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CONSUMER PRICE INDEX: DECEMBER 2007 

The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) decreased 0.1 percent in December before 

seasonal adjustment, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. The December 

level of 210.036 (1982-84=100) was 4.1 percent higher than in December 2006. 

The Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) decreased 0.1 percent in 

December prior to seasonal adjustment. The December level of 205.777 (1982-84=100) was 4.3 percent higher than 

in December 2006. 

The Chained Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (C-CPI-U) decreased 0.1 percent in December 

on a not seasonally adjusted basis. The December level of 121.088 (December 1999=100) was 3.4 percent higher than 

in December 2006. Please note that the indexes for the post-2005 period are subject to revision. 

CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U)

On a seasonally adjusted basis, the CPI-U increased 0.3 percent in December, following a 0.8 percent rise in 

November. The index for energy advanced 0.9 percent and accounted for about one-third of the overall CPI increase 

in December. The index for petroleum-based energy rose 1.2 percent and the index for energy services, 0.5 percent. 

The food index rose 0.1 percent in December. The index for food at home was virtually unchanged, while the index 

for food away from home increased 0.2 percent. The index for all items less food and energy advanced 0.2 percent in 

December, following a 0.3 percent increase in November. Smaller increases in the indexes for apparel, for medical 

care, for recreation, and for new vehicles were responsible for the more moderate increase in December. 

Table A. Percent changes in CPI for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U)

Expenditure

Category

Seasonally adjusted

Unadjusted

12-mos.

ended

Dec. 2007

Changes from preceding month Compound

annual rate

3-mos. ended

Dec. 2007 June

2007

July

2007

Aug.

2007

Sep.

2007

Oct.

2007

Nov.

2007

Dec.

2007

All items ................................. .2 .1 -.1 .3 .3 .8 .3 5.6 4.1 

Food and beverages ........... .5 .3 .4 .5 .3 .3 .0 2.3 4.8 

Housing ............................... .3 .2 .0 .3 .2 .4 .3 3.8 3.0 

Apparel ................................ -.6 .4 -.5 .3 .0 .8 .2 4.1 -.3 

Transportation ..................... -.2 -.3 -1.2 .1 .4 2.9 .5 16.3 8.3 

Medical care ........................ .2 .6 .5 .3 .6 .4 .3 5.1 5.2 

Recreation ........................... .0 -.1 -.1 .3 .3 .1 .0 1.8 .8 

Education and

communication .............. .0 .2 .3 .1 .4 .1 .3 3.0 3.0 

Other goods and services ... .3 .0 .1 .4 .2 .3 .3 3.0 3.3 

Special indexes:

Energy ................................. -.5 -1.0 -3.2 .3 1.4 5.7 .9 37.1 17.4 

Food .................................... .5 .3 .4 .5 .3 .3 .1 2.4 4.9 

All items less food and

energy ........................... .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 .3 .2 2.7 2.4 
Consumer prices advanced at a seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR) of 5.6 percent in the fourth 

quarter of 2007. This followed increases in the first three quarters at annual rates of 4.7, 5.2, and 1.0 percent, 

respectively. For the 12 month period ended in December, the CPI-U rose 4.1 percent. This compares with an 

increase of 2.5 percent in 2006. The index for energy, which advanced at annual rates of 22.9 and 32.9 percent 

in the first two quarters, declined at a 14.8 percent rate in the third quarter, turned back up in the fourth quarter, 

advancing a 37.1 percent annual rate. Overall energy costs rose 17.4 percent in 2007 with the index for 

petroleum-based energy costs (energy commodities) up 29.4 percent and charges for energy services (gas and 

electricity) up 3.4 percent The food index, which rose 2.1 percent in all of 2006, advanced 4.9 percent in 2007, 

its largest increase since a 5.3 percent rise in 1990. Grocery store food prices increased 5.6 percent in 2007, 

reflecting acceleration over the last year in each of the six major groups. These increases ranged from 3.2 

percent in the index for other food at home to 13.4 percent in the index for dairy products. 

 Excluding food and energy, the CPI-U advanced at a 2.7 percent SAAR in the fourth quarter, following 

increases at rates of 2.3, 2.3, and 2.5 percent in the first three quarters of 2007. The 2.4 percent advance for all 

of 2007 compares with a 2.6 percent rise in 2006. The deceleration reflects a smaller increase in the index for 

shelter, in particular the index for owners’ equivalent rent, and a small decrease in the index for apparel. Shelter 

costs, which rose 4.2 percent in all of 2006, increased 3.1 percent in 2007. The index for owners’ equivalent 

rent rose 2.8 percent in 2007 after a 4.3 percent increase in 2006. The index for apparel, which last year 

registered its first annual increase since 1997--up 0.9 percent--declined 0.3 percent in 2007. The annual rates 

for selected groups for the last eight years are shown below. 

Expenditure

Category

Percentage change 12 months ended in December

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

All items ................................................. 3.4 1.6 2.4 1.9 3.3 3.4 2.5 4.1 

Food and beverages ........................... 2.8 2.8 1.5 3.5 2.6 2.3 2.2 4.8 

Housing ............................................... 4.3 2.9 2.4 2.2 3.0 4.0 3.3 3.0 

Apparel ................................................ -1.8 -3.2 -1.8 -2.1 -.2 -1.1 .9 -.3 

Transportation ..................................... 4.1 -3.8 3.8 .3 6.5 4.8 1.6 8.3 

Medical care ........................................ 4.2 4.7 5.0 3.7 4.2 4.3 3.6 5.2 

Recreation ........................................... 1.7 1.5 1.1 1.1 .7 1.1 1.0 .8 

Education and communication ............ 1.3 3.2 2.2 1.6 1.5 2.4 2.3 3.0 

Other goods and services ................... 4.2 4.5 3.3 1.5 2.5 3.1 3.0 3.3 

Special indexes:

Energy ................................................. 14.2 -13.0 10.7 6.9 16.6 17.1 2.9 17.4 

Energy commodities .......................... 15.7 -24.5 23.7 6.9 26.7 16.7 6.1 29.4 

Energy services ................................. 12.7 -1.5 .4 6.9 6.8 17.6 -.6 3.4 

All items less energy ........................... 2.6 2.8 1.8 1.5 2.2 2.2 2.5 2.8 

Food .................................................. 2.8 2.8 1.5 3.6 2.7 2.3 2.1 4.9 

All items less food and energy ............ 2.6 2.7 1.9 1.1 2.2 2.2 2.6 2.4 
The food and beverages index was virtually unchanged in December. The index for food at home also 

was virtually unchanged. Increases in the indexes for cereal and bakery products, and for other food at home--

up 0.6 and 0.2 percent, respectively--offset declines in the indexes for meats, poultry, fish, and eggs, for dairy 

products, for fruits and vegetables, and for nonalcoholic beverages. Despite a downturn in December, the index 

for dairy products registered the largest increase of the six major grocery store food groups in the last 12 

months--up 13.4 percent. During the last 12 months, milk and cheese prices increased 19.3 and 13.0 percent, 

respectively. The index for fruits and vegetables, which declined 0.4 percent in December, increased 5.9 

percent in the last 12 months, reflecting increases in prices for fresh vegetables, for fresh fruits, and for 

processed fruits and vegetables. The index for meats, poultry, fish, and eggs decreased 0.1 percent in 

December, but advanced 5.4 percent since December 2006. During the latter period, beef prices rose 5.0 

percent, pork prices, 1.4 percent, and poultry prices, 6.3 percent. During the 12 months ended in December, the 

index for cereal and bakery products increased 5.4 percent with bread prices increasing 10.5 percent. The 

indexes for nonalcoholic beverages and for other food at home increased 3.5 and 3.2 percent, respectively, in all 

of 2007. The other two components of the food and beverages index--food away from home and alcoholic 

beverages--increased 0.2 and declined 0.2 percent, respectively, in December and rose 4.0 and 3.8 percent in all 

of 2007. 

The index for housing increased 0.3 percent in December, following a 0.4 percent rise in November. 

The index for shelter increased 0.3 percent in December, the same as in November. Within shelter, the indexes 

for rent and for owners' equivalent rent increased 0.4 and 0.3 percent, respectively, and the index for lodging 

away from home rose 0.2 percent. During the 12 months ended in December, the indexes for rent and for

owners' equivalent rent increased 4.0 and 2.8 percent, respectively, following increases of 4.3 percent in 2006. 

The index for lodging away from home rose 4.6 percent in 2007. The index for fuels and utilities rose 0.6 

percent in December. The index for fuel oil increased 2.4 percent in December and 32.5 percent during the last 

12 months. The index for natural gas rose 2.3 percent, while the index for electricity declined 0.2 percent. 

During the 12 months ended in December, charges for electricity rose 5.2 percent, while charges for natural gas 

declined 0.4 percent. The index for household furnishings and operations was virtually unchanged in December 

and 0.7 percent lower than in December 2006. 

The transportation index increased 0.5 percent in December. The index for gasoline rose 1.1 percent, 

accounting for about two-thirds of the overall transportation increase. (Prior to seasonal adjustment, gasoline 

prices fell 1.6 percent to a level that was 3.0 percent lower than their peak level recorded in May.) During the 

12 months ended in December, gasoline prices increased 29.6 percent, their largest annual advance since a 30.1 

percent rise in 1999. The index for new vehicles was virtually unchanged in December. (As of December, 

about 63 percent of the new car sample consisted of 2008 models. The 2008 models will continue to be phased 

in, with adjustments for quality change, over the next several months as they replace old models at dealerships. 

For a report on quality changes for the 2008 vehicles represented in the Producer Price Index sample, see news 

release USDL-07-1787 dated November 14, 2007.) The index for used cars and trucks rose 0.2 percent. During 

the last 12 months, new vehicle prices have declined 0.3 percent, while prices for used cars and trucks rose 0.5 

percent. The index for public transportation increased 1.2 percent in December, largely reflecting a 1.6 percent 

increase in the index for airline fares. (Prior to seasonal adjustment, airline fares declined 0.9 percent in 

December, but advanced 10.6 percent in the last 12 months.) 

The index for apparel increased 0.2 percent in December. (Prior to seasonal adjustment, apparel prices 

declined 2.4 percent, largely as a result of pre-holiday discounting.) During the 12 month period ended in 

December, apparel prices declined 0.3 percent. Declines in prices for men’s and boys’ apparel and women’s 

and girls’ apparel--down 1.0 and 0.7 percent, respectively--were partially offset by a 5.0 percent increase in 

prices for jewelry. 

Medical care costs rose 0.3 percent in December. The index for medical care commodities--prescription

drugs, nonprescription drugs, and medical supplies--rose 0.3 percent. The index for medical care services also 

rose 0.3 percent. The indexes for professional services and for hospital and related services each advanced 0.4 

percent. For the 12 months ended in December, the medical care index rose 5.2 percent, its largest annual 

advance since a 5.4 percent increase in 1993. Charges for hospital and related services increased 8.1 percent in 

the 12 months ended in December, following a 6.1 percent rise in 2006. 
The index for recreation was virtually unchanged in December. Decreases in the indexes for sporting 

goods, for photography, for toys, and for admissions to movies, theaters, concerts, and sporting events were 

offset by increases in the indexes for video and audio and for pets, pet products and services. During the 12 

months ended in December, the index for recreation rose 0.8 percent as increases in the indexes for pets, pet 

products and services and for recreational services--up 5.5 and 2.4 percent, respectively--more than offset 

declines in the indexes for video and audio, for sporting goods, for photography, and for toys. 

The index for education and communication increased 0.3 percent in December. Educational costs 

increased 0.5 percent while communication costs were virtually unchanged. During the 12 months ended in 

December, educational costs rose 5.6 percent, reflecting increases of 6.1 and 9.0 percent in the indexes for 

college tuition and for college textbooks, respectively. The index for communication rose 0.2 percent during 

the last 12 months. Increases in the indexes for telephone services and postal services--up 2.1 and 4.4 percent, 

respectively--offset declines in prices for personal computers and peripheral equipment, for computer software 

and accessories, and for internet services and electronic information providers--down 13.2, 6.4, and 5.2 percent, 

respectively. 

The index for other goods and services increased 0.3 percent in December to a level 3.3 percent higher

than in December 2006. The index for tobacco and smoking products rose 0.8 percent in December and 7.5 

percent during the last 12 months, accounting for about 70 percent of the monthly increase and 45 percent of the 

annual change in this major group. 

 

CPI for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W)

On a seasonally adjusted basis, the CPI for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers increased 0.3 

percent in December. 

Table B. Percent changes in CPI for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W)

Expenditure

Category

Seasonally adjusted

Unadjusted

12-mos.

ended

Dec. 2007

Changes from preceding month Compound

annual rate

3-mos. ended

Dec. 2007 June

2007

July

2007

Aug.

2007

Sep.

2007

Oct.

2007

Nov.

2007

Dec.

2007

All items ................................. .1 .1 -.2 .3 .3 .9 .3 6.2 4.3 

Food and beverages ........... .5 .2 .4 .5 .3 .2 .0 2.3 4.9 

Housing ............................... .2 .2 .0 .2 .3 .5 .3 4.4 3.1 

Apparel ................................ -.9 .8 -.3 .1 .1 .5 .4 3.9 -.4 

Transportation ..................... -.2 -.3 -1.4 .1 .4 3.0 .5 17.1 8.9 

Medical care ........................ .2 .7 .5 .4 .6 .4 .3 5.1 5.2 

Recreation ........................... -.1 -.1 -.1 .4 .3 .0 .0 1.5 .6 

Education and

communication .............. .0 .3 .3 .0 .3 .0 .3 2.0 2.6 

Other goods and services ... .3 .1 .1 .4 .2 .2 .3 3.1 3.9 

Special indexes:

Energy ................................. -.7 -1.0 -3.4 .3 1.4 5.9 .9 38.0 18.1 

Food .................................... .5 .3 .4 .5 .3 .2 .1 2.4 5.0 

All items less food and

energy ........................... .2 .3 .2 .2 .2 .2 .2 2.7 2.3 

Consumer Price Index data for January are scheduled for release on Wednesday, February 20, 2008, at 

8:30 A.M. (EST). 
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Brief Explanation of the CPI 

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a measure of the average change in prices over time of goods and 

services purchased by households. The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes CPIs for two population groups: 

(1) the CPI for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W), which covers households of wage earners 

and clerical workers that comprise approximately 32 percent of the total population and (2) the CPI for All 

Urban Consumers (CPI-U) and the Chained CPI for All Urban Consumers (C-CPI-U), which cover 

approximately 87 percent of the total population and include in addition to wage earners and clerical worker 

households, groups such as professional, managerial, and technical workers, the self-employed, short-term 

workers, the unemployed, and retirees and others not in the labor force. 

The CPIs are based on prices of food, clothing, shelter, and fuels, transportation fares, charges for 

doctors’ and dentists’ services, drugs, and other goods and services that people buy for day-to-day living. Prices 

are collected in 87 urban areas across the country from about 50,000 housing units and approximately 23,000 

retail establishments-department stores, supermarkets, hospitals, filling stations, and other types of stores and 

service establishments. All taxes directly associated with the purchase and use of items are included in the 

index. Prices of fuels and a few other items are obtained every month in all 87 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 of the 

Bureau’s trained representatives. 

In calculating the index, price changes for the various items in each location are averaged together with 

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 27 

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. It is important to note that the CPI-U and CPI-W are considered final when released, but the CCPI-U is issued in preliminary form and subject to two annual revisions. 

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

reference base is 1982-84 equals 100.0. The reference base for the C-CPI-U is December 1999 equals 100. 

An increase of 16.5 percent from the reference base, for example, is shown as 116.5. This change can also be 

expressed in dollars as follows: the price of a base period market basket of goods and services in the CPI has 

risen from $10 in 1982-84 to $11.65. 

For further details visit the CPI home page on the Internet at http://www.bls.gov/cpi/ or contact our CPI 

Information and Analysis Section on (202) 691-7000.
Note on Sampling Error in the Consumer Price Index 

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 0.06 percent for the U.S. All Items Consumer Price Index. 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% of these estimates would be within 0.12 percent of the 

1 month percentage change based on all retail prices. For a 1-month change of 0.2 percent in the All Items CPI 

for All Urban Consumers, we are 95 percent confident that the actual percent change based on all retail prices 

would fall between 0.08 and 0.32 percent. For the latest data, including information on how to use the estimates 

of standard error, see “Variance Estimates for Changes in the Consumer Price Index, January 2005- December 

2005 in the CPI Detailed Report, February 2006. These data are available on the CPI home page 

(http://www.bls.gov/cpi), using the following link http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpivar2006.pdf
Calculating Index Changes 

 Movements of the indexes from one 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 example below illustrates the computation of index point and 

percent changes. 

 Percent changes for 3-month and 6-month periods are expressed as annual rates and are computed 

according to the standard formula for compound growth rates. These data indicate what the percent change 

would be if the current rate were maintained for a 12-month period. 

Index Point Change

CPI 202.416 

Less previous index 201.800 

Equals index point change .616 

Percent Change

Index point difference .616 

Divided by the previous index 201.800 

Equals 0.003 

Results multiplied by one hundred 0.003x100 

Equals percent change 0.3

Regions Defined 

The states in the four regions shown in Tables 3 and 6 are listed below. 

The Northeast--Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and 

Vermont. 

The Midwest--Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and 

Wisconsin. 

The South--Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, 

South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia. 

The West--Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and 

Wyoming. 
A Note on Seasonally Adjusted and Unadjusted Data 

Because price data are used for different purposes by different groups, the Bureau of Labor Statistics

publishes seasonally adjusted as well as unadjusted changes each month. 

For analyzing general 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 changing climatic conditions, production cycles, model 

changeovers, holidays, and sales. 

The unadjusted data are of primary interest to consumers concerned about the prices they actually pay. 

Unadjusted data also are used extensively for escalation purposes. Many collective bargaining contract 

agreements and pension plans, for example, tie compensation changes to the Consumer Price Index unadjusted 

for seasonal variation. 

Seasonal factors used in computing the seasonally adjusted indexes are derived by the X-12-ARIMA 

Seasonal Adjustment Method. Seasonally adjusted indexes and seasonal factors are computed annually. Each 

year, the last 5 years of seasonally adjusted data are revised. Data from January 2002 through December 2006 

were replaced in January 2007. Exceptions to the usual revision schedule were: the updated seasonal data at the 

end of 1977 replaced data from 1967 through 1977; and, in January 2002, dependently seasonally adjusted series 

were revised for January 1987-December 2001 as a result of a change in the aggregation weights for 

dependently adjusted series. For further information, please see “Aggregation of Dependently Adjusted 

Seasonally Adjusted Series,” in the October 2001 issue of the CPI Detailed Report.

The seasonal movement of All items and 54 other aggregations is derived by combining the seasonal 

movement of 73 selected components. Each year the seasonal status of every series is reevaluated based upon 

certain statistical criteria. If any of the 73 components 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 will be used before that period. Note: 44 of the 73 

components are seasonally adjusted for 2007. 

Seasonally adjusted data, including the All items index levels, are subject to revision for up to five years 

after their original release. For this reason, BLS advises against the use of these data in escalation agreements. 

Effective with the calculation of the seasonal factors for 1990, the Bureau of Labor Statistics has used an 

enhanced seasonal adjustment procedure called Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment for some CPI series. 

Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment allows for better estimates of seasonally adjusted data. Extreme 

values and/or sharp movements which might distort the seasonal pattern are estimated and removed from the 

data prior to calculation of seasonal factors. Beginning with the calculation of seasonal factors for 1996, X-12-

ARIMA software was used for Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment. 

In January 2007, BLS adjusted 37 series using Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment, including 

selected food and beverage items, fuel oil, motor fuels, vehicles, jewelry, admission to sporting events and 

educational books and supplies. For example, this procedure was used for the Motor fuel series to offset the 

effects of damage to oil refineries from Hurricane Katrina, as well as the effects of implementing new fuel 

requirements in the United States. 
For a complete list of Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment series and explanations, please refer to 

the article “Intervention Analysis Seasonal Adjustment”, located on our website at: 

http://www.bls.gov/cpi/cpisapage.htm. 

For additional information on seasonal adjustment in the CPI, please write to the Bureau of Labor 

Statistics, Division of Consumer Prices and Price Indexes, Washington, DC 20212 or contact Jeff Wilson on 

(202) 691-6968 by e-mail at Wilson.Jeff@bls.gov. If you have general questions about the CPI, please call our 

information staff at (202) 691-7000. 
Table 1. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category and commodity and

service group

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

CPI-U

Relative

importance,

December

2006

Unadjusted

indexes

Unadjusted

percent change to

Dec. 2007 from—

Seasonally adjusted

percent change from—

Nov.

2007

Dec.

2007

Dec.

2006

Nov.

2007

Sep. to

Oct.

Oct. to

Nov.

Nov. to

Dec.

Expenditure category

All items ........................................................................................ 100.000 210.177 210.036 4.1 -0.1 0.3 0.8 0.3 

All items (1967=100) .................................................................... -

 629.598 629.174 - - - - -

Food and beverages .................................................................. 14.992 206.563 206.936 4.8 .2 .3 .3 .0 

Food ......................................................................................... 13.885 206.277 206.704 4.9 .2 .3 .3 .1 

Food at home ......................................................................... 7.896 204.745 205.208 5.6 .2 .3 .3 .0 

Cereals and bakery products ............................................... 1.103 225.668 226.461 5.4 .4 .4 .7 .6 

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs .............................................. 2.112 198.616 198.755 5.4 .1 .2 -.1 -.1 

Dairy and related products ................................................... .821 205.959 205.299 13.4 -.3 .2 .6 -.4 

Fruits and vegetables ........................................................... 1.211 268.407 272.482 5.9 1.5 .7 1.6 -.4 

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials ................ .906 154.299 153.648 3.5 -.4 .1 -.5 -.4 

Other food at home .............................................................. 1.743 173.963 174.057 3.2 .1 .3 -.2 .2 

Sugar and sweets .............................................................. .302 178.600 178.631 3.6 .0 -.4 .9 .5 

Fats and oils ....................................................................... .227 175.327 176.068 5.6 .4 .8 .9 1.0 

Other foods 1 ...................................................................... 1.214 188.340 188.325 2.6 .0 .3 -.7 .0 

Other miscellaneous foods 1 2 ......................................... .327 115.396 115.267 .1 -.1 .2 .5 -.1 

Food away from home 1 ......................................................... 5.989 209.854 210.233 4.0 .2 .2 .3 .2 

Other food away from home 2 .............................................. .281 146.628 145.814 4.8 -.6 -.5 .5 -.4 

Alcoholic beverages 1 .............................................................. 1.107 209.018 208.704 3.8 -.2 .3 -.1 -.2 

Housing ...................................................................................... 42.691 210.745 210.933 3.0 .1 .2 .4 .3 

Shelter ...................................................................................... 32.776 242.207 242.372 3.1 .1 .1 .3 .3 

Rent of primary residence 3 ................................................... 5.930 238.169 239.102 4.0 .4 .5 .4 .4 

Lodging away from home 2 .................................................... 2.648 136.703 133.545 4.6 -2.3 -1.5 -.2 .2 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 3 4 .................. 23.830 248.876 249.532 2.8 .3 .2 .3 .3 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ................................... .369 116.997 117.003 -.1 .0 -.1 .3 .0 

Fuels and utilities ..................................................................... 5.264 202.161 203.006 5.4 .4 1.2 1.5 .6

Household energy .................................................................. 4.368 182.725 183.516 5.3 .4 1.4 1.6 .7 

Fuel oil and other fuels ......................................................... .338 291.845 299.296 28.3 2.6 2.6 11.9 2.0 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ................................................. 4.029 184.753 185.155 3.4 .2 1.3 .7 .5 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ................... .897 146.376 146.878 5.4 .3 .2 .6 .3 

Household furnishings and operations ..................................... 4.651 126.252 126.066 -.7 -.1 -.1 .1 .0 

Household operations 1 2 ....................................................... .792 141.610 142.100 2.2 .3 .2 .4 .3 

Apparel ....................................................................................... 3.726 121.204 118.257 -.3 -2.4 .0 .8 .2 

Men’s and boys’ apparel .......................................................... .885 114.807 112.026 -1.0 -2.4 -.3 -.2 -.1 

Women’s and girls’ apparel ...................................................... 1.590 112.166 109.418 -.7 -2.4 -.4 1.2 1.1 

Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel ................................................... .177 117.339 113.779 -.3 -3.0 1.7 1.0 -1.4 

Footwear .................................................................................. .749 125.005 122.258 -.6 -2.2 .4 1.2 -.7 

Transportation ............................................................................ 17.249 190.677 189.984 8.3 -.4 .4 2.9 .5 

Private transportation ............................................................... 16.188 186.839 186.134 8.3 -.4 .4 2.9 .5 

New and used motor vehicles 2 ............................................. 7.581 94.562 94.754 .0 .2 -.1 .0 .1 

New vehicles ........................................................................ 4.982 136.250 136.664 -.3 .3 -.2 .1 .0 

Used cars and trucks 1 ......................................................... 1.716 136.616 136.943 .5 .2 -.1 -.2 .2 

Motor fuel ............................................................................... 4.347 262.282 258.132 29.5 -1.6 1.5 9.3 1.1 

Gasoline (all types) .............................................................. 4.303 260.943 256.790 29.6 -1.6 1.4 9.3 1.1 

Motor vehicle parts and equipment 1 ..................................... .370 123.487 123.928 3.7 .4 .6 .4 .4 

Motor vehicle maintenance and repair ................................... 1.145 225.672 226.120 3.3 .2 .1 .3 .3 

Public transportation ................................................................ 1.060 233.758 233.408 7.2 -.1 1.2 1.8 1.2 

Medical care ............................................................................... 6.281 357.041 357.661 5.2 .2 .6 .4 .3 

Medical care commodities ........................................................ 1.446 293.201 293.610 2.7 .1 .3 .6 .3 

Medical care services ............................................................... 4.834 376.250 376.940 5.9 .2 .6 .3 .3 

Professional services ............................................................. 2.817 303.780 304.784 4.2 .3 .4 .2 .4 

Hospital and related services 3 .............................................. 1.630 515.359 515.677 8.1 .1 1.1 .6 .4 

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure category and commodity and

service group-Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

CPI-U

Relative

importance,

December

2006

Unadjusted

indexes

Unadjusted

percent change to

Dec. 2007 from—

Seasonally adjusted

percent change from—

Nov.

2007

Dec.

2007

Dec.

2006

Nov.

2007

Sep. to

Oct.

Oct. to

Nov.

Nov. to

Dec.

Expenditure category

Recreation 2 ............................................................................... 5.552 111.842 111.705 0.8 -0.1 0.3 0.1 0.0 

Video and audio 2 .................................................................... 1.719 102.719 102.691 -.1 .0 .3 -.3 .3 

Education and communication 2 ................................................ 6.034 121.409 121.506 3.0 .1 .4 .1 .3 

Education 2 .............................................................................. 3.076 176.717 176.927 5.6 .1 .7 .6 .5 

Educational books and supplies ............................................. .204 431.606 434.352 8.7 .6 -.1 .6 .8 

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare ................................ 2.872 509.605 510.016 5.4 .1 .8 .6 .5 

Communication 2 ..................................................................... 2.958 83.250 83.282 .2 .0 .0 -.5 .0 

Information and information processing 1 2 ............................ 2.769 80.519 80.546 -.1 .0 .0 -.5 .0 

Telephone services 1 2 ......................................................... 2.225 98.775 98.792 2.1 .0 .2 -.3 .0 

Information technology, hardware and services 1 5 ............. .543 10.204 10.215 -8.8 .1 -.9 -1.7 .1 

Personal computers and peripheral equipment 1 2 ............ .203 8.946 8.936 -13.2 -.1 -1.4 -4.1 -.1 

Other goods and services .......................................................... 3.476 336.379 337.633 3.3 .4 .2 .3 .3 

Tobacco and smoking products 1 ............................................ .712 561.967 566.696 7.5 .8 .2 .2 .8 

Personal care ........................................................................... 2.764 197.156 197.643 2.2 .2 .2 .3 .1 

Personal care products 1 ....................................................... .708 158.561 158.236 -.5 -.2 .5 .1 -.2 

Personal care services 1 ........................................................ .677 218.604 219.656 3.4 .5 .1 .3 .5 

Miscellaneous personal services ........................................... 1.188 328.610 329.908 3.5 .4 .2 .2 .5 

Commodity and service group

Commodities ................................................................................ 40.305 171.043 170.511 5.2 -.3 .3 1.5 .2 

Food and beverages .................................................................. 14.992 206.563 206.936 4.8 .2 .3 .3 .0 

Commodities less food and beverages ...................................... 25.313 151.067 150.162 5.4 -.6 .3 2.2 .3 

Nondurables less food and beverages ..................................... 14.191 190.560 188.635 10.4 -1.0 .4 6.7 .9 

Apparel ................................................................................... 3.726 121.204 118.257 -.3 -2.4 .0 .8 .2 

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel .................... 10.465 238.067 236.735 14.2 -.6 1.1 4.4 .6 

Durables ................................................................................... 11.122 112.103 112.093 -1.1 .0 -.1 .1 -.1 

Services ....................................................................................... 59.695 248.974 249.225 3.3 .1 .3 .3 .3 

Rent of shelter 4 ......................................................................... 32.407 252.495 252.669 3.1 .1 .1 .3 .3 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ....................................... .369 116.997 117.003 -.1 .0 -.1 .3 .0 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ....................................................... 4.029 184.753 185.155 3.4 .2 1.3 .7 .5 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ....................... .897 146.376 146.878 5.4 .3 .2 .6 .3 

Household operations 1 2 ........................................................... .792 141.610 142.100 2.2 .3 .2 .4 .3 

Transportation services .............................................................. 5.638 236.449 236.504 2.5 .0 .3 .5 .5 

Medical care services ................................................................. 4.834 376.250 376.940 5.9 .2 .6 .3 .3 

Other services ............................................................................ 10.730 289.592 289.945 3.2 .1 .4 .2 .3 

Special indexes

All items less food ........................................................................ 86.115 210.846 210.610 4.0 -.1 .3 .9 .3 

All items less shelter .................................................................... 67.224 199.998 199.734 4.5 -.1 .4 1.0 .3 

All items less medical care ........................................................... 93.719 202.770 202.600 4.0 -.1 .3 .8 .3 

Commodities less food ................................................................. 26.420 153.234 152.344 5.3 -.6 .3 2.1 .3 

Nondurables less food ................................................................. 15.299 191.668 189.844 9.9 -1.0 .4 6.2 .8

Nondurables less food and apparel ............................................. 11.572 234.241 233.014 13.2 -.5 1.0 4.0 .5 

Nondurables ................................................................................. 29.183 199.253 198.422 7.5 -.4 .4 3.4 .5 

Services less rent of shelter 4 ...................................................... 27.288 263.599 263.966 3.6 .1 .3 .2 .4 

Services less medical care services ............................................ 54.861 238.671 238.894 3.1 .1 .3 .2 .3 

Energy .......................................................................................... 8.715 219.009 217.506 17.4 -.7 1.4 5.7 .9 

All items less energy .................................................................... 91.285 210.888 210.890 2.8 .0 .2 .3 .2

All items less food and energy ................................................... 77.401 212.435 212.356 2.4 .0 .2 .3 .2 

Commodities less food and energy commodities ..................... 21.735 140.547 140.014 .1 -.4 .0 .2 .0 

Energy commodities ............................................................... 4.685 265.420 261.976 29.4 -1.3 1.5 9.5 1.2 

Services less energy services .................................................. 55.666 255.549 255.785 3.3 .1 .2 .3 .3 

Purchasing power of the consumer dollar (1982-84=$1.00) ........ -

 $ .476 $ .476 - - - - -

Purchasing power of the consumer dollar (1967=$1.00) ............. -

 $ .159 $ .159 - - - - -

1 Not seasonally adjusted. 2 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. 3 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other

item stratum index series were calculated using a geometric means estimator.

4 Indexes on a December 1982=100 base. 5 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base. - Data not available.

NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.
Table 2. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Seasonally adjusted U.S. city average, by expenditure category

and commodity and service group

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

CPI-U

Seasonally adjusted indexes Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent

change for

3 months ended— 6 months

ended—

Sep.

2007

Oct.

2007

Nov.

2007

Dec.

2007

Mar.

2007

June

2007

Sep.

2007

Dec.

2007 June

2007

Dec.

2007

Expenditure category

All items .............................................................................. 208.292 208.903 210.565 211.160 4.7 5.2 1.0 5.6 5.0 3.3 

Food and beverages ......................................................... 205.513 206.085 206.605 206.685 7.4 4.9 4.6 2.3 6.2 3.5 

Food ................................................................................ 205.193 205.753 206.322 206.433 7.3 5.1 4.9 2.4 6.2 3.6 

Food at home ................................................................ 203.629 204.259 204.823 204.738 10.0 6.1 4.2 2.2 8.0 3.2 

Cereals and bakery products ...................................... 223.974 224.826 226.499 227.762 4.7 6.5 3.7 6.9 5.6 5.3 

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ..................................... 198.081 198.477 198.235 198.099 9.7 11.0 1.0 .0 10.3 .5 

Dairy and related products .......................................... 203.900 204.363 205.570 204.662 11.9 17.7 23.9 1.5 14.8 12.2 

Fruits and vegetables .................................................. 261.869 263.812 268.164 267.220 19.3 -4.6 2.0 8.4 6.7 5.2 

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials ....... 155.413 155.523 154.715 154.122 11.4 1.6 4.6 -3.3 6.4 .6 

Other food at home ..................................................... 174.222 174.691 174.307 174.671 5.9 5.1 1.0 1.0 5.5 1.0 

Sugar and sweets ..................................................... 178.518 177.835 179.461 180.337 .9 4.4 5.2 4.1 2.6 4.7 

Fats and oils .............................................................. 173.822 175.245 176.824 178.529 2.2 5.2 4.1 11.3 3.7 7.6 

Other foods 1 ............................................................ 189.076 189.695 188.340 188.325 7.8 5.2 -.6 -1.6 6.5 -1.1 

Other miscellaneous foods 1 2 ................................ 114.628 114.850 115.396 115.267 -2.6 6.3 -5.0 2.2 1.7 -1.4 

Food away from home 1 ............................................... 208.805 209.275 209.854 210.233 3.8 3.7 5.7 2.8 3.7 4.2 

Other food away from home 2 ..................................... 146.610 145.918 146.634 146.052 6.1 5.2 9.9 -1.5 5.7 4.0 

Alcoholic beverages 1 ..................................................... 208.408 209.126 209.018 208.704 9.4 3.4 2.0 .6 6.3 1.3 

Housing ............................................................................. 210.470 210.926 211.817 212.459 3.5 3.0 1.6 3.8 3.2 2.7 

Shelter ............................................................................. 242.293 242.559 243.291 243.994 2.7 4.0 2.9 2.8 3.4 2.9 

Rent of primary residence 3 .......................................... 236.058 237.127 238.081 238.944 4.7 3.2 3.1 5.0 3.9 4.0 

Lodging away from home 2 ........................................... 146.722 144.570 144.286 144.646 -4.5 26.8 4.7 -5.5 10.0 -.6 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 3 4 ......... 247.445 248.001 248.838 249.534 3.1 1.9 2.7 3.4 2.5 3.1 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ......................... 116.783 116.640 116.997 117.003 .8 -.8 -1.1 .8 .0 -.2 

Fuels and utilities ............................................................ 199.338 201.661 204.624 205.856 11.5 .2 -2.8 13.7 5.7 5.1 

Household energy ......................................................... 179.939 182.407 185.408 186.622 12.3 -.3 -4.7 15.7 5.8 5.0 

Fuel oil and other fuels ................................................ 256.322 262.976 294.246 300.230 -4.7 26.2 19.9 88.2 9.7 50.2 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ....................................... 183.937 186.259 187.587 188.554 13.8 -2.2 -6.6 10.4 5.5 1.5 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 .......... 145.246 145.488 146.376 146.878 7.4 2.8 7.0 4.6 5.1 5.8 

Household furnishings and operations ............................ 126.464 126.312 126.383 126.441 .3 -.9 -2.2 -.1 -.3 -1.2 

Household operations 1 2 ............................................. 140.698 141.013 141.610 142.100 2.2 1.9 .5 4.0 2.1 2.3 

Apparel .............................................................................. 118.232 118.247 119.134 119.412 -.9 -4.8 .6 4.1 -2.9 2.3 

Men’s and boys’ apparel ................................................. 113.158 112.779 112.587 112.516 -7.2 .1 5.6 -2.3 -3.6 1.6 

Women’s and girls’ apparel ............................................. 108.461 108.078 109.399 110.643 2.5 -11.1 -1.3 8.3 -4.6 3.4 

Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel .......................................... 113.091 115.027 116.202 114.544 3.1 -9.6 .7 5.2 -3.5 2.9 

Footwear ......................................................................... 121.792 122.241 123.685 122.799 -4.2 -2.9 1.7 3.3 -3.6 2.5 

Transportation ................................................................... 184.899 185.713 191.035 192.031 8.3 16.5 -5.6 16.3 12.3 4.8 

Private transportation ...................................................... 181.008 181.709 187.048 187.939 8.3 17.7 -6.2 16.2 12.9 4.4 

New and used motor vehicles 2 .................................... 94.422 94.330 94.363 94.431 -1.0 -.6 1.3 .0 -.8 .6 

New vehicles ............................................................... 136.113 135.823 135.968 135.938 .6 -.8 -.6 -.5 -.1 -.6 

Used cars and trucks 1 ............................................... 137.142 136.950 136.616 136.943 -5.2 2.1 6.3 -.6 -1.7 2.8 

Motor fuel ...................................................................... 238.498 241.971 264.462 267.405 33.9 71.3 -22.4 58.0 51.4 10.7 

Gasoline (all types) ..................................................... 237.409 240.824 263.212 266.085 34.5 71.6 -22.5 57.8 51.9 10.6 

Motor vehicle parts and equipment 1 ............................ 122.292 123.017 123.487 123.928 3.3 1.3 4.7 5.5 2.3 5.1 

Motor vehicle maintenance and repair .......................... 224.473 224.748 225.370 226.131 4.2 3.0 3.2 3.0 3.6 3.1 

Public transportation ....................................................... 229.945 232.798 236.940 239.804 8.0 -.5 3.7 18.3 3.7 10.7 

Medical care ...................................................................... 354.396 356.360 357.740 358.841 5.6 3.8 6.0 5.1 4.7 5.6 

Medical care commodities .............................................. 290.962 291.886 293.709 294.609 .0 1.7 4.0 5.1 .9 4.5 

Medical care services ..................................................... 373.489 375.814 377.012 378.173 7.3 4.5 6.6 5.1 5.9 5.9 

Professional services .................................................... 302.950 304.067 304.639 305.894 6.5 2.0 4.5 3.9 4.2 4.2 

Hospital and related services 3 ..................................... 506.744 512.322 515.266 517.337 7.0 7.1 9.5 8.6 7.1 9.1 

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

and commodity and service group-Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

CPI-U

Seasonally adjusted indexes Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent

change for

3 months ended— 6 months

ended—

Sep.

2007

Oct.

2007

Nov.

2007

Dec.

2007

Mar.

2007

June

2007

Sep.

2007

Dec.

2007 June

2007

Dec.

2007

Expenditure category

Recreation 2 ...................................................................... 111.495 111.853 112.002 112.006 0.1 1.1 0.3 1.8 0.6 1.0 

Video and audio 2 ........................................................... 102.924 103.281 103.020 103.319 -3.3 3.1 -1.5 1.5 -.2 .0 

Education and communication 2 ....................................... 120.304 120.731 120.823 121.185 2.7 3.5 2.7 3.0 3.1 2.8 

Education 2 ..................................................................... 172.780 174.034 175.082 176.022 5.3 4.6 4.8 7.7 5.0 6.2 

Educational books and supplies ................................... 429.676 429.396 432.043 435.476 12.2 4.3 13.2 5.5 8.2 9.3 

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare ...................... 497.589 501.493 504.509 507.121 4.8 4.6 4.2 7.9 4.7 6.0 

Communication 2 ............................................................ 83.693 83.661 83.251 83.288 .1 2.3 .5 -1.9 1.2 -.7 

Information and information processing 1 2 .................. 80.976 80.946 80.519 80.546 .0 1.4 .5 -2.1 .7 -.8 

Telephone services 1 2 ............................................... 98.882 99.031 98.775 98.792 3.0 4.0 1.6 -.4 3.5 .6 

Information technology, hardware and services 1 5 .... 10.477 10.385 10.204 10.215 -11.6 -9.3 -4.5 -9.6 -10.5 -7.1 

Personal computers and peripheral equipment 1 2 ... 9.455 9.324 8.946 8.936 -4.2 -17.9 -9.7 -20.2 -11.3 -15.1 

Other goods and services ................................................. 335.133 335.868 336.778 337.641 4.7 3.4 2.1 3.0 4.1 2.6 

Tobacco and smoking products 1 ................................... 559.636 560.626 561.967 566.696 18.4 1.7 5.4 5.1 9.7 5.3 

Personal care .................................................................. 196.450 196.903 197.452 197.648 1.4 3.9 1.3 2.5 2.6 1.9 

Personal care products 1 .............................................. 157.643 158.381 158.561 158.236 -1.0 .5 -2.8 1.5 -.3 -.7 

Personal care services 1 ............................................... 217.589 217.887 218.604 219.656 5.0 1.4 3.2 3.9 3.2 3.5 

Miscellaneous personal services .................................. 327.885 328.555 329.103 330.725 1.3 5.8 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.5 

Commodity and service group

Commodities ....................................................................... 168.022 168.531 170.990 171.342 6.3 8.3 -1.4 8.1 7.3 3.3 

Food and beverages ......................................................... 205.513 206.085 206.605 206.685 7.4 4.9 4.6 2.3 6.2 3.5 

Commodities less food and beverages ............................. 147.288 147.755 150.975 151.432 5.7 10.3 -4.8 11.7 8.0 3.1 

Nondurables less food and beverages ........................... 180.329 181.133 193.273 194.941 4.4 15.3 -9.7 36.6 9.7 11.1 

Apparel .......................................................................... 118.232 118.247 119.134 119.412 -.9 -4.8 .6 4.1 -2.9 2.3 

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel .......... 226.029 228.406 238.559 239.960 16.4 30.0 -11.4 27.0 23.0 6.1 

Durables .......................................................................... 112.252 112.102 112.174 112.098 -1.4 -1.9 -.4 -.5 -1.7 -.5 

Services .............................................................................. 248.199 248.934 249.783 250.615 3.7 3.2 2.6 4.0 3.4 3.3 

Rent of shelter 4 ................................................................ 252.550 252.860 253.629 254.384 2.5 4.1 2.9 2.9 3.3 2.9 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ............................. 116.783 116.640 116.997 117.003 .8 -.8 -1.1 .8 .0 -.2 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ............................................. 183.937 186.259 187.587 188.554 13.8 -2.2 -6.6 10.4 5.5 1.5 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 .............. 145.246 145.488 146.376 146.878 7.4 2.8 7.0 4.6 5.1 5.8 

Household operations 1 2 ................................................. 140.698 141.013 141.610 142.100 2.2 1.9 .5 4.0 2.1 2.3 

Transportation services ..................................................... 234.578 235.197 236.361 237.541 1.5 -.5 3.9 5.1 .5 4.5 

Medical care services ....................................................... 373.489 375.814 377.012 378.173 7.3 4.5 6.6 5.1 5.9 5.9 

Other services ................................................................... 287.243 288.355 288.990 289.920 2.4 4.3 2.4 3.8 3.4 3.1 

Special indexes

All items less food ............................................................... 208.827 209.447 211.290 211.966 4.1 5.3 .4 6.1 4.7 3.2 

All items less shelter ........................................................... 197.308 198.063 200.114 200.673 5.6 5.8 .0 7.0 5.7 3.5 

All items less medical care .................................................. 200.929 201.483 203.142 203.713 4.6 5.3 .7 5.7 5.0 3.1 

Commodities less food ........................................................ 149.540 150.016 153.145 153.580 5.7 10.0 -4.5 11.3 7.8 3.1 

Nondurables less food ........................................................ 182.096 182.825 194.224 195.816 4.6 14.4 -8.7 33.7 9.4 10.5 

Nondurables less food and apparel .................................... 223.358 225.628 234.687 235.956 15.5 27.5 -10.4 24.5 21.4 5.6 

Nondurables ........................................................................ 193.390 194.118 200.660 201.601 6.0 9.6 -2.5 18.1 7.7 7.3 

Services less rent of shelter 4 ............................................. 262.272 263.159 263.649 264.583 4.8 4.0 1.8 3.6 4.4 2.7 

Services less medical care services ................................... 238.208 238.805 239.235 240.037 3.2 4.2 2.0 3.1 3.7 2.5 

Energy ................................................................................. 206.496 209.422 221.450 223.462 22.9 32.9 -14.8 37.1 27.8 8.1 

All items less energy ........................................................... 210.112 210.483 211.062 211.512 2.9 2.7 2.8 2.7 2.8 2.8 

All items less food and energy .......................................... 211.714 212.050 212.633 213.148 2.3 2.3 2.5 2.7 2.3 2.6

Commodities less food and energy commodities ........... 139.929 139.903 140.144 140.197 .4 -1.2 .3 .8 -.4 .6 

Energy commodities ..................................................... 240.784 244.473 267.624 270.773 30.9 68.0 -20.2 59.9 48.3 12.9 

Services less energy services ......................................... 254.778 255.354 256.155 256.974 2.9 3.6 3.3 3.5 3.3 3.4 

1 Not seasonally adjusted. 2 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. 3 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other

item stratum index series were calculated using a geometric means

estimator. 4 Indexes on a December 1982=100 base. 5 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base.

NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.
Table 3. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): Selected areas, all items index 

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

CPI-U

All items 

Pricing

schedule 1

Indexes Percent change to

Dec.2007 from—

Percent change to

Nov.2007 from—

Sep.

2007

Oct.

2007

Nov.

2007

Dec.

2007

Dec.

2006

Oct.

2007

Nov.

2007

Nov.

2006

Sep.

2007

Oct.

2007

U.S. city average ............................................ M 208.490 208.936 210.177 210.036 4.1 0.5 -0.1 4.3 0.8 0.6 

Region and area size2

Northeast urban .............................................. M 221.436 221.951 223.356 223.425 3.8 .7 .0 4.0 .9 .6 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 224.274 224.636 225.766 225.688 3.6 .5 .0 3.8 .7 .5 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 130.206 130.761 132.049 132.323 4.4 1.2 .2 4.5 1.4 1.0 

Midwest urban ................................................ M 199.714 199.455 200.762 200.227 3.8 .4 -.3 4.1 .5 .7 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 201.171 200.927 202.012 201.519 3.5 .3 -.2 3.9 .4 .5 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 127.504 127.349 128.392 128.040 4.1 .5 -.3 4.3 .7 .8 

Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than

50,000) ............................................... M 195.483 195.054 196.569 195.819 4.7 .4 -.4 5.1 .6 .8 

South urban .................................................... M 201.697 202.155 203.437 203.457 4.4 .6 .0 4.7 .9 .6 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 204.302 204.779 205.698 206.078 4.4 .6 .2 4.6 .7 .4 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 128.263 128.600 129.556 129.368 4.5 .6 -.1 5.0 1.0 .7 

Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than

50,000) ............................................... M 200.898 200.712 202.550 202.878 3.5 1.1 .2 3.7 .8 .9 

West urban ..................................................... M 212.920 213.917 214.904 214.733 4.1 .4 -.1 4.2 .9 .5 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 216.429 217.314 218.196 218.020 4.0 .3 -.1 4.1 .8 .4 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 129.064 129.866 130.581 130.481 4.4 .5 -.1 4.4 1.2 .6 

Size classes

A 4 .............................................................. M 190.962 191.324 192.224 192.140 3.9 .4 .0 4.1 .7 .5 

B/C 3 ........................................................... M 128.506 128.869 129.848 129.718 4.4 .7 -.1 4.6 1.0 .8 

D ................................................................. M 200.903 200.941 202.525 202.333 4.0 .7 -.1 4.3 .8 .8 

Selected local areas5

Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI ................... M 206.454 206.696 207.821 207.155 4.7 .2 -.3 5.0 .7 .5 

Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA ... M 217.697 218.696 219.943 219.373 4.2 .3 -.3 4.2 1.0 .6 

New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island,

NY-NJ-CT-PA ......................................... M 228.308 228.552 229.504 229.395 3.7 .4 .0 3.9 .5 .4 

Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT ..... 1 227.850 -

 230.689 - - - - 3.4 1.2 -

Cleveland-Akron, OH ...................................... 1 197.000 - 197.726 - - - - 4.4 .4 -

Dallas-Fort Worth, TX ..................................... 1 194.847 -

 196.465 - - - - 4.3 .8 -

Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV 6 ...... 1 134.678 - 135.151 - - - - 4.5 .4 -

Atlanta, GA ..................................................... 2 -

 201.938 - 202.751 4.1 .4 - - - -

Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI .............................. 2 -

 201.786 - 200.201 1.9 -.8 - - - -

Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX .................... 2 - 184.922 - 186.246 3.9 .7 - - - -

Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL ............................. 2 -

 215.159 - 217.319 5.8 1.0 - - - -

Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,

PA-NJ-DE-MD ........................................ 2 -

 218.929 - 219.025 3.5 .0 - - - -

San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA ........... 2 -

 217.949 - 218.485 3.8 .2 - - - -

Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA .................... 2 - 218.427 - 218.966 4.6 .2 - - - -

1 Foods, fuels, and several other items priced every month in all areas; 

 most other goods and services 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. See technical notes. 3 Indexes on a December 1996=100 base. 4 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base. 5 In addition, the following metropolitan areas are published semiannually

and appear in Tables 34 and 39 of the January and July issues of the CPI

Detailed Report: Anchorage, AK; Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN;

Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO; Honolulu, HI; Kansas City, MO-KS;

Milwaukee-Racine, WI; Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI; Phoenix-Mesa, AZ;

Pittsburgh, PA; Portland-Salem, OR-WA; St. Louis, MO-IL; San Diego, CA;

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL. 6 Indexes on a November 1996=100 base. - Data not available.

 

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. 

NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.
Table 4. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): U.S. city average, by expenditure category

and commodity and service group

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

CPI-W

Relative

importance,

December

2006

Unadjusted

indexes

Unadjusted

percent change to

Dec. 2007 from—

Seasonally adjusted

percent change from—

Nov.

2007

Dec.

2007

Dec.

2006

Nov.

2007

Sep. to

Oct.

Oct. to

Nov.

Nov. to

Dec.

Expenditure category

All items ........................................................................................ 100.000 205.891 205.777 4.3 -0.1 0.3 0.9 0.3 

All items (1967=100) .................................................................... -

 613.287 612.948 - - - - -

Food and beverages .................................................................. 16.475 205.763 206.141 4.9 .2 .3 .2 .0 

Food ......................................................................................... 15.457 205.451 205.855 5.0 .2 .3 .2 .1 

Food at home ......................................................................... 9.244 203.741 204.141 5.7 .2 .3 .3 .0 

Cereals and bakery products ............................................... 1.285 225.941 226.696 5.3 .3 .3 .8 .5 

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs .............................................. 2.623 198.325 198.489 5.6 .1 .2 -.1 -.1 

Dairy and related products ................................................... .928 205.850 205.149 13.8 -.3 .2 .6 -.4 

Fruits and vegetables ........................................................... 1.332 265.736 269.533 5.8 1.4 .8 1.6 -.3 

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials ................ 1.082 153.610 152.883 3.4 -.5 .0 -.5 -.5 

Other food at home .............................................................. 1.993 173.393 173.511 3.2 .1 .4 -.2 .2 

Sugar and sweets .............................................................. .337 176.845 177.051 3.4 .1 .1 .7 .5 

Fats and oils ....................................................................... .283 176.101 176.736 5.6 .4 .6 .9 .9 

Other foods 1 ...................................................................... 1.373 188.657 188.646 2.7 .0 .5 -.7 .0 

Other miscellaneous foods 1 2 ......................................... .368 115.803 115.658 .3 -.1 .7 .4 -.1 

Food away from home 1 ......................................................... 6.213 209.518 209.931 3.9 .2 .2 .2 .2 

Other food away from home 2 .............................................. .279 145.233 144.454 4.1 -.5 -.7 .4 -.4 

Alcoholic beverages 1 .............................................................. 1.018 208.958 208.934 3.9 .0 .4 -.1 .0 

Housing ...................................................................................... 40.463 206.288 206.638 3.1 .2 .3 .5 .3 

Shelter ...................................................................................... 30.570 235.069 235.480 3.1 .2 .2 .3 .3 

Rent of primary residence 3 ................................................... 8.021 237.288 238.216 4.0 .4 .4 .4 .4 

Lodging away from home 2 .................................................... 1.430 136.244 133.179 4.8 -2.2 -1.2 .1 .2 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 3 4 .................. 20.776 225.548 226.151 2.7 .3 .2 .3 .3 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ................................... .342 117.370 117.396 .0 .0 -.1 .3 .0 

Fuels and utilities ..................................................................... 5.779 200.151 200.831 5.2 .3 1.2 1.4 .5

Household energy .................................................................. 4.842 179.777 180.379 5.2 .3 1.4 1.6 .5 

Fuel oil and other fuels ......................................................... .346 292.098 298.656 28.6 2.2 2.5 11.8 1.8 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ................................................. 4.496 182.781 183.066 3.4 .2 1.3 .7 .4 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ................... .937 146.651 147.186 5.4 .4 .2 .6 .4 

Household furnishings and operations ..................................... 4.114 122.031 121.880 -.6 -.1 .0 .0 .0 

Household operations 1 2 ....................................................... .368 144.275 144.659 2.4 .3 .4 .3 .3 

Apparel ....................................................................................... 4.041 120.920 118.126 -.4 -2.3 .1 .5 .4 

Men’s and boys’ apparel .......................................................... .954 114.784 112.487 -.5 -2.0 -.3 -.1 .5 

Women’s and girls’ apparel ...................................................... 1.680 112.165 109.375 -.9 -2.5 -.3 .6 1.2 

Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel ................................................... .235 119.897 116.419 -.3 -2.9 1.7 .8 -1.4 

Footwear .................................................................................. .954 124.649 122.029 -.5 -2.1 .5 .9 -.6 

Transportation ............................................................................ 19.515 190.761 189.967 8.9 -.4 .4 3.0 .5 

Private transportation ............................................................... 18.793 187.951 187.159 9.0 -.4 .4 3.1 .5 

New and used motor vehicles 2 ............................................. 8.626 93.529 93.733 .0 .2 -.1 .0 .1 

New vehicles ........................................................................ 5.210 137.372 137.736 -.3 .3 -.2 .1 -.1 

Used cars and trucks 1 ......................................................... 2.675 137.457 137.791 .6 .2 -.1 -.2 .2 

Motor fuel ............................................................................... 5.441 263.248 259.032 29.6 -1.6 1.4 9.3 1.1 

Gasoline (all types) .............................................................. 5.388 262.013 257.792 29.7 -1.6 1.4 9.3 1.1 

Motor vehicle parts and equipment 1 ..................................... .444 123.302 123.786 3.8 .4 .6 .4 .4 

Motor vehicle maintenance and repair ................................... 1.145 228.267 228.692 3.3 .2 .1 .3 .3 

Public transportation ................................................................ .723 231.999 231.363 6.4 -.3 1.3 1.5 1.0 

Medical care ............................................................................... 5.228 357.165 357.745 5.2 .2 .6 .4 .3 

Medical care commodities ........................................................ 1.135 285.475 285.913 2.4 .2 .4 .6 .3 

Medical care services ............................................................... 4.094 377.498 378.119 6.0 .2 .7 .3 .3 

Professional services ............................................................. 2.338 306.300 307.333 4.3 .3 .4 .2 .4 

Hospital and related services 3 .............................................. 1.378 510.836 510.961 8.0 .0 1.2 .6 .3 

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 4. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): U.S. city average, by expenditure category

and commodity and service group-Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

CPI-W

Relative

importance,

December

2006

Unadjusted

indexes

Unadjusted

percent change to

Dec. 2007 from—

Seasonally adjusted

percent change from—

Nov.

2007

Dec.

2007

Dec.

2006

Nov.

2007

Sep. to

Oct.

Oct. to

Nov.

Nov. to

Dec.

Expenditure category

Recreation 2 ............................................................................... 5.022 108.805 108.702 0.6 -0.1 0.3 0.0 0.0 

Video and audio 2 .................................................................... 1.867 102.465 102.523 .1 .1 .4 -.3 .4 

Education and communication 2 ................................................ 5.605 117.686 117.782 2.6 .1 .3 .0 .3 

Education 2 .............................................................................. 2.329 174.016 174.276 5.3 .1 .6 .6 .6 

Educational books and supplies ............................................. .208 434.979 437.391 8.8 .6 -.1 .6 .7 

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare ................................ 2.121 491.022 491.554 5.0 .1 .7 .6 .5 

Communication 2 ..................................................................... 3.276 85.807 85.834 .7 .0 .0 -.4 .0 

Information and information processing 1 2 ............................ 3.124 83.894 83.917 .5 .0 .0 -.5 .0 

Telephone services 1 2 ......................................................... 2.633 98.874 98.887 2.1 .0 .1 -.3 .0 

Information technology, hardware and services 1 5 ............. .492 10.710 10.722 -7.6 .1 -.7 -1.5 .1 

Personal computers and peripheral equipment 1 2 ............ .178 8.866 8.843 -13.3 -.3 -1.3 -3.9 -.3 

Other goods and services .......................................................... 3.652 347.427 348.830 3.9 .4 .2 .2 .3 

Tobacco and smoking products 1 ............................................ 1.139 563.435 568.410 7.5 .9 .2 .2 .9 

Personal care ........................................................................... 2.513 195.122 195.467 2.3 .2 .3 .2 .0 

Personal care products 1 ....................................................... .771 158.579 158.407 -.1 -.1 .5 .1 -.1 

Personal care services 1 ........................................................ .618 218.897 219.945 3.4 .5 .2 .3 .5 

Miscellaneous personal services ........................................... .962 330.258 330.850 3.8 .2 .2 .2 .3 

Commodity and service group

Commodities ................................................................................ 44.175 173.489 172.952 5.8 -.3 .3 1.6 .3 

Food and beverages .................................................................. 16.475 205.763 206.141 4.9 .2 .3 .2 .0 

Commodities less food and beverages ...................................... 27.700 155.011 154.086 6.3 -.6 .4 2.3 .4 

Nondurables less food and beverages ..................................... 15.699 198.661 196.636 11.7 -1.0 .6 7.2 1.0 

Apparel ................................................................................... 4.041 120.920 118.126 -.4 -2.3 .1 .5 .4 

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel .................... 11.658 251.442 249.863 15.8 -.6 1.2 4.8 .6 

Durables ................................................................................... 12.001 112.413 112.450 -.8 .0 -.1 .1 .0 

Services ....................................................................................... 55.825 243.906 244.275 3.2 .2 .3 .3 .3 

Rent of shelter 4 ......................................................................... 30.227 226.636 227.035 3.2 .2 .2 .4 .3 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ....................................... .342 117.370 117.396 .0 .0 -.1 .3 .0 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ....................................................... 4.496 182.781 183.066 3.4 .2 1.3 .7 .4 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 ....................... .937 146.651 147.186 5.4 .4 .2 .6 .4 

Household operations 1 2 ........................................................... .368 144.275 144.659 2.4 .3 .4 .3 .3 

Transportation services .............................................................. 5.600 235.874 236.020 2.0 .1 .1 .4 .4 

Medical care services ................................................................. 4.094 377.498 378.119 6.0 .2 .7 .3 .3 

Other services ............................................................................ 9.761 278.513 278.783 2.9 .1 .3 .1 .3

Special indexes

All items less food ........................................................................ 84.543 205.783 205.575 4.2 -.1 .3 1.0 .3 

All items less shelter .................................................................... 69.430 197.479 197.174 4.9 -.2 .4 1.1 .3 

All items less medical care ........................................................... 94.772 199.565 199.431 4.3 -.1 .3 .9 .3 

Commodities less food ................................................................. 28.718 156.977 156.073 6.2 -.6 .4 2.3 .4 

Nondurables less food ................................................................. 16.717 199.471 197.551 11.2 -1.0 .5 6.8 .9 

Nondurables less food and apparel ............................................. 12.676 246.726 245.286 14.9 -.6 1.1 4.4 .6 

Nondurables ................................................................................. 32.174 203.087 202.222 8.2 -.4 .5 3.6 .5 

Services less rent of shelter 4 ...................................................... 25.598 233.029 233.314 3.3 .1 .3 .1 .3 

Services less medical care services ............................................ 51.732 234.115 234.468 3.0 .2 .2 .2 .3 

Energy .......................................................................................... 10.282 219.861 218.104 18.1 -.8 1.4 5.9 .9 

All items less energy .................................................................... 89.718 205.066 205.155 2.8 .0 .2 .2 .2

All items less food and energy ................................................... 74.261 205.355 205.377 2.3 .0 .2 .2 .2 

Commodities less food and energy commodities ..................... 22.932 141.254 140.815 .3 -.3 .0 .1 .1 

Energy commodities ............................................................... 5.786 265.598 261.928 29.6 -1.4 1.5 9.4 1.2 

Services less energy services .................................................. 51.329 250.546 250.925 3.3 .2 .2 .3 .3 

Purchasing power of the consumer dollar (1982-84=$1.00) ........ -

 $ .486 $ .486 - - - - -

Purchasing power of the consumer dollar (1967=$1.00) ............. -

 $ .163 $ .163 - - - - -

1 Not seasonally adjusted. 2 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. 3 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other

item stratum index series were calculated using a geometric means estimator.

4 Indexes on a December 1984=100 base 5 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base. - Data not available.

NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.
Table 5. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Seasonally adjusted U.S. city average, by

expenditure category and commodity and service group

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

CPI-W

Seasonally adjusted indexes Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent

change for

3 months ended— 6 months

ended—

Sep.

2007

Oct.

2007

Nov.

2007

Dec.

2007

Mar.

2007

June

2007

Sep.

2007

Dec.

2007 June

2007

Dec.

2007

Expenditure category

All items .............................................................................. 203.665 204.338 206.142 206.744 5.2 5.6 0.7 6.2 5.4 3.4 

Food and beverages ......................................................... 204.778 205.386 205.850 205.945 7.3 5.2 4.6 2.3 6.3 3.4 

Food ................................................................................ 204.447 205.037 205.544 205.647 7.2 5.3 4.9 2.4 6.3 3.6 

Food at home ................................................................ 202.691 203.368 203.894 203.799 9.6 6.4 4.3 2.2 8.0 3.2 

Cereals and bakery products ...................................... 224.454 225.152 226.878 228.044 4.3 6.6 3.9 6.6 5.4 5.2 

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ..................................... 197.743 198.217 197.996 197.872 9.6 10.8 1.6 .3 10.2 1.0 

Dairy and related products .......................................... 203.765 204.131 205.427 204.527 12.0 18.8 24.0 1.5 15.3 12.2 

Fruits and vegetables .................................................. 259.432 261.596 265.787 264.956 18.7 -3.9 .9 8.8 6.8 4.8

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials ....... 154.914 154.861 154.074 153.378 11.5 1.6 5.2 -3.9 6.4 .5 

Other food at home ..................................................... 173.473 174.214 173.799 174.162 5.5 5.0 .9 1.6 5.3 1.3 

Sugar and sweets ..................................................... 176.589 176.757 177.909 178.821 .2 3.7 4.4 5.2 2.0 4.8 

Fats and oils .............................................................. 174.955 176.081 177.705 179.232 2.6 5.1 4.8 10.1 3.8 7.4 

Other foods 1 ............................................................ 189.110 189.987 188.657 188.646 7.4 5.3 -.7 -1.0 6.4 -.9 

Other miscellaneous foods 1 2 ................................ 114.584 115.378 115.803 115.658 -3.1 7.0 -6.0 3.8 1.9 -1.2 

Food away from home 1 ............................................... 208.578 209.037 209.518 209.931 3.7 3.7 5.7 2.6 3.7 4.2 

Other food away from home 2 ..................................... 145.613 144.534 145.072 144.528 7.4 5.0 7.5 -2.9 6.1 2.1 

Alcoholic beverages 1 ..................................................... 208.286 209.176 208.958 208.934 9.5 4.0 1.0 1.3 6.7 1.1 

Housing ............................................................................. 205.466 206.110 207.064 207.691 4.1 2.4 1.5 4.4 3.2 2.9 

Shelter ............................................................................. 234.435 234.866 235.658 236.355 3.0 3.4 2.8 3.3 3.2 3.1 

Rent of primary residence 3 .......................................... 235.196 236.254 237.210 238.045 4.8 3.1 3.2 4.9 3.9 4.0 

Lodging away from home 2 ........................................... 145.861 144.080 144.197 144.471 -6.0 31.6 1.5 -3.8 11.2 -1.2 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 3 4 ......... 224.285 224.721 225.464 226.110 3.1 1.7 2.8 3.3 2.4 3.1 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ......................... 117.142 116.982 117.370 117.396 .9 -.5 -1.2 .9 .2 -.2 

Fuels and utilities ............................................................ 197.372 199.757 202.598 203.650 12.1 -.6 -3.0 13.3 5.5 4.8 

Household energy ......................................................... 177.067 179.569 182.402 183.403 13.1 -1.3 -4.8 15.1 5.7 4.7 

Fuel oil and other fuels ................................................ 256.475 262.852 293.893 299.281 -4.5 27.8 20.9 85.4 10.5 49.7 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ....................................... 181.858 184.267 185.595 186.392 14.5 -3.2 -6.6 10.4 5.3 1.5 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 .......... 145.513 145.749 146.651 147.186 7.3 2.9 7.0 4.7 5.1 5.8 

Household furnishings and operations ............................ 122.125 122.126 122.140 122.177 .0 -.8 -1.7 .2 -.4 -.8 

Household operations 1 2 ............................................. 143.250 143.886 144.275 144.659 2.5 2.5 .9 4.0 2.5 2.4 

Apparel .............................................................................. 117.914 117.996 118.593 119.055 -1.6 -6.3 2.4 3.9 -3.9 3.2 

Men’s and boys’ apparel ................................................. 113.057 112.713 112.558 113.160 -6.7 -1.4 6.3 .4 -4.1 3.3 

Women’s and girls’ apparel ............................................. 108.672 108.321 108.996 110.330 1.5 -11.7 1.1 6.2 -5.3 3.6 

Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel .......................................... 115.628 117.566 118.562 116.928 1.3 -9.2 2.6 4.6 -4.1 3.6 

Footwear ......................................................................... 121.591 122.187 123.286 122.504 -3.9 -2.9 2.0 3.0 -3.4 2.5 

Transportation ................................................................... 184.715 185.489 191.143 192.134 8.6 18.6 -6.0 17.1 13.5 4.9 

Private transportation ...................................................... 181.876 182.579 188.256 189.201 8.7 19.4 -6.4 17.1 13.9 4.7 

New and used motor vehicles 2 .................................... 93.522 93.408 93.367 93.435 -1.0 -.1 1.7 -.4 -.6 .6 

New vehicles ............................................................... 137.339 137.011 137.106 137.005 .5 -.5 -.5 -1.0 .0 -.7 

Used cars and trucks 1 ............................................... 137.996 137.798 137.457 137.791 -5.1 2.1 6.3 -.6 -1.6 2.8 

Motor fuel ...................................................................... 239.667 243.032 265.558 268.554 33.5 71.8 -21.8 57.6 51.4 11.0 

Gasoline (all types) ..................................................... 238.626 241.933 264.381 267.367 33.3 72.7 -22.1 57.6 51.7 10.8 

Motor vehicle parts and equipment 1 ............................ 122.144 122.830 123.302 123.786 3.3 1.7 5.0 5.5 2.5 5.2 

Motor vehicle maintenance and repair .......................... 227.084 227.206 227.910 228.683 4.0 3.2 3.1 2.8 3.6 3.0 

Public transportation ....................................................... 228.531 231.423 234.805 237.055 7.5 -.1 3.3 15.8 3.6 9.4 

Medical care ...................................................................... 354.323 356.448 357.772 358.783 5.8 3.7 6.3 5.1 4.8 5.7 

Medical care commodities .............................................. 283.310 284.392 286.018 286.787 -.3 1.0 4.1 5.0 .3 4.6 

Medical care services ..................................................... 374.455 376.920 378.118 379.200 7.5 4.4 6.9 5.2 6.0 6.0 

Professional services .................................................... 305.437 306.642 307.129 308.447 6.4 2.0 4.7 4.0 4.2 4.4 

Hospital and related services 3 ..................................... 501.200 507.309 510.254 512.026 7.0 6.6 9.6 8.9 6.8 9.3 

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 5. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Seasonally adjusted U.S. city average, by

expenditure category and commodity and service group-Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

CPI-W

Seasonally adjusted indexes Seasonally adjusted annual rate percent

change for

3 months ended— 6 months

ended—

Sep.

2007

Oct.

2007

Nov.

2007

Dec.

2007

Mar.

2007

June

2007

Sep.

2007

Dec.

2007 June

2007

Dec.

2007

Expenditure category

Recreation 2 ...................................................................... 108.602 108.916 108.962 109.016 -0.2 0.6 0.4 1.5 0.2 0.9 

Video and audio 2 ........................................................... 102.576 102.942 102.684 103.094 -3.7 3.3 -1.2 2.0 -.2 .4 

Education and communication 2 ....................................... 116.988 117.294 117.281 117.579 2.6 3.4 2.4 2.0 3.0 2.2 

Education 2 ..................................................................... 170.551 171.623 172.604 173.559 5.3 4.1 4.7 7.2 4.7 5.9 

Educational books and supplies ................................... 433.081 432.774 435.532 438.655 12.6 4.2 13.4 5.2 8.3 9.3 

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare ...................... 480.473 483.839 486.570 489.182 4.6 4.1 3.8 7.4 4.3 5.6 

Communication 2 ............................................................ 86.188 86.184 85.808 85.837 .5 2.8 .9 -1.6 1.6 -.4 

Information and information processing 1 2 .................. 84.283 84.282 83.894 83.917 .7 2.2 .9 -1.7 1.4 -.4 

Telephone services 1 2 ............................................... 99.024 99.149 98.874 98.887 3.0 4.1 1.7 -.6 3.5 .6 

Information technology, hardware and services 1 5 .... 10.958 10.877 10.710 10.722 -10.2 -7.9 -3.7 -8.3 -9.1 -6.1 

Personal computers and peripheral equipment 1 2 ... 9.348 9.229 8.866 8.843 -6.1 -17.0 -9.5 -19.9 -11.7 -14.8 

Other goods and services ................................................. 346.082 346.886 347.720 348.775 6.9 3.1 2.5 3.1 5.0 2.8 

Tobacco and smoking products 1 ................................... 561.092 562.134 563.435 568.410 18.2 1.7 5.6 5.3 9.7 5.4 

Personal care .................................................................. 194.393 194.888 195.364 195.422 2.1 3.8 1.1 2.1 2.9 1.6 

Personal care products 1 .............................................. 157.654 158.408 158.579 158.407 -.2 .5 -2.7 1.9 .2 -.4 

Personal care services 1 ............................................... 217.822 218.149 218.897 219.945 5.0 1.6 3.1 4.0 3.3 3.5 

Miscellaneous personal services .................................. 329.372 330.029 330.698 331.753 2.3 6.4 3.6 2.9 4.3 3.3 

Commodity and service group

Commodities ....................................................................... 170.221 170.800 173.457 173.915 6.6 9.5 -1.3 9.0 8.0 3.7 

Food and beverages ......................................................... 204.778 205.386 205.850 205.945 7.3 5.2 4.6 2.3 6.3 3.4 

Commodities less food and beverages ............................. 150.823 151.373 154.928 155.533 6.3 12.0 -4.6 13.1 9.1 3.9 

Nondurables less food and beverages ........................... 187.085 188.242 201.881 203.827 5.1 17.2 -10.3 40.9 11.0 12.4 

Apparel .......................................................................... 117.914 117.996 118.593 119.055 -1.6 -6.3 2.4 3.9 -3.9 3.2 

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel .......... 237.881 240.709 252.143 253.714 18.2 32.3 -11.0 29.4 25.1 7.3 

Durables .......................................................................... 112.432 112.359 112.479 112.468 -1.3 -1.7 -.1 .1 -1.5 .0 

Services .............................................................................. 242.833 243.646 244.474 245.249 4.1 2.6 2.3 4.0 3.3 3.2 

Rent of shelter 4 ................................................................ 226.032 226.420 227.249 227.936 2.9 3.6 2.8 3.4 3.2 3.1 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 2 ............................. 117.142 116.982 117.370 117.396 .9 -.5 -1.2 .9 .2 -.2 

Gas (piped) and electricity 3 ............................................. 181.858 184.267 185.595 186.392 14.5 -3.2 -6.6 10.4 5.3 1.5 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 2 .............. 145.513 145.749 146.651 147.186 7.3 2.9 7.0 4.7 5.1 5.8 

Household operations 1 2 ................................................. 143.250 143.886 144.275 144.659 2.5 2.5 .9 4.0 2.5 2.4 

Transportation services ..................................................... 234.298 234.633 235.455 236.466 1.1 -.6 3.7 3.8 .3 3.7 

Medical care services ....................................................... 374.455 376.920 378.118 379.200 7.5 4.4 6.9 5.2 6.0 6.0 

Other services ................................................................... 276.810 277.734 278.150 278.918 2.3 4.1 2.3 3.1 3.2 2.7 

Special indexes

All items less food ............................................................... 203.334 204.022 206.063 206.757 4.8 5.7 .0 6.9 5.2 3.4 

All items less shelter ........................................................... 194.652 195.420 197.610 198.184 6.1 6.6 -.1 7.5 6.4 3.6 

All items less medical care .................................................. 197.376 197.998 199.803 200.388 5.2 5.7 .4 6.2 5.4 3.3 

Commodities less food ........................................................ 152.865 153.426 156.896 157.487 6.3 11.7 -4.4 12.7 9.0 3.8 

Nondurables less food ........................................................ 188.582 189.585 202.433 204.346 5.2 16.5 -9.6 37.9 10.7 11.7 

Nondurables less food and apparel .................................... 234.206 236.858 247.381 248.898 17.3 31.9 -11.6 27.6 24.4 6.2 

Nondurables ........................................................................ 196.651 197.625 204.692 205.719 6.5 10.8 -3.0 19.8 8.6 7.8 

Services less rent of shelter 4 ............................................. 232.142 232.728 233.045 233.838 5.1 3.8 1.5 3.0 4.5 2.2 

Services less medical care services ................................... 233.393 233.960 234.540 235.211 3.5 3.7 1.7 3.2 3.6 2.4 

Energy ................................................................................. 206.957 209.870 222.321 224.294 23.6 34.7 -14.9 38.0 29.1 8.3 

All items less energy ........................................................... 204.152 204.551 205.044 205.479 3.2 2.4 3.0 2.6 2.8 2.8 

All items less food and energy .......................................... 204.459 204.817 205.309 205.815 2.3 1.8 2.6 2.7 2.1 2.6

Commodities less food and energy commodities ........... 140.630 140.642 140.766 140.918 .5 -1.2 1.2 .8 -.4 1.0 

Energy commodities ..................................................... 241.314 244.847 267.889 271.019 31.0 69.2 -20.0 59.1 48.9 12.8 

Services less energy services ......................................... 249.459 250.078 250.844 251.613 3.1 3.2 3.2 3.5 3.2 3.3 

1 Not seasonally adjusted. 2 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. 3 This index series was calculated using a Laspeyres estimator. All other

item stratum index series were calculated using a geometric means

estimator. 4 Indexes on a December 1984=100 base 5 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base.

NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.
Table 6. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): Selected areas, all items index 

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

CPI-W

All items 

Pricing

schedule 1

Indexes Percent change to

Dec.2007 from—

Percent change to

Nov.2007 from—

Sep.

2007

Oct.

2007

Nov.

2007

Dec.

2007

Dec.

2006

Oct.

2007

Nov.

2007

Nov.

2006

Sep.

2007

Oct.

2007

U.S. city average ............................................ M 203.889 204.338 205.891 205.777 4.3 0.7 -0.1 4.6 1.0 0.8 

Region and area size2

Northeast urban .............................................. M 217.486 218.151 219.871 220.146 4.1 .9 .1 4.3 1.1 .8 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 218.791 219.275 220.710 220.824 3.8 .7 .1 4.0 .9 .7 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 130.447 131.080 132.485 132.856 4.7 1.4 .3 4.7 1.6 1.1 

Midwest urban ................................................ M 194.828 194.384 196.056 195.493 4.1 .6 -.3 4.6 .6 .9 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 195.306 194.843 196.343 195.839 3.8 .5 -.3 4.3 .5 .8 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 127.139 126.879 128.129 127.740 4.4 .7 -.3 4.9 .8 1.0 

Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than

50,000) ............................................... M 193.586 193.074 194.907 194.099 4.6 .5 -.4 5.2 .7 .9 

South urban .................................................... M 198.873 199.319 200.849 200.850 4.7 .8 .0 5.1 1.0 .8 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 202.354 202.906 203.991 204.370 4.8 .7 .2 4.9 .8 .5 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 126.953 127.265 128.407 128.206 4.8 .7 -.2 5.4 1.1 .9 

Size D - Nonmetropolitan (less than

50,000) ............................................... M 201.250 200.942 202.913 203.333 3.9 1.2 .2 4.0 .8 1.0 

West urban ..................................................... M 207.164 208.304 209.629 209.488 4.3 .6 -.1 4.5 1.2 .6 

Size A - More than 1,500,000 ..................... M 208.921 210.025 211.268 211.095 4.3 .5 -.1 4.5 1.1 .6 

Size B/C - 50,000 to 1,500,000 3 ................ M 128.642 129.419 130.356 130.309 4.6 .7 .0 4.7 1.3 .7 

Size classes

A 4 .............................................................. M 189.072 189.471 190.680 190.622 4.2 .6 .0 4.4 .9 .6 

B/C 3 ........................................................... M 127.759 128.103 129.268 129.156 4.7 .8 -.1 5.0 1.2 .9 

D ................................................................. M 199.289 199.275 201.016 200.867 4.1 .8 -.1 4.4 .9 .9 

Selected local areas5

Chicago-Gary-Kenosha, IL-IN-WI ................... M 199.419 199.558 200.887 200.217 4.9 .3 -.3 5.3 .7 .7 

Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County, CA ... M 209.849 211.259 212.844 212.282 4.6 .5 -.3 4.7 1.4 .8 

New York-Northern N.J.-Long Island,

NY-NJ-CT-PA ......................................... M 222.174 222.624 223.716 223.873 4.0 .6 .1 4.2 .7 .5 

Boston-Brockton-Nashua, MA-NH-ME-CT ..... 1 227.429 -

 230.440 - - - - 3.2 1.3 -

Cleveland-Akron, OH ...................................... 1 187.784 - 188.488 - - - - 5.0 .4 -

Dallas-Fort Worth, TX ..................................... 1 197.027 -

 198.521 - - - - 4.7 .8 -

Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV 6 ...... 1 134.277 - 134.844 - - - - 4.8 .4 -

Atlanta, GA ..................................................... 2 -

 200.714 - 202.034 4.6 .7 - - - -

Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint, MI .............................. 2 -

 196.237 - 195.866 2.5 -.2 - - - -

Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX .................... 2 - 183.426 - 184.975 4.2 .8 - - - -

Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL ............................. 2 -

 213.454 - 215.561 5.9 1.0 - - - -

Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,

PA-NJ-DE-MD ........................................ 2 -

 218.061 - 218.791 3.6 .3 - - - -

San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA ........... 2 -

 213.133 - 214.204 4.2 .5 - - - -

Seattle-Tacoma-Bremerton, WA .................... 2 - 213.107 - 214.024 4.8 .4 - - - -

1 Foods, fuels, and several other items priced every month in all areas; 

 most other goods and services 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. See technical notes. 3 Indexes on a December 1996=100 base. 4 Indexes on a December 1986=100 base. 5 In addition, the following metropolitan areas are published semiannually

and appear in Tables 34 and 39 of the January and July issues of the CPI

Detailed Report: Anchorage, AK; Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH-KY-IN;

Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO; Honolulu, HI; Kansas City, MO-KS;

Milwaukee-Racine, WI; Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI; Phoenix-Mesa, AZ;

Pittsburgh, PA; Portland-Salem, OR-WA; St. Louis, MO-IL; San Diego, CA;

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL. 6 Indexes on a November 1996=100 base. - Data not available.

 

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. 

NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.
Table 7. Chained Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (C-CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure

category and commodity and service group

(December 1999=100, unless otherwise noted)

C-CPI-U Relative

importance,

2003-2004

 Unadjusted

 indexes

 Unadjusted

 percent change to

 Dec. 2007 from—

 Nov.

 2007

 Dec.

 2007

 Dec.

 2006

 Nov.

 2007

Expenditure category

All items ...................................................................................... 100.000 121.178 121.088 3.4 -0.1

Food and beverages ................................................................ 15.072 121.602 121.756 4.6 .1 

Food ....................................................................................... 13.943 121.709 121.892 4.7 .2 

Food at home ....................................................................... 8.029 118.711 118.861 5.3 .1 

Food away from home .......................................................... 5.914 125.752 125.981 3.9 .2 

Alcoholic beverages ............................................................... 1.130 120.551 120.351 3.7 -.2 

Housing .................................................................................... 42.173 125.860 125.935 2.8 .1 

Shelter .................................................................................... 32.495 127.989 128.069 3.1 .1 

Fuels and utilities .................................................................... 4.702 151.640 152.163 4.9 .3 

Household furnishings and operations ................................... 4.977 95.217 94.998 -1.2 -.2 

Apparel ..................................................................................... 4.076 90.971 88.747 -.7 -2.4 

Transportation .......................................................................... 17.095 123.476 123.250 6.3 -.2 

Private transportation ............................................................. 15.988 124.257 124.024 6.3 -.2 

Public transportation ............................................................... 1.107 114.935 114.794 7.2 -.1 

Medical care ............................................................................. 6.055 138.963 139.207 4.9 .2 

Medical care commodities ...................................................... 1.458 123.913 124.076 2.5 .1 

Medical care services ............................................................. 4.597 144.235 144.507 5.6 .2 

Recreation ................................................................................ 5.863 105.156 104.926 -.2 -.2 

Education and communication ................................................. 6.190 106.416 106.480 2.0 .1 

Education ............................................................................... 2.751 164.117 164.321 5.5 .1 

Communication ...................................................................... 3.439 74.075 74.082 -.7 .0 

Other goods and services ........................................................ 3.475 125.033 125.472 3.1 .4 

Commodity and service group

Services ...................................................................................... 58.763 129.479 129.599 3.3 .1 

Commodities .............................................................................. 41.237 110.914 110.568 3.7 -.3 

Durables ................................................................................... 12.340 84.449 84.394 -1.6 -.1 

Nondurables ............................................................................... 28.897 124.884 124.363 6.0 -.4 

All items less food and energy ................................................. 78.707 115.989 115.910 2.1 -.1 

Energy ........................................................................................ 7.351 186.102 185.047 15.9 -.6 

Indexes for 2007 are initial estimates. Indexes for 2006 are interim adjustments.

NOTE: Index applies to a month as a whole, not to any specific date.
Table 1A. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure

category and commodity and service group

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

CPI-U Annual

average

2006

Annual

average

2007

Percent

change

from 2006

to 2007

Expenditure category

All items ............................................................................................................ 201.6 207.342 2.8 

All items (1967=100) ........................................................................................ 603.9 621.106 -

Food and beverages ....................................................................................... 195.7 203.300 3.9 

Food ............................................................................................................. 195.2 202.916 4.0 

Food at home ............................................................................................. 193.1 201.245 4.2 

Cereals and bakery products .................................................................... 212.8 222.107 4.4 

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ................................................................... 186.6 195.616 4.8 

Dairy and related products ....................................................................... 181.4 194.770 7.4 

Fruits and vegetables ............................................................................... 252.9 262.628 3.8 

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials ..................................... 147.4 153.432 4.1 

Other food at home ................................................................................... 169.6 173.275 2.2 

Sugar and sweets ................................................................................... 171.5 176.772 3.1 

Fats and oils ........................................................................................... 168.0 172.921 2.9 

Other foods ............................................................................................. 185.0 188.244 1.8 

Other miscellaneous foods 1 ................................................................ 113.9 115.105 1.1 

Food away from home ................................................................................ 199.4 206.659 3.6 

Other food away from home 1 .................................................................. 136.6 144.068 5.5 

Alcoholic beverages ..................................................................................... 200.7 207.026 3.2 

Housing .......................................................................................................... 203.2 209.586 3.1 

Shelter .......................................................................................................... 232.1 240.611 3.7 

Rent of primary residence .......................................................................... 225.1 234.679 4.3 

Lodging away from home 1 ........................................................................ 136.0 142.813 5.0 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 2 ......................................... 238.2 246.235 3.4 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 .......................................................... 116.5 117.004 .4 

Fuels and utilities .......................................................................................... 194.7 200.632 3.0 

Household energy ...................................................................................... 177.1 181.744 2.6 

Fuel oil and other fuels ............................................................................. 234.9 251.453 7.0 

Gas (piped) and electricity ........................................................................ 182.1 186.262 2.3 

Household furnishings and operations ......................................................... 127.0 126.875 -.1 

Apparel ........................................................................................................... 119.5 118.998 -.4 

Men’s and boys’ apparel ............................................................................... 114.1 112.368 -1.5 

Women’s and girls’ apparel .......................................................................... 110.7 110.296 -.4 

Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel ....................................................................... 116.5 113.948 -2.2 

Footwear ....................................................................................................... 123.5 122.374 -.9 

Transportation ................................................................................................ 180.9 184.682 2.1

Private transportation ................................................................................... 177.0 180.778 2.1 

New and used motor vehicles 1 .................................................................. 95.6 94.303 -1.4 

New vehicles ............................................................................................ 137.6 136.254 -1.0 

Used cars and trucks ................................................................................ 140.0 135.747 -3.0 

Motor fuel .................................................................................................... 221.0 239.070 8.2

Gasoline (all types) ................................................................................... 219.9 237.959 8.2 

Motor vehicle parts and equipment ............................................................ 117.3 121.583 3.7 

Motor vehicle maintenance and repair ....................................................... 215.6 222.963 3.4 

Public transportation ..................................................................................... 226.6 230.002 1.5 

Medical care ................................................................................................... 336.2 351.054 4.4 

Medical care commodities ............................................................................ 285.9 289.999 1.4 

Medical care services ................................................................................... 350.6 369.302 5.3 

Professional services .................................................................................. 289.3 300.792 4.0 

Hospital and related services ..................................................................... 468.1 498.922 6.6 

Recreation 1 ................................................................................................... 110.9 111.443 .5 

Video and audio 1 ......................................................................................... 104.6 102.949 -1.6 

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 1A. Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U): U.S. city average, by expenditure

category and commodity and service group-Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

CPI-U Annual

average

2006

Annual

average

2007

Percent

change

from 2006

to 2007

Expenditure category

Education and communication 1 ..................................................................... 116.8 119.577 2.4 

Education 1 ................................................................................................... 162.1 171.388 5.7 

Educational books and supplies ................................................................. 388.9 420.418 8.1 

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare .................................................... 468.1 494.079 5.5 

Communication 1 .......................................................................................... 84.1 83.367 -.9 

Information and information processing 1 ................................................... 81.7 80.720 -1.2 

Telephone services 1 ................................................................................ 95.8 98.247 2.6 

Information technology, hardware and services 3 .................................... 12.5 10.597 -15.2 

Personal computers and peripheral equipment 1 ................................... 10.8 9.688 -10.3 

Other goods and services ............................................................................... 321.7 333.328 3.6 

Tobacco and smoking products .................................................................... 519.9 554.184 6.6 

Personal care ............................................................................................... 190.2 195.622 2.9 

Personal care products ............................................................................... 155.8 158.285 1.6 

Personal care services ............................................................................... 209.7 216.559 3.3 

Miscellaneous personal services ................................................................ 313.6 324.984 3.6 

Commodity and service group

Commodities ..................................................................................................... 164.0 167.509 2.1 

Food and beverages ....................................................................................... 195.7 203.300 3.9 

Commodities less food and beverages .......................................................... 145.9 147.515 1.1 

Nondurables less food and beverages ......................................................... 176.7 182.526 3.3 

Apparel ....................................................................................................... 119.5 118.998 -.4

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel ........................................ 216.3 226.224 4.6 

Durables ....................................................................................................... 114.5 112.473 -1.8 

Services ............................................................................................................ 238.9 246.848 3.3 

Rent of shelter 2 ............................................................................................. 241.9 250.813 3.7 

Transportation services .................................................................................. 230.8 233.731 1.3 

Other services ................................................................................................ 277.5 285.559 2.9

Special indexes

All items less food ............................................................................................. 202.7 208.098 2.7 

All items less shelter ......................................................................................... 191.9 196.639 2.5 

All items less medical care ............................................................................... 194.7 200.080 2.8 

Commodities less food ..................................................................................... 148.0 149.720 1.2 

Nondurables less food ...................................................................................... 178.2 184.012 3.3 

Nondurables less food and apparel .................................................................. 213.9 223.411 4.4 

Nondurables ..................................................................................................... 186.7 193.468 3.6 

Services less rent of shelter 2 ........................................................................... 253.3 260.764 2.9 

Services less medical care services ................................................................. 229.6 236.847 3.2 

Energy .............................................................................................................. 196.9 207.723 5.5 

All items less energy ......................................................................................... 203.7 208.925 2.6

All items less food and energy ........................................................................ 205.9 210.729 2.3 

Commodities less food and energy commodities ......................................... 140.6 140.053 -.4 

Energy commodities ................................................................................... 223.0 241.018 8.1 

Services less energy services ...................................................................... 244.7 253.058 3.4 

Purchasing power of the consumer dollar (1982-84=$1.00) ............................ $ .496 $ .482 -

Purchasing power of the consumer dollar (1967=$1.00) .................................. $ .166 $ .161 -

1 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. 2 Indexes on a December 1982=100 base. 3 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base. - Data not available.
Table 4A. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): U.S. city

average, by expenditure category and commodity and service group

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

CPI-W Annual

average

2006

Annual

average

2007

Percent

change

from 2006

to 2007

Expenditure category

All items ............................................................................................................ 197.1 202.767 2.9 

All items (1967=100) ........................................................................................ 587.2 603.982 -

Food and beverages ....................................................................................... 194.9 202.531 3.9 

Food ............................................................................................................. 194.4 202.134 4.0 

Food at home ............................................................................................. 192.2 200.273 4.2 

Cereals and bakery products .................................................................... 213.1 222.409 4.4 

Meats, poultry, fish, and eggs ................................................................... 186.1 195.193 4.9 

Dairy and related products ....................................................................... 180.9 194.474 7.5 

Fruits and vegetables ............................................................................... 251.0 260.484 3.8 

Nonalcoholic beverages and beverage materials ..................................... 146.7 152.786 4.1 

Other food at home ................................................................................... 169.1 172.630 2.1 

Sugar and sweets ................................................................................... 170.5 175.323 2.8 

Fats and oils ........................................................................................... 168.7 173.640 2.9 

Other foods ............................................................................................. 185.2 188.405 1.7 

Other miscellaneous foods 1 ................................................................ 114.2 115.356 1.0 

Food away from home ................................................................................ 199.1 206.412 3.7 

Other food away from home 1 .................................................................. 136.2 143.462 5.3 

Alcoholic beverages ..................................................................................... 200.6 207.097 3.2 

Housing .......................................................................................................... 198.5 204.795 3.2 

Shelter .......................................................................................................... 224.8 232.998 3.6 

Rent of primary residence .......................................................................... 224.2 233.806 4.3 

Lodging away from home 1 ........................................................................ 135.3 142.339 5.2 

Owners’ equivalent rent of primary residence 2 ......................................... 216.0 223.175 3.3 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 .......................................................... 116.8 117.366 .5 

Fuels and utilities .......................................................................................... 193.1 198.863 3.0 

Household energy ...................................................................................... 174.4 179.031 2.7 

Fuel oil and other fuels ............................................................................. 234.0 251.121 7.3 

Gas (piped) and electricity ........................................................................ 180.2 184.357 2.3 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 1 ....................................... 137.1 143.980 5.0 

Household furnishings and operations ......................................................... 122.6 122.477 -.1 

Household operations 1 .............................................................................. 139.0 143.054 2.9 

Apparel ........................................................................................................... 119.1 118.518 -.5 

Men’s and boys’ apparel ............................................................................... 114.0 112.224 -1.6 

Women’s and girls’ apparel .......................................................................... 110.3 110.202 -.1 

Infants’ and toddlers’ apparel ....................................................................... 118.6 116.278 -2.0 

Footwear ....................................................................................................... 123.1 122.062 -.8 

Transportation ................................................................................................ 180.3 184.344 2.2

Private transportation ................................................................................... 177.5 181.496 2.3 

New and used motor vehicles 1 .................................................................. 94.7 93.300 -1.5 

New vehicles ............................................................................................ 138.6 137.415 -.9 

Used cars and trucks ................................................................................ 140.8 136.586 -3.0 

Motor fuel .................................................................................................... 221.6 239.900 8.3

Gasoline (all types) ................................................................................... 220.7 238.879 8.2 

Motor vehicle parts and equipment ............................................................ 116.9 121.356 3.8 

Motor vehicle maintenance and repair ....................................................... 218.1 225.535 3.4 

Public transportation ..................................................................................... 225.0 228.531 1.6 

Medical care ................................................................................................... 335.7 350.882 4.5 

Medical care commodities ............................................................................ 279.0 282.558 1.3 

Medical care services ................................................................................... 351.1 370.111 5.4 

Professional services .................................................................................. 291.7 303.169 3.9 

Hospital and related services ..................................................................... 463.6 493.740 6.5 

See footnotes at end of table.
Table 4A. Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W): U.S. city

average, by expenditure category and commodity and service group-Continued

(1982-84=100, unless otherwise noted)

CPI-W Annual

average

2006

Annual

average

2007

Percent

change

from 2006

to 2007

Expenditure category

Recreation 1 ................................................................................................... 108.2 108.572 0.3 

Video and audio 1 ......................................................................................... 103.9 102.559 -1.3 

Education and communication 1 ..................................................................... 113.9 116.301 2.1 

Education 1 ................................................................................................... 160.3 169.280 5.6 

Educational books and supplies ................................................................. 390.7 423.730 8.5 

Tuition, other school fees, and childcare .................................................... 453.3 477.589 5.4 

Communication 1 .......................................................................................... 86.0 85.782 -.3 

Information and information processing 1 ................................................... 84.3 83.928 -.4 

Telephone services 1 ................................................................................ 95.9 98.373 2.6 

Information technology, hardware and services 3 .................................... 13.0 11.062 -14.9 

Personal computers and peripheral equipment 1 ................................... 10.7 9.565 -10.6 

Other goods and services ............................................................................... 330.9 344.004 4.0 

Tobacco and smoking products .................................................................... 521.6 555.502 6.5 

Personal care ............................................................................................... 188.3 193.590 2.8 

Personal care products ............................................................................... 155.7 158.268 1.6 

Personal care services ............................................................................... 209.8 216.823 3.3 

Miscellaneous personal services ................................................................ 314.1 326.100 3.8 

Commodity and service group

Commodities ..................................................................................................... 165.7 169.554 2.3 

Food and beverages ....................................................................................... 194.9 202.531 3.9 

Commodities less food and beverages .......................................................... 148.7 150.865 1.5 

Nondurables less food and beverages ......................................................... 182.6 189.507 3.8 

Apparel ....................................................................................................... 119.1 118.518 -.5

Nondurables less food, beverages, and apparel ........................................ 226.1 237.858 5.2 

Durables ....................................................................................................... 114.6 112.640 -1.7 

Services ............................................................................................................ 234.1 241.696 3.2 

Rent of shelter 2 ............................................................................................. 216.6 224.617 3.7 

Tenants’ and household insurance 1 .............................................................. 116.8 117.366 .5 

Gas (piped) and electricity .............................................................................. 180.2 184.357 2.3 

Water and sewer and trash collection services 1 ........................................... 137.1 143.980 5.0 

Household operations 1 .................................................................................. 139.0 143.054 2.9 

Transportation services .................................................................................. 230.6 233.420 1.2 

Medical care services ..................................................................................... 351.1 370.111 5.4 

Other services ................................................................................................ 268.2 275.218 2.6

Special indexes

All items less food ............................................................................................. 197.5 202.698 2.6 

All items less shelter ......................................................................................... 189.2 193.940 2.5 

All items less medical care ............................................................................... 191.3 196.564 2.8 

Commodities less food ..................................................................................... 150.6 152.875 1.5 

Nondurables less food ...................................................................................... 183.8 190.698 3.8 

Nondurables less food and apparel .................................................................. 223.0 234.201 5.0 

Nondurables ..................................................................................................... 189.5 196.772 3.8 

Services less rent of shelter 2 ........................................................................... 224.7 230.876 2.7 

Services less medical care services ................................................................. 225.3 232.195 3.1 

Energy .............................................................................................................. 196.8 208.066 5.7 

All items less energy ......................................................................................... 198.0 203.002 2.5

All items less food and energy ........................................................................ 199.2 203.554 2.2 

Commodities less food and energy commodities ......................................... 141.1 140.612 -.3 

Energy commodities ................................................................................... 223.0 241.257 8.2 

Services less energy services ...................................................................... 239.9 247.888 3.3 

Purchasing power of the consumer dollar (1982-84=$1.00) ............................ $ .507 $ .493 -

Purchasing power of the consumer dollar (1967=$1.00) .................................. $ .170 $ .166 -

1 Indexes on a December 1997=100 base. 2 Indexes on a December 1984=100 base 3 Indexes on a December 1988=100 base. - Data not available.