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CONSUMER PRICE INDEX – DECEMBER 2021 

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.5 percent in December on a 

seasonally adjusted basis after rising 0.8 percent in November, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics 

reported today. Over the last 12 months, the all items index increased 7.0 percent before seasonal 

adjustment. 

Increases in the indexes for shelter and for used cars and trucks were the largest contributors to the 

seasonally adjusted all items increase. The food index also contributed, although it increased less than in 

recent months, rising 0.5 percent in December. The energy index declined in December, ending a long 

series of increases; it fell 0.4 percent as the indexes for gasoline and natural gas both decreased. 

The index for all items less food and energy rose 0.6 percent in December following a 0.5-percent 

increase in November. This was the sixth time in the last 9 months it has increased at least 0.5 percent. 

Along with the indexes for shelter and for used cars and trucks, the indexes for household furnishings 

and operations, apparel, new vehicles, and medical care all increased in December. As in November, the 

indexes for motor vehicle insurance and recreation were among the few to decline over the month. 

The all items index rose 7.0 percent for the 12 months ending December, the largest 12-month increase 

since the period ending June 1982. The all items less food and energy index rose 5.5 percent, the largest 

12-month change since the period ending February 1991. The energy index rose 29.3 percent over the

last year, and the food index increased 6.3 percent.

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

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

Percent change

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

1 Not seasonally adjusted.
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Food 

The food index increased 0.5 percent in December following larger increases in each of the three 

previous months. The food at home index increased 0.4 percent in December after rising 0.8 percent in 

November. Five of the six major grocery store food group indexes increased in December. The index for 

fruits and vegetables increased the most, rising 0.9 percent over the month as the index for fresh fruits 

increased 1.8 percent. The index for nonalcoholic beverages rose 0.8 percent in December, and the index 

for dairy and related products increased 0.7 percent. The index for other food at home rose 0.6 percent, 

and the index for cereals and bakery products increased 0.4 percent over the month. 

The index for meats, poultry, fish, and eggs declined in December, falling 0.4 percent after rising at least 

0.7 percent in each of the last 7 months. The indexes for beef (-2.0 percent) and pork (-0.8 percent) 

declined after recent sharp increases. 

The food away from home index rose 0.6 percent in December, the same increase as in November. The 

index for full service meals rose 0.8 percent, and the index for limited service meals advanced 0.6 

percent over the month. 

The food at home index rose 6.5 percent over the last 12 months; this compares to a 1.5-percent annual 

increase over the last 10 years. All of the six major grocery store food group indexes increased over the 

period. By far the largest increase was that of the index for meats, poultry, fish, and eggs, which rose 

12.5 percent over the year despite falling in December. The index for dairy and related products 

increased 1.6 percent, the smallest increase among the groups. 

The index for food away from home rose 6.0 percent over the last year, the largest increase since 

January 1982. The index for limited service meals rose 8.0 percent over the last 12 months, and the 

index for full service meals rose 6.6 percent. The index for food at employee sites and schools, in 

contrast, declined 49.3 percent over the past 12 months, reflecting widespread free lunch programs. 

Energy 

The energy index declined 0.4 percent in December; this followed a 3.5-percent increase in November 

and was its first decrease since April 2021. The gasoline index fell 0.5 percent in December after rising 

6.1 percent in both November and October. (Before seasonal adjustment, gasoline prices fell 2.2 percent 

in December.) The index for natural gas also declined in December, falling 1.2 percent after rising in 

each of the last 10 months. The electricity index, in contrast, rose in December, increasing 0.3 percent, 

the same increase as in November. 

The energy index rose 29.3 percent over the past 12 months with all major energy component indexes 

increasing. The gasoline index rose 49.6 percent over the last year. The index for natural gas rose 24.1 

percent over the last 12 months, and the electricity index rose 6.3 percent. 

All items less food and energy 

The index for all items less food and energy rose 0.6 percent in December. The shelter index increased 

0.4 percent in December as the indexes for rent and owners’ equivalent rent both rose 0.4 percent, the 

same increases as in November and October. The index for used cars and trucks continued to rise, 

advancing 3.5 percent in December after increasing 2.5 percent in each of the prior 2 months. 
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The index for household furnishings and operations rose 1.1 percent over the month as the indexes for 

furniture and bedding and for housekeeping supplies increased. The apparel index rose 1.7 percent over 

the month, its largest increase since January 2021. The index for new vehicles continued to rise, 

increasing 1.0 percent in December; this was its eighth consecutive monthly increase of at least 1.0 

percent. 

The medical care index rose 0.3 percent in December. The index for hospital services increased 0.2 

percent and the index for prescription drugs rose 0.1 percent, while the index for physicians’ services 

was unchanged. Other indexes that rose in December include airline fares (+2.7 percent), personal care 

(+0.5 percent), tobacco (+0.7 percent), and education (+0.1 percent). 

In contrast to these increases, the motor vehicle insurance index fell 1.5 percent in December after 

declining 0.8 percent the prior month. The recreation index fell 0.2 percent in December, the same 

decline as last month. The communication index was unchanged over the month. 

The index for all items less food and energy rose 5.5 percent over the past 12 months, its largest 12-

month increase since the period ending February 1991. Major contributors to this increase include 

shelter (+4.1 percent) and used cars and trucks (+37.3 percent). However, the increase is broad-based, 

with virtually all component indexes showing increases over the past 12 months. 

Not seasonally adjusted CPI measures 

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 7.0 percent over the last 12 

months to an index level of 278.802 (1982-84=100). For the month, the index increased 0.3 percent prior 

to seasonal adjustment. 

The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) increased 7.8 

percent over the last 12 months to an index level of 273.925 (1982-84=100). For the month, the index 

rose 0.3 percent prior to seasonal adjustment. 

The Chained Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (C-CPI-U) increased 6.9 percent over the 

last 12 months. For the month, the index increased 0.3 percent on a not seasonally adjusted basis. Please 

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

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The Consumer Price Index for January 2022 is scheduled to be released on Thursday, February 

10, 2022 at 8:30 a.m. (ET). 
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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 

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

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

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

were collected either online or by phone. Additionally, data collection in December 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. 

For each month from March 2020 to December 2021, BLS has published a summary of the impact 

of the pandemic on the Consumer Price Index news release and data. The impact summary for 

December is available at www.bls.gov/covid19/consumer-price-index-covid19-impacts-december2021.htm. Beginning with publication of January 2022 data in February 2022, this month-specific 

impact summary will be discontinued. However, information related to the impact of the pandemic 

will continue to be available at www.bls.gov/covid19/effects-of-covid-19-pandemic-on-consumerprice-index.htm. 
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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-

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 
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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. 

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 
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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,

December 2021

[1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]

Expenditure category

Relative

importance

Nov.

2021

Unadjusted indexes Unadjusted percent

change

Seasonally adjusted percent

change

Dec.

2020

Nov.

2021

Dec.

2021

Dec.

2020-

Dec.

2021

Nov.

2021-

Dec.

2021

Sep.

2021-

Oct.

2021

Oct.

2021-

Nov.

2021

Nov.

2021-

Dec.

2021

All items............................................. 100.000 260.474 277.948 278.802 7.0 0.3 0.9 0.8 0.5

Food.............................................. 13.990 270.023 285.507 286.966 6.3 0.5 0.9 0.7 0.5

Food at home................................. 7.722 251.253 266.384 267.555 6.5 0.4 1.0 0.8 0.4

Cereals and bakery products............ 0.978 283.735 295.909 297.279 4.8 0.5 1.0 0.8 0.4

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs............ 1.840 264.475 299.228 297.604 12.5 -0.5 1.7 0.9 -0.4

Dairy and related products............... 0.746 231.740 233.157 235.442 1.6 1.0 0.2 0.2 0.7

Fruits and vegetables..................... 1.305 306.506 318.436 321.931 5.0 1.1 0.1 1.0 0.9

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage

materials.................................. 0.909 177.539 185.119 186.723 5.2 0.9 0.8 0.2 0.8

Other food at home........................ 1.942 218.534 229.643 230.809 5.6 0.5 1.2 1.0 0.6

Food away from home1

...................... 6.269 299.369 315.481 317.372 6.0 0.6 0.8 0.6 0.6

Energy............................................ 7.542 198.155 259.100 256.207 29.3 -1.1 4.8 3.5 -0.4

Energy commodities......................... 4.304 198.997 302.635 296.391 48.9 -2.1 6.2 5.9 -0.6

Fuel oil1..................................... 0.114 231.044 333.899 325.879 41.0 -2.4 12.3 3.5 -2.4

Motor fuel................................... 4.115 194.996 297.841 291.510 49.5 -2.1 6.1 6.1 -0.5

Gasoline (all types)..................... 4.027 193.990 296.571 290.185 49.6 -2.2 6.1 6.1 -0.5

Energy services............................... 3.238 206.758 227.874 228.199 10.4 0.1 3.0 0.3 -0.1

Electricity.................................... 2.412 214.375 227.588 227.974 6.3 0.2 1.8 0.3 0.3

Utility (piped) gas service................. 0.825 180.767 224.225 224.366 24.1 0.1 6.6 0.6 -1.2

All items less food and energy................ 78.468 269.226 282.754 283.908 5.5 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.6

Commodities less food and energy

commodities................................ 20.768 145.317 159.426 160.850 10.7 0.9 1.0 0.9 1.2

Apparel...................................... 2.669 114.434 122.383 121.068 5.8 -1.1 0.0 1.3 1.7

New vehicles............................... 3.884 149.091 164.511 166.653 11.8 1.3 1.4 1.1 1.0

Used cars and trucks...................... 3.419 150.891 200.209 207.164 37.3 3.5 2.5 2.5 3.5

Medical care commodities1

............... 1.487 377.921 379.483 379.611 0.4 0.0 0.6 0.1 0.0

Alcoholic beverages....................... 0.993 259.397 264.957 265.410 2.3 0.2 -0.2 0.0 0.5

Tobacco and smoking products1

. . . . . . .. 0.617 1,199.508 1,298.746 1,308.024 9.0 0.7 1.9 0.9 0.7

Services less energy services.............. 57.700 346.808 358.722 359.559 3.7 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.3

Shelter....................................... 32.393 327.702 339.997 341.241 4.1 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.4

Rent of primary residence............. 7.583 344.455 354.526 355.931 3.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4

Owners’ equivalent rent of

residences2

............................ 23.509 337.695 349.152 350.508 3.8 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4

Medical care services..................... 6.987 564.201 577.076 578.555 2.5 0.3 0.5 0.3 0.3

Physicians’ services1

................... 1.777 391.807 408.843 408.644 4.3 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0

Hospital services3....................... 2.154 355.232 367.479 366.854 3.3 -0.2 0.5 -0.3 0.2

Transportation services................... 5.046 312.959 327.749 326.063 4.2 -0.5 0.4 0.7 -0.3

Motor vehicle maintenance and

repair1.................................. 1.080 309.888 325.076 324.688 4.8 -0.1 1.5 0.0 -0.1

Motor vehicle insurance................ 1.560 545.376 568.239 567.875 4.1 -0.1 0.0 -0.8 -1.5

Airline fares.............................. 0.619 205.983 215.159 208.954 1.4 -2.9 -0.7 4.7 2.7

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, December 2021

[1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]

Expenditure category

Relative

importance

Nov.

2021

Unadjusted percent

change Seasonally adjusted percent change

Dec.

2020-

Dec.

2021

Nov.

2021-

Dec.

2021

Sep.

2021-

Oct.

2021

Oct.

2021-

Nov.

2021

Nov.

2021-

Dec.

2021

All items................................................................. 100.000 7.0 0.3 0.9 0.8 0.5

Food.................................................................. 13.990 6.3 0.5 0.9 0.7 0.5

Food at home..................................................... 7.722 6.5 0.4 1.0 0.8 0.4

Cereals and bakery products................................. 0.978 4.8 0.5 1.0 0.8 0.4

Cereals and cereal products............................... 0.299 4.8 1.2 1.6 1.3 0.8

Flour and prepared flour mixes......................... 0.041 6.6 0.7 2.0 1.8 0.4

Breakfast cereal1

......................................... 0.139 6.0 1.4 3.3 0.7 1.4

Rice, pasta, cornmeal.................................... 0.118 2.8 1.1 0.0 1.2 1.3

Rice1, 2, 3................................................ 1.9 0.8 0.0 1.5 0.8

Bakery products1

......................................... 0.680 4.8 0.1 0.7 0.3 0.1

Bread1, 2................................................. 0.195 3.8 0.0 0.8 1.2 0.0

White bread1, 3...................................... 3.0 -0.5 0.6 1.5 -0.5

Bread other than white1, 3.......................... 4.6 0.6 1.1 0.9 0.6

Fresh biscuits, rolls, muffins2

......................... 0.100 4.7 -1.6 -0.1 1.3 -1.7

Cakes, cupcakes, and cookies1

...................... 0.172 3.8 0.7 -0.1 0.1 0.7

Cookies1, 3

........................................... 2.1 1.8 -0.6 -0.5 1.8

Fresh cakes and cupcakes1, 3..................... 5.9 -0.9 0.7 0.5 -0.9

Other bakery products................................ 0.213 6.5 0.6 1.7 0.9 0.7

Fresh sweetrolls, coffeecakes, doughnuts1, 3

.... 2.9 -1.0 0.0 3.5 -1.0

Crackers, bread, and cracker products3

. . . . . . . .. 11.0 3.0 -0.1 0.6 2.7

Frozen and refrigerated bakery products, pies,

tarts, turnovers1, 3

................................ 4.9 -0.3 3.7 -1.1 -0.3

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs................................ 1.840 12.5 -0.5 1.7 0.9 -0.4

Meats, poultry, and fish.................................... 1.741 12.6 -0.8 1.9 1.2 -0.4

Meats...................................................... 1.119 14.8 -1.4 2.5 1.4 -0.9

Beef and veal.......................................... 0.536 18.6 -2.3 3.1 0.9 -2.0

Uncooked ground beef1

............................ 0.187 13.0 -1.8 2.6 0.9 -1.8

Uncooked beef roasts1, 2........................... 0.087 22.1 -3.8 0.3 1.8 -3.8

Uncooked beef steaks2............................. 0.211 21.4 -2.6 2.8 0.2 -2.6

Uncooked other beef and veal1, 2................. 0.051 23.2 0.1 1.5 2.5 0.1

Pork...................................................... 0.355 15.1 -2.1 2.6 2.2 -0.8

Bacon, breakfast sausage, and related

products2.......................................... 0.146 16.3 -0.4 2.4 2.3 0.0

Bacon and related products3

.................... 18.6 -1.1 2.0 1.7 -0.7

Breakfast sausage and related products2, 3

... 12.8 0.8 2.7 2.7 1.4

Ham................................................... 0.066 10.1 -3.8 -0.1 2.1 0.4

Ham, excluding canned3

........................ 10.5 -4.0 -0.2 2.1 0.6

Pork chops1

.......................................... 0.055 12.5 -1.1 5.0 0.2 -1.1

Other pork including roasts, steaks, and ribs2... 0.087 18.9 -4.5 2.4 3.7 -3.3

Other meats............................................ 0.228 6.5 1.8 0.9 1.2 1.7

Frankfurters3

......................................... -0.6 -1.4 -1.9 2.8 -1.5

Lunchmeats1, 2, 3.................................... 6.9 2.7 1.6 1.0 2.7

Poultry1.................................................. 0.341 9.5 0.1 0.8 0.8 0.1

Chicken1, 2........................................... 0.281 10.4 0.3 1.0 1.4 0.3

Fresh whole chicken1, 3.......................... 7.8 0.0 -0.5 1.3 0.0

Fresh and frozen chicken parts1, 3

............. 11.5 0.4 1.5 1.5 0.4

Other uncooked poultry including turkey2........ 0.060 5.6 -0.9 -0.1 1.1 -1.1

Fish and seafood...................................... 0.281 8.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.9

Fresh fish and seafood2............................ 0.144 10.2 0.5 0.6 -0.3 0.3

Processed fish and seafood2

...................... 0.137 6.6 0.6 0.5 1.8 1.2

Shelf stable fish and seafood3

.................. 0.7 0.0 0.9 0.9 0.7

Frozen fish and seafood3

........................ 9.6 0.7 -1.4 3.1 1.7

Eggs........................................................ 0.099 11.1 3.6 -0.1 -2.7 0.0

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, December 2021 — Continued

[1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]

Expenditure category

Relative

importance

Nov.

2021

Unadjusted percent

change Seasonally adjusted percent change

Dec.

2020-

Dec.

2021

Nov.

2021-

Dec.

2021

Sep.

2021-

Oct.

2021

Oct.

2021-

Nov.

2021

Nov.

2021-

Dec.

2021

Dairy and related products................................... 0.746 1.6 1.0 0.2 0.2 0.7

Milk2

........................................................... 0.209 4.2 1.9 0.0 0.9 1.3

Fresh whole milk3........................................ 4.9 1.0 -0.3 1.5 0.6

Fresh milk other than whole2, 3......................... 4.1 2.0 -0.1 0.7 1.2

Cheese and related products1............................. 0.248 -0.6 0.2 0.4 0.0 0.2

Ice cream and related products........................... 0.104 1.6 1.6 1.7 -2.0 1.2

Other dairy and related products1, 2...................... 0.186 1.7 0.7 -0.1 -0.2 0.7

Fruits and vegetables......................................... 1.305 5.0 1.1 0.1 1.0 0.9

Fresh fruits and vegetables................................ 1.028 5.2 1.0 -0.3 1.1 0.8

Fresh fruits................................................ 0.538 7.9 1.0 -0.9 2.2 1.8

Apples................................................... 0.074 7.8 0.7 0.1 0.6 1.0

Bananas1

............................................... 0.073 6.0 1.0 1.3 1.4 1.0

Citrus fruits2............................................ 0.139 9.7 1.2 -1.2 2.3 6.5

Oranges, including tangerines3.................... 9.9 1.3 -1.3 2.4 8.9

Other fresh fruits2...................................... 0.253 7.5 1.1 -1.9 3.5 -1.1

Fresh vegetables......................................... 0.490 2.4 0.9 0.4 0.0 -0.3

Potatoes................................................. 0.070 4.8 4.8 -0.3 -2.5 4.9

Lettuce1

................................................. 0.066 3.4 -0.2 1.5 6.9 -0.2

Tomatoes............................................... 0.079 1.6 -1.0 0.5 -1.2 -4.6

Other fresh vegetables................................ 0.274 1.8 0.8 1.2 -0.4 0.0

Processed fruits and vegetables2

...................... 0.277 4.4 1.5 1.5 0.6 1.2

Canned fruits and vegetables2

....................... 0.145 4.3 0.9 2.4 0.5 0.2

Canned fruits2, 3

..................................... 2.9 3.4 2.4 -1.4 2.7

Canned vegetables2, 3.............................. 5.0 -0.5 3.3 1.0 -1.0

Frozen fruits and vegetables2........................ 0.083 5.6 2.6 0.4 0.7 3.4

Frozen vegetables3................................. 3.2 2.0 1.0 0.4 3.0

Other processed fruits and vegetables including

dried2

................................................. 0.049 3.0 1.4 -0.1 1.1 0.7

Dried beans, peas, and lentils1, 2, 3............... 8.1 1.6 -1.2 3.1 1.6

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials. . . . . . . .. 0.909 5.2 0.9 0.8 0.2 0.8

Juices and nonalcoholic drinks2

........................... 0.652 5.7 1.2 0.6 0.1 1.2

Carbonated drinks........................................ 0.277 7.4 1.0 0.6 1.4 1.2

Frozen noncarbonated juices and drinks1, 2.......... 0.006 1.7 -0.3 2.0 -0.4 -0.3

Nonfrozen noncarbonated juices and drinks2......... 0.369 4.5 1.4 0.7 -0.3 0.9

Beverage materials including coffee and tea2........... 0.257 3.9 -0.1 1.2 0.2 -0.2

Coffee...................................................... 0.168 6.3 0.3 1.7 1.1 0.0

Roasted coffee3

........................................ 6.9 0.4 2.1 0.9 0.3

Instant coffee1, 3

........................................ 3.0 0.5 -0.4 0.0 0.5

Other beverage materials including tea1, 2............ 0.090 -0.3 -0.7 0.2 -1.4 -0.7

Other food at home............................................ 1.942 5.6 0.5 1.2 1.0 0.6

Sugar and sweets1.......................................... 0.262 4.6 1.2 0.2 1.3 1.2

Sugar and sugar substitutes............................ 0.037 4.0 0.0 4.1 0.6 1.0

Candy and chewing gum1, 2............................. 0.172 4.5 2.1 -0.1 1.5 2.1

Other sweets2

............................................. 0.053 5.3 -1.1 -0.1 3.2 -0.6

Fats and oils................................................. 0.216 8.8 0.3 0.3 1.5 0.2

Butter and margarine2................................... 0.060 3.1 0.8 1.1 -0.5 1.4

Butter3

................................................... 0.8 -1.2 2.0 -0.6 -0.2

Margarine3

.............................................. 6.7 4.4 0.2 -0.7 3.8

Salad dressing2

........................................... 0.051 8.0 1.2 -0.3 1.6 0.0

Other fats and oils including peanut butter2

. . . . . . . . .. 0.104 12.8 -0.4 0.3 2.3 0.1

Peanut butter1, 2, 3..................................... 3.8 0.3 3.3 0.9 0.3

Other foods................................................ 1.464 5.4 0.4 1.5 0.9 0.6

Soups.................................................... 0.085 2.6 1.1 2.1 -0.1 0.2

Frozen and freeze dried prepared foods........... 0.256 5.6 0.2 0.7 1.6 0.1

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, December 2021 — Continued

[1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]

Expenditure category

Relative

importance

Nov.

2021

Unadjusted percent

change Seasonally adjusted percent change

Dec.

2020-

Dec.

2021

Nov.

2021-

Dec.

2021

Sep.

2021-

Oct.

2021

Oct.

2021-

Nov.

2021

Nov.

2021-

Dec.

2021

Snacks1

................................................. 0.337 5.6 -0.1 2.1 1.6 -0.1

Spices, seasonings, condiments, sauces........... 0.286 5.3 -0.1 1.7 2.0 0.5

Salt and other seasonings and spices2, 3

........ 4.8 0.0 1.9 3.1 0.4

Olives, pickles, relishes1, 2, 3....................... 5.7 0.8 1.7 2.1 0.8

Sauces and gravies2, 3............................. 4.6 -0.2 1.6 1.0 0.1

Other condiments3.................................. 8.1 0.4 3.0 2.7 1.1

Baby food1, 2........................................... 0.043 7.9 -0.1 2.6 0.4 -0.1

Other miscellaneous foods2.......................... 0.458 5.4 1.2 1.5 -0.1 0.4

Prepared salads3, 4................................. 6.1 0.4 -0.3 1.1 -0.8

Food away from home1.......................................... 6.269 6.0 0.6 0.8 0.6 0.6

Full service meals and snacks1, 2........................... 3.147 6.6 0.8 0.9 0.4 0.8

Limited service meals and snacks1, 2....................... 2.805 8.0 0.6 0.8 1.0 0.6

Food at employee sites and schools1, 2.................... 0.067 -49.3 -7.9 1.8 -5.5 -7.9

Food at elementary and secondary schools1, 3, 5....... -63.7 -12.4 -6.1 -8.3 -12.4

Food from vending machines and mobile vendors1, 2. . .. 0.080 4.8 -1.5 0.0 0.2 -1.5

Other food away from home1, 2.............................. 0.170 4.9 0.6 0.2 0.0 0.6

Energy................................................................ 7.542 29.3 -1.1 4.8 3.5 -0.4

Energy commodities............................................. 4.304 48.9 -2.1 6.2 5.9 -0.6

Fuel oil and other fuels........................................ 0.189 38.0 -0.7 9.4 1.5 -3.4

Fuel oil1

....................................................... 0.114 41.0 -2.4 12.3 3.5 -2.4

Propane, kerosene, and firewood6

........................ 0.075 33.8 1.8 6.2 0.1 0.6

Motor fuel....................................................... 4.115 49.5 -2.1 6.1 6.1 -0.5

Gasoline (all types)......................................... 4.027 49.6 -2.2 6.1 6.1 -0.5

Gasoline, unleaded regular3

............................ 50.8 -2.3 6.5 5.9 -0.7

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade3, 7....................... 44.5 -1.5 5.6 5.9 0.3

Gasoline, unleaded premium3

.......................... 41.9 -1.2 4.3 5.2 0.5

Other motor fuels1, 2........................................ 0.088 45.5 -0.9 5.3 4.0 -0.9

Energy services................................................... 3.238 10.4 0.1 3.0 0.3 -0.1

Electricity........................................................ 2.412 6.3 0.2 1.8 0.3 0.3

Utility (piped) gas service..................................... 0.825 24.1 0.1 6.6 0.6 -1.2

All items less food and energy.................................... 78.468 5.5 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.6

Commodities less food and energy commodities............ 20.768 10.7 0.9 1.0 0.9 1.2

Household furnishings and supplies8

....................... 3.766 7.4 1.1 0.8 0.7 1.3

Window and floor coverings and other linens1, 2........ 0.275 8.7 0.4 -1.0 -1.9 0.4

Floor coverings1, 2........................................ 0.063 6.8 -2.0 0.5 3.1 -2.0

Window coverings1, 2..................................... 0.061 12.9 0.8 1.8 -0.1 0.8

Other linens1, 2............................................ 0.151 7.9 1.3 -2.5 -4.6 1.3

Furniture and bedding1

..................................... 0.986 13.8 2.0 0.3 0.6 2.0

Bedroom furniture1

....................................... 0.339 10.4 0.7 1.3 0.0 0.7

Living room, kitchen, and dining room furniture1, 2. .. 0.484 17.3 3.1 -0.8 0.9 3.1

Other furniture2........................................... 0.155 10.4 1.8 2.0 1.0 1.4

Appliances2

.................................................. 0.217 6.0 0.7 -0.1 0.0 1.1

Major appliances2

........................................ 0.078 8.4 1.3 -0.9 2.4 0.5

Laundry equipment1, 3

................................. 12.1 3.4 -2.1 -1.3 3.4

Other appliances1, 2...................................... 0.136 4.7 0.3 0.3 -1.8 0.3

Other household equipment and furnishings1, 2......... 0.523 5.3 0.9 1.2 0.7 0.9

Clocks, lamps, and decorator items1

.................. 0.308 5.9 0.9 1.8 1.3 0.9

Indoor plants and flowers9

.............................. 0.091 5.2 1.2 1.3 2.0 0.0

Dishes and flatware1, 2................................... 0.048 0.2 1.3 -1.7 -0.7 1.3

Nonelectric cookware and tableware1, 2............... 0.076 6.5 0.5 0.1 -1.4 0.5

Tools, hardware, outdoor equipment and supplies2

. . .. 0.892 7.2 0.5 3.1 0.9 0.7

Tools, hardware and supplies1, 2....................... 0.241 6.2 0.4 -0.7 0.0 0.4

Outdoor equipment and supplies2

...................... 0.462 7.8 0.5 5.1 1.1 0.6

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, December 2021 — Continued

[1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]

Expenditure category

Relative

importance

Nov.

2021

Unadjusted percent

change Seasonally adjusted percent change

Dec.

2020-

Dec.

2021

Nov.

2021-

Dec.

2021

Sep.

2021-

Oct.

2021

Oct.

2021-

Nov.

2021

Nov.

2021-

Dec.

2021

Housekeeping supplies1

.................................... 0.873 2.1 1.0 0.7 0.2 1.0

Household cleaning products1, 2........................ 0.344 1.7 1.6 0.5 0.0 1.6

Household paper products1, 2........................... 0.225 3.2 0.7 1.0 0.2 0.7

Miscellaneous household products1, 2................. 0.304 1.8 0.5 0.7 0.4 0.5

Apparel.......................................................... 2.669 5.8 -1.1 0.0 1.3 1.7

Men’s and boys’ apparel................................... 0.684 7.8 -1.6 -0.5 3.0 1.1

Men’s apparel............................................. 0.547 7.8 -1.8 -0.4 2.9 1.4

Men’s suits, sport coats, and outerwear............ 0.095 10.7 -4.2 -1.1 6.7 0.2

Men’s underwear, nightwear, swimwear, and

accessories1

......................................... 0.162 7.0 -2.2 1.3 -0.1 -2.2

Men’s shirts and sweaters2

........................... 0.152 7.1 -0.8 -2.2 2.2 4.2

Men’s pants and shorts............................... 0.132 7.4 -0.7 -1.0 1.4 1.3

Boys’ apparel............................................. 0.137 8.1 -0.7 0.7 3.0 0.7

Women’s and girls’ apparel................................ 1.067 4.4 -1.5 0.7 1.1 2.2

Women’s apparel......................................... 0.882 5.9 -1.6 1.1 1.2 2.6

Women’s outerwear................................... 0.063 6.0 -2.9 1.3 -1.5 2.2

Women’s dresses...................................... 0.096 8.0 -3.0 0.3 1.6 1.4

Women’s suits and separates2

....................... 0.452 6.4 -1.5 2.4 2.2 3.4

Women’s underwear, nightwear, swimwear, and

accessories2......................................... 0.262 4.4 -0.9 -0.7 -1.0 1.7

Girls’ apparel.............................................. 0.185 -2.5 -1.2 -1.1 0.9 0.1

Footwear..................................................... 0.642 6.0 -0.3 -0.3 0.7 1.5

Men’s footwear1.......................................... 0.227 7.4 -0.5 -0.1 0.1 -0.5

Boys’ and girls’ footwear................................ 0.133 4.1 -0.5 -0.5 -0.6 0.5

Women’s footwear........................................ 0.282 5.8 0.0 -0.2 1.2 2.0

Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel.............................. 0.124 4.6 -1.7 1.1 0.1 -0.7

Jewelry and watches6

...................................... 0.152 7.2 1.4 -2.4 -1.9 4.0

Watches1, 6................................................ 0.037 2.7 3.4 -0.5 -1.6 3.4

Jewelry6

.................................................... 0.115 8.8 0.8 -2.0 -2.8 3.5

Transportation commodities less motor fuel8

.............. 7.975 21.8 2.3 1.9 1.7 2.1

New vehicles................................................. 3.884 11.8 1.3 1.4 1.1 1.0

New cars and trucks2, 3.................................. 11.8 1.3 1.4 1.1 1.0

New cars3............................................... 12.0 1.7 1.1 1.4 1.5

New trucks3, 10

......................................... 11.6 1.0 1.5 1.0 0.7

Used cars and trucks....................................... 3.419 37.3 3.5 2.5 2.5 3.5

Motor vehicle parts and equipment1...................... 0.404 11.3 1.6 1.4 1.1 1.6

Tires1....................................................... 0.258 12.4 1.9 1.2 1.3 1.9

Vehicle accessories other than tires1, 2................ 0.146 9.4 1.1 1.8 0.8 1.1

Vehicle parts and equipment other than tires1, 3

... 9.0 1.6 1.4 1.4 1.6

Motor oil, coolant, and fluids1, 3

...................... 9.2 0.8 2.1 -0.7 0.8

Medical care commodities1................................... 1.487 0.4 0.0 0.6 0.1 0.0

Medicinal drugs8............................................ 1.422 0.2 0.0 0.7 0.2 0.1

Prescription drugs........................................ 1.068 0.0 0.1 0.6 0.3 0.1

Nonprescription drugs1, 8................................ 0.355 0.8 -0.4 1.0 0.2 -0.4

Medical equipment and supplies1, 8...................... 0.065 5.9 0.5 0.3 -0.4 0.5

Recreation commodities8

..................................... 1.953 3.3 -0.5 0.4 0.3 -0.4

Video and audio products8................................. 0.257 -0.1 -1.8 -0.6 -0.1 -1.3

Televisions................................................ 0.093 4.4 -3.7 -2.2 -1.4 -2.5

Other video equipment2................................. 0.040 -1.3 -2.9 -2.6 1.7 -1.9

Audio equipment1

........................................ 0.070 -5.0 -0.3 2.4 0.9 -0.3

Recorded music and music subscriptions1, 2......... 0.042 -0.2 0.4 0.2 -0.7 0.4

Pets and pet products1

..................................... 0.606 2.7 0.4 0.0 0.1 0.4

Pet food1, 2, 3

.............................................. 2.4 0.8 0.1 0.3 0.8

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

. . .. 3.4 0.3 -0.3 0.0 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, December 2021 — Continued

[1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]

Expenditure category

Relative

importance

Nov.

2021

Unadjusted percent

change Seasonally adjusted percent change

Dec.

2020-

Dec.

2021

Nov.

2021-

Dec.

2021

Sep.

2021-

Oct.

2021

Oct.

2021-

Nov.

2021

Nov.

2021-

Dec.

2021

Sporting goods1

............................................. 0.609 6.3 -1.2 1.6 0.3 -1.2

Sports vehicles including bicycles1

..................... 0.374 7.8 -2.3 1.9 0.8 -2.3

Sports equipment1........................................ 0.225 4.1 0.7 1.0 -0.5 0.7

Photographic equipment and supplies................... 0.026 4.3 -1.2 -0.1 -1.0 1.5

Photographic equipment2, 3............................. 3.6 -1.9 -0.6 -0.7 0.6

Recreational reading materials1........................... 0.115 0.3 -1.2 0.1 0.5 -1.2

Newspapers and magazines1, 2........................ 0.066 2.3 -1.0 0.7 0.0 -1.0

Recreational books1, 2................................... 0.047 -2.5 -1.6 -0.8 1.3 -1.6

Other recreational goods2.................................. 0.342 2.5 0.2 0.0 1.1 0.2

Toys........................................................ 0.261 1.8 0.3 0.0 1.4 0.3

Toys, games, hobbies and playground

equipment2

, 3

......................................... 4.3 1.8 0.5 1.7 1.9

Sewing machines, fabric and supplies1, 2............. 0.019 4.6 -1.7 0.3 1.2 -1.7

Music instruments and accessories1, 2................ 0.045 5.9 0.4 -0.1 -0.6 0.4

Education and communication commodities8

.............. 0.473 0.2 -0.5 -0.5 -1.0 -0.4

Educational books and supplies1......................... 0.102 -0.4 0.1 0.1 -0.4 0.1

College textbooks1, 3, 11.................................. -0.9 0.1 0.0 -0.9 0.1

Information technology commodities8

.................... 0.371 0.3 -0.6 -0.7 -1.2 -0.6

Computers, peripherals, and smart home

assistants1

, 4............................................ 0.289 2.8 -1.0 -0.8 -1.3 -1.0

Computer software and accessories1, 2............... 0.016 -3.4 0.5 3.3 -1.4 0.5

Telephone hardware, calculators, and other

consumer information items2

......................... 0.066 -8.5 0.5 -0.9 -0.6 0.8

Smartphones1, 3, 12

.................................... -14.1 -0.8 -3.6 -0.8 -0.8

Alcoholic beverages........................................... 0.993 2.3 0.2 -0.2 0.0 0.5

Alcoholic beverages at home.............................. 0.553 1.2 -0.5 -0.4 0.1 -0.1

Beer, ale, and other malt beverages at home........ 0.213 2.0 0.0 -1.0 -0.3 0.5

Distilled spirits at home1

................................. 0.091 3.1 -0.1 0.3 -0.3 -0.1

Whiskey at home1, 3

................................... 2.0 0.1 0.6 -0.2 0.1

Distilled spirits, excluding whiskey, at home1, 3

. . .. 3.4 -0.1 0.1 -0.5 -0.1

Wine at home............................................. 0.248 -0.1 -1.1 -0.2 0.5 -0.6

Alcoholic beverages away from home1

.................. 0.441 3.7 1.0 0.1 0.1 1.0

Beer, ale, and other malt beverages away from

home1

, 2, 3

............................................... 3.9 0.8 0.1 0.5 0.8

Wine away from home1, 2, 3............................. 3.3 1.1 0.2 0.1 1.1

Distilled spirits away from home1, 2, 3.................. 2.6 1.0 0.0 -0.4 1.0

Other goods8

................................................... 1.450 4.6 0.2 1.2 0.3 0.2

Tobacco and smoking products1

.......................... 0.617 9.0 0.7 1.9 0.9 0.7

Cigarettes1, 2.............................................. 0.539 9.6 0.8 2.1 0.9 0.8

Tobacco products other than cigarettes1, 2........... 0.059 4.9 0.2 0.0 0.7 0.2

Personal care products1

.................................... 0.637 0.1 -0.2 0.2 -0.4 -0.2

Hair, dental, shaving, and miscellaneous personal

care products1, 2....................................... 0.346 1.3 0.0 0.5 -0.2 0.0

Cosmetics, perfume, bath, nail preparations and

implements1

............................................ 0.284 -1.3 -0.4 -0.2 -0.7 -0.4

Miscellaneous personal goods1, 2......................... 0.196 6.2 0.1 2.7 1.1 0.1

Stationery, stationery supplies, gift wrap3............. 9.0 0.8 1.9 1.9 1.2

Services less energy services.................................. 57.700 3.7 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.3

Shelter........................................................... 32.393 4.1 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.4

Rent of shelter13............................................. 32.053 4.2 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4

Rent of primary residence............................... 7.583 3.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4

Lodging away from home2.............................. 0.961 23.9 -0.4 1.4 2.9 1.2

Housing at school, excluding board13............... 0.113 1.8 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.2

Other lodging away from home including hotels

and motels........................................... 0.849 27.6 -0.4 1.5 3.2 1.3

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, December 2021 — Continued

[1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]

Expenditure category

Relative

importance

Nov.

2021

Unadjusted percent

change Seasonally adjusted percent change

Dec.

2020-

Dec.

2021

Nov.

2021-

Dec.

2021

Sep.

2021-

Oct.

2021

Oct.

2021-

Nov.

2021

Nov.

2021-

Dec.

2021

Owners’ equivalent rent of residences13.............. 23.509 3.8 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence13. .. 22.327 3.8 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4

Tenants’ and household insurance1, 2................. 0.339 -0.9 0.2 -0.3 -0.3 0.2

Water and sewer and trash collection services2........... 1.070 3.5 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.4

Water and sewerage maintenance....................... 0.781 3.0 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.2

Garbage and trash collection1, 10......................... 0.290 4.8 0.7 0.0 -0.2 0.7

Household operations1, 2

...................................... 0.5 1.1

Domestic services1, 2....................................... 0.303 9.4 2.4 0.1 1.5 2.4

Gardening and lawncare services1, 2..................... 1.1 0.2

Moving, storage, freight expense1, 2...................... 0.092 9.2 1.1 -2.2 -0.2 1.1

Repair of household items1, 2

..............................

Medical care services......................................... 6.987 2.5 0.3 0.5 0.3 0.3

Professional services....................................... 3.539 3.3 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.2

Physicians’ services1..................................... 1.777 4.3 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0

Dental services........................................... 0.962 2.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2

Eyeglasses and eye care1, 6............................ 0.347 1.8 0.6 0.2 0.2 0.6

Services by other medical professionals1, 6........... 0.454 2.9 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.7

Hospital and related services.............................. 2.345 3.3 -0.2 0.5 -0.2 0.1

Hospital services14....................................... 2.154 3.3 -0.2 0.5 -0.3 0.2

Inpatient hospital services14, 3

........................ 3.5 -0.1 0.5 -0.2 0.2

Outpatient hospital services3, 6

....................... 2.4 -0.2 0.3 -0.4 0.0

Nursing homes and adult day services14.............. 0.120 3.4 0.1 0.4 0.0 0.4

Care of invalids and elderly at home1, 5............... 0.072 2.9 -2.0 0.2 -0.1 -2.0

Health insurance1, 5......................................... 1.102 -1.2 1.6 2.0 1.7 1.6

Transportation services....................................... 5.046 4.2 -0.5 0.4 0.7 -0.3

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

Car and truck rental2

....................................... 0.179 36.0 -4.4 3.1 1.1 -5.3

Motor vehicle maintenance and repair1.................. 1.080 4.8 -0.1 1.5 0.0 -0.1

Motor vehicle body work1............................... 0.059 10.6 2.3 0.9 1.0 2.3

Motor vehicle maintenance and servicing1............ 0.622 5.0 0.5 1.5 -0.4 0.5

Motor vehicle repair1, 2................................... 0.340 3.5 -1.7 1.5 0.5 -1.7

Motor vehicle insurance.................................... 1.560 4.1 -0.1 0.0 -0.8 -1.5

Motor vehicle fees1, 2....................................... 0.539 1.9 0.1 -0.2 0.3 0.1

State motor vehicle registration and license

fees1, 2................................................... 0.279 0.3 0.0 0.0 -0.2 0.0

Parking and other fees1, 2............................... 0.246 3.7 0.3 -0.4 0.9 0.3

Parking fees and tolls2, 3.............................. 5.1 0.4 -0.2 0.9 0.8

Public transportation........................................ 1.075 2.4 -1.4 -0.7 3.0 2.0

Airline fares................................................ 0.619 1.4 -2.9 -0.7 4.7 2.7

Other intercity transportation............................ 0.171 -0.1 0.2 -1.8 1.0 -0.3

Ship fare1, 2, 3

.......................................... 0.3 0.4 -3.3 0.8 0.4

Intracity transportation1.................................. 0.283 6.0 0.9 -0.4 1.0 0.9

Intracity mass transit1, 3, 8

............................. 8.5 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0

Recreation services8

.......................................... 3.668 3.3 0.0 0.8 -0.5 -0.1

Video and audio services8

................................. 1.226 2.6 -0.5 0.0 -0.3 -0.7

Cable and satellite television service10................ 1.154 2.8 -0.5 -0.1 -0.2 -0.6

Video discs and other media, including rental of

video1

, 2.................................................. 0.072 -0.7 -0.9 0.6 -1.8 -0.9

Video discs and other media1, 2, 3

................... -2.1 -1.6 2.8 -3.7 -1.6

Rental of video discs and other media1, 2, 3

........ 1.6 -0.5 0.0 0.2 -0.5

Pet services including veterinary2

......................... 0.546 5.7 1.5 0.4 0.4 1.6

Veterinarian services2, 3

................................. 4.9 1.6 0.5 0.4 1.7

Photographers and photo processing1, 2................. 0.043 3.1 -1.5 0.2 2.5 -1.5

Other recreation services2

................................. 1.852 3.0 -0.1 1.6 -0.9 -0.1

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, December 2021 — Continued

[1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]

Expenditure category

Relative

importance

Nov.

2021

Unadjusted percent

change Seasonally adjusted percent change

Dec.

2020-

Dec.

2021

Nov.

2021-

Dec.

2021

Sep.

2021-

Oct.

2021

Oct.

2021-

Nov.

2021

Nov.

2021-

Dec.

2021

Club membership for shopping clubs, fraternal, or

other organizations, or participant sports fees1, 2.. 0.653 1.8 0.6 0.4 0.1 0.6

Admissions1

............................................... 0.678 4.4 -0.7 3.2 -2.2 -0.7

Admission to movies, theaters, and

concerts1, 2, 3

......................................... 4.9 0.6 0.1 0.8 0.6

Admission to sporting events1, 2, 3................... -1.5 8.3 -4.8 -1.5

Fees for lessons or instructions1, 6..................... 0.210 2.9 -0.1 0.0 0.0 -0.1

Education and communication services8................... 6.014 1.7 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.1

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare................. 2.799 2.1 -0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1

College tuition and fees................................. 1.498 1.8 -0.1 0.0 0.2 0.1

Elementary and high school tuition and fees......... 0.414 2.3 -0.2 0.1 0.3 0.1

Day care and preschool9

................................ 0.739 2.7 0.1 0.5 0.3 0.2

Technical and business school tuition and fees2..... 0.035 1.1 -0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1

Postage and delivery services2........................... 0.112 6.8 -0.3 4.2 0.3 -0.2

Postage.................................................... 0.102 6.8 -0.4 4.6 0.3 -0.3

Delivery services2

........................................ 0.010 7.2 0.6 0.7 0.4 0.8

Telephone services1, 2...................................... 2.237 0.7 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0

Wireless telephone services1, 2......................... 1.831 -0.3 -0.1 0.0 0.0 -0.1

Land-line telephone services1, 8........................ 0.406 5.8 0.2 0.7 -0.2 0.2

Internet services and electronic information

providers2.................................................. 0.855 2.6 0.4 0.0 -0.5 0.3

Other personal services1, 8................................... 1.626 4.3 0.7 0.5 0.1 0.7

Personal care services1

.................................... 0.672 4.2 0.8 -0.3 0.2 0.8

Haircuts and other personal care services1, 2. . . . . . .. 0.672 4.2 0.8 -0.3 0.2 0.8

Miscellaneous personal services1

......................... 0.954 4.5 0.7 1.1 0.0 0.7

Legal services1, 6......................................... 0.241 3.6 0.4 1.8 -0.9 0.4

Funeral expenses1, 6..................................... 0.134 2.0 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.4

Laundry and dry cleaning services1, 2................. 0.221 8.4 1.2 0.7 0.9 1.2

Apparel services other than laundry and dry

cleaning1

, 2.............................................. 0.029 5.1 2.8 1.0 0.0 2.8

Financial services6....................................... 0.220 3.2 0.5 1.8 0.5 0.3

Checking account and other bank services1, 2, 3

... 1.6 0.2 0.9 0.0 0.2

Tax return preparation and other accounting

fees1

, 2, 3

..............................................

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 2019=100 base.

13 Indexes on a December 1982=100 base.

14 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,

December 2021

[1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]

Special aggregate indexes

Relative

importance

Nov.

2021

Unadjusted indexes Unadjusted percent

change

Seasonally adjusted percent

change

Dec.

2020

Nov.

2021

Dec.

2021

Dec.

2020-

Dec.

2021

Nov.

2021-

Dec.

2021

Sep.

2021-

Oct.

2021

Oct.

2021-

Nov.

2021

Nov.

2021-

Dec.

2021

All items less food................................... 86.010 258.959 276.747 277.506 7.2 0.3 0.9 0.8 0.5

All items less shelter................................ 67.607 237.289 256.714 257.431 8.5 0.3 1.2 0.9 0.5

All items less food and shelter..................... 53.617 229.010 249.264 249.810 9.1 0.2 1.2 1.0 0.5

All items less food, shelter, and energy.......... 46.075 236.831 250.894 251.992 6.4 0.4 0.7 0.6 0.6

All items less food, shelter, energy, and used

cars and trucks.................................... 42.656 241.759 252.043 252.533 4.5 0.2 0.6 0.4 0.4

All items less medical care......................... 91.526 248.096 265.889 266.729 7.5 0.3 1.0 0.8 0.5

All items less energy................................ 92.458 268.613 282.397 283.593 5.6 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.5

Commodities......................................... 39.062 186.063 207.708 208.602 12.1 0.4 1.5 1.4 0.8

Commodities less food, energy, and used

cars and trucks................................. 17.349 144.915 153.738 154.329 6.5 0.4 0.8 0.6 0.8

Commodities less food........................... 25.072 149.989 172.817 173.484 15.7 0.4 1.9 1.8 0.9

Commodities less food and beverages........ 24.079 146.342 169.510 170.179 16.3 0.4 2.0 1.8 0.9

Services.............................................. 60.938 334.030 346.637 347.429 4.0 0.2 0.6 0.4 0.3

Services less rent of shelter1

.................... 28.885 350.968 364.091 364.361 3.8 0.1 0.6 0.2 0.1

Services less medical care services........... 53.951 316.606 329.178 329.918 4.2 0.2 0.5 0.3 0.3

Durables.............................................. 11.776 107.691 123.678 125.747 16.8 1.7 1.4 1.6 1.8

Nondurables.......................................... 27.286 225.432 248.656 248.393 10.2 -0.1 1.3 1.1 0.9

Nondurables less food........................... 13.296 188.305 217.593 215.952 14.7 -0.8 1.9 1.6 0.6

Nondurables less food and beverages. . . . . . .. 12.303 183.826 214.693 212.913 15.8 -0.8 2.1 1.8 0.6

Nondurables less food, beverages, and

apparel.......................................... 9.634 231.006 276.857 274.750 18.9 -0.8 2.6 1.7 0.5

Nondurables less food and apparel............ 10.627 232.599 274.322 272.474 17.1 -0.7 2.3 1.6 0.6

Housing............................................... 41.552 273.684 286.308 287.511 5.1 0.4 0.7 0.5 0.4

Education and communication2

.................... 6.487 141.549 143.884 143.844 1.6 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0

Education2

......................................... 2.901 272.437 278.097 277.904 2.0 -0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1

Communication2

.................................. 3.586 75.311 76.294 76.298 1.3 0.0 0.1 -0.2 0.0

Information and information processing2

.... 3.474 71.171 71.974 71.986 1.1 0.0 0.0 -0.3 0.0

Information technology, hardware and

services3...................................... 1.237 7.288 7.420 7.427 1.9 0.1 -0.2 -0.7 0.0

Recreation2

........................................... 5.621 122.692 126.952 126.695 3.3 -0.2 0.7 -0.2 -0.2

Video and audio2................................. 1.483 108.207 111.366 110.531 2.1 -0.7 -0.1 -0.2 -0.8

Pets, pet products and services2............... 1.152 181.066 186.695 188.497 4.1 1.0 0.2 0.2 1.0

Photography2...................................... 0.070 74.997 78.763 77.661 3.6 -1.4 0.1 1.2 -0.4

Food and beverages................................ 14.983 269.383 284.168 285.556 6.0 0.5 0.8 0.7 0.5

Domestically produced farm food............... 6.459 259.404 275.508 276.523 6.6 0.4 1.1 0.4 0.4

Other services....................................... 11.308 371.076 380.326 380.714 2.6 0.1 0.5 -0.1 0.1

Apparel less footwear............................... 2.027 106.018 113.600 112.104 5.7 -1.3 0.1 1.5 1.8

Fuels and utilities.................................... 4.497 247.236 270.444 270.831 9.5 0.1 2.6 0.3 -0.1

Household energy................................ 3.427 202.017 225.221 225.435 11.6 0.1 3.3 0.4 -0.3

Medical care......................................... 8.474 518.766 528.877 530.026 2.2 0.2 0.5 0.2 0.3

Transportation....................................... 17.137 203.560 245.532 246.499 21.1 0.4 2.4 2.5 0.8

Private transportation............................ 16.061 201.523 245.735 246.999 22.6 0.5 2.6 2.4 0.7

New and used motor vehicles2

............... 8.363 103.242 122.436 124.853 20.9 2.0 1.8 1.8 1.8

Utilities and public transportation.................. 8.775 220.601 231.880 231.516 4.9 -0.2 1.2 0.4 0.2

Household furnishings and operations........... 4.662 127.367 135.345 136.787 7.4 1.1 0.8 0.8 1.1

Other goods and services.......................... 3.077 466.332 484.683 487.131 4.5 0.5 0.8 0.2 0.5

Personal care..................................... 2.460 239.497 246.445 247.561 3.4 0.5 0.6 0.1 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, December

2021

[1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]

Area Pricing

Schedule1

Percent change to Dec. 2021 from: Percent change to Nov. 2021 from:

Dec.

2020

Oct.

2021

Nov.

2021

Nov.

2020

Sep.

2021

Oct.

2021

U.S. city average............................................... M 7.0 0.8 0.3 6.8 1.3 0.5

Region and area size2

Northeast...................................................... M 5.9 0.8 0.2 6.0 1.2 0.6

Northeast - Size Class A................................. M 5.0 0.5 0.1 5.2 0.9 0.5

Northeast - Size Class B/C3............................. M 7.0 1.0 0.3 6.9 1.5 0.7

New England4

............................................. M 6.2 1.3 0.4 6.1 1.8 0.9

Middle Atlantic4............................................ M 5.8 0.6 0.1 5.9 1.0 0.4

Midwest....................................................... M 7.5 0.7 0.3 7.3 1.3 0.4

Midwest - Size Class A................................... M 6.9 0.7 0.3 6.6 1.1 0.4

Midwest - Size Class B/C3............................... M 7.9 0.7 0.2 7.7 1.3 0.5

East North Central4....................................... M 7.5 0.8 0.3 7.2 1.3 0.5

West North Central4

....................................... M 7.7 0.6 0.2 7.6 1.0 0.3

South.......................................................... M 7.4 0.8 0.3 7.2 1.4 0.4

South - Size Class A...................................... M 7.3 1.1 0.6 6.9 1.5 0.5

South - Size Class B/C3

.................................. M 7.4 0.6 0.2 7.5 1.4 0.4

South Atlantic4............................................. M 7.5 0.9 0.5 7.0 1.5 0.4

East South Central4

....................................... M 7.1 0.2 -0.2 7.8 1.3 0.4

West South Central4

...................................... M 7.4 0.8 0.3 7.4 1.4 0.5

West........................................................... M 7.1 0.9 0.4 6.5 1.4 0.5

West - Size Class A...................................... M 6.8 1.0 0.4 6.2 1.4 0.5

West - Size Class B/C3................................... M 7.4 0.9 0.3 6.9 1.3 0.6

Mountain4................................................... M 8.6 1.2 0.6 7.7 1.7 0.6

Pacific4...................................................... M 6.5 0.8 0.3 6.1 1.2 0.5

Size classes

Size Class A5................................................. M 6.5 0.9 0.4 6.2 1.3 0.5

Size Class B/C3

.............................................. M 7.5 0.8 0.3 7.3 1.4 0.5

Selected local areas

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI........................ M 6.6 0.7 0.4 6.0 0.9 0.2

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA.................. M 6.6 1.0 0.4 6.0 1.6 0.6

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA............... M 4.4 0.1 -0.2 5.0 0.7 0.3

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA....................... 2 9.8 1.9

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD6

......................... 2 8.0 1.8

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI............................... 2 7.0 1.1

Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX................ 2 6.6 0.7

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL........... 2 7.1 1.2

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD....... 2 6.6 0.9

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ7

............................. 2 9.7 1.7

San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA..................... 2 4.2 0.8

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA............................. 2 7.6 0.6

St. Louis, MO-IL.............................................. 2 8.3 0.8

Urban Alaska................................................. 2 7.2 0.4

Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH....................... 1 5.3 1.7

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX............................ 1 7.5 1.0

Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO............................. 1 6.5 1.2

Minneapolis-St.Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI................ 1 6.9 1.0

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA4

................... 1 7.9 1.4

San Diego-Carlsbad, CA.................................... 1 6.6 0.7

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL8

................... 1 8.0 1.8

Urban Hawaii................................................. 1 5.4 0.1

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

. . . .. 1 5.8 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, December 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 1.2 1.2

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

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

January 2021............................... 0.4 0.4 1.5 1.4

February 2021.............................. 0.6 0.5 1.8 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 5.2 5.4

August 2021................................. 0.2 0.2 5.0 5.3

September 2021............................ 0.3 0.3 5.2 5.4

October 2021............................... 0.8 0.8 6.1 6.2

November 2021............................. 0.5 0.5 6.7 6.8

December 2021............................. 0.3 0.3 6.9 7.0

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,

December 2021, 1-month analysis table

[1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]

Expenditure category

Relative

importance

Nov.

2021

One Month

Seasonally

adjusted

percent

change

Nov. 2021-

Dec. 2021

Seasonally

adjusted

effect on All

Items

Nov. 2021-

Dec. 20211

Standard

error,

median

price

change2

Largest (L) or Smallest (S)

seasonally adjusted

change since:3

Date Percent

change

All items................................................................. 100.000 0.5 0.04 S-Sep.2021 0.4

Food.................................................................. 13.990 0.5 0.070 0.10 S-Aug.2021 0.4

Food at home..................................................... 7.722 0.4 0.032 0.15 S-Aug.2021 0.4

Cereals and bakery products................................. 0.978 0.4 0.004 0.40 S-Aug.2021 0.0

Cereals and cereal products............................... 0.299 0.8 0.002 0.50 S-Sep.2021 0.6

Flour and prepared flour mixes......................... 0.041 0.4 0.000 0.83 S-Jul.2021 0.3

Breakfast cereal4

......................................... 0.139 1.4 0.002 0.92 L-Oct.2021 3.3

Rice, pasta, cornmeal.................................... 0.118 1.3 0.002 0.78 L-Sep.2021 1.6

Rice4, 5, 6

................................................ 0.8 0.68 S-Oct.2021 0.0

Bakery products4

......................................... 0.680 0.1 0.001 0.52 S-Aug.2021 -0.3

Bread4, 5................................................. 0.195 0.0 0.000 0.83 S-Aug.2021 -0.1

White bread4, 6

...................................... -0.5 0.94 S-Aug.2021 -0.5

Bread other than white4, 6

.......................... 0.6 1.04 S-Aug.2021 0.2

Fresh biscuits, rolls, muffins5

......................... 0.100 -1.7 -0.002 1.35 S-Aug.2021 -1.8

Cakes, cupcakes, and cookies4...................... 0.172 0.7 0.001 0.86 L-Jul.2021 1.1

Cookies4, 6........................................... 1.8 0.94 L-Jul.2021 1.9

Fresh cakes and cupcakes4, 6

..................... -0.9 1.62 S-Aug.2020 -2.2

Other bakery products................................ 0.213 0.7 0.002 0.82 S-Aug.2021 -0.3

Fresh sweetrolls, coffeecakes, doughnuts4, 6

.... -1.0 0.76 S-Jun.2021 -1.9

Crackers, bread, and cracker products6. . . . . . . .. 2.7 1.24 L-Sep.2021 3.1

Frozen and refrigerated bakery products, pies,

tarts, turnovers4, 6................................ -0.3 1.13 L-Oct.2021 3.7

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs................................ 1.840 -0.4 -0.007 0.34 S-Aug.2020 -1.3

Meats, poultry, and fish.................................... 1.741 -0.4 -0.007 0.36 S-Aug.2020 -1.3

Meats...................................................... 1.119 -0.9 -0.010 0.44 S-Aug.2020 -2.0

Beef and veal.......................................... 0.536 -2.0 -0.011 0.69 S-Aug.2020 -3.5

Uncooked ground beef4

............................ 0.187 -1.8 -0.003 0.98 S-Sep.2020 -1.9

Uncooked beef roasts4, 5........................... 0.087 -3.8 -0.003 1.73 S-Aug.2020 -5.1

Uncooked beef steaks5

............................. 0.211 -2.6 -0.005 0.93 S-Aug.2020 -3.9

Uncooked other beef and veal4, 5................. 0.051 0.1 0.000 1.14 S-Aug.2021 -0.4

Pork...................................................... 0.355 -0.8 -0.003 0.80 S-Sep.2020 -0.9

Bacon, breakfast sausage, and related

products5

.......................................... 0.146 0.0 0.000 0.96 S-Feb.2021 -0.2

Bacon and related products6.................... -0.7 1.05 S-Jan.2021 -0.8

Breakfast sausage and related products5, 6... 1.4 1.32 S-Sep.2021 0.6

Ham................................................... 0.066 0.4 0.000 1.91 S-Oct.2021 -0.1

Ham, excluding canned6

........................ 0.6 2.36 S-Oct.2021 -0.2

Pork chops4.......................................... 0.055 -1.1 -0.001 1.70 S-Sep.2021 -1.4

Other pork including roasts, steaks, and ribs5... 0.087 -3.3 -0.003 1.96 S-Sep.2020 -5.4

Other meats............................................ 0.228 1.7 0.004 0.60 L-Sep.2021 2.4

Frankfurters6......................................... -1.5 1.75 S-Oct.2021 -1.9

Lunchmeats4, 5, 6

.................................... 2.7 0.58 L-Apr.2020 2.7

Poultry4.................................................. 0.341 0.1 0.000 0.73 S-Sep.2021 -0.5

Chicken4, 5........................................... 0.281 0.3 0.001 0.78 S-Sep.2021 0.0

Fresh whole chicken4, 6.......................... 0.0 1.35 S-Oct.2021 -0.5

Fresh and frozen chicken parts4, 6

............. 0.4 0.95 S-Sep.2021 0.0

Other uncooked poultry including turkey5........ 0.060 -1.1 -0.001 1.27 S-Sep.2021 -2.5

Fish and seafood...................................... 0.281 0.9 0.002 0.54 L-Sep.2021 1.4

Fresh fish and seafood5............................ 0.144 0.3 0.001 0.82 L-Oct.2021 0.6

Processed fish and seafood5

...................... 0.137 1.2 0.002 0.80 S-Oct.2021 0.5

Shelf stable fish and seafood6

.................. 0.7 1.06 S-Sep.2021 0.1

Frozen fish and seafood6

........................ 1.7 0.82 S-Oct.2021 -1.4

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

December 2021, 1-month analysis table — Continued

[1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]

Expenditure category

Relative

importance

Nov.

2021

One Month

Seasonally

adjusted

percent

change

Nov. 2021-

Dec. 2021

Seasonally

adjusted

effect on All

Items

Nov. 2021-

Dec. 20211

Standard

error,

median

price

change2

Largest (L) or Smallest (S)

seasonally adjusted

change since:3

Date Percent

change

Eggs........................................................ 0.099 0.0 0.000 0.89 L-Sep.2021 1.1

Dairy and related products................................... 0.746 0.7 0.005 0.36 L-Sep.2021 0.7

Milk5

........................................................... 0.209 1.3 0.003 0.66 L-May 2021 2.2

Fresh whole milk6........................................ 0.6 0.76 S-Oct.2021 -0.3

Fresh milk other than whole5, 6......................... 1.2 0.80 L-May 2021 1.3

Cheese and related products4............................. 0.248 0.2 0.000 0.54 L-Oct.2021 0.4

Ice cream and related products........................... 0.104 1.2 0.001 0.95 L-Oct.2021 1.7

Other dairy and related products4, 5...................... 0.186 0.7 0.001 0.71 L-Sep.2021 0.7

Fruits and vegetables......................................... 1.305 0.9 0.011 0.36 S-Oct.2021 0.1

Fresh fruits and vegetables................................ 1.028 0.8 0.008 0.46 S-Oct.2021 -0.3

Fresh fruits................................................ 0.538 1.8 0.010 0.72 S-Oct.2021 -0.9

Apples................................................... 0.074 1.0 0.001 1.36 L-Sep.2021 3.8

Bananas4

............................................... 0.073 1.0 0.001 0.84 S-Sep.2021 0.4

Citrus fruits5

............................................ 0.139 6.5 0.009 0.97 L-Feb.2007 11.9

Oranges, including tangerines6.................... 8.9 1.48 L-Feb.2007 18.3

Other fresh fruits5...................................... 0.253 -1.1 -0.003 1.46 S-Oct.2021 -1.9

Fresh vegetables......................................... 0.490 -0.3 -0.002 0.50 S-Jul.2021 -0.8

Potatoes................................................. 0.070 4.9 0.004 1.27 L-Jul.2013 5.1

Lettuce4

................................................. 0.066 -0.2 0.000 1.17 S-Aug.2021 -1.0

Tomatoes............................................... 0.079 -4.6 -0.004 1.35 S-Feb.2018 -5.2

Other fresh vegetables................................ 0.274 0.0 0.000 0.64 L-Oct.2021 1.2

Processed fruits and vegetables5

...................... 0.277 1.2 0.003 0.52 L-Oct.2021 1.5

Canned fruits and vegetables5

....................... 0.145 0.2 0.000 0.67 S-Sep.2021 -0.1

Canned fruits5, 6..................................... 2.7 0.80 L-Mar.2019 2.9

Canned vegetables5, 6.............................. -1.0 0.85 S-May 2020 -1.0

Frozen fruits and vegetables5........................ 0.083 3.4 0.003 0.93 L-EVER –

Frozen vegetables6

................................. 3.0 1.21 L-Oct.2011 3.3

Other processed fruits and vegetables including

dried5................................................. 0.049 0.7 0.000 1.19 S-Oct.2021 -0.1

Dried beans, peas, and lentils4, 5, 6............... 1.6 1.72 S-Oct.2021 -1.2

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials. . . . . . . .. 0.909 0.8 0.007 0.44 L-Oct.2021 0.8

Juices and nonalcoholic drinks5........................... 0.652 1.2 0.008 0.51 L-Sep.2021 1.3

Carbonated drinks........................................ 0.277 1.2 0.003 1.03 S-Oct.2021 0.6

Frozen noncarbonated juices and drinks4, 5.......... 0.006 -0.3 0.000 0.72 L-Oct.2021 2.0

Nonfrozen noncarbonated juices and drinks5......... 0.369 0.9 0.003 0.60 L-Jul.2021 1.0

Beverage materials including coffee and tea5........... 0.257 -0.2 -0.001 0.66 S-Jul.2021 -0.4

Coffee...................................................... 0.168 0.0 0.000 0.87 S-Jul.2021 -0.6

Roasted coffee6

........................................ 0.3 0.97 S-Jul.2021 -0.4

Instant coffee4, 6

........................................ 0.5 1.47 L-Sep.2021 1.6

Other beverage materials including tea4, 5............ 0.090 -0.7 -0.001 0.81 L-Oct.2021 0.2

Other food at home............................................ 1.942 0.6 0.012 0.33 S-Aug.2021 0.6

Sugar and sweets4.......................................... 0.262 1.2 0.003 0.64 S-Oct.2021 0.2

Sugar and sugar substitutes............................ 0.037 1.0 0.000 0.90 L-Oct.2021 4.1

Candy and chewing gum4, 5............................. 0.172 2.1 0.004 0.87 L-Jan.2020 2.4

Other sweets5

............................................. 0.053 -0.6 0.000 0.92 S-Jun.2021 -1.3

Fats and oils................................................. 0.216 0.2 0.000 0.64 S-Jun.2021 0.2

Butter and margarine5

................................... 0.060 1.4 0.001 0.98 L-May 2021 1.7

Butter6

................................................... -0.2 1.18 L-Oct.2021 2.0

Margarine6

.............................................. 3.8 1.33 L-Jan.2011 4.9

Salad dressing5

........................................... 0.051 0.0 0.000 1.06 S-Oct.2021 -0.3

Other fats and oils including peanut butter5

. . . . . . . . .. 0.104 0.1 0.000 1.14 S-May 2021 -0.1

Peanut butter4, 5, 6

..................................... 0.3 1.01 S-Aug.2021 -2.8

Other foods................................................ 1.464 0.6 0.008 0.37 S-Aug.2021 0.5

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

December 2021, 1-month analysis table — Continued

[1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]

Expenditure category

Relative

importance

Nov.

2021

One Month

Seasonally

adjusted

percent

change

Nov. 2021-

Dec. 2021

Seasonally

adjusted

effect on All

Items

Nov. 2021-

Dec. 20211

Standard

error,

median

price

change2

Largest (L) or Smallest (S)

seasonally adjusted

change since:3

Date Percent

change

Soups.................................................... 0.085 0.2 0.000 1.17 L-Oct.2021 2.1

Frozen and freeze dried prepared foods........... 0.256 0.1 0.000 0.67 S-May 2021 0.1

Snacks4

................................................. 0.337 -0.1 0.000 0.84 S-Jul.2021 -0.1

Spices, seasonings, condiments, sauces........... 0.286 0.5 0.001 0.51 S-Aug.2021 -0.2

Salt and other seasonings and spices5, 6........ 0.4 1.05 S-Aug.2021 -0.5

Olives, pickles, relishes4, 5, 6....................... 0.8 0.89 S-Aug.2021 0.8

Sauces and gravies5, 6

............................. 0.1 0.77 S-Aug.2021 -0.8

Other condiments6

.................................. 1.1 1.05 S-Sep.2021 -0.3

Baby food4, 5........................................... 0.043 -0.1 0.000 0.88 S-Mar.2021 -0.5

Other miscellaneous foods5

.......................... 0.458 0.4 0.002 0.63 L-Oct.2021 1.5

Prepared salads7, 6

................................. -0.8 1.72 S-Aug.2021 -2.1

Food away from home4

.......................................... 6.269 0.6 0.037 0.10 – –

Full service meals and snacks4, 5........................... 3.147 0.8 0.025 0.10 L-Oct.2021 0.9

Limited service meals and snacks4, 5....................... 2.805 0.6 0.018 0.14 S-Sep.2021 0.6

Food at employee sites and schools4, 5.................... 0.067 -7.9 -0.005 0.27 S-Aug.2021 -17.0

Food at elementary and secondary schools4, 8, 6....... -12.4 0.06 S-Mar.2021 -16.3

Food from vending machines and mobile vendors4, 5. . .. 0.080 -1.5 -0.001 0.11 S-EVER –

Other food away from home4, 5.............................. 0.170 0.6 0.001 0.14 L-Sep.2021 1.3

Energy................................................................ 7.542 -0.4 -0.030 0.16 S-May 2020 -2.3

Energy commodities............................................. 4.304 -0.6 -0.026 0.20 S-May 2021 -0.6

Fuel oil and other fuels........................................ 0.189 -3.4 -0.006 0.60 S-Apr.2020 -9.8

Fuel oil4

....................................................... 0.114 -2.4 -0.003 0.94 S-Apr.2021 -3.2

Propane, kerosene, and firewood9........................ 0.075 0.6 0.000 0.56 L-Oct.2021 6.2

Motor fuel....................................................... 4.115 -0.5 -0.020 0.20 S-May 2021 -0.7

Gasoline (all types)......................................... 4.027 -0.5 -0.019 0.20 S-May 2021 -0.7

Gasoline, unleaded regular6

............................ -0.7 0.45 S-Apr.2021 -1.3

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade10, 6...................... 0.3 0.46 S-May 2021 -0.3

Gasoline, unleaded premium6

.......................... 0.5 0.40 S-May 2021 -0.2

Other motor fuels4, 5........................................ 0.088 -0.9 -0.001 0.37 S-Oct.2020 -1.5

Energy services................................................... 3.238 -0.1 -0.004 0.18 S-Jan.2021 -0.3

Electricity........................................................ 2.412 0.3 0.006 0.25 – –

Utility (piped) gas service..................................... 0.825 -1.2 -0.010 0.34 S-Sep.2019 -1.2

All items less food and energy.................................... 78.468 0.6 0.431 0.04 L-Oct.2021 0.6

Commodities less food and energy commodities............ 20.768 1.2 0.258 0.10 L-Jun.2021 2.2

Household furnishings and supplies11...................... 3.766 1.3 0.049 0.23 L-Sep.2021 1.3

Window and floor coverings and other linens4, 5........ 0.275 0.4 0.001 0.96 L-Sep.2021 3.9

Floor coverings4, 5........................................ 0.063 -2.0 -0.001 0.74 S-Aug.2021 -2.7

Window coverings4, 5..................................... 0.061 0.8 0.000 1.37 L-Oct.2021 1.8

Other linens4, 5............................................ 0.151 1.3 0.002 1.52 L-Sep.2021 8.0

Furniture and bedding4

..................................... 0.986 2.0 0.020 0.55 L-Sep.2021 2.4

Bedroom furniture4....................................... 0.339 0.7 0.002 0.68 L-Oct.2021 1.3

Living room, kitchen, and dining room furniture4, 5. .. 0.484 3.1 0.015 0.90 L-Sep.2021 3.5

Other furniture5........................................... 0.155 1.4 0.002 0.70 L-Oct.2021 2.0

Appliances5

.................................................. 0.217 1.1 0.002 0.72 L-Sep.2021 1.2

Major appliances5

........................................ 0.078 0.5 0.000 0.93 S-Oct.2021 -0.9

Laundry equipment4, 6

................................. 3.4 1.73 L-Jun.2021 3.5

Other appliances4, 5...................................... 0.136 0.3 0.000 0.92 L-Oct.2021 0.3

Other household equipment and furnishings4, 5......... 0.523 0.9 0.005 0.55 L-Oct.2021 1.2

Clocks, lamps, and decorator items4

.................. 0.308 0.9 0.003 0.89 S-Sep.2021 0.9

Indoor plants and flowers12............................. 0.091 0.0 0.000 0.80 S-Sep.2021 -1.5

Dishes and flatware4, 5................................... 0.048 1.3 0.001 1.49 L-Sep.2021 2.9

Nonelectric cookware and tableware4, 5............... 0.076 0.5 0.000 0.81 L-Sep.2021 0.8

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

December 2021, 1-month analysis table — Continued

[1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]

Expenditure category

Relative

importance

Nov.

2021

One Month

Seasonally

adjusted

percent

change

Nov. 2021-

Dec. 2021

Seasonally

adjusted

effect on All

Items

Nov. 2021-

Dec. 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

. . .. 0.892 0.7 0.006 0.40 S-Aug.2021 0.7

Tools, hardware and supplies4, 5....................... 0.241 0.4 0.001 0.57 L-Sep.2021 1.0

Outdoor equipment and supplies5

...................... 0.462 0.6 0.003 0.57 S-Aug.2021 -0.3

Housekeeping supplies4.................................... 0.873 1.0 0.009 0.39 L-Jul.2021 1.1

Household cleaning products4, 5........................ 0.344 1.6 0.006 0.57 L-Jul.2020 1.8

Household paper products4, 5........................... 0.225 0.7 0.002 0.74 L-Oct.2021 1.0

Miscellaneous household products4, 5................. 0.304 0.5 0.001 0.64 L-Oct.2021 0.7

Apparel.......................................................... 2.669 1.7 0.046 0.41 L-Jan.2021 2.2

Men’s and boys’ apparel................................... 0.684 1.1 0.008 0.69 S-Oct.2021 -0.5

Men’s apparel............................................. 0.547 1.4 0.008 0.76 S-Oct.2021 -0.4

Men’s suits, sport coats, and outerwear............ 0.095 0.2 0.000 2.01 S-Oct.2021 -1.1

Men’s underwear, nightwear, swimwear, and

accessories4......................................... 0.162 -2.2 -0.004 1.25 S-Dec.2020 -2.6

Men’s shirts and sweaters5

........................... 0.152 4.2 0.006 1.48 L-Aug.2021 4.3

Men’s pants and shorts............................... 0.132 1.3 0.002 1.52 S-Oct.2021 -1.0

Boys’ apparel............................................. 0.137 0.7 0.001 1.38 S-Oct.2021 0.7

Women’s and girls’ apparel................................ 1.067 2.2 0.023 0.74 L-May 2021 2.2

Women’s apparel......................................... 0.882 2.6 0.023 0.75 L-Mar.2006 2.7

Women’s outerwear................................... 0.063 2.2 0.001 2.12 L-May 2021 3.6

Women’s dresses...................................... 0.096 1.4 0.001 1.93 S-Oct.2021 0.3

Women’s suits and separates5

....................... 0.452 3.4 0.015 1.09 L-Jan.2021 5.5

Women’s underwear, nightwear, swimwear, and

accessories5......................................... 0.262 1.7 0.004 1.11 L-Aug.2021 1.7

Girls’ apparel.............................................. 0.185 0.1 0.000 1.99 S-Oct.2021 -1.1

Footwear..................................................... 0.642 1.5 0.010 0.57 L-Jan.2019 2.4

Men’s footwear4

.......................................... 0.227 -0.5 -0.001 0.81 S-Jul.2021 -1.2

Boys’ and girls’ footwear................................ 0.133 0.5 0.001 1.00 L-Sep.2021 3.3

Women’s footwear........................................ 0.282 2.0 0.005 0.82 L-Jul.2020 2.6

Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel.............................. 0.124 -0.7 -0.001 1.47 S-Mar.2021 -2.0

Jewelry and watches9

...................................... 0.152 4.0 0.006 1.26 L-Mar.2021 5.1

Watches4, 9................................................ 0.037 3.4 0.001 1.41 L-Oct.2019 3.4

Jewelry9

.................................................... 0.115 3.5 0.004 1.67 L-Mar.2021 5.7

Transportation commodities less motor fuel11............. 7.975 2.1 0.171 0.10 L-Jun.2021 5.6

New vehicles................................................. 3.884 1.0 0.038 0.17 S-Apr.2021 0.5

New cars and trucks5, 6.................................. 1.0 0.21 S-Apr.2021 0.5

New cars6

............................................... 1.5 0.24 L-Jul.2021 1.8

New trucks13, 6

......................................... 0.7 0.21 S-Apr.2021 0.6

Used cars and trucks....................................... 3.419 3.5 0.122 0.02 L-Jun.2021 10.5

Motor vehicle parts and equipment4

...................... 0.404 1.6 0.006 0.29 L-Aug.2021 1.7

Tires4

....................................................... 0.258 1.9 0.005 0.33 L-Aug.2021 2.1

Vehicle accessories other than tires4, 5................ 0.146 1.1 0.002 0.56 L-Oct.2021 1.8

Vehicle parts and equipment other than tires4, 6... 1.6 0.74 L-Mar.2021 2.4

Motor oil, coolant, and fluids4, 6...................... 0.8 1.50 L-Oct.2021 2.1

Medical care commodities4

................................... 1.487 0.0 0.001 0.19 S-Aug.2021 -0.2

Medicinal drugs11........................................... 1.422 0.1 0.001 0.20 S-Aug.2021 -0.6

Prescription drugs........................................ 1.068 0.1 0.001 0.17 S-Aug.2021 -0.4

Nonprescription drugs4, 11............................... 0.355 -0.4 -0.001 0.66 S-Aug.2021 -0.7

Medical equipment and supplies4, 11..................... 0.065 0.5 0.000 0.54 L-Sep.2021 1.0

Recreation commodities11.................................... 1.953 -0.4 -0.008 0.22 S-Sep.2020 -0.4

Video and audio products11................................ 0.257 -1.3 -0.003 0.42 S-Dec.2019 -1.4

Televisions................................................ 0.093 -2.5 -0.002 0.57 S-Mar.2019 -4.0

Other video equipment5

................................. 0.040 -1.9 -0.001 0.93 S-Oct.2021 -2.6

Audio equipment4

........................................ 0.070 -0.3 0.000 1.00 S-Sep.2021 -1.7

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

December 2021, 1-month analysis table — Continued

[1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]

Expenditure category

Relative

importance

Nov.

2021

One Month

Seasonally

adjusted

percent

change

Nov. 2021-

Dec. 2021

Seasonally

adjusted

effect on All

Items

Nov. 2021-

Dec. 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......... 0.042 0.4 0.000 0.67 L-Jun.2021 1.1

Pets and pet products4

..................................... 0.606 0.4 0.003 0.38 L-Sep.2021 0.5

Pet food4, 5, 6

.............................................. 0.8 0.45 L-Nov.2020 0.8

Purchase of pets, pet supplies, accessories4, 5, 6. . .. 0.3 0.64 L-Aug.2021 0.3

Sporting goods4............................................. 0.609 -1.2 -0.007 0.53 S-Mar.2021 -1.3

Sports vehicles including bicycles4..................... 0.374 -2.3 -0.009 0.69 S-May 2019 -2.3

Sports equipment4

........................................ 0.225 0.7 0.002 0.53 L-Oct.2021 1.0

Photographic equipment and supplies................... 0.026 1.5 0.000 0.78 L-May 2021 1.9

Photographic equipment5, 6............................. 0.6 0.98 L-Jun.2021 1.6

Recreational reading materials4

........................... 0.115 -1.2 -0.001 0.83 S-Jun.2021 -1.4

Newspapers and magazines4, 5........................ 0.066 -1.0 -0.001 0.95 S-Jun.2021 -1.6

Recreational books4, 5................................... 0.047 -1.6 -0.001 1.40 S-Jun.2019 -1.6

Other recreational goods5

.................................. 0.342 0.2 0.001 0.56 S-Oct.2021 0.0

Toys........................................................ 0.261 0.3 0.001 0.64 S-Oct.2021 0.0

Toys, games, hobbies and playground

equipment5

, 6

......................................... 1.9 0.95 L-Apr.2021 2.5

Sewing machines, fabric and supplies4, 5............. 0.019 -1.7 0.000 1.79 S-Sep.2021 -2.9

Music instruments and accessories4, 5................ 0.045 0.4 0.000 0.75 L-Aug.2021 2.8

Education and communication commodities11............. 0.473 -0.4 -0.002 0.58 L-Sep.2021 0.6

Educational books and supplies4......................... 0.102 0.1 0.000 0.63 L-Oct.2021 0.1

College textbooks4, 14, 6

.................................. 0.1 0.52 L-Jul.2021 0.7

Information technology commodities11................... 0.371 -0.6 -0.002 0.70 L-Sep.2021 0.9

Computers, peripherals, and smart home

assistants4

, 7............................................ 0.289 -1.0 -0.003 0.93 L-Oct.2021 -0.8

Computer software and accessories4, 5............... 0.016 0.5 0.000 1.59 L-Oct.2021 3.3

Telephone hardware, calculators, and other

consumer information items5

......................... 0.066 0.8 0.001 0.79 L-Sep.2021 0.9

Smartphones4, 6, 15.................................... -0.8 1.23 – –

Alcoholic beverages........................................... 0.993 0.5 0.005 0.24 L-Jun.2021 0.5

Alcoholic beverages at home.............................. 0.553 -0.1 0.000 0.35 S-Oct.2021 -0.4

Beer, ale, and other malt beverages at home........ 0.213 0.5 0.001 0.45 L-Jun.2021 1.2

Distilled spirits at home4

................................. 0.091 -0.1 0.000 0.52 L-Oct.2021 0.3

Whiskey at home4, 6

................................... 0.1 0.80 L-Oct.2021 0.6

Distilled spirits, excluding whiskey, at home4, 6. . .. -0.1 0.59 L-Oct.2021 0.1

Wine at home............................................. 0.248 -0.6 -0.001 0.68 S-Feb.2021 -1.0

Alcoholic beverages away from home4

.................. 0.441 1.0 0.004 0.31 L-May 2020 1.0

Beer, ale, and other malt beverages away from

home4

, 5, 6

............................................... 0.8 0.72 L-Nov.2020 0.9

Wine away from home4, 5, 6............................. 1.1 0.33 L-Jun.2012 1.5

Distilled spirits away from home4, 5, 6.................. 1.0 0.53 L-Jun.2021 1.6

Other goods11.................................................. 1.450 0.2 0.003 0.21 S-Sep.2021 0.1

Tobacco and smoking products4

.......................... 0.617 0.7 0.004 0.20 S-Sep.2021 0.7

Cigarettes4, 5.............................................. 0.539 0.8 0.004 0.22 S-Sep.2021 0.7

Tobacco products other than cigarettes4, 5........... 0.059 0.2 0.000 0.43 S-Oct.2021 0.0

Personal care products4

.................................... 0.637 -0.2 -0.001 0.32 L-Oct.2021 0.2

Hair, dental, shaving, and miscellaneous personal

care products4, 5....................................... 0.346 0.0 0.000 0.39 L-Oct.2021 0.5

Cosmetics, perfume, bath, nail preparations and

implements4

............................................ 0.284 -0.4 -0.001 0.57 L-Oct.2021 -0.2

Miscellaneous personal goods4, 5......................... 0.196 0.1 0.000 0.98 S-Sep.2021 -1.2

Stationery, stationery supplies, gift wrap6

............. 1.2 0.89 S-Sep.2021 -0.1

Services less energy services.................................. 57.700 0.3 0.173 0.04 S-Sep.2021 0.2

Shelter........................................................... 32.393 0.4 0.136 0.05 S-Sep.2021 0.4

Rent of shelter16............................................. 32.053 0.4 0.127 0.05 S-Oct.2021 0.4

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

December 2021, 1-month analysis table — Continued

[1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]

Expenditure category

Relative

importance

Nov.

2021

One Month

Seasonally

adjusted

percent

change

Nov. 2021-

Dec. 2021

Seasonally

adjusted

effect on All

Items

Nov. 2021-

Dec. 20211

Standard

error,

median

price

change2

Largest (L) or Smallest (S)

seasonally adjusted

change since:3

Date Percent

change

Rent of primary residence............................... 7.583 0.4 0.029 0.04 – –

Lodging away from home5.............................. 0.961 1.2 0.012 1.46 S-Sep.2021 -0.6

Housing at school, excluding board16............... 0.113 0.2 0.000 0.03 L-Aug.2021 0.2

Other lodging away from home including hotels

and motels........................................... 0.849 1.3 0.012 1.65 S-Sep.2021 -0.6

Owners’ equivalent rent of residences16.............. 23.509 0.4 0.093 0.04 – –

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence16. .. 22.327 0.4 0.088 0.04 – –

Tenants’ and household insurance4, 5................. 0.339 0.2 0.001 0.12 L-Sep.2021 0.3

Water and sewer and trash collection services5

........ 1.070 0.4 0.004 0.07 L-Sep.2021 0.5

Water and sewerage maintenance..................... 0.781 0.2 0.002 0.09 L-Oct.2021 0.3

Garbage and trash collection4, 13....................... 0.290 0.7 0.002 0.15 L-Sep.2021 1.1

Household operations4, 5...................................

Domestic services4, 5..................................... 0.303 2.4 0.007 0.20 L-May 2021 6.4

Gardening and lawncare services4, 5

..................

Moving, storage, freight expense4, 5................... 0.092 1.1 0.001 0.63 L-Aug.2021 1.7

Repair of household items4, 5...........................

Medical care services...................................... 6.987 0.3 0.024 0.09 – –

Professional services.................................... 3.539 0.2 0.009 0.12 S-Oct.2021 0.1

Physicians’ services4

.................................. 1.777 0.0 -0.001 0.16 S-Oct.2021 0.0

Dental services......................................... 0.962 0.2 0.002 0.24 – –

Eyeglasses and eye care4, 9......................... 0.347 0.6 0.002 0.28 L-Aug.2021 0.9

Services by other medical professionals4, 9........ 0.454 0.7 0.003 0.06 L-Jan.2021 1.6

Hospital and related services........................... 2.345 0.1 0.002 0.13 L-Oct.2021 0.5

Hospital services17..................................... 2.154 0.2 0.003 0.14 L-Oct.2021 0.5

Inpatient hospital services17, 6..................... 0.2 0.24 L-Oct.2021 0.5

Outpatient hospital services9, 6.................... 0.0 0.22 L-Oct.2021 0.3

Nursing homes and adult day services17........... 0.120 0.4 0.000 0.14 L-Oct.2021 0.4

Care of invalids and elderly at home4, 8............ 0.072 -2.0 -0.001 0.18 S-EVER –

Health insurance4, 8...................................... 1.102 1.6 0.018 0.08 S-Sep.2021 -1.0

Transportation services..................................... 5.046 -0.3 -0.014 0.28 S-Sep.2021 -0.5

Leased cars and trucks4, 14.............................

Car and truck rental5..................................... 0.179 -5.3 -0.009 1.88 S-Aug.2021 -8.5

Motor vehicle maintenance and repair4

............... 1.080 -0.1 -0.001 0.17 S-May 2021 -0.3

Motor vehicle body work4............................. 0.059 2.3 0.001 0.20 L-EVER –

Motor vehicle maintenance and servicing4......... 0.622 0.5 0.003 0.24 L-Oct.2021 1.5

Motor vehicle repair4, 5................................ 0.340 -1.7 -0.006 0.23 S-EVER –

Motor vehicle insurance................................. 1.560 -1.5 -0.023 0.51 S-Aug.2021 -2.8

Motor vehicle fees4, 5.................................... 0.539 0.1 0.001 0.21 S-Oct.2021 -0.2

State motor vehicle registration and license

fees4, 5................................................ 0.279 0.0 0.000 0.04 L-Oct.2021 0.0

Parking and other fees4, 5............................ 0.246 0.3 0.001 0.43 S-Oct.2021 -0.4

Parking fees and tolls5, 6........................... 0.8 0.50 S-Oct.2021 -0.2

Public transportation..................................... 1.075 2.0 0.021 0.65 S-Oct.2021 -0.7

Airline fares............................................. 0.619 2.7 0.017 0.82 S-Oct.2021 -0.7

Other intercity transportation......................... 0.171 -0.3 -0.001 0.85 S-Oct.2021 -1.8

Ship fare4, 5, 6

........................................ 0.4 1.02 S-Oct.2021 -3.3

Intracity transportation4............................... 0.283 0.9 0.002 0.46 S-Oct.2021 -0.4

Intracity mass transit4, 11, 6......................... 0.0 0.31 S-Oct.2021 0.0

Recreation services11....................................... 3.668 -0.1 -0.002 0.23 L-Oct.2021 0.8

Video and audio services11............................. 1.226 -0.7 -0.008 0.17 S-Dec.2010 -0.8

Cable and satellite television service13............. 1.154 -0.6 -0.007 0.15 S-Dec.2010 -0.9

Video discs and other media, including rental of

video4

, 5............................................... 0.072 -0.9 -0.001 1.18 L-Oct.2021 0.6

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

December 2021, 1-month analysis table — Continued

[1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]

Expenditure category

Relative

importance

Nov.

2021

One Month

Seasonally

adjusted

percent

change

Nov. 2021-

Dec. 2021

Seasonally

adjusted

effect on All

Items

Nov. 2021-

Dec. 20211

Standard

error,

median

price

change2

Largest (L) or Smallest (S)

seasonally adjusted

change since:3

Date Percent

change

Video discs and other media4, 5, 6

................ -1.6 1.57 L-Oct.2021 2.8

Rental of video discs and other media4, 5, 6

. . . .. -0.5 0.21 S-Jul.2021 -1.3

Pet services including veterinary5

...................... 0.546 1.6 0.009 0.20 L-Feb.2000 2.7

Veterinarian services5, 6............................... 1.7 0.22 L-Sep.2010 2.3

Photographers and photo processing4, 5.............. 0.043 -1.5 -0.001 0.38 S-Dec.2020 -1.9

Other recreation services5............................... 1.852 -0.1 -0.002 0.43 L-Oct.2021 1.6

Club membership for shopping clubs, fraternal, or

other organizations, or participant sports

fees4, 5................................................ 0.653 0.6 0.004 0.32 L-Oct.2020 0.9

Admissions4

............................................ 0.678 -0.7 -0.005 0.85 L-Oct.2021 3.2

Admission to movies, theaters, and

concerts

4

, 5, 6

...................................... 0.6 0.78 S-Oct.2021 0.1

Admission to sporting events4, 5, 6................ -1.5 2.17 L-Oct.2021 8.3

Fees for lessons or instructions4, 9.................. 0.210 -0.1 0.000 0.22 S-Sep.2021 -0.6

Education and communication services11................ 6.014 0.1 0.005 0.07 L-Oct.2021 0.2

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare.............. 2.799 0.1 0.004 0.05 S-Aug.2021 0.1

College tuition and fees............................... 1.498 0.1 0.002 0.06 S-Oct.2021 0.0

Elementary and high school tuition and fees. . . . .. 0.414 0.1 0.000 0.14 S-Oct.2021 0.1

Day care and preschool12............................ 0.739 0.2 0.001 0.05 S-Aug.2021 0.0

Technical and business school tuition and fees5

... 0.035 0.1 0.000 0.21 – –

Postage and delivery services5

......................... 0.112 -0.2 0.000 0.03 S-Feb.2021 -0.5

Postage................................................. 0.102 -0.3 0.000 0.00 S-Feb.2021 -0.6

Delivery services5

...................................... 0.010 0.8 0.000 0.35 L-Aug.2021 1.4

Telephone services4, 5................................... 2.237 0.0 -0.001 0.09 – –

Wireless telephone services4, 5...................... 1.831 -0.1 -0.001 0.10 S-Aug.2021 -0.2

Land-line telephone services4, 11.................... 0.406 0.2 0.001 0.19 L-Oct.2021 0.7

Internet services and electronic information

providers5

............................................... 0.855 0.3 0.003 0.20 L-Sep.2021 0.6

Other personal services4, 11............................... 1.626 0.7 0.012 0.17 L-Jul.2021 1.2

Personal care services4................................. 0.672 0.8 0.005 0.35 L-Jul.2021 2.2

Haircuts and other personal care services4, 5...... 0.672 0.8 0.005 0.35 L-Jul.2021 2.2

Miscellaneous personal services4

...................... 0.954 0.7 0.007 0.12 L-Oct.2021 1.1

Legal services4, 9...................................... 0.241 0.4 0.001 0.05 L-Oct.2021 1.8

Funeral expenses4, 9.................................. 0.134 0.4 0.001 0.10 L-May 2021 0.4

Laundry and dry cleaning services4, 5............... 0.221 1.2 0.003 0.17 L-Aug.2021 2.0

Apparel services other than laundry and dry

cleaning4

, 5........................................... 0.029 2.8 0.001 0.37 L-EVER –

Financial services9

..................................... 0.220 0.3 0.001 0.38 S-Sep.2021 -0.2

Checking account and other bank

services4, 5, 6...................................... 0.2 0.17 L-Oct.2021 0.9

Tax return preparation and other accounting

fees4

, 5, 6

...........................................

Special aggregate indexes

All items less food.................................................. 86.010 0.5 0.401 0.04 S-Sep.2021 0.3

All items less shelter................................................ 67.607 0.5 0.335 0.05 S-Sep.2021 0.4

All items less food and shelter.................................... 53.617 0.5 0.265 0.06 S-Sep.2021 0.3

All items less food, shelter, and energy.......................... 46.075 0.6 0.295 0.07 – –

All items less food, shelter, energy, and used cars and

trucks............................................................... 42.656 0.4 0.174 0.07 – –

All items less medical care........................................ 91.526 0.5 0.446 0.04 S-Sep.2021 0.5

All items less energy................................................ 92.458 0.5 0.501 0.04 S-Sep.2021 0.3

Commodities......................................................... 39.062 0.8 0.302 0.07 S-Sep.2021 0.6

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

December 2021, 1-month analysis table — Continued

[1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]

Expenditure category

Relative

importance

Nov.

2021

One Month

Seasonally

adjusted

percent

change

Nov. 2021-

Dec. 2021

Seasonally

adjusted

effect on All

Items

Nov. 2021-

Dec. 20211

Standard

error,

median

price

change2

Largest (L) or Smallest (S)

seasonally adjusted

change since:3

Date Percent

change

Commodities less food, energy, and used cars and

trucks............................................................ 17.349 0.8 0.137 0.11 L-Oct.2021 0.8

Commodities less food.......................................... 25.072 0.9 0.232 0.10 S-Sep.2021 0.4

Commodities less food and beverages........................ 24.079 0.9 0.227 0.10 S-Sep.2021 0.4

Services.............................................................. 60.938 0.3 0.169 0.04 S-Sep.2021 0.3

Services less rent of shelter16.................................. 28.885 0.1 0.041 0.07 S-Sep.2021 0.1

Services less medical care services........................... 53.951 0.3 0.166 0.05 – –

Durables.............................................................. 11.776 1.8 0.211 0.11 L-Jun.2021 3.5

Nondurables......................................................... 27.286 0.9 0.248 0.08 S-Sep.2021 0.4

Nondurables less food........................................... 13.296 0.6 0.075 0.14 S-Sep.2021 0.1

Nondurables less food and beverages........................ 12.303 0.6 0.069 0.15 S-Sep.2021 0.1

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel............. 9.634 0.5 0.053 0.12 S-Sep.2021 0.5

Nondurables less food and apparel............................ 10.627 0.6 0.059 0.11 S-Sep.2021 0.5

Housing............................................................... 41.552 0.4 0.181 0.05 S-Aug.2021 0.4

Education and communication5

................................... 6.487 0.0 0.003 0.08 – –

Education5......................................................... 2.901 0.1 0.004 0.06 S-Aug.2021 0.0

Communication5

.................................................. 3.586 0.0 0.000 0.13 L-Oct.2021 0.1

Information and information processing5

................... 3.474 0.0 0.000 0.13 L-Oct.2021 0.0

Information technology, hardware and services18......... 1.237 0.0 0.000 0.27 L-Sep.2021 0.7

Recreation5.......................................................... 5.621 -0.2 -0.011 0.18 – –

Video and audio5

................................................. 1.483 -0.8 -0.011 0.17 S-Dec.2010 -0.9

Pets, pet products and services5

............................... 1.152 1.0 0.011 0.22 L-Aug.2008 1.2

Photography5

...................................................... 0.070 -0.4 0.000 0.38 S-Mar.2021 -1.0

Food and beverages................................................ 14.983 0.5 0.075 0.09 S-Aug.2021 0.4

Domestically produced farm food4............................. 6.459 0.4 0.024 0.17 – –

Other services....................................................... 11.308 0.1 0.015 0.10 L-Oct.2021 0.5

Apparel less footwear.............................................. 2.027 1.8 0.036 0.56 L-Jan.2021 2.5

Fuels and utilities.................................................... 4.497 -0.1 -0.007 0.14 S-May 2020 -0.1

Household energy................................................ 3.427 -0.3 -0.010 0.18 S-Apr.2020 -0.3

Medical care......................................................... 8.474 0.3 0.024 0.08 L-Oct.2021 0.5

Transportation....................................................... 17.137 0.8 0.137 0.13 S-Sep.2021 0.3

Private transportation............................................ 16.061 0.7 0.117 0.11 S-Sep.2021 0.7

New and used motor vehicles5

.............................. 8.363 1.8 0.154 0.10 – –

Utilities and public transportation................................. 8.775 0.2 0.019 0.12 S-Sep.2021 0.0

Household furnishings and operations........................... 4.662 1.1 0.052 0.19 L-Aug.2021 1.3

Other goods and services.......................................... 3.077 0.5 0.015 0.13 L-Oct.2021 0.8

Personal care4

.................................................... 2.460 0.5 0.011 0.16 L-Oct.2021 0.6

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 2019=100 base.

16 Indexes on a December 1982=100 base.

17 Indexes on a December 1996=100 base.

18 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,

December 2021, 12-month analysis table

[1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]

Expenditure category

Relative

importance

Nov.

2021

Twelve Month

Unadjusted

percent

change

Dec. 2020-

Dec. 2021

Unadjusted

effect on All

Items

Dec. 2020-

Dec. 20211

Standard

error,

median

price

change2

Largest (L) or Smallest (S)

unadjusted change since:3

Date Percent

change

All items................................................................. 100.000 7.0 0.09 L-Jun.1982 7.1

Food.................................................................. 13.990 6.3 0.886 0.16 L-Oct.2008 6.3

Food at home..................................................... 7.722 6.5 0.504 0.24 L-Dec.2008 6.6

Cereals and bakery products................................. 0.978 4.8 0.048 0.52 L-Feb.2012 5.3

Cereals and cereal products............................... 0.299 4.8 0.015 0.79 L-Apr.2012 5.0

Flour and prepared flour mixes......................... 0.041 6.6 0.003 1.47 L-Apr.2012 9.4

Breakfast cereal.......................................... 0.139 6.0 0.009 1.30 L-Dec.2011 6.5

Rice, pasta, cornmeal.................................... 0.118 2.8 0.003 1.30 L-Dec.2020 4.4

Rice4, 5

.................................................. 1.9 1.80 L-Mar.2021 3.8

Bakery products.......................................... 0.680 4.8 0.033 0.68 – –

Bread4

................................................... 0.195 3.8 0.008 1.23 S-Oct.2021 2.3

White bread5......................................... 3.0 1.35 S-Oct.2021 1.3

Bread other than white5............................ 4.6 1.27 S-Oct.2021 3.2

Fresh biscuits, rolls, muffins4

......................... 0.100 4.7 0.005 1.53 S-Sep.2021 4.0

Cakes, cupcakes, and cookies....................... 0.172 3.8 0.007 1.06 L-Sep.2021 3.9

Cookies5.............................................. 2.1 1.36 L-Sep.2021 2.4

Fresh cakes and cupcakes5....................... 5.9 1.83 S-Sep.2021 5.1

Other bakery products................................ 0.213 6.5 0.014 1.12 L-Mar.2009 9.3

Fresh sweetrolls, coffeecakes, doughnuts5

...... 2.9 2.11 S-Oct.2021 1.5

Crackers, bread, and cracker products5

. . . . . . . .. 11.0 1.89 L-Feb.2009 11.6

Frozen and refrigerated bakery products, pies,

tarts, turnovers5

................................... 4.9 1.51 S-Oct.2021 4.1

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs................................ 1.840 12.5 0.217 0.50 S-Oct.2021 11.9

Meats, poultry, and fish.................................... 1.741 12.6 0.206 0.51 S-Oct.2021 11.9

Meats...................................................... 1.119 14.8 0.151 0.64 S-Oct.2021 14.5

Beef and veal.......................................... 0.536 18.6 0.088 0.93 S-Sep.2021 17.6

Uncooked ground beef............................. 0.187 13.0 0.023 1.27 S-Sep.2021 10.8

Uncooked beef roasts4

............................. 0.087 22.1 0.016 2.74 S-Sep.2021 20.8

Uncooked beef steaks4............................. 0.211 21.4 0.039 1.39 S-Aug.2021 16.6

Uncooked other beef and veal4

................... 0.051 23.2 0.010 2.51 S-Oct.2021 21.9

Pork...................................................... 0.355 15.1 0.049 1.15 S-Oct.2021 14.1

Bacon, breakfast sausage, and related

products4.......................................... 0.146 16.3 0.022 1.43 S-Oct.2021 15.4

Bacon and related products5

.................... 18.6 1.36 S-Aug.2021 17.0

Breakfast sausage and related products4, 5

... 12.8 2.43 S-Oct.2021 8.3

Ham................................................... 0.066 10.1 0.006 3.22 S-Oct.2021 7.1

Ham, excluding canned5

........................ 10.5 3.42 S-Oct.2021 7.6

Pork chops........................................... 0.055 12.5 0.006 2.49 S-Sep.2021 5.9

Other pork including roasts, steaks, and ribs4

... 0.087 18.9 0.014 2.52 S-Oct.2021 16.9

Other meats............................................ 0.228 6.5 0.015 1.06 L-Jun.2020 6.7

Frankfurters5

......................................... -0.6 2.85 S-Oct.2021 -3.3

Lunchmeats4, 5...................................... 6.9 1.25 L-Mar.2015 6.9

Poultry................................................... 0.341 9.5 0.032 1.09 L-Sep.2004 9.8

Chicken4.............................................. 0.281 10.4 0.028 1.13 L-Sep.2004 12.1

Fresh whole chicken5............................ 7.8 2.20 L-Jul.2020 8.4

Fresh and frozen chicken parts5

............... 11.5 1.56 L-Sep.2004 11.8

Other uncooked poultry including turkey4........ 0.060 5.6 0.003 3.45 L-Aug.2021 6.1

Fish and seafood...................................... 0.281 8.4 0.023 0.94 L-May 2011 8.6

Fresh fish and seafood4............................ 0.144 10.2 0.014 1.53 S-Jul.2021 8.5

Processed fish and seafood4

...................... 0.137 6.6 0.009 1.06 L-Apr.2012 7.9

Shelf stable fish and seafood5

.................. 0.7 1.74 L-Jul.2021 2.0

Frozen fish and seafood5

........................ 9.6 1.70 L-Jun.2014 10.2

Eggs........................................................ 0.099 11.1 0.011 1.87 L-Oct.2021 11.6

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 7. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category,

December 2021, 12-month analysis table — Continued

[1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]

Expenditure category

Relative

importance

Nov.

2021

Twelve Month

Unadjusted

percent

change

Dec. 2020-

Dec. 2021

Unadjusted

effect on All

Items

Dec. 2020-

Dec. 20211

Standard

error,

median

price

change2

Largest (L) or Smallest (S)

unadjusted change since:3

Date Percent

change

Dairy and related products................................... 0.746 1.6 0.013 0.62 – –

Milk4

........................................................... 0.209 4.2 0.009 1.11 S-Sep.2021 1.8

Fresh whole milk5........................................ 4.9 1.99 S-Sep.2021 3.2

Fresh milk other than whole4, 5......................... 4.1 1.10 S-Oct.2021 3.8

Cheese and related products.............................. 0.248 -0.6 -0.002 0.91 S-Oct.2021 -0.6

Ice cream and related products........................... 0.104 1.6 0.002 1.40 L-Oct.2021 3.5

Other dairy and related products4........................ 0.186 1.7 0.003 1.03 L-Feb.2021 3.2

Fruits and vegetables......................................... 1.305 5.0 0.067 0.62 L-Oct.2011 5.2

Fresh fruits and vegetables................................ 1.028 5.2 0.055 0.76 L-Mar.2013 5.8

Fresh fruits................................................ 0.538 7.9 0.042 1.19 L-Sep.2011 8.7

Apples................................................... 0.074 7.8 0.006 1.95 L-Sep.2021 7.8

Bananas................................................. 0.073 6.0 0.004 1.54 L-Oct.2011 6.4

Citrus fruits4

............................................ 0.139 9.7 0.013 1.83 L-Mar.2021 9.8

Oranges, including tangerines5.................... 9.9 2.52 L-Nov.2017 12.8

Other fresh fruits4...................................... 0.253 7.5 0.019 1.94 S-Oct.2021 3.6

Fresh vegetables......................................... 0.490 2.4 0.012 0.89 L-Dec.2020 4.2

Potatoes................................................. 0.070 4.8 0.004 2.00 L-Aug.2020 4.9

Lettuce.................................................. 0.066 3.4 0.002 2.64 L-Sep.2021 5.0

Tomatoes............................................... 0.079 1.6 0.001 2.33 S-Oct.2021 0.2

Other fresh vegetables................................ 0.274 1.8 0.005 1.36 S-Sep.2021 0.5

Processed fruits and vegetables4

...................... 0.277 4.4 0.013 0.77 L-Dec.2020 4.8

Canned fruits and vegetables4

....................... 0.145 4.3 0.006 1.17 L-Oct.2021 5.3

Canned fruits4, 5

..................................... 2.9 1.49 L-Oct.2021 2.9

Canned vegetables4, 5.............................. 5.0 1.67 S-Sep.2021 3.8

Frozen fruits and vegetables4........................ 0.083 5.6 0.005 1.35 L-Oct.2020 5.8

Frozen vegetables5................................. 3.2 1.73 L-Dec.2020 4.4

Other processed fruits and vegetables including

dried4

................................................. 0.049 3.0 0.002 1.65 S-Oct.2021 1.7

Dried beans, peas, and lentils4, 5................. 8.1 3.56 S-Oct.2021 4.4

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials. . . . . . . .. 0.909 5.2 0.048 0.59 S-Oct.2021 4.5

Juices and nonalcoholic drinks4

........................... 0.652 5.7 0.038 0.72 L-Aug.2020 6.6

Carbonated drinks........................................ 0.277 7.4 0.021 1.46 – –

Frozen noncarbonated juices and drinks4

............. 0.006 1.7 0.000 2.35 S-Aug.2021 -1.9

Nonfrozen noncarbonated juices and drinks4......... 0.369 4.5 0.017 0.84 L-Sep.2020 5.2

Beverage materials including coffee and tea4........... 0.257 3.9 0.010 0.94 S-Sep.2021 3.4

Coffee...................................................... 0.168 6.3 0.011 1.23 S-Oct.2021 4.7

Roasted coffee5

........................................ 6.9 1.70 S-Oct.2021 5.6

Instant coffee5

.......................................... 3.0 1.91 S-Oct.2021 1.2

Other beverage materials including tea4.............. 0.090 -0.3 0.000 1.20 S-May 2021 -0.6

Other food at home............................................ 1.942 5.6 0.111 0.39 S-Oct.2021 4.1

Sugar and sweets........................................... 0.262 4.6 0.012 0.87 L-Dec.2020 4.6

Sugar and sugar substitutes............................ 0.037 4.0 0.001 1.43 L-Oct.2021 5.2

Candy and chewing gum4

............................... 0.172 4.5 0.008 1.23 L-May 2020 4.9

Other sweets4

............................................. 0.053 5.3 0.003 1.40 S-Oct.2021 3.2

Fats and oils................................................. 0.216 8.8 0.019 0.99 S-Oct.2021 7.6

Butter and margarine4................................... 0.060 3.1 0.002 1.58 S-Oct.2021 2.3

Butter5

................................................... 0.8 2.34 S-Sep.2021 -1.3

Margarine5

.............................................. 6.7 1.75 L-Jun.2012 8.8

Salad dressing4

........................................... 0.051 8.0 0.004 1.51 S-Oct.2021 7.7

Other fats and oils including peanut butter4

. . . . . . . . .. 0.104 12.8 0.013 1.64 S-Oct.2021 11.0

Peanut butter4, 5....................................... 3.8 2.02 S-Aug.2021 0.4

Other foods................................................ 1.464 5.4 0.080 0.47 S-Oct.2021 3.9

Soups.................................................... 0.085 2.6 0.002 2.10 S-Sep.2021 0.8

Frozen and freeze dried prepared foods........... 0.256 5.6 0.014 1.03 S-Oct.2021 4.2

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 7. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category,

December 2021, 12-month analysis table — Continued

[1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]

Expenditure category

Relative

importance

Nov.

2021

Twelve Month

Unadjusted

percent

change

Dec. 2020-

Dec. 2021

Unadjusted

effect on All

Items

Dec. 2020-

Dec. 20211

Standard

error,

median

price

change2

Largest (L) or Smallest (S)

unadjusted change since:3

Date Percent

change

Snacks.................................................. 0.337 5.6 0.019 1.16 S-Oct.2021 3.2

Spices, seasonings, condiments, sauces........... 0.286 5.3 0.015 0.77 L-Aug.2009 5.3

Salt and other seasonings and spices4, 5

........ 4.8 1.74 S-Sep.2021 4.2

Olives, pickles, relishes4, 5......................... 5.7 1.17 L-Dec.2020 6.2

Sauces and gravies4, 5............................. 4.6 1.41 L-Jan.2021 4.7

Other condiments5.................................. 8.1 1.52 L-Dec.2011 10.2

Baby food4

.............................................. 0.043 7.9 0.003 1.18 L-Oct.2021 7.9

Other miscellaneous foods4.......................... 0.458 5.4 0.025 1.22 S-Oct.2021 4.7

Prepared salads6, 5................................. 6.1 3.47 S-Aug.2021 2.2

Food away from home........................................... 6.269 6.0 0.382 0.26 L-Jan.1982 6.7

Full service meals and snacks4

.............................. 3.147 6.6 0.209 0.29 L-EVER –

Limited service meals and snacks4.......................... 2.805 8.0 0.224 0.41 L-EVER –

Food at employee sites and schools4....................... 0.067 -49.3 -0.064 1.61 S-EVER –

Food at elementary and secondary schools7, 5......... -63.7 5.74 S-EVER –

Food from vending machines and mobile vendors4....... 0.080 4.8 0.004 0.93 S-May 2021 3.6

Other food away from home4................................ 0.170 4.9 0.008 0.42 L-May 2018 4.9

Energy................................................................ 7.542 29.3 1.803 0.26 S-Sep.2021 24.8

Energy commodities............................................. 4.304 48.9 1.478 0.30 S-Sep.2021 41.7

Fuel oil and other fuels........................................ 0.189 38.0 0.055 1.00 S-Sep.2021 36.0

Fuel oil........................................................ 0.114 41.0 0.034 1.43 S-Aug.2021 33.2

Propane, kerosene, and firewood8

........................ 0.075 33.8 0.021 1.17 S-Sep.2021 27.6

Motor fuel....................................................... 4.115 49.5 1.423 0.31 S-Sep.2021 42.0

Gasoline (all types)......................................... 4.027 49.6 1.394 0.32 S-Oct.2021 49.6

Gasoline, unleaded regular5

............................ 50.8 0.73 S-Sep.2021 43.3

Gasoline, unleaded midgrade9, 5....................... 44.5 0.71 S-Oct.2021 43.4

Gasoline, unleaded premium5

.......................... 41.9 0.73 S-Oct.2021 39.8

Other motor fuels4

.......................................... 0.088 45.5 0.029 0.57 S-Sep.2021 37.3

Energy services................................................... 3.238 10.4 0.325 0.40 S-Sep.2021 8.5

Electricity........................................................ 2.412 6.3 0.154 0.45 S-Sep.2021 5.2

Utility (piped) gas service..................................... 0.825 24.1 0.171 0.71 S-Sep.2021 20.6

All items less food and energy.................................... 78.468 5.5 4.348 0.11 L-Feb.1991 5.6

Commodities less food and energy commodities............ 20.768 10.7 2.159 0.24 L-May 1975 11.1

Household furnishings and supplies10...................... 3.766 7.4 0.279 0.42 L-EVER –

Window and floor coverings and other linens4

.......... 0.275 8.7 0.024 2.13 L-EVER –

Floor coverings4

.......................................... 0.063 6.8 0.004 1.99 S-Oct.2021 3.9

Window coverings4

....................................... 0.061 12.9 0.007 5.19 L-EVER –

Other linens4

.............................................. 0.151 7.9 0.012 3.22 L-EVER –

Furniture and bedding...................................... 0.986 13.8 0.130 1.04 L-Jun.1951 14.6

Bedroom furniture........................................ 0.339 10.4 0.034 1.71 L-Oct.2021 11.8

Living room, kitchen, and dining room furniture4

. . . .. 0.484 17.3 0.079 1.56 L-EVER –

Other furniture4........................................... 0.155 10.4 0.016 2.53 L-May 2021 11.4

Appliances4

.................................................. 0.217 6.0 0.013 1.52 L-Oct.2021 6.6

Major appliances4

........................................ 0.078 8.4 0.007 2.27 L-Sep.2021 9.6

Laundry equipment5

................................... 12.1 3.31 L-Oct.2021 14.9

Other appliances4........................................ 0.136 4.7 0.007 1.96 L-Oct.2021 6.9

Other household equipment and furnishings4........... 0.523 5.3 0.028 1.25 L-EVER –

Clocks, lamps, and decorator items.................... 0.308 5.9 0.018 1.94 L-Mar.1990 6.0

Indoor plants and flowers11............................. 0.091 5.2 0.005 1.80 S-Oct.2021 4.4

Dishes and flatware4

..................................... 0.048 0.2 0.000 3.27 L-Apr.2020 4.6

Nonelectric cookware and tableware4

................. 0.076 6.5 0.005 2.07 L-EVER –

Tools, hardware, outdoor equipment and supplies4

. . .. 0.892 7.2 0.064 1.03 L-EVER –

Tools, hardware and supplies4......................... 0.241 6.2 0.015 1.75 L-EVER –

Outdoor equipment and supplies4

...................... 0.462 7.8 0.036 1.36 L-Oct.2021 7.8

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 7. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category,

December 2021, 12-month analysis table — Continued

[1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]

Expenditure category

Relative

importance

Nov.

2021

Twelve Month

Unadjusted

percent

change

Dec. 2020-

Dec. 2021

Unadjusted

effect on All

Items

Dec. 2020-

Dec. 20211

Standard

error,

median

price

change2

Largest (L) or Smallest (S)

unadjusted change since:3

Date Percent

change

Housekeeping supplies..................................... 0.873 2.1 0.020 0.64 L-Mar.2021 2.8

Household cleaning products4

.......................... 0.344 1.7 0.006 0.80 L-May 2021 2.8

Household paper products4............................. 0.225 3.2 0.007 1.36 L-Oct.2021 6.5

Miscellaneous household products4................... 0.304 1.8 0.006 1.34 L-Dec.2020 1.9

Apparel.......................................................... 2.669 5.8 0.154 0.80 L-Jan.1991 6.1

Men’s and boys’ apparel................................... 0.684 7.8 0.052 1.46 – –

Men’s apparel............................................. 0.547 7.8 0.041 1.53 L-EVER –

Men’s suits, sport coats, and outerwear............ 0.095 10.7 0.009 4.24 S-Oct.2021 9.3

Men’s underwear, nightwear, swimwear, and

accessories.......................................... 0.162 7.0 0.011 2.88 L-May 2012 7.7

Men’s shirts and sweaters4

........................... 0.152 7.1 0.011 2.58 L-Oct.2021 7.1

Men’s pants and shorts............................... 0.132 7.4 0.010 3.27 L-Jul.2021 11.2

Boys’ apparel............................................. 0.137 8.1 0.011 3.18 S-Oct.2021 6.0

Women’s and girls’ apparel................................ 1.067 4.4 0.047 1.53 L-Jul.2021 4.6

Women’s apparel......................................... 0.882 5.9 0.052 1.52 L-Apr.2012 6.0

Women’s outerwear................................... 0.063 6.0 0.004 4.57 L-Jun.2021 8.4

Women’s dresses...................................... 0.096 8.0 0.007 3.36 S-Apr.2021 -1.2

Women’s suits and separates4

....................... 0.452 6.4 0.028 2.18 L-Feb.2007 8.9

Women’s underwear, nightwear, swimwear, and

accessories4......................................... 0.262 4.4 0.012 2.69 L-Aug.2021 5.5

Girls’ apparel.............................................. 0.185 -2.5 -0.005 3.94 S-Jul.2020 -4.4

Footwear..................................................... 0.642 6.0 0.039 1.33 L-Sep.2021 6.5

Men’s footwear............................................ 0.227 7.4 0.017 1.82 L-May 2021 8.3

Boys’ and girls’ footwear................................ 0.133 4.1 0.006 2.46 L-Oct.2021 7.5

Women’s footwear........................................ 0.282 5.8 0.016 2.14 L-Jul.2021 5.8

Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel.............................. 0.124 4.6 0.006 2.66 L-Oct.2021 7.6

Jewelry and watches8

...................................... 0.152 7.2 0.011 3.31 L-Aug.2021 10.7

Watches8

.................................................. 0.037 2.7 0.001 4.26 L-Aug.2021 4.1

Jewelry8

.................................................... 0.115 8.8 0.010 3.87 L-Aug.2021 12.9

Transportation commodities less motor fuel10............. 7.975 21.8 1.560 0.25 L-EVER –

New vehicles................................................. 3.884 11.8 0.442 0.44 L-Apr.1975 12.5

New cars and trucks4, 5.................................. 11.8 0.48 L-EVER –

New cars5............................................... 12.0 0.76 L-Apr.1975 12.5

New trucks12, 5

......................................... 11.6 0.50 L-EVER –

Used cars and trucks....................................... 3.419 37.3 1.025 0.06 L-Jul.2021 41.7

Motor vehicle parts and equipment....................... 0.404 11.3 0.044 0.64 L-Sep.1980 12.0

Tires........................................................ 0.258 12.4 0.031 0.74 L-Nov.1980 12.4

Vehicle accessories other than tires4

.................. 0.146 9.4 0.013 1.42 L-Dec.2008 9.6

Vehicle parts and equipment other than tires5

..... 9.0 1.73 L-Jul.1980 10.3

Motor oil, coolant, and fluids5

........................ 9.2 2.04 S-Sep.2021 6.8

Medical care commodities.................................... 1.487 0.4 0.007 1.54 L-Sep.2020 0.9

Medicinal drugs10........................................... 1.422 0.2 0.003 1.58 L-Sep.2020 1.1

Prescription drugs........................................ 1.068 0.0 0.000 2.04 L-Sep.2020 1.4

Nonprescription drugs10................................. 0.355 0.8 0.003 0.99 – –

Medical equipment and supplies10........................ 0.065 5.9 0.004 1.50 L-EVER –

Recreation commodities10.................................... 1.953 3.3 0.066 0.58 S-Aug.2021 3.3

Video and audio products10................................ 0.257 -0.1 0.000 0.96 S-Mar.2021 -1.4

Televisions................................................ 0.093 4.4 0.004 1.45 S-Apr.2021 2.6

Other video equipment4................................. 0.040 -1.3 -0.001 1.93 S-Oct.2021 -1.3

Audio equipment.......................................... 0.070 -5.0 -0.004 2.02 – –

Recorded music and music subscriptions4

............ 0.042 -0.2 0.000 1.98 L-Jul.2021 0.8

Pets and pet products...................................... 0.606 2.7 0.017 0.66 S-Aug.2021 1.1

Pet food4, 5

................................................ 2.4 0.81 L-Feb.2020 2.6

Purchase of pets, pet supplies, accessories4, 5

. . . . .. 3.4 1.61 S-Aug.2021 2.2

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 7. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category,

December 2021, 12-month analysis table — Continued

[1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]

Expenditure category

Relative

importance

Nov.

2021

Twelve Month

Unadjusted

percent

change

Dec. 2020-

Dec. 2021

Unadjusted

effect on All

Items

Dec. 2020-

Dec. 20211

Standard

error,

median

price

change2

Largest (L) or Smallest (S)

unadjusted change since:3

Date Percent

change

Sporting goods.............................................. 0.609 6.3 0.038 1.44 S-Jul.2021 5.7

Sports vehicles including bicycles...................... 0.374 7.8 0.028 2.05 S-Aug.2021 7.8

Sports equipment......................................... 0.225 4.1 0.010 1.43 S-Nov.2020 0.4

Photographic equipment and supplies................... 0.026 4.3 0.001 2.04 L-Oct.2021 5.5

Photographic equipment4, 5

............................. 3.6 1.80 S-Apr.2021 1.0

Recreational reading materials............................ 0.115 0.3 0.000 2.24 S-Feb.2018 -1.0

Newspapers and magazines4

........................... 0.066 2.3 0.002 3.31 S-Jun.2021 2.3

Recreational books4...................................... 0.047 -2.5 -0.001 2.51 S-Jun.2019 -3.1

Other recreational goods4.................................. 0.342 2.5 0.009 1.27 L-EVER –

Toys........................................................ 0.261 1.8 0.005 1.56 L-Jan.1997 2.4

Toys, games, hobbies and playground

equipment4

, 5

......................................... 4.3 1.48 L-Apr.2021 4.8

Sewing machines, fabric and supplies4

............... 0.019 4.6 0.001 3.12 L-Jul.2021 5.0

Music instruments and accessories4

................... 0.045 5.9 0.003 2.64 L-Apr.2020 6.9

Education and communication commodities10............. 0.473 0.2 0.001 1.26 S-Aug.2021 -0.5

Educational books and supplies.......................... 0.102 -0.4 0.000 1.94 S-Aug.2020 -1.3

College textbooks13, 5.................................... -0.9 1.94 S-Aug.2020 -2.1

Information technology commodities10................... 0.371 0.3 0.001 1.37 S-Aug.2021 -0.7

Computers, peripherals, and smart home

assistants6.............................................. 0.289 2.8 0.008 1.83 S-Jun.2021 2.3

Computer software and accessories4.................. 0.016 -3.4 -0.001 3.82 S-Feb.2021 -5.9

Telephone hardware, calculators, and other

consumer information items4

......................... 0.066 -8.5 -0.007 2.08 L-Nov.2018 -8.1

Smartphones5, 14

....................................... -14.1 2.84 L-EVER –

Alcoholic beverages........................................... 0.993 2.3 0.024 0.73 L-Sep.2021 2.8

Alcoholic beverages at home.............................. 0.553 1.2 0.007 1.07 S-May 2021 1.2

Beer, ale, and other malt beverages at home........ 0.213 2.0 0.004 0.79 L-Oct.2021 2.0

Distilled spirits at home.................................. 0.091 3.1 0.003 1.41 S-Sep.2021 2.9

Whiskey at home5

..................................... 2.0 2.07 L-Jun.2021 2.5

Distilled spirits, excluding whiskey, at home5

. . . . .. 3.4 1.36 S-Jun.2021 2.7

Wine at home............................................. 0.248 -0.1 0.000 2.11 S-Sep.2020 -0.5

Alcoholic beverages away from home.................... 0.441 3.7 0.017 0.88 L-Apr.2012 3.7

Beer, ale, and other malt beverages away from

home4

, 5

................................................. 3.9 1.14 L-Oct.2021 3.9

Wine away from home4, 5............................... 3.3 0.88 L-Oct.2018 3.3

Distilled spirits away from home4, 5.................... 2.6 1.00 L-Sep.2021 3.7

Other goods10.................................................. 1.450 4.6 0.068 0.47 L-EVER –

Tobacco and smoking products........................... 0.617 9.0 0.055 0.32 L-Mar.2010 15.9

Cigarettes4................................................ 0.539 9.6 0.051 0.33 L-Mar.2010 15.8

Tobacco products other than cigarettes4

.............. 0.059 4.9 0.003 1.00 L-Jun.2021 5.1

Personal care products..................................... 0.637 0.1 0.001 0.64 L-Oct.2021 0.2

Hair, dental, shaving, and miscellaneous personal

care products4

.......................................... 0.346 1.3 0.005 0.80 L-Sep.2020 1.8

Cosmetics, perfume, bath, nail preparations and

implements............................................. 0.284 -1.3 -0.004 0.96 S-Jul.2021 -1.8

Miscellaneous personal goods4

........................... 0.196 6.2 0.012 2.57 L-Oct.2021 6.8

Stationery, stationery supplies, gift wrap5............. 9.0 2.57 L-Sep.2021 9.8

Services less energy services.................................. 57.700 3.7 2.189 0.12 L-Feb.2007 3.8

Shelter........................................................... 32.393 4.1 1.376 0.16 L-Feb.2007 4.2

Rent of shelter15............................................. 32.053 4.2 1.380 0.16 L-Feb.2007 4.3

Rent of primary residence............................... 7.583 3.3 0.262 0.15 L-May 2020 3.5

Lodging away from home4

.............................. 0.961 23.9 0.197 2.25 L-EVER –

Housing at school, excluding board15............... 0.113 1.8 0.002 0.28 – –

Other lodging away from home including hotels

and motels........................................... 0.849 27.6 0.195 2.52 L-EVER –

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 7. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category,

December 2021, 12-month analysis table — Continued

[1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]

Expenditure category

Relative

importance

Nov.

2021

Twelve Month

Unadjusted

percent

change

Dec. 2020-

Dec. 2021

Unadjusted

effect on All

Items

Dec. 2020-

Dec. 20211

Standard

error,

median

price

change2

Largest (L) or Smallest (S)

unadjusted change since:3

Date Percent

change

Owners’ equivalent rent of residences15.............. 23.509 3.8 0.921 0.15 L-Apr.2007 3.9

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence15. .. 22.327 3.8 0.873 0.15 L-Apr.2007 3.9

Tenants’ and household insurance4................... 0.339 -0.9 -0.003 0.71 L-Oct.2021 -0.4

Water and sewer and trash collection services4........ 1.070 3.5 0.038 0.23 – –

Water and sewerage maintenance..................... 0.781 3.0 0.024 0.30 – –

Garbage and trash collection12......................... 0.290 4.8 0.014 0.46 – –

Household operations4

.....................................

Domestic services4....................................... 0.303 9.4 0.028 1.26 S-Oct.2021 7.5

Gardening and lawncare services4.....................

Moving, storage, freight expense4...................... 0.092 9.2 0.008 1.51 L-Sep.2021 9.4

Repair of household items4

.............................

Medical care services...................................... 6.987 2.5 0.185 0.43 L-Mar.2021 2.7

Professional services.................................... 3.539 3.3 0.120 0.63 L-Apr.2021 3.5

Physicians’ services................................... 1.777 4.3 0.078 1.05 – –

Dental services......................................... 0.962 2.2 0.022 0.73 – –

Eyeglasses and eye care8

............................ 0.347 1.8 0.006 0.67 L-Sep.2020 1.9

Services by other medical professionals8

. . . . . . . . .. 0.454 2.9 0.014 0.52 L-Apr.2017 3.2

Hospital and related services........................... 2.345 3.3 0.079 0.62 S-Sep.2021 3.3

Hospital services16..................................... 2.154 3.3 0.073 0.68 S-Sep.2021 3.2

Inpatient hospital services16, 5

..................... 3.5 1.14 – –

Outpatient hospital services8, 5

.................... 2.4 1.03 S-Apr.2021 1.9

Nursing homes and adult day services16........... 0.120 3.4 0.004 0.40 L-Oct.2021 3.5

Care of invalids and elderly at home7

............... 0.072 2.9 0.002 1.78 S-Jul.2020 2.5

Health insurance7........................................ 1.102 -1.2 -0.014 0.62 L-Mar.2021 -1.0

Transportation services..................................... 5.046 4.2 0.215 0.40 L-Oct.2021 4.5

Leased cars and trucks13................................

Car and truck rental4

..................................... 0.179 36.0 0.048 2.77 S-Mar.2021 31.2

Motor vehicle maintenance and repair................. 1.080 4.8 0.052 0.66 S-Sep.2021 4.0

Motor vehicle body work.............................. 0.059 10.6 0.006 0.96 L-Dec.1980 11.0

Motor vehicle maintenance and servicing.......... 0.622 5.0 0.032 0.74 L-Oct.2021 5.6

Motor vehicle repair4

.................................. 0.340 3.5 0.012 1.40 S-Sep.2021 3.1

Motor vehicle insurance................................. 1.560 4.1 0.066 0.78 S-Aug.2021 1.0

Motor vehicle fees4

....................................... 0.539 1.9 0.011 0.71 L-Jul.2021 1.9

State motor vehicle registration and license

fees4

.................................................. 0.279 0.3 0.001 0.66 – –

Parking and other fees4............................... 0.246 3.7 0.009 1.38 L-Jun.2021 3.7

Parking fees and tolls4, 5........................... 5.1 1.40 L-Jul.2021 5.6

Public transportation..................................... 1.075 2.4 0.026 0.79 L-Aug.2021 8.4

Airline fares............................................. 0.619 1.4 0.009 1.12 L-Aug.2021 6.7

Other intercity transportation......................... 0.171 -0.1 0.000 2.07 S-Nov.2020 -0.9

Ship fare4, 5

.......................................... 0.3 2.16 S-Nov.2020 -3.6

Intracity transportation................................. 0.283 6.0 0.017 0.91 L-Aug.2021 10.9

Intracity mass transit10, 5

........................... 8.5 1.75 – –

Recreation services10....................................... 3.668 3.3 0.124 0.43 L-Oct.2021 3.8

Video and audio services10............................. 1.226 2.6 0.033 0.55 S-Mar.2020 2.6

Cable and satellite television service12............. 1.154 2.8 0.034 0.55 S-Nov.2019 2.7

Video discs and other media, including rental of

video4

................................................. 0.072 -0.7 -0.001 2.32 S-Oct.2021 -3.7

Video discs and other media4, 5

................... -2.1 4.12 S-Oct.2021 -3.6

Rental of video discs and other media4, 5

. . . . . .. 1.6 1.10 S-Aug.2021 1.4

Pet services including veterinary4

...................... 0.546 5.7 0.032 0.71 L-Apr.2011 5.7

Veterinarian services4, 5

............................... 4.9 0.75 L-Jun.2021 5.2

Photographers and photo processing4

................ 0.043 3.1 0.001 1.27 L-May 2021 3.2

Other recreation services4

............................... 1.852 3.0 0.057 0.74 L-Oct.2021 3.9

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 7. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category,

December 2021, 12-month analysis table — Continued

[1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]

Expenditure category

Relative

importance

Nov.

2021

Twelve Month

Unadjusted

percent

change

Dec. 2020-

Dec. 2021

Unadjusted

effect on All

Items

Dec. 2020-

Dec. 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

.................................................. 0.653 1.8 0.012 0.79 L-Sep.2021 2.2

Admissions............................................. 0.678 4.4 0.030 1.45 L-Oct.2021 5.8

Admission to movies, theaters, and

concerts4, 5........................................ 4.9 1.84 L-Jul.2021 6.3

Admission to sporting events4, 5

.................. 6.47 – –

Fees for lessons or instructions8

.................... 0.210 2.9 0.006 1.21 – –

Education and communication services10................ 6.014 1.7 0.110 0.25 – –

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare.............. 2.799 2.1 0.061 0.34 S-Oct.2021 2.1

College tuition and fees............................... 1.498 1.8 0.028 0.55 S-Oct.2021 1.8

Elementary and high school tuition and fees. . . . .. 0.414 2.3 0.010 0.84 S-Apr.2021 2.1

Day care and preschool11............................ 0.739 2.7 0.021 0.32 – –

Technical and business school tuition and fees4... 0.035 1.1 0.000 0.67 S-Jul.2021 1.1

Postage and delivery services4

......................... 0.112 6.8 0.008 0.11 S-Sep.2021 3.2

Postage................................................. 0.102 6.8 0.007 0.11 S-Sep.2021 2.9

Delivery services4...................................... 0.010 7.2 0.001 0.59 S-Sep.2021 6.4

Telephone services4..................................... 2.237 0.7 0.017 0.43 – –

Wireless telephone services4

........................ 1.831 -0.3 -0.007 0.38 L-Jul.2021 0.1

Land-line telephone services10....................... 0.406 5.8 0.024 1.05 L-Oct.2021 6.1

Internet services and electronic information

providers4

............................................... 0.855 2.6 0.024 0.86 L-Oct.2021 2.6

Other personal services10.................................. 1.626 4.3 0.073 0.40 S-Oct.2021 4.0

Personal care services.................................. 0.672 4.2 0.029 0.77 S-Jun.2021 4.2

Haircuts and other personal care services4........ 0.672 4.2 0.029 0.77 S-Jun.2021 4.2

Miscellaneous personal services....................... 0.954 4.5 0.044 0.34 S-Oct.2021 3.9

Legal services8......................................... 0.241 3.6 0.009 0.84 L-Oct.2021 4.2

Funeral expenses8

..................................... 0.134 2.0 0.003 0.67 L-Jan.2020 2.4

Laundry and dry cleaning services4................. 0.221 8.4 0.019 0.66 L-EVER –

Apparel services other than laundry and dry

cleaning4............................................. 0.029 5.1 0.002 1.01 L-Sep.2020 6.1

Financial services8..................................... 0.220 3.2 0.007 1.09 S-Oct.2021 2.5

Checking account and other bank services4, 5

... 1.6 0.52 S-Oct.2021 0.8

Tax return preparation and other accounting

fees4

, 5

..............................................

Special aggregate indexes

All items less food.................................................. 86.010 7.2 6.151 0.10 L-Jun.1982 7.6

All items less shelter................................................ 67.607 8.5 5.660 0.11 L-Dec.1981 8.6

All items less food and shelter.................................... 53.617 9.1 4.774 0.13 L-Jan.1982 9.1

All items less food, shelter, and energy.......................... 46.075 6.4 2.971 0.15 L-Oct.1982 6.6

All items less food, shelter, energy, and used cars and

trucks............................................................... 42.656 4.5 1.946 0.16 L-Dec.1991 4.7

All items less medical care........................................ 91.526 7.5 6.844 0.09 L-Feb.1982 7.5

All items less energy................................................ 92.458 5.6 5.234 0.10 L-Sep.1990 5.6

Commodities......................................................... 39.062 12.1 4.523 0.15 L-May 1980 12.4

Commodities less food, energy, and used cars and

trucks............................................................ 17.349 6.5 1.134 0.27 L-Jul.1981 6.9

Commodities less food.......................................... 25.072 15.7 3.637 0.20 L-Apr.1980 15.8

Commodities less food and beverages........................ 24.079 16.3 3.613 0.21 L-Mar.1980 16.8

Services.............................................................. 60.938 4.0 2.514 0.12 L-Aug.2008 4.1

Services less rent of shelter15.................................. 28.885 3.8 1.134 0.16 L-Oct.2021 3.8

Services less medical care services........................... 53.951 4.2 2.328 0.12 L-Jul.2001 4.2

Durables.............................................................. 11.776 16.8 1.834 0.24 L-Jun.1942 17.2

Nondurables......................................................... 27.286 10.2 2.689 0.18 S-Oct.2021 9.4

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 7. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category,

December 2021, 12-month analysis table — Continued

[1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted]

Expenditure category

Relative

importance

Nov.

2021

Twelve Month

Unadjusted

percent

change

Dec. 2020-

Dec. 2021

Unadjusted

effect on All

Items

Dec. 2020-

Dec. 20211

Standard

error,

median

price

change2

Largest (L) or Smallest (S)

unadjusted change since:3

Date Percent

change

Nondurables less food........................................... 13.296 14.7 1.803 0.29 S-Oct.2021 14.1

Nondurables less food and beverages........................ 12.303 15.8 1.779 0.32 S-Oct.2021 15.1

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel............. 9.634 18.9 1.624 0.33 S-Oct.2021 18.6

Nondurables less food and apparel............................ 10.627 17.1 1.648 0.30 S-Oct.2021 16.9

Housing............................................................... 41.552 5.1 2.141 0.13 L-Oct.1982 5.7

Education and communication4

................................... 6.487 1.6 0.110 0.25 S-Aug.2021 1.2

Education4

......................................................... 2.901 2.0 0.061 0.34 S-Oct.2021 2.0

Communication4.................................................. 3.586 1.3 0.050 0.37 – –

Information and information processing4................... 3.474 1.1 0.042 0.38 – –

Information technology, hardware and services17......... 1.237 1.9 0.025 0.66 – –

Recreation4

.......................................................... 5.621 3.3 0.189 0.37 L-Oct.2021 3.9

Video and audio4................................................. 1.483 2.1 0.033 0.52 S-Jan.2021 2.1

Pets, pet products and services4............................... 1.152 4.1 0.049 0.50 L-Aug.2009 4.8

Photography4...................................................... 0.070 3.6 0.003 1.20 L-Mar.2020 4.3

Food and beverages................................................ 14.983 6.0 0.910 0.14 L-Oct.2008 6.1

Domestically produced farm food.............................. 6.459 6.6 0.428 0.27 L-Nov.2008 7.0

Other services....................................................... 11.308 2.6 0.306 0.22 L-Oct.2021 2.7

Apparel less footwear.............................................. 2.027 5.7 0.116 0.97 L-Apr.2012 5.7

Fuels and utilities.................................................... 4.497 9.5 0.419 0.29 S-Sep.2021 8.2

Household energy................................................ 3.427 11.6 0.380 0.38 S-Sep.2021 9.6

Medical care......................................................... 8.474 2.2 0.193 0.51 L-Nov.2020 2.4

Transportation....................................................... 17.137 21.1 3.198 0.19 – –

Private transportation............................................ 16.061 22.6 3.172 0.19 S-Oct.2021 20.3

New and used motor vehicles4

.............................. 8.363 20.9 1.575 0.26 L-EVER –

Utilities and public transportation................................. 8.775 4.9 0.441 0.20 L-Oct.2021 5.0

Household furnishings and operations........................... 4.662 7.4 0.346 0.36 L-Jan.1982 7.5

Other goods and services.......................................... 3.077 4.5 0.141 0.34 L-Mar.2010 4.9

Personal care..................................................... 2.460 3.4 0.086 0.41 L-Aug.1991 3.8

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 2019=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.