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,

2013-2014

Unadjusted

indexes

Unadjusted

percent change to

July 2017 from—

June

2017

July

2017

July

2016

June

2017

Expenditure category

All items ...................................................................................... 100.000 139.241 139.075 1.5 -0.1

Food and beverages ................................................................ 14.606 143.058 143.362 1.1 .2 

Food ....................................................................................... 13.656 143.413 143.733 1.1 .2 

Food at home ....................................................................... 8.128 131.672 132.031 .3 .3 

Food away from home .......................................................... 5.527 160.685 160.929 2.1 .2 

Alcoholic beverages ............................................................... .951 139.332 139.404 1.0 .1 

Housing .................................................................................... 40.891 147.857 147.972 2.7 .1 

Shelter .................................................................................... 31.527 156.029 156.272 3.0 .2 

Fuels and utilities .................................................................... 5.120 176.981 177.054 3.5 .0 

Household furnishings and operations ................................... 4.244 88.295 87.866 -1.1 -.5 

Apparel ..................................................................................... 3.245 92.260 90.573 -.7 -1.8 

Transportation .......................................................................... 17.232 136.559 135.181 1.0 -1.0 

Private transportation ............................................................. 16.025 138.354 137.304 1.3 -.8 

Public transportation ............................................................... 1.207 128.104 122.708 -1.8 -4.2 

Medical care ............................................................................. 8.041 183.104 183.769 2.4 .4 

Medical care commodities ...................................................... 1.742 156.111 157.768 3.6 1.1 

Medical care services ............................................................. 6.299 193.152 193.482 2.1 .2 

Recreation ................................................................................ 5.777 104.075 104.310 1.0 .2 

Education and communication ................................................. 7.112 113.772 113.663 -2.7 -.1 

Education ............................................................................... 2.992 232.526 232.933 2.3 .2 

Communication ...................................................................... 4.120 61.227 61.037 -6.7 -.3 

Other goods and services ........................................................ 3.096 161.586 161.880 2.2 .2 

Commodity and service group

Services ...................................................................................... 60.876 158.509 158.648 2.3 .1 

Commodities .............................................................................. 39.124 116.185 115.653 .2 -.5 

Durables ................................................................................... 10.035 74.819 74.364 -2.1 -.6 

Nondurables ............................................................................... 29.089 137.330 136.771 1.1 -.4 

All items less food and energy ................................................. 77.240 134.307 134.218 1.4 -.1 

Energy ........................................................................................ 9.104 171.594 169.571 3.3 -1.2 

NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.

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.