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Table 1. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category, <br />August 2018 <br />[1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted] <br />Expenditure category <br />Relative <br />impor- <br />tance <br />Jul. <br />2018 <br />Unadjusted indexes <br />Unadjusted percent <br />change <br />Seasonally adjusted percent <br />change <br />Aug. <br />2017 <br />Jul. <br />2018 <br />Aug. <br />2018 <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 />All items.............................................100.000 245.519 252.006 252.146 2.7 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 <br />Food..............................................13.224 250.493 253.746 254.077 1.4 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 <br />Food at home.................................7.259 238.843 239.820 240.015 0.5 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.0 <br />Cereals and bakery products............0.955 272.544 273.258 273.338 0.3 0.0 0.6 -0.2 0.0 <br />Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs............1.610 247.985 250.042 250.743 1.1 0.3 -0.6 0.3 0.1 <br />Dairy and related products...............0.723 216.537 215.622 216.435 0.0 0.4 0.7 -0.6 0.1 <br />Fruits and vegetables.....................1.279 295.009 297.632 297.644 0.9 0.0 0.5 1.0 -0.3 <br />Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage <br />materials..................................0.857 166.822 166.577 167.231 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.0 0.2 <br />Other food at home........................1.835 209.905 210.736 210.158 0.1 -0.3 0.1 0.1 0.0 <br />Food away from home <br />1......................5.965 269.522 276.125 276.648 2.6 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 <br />Energy............................................8.079 205.894 227.107 226.939 10.2 -0.1 -0.3 -0.5 1.9 <br />Energy commodities.........................4.634 212.978 257.338 256.520 20.4 -0.3 0.6 -0.6 3.0 <br />Fuel oil......................................0.117 226.590 296.602 296.617 30.9 0.0 2.9 1.2 2.2 <br />Motor fuel...................................4.445 209.881 253.424 252.546 20.3 -0.3 0.6 -0.6 3.0 <br />Gasoline (all types).....................4.351 209.000 252.232 251.367 20.3 -0.3 0.5 -0.6 3.0 <br />Energy services...............................3.445 208.454 207.091 207.617 -0.4 0.3 -1.5 -0.4 0.4 <br />Electricity....................................2.688 219.078 217.900 217.967 -0.5 0.0 -1.4 -0.4 0.3 <br />Utility (piped) gas service.................0.756 173.646 172.062 173.867 0.1 1.0 -1.7 -0.5 0.9 <br />All items less food and energy................78.697 252.460 257.867 258.012 2.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 <br />Commodities less food and energy <br />commodities................................19.582 143.895 143.861 143.599 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0.1 -0.3 <br />Apparel......................................3.006 124.147 122.831 122.447 -1.4 -0.3 -0.9 -0.3 -1.6 <br />New vehicles...............................3.722 145.712 146.526 146.149 0.3 -0.3 0.4 0.3 0.0 <br />Used cars and trucks......................2.429 139.350 140.687 141.095 1.3 0.3 0.7 1.3 0.4 <br />Medical care commodities................1.719 381.114 381.954 382.171 0.3 0.1 0.2 -1.1 -0.3 <br />Alcoholic beverages.......................0.959 245.042 248.469 248.407 1.4 0.0 0.5 -0.1 0.0 <br />Tobacco and smoking products..........0.647 1,029.619 1,062.895 1,064.098 3.3 0.1 -0.4 0.1 0.1 <br />Services less energy services..............59.115 319.559 328.641 329.086 3.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.2 <br />Shelter.......................................32.811 299.157 308.393 309.296 3.4 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.3 <br />Rent of primary residence.............7.786 309.479 319.351 320.651 3.6 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4 <br />Owners’ equivalent rent of <br />residences2............................23.632 306.201 315.391 316.401 3.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 <br />Medical care services.....................6.897 507.390 518.277 516.841 1.9 -0.3 0.5 0.1 -0.2 <br />Physicians’ services....................1.729 378.990 380.404 380.143 0.3 -0.1 0.0 -0.2 -0.1 <br />Hospital services <br />3.......................2.326 319.394 334.033 332.708 4.2 -0.4 0.8 0.4 -0.1 <br />Transportation services...................5.967 309.469 322.842 321.387 3.9 -0.5 0.2 0.5 0.3 <br />Motor vehicle maintenance and <br />repair1..................................1.110 280.488 286.067 286.931 2.3 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.3 <br />Motor vehicle insurance................2.377 530.908 565.547 565.113 6.4 -0.1 0.3 0.2 0.0 <br />Airline fares..............................0.702 259.359 264.994 255.877 -1.3 -3.4 -0.9 2.7 2.4 <br />1 Not seasonally adjusted. <br />2 Indexes on a December 1982=100 base. <br />3 Indexes on a December 1996=100 base.