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Table 6. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category,
<br />August 2018, 1-month analysis table — Continued
<br />[1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]
<br />Expenditure category
<br />Relative
<br />importance
<br />Jul.
<br />2018
<br />One Month
<br />Seasonally
<br />adjusted
<br />percent
<br />change
<br />Jul. 2018-
<br />Aug. 2018
<br />Seasonally
<br />adjusted
<br />effect on All
<br />Items
<br />Jul. 2018-
<br />Aug. 2018
<br />1
<br />Standard
<br />error,
<br />median
<br />price
<br />change2
<br />Largest (L) or Smallest (S)
<br />seasonally adjusted
<br />change since:
<br />3
<br />Date Percent
<br />change
<br />Other video equipment
<br />5.................................0.027 1.0 0.000 0.85 L-Apr.2018 1.2
<br />Audio equipment
<br />4........................................0.044 -2.3 -0.001 0.71 S-Feb.2018 -3.1
<br />Recorded music and music subscriptions
<br />4, 5.........0.050 -0.6 0.000 0.85 S-May 2018 -0.9
<br />Pets and pet products
<br />4..................................... 0.599 -0.1 0.000 0.23 – –
<br />Pet food
<br />4, 5, 6..............................................-0.3 0.31 S-Nov.2017 -1.0
<br />Purchase of pets, pet supplies, accessories
<br />4, 5, 6.... 0.3 0.39 L-May 2018 0.6
<br />Sporting goods.............................................. 0.497 -0.5 -0.002 0.29 S-May 2018 -0.8
<br />Sports vehicles including bicycles
<br />4.....................0.287 -1.8 -0.005 0.34 S-May 2018 -1.8
<br />Sports equipment.........................................0.203 0.6 0.001 0.47 L-Dec.2015 0.6
<br />Photographic equipment and supplies...................0.032 1.0 0.000 0.66 L-Apr.2018 1.0
<br />Film and photographic supplies
<br />4, 5, 6...................
<br />Photographic equipment
<br />5, 6.............................-0.1 0.69 L-Apr.2018 1.0
<br />Recreational reading materials
<br />4...........................0.115 0.2 0.000 0.64 S-Jun.2018 -0.2
<br />Newspapers and magazines
<br />4, 5........................0.070 0.3 0.000 0.95 S-Jun.2018 0.2
<br />Recreational books
<br />4, 5...................................0.045 0.0 0.000 0.97 S-Jun.2018 -0.8
<br />Other recreational goods
<br />5..................................0.334 -1.1 -0.004 0.46 S-May 2018 -1.8
<br />Toys........................................................0.263 -1.4 -0.004 0.52 S-May 2018 -2.1
<br />Toys, games, hobbies and playground
<br />equipment5,6.........................................-1.8 0.55 S-May 2018 -2.4
<br />Sewing machines, fabric and supplies
<br />4, 5.............0.024 -1.8 0.000 1.10 S-Feb.2018 -1.8
<br />Music instruments and accessories
<br />4, 5................0.036 1.6 0.001 0.68 L-Jul.2017 1.7
<br />Education and communication commodities
<br />11.............0.545 0.1 0.000 0.36 L-May 2018 0.7
<br />Educational books and supplies..........................0.133 -2.1 -0.003 0.60 S-Dec.2001 -3.0
<br />College textbooks
<br />4, 14, 6..................................-1.2 0.58 S-Jun.2018 -1.3
<br />Information technology commodities
<br />11...................0.413 0.8 0.003 0.43 L-Jan.2018 1.0
<br />Personal computers and peripheral equipment
<br />7. . . .. 0.309 1.4 0.004 0.59 L-EVER –
<br />Computer software and accessories
<br />4, 5...............0.024 0.1 0.000 1.10 S-May 2018 -1.2
<br />Telephone hardware, calculators, and other
<br />consumer information items
<br />4, 5.......................0.079 -1.6 -0.001 0.70 S-May 2018 -1.6
<br />Alcoholic beverages........................................... 0.959 0.0 0.000 0.14 L-Jun.2018 0.5
<br />Alcoholic beverages at home.............................. 0.596 -0.1 0.000 0.22 L-Jun.2018 0.7
<br />Beer, ale, and other malt beverages at home........0.264 0.0 0.000 0.27 L-Jun.2018 0.8
<br />Distilled spirits at home..................................0.080 0.3 0.000 0.37 S-Jun.2018 -0.1
<br />Whiskey at home
<br />4, 6................................... 0.4 0.54 S-May 2018 -0.2
<br />Distilled spirits, excluding whiskey, at home
<br />4, 6.... 0.5 0.50 L-Jan.2018 1.2
<br />Wine at home.............................................0.252 -0.4 -0.001 0.46 – –
<br />Alcoholic beverages away from home
<br />4..................0.364 0.1 0.000 0.12 L-Jun.2018 0.4
<br />Beer, ale, and other malt beverages away from
<br />home4,5,6...............................................-0.1 0.18 S-Mar.2018 -0.2
<br />Wine away from home
<br />4, 5, 6............................. 0.8 0.18 L-Feb.2013 1.0
<br />Distilled spirits away from home
<br />4, 5, 6..................-0.4 0.15 S-Dec.2013 -0.6
<br />Other goods
<br />11..................................................1.549 0.0 0.000 0.16 – –
<br />Tobacco and smoking products...........................0.647 0.1 0.001 0.14 – –
<br />Cigarettes5................................................0.573 0.1 0.000 0.15 – –
<br />Tobacco products other than cigarettes
<br />4, 5...........0.059 1.0 0.001 0.33 L-Oct.2017 1.1
<br />Personal care products
<br />4....................................0.689 0.0 0.000 0.30 S-Jun.2018 -0.4
<br />Hair, dental, shaving, and miscellaneous personal
<br />care products
<br />4, 5.......................................0.378 0.5 0.002 0.37 L-Feb.2018 0.6
<br />Cosmetics, perfume, bath, nail preparations and
<br />implements4............................................0.304 -0.5 -0.002 0.45 S-Jun.2018 -0.9
<br />Miscellaneous personal goods
<br />5...........................0.214 -0.7 -0.002 0.75 S-May 2018 -1.0
<br />Stationery, stationery supplies, gift wrap
<br />6.............-1.8 0.77 S-EVER –
<br />Infants’ equipment
<br />4, 8, 6.................................. 0.0 0.46 L-Apr.2018 0.3
<br />See footnotes at end of table.
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