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.7 Financial services 6.....................................0.240 5.5 0.1 -0.4 0.2 0.4 Checking account and other bank services1, 2, 3......................................10.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 Tax return preparation and other accounting fees2,3.............................................. 5.9 -0.2 0.0 0.6 0.2 1 Not seasonally adjusted. 2 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. 3 Special index based on a substantially smaller sample. 4 Indexes on a December 2007=100 base. 5 Indexes on a December 2005=100 base. 6 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base. 7 Indexes on a December 1993=100 base. 8 Indexes on a December 2009=100 base. 9 Indexes on a December 1990=100 base. 10 Indexes on a December 1983=100 base. 11 Indexes on a December 2001=100 base.