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,

2015-2016

Unadjusted

indexes

Unadjusted

percent change to

Jan. 2019 from—

Dec.

2018

Jan.

2019

Jan.

2018

Dec.

2018

Expenditure category

All items ...................................................................................... 100.000 141.917 142.194 1.4 0.2

Food and beverages ................................................................ 14.562 146.065 146.730 1.6 .5 

Food ....................................................................................... 13.581 146.364 147.055 1.6 .5 

Food at home ....................................................................... 7.676 132.001 132.759 .6 .6 

Food away from home .......................................................... 5.905 167.529 168.103 2.8 .3 

Alcoholic beverages ............................................................... .980 143.208 143.536 1.7 .2 

Housing .................................................................................... 40.955 153.162 153.723 2.8 .4 

Shelter .................................................................................... 31.818 163.167 163.733 3.1 .3 

Fuels and utilities .................................................................... 4.659 177.239 177.311 1.4 .0 

Household furnishings and operations ................................... 4.478 88.705 89.469 1.8 .9 

Apparel ..................................................................................... 3.247 90.544 91.975 .5 1.6 

Transportation .......................................................................... 16.603 137.092 135.789 -1.5 -1.0 

Private transportation ............................................................. 15.341 140.714 139.283 -1.4 -1.0 

New vehicles ........................................................................ 3.937 101.659 102.302 .0 .6 

Public transportation ............................................................... 1.262 113.927 113.809 -2.4 -.1 

Medical care ............................................................................. 8.526 187.717 188.768 1.8 .6 

Medical care commodities ...................................................... 1.713 156.712 157.344 -.3 .4 

Medical care services ............................................................. 6.813 199.103 200.295 2.4 .6 

Recreation ................................................................................ 5.855 103.280 103.771 .8 .5 

Education and communication ................................................. 7.071 114.098 114.155 .2 .0 

Education ............................................................................... 2.976 244.498 244.425 2.8 .0 

Communication ...................................................................... 4.094 59.493 59.560 -1.8 .1 

Other goods and services ........................................................ 3.180 164.957 165.323 1.8 .2 

Commodity and service group

Services ...................................................................................... 61.556 163.729 164.195 2.5 .3 

Commodities .............................................................................. 38.444 115.911 115.968 -.5 .0 

Durables ................................................................................... 10.890 73.197 73.637 .1 .6 

Nondurables ............................................................................... 27.554 138.250 138.024 -.7 -.2 

All items less food and energy ................................................. 79.090 137.163 137.723 2.0 .4 

Energy ........................................................................................ 7.329 172.530 168.071 -4.9 -2.6 

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.