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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.