Table 1C. Chained Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (C-CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure

category and commodity and service group

[December 1999=100, unless otherwise noted]

Item and group

Relative

importance

2017-2018

Unadjusted indexes

Unadjusted

percent change to

Jan. 2021 from--

Dec.

2021

Jan.

2021

Jan.

2020

Dec.

2021

Expenditure category

All items......................................................................... 100.000 146.039 146.683 1.3 0.4

Food and beverages........................................................ 14.836 153.705 154.182 3.6 0.3

Food........................................................................ 13.799 154.300 154.798 3.7 0.3

Food at home........................................................... 7.752 137.416 137.883 3.6 0.3

Food away from home................................................. 6.047 179.446 179.988 3.8 0.3

Alcoholic beverages...................................................... 1.037 147.174 147.379 2.3 0.1

Housing....................................................................... 41.386 159.511 159.897 1.7 0.2

Shelter...................................................................... 32.263 170.993 171.309 1.5 0.2

Fuels and utilities......................................................... 4.444 180.327 181.530 1.7 0.7

Household furnishings and operations................................. 4.679 90.949 91.172 2.5 0.2

Apparel........................................................................ 3.057 85.883 88.277 -2.8 2.8

Transportation................................................................ 16.138 135.583 137.103 -1.0 1.1

Private transportation..................................................... 14.760 140.947 142.851 0.1 1.4

New vehicles............................................................ 3.870 103.854 104.061 1.4 0.2

Public transportation...................................................... 1.379 98.833 97.347 -14.6 -1.5

Medical care.................................................................. 8.630 197.609 198.886 1.8 0.6

Medical care commodities............................................... 1.663 155.184 155.006 -2.0 -0.1

Medical care services.................................................... 6.967 212.545 214.291 2.7 0.8

Recreation.................................................................... 5.922 104.777 104.270 0.1 -0.5

Education and communication............................................. 6.922 115.358 115.348 1.3 0.0

Education.................................................................. 2.980 253.443 253.250 1.2 -0.1

Communication............................................................ 3.943 59.020 59.046 1.5 0.0

Other goods and services.................................................. 3.108 172.796 173.341 2.1 0.3

Commodity and service group

Services......................................................................... 61.490 170.252 170.450 1.3 0.1

Commodities.................................................................... 38.510 117.460 118.601 1.3 1.0

Durables...................................................................... 11.173 73.858 73.746 2.9 -0.2

Nondurables..................................................................... 27.337 140.354 142.368 0.7 1.4

All items less food and energy............................................. 79.305 141.163 141.432 1.2 0.2

Energy........................................................................... 6.897 166.709 172.951 -3.3 3.7

Indexes are issued as initial estimates. Indexes are revised each quarter with the publication of January, April, July, and October data as updated

expenditure estimates become available. The C-CPI-U indexes are updated quarterly until they become final. January-March indexes are final in

January of the following year; April-June indexes are final in April of the following year; July-September indexes are final in July of the following year;

October-December indexes are final in October of the following year.

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