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. 2018 from—

Dec.

2017

Jan.

2018

Jan.

2017

Dec.

2017

Expenditure category

All items ...................................................................................... 100.000 139.871 140.606 1.9 0.5 

Food and beverages ................................................................ 14.562 143.969 144.566 1.6 .4 

Food ....................................................................................... 13.581 144.282 144.899 1.6 .4 

Food at home ....................................................................... 7.676 131.669 132.311 1.0 .5 

Food away from home .......................................................... 5.905 162.929 163.503 2.5 .4 

Alcoholic beverages ............................................................... .980 140.895 141.223 1.1 .2 

Housing .................................................................................... 40.955 149.079 149.673 2.7 .4 

Shelter .................................................................................... 31.818 158.329 158.824 3.1 .3 

Fuels and utilities .................................................................... 4.659 173.579 174.537 2.6 .6 

Household furnishings and operations ................................... 4.478 87.156 87.910 -.9 .9 

Apparel ..................................................................................... 3.247 89.828 90.936 -.7 1.2 

Transportation .......................................................................... 16.603 137.872 139.384 3.0 1.1 

Private transportation ............................................................. 15.341 140.730 142.376 3.5 1.2 

Public transportation ............................................................... 1.262 117.858 118.072 -2.5 .2 

Medical care ............................................................................. 8.526 184.461 185.655 1.9 .6 

Medical care commodities ...................................................... 1.713 157.662 157.957 1.6 .2 

Medical care services ............................................................. 6.813 194.432 195.916 1.9 .8 

Recreation ................................................................................ 5.855 103.129 103.379 .5 .2 

Education and communication ................................................. 7.071 113.808 113.774 -2.7 .0 

Education ............................................................................... 2.976 237.024 236.712 2.0 -.1 

Communication ...................................................................... 4.094 60.712 60.741 -5.7 .0 

Other goods and services ........................................................ 3.180 162.686 163.370 2.2 .4 

Commodity and service group

Services ...................................................................................... 61.556 159.797 160.386 2.3 .4 

Commodities .............................................................................. 38.444 116.063 116.972 1.1 .8 

Durables ................................................................................... 10.890 73.421 73.662 -1.7 .3 

Nondurables ............................................................................... 27.554 138.042 139.366 2.1 1.0 

All items less food and energy ................................................. 79.090 134.796 135.351 1.5 .4 

Energy ........................................................................................ 7.329 173.590 176.941 5.7 1.9 

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.