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CONSUMER PRICE INDEX – AUGUST 2021 

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.3 percent in August on a 

seasonally adjusted basis after rising 0.5 percent in July, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported 

today. Over the last 12 months, the all items index increased 5.3 percent before seasonal adjustment. 

The indexes for gasoline, household furnishings and operations, food, and shelter all rose in August and 

contributed to the monthly all items seasonally adjusted increase. The energy index increased 2.0 

percent, mainly due to a 2.8-percent increase in the gasoline index. The index for food rose 0.4 percent, 

with the indexes for food at home and food away from home both increasing 0.4 percent. 

The index for all items less food and energy rose 0.1 percent in August, its smallest increase since 

February 2021. Along with the indexes for household operations and shelter, the indexes for new 

vehicles, recreation, and medical care also rose in August. The indexes for airline fares, used cars and 

trucks, and motor vehicle insurance all declined over the month. 

The all items index rose 5.3 percent for the 12 months ending August, a smaller increase than the 5.4-

percent rise for the period ending July. The index for all items less food and energy rose 4.0 percent over 

the last 12 months, also a smaller increase than the period ending July. The energy index rose 25.0

percent over the last 12 months, and the food index increased 3.7 percent; both were larger than the 

increases for the 12-month period ending July. 

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Chart 1. One-month percent change in CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), seasonally adjusted, Aug. 2020 - Aug. 2021

Percent change

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Chart 2. 12-month percent change in CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), not seasonally adjusted, Aug. 2020 - Aug. 2021

Percent change

All items All items less food and energy

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Aug'20 Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug'21

Table A. Percent changes in CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average

Seasonally adjusted changes from preceding month Unadjusted

12-mos.

ended

Aug. 2021

Feb.

2021

Mar.

2021

Apr.

2021

May

2021

Jun.

2021

Jul.

2021

Aug.

2021

All items.................................................... 0.4 0.6 0.8 0.6 0.9 0.5 0.3 5.3

Food..................................................... 0.2 0.1 0.4 0.4 0.8 0.7 0.4 3.7

Food at home........................................ 0.3 0.1 0.4 0.4 0.8 0.7 0.4 3.0

Food away from home1............................ 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.4 4.7

Energy................................................... 3.9 5.0 -0.1 0.0 1.5 1.6 2.0 25.0

Energy commodities................................ 6.6 8.9 -1.4 -0.6 2.6 2.3 2.7 41.9

Gasoline (all types)............................... 6.4 9.1 -1.4 2.5 2.4 2.8 42.7

Fuel oil1

............................................ 9.9 3.2 2.9 0.6 33.2

Energy services..................................... 0.9 0.6 0.2 0.8 8.6

Electricity.......................................... 0.7 0.0 0.4 5.2

Utility (piped) gas service........................ 1.6 2.5 2.2 21.1

All items less food and energy....................... 0.1 0.3

-3.2

1.5

1.2

2.4

0.9

-0.7

2.1

0.7

0.3

1.7

0.7

-0.3

1.7

0.9 0.3

-2.1

1.1

1.0

1.6

0.1 4.0

Commodities less food and energy

commodities....................................... 0.1 2.0 1.8 2.2 0.5 0.3 7.7

New vehicles......................................

-0.2

0.0 0.0 0.5 1.6 2.0 1.7 1.2 7.6

Used cars and trucks............................ -0.9 0.5 10.0 7.3 10.5 0.2 31.9

Apparel............................................. -0.7 0.3 1.2 0.7 0.0

-1.5

0.4 4.2

Medical care commodities1

...................... 0.6 0.0 0.2

Services less energy services..................... 0.5 0.4 0.3

Shelter.............................................

-0.7

0.2

0.2 0.4 0.3 0.4

-0.2

0.0

0.2

Transportation services.......................... 2.9 1.5

Medical care services............................

-0.1

0.5

-0.3

0.1

0.4

0.3

1.8

0.1 0.0 -0.1

-0.4

0.4

0.5

1.5

0.0

-1.1

0.3

-2.3

0.3

-2.5

2.7

2.8

4.6

1.0

1 Not seasonally adjusted.
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Food

The food index increased 0.4 percent in August after larger increases in recent months. The food at 

home index increased 0.4 percent over the month as four of the six major grocery store food group 

indexes rose. The index for nonalcoholic beverages increased 1.0 percent in August, its third 

consecutive monthly increase. The index for meats, poultry, fish, and eggs rose 0.7 percent over the 

month as the beef index rose 1.7 percent. The index for other food at home rose 0.6 percent in August 

after increasing 0.8 percent in July. The index for fruits and vegetables rose 0.2 percent in August after 

declining in July.

The index for dairy and related products declined in August, falling 1.0 percent after rising in each of the 

previous 4 months. The index for cereals and bakery products was unchanged in August after increasing 

1.2 percent in July.

The food away from home index rose 0.4 percent in August after increasing 0.8 percent in July. The 

index for limited service meals rose 0.8 percent in August, and the index for full service meals increased 

0.6 percent. These increases offset a sharp decline in the index for food at employee sites and schools, 

which fell 17.0 percent in August.

The food at home index rose 3.0 percent over the past 12 months. Five of the six major grocery store 

food group indexes increased over the period. The largest increase was the index for meats, poultry, fish, 

and eggs, which increased 8.0 percent as the index for beef rose 12.2 percent over the year. The only 

group to decline was dairy and related products, which fell 0.5 percent over the last 12 months. The

index for food away from home rose 4.7 percent over the last year. The index for limited service meals 

rose 6.9 percent over the last 12 months, and the index for full service meals rose 4.9 percent, while the 

index for food at employee sites and schools declined sharply. 

Energy

The energy index rose 2.0 percent in August, its third consecutive monthly increase. The gasoline index 

rose 2.8 percent in August after increasing 2.4 percent in July. (Before seasonal adjustment, gasoline

prices rose 0.7 percent in August.) The electricity index increased 1.0 percent in August following a 0.4-

percent increase the prior month. The index for natural gas also increased in August, rising 1.6 percent; 

this was its seventh consecutive monthly increase. 

The energy index rose 25.0 percent over the past 12 months as all the major energy component indexes 

increased. The gasoline index rose 42.7 percent over the last year. The index for electricity increased 5.2 

percent, its largest 12-month increase since the period ending March 2014. The index for natural gas 

rose 21.1 percent over the last 12 months, the largest increase since the period ending August 2008.

All items less food and energy

The index for all items less food and energy rose 0.1 percent in August. Indexes that increased over the 

month include the index for household furnishings and operations, which increased 1.3 percent as the 

indexes for furniture and bedding and for appliances rose. The shelter index increased in August, rising 

0.2 percent. The indexes for rent and owners’ equivalent rent both rose 0.3 percent over the month, 

while the index for lodging away from home declined 2.9 percent. 
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The index for new vehicles continued to rise in August, increasing 1.2 percent after rising 1.7 percent in 

July. The recreation index rose 0.5 percent in August after increasing 0.6 percent the prior month. The 

index for medical care rose 0.2 percent over the month; its component indexes were mixed. The hospital 

services index rose 0.9 percent over the month, while the physicians’ services index was unchanged and 

the prescription drugs index declined 0.4 percent. The indexes for personal care, for communication, and 

for apparel all increased in August. 

In contrast to these increases, several indexes declined in August. The index for airline fares fell sharply, 

decreasing 9.1 percent over the month. The index for used cars and trucks declined 1.5 percent in 

August, ending a series of five consecutive monthly increases. The index for motor vehicle insurance 

fell 2.8 percent in August, the same decline as in July. 

The index for all items less food and energy rose 4.0 percent over the past 12 months. The index for 

used cars and trucks increased 31.9 percent over the span. The index for new vehicles rose 7.6 percent, 

the largest 12-month increase since the period ending June 1981. The shelter index increased 2.8 percent 

over the last 12 months, and the medical care index rose 0.4 percent. The index for physicians’ services 

rose 3.9 percent and the index for hospital services increased 3.5 percent. The prescription drugs index 

fell 2.7 percent, one of the few indexes to show a 12-month decline. 

Not seasonally adjusted CPI measures

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 5.3 percent over the last 12 

months to an index level of 273.567 (1982-84=100). For the month, the index increased 0.2 percent prior 

to seasonal adjustment. 

The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) increased 5.8 

percent over the last 12 months to an index level of 268.387 (1982-84=100). For the month, the index 

rose 0.2 percent prior to seasonal adjustment. 

The Chained Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (C-CPI-U) increased 5.1 percent over the 

last 12 months. For the month, the index increased 0.2 percent on a not seasonally adjusted basis. Please 

note that the indexes for the past 10 to 12 months are subject to revision. 

_______________

The Consumer Price Index for September 2021 is scheduled to be released on Wednesday, 

October 13, 2021 at 8:30 a.m. (ET). 

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic Impact on August 2021 Consumer Price Index Data

Data collection by personal visit for the Consumer Price Index (CPI) program has been suspended 

since March 16, 2020. When possible, data normally collected by personal visit were collected 

either online or by phone. Additionally, data collection in August was affected by the temporary 

closing or limited operations of certain types of establishments. These factors resulted in an 

increase in the number of prices considered temporarily unavailable and imputed. 

While the CPI program attempted to collect as much data as possible, many indexes are based on 

smaller amounts of collected prices than usual, and a small number of indexes that are normally 

published were not published this month. Additional information is available at 

www.bls.gov/covid19/effects-of-covid-19-pandemic-on-consumer-price-index.htm. 
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Technical Note

Brief Explanation of the CPI

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) measures the change in prices paid by consumers for goods and 

services. The CPI reflects spending patterns for each of two population groups: all urban consumers and 

urban wage earners and clerical workers. The all urban consumer group represents about 93 percent of 

the total U.S. population. It is based on the expenditures of almost all residents of urban or metropolitan 

areas, including professionals, the self-employed, the poor, the unemployed, and retired people, as well 

as urban wage earners and clerical workers. Not included in the CPI are the spending patterns of people 

living in rural nonmetropolitan areas, farming families, people in the Armed Forces, and those in 

institutions, such as prisons and mental hospitals. Consumer inflation for all urban consumers is 

measured by two indexes, namely, the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) and the 

Chained Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (C-CPI-U). 

The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) is based on the 

expenditures of households included in the CPI-U definition that meet two requirements: more than onehalf of the household's income must come from clerical or wage occupations, and at least one of the 

household's earners must have been employed for at least 37 weeks during the previous 12 months. The 

CPI-W population represents about 29 percent of the total U.S. population and is a subset of the CPI-U 

population. 

The CPIs are based on prices of food, clothing, shelter, fuels, transportation, doctors’ and dentists’ 

services, drugs, and other goods and services that people buy for day-to-day living. Prices are collected 

each month in 75 urban areas across the country from about 6,000 housing units and approximately 

22,000 retail establishments (department stores, supermarkets, hospitals, filling stations, and other types 

of stores and service establishments). All taxes directly associated with the purchase and use of items are 

included in the index. Prices of fuels and a few other items are obtained every month in all 75 locations. 

Prices of most other commodities and services are collected every month in the three largest geographic 

areas and every other month in other areas. Prices of most goods and services are obtained by personal 

visits or telephone calls by the Bureau’s trained representatives.

In calculating the index, price changes for the various items in each location are aggregated using 

weights, which represent their importance in the spending of the appropriate population group. Local 

data are then combined to obtain a U.S. city average. For the CPI-U and CPI-W, separate indexes are 

also published by size of city, by region of the country, for cross-classifications of regions and 

population-size classes, and for 23 selected local areas. Area indexes do not measure differences in the 

level of prices among cities; they only measure the average change in prices for each area since the base 

period. For the C-CPI-U, data are issued only at the national level. The CPI-U and CPI-W are 

considered final when released, but the C-CPI-U is issued in preliminary form and subject to three 

subsequent quarterly revisions. 

The index measures price change from a designed reference date. For most of the CPI-U and the CPI-W, 

the reference base is 1982-84 equals 100. The reference base for the C-CPI-U is December 1999 equals 

100. An increase of 7 percent from the reference base, for example, is shown as 107.000. Alternatively,

that relationship can also be expressed as the price of a base period market basket of goods and services

rising from $100 to $107.

Sampling Error in the CPI

The CPI is a statistical estimate that is subject to sampling error because it is based upon a sample of 

retail prices and not the complete universe of all prices. BLS calculates and publishes estimates of the 1-
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month, 2-month, 6-month, and 12-month percent change standard errors annually for the CPI-U. These 

standard error estimates can be used to construct confidence intervals for hypothesis testing. For 

example, the estimated standard error of the 1-month percent change is 0.03 percent for the U.S. all 

items CPI. This means that if we repeatedly sample from the universe of all retail prices using the same 

methodology, and estimate a percentage change for each sample, then 95 percent of these estimates will 

be within 0.06 percent of the 1-month percentage change based on all retail prices. For example, for a 1-

month change of 0.2 percent in the all items CPI-U, we are 95 percent confident that the actual percent 

change based on all retail prices would fall between 0.14 and 0.26 percent. For the latest data, including 

information on how to use the estimates of standard error, see https://www.bls.gov/cpi/tables/varianceestimates/home.htm. 

Calculating Index Changes

Movements of the indexes from 1 month to another are usually expressed as percent changes rather than 

changes in index points, because index point changes are affected by the level of the index in relation to 

its base period, while percent changes are not. The following table shows an example of using index 

values to calculate percent changes:

Item A Item B Item C

Year I 112.500 225.000 110.000

Year II 121.500 243.000 128.000

Change in index 

points 9.000 18.000 18.000

Percent change 9.0/112.500 x 100 = 8.0 18.0/225.000 x 100 = 8.0 18.0/110.000 x 100 = 16.4

Use of Seasonally Adjusted and Unadjusted Data

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) produces both unadjusted and seasonally adjusted data. Seasonally 

adjusted data are computed using seasonal factors derived by the X-13ARIMA-SEATS seasonal 

adjustment method. These factors are updated each February, and the new factors are used to revise the 

previous 5 years of seasonally adjusted data. The factors are available at 

www.bls.gov/cpi/tables/seasonal-adjustment/seasonal-factors-2021.xlsx. For more information on data 

revision scheduling, please see the Factsheet on Seasonal Adjustment at www.bls.gov/cpi/seasonaladjustment/questions-and-answers.htm and the Timeline of Seasonal Adjustment Methodological 

Changes at www.bls.gov/cpi/seasonal-adjustment/timeline-seasonal-adjustment-methodologychanges.htm. 

For analyzing short-term price trends in the economy, seasonally adjusted changes are usually preferred 

since they eliminate the effect of changes that normally occur at the same time and in about the same 

magnitude every year—such as price movements resulting from weather events, production cycles, 

model changeovers, holidays, and sales. This allows data users to focus on changes that are not typical 

for the time of year. The unadjusted data are of primary interest to consumers concerned about the prices 

they actually pay. Unadjusted data are also used extensively for escalation purposes. Many collective 

bargaining contract agreements and pension plans, for example, tie compensation changes to the 

Consumer Price Index before adjustment for seasonal variation. BLS advises against the use of 

seasonally adjusted data in escalation agreements because seasonally adjusted series are revised 

annually. 
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Intervention Analysis

The Bureau of Labor Statistics uses intervention analysis seasonal adjustment for some CPI series. 

Sometimes extreme values or sharp movements can distort the underlying seasonal pattern of price 

change. Intervention analysis seasonal adjustment is a process by which the distortions caused by such 

unusual events are estimated and removed from the data prior to calculation of seasonal factors. The 

resulting seasonal factors, which more accurately represent the seasonal pattern, are then applied to the 

unadjusted data. 

For example, this procedure was used for the motor fuel series to offset the effects of the 2009 return to 

normal pricing after the worldwide economic downturn in 2008. Retaining this outlier data during 

seasonal factor calculation would distort the computation of the seasonal portion of the time series data 

for motor fuel, so it was estimated and removed from the data prior to seasonal adjustment. Following 

that, seasonal factors were calculated based on this “prior adjusted” data. These seasonal factors 

represent a clearer picture of the seasonal pattern in the data. The last step is for motor fuel seasonal 

factors to be applied to the unadjusted data. 

For the seasonal factors introduced for January 2021, BLS adjusted 72 series using intervention analysis 

seasonal adjustment, including selected food and beverage items, motor fuels, electricity, and vehicles. 

Revision of Seasonally Adjusted Indexes

Seasonally adjusted data, including the U.S. city average all items index levels, are subject to revision 

for up to 5 years after their original release. Every year, economists in the CPI calculate new seasonal 

factors for seasonally adjusted series and apply them to the last 5 years of data. Seasonally adjusted 

indexes beyond the last 5 years of data are considered to be final and not subject to revision. For January 

2021, revised seasonal factors and seasonally adjusted indexes for 2016 to 2020 were calculated and 

published. For series which are directly adjusted using the Census X-13ARIMA-SEATS seasonal 

adjustment software, the seasonal factors for 2020 will be applied to data for 2021 to produce the 

seasonally adjusted 2021 indexes. Series which are indirectly seasonally adjusted by summing 

seasonally adjusted component series have seasonal factors which are derived and are therefore not 

available in advance.

Determining Seasonal Status 

Each year the seasonal status of every series is reevaluated based upon certain statistical criteria. Using 

these criteria, BLS economists determine whether a series should change its status from "not seasonally 

adjusted" to "seasonally adjusted", or vice versa. If any of the 81 components of the U.S. city average all 

items index change their seasonal adjustment status from seasonally adjusted to not seasonally adjusted, 

not seasonally adjusted data will be used in the aggregation of the dependent series for the last 5 years, 

but the seasonally adjusted indexes before that period will not be changed. Thirty-four of the 81 

components of the U.S. city average all items index are not seasonally adjusted for 2021. 

Contact Information 

For additional information about the CPI visit www.bls.gov/cpi or contact the CPI Information and 

Analysis Section at 202-691-7000 or cpi_info@bls.gov. 

For additional information on seasonal adjustment in the CPI visit www.bls.gov/cpi/seasonaladjustment/home.htm or contact the CPI seasonal adjustment section at 202-691-6968 or 

cpiseas@bls.gov. 

Information from this release will be made available to sensory impaired individuals upon request. 

Voice phone: 202-691-5200; Federal Relay Service: 1-800-877-8339. 
Table 1. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category,

August 2021

[1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]

Expenditure category

Relative

importance

Jul.

2021

Unadjusted indexes Unadjusted percent

change

Seasonally adjusted percent

change

Aug.

2020

Jul.

2021

Aug.

2021

Aug.

2020-

Aug.

2021

Jul.

2021-

Aug.

2021

May

2021-

Jun.

2021

Jun.

2021-

Jul.

2021

Jul.

2021-

Aug.

2021

All items............................................. 100.000 259.918 273.003 273.567 5.3 0.2 0.9 0.5 0.3

Food.............................................. 13.875 269.079 278.127 279.135 3.7 0.4 0.8 0.7 0.4

Food at home................................. 7.644 252.352 259.022 259.825 3.0 0.3 0.8 0.7 0.4

Cereals and bakery products............ 0.975 284.472 289.533 288.990 1.6 -0.2 -0.3 1.2 0.0

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs............ 1.797 266.969 286.994 288.367 8.0 0.5 2.5 1.5 0.7

Dairy and related products............... 0.754 231.231 231.233 230.145 -0.5 -0.5 0.2 0.6 -1.0

Fruits and vegetables..................... 1.306 306.754 312.875 313.672 2.3 0.3 0.7 -0.9 0.2

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage

materials.................................. 0.901 178.684 180.136 182.277 2.0 1.2 0.9 0.7 1.0

Other food at home........................ 1.912 219.607 222.116 222.863 1.5 0.3 0.2 0.8 0.6

Food away from home1

...................... 6.231 295.437 308.023 309.336 4.7 0.4 0.7 0.8 0.4

Energy............................................ 7.255 197.362 244.800 246.639 25.0 0.8 1.5 1.6 2.0

Energy commodities......................... 4.055 198.496 280.040 281.730 41.9 0.6 2.6 2.3 2.7

Fuel oil1..................................... 0.098 207.623 282.484 276.557 33.2 -2.1 2.9 0.6 -2.1

Motor fuel................................... 3.892 195.352 276.650 278.461 42.5 0.7 2.5 2.4 2.8

Gasoline (all types)..................... 3.811 194.449 275.656 277.448 42.7 0.7 2.5 2.4 2.8

Energy services............................... 3.200 205.636 221.196 223.272 8.6 0.9 0.2 0.8 1.1

Electricity.................................... 2.457 217.680 227.672 229.088 5.2 0.6 -0.3 0.4 1.0

Utility (piped) gas service................. 0.743 166.916 198.207 202.140 21.1 2.0 1.7 2.2 1.6

All items less food and energy................ 78.870 268.756 279.146 279.507 4.0 0.1 0.9 0.3 0.1

Commodities less food and energy

commodities................................ 20.673 145.391 155.873 156.581 7.7 0.5 2.2 0.5 0.3

Apparel...................................... 2.644 116.299 119.078 121.194 4.2 1.8 0.7 0.0 0.4

New vehicles............................... 3.779 147.412 157.203 158.652 7.6 0.9 2.0 1.7 1.2

Used cars and trucks...................... 3.485 149.765 200.425 197.535 31.9 -1.4 10.5 0.2 -1.5

Medical care commodities1

............... 1.502 385.409 376.323 375.685 -2.5 -0.2 -0.4 0.2 -0.2

Alcoholic beverages....................... 1.005 257.678 263.226 264.315 2.6 0.4 0.5 0.3 0.3

Tobacco and smoking products1

. . . . . . .. 0.606 1,180.537 1,253.276 1,254.492 6.3 0.1 0.6 0.5 0.1

Services less energy services.............. 58.197 345.936 355.375 355.423 2.7 0.0 0.4 0.3 0.0

Shelter....................................... 32.573 326.997 335.812 336.284 2.8 0.1 0.5 0.4 0.2

Rent of primary residence............. 7.589 342.444 348.469 349.710 2.1 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.3

Owners’ equivalent rent of

residences2

............................ 23.533 335.763 343.293 344.327 2.6 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3

Medical care services..................... 7.050 567.771 571.934 573.500 1.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0.3

Physicians’ services1

................... 1.808 393.025 408.445 408.490 3.9 0.0 0.3 0.4 0.0

Hospital services3....................... 2.167 353.332 363.254 365.843 3.5 0.7 0.2 0.5 0.9

Transportation services................... 5.219 311.422 332.917 325.652 4.6 -2.2 1.5 -1.1 -2.3

Motor vehicle maintenance and

repair1.................................. 1.076 307.554 318.031 320.504 4.2 0.8 0.3 0.9 0.8

Motor vehicle insurance................ 1.586 560.623 567.463 566.183 1.0 -0.2 1.2 -2.8 -2.8

Airline fares.............................. 0.714 199.496 243.613 212.882 6.7 -12.6 2.7 -0.1 -9.1

1 Not seasonally adjusted.

2

Indexes on a December 1982=100 base.

3

Indexes on a December 1996=100 base.
Table 2. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by detailed expenditure

category, August 2021

[1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]

Expenditure category

Relative

importance

Jul.

2021

Unadjusted percent

change Seasonally adjusted percent change

Aug.

2020-

Aug.

2021

Jul.

2021-

Aug.

2021

May

2021-

Jun.

2021

Jun.

2021-

Jul.

2021

Jul.

2021-

Aug.

2021

All items................................................................. 100.000 5.3 0.2 0.9 0.5 0.3

Food.................................................................. 13.875 3.7 0.4 0.8 0.7 0.4

Food at home..................................................... 7.644 3.0 0.3 0.8 0.7 0.4

Cereals and bakery products................................. 0.975 1.6 -0.2 -0.3 1.2 0.0

Cereals and cereal products............................... 0.298 1.7 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.3

Flour and prepared flour mixes......................... 0.041 2.6 1.4 0.8 0.3 2.0

Breakfast cereal1

......................................... 0.137 3.6 0.0 0.7 0.1 0.0

Rice, pasta, cornmeal.................................... 0.120 -0.7 -0.5 -0.7 0.9 -0.5

Rice1, 2, 3................................................ -0.9 0.3 -0.6 0.7 0.3

Bakery products1

......................................... 0.677 1.5 -0.3 -0.1 1.1 -0.3

Bread1, 2................................................. 0.191 0.6 -0.1 -0.4 0.1 -0.1

White bread1, 3...................................... -1.3 -0.5 -0.1 -0.5 -0.5

Bread other than white1, 3.......................... 2.5 0.2 -0.9 1.0 0.2

Fresh biscuits, rolls, muffins2

......................... 0.098 0.0 -1.4 0.2 0.9 -1.8

Cakes, cupcakes, and cookies1

...................... 0.174 3.0 0.1 0.4 1.1 0.1

Cookies1, 3

........................................... 1.3 0.1 -0.6 1.9 0.1

Fresh cakes and cupcakes1, 3..................... 3.8 -0.6 2.0 0.5 -0.6

Other bakery products................................ 0.213 2.0 -0.2 -0.8 2.4 -0.3

Fresh sweetrolls, coffeecakes, doughnuts1, 3

.... 1.2 0.2 -1.9 2.8 0.2

Crackers, bread, and cracker products3

. . . . . . . .. 3.8 -0.5 -1.2 3.7 -1.3

Frozen and refrigerated bakery products, pies,

tarts, turnovers1, 3

................................ 1.1 -0.2 0.6 1.6 -0.2

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs................................ 1.797 8.0 0.5 2.5 1.5 0.7

Meats, poultry, and fish.................................... 1.699 7.9 0.4 2.5 1.5 0.6

Meats...................................................... 1.082 8.6 0.2 3.1 1.2 0.5

Beef and veal.......................................... 0.513 12.2 0.6 4.5 1.2 1.7

Uncooked ground beef1

............................ 0.177 6.9 2.3 3.4 0.7 2.3

Uncooked beef roasts1, 2........................... 0.082 13.1 -0.4 5.0 0.8 -0.4

Uncooked beef steaks2............................. 0.206 16.6 -0.2 6.0 0.7 1.1

Uncooked other beef and veal1, 2................. 0.048 14.1 -0.4 6.4 1.0 -0.4

Pork...................................................... 0.344 9.8 0.7 3.1 1.1 0.3

Bacon, breakfast sausage, and related

products2.......................................... 0.139 12.4 2.2 2.0 0.7 2.9

Bacon and related products3

.................... 17.0 2.6 2.0 1.1 3.3

Breakfast sausage and related products2, 3

... 5.5 1.3 1.4 0.3 2.2

Ham................................................... 0.065 4.1 2.5 3.1 -1.5 1.7

Ham, excluding canned3

........................ 4.4 2.8 3.0 -1.3 1.8

Pork chops1

.......................................... 0.054 8.3 0.0 5.0 1.7 0.0

Other pork including roasts, steaks, and ribs2... 0.085 11.3 -2.6 5.0 4.4 -3.0

Other meats............................................ 0.225 -0.5 -1.3 0.2 1.6 -1.9

Frankfurters3

......................................... -6.4 -6.2 -0.6 4.8 -8.3

Lunchmeats1, 2, 3.................................... -0.3 -0.5 -0.4 1.1 -0.5

Poultry1.................................................. 0.338 7.0 1.4 0.9 1.9 1.4

Chicken1, 2........................................... 0.276 7.2 1.4 0.6 2.2 1.4

Fresh whole chicken1, 3.......................... 4.9 1.0 0.5 1.5 1.0

Fresh and frozen chicken parts1, 3

............. 8.6 1.6 0.8 2.7 1.6

Other uncooked poultry including turkey2........ 0.063 6.1 1.6 1.9 1.2 1.3

Fish and seafood...................................... 0.279 6.3 -0.1 1.8 2.0 -0.2

Fresh fish and seafood2............................ 0.143 10.6 0.8 1.9 2.2 0.5

Processed fish and seafood2

...................... 0.136 2.1 -1.1 1.9 1.6 -1.6

Shelf stable fish and seafood3

.................. -1.1 -2.5 0.8 -0.1 -2.3

Frozen fish and seafood3

........................ 3.4 -1.3 2.8 2.7 -1.9

Eggs........................................................ 0.098 9.9 1.6 3.0 1.6 2.6

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 2. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by detailed expenditure

category, August 2021 — Continued

[1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]

Expenditure category

Relative

importance

Jul.

2021

Unadjusted percent

change Seasonally adjusted percent change

Aug.

2020-

Aug.

2021

Jul.

2021-

Aug.

2021

May

2021-

Jun.

2021

Jun.

2021-

Jul.

2021

Jul.

2021-

Aug.

2021

Dairy and related products................................... 0.754 -0.5 -0.5 0.2 0.6 -1.0

Milk2

........................................................... 0.210 1.3 -0.7 0.5 0.9 -1.4

Fresh whole milk3........................................ 2.9 -0.9 -0.2 1.3 -1.0

Fresh milk other than whole2, 3......................... 0.7 -0.5 0.9 0.7 -1.6

Cheese and related products1............................. 0.249 -2.4 0.0 0.1 -0.6 0.0

Ice cream and related products........................... 0.104 0.1 -0.4 1.6 1.8 -1.1

Other dairy and related products1, 2...................... 0.190 -0.1 -0.9 -0.7 1.1 -0.9

Fruits and vegetables......................................... 1.306 2.3 0.3 0.7 -0.9 0.2

Fresh fruits and vegetables................................ 1.023 2.4 0.4 1.0 -1.3 0.3

Fresh fruits................................................ 0.533 3.7 0.1 1.1 -1.8 -0.3

Apples................................................... 0.078 5.6 0.7 1.8 -1.1 -1.5

Bananas1

............................................... 0.073 1.6 -1.1 -0.4 0.1 -1.1

Citrus fruits2............................................ 0.143 3.9 1.8 1.0 -5.4 0.9

Oranges, including tangerines3.................... 1.0 1.2 0.0 -6.8 0.4

Other fresh fruits2...................................... 0.240 3.7 -0.8 2.0 -0.4 0.2

Fresh vegetables......................................... 0.490 0.9 0.7 0.9 -0.8 1.0

Potatoes................................................. 0.079 -1.7 1.4 1.5 -0.9 1.0

Lettuce1

................................................. 0.061 5.2 -1.0 0.3 1.6 -1.0

Tomatoes............................................... 0.077 1.3 1.3 0.7 -0.6 1.4

Other fresh vegetables................................ 0.273 0.7 0.7 0.6 -0.7 1.2

Processed fruits and vegetables2

...................... 0.283 1.9 -0.1 -0.3 0.6 -0.1

Canned fruits and vegetables2

....................... 0.149 3.3 -0.4 0.1 1.1 -0.6

Canned fruits2, 3

..................................... 2.0 -0.8 0.9 0.9 -0.9

Canned vegetables2, 3.............................. 4.2 0.0 -0.7 1.5 -0.1

Frozen fruits and vegetables2........................ 0.084 1.5 0.4 -1.2 0.6 0.9

Frozen vegetables3................................. 0.1 0.3 -1.0 0.4 0.8

Other processed fruits and vegetables including

dried2

................................................. 0.049 -1.6 -0.1 -0.5 -0.6 0.0

Dried beans, peas, and lentils1, 2, 3............... -1.4 -0.3 -0.5 0.5 -0.3

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials. . . . . . . .. 0.901 2.0 1.2 0.9 0.7 1.0

Juices and nonalcoholic drinks2

........................... 0.644 1.9 1.1 0.9 1.1 0.9

Carbonated drinks........................................ 0.272 2.0 2.2 1.8 1.4 1.1

Frozen noncarbonated juices and drinks1, 2.......... 0.006 -1.9 -1.8 -0.1 0.0 -1.8

Nonfrozen noncarbonated juices and drinks2......... 0.366 1.9 0.4 0.5 1.0 0.7

Beverage materials including coffee and tea2........... 0.257 2.3 1.3 1.0 -0.4 1.2

Coffee...................................................... 0.164 2.0 1.7 0.0 -0.6 1.4

Roasted coffee3

........................................ 2.3 1.4 -0.5 -0.4 1.2

Instant coffee1, 3

........................................ 0.2 2.7 2.5 -2.5 2.7

Other beverage materials including tea1, 2............ 0.093 2.8 0.7 1.8 0.6 0.7

Other food at home............................................ 1.912 1.5 0.3 0.2 0.8 0.6

Sugar and sweets1.......................................... 0.261 3.2 0.3 -0.1 0.2 0.3

Sugar and sugar substitutes............................ 0.037 3.2 -0.5 -0.1 0.3 -0.2

Candy and chewing gum1, 2............................. 0.172 3.4 0.4 0.1 -0.2 0.4

Other sweets2

............................................. 0.052 2.3 0.4 -1.3 1.9 1.1

Fats and oils................................................. 0.214 5.5 1.0 0.2 1.2 1.4

Butter and margarine2................................... 0.062 1.5 1.0 -0.5 0.1 0.5

Butter3

................................................... -0.6 0.7 -0.2 -1.0 0.1

Margarine3

.............................................. 5.3 2.6 -0.8 0.5 2.7

Salad dressing2

........................................... 0.050 8.7 3.2 0.8 0.7 4.0

Other fats and oils including peanut butter2

. . . . . . . . .. 0.101 6.6 0.0 0.5 2.2 0.7

Peanut butter1, 2, 3..................................... 0.4 -2.8 0.3 0.2 -2.8

Other foods................................................ 1.437 0.6 0.2 0.2 0.8 0.5

Soups.................................................... 0.087 0.5 0.9 0.0 0.4 1.9

Frozen and freeze dried prepared foods........... 0.251 1.5 0.4 0.5 1.5 1.1

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 2. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by detailed expenditure

category, August 2021 — Continued

[1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]

Expenditure category

Relative

importance

Jul.

2021

Unadjusted percent

change Seasonally adjusted percent change

Aug.

2020-

Aug.

2021

Jul.

2021-

Aug.

2021

May

2021-

Jun.

2021

Jun.

2021-

Jul.

2021

Jul.

2021-

Aug.

2021

Snacks1

................................................. 0.324 -0.4 0.6 1.1 -0.1 0.6

Spices, seasonings, condiments, sauces........... 0.281 0.0 0.4 -1.1 0.8 -0.2

Salt and other seasonings and spices2, 3

........ 1.4 -1.1 -1.2 0.7 -0.5

Olives, pickles, relishes1, 2, 3....................... 0.5 0.8 0.3 0.2 0.8

Sauces and gravies2, 3............................. -0.8 0.3 -1.1 1.6 -0.8

Other condiments3.................................. 0.8 2.7 -2.5 -0.4 3.0

Baby food1, 2........................................... 0.041 2.4 0.1 0.2 1.3 0.1

Other miscellaneous foods2.......................... 0.452 1.1 -0.3 0.5 1.3 0.2

Prepared salads3, 4................................. 2.2 -1.5 -2.4 4.1 -2.1

Food away from home1.......................................... 6.231 4.7 0.4 0.7 0.8 0.4

Full service meals and snacks1, 2........................... 3.122 4.9 0.6 0.8 0.6 0.6

Limited service meals and snacks1, 2....................... 2.767 6.9 0.8 0.6 1.0 0.8

Food at employee sites and schools1, 2.................... 0.091 -42.5 -17.0 0.4 0.7 -17.0

Food at elementary and secondary schools1, 3, 5.......

Food from vending machines and mobile vendors1, 2. . .. 0.081 6.7 0.6 2.3 0.3 0.6

Other food away from home1, 2.............................. 0.170 2.6 0.2 0.0 0.9 0.2

Energy................................................................ 7.255 25.0 0.8 1.5 1.6 2.0

Energy commodities............................................. 4.055 41.9 0.6 2.6 2.3 2.7

Fuel oil and other fuels........................................ 0.163 28.6 -0.6 2.9 0.6 0.5

Fuel oil1

....................................................... 0.098 33.2 -2.1 2.9 0.6 -2.1

Propane, kerosene, and firewood6

........................ 0.065 22.6 1.6 2.8 2.5 1.4

Motor fuel....................................................... 3.892 42.5 0.7 2.5 2.4 2.8

Gasoline (all types)......................................... 3.811 42.7 0.7 2.5 2.4 2.8

Gasoline, unleaded regular3

............................ 43.9 0.6 2.2 2.4 2.8

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade3, 7....................... 38.3 0.9 2.2 2.5 2.6

Gasoline, unleaded premium3

.......................... 35.4 1.0 1.8 2.4 2.9

Other motor fuels1, 2........................................ 0.081 36.2 0.8 2.5 1.9 0.8

Energy services................................................... 3.200 8.6 0.9 0.2 0.8 1.1

Electricity........................................................ 2.457 5.2 0.6 -0.3 0.4 1.0

Utility (piped) gas service..................................... 0.743 21.1 2.0 1.7 2.2 1.6

All items less food and energy.................................... 78.870 4.0 0.1 0.9 0.3 0.1

Commodities less food and energy commodities............ 20.673 7.7 0.5 2.2 0.5 0.3

Household furnishings and supplies8

....................... 3.702 3.3 0.8 0.1 0.1 1.2

Window and floor coverings and other linens1, 2........ 0.271 0.5 2.3 1.8 -1.4 2.3

Floor coverings1, 2........................................ 0.063 1.8 -2.7 2.9 0.9 -2.7

Window coverings1, 2..................................... 0.054 9.2 17.2 -1.4 -0.2 17.2

Other linens1, 2............................................ 0.154 -3.3 -0.8 2.5 -2.7 -0.8

Furniture and bedding1

..................................... 0.950 9.5 2.3 0.7 -0.6 2.3

Bedroom furniture1

....................................... 0.332 7.7 0.9 1.6 1.6 0.9

Living room, kitchen, and dining room furniture1, 2. .. 0.459 12.0 3.8 0.3 -1.9 3.8

Other furniture2........................................... 0.151 6.1 0.6 -0.3 0.2 1.7

Appliances2

.................................................. 0.219 4.3 1.2 0.1 0.4 1.5

Major appliances2

........................................ 0.080 7.6 0.6 2.7 0.9 1.1

Laundry equipment1, 3

................................. 11.0 -2.6 3.5 -0.9 -2.6

Other appliances1, 2...................................... 0.136 2.4 1.6 -0.4 -0.5 1.6

Other household equipment and furnishings1, 2......... 0.519 0.3 -0.2 -0.8 -0.9 -0.2

Clocks, lamps, and decorator items1

.................. 0.301 -0.8 0.0 -0.9 -1.0 0.0

Indoor plants and flowers9

.............................. 0.090 6.0 0.4 -0.1 0.0 1.4

Dishes and flatware1, 2................................... 0.051 -8.3 -4.6 1.9 -2.3 -4.6

Nonelectric cookware and tableware1, 2............... 0.077 4.1 1.3 -2.9 0.9 1.3

Tools, hardware, outdoor equipment and supplies2

. . .. 0.863 2.7 0.4 0.3 0.0 0.7

Tools, hardware and supplies1, 2....................... 0.240 5.1 2.0 0.9 0.0 2.0

Outdoor equipment and supplies2

...................... 0.440 1.5 -0.6 0.3 -0.1 -0.3

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 2. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by detailed expenditure

category, August 2021 — Continued

[1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]

Expenditure category

Relative

importance

Jul.

2021

Unadjusted percent

change Seasonally adjusted percent change

Aug.

2020-

Aug.

2021

Jul.

2021-

Aug.

2021

May

2021-

Jun.

2021

Jun.

2021-

Jul.

2021

Jul.

2021-

Aug.

2021

Housekeeping supplies1

.................................... 0.880 -0.1 -0.3 -0.2 1.1 -0.3

Household cleaning products1, 2........................ 0.347 1.5 0.8 -0.8 0.8 0.8

Household paper products1, 2........................... 0.226 0.3 -1.2 0.2 0.6 -1.2

Miscellaneous household products1, 2................. 0.307 -2.3 -0.8 0.3 1.7 -0.8

Apparel.......................................................... 2.644 4.2 1.8 0.7 0.0 0.4

Men’s and boys’ apparel................................... 0.663 3.9 2.7 0.1 0.7 1.1

Men’s apparel............................................. 0.531 4.5 3.6 -0.9 1.1 2.8

Men’s suits, sport coats, and outerwear............ 0.086 4.7 10.1 -1.3 2.9 7.9

Men’s underwear, nightwear, swimwear, and

accessories1

......................................... 0.158 2.7 2.5 -1.2 1.4 2.5

Men’s shirts and sweaters2

........................... 0.143 4.4 5.9 0.2 0.9 4.3

Men’s pants and shorts............................... 0.139 6.6 -1.6 -1.9 0.2 -0.4

Boys’ apparel............................................. 0.132 1.4 -1.1 1.1 1.9 -2.6

Women’s and girls’ apparel................................ 1.057 3.6 1.4 1.2 0.3 -0.5

Women’s apparel......................................... 0.873 3.7 1.5 1.6 0.6 -0.4

Women’s outerwear................................... 0.059 3.0 3.0 2.1 -2.6 -1.1

Women’s dresses...................................... 0.091 11.9 3.8 5.0 5.5 -3.1

Women’s suits and separates2

....................... 0.445 1.3 0.5 1.6 0.5 -0.8

Women’s underwear, nightwear, swimwear, and

accessories2......................................... 0.268 5.5 2.0 1.1 -0.3 1.7

Girls’ apparel.............................................. 0.185 2.8 1.2 -0.6 -1.1 -0.7

Footwear..................................................... 0.635 5.1 1.7 0.4 -0.8 0.7

Men’s footwear1.......................................... 0.225 4.3 1.1 -0.5 -1.2 1.1

Boys’ and girls’ footwear................................ 0.130 5.9 1.2 0.1 -3.4 0.7

Women’s footwear........................................ 0.280 5.5 2.3 0.2 1.5 1.2

Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel.............................. 0.121 -1.4 1.6 2.1 0.2 0.6

Jewelry and watches6

...................................... 0.168 10.7 1.1 -0.3 -0.9 1.7

Watches1, 6................................................ 0.039 4.1 -0.5 1.7 -0.8 -0.5

Jewelry6

.................................................... 0.128 12.9 1.5 -1.4 -0.7 2.4

Transportation commodities less motor fuel8

.............. 7.924 17.2 -0.1 5.6 1.0 0.0

New vehicles................................................. 3.779 7.6 0.9 2.0 1.7 1.2

New cars and trucks2, 3.................................. 7.7 0.9 2.0 1.7 1.2

New cars3............................................... 7.1 1.1 1.9 1.8 1.4

New trucks3, 10

......................................... 8.0 0.8 2.0 1.6 1.2

Used cars and trucks....................................... 3.485 31.9 -1.4 10.5 0.2 -1.5

Motor vehicle parts and equipment1...................... 0.391 6.1 1.7 0.7 1.1 1.7

Tires1....................................................... 0.249 6.9 2.1 0.9 0.8 2.1

Vehicle accessories other than tires1, 2................ 0.142 4.8 1.1 0.3 1.6 1.1

Vehicle parts and equipment other than tires1, 3

... 2.9 0.7 -0.3 0.8 0.7

Motor oil, coolant, and fluids1, 3

...................... 8.1 3.8 1.2 1.6 3.8

Medical care commodities1................................... 1.502 -2.5 -0.2 -0.4 0.2 -0.2

Medicinal drugs8............................................ 1.437 -2.4 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 -0.6

Prescription drugs........................................ 1.077 -2.7 0.0 -0.2 -0.1 -0.4

Nonprescription drugs1, 8................................ 0.359 -1.6 -0.7 -0.3 0.6 -0.7

Medical equipment and supplies1, 8...................... 0.065 -4.5 0.9 -0.6 0.1 0.9

Recreation commodities8

..................................... 1.961 3.3 1.0 -0.3 0.5 1.0

Video and audio products8................................. 0.263 2.7 1.4 0.4 0.3 1.2

Televisions................................................ 0.098 13.3 3.2 1.3 1.6 2.8

Other video equipment2................................. 0.040 0.8 2.6 -0.4 -1.9 2.7

Audio equipment1

........................................ 0.071 -6.7 -0.9 -0.9 0.6 -0.9

Recorded music and music subscriptions1, 2......... 0.043 -1.4 -0.1 1.1 -0.9 -0.1

Pets and pet products1

..................................... 0.614 1.1 -0.1 -0.3 1.4 -0.1

Pet food1, 2, 3

.............................................. 0.5 -0.2 0.2 0.6 -0.2

Purchase of pets, pet supplies, accessories1, 2, 3

. . .. 2.2 0.3 -1.1 3.1 0.3

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 2. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by detailed expenditure

category, August 2021 — Continued

[1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]

Expenditure category

Relative

importance

Jul.

2021

Unadjusted percent

change Seasonally adjusted percent change

Aug.

2020-

Aug.

2021

Jul.

2021-

Aug.

2021

May

2021-

Jun.

2021

Jun.

2021-

Jul.

2021

Jul.

2021-

Aug.

2021

Sporting goods1............................................. 0.597 7.6 2.3 0.0 -0.1 2.3

Sports vehicles including bicycles1

..................... 0.361 7.8 2.8 0.4 -0.7 2.8

Sports equipment1........................................ 0.225 7.1 1.5 -0.7 0.8 1.5

Photographic equipment and supplies................... 0.026 4.4 1.1 1.3 0.2 0.2

Photographic equipment2, 3............................. 5.6 1.0 1.6 0.0 0.2

Recreational reading materials1........................... 0.115 1.3 0.5 -1.4 0.9 0.5

Newspapers and magazines1, 2........................ 0.066 2.6 0.9 -1.6 1.0 0.9

Recreational books1, 2................................... 0.047 -0.5 0.0 -1.1 0.7 0.0

Other recreational goods2.................................. 0.345 1.1 0.7 -1.4 0.1 0.5

Toys........................................................ 0.264 1.7 0.6 -1.6 0.4 0.3

Toys, games, hobbies and playground

equipment2

, 3

......................................... 1.3 1.1 -2.3 0.1 0.8

Sewing machines, fabric and supplies1, 2............. 0.021 -10.8 -2.3 0.5 -2.1 -2.3

Music instruments and accessories1, 2................ 0.045 3.2 2.8 -1.0 -0.3 2.8

Education and communication commodities8

.............. 0.488 -0.5 0.0 -0.2 0.8 -0.1

Educational books and supplies1......................... 0.106 0.4 -1.1 0.1 0.5 -1.1

College textbooks1, 3, 11.................................. 0.1 -1.1 0.2 0.7 -1.1

Information technology commodities8

.................... 0.382 -0.7 0.3 -0.3 0.9 0.2

Computers, peripherals, and smart home

assistants1

, 4............................................ 0.297 3.4 0.1 0.1 1.2 0.1

Computer software and accessories1, 2............... 0.017 -1.2 0.8 -1.8 -0.5 0.8

Telephone hardware, calculators, and other

consumer information items2

......................... 0.068 -15.0 0.7 -1.5 0.1 0.4

Alcoholic beverages........................................... 1.005 2.6 0.4 0.5 0.3 0.3

Alcoholic beverages at home.............................. 0.561 2.2 0.3 0.5 0.2 0.5

Beer, ale, and other malt beverages at home........ 0.217 2.6 0.0 1.2 0.2 0.4

Distilled spirits at home1

................................. 0.092 3.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2

Whiskey at home1, 3

................................... 1.6 0.7 0.1 -0.2 0.7

Distilled spirits, excluding whiskey, at home1, 3

. . .. 3.5 -0.1 0.0 0.5 -0.1

Wine at home............................................. 0.252 1.5 0.6 -0.1 0.2 0.5

Alcoholic beverages away from home1.................. 0.444 3.0 0.5 0.6 0.1 0.5

Beer, ale, and other malt beverages away from

home1

, 2, 3

............................................... 2.9 0.6 0.0 0.3 0.6

Wine away from home1, 2, 3

............................. 2.1 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.4

Distilled spirits away from home1, 2, 3.................. 4.4 0.1 1.6 -0.2 0.1

Other goods8................................................... 1.447 3.4 0.4 0.1 0.2 0.4

Tobacco and smoking products1

.......................... 0.606 6.3 0.1 0.6 0.5 0.1

Cigarettes1, 2.............................................. 0.529 6.6 0.1 0.7 0.5 0.1

Tobacco products other than cigarettes1, 2........... 0.059 3.7 0.2 -0.4 0.3 0.2

Personal care products1

.................................... 0.648 -0.2 0.5 -0.2 -0.1 0.5

Hair, dental, shaving, and miscellaneous personal

care products1, 2....................................... 0.352 -0.1 -0.1 -0.4 0.7 -0.1

Cosmetics, perfume, bath, nail preparations and

implements1

............................................ 0.288 -0.3 1.3 -0.1 -1.0 1.3

Miscellaneous personal goods1, 2......................... 0.193 7.5 0.7 -0.2 0.4 0.7

Stationery, stationery supplies, gift wrap3............. 9.9 0.1 0.7 0.8 1.3

Services less energy services.................................. 58.197 2.7 0.0 0.4 0.3 0.0

Shelter........................................................... 32.573 2.8 0.1 0.5 0.4 0.2

Rent of shelter12............................................. 32.226 2.9 0.1 0.5 0.4 0.2

Rent of primary residence............................... 7.589 2.1 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.3

Lodging away from home2

.............................. 1.105 17.4 -4.7 7.0 6.0 -2.9

Housing at school, excluding board12............... 0.113 2.5 0.8 0.2 0.3 0.2

Other lodging away from home including hotels

and motels........................................... 0.992 19.6 -5.3 7.9 6.8 -3.3

Owners’ equivalent rent of residences12.............. 23.533 2.6 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 2. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by detailed expenditure

category, August 2021 — Continued

[1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]

Expenditure category

Relative

importance

Jul.

2021

Unadjusted percent

change Seasonally adjusted percent change

Aug.

2020-

Aug.

2021

Jul.

2021-

Aug.

2021

May

2021-

Jun.

2021

Jun.

2021-

Jul.

2021

Jul.

2021-

Aug.

2021

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence12. .. 22.351 2.5 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3

Tenants’ and household insurance1, 2................. 0.347 -0.3 -0.2 0.1 0.1 -0.2

Water and sewer and trash collection services2........... 1.078 3.5 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.3

Water and sewerage maintenance....................... 0.788 3.0 0.3 0.5 0.4 0.2

Garbage and trash collection1, 10......................... 0.290 4.7 0.6 0.1 0.8 0.6

Household operations1, 2...................................... 0.893 7.3 0.7 -0.9 0.2 0.7

Domestic services1, 2....................................... 0.308 11.5 0.9 -2.8 0.6 0.9

Gardening and lawncare services1, 2..................... 0.295 2.1 0.5 -0.4 0.0 0.5

Moving, storage, freight expense1, 2...................... 0.095 12.4 1.7 2.0 -1.1 1.7

Repair of household items1, 2..............................

Medical care services......................................... 7.050 1.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0.3

Professional services....................................... 3.590 3.0 0.3 0.0 0.4 0.4

Physicians’ services1

..................................... 1.808 3.9 0.0 0.3 0.4 0.0

Dental services........................................... 0.973 2.6 0.7 -0.2 0.5 1.3

Eyeglasses and eye care1, 6............................ 0.349 0.9 0.9 -1.1 0.2 0.9

Services by other medical professionals1, 6........... 0.460 2.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Hospital and related services.............................. 2.361 3.7 0.7 0.2 0.5 0.8

Hospital services13....................................... 2.167 3.5 0.7 0.2 0.5 0.9

Inpatient hospital services13, 3

........................ 3.4 1.0 0.0 0.6 1.1

Outpatient hospital services3, 6

....................... 2.9 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.5

Nursing homes and adult day services13.............. 0.122 3.1 0.1 0.3 0.3 -0.1

Care of invalids and elderly at home1, 5............... 0.073 8.4 0.0 0.5 -0.1 0.0

Health insurance1, 5......................................... 1.099 -9.9 -0.6 -1.0 -0.6 -0.6

Transportation services....................................... 5.219 4.6 -2.2 1.5 -1.1 -2.3

Leased cars and trucks1, 11................................

Car and truck rental2....................................... 0.213 52.6 -10.4 5.2 -4.6 -8.5

Motor vehicle maintenance and repair1

.................. 1.076 4.2 0.8 0.3 0.9 0.8

Motor vehicle body work1............................... 0.058 6.5 1.5 1.3 0.1 1.5

Motor vehicle maintenance and servicing1............ 0.619 3.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4

Motor vehicle repair1, 2................................... 0.340 5.3 1.3 0.1 2.0 1.3

Motor vehicle insurance.................................... 1.586 1.0 -0.2 1.2 -2.8 -2.8

Motor vehicle fees1, 2....................................... 0.548 1.4 -0.1 0.0 0.4 -0.1

State motor vehicle registration and license

fees1, 2................................................... 0.284 0.6 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.2

Parking and other fees1, 2............................... 0.249 2.4 -0.4 0.0 0.8 -0.4

Parking fees and tolls2, 3.............................. 4.5 -0.6 0.2 0.8 -0.6

Public transportation........................................ 1.193 8.4 -7.9 2.4 0.4 -5.5

Airline fares................................................ 0.714 6.7 -12.6 2.7 -0.1 -9.1

Other intercity transportation............................ 0.180 10.2 -0.2 0.6 -2.0 0.0

Ship fare1, 2, 3

.......................................... 12.6 0.4 0.6 -0.3 0.4

Intracity transportation1.................................. 0.296 10.9 -1.4 1.5 0.8 -1.4

Intracity mass transit1, 3, 8............................. 10.6 0.0 1.2 0.1 0.0

Recreation services8

.......................................... 3.700 3.5 0.3 0.5 0.6 0.2

Video and audio services8

................................. 1.243 3.8 0.4 1.1 0.6 0.2

Cable and satellite television service10................ 1.170 4.4 0.3 1.2 0.5 0.1

Video discs and other media, including rental of

video1

, 2.................................................. 0.073 -4.9 2.0 -0.5 0.9 2.0

Video discs and other media1, 2, 3

................... -6.5 0.3 0.2 1.0 0.3

Rental of video discs and other media1, 2, 3

........ 1.4 1.5 0.1 -1.3 1.5

Pet services including veterinary2

......................... 0.550 4.0 0.2 0.1 -0.4 0.3

Veterinarian services2, 3

................................. 3.2 0.2 0.1 -1.0 0.2

Photographers and photo processing1, 2................. 0.043 1.4 -0.6 -0.5 1.0 -0.6

Other recreation services2

................................. 1.863 3.2 0.2 0.2 0.8 0.2

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 2. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by detailed expenditure

category, August 2021 — Continued

[1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]

Expenditure category

Relative

importance

Jul.

2021

Unadjusted percent

change Seasonally adjusted percent change

Aug.

2020-

Aug.

2021

Jul.

2021-

Aug.

2021

May

2021-

Jun.

2021

Jun.

2021-

Jul.

2021

Jul.

2021-

Aug.

2021

Club membership for shopping clubs, fraternal, or

other organizations, or participant sports fees1, 2.. 0.661 4.9 0.2 0.0 0.4 0.2

Admissions1

............................................... 0.676 1.2 0.3 -0.3 1.4 0.3

Admission to movies, theaters, and

concerts1, 2, 3

......................................... 4.1 -0.6 0.9 1.7 -0.6

Admission to sporting events1, 2, 3................... 1.3 -2.2 1.3 1.3

Fees for lessons or instructions1, 6..................... 0.215 5.9 0.1 2.8 0.2 0.1

Education and communication services8................... 6.048 1.3 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.2

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare................. 2.803 1.4 0.6 0.2 0.2 0.1

College tuition and fees................................. 1.495 0.8 0.9 0.2 0.1 0.1

Elementary and high school tuition and fees......... 0.418 3.1 0.7 0.4 0.3 -0.3

Day care and preschool9

................................ 0.741 1.7 0.1 0.2 0.5 0.0

Technical and business school tuition and fees2..... 0.035 1.5 0.3 0.0 0.4 0.4

Postage and delivery services2........................... 0.109 3.4 0.1 0.4 0.4 0.5

Postage.................................................... 0.099 2.8 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.4

Delivery services2

........................................ 0.010 8.9 1.2 1.3 1.0 1.4

Telephone services1, 2...................................... 2.268 0.7 0.1 0.2 -0.1 0.1

Wireless telephone services1, 2......................... 1.860 -0.8 -0.2 0.1 -0.2 -0.2

Land-line telephone services1, 8........................ 0.408 8.4 1.3 0.9 0.4 1.3

Internet services and electronic information

providers2.................................................. 0.857 2.4 1.1 -0.5 0.4 1.1

Other personal services1, 8................................... 1.636 3.6 0.4 0.2 1.2 0.4

Personal care services1

.................................... 0.684 5.7 0.6 0.2 2.2 0.6

Haircuts and other personal care services1, 2. . . . . . .. 0.684 5.7 0.6 0.2 2.2 0.6

Miscellaneous personal services1

......................... 0.952 2.1 0.4 0.1 0.5 0.4

Legal services1, 6......................................... 0.239 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Funeral expenses1, 6..................................... 0.135 1.7 0.2 0.0 -0.1 0.2

Laundry and dry cleaning services1, 2................. 0.217 6.3 2.0 0.7 1.0 2.0

Apparel services other than laundry and dry

cleaning1

, 2.............................................. 0.029 1.0 -0.7 0.3 0.2 -0.7

Financial services6....................................... 0.223 0.4 -0.6 0.1 1.0 -0.4

Checking account and other bank services1, 2, 3

... -3.6 -0.5 0.2 0.1 -0.5

Tax return preparation and other accounting

fees1

, 2, 3

.............................................. 4.0 -0.2 -0.3 1.1 -0.2

1 Not seasonally adjusted.

2

Indexes on a December 1997=100 base.

3 Special index based on a substantially smaller sample.

4

Indexes on a December 2007=100 base.

5

Indexes on a December 2005=100 base.

6

Indexes on a December 1986=100 base.

7

Indexes on a December 1993=100 base.

8

Indexes on a December 2009=100 base.

9

Indexes on a December 1990=100 base.

10 Indexes on a December 1983=100 base.

11 Indexes on a December 2001=100 base.

12 Indexes on a December 1982=100 base.

13 Indexes on a December 1996=100 base.
Table 3. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, special aggregate indexes,

August 2021

[1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]

Special aggregate indexes

Relative

importance

Jul.

2021

Unadjusted indexes Unadjusted percent

change

Seasonally adjusted percent

change

Aug.

2020

Jul.

2021

Aug.

2021

Aug.

2020-

Aug.

2021

Jul.

2021-

Aug.

2021

May

2021-

Jun.

2021

Jun.

2021-

Jul.

2021

Jul.

2021-

Aug.

2021

All items less food................................... 86.125 258.465 272.186 272.680 5.5 0.2 0.9 0.4 0.3

All items less shelter................................ 67.427 236.785 251.473 252.072 6.5 0.2 1.1 0.5 0.3

All items less food and shelter..................... 53.551 228.608 244.528 245.033 7.2 0.2 1.2 0.4 0.3

All items less food, shelter, and energy.......... 46.296 236.485 247.614 247.913 4.8 0.1 1.2 0.3 0.1

All items less food, shelter, energy, and used

cars and trucks.................................... 42.812 241.498 248.462 249.078 3.1 0.2 0.5 0.3 0.2

All items less medical care......................... 91.449 247.304 260.938 261.479 5.7 0.2 1.0 0.5 0.3

All items less energy................................ 92.745 268.073 278.235 278.691 4.0 0.2 0.9 0.4 0.1

Commodities......................................... 38.603 185.830 201.615 202.496 9.0 0.4 1.7 0.8 0.6

Commodities less food, energy, and used

cars and trucks................................. 17.188 145.171 149.603 150.858 3.9 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.7

Commodities less food........................... 24.728 150.007 167.412 168.214 12.1 0.5 2.2 0.8 0.7

Commodities less food and beverages........ 23.723 146.405 164.035 164.825 12.6 0.5 2.3 0.8 0.7

Services.............................................. 61.397 333.141 343.035 343.246 3.0 0.1 0.4 0.3 0.1

Services less rent of shelter1

.................... 29.170 349.819 361.153 361.047 3.2 0.0 0.3 0.1 0.0

Services less medical care services........... 54.347 315.390 325.694 325.805 3.3 0.0 0.5 0.3 0.1

Durables.............................................. 11.663 106.970 120.310 120.666 12.8 0.3 3.5 0.6 -0.2

Nondurables.......................................... 26.940 225.659 241.137 242.338 7.4 0.5 1.3 0.8 0.5

Nondurables less food........................... 13.065 189.470 210.008 211.357 11.6 0.6 1.4 0.8 0.8

Nondurables less food and beverages. . . . . . .. 12.060 185.181 206.718 208.085 12.4 0.7 1.4 0.8 0.8

Nondurables less food, beverages, and

apparel.......................................... 9.416 232.069 265.795 266.720 14.9 0.3 1.9 1.0 0.8

Nondurables less food and apparel............ 10.421 233.387 264.219 265.155 13.6 0.4 1.8 1.0 0.8

Housing............................................... 41.610 272.866 281.604 282.391 3.5 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4

Education and communication2

.................... 6.536 141.320 142.386 143.011 1.2 0.4 0.1 0.2 0.2

Education2

......................................... 2.908 271.626 273.812 275.373 1.4 0.6 0.2 0.2 0.0

Communication2

.................................. 3.627 75.271 75.808 76.061 1.0 0.3 0.0 0.2 0.3

Information and information processing2

.... 3.518 71.134 71.588 71.831 1.0 0.3 0.0 0.2 0.3

Information technology, hardware and

services3...................................... 1.250 7.320 7.364 7.423 1.4 0.8 -0.4 0.6 0.8

Recreation2

........................................... 5.661 122.074 125.588 126.245 3.4 0.5 0.2 0.6 0.5

Video and audio2................................. 1.507 107.898 111.160 111.756 3.6 0.5 1.0 0.5 0.4

Pets, pet products and services2............... 1.164 181.015 185.297 185.437 2.4 0.1 -0.1 0.6 0.1

Photography2...................................... 0.070 75.659 77.597 77.624 2.6 0.0 0.2 0.7 -0.3

Food and beverages................................ 14.880 268.383 277.187 278.201 3.7 0.4 0.8 0.7 0.4

Domestically produced farm food............... 6.391 260.645 267.797 268.392 3.0 0.2 0.7 0.6 0.2

Other services....................................... 11.384 368.939 376.077 377.579 2.3 0.4 0.2 0.4 0.3

Apparel less footwear............................... 2.009 108.334 110.570 112.577 3.9 1.8 0.8 0.3 0.3

Fuels and utilities.................................... 4.441 244.948 262.320 264.303 7.9 0.8 0.3 0.7 0.9

Household energy................................ 3.363 200.177 217.106 218.980 9.4 0.9 0.3 0.8 1.1

Medical care......................................... 8.551 523.295 524.219 525.247 0.4 0.2 -0.1 0.3 0.2

Transportation....................................... 17.034 202.386 239.722 238.333 17.8 -0.6 3.6 0.6 -0.1

Private transportation............................ 15.841 200.884 238.055 237.994 18.5 0.0 3.7 0.7 0.3

New and used motor vehicles2

............... 8.349 102.070 120.058 119.475 17.1 -0.5 5.6 0.6 -0.3

Utilities and public transportation.................. 8.909 218.326 231.239 229.805 5.3 -0.6 0.4 0.2 -0.2

Household furnishings and operations........... 4.595 126.974 131.024 132.076 4.0 0.8 -0.1 0.0 1.3

Other goods and services.......................... 3.083 462.847 477.103 479.048 3.5 0.4 0.1 0.7 0.4

Personal care..................................... 2.477 238.184 243.789 244.968 2.8 0.5 0.0 0.8 0.5

1

Indexes on a December 1982=100 base.

2

Indexes on a December 1997=100 base.

3

Indexes on a December 1988=100 base.
Table 4. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Selected areas, all items index, August 2021

[1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]

Area Pricing

Schedule1

Percent change to Aug. 2021 from: Percent change to Jul. 2021 from:

Aug.

2020

Jun.

2021

Jul.

2021

Jul.

2020

May

2021

Jun.

2021

U.S. city average............................................... M 5.3 0.7 0.2 5.4 1.4 0.5

Region and area size2

Northeast...................................................... M 4.4 0.3 0.1 4.3 1.2 0.2

Northeast - Size Class A................................. M 3.9 0.2 0.1 3.9 1.1 0.1

Northeast - Size Class B/C3

............................. M 5.0 0.5 0.2 4.9 1.3 0.3

New England4............................................. M 4.1 0.4 0.2 4.2 1.1 0.2

Middle Atlantic4

............................................ M 4.5 0.3 0.1 4.4 1.2 0.1

Midwest....................................................... M 5.7 0.8 0.2 5.9 1.6 0.6

Midwest - Size Class A................................... M 5.3 0.7 0.1 5.6 1.5 0.6

Midwest - Size Class B/C3............................... M 6.0 0.9 0.2 6.1 1.7 0.7

East North Central4

....................................... M 5.3 0.7 0.1 5.6 1.5 0.6

West North Central4....................................... M 6.7 1.1 0.4 6.6 1.9 0.7

South.......................................................... M 5.6 0.8 0.3 5.8 1.4 0.5

South - Size Class A...................................... M 5.2 0.7 0.4 5.2 1.1 0.3

South - Size Class B/C3.................................. M 5.9 0.9 0.2 6.1 1.6 0.6

South Atlantic4

............................................. M 5.4 0.8 0.3 5.6 1.4 0.5

East South Central4

....................................... M 6.4 0.3 -0.1 6.7 1.3 0.4

West South Central4

...................................... M 5.7 0.9 0.3 5.7 1.5 0.6

West........................................................... M 5.0 0.7 0.2 5.2 1.4 0.6

West - Size Class A...................................... M 4.6 0.8 0.2 4.5 1.4 0.6

West - Size Class B/C3

................................... M 5.6 0.6 0.1 6.0 1.5 0.5

Mountain4

................................................... M 5.7 1.0 0.2 5.6 1.4 0.7

Pacific4

...................................................... M 4.8 0.7 0.2 5.0 1.4 0.5

Size classes

Size Class A5

................................................. M 4.7 0.6 0.2 4.7 1.2 0.4

Size Class B/C3.............................................. M 5.7 0.8 0.2 5.9 1.6 0.6

Selected local areas

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI........................ M 4.8 0.4 0.1 4.9 0.8 0.4

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA.................. M 4.0 0.7 0.2 3.9 1.1 0.6

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA............... M 3.7 0.0 0.1 3.5 0.9 -0.1

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA....................... 2 6.6 1.1

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD6

......................... 2 4.5 0.5

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI............................... 2 3.9 0.5

Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX................ 2 5.3 0.7

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL........... 2 4.2 0.2

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD....... 2 4.6 0.6

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ7

............................. 2 5.1 0.2

San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA..................... 2 3.7 0.5

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA............................. 2 5.2 1.1

St. Louis, MO-IL.............................................. 2 6.6 1.0

Urban Alaska................................................. 2 5.7 0.3

Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH....................... 1 4.3 1.2

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX............................ 1 5.6 0.8

Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO............................. 1 3.5 1.8

Minneapolis-St.Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI................ 1 6.5 1.7

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA4

................... 1 6.5 1.3

San Diego-Carlsbad, CA.................................... 1 6.0 2.1

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL8

................... 1 6.6 1.4

Urban Hawaii................................................. 1 4.6 0.8

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV6

. . . .. 1 4.4 1.2

1 Foods, fuels, and several other items are priced every month in all areas. Most other goods and services are priced as indicated: M - Every month.

1 - January, March, May, July, September, and November. 2 - February, April, June, August, October, and December.

2 Regions defined as the four Census regions.
3

Indexes on a December 1996=100 base.

4

Indexes on a December 2017=100 base.

5

Indexes on a December 1986=100 base.

6

1998 - 2017 indexes based on substantially smaller sample.

7

Indexes on a December 2001=100 base.

8

Indexes on a 1987=100 base.

NOTE: Local area indexes are byproducts of the national CPI program. Each local index has a smaller sample size than the national index and is,

therefore, subject to substantially more sampling and other measurement error. As a result, local area indexes show greater volatility than the national

index, although their long-term trends are similar. Therefore, the Bureau of Labor Statistics strongly urges users to consider adopting the national

average CPI for use in their escalator clauses.
Table 5. Chained Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (C-CPI-U) and the Consumer Price Index for

All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, all items index, August 2021

[Percent changes]

Month Year

Unadjusted 1-month percent change Unadjusted 12-month percent change

C-CPI-U1 CPI-U C-CPI-U1 CPI-U

December 2008............................. 0.2 0.1

December 2009............................. 2.5 2.7

December 2010............................. 1.3 1.5

December 2011............................. 2.9 3.0

December 2012............................. 1.5 1.7

December 2013............................. 1.3 1.5

December 2014............................. 0.5 0.8

December 2015............................. 0.4 0.7

December 2016............................. 1.8 2.1

December 2017............................. 1.7 2.1

December 2018............................. 1.5 1.9

January 2019............................... 0.2 0.2 1.3 1.6

February 2019.............................. 0.4 0.4 1.3 1.5

March 2019.................................. 0.5 0.6 1.5 1.9

April 2019.................................... 0.4 0.5 1.6 2.0

May 2019.................................... 0.2 0.2 1.4 1.8

June 2019................................... 0.0 0.0 1.3 1.6

July 2019.................................... 0.1 0.2 1.5 1.8

August 2019................................. 0.0 0.0 1.5 1.7

September 2019............................ 0.0 0.1 1.4 1.7

October 2019............................... 0.1 0.2 1.4 1.8

November 2019............................. -0.1 -0.1 1.6 2.1

December 2019............................. -0.2 -0.1 1.8 2.3

January 2020............................... 0.4 0.4 2.0 2.5

February 2020.............................. 0.3 0.3 1.8 2.3

March 2020.................................. -0.2 -0.2 1.1 1.5

April 2020.................................... -0.5 -0.7 0.2 0.3

May 2020.................................... -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0.1

June 2020................................... 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.6

July 2020.................................... 0.6 0.5 0.9 1.0

August 2020................................. 0.4 0.3 1.3 1.3

September 2020............................ 0.1 0.1 1.4 1.4

October 2020............................... 0.0 0.0 1.3 1.2

November 2020............................. -0.1 -0.1 1.3 1.2

December 2020............................. 0.1 0.1 1.5 1.4

January 2021............................... 0.4 0.4 1.6 1.4

February 2021.............................. 0.6 0.5 1.9 1.7

March 2021.................................. 0.7 0.7 2.8 2.6

April 2021.................................... 0.8 0.8 4.2 4.2

May 2021.................................... 0.8 0.8 5.1 5.0

June 2021................................... 0.9 0.9 5.4 5.4

July 2021.................................... 0.5 0.5 5.3 5.4

August 2021................................. 0.2 0.2 5.1 5.3

1 The C-CPI-U is designed to be a closer approximation to a cost-of-living index in that it, in its final form, accounts for any substitution that

consumers make across item categories in response to changes in relative prices. Since the expenditure data required for the calculation of the

C-CPI-U are available only with a time lag, the C-CPI-U is issued first in preliminary form using the latest available expenditure data at that time and

is subject to four revisions.

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.
Table 6. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category,

August 2021, 1-month analysis table

[1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]

Expenditure category

Relative

importance

Jul.

2021

One Month

Seasonally

adjusted

percent

change

Jul. 2021-

Aug. 2021

Seasonally

adjusted

effect on All

Items

Jul. 2021-

Aug. 20211

Standard

error,

median

price

change2

Largest (L) or Smallest (S)

seasonally adjusted

change since:3

Date Percent

change

All items................................................................. 100.000 0.3 0.04 S-Jan.2021 0.3

Food.................................................................. 13.875 0.4 0.055 0.10 S-May 2021 0.4

Food at home..................................................... 7.644 0.4 0.028 0.15 S-May 2021 0.4

Cereals and bakery products................................. 0.975 0.0 0.000 0.40 S-Jun.2021 -0.3

Cereals and cereal products............................... 0.298 0.3 0.001 0.50 S-Jun.2021 0.0

Flour and prepared flour mixes......................... 0.041 2.0 0.001 0.83 L-Apr.2013 2.3

Breakfast cereal4

......................................... 0.137 0.0 0.000 0.92 S-Apr.2021 -0.2

Rice, pasta, cornmeal.................................... 0.120 -0.5 -0.001 0.78 S-Jun.2021 -0.7

Rice4, 5, 6

................................................ 0.3 0.68 S-Jun.2021 -0.6

Bakery products4

......................................... 0.677 -0.3 -0.002 0.52 S-Jan.2021 -0.4

Bread4, 5................................................. 0.191 -0.1 0.000 0.83 S-Jun.2021 -0.4

White bread4, 6

...................................... -0.5 0.94 – –

Bread other than white4, 6

.......................... 0.2 1.04 S-Jun.2021 -0.9

Fresh biscuits, rolls, muffins5

......................... 0.098 -1.8 -0.002 1.35 S-Aug.2009 -2.1

Cakes, cupcakes, and cookies4...................... 0.174 0.1 0.000 0.86 S-May 2021 -1.1

Cookies4, 6........................................... 0.1 0.94 S-Jun.2021 -0.6

Fresh cakes and cupcakes4, 6

..................... -0.6 1.62 S-Feb.2021 -0.6

Other bakery products................................ 0.213 -0.3 -0.001 0.82 S-Jun.2021 -0.8

Fresh sweetrolls, coffeecakes, doughnuts4, 6

.... 0.2 0.76 S-Jun.2021 -1.9

Crackers, bread, and cracker products6. . . . . . . .. -1.3 1.24 S-Jan.2021 -1.3

Frozen and refrigerated bakery products, pies,

tarts, turnovers4, 6................................ -0.2 1.13 S-Apr.2021 -0.5

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs................................ 1.797 0.7 0.012 0.34 S-Apr.2021 0.5

Meats, poultry, and fish.................................... 1.699 0.6 0.010 0.36 S-Apr.2021 0.6

Meats...................................................... 1.082 0.5 0.005 0.44 S-Mar.2021 -0.3

Beef and veal.......................................... 0.513 1.7 0.009 0.69 L-Jun.2021 4.5

Uncooked ground beef4

............................ 0.177 2.3 0.004 0.98 L-Jun.2021 3.4

Uncooked beef roasts4, 5........................... 0.082 -0.4 0.000 1.73 S-Dec.2020 -0.4

Uncooked beef steaks5

............................. 0.206 1.1 0.002 0.93 L-Jun.2021 6.0

Uncooked other beef and veal4, 5................. 0.048 -0.4 0.000 1.14 S-Mar.2021 -0.7

Pork...................................................... 0.344 0.3 0.001 0.80 S-Mar.2021 -0.3

Bacon, breakfast sausage, and related

products5

.......................................... 0.139 2.9 0.004 0.96 L-Apr.2021 2.9

Bacon and related products6.................... 3.3 1.05 L-Apr.2021 3.4

Breakfast sausage and related products5, 6... 2.2 1.32 L-Oct.2020 2.3

Ham................................................... 0.065 1.7 0.001 1.91 L-Jun.2021 3.1

Ham, excluding canned6

........................ 1.8 2.36 L-Jun.2021 3.0

Pork chops4.......................................... 0.054 0.0 0.000 1.70 S-Jan.2021 -2.4

Other pork including roasts, steaks, and ribs5... 0.085 -3.0 -0.003 1.96 S-Sep.2020 -5.4

Other meats............................................ 0.225 -1.9 -0.004 0.60 S-Feb.2007 -2.6

Frankfurters6......................................... -8.3 1.75 S-EVER –

Lunchmeats4, 5, 6

.................................... -0.5 0.58 S-May 2021 -0.6

Poultry4.................................................. 0.338 1.4 0.005 0.73 S-Jun.2021 0.9

Chicken4, 5........................................... 0.276 1.4 0.004 0.78 S-Jun.2021 0.6

Fresh whole chicken4, 6.......................... 1.0 1.35 S-Jun.2021 0.5

Fresh and frozen chicken parts4, 6

............. 1.6 0.95 S-Jun.2021 0.8

Other uncooked poultry including turkey5........ 0.063 1.3 0.001 1.27 L-Jun.2021 1.9

Fish and seafood...................................... 0.279 -0.2 0.000 0.54 S-Apr.2021 -1.4

Fresh fish and seafood5............................ 0.143 0.5 0.001 0.82 S-Apr.2021 -1.5

Processed fish and seafood5

...................... 0.136 -1.6 -0.002 0.80 S-Feb.2018 -1.9

Shelf stable fish and seafood6

.................. -2.3 1.06 S-Apr.2021 -3.5

Frozen fish and seafood6

........................ -1.9 0.82 S-Oct.2016 -2.3

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 6. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category,

August 2021, 1-month analysis table — Continued

[1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]

Expenditure category

Relative

importance

Jul.

2021

One Month

Seasonally

adjusted

percent

change

Jul. 2021-

Aug. 2021

Seasonally

adjusted

effect on All

Items

Jul. 2021-

Aug. 20211

Standard

error,

median

price

change2

Largest (L) or Smallest (S)

seasonally adjusted

change since:3

Date Percent

change

Eggs........................................................ 0.098 2.6 0.003 0.89 L-Jun.2021 3.0

Dairy and related products................................... 0.754 -1.0 -0.008 0.36 S-Jan.2015 -1.2

Milk5

........................................................... 0.210 -1.4 -0.003 0.66 S-Oct.2020 -2.4

Fresh whole milk6........................................ -1.0 0.76 S-Feb.2021 -1.4

Fresh milk other than whole5, 6......................... -1.6 0.80 S-Oct.2020 -2.4

Cheese and related products4............................. 0.249 0.0 0.000 0.54 L-Jun.2021 0.1

Ice cream and related products........................... 0.104 -1.1 -0.001 0.95 S-Oct.2020 -1.4

Other dairy and related products4, 5...................... 0.190 -0.9 -0.002 0.71 S-Mar.2021 -0.9

Fruits and vegetables......................................... 1.306 0.2 0.003 0.36 L-Jun.2021 0.7

Fresh fruits and vegetables................................ 1.023 0.3 0.003 0.46 L-Jun.2021 1.0

Fresh fruits................................................ 0.533 -0.3 -0.002 0.72 L-Jun.2021 1.1

Apples................................................... 0.078 -1.5 -0.001 1.36 S-Jun.2020 -1.8

Bananas4

............................................... 0.073 -1.1 -0.001 0.84 S-Feb.2021 -1.9

Citrus fruits5

............................................ 0.143 0.9 0.001 0.97 L-Jun.2021 1.0

Oranges, including tangerines6.................... 0.4 1.48 L-Apr.2021 2.5

Other fresh fruits5...................................... 0.240 0.2 0.001 1.46 L-Jun.2021 2.0

Fresh vegetables......................................... 0.490 1.0 0.005 0.50 L-Mar.2021 1.4

Potatoes................................................. 0.079 1.0 0.001 1.27 L-Jun.2021 1.5

Lettuce4

................................................. 0.061 -1.0 -0.001 1.17 S-Feb.2021 -1.9

Tomatoes............................................... 0.077 1.4 0.001 1.35 L-May 2021 2.0

Other fresh vegetables................................ 0.273 1.2 0.003 0.64 L-Jun.2020 1.6

Processed fruits and vegetables5

...................... 0.283 -0.1 0.000 0.52 S-Jun.2021 -0.3

Canned fruits and vegetables5

....................... 0.149 -0.6 -0.001 0.67 S-Aug.2020 -1.0

Canned fruits5, 6..................................... -0.9 0.80 S-Jan.2021 -1.4

Canned vegetables5, 6.............................. -0.1 0.85 S-Jun.2021 -0.7

Frozen fruits and vegetables5........................ 0.084 0.9 0.001 0.93 L-May 2020 1.7

Frozen vegetables6

................................. 0.8 1.21 L-May 2020 0.9

Other processed fruits and vegetables including

dried5................................................. 0.049 0.0 0.000 1.19 L-Apr.2021 0.6

Dried beans, peas, and lentils4, 5, 6............... -0.3 1.72 S-Jun.2021 -0.5

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials. . . . . . . .. 0.901 1.0 0.009 0.44 L-Apr.2020 3.3

Juices and nonalcoholic drinks5........................... 0.644 0.9 0.006 0.51 S-Jun.2021 0.9

Carbonated drinks........................................ 0.272 1.1 0.003 1.03 S-May 2021 -1.3

Frozen noncarbonated juices and drinks4, 5.......... 0.006 -1.8 0.000 0.72 S-Mar.2021 -1.8

Nonfrozen noncarbonated juices and drinks5......... 0.366 0.7 0.003 0.60 S-Jun.2021 0.5

Beverage materials including coffee and tea5........... 0.257 1.2 0.003 0.66 L-Dec.2017 1.2

Coffee...................................................... 0.164 1.4 0.002 0.87 L-Nov.2019 1.9

Roasted coffee6

........................................ 1.2 0.97 L-May 2021 1.3

Instant coffee4, 6

........................................ 2.7 1.47 L-Dec.2020 4.2

Other beverage materials including tea4, 5............ 0.093 0.7 0.001 0.81 L-Jun.2021 1.8

Other food at home............................................ 1.912 0.6 0.011 0.33 S-Jun.2021 0.2

Sugar and sweets4.......................................... 0.261 0.3 0.001 0.64 L-May 2021 0.5

Sugar and sugar substitutes............................ 0.037 -0.2 0.000 0.90 S-May 2021 -0.5

Candy and chewing gum4, 5............................. 0.172 0.4 0.001 0.87 L-May 2021 0.8

Other sweets5

............................................. 0.052 1.1 0.001 0.92 S-Jun.2021 -1.3

Fats and oils................................................. 0.214 1.4 0.003 0.64 L-May 2019 1.7

Butter and margarine5

................................... 0.062 0.5 0.000 0.98 L-May 2021 1.7

Butter6

................................................... 0.1 1.18 L-May 2021 1.3

Margarine6

.............................................. 2.7 1.33 L-Feb.2021 2.8

Salad dressing5

........................................... 0.050 4.0 0.002 1.06 L-Jun.2008 4.9

Other fats and oils including peanut butter5

. . . . . . . . .. 0.101 0.7 0.001 1.14 S-Jun.2021 0.5

Peanut butter4, 5, 6

..................................... -2.8 1.01 S-Jan.2020 -3.6

Other foods................................................ 1.437 0.5 0.008 0.37 S-Jun.2021 0.2

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 6. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category,

August 2021, 1-month analysis table — Continued

[1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]

Expenditure category

Relative

importance

Jul.

2021

One Month

Seasonally

adjusted

percent

change

Jul. 2021-

Aug. 2021

Seasonally

adjusted

effect on All

Items

Jul. 2021-

Aug. 20211

Standard

error,

median

price

change2

Largest (L) or Smallest (S)

seasonally adjusted

change since:3

Date Percent

change

Soups.................................................... 0.087 1.9 0.002 1.17 L-Apr.2020 2.2

Frozen and freeze dried prepared foods........... 0.251 1.1 0.003 0.67 S-Jun.2021 0.5

Snacks4

................................................. 0.324 0.6 0.002 0.84 L-Jun.2021 1.1

Spices, seasonings, condiments, sauces........... 0.281 -0.2 -0.001 0.51 S-Jun.2021 -1.1

Salt and other seasonings and spices5, 6........ -0.5 1.05 S-Jun.2021 -1.2

Olives, pickles, relishes4, 5, 6....................... 0.8 0.89 L-Feb.2021 1.8

Sauces and gravies5, 6

............................. -0.8 0.77 S-Jun.2021 -1.1

Other condiments6

.................................. 3.0 1.05 L-Aug.2014 4.0

Baby food4, 5........................................... 0.041 0.1 0.000 0.88 S-May 2021 0.0

Other miscellaneous foods5

.......................... 0.452 0.2 0.001 0.63 S-May 2021 0.1

Prepared salads7, 6

................................. -2.1 1.72 S-Jun.2021 -2.4

Food away from home4

.......................................... 6.231 0.4 0.027 0.10 S-Apr.2021 0.3

Full service meals and snacks4, 5........................... 3.122 0.6 0.020 0.10 – –

Limited service meals and snacks4, 5....................... 2.767 0.8 0.021 0.14 S-Jun.2021 0.6

Food at employee sites and schools4, 5.................... 0.091 -17.0 -0.016 0.27 S-EVER –

Food at elementary and secondary schools4, 8, 6....... 0.06 – –

Food from vending machines and mobile vendors4, 5. . .. 0.081 0.6 0.000 0.11 L-Jun.2021 2.3

Other food away from home4, 5.............................. 0.170 0.2 0.000 0.14 S-Jun.2021 0.0

Energy................................................................ 7.255 2.0 0.139 0.16 L-Mar.2021 5.0

Energy commodities............................................. 4.055 2.7 0.103 0.20 L-Mar.2021 8.9

Fuel oil and other fuels........................................ 0.163 0.5 0.001 0.60 S-Apr.2021 -2.2

Fuel oil4

....................................................... 0.098 -2.1 -0.002 0.94 S-Apr.2021 -3.2

Propane, kerosene, and firewood9........................ 0.065 1.4 0.001 0.56 S-May 2021 0.6

Motor fuel....................................................... 3.892 2.8 0.103 0.20 L-Mar.2021 9.1

Gasoline (all types)......................................... 3.811 2.8 0.101 0.20 L-Mar.2021 9.1

Gasoline, unleaded regular6

............................ 2.8 0.45 L-Mar.2021 9.6

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade10, 6...................... 2.6 0.46 L-Mar.2021 8.4

Gasoline, unleaded premium6

.......................... 2.9 0.40 L-Mar.2021 9.3

Other motor fuels4, 5........................................ 0.081 0.8 0.001 0.37 S-Nov.2020 -0.2

Energy services................................................... 3.200 1.1 0.036 0.18 L-Apr.2021 1.5

Electricity........................................................ 2.457 1.0 0.023 0.25 L-Apr.2021 1.2

Utility (piped) gas service..................................... 0.743 1.6 0.012 0.34 S-Feb.2021 1.6

All items less food and energy.................................... 78.870 0.1 0.080 0.04 S-Feb.2021 0.1

Commodities less food and energy commodities............ 20.673 0.3 0.067 0.10 S-Mar.2021 0.1

Household furnishings and supplies11...................... 3.702 1.2 0.046 0.23 L-EVER –

Window and floor coverings and other linens4, 5........ 0.271 2.3 0.006 0.96 L-Jan.2021 3.0

Floor coverings4, 5........................................ 0.063 -2.7 -0.002 0.74 S-Apr.2008 -3.4

Window coverings4, 5..................................... 0.054 17.2 0.009 1.37 L-EVER –

Other linens4, 5............................................ 0.154 -0.8 -0.001 1.52 L-Jun.2021 2.5

Furniture and bedding4

..................................... 0.950 2.3 0.022 0.55 L-Mar.1988 2.6

Bedroom furniture4....................................... 0.332 0.9 0.003 0.68 S-Feb.2021 -1.4

Living room, kitchen, and dining room furniture4, 5. .. 0.459 3.8 0.017 0.90 L-EVER –

Other furniture5........................................... 0.151 1.7 0.003 0.70 L-May 2021 2.7

Appliances5

.................................................. 0.219 1.5 0.003 0.72 L-Feb.2021 1.9

Major appliances5

........................................ 0.080 1.1 0.001 0.93 L-Jun.2021 2.7

Laundry equipment4, 6

................................. -2.6 1.73 S-Sep.2020 -5.5

Other appliances4, 5...................................... 0.136 1.6 0.002 0.92 L-Feb.2021 2.9

Other household equipment and furnishings4, 5......... 0.519 -0.2 -0.001 0.55 L-May 2021 0.1

Clocks, lamps, and decorator items4

.................. 0.301 0.0 0.000 0.89 L-Apr.2021 0.6

Indoor plants and flowers12............................. 0.090 1.4 0.001 0.80 L-Jan.2021 2.9

Dishes and flatware4, 5................................... 0.051 -4.6 -0.002 1.49 S-Jun.2018 -8.2

Nonelectric cookware and tableware4, 5............... 0.077 1.3 0.001 0.81 L-Apr.2021 2.8

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 6. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category,

August 2021, 1-month analysis table — Continued

[1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]

Expenditure category

Relative

importance

Jul.

2021

One Month

Seasonally

adjusted

percent

change

Jul. 2021-

Aug. 2021

Seasonally

adjusted

effect on All

Items

Jul. 2021-

Aug. 20211

Standard

error,

median

price

change2

Largest (L) or Smallest (S)

seasonally adjusted

change since:3

Date Percent

change

Tools, hardware, outdoor equipment and supplies5

. . .. 0.863 0.7 0.006 0.40 L-May 2021 1.5

Tools, hardware and supplies4, 5....................... 0.240 2.0 0.005 0.57 L-Jan.2004 2.1

Outdoor equipment and supplies5

...................... 0.440 -0.3 -0.001 0.57 S-Jan.2021 -2.5

Housekeeping supplies4.................................... 0.880 -0.3 -0.003 0.39 S-Mar.2021 -0.8

Household cleaning products4, 5........................ 0.347 0.8 0.003 0.57 – –

Household paper products4, 5........................... 0.226 -1.2 -0.003 0.74 S-Sep.2020 -3.6

Miscellaneous household products4, 5................. 0.307 -0.8 -0.003 0.64 S-Feb.2021 -3.2

Apparel.......................................................... 2.644 0.4 0.010 0.41 L-Jun.2021 0.7

Men’s and boys’ apparel................................... 0.663 1.1 0.007 0.69 L-Apr.2021 1.5

Men’s apparel............................................. 0.531 2.8 0.015 0.76 L-Feb.2009 3.1

Men’s suits, sport coats, and outerwear............ 0.086 7.9 0.007 2.01 L-EVER –

Men’s underwear, nightwear, swimwear, and

accessories4......................................... 0.158 2.5 0.004 1.25 L-Sep.2020 3.1

Men’s shirts and sweaters5

........................... 0.143 4.3 0.006 1.48 L-Sep.2015 8.3

Men’s pants and shorts............................... 0.139 -0.4 -0.001 1.52 S-Jun.2021 -1.9

Boys’ apparel............................................. 0.132 -2.6 -0.004 1.38 S-Sep.2020 -4.6

Women’s and girls’ apparel................................ 1.057 -0.5 -0.005 0.74 S-Apr.2021 -0.8

Women’s apparel......................................... 0.873 -0.4 -0.004 0.75 S-Apr.2021 -1.0

Women’s outerwear................................... 0.059 -1.1 -0.001 2.12 L-Jun.2021 2.1

Women’s dresses...................................... 0.091 -3.1 -0.003 1.93 S-Feb.2021 -4.9

Women’s suits and separates5

....................... 0.445 -0.8 -0.004 1.09 S-Apr.2021 -1.7

Women’s underwear, nightwear, swimwear, and

accessories5......................................... 0.268 1.7 0.005 1.11 L-Jun.2020 1.9

Girls’ apparel.............................................. 0.185 -0.7 -0.001 1.99 L-Jun.2021 -0.6

Footwear..................................................... 0.635 0.7 0.005 0.57 L-May 2021 1.4

Men’s footwear4

.......................................... 0.225 1.1 0.002 0.81 L-Apr.2021 1.5

Boys’ and girls’ footwear................................ 0.130 0.7 0.001 1.00 L-May 2021 3.5

Women’s footwear........................................ 0.280 1.2 0.003 0.82 S-Jun.2021 0.2

Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel.............................. 0.121 0.6 0.001 1.47 L-Jun.2021 2.1

Jewelry and watches9

...................................... 0.168 1.7 0.003 1.26 L-May 2021 2.3

Watches4, 9................................................ 0.039 -0.5 0.000 1.41 L-Jun.2021 1.7

Jewelry9

.................................................... 0.128 2.4 0.003 1.67 L-May 2021 3.1

Transportation commodities less motor fuel11............. 7.924 0.0 -0.001 0.10 S-Feb.2021 -0.4

New vehicles................................................. 3.779 1.2 0.046 0.17 S-Apr.2021 0.5

New cars and trucks5, 6.................................. 1.2 0.21 S-Apr.2021 0.5

New cars6

............................................... 1.4 0.24 S-Apr.2021 0.3

New trucks13, 6

......................................... 1.2 0.21 S-Apr.2021 0.6

Used cars and trucks....................................... 3.485 -1.5 -0.053 0.02 S-Nov.2016 -1.6

Motor vehicle parts and equipment4

...................... 0.391 1.7 0.007 0.29 L-EVER –

Tires4

....................................................... 0.249 2.1 0.005 0.33 L-EVER –

Vehicle accessories other than tires4, 5................ 0.142 1.1 0.002 0.56 S-Jun.2021 0.3

Vehicle parts and equipment other than tires4, 6... 0.7 0.74 S-Jun.2021 -0.3

Motor oil, coolant, and fluids4, 6...................... 3.8 1.50 L-Dec.2019 5.4

Medical care commodities4

................................... 1.502 -0.2 -0.003 0.19 S-Jun.2021 -0.4

Medicinal drugs11........................................... 1.437 -0.6 -0.009 0.20 S-Feb.2021 -0.7

Prescription drugs........................................ 1.077 -0.4 -0.004 0.17 S-Feb.2021 -0.7

Nonprescription drugs4, 11............................... 0.359 -0.7 -0.003 0.66 S-Jan.2021 -1.1

Medical equipment and supplies4, 11..................... 0.065 0.9 0.001 0.54 L-May 2021 1.2

Recreation commodities11.................................... 1.961 1.0 0.019 0.22 L-Apr.2021 1.2

Video and audio products11................................ 0.263 1.2 0.003 0.42 L-Apr.2021 1.6

Televisions................................................ 0.098 2.8 0.003 0.57 L-Apr.2021 3.1

Other video equipment5

................................. 0.040 2.7 0.001 0.93 L-Aug.2020 2.9

Audio equipment4

........................................ 0.071 -0.9 -0.001 1.00 S-Jun.2021 -0.9

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 6. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category,

August 2021, 1-month analysis table — Continued

[1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]

Expenditure category

Relative

importance

Jul.

2021

One Month

Seasonally

adjusted

percent

change

Jul. 2021-

Aug. 2021

Seasonally

adjusted

effect on All

Items

Jul. 2021-

Aug. 20211

Standard

error,

median

price

change2

Largest (L) or Smallest (S)

seasonally adjusted

change since:3

Date Percent

change

Recorded music and music subscriptions4, 5......... 0.043 -0.1 0.000 0.67 L-Jun.2021 1.1

Pets and pet products4

..................................... 0.614 -0.1 0.000 0.38 S-Jun.2021 -0.3

Pet food4, 5, 6

.............................................. -0.2 0.45 S-May 2021 -0.3

Purchase of pets, pet supplies, accessories4, 5, 6. . .. 0.3 0.64 S-Jun.2021 -1.1

Sporting goods4............................................. 0.597 2.3 0.014 0.53 L-Dec.2018 3.9

Sports vehicles including bicycles4..................... 0.361 2.8 0.010 0.69 L-May 2021 2.9

Sports equipment4

........................................ 0.225 1.5 0.003 0.53 L-Dec.2020 3.2

Photographic equipment and supplies................... 0.026 0.2 0.000 0.78 – –

Photographic equipment5, 6............................. 0.2 0.98 L-Jun.2021 1.6

Recreational reading materials4

........................... 0.115 0.5 0.001 0.83 S-Jun.2021 -1.4

Newspapers and magazines4, 5........................ 0.066 0.9 0.001 0.95 S-Jun.2021 -1.6

Recreational books4, 5................................... 0.047 0.0 0.000 1.40 S-Jun.2021 -1.1

Other recreational goods5

.................................. 0.345 0.5 0.002 0.56 L-Apr.2021 2.4

Toys........................................................ 0.264 0.3 0.001 0.64 S-Jun.2021 -1.6

Toys, games, hobbies and playground

equipment5

, 6

......................................... 0.8 0.95 L-Apr.2021 2.5

Sewing machines, fabric and supplies4, 5............. 0.021 -2.3 0.000 1.79 S-Dec.2020 -10.4

Music instruments and accessories4, 5................ 0.045 2.8 0.001 0.75 L-Mar.2021 3.7

Education and communication commodities11............. 0.488 -0.1 0.000 0.58 S-Jun.2021 -0.2

Educational books and supplies4......................... 0.106 -1.1 -0.001 0.63 S-Mar.2021 -2.3

College textbooks4, 14, 6

.................................. -1.1 0.52 S-Mar.2021 -2.3

Information technology commodities11................... 0.382 0.2 0.001 0.70 S-Jun.2021 -0.3

Computers, peripherals, and smart home

assistants4

, 7............................................ 0.297 0.1 0.000 0.93 S-Jun.2021 0.1

Computer software and accessories4, 5............... 0.017 0.8 0.000 1.59 L-May 2021 1.0

Telephone hardware, calculators, and other

consumer information items5

......................... 0.068 0.4 0.000 0.79 L-May 2020 0.9

Alcoholic beverages........................................... 1.005 0.3 0.003 0.24 – –

Alcoholic beverages at home.............................. 0.561 0.5 0.003 0.35 L-Jun.2021 0.5

Beer, ale, and other malt beverages at home........ 0.217 0.4 0.001 0.45 L-Jun.2021 1.2

Distilled spirits at home4

................................. 0.092 0.2 0.000 0.52 L-Jun.2021 0.2

Whiskey at home4, 6

................................... 0.7 0.80 L-May 2021 0.7

Distilled spirits, excluding whiskey, at home4, 6

. . .. -0.1 0.59 S-Nov.2020 -0.1

Wine at home............................................. 0.252 0.5 0.001 0.68 L-Apr.2021 1.2

Alcoholic beverages away from home4.................. 0.444 0.5 0.002 0.31 L-Jun.2021 0.6

Beer, ale, and other malt beverages away from

home4

, 5, 6

............................................... 0.6 0.72 L-Mar.2021 0.7

Wine away from home4, 5, 6

............................. 0.4 0.33 L-Mar.2021 0.4

Distilled spirits away from home4, 5, 6.................. 0.1 0.53 L-Jun.2021 1.6

Other goods11.................................................. 1.447 0.4 0.005 0.21 L-Apr.2021 0.4

Tobacco and smoking products4

.......................... 0.606 0.1 0.001 0.20 S-May 2021 0.1

Cigarettes4, 5.............................................. 0.529 0.1 0.000 0.22 S-May 2021 0.1

Tobacco products other than cigarettes4, 5........... 0.059 0.2 0.000 0.43 S-Jun.2021 -0.4

Personal care products4

.................................... 0.648 0.5 0.003 0.32 L-Jan.2021 0.6

Hair, dental, shaving, and miscellaneous personal

care products4, 5....................................... 0.352 -0.1 0.000 0.39 S-Jun.2021 -0.4

Cosmetics, perfume, bath, nail preparations and

implements4............................................ 0.288 1.3 0.004 0.57 L-Nov.2017 1.5

Miscellaneous personal goods4, 5......................... 0.193 0.7 0.001 0.98 L-Apr.2021 2.1

Stationery, stationery supplies, gift wrap6

............. 1.3 0.89 L-Nov.2020 2.8

Services less energy services.................................. 58.197 0.0 -0.004 0.04 S-Jan.2021 0.0

Shelter........................................................... 32.573 0.2 0.052 0.05 S-Feb.2021 0.2

Rent of shelter15............................................. 32.226 0.2 0.053 0.05 S-Feb.2021 0.2

Rent of primary residence............................... 7.589 0.3 0.024 0.04 L-Mar.2020 0.3

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 6. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category,

August 2021, 1-month analysis table — Continued

[1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]

Expenditure category

Relative

importance

Jul.

2021

One Month

Seasonally

adjusted

percent

change

Jul. 2021-

Aug. 2021

Seasonally

adjusted

effect on All

Items

Jul. 2021-

Aug. 20211

Standard

error,

median

price

change2

Largest (L) or Smallest (S)

seasonally adjusted

change since:3

Date Percent

change

Lodging away from home5

.............................. 1.105 -2.9 -0.031 1.46 S-Apr.2020 -6.1

Housing at school, excluding board15............... 0.113 0.2 0.000 0.03 S-Jun.2021 0.2

Other lodging away from home including hotels

and motels........................................... 0.992 -3.3 -0.031 1.65 S-Apr.2020 -7.0

Owners’ equivalent rent of residences15.............. 23.533 0.3 0.060 0.04 – –

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence15. .. 22.351 0.3 0.057 0.04 – –

Tenants’ and household insurance4, 5................. 0.347 -0.2 -0.001 0.12 S-Feb.2021 -1.2

Water and sewer and trash collection services5

........ 1.078 0.3 0.003 0.07 S-May 2021 0.1

Water and sewerage maintenance..................... 0.788 0.2 0.002 0.09 S-Apr.2021 0.2

Garbage and trash collection4, 13....................... 0.290 0.6 0.002 0.15 S-Jun.2021 0.1

Household operations4, 5................................... 0.893 0.7 0.007 0.13 L-May 2021 3.1

Domestic services4, 5..................................... 0.308 0.9 0.003 0.20 L-May 2021 6.4

Gardening and lawncare services4, 5.................. 0.295 0.5 0.001 0.07 L-May 2020 0.8

Moving, storage, freight expense4, 5................... 0.095 1.7 0.002 0.63 L-Jun.2021 2.0

Repair of household items4, 5...........................

Medical care services...................................... 7.050 0.3 0.024 0.09 – –

Professional services.................................... 3.590 0.4 0.015 0.12 – –

Physicians’ services4

.................................. 1.808 0.0 0.000 0.16 S-May 2021 0.0

Dental services......................................... 0.973 1.3 0.012 0.24 L-Feb.2018 1.3

Eyeglasses and eye care4, 9......................... 0.349 0.9 0.003 0.28 L-Jan.2018 0.9

Services by other medical professionals4, 9........ 0.460 0.0 0.000 0.06 – –

Hospital and related services........................... 2.361 0.8 0.018 0.13 L-Oct.2019 1.2

Hospital services16..................................... 2.167 0.9 0.019 0.14 L-Oct.2019 1.3

Inpatient hospital services16, 6..................... 1.1 0.24 L-Oct.2019 1.3

Outpatient hospital services9, 6.................... 0.5 0.22 L-Mar.2021 0.7

Nursing homes and adult day services16........... 0.122 -0.1 0.000 0.14 S-Aug.2017 -0.4

Care of invalids and elderly at home4, 8............ 0.073 0.0 0.000 0.18 L-Jun.2021 0.5

Health insurance4, 8...................................... 1.099 -0.6 -0.007 0.08 – –

Transportation services..................................... 5.219 -2.3 -0.119 0.28 S-May 2020 -3.6

Leased cars and trucks4, 14

.............................

Car and truck rental5..................................... 0.213 -8.5 -0.017 1.88 S-Apr.2020 -16.3

Motor vehicle maintenance and repair4............... 1.076 0.8 0.008 0.17 S-Jun.2021 0.3

Motor vehicle body work4

............................. 0.058 1.5 0.001 0.20 L-Mar.1990 1.9

Motor vehicle maintenance and servicing4......... 0.619 0.4 0.003 0.24 – –

Motor vehicle repair4, 5................................ 0.340 1.3 0.004 0.23 S-Jun.2021 0.1

Motor vehicle insurance................................. 1.586 -2.8 -0.045 0.51 – –

Motor vehicle fees4, 5.................................... 0.548 -0.1 0.000 0.21 S-Mar.2021 -0.3

State motor vehicle registration and license

fees4, 5................................................ 0.284 0.2 0.000 0.04 L-Jan.2021 0.2

Parking and other fees4, 5............................ 0.249 -0.4 -0.001 0.43 S-Mar.2021 -0.7

Parking fees and tolls5, 6........................... -0.6 0.50 S-Mar.2021 -0.7

Public transportation..................................... 1.193 -5.5 -0.065 0.65 S-Apr.2020 -9.2

Airline fares............................................. 0.714 -9.1 -0.065 0.82 S-Apr.2020 -14.7

Other intercity transportation......................... 0.180 0.0 0.000 0.85 L-Jun.2021 0.6

Ship fare4, 5, 6

........................................ 0.4 1.02 L-Jun.2021 0.6

Intracity transportation4............................... 0.296 -1.4 -0.004 0.46 S-Oct.2020 -4.1

Intracity mass transit4, 11, 6......................... 0.0 0.31 S-May 2021 -0.1

Recreation services11....................................... 3.700 0.2 0.008 0.23 S-May 2021 0.2

Video and audio services11............................. 1.243 0.2 0.003 0.17 S-Jan.2021 -0.4

Cable and satellite television service13............. 1.170 0.1 0.002 0.15 S-Jan.2021 -0.4

Video discs and other media, including rental of

video4

, 5............................................... 0.073 2.0 0.001 1.18 L-Feb.2021 2.9

Video discs and other media4, 5, 6

................ 0.3 1.57 S-Jun.2021 0.2

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 6. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category,

August 2021, 1-month analysis table — Continued

[1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]

Expenditure category

Relative

importance

Jul.

2021

One Month

Seasonally

adjusted

percent

change

Jul. 2021-

Aug. 2021

Seasonally

adjusted

effect on All

Items

Jul. 2021-

Aug. 20211

Standard

error,

median

price

change2

Largest (L) or Smallest (S)

seasonally adjusted

change since:3

Date Percent

change

Rental of video discs and other media4, 5, 6

. . . .. 1.5 0.21 L-Jun.2019 2.2

Pet services including veterinary5

...................... 0.550 0.3 0.002 0.20 L-May 2021 0.6

Veterinarian services5, 6

............................... 0.2 0.22 L-May 2021 1.2

Photographers and photo processing4, 5.............. 0.043 -0.6 0.000 0.38 S-Dec.2020 -1.9

Other recreation services5............................... 1.863 0.2 0.004 0.43 S-Jun.2021 0.2

Club membership for shopping clubs, fraternal, or

other organizations, or participant sports

fees4, 5................................................ 0.661 0.2 0.001 0.32 S-Jun.2021 0.0

Admissions4............................................ 0.676 0.3 0.002 0.85 S-Jun.2021 -0.3

Admission to movies, theaters, and

concerts

4

, 5, 6

...................................... -0.6 0.78 S-May 2021 -0.6

Admission to sporting events4, 5, 6................ 1.3 2.17 – –

Fees for lessons or instructions4, 9.................. 0.215 0.1 0.000 0.22 S-May 2021 -0.7

Education and communication services11................ 6.048 0.2 0.013 0.07 L-May 2021 0.2

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare.............. 2.803 0.1 0.002 0.05 S-Mar.2021 -0.1

College tuition and fees............................... 1.495 0.1 0.002 0.06 – –

Elementary and high school tuition and fees. . . . .. 0.418 -0.3 -0.001 0.14 S-Sep.2019 -0.3

Day care and preschool12............................ 0.741 0.0 0.000 0.05 S-Mar.2021 -0.8

Technical and business school tuition and fees5

... 0.035 0.4 0.000 0.21 – –

Postage and delivery services5

......................... 0.109 0.5 0.001 0.03 L-Feb.2020 0.5

Postage................................................. 0.099 0.4 0.000 0.00 L-Apr.2021 0.4

Delivery services5

...................................... 0.010 1.4 0.000 0.35 L-Jan.2018 1.5

Telephone services4, 5................................... 2.268 0.1 0.002 0.09 L-Jun.2021 0.2

Wireless telephone services4, 5...................... 1.860 -0.2 -0.003 0.10 – –

Land-line telephone services4, 11.................... 0.408 1.3 0.005 0.19 L-Oct.2020 1.9

Internet services and electronic information

providers5............................................... 0.857 1.1 0.009 0.20 L-May 2018 1.3

Other personal services4, 11............................... 1.636 0.4 0.007 0.17 S-Jun.2021 0.2

Personal care services4................................. 0.684 0.6 0.004 0.35 S-Jun.2021 0.2

Haircuts and other personal care services4, 5...... 0.684 0.6 0.004 0.35 S-Jun.2021 0.2

Miscellaneous personal services4...................... 0.952 0.4 0.003 0.12 S-Jun.2021 0.1

Legal services4, 9...................................... 0.239 0.0 0.000 0.05 – –

Funeral expenses4, 9.................................. 0.135 0.2 0.000 0.10 L-May 2021 0.4

Laundry and dry cleaning services4, 5............... 0.217 2.0 0.004 0.17 L-EVER –

Apparel services other than laundry and dry

cleaning4

, 5........................................... 0.029 -0.7 0.000 0.37 S-Apr.2019 -0.8

Financial services9..................................... 0.223 -0.4 -0.001 0.38 S-Jan.2021 -5.0

Checking account and other bank

services4, 5, 6

...................................... -0.5 0.17 S-Apr.2021 -3.4

Tax return preparation and other accounting

fees4

, 5, 6

........................................... -0.2 0.36 S-Jun.2021 -0.3

Special aggregate indexes

All items less food.................................................. 86.125 0.3 0.219 0.04 S-Jan.2021 0.3

All items less shelter................................................ 67.427 0.3 0.222 0.05 S-Jan.2021 0.3

All items less food and shelter.................................... 53.551 0.3 0.167 0.06 S-Dec.2020 0.3

All items less food, shelter, and energy.......................... 46.296 0.1 0.028 0.07 S-Feb.2021 0.1

All items less food, shelter, energy, and used cars and

trucks............................................................... 42.812 0.2 0.081 0.07 S-Feb.2021 0.1

All items less medical care........................................ 91.449 0.3 0.253 0.04 S-Jan.2021 0.2

All items less energy................................................ 92.745 0.1 0.135 0.04 S-Feb.2021 0.1

Commodities......................................................... 38.603 0.6 0.225 0.07 S-Feb.2021 0.5

Commodities less food, energy, and used cars and

trucks............................................................ 17.188 0.7 0.120 0.11 L-May 2021 0.9

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 6. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category,

August 2021, 1-month analysis table — Continued

[1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]

Expenditure category

Relative

importance

Jul.

2021

One Month

Seasonally

adjusted

percent

change

Jul. 2021-

Aug. 2021

Seasonally

adjusted

effect on All

Items

Jul. 2021-

Aug. 20211

Standard

error,

median

price

change2

Largest (L) or Smallest (S)

seasonally adjusted

change since:3

Date Percent

change

Commodities less food.......................................... 24.728 0.7 0.170 0.10 S-Dec.2020 0.7

Commodities less food and beverages........................ 23.723 0.7 0.167 0.10 S-Dec.2020 0.7

Services.............................................................. 61.397 0.1 0.031 0.04 S-Jan.2021 0.0

Services less rent of shelter15.................................. 29.170 0.0 0.011 0.07 S-Jan.2021 -0.1

Services less medical care services........................... 54.347 0.1 0.032 0.05 S-Jan.2021 -0.1

Durables.............................................................. 11.663 -0.2 -0.025 0.11 S-Jan.2021 -0.5

Nondurables......................................................... 26.940 0.5 0.145 0.08 S-Apr.2021 -0.3

Nondurables less food........................................... 13.065 0.8 0.105 0.14 – –

Nondurables less food and beverages........................ 12.060 0.8 0.100 0.15 – –

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel............. 9.416 0.8 0.073 0.12 S-May 2021 0.1

Nondurables less food and apparel............................ 10.421 0.8 0.078 0.11 S-May 2021 0.1

Housing............................................................... 41.610 0.4 0.150 0.05 – –

Education and communication5................................... 6.536 0.2 0.013 0.08 – –

Education5

......................................................... 2.908 0.0 0.001 0.06 S-Mar.2021 -0.2

Communication5.................................................. 3.627 0.3 0.012 0.13 L-Apr.2021 0.4

Information and information processing5................... 3.518 0.3 0.012 0.13 L-Apr.2021 0.4

Information technology, hardware and services17......... 1.250 0.8 0.010 0.27 L-Apr.2021 1.4

Recreation5

.......................................................... 5.661 0.5 0.027 0.18 S-Jun.2021 0.2

Video and audio5

................................................. 1.507 0.4 0.006 0.17 S-May 2021 0.3

Pets, pet products and services5............................... 1.164 0.1 0.001 0.22 S-Jun.2021 -0.1

Photography5

...................................................... 0.070 -0.3 0.000 0.38 S-Apr.2021 -0.3

Food and beverages................................................ 14.880 0.4 0.058 0.09 S-May 2021 0.4

Domestically produced farm food4............................. 6.391 0.2 0.014 0.17 S-Mar.2021 0.2

Other services....................................................... 11.384 0.3 0.029 0.10 S-Jun.2021 0.2

Apparel less footwear.............................................. 2.009 0.3 0.006 0.56 – –

Fuels and utilities.................................................... 4.441 0.9 0.040 0.14 L-Apr.2021 1.0

Household energy................................................ 3.363 1.1 0.036 0.18 L-Apr.2021 1.3

Medical care......................................................... 8.551 0.2 0.021 0.08 S-Jun.2021 -0.1

Transportation....................................................... 17.034 -0.1 -0.018 0.13 S-May 2020 -2.0

Private transportation............................................ 15.841 0.3 0.047 0.11 S-Nov.2020 0.1

New and used motor vehicles5

.............................. 8.349 -0.3 -0.026 0.10 S-Feb.2021 -0.3

Utilities and public transportation................................. 8.909 -0.2 -0.022 0.12 S-Jan.2021 -0.4

Household furnishings and operations........................... 4.595 1.3 0.058 0.19 L-May 2021 1.3

Other goods and services.......................................... 3.083 0.4 0.013 0.13 S-Jun.2021 0.1

Personal care4.................................................... 2.477 0.5 0.012 0.16 S-Jun.2021 0.0

1 The ’effect’ of an item category is a measure of that item’s contribution to the All items price change. For example, if the Food index had an effect of

0.40, and the All items index rose 1.2 percent, then the increase in food prices contributed 0.40 / 1.2, or 33.3 percent, to that All items increase.

Said another way, had food prices been unchanged for that month the change in the All items index would have been 1.2 percent minus 0.40, or 0.8

percent. Effects can be negative as well. For example, if the effect of food was a negative 0.1, and the All items index rose 0.5 percent, the All items

index actually would have been 0.1 percent higher (or 0.6 percent) had food prices been unchanged. Since food prices fell while prices overall were

rising, the contribution of food to the All items price change was negative (in this case, -0.1 / 0.5, or minus 20 percent).

2 A statistic’s margin of error is often expressed as its point estimate plus or minus two standard errors. For example, if a CPI category rose 0.6

percent, and its standard error was 0.15 percent, the margin of error on this item’s 1-month percent change would be 0.6 percent, plus or minus 0.3

percent.

3

If the current seasonally adjusted 1-month percent change is greater than the previous published 1-month percent change, then this column

identifies the closest prior month with a 1-month percent change as (L)arge as or (L)arger than the current 1-month change. If the current 1-month

percent change is smaller than the previous published 1-month percent change, the most recent month with a change as (S)mall or (S)maller than

the current month change is identified. If the current and previous published 1-month percent changes are equal, a dash will appear. Standard

numerical comparisons are used. For example, 0.8% is greater than 0.6%, -0.4% is less than -0.2%, and -0.2% is less than 0.0%. Note that a

(L)arger change can be a smaller decline, for example, a -0.2% change is larger than a -0.4% change, but still represents a decline in the price

index. Likewise, (S)maller changes can be increases, for example, a 0.6% change is smaller than 0.8%, but still represents an increase in the price

index. In this context, a -0.2% change is considered to be smaller than a 0.0% change.

4 Not seasonally adjusted.

5

Indexes on a December 1997=100 base.

6 Special indexes based on a substantially smaller sample. These series do not contribute to the all items index aggregation and therefore do not

have a relative importance or effect.

7

Indexes on a December 2007=100 base.
8

Indexes on a December 2005=100 base.

9

Indexes on a December 1986=100 base.

10 Indexes on a December 1993=100 base.

11 Indexes on a December 2009=100 base.

12 Indexes on a December 1990=100 base.

13 Indexes on a December 1983=100 base.

14 Indexes on a December 2001=100 base.

15 Indexes on a December 1982=100 base.

16 Indexes on a December 1996=100 base.

17 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base.
Table 7. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category,

August 2021, 12-month analysis table

[1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]

Expenditure category

Relative

importance

Jul.

2021

Twelve Month

Unadjusted

percent

change

Aug. 2020-

Aug. 2021

Unadjusted

effect on All

Items

Aug. 2020-

Aug. 20211

Standard

error,

median

price

change2

Largest (L) or Smallest (S)

unadjusted change since:3

Date Percent

change

All items................................................................. 100.000 5.3 0.09 S-May 2021 5.0

Food.................................................................. 13.875 3.7 0.527 0.16 L-Jan.2021 3.8

Food at home..................................................... 7.644 3.0 0.232 0.24 L-Mar.2021 3.3

Cereals and bakery products................................. 0.975 1.6 0.016 0.52 L-Mar.2021 2.6

Cereals and cereal products............................... 0.298 1.7 0.005 0.79 L-Mar.2021 1.9

Flour and prepared flour mixes......................... 0.041 2.6 0.001 1.47 L-Dec.2020 3.2

Breakfast cereal.......................................... 0.137 3.6 0.005 1.30 L-Apr.2012 3.9

Rice, pasta, cornmeal.................................... 0.120 -0.7 -0.001 1.30 S-Jun.2021 -1.5

Rice4, 5

.................................................. -0.9 1.80 L-Apr.2021 0.4

Bakery products.......................................... 0.677 1.5 0.011 0.68 S-Jun.2021 0.7

Bread4

................................................... 0.191 0.6 0.001 1.23 S-Apr.2021 -1.2

White bread5......................................... -1.3 1.35 S-Apr.2021 -2.3

Bread other than white5............................ 2.5 1.27 L-Mar.2021 2.6

Fresh biscuits, rolls, muffins4

......................... 0.098 0.0 0.000 1.53 S-Mar.2020 -1.4

Cakes, cupcakes, and cookies....................... 0.174 3.0 0.005 1.06 L-Mar.2021 3.3

Cookies5.............................................. 1.3 1.36 S-Jun.2021 -0.6

Fresh cakes and cupcakes5....................... 3.8 1.83 L-Apr.2021 3.8

Other bakery products................................ 0.213 2.0 0.004 1.12 L-Mar.2021 2.2

Fresh sweetrolls, coffeecakes, doughnuts5

...... 1.2 2.11 L-Apr.2021 1.9

Crackers, bread, and cracker products5

. . . . . . . .. 3.8 1.89 S-Jun.2021 1.0

Frozen and refrigerated bakery products, pies,

tarts, turnovers5

................................... 1.1 1.51 L-Dec.2020 3.0

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs................................ 1.797 8.0 0.141 0.50 L-Jul.2020 8.4

Meats, poultry, and fish.................................... 1.699 7.9 0.131 0.51 L-Jul.2020 8.5

Meats...................................................... 1.082 8.6 0.090 0.64 L-Jul.2020 10.2

Beef and veal.......................................... 0.513 12.2 0.059 0.93 L-Jul.2020 14.2

Uncooked ground beef............................. 0.177 6.9 0.012 1.27 L-Nov.2020 7.7

Uncooked beef roasts4

............................. 0.082 13.1 0.010 2.74 L-Jul.2020 15.0

Uncooked beef steaks4............................. 0.206 16.6 0.031 1.39 L-Jun.2020 24.4

Uncooked other beef and veal4

................... 0.048 14.1 0.006 2.51 L-Jun.2020 20.9

Pork...................................................... 0.344 9.8 0.032 1.15 L-Jun.2020 11.8

Bacon, breakfast sausage, and related

products4.......................................... 0.139 12.4 0.016 1.43 L-May 2014 14.2

Bacon and related products5

.................... 17.0 1.36 L-Jun.2011 20.0

Breakfast sausage and related products4, 5

... 5.5 2.43 L-Oct.2020 6.1

Ham................................................... 0.065 4.1 0.003 3.22 L-Feb.2021 5.9

Ham, excluding canned5

........................ 4.4 3.42 L-Feb.2021 6.7

Pork chops........................................... 0.054 8.3 0.004 2.49 L-Mar.2021 9.4

Other pork including roasts, steaks, and ribs4

... 0.085 11.3 0.009 2.52 S-Jun.2021 6.5

Other meats............................................ 0.225 -0.5 -0.001 1.06 S-Jun.2021 -0.5

Frankfurters5

......................................... -6.4 2.85 S-Sep.2016 -7.4

Lunchmeats4, 5...................................... -0.3 1.25 S-Jun.2021 -0.6

Poultry................................................... 0.338 7.0 0.024 1.09 L-Nov.2020 7.0

Chicken4.............................................. 0.276 7.2 0.020 1.13 L-Jun.2020 8.7

Fresh whole chicken5............................ 4.9 2.20 L-Mar.2021 5.4

Fresh and frozen chicken parts5

............... 8.6 1.56 L-Jun.2020 9.3

Other uncooked poultry including turkey4........ 0.063 6.1 0.004 3.45 L-Jan.2021 7.9

Fish and seafood...................................... 0.279 6.3 0.017 0.94 S-Jun.2021 4.5

Fresh fish and seafood4............................ 0.143 10.6 0.014 1.53 L-May 2011 11.4

Processed fish and seafood4

...................... 0.136 2.1 0.003 1.06 S-May 2021 0.8

Shelf stable fish and seafood5

.................. -1.1 1.74 S-Feb.2018 -1.3

Frozen fish and seafood5

........................ 3.4 1.70 S-Jun.2021 2.4

Eggs........................................................ 0.098 9.9 0.009 1.87 L-Jun.2020 12.1

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 7. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category,

August 2021, 12-month analysis table — Continued

[1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]

Expenditure category

Relative

importance

Jul.

2021

Twelve Month

Unadjusted

percent

change

Aug. 2020-

Aug. 2021

Unadjusted

effect on All

Items

Aug. 2020-

Aug. 20211

Standard

error,

median

price

change2

Largest (L) or Smallest (S)

unadjusted change since:3

Date Percent

change

Dairy and related products................................... 0.754 -0.5 -0.004 0.62 S-Nov.2018 -0.5

Milk4

........................................................... 0.210 1.3 0.003 1.11 S-Mar.2021 1.2

Fresh whole milk5........................................ 2.9 1.99 S-Mar.2021 2.5

Fresh milk other than whole4, 5......................... 0.7 1.10 S-Dec.2018 -0.1

Cheese and related products.............................. 0.249 -2.4 -0.007 0.91 S-Dec.2016 -2.8

Ice cream and related products........................... 0.104 0.1 0.000 1.40 S-Jun.2021 -1.6

Other dairy and related products4........................ 0.190 -0.1 0.000 1.03 S-Jun.2021 -0.8

Fruits and vegetables......................................... 1.306 2.3 0.030 0.62 L-Jun.2021 3.2

Fresh fruits and vegetables................................ 1.023 2.4 0.025 0.76 L-Jun.2021 3.8

Fresh fruits................................................ 0.533 3.7 0.020 1.19 S-Jan.2021 3.6

Apples................................................... 0.078 5.6 0.004 1.95 S-May 2021 2.7

Bananas................................................. 0.073 1.6 0.001 1.54 L-Nov.2019 2.0

Citrus fruits4

............................................ 0.143 3.9 0.006 1.83 L-Jun.2021 9.5

Oranges, including tangerines5.................... 1.0 2.52 S-Nov.2020 0.8

Other fresh fruits4...................................... 0.240 3.7 0.009 1.94 S-Dec.2020 2.8

Fresh vegetables......................................... 0.490 0.9 0.005 0.89 L-Apr.2021 0.9

Potatoes................................................. 0.079 -1.7 -0.001 2.00 L-Mar.2021 1.2

Lettuce.................................................. 0.061 5.2 0.003 2.64 L-Mar.2021 5.6

Tomatoes............................................... 0.077 1.3 0.001 2.33 L-Dec.2020 4.5

Other fresh vegetables................................ 0.273 0.7 0.002 1.36 L-May 2021 1.5

Processed fruits and vegetables4

...................... 0.283 1.9 0.005 0.77 L-Apr.2021 2.2

Canned fruits and vegetables4

....................... 0.149 3.3 0.005 1.17 L-Mar.2021 4.7

Canned fruits4, 5

..................................... 2.0 1.49 S-May 2021 1.4

Canned vegetables4, 5.............................. 4.2 1.67 L-Mar.2021 5.0

Frozen fruits and vegetables4........................ 0.084 1.5 0.001 1.35 L-Apr.2021 2.1

Frozen vegetables5................................. 0.1 1.73 L-Apr.2021 0.3

Other processed fruits and vegetables including

dried4

................................................. 0.049 -1.6 -0.001 1.65 S-Aug.2019 -2.9

Dried beans, peas, and lentils4, 5................. -1.4 3.56 S-Dec.2019 -1.9

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials. . . . . . . .. 0.901 2.0 0.019 0.59 L-Mar.2021 3.2

Juices and nonalcoholic drinks4

........................... 0.644 1.9 0.013 0.72 L-Mar.2021 4.1

Carbonated drinks........................................ 0.272 2.0 0.006 1.46 L-Mar.2021 5.5

Frozen noncarbonated juices and drinks4

............. 0.006 -1.9 0.000 2.35 S-Mar.2020 -4.1

Nonfrozen noncarbonated juices and drinks4......... 0.366 1.9 0.007 0.84 L-Mar.2021 3.1

Beverage materials including coffee and tea4........... 0.257 2.3 0.006 0.94 L-Jan.2021 2.7

Coffee...................................................... 0.164 2.0 0.003 1.23 L-Jan.2021 2.5

Roasted coffee5

........................................ 2.3 1.70 L-May 2021 2.3

Instant coffee5

.......................................... 0.2 1.91 L-Apr.2021 1.3

Other beverage materials including tea4.............. 0.093 2.8 0.003 1.20 S-Jun.2021 2.4

Other food at home............................................ 1.912 1.5 0.029 0.39 L-Mar.2021 2.2

Sugar and sweets........................................... 0.261 3.2 0.008 0.87 S-Jun.2021 2.6

Sugar and sugar substitutes............................ 0.037 3.2 0.001 1.43 S-Jun.2021 2.9

Candy and chewing gum4

............................... 0.172 3.4 0.006 1.23 S-Jun.2021 3.4

Other sweets4

............................................. 0.052 2.3 0.001 1.40 L-Apr.2021 2.5

Fats and oils................................................. 0.214 5.5 0.012 0.99 L-Jun.2012 6.1

Butter and margarine4................................... 0.062 1.5 0.001 1.58 – –

Butter5

................................................... -0.6 2.34 S-Apr.2021 -0.6

Margarine5

.............................................. 5.3 1.75 L-Dec.2020 5.7

Salad dressing4

........................................... 0.050 8.7 0.004 1.51 L-Nov.2011 8.7

Other fats and oils including peanut butter4

. . . . . . . . .. 0.101 6.6 0.007 1.64 L-Nov.2012 7.0

Peanut butter4, 5....................................... 0.4 2.02 S-Mar.2020 -1.9

Other foods................................................ 1.437 0.6 0.009 0.47 L-Mar.2021 2.2

Soups.................................................... 0.087 0.5 0.000 2.10 L-May 2021 0.9

Frozen and freeze dried prepared foods........... 0.251 1.5 0.004 1.03 L-Mar.2021 1.9

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 7. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category,

August 2021, 12-month analysis table — Continued

[1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]

Expenditure category

Relative

importance

Jul.

2021

Twelve Month

Unadjusted

percent

change

Aug. 2020-

Aug. 2021

Unadjusted

effect on All

Items

Aug. 2020-

Aug. 20211

Standard

error,

median

price

change2

Largest (L) or Smallest (S)

unadjusted change since:3

Date Percent

change

Snacks.................................................. 0.324 -0.4 -0.001 1.16 L-Mar.2021 3.0

Spices, seasonings, condiments, sauces........... 0.281 0.0 0.000 0.77 S-Jun.2021 0.0

Salt and other seasonings and spices4, 5

........ 1.4 1.74 S-Oct.2020 0.8

Olives, pickles, relishes4, 5......................... 0.5 1.17 S-Dec.2019 -1.1

Sauces and gravies4, 5............................. -0.8 1.41 S-Jun.2021 -1.0

Other condiments5.................................. 0.8 1.52 L-May 2021 2.6

Baby food4

.............................................. 0.041 2.4 0.001 1.18 L-Jan.2021 4.2

Other miscellaneous foods4.......................... 0.452 1.1 0.005 1.22 S-Jun.2021 0.3

Prepared salads6, 5................................. 2.2 3.47 S-Jun.2021 0.2

Food away from home........................................... 6.231 4.7 0.295 0.26 L-Feb.2009 4.8

Full service meals and snacks4

.............................. 3.122 4.9 0.154 0.29 L-EVER –

Limited service meals and snacks4.......................... 2.767 6.9 0.190 0.41 L-EVER –

Food at employee sites and schools4....................... 0.091 -42.5 -0.059 1.61 S-EVER –

Food at elementary and secondary schools7, 5......... 5.74 – –

Food from vending machines and mobile vendors4....... 0.081 6.7 0.005 0.93 L-Dec.2008 6.8

Other food away from home4................................ 0.170 2.6 0.005 0.42 S-Jun.2021 1.6

Energy................................................................ 7.255 25.0 1.534 0.26 L-May 2021 28.5

Energy commodities............................................. 4.055 41.9 1.266 0.30 L-Jun.2021 44.2

Fuel oil and other fuels........................................ 0.163 28.6 0.038 1.00 S-Apr.2021 28.2

Fuel oil........................................................ 0.098 33.2 0.025 1.43 S-Mar.2021 20.2

Propane, kerosene, and firewood8

........................ 0.065 22.6 0.013 1.17 L-Feb.2014 37.5

Motor fuel....................................................... 3.892 42.5 1.228 0.31 L-Jun.2021 44.8

Gasoline (all types)......................................... 3.811 42.7 1.205 0.32 L-Jun.2021 45.1

Gasoline, unleaded regular5

............................ 43.9 0.73 L-Jun.2021 46.4

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade9, 5....................... 38.3 0.71 L-Jun.2021 40.1

Gasoline, unleaded premium5

.......................... 35.4 0.73 L-Jun.2021 36.8

Other motor fuels4

.......................................... 0.081 36.2 0.023 0.57 L-Sep.2008 38.8

Energy services................................................... 3.200 8.6 0.268 0.40 L-Oct.2008 9.8

Electricity........................................................ 2.457 5.2 0.129 0.45 L-Mar.2014 5.3

Utility (piped) gas service..................................... 0.743 21.1 0.139 0.71 L-Aug.2008 29.3

All items less food and energy.................................... 78.870 4.0 3.190 0.11 S-May 2021 3.8

Commodities less food and energy commodities............ 20.673 7.7 1.559 0.24 S-May 2021 6.5

Household furnishings and supplies10...................... 3.702 3.3 0.124 0.42 L-Jun.2021 3.4

Window and floor coverings and other linens4

.......... 0.271 0.5 0.001 2.13 L-Nov.2020 1.5

Floor coverings4

.......................................... 0.063 1.8 0.001 1.99 S-Apr.2021 -1.4

Window coverings4

....................................... 0.054 9.2 0.006 5.19 L-Oct.2020 9.7

Other linens4

.............................................. 0.154 -3.3 -0.005 3.22 S-Feb.2021 -4.0

Furniture and bedding...................................... 0.950 9.5 0.089 1.04 L-Sep.1980 9.8

Bedroom furniture........................................ 0.332 7.7 0.025 1.71 S-Jun.2021 5.7

Living room, kitchen, and dining room furniture4

. . . .. 0.459 12.0 0.053 1.56 L-EVER –

Other furniture4........................................... 0.151 6.1 0.009 2.53 S-Jul.2020 1.8

Appliances4

.................................................. 0.219 4.3 0.010 1.52 S-Sep.2020 3.9

Major appliances4

........................................ 0.080 7.6 0.006 2.27 S-Jul.2020 5.2

Laundry equipment5

................................... 11.0 3.31 S-Oct.2020 7.9

Other appliances4........................................ 0.136 2.4 0.003 1.96 L-May 2021 4.2

Other household equipment and furnishings4........... 0.519 0.3 0.001 1.25 S-Nov.2020 -0.4

Clocks, lamps, and decorator items.................... 0.301 -0.8 -0.003 1.94 S-Nov.2020 -0.9

Indoor plants and flowers11............................. 0.090 6.0 0.005 1.80 L-Mar.2021 7.6

Dishes and flatware4

..................................... 0.051 -8.3 -0.005 3.27 S-Apr.2019 -11.4

Nonelectric cookware and tableware4

................. 0.077 4.1 0.003 2.07 L-May 2021 5.2

Tools, hardware, outdoor equipment and supplies4

. . .. 0.863 2.7 0.024 1.03 L-May 2021 2.8

Tools, hardware and supplies4......................... 0.240 5.1 0.013 1.75 L-EVER –

Outdoor equipment and supplies4

...................... 0.440 1.5 0.007 1.36 S-Apr.2021 1.0

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 7. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category,

August 2021, 12-month analysis table — Continued

[1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]

Expenditure category

Relative

importance

Jul.

2021

Twelve Month

Unadjusted

percent

change

Aug. 2020-

Aug. 2021

Unadjusted

effect on All

Items

Aug. 2020-

Aug. 20211

Standard

error,

median

price

change2

Largest (L) or Smallest (S)

unadjusted change since:3

Date Percent

change

Housekeeping supplies..................................... 0.880 -0.1 -0.001 0.64 L-Jun.2021 0.3

Household cleaning products4

.......................... 0.347 1.5 0.006 0.80 L-May 2021 2.8

Household paper products4............................. 0.226 0.3 0.001 1.36 S-Jun.2018 -1.4

Miscellaneous household products4................... 0.307 -2.3 -0.008 1.34 S-Jun.2021 -3.0

Apparel.......................................................... 2.644 4.2 0.114 0.80 – –

Men’s and boys’ apparel................................... 0.663 3.9 0.027 1.46 L-May 2021 4.2

Men’s apparel............................................. 0.531 4.5 0.025 1.53 L-May 2012 4.9

Men’s suits, sport coats, and outerwear............ 0.086 4.7 0.004 4.24 L-Sep.2019 6.4

Men’s underwear, nightwear, swimwear, and

accessories.......................................... 0.158 2.7 0.005 2.88 S-Jun.2021 1.4

Men’s shirts and sweaters4

........................... 0.143 4.4 0.007 2.58 L-Feb.2017 5.8

Men’s pants and shorts............................... 0.139 6.6 0.009 3.27 S-Mar.2021 4.2

Boys’ apparel............................................. 0.132 1.4 0.002 3.18 S-Feb.2021 -0.3

Women’s and girls’ apparel................................ 1.057 3.6 0.039 1.53 S-Apr.2021 -0.3

Women’s apparel......................................... 0.873 3.7 0.034 1.52 S-Apr.2021 -0.5

Women’s outerwear................................... 0.059 3.0 0.002 4.57 S-Apr.2021 1.0

Women’s dresses...................................... 0.091 11.9 0.011 3.36 S-May 2021 10.3

Women’s suits and separates4

....................... 0.445 1.3 0.006 2.18 S-Apr.2021 -1.3

Women’s underwear, nightwear, swimwear, and

accessories4......................................... 0.268 5.5 0.015 2.69 L-Jun.2021 5.5

Girls’ apparel.............................................. 0.185 2.8 0.005 3.94 S-Apr.2021 0.6

Footwear..................................................... 0.635 5.1 0.033 1.33 L-Jun.2021 6.5

Men’s footwear............................................ 0.225 4.3 0.010 1.82 L-Jun.2021 6.5

Boys’ and girls’ footwear................................ 0.130 5.9 0.008 2.46 L-May 2021 6.4

Women’s footwear........................................ 0.280 5.5 0.016 2.14 S-Apr.2021 3.1

Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel.............................. 0.121 -1.4 -0.002 2.66 S-Mar.2021 -4.2

Jewelry and watches8

...................................... 0.168 10.7 0.017 3.31 L-Jun.2021 11.2

Watches8

.................................................. 0.039 4.1 0.002 4.26 S-Feb.2021 3.2

Jewelry8

.................................................... 0.128 12.9 0.016 3.87 L-May 2021 14.7

Transportation commodities less motor fuel10............. 7.924 17.2 1.221 0.25 S-May 2021 13.3

New vehicles................................................. 3.779 7.6 0.284 0.44 L-Jun.1981 7.6

New cars and trucks4, 5.................................. 7.7 0.48 L-EVER –

New cars5............................................... 7.1 0.76 L-Jul.1981 7.5

New trucks12, 5

......................................... 8.0 0.50 L-EVER –

Used cars and trucks....................................... 3.485 31.9 0.872 0.06 S-May 2021 29.7

Motor vehicle parts and equipment....................... 0.391 6.1 0.024 0.64 L-Apr.2009 6.8

Tires........................................................ 0.249 6.9 0.017 0.74 L-Jun.2011 7.0

Vehicle accessories other than tires4

.................. 0.142 4.8 0.007 1.42 L-Dec.2011 5.0

Vehicle parts and equipment other than tires5

..... 2.9 1.73 L-Sep.2020 4.3

Motor oil, coolant, and fluids5

........................ 8.1 2.04 L-Jun.2012 9.5

Medical care commodities.................................... 1.502 -2.5 -0.041 1.54 S-Feb.2021 -2.5

Medicinal drugs10........................................... 1.437 -2.4 -0.038 1.58 S-Feb.2021 -2.4

Prescription drugs........................................ 1.077 -2.7 -0.032 2.04 S-Feb.2021 -2.7

Nonprescription drugs10................................. 0.359 -1.6 -0.006 0.99 S-Mar.2021 -2.1

Medical equipment and supplies10........................ 0.065 -4.5 -0.003 1.50 L-Sep.2020 -2.6

Recreation commodities10.................................... 1.961 3.3 0.066 0.58 L-May 2021 3.5

Video and audio products10................................ 0.263 2.7 0.007 0.96 L-EVER –

Televisions................................................ 0.098 13.3 0.012 1.45 L-EVER –

Other video equipment4................................. 0.040 0.8 0.000 1.93 S-Jul.2020 -1.6

Audio equipment.......................................... 0.071 -6.7 -0.005 2.02 S-Nov.2018 -8.6

Recorded music and music subscriptions4

............ 0.043 -1.4 -0.001 1.98 S-Mar.2021 -1.6

Pets and pet products...................................... 0.614 1.1 0.007 0.66 S-Jun.2021 1.1

Pet food4, 5

................................................ 0.5 0.81 S-May 2021 0.0

Purchase of pets, pet supplies, accessories4, 5

. . . . .. 2.2 1.61 S-Jun.2021 1.0

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 7. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category,

August 2021, 12-month analysis table — Continued

[1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]

Expenditure category

Relative

importance

Jul.

2021

Twelve Month

Unadjusted

percent

change

Aug. 2020-

Aug. 2021

Unadjusted

effect on All

Items

Aug. 2020-

Aug. 20211

Standard

error,

median

price

change2

Largest (L) or Smallest (S)

unadjusted change since:3

Date Percent

change

Sporting goods.............................................. 0.597 7.6 0.045 1.44 L-May 2021 9.0

Sports vehicles including bicycles...................... 0.361 7.8 0.028 2.05 L-Jun.2021 8.1

Sports equipment......................................... 0.225 7.1 0.016 1.43 S-Jun.2021 6.6

Photographic equipment and supplies................... 0.026 4.4 0.001 2.04 L-Jan.2021 4.6

Photographic equipment4, 5

............................. 5.6 1.80 L-Jun.2021 5.9

Recreational reading materials............................ 0.115 1.3 0.002 2.24 S-Jun.2021 0.7

Newspapers and magazines4

........................... 0.066 2.6 0.002 3.31 L-May 2021 5.4

Recreational books4...................................... 0.047 -0.5 0.000 2.51 S-Jun.2021 -1.5

Other recreational goods4.................................. 0.345 1.1 0.004 1.27 S-Mar.2021 -1.0

Toys........................................................ 0.264 1.7 0.005 1.56 L-Apr.2021 1.7

Toys, games, hobbies and playground

equipment4

, 5

......................................... 1.3 1.48 L-Jun.2021 1.6

Sewing machines, fabric and supplies4

............... 0.021 -10.8 -0.003 3.12 S-Jun.2020 -11.3

Music instruments and accessories4

................... 0.045 3.2 0.002 2.64 L-Sep.2020 5.6

Education and communication commodities10............. 0.488 -0.5 -0.002 1.26 S-Jun.2021 -1.2

Educational books and supplies.......................... 0.106 0.4 0.000 1.94 S-Nov.2020 0.2

College textbooks13, 5.................................... 0.1 1.94 S-Dec.2020 0.1

Information technology commodities10................... 0.382 -0.7 -0.003 1.37 L-EVER –

Computers, peripherals, and smart home

assistants6.............................................. 0.297 3.4 0.010 1.83 S-Jun.2021 2.3

Computer software and accessories4.................. 0.017 -1.2 0.000 3.82 L-Jun.2021 -0.1

Telephone hardware, calculators, and other

consumer information items4

......................... 0.068 -15.0 -0.013 2.08 L-Oct.2020 -12.5

Alcoholic beverages........................................... 1.005 2.6 0.027 0.73 L-Dec.2020 2.8

Alcoholic beverages at home.............................. 0.561 2.2 0.013 1.07 L-Jan.2021 2.4

Beer, ale, and other malt beverages at home........ 0.217 2.6 0.006 0.79 L-Dec.2020 3.0

Distilled spirits at home.................................. 0.092 3.2 0.003 1.41 L-Feb.2021 3.2

Whiskey at home5..................................... 1.6 2.07 L-Jun.2021 2.5

Distilled spirits, excluding whiskey, at home5

. . . . .. 3.5 1.36 S-Jun.2021 2.7

Wine at home............................................. 0.252 1.5 0.004 2.11 L-Apr.2021 1.7

Alcoholic beverages away from home.................... 0.444 3.0 0.014 0.88 S-Jun.2021 2.2

Beer, ale, and other malt beverages away from

home4

, 5

................................................. 2.9 1.14 S-Jun.2021 1.8

Wine away from home4, 5

............................... 2.1 0.88 – –

Distilled spirits away from home4, 5.................... 4.4 1.00 S-Sep.2020 4.2

Other goods10.................................................. 1.447 3.4 0.050 0.47 L-EVER –

Tobacco and smoking products........................... 0.606 6.3 0.038 0.32 S-Mar.2021 6.3

Cigarettes4

................................................ 0.529 6.6 0.034 0.33 – –

Tobacco products other than cigarettes4

.............. 0.059 3.7 0.002 1.00 S-Dec.2020 2.1

Personal care products..................................... 0.648 -0.2 -0.002 0.64 L-Jun.2021 0.0

Hair, dental, shaving, and miscellaneous personal

care products4

.......................................... 0.352 -0.1 0.000 0.80 S-Apr.2021 -0.3

Cosmetics, perfume, bath, nail preparations and

implements............................................. 0.288 -0.3 -0.001 0.96 L-Jun.2021 -0.2

Miscellaneous personal goods4

........................... 0.193 7.5 0.014 2.57 L-Jan.2020 9.4

Stationery, stationery supplies, gift wrap5............. 9.9 2.57 L-EVER –

Services less energy services.................................. 58.197 2.7 1.632 0.12 S-Apr.2021 2.5

Shelter........................................................... 32.573 2.8 0.946 0.16 – –

Rent of shelter14............................................. 32.226 2.9 0.947 0.16 – –

Rent of primary residence............................... 7.589 2.1 0.166 0.15 L-Jan.2021 2.1

Lodging away from home4

.............................. 1.105 17.4 0.164 2.25 S-Jun.2021 15.1

Housing at school, excluding board14............... 0.113 2.5 0.003 0.28 L-Jul.2019 2.6

Other lodging away from home including hotels

and motels........................................... 0.992 19.6 0.161 2.52 S-Jun.2021 16.9

Owners’ equivalent rent of residences14.............. 23.533 2.6 0.617 0.15 L-Aug.2020 2.7

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 7. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category,

August 2021, 12-month analysis table — Continued

[1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]

Expenditure category

Relative

importance

Jul.

2021

Twelve Month

Unadjusted

percent

change

Aug. 2020-

Aug. 2021

Unadjusted

effect on All

Items

Aug. 2020-

Aug. 20211

Standard

error,

median

price

change2

Largest (L) or Smallest (S)

unadjusted change since:3

Date Percent

change

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence14. .. 22.351 2.5 0.585 0.15 L-Oct.2020 2.5

Tenants’ and household insurance4

................... 0.347 -0.3 -0.001 0.71 S-Apr.2021 -0.4

Water and sewer and trash collection services4........ 1.078 3.5 0.038 0.23 S-May 2021 3.4

Water and sewerage maintenance..................... 0.788 3.0 0.024 0.30 S-Jul.2020 2.9

Garbage and trash collection12......................... 0.290 4.7 0.014 0.46 L-Apr.2021 4.9

Household operations4..................................... 0.893 7.3 0.064 0.67 L-May 2021 8.3

Domestic services4

....................................... 0.308 11.5 0.034 1.26 L-May 2021 13.7

Gardening and lawncare services4..................... 0.295 2.1 0.006 0.60 L-Apr.2021 2.5

Moving, storage, freight expense4...................... 0.095 12.4 0.011 1.51 S-Apr.2021 7.4

Repair of household items4.............................

Medical care services...................................... 7.050 1.0 0.074 0.43 L-Jun.2021 1.0

Professional services.................................... 3.590 3.0 0.112 0.63 L-Apr.2021 3.5

Physicians’ services................................... 1.808 3.9 0.072 1.05 – –

Dental services......................................... 0.973 2.6 0.026 0.73 L-Mar.2021 2.6

Eyeglasses and eye care8

............................ 0.349 0.9 0.003 0.67 L-Oct.2020 1.3

Services by other medical professionals8. . . . . . . . .. 0.460 2.2 0.011 0.52 – –

Hospital and related services........................... 2.361 3.7 0.088 0.62 L-Sep.2020 4.5

Hospital services15..................................... 2.167 3.5 0.078 0.68 L-Sep.2020 4.6

Inpatient hospital services15, 5

..................... 3.4 1.14 L-Sep.2020 4.0

Outpatient hospital services8, 5

.................... 2.9 1.03 L-Sep.2020 3.3

Nursing homes and adult day services15........... 0.122 3.1 0.004 0.40 S-Feb.2021 3.1

Care of invalids and elderly at home7

............... 0.073 8.4 0.006 1.78 S-Mar.2021 5.9

Health insurance7

........................................ 1.099 -9.9 -0.125 0.62 S-EVER –

Transportation services..................................... 5.219 4.6 0.234 0.40 S-Mar.2021 -1.6

Leased cars and trucks13................................

Car and truck rental4..................................... 0.213 52.6 0.069 2.77 S-Mar.2021 31.2

Motor vehicle maintenance and repair................. 1.076 4.2 0.046 0.66 L-May 2009 4.6

Motor vehicle body work.............................. 0.058 6.5 0.004 0.96 L-Oct.1989 7.0

Motor vehicle maintenance and servicing.......... 0.619 3.5 0.022 0.74 – –

Motor vehicle repair4

.................................. 0.340 5.3 0.018 1.40 L-Jan.2021 5.3

Motor vehicle insurance................................. 1.586 1.0 0.016 0.78 S-Mar.2021 -2.5

Motor vehicle fees4

....................................... 0.548 1.4 0.008 0.71 S-Apr.2021 1.3

State motor vehicle registration and license

fees4

.................................................. 0.284 0.6 0.002 0.66 L-Jun.2021 0.7

Parking and other fees4............................... 0.249 2.4 0.006 1.38 S-Apr.2021 1.8

Parking fees and tolls4, 5........................... 4.5 1.40 S-May 2021 4.1

Public transportation..................................... 1.193 8.4 0.089 0.79 S-Apr.2021 7.0

Airline fares............................................. 0.714 6.7 0.041 1.12 S-Mar.2021 -15.1

Other intercity transportation......................... 0.180 10.2 0.017 2.07 S-Apr.2021 8.8

Ship fare4, 5

.......................................... 12.6 2.16 L-Jun.2016 13.0

Intracity transportation................................. 0.296 10.9 0.030 0.91 L-Mar.2004 11.1

Intracity mass transit10, 5........................... 10.6 1.75 L-EVER –

Recreation services10....................................... 3.700 3.5 0.131 0.43 S-Jun.2021 1.9

Video and audio services10............................. 1.243 3.8 0.048 0.55 S-May 2021 3.4

Cable and satellite television service12............. 1.170 4.4 0.052 0.55 S-May 2021 3.9

Video discs and other media, including rental of

video4

................................................. 0.073 -4.9 -0.004 2.32 L-May 2021 -4.1

Video discs and other media4, 5

................... -6.5 4.12 S-Dec.2020 -9.3

Rental of video discs and other media4, 5

. . . . . .. 1.4 1.10 L-Jun.2021 1.5

Pet services including veterinary4

...................... 0.550 4.0 0.022 0.71 S-Dec.2020 3.0

Veterinarian services4, 5

............................... 3.2 0.75 S-Jan.2019 2.5

Photographers and photo processing4

................ 0.043 1.4 0.001 1.27 – –

Other recreation services4

............................... 1.863 3.2 0.061 0.74 S-Jun.2021 -0.5

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 7. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category,

August 2021, 12-month analysis table — Continued

[1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]

Expenditure category

Relative

importance

Jul.

2021

Twelve Month

Unadjusted

percent

change

Aug. 2020-

Aug. 2021

Unadjusted

effect on All

Items

Aug. 2020-

Aug. 20211

Standard

error,

median

price

change2

Largest (L) or Smallest (S)

unadjusted change since:3

Date Percent

change

Club membership for shopping clubs, fraternal, or

other organizations, or participant sports

fees4

.................................................. 0.661 4.9 0.033 0.79 S-Jun.2021 -0.4

Admissions............................................. 0.676 1.2 0.008 1.45 S-Jun.2021 -2.7

Admission to movies, theaters, and

concerts4, 5........................................ 4.1 1.84 S-Jun.2021 0.1

Admission to sporting events4, 5

.................. 6.47 – –

Fees for lessons or instructions8

.................... 0.215 5.9 0.013 1.21 – –

Education and communication services10................ 6.048 1.3 0.084 0.25 L-Jun.2021 2.4

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare.............. 2.803 1.4 0.041 0.34 L-Dec.2020 1.4

College tuition and fees............................... 1.495 0.8 0.013 0.55 L-Aug.2020 1.3

Elementary and high school tuition and fees. . . . .. 0.418 3.1 0.013 0.84 S-Jun.2021 3.1

Day care and preschool11............................ 0.741 1.7 0.013 0.32 L-Feb.2021 1.7

Technical and business school tuition and fees4... 0.035 1.5 0.001 0.67 L-Apr.2021 1.5

Postage and delivery services4

......................... 0.109 3.4 0.004 0.11 L-Jan.2021 3.8

Postage................................................. 0.099 2.8 0.003 0.11 – –

Delivery services4...................................... 0.010 8.9 0.001 0.59 L-Jan.2012 9.2

Telephone services4..................................... 2.268 0.7 0.018 0.43 S-Oct.2019 -0.7

Wireless telephone services4

........................ 1.860 -0.8 -0.016 0.38 S-Oct.2019 -2.9

Land-line telephone services10....................... 0.408 8.4 0.034 1.05 L-Apr.2020 8.7

Internet services and electronic information

providers4

............................................... 0.857 2.4 0.021 0.86 L-Apr.2019 3.1

Other personal services10.................................. 1.636 3.6 0.060 0.40 L-Feb.2019 3.9

Personal care services.................................. 0.684 5.7 0.039 0.77 L-Apr.2021 5.9

Haircuts and other personal care services4........ 0.684 5.7 0.039 0.77 L-Apr.2021 5.9

Miscellaneous personal services....................... 0.952 2.1 0.021 0.34 L-Jun.2020 2.1

Legal services8......................................... 0.239 0.5 0.001 0.84 S-Mar.2021 0.5

Funeral expenses8

..................................... 0.135 1.7 0.002 0.67 L-Jun.2021 1.7

Laundry and dry cleaning services4................. 0.217 6.3 0.014 0.66 L-EVER –

Apparel services other than laundry and dry

cleaning4............................................. 0.029 1.0 0.000 1.01 S-Apr.2021 0.9

Financial services8..................................... 0.223 0.4 0.001 1.09 S-Jun.2021 -0.2

Checking account and other bank services4, 5

... -3.6 0.52 S-Feb.2021 -10.3

Tax return preparation and other accounting

fees4

, 5

.............................................. 4.0 1.17 S-Jun.2021 2.8

Special aggregate indexes

All items less food.................................................. 86.125 5.5 4.724 0.10 S-May 2021 5.5

All items less shelter................................................ 67.427 6.5 4.305 0.11 S-May 2021 6.4

All items less food and shelter.................................... 53.551 7.2 3.778 0.13 S-Apr.2021 6.0

All items less food, shelter, and energy.......................... 46.296 4.8 2.244 0.15 S-Apr.2021 3.6

All items less food, shelter, energy, and used cars and

trucks............................................................... 42.812 3.1 1.372 0.16 S-Apr.2021 2.6

All items less medical care........................................ 91.449 5.7 5.218 0.09 S-May 2021 5.4

All items less energy................................................ 92.745 4.0 3.717 0.10 S-May 2021 3.5

Commodities......................................................... 38.603 9.0 3.352 0.15 S-Jun.2021 9.0

Commodities less food, energy, and used cars and

trucks............................................................ 17.188 3.9 0.686 0.27 L-Dec.1991 4.0

Commodities less food.......................................... 24.728 12.1 2.825 0.20 S-May 2021 12.1

Commodities less food and beverages........................ 23.723 12.6 2.798 0.21 S-May 2021 12.6

Services.............................................................. 61.397 3.0 1.900 0.12 S-Apr.2021 2.6

Services less rent of shelter14.................................. 29.170 3.2 0.953 0.16 S-Apr.2021 3.2

Services less medical care services........................... 54.347 3.3 1.825 0.12 S-May 2021 3.3

Durables.............................................................. 11.663 12.8 1.394 0.24 S-May 2021 10.3

Nondurables......................................................... 26.940 7.4 1.957 0.18 L-May 2021 7.4

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 7. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category,

August 2021, 12-month analysis table — Continued

[1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]

Expenditure category

Relative

importance

Jul.

2021

Twelve Month

Unadjusted

percent

change

Aug. 2020-

Aug. 2021

Unadjusted

effect on All

Items

Aug. 2020-

Aug. 20211

Standard

error,

median

price

change2

Largest (L) or Smallest (S)

unadjusted change since:3

Date Percent

change

Nondurables less food........................................... 13.065 11.6 1.430 0.29 L-Jun.2021 11.9

Nondurables less food and beverages........................ 12.060 12.4 1.404 0.32 L-Jun.2021 12.8

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel............. 9.416 14.9 1.289 0.33 L-Jun.2021 15.3

Nondurables less food and apparel............................ 10.421 13.6 1.316 0.30 L-Jun.2021 13.8

Housing............................................................... 41.610 3.5 1.478 0.13 L-Sep.2008 3.5

Education and communication4

................................... 6.536 1.2 0.082 0.25 L-Jun.2021 2.1

Education4

......................................................... 2.908 1.4 0.042 0.34 L-Dec.2020 1.4

Communication4.................................................. 3.627 1.0 0.040 0.37 S-Jun.2020 0.9

Information and information processing4................... 3.518 1.0 0.036 0.38 – –

Information technology, hardware and services16......... 1.250 1.4 0.018 0.66 L-EVER –

Recreation4

.......................................................... 5.661 3.4 0.197 0.37 S-Jun.2021 2.4

Video and audio4................................................. 1.507 3.6 0.055 0.52 S-May 2021 3.0

Pets, pet products and services4............................... 1.164 2.4 0.029 0.50 S-Apr.2021 2.4

Photography4...................................................... 0.070 2.6 0.002 1.20 L-May 2021 3.1

Food and beverages................................................ 14.880 3.7 0.554 0.14 L-Jan.2021 3.7

Domestically produced farm food.............................. 6.391 3.0 0.194 0.27 L-Mar.2021 3.3

Other services....................................................... 11.384 2.3 0.275 0.22 – –

Apparel less footwear.............................................. 2.009 3.9 0.081 0.97 S-Apr.2021 1.3

Fuels and utilities.................................................... 4.441 7.9 0.344 0.29 L-Oct.2008 10.1

Household energy................................................ 3.363 9.4 0.306 0.38 L-Oct.2008 10.8

Medical care......................................................... 8.551 0.4 0.033 0.51 L-Jun.2021 0.4

Transportation....................................................... 17.034 17.8 2.683 0.19 S-Apr.2021 14.9

Private transportation............................................ 15.841 18.5 2.594 0.19 S-Apr.2021 15.5

New and used motor vehicles4

.............................. 8.349 17.1 1.271 0.26 S-May 2021 13.9

Utilities and public transportation................................. 8.909 5.3 0.465 0.20 S-Apr.2021 4.8

Household furnishings and operations........................... 4.595 4.0 0.188 0.36 L-Jun.2021 4.1

Other goods and services.......................................... 3.083 3.5 0.110 0.34 L-Mar.2010 4.9

Personal care..................................................... 2.477 2.8 0.072 0.41 L-Nov.2008 2.9

1 The ’effect’ of an item category is a measure of that item’s contribution to the All items price change. For example, if the Food index had an effect of

0.40, and the All items index rose 1.2 percent, then the increase in food prices contributed 0.40 / 1.2, or 33.3 percent, to that All items increase.

Said another way, had food prices been unchanged for that year the change in the All items index would have been 1.2 percent minus 0.40, or 0.8

percent. Effects can be negative as well. For example, if the effect of food was a negative 0.1, and the All items index rose 0.5 percent, the All items

index actually would have been 0.1 percent higher (or 0.6 percent) had food prices been unchanged. Since food prices fell while prices overall were

rising, the contribution of food to the All items price change was negative (in this case, -0.1 / 0.5, or minus 20 percent).

2 A statistic’s margin of error is often expressed as its point estimate plus or minus two standard errors. For example, if a CPI category rose 2.6

percent, and its standard error was 0.25 percent, the margin of error on this item’s 12-month percent change would be 2.6 percent, plus or minus

0.5 percent.

3

If the current 12-month percent change is greater than the previous published 12-month percent change, then this column identifies the closest prior

month with a 12-month percent change as (L)arge as or (L)arger than the current 12-month change. If the current 12-month percent change is

smaller than the previous published 12-month percent change, the most recent month with a change as (S)mall or (S)maller than the current month

change is identified. If the current and previous published 12-month percent changes are equal, a dash will appear. Standard numerical comparison

is used. For example, 2.0% is greater than 0.6%, -4.4% is less than -2.0%, and -2.0% is less than 0.0%. Note that a (L)arger change can be a

smaller decline, for example, a -0.2% change is larger than a -0.4% change, but still represents a decline in the price index. Likewise, (S)maller

changes can be increases, for example, a 0.6% change is smaller than 0.8%, but still represents an increase in the price index. In this context, a

-0.2% change is considered to be smaller than a 0.0% change.

4

Indexes on a December 1997=100 base.

5 Special indexes based on a substantially smaller sample. These series do not contribute to the all items index aggregation and therefore do not

have a relative importance or effect.

6

Indexes on a December 2007=100 base.

7

Indexes on a December 2005=100 base.

8

Indexes on a December 1986=100 base.

9

Indexes on a December 1993=100 base.

10 Indexes on a December 2009=100 base.

11 Indexes on a December 1990=100 base.

12 Indexes on a December 1983=100 base.

13 Indexes on a December 2001=100 base.

14 Indexes on a December 1982=100 base.

15 Indexes on a December 1996=100 base.
16 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base.