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. 2020 from--

Dec.

2020

Jan.

2020

Jan.

2019

Dec.

2020

Expenditure category

All items......................................................................... 100.000 144.642 145.200 2.3 0.4

Food and beverages........................................................ 14.836 148.293 148.996 1.7 0.5

Food........................................................................ 13.799 148.749 149.451 1.7 0.5

Food at home........................................................... 7.752 132.619 133.359 0.6 0.6

Food away from home................................................. 6.047 172.721 173.352 3.1 0.4

Alcoholic beverages...................................................... 1.037 143.439 144.147 0.7 0.5

Housing....................................................................... 41.386 156.693 157.423 2.6 0.5

Shelter...................................................................... 32.263 168.238 168.925 3.3 0.4

Fuels and utilities......................................................... 4.444 176.841 178.265 0.5 0.8

Household furnishings and operations................................. 4.679 88.307 88.790 0.4 0.5

Apparel........................................................................ 3.057 89.474 90.736 -1.6 1.4

Transportation................................................................ 16.138 139.022 138.899 2.7 -0.1

Private transportation..................................................... 14.760 143.128 142.900 2.8 -0.2

New vehicles............................................................ 3.870 101.661 102.380 0.1 0.7

Public transportation...................................................... 1.379 113.975 114.766 1.6 0.7

Medical care.................................................................. 8.630 195.228 196.103 4.1 0.4

Medical care commodities............................................... 1.663 158.923 158.400 0.8 -0.3

Medical care services.................................................... 6.967 208.241 209.554 4.9 0.6

Recreation.................................................................... 5.922 104.521 104.915 1.3 0.4

Education and communication............................................. 6.922 114.926 115.151 0.9 0.2

Education.................................................................. 2.980 249.320 249.439 2.1 0.0

Communication............................................................ 3.943 59.427 59.612 0.2 0.3

Other goods and services.................................................. 3.108 168.707 169.763 2.4 0.6

Commodity and service group

Services......................................................................... 61.490 167.911 168.618 2.8 0.4

Commodities.................................................................... 38.510 117.107 117.491 1.4 0.3

Durables...................................................................... 11.173 72.165 72.295 -1.4 0.2

Nondurables..................................................................... 27.337 141.089 141.635 2.5 0.4

All items less food and energy............................................. 79.305 139.606 140.164 2.0 0.4

Energy........................................................................... 6.897 178.707 178.794 5.8 0.0

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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